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Just thirty years ago,Los Angeles Kings Hats, if someone was diagnosed with HIV (that is if they were properly diagnosed because HIV was very difficult to correctly identify back then),Chicago Bulls Hats, they were told that they were certain to die because there was no tried and tested treatment available to deal with the effects. Tragically in some places around the world this is still the case since even basic HIV treatments remain unaffordable to most.

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In the mid to late 1980s, the first ARVs were licensed and a few people living in the US and Europe started being treated with a drug called Azido-Thymidine or Zidovudine, (AZT).  I considered myself extremely lucky to access this drug in 1988,Phoenix Suns Hats, but the side-effects were horrendous and soon enough scientists discovered it was not potent enough on its own against the HIV virus.

My brother’s early death prompted a feeling a despair that made me give up on life for a period of time and I returned to live in Uganda. That despair and being unable to access treatment from 1994 – 1996 was one of the worst periods in my life. I contracted three major opportunistic infections in succession and came really close to dying.

So what is the current situation where HIV treatments are concerned? Globally over thirty three million people are estimated to be living with HIV, although not everybody needs treatment right away. At some point however everybody living with HIV will need some kind of treatment – unless they decide that they don’t want to take it or,Levi��s Hats, sadly, die in the process of waiting to access it. Currently,This is not journalism as we know it Andrew Calcutt Independent Battle of Ideas Blogs, more than six million people are estimated to be receiving ARV therapy in low- to middle-income countries, but around 10 – 15 million people who need the treatments right now are simply unable to access them.

HIV is now considered a chronic illness rather than a death sentence in countries where people living with HIV have sustained access to HIV treatments. But when you talk to many people who are living with HIV on a day to day basis,Toronto Raptors Hats, they’ll tell you that there is nothing ‘normal’ about living with HIV.

I am not aware of any other medical condition that has had this kind of scientific success in the recent past. HIV treatments are a truly amazing innovation and their impact cannot be underestimated. What is critical is that everyone who needs treatment ought to be able to have access to it, financially and otherwise, which is a challenge but should not be an excuse.

It is also important to mention that the most successful microbicides (compounds to help prevent sexually transmitted infections) have included an anti HIV drug, and could be applied in gel form to the rectum and/or vagina to prevent the transmission of HIV.

Faced with the high levels of stigma and discrimination that this disease seems to attract, and the fact that HIV treatments are not as easy to access or as simple to take as they are made out to be,NFL Carolina Panthers Reebok Hats, life can actually become rather difficult and complex. I always say that until you can walk a mile in the shoes of people who are being treated with antiretroviral (ARV) therapy,Minnesota Twins Hats, you can’t make any judgements and or conclusions.

On the eve of the civil society meeting in New York, which is essentially a preparation for the high level meeting of the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV in June this year, I would like to highlight the extraordinary impact of HIV treatments – just one aspect of the ‘universal access’ debate.

In the early 1990s another HIV drug was licensed and we were informed that taking two drugs was better than one. When I was taking this combination I learnt that one of my brothers had tuberculosis and had also been diagnosed with HIV. None of my family members knew about my HIV status when they were telling me about my brother’s condition, and I was absolutely riddled with guilt for being able to access treatment when my brother was unable to do so. My brother died 1992 in a lot of pain, hoping I would be able to help him get treatment. To this day, I am unable to shake that guilt.

There is no doubt in my mind that I am only alive today because of HIV treatments. They are not perfect by any means,NFL Houston Oilers Reebok Hats, nothing is, but they are the closest thing we have to securing a decent live for now. Every life lost to HIV is unnecessary and preventable. Everyone deserves a chance to live a full and good quality of life. We have the power to make that happen and that time is now.

We have to find the money to keep people alive and continue to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to buy into initiatives such as the HIV patent pool to help make HIV treatment affordable for everyone who needs them, regardless of where they live in the world.

In 1996, I was once again able to access the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), a potent cocktail of three to four drugs that a person living with HIV has to take in order to effectively suppress the virus. Every person living with HIV and needing treatment should be on HAART, responsible for giving so many people near-normal lives. But that is not all; pregnant women living with HIV and taking HAART are also able to give birth to babies that are free of HIV. In fact, we already have a burgeoning HIV free generation – such a hopeful phenomenon that some people are still unaware of to this day.

Then there is post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), an anti-HIV treatment that a person can start taking less than 72 hours after exposure to HIV. The key aim is for the person to gain some degree of protection against the virus before it gets a firm grip on their immune system. Additionally, there is pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) which discordant couples (where one person is HIV negative and another is positive) wishing to conceive can benefit from by preventing transmission of the virus to the negative person.

Numbers are coming through for next year’s GCSE and A-Level courses.  For many teachers of Art, Drama and Music these numbers are down.  In some cases considerably so.  With the government’s move to Academy schools, subjects struggling to keep up the numbers will be cut.  Academies first and foremost are businesses and just like in the wider performing arts industry culture gets cut as capitalism comes first.

“Preparation for such auditions can be gained from many different out-of-school activities, from drama and dance groups within school and, of course,Prada Hats, from your school leaving qualifications themselves.”

Phil lives and works as a drama teacher in the midlands.

Wow.  So the Russell Group believes the only two possible reasons for studying a so-called “soft” subject are either “a change” or “avoiding a challenge”?  So, the option “I enjoy studying these subjects as they teach me who I am and allow me to understand the society in which I live” is not included. More incendiary though from the point of view of the drama teacher is the assertion that there’s no need to study theatre studies in school as when you go on in the world of theatre you only need to audition and:

He is also co-director of www.roughfiction.com

Forwards.

Backwards.

“The importance of STEM [science, technology, engineering and maths] skills to the future prosperity of the UK is well established. Lord Sainsbury’s review The Race to the Top stated that: “In a world in which the UK’s competitive advantage will depend increasingly on innovation and high-value products and services, it is essential that we raise the level of our STEM skills. Policy making in many areas of government also requires a supply of creative young scientists and engineers.””

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His views are not the views of his school, although his can be followed on twitter @philjcking

So why is this happening?  Is performing arts teaching so bad in our schools that students are voting with their feet?  In some cases undoubtedly yes, it would be foolish to assert otherwise.  We’ve all heard of the self-obsessed, frustrated actor-teacher who makes the class all about him/her and bores the learners.  Are heads (or as they’re called under the Academy system “principals”) so myopic that they don’t realise that the cultural arts form the lifeblood of a school’s ethos, that, just as in a cultureless society the very core of that society is dead?  Well, again, yes, this is increasingly happening as parents drive for their children to be first and foremostly educated for economic payoff rather than cultural reward.  How many economics and science teachers currently thrill in delighting parents at parents’ evenings with the projected earnings of little Johnny just as the country reels from the effects of the last drive of the money-obsessed, is sickening.  But none of these is as calculated, as insidious, as the Russell Group’s recent declaration of performing arts subjects as “soft”.

In a recent Russell Group document it was asserted:

“Have you considered why you do not wish to study a facilitating subject? Are you looking for a change? Or are you trying to avoid a challenge? In other words, have you thought your decision through carefully?”

If there was any wording that treated individuals like part of a machine and was focused on economic value over any other value this is it.  And that’s the problem with “racing to the top” to gain more and more money.  What happens to our cultural wellbeing?  In light of the increasing numbers of people signing up to the amazingly warming initiative “action for happiness” and the government’s own pledge to monitor happiness levels how can such a narrowly-focused document be allowed to swing the impressionable minds of this country’s students?  Essentially: what happened to a broad-minded liberal education?  Surely at least the Russell Group’s propaganda machine will be open-minded:

Well, terrifyingly,Atlanta Hawks Hats, if all the numbers drop off because students believe their only worth in later life is the pay they earn then which teachers are going to run these “drama and dance groups within school”?  It won’t be the head of mathematics,NFL Snapback Hats, that’s for sure. For institutions that purport to be as intelligent as the Russell Group this displays a chronic lack of joined up thinking.  And it’s all about money.  Just as the Academies are and will be.  Education should be about educating.  For those outside of the education sector I’m sure this sounds self-evident but to those policy makers this is a by-line.

So what to do?  Cry about it and do nothing?  No.  Try harder.  Prove ignorant people wrong and sane people right.  For example this year at my school we’ve tightened our Key Stage 3 provision and as a result there’s been a 41% increase in students taking drama at GCSE in this,Online House Hunter Searching for good news Ala, my first year.  Year 7 pupils can name some of the key practitioners, utilise and evaluate their methods.  They are learning to be intelligent and useful actors in their own lives and the lives of the school.  Gone are the days of “drama games” up until GCSE.  We need to update.  We need to get better.  At Key Stage 5, the Year 12s have recently performed work from playwrights as diverse as Bernard-Marie Koltès, Rona Munro and Moisés Kaufman, resulting in a visting examiner crying as the students dealt with emotionally painful,Transformer Hats, but ultimately redemptive themes.  Work that will help them to lead better lives regardless of the number of zeros on their paycheck.  We as drama teachers need to work better every year so that our students adore their work in lessons,AC Milan Soccer Snapback Hats, in extra-curricular contexts and learn the core skills of communication,Abercrombie Fitch Snapback, management,Washington Bullets Hats, philosophical enquiry and empathy in the deepest and most experiential of ways.  The Russell Group are, at best,Detroit Pistons Hats, misguided.  Drama and theatre studies may not be considered a subject for their universities but it’s the subject that truly allows students to contemplate and appreciate the universe in which they will have to harmoniously live.

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I believe that nobody chooses to be morbidly obese,2011 MLB World Series Patch Hats, having to use sticks or even a wheelchair to get around and not having the energy to work in the same way that nobody chooses to be so afraid of weight gain that they starve themselves until they’re skeletal or puke their guts up however many times a day. Whenever I read about obesity, I draw so many parallels with what I have been through and how I have felt throughout my years living with both Anorexia and Bulimia and I can’t help feeling that that is overlooked far too often by those who should really understand it the most. If the government want the NHS to spend less on expensive operations and medications to tackle obesity, they really should try to understand that there is something driving this unhealthy addiction to food. Treat the source of the problem – the mind,Calgary Flames Hats, the self esteem, the confidence – in conjunction with educating about nutrition and going for lovely walks in the country, then and only then, we might get somewhere.

But then, I’m not at a healthy weight and I too, have had thousands of the NHS budget spent on my own treatment,Longchamp handbags, again a result of a bad relationship with food.

Unlike drug, alcohol and smoking addictions, which we all know are detrimental to our health, eating addictions, or ‘behaviours’ as they are often referred to,Minnesota Vikings Hats, cannot simply be ‘given up’. You can take yourself away from, and learn to live without crack or coke or caffeine, but you cannot simply give up food to fix an addiction. It is much more complex and that is why I think where the government and the NHS are slipping up is by not providing any psychological help to those who are overweight and obviously have a problem with over-eating. Surely it would be far cheaper to provide counselling, psychological help, advice and support for people in this position BEFORE they start off their list of consequential health problems and demanding gastric bands or whatever other £10-20,San Francisco Giants Hats,000 operations they can be led to believe they need “because there are no other options”. Telling somebody with Binge Eating Disorder to up their exercise and “eat more healthily” is like telling an Anorexic to rest up and “have a burger” – it just doesn’t work. Ignorance personified.

Of course, there are companies and schemes out there that offer help and support to people suffering with obesity, but after looking on the NHS website pages on obesity, all they suggest for obesity treatment is diet and exercise. Nothing else, nada. You may agree that diet and exercise are all that matter and that if they put their mind to it, any obese person has it in them to adapt their lifestyle,NFL Denver Broncos Reebok Hats, lose weight and become healthy. Just like that. But surely if it was that easy, we wouldn’t be going through the same problems that we are now; surely those being told that they are eating their way to an early grave would think again and those on the borderline between obese and morbidly obese would choose to stay on the safer side. Life is just not that simple; in the world of weight problems, it is quite the opposite.

Us Brits love to complain about where our taxes are going, who they’re helping or not helping, which useless buildings or schemes are made possible by our money and most of all, that many of the people this money is spent on do not ‘deserve’ it. The NHS spends billions on treating obesity, drug addicts and smoking and alcohol related illnesses and we have developed an immediate reaction to turn our nose up at anyone who, on the surface, seem undeserving of treatment; those who “brought it on themselves”. I think we are too quick to jump to this conclusion and it worries me that those who actually do take it for granted that they can sit on their fat arses and do nothing about their worsening state of health will be the ones we all think of when costs like this come into the spotlight. We tar every fat person with the same presumptuous brush.

£4.2 billion is spent on obesity every year by the NHS. Pretty huge. This astonishing amount of money is spent on gastric bypass operations, stomach stapling, jaw wiring, cosmetic surgery and medications for diabetes, high blood pressure and numerous other problems brought on by living lazily on a diet of, well, crap.

What’s scary is that this isn’t all that uncommon, hence the government now calling for a new approach to tackling obesity more cheaply, although from what I’ve read,Guardian.co.uk asks How gay is William Hague S, that means passing responsibility onto employers. Yay for ’schemes’.

Let’s make it more simple… overeating is something people do for a reason. Fattening foods are comfort foods – they provide something to people who need to feel better in the short term and for many, a hit of fats, carbohydrates and sugar will serve that purpose. Once the mind establishes that food equals feeling better, it will begin to crave either food itself, or possibly even the act of concentrating purely on ramming food into the mouth, devouring, indulging, cramming and stuffing. This is more than just greed. For someone to become morbidly obese,Cleveland Cavaliers Hats, I think it takes something much deeper, much more psychological than a mere misunderstanding of nutrition and an aversion to exercise. There is a source to every problem.

Today, whilst lazing around eating a similarly unhealthy diet, I read about a mother, husband and son with a combined weight of 76 stone who have cost the NHS a staggering £1.2million. Between them,Longchamp Backpack, the Jones’ family have had two gastric bypass operations, used tens of thousands of pounds worth of medication for diabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnoea and they are due to add to the current cost with a skin removal operation and a stomach stapling operation on their 15-year-old son.

What I have noticed though, is that all other areas where a problem is commonly seen as ‘their own fault’, have more preventative help in place – more importantly, and more glaringly obvious to me, is that there is always psychological help or support for those with alcohol or drug addictions, easy access courses for those wanting to stop smoking and counselling services for those with Anorexia or Bulimia who are deemed not serious enough to need inpatient treatment. There is something for all of these problems that can help to treat a problem before it becomes extremely costly to the NHS, and to us.

Understandably, tax payers will frown and moan and be angry about just how much of their money is going towards tablets for obese people who continue to eat over 10,000 calories a day. It goes without saying really, and this could easily have been a blog where I, too, stand on my ‘healthy weight’ pedestal and join in with the haters.

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The coalition government had rejected the stance of the previous government and Theresa May welcomed the ruling.

The men, from Cameroon and Iran respectively, sought to challenge the previous government’s contention that they had no grounds for asylum as they could move “elsewhere” in their home states and be “discreet” about their sexuality.

After a promising start with the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights,http://carol.bluecircus.net/archives/play/travel/kagurazakaphoto.php#comments, it soon became clear that the Human Rights act was a nod to Labour’s past not its future. What increasingly came to characterise the administration was an openly professed illiberalism,new era hats sale, presumably designed to suggest a hard-headed modernity.

These were moral lines which no party of the left should have crossed- yet again and again they were crossed. Again and again, morality and compassion were forgotten in a mad rush to outflank those on the far-right.

This, then,http://www.gizmodo.jp/2012/03/new-mesmerizing-video-shows-the-whole-evolution-of-the-moon.html#comments, is a good day for justice, a good day for compassion and hopefully an embarrassing one for former members of the Labour government.

The reaction this provokes is two-fold. Firstly, a cautious admiration for the new Home Secretary (whose support for gay-rights has in the past been patchy). And secondly, an uncomfortable reminder of what Labour stood for as it slid into senescence.

The news that two gay asylum seekers fighting deportation have been given leave to stay in UK by the Supreme Court, is a welcome one.

The punishment for homosexuality in Iran is flogging or death and in Cameroon up to 5 years in prison.

Samuel Muston is a freelance journalist and former aide to Zac Goldsmith MP

Nowhere was this more evident than with asylum policy,new era hats, where ministers seemed unable to make the imaginative leap necessary for sympathy with those fleeing persecution. The results of which- the deportation of children, the humiliating restraining techniques, and the overcrowded detention centres- continue to make front pages.

The case of these two men is the apotheosis of this. To seek to compel them to suppress their sexuality and its outward manifestations amounts to little more than an attack on their fundamental identity, as the courts have recognised. No party that aspires to be compassionate, let alone “socially democratic”,dc hats sale, should have had anything to do with such a stance.

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If,A&F Hats, as we fear, the overriding theme in the Budget will be to make early financial savings for the next few years,http://walzd.zxq.net/read.php?tid=3684, it cannot be achieved without attacking accrued rights, including the current pension age. On this there is strict European and UK legislation, and if the Chancellor goes that route we will be in for a long, hot summer of legal action, seeing the Treasury repeatedly trooping through the courts.

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With so many elements of their employment package potentially under attack in tomorrow’s Budget, these are deeply unsettling times for every public servant and their families.

For staff, the key focuses of John Hutton’s study have to be sustainability and fairness. This year we have already seen two major independent reports from the National Audit Office and the Office for Budget Responsibility,monster energy hats, both of which conclusively showed that public sector pensions genuinely are both affordable and sustainable. We believe that these reports must be included in the evidence base for Hutton’s conclusions. In turn,Longchamp Cosmetic Large,http://bbs.ipengze.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=5985&do=blog&quickforward=1&id=8349, we have to believe that the Chancellor will respect Hutton’s findings rather than impose a predetermined judgement of his own.

The budget cuts agenda must not mark a return to the crude ideological warfare of the 1980s. To decide and implement important issues of public policy, Government needs to know that it is in receipt of sound advice. At present however, there is insufficient technical expertise among senior civil service policy and decision makers. The Government’s reputation as an intelligent customer has been eroded by 20 years of cuts to its in-house science and engineering base. This is the case across key areas of national life, such as environmental policy, energy supply, animal diseases and forensic science, to name but a few.

Last week I went to see Complicite’s Shun-kin, a play which (spoiler alert!) features two fairly nasty incidents of blinding. One is an act of spite; the second, an ultimate demonstration of love, devotion and self-sacrifice. It’s also pretty squirm-inducing: there are needles involved. Wriggling around in my seat, I felt this wasn’t the first time I’d been tempted to cover my eyes to avoid seeing another’s popped out on-stage.

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But the theatre-maker’s interest in eyes and blindness is surely also an interest in the audience,Minnesota Twins Hats, in the act of watching theatre. After all,Pittsburgh Steelers, we got to ’see’ a play. We pay for our tickets, take our seats and watch the action unfold. Being confronted with the act of blinding may lead you to think about the act of looking itself,NFL Arizona Cardinals Reebok Hats, of just what you’re willing to watch – and what you’d rather look away from.

I confess I haven’t made it to Sean Holmes’ revival at the Lyric Hammersmith yet, but a few years ago saw a version by Graeae, a theatre company who use disabled actors. Ian was played by Gerard McDermott,Houston Astros Hats, an actor who is blind,Kansas City Royals Hats, arguably adding another layer of audience unease to a scene that’s already pushing pretty hard.

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Perhaps it is this soul business that makes writers obsessed with eyes too. It’s not just the ick-factor; although the moment in Edward Bond’s Lear,Polo Hats, where Lear gets his eye plopped out by a mechanical device into a little glass tub,Toronto Maple Leafs Hats, was one of the most grotesque things I’ve seen on-stage. It’s that eyes are also able to take on a pretty dense symbolic weight.

He does the same to the other eye.

Of course, there are some pretty hefty theatrical antecedents when it comes to having your eyes out. Oedipus blinds himself,Arizona Cardinals Snapback Caps

, and ignores a blind prophet, Tiresias, to boot. Shakespeare had a stab at it (sorry…) with the blinding of Gloucester, establishing a theatrical precedent for eye-menacing on stage. We get uneasy even when watching threats – as in Pinter’s One For The Road, when the torturer Victor waves his fingers sinisterly in front of his victims eyes, before musing ‘Why am I obsessed with eyes?’, and concluding it’s because ‘the soul shines through them’.

To rip out your own eyes – whether as an sign of devotion or of self-loathing – is a desperate, extreme act, but also a potent offering. And to take someone else’s eyes out can be seen as an attempt to break their spirit as much as to leave them physically helpless. While to be blind can be to truly see – as with Tiresias – it can also be a punishment for failing to see – as with Oedipus. Arguably, that’s also what’s going on with Pozzo in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot; after a first act of being metaphorically blind to his servant’s suffering, in the second half, Pozzo is literally blind and dependent on him.

He puts his mouth over one of Ian’s eyes, sucks it out, bites it off and eats it.

Listen to Argentinian and Brazilian journalists give their views on Diego Maradona and Dunga on The South American Football Show

“I have to deal with these attacks,NFL Minnesota Vikings Reebok Hats, even when we win. If it isn’t about the players I pick, it’s because I don’t know how to speak Portuguese correctly. And if it isn’t that,NFL Seattle Seahawks Reebok Hats, then it’s about my clothing or something else. Sometimes they even attack my family to see if they can get to me.”

Plenty for then for the duo to discuss should they find themselves signing-on on the same day.

The fact that Antonio Rattin had received his 35th minute marching orders for asking the referee for an interpreter and that England committed more fouls in the game than Argentina was soon forgotten. With his post-match comment Ramsey had successfully forged what is now commonly known as “a siege mentality” around the England camp.

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In the build-up to the most recent World Cup the now jobless Diego Maradona unleashed his own post-match torrent. El Diego’s tirade was not aimed at opponents Uruguay but the press pack who had been critical of his tenure in charge of the Argentinian national team.

When Dunga’s Brazil were beaten by Portugal in a 2007 friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium the head coach was accused of spending more time on the King’s Road than the training pitch. Match reports of the 2-0 defeat focused more on his black and white leopard skin print camise than the performance of the team.

Even when Dunga revealed that the garment had been designed by his daughter and he wore it only to support her endeavours, the criticism still rolled on. The head coach was clearly saddened by the negative reports breaching his family and the episode served to diminish a relationship already tittering on the brink.

The now unemployed Dunga picked the pinnacle of his playing career to turn the air blue as he released his frustration with Brazil’s fourth World Cup held aloft over his head. The combative midfielder had shouldered his fair share of the blame for Brazil’s limp showing in Italy four years previously. He took the chance in the Rose Bowl to ram the so called “Dunga era” down the throat of the fourth estate.

With England’s form patchy at best on route to their first ever World Cup semi-final Ramsey chose his moment to lay into the Argentinian team dispatched by a single Geoff Hurst goal.

It seemed nothing was off limits with Dunga as television crews played pranks outside his house in an effort to effect team selection. Most unsavoury of all was a press attack on Dunga’s wardrobe which saw the focus of the abuse pass from his own broad shoulders and onto his family.

Dunga’s own Maradona moment came after Brazil’s victory over the Ivory Coast when he called a journalist “a donkey and a wimp” before engaging in some even choicer language at the conclusion of the press conference.

Despite restocking the trophy cabinet in Rio with the Copa America and the Confederations Cup in the build-up to South Africa,NFL Washington Redskins Reebok Hats, the man nicknamed Snow White was never going to be Brazil’s Prince Charming. His pragmatic playing style dominated his thoughts as a coach,NFL New York Giants Reebok Hats, endearing him little to the Brazil public and clearing the way for the press to take their pot shots.

The team captained by Dunga and coached by Carlos Alberto Parreira came under fire in the Brazilian press for being a dour side devoid of trademark Brazilian flair. Fast-forward 16 years with Dunga leading the team from the dugout and the same criticisms were still stinging his lugholes.

After securing his country’s place in South Africa and hugging Carlos Bilardo, the man he labelled a traitor last week,NFL Philadelphia Eagles Reebok Hats, Maradona told the Argentinian journalists gathered at Estadio Centenario that they “take it up the arse.” He then hammered home his point by letting them know they could “suck it and carry on sucking it.”

Rafa Bentiez and Kevin Keegan could have forewarned El Diego about the long term effects of a good old rant. There was also another person closer to home to tell Maradona about harsh words coming back to bite you on the bum.

Dunga escaped punishment from FIFA while Maradona’s, albeit more provocative attack, landed him a two month touchline ban. However,Detroit Tigers Hats, both men received the same treatment from their respective football associations following their teams’ quarter-final exits.

Venting the spleen had been a tactic employed by football managers long before Sir Alf Ramsey described the Argentinian team narrowly beaten by England in 1966 as “animals.”

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Margaret Hodge (Chair): So we are expected to see however many foundation trusts we end up with?

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The accounting officers — which is a different role from the accountable officer of the consortia — are directly accountable to Parliament where there are NHS foundation trusts.

Margaret Hodge (Lab,Longchamp backpack, Barking) (Chair): And will you on hospitals?

Una O’Brien: Yes.

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Sir David Nicholson: It will be me.

This was answered by Una O’Brien,http://bggywater.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1918448&extra=, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health (above):

Margaret Hodge (Chair): It is a bloody nightmare.

Richard Bacon: It will be you,http://zf15.wygk.cn/E_ReadNews.asp?NewsID=5557, okay.

*The risk pools,http://soph.jp/MT/archives/2010/11/26212801.php#comments, a form of pooled insurance between groups of GP consortia, reveal some of the hidden complexity of the new form of NHS market, but Sir David eventually managed to make clear that they would apply to conditions specified in advance. I suspect that the drafting of those contracts is going to be another nightmare.

Reading the minutes of the the Public Accounts Committee for 25 January, as one does while one waits for kickoff in the Super Bowl,cheap red bull hats, this leapt out at me.

What I am really asking is if a GP consortium decides to go haywire and runs off to the Netherlands Antilles with the money — we have seen public money going off to Caribbean tax havens since I have been on this Committee, so it is not such a stupid question — will the chief executive or managing partner of the GP consortium be coming before us to explain his actions, assuming he has not been arrested and in jail,http://www.sgcin.gov.cn/E_ReadNews.asp?NewsId=2894, or will you be?

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And whoever typed the text did not know how to spell licence.

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Apart from that,Nick Clegg takes on Cameron over multiculturalism,Oakland Athletics Hats, the spending cuts are too sharp if they happen as announced; but I thought the key point was the lack of credibility of the savings from “back-office functions” and,New Jersey Devils Hats, above all,Longchamp Arbre De Vie, from the benefit reforms.

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This will be my last blog as I have just come down on deck having sighted Table Mountain in the far distance.  After years voyaging all over the world in which I have always been non-plussed to make landfall I found myself this time shouting and punching the air with jubilation. This journey has been long,Philadelphia Flyers Hats, it is the longest single ocean crossing I have ever done and it is the longest period of time I have spent alone. The sailing was challenging and hard at times but I have overcome the problems put in my path and as we arrive now into Cape Town in one piece and making good speed the boat is a credit to everyone that put in their time and effort in to get her onto the water.  Being alone has also not in its self been a problem- I always knew I was happy in my own company and that has been true here- despite even the distinct lack of reading materials or music beyond of course Ms Nina Simone who is once again playing, this time in celebration of the sighting of land and has been the oft-repeated soundtrack of this adventure since leaving France.

What has surprised me though is the unique perspective that one takes when away from the distractions of everyday life and the rewriting of what is important that occurs when you have time to sit and really consider without interruption the events that have shaped you and the decisions you have taken that have led up to that moment.  This kind of event is certainly a unique and ultimately difficult sailing event but I am not so sure if it is really the solo challenge I imagined beforehand.  Unless you have lived your life in a bubble or taken a vow to be a hermit somewhere cold and windy, I find you are never truly alone. Memories of those dear to you are your constant companions in every moment out here,Houston Oilers Snapback Caps, small gestures and the tiny tableau’s of life that  would pass unnoticed and unremembered in normal times become the object of consideration for many hours and the importance of relationships and the effect of separation on those connections becomes all too clear.

The first leg of the race takes it toll...

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For those who take comfort in a neatly constructed fourth wall, La Bete  at the Comedy Theatre  is the big West End opening of the week, tomorrow night. Mark Rylance’s first post-Jerusalem performance is the main draw, though his co-stars (Joanna Lumley and Frasier’s David Hyde Pierce) aren’t half bad either. West End wonder Matthew Warchus directs. Elsewhere, John Adams’ I Was Looking at the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky is revived at Stratford East,Longchamp Tote Large, Nevermore  – a suitably chilling musical tale about the life and times of Edgar Allan Poe, opens at the Barbican and Improbable’s Lifegame , a “theatrical biography” featuring a different special guest each night, returns to Lyric, Hammersmith.  

Never watched a play in a railway tunnel? (where have you been?) Aftermath is the one for you. Part of LIFT and taking place in the Old Vic tunnels underneath Waterloo station, it’s a verbatim piece based on the testimonies of 37 displaced Iraqi civilians, from  Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen,http://ep123.sclub.com.tw/viewthread.php?tid=9687&extra=, the husband-and-wife team behind The Exonerated.

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Never been speed-dating or sung a karaoke duet with a soldier? One-on-One at BAC is the one for you. This two-week festival at the relentlessly innovative South London venue is an opportunity to get up close and personal with a number of the very best one-to-one shows from around the world. There’s a chance to see three of Belgian company Ontroerend Goed’s shows – their greatest hits, The Smile Off Your Face (wheelchairs,cheap red bull hats, blindfolds, strange smells) and Internal (speed-dating,new era hats, whisky, darkened booths) and the UK premiere of their latest A Game of You. Rotozaza, Folk in a Box, Kneehigh’s Wonder Nurse and Quarantine’s The Soldier’s Song (read about Lynne Walker’s karaoke duet here) are also on the brilliant, if terrifying, programme.

Mark Rylance is back in the West End in La Bete, opening this week at the Comedy Theatre. Picture by Richard Mildenhall.

Experience and stout shoes are the buzz-words this week with openings for all manner of weird, wonderful, walk-through theatre shows. Never watched a play from a wheelchair before? You Me Bum Bum Train is the one for you. The show opened last night in a labyrinthine disused office block in Bethnal Green,http://www.ntdaijia.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=534434&extra=, through which audience members are guided/ wheeled by some 200 performers. It’s both disorientating and disturbing.

Outside London,dc hats,http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/thoffecker/2010/09/new-feature-stuff-thatd-be-awesome-to-have.html#comments, Sheridan meets Stoppard for a little century-spanning critic-bashing in Chichester’s double bill of The Critic and The Real Inspector Hound and Polly Stenham’s searing That Face, starring Frances Barber as the mummy from hell gets its regional premiere at Sheffield Crucible. Theresa Heskins’ immersive Bleak House at the New Vic also sounds intriguing and worth a visit – if only because I’d love to nose around backstage at the theatre I spent my childhood visiting.

If,http://184.168.164.10/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=480381, like me, the thought of all this interacting rather than simply watching acting, brings you out in a cold sweat, then… you should still go. Watching/ taking part in Internal was the single most stressful experience I had at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe (read about my trial here) but it was also the most memorable (and I received a very nice hand-written letter in the post afterwards,Longchamp bags sale, too).

Finally, what do you mean you’ve never taken part in a Victorian gameshow? On Thursday night, Take The Empire (from Dastardly Productions, whose Victorian comedy zombie musical Famished was a Fringe smash-hit two years ago) arrives at The Grand Union in Kentish Town for an evening of baffling questions and absurd tasks,http://bbs.tlhair.com/forum-79-1.html, presided over by urbane, moustachioed hosts, Dr Corvus and Mr Gray. Spiffing.

Up until this week Pope Benedict XVI was seen as a very bad man by many a right-thinking liberal. A militant atheists’ Antichrist if you like. Chief among his crimes was his refusal to alter the Catholic Church’s line on the prohibition of condoms,Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hats, a decision that according to his critics had condemned many in Africa to AIDS-related death and destruction. As the New Statesman put it in 2005, the Vatican ‘probably contributed more to the continental spread of the disease than the trucking industry and prostitution combined’.

And with that, the Pope received something he hasn’t had in a while: good press. ‘Pope Benedict’s XVI’s change of heart on condoms marks a significant break with the damage done by one of his predecessors’ most romantic, wicked and wrong-headed policies’, waxed Andrew Brown in the Guardian. Over at the Telegraph, another commentator saw a definite positive side: ‘however much some people will struggle to praise the pope,NFL Dallas Cowboys Reebok Hats, we should swallow our pride, and give credit where it’s due.’ Even the New Humanist,Longchamp Tote, a vocal opponent of the pope’s UK visit in September, felt just a little swayed: ‘There does appear to have been a change in tone from an organisation that has long given the impression that it is opposed to condoms in all circumstances.’

This patronising idealism ignores some very material facts. For a start, there’s the impoverished state of many African countries. And in impoverished countries without medical infrastructure, without the drugs that now keep alive Western HIV sufferers, is it any wonder that far more people die from AIDS than in the West? Perhaps, just perhaps, a lack of development, not an excess of papery,Clegg Rage John Rentoul Independent Eagle Eye Blogs, lies at the heart of African countries’ inability to deal with the spread of horrible diseases. Furthermore, given the often dire circumstances in which some Africans find themselves – with mortality rates far higher than in the West and average life-spans far shorter – is it really that surprising that contraception is not at the top of many African people’s list of priorities? After all, with life considerably more precarious, one’s perception of risk is probably a little bit different to that of people in the West.

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Now I don’t have much truck with the pope or the Catholic Church, and I certainly don’t care for many of the Church’s ideas. But this obsession with the pope, condoms and the sex lives of Africans is far more dangerous than anything the Vatican is currently spouting. It suggests that the problems faced by people in African countries have little to do with material reality – with economic and social underdevelopment. Instead it all seems to be due to these simple African souls being fed the wrong ideas. It seems they just need some do-gooding Westerner, armed with latest manual on population control, to offer the right ones.

It could almost be deemed a miracle.

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‘Nothing,’ I said, ‘They eventually agreed that the creature was sacred, and its purpose known only to the Divine Ones. That was five years ago, and now the creature is treated as a divinity in its own right. People refer to it in their prayers; little figurines of it are offered up in temples from Stone City to the Curleen Mountains.’

I opened my eyes, calm again, understood it was time to retreat from this part of the conversation.

‘Oh we all drift off in our dwams now and then,’ Kath said. ‘ But most people still manage to spend some time fully in the here and now. You don’t Marcus.’

‘No,’ I said, aware as I spoke the word of how abbrasive my voice sounded. I took a breath,Cincinnati Reds Hats, repeated myself more quietly. ‘No,’ I repeated, then added, ‘I only visited the Archive once.’

‘So you visit the Archive?’

Kath sighed, ‘I think I would have preferred to be the most important connection.’

‘Good luck Marcus.’

The path was now leading up the gentle incline of the hillock that overlooked the great mosaic of En Feshqa. Of all the land I owned, this small rise of ground was my favourite place. Sitting on the green grass of En Feshqa, whilst looking down at its likeness created from innumerable chips of coloured marble, glass and precious stones, always filled me with a soothing sense of completeness.

Kath spoke again: ‘Do you have anything in the Archive?’

Kath nodded. ‘I know,’ she said. ‘My parents have one in their family shrine.’

We walked back to were the path split. This time I led the way, taking the fork that led to the great mosaic of En Feshqa. Fierna and Tyinae had risen further up the sky; their embrace breaking apart even as they burned more fiercely. We walked for ten dumb minutes or so before Kath finally spoke.

‘What about,’ I tried to think of the right word, but it eluded me.

‘You’ve nothing to be sorry for,’ I said, stroking her dark curly hair, and finding myself becoming a little aroused: The movies I watch, emotional scenes inevitably lead to sweating nudity.

‘Well,’ I explained in a calm voice, ‘the Temple is part of my estate, but does not belong to my estate. Only the Augurs and my family store material in the Archive, but even we Sejans have to ask permission from the Augurs.’

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Kath made no comment.

‘Marcus,’ she said. ‘Our friendship is, was…’

Kath laid a hand on my fist and my hand sprang open like a flower startled by sudden daylight. ‘Marcus,’ she said, looking straight at me, ’sometimes you can be almost ninety per cent here. Sometimes. But never a hundred percent. Never once have I seen you fully involved in the now that I live and breathe in.’

‘What did the Augurs decide to do about the swan?’ she asked.

‘Nobody is ever a hundred percent present,’ I said,http://www.cki.com.cn/news/office/newsxp/ReadNews.asp?id=error&NewsID=275&BigClassName=&SmallClassName=&SpecialID=0, trying not to sound tongue tied and confused.

‘But why?’ I asked, pleaded. ‘You’ve just been promoted to the head of the medical section. I’ve given you full clearance. I will even ask the Augurs about the Archive if you want.’

‘Marcus’, she said, her hand reaching out to mine but then going back to her side, ‘you do not need me. Nor do your staff. Despite all the abuse you subject your body to you are a very healthy man. It’s been wonderful working here, but I need a change, a challenge.’

‘But you are,’ I blurted out.

‘The Augurs still attempt to predict the future,http://www.169ba.com/thread-3317-1-1.html,’ I said, trying to reignite her interest. ‘Only instead of one blurry forecast, they have three very blurry forecasts.’ I smiled but Kath remained as mute the swans.

I caught up with Kath, asked her to tell me more about what she had seen and done these last few days, willing to hear anything that could distract me from the damn swan. But Kath was still thinking about Nameless.

‘I told them I had clearance,’ said Kath. ‘They knew already, but they wouldn’t let me see the Archive.’

‘Bloody women, eh,’ I said. En Fashqa glittered but said nothing.

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‘I’d be more interesting if I was sickly?’ I said still aiming for humour, still, lets be honest, hoping for sweating nudity. ‘I can do that.’ I gave a loud hacking cough and beat my hand against my chest. It almost worked. Kath took an involuntary gulp of air as her mouth widen into a smile that promised laughter. But she stopped the laugh, stopped the accompanying glow in her eyes and blush on her cheeks. It was as if a switched had been pulled on all that wonderful carefree emotion.

I said nothing. The chill in my belly turned icy.

I manage to speak. ‘Why did you want to see the Archive?’

Whatever it was about my voice, Kath realised she had asked one question to many. ‘I’m sorry,’ she spluttered, ‘I didn’t mean to pry. I was just…’ And then she began to weep, great wrenching sobs that shook her from head to foot. I’d seen that kind of weeping in the movies, but it was unsettling to see it in real life. Confused, I put an arm round her,Longchamp Tote Large, pulled her towards me, held her trembling and teary against my chest.

‘Twelve hundred years of documents, artifacts,Longchamp handbags, relics,’ Kath’s voice was rising as she spoke. ‘Who wouldn’t want to see that! But they refused me.’

Kath dried her eyes with her big strong hands and looked at me. ‘This life is not for me,’ she said, as if that explained anything. ‘I want to set up my own practice.’

‘She’ll be back,’ I told the poet and the planet both.

‘You too Kath.’

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‘Have you everything you need to set up practice?’ I asked, ‘I mean finances, contacts, a clinic. If I can help…’

‘One outcome is based on “Nameless” being regarded as a black swan. The Augurs call this “Thesis”,’ I said, my brow tightening as I tried to remember the Augurs’ methodology. ‘”Anti-Thesis” is the possible outcome if “Nameless” is taken as white.“Synthesis” is an outcome that would be complementary to Thesis and Anti-thesis. Though,’ I added rubbing my forehead, ‘there can often be many possible forms of “Synthesis”…’ A thin wisp of pain formed inside my skull, and I stopped talking; added my clumsy silence to Kath’s more assured wordlessness.

Kath turned away from me, but not so fast that I didn’t see the blush on her cheeks, the wet glitter in her eye. She began to walk back down the path, away from the consecrated lake. I took one more look back at the ‘Nameless’ swan, but could not see it. No doubt it was amongst the other swans, showing only one side of itself. That made sense, yet its sudden non-visibility sent a little shiver through my guts.

Kath spoke, and this time her smile was warm and loving. ‘I’ve worked for two years in the Palace Complex of the famous Marcus Marcus. I have no shortage of contacts or savings. And yes I do have a clinic. Come visit and I’ll show you around.’

‘What do you mean by was?’ I asked, my voice a little too demanding, my words a little too clumsy . ‘You are, and I mean now, this very second, one of the most important connections I have with another person.’

‘No I’m not Marcus. Even now I can sense part of you is elsewhere.’

‘I asked the Augurs if I could see the Archive.’

It was inevitable, how could any woman resist a man of my fame, power and lineage.

I looked at her, but her face was free of any guile. ‘I do,’ I said.

She left then, and I sat there alone, with a cold empty feeling in my belly. But I shook myself, hard; hard enough to get a rush of dizzying blood to my head. I stood up and took myself running across my great estate with its woodlands and meadows, streams and lakes filled with fish and frogs and insects. I ran and ran, till I returned to the hillock over looking the mosaic and collapsed on the grass.

‘Oh,’ said Kath in a quiet voice, ‘I guess that explains it.’

I managed to spit out a choked ‘What?’

‘Nonsense!’ I shouted, my left hand clenching into a fist. But even as denial was uttered a wisp of memory floated into my mind. It was a face, recalled to me by the simple act of looking at the gems and stones of the En Feshqa mosaic. But the recollection had as much substance as smoke, and broke apart even as I considered it.

‘Oh I do,’ she gasped, pushing me away from her. ‘I’m so sorry Marcus, but I want to go back to Stone City.’

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Shamik Das and Will Straw at Left Foot Forward take exception to my suggesting that they are Ed Miliband supporters in a post yesterday (I have amended the last line). I am happy to put on record that Left Foot Forward has also been rather horrid to the younger Miliband,New York Knicks Hats, drawing attention to this ducking of an awkward question earlier this week:

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Just shy of the turnstiles at Soccer City it didn’t look good with cardboard signs reading “Ticket Needed” outnumbering vuvuzelas two to one. There were Koreans from both sides of the boarder teaming up for their hunt and also a large squad of Slovenians scouring the place among those trying to pick up a spare Wilson Pickett.

The cigarette-cum-ticket vendors baulked at the extra attention they were getting for fear of arousing the authorities and invited me to take a little walk with them before carrying out the transaction. I was given the ticket to hold before money changed hands but a full inspection proved fruitless under the pitch black Africa sky.

Earlier this year I took three mates down to La Bombonera to take in the renowned atmosphere of a Boca Juniors home game. “Don’t worry lads,http://www.guawi.com/blogs_post.php?id=13769,Longchamp Handbags Large,http://qiangjin.free.fr/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=20107&extra=page%3D1&frombbs=1, we’ll scoop up some tickets easy enough round the back of ground.” said the chap with a year’s worth of Buenos Aires under his belt.

A couple of local lads were punting smokes on the side of the street and I tried my luck with them. One of them said they had a ticket to sell, well they would say that wouldn’t they?

For 46 minutes the boys from Brazil swept onto my nose, it felt like a could have got a hand to Luis Fabiano’s wonderfully crafted opener. Complimentary Coca-Cola,red bull hats,http://www.chenyongren.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=632893&extra=, hot dogs and crisps were passed down Row N for the pupils and me to gorge on while we enjoyed the show.

I zipped up the ticket the space vacated by my bundle of notes and kept my head down when passing-by the growing hoard of empty handed fans. I knew from personal experience that the gloating stage was still a fair way off.

Happy at getting some kid in an orange t-shirt to immediately half his price for the four tickets I dealt them out like a true hustler. In the shadow of La Bombonera one of the lads piped up “What year is this?” and a closer inspection of all four tickets showed we had shelled out for a game that had taken place two years earlier, and then it started to rain.

Along with the majority of the crowd I started the game hoping the Africans could get something from the tie but ended up just enjoying the entertainment being served up by the seleção. If Dunga’s team are meant to be nothing more than functional and pragmatic what chance for the rest of us on having a share of the beautiful game.

I nearly struck gold in the car park,cheap dc hats, the first people I asked were a couple of Argentinians who had a spare but they needed to call a mate in case a deal had already been done. Sure enough the ticket was destined for another, I wouldn’t have minded so much but the San Lorenzo fans used all my phone credit finding this out.

So what would come of my ticket for today? Well the security frisk was as free and easy as it had been on my previous visits to Soccer City. Now only the barcode check stood between me and getting in for the last few bars of L’Abidjanaise. Green light means go!

The short stroll up Nasrec Road revealed that I was slap bang in the middle of a sellers’ market with demand for spares far outstripping the supply. I kept the faith by reconciling myself that I have never gone short for some kind of ticket in the past. Much more likely in fact to get turned away for other reasons and I had not touched a drop all day.

Smugness is no virtue but it was hard to conceal my delight as I was led closer and closer towards Block 140. My seat was a dozen rows back from the goal Boubacar Barry would guard in the first half,Longchamp Tote Small, real ringside stuff. Judging by the swarm of school kids on all sides I guessed my cigarette vendor led a double life, by day a student and by night a budding entrepreneur.

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It dawned on me that right up outside the ground was probably not the place to get a sniff at a ticket so I took a wonder back down Nasrec occasionally letting out a stifled mutter of “spares?”

It’s not everyday you get offered a lift down to where Brazil are playing in the World Cup finals so best grab it with both hands. After a detour through Diepkloof we parked up and then came the question I was bracing myself for, “Where’s your ticket?”

The implication is clear; prosecution for war crimes is not dependent on the nature of the crimes or truth of the allegations, but purely on whether those committing them are our allies or not.  Don’t expect to see Bush or Blair in the ICC any time soon.

When the UN ‘affirmed the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination, statehood and equal protections’,Longchamp Bags, the US steps in to veto.  When the UN ‘condemned Israel’s air strikes and attacks in southern Lebanon and its murder of innocent civilians’, the US steps in to veto.  When the UN ‘condemned Israel’s hijacking of a Libyan passenger airplane’, the US steps in to veto.  Why is the story the same every time?  Because the State of Israel protects and furthers our colonial interests.

UN security resolution 1973.  UN security resolution 1973.  UN security resolution 1973. Now it makes it legal for us to arm the Libyan ‘rebels’,http://nusd281.chinaw3.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?fid=23, the same ‘rebels’ that were working for Gaddafi a few weeks ago, the same Gaddafi it was OK for us to arm a couple of months before that, the same Gaddafi who was our number one enemy a few years before that. His crime?  Nationalising the oil of his country.

Last night,cheap monster energy hats, a law was passed in the British Parliament to change the boundaries of universal jurisdiction in the UK. Since the case of General Pinochet in 1999, universal jurisdiction has allowed British citizens to bring a private prosecution against foreign nationals suspected of genocide,Kansas City Royals Hats, torture or war crimes.  But since Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni cancelled a trip to the UK after the issue of such a warrant,http://plasticity.jp/hitohira/2009/12/google-map.html#comments, the British government pledged to change the law.  Now, only the Attorney General can apply for an arrest warrant to be issued.

In the case of the war on Iraq, not even the pretext of a UN resolution was deemed necessary to justify the invasion, occupation and slaughter of a million innocent people.  But now we celebrate when the International Criminal Court,wholesale new era hats,http://bbs.clw.cc/myfile.asp?id=59171, an institution that the United States refuses to recognise, promises to take action against Gaddafi.  It is OK to take other regimes before the ICC for committing crimes, as long as the same principle is not applied to our own crimes!

Did I miss the point at which the United States and United Kingdom began paying attention to UN resolutions?  Did we all forget about the State of Israel, which violates UN resolutions as if it’s a fun game?  UN resolution affirming the right of return for Palestinian refugees – ignored.  UN resolution deploring Israel’s changing of the status of Jerusalem – ignored.  UN resolution deciding that Israel’s annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights is null and void – ignored.  UN resolution demanding that Israel stops attacking Lebanon – ignored.  UN resolution calling on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requesting it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention – ignored.  UN resolution urging Israel to comply with UN decisions – ignored.

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In the view of the US and British governments,http://www.wattsgoingon.com/2010/09/blast-energy-services-board-approves-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-oil-properties.html#comments, UN resolutions are not worth the paper they are written on.  Unless,http://www.marinapalmira.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-50, of course, they can be exploited for our own objectives.  So, when Israel has violated UN resolutions for 63 years and counting, not a word is uttered, but in Libya, not even a month had passed and we were threatening the Gaddafi regime with sanctions and air strikes.

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On this, my good colleague Ben Chu points me towards John Kay’s wise words, which are that investment banks have swallowed retail banks and become too big; not quite sure how to translate that into viable public policy worldwide, though.

The exchanges at Prime Minister’s Questions were evenly balanced,Boston Celtics Hats, if you like that kind of Punch and Judy thing. David Cameron was caught out by an old quotation in which he said no banker should get a bonus of more than £2,Boston Red Sox Hats,000,Houston Oilers Snapback Caps, which must have been a stupid thing to say even when he said it. Which gave Ed Miliband, and not even he would advocate such a Spartist policy now, the edge in the contest to see who could tax banks the most. Actually the surprising answer to that question is Cameron,Quebec Nordiques Hats, who said that the overall tax paid by the banks would be more this year than it was under Labour. But the contest was a draw because no one is interested in facts.

But for journalists, including, sadly,San Francisco Giants Hats, The Independent,TapouT Hats, this is evidence of lack of “grip” (in a leading article that says that this is all a matter of “perceptions”).

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, he said the VAT rise would make food more expensive, which it will because of petrol and other costs.

Just because the AJ4PM campaign has been wound up does not mean that it will tolerate rudeness to the great man.

And anyway,NFL New York Giants Reebok Hats,The Solo Voyage Diaries DIY dentist… Chris Sta, it’s a stupid question. Irrelevant to the problem of how to incentivise bankers to please their customers and reward their shareholders without risking meltdown of entire capital markets.

The only sense in which I thought Cameron “lost” PMQs was when he was gratuitously rude to Miliband (the “nothing man”) but especially when he was offensive about Alan Johnson, which risked appearing to be a public-school bully.

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A while ago, I promised some more nuggets from the revised paperback edition of Andrew Rawnsley’s The End of the Party,Cleveland Browns Hats, to which the author with his trademark modesty has failed to draw the world’s attention.

And he has a wonderful story about how the civil servants prepared for a hung parliament before the election. Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary,Minnesota Vikings,

He thought the other person was talking about the campaign overall. ‘A car crash? I’m afraid it is.’

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He also confirms that this was broadly the view of those actually running the Labour campaign. He quotes Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, the ally of Peter Mandelson, as saying that Greg Cook, Labour’s in-house polling expert,Toronto Blue Jays Hats, was forecasting a Conservative majority of 20 to 30:

had conducted secret rehearsals to test how various permutations of a hung parliament might play out. Officials had staged mock negotiations between the parties with civil servants playing the roles of the leaders. This war-gaming had included one version – ‘Scenario 4′ – almost identical to where they found themselves now … ‘Scenario 4′ had ended badly when the civil servants had war-gamed it.

He reports that, during the election campaign, Tony Blair misheard someone who told him about a car that crashed into a bus shelter outside a Labour poster launch (right):

This explains,Washington Bullets Hats, Rawnsley says,Quebec Nordiques Hats, why Sir Gus “gently encouraged” the Tories and Lib Dems to reach an agreement that would provide a government with a solid parliamentary majority, knowing that the Lab-Lib alternative was less likely to be stable:

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Adebayor has made it clear he wants to move on

Lescott’s comrades in arms on that occasion were supposedly Adebayor,Levi��s Hats, Wright-Phillips, and Wayne Bridge and all four could conceivably be on the move when the transfer window opens in January.

However Mancini appeared to refute this claim in a subsequent interview:

No sooner do players arrive than they are sidelined by more expensive replacements. Roque Santa Cruz cost a cool £17.5 million when Mark Hughes signed him in June 2008 yet he was effectively replaced by £25 million Emmanuel Adebayor before he had even made his debut.

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The wealthy Arabic owners have bankrolled a series of extravagant spending sprees leaving the club with a surplus of extremely well paid professional players.

Santa Cruz has struggled to even make it onto the Manchester City substitutes bench and Mancini appears set to sanction his departure announcing that:

“I hope for him that he can go to play for another team,Milwaukee Brewers Hats, because he deserves this.”

Adebayor is hoping to be at the forefront of the Manchester City exodus and has made it abundantly clear he wants to leave,Versace Hats, a strategy which served him well at both Monaco and Arsenal. He recently claimed that a loan move to Juventus was imminent,Denver Nuggets Hats, obviously oblivious to the fact that the club are not in a position to sign any more non EU players this season under Serie A rules.

The mantra might have been quality in depth but this recruitment policy has effectively deprived a number of established internationals of first team football. The likes of Given,Miami Heat Hats, Adebayor and Santa Cruz are entitled to feel they are wasting the best years of their footballing career. Mancini will want to keep his current squad intact but with the players on the periphery becoming increasingly agitated January looks set to be an interesting month at Eastlands.

Jose Mourinho is a known admirer and with Gonzalo Higuain suffering from a long term injury Real Madrid are in need of an additional striker. Adebayor’s eligibility to play in the Champion’s League makes him an enticing option although Mourinho might be reluctant to risk upsetting the harmony at the Bernabeu by signing a player with such a long history of histrionics.

While Adebayor’s desire to depart has been well documented there is no certainty he will be allowed to move on. First team coach David Platt appeared to be under the impression his exit might be imminent stating that:

Both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United expressed an interest in Craig Bellamy in the summer but Manchester City decided to loan him to Cardiff instead. Had Bellamy joined a top team he could have been removed from the payroll altogether and Manchester City would probably have received a modest transfer fee. Instead the club chose to substantially subsidize Bellamy’s wages in order to send him to the Championship.

The Manchester City squad is bulging at the seams with expensively acquired footballers and January departures appear inevitable.

The idea of Adebayor working tirelessly on the training ground to regain his place in the team seems a little far fetched. He is far more likely to embark upon a series of petulant protests in order to precipitate a move and a January departure remains a possibility.

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Joleon Lescott cost £22 million just over a year ago but now finds himself out of favour. He is rumoured to be one of four players who confronted Roberto Mancini to protest about what they perceived to be the preferential treatment Mario Balotelli was receiving from the Manchester City manager.

Manchester City’s insatiable appetite for augmenting their existing squad has resulted in a number of other players finding themselves marginalized. Shaun Wright Phillips has been limited to just seven appearances this season and is known to be extremely restless as a result while Shay Given should not have to settle for a place on the substitutes bench at this stage of his career.

Manchester City’s wantaway star face several dilemmas. Prospective moves to rival teams will not be sanctioned so they are effectively prohibited from joining any sides in the upper echelons of the Premier League.

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“Everybody recognises that if you are not in the team you may want to move on. If it is right for Manu and right for the football club and more importantly from a business point of view, then something may happen in January.”

‘There is no chance he will go. Manu must continue to work and when he plays he must play well. If we sell one player we must have one player in.”

Fulham manager Mark Hughes would like to sign him for a third time but Santa Cruz has gone on record as saying he wants to play in Spain with Getafe favourites to secure his signature.

The club already had Carlos Tevez on the books,Texas Rangers Hats, who allegedly cost £50 million, and Hughes was never going to accommodate all three strikers in the same side. As a result Santa Cruz has been limited to 20 appearances,Kansas City Royals Hats, most of them from the substitutes bench, and has managed a grand total of four goals.

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It’s that time of the week again when we gather around the computer in excitement at the publication of the league table of top blog posts from the last seven days. Hold onto your hats…

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Apparently there are stories of ghosts in the theatre,Bape Snapback Hats, such as a man in a top hat, could you tell me a bit about that?

There’s been an awful lot of viewings and strange things, especially with this man in the top hat. Somebody played a trick where they took a picture and superimposed the man in the background, and I believed it, fell for it hook, line and sinker! But then found out it was rubbish…

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What’s been the biggest slip up you’ve had on stage?

Nothing absolutely terrible has happened, apart from forgetting lyrics in songs which has happened to me a couple of times and that’s awful. You’re stood there in front of thousands of people and you go completely blank, but both times I’ve managed to make it up and managed to make it rhyme!

What are they looking out for?

Anything goes – any theme, any subject. Short stories,San Diego Chargers Snapback Caps, poetry, any form of writing. The age range is from 5-25 so you can imagine the types of things we get through,Inter Milan Soccer Snapback Hats, it’s fantastic.

When working in theatre, when do you get time for a social life?

Honestly, not much time for a social life. It’s pretty much on a Sunday or on holiday, simply because, as boring as it sounds, late nights and partying don’t do much for your voice and even though we have all day off and we just go into the theatre about 6 o’clock in the evening, you really have to look after yourself when you’re singing  so much.

Having broken box office records around the world and received countless awards, it’s no wonder Wicked is still going strong in the West End. A year after the shiny new cast joined in 2010, they’re eager to get young people involved in writing by bringing back the Wicked Young Writers Award for a second year. Louise Dearman, who plays Glinda, talks about why encouraging young people to get into writing is important, and her time as the star of the musical that was last year awarded an Olivier Audience Award for the Most Popular Show.

What’s the most wicked thing you’ve ever done?

I’ve been asked this question before, and I was desperately trying to think of something wicked or even remotely bad that I’ve done but I can’t think of anything! I like to think there’s a bit of Glenda the Good in me.

What’s your favourite part or song in the show?

Difficult as it changes all the time. I love ‘Popular’ just because it’s such good fun, but also I love ‘For Good’ at the end, with Rachel, because it ties everything up and lots of people say they feel particularly emotional when it comes to that song.

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Could you tell me about the Wicked Young Writers Award?

We launched it last year and it had three aims, to encourage creativity, to recognise excellence in writing and to get young people involved by putting things down on paper. We’re championed by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall and best-selling children’s author Michael Morpurgo as well. Last year lots of the Wicked cast got involved and we read a lot of the pieces from the finalists in the theatre. We then had a presentation ceremony which was fantastic – the work these young people came up with was incredible, so we absolutely had to do it again this year.

Wicked was this year named Best West End Show by Whatsonstage.com for the second time in a row. What do you think is its appeal?

It was all inspired by the novel by Gregory Maguire. Of course everybody knows about The Wizard of Oz, but the special thing about Wicked, I think, is that it’s all about what happened before, during and after. It’s a completely new take on the characters of Glinda and the Elphaba, Wicked Witch of the West. I think the music, the story, the set design, everything comes together to make a phenomenal piece of theatre. It is absolutely mind-blowing.

How much rehearsal time did you have for Wicked?

We had a month’s rehearsal, which seems like a long time but for such an enormous show,Los Angeles Dodgers Hats, it’s quite pacey,iBet Blackpool’s attacking style makes for a goo, there’s an awful lot to absorb and a lot to take in. But we got there, obviously!

Would you like it to continue then?

Never say never!

Young people also really relate to the story: whether it’s Glinda, the most popular girl at school who eventually learns to not to judge a book by its cover; or Elphaba,NFL St. Louis Rams Reebok Hats, the outcast who is different to everybody else. It teaches young people that it’s OK to be different. Rachel Tucker (who plays Elphaba) and I receive so many letters from young people going through difficult times and it’s lovely to be able to reply to them.

Has an audience member ever done anything to really put you off?

Every now and then you’ll get people on their own laughing out loud and you think “Ooh,Toronto Maple Leafs Hats, ok,Snapback Hats!”. Sometimes the phone rings, that’s an annoying one, which is why people should listen at the beginning when they ask for mobile phones to be switched off.

How often do the standbys get to perform and what do they do when they’re not?

Our wonderful standbys. People think is an incredible job, but I think is a really tough job. They are in the theatre every single day and they warm up with us. If one of us gets injured or loses our voice,Denver Nuggets Hats, they have to just be thrown on. Although they might get to sit and watch TV, they have to be absolutely ready to go if something happens. They don’t have to come on often during a show, most of the time it’s if one of us is on holiday or is ill. With a show like Wicked, if you can’t hit the notes you simply can’t go on.

What would be your dream part to play?

I’ve been very lucky actually, and ticked most of my boxes. I’d love to do another fun, quirky role, maybe something like Legally Blonde or Roxy in Chicago, I’ve loved that since back in the day when I went to see it with Ruthie Henshall.

How much longer will you be in the show?

I’m contracted until December 10th this year so we’ll see whether that continues or not. I joined the cast of Wicked last year at the end of March,Detroit Tigers Hats, so we’ve just done our first year in the show.

Apart from Wicked, what’s your favourite musical and song?

Oh my gosh, um, a show that I did and adored was Guys and Dolls, and I love performing as Sarah Brown.

People are cycling all round London, seeing the sights and gumming up the pavements, their little legs a blur as they contend with the bikes’ ridiculously low gear settings. They’re healthy, they take the heat off our crippled public transport network, and they look nice. Win-win, and no evidence of the Illuminati at all,http://usuarios.multimania.es/hao999/bbs/read.php?tid=680535, surely?

Well, not if you’re running for office in the US, it seems.

He is, I hardly need add, a Tea Party favourite. He’s for things like tax cuts, guns,cheap red bull hats, axing health care and Jesus. He is also the leading Republican candidate, and looks set to win his party’s gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday.

In today’s gentle look at the American lunatic fringe, we will be examining the sinister links between cycling and the impending one-world government of the New World Order.

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And these are the guys who would rule the Free World.

*  well, most people amongst my rarefied circle of Liberal media elites.

“This is all very well-disguised, but it will be exposed,” Maes told a small crowd at a recent rally. “This is bigger than it looks on the surface,http://bbs.31expo.com/forum-10-1.html, and it could threaten our personal freedoms,” he later added.

There’s a similar hire-scheme in Denver, inculcated by Maes’ Democratic opponent and the city’s current mayor John Hickenlooper – and Maes does not like it one bit. In fact, the plan is ‘converting Denver into a United Nations community’.

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And if you thought,red bull hats, as he once did, that these policies were just innocent means to promote exercise and environmental responsibility, well, you can just think again, buddy: “that’s exactly the attitude they want you to have.”

Dan Maes, frontrunner for the Republican nomination for the Governorship of the State of Colorado,http://it.nankai.edu.cn/cpp/Review.asp?NewsID=219, reckons that bike-hire problems are actually the leading edge of the U.N.’s grand conspiracy to take over the world.

Then there’s the little matter of Tom Tancredo, a former Colorado congressman incensed that he isn’t getting the Republican nod for Governor, who has decided to run on behalf of the Constitution Party. If he goes through with this, he’ll neatly split the Republican vote and leave Hickenlooper – whose chops will be worn down to the bone by this point – an even clearer run at the job.

This, of course, is a good thing. It won’t be hard for Hickenlooper, who is undoubtedly licking his chops raw even as I type, to blast the deranged Maes from every angle. In fact the policy section of his own website practically does it for him – it’ll be wildly popular with the third of the electorate who support him, and will turn the stomachs of the moderate majority, who simply aren’t as frothing as he is.

Maes is referring to Denver’s membership of the UN-run International Council for Environmental Issues – an international association of local governments who have made a commitment to sustainable development, which Denver joined in 1992. The UN, of course, is just a front designed to quietly usher in the New World Order.

All you need to know about Tancredo is that he once described Barack Obama as “…the greatest threat to the United States today,http://www.runanet.com/bicycle/2010/10/-fizik-aliante.html#comments,Houston Astros Hats,http://www.secos.it/forum/index.php?topic=341017.msg408698#msg408698, the greatest threat to our liberty, the greatest threat to the Constitution of the United States, the greatest threat to our way of life; everything we believe in. The greatest threat to the country that our founding fathers put together is the man that’s sitting in the White House today.”

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They meet a Man City side in decent form – no defeats in seven – but a team who also seem to find it hard to put teams away at the City of Manchester stadium. Even though they are third and can go top tonight,New York Jets, no-one in the Premiership has scored fewer home league goals than City (8). But they have also conceded the least (5).

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There are other artists that do this in less obvious ways on the underground dubstep scene. It has been said that Girl Unit’s ‘Wut’ is a sad affair; hollow, sweet voiced vulnerable vocals, and overpowering drops. I can’t put my finger on exactly why it feels so sad, but rest assured, full of joy it ain’t. Jai Paul, also deep in the depths of the underground, has built a following on what appears to be essentially, two songs on his myspace (if you’re reading this, please remedy!) where he sings on ‘BTSTU’ , ‘I’m back and I want what is mine’ a track about heartbreak, and the almost saccharine vocals are syrupy sweet goodness are juxtaposed alongside almost violent beat interjections, but they work perfectly,http://soph.jp/MT/archives/2010/11/26212801.php#comments, sort of like seeing a small kitty being kicked by a very heavy, very amazing boot.

Indulging ourselves in emotion on the dancefloor, has paved a way for a new release – catharsis. So are we the cathartic generation? The last 3 raves I’ve attended have had a heady dose of stripped back beats and quivering bottom lips,http://www.fish001.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=20390&extra=, while ravers have bought the pain of break ups to a dubstep rave (cue moist faces full of tears, not sweat.)

Of course, there have always been somewhat melancholic musicians (Portishead/Lamb/Radiohead anyone?) but never before have they captured the mainstream dance scene so captively. FACT mag describe Deadboy as famously being ‘music to cry on the dancefloor to’- a moniker that could fit easily with a host of dance artists in the pop and underground realm.

2011 has seen a massive wave of underground dance acts from the dubstep/experimental world into Pop, and with it has bought high tempo dance beats, complete with sombre lyrics, and muted melodies. Whether its Robyn stalking an ex on the dancefloor, Ghostpoet’s stoical road to success in the city, or James Blake pining over a limited love, dance music is staging a takeover in the clubs- just not a very happy one.

Adele, on the other hand, makes no allowances of the fact that she’s essentially, made an album to sit and lip quiver to. Deeply emotive, and remixed from everyone to Cousin Cole, to the great dubstep drops from Jamie XX, her album tracks are a club staple, emotional, beautiful, and best enjoyed alongside a deep sigh. While the downbeat collaboration of Jamie XX’s other track with Gil Scott Heron, ‘NY York is killing me’ is an almost painful recollection of urban life that fails to raise a smile, but sounds great.

So much has been written about James Blake’s understated beats and haunting voice, its seems almost too obvious to point out the effect of the delayed pauses in ‘The Wilhelm Scream’ or the uncomfortable build up in ‘Limit to your love’ that touches a nerve somewhere deep inside, but in no way aims to reach for a smile. After an hour of Blake, it’s safe to say that joyful laughter seems like a alien concept – I felt like a hollow shell of sorts, albeit with a stirred emotion, but no laughs. No laughs at all.

In terms of mainstream female takes on emotion, perhaps unsurprisingly,http://live380.com/members/home, the women know their heartbreak. Lyrics that could be straight out of a classic pop ballad in Katy B’s ‘Perfect Stranger’ (feat. Magnetic Man) with accompanying video is quite a forlorn tale of unrequited love (who hasn’t been there) which is an old single now,Longchamp Tote Large, but is still doing the club playlist rounds.

Smiling disco divas turn back – the dancefloors have had a melancholic makeover- but still upbeat enough to simultaneously dance and cry to. The arguable leader of the pack is James Blake,Longchamp bags sale, who burst (well, shuffled uncomfortably) onto the scene towards the latter end of last year, dropping bassy beats with some of the most solemn tones this side of the mainstream.

In the more pop realms, Robyn, the darling of European dance, is far more upbeat in her tone but equally heartbreaking-these are lyrics that will pierce your heart- if you’ve been there, you’ll know what I mean: ‘I’m in the corner,cheap new era hats, watching you kiss her…’ from ‘Dancing on my own’ is almost sinister in its pain, you can almost smell the salty tears rolling down her face as you listen. Although she provides a sense of jubilation at the air-punching tempo change mid through, almost taking delight in dancing solo,http://www.116315.net/plus/view.php?aid=128189,Longchamp Backpack, it doesn’t do enough to mop up the teary mess. The album ‘Body Talk Part One’ released in 2010 is old now, but the singles are still a staple on the dancefloors, and they don’t get much happier with gems like ‘With every heartbeat’ and ‘Hang with me’.

Experimental hip hopper Ghostpoet with his album ‘Peanut butter and Melancholy Jam’ provides a lens into the stoicism of drudging through the city. The female vocals on ‘Survive It’ is less a desperate plea, more an apathetic musing on the blackness of living mechanically day to day; a soundtrack to depression might be a harsh but more fitting description. That by no means takes away from the musical prowess of the album as a whole-quite the opposite-melancholy is celebrated throughout, and its honesty is precisely the reason it works.

So is this is a real move into melancholy or just an attempt to contain the current sound stream of downbeat (in every sense) tracks? I wouldn’t want to deconstruct too much for fear of losing the joy of listening, but it might make sense that in these dark days of cuts,wholesale dc hats, high cost urban living, and political heartbreak, that music might respond to a downhearted climate. We need the beats now, more than ever, and they deserve applause for providing a real reflection of how we feel. The over-arching message is this: things are shit, but the music isn’t. It seems melancholic dance has arrived and it’s here to stay. I couldn’t be happier.

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President Obama praised Ms Warren “a janitor’s daughter who has become one of the country’s fiercest advocates for the middle class… [who] has seen financial struggles and foreclosures affect her own family”.,http://www.phoenixlitigationlawyerblog.com/2011/06/insurance-news---new-ama-health-insurer-report-card-finds-increasing-inaccuracy-in-claims-payment.html#comments

And he warned Wall Street:

It was watching Maxed Out that I first came across Ms Warren, one of the foremost experts on how credit companies lure vulnerable customers into impossible debt. Outrage burns in her,http://doinging.matsudatakuya.org/20090819-juvenescence-is-not-beauty-time-goes-by.html#comments, as you can see in a clip from the movie available here.

(Photo: Barack Obama makes his way through the Colonnade with Elizabeth Warren to the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Agree: 57% Lib Dem voters 42%

Replacing student tuition fees with a tax on all graduates

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Support: 24% Lib Dem supporters 24%

Disagree: 64% LD voters 47%

Oppose: 30% LD supporters 37%

The spending cuts proposed by the Coalition Government go too far

Oppose: 64% LD supporters 57%

Oppose: 40% LD supporters 34%

Support: 43% Lib Dem supporters 50%

Agree: 52% Lib Dem supporters 48%

ComRes interviewed a sample of 2,Chicago Blackhawks Hats,028 GB adults online 14-16 September 2010. Full tables at ComRes. This is ComRes’s first published online voting intention poll. ComRes is running both telephone and online methodologies concurrently and is the only polling company to publish results using both methods.

I would have voted differently at the election if I had known that the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives would enter into a coalition

Agree: 19% Lib Dem voters 40%

Agree: 54% Lib Dem supporters 64%

Disagree: 51% (was 42% in July 2009)

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A ComRes poll for The Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror tomorrow finds that 52% of people who voted Lib Dem say Clegg has “sold out”,Philadelphia Eagles Hats, and 40% say they would have voted differently if they had known about the coalition with the Conservatives.

Oppose: 59% LD supporters 59%

The poll defines the scale of the problem faced by Nick Clegg (right) as he tries to reposition his party after losing such a large chunk of his anti-Tory supporters.

Disagree: 26% LD supporters 25%

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Disagree: 31% LD voters 47%

The Government commitment to cuts across spending departments of up to 40%

The Conservatives have more to gain than the Liberal Democrats by being in the coalition

Con      37% (-1)

Lab       35% (+1)

LD        15% (-3)

Other    13% (+3)

(“Lib Dem voters” say they voted Lib Dem in 2010. In subsequent questions,Billabong Hats, “Lib Dem supporters” refers to respondents who say they would vote Lib Dem in a general election tomorrow.)

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Support: 26% Lib Dem supporters 35%

Disagree: 28% (47% May) LD voters 32%

Disagree: 32% LD supporters 37%

Oppose: 34% LD supporters 27%

Support: 34% Lib Dem supporters 41%

Building new nuclear power stations

Raising VAT to 20%

Renewing Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine fleet

Support: 48% Lib Dem supporters 45%

Oppose: 50% LD supporters 63%

Agree: 37%  (was 53% in July 2009)

I don’t really know what David Cameron stands for

Support: 24% Lib Dem supporters 19%

(Change since ComRes poll for The Independent 7 September in brackets.)

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Agree: 52% (41% May) Lib Dem voters 52%

Minor parties like the Greens and UKIP might increase their share of the vote but they will still struggle to win seats. The influence of minor parties will grow by virtue of the major parties seeking their second preference votes but extremist parties like the BNP will be penalised by AV and their recycled votes will not influence election outcomes.

Earlier this year,red bull hats sale, IPPR published a report assessing First-Past-the-Post and found that the last election was decided in just 111 constituencies by fewer than 460,HOT Styles,000 voters – just 1.6 per cent of the electorate. No wonder that one in five voters say they have engaged in ‘tactical voting’ and voted for their second choice under the current voting system.

Supporters of AV often over state their case. AV is not a proportional system and it will not increase voter turn-out but it is a better system than First-Past-the-Post at reflecting the pluralism of the modern electorate. There is no such thing as a perfect electoral system but AV will make politics more competitive and make politicians appeal for votes from a wider section of society.

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Tribal British voters are a dying breed. New polling by YouGov for IPPR shows that almost two thirds of voters say that more than one political party represents their views and values. Less than one in five say that only one party comes close to reflecting their views and values and that they are strongly opposed to all others. It’s not just retail politics,http://zgbz.sclub.com.tw/viewthread.php?tid=2227&extra=, it seems that British voters are becoming more promiscuous as they become less tribal.

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The Old Blue Last – one of east London’s top pub/music venues – is celebrating its 310th birthday this week and is inviting readers of The Independent along to the celebrations.

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1984: The title of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, featured in the lyrics of The Arctic Monkey’s hit I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor, and perhaps most significantly of all (for my mum anyway),Indianapolis Colts Snapback Caps, the year that I was born. But from a topical point of view, it was the year that the Home International tournament was killed off.

Meanwhile England are ranked sixth in the world (according to Fifa’s latest charts), so go into any tournament as strong a favourite as when David Haye fought Audley Harrison. And like that shameful excuse for a fight, a win for the favourite will add little to their reputation.

England and Scotland pictured at Hampden in 1984

On the flip side a defeat would be excruciatingly embarrassing. It would also coincide with the honeymoon period of a new England manager, with Fabio Capello stepping down in 2012.

Wales are currently ranked 113th in the world (between Suriname and Central African Republic),Richard Littlejohn thinks the suicides in Chinese factories are really, really f, Scotland are a somewhat more respectable 52nd, while Northern Ireland’s greatest hero of recent years has been David Healy.

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Now discussions about reviving it are taking place, seemingly for a one-off edition, in 2013. The drive (excuse the pun) behind its return is coming from England’s new sponsors Vauxhall. Incidentally,Puma Hats, the car manufacturer has also just become the lead sponsor of Wales and is in the process of setting up similar deals with Scotland and Northern Ireland. Very convenient.

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Like Kate, his wife-to be, Jetsun Pema, is a commoner,Arizona Cardinals, the daughter of an airline pilot but with distant royal connections, who was educated in India and the UK as well as Bhutan.

Jetsun Pema was not in the ornate parliament building, but watched the ceremony from her home on television, waiting for her fiancé’s mobile phone call after the deed was done. Later, in the evening, she made her first appearance as her future husband’s fiancée, at a dinner to open Mountain Echoes,Inter Milan Soccer Snapback Hats, an annual India–Bhutan literary festival that starts tomorrow under the patronage of the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck.

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The programme said that at 11am “His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo [Dragon King] addresses the Parliament”, adding curiously in brackets: “If it pleases His Majesty to address the Parliament” – a remnant of an absolute monarchy, I imagine, where the King cannot be commanded!

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King Jigme – known in Bhutan as K5,G-Star Hats, the fifth king – is steering his country into a developed democracy which also meets the goals of Gross National Happiness (GNH). The happiness aims – focussing on goals such as good governance and protecting the environment as well as economic growth, was set some 30 years ago by his father – King Jigme Singye Wangchuck – who told me about them in a 1987 interview

William and Kate’s wedding was also billed as being modest and not grand, in keeping with Britain’s economic constraints, but that did not stop it being a spectacular event watched by hundreds of millions of people on television around the world.

He then had a “small announcement” for the people – it was, he said, “time for me to marry”. He had chosen Jetsun Pema (together above,Lacoste Hats, in an official photo),Tennessee Titans Hats, who was in his eyes “beautiful, humble, kind and compassionate” as well as “warm and kind in heart and character”.

The wedding announcement came at the opening of the parliament’s seventh session – parliamentary democracy was only introduced in 2008 when Bhutan took the huge step of moving from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy.

The wedding will take place in October when this tiny remote Himalayan kingdom of just 700,000 people, squeezed between India and China, will celebrate the marriage of a young man who combines the revered status of a monarch with informality,Louis Vuitton Hats, modesty and active concern for his country’s development.

King Jigme‘s wedding will not capture the same television audience,NFL Arizona Cardinals Reebok Hats, but the setting of Bhutan and the elegance of its Buddhist buildings and national costumes and traditions, ensure that it will have grandeur and style, plus the king’s instinctive informality.

Bhutan’s 31 year-old King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck this morning told his country’s parliament that he would be getting married “later this year”.

THIMPU: There will be another royal wedding later this year to rival the colour and pageantry of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton’s a marriage a few weeks ago.

The wedding, the king said, should not be a “grand celebration” but would be “simple in keeping with our age old traditions”. He was urged however by Tshering Tobgay, the leader of the parliamentary opposition, to have a large ceremony that could be enjoyed by people from all over the country.

Later he told me that he had felt quite nervous announcing his planned marriage – it was easier to talk about matters of state that such a personal event, he said.

The king,Fulham hope to deepen Liverpool gloom with unlikely Anfield result Brian Sears, who was crowned in November 2008, arrived in a procession (chibdrel) to the tune of long trumpets or horns. He knelt and kissed the parliament’s floor three times,St.Louis Cardinals Hats, then ascended his large golden throne. To the accompaniment of deep-throated slow chanting, a welcome ceremony (Zhugdrel Phuensum Tshogpai) was conducted with the members of parliament being given food, drink and token envelopes of money.

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It’s Copa Del Ray night in Spain. Mallorca and Almeria produced a 4-3 in the first leg and with the strikers obviously fancying their chances,http://www.cchb114.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=342764&extra=,New York Yankees Hats, second legs tending to produce more goals generally and neither manager having a pressing need to change tactics,monster energy hats, we should expect the goals to flow again. It’s even money to lay under 2.5 goals. Kick off 3pm.

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However, all eight of the home games played by Juventus have finished over the 1.5 goals line, while seven of the eight away games involving their opponents tonight Parma, have featured at least two goals.

Indeed Juventus have scored more goals (32) than any other team in the division. They are also the most prolific scorers at home with 19 at the Stadio Olympico.

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It suggests that the price to lay under 1.5 goals with Betfair of around 3.3 to one might be a big of value. Note that the game kicks off at 11.30am.

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We’re counting down to the Cheltenham Festival starting on March 15th and there are prices up on all the races. Those looking for ante post bets could do worse than back Big Bucks for the World Hurdle with Quevaga for the David Nicholson Mares Hurdle. The double pays 4 to one.

Stoke are having a good season and that’s mainly down to their home form – they have won seven of their 13 games at the Britannia Stadium where they are very solid (that’s the same number as Spurs). They have won four of their last six home games including wins against Everton,Miami Heat Hats, Bolton and Sunderland and this year have only lost by the odd goal to Arsenal and Man Utd. West Brom are in trouble. They sit bottom of the ten-match form table – a period during which they have only won one game (against Blackpool) and conceded 23 goals. Stoke look capable of over-powering them and there may well be goals as well.

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Looking and playing like an anime version of Konami favourite Contra III there’s plenty to like about Hard Corps: Uprising. A side scrolling shoot-em-up in which one or two-players assume the role of crack soldiers intent on foiling an enemy invasions single-handedly – and boy, do they know how to invade – you’ll find yourself dodging, jumping and countering bullets in a frantic bid to stay alive. Luckily your armoury consist of some devastating weapons, and each play through yields CP points used to boost the stats of your chosen soldier providing even more reason for just ‘one more go’.

Price: £29.99

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Price: £6.80 (800 MS Points)

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Publisher: Konami

Sequel to 2009’s Dragon Age: Origins – but with just as much in common with BioWare’s other major RPG franchise Mass Effect – Dragon Age 2 sees a return to ‘ye olde’ fantasy role-playing. The level of depth here is abyss-like, with story quests, side-quests, character sub-plots and accidental happenings all contributing to an impressively ambitious gaming world. You play as Hawke, the soon to be Champion of Kirkwall,http://www.dpzx.net/bbs/forumdisplay.php?fid=6, for whom you can select, gender, class (rogue,Monster Energy Hats, warrior or mage),http://it.nankai.edu.cn/cpp/Review.asp?NewsID=233, and even import your Origins save game to truly tailor your experience. Morality once again plays a huge part, with the game throwing a wide variety of choices at you to determine who lives and prospers, who suffers and dies. Perhaps inevitably for a so vast a game, dialogue can have a tendency to slip into cliché while visuals – on consoles at least – could be crisper and more vibrant, but there’s enough here to engulf anyone’s spare time for a long while to come.

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Still the whole premise does have some slightly sinister overtones (that maybe only geeks would appreciate), as I can’t help but think of similarities between ‘Truth or Lies’ and the Voight-Kampff replicant detector as seen in ‘Bladerunner’. “You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down…”

An impressive enough idea and even better if it’s pulled off correctly,http://pink-kitten.chu.jp/2012/03/the-beigeblack-wynette.html#comments, but what I was more surprised at was the eagerness of the assembled gaming press to stand up and have a go. The traditionally held view of gamers – that we’re the disenfranchised, introverted and geeky youth – surely can’t be perpetuated for much longer as games evolve to become extensions of social networking, used by an ever increasing cross-section of society and are increasingly the entertainment of choice for families.

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The final title at the event was ‘Truth or Lies’ a high-concept party game for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii which takes the basic principles of teenage pastime ‘truth or dare’ and combines them with supposedly accurate lie detector software. By answering a series of questions to establish a base-rate of you when speaking calmly the game can detect when you are lying simply by the tone of your voice. Obviously the perfect fodder for embarrassing your mates,Houston Astros Hats, particularly during the rounds where it’s your friends asking the questions directly.

‘WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011′ didn’t look very different from previous WWE games though I’m sure fans will lap it up; Megamind is a shooter based on Dreamwork’s satirical superhero cartoon; ‘The Last Airbender’ is a Wii and DS-only action adventure which, again, might only appeal to fans of the coming movie; ‘Wheel of Fortune’ for Wii played exactly how you might expect and ‘De Blob: The Underground’ for Wii looked every inch the equal of its great but overlooked predecessor (but was suffering from issues when I visited so I was unable to play it).

Mid-July, the end of one of the hottest weeks on record, what better time for games publishers to unveil their Christmas line ups? Last Friday it was the turn of THQ to reveal their incoming games,New York Yankees Hats, which in truth were something of a mixed bag.

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The passion and confidence of the tourists squad is higher than it has been in years, and despite Cricket Australia ringing the changes at every opportunity,New York Mets Hats, it seems England are on the march to victory.

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Mitchell Johnson (62) went out guns blazing to temporarily put Steven Finn (2-86) and Graeme Swann (2-52) on the back foot. But after a brief spell of Australian tail-wagging the day belonged to a clinical England once again.

The Australian’s do not have fond memories of the Durham all-rounder, with Matt Hayden and Ponting again falling to his terrific abilities in matches past. Following on from the recalled Phil Hughes (2) dismissal,Denver Broncos Hats, Ponting left the field in a state of disarray after his brief stint left the fragile Aussies on 17-2.

From thereon in it would prove a fruitless first session for the Baggy Greens’ as England’s seam attack  ripped through a fragile and somewhat nervous batting line-up. Chris Tremlett (3-63),Longchamp Handbags Medium, recalled to the squad after three years,Boston Celtics Hats, merited his selection with some fine bowling that utilised the bounce and pace of the flat track.

But of the 11 Test matches England have played at the Waca,New York Giants, their sole victory came in 1978, and that is a heavy weight that Strauss’s men seem confident in removing from their shoulders.

Paul Collingwood is known for his spectacular catching ability, and at the end of day one he had put another nail in the coffin of Ricky Ponting’s (12) captaincy. Having already edged through the vacant fourth slip area without scoring the Aussie skipper almost gained another reprieve but for the athletic Collingwood who plucked a sumptuous one-handed catch off a ball that was travelling.

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Another game that smacks of goals tonight takes place in the Italian capital, where Roma entertain Inter. The price to lay under 1.5 goals is around 3.5 to one. When they met at the San Siro on February 6, the game finished 5-3.

Lay under 1.5 goals at 3.2 to one

Newcastle home games are much more prolific than their away fixtures. Their 16 fixtures at St James’ Park have seen 59 goals at an average of around 3.7 goals a game. Only Man Utd have scored more goals at home than the Geordies but Newcastle do have a weak defence, with only five teams having conceded more times on home soil. Man Utd have actually been quite inconsistent away from home this season,http://family.wanan.com.tw/duomocity/viewthread.php?tid=795464&extra=, although they have been getting stronger in the latter stages of the season, as they always seem to. Unusually for the Reds they have conceded more than Arsenal,http://www.gizmodo.jp/2012/03/board_2012_3.html#comments, Chelsea, Man City,Houston Astros Hats, Everton and even Fulham away from home,cheap hats, but they have often fought back and the average number of goals in Man Utd away fixtures is 3.18. Newcastle are as good as safe and might as well go for it,Racing-hats,http://soph.jp/MT/archives/2010/11/27221734.php#comments, and with in-form Wayne Rooney back there should be at least two goals.

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As always, there are regional variations and in particular London sees buyer demand continuing to push prices upwards.

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So what are ’serious sales’ tactics? Rightmove suggest a low/realistic price – pointing out that in this internet age, it’s quick and easy for buyers to discover the true price of homes in your neighbourhood; pushing the ‘added value’ of your home in order to encourage interest; and “polish till it sparkles” – Mr Shipside advised: “Immaculately prepared and presented property gems not only stand out,Games review roundup Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood God of War Ghost of Sparta Sonic Colours The , but give less reason for buyers to squeeze you on price.”

I don’t suppose I’m the only property writer who has glimpsed with a certain amount of horror the pictures of some homes for sale showing uncut lawns, bare or untidy rooms and even dirty crockery in the sink. If the seller doesn’t realise this will hinder a sale,NFL Arizona Cardinals Reebok Hats, then surely it’s up to the estate agent to advise.

Miles Shipside,Levi��s Hats, director of Rightmove,Winnipeg Jets Hats, said: “With buyers still struggling to raise the necessary finance,Longchamp Backpack, the net result has been the biggest jump in unsold stock on agents’ books that we have recorded in nearly four years. While stock levels normally increase during the first half of the year, this is a larger increase than normal. With government cuts starting to bite and interest rate rises still expected in the second half of the year, those who are serious about selling should look to price more keenly in the spring selling season”.

It’s a spring selling season distorted by Easter holidays,Inter Milan Soccer Snapback Hats, bank holidays and a royal wedding and Mr Shipside has urged sellers to embrace ’serious sales’ tactics if they wish to achieve a sale.

He added: “On a positive note,Longchamp bags sale, the fact that many new sellers feel they have the confidence to test the market at substantially higher prices shows that the Damoclean sword of cut-throat competition from distressed sales has yet to fall on sellers’ initial price expectations. This gives serious sellers and in-tune estate agents the opportunity to price below their less realistic competitors and stand out as offering better value to deposit-strapped buyers. The negative consequences for the market are a longer period of adjustment in buyer affordability and lower sales transaction volumes”

In particular, the survey points to a 1.7 per cent month on month increase in asking prices but the paucity of buyers means a jump in agents’ unsold stock.

THE April edition of the Rightmove House Price Index contains some fascinating insights into the housing market in the UK at the moment.

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