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By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff CBS May 7, 2000, 7:55 PM
<i>FTN</I> Transcript - May 7
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Bob Schieffer, CBS
News Chief Washington Correspondent: Today on Face The Nation - the debate to reform Social Security. Is it just common sense or risky business? It could become the hottest issue of the presidential race, what to do about Social Security. The presidential candidates are already taking their positions - should people be able to invest a portion of their Social Security money in the stock market? Vice President Gore says no, too risky; Governor George W. Bush says yes and will outline his plan to do it this week.
Today we'll debate all sides with New York's Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, Pennsylvania's Republican Senator Rick Santorum, and Nebraska's Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey.
Then we'll turn to politics and talk with Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard and John Harwood of the Wall Street Journal.
Gloria Borger will be here, and I'll have a final word on commencement.
But first, a debate on Social Security on Face The Nation.
Announcer: Face The Nation, with chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer. And now from CBS News in Washington, Bob Schieffer.
Schieffer: Good morning, again. Well, Social Security always plays a part in any presidential election, and it is shaping up now as maybe the issue of the coming presidential campaign.
Governor Bush will outline his plan to reform Social Security sometime this week. It includes a very controversial proposal to allow Social Security recipients to invest part of those funds in the stock market.
Vice President Gore jumped on it, said it was risky, irresponsible, and accused Mr. Bush of having a secret plan to overhaul Social Security.
Well, we're going to try to get all sides of that this morning. Joining us from Omaha, Nebraska, is Senator Bob Kerrey. With us from New York City, Senator Charles Schumer; with us here in the studio, Senator Rick Santorum.
Now, Senator Schumer joins the vice president in saying this is a terrible idea. Well, Senator, let's start with you. Why would this privatization bankrupt the system, as the vice president has said?
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.): Well, I don't know if it bankrupts the system, but I think we've always had in retirement, Bob, three legs to the stool. They are IRAs, pensions, 401(k)s and Social Security. Americans have invested heavily in the stock market in their IRAs and 401(k)s and that's good. But there ought to be one secure leg that does not depend on the whims of the stock market.
Right now, of course, the stock market has gone up, up, up, up, up, but we know what goes up must come down. And there ought to be a basic floor that people don't have invested in riskier propositions. You know your money is safe in Social Security. If you invest in the stock market, you could have it be half the value of what it was when you put it in.
Schieffer: Senator Schumer, do yothink the vice president may have gone a little far when he just ripped into this proposal, called it, you know, words like "irresponsible," said the vice president (sic) had this secret plan. Did he go a little far in that?
Schumer: Well, let me say, I think two things the vice president said are right. George Bush did propose a privatization of Social Security. It is a partial privatization, but it is privatization.
And second, if George Bush has a plan to radically change Social Security - and this does change it radically - he ought to lay it out before the American people before the election. There should be no secret plan.
His advisers said, well, he's not going to get into the details, and I think that is really, really not what elections or running for president is all about. No secret plans on something as important and almost as sacred as Social Security.
Schieffer: Well, apparently he does plan to flush it out somewhat either this week or early next week, Senator Santorum. Now, you're one of those who think it is a really good idea to do this. In fact, would you go beyond what Mr. Bush is doing. So why isn't it risky business?
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.): Well, it's not risky business. First off, Chuck talks about the three-legged stool. Most Americans don't have either of the other two legs. They don't have pension systems, and they don't have 401(k)s or IRAs, and rely solely on Social Security.
No one - and I and Chuck know this - no one is suggesting that we eliminate the basic benefit from Social Security. Every plan - Senator Kerrey's plan, my plan, other plans that are out there, and I'm sure Governor Bush's plan - will have a guaranteed base benefit that the government will stand behind to make sure that no one retires in poverty.
But what we want to do is create the opportunity, in addition to that basic benefit, and to help in fact support the basic benefit, to take just a small portion of the Social Security tax, have it invested in the market, so the rest of America can participate in the growth of the American economy and to the - and invest - I mean, we are denying over half the people in this country what is the greatest source of wealth, which is the accumulation of gains in the market.
Gloria Borger, U.S. News & World Report: Senator Kerrey, what we are talking about here is investing 2 percent of the payroll tax into the stock market. You met with Governor Bush. Do you think he is taking a big risk here?
Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.): No, I don't. In fact, Tony Coelho called yesterday and indicated the vice president would like to meet with those of us who believe that these kinds of proposals can do exactly what Chuck Schumer says - it strengthens the other legs of the stool. It preserves the basic benefit package of Social Security. It doesn't give people the opportunity to invest in the stock market. It gives them the opportunity to take full two points of their payroll tax with incentives to go up to $700 a year with accounts opened at birth and allow them to do basically what the employees of the federal government do.
You don't invest in individual stocks, you can invest in lower yielding bonds. You can invest in funds that are relatively low risk. But the problem that we have in America that this proposes to solve is that the poor working people, the middle-income working people as well, are struggling to save money and to accumulate that second and third leg Chuck talked about.
Borger: Senator Kerrey, do you believe than that by Vice President Gore requesting this meeting, that in fact he is changing his mind or open to some kind of revision on his plan? Because after all, the president had proposed something similar to this. Do you think there's any leeway there?
Kerrey: I don't know if there's any leeway, but I think the vice president comes with the same sort of values that most people who look at Social Security do. They understand that the program has been enormously beneficial, especially for low-income working people, it's reduced the rates of poverty, and Medicare has. And he's concerned about making certain that program is healthy and alive.
The political rhetoric on both sides often times masks, at least in the vice president's side, very sincere concern to try to figure out how to save and strengthen this program.
Borger: So, you think the vice president ought to calm down?
Kerrey: You got Senator Robb, you got myself, you got Senator Breaux, on a proposal that says to 150 million beneficiaries right now under the age of 40, that we'll be able to keep their promise to you. And to the 75 percent of the households under $25,000 a year, we know that you're not able to save very much money, and this will give you the opportunity to accumulate wealth very much like every member of Congress does through the thrift savings plan and all of our employees do as well.
Schieffer: Let me go to Senator Schumer. How much would this cost, Senator Schumer, and does this put Social Security at risk because we know that, what, in about 20015, the payroll taxes will no longer be greater than the benefits that will have to be paid out. Does this pose any kind of risk of that sort for this, if you put some of this money aside to invest in the market?
Schumer: Well, sure, if the market goes up, it obviously doesn't. And Rick and Bob are correct, that they want to see as do I, every American participate. But let me tell you, my wife and I are saving money for our daughter's college education. We want to make sure it's there by the time they go to college, and we don't put it in the stock market. Certainly, if have you a good amount of money and you should put some of it in the stock market. But if you're a poorer person, and you depend on that Social Security, remember the maximum is less than $20,000 a yea. You don't want, even if there's a 25 percent chance that the stock market goes down cataclysmicly, that you don't have that money.
And that's what the problem is. The problem is that Social Security has worked the way it has been, and you start privatizing it, God knows where we end up.
Schieffer: Let Senator Santorum respond. I'm sorry Senator Kerrey, let SenatorÂ…
Schumer: Go ahead, Bob. Go ahead, Bob.
Kerrey: Well, Chuck, our proposal doesn't say invest in the stock market. Our proposal does exactly like the thrift savings plan provides for you, provides for Rick, provides for me and all of our employees. We've got employees that are investing in thrift savings plans, and as a consequence, they accumulate wealth. They're not out there picking individual stocks. You're setting up a false choice.
Santorum: That's exactly right, Bob, and the fact of the matter is, we're talking about a very small portion of this. There is a guaranteed benefit there. No plan - no plan - will not continue to provide a guaranteed benefit. What we're trying to do is simply help, number one, finance that guaranteed benefit through the investment in mutual funds as Bob has talked about and create the opportunity for wealth creation and passing wealth from generation to generation.
Borger: Well, what if you decide to retire at the moment the stock market goes down, Senator Santorum?
Santorum: Again, one of the things that we look at and is what the investment will be. And certainly when you're younger, and we're looking at a 20-year-old, they're going to be invested probably very heavily in equities, and they should be.
But as you get older and you get closer to the retirement age, you're going to go more toward fixed incomes, more toward bonds. And, again, that's the education of the American people over time. We're not talking about giving these accounts to people who are 60. We're talking about, as Bob talked about, giving the opportunity - we're not requiring - the opportunity for 20-year-olds and 30-year-olds and even some in their early 40s the opportunity to do this, to go along and become educated, to become good savers and investors, which is the key to wealth creation in this country.
Schieffer: Let me go back to Senator Schumer. He wants to say something.
Schumer: Yes. What I want to say is, first, what you are proposing is lowering the guaranteed retirement benefit, because if the stock market goes down or gets wiped out, you have lowered the amount that people get. Talk to a senior citizen who has nothing else other than their Social Security. 17-18-19,000 dollars a year isn't much for them.
Santorum: Chuck, you simplyÂ…
Schumer: Second - let me just finish.
Santorum: You haven't read the plan, Chuck, that's not what we do.
(CROSSTALK)
Schumer: That's what George Bush has suggested.
Santour: Well, George Bush hasn't put his plan out there, so you don't know that.
Schumer: The second problem is very simple. You can say that the government will limit what your investments should be. We don't know what George Bush will do with that, although what he talked about seemed to suggest that the individual could choose whatever they wanted.
But even so, if the market goes down rather significantly, mutual funds will go down, all of the broad-based indexes will go down, and the bottom line is this - should Social Security be a floor, a safe floor, that is not put in something risky, in fact, where the principle doesn't shrink?
Kerrey: I think it should be.
Schumer: Or should Social Security be made riskier?
Santorum: Chuck, it's a false choice.
Schumer: I say not.
Kerrey: I agree with you, I agree with you.
Schumer: It is not a false choice.
Santorum: Chuck, it's a false choice because Social Security is unfunded now. You're assuming that we're talking about, well, everything will be fine if we just leave it alone. And you know, Chuck, it won't be fine if we leave it alone.
In fact, the money reasons out in the year 2015 - requires a massive transfer from federal income tax revenues into Social Security to pay benefits in the terms of $11 trillion. So we don't have the money just sitting there in the trust fund.
As you know, Chuck, there is no money in the trust fund. There are IOUs in the trust fund that we have to redeem some day.
What we're doing is a responsible way to put more money in the system through the growth in the markets over time. We're not talking about crashes over a two or three-year period of time. We're talking about 20, 30, 40 years, and that's the way you finance retirement system. Every other retirement system in this country is funded this way. If it's good enough for union plans and for corporate CEOs, it should be good enough for the people who don't have savings to be able to participate.
Schieffer: Let me just go aroundÂ…
Schumer: Union plans and corporate CEOs, Rick, invest some of their money in fixed-income assets, which are there and principle doesn't shrink, and some of their money in equity assetsÂ…
And so would we do...
Schumer: Â…where the assets can shrink.
Santorum: Bob has talked about that three times.
Schumer: When you have - when you haveÂ…
Kerrey: Chuck, you should love this plan, then.
Schumer: When you have so littleÂ…
Kerrey: You should get - you should be a co-sponsor of this bill, because that's exactly what we do with this legislation.
You're describing something that's not - that I'm not proposing. You're describing now for corporate CEOs and for unions exactly what we propose.
Schumer: Yes, exceptÂ…
Kerrey: If you tink this is too risky, Chuck, we should get rid of the thrift savings plan that you use, that Rick use, that I use and all of our employees use.
Schumer: What I use, BobÂ…
Kerrey: That's not a risky proposal.
Schumer: What I use, Bob, is a thrift savings plan after I have my Social Security.
Kerrey: And that's exactly whatÂ…
Schumer: For the people you're talking aboutÂ…
Kerrey: Then you should support this proposal, Chuck, because that's exactly what we do with this plan.
Schumer: No, it isn't. You will lower - here's what you do: You lower the floor, you say that instead of 100 percent of your money being safe and non-risky, take 80 percent of your moneyÂ…
Schieffer: We're going toÂ…
Schumer: Â…take 70 percent, in Rick Santorum's case, and let the rest be put in riskier investments.
Schieffer: I'm sorry, gentlemenÂ…
Schumer: Â…Social Security isÂ…
Schieffer: I'm just going to have to bring this to a close. It's a fascinating argument. I do want to ask Senator - thank you both, Senator Kerry and Senator Schumer.
I want to ask Senator Santorum a question on another subject, because we're about to have a roundtable here and get some views on the selection process for vice presidents and so forth.
Of course, your Pennsylvanian Governor Tom Ridge is one of those being prominently mentioned as a possible running mate for Governor Bush. But you were quoted earlier this week of saying that if he opts for Ridge, the whole three months after the convention will be a debate about abortion and that's not on message. Does that mean you're against your governor being on the ticket?
Santorum: No. What I said - it was a response to another one of these talking head shows. And I said, you know, folks like the media will spend the next three months talking about it and that's what will be there focus. I don't think that should be the focus. I think Tom has been a terrific governor, would be a tremendous addition to the ticket.
My fear is how the media will portray it. And I'm just concerned about that being the focus, because I think we have great issues like Social Security to talk about, and having the issue of abortion sort of being a divided issue on the ticket I think could be problematic.
Schieffer: Well, would you support the ticket, if he is on the ticket?
Santorum: Absolutely. Tom and I have run together on a ticket before. We're - you know, I have the utmost confidence in his ability to do this job and would be an addition to the ticket. But, again, I'm worried about the fallout in the media to that choice.
Schieffer: All right. Were going to leave it there. When we come back, we'll talk more about that in our roundtable discussion in a minute.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
Schieffer: Well, a pretty livel morning so far. Joining us now, Bill Kristol, the editor of the Weekly Standard, and John Harwood, of the Wall Street Journal.
Let's start off with this business - it was in your magazine - that Senator Santorum of Pennsylvania was quoted as saying that if George Bush puts his governor, Tom Ridge, on the ticket, the whole campaign will be about abortion and that's not on message. He says now, it's a little bit out of context. But what about that, Bill?
Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard: He also says he'll support the ticket of Bush-Ridge. Pat Robertson said this morning that he could support a Bush-Ridge ticket. What strikes me, I was with some Bushies earlier this week in Texas - these aren't people right at the center of the campaign, but pretty close. I do think Governor Bush would like to take Governor Ridge.
Schieffer: Do you think so?
Kristol: Yes. I think they're personally close. He wants an outside-of-Washington ticket. They're generationally in sync with each other. Ridge is a Vietnam vet, a successful governor who has governed in the way that Governor Bush has, as a centrist but also is pretty articulate. Bush would like to take Ridge. Abortion is the question. I think they think they might be able to handle it, with people like Pat Robertson saying they could live with that.
Schieffer: What do you think, John? Do you think it would become the only issue of the three months between the convention and the election?
John Harwood, Wall Street Journal: I don't think so. And I think they probably could handle the fallout. But I think it's going to depend on their perception of how strong they are against Gore. If they've got a sizable lead, it is a risk and you don't want to introduce elements of risk into the campaign. Some people in the campaign think as long as they're riding high, there is no reason to do that.
Borger: There is also a little danger, if you pick Ridge, of alienating Catholic voters. And I think that's something they are going to consider. But I do believe that finally the Republican Party may be able to put this issue to rest. And if George W. Bush wants to be the compassionate conservative, big-tent Republican, this is clearly one way to do it.
Schieffer: What about this deal this week - this tape comes out - where we hear an official of the NRA saying, boy, if can get old George Bush elected, we'll be working right out of his office.
Is that going to have an impact?
Harwood: Well, I think it helps. Al Gore has gone several weeks without getting much of a break. Bush has been creeping up in the polls. He's had a series of good events.
Schieffer: It helps who?
Kristol: It helps Gore this. This was a good week for Gore, to have that come out. And very quickly Gore jumped on it, of course.
There are some regional variations in how it's going to ply out. The NRA isn't quite as unpopular in the South and in the Midwest as it is in the West Coast and the Northeast, but the Gore campaign was happy about that.
Schieffer: Did Gore jump on it too hard, Bill?
Kristol: Yes, gun control is one of those mythological issues that liberals in Washington think will kill Republicans and never does. I mean, your own newspaper's poll, the Wall Street Journal poll, shows that Bush is doing as well as Gore in answer to the question, how would you handle the gun issue?
Bush, of course, is going to distance himself from the NRA a little. But even the NRA - even the National Rifle Association - in the Wall Street Journal poll, it's favorable-unfavorable is something like, what, 37-37. I think Gore's favorable-unfavorable is 41-37. The NRA is virtually as popular in America today as Al Gore.
Borger: I think what this really shows is the rapid response of the Gore campaign, learned from, of course, the Clinton campaign. You know, you don't let something like this go unnoticed. You put out an ad about it immediately. You start talking about it. And that is what Gore is very good at doing, going on the attack, which, of course, we've seen a lot of lately.
Schieffer: Well, you know, there is also another truth in politics. And that is you don't get in the way of a man who is standing before a firing squad. And I wonder if it would have been more effective for Gore to just stand back and say, well, you see, I told you how it was. And just sort of let it play out. I wonder if he didn't sort of politicize it a little too much by hitting on it as hard as he did. Why is it that all of a sudden Gore is not as popular with women as he was?
Kristol: I think it gets to your last point. Gore looks partisan. The one thing we've learned in the 90's is that American voters don't like partisanship. And the great irony is that George W. Bush is running the Bill Clinton 1992 campaign and Al Gore isn't. It's Bush who meets with Bob Kerrey for over an hour. Bush is going to cite Bob Kerrey so many times in the next six months, you'll hear Kerrey's name from Bush's lips more than that of any Republican senator. Bush has learned the lessons of Clinton's two successful election campaigns, and Gore actually is running a sort of old style, very partisan, very political campaign.
Schieffer: What about - the thing we shouldn't forget to talk about is McCain and Bush are getting ready to have this famous meeting. What do you think is going to happen, Gloria?
Borger: I think McCain would just rather go in a hole somewhere than have this meeting with George W. Bush, now we've all played it up so much.
He's going to come out, he's going to endorse him, as he said last week on the show, but we're all looking for something more than that. These two are not particularly good friends. I think McCain is very well aware that he doesn't want to be thperson responsible for not having George W. Bush win this election, so I think you're going to see sort of a gung-ho endorsement.
Schieffer: Do you think, John, that in the end, that McCain could be convinced to go on the ticket if Bush asked him?
Harwood: I don't think it's impossible. One of the things that's interesting about McCain is, he's been running sort of a muted campaign in the last few weeks. He went to South Carolina, he apologized for what he did with respect to the flag. Then he went to Vietnam, he got a tremendous amount of media exposure for that. Last week he stepped out in front on Social Security. I don't think the 2000 campaign is out of his system. It's unlikely, but it's not impossible.
Schieffer: You saw McCain this week, what's his humor?
Kristol: He's in good humor, I wouldn't say he's eagerly looking forward to the meeting. I think this meeting will have more the character of a business-like handshake than an affectionate hug. But look, McCain is going to say, "I strongly support Bush. He will be a much better president than Gore. I am committed to my reform agenda, however, and I continue to differ with Governor Bush on certain issues, but we've got to beat Al Gore." And I think Bush will come out of this meeting helped by the meeting, I think.
Schieffer: We've got about 30 seconds. Who is Gore thinking about for a running mate?
Harwood: Well, there's - there aren't as many good choices on the Democratic side as there are on the Republican side. There are strong arguments for Bob Graham, who would make the ticket competitive in Florida. Some people want to look to the Midwest to someone like Evan Bayh, who's a senator from Indiana.
Schieffer: Gentlemen and lady, we have to end it there. I'll be back in a minute with a final word.
Schieffer; Finally, I was honored to give the commencement speech Friday at the University of Utah. It's a great school, it was a great day, as graduation days always are. And the 6,000 graduates and their parents couldn't have been nicer.
The grads applauded in all the right places and their parents laughed when I warned them to continue to stay on good terms with their kids, because it's the kids, after all, who will be the ones to choose the nursing homes.
But if there had been a commencement speech contest in Utah last week, I would not have stood a chance. The winner, hands down, would have been a Utah businessman named John Huntsman who spoke down the road at Weber State University.
Huntsman didn't take long to say his piece. He came to the podium, told the students, and I quote, "No exercise is better for human heart than reaching down to lift up another." Then he announced he was giving the school $1 million for scholarships and sat down. The message was, as they say, well-received.
Now all I know about Mr. Huntsman is what people out there tod me, that he's a very good man who gives millions to fight cancer and help education. So I have no idea what his next project will be, but I'll bet you one thing - he's going to be the most sought-after commencement speaker in history.
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The Weld County Apartment Association's monthly meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Ebony Event Center, 3313 11th Ave., Evans.
Capt. Diggs Brown will be the featured speaker. He is a Green Beret with the Army's special forces and is an investment adviser with Community First National Bank.
Brown spent a tour in Afghanistan last year training the new Afghan Army and conducting operations against the Taliban.
In his spare time, he taught English to Afghan students in a village near his Army compound.
Brown wrote a book about his experiences — "Your Neighbor Went to War" — and it will be available for purchase following the meeting.
The meeting is open to the public. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 395-0025.


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Home|Humber to The Wash Cycle Route
Humber to The Wash Area
Make the most of the Lincolnshire coast's boundless skies and fascinating features by taking this blissfully relaxing cruise through one of England's most welcoming, but perhaps lesser-known cycling counties.
Distance: 267 km (166 miles)
Total climbing: 1,042m
Terrain: Coastal roads & country lanes
Starting point: Hull
Finish point: Boston
Difficulty Rating: ** (click here for more details)
what you will see along the ride
The Humber to The Wash cycle rides take in all of the best sights and places to visit in the area.
Butlin's Skegness Day Visits
This idyllic estate is open to the public every day of the year, and as well as exploring its stunning Regency mansion, you can also visit its Farming Museum, historical woodland and award-winning gardens.
Elsham Hall
Set against the stunning backdrop of this majestic, privately owned house, you can wander its beautiful lakeside gardens, contemporary walled garden, and see a wide variety of animals and birds.
Thornton Abbey Gates
Once one of the richest Augustinian abbeys in all of England, its impressive architecture reflects its rich history, and its enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is among the largest and finest still in existence today.
Donna Nook National Nature Reserve
Covering more than 10km, every winter this reserve is an annual birthing ground for thousands of grey seals who come to rear their pups along the sand dunes and salt marshes. In the spring and summer, the reserve is a rich haven for plant life.
North Sea Observatory
The UK's first-ever, purpose-built marine observatory offers spectacular views across the dunes and sea, and allows visitors to witness the passage of migrating birds from all around the world.
The largest Bomber Command museum in the country allows you to be transported back to World War II and experience the sight and sounds of a bomber airfield. It's also the only place in England where you can find a Lancaster Bomber on an original wartime airfield.
Boston Guildhall Museum
Built in the 1390's this building is a testament to the wealth and influence of the Guild of St Mary at a time when Boston's power as a centre of trade was second only to London. This wonderfully preserved building, with a wealth of original features, has survived the centuries and is to be enjoyed as one of Boston's finest visitor attractions.
St Botolph's (Boston Stump)
This charming church, with its stained-glass windows and air of tranquillity, is a delightful place to escape the hustle and bustle of modern life. Not only is it the widest church in England, it also has one of the tallest church towers in the land, at over 272ft / 83m high.
ride one
You'll start in Hull and cross the iconic Humber Bridge before continuing south along quiet country lanes. Normanby Hall, Elsham Hall and Thornton Abbey all provide welcome glimpses into the area's rich heritage, and you'll pass through 27,000 acres of Brocklesby Estate before you head into the Lincolnshire Wolds – a designate Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Here you'll enjoy rolling roads and spectacular vistas as you make your way towards the coast to the bewitching marshes of Donna Nook Nature Reserve. From there, you'll head into the pan-flat Fens and skirt a procession of sand dunes and quiet coastal communities before reaching the North Sea Observatory.
ride two
On the second ride continue south and you'll enjoy more unspoiled coastline before sampling the contrasting seaside attractions of Skegness and the Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve before heading inland through the picturesque market town of Spilsby and on to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby.
ride three
For the third ride you'll continue along deserted lanes lined by dykes and deep hedges before reaching your destination town of Boston, a once-famous centre for trade which possesses a rich and fascinating history.
Explore this wonderfully diverse county by bike. Find out all you need to know to plan your perfect cycling holiday in the county.
places to stay in the area
Forest Pines Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort by The QHotels Collection
Hirst Priory
Thorganby Hall
Healing Manor Hotel
Millfields Hotel
St James Hotel
The White Hart Hotel Boston
Winteringham Fields Hotel
places to refuel along the way
The View Cafe Bar
The Fat Seagull
White Hart Hotel Boston

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Last week I didn't get round to writing up my weight loss journey post. So this week I will let you know how I got on during my "detox" week and during my first week back on the shakes.
I will admit to really enjoying my detox week. It was so refreshing to be healthier after the Christmas indulgence. I drank water, green tea and ate healthier. However I did not detox completely. I did still enjoy the odd glass of wine. After a week of clean eating I was delighted that I lost 3lbs.
Last week I replaced two of my meals with shakes. But I have struggled. I have nibbled between shakes, had wine and over the weekend I even had cake! But I have also started doing squats in the morning, had healthy snacks and eaten healthily. Therefore I was so disappointed when I stepped on the scales this week to see I had put on 1lb.
I have now re-evaluated how I am going to loose weight. I have decided that I am going to combine both Juice Plus and Slimming World Extra Easy SP plan.
From now on I will continue having my shakes for breakfast and lunch but am following the Slimming World food plan. I feel that Slimming World has a lot more information regarding food and are more structured in giving the information. They do not tell you to deprive yourself of all the foods that we all love like the Juice Plus plan does. I feel that depriving yourself of a glass of wine or the odd bit of chocolate can, in the long run, have the adverse effect and can cause binging. Therefore I am going to allow myself a few syns as it will keep my diet and lifestyle more balanced. But I also feel that having a more balanced diet will enable me to keep off the weight that I have lost.
Yesterday I attended my first legs, bums and tums class! This is another way that I am, hopefully, improving not just my weight but also my lifestyle. The class was an hour and I loved it! I am feeling it today, but I am so proud of myself for going in the first place, completing the workout and planning to return next week!
This week may have added 1lb on to my weight but it has also given me a new found determination!
That sounds like a sensible plan, I'm always wary of cutting certain foods out, I log all my calories and try to level everything out but I'll have anything I like - within reason. Good Luck!
Well done for finding your determination from you gain.
I'm catching up on #WeightLossWednesday and look forward to see your progress.


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SKA-Niewa (ros. СКА-Нева) – rosyjski klub hokejowy z główną siedzibą w Petersburgu.

Historia
Zespół klubu został drużyną farmerską SKA Sankt Petersburg, występującego w KHL. Drużyną juniorską jest SKA-1946 Sankt Petersburg występująca w MHL.

W czerwcu 2012 klub podpisał umowę o współpracy z przedstawicielami okrętu podwodnego K-550 Aleksander Newski.

W latach 2008-2012 klub funkcjonował jako HK WMF Sankt Petersburg (ХК ВМФ). W tym czasie drużyna rozgrywała mecze w Jubileuszowym Pałacu Sportu w Petersburgu. We wrześniu 2012 postanowiono o przeniesieniu zespołu do miasta Kondopoga w Republiki Karelii. Od 2012 do 2014 działał jako WMF-Karelia (ВМФ-Карелия), a od 2014 do 2015 jako SKA-Karelia (СКА-Карелия)

W 2015/2016 drużyna juniorska SKA-Karelia podjęła występy w rozgrywkach MHL-B, przemianowanych w 2016 na NMHL.

Pod koniec kwietnia 2016 szkoleniowcem SKA-Niewy został Piotr Worobjow. W 2018 do sztabu wszedł Konstantin Gorowikow. W lipcu 2019 nowym trenerem został ogłoszony Konstantin Kuraszew, a asystentami Michaił Mileżyn, Andriej Parfionow, a trenerem bramkarzy Pawieł Orłow.

W listopadzie 2020 z posady szkoleniowca odszedł Konstantin Kuraszew, a jego miejsce zajął Aleksandr Titow. W tym miesiącu do sztabu trenerskiego wszedł Jewgienij Fiodorow. Przed sezonem 2022/2023 do sztabu weszli Konstantin Gorowikow (po raz drugi) i Aleksandr Golc.

Sukcesy
  Finał o Puchar Pietrowa: 2018
  Srebrny medal WHL: 2018, 2019
  Puchar Jedwabnego Szlaku – pierwsze miejsce w sezonie zasadniczym WHL: 2019
  Brązowy medal WHL: 2020 (uznaniowo)

Zawodnicy

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Oficjalna strona klubu

Kluby hokejowe założone w 2008
Rosyjskie kluby hokejowe
SKA-Niewa

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Autonomous car technology has rapidly advanced in recent years. Companies like Waymo, Uber and Apple have all been working on their own versions of this tech but they've mostly been centered around civilian or taxi use.
That said, it seems Ford might be interested in bringing the world of self-driving cars to the US police force. As reported by CNET, Ford was recently granted a patent that describes a fully autonomous police car.
A self-driving police car isn't a particularly innovative idea by itself but what could make Ford's patented idea stand out is its ability to function entirely without a driver.
As the patent's renderings highlight, the autonomous police car could identify a vehicle violating a given traffic law and "establish wireless communication" with its driver. After verifying their identity, the vehicle will then be able to issue either a warning or a ticket, presumably depending on the severity of the violation.
As interesting (and terrifying) as this tech sounds, filing for or even being granted a patent doesn't guarantee that a company will actually use it down the line. In many cases, it's simply a way to protect an idea from being used by a competitor.
Furthermore, even if Ford did intend to use this patent, the sort of tech it references would involve both advanced self-driving vehicle technology and artificial intelligence. As neither have been deemed fully capable of replacing humans just yet, don't expect to see a fleet of robot cars cruising around town anytime soon.


Every 3 to 6 months you should do a sweep of your email list and clean up subscribers who are not opening your emails. These inactive subscribers are also referred to as cold subscribers.
Exactly how your email marketing service will define cold subscribers will vary.
We define cold subscribers as anyone who hasn't opened or clicked an email in the last 90 days. For subscribers who have been active for fewer than 90 days, we define cold subscribers as anyone who has been active for at least 30 days and has not opened or clicked an email in that time.
Keep in mind that because of how open rates are calculated (based on displaying images or clicking a link) someone could have read your email without triggering an open.
In Mailchimp you have to create your own criteria and create your own "inactive" segment to be able to clean them up.
Here are the instructions to do this in ConvertKit.
In ActiveCampaign, what I now use as an email marketing service, you can set up an automation to tag and unsubscribe disengaged subscribers.
Using this automation you get to choose what defines a disengaged (cold) subscriber. However the same rule applies that the system doesn't always recognize an email open if the images aren't downloaded. Here is the instructions for that A/C automation.
Cutting email subscribers is actually a good thing! Find out why!
Most email marketing services charge you based on number of subscribers. If someone is never opening your emails then do yourself and them a favor and boot them off your list.
It doesn't mean they can't join your list again or that you hate them. Honestly, if they have not opened a single email in 6 months, they don't even remember who you are.
Inactive subscribers are taking up space on your list, and you are taking up space in their inbox.
The purpose of having an email marketing list to connect with your audience, provide value to them and make sales for your business. But if emails are never opened none of these objectives are being met.
Just like with social media, numbers are just that, numbers. Connection and engagement are where the focus should be because otherwise those numbers are just costing you money and skewing your metrics.
If your list is bloated with peeps that don't care it's much harder to see what those that do care resonate with.
How To Approach Cleaning Your List?
There are several ways to approach cleaning your list.
#1. You can give people a chance to make sure not to be cut.
#2. You can simply cut them out.
Honestly most of the time they are not even going to notice, so it's more about how you want to approach list cleaning.
Again this is not blocking anyone from re-joining just giving them a break and an opportunity to rejoin and get your full welcome experience.
❏ Clean your list and then set a reminder on your calendar to do this again in 3-6 months. If you have a rapidly growing list, then 3 months would be my recommendation.
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However, not all institutions that use an .edu as a part of their Internet address are legitimate institutions. Department of Commerce created its current, strict requirements, some questionable institutions were approved to use an .edu. The current requirements allow only colleges and institutions accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to use the .edu, however, some more suspect institutions have maintained the .edu addresses.
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Q: How to get the Woocommerce API to not upload images when creating product I'm using the Woocommerce API to create products, and passing in an array of image urls. The images are on S3, and I just want Wordpress to reference those, but by default the Woocommerce API uploads the images to Wordpress and references those.
Any ideas how I can change this behavior so that the just takes the remote image URL's and uses those?
Thanks!

A: Not possible WooCommerce uses the Post ID of photo uploaded to WordPress as it's primary identifier (key) to reference those images...
If you DO find out how to do that, that would be huge!!
Good luck

A: Yes, you can pass the image as a parameter of products from the third party URL. still, it is not accessing from the phone.
try like this
"images": [
{
  "src": "http://demo.woothemes.com/woocommerce/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2013/06/T_2_front.jpg",
  "position": 0
},
{
  "src": "http://demo.woothemes.com/woocommerce/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2013/06/T_2_back.jpg",
  "position": 1
}

]
You can find the more information from the docs of woocommerce REST API.
Visit https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/#create-a-product

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Documenting Crimes in Syria and Iraq: ISIS and the Crimes Against the Yazidis
Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars
This talk was given as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series.
Over the last five years, a variety of entities - governmental, non-governmental and those created by bodies within the United Nations - have determined that ISIS has committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in areas it controlled in Iraq and Syria. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum have independently determined that ISIS has committed genocide against the Yazidi religious community of northern Iraq, and underscored that the logic, nature, and commission of genocide has been highly gendered. Since the collapse of ISIS's "caliphate", the pursuit of criminal accountability has accelerated, though it remains hindered by a range of factors, including a struggling Iraqi justice system, and an unwillingness of many states to take back their nationals, many held in SDF detention centres and camps in northern Syria, for trial. Alongside this, there is also increased discussion of the desirability of a broader range of transitional justice measures. Sareta Ashraph hopes to address these issues. She has been working on documenting and analysing ISIS crimes in Syria and Iraq with the UN Commission of Inquiry, the Syria IIIM, and most recently UNITAD.
Sareta Ashraph is a barrister specialized in international criminal and humanitarian law. Until August 2019, she was based in Iraq as the Senior Analyst on the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh. In 2017, Sareta was part of the start-up team of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (Syria IIIM). From May 2012 to November 2016, she served as the Chief Legal Analyst on the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria where she was the primary drafter of the June 2016 report "They Came to Destroy", which determined that ISIS was committing genocide, as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes, against the Yazidis. In 2011 to 2012, she was the Analyst on the Commission of Inquiry on Libya. In 2010 and 2011, Sareta was the Legal Adviser to the ICC's Defence Office. From 2004 to 2009, Sareta was Defence Co-Counsel before the SCSL. Sareta is an associate member of Garden Court Chambers (London), and is called to the Bar of England and Wales, as well as the Bar of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Measuring Peace: Local Participation and Perspectives in Peacebuilding
Political Crimes and Amnesties: Scope and Limitations to Transitions to Democracy
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After Rally Yankees Fall To Phils In 'Ruf' Ending
PHILLIES 7, YANKEES 3
Darin Ruf broke up a 3-3 tie with a leadoff home run in the eighth inning and the Phillies added three more in the ninth as Philadelphia outlasted New York on Thursday at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, FL
Ruf's blast into the right-field bleachers came off right-hander Nick Goody (0-1). Left-hander Andy Oliver (2-0) pitched 1 2/3 innings and fanned four batters to pick up the victory. Right-hander Luis Garcia pitched a perfect ninth to notch his third save of the spring.
The Yankees trailed from the first inning until the bottom of the sixth when Didi Gregarious singled, Stephen Drew walked and Carlos Beltran followed with an RBI single up the middle off left-hander Joely Rodriguez.
The loss drops the Yankees to a 10-7 record in Grapefruit League play.
FIELD FOCUS
Ever since Robin$on Cano took his bat, ball and glove to the Pacific Northwest in an angry huff, second base has been sort of a mess for the Yankees.
General manager Brian Cashman tried to replace a Michelin tire with a well-worn B.F. Goodrich with a blowout patch on it in Brian Roberts last season.
The 37-year-old veteran batted .237 with five homers and 21 RBIs in 91 games until he was released on Aug. 1. The former All-Star who suffered through four previous seasons of injuries just had nothing left in the tank. He announced he was retiring on Oct. 18.
The Yankees shifted gears and dealt infielder Kelly Johnson to the Boston Red Sox for Drew with the intention of making him a second baseman.
Drew played 46 games for the Yankees and ended up batting .150 with three home runs and 15 RBIs. To say that second base was a black hole for offense in 2014 would be putting it mildly.
It is also why there were raised eyebrows when Drew was offered a one-year, $5 million contract to stay with the Yankees and he was quickly named this spring by manager Joe Girardi as the team's starting second baseman.
Eyebrows were raised even farther when Drew began spring training 1-for-13 (.077).
Since then Drew has picked up his offense and he is in the middle of a very encouraging hot streak. He was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI against the Phillies on Thursday.
That means in his past three games, Drew is 3-for-7 (.429) with a home run and four RBIs. Even when he is making outs now they are loud outs to the outfield.
The Yankees would like for Drew to return to his form of 2013 when he batted .253 with 13 home runs and 67 RBIs for the Red Sox. Those numbers for a second baseman with the Yankees would look great compared to what they got from the position last season.
Drew is just hopeful that he can continue his steady progression with the bat throughout the rest of the spring. He may not be a Michelin but he just might still have a decent amount tread life left at age 32.
Considering the Yankees only managed four hits, the best thing you can say is that no one got injured. That is a positive, I guess.
Chase Headley continues to swing a red-hot bat. Headley cracked a solo home run with one out in the second inning off Phillies starter Aaron Harang. Although it seemed unwise last season for the Yankees to trade for a third baseman who was struggling with back issues, Headley seems to be over the back problems and he seems primed for a big season. He is batting .370 with two home runs and three RBIs.
Gregorius was 3-for-3 on Wednesday against the Braves in Lake Buena Vista, FL, and one of the hits came off a left-hander. On Thursday, he started a rally that tied the game in the sixth with a hit off the lefty Rodriguez. Perhaps he might be on the road to solving them after hitting below .200 against them for his career.
Yankee starter Esmil Rogers, competing to replace the injured Chris Capuano as the team's No. 5 starter, was not sharp at all on Thursday. After not being scored upon this spring, the Phillies touched Rogers, 29, for single runs in the first three innings. Ryan Howard tagged him for a two-out RBI single in the first. Cody Asche hammered a leadoff homer in the second and Carlos Ruiz added a two-out RBI single in the third off Rogers.
Left-hander Chasen Shreve, acquired along with right-hander David Carpenter from the Braves in exchange for left-hander Manny Banuelos, is vying to become a third lefty in the bullpen behind Andrew Miller and Justin Wilson. But Shreve, 24, took a step backwards when he was shelled for three runs (two earned) on three hits in the ninth inning.
Jacoby Ellsbury told reporters that despite being restricted from all baseball activities for a week that he will be ready for Opening Day. Ellsbury, 31, sustained a mild oblique strain throwing in the outfield prior to Sunday's game against the Phillies. "I think the good thing is we do have time and I'm fully confident that I'll be there Opening Day, ready to play," Ellsbury told reporters. . . . Right-hander Jared Burton, 33, sustained a strained lat and will undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Burton is a non-roster invitee who is competing for a bullpen spot this spring. . . . Backup infielder Brendan Ryan, who has been sidelined all spring with a mid-back strain, is scheduled to make his spring debut on Friday.
The Yankees will travel to Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland FL, on Friday to face the Detroit Tigers.
Adam Warren, who is battling Rogers for the fifth spot in the rotation, will start for the Yankees. Warren is 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in three starts this spring.
The Tigers will counter with right-hander Alfredo Simon, who is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in three starts.
Game-time will be 1:05 p.m. EDT and the game will be not be broadcast via TV or radio.
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Canadians will be all too aware of 'Yukon Gold', which is the fanciful name given to a large cultivar of potato that was first developed in Ontario during the 1960s.
Today, the name 'Yukon Gold' is also attributed to one of Canada's best online casinos, and one that has earned a coveted license from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC).
But what exactly can you expect when wagering at the Yukon Gold Casino? We've published one of the most comprehensive Yukon Gold Casino reviews, while also outlining some of the key considerations for new players below!
The Yukon Gold Welcome Offer
You'll certainly find a unique welcome offer at Yukon Gold, and one that's split across your first two deposits.
More specifically, new players will have 125 free spins credited to their account when they complete a first deposit of $10 or more. These spins are worth as much as $0.30 per spin and can be deployed across a variable range of slots, so we'd recommend reviewing the T&Cs in full before making an informed choice.
If you utilise these spins within the specified time-frame and make a subsequent deposit of $10 or more, you'll also qualify for the 100% match bonus up to the value of $150.
While these offers are relatively generous and rewarding by themselves, you should know that they come with staggering wagering requirements of 200x the value of the bonus. This is quite simply the biggest condition of its type that we've ever seen, but what does it mean in practical terms?
Well, even if you deposit at the minimum qualifying amount of $10, the wagering requirements in play mean that you'd have to play through as much as $2,000 before completing an associated withdrawal.
While this type of offer would be ideal for high-rollers who regularly wager large amounts of cash online, this is arguably beyond the means of most players who tend to gamble infrequently and modestly. The wagering requirements must also be met within 30 days, creating a further obstacle to leveraging this bonus to your advantage.
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If you have a non-urgent and slightly more complex issue, you can also reach out through the site's email. You should receive a response in no more than 24 hours, while the team should provide you with an answer within this time-frame if you message them on a weekday.
The site also features several guides and FAQs pertaining to common issues such as withdrawals, so we'd recommend checking these out before taking the time to contact a customer support agent.
One of the best and most popular casino platforms in Canada, the Yukon Gold platform combines a diverse games' library with excellent customer support to provide an enjoyable iGaming experience.
The site has also been fully licensed by the UKGC, creating a genuine seal of approval and some additional peace of mind for individual players.
However, the site's current welcome offer comes with eye-watering wagering requirements of 200x the value of the bonus, creating playthrough amounts that may be far beyond the means of casual and everyday players.
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The 777 Casino brand is certainly one of the most decorated in the iGaming marketplace, having won a plethora of awards including the Gaming Intelligence prize in 2015, the Best Casino Operator in 2014 and the Best Digital Operator in 2013.
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Occasionally, the brand has also run a no-deposit bonus to new players, in the form of 77 free spins that aren't contingent and crediting your account with a minimum amount. There are no other strings or wagering requirements in play here, while the spins will be made available on games such as Treasure Fair and Golds of Gold.
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MySpace to 'unite' photographers, says Ilford Photo
Black & white photography enthusiasts can now share their experiences and images with fellow photographers worldwide using a MySpace presence launched by Ilford Photo.
?The launch of our MySpace page is a watershed moment for Ilford Photo,? said an Ilford Photo UK spokesman.
?We will be able to engage directly with hundreds, possibly thousands of photographers worldwide, united in their love and passion for black & white photography.?
He added: ?We are committed to creating a bright future for traditional black & white photography, and the MySpace page shows that the digital age has not eclipsed traditional photography ? it is genuinely facilitating it, helping to establish a bright future for black & white.?
The MySpace page is designed to run in tandem with Ilford Photo?s existing website.
Features include an online slideshow of images, a forum where visitors can post comments, as well as information about new products, events, exhibitions and details of UK masterclasses.
Formed in 1879 ? and based in Cheshire – Ilford became famous for its film, paper and darkroom chemicals.
For details visit www.myspace.com/ilfordphoto.


The name curry is an English word that is commonly given to any dish of meat, fish or vegetables that is served in a rich, spicy sauce. Different types of curries however, require very different techniques to prepare.
There are a huge range of dishes from different parts of India that are all referred to in the UK as curry. The word has become a catch-all term for any dish of meat, fish or vegetables cooked and served in a spicy sauce. Most of the interpretations of these that are available in Indian restaurants catering to British customers bear little or no relation to the dishes in their authentic form, as anyone has been to an Indian wedding reception can tell you.
Korma is one of the most often traduced dishes, served in a bland creamy sauce that has been turned bright yellow by being overloaded with turmeric. Like most Indian curries, korma is traditionally cooked in a sauce that is much closer to what we would think of as a rich, albeit spicy, gravy and has a broad flavour profile thanks to the garam masala and the Indian custom of representing every one of the six flavour groups in every dish. This darkly fragrant dish bears no resemblance whatsoever to the dayglo travesty often served in its place. Tomato-based sauces are also common in Indian curries.
Thai curries, and many other curries from Pacific countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, are different from typical Indian curries. There is greater emphasis on the sharply sweet and sour flavours of tamarind, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves. The hottest Thai curries are made using stock as a base in a similar way to Indian curries and are fiercely sour and fiery.
More familiar are the green and red curries made with the relevant coloured curry paste that can be found in shops and restaurants around the UK. These are cooked with a base of coconut milk which helps take the edge off the heat and results in a smooth liquid sauce. Sweet basil, palm sugar, fish sauce and shrimp paste are often used to bolster the flavour of pleasingly textured ingredients such as bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. Yellow curry is similar but gets its colour from turmeric rather than curry paste and is thicker and less spicy thanks to the addition of coconut cream.
One of the features that has made Thai food so popular internationally is its flexibility. Curry sauces can be made using red meat, poultry, seafood, tofu or vegetables as required, bringing a distinctive set of flavours to any ingredients that are available.
When cooking curries of any sort it is usually advisable to remove the seeds from any chillies that are being used. The seeds are not just the hottest part of the chilli, they also hold a powerful bitter taste that can easily obscure any more subtle flavours present in the dish. If extra heat is needed it can easily be achieved by using dried spices such as cayenne pepper or chilli powder. The recent trend for ridiculously hot sauces that can ruin an entire pot of curry with two drops is lamentable, replacing actual flavour with a burning sensation. These should be avoided at all costs.


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PR in The Lords – a novel approach
on 09.11.2006 in Uncategorised
It's quite rare, but from time to time you are thrown a somewhat bizarre idea that makes you think. This evening was one of those occasions. I was discussing politics with a university friend, Sarah Mulley, and discussion strayed onto the issue of reform of the House of Lords. I have a simple idea she said.
Why don't we put House of Lords reform and Electoral Reform together, and have a fully proportional election system for the House of Lords. There's no constituency link with the Lords as it is, so we would not need to worry about that.
Now, before ridiculing this idea, give it some thought. Both Sarah and I agreed that it's a very sub-optimal solution. But what we have presently in the UK is even worse. Further, proper electoral reform in the House of Commons is unrealistic presently, and the government realises more reform is needed in The Lords.
The result of all of this would be a sort of coalition arrangement in The Lords – allowing people to vote for The Greens, Lib Dems etc., yet the more traditional two party system would remain in the House of Commons. The constituency link would also be maintained there.
So how about it? Roll electoral reform and Lords reform into one. It might be a messy, pragmatic solution, but it might just work.
Whatever your thoughts on House of Lords reform, 'the economy is more important' is a lousy excuse
Democracy in the Lords
Mandelson cannot resign a life peerage (even if Prentis and Dizzy want him to)
6 days is all it takes to tear up an unwritten constitution
@ Richard
I'm well aware of all the pros and cons of the various systems (although I am more of a fan of STV than AMS). This issue is what is realistic though – what might we manage to actually get? That's why PR in the Lords might be a start.
If we adopted AMS for Commons, as for the Scottish Parliament, we wouldn't need to abandon the constituency link, but just to increase the constituency sizes. A smaller number of top-up seats would yield a less proportional result but require a smaller increase in constituency size. Even if the top-up consisted of only 100 seats (with the existing number of seats reduced by 100 and constituencies increased by 10% in size), the result produced would be more proportional than what we have now (though still far from proportional), with Labour winning perhaps 47% of seats (instead of 55%) on 35% of the vote, the Tories winning 31% (the same) on 35% of the vote, the Lib Dems winning 19% (instead of 10%) on 22% of the vote, and the Scottish nationalist and Welsh nationalist contingents also slightly increased. For convenience, I excluded Northern Ireland parties from my figures at all stages.
I believe Jenkins advocated a system with a relatively small top-up (was it 15%?) plus the Alternative Vote in the constituency elections. AV for the constituency elections seems a great improvement to traditional AMS, but why not go further and allow the party lists to be ranked in order of preference, so that if a party list fails to reach the threshold, the second-preference votes are allocated a different list? This could be called AV++.
STV is a great system if we decide that we can reconcile ourselves to multi-member constituencies at least three times larger than the constituencies we have now. A possible compromise would be to have four- or five-member constituencies in urban areas and one- or two-member constituencies in rural. However, since the rural areas would less have less PR, there's a risk that a compromise of that kind would benefit Tories.
The issue of electoral reform for the Commons could re-emerge. Peter Hain is likely to raise it as part of his campaign for the deputy leadership. He favours AV (which is not necessarily more proportional than FPTP, sometimes even less so, but does guarantee 50%+ of support for each MP).
The party list system that we've adopted for European elections is unpopular and I sometimes think that it was adopted in a deliberate bid to discredit PR, because on democratic grounds STV would be far superior. Alternatively, open party lists could have used (various European countries have mechanisms for allowing voters optionally to rank candidates within lists instead of merely choosing a list).
I'd hope that if we adopted a PR system for the Lords, we'd go for AMS, STV, or open lists, and not the closed list system, which I don't think will ever command public support in this country.
Jeremy Hargreaves
It's an interesting idea with some obvious things to be said for it, and with no disrespect to your friend, it has been suggested before….
A key objection made to this proposal is that it would then be very hard to treat a chamber elected in such a fashion as a second chamber with limited legitimacy, especially (but not only) when the other chamber remains elected in such an obviously more unfair way.


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University Reports Increase in Spam
The University authorities are baffled over the spurt in the amount of junk or malicious e-mails targeting Yale University inboxes during the past two months.
Philip Long, the Chief Information Officer of Yale University said that the problem of spam was faced by almost all people connected to the Internet. Some of the University's computing assistants and mailing list administrators believe that these spam e-mails are specifically targeting the Yale community. This is because few of the spam e-mails were distributed via the University's Pantheon mailing lists.
The University officials stated that nearly 1.1 million messages per day were discarded by the Yale spam filters at the beginning of June. The number of messages discarded daily in April was about 850,000. Although Yale's Information Technology Services cannot specify the number of spam e-mails actually reaching the University inboxes, this huge difference reveals the increase in the number of spam e-mails targeted at the Yale University.
"While the data we have is what we got rid of, we certainly expect that a similar increase has occurred in what is getting through," Long stated.
Long added that spammers are becoming smarter and are sending messages in huge numbers using more creative measures to escape filters. Alex Johnson, a computing assistant said that the spammers are using attached images rather than normal text to bypass the University filters. According to him, the similarities in spam imply that many of the e-mails may be originating from the same mailing list.
Long believes that a virus might have gained access to the student computers containing the lists and spammed them automatically.
Other than the common stock tips and advertisements for bodily enlargements, the students also received messages composed of absurd phrases. Johnson believes that the content might have been generated randomly by a program trying to fool the University filters.
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    assert = require("assert"),
    request = require('request');

describe('Users', function () {
    this.timeout(0);

    describe('Sessions', function () {
        it('Should create new session', function (done) {
            var users = require('../../models/user/init-data.json');

            users.some(function (user) {
                if (user.group !== 'developer') {
                    return false;
                }

                request.post({
                    url: config.get('baseUrl') + '/sessions',
                    json: {
                        email: user.email,
                        password: user.passwordStrategy.password
                    }
                }, function (err, httpResponse, body) {
                    assert.ifError(err);
                    assert.equal(httpResponse.statusCode, 200, 'Unexpected status code.');

                    done();
                });

                return true;
            });
        });

        it('Should return error with wrong credentials', function (done) {
            request.post({
                url: config.get('baseUrl') + '/sessions',
                json: {
                    email: 'error@dummy-domain.com',
                    password: 'qwerty1234'
                }
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                done();
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Maiden was the first boat to be sailed around the world by an all-female crew during the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race. Newly restored, she is set for another global campaign to promote girls' education with six other charities and the Maiden Factor Foundation.
The idea has been brought to life by Maiden boat owner Tracey Edwards and the six charity partners: Fields of Life, Just a Drop, Orchid Project, Room to Read, The Girls' Network and Why Comics? to raise awareness against the barriers that stop or hinder girls from reaching their full potential.
Maiden plans to set sail from the Southampton Boat Show on 22nd of September for their 2nd round' the world tour which will cover 30 stops in 22 countries. At each stop the all-female crew will meet with community leaders and girl-centred programmes to empower girls' rights and schooling for all.
Doyle Sails is proud be the sail supplier for this wonderful campaign and wish them the best of luck on their journey.


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Chelsea Midfielder Cesc Fabregas Insists He Wants to Sign a New Deal at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas has revealed he wants to sign a new deal at Stamford Bridge, despite reports of a loose interest from Manchester United.
The 30-year-old is in his fourth season with the Blues following a €33m switch from Barcelona, and has 18 months left to run on his existing deal.
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The silky Spaniard would be 32 by the time that contract expires, but he is already eyeing an extension at the club, as reported exclusively by the Evening Standard.
"Would I like to renew? Yes, because it is a club that has always treated me well. I believe the fans have a lot of respect for me and I have a lot of respect for them. I have given my all for the club for the last three-and-a-half years.
Cesc Fabregas Admits He Still Has Sleepless Nights Over Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Sacking @_Lewis_Day https://t.co/zw9FlAHMss
— ChelseaPro (@ChelseaPro) November 3, 2017
"This is a fantastic club for me and I have had a fantastic time here. Hopefully another contract will happen. Time will tell."
Fabregas is one of Chelsea's top earners on £160,000-a-week, and although there is no indication of a new deal on the table, he would almost certainly be in line for a pay rise if or when the time comes.
The Blues may well be forced into action quicker than they would like though, with Jose Mourinho supposedly intrigued about bringing the playmaker to Old Trafford


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". . . one of Scotland's most valued tradition-bearers."
"the expressive gamut from deep Celtic melancholy to joyful jig, his fiddle imitations of the bagpipe almost unbelievable, the whole rendered with a humble sincerity, flawless virtuosity and just about the sweetest sound since Fritz Kreisler."
Master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser is a consummate performer. His dynamic fiddling, engaging stage presence, and deep understanding of Scotland's music have created a constant and international demand for his solo appearances and concerts with a variety of ensembles. Alasdair has been a major force behind the resurgence of traditional Scottish fiddling in his homeland and the U.S., inspiring legions of listeners and learners through his recordings, annual fiddle camps, and concerts. He has represented Scotland internationally through performances sponsored by the British Council, and has been awarded touring support by the California Arts Council, with the ranking of "highest priority for inclusion on the roster; considered 'model' in stature."
Fraser has been featured on over 100 television and radio shows in the UK, and on several nationally-broadcast programs in the US, including CBS Sunday Morning, NPR Morning Edition, A Prairie Home Companion, and The Thistle & Shamrock. On The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS TV) Fraser played a special solo tribute to honoree Sean Connery, a fellow Scot, in a segment that included Catherine Zeta-Jones. Alasdair has made guest appearances with groups as diverse as Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Waterboys and The Chieftains, and as featured soloist along with Itzhak Perlman at New York's Lincoln Center. His film credits include solo performances on the soundtracks of several major films, including The Last of the Mohicans and Titanic.
Alasdair has released several critically acclaimed albums, including the Indie Award-winning Dawn Dance ( Best Celtic Album of 1996), and most recently, Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Volume One, on which Fraser and longtime collaborator pianist Paul Machlis pay tribute to Scotland's master fiddle composers of the past 250 years. Fraser has contributed to more than 50 albums as guest artist, and his music has been included on top selling Celtic and New Age compilation albums totaling nearly two million in combined sales.
Fraser performs in concert as a soloist; with pianist Paul Machlis; with Scottish guitarist Tony McManus; with cellist Natalie Haas, and with his band Skyedance, which features new music arranged for fiddle, pipes, flute, keyboards and percussion. In great demand as a dance musician, Alasdair plays for Scottish country dancing with pianist Muriel Johnstone. He also directs the 60-member San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers orchestra.
Through two summer programs that he founded nearly two decades ago - the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School in California and a week-long course on the Isle of Skye - Alasdair has inspired hundreds of aspiring and accomplished musicians. Several of his tunes are now standard in the repertoire for Scottish, Irish, and contra dancing, and can be heard in sessions from Edinburgh to Canberra. His compositions have been featured in new choreography commissioned by the Richmond (Virginia) Ballet and Shiftworks Dance Ensemble. His commissioned works include "Fettercairn Suite" for Whyte & Mackay Distillers.
Fraser lives with his wife and two sons in the Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California, operating his own Culburnie Records label and making frequent trips to Scotland and beyond for numerous engagements.


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As many of you know, there are two platforms to play Island Experiment - Facebook and the mobile app. Starting today, certain changes are introduced - and these changes affect both versions of the game. Specifically — the Facebook app and the mobile app will be split into two separate playgrounds and the game progress will be saved and stored separately from each other.
It means that you'll have the same island on both Facebook and on a mobile device but their development will proceed separately, without affecting each other.
Hold on, so I'll basically have two different islands?
That's right! Any action made on one of the islands stays only on the island where you made it. For example, if you collect Food on your Facebook island - this progress will stay on Facebook only.
And I can play on both islands at the same time?
They remain as they are till the separation. New purchases, however, will belong to the platform where they were made and will be available only there.
Ok, what about my Friends & Neighbors?
So what happens in the end?
— Downloading the game progress from a Facebook account will be available as well!
— Hippo quest and Facebook connection quest stay - you'll be able to complete them and gain the rewards.
Should you have any questions regarding this separation - please contact Player Experience Team. Have a great time and good luck!