Both Dave and I are grateful to have met Bill and have no regrets about the services that they provided. His dedication, helpful guidance, hard work, continuous follow-up and patience found us the condo that we will be happy to reside in the years to come. The recommendations for our lawyer's service made for a no-hassle seamless purchase, the recommendation for the home inspection services and honesty about the reserved funds on another property ensured that we did not purchase something that we would have regretted further on down the road.
My husband and I can honestly say that Bill and Arlene are two of the nicest and hardworking people that made us feel welcome in our transition to the big city. The follow-up after the purchase with details about the city and happening events is most appreciated and hope that we can continue our relationship as friends.
Thank you once again, you are a super team and if we decide to sell the condo down the road, we will be calling on your services.
Bill was exactly the agent we needed when we decided to sell our home and find a new place to start fresh. He remained in constant contact with us, no matter what time of day or night. He was able help us navigate the purchase and sale, answering all of our questions along the way. We felt that both Bill and Arlene were looking out for our best interests at all times. Bill was upfront and honest, which made so much of the process easier to have an agent you could trust and respect. We are so thankful to have met Bill and Arlene on this journey and highly recommend them to any potential client!
We bought our first home with Bill and Arlene this year, and we couldn't be happier with the home we bought. As first time buyers, we didn't really know much about buying a home and the process seemed intimidating, but we found the process working with Bill and Arlene to be excellent, from the start of the search process through to closing they were able to help us every step of the way. We really couldn't have asked for a better agent, and wholeheartedly recommend working with Bill. As some of our friends and family get older and start having families and buy houses, we'll be recommending you guys for sure!
Bill recently helped with the sale of our father's home during a particularly difficult period of time. Due to failing health, our father had to move to a nursing home and his house had to be put up for sale. Bill and his trusty assistant, Arlene, helped get the home ready for sale by finding reliable contractors to spruce the place up and make it presentable. Bill met with our father to explain the process throughout and he obtained a great sale price, well above asking. Bill is a competent and reliable professional and we highly recommend him to others.
Our family has bought two properties with Bill and sold one with his help also. We are currently looking for another property and have contacted Bill because he listens to what we would like and looks for that in the properties for sale. I would highly recommend Bill as a realtor you can depend on to find your perfect home.
Thank you very much for all your help. You should get real estate of the year award! I have never had any agent go beyond and above like you.
Bill is the best realtor I have ever worked with. I'm an investor and have found Bill to be pleasant, smart and very helpful.
Bill was a professional, honest and trustworthy agent who I could rely on. Bill worked tirelessly to find me the home that I could see myself in.
Thanks again for everything throughout this whole process we couldn't have asked for a better agent.
My husband and I were looking for our first home in the Hamilton area. We soon after found Bill Beattie and knew from the first time we met, he was the right realtor for us! As first time home buyers, Bill Beattie's patience and expertise made our first home buying experience extremely positive and fun! Not only did he genuinely care about finding the right house for us, his thorough knowledge of Hamilton and of the real estate market helped us to find our dream home! We will definitely recommend Bill Beattie's realtor service to our friends and family, because we trust his expertise and know he will also find them the perfect home!
We used Bill Beattie to sell our home. Bill was the consummate professional. Not only is he a very friendly person, but he is a man who is honest, hard working, has great integrity and brings a wealth of knowledge to his clients. I highly recommend Bill for all of your real estate needs.
We have enjoyed working with Bill Beattie for more than two years now. My Partner first contacted Bill through Google from North Carolina along with 5 other realtors asking if they also covered rentals. Not only was Bill the only realtor to answer her, but he did so within 10 minutes. That is the kind of responsiveness we wanted working for us.
Over the next year and a half we found ourselves easily developing a friendship with Bill and his wife, Arlene. At that point we availed Bill for real estate services as we were now in the market for a house and ready to leave our apartment in Burlington. Bill knew all the Hamilton neighbourhoods, being a Hamiltonian himself, and was also quite conversant on the surrounding villages, towns and cities such as Oakville, Burlington, Stoney Creek, Ancaster, Aldershot, Dundas and Beamsville. He was patient with our suggestions and ideas and quite open to our wants and needs. Bill's recommendations on neighbourhoods and his proficiency on social media made keeping in contact easy and especially effective for letting us know about new listings. The market was swift; houses selling the morning after they'd been listed. We persevered and Bill got us our "dream home", a beautiful "English Cottage" on the "Brow" with driveway, garage, and fenced in backyard. All this, despite competitive bids, without giving away the farm. Dogs are delighted and we are very happy.
We called upon Bill Beattie to assist our neighbour who is a senior, with the sale fo their home. Our neighbour was very nervous about the procedure and trusted us to help him to find someone that he would be comfortable dealing with and could trust. Bill was a great fit. He explained everything that had to be signed and took care of all the details. Bill was able to sell the house for him within a month with a fast closing date. Our neighbour was very pleased and we were happy to connect them.
We bought our first house and had Bill as our agent. He took his time, showed us many places before we landed on the right place to buy. Bill was always the first person to point out any issues with the house or things we might want to get checked out before buying.
His team provided a lot of valuable resources about the area and selling prices and had good understanding on what the value of the houses we saw were and if the price was right or too high.
A year and half later and we love our new home, everything from the neighborhood to the house itself. Would definitely give him a call if we were selling or buying another house.
In 2012, my husband and I worked with Bill to buy our very first home. I was nervous about everything from getting the paperwork in order to finding an electrician. Bill was amazing!!! He met with us to outline the entire process of searching for and purchasing a house, never pressured us to make a decision or buy something more expensive than we wanted, and gave us lots of information to consider which helped us make our final decision. We went through the process of putting in an offer that wasn't accepted, but Bill helped us keep searching until something even better came along. He was friendly and comforting, and even helped us find our home inspector, lawyer, and electrician before moving in. We've kept in touch and to this day I'd still feel comfortable asking him for a recommendation on a service provider. If we ever decide to sell, there's no one else we'd work with. His service and commitment were truly above and beyond anything we could have expected.


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McDermott Secures Landmark Jury Win Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act; Verdict is First of its Kind
Firm Secures Significant Victory for jam-maker Dalmatia Import Group, Inc.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Intellectual Property Patent Litigation Food, Beverage & Agribusiness Food, Beverage & Agribusiness Litigation Intellectual Property Antitrust Trademark and False Advertising Litigation United States Trade Secrets Litigation
WASHINGTON, DC (February 27, 2017) — Litigators from international law firm McDermott Will & Emery secured a decisive victory on behalf of specialty food company Dalmatia Import Group, Inc. ("Dalmatia") in the case of Dalmatia Import Group, Inc. v. FoodMatch Inc. et al. The landmark verdict is the first obtained by any law firm under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, which was signed into law in 2016.
On February 24, 2017 the jury handed down its verdict in favor of Dalmatia in a bet-the-company matter involving trade secret, trademark infringement, and counterfeiting claims surrounding Dalmatia's award-winning fig spread. Dalmatia is the market leader in specialty fig jam products found in grocery stores and gourmet food shops across the country. A year ago, Dalmatia discovered that its former business partners, New York-based FoodMatch, Inc. and Pennsylvania-based Lancaster Fine Foods, Inc., were working together to launch an impersonator jam called "Divina fig spread." Around that same time, Dalmatia also learned that those same business partners had sold and distributed fig spread under Dalmatia's label that was rejected for sale by Dalmatia, and, in other instances, produced and sold fig spread under Dalmatia's label in Dalmatia's trademark jars without Dalmatia's knowledge or consent.
Throughout 2016, McDermott battled in the Southern District of New York, in arbitration, and in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where the case culminated in a four week jury trial. After deliberations, the federal jury found FoodMatch and Lancaster liable for misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark infringement, and counterfeiting. The jury's verdict will lead to entry of a judgment exceeding $5 million dollars, along with an injunction preventing future use of Dalmatia's trade secrets.
"McDermott's trial team was on the cutting edge of the interpretation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, and I was proud to watch our lawyers in action while ultimately achieving a complete victory for the client." said Sarah Columbia, global head of McDermott's Intellectual Property Practice.
The trial took place in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under docket number 16-cv-02767. The case was tried by partner Michael S. Nadel, Natalie Bennett, and Jennifer Routh from the Firm's Washington, DC office, along with Lauren Handel of the Handel Food Law Firm.
About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.
Jenna Gatski Einstein
jgatskieinstein@mwe.com
Sarah Chapin Columbia
Partner | Boston
Michael S. Nadel
Partner | Washington, DC
Jennifer B. Routh
Associate | Washington, DC

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Despite issuing a handful of presidential actions for the month of June, the White House remained deafeningly silent on one particular celebration. For the second year in a row, the Trump White House failed to recognize LGBTQ Pride month; meanwhile, the State Department issued a fairly benign celebratory notice.
In his statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made reference to countries were queer and transgender persons are targeted, but did not give specific names. Then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a similar pro-LGBTQ statement in 2017.
Pride is celebrated in June to coincide with the annual anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City at the end of June 1969. The big events are usually parades, and the one in New York goes right by the site of the original action at the Stonewall Inn.
Instead of recognizing the important work and contributions of LGBTQ Americans during this month, the White House issued presidential actions for a number of other groups and persons. According to the White House, June is Great Outdoors Month, National Ocean Month, National Homeownership Month, African-American Music Appreciation Month, and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. The White House's failure to acknowledge LGBTQ Americans as Pride celebrations begin across the country, however, was stark.
One potential reason for the lack of recognition is the influence of Vice President Mike Pence, the anti-LGBTQ former governor of Indiana. While a congressman in 2010, Pence was asked by CNN about his stance on the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy enacted by President Bill Clinton to allow LGBT people to serve in the armed forces as long as they stayed in the closet. Pence said, "We ought not to use the American military as a backdrop for social experimentation or debating domestic policy issues."
In 2015, while he was governor of Indiana, Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which would open the door for potential discrimination against LGBTQ Hoosiers. The bill's signing saw quick rebuff from all walks of life from gig cancellations from bands like Wilco, a cancelation of headquarters expansion by Angie's List, a front-page newspaper editorial decrying the bill's passage, and immediate rebuff from the NCAA, which was hosting the prosperous Final Four basketball tournament that weekend in Indianapolis.
At one time, Pence supported using federal funds to treat those "seeking to change their sexual behavior," according to fact-checking sites Snopes. Many have interpreted that as support for conversion therapy. Pence's spokesman told the New York Times that the vice president does not support conversion therapy.
Those directly within the West Wing have also declined thus far to mention Pride. Last year, Ivanka Trump, daughter and special adviser to the President, tweeted her support for Pride, writing: "I am proud to support my LGBTQ friends and the LGBTQ Americans who have made immense contributions to our society and economy." It sparked a massive wave of backlash from queer people and organizations given her father's administration's positions and policies that have stripped protections from LGBTQ communities.
Clinton was the first president to recognize Pride month, while George W. Bush did not recognize it (and actively campaigned against gay marriage). Barack Obama was the first president to regularly recognize the celebratory month. But with Trump in the White House, it seems like the trend has reversed once again.


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Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
Championing Women's Activism in Modern America
By Anya Jabour
Series Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
Sophonisba Breckinridge's remarkable career stretched from the Civil War to the Cold War. She took part in virtually every reform campaign of the Progressive and New Deal eras and became a nationally and internationally renowned... Learn More
Published: 16th September 2019
All Our Trials
Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence
By Emily L Thuma
During the 1970s, grassroots women activists in and outside of prisons forged a radical politics against gender violence and incarceration. Emily L. Thuma traces the making of this anticarceral feminism at the intersections of... Learn More
Published: 2nd March 2019
Feminism, Conservatism, and Conspiracy in the Heartland
By Erin M. Kempker
The mid-Seventies represented a watershed era for feminism. A historic National Women's Conference convened in Houston in 1977. The Equal Rights Amendment inched toward passage. Conservative women in the Midwest, however, saw... Learn More
Published: 10th October 2018
Reshaping Women's History
Voices of Nontraditional Women Historians
Edited by Barbara Winslow, Afterword by Nupur Chaudhuri, Edited by Julie A. Gallagher
Award-winning women scholars from nontraditional backgrounds have often negotiated an academic track that leads through figurative--and sometimes literal--minefields. Their life stories offer inspiration, but also describe heartrending... Learn More
Glory in Their Spirit
How Four Black Women Took On the Army during World War II
By Sandra M Bolzenius
Before Rosa Parks and the March on Washington, four African American women risked their careers and freedom to defy the United States Army over segregation. Women Army Corps (WAC) privates Mary Green, Anna Morrison, Johnnie Murphy,... Learn More
Published: 17th April 2018
Leaders of Their Race
Educating Black and White Women in the New South
By Sarah H. Case
Secondary level female education played a foundational role in reshaping women's identity in the New South. Sarah H. Case examines the transformative processes involved at two Georgia schools--one in Atlanta for African-American... Learn More
Published: 30th August 2017
Beyond Respectability
The Intellectual Thought of Race Women
By Brittney C. Cooper
Beyond Respectability charts the development of African American women as public intellectuals and the evolution of their thought from the end of the 1800s through the Black Power era of the 1970s. Eschewing the Great Race Man... Learn More
Published: 3rd May 2017
Women against Abortion
Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century
By Karissa Haugeberg
Women from remarkably diverse religious, social, and political backgrounds made up the rank-and-file of anti-abortion activism. Empowered by--yet in many cases scared of--the changes wrought by feminism, they founded grassroots... Learn More
Published: 3rd April 2017
Lucretia Mott Speaks
The Essential Speeches and Sermons
Written by Lucretia Mott, Edited by Christopher Densmore, Carol Faulkner, Nancy A Hewitt and Beverly Wilson Palmer
Committed abolitionist, controversial Quaker minister, tireless pacifist, fiery crusader for women's rights--Lucretia Mott was one of the great reformers in America history. Drawing on widely scattered archives, newspaper accounts,... Learn More
Published: 30th March 2017
Colored No More
Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C.
By Treva B. Lindsey
Home to established African American institutions and communities, Washington, D.C., offered women in the New Negro movement a unique setting for the fight against racial and gender oppression. Colored No More traces how African... Learn More
Lost in the USA
American Identity from the Promise Keepers to the Million Mom March
By Deborah Gray White
Remembered as an era of peace and prosperity, turn-of-the-millennium America was also a time of mass protest. But the political demands of the marchers seemed secondary to an urgent desire for renewal and restoration felt by people... Learn More
Published: 9th March 2017
Reverend Addie Wyatt
Faith and the Fight for Labor, Gender, and Racial Equality
By Marcia Walker-McWilliams
Labor leader, civil rights activist, outspoken feminist, African American clergywoman--Reverend Addie Wyatt stood at the confluence of many rivers of change in twentieth century America. The first female president of a local chapter... Learn More
Nursing Civil Rights
Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps
By Charissa J. Threat
In Nursing Civil Rights, Charissa J. Threat investigates the parallel battles against occupational segregation by African American women and white men in the U.S. Army. As Threat reveals, both groups viewed their circumstances... Learn More
Black Women and Politics in New York City
By Julie A. Gallagher
Julie A. Gallagher documents six decades of politically active black women in New York City who waged struggles for justice, rights, and equality not through grassroots activism but through formal politics. In tracing the paths... Learn More
Published: 21st May 2012
When Tenants Claimed the City
The Struggle for Citizenship in New York City Housing
By Roberta Gold
In postwar America, not everyone wanted to move out of the city and into the suburbs. For decades before World War II, New York's tenants had organized to secure renters' rights. After the war, tenant activists raised the stakes... Learn More
Published: 3rd March 2014
Anna Howard Shaw
The Work of Woman Suffrage
By Trisha Franzen
With this first scholarly biography of Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919), Trisha Franzen sheds new light on an important woman suffrage leader who has too often been overlooked and misunderstood. An immigrant from a poor family,... Learn More
Published: 25th February 2014


Square Enix Forums > Eidos Classics > Eidos Games Archive > TimeSplitters Series > TimeSplitters - General Discussion - Archive > What console you guys playing on?
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Same here. People call me crazy for prefering FPS on the PS2 rather than the PC.
*sigh* you fools (joke) FPS's were created for the PC...they are much better on the PC...and i myslef am free to say this because i play FPS's on both console and PC.
Keyboard and mouse are the best controls for an FPS...not control pad.
Here's the thing with me, I never really care what the source of whatever is, as long as I like it. My personal predilection is a single controler. But I'll give credit to PC FPS anyway since they invented the genre.
Sorry guys I meant console ie, PS2, Xbox or Game cube to play Timesplitters2.
To be honest i'm not actually bothered what i play an FPS on...but PC is generally better quality.
I have a GameCube, which I think would be the best console if they could get it online and fix the faulty disc drives.
Well say what you want, but GameCube was voted number one console this year in almost every gaming magazine I have checked. Plus the GCN controllers are the most comfortable.
Not what I've seen. ps2 is the #1 owned game console in america and the world.
"Arguing on the internet is like competing in the special olympics. Even if you win, yor still retarded."
I know its offensive and blunt, but it gets the point across. I dont mean to offend any one by this, and I appoligize if I inadvertanly do. The last thing I want to do is start something.


Risk / Safety - Check out youtube video "Audrey Mestre - The Truth Behind the Deep (HD)"
Envious what a unique site.
Maybe more suited if this thread was changed to "Cyrptography for beginners"
Michael Schumacher "Out of Coma"
F1 Legend Michae lSchumacher has left hospital after the skiing accident that nearly killed him, and is no longer in a coma, his family says.
I've enjoyed the change the last couple of weeks, been good to strip and rebuild an item to working order.
It's not every day you get to be involved with the team working on the only functioning Barracuda Olay.


Louisville, Ky. (December 7, 2018) – ISCO Industries, Inc. (ISCO) is announcing that its wholly owned subsidiary, ISCO Canada, Inc., has agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of A.H. McElroy Sales and Service (Canada) Ltd. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions and the parties expect to close the transaction on December 10, 2018. Founded in 1979, A.H. McElroy has served as the leading polyethylene pipe fusion experts in Canada, maintaining the largest inventory of parts, equipment and rental fleet throughout the country. ISCO Canada will operate under the new trade name, ISCO-A.H. McElroy.
Since 1962, ISCO Industries, a global total piping solutions provider headquartered in Louisville, Ky., has stocked and sold a wide variety of HDPE pipe and piping materials. ISCO offers custom piping fabrication to provide solutions for multiple applications such as: industrial, municipal, power, marine, nuclear, oil and gas, mining, waterworks, environmental, geothermal, golf, culvert-lining and landfill. The company also rents, services and sells McElroy fusion equipment. ISCO has more than 35 locations in North America – inventorying large stockpiles of HDPE pipe and piping products. For more information on ISCO, visit www.isco-pipe.com or call 1-800-345-ISCO.
Image caption: Richard Butler – General Manager, ISCO-A.H. McElroy; Ian Powell – Principal, A.H. McElroy; Jimmy Kirchdorfer, CEO, ISCO.


This trio of beautiful topographical paintings are typically 18th-century in style, with their neat pen outlines and flat washes of muted colour. The appear to depict the working fenland landscapes of East Anglia. Their laid paper bears partial watermarks with GR and a coronet, tantalising clues to their possible identity.


General Dentist office with locations in both Pavillion and Leroy is looking for a General Dentist to join their group on a full time role.
The position would require the Associate to practice in both offices. One office is open Monday - Thursday, and the other office is open Monday - Friday so there is a possibility of working up to 5 days if you'd like. There is a possibility for immediate partnership or eventual partnership if that's something you'd like to pursue. If you're just looking for an Associate role that is something we're open to as well.
Compensation is a base daily minimum of $550 with 34% of collections.
State License and Board Certification is required. We're not sponsoring Foreign Nationals.


The window to import a car older than 5 years is closing very fast. The deadline for 2012 – 2014 cars to be imported has been set as 1st July 2019. After then car imports must be 5 years or younger. So, if you have been planning on importing a 6 / 7 year old car, you have two weeks to buy it from the UK or Japan to be sure the boat will reach Mombasa ahead of the deadline.
We have seen an increase in orders as our Kenyan clients take advantage of the final days to import a 2012-14 car. This risks congestion at the ports as people rush to import their cars to Kenya. If you are able to pay with cash, then the process for selecting and paying for your car usually take 5-10 days. If you are hoping to buy your car import with asset finance, be aware that applications can take one to two weeks. We estimate that all cars must depart on a boat by w/c 13th May.


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How did each MP vote in this week???s Brexit motions?
MPs have voted to ask for a delay to Brexit, meaning the UK would not leave on 29 March, as the prime minister had originally planned. Theresa May was forced into proposing the motion and allowed her MPs a free vote on it. While she voted for it, a significant number of her own government ministers and her party voted against ??? including the Brexit secretary, who had called on MPs to back in moments beforehand. European leaders said the delay would need a strong justification.
Theresa May is due to bring her deal back to Parliament for a third time after the Commons rejected the chance to take direct control of the Brexit process. Today???s Commons vote, which would represent a major constitutional shakeup, was a close-run thing ??? with the prime minister retaining authority in that area by only two votes.
Five Labour frontbenchers resigned as shadow ministers over the party???s abstention order. Ruth Smeeth stepped down before the vote in anticipation of disobeying the leadership???s instructions, while four more frontbenchers who voted against the amendment agreed to resign afterwards.
The decision to suspend Steel was taken by the party in Scotland, Vince Cable has told the BBC???s Newsnight programme, adding that they acted ???quickly, properly and in an orderly way???.
No it isn???t. The investigation needs to precede, we will look at the consequences when they happen.
There???s a disciplinary process, we need to establish what happens. He is innocent until proven guilty but he is suspended and the action will follow up on that.
The Press Association has produced this helpful timeline of the last three days in Parliament ??? for those of us who are feeling somewhat lost.
MPs vote overwhelmingly to reject the prime minister???s Brexit deal for a second time, by 391 to 242.
An amendment from the Malthouse compromise group of Conservatives that called for a ???standstill??? agreement lasting as late as the end of 2021, under which the UK would observe EU rules and pay into Brussels budgets, is heavily rejected by 374 votes to 164.
A Labour amendment calling for a delay to Brexit to ???provide parliamentary time for this House to find a majority for a different approach??? is rejected by 318 votes to 302.
The attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, believes the UK could extricate itself from the backstop under the terms of the Vienna convention if it began to have a ???socially destabilising effect on Northern Ireland???, according to the Daily Telegraph (??).
The paper is characterising the new legal advice it says has been issued by Cox as an attempt to win over those Brexiters who have so far been unable to support the prime minister???s deal ??? such as the ERG and the DUP. But it does not rate his chances of success, saying senior Brexiters have already dismissed the advice as ???erroneous??? and ???badly misconceived???.
Three more Labour shadow ministers have resigned from the party???s frontbench ??? taking today???s total to five ??? over their decision to ignore the leadership???s instruction to abstain from the vote on whether or not to call a second referendum.
All of us across the House now have the opportunity to work together to find a solution to the crisis the government has plunged us into. Labour???s alternative plan can unite people, however they voted in 2016.
The first to go today was Ruth Smeeth, who resigned prior to the vote so she could defy Corbyn???s order. Stephanie Peacock, the other of the four asked to resign afterwards, announced she had agreed to do so about a hour ago.
Varadkar said he welcomed Westminster???s vote to extend Article 50 as it reduces the likelihood of a cliff edge, no-deal Brexit at the end of the month.
There seems to be two emerging options ??? ratification of the withdrawal agreement followed by a short extension into the summer, or a much longer extension that would give the UK time and space to decide what they want to do, including considering options that had been taken off the table like participation in the customs union and single market.
I think we need to be open to any request they make, listen attentively and be generous in our response. This matter will be now discussed further at next week???s European Council meeting and hopefully we will have more clarity from London in the meantime about their intentions.
Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament???s Brexit coordinator, cast doubt on the EU Commission???s desire to allow an extension.
I indicated last year that, once the Brexit story had moved on and we had fought this year???s crucial local elections in 9,000 seats across England, it would be time for me to make way for a new generation. I set considerable store by having an orderly, business-like, succession unlike the power struggles in the other parties.
It has been my great privilege to lead the Liberal Democrats at this crucial time. I inherited the leadership after two difficult and disappointing general elections. But I take pride in seeing the party recovering strongly, with last year???s local election results the best in 15 years, record membership and a central role in the People???s Vote campaign.


You might remember before Super Bowl XXXIX here in Jacksonville, then-Washington Post columnist Tony Kornheiser wrote a scathing review of Jacksonville as the host city. Since Channel 4 at the time was also owned by the Post, I invited Kornheiser to come on the air and explain his distaste for the city. He declined, but the higher-ups in Jacksonville and D.C. got involved and he was on our air the next day, via telephone, during our 6 o'clock news.
Having gone to high school and college in DC, I had read Kornheiser in the Post for years and always found his take pretty interesting. He once published a compilation of his columns and called it "Pumping Irony." Nonetheless, I was interested to talk to him to find out why he was taking shots at my hometown.
Starting the live interview with a couple of basic questions, it became apparent to me during his answers that he really didn't know what he was talking about.
"You've never been here!" I blurted out in the middle of one of his nonsensical answers.
"Well, I've been to the orange juice stand on 95," he deadpanned.
"Are you at least coming to the game?" I asked.
"I'm sending (Michael) Wilbon to let him handle it," was his answer.
After exposing the article as a farce, if not a fraudulent attempt at humor, Kornheiser spent the next couple of days on his radio show in DC ripping me, my high school and (short) college athletic career and it eventually went away.
When he was on the Pro Football Hall of Fame Committee, I used to sit by Mike Wilbon as he and Tony's "hallway conversations" at the Post eventually led to their current show on ESPN, "PTI." I don't agree with much of what Wilbon writes, and we had that conversation several times. But I found him engaging and funny and always opinionated about what Kornheiser had to say.
"It's about stirring it up," he said as we left one meeting.
On Wednesday night's edition of PTI, Kornheiser took the occasion to deride Jacksonville again, saying, tongue in cheek, that the league's foray in to China was just an opportunity for "Jacksonville to play somewhere in a stadium that doesn't have half of the seats covered with tarps."
It's an old story that's never been true, but again trotted out by an entertainer who hasn't done his homework and is just leaning on a perception rather than reality. We know why the stadium was built to the size it is, and by the way, just about every stadium built in the time since Jacksonville was awarded the franchise is in the 65-68,000 seat range.
That's about the right size for any NFL team.