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Harry Windsor, Contestability and the Problem of 'Doing Good'
If the Windsors were quoted on the stock market then the past few weeks would have been what the analysts term a 'rollercoater' Firstly, Elizabeth Windsor visits the site of the Grenfell Tower disaster and the WinDaq rises rapidly as she is reported as 'showing Theresa May how sympathy is done'. But then it all spins hopelessly downwards.
In a series of interviews Harry Windsor paints the Royals as victims of a grotesque system 'enduring' privilege while not wanting the responsibility which comes with it. In a twist of fate, that argument is actually similar to the one Republicans such as myself deploy, that the archaic monarchy really benefits no-one. So the WinDaq falls. Last week it hit rock bottom as it was revealed that the royals share of the Crown Estates profits will net them a very healthy revenue increase. This is in the same week as the Conservative/DUP deal highlights the dire state of public service funding.
But lets focus on one single moment, courtesy of Harry in an interview reported in the Daily Mail which actually reveals something fundamental. He muses on the point of the yoyals, concluding
'We don't want to be just a bunch of celebrities but instead use our role for good.'
It is difficult to see whether this comes from a place of ignorance or naivety. Harry seems blissfully unaware that what is 'good' has been the hottset of political hot potatoes for centuries (maybe millennia). He is effectively saying he wants the Windsors to be overtly involved in politics (as if they weren't already). Straight away there is a problem. For me the monarchy is bad because it represents a fundamental inequality, a secretive and manipulative private interest which distorts the heart of our Government. So 'good' for me is a constitutional Head of State accountable to the people.
For centuries the battle lines over what is good has been framed in terms of the balance of individual and state. Libertarians would argue that what is good is few laws and low taxes with a small state since only the people themselves truly know what is best for them. A socialist may argue that what is best is a larger state with higher taxes falling on the wealthiest in order that a redistribution of wealth gives even the poorest a better chance of the good life. There are many other possibilities besides, especially involving the definition of freedom as I have argued elsewhere in my blog. Harry must appreciate he is in a most precarious of positions being afforded a huge level of personal privilege and freedom while being funded by the state. If he doubts this he just need to consider the freedom of action available to people using foodbanks!
It seems the approach Harry wants to take is that of Charles Windsor who pontificates on what is 'good' while suppressing debate and dodging accountability. He does this in a number of ways but most commonly by making interviewers sign a 15-page contract effectively handing editorial control to Clarence House. Nowhere is this more focused than on climate change. Charles Windsor calls for allocation of resources to Green projects without the difficulty of saying where those resources will come from who will be the 'losers'.
If Harry Windsor really wants to 'do good' as he says then as the campaign group Republic urges, he must, give up his royal status and argue for what he believes in. But he will find the court of public contestability and accountability a harsher arena than the one to which he is accostomed. Just as it should be!
By ..in Monarchy, Republicanism, Royals, Uncategorized June 28, 2017 July 27, 2017 606 WordsLeave a comment
The NHS Internal Market: a Neoliberal Confidence Trick – on 'The Leveller'
Click here for my The Leveller article on why external privatization isn't the only threat to the National Health Service. Looking closer at internal market reforms, we can already see the disastrous effects of a consumerist approach.
By ..in Democracy, Uncategorized May 6, 2017 May 6, 2017 37 WordsLeave a comment
Alternative facts? On the NHS, May wants to give NO facts – on The Leveller
Click here for my Leveller article on Jeremy Hunt and why 'no facts' are as big a threat to our freedom as 'alternative facts'.
By ..in Democracy, Uncategorized March 23, 2017 March 23, 2017 24 WordsLeave a comment
Buckingham Palace Repairs; Contempt for the Taxpayer and a Dereliction of Duty
They say that memory starts to dim with age. So it is ironic that one of the oldest members of the House of Commons, Dennis Skinner, seems to possess his in full. The same is true of SNP MPs, maybe something to do with the invigorating Scottish landscape! But most MPs seem to be suffering from amnesia. The reason for this conclusion? The huge majority (by 408) in the Commons for increasing the Sovereign Grant for 10 years to a massive 25% of Crown Estate profit, effectively handing the Windsors and their courtiers over a third of a billion pounds extra for the repair of Buckingham Palace.
The Sovereign Grant Act makes clear who is responsible…
Why is this shameful? In 2011 the Sovereign Grant Act was passed allocating Elizabeth Windsor 15% of the revenue from the Crown Estates. Clause 11 of this Act, which can be viewed here states:
11. Maintenance of Royal Palaces and related land
The Secretary of State has no [my emphasis] duties under section 21 of the Crown Lands Act 1851 in relation to the maintenance of Royal Palaces and related land so far as they are maintained by Her Majesty out of the Sovereign Grant.
For avoidance of doubt Clause 13 (8) of the Act makes the situation perfectly clear:
Any reference to the support of Her Majesty's official duties includes the maintenance of Royal Palaces and related land.
So why has the House of Commons forgotten this provision in the intervening 6 years? Clause 11 makes it clear that the Secretary of State has no business maintaining Buckingham Palace and Elizabeth Windsor is the de facto budget holder. There is no ambiguity here, she is responsible and must be held accountable for not doing so. She is in the same position as any other public body which has wilfully neglected to maintain its property. If a Town Hall falls down or a Hospital collapses it may be in the public interest to allocate emergency repair funds but you can be sure that the Chief Executive and his/her staff would be held accountable. If Elizabeth Windsor has misused the money we have already given her, what safeguards are there that she will not misuse the extra allocation. So at the very least MPs should have refused the support until an investigation was made and arrangements were put in place for the Government itself to have organised the works. As it stands the Government will be virtually reduced to an monitoring role.
…so why is there no accountability?
Now consider the attitude of the November 2016 Report of the Royal Trustees on the Sovereign Grant. Section 4 specifically claims that there is an element of forward planning in Royal Household finances, up to 10 years ahead. So it is surprising that there was no mention whatsoever in the Report for 2012-13 the first year of the Sovereign Grant. The current report states:
The works needed for the reservicing of Buckingham Palace have been considered as a separate, discrete element of the property maintenance 10 year plan due to the programme scope being substantially different to the other priorities for property maintenance investment in the period 2016-21.
Since there has been no major refurbishment since 1945(!) why was the appalling state of Buckingham Palace not mentioned as it must have been known? Instead there is a complacent statement about future increases in the Sovereign Grant being used to make inroads on the backlog of repairs.
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By ..in Monarchy, Royals, Uncategorized March 20, 2017 March 23, 2017 1,149 WordsLeave a comment
Based on Christmas Day Viewing Figures the Queen Could be Replaced by Tess Daly Next Year!
Following some overindulgence on turkey and mince pies it took a little while for my capacity to caary out basic arithmetic to return! But a simple analysis of the Christmas Day TV viewing figures reveals something interesting. Topping the charts (for the 3rd year running) was Elizabeth Windsor with her speech registering 7.7 million views followed by Strictly Come Dancing on 7.2 million and the Christmas Bake-off at 6.3 million. You might think that was a sound argument for the continued popularity of the Monarchy, but the figures say otherwise. Admittedly the viewing figure are something of an estimate, but with a population of about 63.1 million (2011 census, but almost certainly higher in 2016) that means only around 12% watched the speech. Allowing for those too young, too old or without access to a TV this is still a surprisingly small figure when set against a monarch with, we are told, huge personal popularity. So like most things connected with the royals, the idea that everyone watches the Queen's speech is nothing more than a myth. Certainly, few of my family and friends, (admittedly a pretty radical and rebellious lot!) watched it. Ironically, I was one of the few, catching up on iPlayer to gain insights into the current thinking of the 'opposition'!
A few months ago following the election of Donald Trump the 'Loose Cannon' Giles Fraser wrote an article where he extolled the virtues of monarchy. While I have much respect for this clergyman who gave support to the Occupy movement around St Pauls in London, this was at best a weak minded piece. Boiled down to its essence the argument was that following Brexit and Trump the world was becoming too scary and it was more comforting to simply go back to believing in princesses and fairytale castles. Lets just say that at a time when we need to come to the aid of our democratic institutions this approach did not strike a chord with me! His point was that the monarch provides a rallying point in troubled times. But the Queens Speech viewing figures suggest this is far from the case and we may as well replace our Constitutional Monarchy with Strictly Come Dancing with Queen Tess of the House of Daly as monarch!
On a more serious note, a central plank of the argument for the continuation of Monarchy is that it commands overwhelming support. But no figure for what 'overwhelming' means is given (surely more than 12%!) and there is establishment reluctance to consider the possibility of a Constitutional Convention or even a referendum where replacing monarchy is an option. Based on these viewing figures it is understandable. Most opinion polls give a commanding majority for the monarchy, but simply answering a question where no effort is expended or costs incurred is easy. When, however, it comes to making even a minimal effort such as listening to the Queen on Christmas Day the story is very different. On that basis, how many would make the substantially greater effort to get out and walk to a polling station to support the monarchy in a referendum? As a republican I say 'bring it on!
By ..in Monarchy, Queen's Speech, Royals, Uncategorized December 27, 2016 January 25, 2017 522 WordsLeave a comment
Royal Popularity; A Ruthless Exercise In Identity Politics
The monarchy is kept in place as a result of its constitutional role, right? Not quite! In reality it is a grand exercise in the maintenance of public affection. In fact, way back in 1977 at the time of the Silver Jubilee, no less a person than the distinguished historian A.J.P. Taylor concluded that the continuance of Britain's Constitutional Monarchy was not so much dependant on its executive power but in upholding its emotional and symbolic links with the British public. But authors had been pointing this out for a century! In reality much of the modern monarchy's executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the other roles could easily be reassigned. For example, the Archbishop of Canterbury would reasonably be head of a disestablished Church of England. So the Monarchy is nothing more than a complex exercise in the continual generation of popularity. How is it done in the sophisticated 21st Century? Enter the corporate branding experts! In two previous blogs (you can read them here and here) I outlined the fact that the Monarchy has become essentially a corporate brand and promoted as such (for example see this study).
In previous blogs I pointed to marketing experts who discovered that people select brands and brand culture in order to construct an identity of the self (many goods, for example, now being viewed as a 'lifestyle choice'). It includes everything from cars to mobile phones to chocolate bars and so on (if you are in any doubt just look at Apple's advertising!). As a result of the application of these principles to the monarchy, people often use the Royal 'brand' as a means of reassuring themselves as to the type of person they are ('patriotic', 'loyal', 'British' etc), as a means of self-expression or a lifestyle 'beacon' to others. People will often seek ways in which they can express this personal identity and the courtiers at Buckingham Palace are careful to provide a complete range of products and activities to support this; garden parties, parties in the Mall, walkabouts, royal visits so people can wave plastic flags.a whole range of tangible items such as mugs teatowels etc. This has led to a reliance on the monarchy by a greater or lesser proportion of the public for the maintenance of at least a part of their own identity. The result is a family, the Windsors, being psychologically addicted to privilege whilst a great many people are dependent on that behaviour in a form of co-dependence.
It is unthinkable that I should adopt an institution dedicated unaccountable privilege as an integral part of who I am as a person. But, as a British Republican I recognise that I positively adopt aspects from history and my environment as part of my identity. For example, many of my friends and family are aware of my deep affection for the poet Shelley. Similarly a part of my identity is bound up with the great scientists, artists and radical political thinkers who were born in Britain or moved here from other countries. My symbols are those which championed freedom, the Rosemary branch, Sea Green banner and suffragette tricolour to mention a few. Monarchy, empire and aristocracy have no place in my heart and thus form no part of the construction of my identity.
By ..in Monarchy, Uncategorized October 29, 2016 October 31, 2016 557 WordsLeave a comment
As Charles Windsor Proves, Voltaire's Idea of Enlightened Monarchy is Best Forgotten
If you have read some of my previous posts you may be aware that I rarely write about foreign radical thinkers. Even when I do they are mainly in the Anglophone tradition such as American Thomas Jefferson, the major exception being Niccolo Machiavelli. There are two reasons for this bias. Firstly, other countries such as France with a less moribund and self-protective establishment than Britain tend to be more open about radical proponents of the past and are better known as a consequence. Secondly, possessing woefully poor foreign language skills I am dependent upon published translations of major works. Where nuance and opinion are all important, the subtleties of language are vital and easily lost or distorted as they cross language barriers.
Voltaire: Some Good ideas, Some Not so Good
I am making an exception in this post to make a couple of observations about François-Marie Arouet, better known to us as Voltaire. Even more unusual for me, Voltaire was essentially a constitutional monarchist who also toyed with absolutism! But it is rare to find a radical thinker with whom I am in complete agreement, partly because of drastic changes in society over the past century. For example, many 17th Century English Republicans such as Algernon Sidney actually argued for a form of aristocratic rule, tempered by democracy. On the other hand, Chartist Ernest Jones was a constitutional monarchist. To dismiss every thinker who holds one or two contrary opinions would simply lead to an impoverished and shrivelled view of how society may be improved. In few other individuals, however, is the sense of contrariness in such sharp relief than in Voltaire. But I want to see how one of his ideas stacks up to contemporary reality in the shape of the present heir to the United Kingdom throne, Charles Windsor.
A hazard when considering Voltaire's work is the polemical and satirical style he adopted. Voltaire actually lived in Britain between 1726 and 1729 and formed a favourable view of the British Constitutional Monarchy in comparison with France's pre-revolutionary autocratic ancien régime. As I mentioned in this openDemocracy article, Voltaire was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment and a leading figure in the associated Republic of Letters network.
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By ..in Monarchy, Radical History, Republicanism, Uncategorized September 19, 2016 October 27, 2016 1,092 WordsLeave a comment
The Honours System: A Subtle and Toxic Method of Control
Order of the British Empire (motto reads: For God and Empire)
Almost before the cyclists had put away their bikes and the rowing lake at Rio had returned to a mirror surface the campaign began. With British competitors winning 27 Gold medals, some like Hockey with multiple team members, would the rules allow them all to get a New Year Honour? Doubts were assuaged by Theresa May confirming that there was no fixed quota for sporting medals and everyone who 'deserved' one would get one. But behind that discussion lay an assumption – that the athletes concerned actually want an honour!
An Unacceptable Compromise
Lost in the excitement of the Olympics all was another story of a sporting honour, that of Howard Gayle. Gayle is a retired footballer, the first black player to take the field for Liverpool FC and a proud Briton. In mid-August it was announced that Gayle had rejected the offer of a MBE. Gayle's reason was based on the title of the award, MBE standing for Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. As Gayle stated:
The fact is that I felt it would be a slap in the face for so many to be part of that British empire [my emphasis] process. When you look at what the empire did to my family and our ancestors, it just doesn't bear credence. I would always have felt uncomfortable writing those letters after my name.
Gayle's view is shared by others including prominent poet Benjamin Zephaniah In any civilized country an honour titled 'British Empire' should have been consigned to the dustbin of history a great many years ago.
But, irrespective of the title of the award, a more sinister process is at work in the honours system. For those recipients clearly uncomfortable with accepting an honour (radical activists, trade Union leaders, for example) the defence is often mounted that the award is not really a personal one, but is for their members, organization, community and so on. In some cases this may be a genuinely held belief but in some there is no doubt an element of self justification.
The fact remains that by accepting an honour they are buying into a narrative of privileged control. As the higher honours (knighthoods for example) are awarded by the establishment including the Government it means they are arbitrarily deciding which activities or individuals are worthy and which are not.
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By ..in Monarchy, Uncategorized September 8, 2016 September 2, 2020 1,094 WordsLeave a comment
Theresa May Curtseying To The Queen – What a Con Trick!
Cartoon by Peter Brooks for the Times Newspaper
Following her (unelected) installation as leader of the Conservative Party, Theresa May duly travelled to Buckingham Palace to be appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Pictures abounded of May curtseying to the monarch which naturally gave satirists and cartoonists like Peter Brooks (whose Times cartoon appears above) a field day. But things are not all they seem. In many ways a curtsey or genuflection can be classed with other acts of submission including swearing an oath which I have posted about here and here. Bending the knee is about making yourself smaller than the other person, implicitly recognising their superior status. But Brooks was not alone in pointing to the shrunken nature of British democracy which allows a new Prime Minister without a popular mandate to be appointed by a Head of State without a mandate on any kind! An insightful comment was made by Kelly Grovier in an article on the BBC website:
Though the photo may be accented with smiles and the glamour of designer fashions, a stony silence entombs this week's image. It divulges nothing of what was actually discussed between the queen and the new PM.
This speaks to the wider issue about the secrecy which surrounds the upper echelons of government with Freedom of Information bans, secret weekly meetings between the Prime Minister and Queen and the necessity of obtaining permission from the Palace in certain circumstances to even hold a debate in the House of Commons! The message it sent to the British public was one thing, but to the rest of the world who may well view Brexit as a backward looking and isolationist act, such a picture serves to confirm an image of Britain as an out of date archaic irrelevance. Some posters on social media were quick to pick up on the symbolism and contrasted the stiff obeisance of the photograph with a picture of US President Obama fist bumping a floor cleaner as he walked past. This reflects a totally different relationship of the Head of State to the citizenry. There is no way anyone in Britain can truly identify with the Royals as the life experiences are totally alien. While not wishing a US style system for Britain, the fact that a Head of State drawn from the population and who shares at least some of the experiences of the people must be an essential requirement of the job.
A Deliberate Attempt to Deceive
But there are two ways in which the photograph is actually misleading. At the end of her piece, Grovier makes a second telling statement: In stooping low, [Theresa May] reaches high. I have posted before on the fact that the powers of the Queen are largely wielded by the Prime minister in collaboration with her cabinet, termed a 'disguised republic' by Walter Bagehot. So the curtseying picture is not representative and serves to perpetuate the myth of a Queen being above politics and 'keeping them in control'. In reality the curtsey is almost a thank you by Theresa May for the transfer of power!
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By ..in Democracy, Monarchy, Royals, Uncategorized July 31, 2016 September 10, 2016 989 Words1 Comment
The Political Fury of Percy Bysshe Shelley – on openDemocracy
Click here for my openDemocracy article on the searing criticism of the British establishment by one of our greatest poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and its relevance in the 21st Century.
By ..in Inequality, Monarchy, Radical History, Republicanism, Uncategorized July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 30 WordsLeave a comment
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Statement of Solidarity with the Asian American Pacific Islander Community
We are grieved by the recent killings in Atlanta, as well as by all other anti-Asian bigotry and violence, and stand in solidarity with our AAPI colleagues, students, and, more broadly, all AAPI across the nation. We stand against all anti-AAPI hate crimes, discrimination, and dehumanization, knowing that the group Stop AAPI Hate has reported 3,975 hate incidents against Asian Americans between March 19, 2020 and February 28, 2021.
To take action:
Educational resources and petitions to sign: HERE.
Report hate incidents HERE and HERE.
Attend a bystander intervention training to learn ways to stop anti-Asian American and xenophobic harassment. [March 29 at 3 p.m.] [April 20 at 2 p.m.]
Send a message to elected officials.
The New Yorker: Ed Park, "Confronting Anti-Asian Discrimination During the Coronavirus Crisis"
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Discrimination and Violence Against Asian Americans
Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter
We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. The brutal killings of George Floyd in Minnesota, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia are part of a pattern of state violence against Black people, which too often remains invisible and unpunished, when it is not blamed on the victims themselves. America's institutionalized practice of settler colonialism, genocide, slavery, and segregation continues in the form of continued occupation, discrimination, mass incarceration, and racist policing. The nationwide protests we are witnessing are an expression of anger at police violence, a rejection of white supremacy, and a call to our leaders that they live up to the nation's founding proclamation of equality. We demand accountability from the police, disinvestment from law enforcement in favor of education, housing, and community services, and, above all, justice for the victims.
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We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the original and traditional territory of Tongva people [Tongva and Cahuilla people] and within Tongva, Cahuilla, Luiseño & Serrano original lands and contemporary territories.
In the spirit of Rupert and Jeanette Costo's founding relationship to our campus, we would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands.

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As I headed down the steps of the country club pool, I noticed my husband looking pensive. I had a pretty good idea what was bothering him, but it got me to thinking. Thinking for me usually means I start writing in my head. It doesn't always make it to my blog, but sometimes, like now, it does. First of all, anyone who knows me even a little, has probably already realized two interesting, if not amazing, remarks in that first sentence. I don't swim much, let alone in a public place...and I am SO not country club material! I feel a little like Cousin Eddie in the move "Christmas Vacation" in those types of settings. It's not quite that bad, but it's definitely not my style. We were visiting my sister-in-law (Dave's sister), and this was part of our vacation. Dave and his sister are so different that sometimes it's hard to imagine that they came from the same set of parents. They love each other; they even get along well, but they are definitely different. The country club is his sister and her husband's scene, not ours. But if we wanted to go swimming together, this is where we had to be.
Feeling out of place is never fun, and usually it would bother me, at least a little, but this time it didn't bother me at all. I'm not sure why, but I think perhaps it's because we had recently got together with a group of friends for an evening of dinner and conversation -- and what a blessing that night was! Three other couples, most we hadn't seen in almost 20 years (Yikes! How time flies!), but we all love each other and love the Lord. So we are family. Sometimes more than flesh and blood as I was seeing firsthand.
It was the differences at the moment and feeling out of place that was bothering my husband. (I was right.) So I shared some of my thoughts with him, and I hope it helped. I'd like to say I saw his face relax and smile, and the rest of the day went smoothly with lots of fun and laughter, but it didn't quite work that way. I did see his face grow thoughtful, though, as he probably tried to take in what I said. He and his sister are different, for sure. That doesn't mean that one is better than the other. It does mean that, most of the time, we are not going to feel comfortable around their social circles, and vice-versa. And that's okay! At that time, I knew that. I have too many blessings -- way too much good stuff -- in my life to be caught up in the whole keeping up with the neighbors (or in this case, little sisters) thing. I MUST've been okay, 'cuz I squeezed my sausage-like bod into a swim suit to float around a country club pool! God is good.


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3 Basic Materials Stocks On The Rise
TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the basic materials sector higher today.
Chris Dow
Nov 6, 2014 12:05 PM EST
Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.
All three major indices are trading up today with the
^DJI
) trading up 36 points (0.2%) at 17,520 as of Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, 12:00 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,530 issues advancing vs. 1,416 declining with 183 unchanged.
The Basic Materials sector currently sits down 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. Top gainers within the sector include
), up 14.8%,
Randgold Resources
), up 9.7%,
Energy Transfer Equity
), up 2.6% and
), up 1.6%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras
), down 4.8%,
Ultrapar Participacoes
UGP
), down 2.2% and
), down 2.0%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today:
Concho Resources
) is one of the companies pushing the Basic Materials sector higher today. As of noon trading, Concho Resources is up $4.75 (4.5%) to $111.24 on average volume. Thus far, 993,087 shares of Concho Resources exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $103.01-$111.82 after having opened the day at $104.48 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $106.49.
STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
Concho Resources Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, develops, and explores for oil and natural gas properties in the Unites States. The company's principal operating areas are located in the Permian Basin region of southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Concho Resources has a market cap of $11.6 billion and is part of the energy industry. Shares are down 1.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 14 analysts who rate Concho Resources a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, unimpressive growth in net income and disappointing return on equity. Get the full
Concho Resources Ratings Report
2. As of noon trading,
) is up $1.25 (1.4%) to $91.96 on light volume. Thus far, 967,278 shares of Marathon Petroleum exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $91.11-$92.85 after having opened the day at $91.18 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $90.71.
Marathon Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in refining, transporting, and marketing petroleum products primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: Refining & Marketing, Speedway, and Pipeline Transportation. Marathon Petroleum has a market cap of $25.4 billion and is part of the energy industry. Shares are down 1.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate Marathon Petroleum a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full
Marathon Petroleum Ratings Report
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
) is up $1.08 (1.2%) to $93.34 on average volume. Thus far, 1.4 million shares of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $92.30-$93.84 after having opened the day at $92.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $92.26.
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namespace Customer\Controller;

use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Customer\Form\CustomerPatrimony as CustomerPatrimonyForm;
use Patrimony\Entity\Patrimony as PatrimonyEntity;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
use Zend\Json\Json;

class CustomerPatrimonyController extends AbstractActionController {

    /**
     * @var CustomerPatrimony\Entity\CustomerPatrimonyEntity
     */
    protected $repository;

    /**
     * @
     * @var Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager
     */
    protected $entityManager;

    public function indexAction() {
        $this->redirect()->toRoute('admin/customer');
    }

    public function addAction() {
        $id = $this->params()->fromRoute('id');
        $form = new CustomerPatrimonyForm($this->getEntityManager(), $id);
        return array(
            'form' => $form,
            'customerId' => $id,
        );
    }

    public function listAction() {
        $customer_id = $this->params()->fromRoute('id');
        $em = $this->getEntityManager();
        $customer = $em->find('Customer\Entity\Customer', $customer_id);
        return array(
            'customerId' => $customer_id,
            'customerPatrimony' => $customer->getCustomerPatrimony(),
        );
    }

    public function postAction() {
        $em = $this->getEntityManager();
        $currency_filter = new \Zend\I18n\Filter\NumberFormat();
        $customer_id = $this->params()->fromQuery('customer_id');
        $patrimony_name = $this->params()->fromQuery('patrimony_name');
        $patrimony_value = $currency_filter->filter($this->params()->fromQuery('patrimony_value'));

        $patrimony = new PatrimonyEntity();
        $patrimony->setPatrimonyName($patrimony_name);
        $patrimony->setPatrimonyValue($patrimony_value);

        $customer = $em->find('Customer\Entity\Customer', $customer_id);
        $customer->addCustomerPatrimony($patrimony);

        $em->persist($customer);
        $em->flush();
        return $this->getResponse()->setContent(Json::encode(array('result' => true)));
    }

    public function deleteAction() {
        $em = $this->getEntityManager();
        $id = $this->params()->fromQuery('patrimony_id', 0);
        $patrimony = $em->find('Patrimony\Entity\Patrimony', $id);
        $em->remove($patrimony);
        $em->flush();
        return $this->getResponse()->setContent(Json::encode(array('result' => true)));
    }

    /**
     * @return the $entityManager
     */
    public function getEntityManager() {
        return $this->entityManager;
    }

    /**
     * @param field_type $entityManager
     */
    public function setEntityManager(EntityManager $entityManager) {
        $this->entityManager = $entityManager;
    }

    /**
     * @return the $repository
     */
    public function getRepository() {
        return $this->repository;
    }

    /**
     * @param field_type $repository
     */
    public function setRepository($repository) {
        $this->repository = $repository;
    }

}

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Music video of an impressive performance of "Wise Guy"
Joe Pesci is the short, fiery actor who won an Oscar for his supporting role as Tommy DeVito, the funny-but-psychopathic mobster in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990). Pesci started his entertainment career as a singer in the 1960s. After small roles in the movies, he made a splash as Robert DeNiro's brother in Raging Bull (1980) and earned an Oscar nomination. He co-starred again with DeNiro in 1984's Once Upon a Time in America, but it wasn't until the late '80s and early '90s that Pesci became a mainstream celebrity. During the 1990s he appeared in some of the hottest movies of the era, including Home Alone (1990) and it's sequel, three Lethal Weapon movies (1989-98, with Mel Gibson), My Cousin Vinny (1992), Scorsese's Goodfellas and Casino (1995, with Sharon Stone) and The Good Shepherd (2006, directed by DeNiro and starring Matt Damon).


Kpekawa, Hewitt and Healey cleared for action.
Loan trio Rhys Healey, Elliott Hewitt and Cole Kpekawa have all been cleared to play against Peterborough United.
Cardiff City, Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers respectively have given the U's permission to use the three in the Second Round clash here at the Weston Homes Community Stadium.
Fellow loanee Will Packwood won't be facing Darren Ferguson's side though, he serves a one match suspension for the red card received at MK Dons last weekend.
Boss Tony Humes reacted to the news by saying: "It's excellent news that the three of them can be used in the cup, they have all done well in their time with us so far.
"The clubs that they've come from don't have to allow them to play so I'd like to thank them for allowing us to use them.
"It's unfortunate that Will can't play but we'll get on with things without him and welcome him back when the league games come round again."


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Man interrupts burglary at Lee's Summit home, scares off thieves
Police arrest three in connection with break-in
Updated: 3:01 PM CDT Jul 17, 2018
By Melanie Kendall
WEBVTT LARA: A LEE'S SUMMIT MAN SCARES OFF BURGLARS AFTER THEY STOLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF STUFF FROM HIS HOME. KMBC 9'S MELANIE KENDALL TALKED WITH THE HOMEOWNER WHO NOW WAN TO WARN OTHERS, THIS IS MY HOME, IT'S A SCARED PLACE TO ME AND MY FAMILY. REPORTER: BUT THE MEYER FAMILY NOW FEELS VIOLATED >> IN AND OUT BECAUSE THEY TRI TO OPEN THAT ONE BUT THEY COULDN'T REPORTER: EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, CLAUDIA MEYER SAYS 3 PEOPLE CAME IN THROUGH THE GARAGE AND RANSACKED THEIR HOME. >> I WOKE UP TO MY SON LETTING ME KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE BUT THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE AND HE CHASED THEM OFF . REPORTER: HER SON SHAWN HAD BEEN UP LATE STUDYING THEN COULDN'T SLEEP AND HEARD SOMEONE RUMMAGING THROUGH THE BASEMENT. HE KEPT BACKING AWAY FROM SHWAN, HE WAS RUNNING AWAY, HE WAS SCARED SO, REPORTER SHE SAYS HE CHASED THE 3 MEN OUTSIDE, 55:12 WE FOUND SEVERAL OF MY ITEMS AROUND THE YARD, SEVERAL OF MY ITEMS AROUND THE NEIGHBORS YARD, MY COMPUTER AND KINDLE WERE TWO HOUSES DOWN. REPORTER: POLICE CAUGHT THE SUSPECTS NEARBY, MOST THINGS WERE FOUND INCLUDING MEYER'S WATCH BUT HER WEDDING RING IS STILL MISSING, >> THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MATERIAL THINGS, AND I'M JUST HAPPY MY FAMILY IS SAFE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE. REPORTER: SHE'S NOW REMINDING EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE THEIR HOME, CARS AND GARAGE ARE ALL SECURE. >> BE AWARE, BE AWARE, AND TAKE PRECAUTIOUS BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS TO ANYBODY ELSE 51:08. REPORTER: MELANIE KENDALL, KMBC 9 NEWS. LARA: POLICE SAY TWO OF THE 3 SUSPECTS ARE UNDERAGE AND NOW JUVENILE HALL, OFFICERS RELEASED THE THIRD SUSPECT, AN
A Lee's Summit woman said her son interrupted a burglary early Tuesday while the family was still inside."This is my home. It's a sacred place to me and my family," homeowner Claudia Meyer said.Early Tuesday morning, Meyer said three people came in through her garage and began taking items."I woke up to my son letting me know that everything is fine, but there were three people in the house and he chased them off," Meyer said.Meyer's son, Shawn, had been up late studying and unable to sleep when he heard someone in the basement.Meyer said her son chased the three men outside."We found several of my items around the yard, several of my items around the neighbor's yard. My computer and Kindle were two houses down," Meyer said.Police arrested the suspects nearby; two are underage. Most of the belongings were found, including Meyer's watch, but she said her wedding ring is missing."Those are things that are material things. I'm just happy my family is safe. I just want to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody else," Meyer said.She said she's reminding friends and others to make sure their home, cars and garage are all secure."Be aware, be aware and take precautions before something like that happens to anybody else," Meyer said.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
A Lee's Summit woman said her son interrupted a burglary early Tuesday while the family was still inside.
"This is my home. It's a sacred place to me and my family," homeowner Claudia Meyer said.
Early Tuesday morning, Meyer said three people came in through her garage and began taking items.
"I woke up to my son letting me know that everything is fine, but there were three people in the house and he chased them off," Meyer said.
Meyer's son, Shawn, had been up late studying and unable to sleep when he heard someone in the basement.
Meyer said her son chased the three men outside.
"We found several of my items around the yard, several of my items around the neighbor's yard. My computer and Kindle were two houses down," Meyer said.
Police arrested the suspects nearby; two are underage. Most of the belongings were found, including Meyer's watch, but she said her wedding ring is missing.
"Those are things that are material things. I'm just happy my family is safe. I just want to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody else," Meyer said.
She said she's reminding friends and others to make sure their home, cars and garage are all secure.
"Be aware, be aware and take precautions before something like that happens to anybody else," Meyer said.


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> alg-geom > arXiv:alg-geom/9704005v1
arXiv:alg-geom/9704005v1 (alg-geom)
[Submitted on 10 Apr 1997 (this version), latest version 31 Oct 2000 (v6)]
Title:Global nilpotent variety is Lagrangian
Authors:Victor Ginzburg
Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to present a short elementary proof of a theorem due to Faltings and Laumon, saying that the global nilpotent cone is a Lagrangian substack in the cotangent bundle of the moduli space of $G$-bundles on a complex compact curve.
Comments: 6 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Luminy Proceedings on the Geometric Langlands Correspondence
Subjects: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG); Differential Geometry (math.DG); Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
Cite as: arXiv:alg-geom/9704005
(or arXiv:alg-geom/9704005v1 for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.alg-geom/9704005
From: Victor Ginzburg [view email]
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6.2 : Tax exemption, abatement for certain housing improvements to accommodate certain disabled persons.
10 : Formula for payments under tax agreements.
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It was supposed to rain Tuesday and didn't. It wasn't supposed to rain Wednesday and did, albeit not too much and not very long. I painted one of the six sections of spindles.
I didn't work on it Thursday because it was a bit warm and I had other things on my plate. Today it rained and even though my porch roof does a great job of protecting most of the porch including the spindles, I didn't want to take a chance with the moisture in the air.
I probably won't get much more done this weekend because the kids will be in the way and it is also supposed to rain.
In my perfect world, I will get up in the morning and get everything prepped while my mom takes moose and squirrel to daycare. Then between calls and issues, I take a break and work on one of the spindle sets. The challenge is that the Deckover doesn't spread as easily as traditional paint so it is slow work.
It is forecast to rain a lot next week. Figures since the people from Home Comfort are supposed to come and work on my deck railing.


On Sunday 11 March 2018, some 35 000 cyclists of all ages, shapes and fitness levels will line up for the Cape Town Cycle Tour. The Cycle Tour is affectionately known as 'the world's biggest fun ride,' but make no mistake about it, physically it's still a very genuine challenge and whether you have aspirations of joining the exclusive sub-three-hour club or just want to beat the guy in the Garfield suit, here are some top tips to get you through those 109-kilometres around the Cape Peninsula.
"Include a session with four to six hills between one kilometre and three kilometres long once a week into your training regime," says cycling Coach Barry Austin, who's mentored the likes of John-Lee Augustyn, Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Louis Meintjes to pro-stardom. "Ride at the maximum effort you can maintain up the hill without seeing the sun disappear under the mushroom cloud caused by your exploding legs," he says. You know that effort level just before the wheezy breathing. Complete rest between each hill interval.
Slacker (the guy who still has last year's Cycle Tour number sticker on his bike): do this sometime, somewhere before the race, just to check your bike is working.
Newbie (first Cape Town Cycle Tour): Once a week.
Social rider (looking to finish in a time of between four and five hours): Once a week.
Sub 3 racing snake (serious cyclist with at least 6 weeks of base miles in the legs and on a periodised training programme): Once a week.
Also called 'endurance miles' or LSD's (long slow distance). "Choose undulating terrain and ride at a pace that you can hold a conversation," says Austin, explaining that you should only have to compose yourself every few mins by taking a deeper breath. Slowly build up the hours over the next 12 weeks toward race day.
Slacker Recommended to do a few times if at least to only test your backside 'fitness' and catch some rays.
Newbie Build up to a 3-4 hour ride at least once a month.
Social rider 3-4 hour rides once a week.
Sub 3 racing snake 3-4 hour rides twice a week.
Make sure to reward yourself with an easier week every three to four weeks by doing up to 60% less than the normal training weeks.
Fuel your body in training and in racing. There is no use building a V8 engine and fueling it with air.
Warm up for 30 minutes at a moderate pace.
Ride flat-out for 1 minute.
Ride flat-out for 2 minutes.
Ride flat-out for 3 minutes.
Ride flat-out for 4 minutes.
Ride flat-out for 5 minutes.
Repeat back down from 4 to 1 and then recover at an easy pace for 15-30 minutes.
Slacker Avoid. Period. It hurts.
Newbie Avoid like the plague until you really feel up to it or feel you are progressing fast.
Social You can take a stab at it if you feel the need to hate yourself a bit, but only if already well into a proper training regime.
Sub 3 racing snake Include once a week in the last few weeks before the big one.
"Learn to ride in a group," says Austin. "You can save between up to 30% energy by riding effectively in a group." According to Austin, that equates to shaving some between 15 and 30 minutes off of your Cape Town Cycle Tour time. "Without becoming any fitter," he says. He recommends focusing on the upper body and head of the rider in front of you, and to avoid staring at their back wheel. The best way to learn to do this is join local club rides or to enter smaller races in the lead up to the event.
Just remember, if you are going to hide in the bunch and not take turns pulling on the front, it's not cool to sprint over the finish line. Besides – it's the fun ride champs, right?


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Caminho no Deserto é um EP da cantora brasileira Soraya Moraes, lançado em 28 de setembro de 2018, sob produção musical de Marco Moraes.

Lançamento e recepção

Caminho no Deserto foi lançado nas plataformas digitais em setembro de 2018. O disco recebeu avaliações da mídia especializada. Com cotação de três estrelas de cinco, o Super Gospel afirmou que o álbum "tem concepção e produção superior na discografia recente de Soraya".

A faixa-título do EP é uma regravação da mundialmente conhecida Way Maker, canção composta e gravada pela cantora e líder de louvor nigeriana Sinach.

Faixas
"Caminho no Deserto"
"Deus Poderoso"
"Ele Me Ama"
"Fé"
"Liberta-me de Mim"

EP de 2018
Álbuns de Soraya Moraes
Álbuns da Central Gospel Music

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The regional Mexican cuisine culinary series continues with Chef Carlos Capistrans' amazing version of Huevos Motulenos from the Lol-Ha Restaurant. Watch the video to see how we make this delicious and satisfying breakfast together in Akumal, Mexico. It features peas as a topper.
Enjoy this dish – it costs under $10 to prepare for a family of four and I plan to prepare it when the peas are plucked fresh from the garden in the spring.
Place the refried beans on the plate and top with the fried tortilla.
Cook the eggs to preference, place on top of the tortilla.
Top with ham, cheese, and peas.
*Note – Because the FTC requires it, I am noting that the Mayan Riviera Tourism, Hotel Akumal Caribe, Villa Akumal, and Akumal Guide Mexicarte sponsored the trip back in 2011. I was not told what to document or how to document the experience, we were simply asked to attend and film – anything expressed in posts related to the activities is my own opinion expressed from my own personal experience.
Thanks Ingrid – totally delicious!!!


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Theatre Works has announced that arts industry leader, Bryce Ives has been appointed as its new Artistic Director. A renowned cultural leader with extensive experience in fostering large-scale creative outcomes, Bryce has a track record of creating significant impact through his work.
"I have a strong desire to see Theatre Works connect meaningfully with the most pressing and urgent conversations of our time. To be a local venue with a truly global perspective, to be a place renowned for its inclusive visionary approach. I feel excited by the prospect of leading this important conversation and asking the question: what role must Theatre Works play now and into the future for artists, audiences and particularly for its local community.
Bryce commences in the role in June 2018. For more information, visit: www.theatreworks.org.au for details.


text:
require 'numbers_and_words/strategies/figures_converter'
require 'numbers_and_words/strategies/array_joiner'

module NumbersAndWords
  module Strategies
    class << self
      def figures_converter
        FiguresConverter::Base
      end

      def array_joiner
        ArrayJoiner::Base
      end
    end
  end
end


The Government has persuaded consultants Watson Wyatt, William M Mercer and Bacon & Woodrow to add their weight to a call for pension funds to invest in more unquoted securities.
Their call, following vigorous discussions with the Treasury, is based on their belief that good private equity firms can diversify and add to performance. 'It's the first time I've ever seen all our names at the bottom of a press release,' says Tim Gardener of Mercer.


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The science of psychology explores the nature and causes of behavior, feelings, and thoughts, as well as effective ways to maintain psychological and social health. Modern psychology constantly changes as discoveries reveal new understandings, new research possibilities, and new applications to the human condition.
The BA in Psychology provides you an excellent background for additional studies in areas such as counseling, teaching, medicine, nursing, and law. It also prepares you for employment in many additional areas such as business, pastoral ministry, and social service, as well as other areas of work where interpersonal understanding and skills are needed.
A minimum 62 credits are required for this major, including 36 upper-division credits.
A minimum 30 credits are required for the minor, including 15 upper-division credits.
In this major, you will study the science of psychology, which explores the nature and causes of behavior, feelings, and thoughts, as well as effective ways to nurture psychological and social health.
The BS in Psychology combines behavioral and natural sciences. It is particularly relevant if you have interests in the more experimental and laboratory side of psychology.
A minimum 88 credits are required for this major, including 50 upper-division credits.
The BS program also prepares you for further study or employment in fields such as behavioral neurobiology, health psychology, and behavioral medicine.
This minor requires a minimum 30 credits, including 15 upper-division credits.
Successfully complete PSY 1180 "General Psychology," earning a minimum grade of "C-".
Have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA from all institutions, and a minimum combined GPA of 2.7 in all PSY courses.
Attainment of these minimums does not guarantee admission to the minor as the total number of admitted students is limited by capacity.
The Psychology Department admits students to its major on the basis of academic achievement and vocational congruence.
Applications to the major are reviewed and accepted during the first two weeks of Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters.
You must complete the major or minor requirements in effect when you are admitted to the major or minor.
Successfully complete PSY 1180 "General Psychology," PSY 1200 "Psychology as Vocation," and at least one other PSY course, earning a minimum grade of "C-" in each course.
Have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA from all institutions and a minimum combined GPA of 2.7 in all psychology courses.
To apply to this major, you must demonstrate vocational congruence determined by performance in PSY 1200 and the vocational statement on the application to the major.
Attainment of these minimums does not guarantee admission to the major as the total number of admitted students is limited by capacity.
The Psychology program does not permit direct admission to the major. Prior to applying to the major, you must take PSY 1200 and meet the minimum requirements for admission.
Meeting the minimum requirements is not a guarantee for admission to the major as the total number of admitted students is limited by capacity.
Have attained at least a sophomore standing.
Newly admitted students will be welcomed to the Psychology Department at a mandatory Orientation Luncheon.
Orientation will provide you with valuable information on the Psychology program and offer practical tips on succeeding in psychology. Upon admission to the major or minor, you will be informed of event details by email.
Visit the Psychology website to see how a degree in Psychology can help you achieve your goals to make a difference in the world.


Alton Towers have confirmed on the phone today that this years scarerooms will have an annual pass rate. Previously the resort were saying that they weren't going to doing an annual pass rate however due to the amount of people complaining and asking about it they have given in and have knocked off £30 from the price. Originally costing £280 per person the event is being advertised as £250 per person for an annual pass holder.
This includes Maze tickets, dinner, overnight stay in the towers, breakfast and car parking. This package takes out the park entry tickets however comparing it to last year the event price, it has dramatically increased! The website currently only has the normal rate however this has been confirmed via the booking and information line when trying to book our stay. More information on Scarerooms can be found in our previous post.
To book a scarerooms package you must ring up the hotel and booking information line.


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Investigating Tasks in Formal Language Learning Edited by: María del Pilar García Mayo
Hardback - 280 pages
Paperback PDF EPUB
- Contributes to the growth of interest in task-based language learning and teaching - Useful to reseachers in SLA as the different types of task used may help in the design of further work
- Also addressed to graduate students
This book contributes to the growth of interest in task-based language learning and teaching that has been seen in recent years. It brings together research that focuses on various aspects and effects of pedagogic task design and presents work that uses tasks to examine oral interaction, written production, vocabulary and reading, lexical innovation and pragmatics in different formal language learning contexts and in different languages (English as a second/foreign language, French/German/Italian/Spanish as foreign languages). It also provides guidelines for task classification, sequencing and design.
The book is addressed to both professionals and students interested in second language acquisition research. It will also be of use to professionals involved in language pedagogy and curriculum design.
The book provides a much needed examination of options in classifying and sequencing language learning tasks. Framed by Robinson's insightful overview of competing theoretical claims in the area, eleven new data-based studies elucidate relationships between pedogic task types and accuracy, complexity and fluency in L2 speech and writing, and between task types and acquisition. Garcia-Mayo's book advances the international research agenda on task-based language teaching.
- Mike Long, University of Maryland
Various aspects of tasks, task features, and task complexity are of key interest to today's second language acquisition researchers, who seek to understand the intricacies of how task-based interaction plays a facilitative role in instructed language development, and how research on tasks can inform task-based syllabus design. This new edited collection provides a rich compendium of work on second language tasks that will be invaluable for researchers and students of task-based language learning alike. The book also provides research-based evidence for second language teachers and educators who want to learn about best practices in task-based formal language instruction. Taken as whole, the text provides a broad and balanced overview of the current state of the art in instructed task research, with an impressive range of chapters from leading researchers in the field. The book deals with an interesting variety of target and source languages, modes, contexts and settings, and a range of aspects of task features from multiple complementary perspectives. It makes an important and timely contribution to the field and will be read with interest and profit by any serious task scholar.
- Alison Mackey, Georgetown University
Written for researchers, practitioners, and students of SLA and task-based language learning and teaching, this book provides a wide-ranging collection of research on second language (L2) tasks in formal language instruction, covering both cognitive and sociocultural perspectives, both oral and written modalities, various target languages and features, and learners of different first languages (L1s) and proficiency levels. Notable is the inclusive scope of areas dealt with in the book, including oral interaction, writing, reading comprehension, vocabulary development, learning strategies, pragmatics, and computer-mediated communication. This book provides an excellent up-to-date anthology of L2 task research. It makes successful contribution to the enhancement of our understanding of various aspects of task-based research and is certainly a welcome and important addition to the field.
- 30th October 2007 Studies in Second Language Acquisition - Bo-Ram Suh Georgetown University
María del Pilar García Mayo received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Iowa (U.S.A). She is Full Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). Her research interests are second language acquisition (in particular the acquisition of syntactic aspects of English as a second/foreign language from a generative perspective and input and interaction in formal language learning contexts) and second language research methodology. Her recent publications have focused on the acquisition of syntactic aspects of English as a third language and on issues related to interaction and focus on form in the foreign language classroom.


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Australia's Ongoing Contribution to Global Coalition Against Daesh in Iraq and Syria
(Source: Australian Department of Defence; issued July 04, 2019)
The Australian Government is continuing its contribution to support efforts by the US-led Global Coalition against Daesh to eradicate the threat posed by Daesh in Iraq and Syria and support stability and recovery in Iraq.
Australia will extend the deployment of a KC-30A air-to-air refuelling aircraft to the Australian Defence Force Air Task Group and redeploy an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft. The E-7A has been deployed to the Air Task Group several times since October 2014.
These aircraft will support US-led Coalition operations until late 2020.
In March of this year, we welcomed the territorial defeat of Daesh, the culmination of sustained international efforts by Coalition members and partners.
As we noted at the time, Daesh continues to pose a security threat to the Middle East region and the broader international community, including through the propagation of its extreme ideology.
Australia's deployment of these aircraft continues our contribution to stability and recovery in Iraq, in support of members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). The ISF plays a crucial role in preventing the re-emergence of Daesh in Iraq, and in repelling incursions by Daesh extremists into Iraq's sovereign territory.
To date, Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel have trained over 44,000 ISF personnel through the joint Task Group Taji in Iraq.


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Winnipeg police charge Raymond Cormier with second-degree murder in Tina Fontaine's death
'The murder of this child — and let's not forget she was a child — has shocked and outraged our community. And I think that outrage has resonated across the nation'
WINNIPEG — A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Manitoba teenager whose fate galvanized calls for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal girls and women.
Tina Fontaine was just 15 years old when her body, wrapped in a bag, was found in the Red River in August 2014. She was supposed to have been in a group or foster home in Winnipeg, but she had run away.
Winnipeg police say Raymond Joseph Cormier, 53, was arrested in Vancouver this week. He remained in custody on Friday while arrangements were being made to return him to Winnipeg.
"Investigators know that Tina was highly vulnerable and was exploited during her time on the run," deputy police Chief Danny Smyth said Friday.
"Investigators discovered that Tina frequented a residence on the east side of the city. Investigators also discovered that Raymond Cormier often frequented that same residence.
"It's believed that Tina and Cormier were acquainted."
Smyth said Cormier is originally from New Brunswick but has lived in Winnipeg for some years. Smyth said Cormier has a long criminal history with convictions across the country that include violent offences.
Calls for an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women intensified after Fontaine's death, but the previous Harper government refused to hold one. The new federal Liberal government announced this week that it will go ahead.
"We hope our efforts in this investigation help Tina's family discover the truth and find justice." DC Smyth https://t.co/hsWGrkLQxv
Winnipeg Police (@wpgpolice) December 11, 2015
"The murder of this child — and let's not forget she was a child — has shocked and outraged our community. And I think that outrage has resonated across the nation," Smyth said.
Tina had spent much of her life with her great-aunt Thelma Favel on the Sagkeeng First Nation, about 70 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. The girl had a history of running away and went to Winnipeg about a month before her death to visit her biological mother.
Favel had asked a child-welfare agency for help with Tina.
The girl was in a vehicle pulled over by two officers more than a week after she was reported missing, but she was not taken into custody. Her body was found nine days later.
Police said their investigation had not determined whether the officers knew Tina's identity at the time, or whether they were aware she had been reported missing.
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Favel said the officers did know the girl had been reported missing. She said that social workers told her that on that night — a few hours after police came across Tina — the girl was found passed out in an alley downtown. Paramedics took her to a nearby hospital.
Favel said Tina was kept for a few hours until she sobered up, then social workers picked her up at the hospital.
She ran away again and was found in the river a little over a week later.
"She's a child. This is a child that's been murdered," Sgt. O'Donovan said when Tina's body was found.
"Society would be horrified if we found a litter of kittens or pups in the river in this condition. This is a child. Society should be horrified."


Thousands walk through Old Pasadena to taste dishes from all over Asia at the 626 Night Market.
The crush of the 626 Night Market will return to Pasadena on July 28 for another round of food feasting and wares for sale.
The April debut of the market, where "thousands of people squeezed into a city block packed with 80 vendors selling food, jewelry, cell phone cases, clothes," was digested and examined on The Madeleine Brand Show.
Pasadena police said they counted about 6,000 people at peak times -- three times more the number of people anticipated for the entire evening.
The department added eight more officers to manage the crowds and traffic on top of the four officers already assigned to the market.
Overhead, a police helicopter kept a watchful eye over the gridlock. Many people complained about waits for food that stretched to an hour. Some vendors even ran out of food.
Following the success/slog of the first event, organizer Jonny Hwang told TMBS, "We need to work with the city more closely on controlling the traffic and parking situation and the crowds...I think the turnout shows that people are really interested it and we just got to figure out a way to make it a bigger and better event for everyone."
The L.A. Times says organizers are scheduled to have 200 vendors in front of Pasadena City Hall for the July installment.


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The District of North Vancouver is separated from Vancouver by Burrard Inlet. It can be accessed by the Lions' Gate Bridge, the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, and the SeaBus passenger ferry.
The District is bounded by the Capilano River to the west, Indian Arm to the east, Burrard Inlet to the south, and the Coast Mountains to the north. It sprawls in an east-west direction across the mountain slopes, and is characterized by rugged terrain and steep and winding roadways. While there is no true urban core within the District, there are a number of separate commercial neighbourhood centres. These include (from west to east): Edgemont Village, Upper Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Main Street, Parkgate, and Deep Cove.
The District has a lot in common with West Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver. Together these three municipalities are commonly referred to as the North Shore. Most of the residents of the District live in single family dwellings. Except for a few more historical areas, much of the development of the District has occurred since the 1950s. The City of North Vancouver has considerably higher commercial and residential density. However, the differences between the two "North Vans" are most apparent to their respective residents. For the most part, other Lower Mainland residents rarely distinguish between the District and the City, referring to both collectively as "North Vancouver".
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I am not quite too sure what E-Progesterone is, perhaps it has Vitamin E as an ingredient. Please make sure that it is natural progesterone and not progestin. Progesterone does stablilise blood glucose to a certain extent by inhibiting glucose oxidation and reducing glycerol levels see here.
Has your daughter been tested for Insulin Resistance? Is she eating a lot of starchy, sugary foods, like grains and legumes. Even sweet fruits and veggies would cause insulin levels to rise. What is her Vitamin D3 level, a deficiency will also affect her.


On the 11 April 2019 the new Nutrient Action Programme (NAP) were made for the period 2019-2022. The new Regulations replace the NAP and Phosphorus Regulations 2015-2018. The NAP Regulations apply to all agriculture in Northern Ireland.
Compliance with the Nutrient Action Programme is one of the Cross Compliance Statutory Management Requirements. Therefore, farmers claiming Basic Payment Scheme and other direct payments are required to comply with the NAP Regulations. The measures relating to the Phosphorus Regulations are now included in the new NAP. This means that the Cross Compliance Verifiable Standards will now also apply to the land application of chemical phosphorus.
NetRegs will provide you with further guidance shortly.
All farmers in Northern Ireland must follow rules aimed at improving the use of nutrients on farms and reducing water pollution from agricultural sources.
You must comply with these regulations to avoid prosecution and possible fines, but also in order to meet the requirements of the Cross - Compliance, Verifiable Standards rules of the Single Farm Payment Scheme, and other direct payments from the Department of Agriculture,Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
On 1 January 2015 changes to the Nitrates Action Programme were made for the period 2015-2018. The new Regulations replace the NAP and Phosphorus Regulations 2011-2014. The NAP Regulations and Phosphorus Regulations apply to all agriculture land in Northern Ireland.
DAERA has produced an "Activity Calendar" This summarises the activity and date you need to take action by to ensure compliance with NAP.
If you are operating under an approved derogation, you must keep your fertilisation plan on farm and have it ready for inspection by 1 March for that calendar year. Your fertilisation account for the previous calendar year must be received by NIEA by 1 March.
There is no closed spreading period for dirty water.
All fertiliser types (including slurry, farmyard manure and nitrogen fertiliser, must be applied accurately and uniformly as possible and must not be applied in a location or manner, which would make it likely that it will directly or indirectly enter waterways.
Slurry can only be spread by inverted splashplate, bandspreaders, trailing hose, trailing shoe or soil injection. Dirty water can be spread by the same methods as slurry and by irrigation.
You must not use sludgigator type spreaders or upward facing splashplates.
Chemical fertiliser containing phosphorus must only be applied where soil analysis shows a crop requirement. Records must be kept to demonstrate this.
On less steep slopes (with an average incline of 15% or more on grassland or 12% or more on all other land), organic manures must not be applied within 30m of lakes and 15m of other waterways, chemical fertilisers must not be applied within 10m of lakes and 5m of other waterways.
The new Nitrates Action Programme Guidance 2015-2018 Booklet includes additional advice on how to assess these risks.
Do not apply any type of chemical fertiliser within 2m of any waterway.
250m of a borehole used for a public water supply.
You must follow legal limits when spreading nitrogen.
For non-grassland crops, maximum nitrogen applied (from all types of fertiliser, including livestock manure) must not exceed crop requirement and, for certain arable crops, an N-Max limit applies to the total crop area.
Unless you have been granted a nitrates derogation, you must not apply more than 170kg of nitrogen per hectare per year (N/ha/year) of livestock manure, including manure deposited directly by livestock.
50 tonnes per hectare of solid organic manure at one time. You must wait three weeks before spreading again.
50 cubic metres (m³) per hectare of slurry at one time. You must wait three weeks before spreading again.
50m³ per hectare of dirty water. You must wait two weeks before spreading again.
Slurry can only be spread close to the ground by inverted splashplate, bandspreading, trailing shoe, trailing hose, soil injection or soil incorporation methods.
Dirty water can be spread by the same methods as slurry and by irrigation.
Sludgigators must not be used.
From 1 January 2017, organic manure with more than 0.25kg of total phosphorus per 1 kg of total nitrogen (e.g. some anaerobic digestates) can only be applied where soil analysis shows there is a crop requirement for phosphorus.
submit annual records of fertilisation to the NIEA.
You must provide enough storage for the livestock manure and silage effluent that you accumulate during the spreading closed period. You must also ensure that your storage is adequate to cover periods of adverse weather and soil conditions outside of the closed spreading period. You should account for likely adverse weather when you decide how much storage you need.
Livestock manure and silage effluent storage must be maintained and managed to prevent seepage or run-off. Silage bales must be stored at least 10m from any waterway and stored and managed in such a way as to prevent seepage onto the waterway.
Minimum of 22 weeks storage capacity for other enterprises.
kept more than 250m from any borehole used for a public water supply.
Rules on the storage of poultry litter in field heaps.
You must ensure that all new, substantially enlarged or reconstructed facilities for storing slurry comply with the relevant regulations.
(b) where soil or weather conditions prevent a subsequent crop from being sown, appropriate measures are put in place to limit soil erosion.
Where grass leys are grown in rotation with arable crops, you should sow the first crop as soon as possible after you have ploughed the grass.


Individuals seeking admission into the College are required to complete an Application for Admission and arrange to meet personally with an Admissions Representative who will guide them through the remainder of the admissions process.
Once the application and support materials are complete, the applicant may be given a placement assessment, depending on program selected, that is used by the College to assist with scheduling (transfer students may be exempt).
Q: Do I need a high school diploma for admission?
Applicants must be a high school graduate or have successfully completed equivalent education as certified by state departments of education (i.e., GED). Students attending will be required to provide proof of their high school diploma, GED, or equivalency at the time of enrollment.
Q: Will my previous credits transfer?
Students with college-level credits from other regionally or nationally accredited institutions may apply to have credits transferred into Southern Technical College. Students seeking transfer credits must have an official transcript of their prior work mailed directly to the College's Registrar for consideration prior to beginning classes.
Q: I'm an international student, can I attend Southern Technical College?
Southern Technical College is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students. In addition to the admissions requirements listed on the Admissions page, the following requirements apply to nonimmigrant students seeking admission to the College.
Must meet all current INS requirements for issuance of a Form I-20, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Students status. Please note that all documents must be originals or certified true copies of the original documents.
Once requirements are complete, applicants will receive a Form I-20 with an acceptance letter and instructions for obtaining a student visa. Please direct questions regarding completion of the admissions materials to the College's Admissions Office.
Q: Can I receive credit from previous education?
Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) provides adult learners with an opportunity to receive college credit through demonstration of prior college-level learning. The program provides a standardized process for awarding academic credit for prior college-level learning through Proficiency Examinations such as CLEP or Challenge Exams, Placement Assessment, Transcript Evaluation, Certifications and Training, and the Prior Learning Portfolio.
The PLA process helps to determine if academic credit can be awarded for the learning associated with life experiences. Such learning experiences may be associated with work, military service, professional training, hobbies, recreational activities, and other meaningful activities. These learning experiences are evaluated for their equivalency to specific Southern Technical College courses and/or ability to satisfy institutional and degree requirements. The amount of credit which may be earned depends upon the scope and depth of the learning in each specific area. The Prior Learning Assessment Program is course-based, which means that credit may be earned for specific Southern Technical College courses as identified in the degree plan. Careful advising is required to assure that students do not duplicate any courses previously credited. This guidance will be provided by the Portfolio Instructor and the Program Managers. Please refer to the Tuition and Fees section for information on the costs associated with PLA.
Student's time in residence may be shortened through Transfer Credit, Standardized Testing, Challenge Exams, or through Credit for Life Experience. The maximum amount of advanced standing credit, regardless of source, cannot exceed 62.5% of the total program length. Academic credit that is awarded through one of the following methods is not calculated in the student's cumulative grade point average but is factored into the determination of the maximum time in which a program must be completed.
Transfer Credit – Students with earned college credit from another regionally or nationally accredited institution may apply to have those credits transferred into their program. Students seeking transfer credit must have an official transcript of their prior work mailed directly to the Registrar.
Standardized Testing – The College awards credit for the successful completion of College Level Examination Program (CLEP), ACT-PEP or DANTES subject testing as well as for other professional certification examinations that are recognized by the American Council of Education. Official test scores must be sent to the Registrar.
Challenge Exams – Challenge Exams are intended to give students with advanced knowledge and/or skills the opportunity to demonstrate their competency and receive academic credit. The College recommends that Challenge Exams be taken shortly after acceptance to help avoid scheduling conflicts. The College will allow up to 24 credit hours earned through Challenge Exams. Students wanting to take a Challenge Exam must first meet with a Financial Aid Officer to satisfy all financial requirements and then meet with the College Librarian to schedule the examination.
A specific Challenge Exam may be attempted only one time and a final score of 70% or higher is needed to earn academic credit for the course. Challenge Exams cannot be substituted for a course previously taken or for one in which the student is currently enrolled.
Compass Assessment – Entering students who score above a certain standard on the Compass Assessment have the opportunity to receive advanced standing credit and will be charged a fee equal to 25% of the current tuition for each course for which credit is granted. Students who choose to receive advanced standing credit from the Compass Assessment will be required to make payment in full, for those credits, on or before the end of their first full term of enrollment. Students unable or unwilling to make payment by that date will forfeit the opportunity and be scheduled for classes accordingly.