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TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Angels have now gone four years without making the playoffs and they're coming off an uncompetitive 84-loss season. C.J. Wilson believes that's creating a sense of urgency at Spring Training.
"Just the general vibe, the overall median level, is higher this year," the Angels' No. 2 starter said on Tuesday morning. "There's better work ethic; guys are in better shape."
A major focus for the Angels -- perhaps the major focus -- will be performing better out of the gate, and avoiding the woeful Aprils that have crippled their postseason aspirations the last two seasons.
"And we need to start here," Wilson said. "We need to start being competitive in here, like taking some pride out there even if it's just a Spring Training game."
Camp will be different this year, after a Major League-worst 6.56 ERA and .333 winning percentage in last season's Cactus League action. Hitters will be taking a lot more swings, live batting practice will be re-introduced after a one-year hiatus, the situational component will be emphasized from the get-go, and bullpen sessions will be more aggressive.
Wilson wouldn't name names, but he said a lot of guys came into Spring Training out of shape last year, and he believes several of the injuries that haunted the Angels all season -- Jered Weaver's broken left elbow being a clear exception -- were fitness-related. This year, he sees "a general increase in energy."
"It's not any one particular guy," Wilson said. "You just notice that in the weight room there are just more people in there. They're doing more aggressive weight lifting, they're running a little faster in the treadmill, they're eating a little better at the table. You can see it. And that's all it takes. It just takes a little bit of momentum. It's that snowball that turns into an avalanche."


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Many of you have probably seen the Instagram above from Derek Hough's twitter or Pure Derek Hough. It's a still from his movie Cobu3D. It's so hot, I had to post it too. 🙂 I have other reasons for posting it as our Princess Heidi has a new video teaser you all need to see of Derek on the set and looking fabulous as always. What's more, Derek is sporting a tattoo (note: Heidi reports the tattoo was done only for the MOVIE!) Be sure to read all about it, view the video, and see some new set pics at Pure Derek Hough. This movie is just looking that more interesting by the day. Who plans to go see it on it's premiere weekend? 🙂
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Will new rules stave off a repeat of 2008 crash?
The Volcker Rule has been approved.
What was that we heard? A yawn? The rustle of a page turning? Wait. This really is an important matter that should concern you.
The rule is complex, so complex that it runs to 882 pages. In essence, however, it says financial companies can no longer treat depositors' money as their own piggy banks for all sorts of speculative investments.
Few among us do not have some sort of dealing with a financial institution. We have the right to demand that those institutions conduct their affairs in such a way as to protect our investments.
In 2008 the federal government was left with two unpalatable choices. It could allow major financial firms to collapse, sowing chaos throughout the economy, or it could bail them out with taxpayer money. The latter course was chosen, with authorization for up to $700 billion.
The money went to buy distressed mortgages that were weighing down the balance sheets of institutions. Reckless lending and rampant speculation led to a housing crash that still is felt in many areas. Questionable mortgages would be packaged into securities that concealed the weakness of the underlying instruments.
The bailout was, to put it succinctly, highly unpopular. Opposition was perhaps the only significant issue on which liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans agreed. The bailout did, however, stabilize the economy.
The Volcker Rule, part of the Dodd-Frank regulatory bill, was enacted in 2010 to prevent a recurrence of 2008. In particular, it targeted investments made for the company's profit and not that of its investors. The issue is so complex, with a plethora of financial instruments and a wide range of institutions, that it took until now to work out the details.
The trick is to differentiate those investments that benefit investors from those that don't. Banks could still help clients trade, but their inventories should not exceed "the reasonably expected near-term demands of customers," the regulators said. In other words, put the customer first and foremost.
The rule also seeks to stop portfolio hedging, a practice in which banks entered all kinds of trades that were supposed to hedge risk elsewhere in the business but could be used as veiled speculation. "The rule would prohibit 'macro-hedging' that has caused large speculative losses at institutions in the past," Martin Gruenberg, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in a statement.
Will the new rule work once it goes into effect in 2015? Who knows? For one thing, there is the sheer complexity. Five different regulatory bodies had to sign off before the rule could be promulgated.
"Many of us — myself included — had hoped for a final rule substantially more streamlined than the 2011 proposal. I think we need to acknowledge that it has been only modestly simplified," Federal Reserve Governor Dan Tarullo said.
For another, the fertile minds of Wall Street keep coming up with new ways to gamble with customers' money in the guise of investing. They may have new instruments that evade controls in place as soon as the rule is.
"What we have on paper now is a fairly aggressive regulatory posture from the banking agencies, but it remains to be seen how aggressively it will be implemented and enforced," said Kevin Petrasic, a regulatory lawyer in Washington.
The best advice here comes from Franklin D. Roosevelt. "It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another," he said while running for the presidency in 1932.
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'No one wants to be alone': Thousands gather to honour victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting – National
Thousands of people gathered for a vigil in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood Saturday night to honour the victims of a mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa that killed 11 and injured six.
11 dead, 6 injured in shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh
Under candle light and light rain, the crowd chanted and sang Jewish songs in the emotional gathering.
Cody Murphy, 17, was one organizer of the vigil, and lives just up the street from the synagogue where the shooting took place.
WATCH: People sing songs, lay flowers and candles at Pittsburgh vigil after shooting
"You could hear the gunshots from my house," Murphy said. Murphy took the initiative to start the vigil because "no one wants to be alone right now."
"[The vigil] shows we're not going to let hate drive us apart," Murphy said. "We're going to stay together and we're going to remain the strong Pittsburgh community I know we've always been. One hateful guy isn't going to bring us down."
WATCH: Pittsburgh vigil organizer says they 'can't move on' after synagogue shooting
Police have arrested and charged suspected gunman Robert Bowers, 46, with 29 criminal counts on Saturday. Police radio transmissions confirm that he made anti-Semitic remarks during the shooting.
"We have to stop it," said Linda Martin, a resident who attended the vigil. "Our leaders have to stop it, but they're not. We have to stay civilized."
WATCH: People sing songs, lay flowers and candles at Pittsburgh vigil after shooting
At one point at the vigil, a chant of "vote, vote, vote" broke out. Some attendees blamed the shooting on the nation's political climate, and said they took little solace in the planned visit to Pittsburgh by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Murphy supported that voting is one way to make a change.
"I hope this inspires people to go out and vote and make a change," she said. "I hope this makes us stop ignoring [hate], because we have grown numb to it."
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Catholic Bishops react to military coup in Mali
Contrary to the expectations of the people, the leadership of the Episcopal Conference of Mali (CEM) has termed the Tuesday, August 18 military coup in the West African nation as "regrettable" and "a big failure for our democracy" and called for a change of mentality if the country has to put an end to coups.
In an interview with ACI Africa Wednesday, August 19, made available to RECOWACERAO NEWS AGENCY, RECONA, the President of CEM, Bishop Jonas Dembélé said that the governance challenges the country is facing can be managed through dialogue.
"The military coup that led to the ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is regrettable because we are in a state of law and democracy. This is the second time that Mali has had a military coup as a result of the way in which the country is governed. It is a big failure for our democracy even if there were reasons for it," Bishop Dembélé told ACI Africa.
"It is true that our country has serious challenges including bad governance, the poor management of the economy, corruption, insecurity and so on," Bishop Dembélé said and probed, "Why is it that we Malians have not managed to engage in dialogue to be able to discuss these problems and face up to these challenges responsibly?"
"Our leaders, our people lack transparency, they hate those who speak the truth and advocate for good governance. This mentality must change for our country to move on," the Prelate told ACI Africa August 19.
Bishop Dembélé who is a frontline member of RECOWA-CERAO urged the military officials "to ensure a return to democracy as promised but most especially ensuring the new leadership of the country put the people first and tackle the security challenges facing the nation."
Asked about the role of the Church in the current crisis, the 57-year-old Prelate noted, "For us the Catholic Church in Mali, our role is to preach peace; our role is to preach dialogue. We shall continue in this path of dialogue for peace just like Cardinal Jean Zerbo and some religious leaders initiated."
"In a state of law, power is not in the hands of certain individuals but to the people. The anger of our people led to this crisis, but we must work for peace and reconciliation in Mali," Bishop Dembélé said.
He continued in recollections, "The Bishops in Mali have always issued messages before every election in our country sounding the alert and inviting the government to organize transparent elections, ensure good governance and better management of resources."
"But it seems our messages are never taken into consideration that is why we find ourselves in this situation today," the Local Ordinary of Kayes Diocese told ACI Africa and added, "If the opinion of the Episcopal Conference of Mali is needed to mediate in bringing back stability and peace in the country, then we are ready."
As a way forward, the Bishop urged the people of God in Mali to "seek the path to conversion" and to accept dialogue in the spirit of truth and honesty.
"We all want change in our
country, but this change can only be possible if individually we seek the path to conversion. It is for Malians be they Muslims or Christians or members of traditional religion, to do an examination of conscience and accept personal and community conversion in order to engage in sincere dialogue," he said.
The Malian Prelate added, "Now there is this coup d'état to demand change we really wonder where change should come from. As long as we don't change our behavior, our mentality, we will always have a repeat of the current situation."
On Tuesday, August 18, President Keita announced his resignation and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, Aljazeera reported.
"For seven years, I have with great joy and happiness tried to put this country on its feet. If today some people from the armed forces have decided to end it by their intervention, do I have a choice? I should submit to it because I do not want any blood to be shed," President Keita said August 18 during the televised address to the nation.
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Senator Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday following a scathing speech by former President Barack Obama, who said the fate of the nation" depends entirely on the outcome of this election."
Both Mr. Obama and Harris stressed the importance of voting, with Harris saying "we're all in this fight together." Harris sounded an optimistic note by highlighting her personal history and the promise of America, saying she was "so inspired by a new generation."
"Make no mistake, the road ahead will not be not easy," she said. "We will stumble. We may fall short. But I pledge to you that we will act boldly and deal with our challenges honestly. We will speak truths. And we will act with the same faith in you that we ask you to place in us." She called Mr. Trump a "predator" in a speech that came after Mr. Obama issued his most forceful rebuke of his successor to date, saying Mr. Trump "hasn't grown into the job because he can't."
"This president and those in power — those who benefit from keeping things the way they are — they are counting on your cynicism," Mr. Obama said. "They know they can't win you over with their policies. So they're hoping to make it as hard as possible for you to vote, and to convince you that your vote doesn't matter.
That's how they win. That's how they get to keep making decisions that affect your life, and the lives of the people you love. That's how the economy will keep getting skewed to the wealthy and well-connected, how our health systems will let more people fall through the cracks. That's how a democracy withers, until it's no democracy at all."
Mr. Obama and Hillary Clinton, speaking earlier in the night, both said they had hoped Mr. Trump would rise to the occasion. But they both stressed what they called his failures while in office, with Mr. Obama saying Mr. Trump has shown "no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves."
Mali coup leaders vow to hold elections as history repeats itself
The Malian soldiers who forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign in a coup promised early Wednesday to organize new elections after their takeover was swiftly condemned by the international community.
In a statement carried overnight on state broadcaster ORTM, the mutinous soldiers who staged Tuesday's military coup identified themselves as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People led by Colonel Major Ismael Wagué.
"With you, standing as one, we can restore this country to its former greatness," Wagué said, announcing that borders were closed and that a curfew was going into effect from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m
The news of Keita's departure was met with jubilation by anti-government demonstrators in the capital, Bamako, and alarm by former colonial ruler France and other allies and foreign nations.
The U.N. Security Council scheduled a closed meeting Wednesday August 19, 2020 afternoon to discuss the unfolding situation in Mali, where the U.N. has a 15,600-strong peacekeeping mission. Keita, who was democratically elected in a 2013 landslide and re-elected five years later, still had three years left in his term.
But his popularity had plummeted, and demonstrators began taking to the streets calling for his ouster in June.
West African regional bloc ECOWAS had sent mediators to try and negotiate a unity government but those talks fell apart when it became clear that the protesters would not accept less than Keita's resignation.
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He Is Our Guide
1. Through the darkness I can see worlds stretching out before me,
No end in sight, a never ending dream.
This world, I thought, was so unique, one of many seen;
I feel so small, the darkness all I see.
2. Now is my time on earth, my test of faith, my mortal birth,
Opportunity again to prove my worth.
If my eyes could clear, I'd see that life will stretch eternally;
I'm one of many sands upon the sea.
3. Worlds created one by one, a sacrifice, His precious Son;
Christ was sent to earth, the chosen path begun.
We need only work and watch and pray, He showed the path, the way,
His plan unfolding, growing day by day.
He is our guide, eternal, shining light.
He is our friend,
He'll guide us to the end.
He is our faith,
He died so we may live with Him someday.
He taught us how to serve, to pray;
He is the light, the way,
He is our faith,
He died so we may live with Him someday.
He taught us how to serve, to pray.
He is the light, the way.
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Music: Rebecca Hainsworth
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church and state, the relationship between the religion or religions of a nation and the civil government of that nation, especially the relationship between the Christian church and various civil governments. There have been several phases in the relationship between the Christian church and the state. The uncompromising refusal of the early Christians to accord divine honors to the Roman emperor was the chief cause of the imperial persecutions of the church. After Constantine I gave it official status, the church at first remained fairly autonomous, but during the 4th cent. the emperor began to figure increasingly in religious affairs.
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But in the aftermath of President Obama's disastrous performance in last Wednesday night's first presidential debate, which helped Republican Mitt Romney erase the Democratic incumbent's yearlong lead in the polls, "the stakes in Thursday night's debate are astronomical for both candidates," notes University of Michigan debate director Aaron Kall.
Here's what Vice President Joe Biden needs to do during their encounter at Centre College in Danville, Ky.:
1. Stop the bleeding.
Before the first debate, the Obama-Biden ticket was leading in the RealClearPolitics poll index by an average of 4 percentage points. Tuesday, for the first time in 2012, Romney and Ryan took the lead. "Obama didn't just hurt himself, he hurt the brand," said independent pollster John Zogby. "There's a lot of pressure on Biden. He has to get them back on track because they're bleeding now."
2. Attack, attack, attack! (But in a systematic way.)
Obama found himself on the defensive from the first moments of the first debate. His running mate must seize the offensive and relentlessly critique Ryan's record as chairman of the House Budget Committee and Team Romney's economic and foreign policy proposals. "It's the vice presidential candidate's role to go out and attack the other side," said Sherri Greenberg, director of the Center for Politics and Governance at the University of Texas' Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. One cautionary note: It's possible to be too aggressive. (Examples: Al Gore invading George W. Bush's space at their first debate in 2000. Or Jimmy Carter's serial attacks on Ronald Reagan in 1980, ending with Reagan's retort, "there you go again.")
3. Win the budget/tax battle.
Biden needs to convince average Americans that Ryan's past support for cuts in middle-class entitlements such as college financial aid and eldercare could hurt them personally. "Biden wants to remind people of the Ryan budget and the impact on their lives," said American University political communication professor Dotty Lynch, "especially if Medicare is changed and government programs like Medicaid and student loans are cut."
4. Look like the only grown-up on the stage on international issues.
Joe Biden has been a player on foreign policy issues since Paul Ryan was, well, three years old. The vice president needs to use his knowledge and record, as senator and vice president, to his advantage. "He will challenge Ryan on his lack of experience and also criticize Romney," said Jim Granato, director of the Hobby Center for Public Affairs at the University of Houston.
5. Don't be a bully.
It's fine to be Fightin' Joe, champion of the middle class. It's not OK to be Mr. McNasty or Mr. McDirty. Americans don't mind some tough, substantive exchanges. But personal attacks or relentless negativism could backfire and make Ryan a more sympathetic figure.
6. Don't commit a major gaffe that will dominate the headlines whatever else happens in the debate.
Republicans are quick to note that Joe Biden is a human gaffe machine. He can terrify his handlers by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. A whopper during Thursday's big showdown would definitely be the wrong time. "Joe Biden must be 'gaffe-free' and aggressive," said Steven E. Schier, a political science professor at Carleton College. "His job is to reveal the shortcomings of the Romney-Ryan approach far more clearly than the president did in his first debate."


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With Criterion no longer providing downloadable content for Burnout Paradise, one of the generation's best-supported games is about to slide into the history books. So publisher EA is going to send it off with a bang.
EA announced on Friday that, until March 31, you'll be able to get Burnout Paradise and its roster of downloadable content for what amounts to a song. A $20 or $30 song, depending on your preferences.
For $30, you can get everything. The full game and all its downloadable content. For $20, meanwhile, those owning simply the game (or only a selection of its DLC) can get every piece of premium downloadable content.
For a game that not only looks great for its age, but plays great, that's quite the deal.
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Simple and clean website for the Design Research Society (DRS) 2010 conference to be hosted in Montreal, Canada.
The graphic profile for the conference features 8 different colors. The website support the identity by using random color selection in the CSS.
The solution is using the Smarty template engine. The hosting server has very limited support for dynamic content. I proposed a basic site that is easy to update for the organizers.
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NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. said Tuesday it's capping the fees it charges customers for overdrawing their accounts, backpedaling on the hikes the company imposed just this year.
Starting Oct. 19, Bank of America said it will no longer charge overdraft fees when a customer's account is overdrawn by less than $10 in one day. A $35 fee will still be levied if the account isn't brought into balance within five days.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based bank also will limit to four the number of times an overdraft fee can be charged on an account per day. Just this year, the bank had raised that cap from five to 10. It also raised the fee this year for the first overdraft in a 12-month period to $35 from $25 — a hike that still stands.
Enrollment in the bank's overdraft program is currently automatic for new customers, and opting out is possible only in "very limited" circumstances, said Anne Pace, a Bank of America spokeswoman. But now customers will be able opt out, meaning that transactions will be denied at the register if customers don't have enough money in their accounts to cover a purchase.
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Pace said the company didn't have an estimate on how many people might opt out of the overdraft program, noting that many consider it a useful backup. Customers will need to visit their local branches to opt out. They will also be able to call, Pace said, but the appropriate phone number hasn't yet been determined.
When asked about the reversal from the fee hikes earlier this year, Pace said the company is responding to the "changing needs" of customers in the difficult economic environment.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. also will be overhauling its overdraft fees, a spokeswoman said late Tuesday.
The bank will make overdraft protection opt-in for all customers, post transactions to accounts as they occur, and eliminate fees when accounts are overdrawn by $5 or less. It will also reduce the maximum number of fees per day to three from six.
The changes will apply to all customer accounts, the spokeswoman said. She said the bank expects to implement them during the first quarter of next year.
The banks' turnaround comes amid widespread criticism of the industry's excessive fees. Sweeping credit card reforms passed earlier this year will soon limit banks' ability to raise fees and interest rates and require greater disclosure about costs.
Banks will also have to give customers the choice to opt into over-the-limit programs for credit cards, which are similar to overdraft programs and charge consumers for spending beyond their credit limit.
The credit card law doesn't address debit cards, however, and banks can still automatically enroll cardholders into overdraft programs. Three-quarters of large banks have automated overdraft programs, according to a 2006 study by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Source of revenue for banks
Consumer advocates say automatic enrollment in overdraft programs is misleading, because most people assume they can only spend the money they have when using debit cards. But the programs have become an industry standard in the past several years, and a hefty source of revenue for banks.
However, Bank of America said that starting in June it will give consumers the choice to opt into overdraft programs when they sign up for an account. Other changes coming in June include:
- An annual limit for the number of times its customers can overdraw their accounts when making purchases with debit cards.
- Customers who are nearing the annual limit will be contacted by the bank and be provided "education and tools" to help them manage their budgets.
- Customers who reach the annual limit will have their overdraft ability restricted.
Initial overdraft fees at banks range from $16 to $36, according to a survey by the Consumer Federation of America conducted in March. Some banks also charge sustained fees if consumers fail to bring their accounts up to balance with a couple days; CFA says 10 of the 16 largest banks make such assessments.
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Lorri Glover is the John Francis Bannon Professor in the Department of History at Saint Louis University, where she teaches courses on colonial America, the American Revolution, and gender history. She has written broadly in early American history, focusing particularly on family and the southern provinces. Her recent works include Southern Sons: Becoming Men in the New Nation (2007) and, with Daniel Blake Smith, The Shipwreck that Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America (2008).
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David W. Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University. As of 2004, he became Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale. In 2010-11, Blight will be the Rogers Distinguished Fellow in 19th century American History at the Huntington Library. He is currently writing a book on the anticipation of the Civil War sesquicentennial (2011-15), tentatively entitled "Gods and Devils Aplenty," which compares the 100th anniversary of America's most pivotal event to its 150th. At the Huntington he will begin work on a new, full biography of Frederick Douglass that will be published by Simon and Schuster by 2013. Blight has written many book and articles on abolitionism, American historical memory, and African American intellectual and cultural history.He is the author of A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including their Narratives of Emancipation, (Harcourt, 2007), and Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (Harvard University Press, 2001), which received eight book awards. Other published works include a book of essays, Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War (University of Massachusetts Press, 2002); and Frederick Douglass's Civil War: Keeping Faith in Jubilee (LSU Press, 1989). Blight lectures widely in the US and around the world on the Civil War and Reconstruction, race relations, Douglass, Du Bois, and problems in public history and American historical memory. He also has been a consultant to many documentary films, including the 1998 PBS series, "Africans in America," and "The Reconstruction Era" (2004).
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Jennifer R. Green is Professor of History at Central Michigan University. Her research focuses on class formation and professionals in the nineteenth century, especially using the lens of antebellum education. In addition to numerous articles, she has published Military Education and the Emerging Middle Class in the Old South (Cambridge, 2008), which won the American Education Research Association's New Scholar Book Award. She just completed an edited volume, The Southern Middle Class in the Nineteenth Century (with Jonathan Daniel Wells, LSU press, forthcoming). She currently serves as Book Review Editor for the Michigan Historical Review.


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Every minute the crisis engulfing the United Kingdom worsens. There is no leadership and no plan, with both the major political parties in disarray. When the markets re-open on Monday, all hell will likely break loose now that it has become clear just how bad things are likely to get.
Many Remain campaigners – of whom I was one – are in outright denial. A petition for a second referendum has garnered over three million signatures. An anti-Brexit march is planned for London on 9 July. But both these efforts are fatally flawed – we cannot base a campaign on overturning the expressed will of the majority of the British voters.
Yes, holding a referendum was an utterly stupid move, and one that will indeed put David Cameron down as one of the worst prime ministers in history. For short-term party political gain he gambled and lost an entire country. Neville Chamberlain looks like a wise sage in comparison. But we all went along with it and voted. We can't change the rules post-facto now, because we don't like the result.
The anti-Brexit event page says:
We almost prevented the Iraqi war by getting out on the streets. Now it is the populous vote that we need to take issue with. … The power is still with the people and we can change things if we are organised and passionate in our response. Let's unite the Remain voters and those who regret their vote to leave, to turn this on its head. (my emphasis)
I'm sorry, but I can't support that. That isn't democracy – it's explicitly anti-democratic in aiming to overturn the popular vote on the basis of people turning up physically in London for a rally. That way leads to mob rule. (I'd be in favour of a rally, by the way, but on different principles outlined below.)
The people have spoken, and the verdict was 'Leave'. Yes, they were lied to about the NHS and immigration. But the people are sovereign and their vote must stand. We are leaving the EU. Now we need to focus on what comes next.
Here's some ideas for what a progressive strategy might look like:
- We must accept the referendum result and move forward with triggering Article 50. What's done is done. Other EU countries have made clear that they want shot of Britain as quickly as possible.
- We must accept that Scotland will now leave the UK. I opposed the first referendum on independence but I would support another now in order for the democratic wish of Scots to Remain in the EU to be respected.
- A new England-Wales-EU association agreement should include freedom of movement. Otherwise logically there must be a hard border north of Hadrian's Wall following Scottish secession, which is unthinkable.
- A united Ireland makes more sense now than for nearly a century, as Northern Ireland also voted Remain, but not at the price of renewed conflict. Keeping UK-EU freedom of movement would reduce some of the tension here – otherwise the NI/Republic of Ireland border would have to be re-fortified.
- We must demonstrate solidarity with EU citizens of other nations who are currently in the United Kingdom. Whatever happens they will permanently have the right to remain in the UK with all the rights of other British citizens. They should not feel insecure or unwanted.
- Keeping freedom of movement means we will not be "stopping immigration", which was a major concern of many who voted Leave. Urgent ways must be found to reduce the social inequality which has driven this division so ably exploited by Farage et al and which are equally behind the rise of the far right everywhere.
- Boris Johnson must accept that he has no mandate to become prime minister, and if he seeks the premiership it will be in the teeth of opposition from most of the political class, who now detest him for the damage he has done.
- Whoever takes over the premiership from the humiliated Cameron must quickly call a general election, and ideally something more profound, like a constitutional assembly to work out the future of the UK's political system.
- To the extent that we can, we should aim to shore up the European Union so that other member states do not make the same mistake. The EU is the most important peace project in history, and exists for a reason.
We are suddenly plunged into a crucial period of history-making. Many subsequent generations will be affected by the decisions we make over the next few days. Let's not get it wrong by allowing progressive politics to be permanently sidelined by the opportunistic liars who have got us into this mess.
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"The people have spoken, and the verdict was 'Leave'. Yes, they were lied to about the NHS and immigration. But the people are sovereign and their vote must stand."
I don't know what you mean by "the people are sovereign", I'm not sure it means anything objective, but the vital argument is that people voted for something quite different. That cannot be brushed aside. We might have adjusted ourself to the fact that politicians lie as a matter of course, but the consequences of this, unlike a general election, cannot be reversed. The level of voter regret, and a general sense of deception, is unprecedented. Furthermore it's clear there is no plan whatsoever, Britain is entering a state of deep turmoil, and needlessly so. In addition to the obvious 3 people I know have been racially abused since the result in ways that would have been unthinkable 6 months ago, one had bottles thrown at her on a train and had to call the police.
My question: what is the harm in a second referendum given the magnitude of this decision. If people are serious about Brexit they can vote the same again?↓
The reason for no 2nd EU referendum is very simple…….
We were offered "A" vote on leaving or remaining the EU…….. It was not the best out of three!!
I am Scottish and in 2014 indie referendum I voted NO but only after the Vows were pledged.
Once the vote was over and it was a NO to leaving the UK. I was as first relieved and awaited the Vows that were never delivered as I had thought it was promised.
I accepted I was Duped but at the same time accepted the result.
It is simply a case of Sour Grapes at the EU result……things didn't go the remain way and are acting like petulant children stomping their feet looking for a way to get their own way.
Grow up and accept the result, you have an alternative if you want to remain in the EU…… Move to one of the 27 other EU member states.
Good comment and true.
A second EU referendum could be justified if it becomes clear public opinion has shifted strongly against Brexit, the former attorney general has said. So urge others and make your voice heard.
No!… the vote is in….Democracy prevails… you just can't change you mind "After the Fact"… Geez
geez louise…
Mark, I completely respect your opinion but beg to differ for a couple of reasons:
(1) The first referendum was advisory. Now that the people have seen the impact I do think they deserve a second chance with a second referendum that is mandatory, and does include automatic split of Scotland and Northern Ireland from the UK if it succeeds.
(2) OK I am dual national living in the USA. I am very used to seeing major votes requiring a 60% majority in the USA senate. A major constitutional change like this one should not be passed with what is essentially a 50 / 50 split. The new referendum should require a 60% majority and then it would be binding.↓
Now that people have seen the impact?
It was each person's responsibility to make an informed decision when voting, not a reaction after the vote!
Time to move on and separate….this is the will of the people.
If not, then democracy has failed and England will have even bigger problems.
"and does include automatic split of Scotland and Northern Ireland from the UK if it succeeds."
But majorities in Scotland and NI want to *stay* in the UK, so adding this stupid, authoritarian requirement is a pretty transparent attempt to rig your second referendum in favour of a Remoan vote.
I support the ideas set out in this Blog. I especially think the idea for a "Constitutional Assembly" is sensible and important. The unwritten"British Constitution" got us into this mess. I would support the idea of referendum as part of the new written constitution but they should be hard to trigger and should have a technocratic supporting documentation and for major constitutional questions require more than a simple majority. It's appalling, in my opinion, that the referendum was called on the basis of a split in the Conservative Party. It's crazy that now that it's happened that there is no plan in place on how to carry through. Finally, on a matter of such magnitude should a simple majority have been enough? I agree that the result if the referendum should stand because it was run on the basis of a simple majority but to change the US Constitution requires 2/3 majority.↓
Our "winter of our discontent" will only worsen, if the people who "have spoken" are not willing to embrace our global community, and begin an informed discussion, based on science, of our best path towards peace and prosperity, for all "subsequent generations."
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Clearly, we must discuss Income Disparity, as the primary driver of our predictable, growing global anger…
After the Greatest Generation fought in our last World War, they returned home to build Great Nations, and an unprecedented standard of living for billions. Hopefully, Millennials will behave more like the Greatest Generation, than aptly named Baby Boomers, and come to agreement about their best path forward.
Perhaps, they will also give some serious thought to forming a new global political party, committed to supporting truly "free competitive markets" driven by hard work and merit, not Daddy's money…↓
And here's the right link to the OxFam Report: https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/file_attachments/bp210-economy-one-percent-tax-havens-180116-en_0.pdf
"our global community"
We don't live in a global community.
Everyone who voted in the Brexit referendum is part of a small minority of people who live in an advanced, secular country. Most of your "global community" live, in no small part due to their own wishes, in societies that are very different from ours. They do not share our values. Most of us would be justifiably appalled by theirs. So let's have no more warm, fuzzy but ultimately meaningless talk about a "global community" that does not exist.
An interesting analysis of what must follow. What happened on Thursday is a forerunner of what may become a common pattern in the 21st century. You may find the posting I wrote on my blog site to be pertinent. See: http://www.21stcentech.com/emerging-deconstructed-nations-21st-century/. In studying the evolution of the state in the 21st century I believe we are witnessing a reorganization of society with the emergence of region over nation, and if anything, loosely constructed federalism. I believe London could even become a city state in the centre of a new Little England if trends continue. After all the majority of our species live in cities today and power will increasingly move from national and sub-jurisdiction entities to urban centres as the century unfolds.↓
A second referendum is justified because the electorate were misled:
• The media failed to point out that Brexit meant a swing to the far right;
• The BBC, the main arbiter of democracy in this country, was walking on egg-shells, terrified of government decisions on the charter renewal if they put a foot wrong against right-wing Tories, since BBC funding and independence are in the balance this year;
• Lies by the Leave Campaign would not have been allowed in a Court of Law.↓
Yep, absolutely agree. Special EU Question Time debate this evening (Sun 16 June) audience applauded loudest when point was made about the misleading leave campaign messaging and broken promises we've seen.
second referendums are hold in other countries and now people can see the real effects of brexit, facts speaks louder than words. I can't see the problem of having a second referendum to settle the issue once for all.↓
Excellent post Mark,
There are a couple of salient environment and energy questions to be resolved.
1. The UK is signed up the 2020 EU renewable energy target. Does exiting the EU invalidate that?
2. Will the UK now exit the European Emissions Trading Scheme?
3. Does this make any post-Paris ramp up of climate ambition impossible in the EU?
4. Is it now certain EDF will can the EPR?
5. Are the Japanese going to be in any hurry to build their planned reactors in the soon to be named Poundland once they get their licenses next year or so?
6. How many years will this delay building much needed interconnectors to Europe?
I don't think the answers to these questions will cheer anyone up. Except for the people who've just screwed this country for the next few decades. But we already know they only about "ordinary", "decent" people, whoever they are.↓
Thank you for writing this.
It may seem a suggestion that is unrelated to your post but I think that an immediate switch to PR would also help.
My reasoning is this. I think there are actually four main political groupings in England. They are muddled up in two main parties and UKIP.
1, A right-wing, socially conservative, populist, anti-EU group.
2, An internationalist, free-market and socially liberal pro-EU group.
3, A social democratic party that broadly supports the EU and is favour of stronger state services, less inequality but also happy to use markets where appropriate.
4, An old-fashioned socialist group that is equivocal about the EU and favours nationalisation of many privatised services. Left-wing populism.
PR would allow these groupings to form very rapidly indeed. I mean within a week or less (though obviously it would be very messy and disorganised). Internationalist Tories can join Group 2 as would some LibDems. Social conservatives and UKIP would form the core of Group 1. Group 3 would be composed of some LibDems, many Labour supporters (but not members), possibly some Conservatives and many Greens. The old left would stay in Group 4.
Groups 2 and 3 would be unequivocally in favour of staying in. 1 and 4 would be outers or ambivalent. If Groups 2 and 3 fought a near immediate election and between them got a majority of seats (in a PR system which might combine some local representatives and some party lists) then they would either form a government individually or as a coalition. (Think the current German government). But whatever the precise composition the administration could claim a legitimate case for abandoning Brexit.
This may sound fanciful in the extreme. But I can see no other way of organising British politics to give democratic weight to an eventual decision to go back on the referendum verdict. Unlike you perhaps, I think this is still something we should look for.
Great analysis Mark – thanks for sharing those thoughts and thereby enriching the Brexit discussions all around the world. Could you kindly answer a quick question to enlighten those of us in the Commonwealth?:
Given the presence of a powerful, globally respected and loved 90 year old Monarch ruling in the UK, is there not hope that she may be given space to express herself on this extremely salient issue, over which I am certain that she too must be feeling this general discomfort?↓
Thanks for relying, Mark,
Agreed about the Constitutional crisis that the UK is already dealing with at the moment (while also hunkering-down for what may transpire when the markets reopen on Monday morning).
But, and this was my thrust, couldn't a calming opinion voiced a highly-respected State elder become a very valuable input to help restore reason under these very same awkward circumstances?
Whatever you think of the Brexit result, you have to admit that the UK is a democracy. In many other so called democracies, the powers that be would simply have rigged the vote. Anyone been looking at the Democrat primaries in the US of A. In the UK, the powers that be didn't want Brexit so the vote to leave is the best indication of the health of British Democracy.
As for the panic, you are all overreacting. The devil is in the detail. A move such as this could go either way. If you elect your "Bernie Sanders" to lead you and yes, you have one or in fact two, Britain will go from strength to strength. If you elect your "Hillary Clinton" I don't like your chances. This can release huge amounts of energy and innovation.
One of the good results, already visible, is that the EU leaders are talking about reforming the EU. It is not a democracy since the main function of a democracy is the ability to chuck out the decision making pwople before they think that their positions are divinely determined. The EU by any definition is a dictatorship and is being manipulated by the USA, some would say, increasing the risk of a nuclear exchange in which Europe would destroyed. Leaving that aside, You don;'t want to be in the pocket of America.
What you say is correct, best reply to this article. Thank you.
Mark, the referendum was deeply flawed from the outset. Above all, no-one really knows what they were voting for because there was no Brexit plan presented.
As such, what we need now is to postpone invoking Article 50, find a way to negotiate the likely Brexit deal with the EU – and I think Merkel would be open to that – and then put it to a second referendum. In the second referendum the deal should be clear and the terms of what constitutes a mandate to act should be defined. That would be a fairer way to deal with the very narrow victory for Leave, balanced against the deep fears and concerns of remain voters.
There are plenty of examples of second round referenda on important issues like this. It is not undemocratic to say, OK the British people have shown a narrow preference for LEave in this referendum, and as a result we now need to define what the terms of that should be, and then give them the detail so they can make a final informed decision.↓
I totally agree. We should be allowed a second referendum after we start to talk to Europe to lay out a detailed Brexit deal. Then we can then decide for sure if we want to Leave or Remain. As Tony Blair pointed out, we have now chosen to move home without viewing the house, we can now go to see the house, send a surveyor in to do a survey and decide if we still want to move for sure.
If the Leave vote was not a marginal win, then holding a second referendum might not be fair but in this case, it was marginal and people vote Leave based on the wrong information, why can't we have another when Ireland had two referendum.
Hi Mark
The general thrust of your arguement is sound.
The vote has happened and whatever was said, it was for the voter to decide how to vote.
I should be considerable critisism of our "free" press for not holding those to account who were telling out right lies.
It is not clear that the House of Commons would vote to enact Brexit in its current make-up, which would be politiacl suicide for some, but not others.
Brexiteers fall into 2 camps
– the free traders, who will accept considerable levels of immigartion/ people flow for the benefit of economic growth.
– the anti immigartion group, who are defined by this issue.
The Tory leadership contest should uncover which camp the contenders fall into, and that the contenders outline in some detail the type of relationship they will seek with the EU and the world.
Hopefully in conjunction other parties will also state how they would approach the brexit issue, if they were in power.
Once the positions are clear from the leaderships, a general election is essential, as Parliament is Soverign in this matter, not the referendum outcome, where each contender for a seat explicity states how he will vote.
A general election under current rules, where each new MP has a stated position on how they would vote (without whips) will allow a legitimate and legal vote in the only place where it must ultimatly be decided. This route is the only method to provide a mandate that is sufficiently robust in light of the divisions and consequences that have been exposed.
The government that takes office will have recieved the mandate to negotiate on the terms highlighted to the electorate before the general election takes place.↓
Absolutely agree!!↓
What about Boris' original plan for 2 referendums in 2015!
"ICM asked respondents if they support a second referendum focusing on the terms of Britain's exit from the EU – 41 per cent backed the plan, 29 per cent were opposed and 30 per cent did not know."↓
Thanks for your several sound suggestions. The one I would take issue with is Northern Ireland. A delicate balance was struck by Good Friday Agreement after very difficult negotiations. One unpicks that at one's peril. There will be strong forces within Ireland to do just that. I have no solutions but suggest its unwise for outsiders to wade in to such a complex situation with simple solutions.↓
The first referendum should never have had to take place, let alone a second one. The UK should never have entered into the EU in 1973, but now the people have spoken and we need out. full stop. the ones that wanted to stay in need to realize that the British Economy will always recover as it has done on numerous occasions. Stop whining everyone, and let's get on with it. this country needs people with backbone. not hangers on.↓
Another reason a second referendum just won't fly, at least not yet – why do we think EU countries would welcome the UK back?
Many Europeans I know, especially those living inside the UK and who didn't get to vote, are deeply hurt by the referendum result. A country that they saw as welcoming and which they have given a lot to has just turned around and slapped them in the face. That is going to take some time to make better and a lot of effort is needed to rebuild anything resembling good relations.
The UK has now officially thrown its tantrum and left the party. The other kids may be hesitant to invite such a spoilt and petulant child back. No one wants a friend who is known to just walk out when things get tough or when they don't get their own way.↓
Nearly but not quite right.
We need a general election, where every candidate states whether he / she will vote to trigger Article 50. We elect our candidates, and they vote for or against triggering as they stated in their manifestos.
Then, if we want leave, we have the proper constitutional backing for it, and if not – not.↓
I would like to thank British people for having the courage to say Leave.
I actually would have voted Remain myself, and I am sure there is great difficulty ahead, particularly for Britain. But there are important benefits as well, the urgency of which has come to light with the immediate reaction after the vote by Juncker, Merkel and Hollande. They were immediately about to expedite the integration, as some kind of retaliation for the Brits to have voted wrong.
Until this, the federalization and constant enlarging of EU has been completely unstoppable. The political class in Brussels has been utterly, totally deaf to people who don't want it. They have simply refused to listen.
Now they have to. It comes at a considerable price, but this may be what was needed to save us from a United States of Europe, running under an increasingly deaf leadership in Brussels (and continuing the monthly travel circus to Strasbourg as a symbol of its steadfast blindness), and *at the same time* implementing some sort of "manifest destiny" of expanding into Turkey and beyond.
Yes, in the short term we may suffer. But in the longer this might be what saved us all.↓
Awesome comment. thank you
Have never heard such short-sighted twaddle in all my life ..
I agree with Paul, Pekka and Bluebell, GIGO, garbage in, garbage out. What a prospect if you two were in left in charge. The 2nd referendum will come.
I hope it hasn't escaped notice that Nigel Farage, in his extraordinary speech to the European Parliament yesterday (28th June), twice mentioned "De-Paris-ing" as a key requirement in the new arrangements between UK and EU that he envisages. This may shape up as a crucial point of contest for those committed to the future of the environment.↓
We should definitely have a second EU referendum. The people, quite frankly, cannot be trusted to make an unbiased decision about such a momentous issue. Voting to leave the EU is about as preposterous as voting to introduce hanging for toddlers! And it seems that a lot of people didn't even know what the EU is! In the aftermath of the EU referendum, there was a spike on Internet search engines on questions such as "What is the EU?" and "What does a Brexit mean"? Protest vote .. yes why not … but not on an issue as vital to Britain and the world in general as this. It is not undemocratic to overturn a vote where a lot of voters didn't know what they were voting for.↓
"We should definitely have a second EU referendum. The people, quite frankly, cannot be trusted to make an unbiased decision about such a momentous issue. "
If the people, quite frankly, cannot be trusted to make an unbiased decision about such a momentous issue, then why, quite frankly, should there be a referendum at all?
Or elections, for that matter?
Nothing against elections at all – they are the cornerstone of our democracy and should of course be followed. An election is an indicator of who we want to decide and implement our will (elected MPs).
A referendum is quite a different matter. It should be an indicator of how people feel about a particular matter. It's just that, in this case, it wasn't. It apparently was supposed to be a "kick up the ass" to the establishment. Fair enough, but not if, for many of those polled, the EU wasn't really the issue at all. Brexiters seem to think this attitude is just a "bad loser" reaction. It isn't – the Remain camp will keep on with this until justice is served. You can't have a referendum unless the people are adequately informed. And, in this case, they were not.↓
Let's get this "the people have spoken" garbage out of the way: Say, for the sake of argument, we get presented with an Andrea Leadsom as Prime Minister; she has already made her vile views on fox hunting and gay marriage abundantly clear. Say she decided to hold a referendum. the wording of the question being: "Should hanging be re-introduced for certain crimes?" I have quite often heard "bring back hanging" from some thoughtless individuals – do you mean to tell me that, in the event of a "Yes" vote, MPs shouldn't have the right to a veto on such an important topic, legislation that would put back Britain's reputation in the world as a fair-minded, just and modern-thinking country by decades? The people cannot be trusted to provide an unbiased and not-knowledge-based vote. Let our elected and paid representatives. MPs, do so …↓
Brainexit – now what ? As a statistician I cringe at the thought of ripping up the treaties which bind the EU and the UK together on the basis of a 52/48 % split ! Which silly twit (Cameron) would allow such a major change decided above 50% !! Obviously we'll never know how the 28% of electorate who didn't vote would have voted – but one thing is for sure – it could have gone either way if they had. A second referendum is a must after a general election brings a party to power which offers one (labour or liberal democrats ?); after yet another bargaining party at the EU – perhaps next time the EU will listen to the issues ? I can't agree that another general election would help the Tories – surely the londeners and other city dwellers would support another party ?↓
I am now and have been since the reign of Gerald the Pardoner a citizen of the USA, but for exactly one reason, most adamantly, I'd have voted Brexit had I still been a Brit. For the same reason, were I French, I'd vote Frexit.
The Energiewende and the entire dominant view of the EU, that "renewables" of the recent solar origin variety can oust the fossil energy of coal and liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, is utterly arithmetic nonsense.
One can hardly think of a policy better calculated to keep fossil carbon fuel burning.↓


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The body is made out of molded RTM composite fiberglass. The overall design could be called either sleek or busy, with multiple character lines, fillets and features punctuating every surface. A Coke-bottle shape within the wheelbase provides visual drama and glorious highlights, but detracts slightly from vehicle aerodynamics.
The Elise is very small, very sporty and very aggressive. Aside from alloy wheels in muted silver, all exterior trim is either body color or matte black. Lotus has invested heavily in the front lighting assemblies. A ribbed clear plastic lens covers projector-beam headlights. Taillights are round, basic and undistinguished.
Elise offers a broad exterior color palette and is most visible and striking in lighter colors. There may be a safety advantage associated with lighter and brighter colors being more easily seen in traffic. The Elise is small, after all, and turning on the headlights is not a bad idea.
Placed in a competitive context, the Elise is proportioned somewhat like a smaller version of a Ferrari F430. But, beyond that, it does not really resemble any other mass-production vehicle on the road. In just about every aspect, the Elise is in a class by itself.
We like and recommend the optional Starshield, a clear plastic film used to protect the paint on the nose of the car. It's impressively strong yet virtually invisible.
The Lotus Elise interior is simple and basic. The overall look is not quite kit car, but falls short of almost any other production car in the industry. Everything looks hand-cut and hand-made, and it is. There are exposed aluminum pieces and panels on the floor. There are two tightly shaped bucket seats. Neither reclines. The driver seat is manually adjustable fore and aft. The passenger seat is fixed. In cloth, the seats look and feel like cloth. In leather, they look, feel and smell like vinyl. The leather holds up well though and is easy to clean.
The dash is basic, with speedometer, tachometer, fuel and temperature functions arranged in a cluster, leaving warning lights for the rest. A dimpled black pad extends across the dash, mounted above an extruded aluminum tray to store odds and ends. In practice, the tray is more cosmetic than functional, though a cell phone, wallet, or garage remote will fit.
Aside from the small trunk behind the engine, the only storage space is behind the passenger seat, and this is not enclosed. Groceries? On the passenger seat or footwell. With no luggage space, the Elise is not an airport car.
Minor controls are few, but somewhat randomly placed and in every case cryptically marked if marked at all. This is not a car you can get into late at night for the first time and instinctively know how to operate. Horn buttons are in the two steering wheel spokes and are hard to find in an emergency.
There is a regimen for disarming the alarm and immobilizer that requires pressing a button on the key fob before pressing the Start button, which seems fussy. We've found the anti-theft system can be prone to false alarms, but a technician can turn the sensitivity down. In short, the remote locking key fob and alarm systems are not our favorite features.
The standard Alpine audio is fair at best in terms of sound. Worse, its 1-DIN layout, microscopic controls and low placement in the dash make it difficult to operate and adjust while underway; then there's the annoying, flashy LED. The fussy audio system may be this car's worst feature followed by the alarm system.
The air conditioning system features rudimentary controls in the form of three round alloy knobs and two small supplementary black buttons. The light indicating whether the air conditioning is on is difficult to see, especially on bright (hot) days. Most of the time, it chills the small cabin quickly and gets the job done. However, the A/C is outclassed in warmer climates when the car is traveling at slow speeds and there is insufficient ram air passing through the front-mounted condenser. The heater works acceptably well.
Lotuses are traditionally small cars. Small on the outside is great, as small makes them nimble, lightweight, fast and efficient. Small on the inside is limiting. Many people over six feet tall simply don't fit in this car. And some under six feet, particularly those of broader beam, don't fit very well.
The ProBax seats are tight and confining, thinly padded and lightweight to the core. They're ideal for track and aggressive street use where you really want to be held in place. They can be accommodating and supportive if you're the right size to start with. If you're outside the envelope, they're tight and unyielding.
Getting in and out of it the Elise is difficult. The high door sill is great for structural rigidity at the lightest possible weight and contributes significantly to side-impact safety, but it also represents a threshold for entry and egress. For the small and limber, no issue. For the larger and less flexible, this could be a challenge bordering on the near impossible. Another issue is the comparatively short door, which means having to hook leg and foot around and across a curved alloy hinge to get out. Easy for some but more difficult for others. Then there are those who won't even try. Sliding the driver's seat back before getting in or out is a good idea. We usually go in rear first, folding ourselves in half, and swinging the legs over the sill, with the upper body coming in last. Getting out usually involves sitting on the sill, squeezing the feet past the door, then lifting the body up.
As opposed to the Exige with its fixed hard top, the Elise offers the advantage of a removable top. Entry-egress is easiest with the top off. Hold the windshield header, then slide down and in. Pull on the steering column and sill assembly, and lift yourself out. With the top on, the aperture is smaller and lower, and you lose the ability to grab the header. Regardless of whether you go legs first, legs last, twisted body, sliding body or whatever, the first couple of times in and out are fairly routine. But use the Elise as a commuter car, getting in and out several times a day, and you'll likely come to really appreciate other, larger cars in your fleet.
The Elise is available with a roll-up soft top and bolt-on hardtop. The soft top is a gem, easy to install and snug fitting. It keeps wind and water out and, when removed, rolls easily into something the size and shape of a runner carpet. At that point, it stores easily in the trunk. The hard top, in turn, takes several minutes to remove or install with multiple socket-head bolts. When removed, it cannot be stored in the vehicle, so has to be left behind, in your garage. Assuming security is not a major issue and the car will be used in warmer climates, go for the soft top alone. But some owners like the hardtop for its styling, the security it provides and use for track events.
Visibility forward is fair, though it is not possible to gauge the front end of the car from the driver seat. Visibility to the rear is restricted by tall and wide seat headrests, a shallow rear window and the exterior buttresses. Reversing maneuvers in parking lots are best coordinated by someone outside the car. Door mirrors are small and only manually adjustable, which limits both their functionality and field of vision. Elises are built to go forward, and fast, which is to say whatever lies alongside or behind is but a minor and momentary inconvenience.
There is a small trunk area behind and above the engine compartment. It's accessed by key through a lift-up decklid. Access is up-and-over, and the aperture is small. A flimsy prop rod somewhat awkwardly holds the lid up, and the delicate lid needs to be handled carefully. Soft luggage is recommended. Perishables are best carried in the passenger compartment.
The Lotus Elise is quick and nimble, with phenomenal handling. The most salient and notable Elise driving characteristic is what might be called telepathic steering. Remember, this is a car without power steering; there is no need for power assist. Approach a turn and the Elise behaves as if it has already researched that turn and somehow starts steering ahead of your actual input. No fight. No resistance. No hesitation. It's just the most predictable and responsive steering of any production street car.
In street conditions and at normal speeds the steering is fairly neutral and, as mentioned above, largely forecasts and reads the turn. On the track, slight initial understeer can quickly transition to oversteer. Actually, on the track, the Elise can be driven in two different ways: Basic, manageable understeer with just enough judicious throttle use to keep the tail alive and working. Or lurid, sideways oversteer. The former is usually quicker. The latter more theatrical.
The Elise is available with two suspension packages, the standard setup and the Sport suspension. Both are taut and offer superb control. For street applications, the standard model combined with the standard Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 LTS tires is perfectly acceptable. For track applications, the Lotus Sport suspension is superior. Ride quality on the street is firmer with the Sport suspension, however. Think carefully before you buy. Enthusiasts often want the most aggressive of everything; bragging rights, so to speak. But the resulting Sport Pack ride on America's rutted and uneven highways and by-ways can be jarring to the point of pain and eventual exhaustion. The standard suspension works better for 95 percent of the road surfaces and driving situations you will encounter. The Sport Pack suspension shines for that remaining five percent of the time when you're blowing away everyone else on the track. Also, aftermarket shocks and wheels and tires can accomplish the same goals as the Sport package and can be added later.
Four-wheel disc brakes with ABS complete the Elise's impressive ride and handling ensemble. Suffice to say vented and cross-drilled rotors, each the size of a pie plate, combined with two-piston Lotus/Brembo front and single-piston Brembo rear calipers are more than up to the task of bringing such a lightweight car to a stop. In short, drivers are likely to find Elise brakes nothing short of eye-popping. Modulation is linear and seamless.
The Elise is not just quick around corners, it's also fast. All Lotuses sold in North America are powered by a version of the 1.8-liter Toyota 2ZZ-GE inline four-cylinder engine. In a different version, it was used in the last-generation Celica GT, and also in the Toyota Matrix GT and the accompanying Pontiac Vibe GT. For the Elise, output has been increased to 189 horsepower, and the supercharged SC has 218 horsepower.
Peak torque is achieved at a dizzying 6800 rpm, and the torque curve itself is comparatively steep. Owing to a variable valve timing (VVT) system that switches modes at 6200 rpm, engine delivery below that speed is strong enough for most street applications, but absolutely sizzles beyond that when it crosses that 6200-rpm threshold. The engine's a real revver, and exceptionally strong all the way to its 8200-rpm cutoff.
Lotus uses a very close-ratio six-speed manual transmission in all its vehicles. The result is great on the track, where revs and speed are readily maintained from gear to gear. Everyday street use is a little more labored, where fifth and sixth gears are close and sixth-gear engine speed at 70 mph is around a relatively high 4000 rpm. This is okay for the first hour or so of freeway driving, but then the combination of noise and excitement just behind your head makes you want to stop, rest and recalibrate.
Fuel economy is an EPA-rated 21/27 mpg City/Highway. Low gearing and the high-revving nature of the engine cost the Elise in terms of fuel economy, but it's much better than any Ferrari, Aston Martin or Lamborghini might deliver.
The shift quality is good, as might be expected from a transmission supplied by Toyota. Synchro action is seamless, and shifts are quick. The clutch is light and predictable in its travel and engagement. There is some clunk-clunk in the shift linkage, resulting as much from the assembly being encased in a minimally insulated surround as from the action itself. The sound and feel of going from gear to gear can best be described as minimalist bordering on unrefined. Everything is done in the interest of simplicity and the lightest possible weight, so the driver becomes more a part of the car.
The Lotus Elise is an ideal weekend sports car for spirited driving or track events. It is among the most agile, best driving sportscars in the world. On a winding, curving road, no other production car is likely to be faster or more rewarding getting from Point A to Point B. Outside its intended role, the Elise is compromised by its small size.
Rex Parker filed this NewCarTestDrive.com report.


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LONDON – Tuesday's news that the International Olympic Committee has plans to eliminate wrestling starting with the 2020 games sent shockwaves through the MMA community.
Dozens of fighters took to social media to rally the troops in support of the sport, which has led many amateur wrestlers ultimately to mixed martial arts – including many eventual champions.
And while UFC President Dana White is sympathetic and said he doesn't want the sport to go away at the Olympic level, he's also not very surprised.
White has been a supporter of amateur wrestling, and said he knows its importance in MMA.
"I've been battling this problem for years now," White on Wednesday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) after a news conference for UFC on FUEL TV 7 in London. "Colleges are dropping it. High schools are dropping wrestling. The problem with wrestling is, it's an awesome base for mixed martial arts, for everything – I mean, I've never wrestled, but what I hear it does to guys that wrestle, it changes peoples' lives. It's this grueling, hard work and dedication – all the things that go in with being a wrestler."
But ultimately, could the possible demise of the sport, at least post-high school level, wind up being a plus for MMA in terms of its potential at the Olympic level.
"The problem is nobody wants to watch it," White said. "Any sport, especially these days, it's about selling tickets and eyeballs and viewers and all these other things. And there's been a lot of people saying, 'You've got to f—ing do something,' but – and Garry (Cook) and I were talking about this yesterday –what this could be is the evolution of mixed martial arts becoming an Olympic sport."
White said MMA's status as one of the fastest growing sports in the world could help usher it into the Olympics.
But as for wrestling's fate? White believes that may be, unfortunately, sealed.
"We bring spectators, eyeballs – whether it's TV or whatever it is," he said. "This sport draws. Wrestling doesn't. I can't be the guy to run out and try and save wrestling. I've been doing it for years. You know how many wrestling programs I funded over the past five, six years? A lot. Yeah, I don't want to see wrestling go away either. It's such a big part of the sport. But, something's going to happen here. It's going to evolve into mixed martial arts or something. I don't know. I don't think wrestling is going to go anywhere, but competitive wrestling definitely is."
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the chairperson of a key UN Committee have hailed a new human rights mechanism that has just come into force as a major advance in ensuring all rights are protected as envisaged by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 65 years ago.
The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enables people to seek justice when their rights to, for example, food, adequate housing, education or health are violated.
"Egregious violations of economic, social and cultural rights are occurring, often unnoticed, on a daily basis, which in the area of civil and political rights would have been immediately condemned. This Protocol will help to address this imbalance," High Commissioner Navi Pillay said on Monday.
Chair of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee Zdzislaw Kedzia said: "The international community has a good reason to celebrate this vital step towards a better protection of economic, social and cultural rights."
The Optional Protocol allows the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - the body of UN independent experts that monitors the International Covenant to which the Protocol is attached - to examine complaints from individuals or groups of individuals who have exhausted all attempts to find justice in their own country.
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"I am confident that these mechanisms will make it possible for the Committee to assist States and other stakeholders to get to the root causes of violations of economic, social and cultural rights," said Pillay.
The Protocol took effect on 5 May, three months after Uruguay became the required tenth country to ratify it and joined Argentina, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mongolia, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain.
Mr Kedzia called on the other States among the 160 that are party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to ratify the Optional Protocol as soon as possible.
"In a way we are still at the beginning of the road. How fast we will progress on it will depend on all stakeholders," he said.
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Sedona: Hands down, the best color in the Sedona area falls in the iconic West Fork of Oak Creek canyon. The maples are screaming with vivacious reds (best are about a half-mile stroll along the trail), and the willows, boxelders, and ash are showing golden hues. A few windy days have blown some leaves off the trees, creating a carpet of color on the ground as well. But arrive early! The parking lot was full and a line of cars were waiting to get by 10 am! In addition, spots along the creek north of the West Fork trail head offer similar photo ops along Oak Creek without the crowds. As you drive south of the trail head on 89A, however, you'll notice the color hasn't quite developed to it's peak potential yet. We're likely a a few days away from areas like Grasshopper Point and Red Rock Crossing peaking…some of these areas are looking a little browned out, so it's possible we won't see rich color in these spots this year.
Cottonwood/Camp Verde area: The cottonwoods and sycamore trees along the Verde River from Camp Verde up to Cottonwood and Clarkdale need a little more time to develop, easily another week or two. Though a few trees are currently recognizing it's autumn here in Arizona and showing spotty vibrant colors, much of the river bed is still lime green or yellowy-green.
Prescott: Surprisingly, the cottonwood trees at Watson Lake and the Watson Woods Riparian Area appear to be peaking. Walk less than half a mile on the Peavine Trail in the morning or evening to capture golden yellows. A visit to the Watson Lake Park in the morning will reveal showy cottonwood trees adding a splash of contrasting color to the granite jumbo rocks. Head up to the overlook for a more aerial view or spend time at the boat launch to capture images along the shoreline.


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