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Dick Cheney on Principles & Values
Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush
Scooter Libby should have been pardoned, not just commuted
In 2005, Scooter Libby was indicted on one count of obstructing justice, two counts of perjury, and two of making false statements. In 2007, he was convicted on four counts, none of which were based on leaking Valerie Plame's name or CIA employment to th press. I believed Scooter was innocent and should never have been indicted, much less convicted.
Pres. Bush commuted Scooter's sentence so he would not have to go to prison. While that was appreciated, I flet strongly that Scooter deserved a pardon.
Source: In My Time, by V.P. Dick Cheney, p.408-410 , Aug 30, 2011
2004: Offered that Bush run for re-election with another VP
In mid-2003, Dick made a startling comment: "You should feel free to run for reelection with someone else. No hard feelings." I asked about his health. He said his heart was fine. He just thought I should have the option to refashion the ticket. His offer impressed me. It was so atypical in power-hungry Washington. It confirmed the reasons I'd picked Dick in the first place.
I did consider his offer, about the possibility of asking Bill Frist. While Dick helped with important parts of our base he had become a lightning rod for criticism. One myth was that Dick was actually running the White House . Everyone inside the building knew that was not true. But the impression was out there. Accepting Dick's offer would be one way to demonstrate that I was in charge.
The more I thought about it, the more strongly I felt Dick should stay. I hadn't picked him to be a political asset; I had chosen him to help me do the job. That was exactly what he had done. Most important, I trusted Dick. Source: Decision Points, by Pres. George W. Bush, p. 86-87 , Nov 9, 2010
Selected as Bush VP for having experience & no ambitions
Bush had seen Cheney's command presence, including how people paid careful attention to what he said in policy discussions. He respected his record as secretary of defense and as Ford's chief of staff. He knew of Cheney's wide contacts on Capitol Hill and, more important, of his knowledge about how Congress operates. Bush warmed to the idea of a vice president without ambitions of his own, since he'd seen how that leads (often inadvertently) to staff conflict and internecine warfare inside the White House.
Bush knew I had real doubts about Cheney, so he summoned me to the Governor's Mansion to discuss my opposition. "We don't need to worry about Wyoming in the general election," I said. Cheney's health would be an issue. I also said that Cheney had a strongly conservative voting record in Congress in the 1970s and '80s. Finally, picking Cheney would add to the perception that the GOP ticket was dominated by Big Oil, hurting us in the Midwest and the Northeast. Source: Courage and Consequence, by Karl Rove, p.168-171 , Mar 9, 2010
If we can win in MA, we can win back Congress in 2010
I think the developments that we've seen over the last several months are enormously encouraging. I think when we can achieve the kind of results that we've achieved in places like Virginia and New Jersey and Massachusetts--the sky's the limit here. I think 2010 is going to be a phenomenal year for the conservative cause. And I think Barack Obama is a one-term president. Source: Speech to 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference , Feb 19, 2010
OpEd: Possibly knew about PlameGate, but encouraged lie
[I told the press that neither Karl Rove nor Lewis Libby had disclosed any classified information]. There was only one problem. What I'd said was not true.
I didn't learn what I'd said was untrue until the media began to figure it out almost two years later. Neither, I believe, did Pres. Bush. He too had been deceived, and therefore became unwittingly involved in deceiving me. But the top White House officials who knew the truth--including Rove, Libby, and possibly Vice President Cheney--allowed me, even encouraged me, to repeat a lie.
The deception was not isolated to one event or even to the Bush White House. It permeates our national political discourse. Under the cloak of anonymity, the vice president and trusted aide Scooter Libby soon began an effort to discredit Wilson with selected journalists. Unknown to anyone else in the secretive White House, the president declassified key portions of information from October 2002 NIE for the vice president and Libby to use in this effort. Source: What Happened, by Scott McClellan, p. 1-4 & 8 , May 28, 2008
OpEd: Did not ask Senate for support, but ordered it
[At a meeting of GOP moderates] we sat there and listened as Cheney made divisive pronouncements of policy that would come as a complete surprise to many of the Americans who had voted to elect the Bush-Cheney ticket.
The contentious and destructive agenda that Cheney dropped on us was troubling enough, but what really unnerved me was his attitude. He welcomed conflict.
Cheney tore our best campaign promises to shreds and the moderates acquiesced instead of pelting him with outrage. It was clear to me then that there would be no key bloc of moderate votes helping to shape legislation and reunite America over the next 4 years. In any event, Cheney was not asking for support--he was ordering us to provide it. The president-elect had his agenda; we were just along for the ride.
My heart sank as my colleagues peeled away, one by one. It was the most demoralizing moment of my 7-year tenure in the Senate. Source: Against the Tide, by Sen. Lincoln Chafee, p. 8-10 , Apr 1, 2008
OpEd: Welcomed partisan conflict, despite campaign promises
Cheney's contentious and destructive agenda was troubling, but [worse] was his attitude: He welcomed conflict. We Republicans had promised America exactly the opposite.
That devastating first day after Bush and prevailed in the Supreme Court, if we were to believe Cheney, Bush would not only reignite the partisanship of the Clinton-Gingrich era but would make it even more toxic. Cheney tore our best campaign promises to shreds and the moderates acquiesced instead of pelting him with outrage. Source: Against the Tide, by Sen. Lincoln Chafee, p. 8-9 , Apr 1, 2008
OpEd: Largest expansion of executive power since TR
Teddy Roosevelt wouldn't have been able to pursue a robust foreign policy without concentrating power in the executive branch to a degree not seen since Abraham Lincoln, and matched thereafter only by Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, an George W. Bush. Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to govern extensively through executive ordered. Perhaps only Dick Cheney--"as capable and sensible a public servant as I've known," McCain has said--has done more to expand the legal boundaries of the executive office than Teddy Roosevelt. Which wins nothing but praise from John McCain: "He invented the modern presidency by liberally interpreting the constitutional authority of the office to redress the imbalance of power between the executive and legislative branches." Source: The Myth of a Maverick, by Matt Welch, p.149-150 , Oct 9, 2007
OpEd: Used fear of terrorism successfully as a campaign tool
Bush had tapped into a new group of lower- and middle-class voters concerned about security. After 9/11, he believed, many more people were primarily worried about terrorism, afraid of the next attack.
In the campaign, the Bush reelection team had dramatically framed the issues to make the voters' fear of terrorism as palpable as possible. The starkest, most direct suggestion that reelecting Bush would save America but electing Kerry would lead to the country's utter demise had come from Source: State of Denial, by Bob Woodward, p.353-4 , Oct 1, 2006
Decided against running for president in 1996
In the aftermath of the Republican takeover of Congress, it seemed 1996 could be a very big Republican year. [Many pundits'] first choice for the Republican nomination was Dick Cheney. Cheney had spent the last two years traveling the Republican circuit helping the party and candidates in 47 states. Cheney was debating whether to run but holding his cards very close.
For Cheney, there were two pieces to the decision. First was the political part. Would he generate the support? On this side, he felt he had a shot. The second was the personal side. Was he prepared to sacrifice everything during the next two years for that one goal and objective? Cheney wasn't sure.
There was another factor. A relative was gay. Cheney worried that this would become part of the endless scrutiny.
"Is it worth it?" Cheney asked. He decided it wasn't. On Jan. 3, 1995, Cheney announced that he would not run. Source: The Choice, by Bob Woodward, p. 58-60 , Nov 1, 2005
FactCheck: Cheney wrong that he had not met Edwards before
CHENEY: You�ve got one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate. Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I�m up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they�re in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.
FACT CHECK: There were at least two instances in which Cheney had met Edwards previously. Edwards escorted Elizabeth Dole when she was sworn in as North Carolina�s other senator on January 8, 2003, and Cheney administered the oath. Cheney also was present with Edwards at a National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 1, 2001, when a transcript shows Cheney acknowledged Edwards among those at the gathering:
CHENEY: (Feb. 1, 2001): Thank you very much. Congressman Watts, Senator Edwards, friends from across America and distinguished visitors to our country from all over the world, Lynne and I are honored to be with you all this morning. Source: Edwards-Cheney debate analysis by FactCheck 2004 , Oct 6, 2004
The charges against Halliburton are false
EDWARDS: I mentioned Halliburton in connection with the $87 billion. This is relevant, because he was pushing for lifting sanctions when he was CEO of Halliburton. Here�s why we didn�t think Halliburton should have a no-bid contract. While he was CEO of Halliburton, they paid millions of dollars in fines for providing false information on their company, just like Enron & Ken Lay. They did business with Libya and Iran, two sworn enemies of the US. They�re now under investigation for having bribed foreign officials during that period of time. Not only that, they�ve gotten a $7.5 billion no-bid contract in Iraq, and instead of part of their money being withheld, which is the way it�s normally done, because they�re under investigation, they�ve continued to get their money.
CHENEY: The reason they keep mentioning Halliburton is because they�re trying to throw up a smokescreen. They know the charges are false. If you go to factcheck.com, you can get the specific details with respect to Halliburton. Source: [Xref Edwards] Edwards-Cheney debate: 2004 Vice Presidential , Oct 5, 2004
Kerry sees two Americas; America sees two Kerrys
On Iraq, Kerry has disagreed with many of his fellow Democrats. But Kerry�s liveliest disagreement is with himself. His back-and-forth reflects a habit of indecision, and sends a message of confusion. He has, in the last several years, been for the No Child Left Behind Act and against it. He has spoken in favor of NAFTA and against it. He is for the Patriot Act and against it. Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys. Source: 2004 Republican Convention Keynote speech , Sep 1, 2004
John Dean: Cheney more secretive than Nixon
[Bush & Cheney�s secrecy] has given us a presidency that operates on hidden agendas. To protect their secrets, Bush and Cheney dissemble as a matter of policy. In fact, the Bush-Cheney presidency is strikingly Nixonian, only with regard to secrecy far worse (and no one will ever successfully accuse me of being a Nixon apologist). Dick Cheney, who runs his own secret governmental operations, openly declares that he wants to turn the clock back to the pre-Watergate years -a time of an unaccountable and extra constitutional imperial presidency. To say that their secret presidency is undemocratic is an understatement.
I was initially astonished watching the Bush-Cheney presidency, not certain they realized the very familiar path (at least to me) that they were taking. Richard Nixon, who resigned his presidency thirty years ago, had many admirable strengths and qualities. His secrecy, which shielded his abuses of presidential power, was not among them. Source: Worse Than Watergate, by John W. Dean, first chapter , May 2, 2004
John Dean: Cheney�s agenda: cut programs to expand military
What clearly distinguishes this presidency is its vice president, a secretive man by nature whose unmatched power is largely veiled but whose secret governmental operations have changed the world-and not for the better. Dick Cheney, effectively a co-president incognito, works behind closed doors and does not answer to Congress or the public. Time and again, their principal public policies-both foreign and domestic-are laden with hidden agendas.
The Bush-Cheney hidden agenda relates to their national security policies, given their critical importance. Equally worthy of attention is their hidden agenda to end federal entitlement programs by running up budget-busting deficits while hiking military spending, which is bleeding the federal treasury and will ultimately result in there simply being no money available to pay for social programs after this administration is gone. These, of course, are programs-such as Social Security and Medicare-that they dare not eliminate. Source: Worse Than Watergate, by John W. Dean, first chapter , May 2, 2004
Gave up any independent political existence from Bush
Bush ordered Cheney to draw up an energy plan. In intense sessions, Cheney would sit at the head of the table, frowning and nodding as he listened, seldom speaking even a single word. His words were all reserved for Bush�s ears.
There has never been a vice president like Dick Cheney, and there probably never will be again. He abjured any independent political existence from the president. He had no political operation at all. He shared his sole speechwriter with the president. He built no power base within the party, and he shunned personal publicity. His strength depended entirely on Bush�s trust in him-and he earned that trust by subordinating himself entirely to Bush.
Cheney was certainly a powerful figure with the administration. But those who identified him as a shadowy shogun who secretly controlled Bush, the weak mikado, could not have been more wrong. Even on energy, Bush made the ultimate decisions-and Cheney�s views, authoritative as they were, were often overridden. Source: The Right Man, by David Frum, p. 61-62 , Jun 1, 2003
OpEd: Selection as VP was unexciting but responsible choice
The big excitement, beautifully orchestrated, was over Bush's veep pick. There were 30 American flags as a backdrop; and by now a new slogan "Renewing America's Purpose" to replace "A Reformer with Results." And everyone in the room was handed a small American flag and a pom-pom to wave. The almost-universal reaction to Cheney from the Establishment press was: "unexciting but responsible choice." Cheney matches Bush--sounds moderate, governs right. Source: Shrub, by Molly Ivins, p. 191 , Oct 1, 2000
Media distracts public with focus on trivia
The need to produce for a growing number of news sites may be partially responsible for changing the way journalists cover campaigns. �So you end up with absolutely trivial issues dominating an entire (news) cycle or maybe two cycles -- an entire 24 or 48 hours -- that really have nothing to do with the election or the fate of America or how the campaign ought to be decided. The way that works serves to distract everybody and to take the focus off the basic issues that we ought to be concerned about.� Source: AP story in NY Times on 2000 election , Sep 13, 2000
Personal charity is private and not a policy matter
Dick Cheney defended his charitable contributions as �appropriate� and insisted he should be given credit for speaking fees he directed to charity and for corporate gifts that matched his own donations. Neither is a charitable contribution under the federal tax laws. �I think giving is a choice that individuals have to make in terms of what they want to do with their resources. It�s not a policy question. It�s a private matter. It�s a matter of private choice.� Source: Adam Clymer, NY Times on 2000 election , Sep 6, 2000
Cheney�s retirement package could be a conflict of interest
The energy services company that Dick Cheney served has agreed to let the Republican vice-presidential candidate, retire with a package worth an estimated $20 million. Mr. Cheney�s retirement package solidifies and expands his personal stake in the oil industry in general, and Halliburton in particular, while he is on the campaign trail confronting energy policy issues that will affect Halliburton�s performance. Source: Diana B. Henriques, NY Times on 2000 election , Aug 12, 2000
Praises Bush for decency, integrity, and honor
Cheney spoke to a convention with soaring hopes for the November election as the delegates prepared to nominate George W. Bush for president, formally ratifying a decision that was made months ago by a party that sees the Texas governor as its best hope of regaining the White House. Calling Bush a �man without pretense and without cynicism, a man of principle, a man of honor,� Cheney said that �on the first hour of the first day, he will restore decency and integrity to the Oval Office. Source: Edward Walsh, Washington Post on 2000 election , Aug 3, 2000
Opportunity to serve led to acceptance of nomination
In his prepared speech, Cheney told the delegates why he overcame his initial reluctance to accept the vice presidential nomination. �I have been in the company of leaders. I know what it takes. And I see in our nominee qualities of mind and spirit our nation needs and our history demands. Big changes are coming to Washington. To serve this man, in this cause, is a chance I would not miss.� Source: Edward Walsh, Washington Post on 2000 election , Aug 3, 2000
Bush will restore decency & integrity to Oval Office
George W. Bush is a man without pretense and without cynicism. A man of principle, a man of honor. On the first hour of the first day he will restore decency and integrity to the Oval Office. He will show us that national leaders can be true to their word and that they can get things done by reaching across the partisan aisle, and working with political opponents in good faith and common purpose. I know he�ll do these things, because for the last five years I�ve watched him do them in Texas. Source: Speech accepting nomination for Vice Presidency , Aug 2, 2000
Would vote differently today on ERA, Head Start, not Mandela
Cheney also said he would no longer vote against funding the Head Start preschool program or tuberculosis vaccinations for children. He also said he no longer opposes funding the Department of Education. On the Equal Rights Amendment, Cheney said he�d support it if the Pentagon was not required to draft women. One former stance Cheney said he would not change was his 1986 vote against a nonbinding House resolution on Nelson Mandela. Source: Michael Finnegan, LA Times , Jul 31, 2000
One of the most conservative voting records in Congress
As a top Republican in the US House, Dick Cheney outdid the NRA in his opposition to gun control. He was an impassioned backer of aid to the Nicaraguan contras but declined to join a call for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela. And he made no exceptions in his opposition to federal funding for abortions, even in cases of rape or incest.
Cheney, in short, compiled one of the most conservative voting records of any member of Congress in the 1980s. Yet the civility of his personal style and his earlier service as chief of staff to President Ford lent him moderate credentials that softened his image over the years.
While in the House from 1979 to 1989, Cheney sided with one of the most conservative Washington watchdogs, the American Conservative Union, 91% of the time. That is 10 to 20 points higher than the average Republican during the period. Moreover, Cheney�s voting record became more conservative the longer he served in Congress, reflecting his rise in the House leadership. Source: Michael Kranish, Boston Globe on 2000 Pres. race, p. A13 , Jul 26, 2000
Voting record in Congress consistently conservative
In ten years in the house, Cheney compiled a voting record that was anything but moderate. Elected to the house the same year as a fiery young Republican from Georgia named Newt Gingrich, Cheney repeatedly received higher votes from the American Conservative Union. Cheney was against the Panama Canal treaties and creation of the Education Department. He opposed abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment, and favored a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. He voted for virtually all military weapons systems and to cut education spending. He opposed sanctions against the apartheid government of South Africa and in 1986 voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. Source: Edward Walsh, Amy Goldstein in Washington Post , Jul 26, 2000
Persuaded by Bush�s �unique vision� to be his V.P.
Cheney most likely had to be convinced to take the job by Bush, saying that one of Cheney�s preconditions to heading Bush�s V.P. search was that he not be among those considered. Even Cheney admitted he did not expect to be standing on a podium as Bush�s vice presidential selection. Cheney said, �I heard Gov. Bush talk about his unique vision for our party and for our nation. I saw sincerity as I watched him make decisions, always firm, always fair. In the end, I learned how persuasive he can be.� Source: Ian Christopher McCaleb, CNN.com , Jul 25, 2000
Lynne Cheney fights political correctness
Lynne Cheney is an outspoken conservative -- whether addressing the Republican National Convention, as an author or co-host of CNN�s Sunday Crossfire for three years. But Cheney made her biggest mark when she was chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1986 to 1993. She was appointed by both Presidents Reagan and Bush. Cheney felt liberals had taken political correctness too far. With her keen interest in history, Cheney argued for changes in standards. She supported teaching a more Western centrist view, believing it allowed Americans to have a more common culture. �Fifth and sixth graders will learn about the devastation of Hiroshima on children of their age, without ever recommending books that would tell them about why it might have well been a rational decision to use atomic weapons to end the war,� she said during one appropriations committee hearing. Source: Pat Neal, CNN.com , Jul 25, 2000
Accepts nomination help change tone in Washington
Three months ago, when Governor Bush asked me to head up his search team I honestly did not expect that I would be standing here today.
Governor, I�m honored and proud to join your team and I enthusiastically accept the challenge for this reason: I believe you have the vision and the courage to be a great president.
Governor Bush is seeking not only to win an election, but also to lead our nation. He�s confronting the tough issues: strengthening Social Security and Medicare, reforming our public schools, cutting taxes and rebuilding America�s military.
I look forward to working with you, governor, to change the tone in Washington, to restore a spirit of civility and respect and cooperation. It�s time for America�s leaders to stop pointing the finger of blame and to begin sharing the credit for success. Big changes are coming to Washington, and I want to be a part of them. Source: Statement on Vice Presidential selection , Jul 25, 2000
Senior member of Conservative Opportunity Society
Some trace the idea for the Conservative Opportunity Society to a meeting Gingrich had in 1982 with former President Nixon about the need for a more idea-oriented party. Nixon said, "You can't change the House yourself. You have to go back and form a group."
The idea had been germinating well before Nixon offered his advice. Gingrich had spent four years seeing his fellow Republicans in the House react instead of act. Newt reached out first to Rep. Vin Weber of Minnesota. Together they recruited Robert Walker of PA, Judd Gregg of NH, Dan Coats of IN, Connie Mack of FL, Joe Barton of TX, and Dan Lundgren and Duncan Hunter of CA. The group met weekly and planned.
"Trent Lott was the godfather," Gingrich recalls. "He hosted a weekly luncheon. Dic Cheney came. I was the senior planner. I didn't have any thoughts about being in the leadership. I thought it would be 5 or 6 years before that would happen and, when it did, Cheney or Lott would be the Republican leader and I'd be the senior planner." Source: Newt!, by Dick Williams, p. 98-100 , Jun 1, 1995
Exert leadership toward post-nuclear world
The demise of the Soviet Union gives us an unprecedented opportunity to move toward a safer world in which freedom, not tyranny, is the dominant system. But to do it is essential that we actively influence the shape and the direction of events to come. We must exert leadership when it�s in our interest, where it�s appropriate for the U.S. to lead. There is no one else who can do it. Source: Speech at Lawrence Technical University , Sep 14, 1992
Prosperity & security go hand in hand
Some critics are calling for cuts in our armed forces that would surely gut our military capability, all in the name of meeting domestic needs. They say that we cannot afford a strong leadership role, that we have to choose between national security and economic security. That�s a dangerous call based on a false premise. Prosperity and security go hand in hand. A nation that is not secure will not prosper, and America cannot be weak abroad and strong at home. Source: Speech at Lawrence Technical University , Sep 14, 1992
Constructive personal style belies hard-line voting
Cheney�s voting record places him among the most unyielding members of the Republican right, but many of his colleagues would be surprised to hear that. They know him as a man eager to hear both sides of an issue, constrructive in his suggestions, and patient in looking for solutions. That personal style has given him a broad following even though he votes as a hard-liner. In 1986, Cheney did not oppose the �conservative coalition� on a single one of the 50 votes in which the bloc coalesced. Source: Poltics in America, Alan Ehrenhalt, ed., 1987, p. 1682 , Jan 1, 1987
Pragmatic conservation insider image in Congress
Cheney has managed to build an image as a pragmatic conservative, one who votes Wyoming�s anti-government sentiments but negotiates with the other side on a friendly basis.
Cheney�s two years as Ford�s White House chief of staff made him something more than an ordinary freshman in 1979, and he took advantage of his reputation to play an insider�s role among House Republicans throughout his first term. Source: Poltics in America, Alan Ehrenhalt, ed., 1982, p. 1326 , Jan 1, 1981
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'Most loved person in the world' — Boyfriend of tragic Irish woman who passed away on holiday pays tribute
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The boyfriend of a young Irish woman who tragically passed away while on a city break holiday has paid tribute online and revealed he 'was the luckiest man in the world'.
Daire Ní Heidhin, 29, from Park Drive, Dundalk, was on a city holiday with her friends when she suddenly took ill while in the accommodation she and her friends were staying in.
She was rushed to hospital by her friends, but tragically passed away on Saturday.
Daire Ní Heidhin, 29, tragically passed away after taking ill while on holiday with friends in Prague. Pic: GoFundMe
Her heartbroken boyfriend, Kevin O'Hanlon, paid an emotional online and wrote: 'I can't believe I'm even writing this I just feel like I am stuck in a dream and I can't get out of it. Babe you have made me the happiest man that I never knew I thought was possible for someone to feel.
'There was not one moment in the time we had that I never felt like the luckiest and most loved person in the world from the very first time we laid eyes on each other. I love you so much and I will forever babe', her boyfriend continued.
Tributes have been pouring in Daire, who worked as an early years childcare practitioner at Little Partners Creche in Dundalk.
29-year-old Daire Ní Heidhin, from Park Drive, Dundalk, was on a city holiday with her friends when she suddenly took ill while in the accommodation she and her friends were staying in. Pic: Shutterstock
Another friend of Daire's paid tribute to the young woman, calling Daire 'The sister I never had, my partner in crime and my bridesmaid to be'.
Daire was a keen gaelic football player, and played for the Dundalk Young Ireland's Ladies' Football team, who also posted a moving tribute to the young woman on their Facebook page.
'Early this morning our friend and comrade Daire was taken from us and given her angel wings', the club said. 'We are all devastated for her and her family And friends. Life can be so cruel. Far too young to leave us.
'You will be sadly missed by all your team mates at the DYI where you were much loved and adored'.
Daire's friend, Niamh Kerley, set up a GoFundMe page to repatriate her friend's body back to Ireland. Over €20,000 has been donated at the time of writing.
'So many people have been in contact wanting to help Daire's family at this very difficult time', the fundraiser's page reads.
Dundalk FC paid tribute to Daire Ní Heidhin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
'So in response to people's kindness, we Daire's friends, have decided to set up this Go Fund Me page to allow people to help and support her family in bringing her home'.
Dundalk FC paid tribute to the young woman while sharing her GoFundMe, saying 'The town was hit with some shocking news at the weekend with the untimely passing of 29-year-old Daire Ni Heidhin, who took ill and died in Prague.
'A GoFundMe appeal to help bring Daire home has raised almost €18,000 to date, with any access funds to be donated to the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust', the club continued. 'We would encourage all of our supporters to donate something if possible'.
'Our condolences to Daire's parents Tony, who is a regular at Oriel Park, Jennifer and the Hynes family. May she rest in peace'.
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The Help America Vote Act should not lessen the chance that the votes of disabled persons will be counted. That will happen if we choose the touch-screen machines emphasized by Syracuse University's Center for Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies. Computer security experts warn that electronic voting is unreliable, inaccurate and insecure.
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Iran Weighing Measures to Shun Oil Export Drop: Zangeneh
"We have plans for selling crude oil and will try to prevent any drop in oil exports by using our experiences," said the official following a Wednesday government cabinet meeting.
He said measures had been taken to secure Iran's oil market share in the aftermath of US pullout of the nuclear deal, but refused to disclose them due to "US obstructionism".
Regarding the European market, Mr. Zangeneh said: "Agreement with the Europeans is important for us in terms of oil exports, insurance, shipping and receiving [oil] cash."
The European market accounts for less than one third of Iran's crude oil exports.
Total's pullout of South Pars 11
Speaking about the imminent exit of France's Total from the Phase 11 development project of the supergiant South Pars Gas Field, Zangeneh said Total had announced it would need 60 days to seek a sanctions waiver from the US to stay in Iran of which 10 days have passed.
"It is unlikely that such a waiver could be obtained," he said, adding in case of Total's pullout of the project, China's CNPCI would replace it.
Oil exports to India, China
Asked about continued oil sales to India and China, Iran's two largest oil consumers, after US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Mr. Zangeneh said, "Talks have been held with the two countries and we have received positive signals so far."
In the past, Iran applied a certain mechanism to ensure transfer of oil cash from China, he said, but for other customers like the Europeans, transfers needed to be carried out through the banking system for which agreements needed to be achieved.
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Jason Day thinking about family as he considers competing in Rio
By Jon AckermanJun 23, 2016, 11:39 AM EDT
Rory McIlroy is the most high-profile golfer to withdraw from the Rio Games, where golf will make its first Olympic appearance since 1904. The world's No. 1 golfer hasn't ruled out joining him.
Australian Jason Day spoke with the Golf Channel on Thursday and said he's not yet sure whether he'll compete in Rio. McIlroy cited concerns about the Zika virus as his reason for skipping the Olympics, and Zika is the only reason Day hasn't already committed.
"Let me tell it this way, me and Ellie are probably not done having kids," Day said. "So I have to weigh that pretty heavily up against representing my country and trying to win a gold medal."
Birth defects can occur in babies born to women infected by the virus, and men can transmit the disease sexually. Day and his wife, Ellie, have a 3-year-old son and 7-month-old daughter.
"I'm going to make my decision when it comes time to, but I really haven't had the opportunity to really sit down and think about it, digest everything," he said. "Now Rory's pulled out, there's been a number of guys that have kind of pulled the pin on playing, which is obviously understandable. I'll probably look at the situation very soon and see what my decision is."
Doctors on the PGA Tour are doing their best to keep the golfers informed on the latest information coming out of Brazil. Day said he plans to consult with independent doctors as well.
Two Australians, Adam Scott and Marc Leishman, have already pulled their names from Olympic consideration, though not necessarily over Zika concerns. If Day were to pull out, that would take two top-10 golfers from Australia out of the mix; Scott is No. 8 in the world.
As of now, the four Americans who join Day and McIlroy in the top six of the world golf rankings (Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler) have not opted out of the Olympics.
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Q: Is there a tool to obtain info on a particular symbol in an ELF .o or executable file? I'm looking for a convenient way (for use in a build testing script) to query individual symbols in an object file. Is there a tool that can answer the question (preferably by its exit status) "does symbol X exist in file Y?" or do I just need to parse the output of nm(1), e.g. with grep and an appropriate regex? Even better would be if such a tool could give detailed information on the symbol (size, type, value, ...).

A: For an executable/shared library, give readelf or Objdump a look over, they can dump a binaries symbols (mangled or unmangled), which you should be able to grep.
Their source is easily obtainable, so you could probably taloir them down into simpler tools for the task at hand or directly import their code base (not that you really need to, you could just load the binary with in question with dlopen and use dlsym to check if the symbol is there).
Objdump is geared towards binaries, nm and readelf will read elf object files.

A: You could use libbfd directly, but glancing through the API it isn't obvious how to get straight to the information you want.

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/**
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class FakeHttpPayloadsAndLogsProvider
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    /**
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    {
        return file_get_contents(
            dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'downloadReport-awql-log.txt'
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            dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'downloadReport-reportdefinition-log.txt'
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UAE, China call for UN Security Council meeting over Al Aqsa Mosque
IP- The United Arab Emirates and China called Tuesday for a UN Security Council meeting after Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered Al-Aqsa Mosque's courtyards in occupied East Jerusalem amid warnings of unrest.
UAE, Israel sign comprehensive economic agreement
The UAE and the Zionist regime announced the signing of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, including the cancellation or reduction of customs duties.
Abdullah bin Zayed meets Israeli ministers in Tel Aviv
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of UAE has met several Israeli ministers in Tel Aviv.
Iran, UAE seek to shore up ties
The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Tehran met with Iran's Foreign Minister, stressing the expansion of ties between the two countries.
UAE reportedly loots 400,000 barrels of Yemeni crude oil
Sana'a (IP)- Over 400,000 barrels of Yemeni crude were looted by a UAE-operated tanker that departed Rudum port in Yemen's southern province of Shabwah with the crude.
Warm neighborly relations, key to enemies' disappointment: Iran FM
Tehran (IP) - Referring to his meeting with the new President of the United Arab Emirates, the Iranian Foreign Minister described the warm relations between the neighbors as a source of frustration for the region's enemies.
Iranian Foreign Minister confers with UAE's new President
The Iranian Foreign Minister met with the new President of the UAE, to offer his condolences on the death of the late head of the UAE.
Iran's president felicitates newly appointed Emirati president on his election
Tehran (IP) – President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a massage congratulated Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his election as the new President of the UAE.
Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed becomes President of UAE
Abu Dhabi (IP) – The UAE Federal Supreme Council has elected Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as president.
Dubai ruler pledges allegiance to brother of former UAE president
Tehran (IP) - The ruler of Dubai pledged allegiance to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the brother of the former UAE president after his death.


Swami Sri Yukteswar was born on May 10, 1855, at Serampore in Bengal, India.
"My family name was Priya Nath Karar. I was born here in Serampore, where Father was a wealthy businessman. He left me this ancestral mansion, now my hermitage. My formal schooling was little, I found it slow and shallow. In early manhood, I undertook the responsibilities of a householder, and have one daughter, now married. My middle life was blessed with the guidance of Lahiri Mahasaya. After my wife died, I joined the Swami Order and received the new name of Sri Yukteswar Giri. Such are my simple annals."
Because of my guru's unspectacular guise, only a few of his contemporaries recognized him as a superman. The popular adage: "He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom," could never be applied to Sri Yukteswar. Though born a mortal like all others, Master had achieved identity with the Ruler of time and space. In his life I perceived a godlike unity. He had not found any insuperable obstacle to mergence of human with Divine. No such barrier exists, I came to understand, save in man's spiritual unadventurousness. I always thrilled at the touch of Sri Yukteswar's holy feet.
The unfailing composure of a saint is impressive beyond any sermon. "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."
I entered the ashram room where Master's body, unimaginably lifelike, was sitting in the lotus posture—a picture of health and loveliness. A short time before his passing, my guru had been slightly ill with fever, but before the day of his ascension into the Infinite, his body had become completely well. No matter how often I looked at his dear form I could not realize that its life had departed. His skin was smooth and soft; in his face was a beatific expression of tranquillity. He had consciously relinquished his body at the hour of mystic summoning.
"The Lion of Bengal is gone!" I cried in a daze.
The death Bhandara ceremony for Srimat Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri Maharaj, aged 81, took place at Puri on March 21. Many disciples came down to Puri for the rites.
One of the greatest expounders of the Bhagavad Gita, Swami Maharaj was a great disciple of Yogiraj Sri Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya of Benares. Swami Maharaj was the founder of several Yogoda Sat-Sanga (Self-Realization Fellowship) centers in India, and was the great inspiration behind the yoga movement which was carried to the West by Swami Yogananda, his principal disciple. It was Sri Yukteswarji's prophetic powers and deep realization that inspired Swami Yogananda to cross the oceans and spread in America the message of the masters of India.
His interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures testify to the depth of Sri Yukteswarji's command of the philosophy, both Eastern and Western, and remain as an eye-opener for the unity between Orient and Occident. As he believed in the unity of all religious faiths, Sri Yukteswar Maharaj established Sadhu Sabha (Society of Saints) with the cooperation of leaders of various sects and faiths, for the inculcation of a scientific spirit in religion. At the time of his demise he nominated Swami Yogananda his successor as the president of Sadhu Sabha.
India is really poorer today by the passing of such a great man. May all fortunate enough to have come near him inculcate in themselves the true spirit of India's culture and sadhana which was personified in him.
Swami Sri Yukteswar was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya and attained the spiritual stature of a Jnanavatar, or incarnation of wisdom. It was to Sri Yukteswar that Paramahansa Yogananda came as a youth. Under Sri Yukteswar's spiritual training and discipline, Sri Yogananda was prepared to begin his worldwide mission in the West. Sri Yukteswar named Paramahansa Yogananda sole heir to his spiritual mantle and ashram properties.
Of his guru Paramahansa Yogananda said: "His every utterance was chiselled by wisdom. . . . The essence of truth, all-pervasive with even a physiological aspect, came from him like a fragrant exudation of the soul.. . . His feet were firm on the earth, his head in the haven of heaven." "Sri Yukteswar fitted the Vedic definition of a man of God: 'Softer than the flower, where kindness is concerned; stronger than the thunder, where principles are at stake.'"
W. Y. Evans-Wentz, M.A., D.Litt., D.Sc., noted scholar and author, wrote these words in a Preface to Autobiography of a Yogi: "It has been my privilege to meet ... Sri Yukteswar Giri... He questioned me concerning the distant activities, particularly those in California, of his chief disciple, Paramahansa Yogananda, whom he dearly loved, and whom he had sent, in 1920, as his emissary to the West. ... I am glad, indeed, to be able to record this testimony to the high character and holiness of Sri Yukteswar. Content to remain afar from the multitude, he gave himself unreservedly and in tranquility to that ideal which Paramahansa Yogananda, his disciple, has now described for the ages."
Sitting on my bed in the Bombay hotel at three o'clock in the afternoon of June 19, 1936—one week after the vision of Krishna—I was roused from my meditation by a beatific light. Before my open and astonished eyes, the whole room was transformed into a strange world, the sunlight transmuted into supernal splendor.
Waves of rapture engulfed me as I beheld the flesh and blood form of Sri Yukteswar!
"My son!" Master spoke tenderly, on his face an angel-bewitching smile.
For the first time in my life I did not kneel at his feet in greeting but instantly advanced to gather him hungrily in my arms. Moment of moments! The anguish of past months was toll I counted weightless against the torrential bliss now descending.
"Master mine, beloved of my heart, why did you leave me?" I was incoherent in an excess of joy. "Why did you let me go to the Kumbha Mela? How bitterly have I blamed myself for leaving you!"
"I did not want to interfere with your happy anticipation of seeing the pilgrimage spot where first I met Babaji. I left you only for a little while; am I not with you again?"
"But is it you, Master, the same Lion of God? Are you wearing a body like the one I buried beneath the cruel Puri sands?"
"Yes, my child, I am the same. This is a flesh and blood body. Though I see it as ethereal, to your sight it is physical. From the cosmic atoms I created an entirely new body, exactly like that cosmic-dream physical body which you laid beneath the dream-sands at Puri in your dream-world. I am in truth resurrected—not on earth but on an astral planet. Its inhabitants are better able than earthly humanity to meet my lofty standards. There you and your exalted loved ones shall someday come to be with me."
"Deathless guru, tell me more!"
Master gave a quick, mirthful chuckle. "Please, dear one," he said, "won't you relax your hold a little?"
"Only a little!" I had been embracing him with an octopus grip. I could detect the same faint, fragrant, natural odor which had been characteristic of his body before. The thrilling touch of his divine flesh still persists around the inner sides of my arms and in my palms whenever I recall those glorious hours.
"The Hiranyaloka inhabitants have already passed through the ordinary astral spheres, where nearly all beings from earth must go at death; there they worked out many seeds of their past actions in the astral worlds. None but advanced beings can perform such redemptive work effectually in the astral worlds. Then, in order to free their souls more fully from the cocoon of karmic traces lodged in their astral bodies, these higher beings were drawn by cosmic law to be reborn with new astral bodies on Hiranyaloka, the astral sun or heaven, where I have resurrected to help them. There are also highly advanced beings on Hiranyaloka who have come from the superior, subtler, causal world."
My mind was now in such perfect attunement with my guru's that he was conveying his word-pictures to me partly by speech and partly by thought-transference. I was thus quickly receiving his idea-tabloids.
"You have read in the scriptures," Master went on, "that God encased the human soul successively in three bodies—the idea, or causal, body; the subtle astral body, seat of man's mental and emotional natures; and the gross physical body. On earth a man is equipped with his physical senses. An astral being works with his consciousness and feelings and a body made of lifetrons.2 A causal-bodied being remains in the blissful realm of ideas. My work is with those astral beings who are preparing to enter the causal world."
"Adorable Master, please tell me more about the astral cosmos." Though I had slightly relaxed my embrace at Sri Yukteswar's request, my arms were still around him. Treasure beyond all treasures, my guru who had laughed at death to reach me!
"There are many astral planets, teeming with astral beings," Master began. "The inhabitants use astral planes, or masses of light, to travel from one planet to another, faster than electricity and radioactive energies.
"The astral universe, made of various subtle vibrations of light and color, is hundreds of times larger than the material cosmos. The entire physical creation hangs like a little solid basket under the huge luminous balloon of the astral sphere. Just as many physical suns and stars roam in space, so there are also countless astral solar and stellar systems. Their planets have astral suns and moons, more beautiful than the physical ones. The astral luminaries resemble the aurora borealis—the sunny astral aurora being more dazzling than the mild-rayed moon-aurora. The astral day and night are longer than those of earth.
"The astral world is infinitely beautiful, clean, pure, and orderly. There are no dead planets or barren lands. The terrestrial blemishes—weeds, bacteria, insects, snakes—are absent. Unlike the variable climates and seasons of the earth, the astral planets maintain the even temperature of an eternal spring, with occasional luminous white snow and rain of many-colored lights. Astral planets abound in opal lakes and bright seas and rainbow rivers.
"The ordinary astral universe—not the subtler astral heaven of Hiranyaloka—is peopled with millions of astral beings who have come, more or less recently, from the earth, and also with myriads of fairies, mermaids, fishes, animals, goblins, gnomes, demigods and spirits, all residing on different astral planets in accordance with karmic qualifications. Various spheric mansions or vibratory regions are provided for good and evil spirits. Good ones can travel freely, but the evil spirits are confined to limited zones. In the same way that human beings live on the surface of the earth, worms inside the soil, fish in water, and birds in air, so astral beings of different grades are assigned to suitable vibratory quarters.
"Among the fallen dark angels expelled from other worlds, friction and war take place with lifetronic bombs or mental mantric3 vibratory rays. These beings dwell in the gloom-drenched regions of the lower astral cosmos, working out their evil karma.
"In the vast realms above the dark astral prison, all is shining and beautiful. The astral cosmos is more naturally attuned than the earth to the divine will and plan of perfection. Every astral object is manifested primarily by the will of God, and partially by the will-call of astral beings. They possess the power of modifying or enhancing the grace and form of anything already created by the Lord. He has given His astral children the freedom and privilege of changing or improving at will the astral cosmos. On earth a solid must be transformed into liquid or other form through natural or chemical processes, but astral solids are changed into astral liquids, gases, or energy solely and instantly by the will of the inhabitants.
"The earth is dark with warfare and murder in the sea, land, and air," my guru continued, "but the astral realms know a happy harmony and equality. Astral beings dematerialize or materialize their forms at will. Flowers or fish or animals can metamorphose themselves, for a time, into astral men. All astral beings are free to assume any form, and can easily commune together. No fixed, definite, natural law hems them round—any astral tree, for example, can be successfully asked to produce an astral mango or other desired fruit, flower, or indeed any other object. Certain karmic restrictions are present, but there are no distinctions in the astral world about desirability of various forms. Everything is vibrant with God's creative light.
"When a soul is out of the cocoon of the three bodies it escapes forever from the law of relativity and becomes the ineffable Ever-Existent. Behold the butterfly of Omnipresence, its wings etched with stars and moons and suns! The soul expanded into Spirit remains alone in the region of lightless light, darkless dark, thoughtless thought, intoxicated with its ecstasy of joy in God's dream of cosmic creation."


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Kuusvesi is a medium-sized lake of Central Finland, in Laukaa Municipality. It belongs to the Kymijoki main catchment area. The inflow to the lake Kuusvesi is Simunankoski rapids and the outflow is Tarvaalanvirta rapids, which are protected by the rapid protection program of Finland.

References

See also
List of lakes in Finland

Lakes of Laukaa

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Musharaff Moulamia Khan was born in Baroda (India) on 6 September 1895 and died in The Hague (Netherlands) on 30 November 1967. Не was the youngest brother of  Inayat Khan, and shared his delight in music. While in his teens he had just come to Calcutta to study and be under the influence of his brother when Inayat was called away to America, and Musharaff was left alone. Within a year, however, he also journeyed to the west, where he joined Inayat and became one of 'The Royal Musicians of Hindustan.'

In the west, Musharaff took up the western method of vocal production and developed a strong tenor voice. To adapt to western business ways and make a career of music, though, was not so easy. In the words of Inayat, "After many years of his stay in the West, Musharaff kept to the East just the same, in his way of looking at things and especially in living in eternity."

Musharaff was married twice, once to Savitri van Rossum du Chattel, who died in India in 1946, and a second time, to Shahzadi de Koningh, with whom he lived in The Hague and who survived his death in 1967.

On the death of Pir-o-Murshid Ali Khan in 1958, Pir-o-Murshid Musharaff assumed the leadership of the  Sufi Order International.

Music
LP recordings:
 Musharaff Khan - "The sacred river Narmada (mp3) (1925)"
 "Moloud"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
 "Bhajan or Sangitha"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
 "Derwish Song or Tarana"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
 "Yogia or Dawnn Song by Balakastan"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
 "ParaMahatma"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
"Sufi Songs", sung by Pir-o-Murshid Musharaff Khan accompanied by Hakeem van Lohuizen (piano) Promoted by International Headquarters of the Sufi Movement, Geneva, 1968. (13:40)

Books
 Pages in the Life of a Sufi. Reflections and Reminiscences, Etc. [With a Portrait.]. Musharraf Mu'allimīyah Khān. Rider & Company, 1932. 128pp.
 Musharaff Moulamia Khan "Pages in the life of a Sufi", Den Haag - East West Publications, 1982. 155pp. . Third Edition.
 Musharaff Moulamia Khan "Pages in the life of a Sufi", Moscow (Russian translation) - Sfera Publishers, 2002. 148pp.
 Musharaff Moulamia Khan "Der Zauber Indiens - Aus dem Leben eines Sufi", Weinstadt - Verlag Heilbronn, 2014, 208 Seiten,

About him
 Heinrich Orlov. Music tree. H. A. Frager & Co. "Soviet composer". Washington - St. Petersburg. 1992. (pp. 81 and 393)
 Indian Classical Music And Gharana Tradition by R. C. Mehta. Publisher: Readworthy Publications Pvt Ltd; (2011) Chapter 8 ASIN B005QCXZ9K

References

1895 births
1967 deaths
Indian Muslims
20th-century Indian male classical singers
Performers of Sufi music
Ināyati Sufis


Bill Bailey wants to let you know that he is definitely not dead.
The comedian posted a screenshot on Twitter of what appears to be a headline announcing his death.
However, he calmed our fears by confirming that he was alive, adding that it "won't affect the Stevenage gigs".
Thanks for letting us know, Bill! The world would be a sad place without you.
This isn't the first time in recent weeks that we've seen a celeb death mix-up. Actor Bob Hoskins' death was announced again last week, despite passing away two years ago.
Bailey is currently on his comedy tour Limboland.


Education is considered as the fuel for economic growth and stability in the United States. More literacy and skill leads to a better workforce, more productivity, and overall improvement of quality of living. To ensure higher education is promoted equally and fairly, a number of federal bodies have been set up in all states. The Council for Higher Education (CHEA) is one of the main organizations that regulate degree-granting colleges and universities. This organization works towards authorization agencies to accredit and oversee the running of universities, and provide guidance to students.
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Is It Time For Conservatives To Get Over Thatcher?
May 18, 2017 May 18, 2017 Samuel Hooper
Theresa May is proving to be more Ed Miliband than Margaret Thatcher
Conservative Home's Paul Goodman thinks that we should all flop around on the ground and praise Theresa May for tearing up tried-and-tested small-government conservative ideology in favour of an interventionist, paternalistic, stubbornly large state. Apparently at this challenging point in our history, when decisive leadership and a clear direction of travel is needed more than ever, we should swallow our reservations and lustily cheer on a pragmatist, paternalistic prime minister who still has not even properly articulated her vision for Britain.
On the day of the Conservative Party's 2017 general election manifesto launch, Paul Goodman tells us that it is time for us to "get over Thatcher" and "get on with May", because apparently a New Labour government with a blueish tint is the best that conservatives can now hope for.
Softening the ground in advance of what will surely prove to be a frustratingly unambitious general election manifesto launch – particularly given the paucity of opposition faced by the Tories and the near certainty that they will be returned to government with an increased majority – Goodman simpers:
Theresa May does not support a big state: in her very first major policy speech outside her ministerial responsibilities, she said that it should be "small, strong [and] strategic".
Oh, well that's fine then. She said it, so it must be true.
Nor, for that matter, is her so-called Red Toryism as crimson as is sometimes claimed. Many of the headlines generated during the last few weeks will look less alarming to liberals if they peer at the small print. May wants more council houses, but it isn't clear where the land to build them on will be found. She supports more rights for workers, but it isn't evident whether taking leave to care for a family member, for example, will be paid – and nor is she planning to scrap the employment tribunal fees that David Cameron introduced. She has resuscitated a requirement to put employees on boards, but it looks as though companies will choose them. The red spray is mixed with blue paint.
So now we are to celebrate that Theresa May apparently wants to build more council houses? What about houses for upwardly mobile young people to buy – people who now find it exponentially harder to get on the property ladder than Theresa May's generation? Where does Theresa May think that the next generation of conservative voters will come from when it is so difficult for so many to take the stake in society that comes from property ownership? And are we to rejoice that an unfunded pledge to allow workers to take family care leave could hurt small businesses and make companies quicker to fire in a downturn and slower to hire in an economic recovery?
She doesn't want to state to get bigger, but she does want it to intervene more. The industrial strategy won't seek to pick winning companies, but it will search for winning sectors. There will be an energy price cap – not the relative one floated by John Penrose and others, but an absolute one.
I'm sorry, but what is the functional difference between a bigger state and one which simply "intervene[s] more"? Most people judge the size and bearing of the state on the number and nature of interactions they must have with it over the course of their daily lives – everything from speeding tickets to planning permission to small business red tape to the amount of tax taken from their pay cheque every week or month. Even if Theresa May was technically shrinking the percentage of Britain's GDP accounted for by government spending – and there is no indication that this key indicator is even on her main dashboard of concerns – her record as Home Secretary and subsequently as prime minister suggests that her "intervening" state will only seek to take on an even larger role in our lives.
But while we agitate about the detail, the Prime Minister sees the big picture – and has assimilated its scale and size more clearly than her Thatcherite critics. The Conservative Party travels through the landscape of its times. These are not the same as they were in the era of Thatcher's first landslide, over a quarter of a century ago, any more than they were a quarter of a century or so before that, when Harold Macmillan won his own overwhelming victory in 1959. The world has globalised. Family structure has been transformed. The western world has low birthrates and high immigration. Britain is a multi-racial country. The Soviet Union has collapsed and Islamist terror has risen. The crash happened and recession followed.
Free market absolutists will claim that the former took place because there is too much crony capitalism, and too little of the real thing. They have a good point. But the argument only draws one deeper into probing whether the system works as well for the working man and woman as it did in Thatcher's day. There are three big reasons why it does not. First, relations between capitalism and nationalism are strained now in a way that they weren't then. Many of those who do well out of it feel they have more in common with their counterparts abroad than their fellow citizens at home. If you doubt it, ponder the politics of immigration – and look, to pluck just one example out of the air, at how George Osborne at the Evening Standard now beats a pro-migration drum.
Second, the changes in the way we live now have created winners and losers. The latter are simply out-wrestled by Iain Duncan Smith's five giants – failing schools, crime, sub-standard healthcare, problem debt, and drug and alcohol dependency. For those who can't read or are mired in debt or trapped in substance abuse, the traditional free market nostrums of lower taxes, a smaller state and less red tape are not so much wrong as irrelevant: if a man isn't working because he can't count, cutting taxes won't help him. Finally, capitalism in the western world is simply not creating well-paid white and blue collar jobs on the same scale as it was in the immediate post-war period. Welcome to the gig economy.
Nobody seriously disputes any of this, but Theresa May's prescriptions are all wrong. Globalisation does present real social challenges in terms of ensuring that people are no longer left behind as they have been by many callous elites who otherwise consider themselves enlightened and compassionate. And of course Britain's industrial makeup and labour market are very different today than in the 1980s, but this doesn't mean that a heavily interventionist state is the answer.
This blog has often noted that the challenge falls hardest upon conservatives to come up with answers to the problems of globalisation – to find ways to retool and retrain a population so that they can participate in the industries of tomorrow rather than clinging to the dying industries of the past. This was clearly one test that the Thatcher government failed, and the legacy of broken communities left behind as side effects of the Thatcherite medicine is why there are still many people who would shoot themselves before voting Tory, and why the Labour Party's electoral floor remains so stubbornly high.
But the answer to this challenge is not to steal wholesale from the left-wing playbook and seek to make the government the energetic auxiliary parent to millions of grown adults, people who should be expected to find their own way in life. The answer is to find the least invasive way possible of incentivising people to retrain and gain skills that make them competitive in the labour market – perhaps the kind of vocational adult education common in America's community colleges, but either tied to the welfare system (so benefits become contingent on learning), made tax-deductible or a requirement for larger companies seeking to make redundancies. As this blog has previously noted, Jeremy Corbyn's vision for a National Education Service connecting adults with further education is not actually a bad one – it is just the left-wing execution (funnelling everybody off to university, free of charge) which is wrong.
We will have seen more of the Conservative Manifesto by the end of the day. But what we know already is that May, if she can win her own landslide, wants to correct the liberal excesses of the Thatcher era by making peace with the state – of seeing it, as this site puts it, not as Big Brother, but Little Brother. This ground has the merit of being where most voters stand: very, very few speak the Westminster Village language of making it bigger or smaller. And the Prime Minister seems set to use her mandate to do much of what this site has been pressing it to do – such as dropping the tax pledge and ending the pensions triple lock, thereby setting the scene for more flexibility in deficit reduction and more fairness between the generations.
It doesn't matter whether people speak the Westminster Village language or not. When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, most people had not read the "Stepping Stones" report – that influential document which diagnosed all of Britain's economic and social ails, and prescribed a comprehensive cure. But the man in the street didn't need to have read the report, or necessarily have a firm sense of the ideology behind it. What was important was the fact that Margaret Thatcher came to office with a pre-formed ideology already in her mind, while her government's policies generally flowed from that same consistent approach.
Theresa May is the precise oppose of this – the anti-Thatcher, if you will. Theresa May ascended to 10 Downing Street as the ultimate pragmatist – somebody who kept her head firmly under the parapet while Home Secretary, almost never stirring the waters or causing controversy by ramming through serious reforms in her department and being notable only for her willingness to take advantage of terror attacks in Western countries to vest ever more powers in the security services and clamp down on civil liberties.
There is no Theresa May governing philosophy. While Margaret Thatcher somewhat vaguely quoted St Francis of Assisi as she entered 10 Downing Street for the first time as prime minister, Theresa May spoke quite specifically about helping the JAMs (people who are Just About Managing). But Thatcher's vagueness concealed a deadly seriousness of intent, while May's specificity seems only to hint that she will steal shamelessly from the Labour playbook in order to steal their voters.
Thatcherism was right for its times, and has lessons for today. But the world has moved on, and the Conservatives must move with it. This is a Party, not a mausoleum. None the less, the Prime Minister's plan contains a stinging irony. May, the former Remainer – as Thatcher also was – has not only embraced Brexit but grasped, perhaps more fully than any other British politician, what it means, what the British people wanted in backing it, and where it is leading.
It is Brexit that is empowering May within her own Party, because the free marketeers are so often Brexiteers too. Since she has won their trust over the EU, they will forgive her views on the market – for the moment, anyway.
That's not how it works! Even if one agreed with Theresa May's ill-considered Brexit approach, merely agreeing to carry out Brexit in accordance with the referendum result does not and should not automatically build up reserves of goodwill ready for the moment that the prime minister chooses to chuck conservative economic policy overboard.
Brexit is incredibly important, but so is the day-to-day government of the country. And rejecting the lighter touch, non-interventionist policies which have benefited this country so much should not be done lightly, as Allister Heath warns in the Telegraph:
This jobs explosion [from 1975 onwards] is an extraordinary achievement, and one which, tragically, the Tories now take for granted. Their policies are no longer geared towards job creation – yesterday's issue, they clearly think – but towards "improving" the labour market and making it "work" for more people.
[..] The answers from Mayonomics are much more simplistic. There is a demand for lower energy prices, so she will simply deliver them by fiat. The jobs market will be fine regardless of how much more red tape is thrown at it, the new doctrine asserts – after all, the minimum wage keeps going up and the roof hasn't fallen in. The existence of invisible side-effects, or the fact that we may well be nearing a tipping point, doesn't enter the calculation. Mayonomics advocates blaming business for "not doing enough for their workers", but hitting them with yet more non-wage costs will merely put further downwards pressure on wages, in a dangerous vicious circle.
Heath concludes:
To make the most of Brexit, the UK needs to embrace free markets, not retreat to the quiet economic certainties of the Sixties. The Tories will eventually come to realise this, of course, but not before they squander an immense opportunity to retool this country into a 21st century trading superpower.
As I write, Theresa May is on her feet in Halifax, Yorkshire, launching the Conservative Party manifesto. People are standing and cheering. It is an election manifesto which will almost certainly receive the endorsement of the electorate on June 8. But contrary to the hysterical shrieks of the British Left, it will not be a Thatcherite manifesto. In some cases, it will barely be recognisable as a small-C conservative manifesto.
And small government conservatives should not take this lying down.
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Home » ★★★★☆ » The Magdalen Arms, Oxford. A Life of Pie.
The Magdalen Arms, Oxford. A Life of Pie.
There is practically nowhere to eat in Oxford. Nowhere good that is. Yes, of course there's Sojo and My Sichuan, which are both fine and there's the Turl Street Kitchen, which will do for a snack, but there is very little else. Do not say to me the words Maison Blanc, or Loch Fyne or Covered Market or indeed Quod. They simply won't do. And the last time I went to Browns I walked out.
It's one of life's great mysteries, the Oxford food desert. Perhaps it's some sort of academic badge of honour, a lack of interest in good food, as if it's slightly distasteful, unseemly, even, amid all that learning. One's mind fixed on higher things, perhaps. Or maybe it's just another crap British town, where the food revolution hasn't quite taken hold.
But no-one told them at The Magdalen Arms, because they are turning out food of a quality which belies its understated appearance. Dark claret-coloured walls and a mustard-yellow ceiling are not at the cutting edge of cool and do nothing to alert one to the fact that there is some seriously good cooking going on here.
This is, I warn you, not a London-style gastropub. There is no stripped-back brickwork. There are no lights in metal cages or leather banquettes. Shockingly, there is no-one with a ZZ-Top-style beard. And there is a children's play area at the front. With actual toys. And a big TV screen, playing Sky Sport. Sky Sport, for pity's sake. Like a real pub. But fortunately it was set to silent and they were playing Creedence Clearwater Revival in the background unlike on my previous visit, when I had to ask them to turn the rugby down. No-one was watching it, other than the chap behind the bar. Yes, I am that woman.
Given the décor and the children thing and the sport you might be wondering why I would bother. Three words. Steak. Ale. Pie. And because writing about just the one dish might be a little unbalanced, although not unreasonable, we decided to have some starters. C (for it is he who accompanies me to all Oxford eating outings) went for the hot smoked salmon and beetroot salad. Great chunks of golden and purple beetroot, on a bed of chard and spinach with delicious flakes of salmon and a sharp mustardy dressing. Much better than I thought it would be, he says, wearing his surprised face.
I had the Innes Goat's cheese twice-baked soufflé, with a side salad of mixed lettuce, crunchy apple slices and toasted hazelnuts. I used the good focaccia as a cheese-chariot, straight into my mouth, elegant as ever.
Unlike me this was light and fluffy, with a delicate tang and the centre of the soufflé was oozing, in a good way. The salad was dressed properly and I was grateful, as ever, to see that they had not used friseé, which I always manage to turn into a catapult for dressing, straight onto whatever new item of clothing I happen to be wearing that day.
But it was all a delaying tactic for the main event. The pie is advertised as for two to share, but I think they are wrong. The first time I ordered it, I worried that it would not be big enough. It's a constant worry, that. I had visions of those portion guides on prepared meals I used to look at, when I was a child. Family portion. How we laughed. But they weren't joking and I hazard that this would feed at least three of me which means four normal adults. Not that I know any, mind.
The pie comes in an oval dish. It has a proper suet crust which spills over the edges. It is glazed and shiny. There is a side accompaniment of buttered cabbage, but that is merely a backdrop. We admire the pie for a short while and I pick at the crunchy bits of pastry hanging over the rim of the dish. It is both crunchy and gooey. It is, for me, the best part. Because C can no longer wait whilst I demolish the edge of the pie, I thrust through the crust, to reveal glistening gravy and huge chunks of steak, which break up as you put your fork in them, collapsing into the rich gravy. The gravy. Rich and spicy, we taste the usual onions and carrots but also rosemary and chilli. Unexpected, but oh so subtle, all of it. A perfect backdrop to the brilliant steak.
I see on the next table a good-looking polenta cake and an apple tart but it is no use. My trusty dessert stomach has been hijacked by pastry, which I have worked my way through, steadily, greedily. You would too.
I am not suggesting that you drive to Oxford from, say, London, just for this, but if you did, I don't think you'd be disappointed. Oh and there's a few world-class buildings and libraries nearby, in case you want to pretend you've come for something other than THE PIE.
It doesn't look as good as this.
Beetroot and Salmon. "Better than I expected".The pale thing? Golden beetroot.
Pie of joy. Perfect Pie. Note: the spoon on the left is huge. Objects in the picture are larger than they appear.
Crust. I ate all of that.
We'd already eaten quite a lot by then.
I was planning a trip to Oxford with my other half. Having read this, we might have to take someone else with us, purely to share the pie with him, as I am a vegetarian. That'll make for an interesting weekend.
A very helpful waitress explained that the owner was in the kitchen that night, regularly changed the menu and tended not to make pies during the summer months.
But I'm pleased to say that it all worked out well. Excellent slow cooked shoulder of lamb shared by 5 of us (it fell off the bone as you looked at it), a salt beef and potato dish which was both very tasty and excellent value at £8.50,first-rate moist ham hock terrine,and lots more.
The only comments from the many foodies at the table were pigeon too dry,chocolate nemesis texture not quite right and extra bread-and-butter at £4.50 a time just plain wrong.
We've just got to have those pies so will be returning as soon as autumn is on the horizon. All we've got to do is remember to ask if pies are on that night… Which won't be difficult.


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Sarah Baker is an American actress and comedian, best known for roles in movies such as The Campaign and Mascots, and TV shows like The Kominsky Method and Louie. Baker helped build Whole World Improv Theatre in Atlanta as a performer and teacher.

Life and career
Baker was born in the Washington, D.C. area and raised in Springfield, Virginia. After graduating from James Madison University with a double major in Theater and English, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia. There, she helped build Whole World Improv Theatre as a performer, and later as a teacher. Moving to Los Angeles, she continued to hone her improvisational and sketch comedy skills at The Groundlings.

In 2012, Baker appeared as Mitzi Huggins, wife of Zach Galifianakis' congressional candidate, along with Will Ferrell, in the comedy The Campaign. The Jay Roach-directed film is the highest grossing politically themed movie of all time. In 2014, she played Becky in Tammy, starring Melissa McCarthy, and directed by Ben Falcone. Baker has also appeared as Pamela Lowi in The Good Lie, about the Lost Boys of Sudan, which was directed by Philippe Falardeau (director of the Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar). In 2015, she appeared in Barry Levinson's Rock the Kasbah, alongside Bill Murray.

In 2016, she was in a number of films, including Christopher Guest's Mascots where she played Mindy Murray, aka Tammy the Turtle. Other movies released in 2016 include The Meddler, starring Susan Sarandon and directed by Lorene Scafaria, where Baker played Elaine. Baker also appeared opposite Shirley MacLaine in The Last Word and in the film adaptation of the acclaimed Speech & Debate, playing Ms. Riggi. In 2018, she appeared as Gildred in Melissa McCarthy's Life of the Party, and co-starred in Paul Feig's A Simple Favor.

On television, Baker was seen as series regular Sonia on the NBC comedy Go On, starring Matthew Perry, as a support group member dealing with the loss of her cat. In 2017, she played the recurring role of Thea Cunningham on HBO's limited series Big Little Lies, based on the popular book of the same name.

She also appeared as Vanessa on the FX show Louie; this performance was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. Entertainment Weekly included the performance in its "50 Best TV Scenes" of 2014, and later nominated the performance for one of their annual "EWwy Awards." The performance was included on numerous year-end "best of" lists for 2014, including NPR's "50 Wonderful Things from 2014". This role later led to Baker's performance as Trinity on Pamela Adlon's Better Things in 2016, in an episode written by Adlon and Louis CK.

Other TV appearances have included guest and recurring roles on shows such as A to Z, Bob's Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Crazy Ones, Ghosted, Graves, Great News, In the Motherhood, Kath & Kim, Key & Peele, Mike & Molly, Modern Family, New Girl, The Office (U.S. version), Santa Clarita Diet, Sean Saves the World, as well as her favorite guest appearance on a TV show, Comedy Bang! Bang! In 2018, Baker appeared in the acclaimed "Kill All Others" episode of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, alongside Mel Rodriguez. Baker appears in the DVD/Blu-ray bonus scenes of the hit comedy Bridesmaids, as a nurse arguing with an injured Paul Rudd. Online, she was seen as Arabella, faithful servant to Megan Mullally in the Funny or Die video Home for Actresses.

Baker is a regular in the Netflix series The Kominsky Method, alongside Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin as Mindy, Douglas' character's daughter. After winning a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series, the show was renewed for a second season in January 2019. A third and final season of the show was announced in 2020, shortly before it was nominated for an Emmy for Best Comedy Series.

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Home Society Contributors The history of leaving out food and drinks for Father Christmas
Lockhart, William Ewart; Old Father Christmas; Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/old-father-christmas-138687
The history of leaving out food and drinks for Father Christmas
Jay Costa Owen
Growing up, it was always a tradition on Christmas Eve to leave out milk and cookies for Father Christmas, and a carrot or two for his reindeers.
Like most of our Christmas traditions, leaving out snacks for Father Christmas can be traced back to Germanic paganism. In times of old, ancient Europeans celebrated Yule – one of the oldest winter solstice festivals.
During this time, the Norse would set ablaze giant logs and feast for up to 12 days, until the fire finally burned out. It was a time of celebration, as it marked the coming of longer and better days now that all the wine and beer had finished fermenting, the cattle had all been slaughtered and was ready for feasting and, of course, the darkest days of winter were behind them.
In Norse mythology, Odin was the most important god. The first man and woman (Askr and Embla) were created by Odin and his two brothers from tree trunks found on the seashore. It was Odin that gave them life and, therefore, became known as the All-Father. His two brothers, Vili and Ve, gave them understanding, their senses and their appearance.
Christmas morning – photographed by F.J. Boston (c1896)
It was believed that Odin made nocturnal flights across the sky during the winter, watching over his people, and deciding who should prosper or not in the coming year. He was said to have ridden on an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir – his noble steed, described as the best of all horses, and with two ravens, which would fly all over the world and bring back information.
During the Yule celebrations, children used to leave out food for Sleipnir, in the hopes that Odin would stop by during his nocturnal flights and leave them gifts. To this day, in some parts of Europe, children believe Father Christmas and his sleigh are pulled by horses instead of reindeers, and they often leave out carrots and hay for them.
Along with food offerings, mistletoe, holly, wreaths and tree decorating are all originally Yule traditions. The Yule celebrations were first merged with Christian Christmas celebrations during the 10th century.
Haakon the Good, the king of Norway at the time, became Christian following a visit to England. In his efforts to introduce Christianity to the Norwegian people, he put into law that Yule should be celebrated at the same time as Christmas. The law also required every household to brew Christmas beer and, likewise, everyone was required to have beer at their Christmas feast, or they were issued a fine. Not a bad law in my opinion.
Today, each country and culture around the world have their own unique traditions. Although, for me, it was tradition to leave out a glass of milk and a plate of cookies, in England children traditionally leave out sherry and mince pies. In Ireland, Father Christmas has it best, as he gets a large pint of Guinness. The Australians must have liked that idea, since Father Christmas over there also gets a nice cold beer to help with the scorching summer heat.
An illustration of Odin riding Sleipnir from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript
In France, rightfully so, he gets a glass of wine. In Argentina, he keeps his buzz going with a rum sponge cake with dried fruit and nuts. However, in Sweden, he starts to sober up with a cup of coffee and, in Denmark, he gets a bowl of rice pudding, otherwise his elves are known to cause a ruckus.
Although this tradition can be traced all the way back to Odin and the Germanic tribes, the modern cultural phenomenon, as we know it today, began in the United States during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
The economic impact and hardships people were going through had parents trying to teach their children about the importance of giving and to show gratitude for the presents they were lucky to receive on Christmas Day. So, to show their gratitude, they would hang stockings filled with goodies as a welcoming gift and thank you to Father Christmas.
Today, the tradition has evolved to food and drinks for Father Christmas, and the stockings are now filled with goodies for family members instead. However, in the future, I intend to bring back the old ways and instead of leaving out one pint of Guinness for "Father Christmas", he will get a stocking full.
By Jay Costa Owen
|| features@algarveresident.com
Jay works for a private charter airline, and is also a UX designer and aspiring author who enjoys learning about history and other cultures