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Waiting for Jonathan Kozol
Posted on October 31, 2010 by Kathy
I saw Waiting for 'Superman' today, the much-hyped documentary by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). I was all set to defend the movie to my teacher friends who decry its anti-union sensibility, some of whom won't even see it on that account.
Now, having seen it, I don't feel much like defending it. I'm glad it was made, and I'm glad a lot of people will see how people in poverty have to struggle with lousy schools. I'm glad that the movie demonstrates that all kids can learn. I'm sorry, though, that the movie puts so much blame on teachers and teachers' unions.
Call me crazy, but I really don't think teacher tenure is the fundamental cause of our schools' problems. That's the conclusion many viewers will come away with. The film doesn't show buildings falling down. It doesn't show broken windows and stinking bathrooms.
Jonathan Kozol
I wish after seeing Waiting for 'Superman,' people would go directly to their local library or bookstore and pick up a book by Jonathan Kozol. He doesn't think that raising test scores is the Ultima Thule of education, or that education's highest purpose is to transform children into cogs in our economic system to ensure that the United States remains the Number One Country in the World.
"Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are," he wrote in Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, "we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs." Jonathan Kozol went on a fast "as [a] personal act of protest at the vicious damage being done to inner-city children by the federal education law No Child Left Behind, a racially punitive piece of legislation."
He dares to write about the joy of learning and the exuberance of children, not just about lengthening school days and mandating uniforms. "Why not give these kids the best we have," he writes, "because we are a wealthy nation and they are children and deserve to have some fun while they are still less than four feet high?"
Since 1967, Jonathan Kozol has written twelve books on poverty and education and has spent countless hours working with teachers and schools and speaking tirelessly on behalf of urban education. It makes me very sad that he's not even mentioned, let alone interviewed in Waiting for 'Superman.' I'm afraid that Kozol's brand of idealism and activism is passe.
Have you seen the movie? Are you boycotting the movie? I'd love to hear what you think.
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5 Responses to Waiting for Jonathan Kozol
Lester Shepherd says:
In the 1950's, the public schools were the best anywhere. What destroyed them? White racism! Now the rich whites see that most whites are poor now and do not want that for their children. Why the hell don't they stay in private schools? Because they want public money to pay for their private educations. Greed never ceases, it just grows larger and larger until it completely destroys its lover. It takes a little time but, what the hell, I've got the rest of my life to laugh at these bastards.
robin kosleb says:
I did not see the movie and after your post, don't plan to. It sounds like the movie, takes a complicated problem and attempts to make the problem and solution simple. That just drives me nuts. Urban schools are full of problems and there are many causes to those problems. We want simple, one step answers to complicated problems. There are also solutions that we won't consider. If we had a county wide school system and Beachwood, Bay Village and Rocky River teachers suddenly had the urban poor in their classes, would their skills be effected by the new problems the students bring to their classrooms? I believe they would. Complicated problems deserve thoughtful answers.
Arthur Evenchik says:
While he was doing his research for "The Shame of the Nation." Jonathan Kozol met a high school student in Los Angeles who had been tracked into sewing and hairdressing classes even though she wanted to go on to college. The girl broke down in front of him as she talked of the opportunities that were being denied her.
Guggenheim's film suggests that the reformers behind the Harlem Children's Zone, KIPP, and the Harlem Success Network are refusing to let this happen in their schools. Their students are hearing, day after day, that they belong in college, that their aspirations are attainable, and that they can transform their lives.
It is true, as you say, that the reformers' brand of idealism and activism differs from Kozol's. (For one thing, they don't believe, as he does, that any discussion of educational inequality must begin with a discussion of racial segregation.)
But they also don't believe that "education's highest purpose is to transform children into cogs in our economic system to ensure that the United States remains the Number One Country in the World." And while Guggenheim himself makes the international competitiveness argument for educational reform, I don't see this as the central message of his film. Like Kozol, he is moved above all by the fundamental human claims of the children themselves.
Kathy, thanks very much for your thoughtful post.
Yes. Everyone talks about "great teaching" as though we're all in agreement as to what that is. I know my students don't agree — some think I'm great, and others think I'm lousy. The movie assumes that if we just got rid of the bad teachers — I guess it's the all-knowing, all-wise administrators who could do this — everything would be hunky-dory. The bad teachers are the ones who read newspapers during class. If the movie gets discussions started and inspires compassion for poor families, that's good, but there's so, so much more to be explored.
Peter Sachs Collopy says:
I haven't seen it (or any movies in theaters for quite a while; Philly is far inferior to Cleveland as a movie city) but I have read another response that reached the same conclusions and argued that the movie didn't grapple at all with what teaching and learning are. Does that sound right to you?
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Just before World War II, French cinema reached a high point that has been dubbed the style of "poetic realism." Working with unforgettable actors like Jean Gabin and Arletty, directors such as Renoir, Carné, Gremillon, Duvivier, and Chenal routinely captured the prizes for best film at every festival and in every country, and their accomplishments led to general agreement that the French were the first to give maturity to the sound cinema. Here the distinguished film scholar Dudley Andrew examines the motivations and consequences of these remarkable films by looking at the cultural web in which they were made.
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Life Is Strange 2 Episode 5: Wolves Review - Noisy Pixel
Life Is Strange 2 Episode 5: Wolves Review – The Wolf Pack's Journey
December 12, 2019 February 10, 2021 Victor Aparicio
Title: Life is Strange 2 Episode 5: Wolves
Developer: Dontnod
Reviewed On: PS4
Publisher: Square Enix
Genre: Narrative Adventure
The anticipation of a long-awaited final chapter comes with a boatload of expectations from fans. Answered questions, complete character development, and a satisfying conclusion are things that diehards will check every frame for. With the hype stacking up for developer Dontnod to deliver a tale that is equal-to or greater-than its predecessor, Life is Strange 2 aims to provide a story that asks the question, what happens to a child with intense power as an older sibling tries to teach them right from wrong?
Spoiler Alert: This is the final episode for the five-part series of Life is Strange 2. This review will not only speak on the early moments of episode 5 but highlight previous chapters, as well. We've also only highlight screenshots from Episode 4 in this review.
Episode 5 takes place two months after Sean and his mother, Karen, saved Daniel from a religious cult that incidentally got burned to the ground. The boys take refuge in a small makeshift town called Away, a place full of people looking to escape from the world. But it is not long before the police are on Sean and Daniel's trail. The Diaz brothers continue south to the Mexican border, where they face their most life-defining decisions.
At this point in the story, Sean and Daniel have committed so many crimes that they know the police are not going to go easy on them. Sean especially feels the stress of the situation when he continuously expresses how tired the two brothers are, wishing desperately to get things back to normal. Sean is then introduced to many outside perspectives that make his plans up to this point seem flimsy.
The most significant example of this is Sean's ideas for crossing the border to Mexico, where the American police forces will have a tougher time finding them. However, plenty of voices, including Daniel's, wonder about the shaky opportunities that face them in Mexico. With doubt in their minds, it might be better to go home and face the music.
This is where Dontnod does an impressive job poking holes in Sean's plans and making even the player second guess the very character they are controlling. Seeing that the game series is known for messing with player's expectations based on their choices, the player could spend most of Episode 5 wondering if Mexico is the only option, or in the finale will play out in a spectacular failure on the player's part.
Speaking of the series's expectations, Life is Strange 2 Episode 5 does not pull any punches in the art department. The game continues the coming-of-age indie movie look-and-feel that has been with the series since the beginning. Given that Dontnod has been using this look for two games and two spin-offs, it's impressive that the imagery hasn't gotten old. You see, the free expression cinematic design allows for non-traditional shots and focuses, letting the developer highlight the characters and what could be on their mind.
It ends up being present in shots that showcase the game's lighting, color palette, and animations. Which, by the way, has gotten better throughout the episodes. Characters have a better expression with their bodies, and their eyes will have a reflection of the environments in certain scenes, significantly improving immersion and believability in the characters you see on screen.
As for the music, it continues to add any emotional support to scenes that call for dread, tension, or somber. In other moments, when the character needs a moment to adjust or focus on the task at hand, the ambient sounds have players feel as though they are in the scene. Critical moments that weigh heavy on Sean stop the gameplay and enter in this deep and vital or fast-paced and hectic space, appropriate for giving the feeling the weight of the world on the player's shoulders.
As fans already know, Life is Strange 2 is a choose-your-own-adventure kind of game where the choices players make come with consequences for all parties. In previous Episodes, when adventuring around, players can find items that will allow Sean to continue to add commentary into his way of thinking or, better yet, give more insight into situations that may occur and give him or his brother the edge.
Sadly, Episode 5 does not have any sections that played out this way. Without spoiling any significant events, Episode 5 is a pretty straight forward chapter, as in one tough moral challenge after another. Seeing that this is the final act in Sean and Daniel's story, I can see why Dontnod decided to get to the big end game, but part of the fun in this series came from choosing to be more observant to solve problems. While this criticism was a hindrance to the episode's ending, finally seeing the Diaz brothers story play out to my choices was satisfying.
I could have a few notes on why my particular conclusion comes off as uninspired, but honestly, with players having a few different outcomes from so many choices, how others look at their ending will be subjective. So taking a step back to look at the entirety of Life is Strange 2, I find that the series does a great job at completing a journey the brother set out on in a way that I'm sure fans will appreciate.
Overall, Life is Strange 2 is the most ambitious story in the series yet. In previous titles, characters still had relatively healthy lives while being stricken with supernatural powers. An added burden that affected their everyday grind to find normalcy. Dontnod decided this time around to tell a story that flipped the script and take away everything these characters cared about.
Sean and Daniel had no more sense of comfort or normalcy as they faced police persecution, racism, and morality, leaving fans to pick up the pieces. Because of this, the game continually pushes the brother's relationship to its limits. While I felt that that limit should have been more of a breaking point, Sean and Daniel still deserve to have their story told to the world.
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The Quickening - Made in America again while China is turning green and high-tech?
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Correction: Border Activist-Trial story
June 13, 2019 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — In a story May 19 about the trial of a border activist, The Associated Press, relying on government court records, erroneously reported that the two migrant men aided by a member of a humanitarian aid group being tried on criminal charges were Mexican. They were from El Salvador and Honduras.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Trial begins for border activist who helped migrants
A lawyer for a border activist being tried in Tucson for helping two migrants with water, food and lodging says prosecutors must prove his client intended to break the law to be found guilty
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A border activist being tried in a federal court for helping two migrants with water, food and lodging last year only intended "to provide basic human kindness," his lawyer told jurors Wednesday.
Defense attorney Greg Kuykendall also said in his opening statement that prosecutors must prove his client intended to break the law to be found guilty in the case.
Scott Daniel Warren was arrested in 2018 when Border Patrol agents found him at a property used to provide aid to immigrants in Ajo, Arizona.
He's charged with harboring migrants and conspiring to transport and harbor two men from Honduras and El Salvador found with him who were in the U.S. illegally.
Prosecutors have argued that migrants Kristian Perez-Villanueva and Jose Arnaldo Sacaria-Goday were never in any real distress.
The case is one of several against members of humanitarian aid groups who say their work on the border helping migrants in distress is increasingly under scrutiny.
They blame the administration of President Donald Trump for the crackdown, which includes the separate arrests of several other members of the group Warren volunteers with.
In a motion to dismiss the charges last week, Warren's defense team argued their client "could not, consistent with his conscience and spiritual beliefs, turn away two migrants in the desert."
The two migrants Warren helped were both ill, with one having chest pains, according to Kuykendall, who said Warren helped the men within the accepted legal and medical protocols.
"Scott intended one thing, to provide basic human kindness," Kuykendall told the jury.
He also said Warren never hid the migrants and "never encouraged them to commit the misdemeanor of illegal entry."
Thousands of migrants have died crossing the border since the mid-1990s when heightened enforcement pushed traffic into Arizona's scorching deserts.
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Feud: Charles and Diana Is Not Starring Who You Think
by Kristin Dos Santos | Thu., Mar. 2, 2017 1:00 PM
America's next great TV obsession surely has to be Feud's just-announced second season, which taps into another massively popular story with widespread appeal: Charles and Diana.
But the cast isn't as obvious as you might think. At last night's Feud premiere in Hollywood, boss Ryan Murphy shot down speculation that his two greatest muses—Sarah Paulson and Jessica Lange—may be playing Diana and Queen Elizabeth II respectively.
"Those two [Jessica and Sarah], I love them but they will not be in those roles," Murphy tells E! News exclusively. "I think we're going to be shooting it all in England. It's going to be a very international cast... I'm just starting to meet with people. If you have a British accent, that helps you. On this show."
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Paulson herself deflected on whether she will be involved and joked, "I'm playing one of the Corgis!"
And Catherine Zeta Jones, who is also part of the season one cast, revealed she has no interest in being a part of Charles and Diana. "No. It's way too close to home. I know all parties involved, and I will be sitting in my pajamas watching it!"
Murphy explained that season two of Feud will be very different in tone and style than season one.
"For me," he says, "as a very big Diana fan and all of her charitable work and how she handled herself, I was always very interested in that story of divorce and pain and I think that this show Feud can show a lot of two-hander feuds in a different way. The first season Bette and Joan is a Hollywood story. I wanted to do a different kind of feud that's about broken hearts. And I think that's what that marriage was and that's what Charles and Diana is about."
Remembering Princess Diana
Feud: Bette and Joan premieres this Sunday on FX and is stacked full of stunning performances by Oscar winning actresses like Lange, Susan Sarandon, Catherine Zeta Jones and Kathy Bates. It is a must watch.
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The Heart Advice from the Tibetan meditation master Nyakla Jangchub Dorje: A Concise Teaching on Seeing, Deepening, Responding and Arriving according to Dzogpa Chenpo Kadak Trekcho.
allow your own mind to look at itself.
into the house of delusion.
This one page text in Tibetan, entitled Nyag bla byang chub rdo rje'i rdzogs pa chen po ka dag khregs chod lta sgom spyod 'bras don mdor bsdus bstan pa, was translated, at the urging of Lama Wangdor, on 25 June 2005 in Oakland, California. Disciple of Nyag bla Padma bdud 'dul, Nyag bla byang chub rdo rje, whose dates are sometimes given as 1838–1953, was the principal Dzogchen teacher of the contemporary master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.
Prof. Steven D. Goodman is co-director and core faculty in the Asian and Comparative Studies Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco). He co-edited Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation (New York: SUNY Press, 1992), and studied Tibetan Poetics as a Rockefeller Scholar in residence at the Rice University Center for Cultural Studies. Board of director at Jonang Foundation, Working Committee at 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha and Advisor at Khyentse Foundation.
This poetry appeared in Tibetan Literary Arts, Curated by Marit Cranmer, published By Shang Shung Institute, Neilson Library, Smith College, May 2007.
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The Milky Way arcs through the African sky, providing enough light to silhouette the guard and his AK-47 against the horizon. I glance at him as I brush my teeth. He leans against his weapon, looking up at the stars while keeping an eye on the surrounding forest. The man is with the Ugandan Wildlife Authority, and he's here because a few days ago vandals torched and looted the camp in which we're currently staying. Our guides worry the criminals may still be in the area. Our trip to the African glaciers ahead may be over, without us ever having seen a hint of snow.
If I'd heard the term "African glacier" a year before, I'd have assumed it was a joke. Then Brody Leven, a friend and ski mountaineer, invited me on a trip to Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains—a ski trip, to the range's Margherita Glacier.


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Studying the Polarization of Light with a Fresnel Rhomb Simulation
by Christopher Boucher
When analyzing optical designs, it is essential to consider not only light intensity but also polarization. Careful manipulation of light polarization can greatly improve image quality by filtering out light from unwanted sources — for example, to minimize glare. A useful way to learn about light polarization, and how to manipulate it, is through a Fresnel rhomb. With the COMSOL Multiphysics® software, engineers can model the effect of a Fresnel rhomb and similar elements on light polarization in optical systems.
Manipulating Linearly and Circularly Polarized Light
In the early 1800s, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, known for his research and inventions in the field of optics, was the first scientist to describe light as linearly, circularly, or elliptically polarized. In a linearly polarized plane electromagnetic wave, the two transverse components of the electric field are in phase with each other. We can think of these components as sine or cosine functions that reach their maximum at the same position and also reach zero at the same position. The following plot shows a linearly polarized wave; the electric field of the wave itself is shown in yellow, whereas the x– and y-components are shown in red and green, respectively.
A linearly polarized plane electromagnetic wave.
Compare this linearly polarized wave to the circularly polarized wave shown below. Here, the x– and y-components of the electric field are equal in magnitude but are offset by a 90° phase delay. Thus, when one component reaches a maximum or minimum value, the other is zero. The net effect is that the sum of these two components has a spiral-like shape, hence the name "circular polarization".
A circularly polarized plane electromagnetic wave. The x– and y-components are shown in red and green, respectively. The direction of propagation is in blue, and the total electric field amplitude is in yellow.
Fresnel's discovery of linearly and circularly polarized radiation lent support to his hypothesis that light is a pure transverse wave (with no longitudinal component), meaning that the oscillations of the electric and magnetic fields are always perpendicular to the direction of propagation. By further studying light polarization, he was able to explain that the total internal reflection (TIR) of light does not depolarize incident linearly polarized light, as previously thought, but rather changes it to elliptically or circularly polarized light. The production of circularly polarized light by TIR can be conveniently demonstrated by a glass parallelepiped in which light undergoes TIR at two opposite faces — a setup now known as a Fresnel rhomb.
A Fresnel rhomb is a type of glass prism that manipulates the polarization of light. The incident light is linearly polarized at a 45° angle to the plane of incidence. The light then undergoes TIR at two different faces. Each instance of TIR causes a phase delay of 45° between the electric field components polarized in the plane of incidence and perpendicular to it, for a total phase delay of 90°. Thus, the outgoing light is circularly polarized.
By using COMSOL Multiphysics® and the add-on Ray Optics Module, engineers can predict the polarization of light as it propagates through an optical system. This is because the Ray Optics Module records light intensity and polarization using the Stokes–Mueller calculus, or simply Mueller calculus, which can fully represent any state of polarization. In the next section, let's look at a tutorial model that demonstrates light changing from linearly to circularly polarized at a specific angle of incidence in a Fresnel rhomb.
Modeling a Fresnel Rhomb with COMSOL Multiphysics®
The Fresnel rhomb geometry is a simple uncoated glass prism in the shape of a parallelepiped. A simple diagram of the geometry is given below.
Linearly polarized light (1) enters the prism (2). This light is linearly polarized 45° to the plane of incidence — that is, the components of the electric field lying in the screen and perpendicular to it have equal magnitudes, and they are in phase. The prism has an angle (θ) that, if set properly, will cause a 45° phase delay between the orthogonal electric field components during each instance of TIR (3 and 4). The light then exits the prism (5). The outgoing light (6) is now circularly polarized. The components of the electric field lying in your screen and perpendicular to it still have equal magnitudes, but they are now 90° out of phase.
The exact value of the phase delay caused by TIR on an uncoated surface depends on the refractive indices on either side of the surface, n1 and n2, and on the angle of incidence, θ. The relationship between these quantities and the phase delay can be derived from Snell's law and the Fresnel equations. (For more details about the equations, you can check the Fresnel Rhomb model documentation.)
2 \times \textrm{atan}\left(\frac{\cos\theta\sqrt{\sin^2\theta – \left(n_2/n_1\right)^2}}{\sin\theta}\right) = 45^{\circ}
The model consists of two studies. First, the value of θ that gives the desired phase delay of 45° is solved for. Then, this angle is used to define the geometry for the ray optics simulation.
Study 1: Solving for the Angle of Incidence
First, you can use the Global ODEs and DAEs interface to solve the above equation for the angle of incidence that causes a phase retardation of δ = 45° between the s– and p-polarized components during each TIR for the refractive index ratio of n = 1/1.51. (Even though this equation is not an ordinary differential equation or differential-algebraic equation, you can still use this interface to solve it.) The resulting value of θ in this example is 0.84855 radians or ~48.618°.
Study 2: Tracing the Path of the Light Ray
Next, you can use the Geometrical Optics interface to trace the path of a light ray through the Fresnel rhomb as it undergoes TIR at the angle of incidence computed by the Global ODEs and DAEs interface. Note that the ray is linearly polarized at this stage, with its direction of polarization at a 45° angle to the plane of incidence.
The value for the angle of incidence obtained from Study 1 (0.84855 radians) can be used to set up the model geometry for the Fresnel rhomb, which is a parallelogram extruded into a 3D geometry. Using a 3D geometry is preferred because it helps to illustrate the state of ray polarization, since the 3D Ray Trajectories plot can display polarization ellipses. In this step, the Stokes parameters, which are computed along each ray trajectory, are used to describe the degree to which a ray is linearly or circularly polarized.
Evaluating the Simulation Results
Now, let's take a closer look at the simulation results in the aforementioned Ray Trajectories plot. In this plot, shown below, the linear ray enters from the left side of the prism. The colors illustrate the optical path length along the ray, and the circles and ellipses along the ray path show the polarization. The arrows along the perimeter of each circle/ellipse show the sense of rotation of the instantaneous field vector.
As the light goes through the Fresnel rhomb, the linearly polarized ray becomes elliptically polarized after one TIR. After two TIRs, the polarization ellipses change to circles, meaning the light is circularly polarized.
Ray propagation in a Fresnel rhomb.
At this camera angle, it might not be obvious that the outgoing light is circular. But by rotating the 3D plot in the Graphics window, you can see that the light changes from linear to elliptical to circular polarization.
Animation showing the incident light in a Fresnel rhomb when it is linearly polarized (δ = 0), elliptically polarized after one reflection (δ = 45°), and circularly polarized after two reflections, (δ = 90°).
You can visualize this polarization in another way by plotting the ratio of the Stokes parameters, the results of which are displayed below. To start, the ray is linearly polarized, with the ratio at zero. After the first TIR, the ratio has values with magnitudes between zero and one, indicating varying degrees of elliptical polarization. Then, after the second TIR, the magnitude is almost exactly unity, becoming more aligned with circular polarization.
The ratio of the fourth and first Stokes parameters plotted as a function of the optical path length.
To try the Fresnel rhomb model featured in this blog post, click the button below. Then, in the Application Gallery, you can download the step-by-step documentation for this example and the accompanying MPH-file.
Get the Fresnel Rhomb Tutorial Model
A natural extension of the Fresnel rhomb tutorial is to apply thin dielectric coatings to the prism surfaces. Dielectric coatings affect the Fresnel coefficients at an interface; therefore, they can affect the phase delay between in-plane and out-of-plane electric field components. An example of this is a TIR thin-film achromatic phase shifter (TIRTF-APS). It uses thin films to offset the frequency dependence of the refractive index in the glass so that outgoing light remains circularly polarized for a wide range of wavelengths.
Want to learn more about ray optics modeling? Take a look at these blog posts:
How to Create Complex Lens Geometries for Ray Optics Simulations
Ray Optics Simulation of Sagnac Interferometers and Ring Laser Gyros
How to Perform a STOP Analysis with COMSOL Multiphysics®
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To celebrate the fresh Italian ingredients featured in their Spring Menu, ASK Italian is hosting an "Edible Bouquet" masterclass, in partnership with iconic florists Rebel Rebel.
Officially launching in London on Tuesday 26th March, the floral masterclass will run from 7:30pm -9:30pm at the Spring Street restaurant, offering the perfect opportunity to spend time together with friends and family ahead of Mother's Day!
Rebel Rebel will guide you through the stages of creating the "La Dolce Vita" bouquet, carefully crafted with fresh Italian herbs, foliage and edible flowers including Rosemary & Pea, Olive & Mint, yellow courgette flowers, mimosas and pink roses. All ingredients are inspired by the delicious new dishes available at ASK Italian restaurants and the final bouquet will make the perfect gift or dinner table centrepiece.
Diners can immerse themselves in floral artistry and create their very own edible bouquet, all whilst enjoying a set three-course menu, all for £19.95.
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These tiny American pancakes are served with traditional maple syrup and bacon. They're a favourite recipe from Jack Monroe.
I first came across silver-dollar pancakes on the brunch menu at Blackfoot in London's Exmouth Market: tiny American pancakes served with melon and yoghurt, or bacon and soft, spiced apples. I make mine with traditional maple syrup and bacon – but have them as you will.
Stir together the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, and make a well in the centre.
Break the eggs into the well, then pour in the milk and melted butter, and stir well to combine. Cover the mixture with a tea-towel and leave to stand for 30 minutes.
Melt a little butter in a frying pan, and dollop 1 scant tablespoon of batter into the pan to make one pancake. Repeat, leaving a clear 2cm around each to allow for spreading. When the pancake is bubbling on the top, turn it over for 1 minute, then remove from the pan. You might need to do these in batches – keep them warm,separated from each other with greaseproof paper or cling film.


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Quasimellana Burns 1994
A mainly neotropical genus with a few species extending to North America.
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The tree reflects the species groups and subgroups as described by Burns (1994).
Burns, JM. 1994. Genitalia at the generic level: Atrytone restricted, Anatrytone resurrected, new genus Quasimellana--and yes! we have no Mellanas. J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 273-337
Opler PA, and Warren AD. 2002. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific names list for butterfly species of North America, north of Mexico. Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity: 1-79.
Quasimellana eulogius
Santa Ana NWR Alamo, Texas, USA
Common Mellana
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View of an Italian river course and stone bridge with a landscape of hills and occasional buildings. The river is noted in Mallet's Report of the 1857 Neapolitan Earthquake as demonstrating "prodigious river erosion". Inscribed verso in pencil "Rocks, Rio Agri ? Sarconi et Montemuro" and numbered "35". Collected by Robert Mallet.
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The night I spent in the hotel was too short. I had a lot of work to get done, but still needed to get on the road early in order to make it to the town of Van Cleave, MS before the post office closed.
I had an interesting thing happen in the hotel. The way I see it, if I am going to pay for a hotel that doesn't have bugs, then I expect the internet to work. I'm not saying that I am "entitled" to it, just that I have an expectation. This hotel offered free wifi, but you could also pay for the "premium" wifi. Of course, the free wifi didn't really work at all, and I needed to do some serious planning for the rest of the ride in the USA. The front desk offered to let me switch to the "promotional" internet, and gave me a code.
It turns out that this is next to impossible–switching, that is. The router recognizes your computer by its internal MAC address, and it is impossible to force it to forget who you are, so you can sign up again. This is a major weakness in the whole hotel internet design and I am surprised that it does not come up more often.
I got on the road as early as I could for the ride into Van Cleave, MS.
Mississippi proved to be one of the most scenic and remote places I have cycled yet. There are so many green fields and trees and endless gentle hills. The ride into Van Cleave was pleasant and uneventful, except for a couple of dogs. I nearly had to spray a pit-bull, but it backed off at the last second. It was easy to find the post office and I had a nice conversation with the postal working and picked up my tire. Unfortunately, the person who packed it (a postal worker on the shipping end) crammed it into an envelope and bent the bead along the rim so badly that the tire is not usable. Pensacola will likely have a cycle shop or two and I will probably be able to find a tire there.
The only campground in Van Cleave catered mostly to RV's, but said that I could pitch my tent anyway. So, I typed the address into Google maps and headed out. Now–Google maps had no way of knowing that this was a campground, but it screwed up anyway. The navigation sent me along a series of dirt roads into a very isolated area. A local woman approached me and asked me what I was doing "back down here." I said that I was on the way to the campground, and she confessed no knowledge of a campground. But I was so certain, that I was able to convince her that there was a campground in her area that she didn't know about. Folks, this was just a bit spooky. There are some places that give you the heebee geebees, and this collection of buildings was one of them. But, I got out of there and called the campground for directions and eventually made it–a couple of miles away.
The RV park was inundated with cats–dozens of them and several large litters of kittens. No rodents, however. The place was a bit run down. I've seen this a lot; as the tourism traffic tapers off, they tend to transition to permanent residents and facilities are not kept up. The manager, however, let me stay in once of the cabins. I pitched my tent on one of the beds and slept comfortably.
I got on the road about an hour after first light. There was a warm shower host on Dauphin Island, but I was not certain if I could make it before dark, so I opted to shoot for an RV park that was about 12 miles shy of the Island. I needed to push and not waste any time–I regretted taking that extra hour of sleep.
At one point, two German shepherds charged me with teeth baring. I was half a second from spraying the leading dog when their owner appeared on the front porch of the house. I have not been bitten on this ride yet, but I think I'd rather risk the dog than the wrath of a dog's owner. No spray this time either.
After a while, I crossed into Alabama. The roads generally improved and the shoulders got a bit wider. Since I first entered Louisiana, I have seen beads on the sides of the roads–lots of them. This is continuing in Alabama, it seems. Strange.
As I neared the RV park, I called ahead to verify that they could support tents. They were very polite, but really didn't want me to camp there, so I decided to push on toward Dauphin Island. I had 90 minutes before dark, and the island was 12 miles away, so I figured I'd go for it. There is a very long bridge to the island, with a big bulge in the middle to allow ships to pass.
The warm showers host was not home, but he allows tourists to camp underneath his house. All of the houses in this neighborhood are on piers in the event of flooding. I pitched my tent under the house.
I spent the day trying to plan a cycle tour across Australia. I am finding that this may not be possible in December. After my experience in Spain, I am reluctant to tackle a route that promises 40 degree (C) days. I have some inquiries into a cycling organization, but I may end up doing a very thorough tour of New Zealand instead. I will keep you posted!
My thanksgiving meal came out of a can today. Yumm! As I was posting this blog, a French couple came to share the camping with me, so I will have some company after all it seems.
Happy Thanksgiving, Scott. I'm thankful that you're out there following your dream.
Thanksgiving was not the same without you.
Thanks Rich! And happy T-day to you too, sis!
Is it just me, or is the most dangerous part of your trip in the USA? Yeesh! I will pray for safety, warm hospitality, and smooth riding, Scott. Sorry your Thanksgivong was out of a can🙁 But I am thankful you are moving forward on your journey. Love you!


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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that four of the firm's attorneys in the Lexington office have been named to the 2019 Kentucky Super Lawyers lists.
Brian M. Johnson – Mr. Johnson is a Member in the firm's Lexington office and has been named a 2019 Kentucky Super Lawyer for Business Litigation. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, RICO and securities fraud, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and white collar criminal law. He has served as lead counsel for clients involved in class actions, business disputes, environmental litigation, and RICO cases. Mr. Johnson received his B.A. from Transylvania University and his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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Emma R. Wolfe – Ms. Wolfe is a Member in the firm's Lexington office and has been named a 2019 Kentucky Super Lawyer Rising Star for Business Litigation. Her practice includes the representation of clients in a wide variety of complex business and commercial litigation matters. She is particularly knowledgeable about intricate and complex class action, procedural and eDiscovery issues. Her experience includes matters related to commercial and residential real estate, leasehold disputes, environmental and toxic tort litigation, trusts and estate litigation, lender liability, as well as many other general business and contract disputes. Ms. Wolfe received her B.A. from State University of New York at Geneseo and her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019: Haiti ride on two second-half goals against Costa Rica to emerge Group B toppers
Sports Agence France-Presse Jun 25, 2019 12:27:39 IST
New York: Haiti rallied with two second-half goals to beat Costa Rica 2-1 on Monday and reach the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Gold Cup as winners of Group B.
Haiti right back Djimy Bend Alexis delivered the winner in the 81st minute with a right-footed blast that found the top right corner of the net and sent Haiti into a quarter-final clash with Group A runners-up Canada.
Haiti defender Djimy-Bend Alexis (5) defends against Costa Rica midfielder Randall Leal (2). AP
Costa Rica, who finished second in Group B, will take on Mexico, the Group A winners who are chasing an eighth title in the regional championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Alexis played a dubious role in the game's opening goal, a header from Costa Rica veteran Alvaro Saborio deflected off him and into the Haiti net to put Costa Rica up 1-0 in the 13th minute.
Haiti equalized from the spot in the 57th minute, Duckens Nazon converting after Francisco Calvo barged over him in the box.
Earlier in the day at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, Bermuda notched the first victory of their Gold Cup debut — a 2-0 triumph over Nicaragua thanks to second-half goals from Lejuan Simmons and Nahki Wells.
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1CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019: Haiti ride on two second-half goals against Costa Rica to emerge Group B toppers


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So what makes the HTC EVO 4G the newest superphone in town? Well, prepare a tissue just in case you drool as I tick out some of its finer features: 4.3 inch 480x800 capacitive TFT LCD, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 1GB internal memory, 512MB RAM, 8 megapixel camera witih 720p video recording, 1.3 megapixel front camera, HDMI out (needs an adapter to plug it on a TV), 802.11b/g WiFi, Android 2.1 with HTC Sense, and the icing on top of the cake: WiMAX.
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The 5th Test will be Alastair Cook's final Test match.
England is leading 3-1 in the five-match Pataudi Trophy against India and has already won the series with an emphatic win at Southampton in the fourth Test.
England would also like to win the fifth and last Test of the series at the Kia Oval and give a fitting farewell to their leading run-getter Alastair Cook, who will be playing his 161st and final Test match. England at included off-spinner Moeen Ali and he picked nine wickets in the match and scored some important runs.
However, with Chris Woakes getting fit, there were chances of him being included in the XI, at the cost of a batsman.
But in the end, England Wales Cricket Board went with the tried and tested team that won them the series in Southampton. However, it seems like Jonny Bairstow's finger has healed enough for him to take the gloves again.
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Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow (w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson.


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Well, it's here. And it certainly doesn't disappoint – for us here at Tonic, anyway.
For us, after a year filled with economic uncertainty, scandal and gloomy headlines, there's nothing like a bit of festive sparkle – or a loveable monster – to raise our spirits.
The Christmas advert has emerged as one Britain's biggest media moments in recent years, with retail giants Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Debenhams among many to invest millions of pounds in creating blockbuster festive ads.
But, it is the eager anticipation for one Christmas ad in particular that sparks the most excitement, and that's the big John Lewis reveal, which is often seen as the launchpad for the festive season. In fact, it has become about so much more than just an advert.
A man on the moon, a boxer dog called Buster and Monty the penguin. They're all household names now, and the team behind the retailer's latest festive offering are hoping this year's protagonist will be just as memorable.
Taking centre stage in 2017's £7m campaign, filmed by Oscar-winning director Michel Gondry, and featuring a cover of the Beatles' Golden Slumbers, recorded by Elbow, is Moz the Monster – a huge, yet cuddly, monster who befriends the seven-year-old boy under whose bed he lives.
But, what's enjoyed by most as a heart-warming festive treat, is viewed by others as merely a marketing or retail PR ploy.
We'll forgive you if you agree with that conclusion. As with previous years, the campaign doesn't begin and end with a two-minute advert. With a range of merchandise and a series of digital and social marketing tools, including a 'Mozifying' Facebook filter and an audiobook downloadable via Sky and Google Home, John Lewis has created a multi-channel campaign, all designed to boost sales.
Last year, Britain's retailers suffered a slump in sales, following the uncertainty around Brexit, so we have to assume that all retailers will be pulling out all the stops when it comes to trying to attract customers to spend their hard-earned cash. And, we say, there's not really anything wrong with that.
Others have even criticised the fact John Lewis is donating 10% from the sale of its Moz merchandise to charity partner Barnardo's, calling for the retailer to "skip the good PR and the merchandise sales" and instead give the £7m spent on the ad campaign directly to charity.
Some say it's simply too early for the Christmas season to begin.
We say, this is not a time for cynicism.
We say, the annual, nationwide frenzy and excitement over a two-minute advert suggests people are looking for an escape from the more serious things going on in the world.
In terms of Corporate Social Responsibility, John Lewis has ticked the PR box by making a donation to Barnardo's. But, maybe it's doing more than that, in bringing people together with a heartening tale of a child and his imaginary friend.
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The Department of Homeland Security is "begging" parents to not put themselves or their children at risk following the death of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl in the hospital hours after her father turned himself and his daughter in to Border Patrol officers in New Mexico.
The father and daughter illegally crossed the Mexican border into the U.S., Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.
They were part of a larger group of 163 migrants who turned themselves in Dec. 6, according to CBP records seen by The Washington Post.
The young girl, whose name has not been released, began experiencing seizures around 6:25 a.m. after being taken to the facility. After local EMS arrived, she was determined to have a 105.7 degree fever.
She was then transferred via air ambulance to El Paso, a DHS spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
"At the hospital, the child was revived after going into cardiac arrest. However, the child did not recover and died at the hospital less than 24 hours after being transported," the DHS spokesperson said.
She was in CBP custody for a total of eight hours, and had reportedly not eaten or drank anything for several days before.
"Unfortunately, despite our best efforts and the best efforts of the medical team treating the child, we were unable to stop this tragedy from occurring. Once again, we are begging parents to not put themselves or their children at risk attempting to enter illegally," DHS said in a statement.
"I am devastated by reports of a 7 year-old girl who had been taken into custody by CBP who died due to dehydration and exhaustion," Castro's statement reads.
"On behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, our sincerest condolences go out to the family of the child," DHS's statement said.
The child's death at the border comes amid a battle between Democrats and Republicans over a potential government shutdown related to funding for President Donald Trump's border wall.
Trump told House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday in a televised meeting in the Oval Office he'd shut down the government if Democrats don't fund the wall.
Schumer and Pelosi remained steadfast in their claims they would not provide additional funding, although no alternative to the shutdown has been raised.


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As a little girl I dreamed of being a great dancer to give people pleasure, or alternatively becoming a doctor to help heal people. Either way I knew I wanted to make people happy. Well, although I did some acting as a youngster I never became that prima ballerina, and neither did I become a doctor. But I did become a nurse and ultimately a practitioner of alternative healing.
Nursing led to nursing management and nursing education, with the emphasis on staff development. I was still determined to contribute to the happiness and well-being of those around me. Life unfolds in an unpredictable manner, which led me to studying reflexology and the analysing of the foot map, which is written by thought energy and emotions, opening the door to the subconscious world. Once I had learned the language of the feet I applied it in a unique way and over the years developed what I practise today – Footology Therapy™. The goals of Footology Therapy™ are twofold, firstly to build self-esteem, resilience and a positive attitude to enable us to perceive problems as challenges, and secondly to provide assistance with removing emotional blockages, which enables self-healing and wellness. The footologist is a guide in the process, working in partnership with the client by encouraging them to take responsibility for a new and holistic approach to their life.
You will probably be surprised to learn that the soles of your feet are emotional visual display screens. Emotional changes are constantly updated on the foot screen. All thoughts have an effect on the body; this is known as mind-body interaction. These interactions are mirrored on the feet and referred to as 'talking feet'. These writings manifest as colour changes, swellings, lines, calluses, blisters, indentations and many other prominent insignia. These features are analysed and possible meanings of interpretation are discussed with the client. Some features provide information about the client's unique characteristics, personality traits and talents.
Often clients are surprised by the information revealed to them, information about themselves that they have either never acknowledged or have not tapped into. Because they were the author of the script on their feet they instinctively know that what is being divulged to them is the truth. These truths may encompass information about their creativity, communication style and strengths and weaknesses. Other features provide information about the emotional well-being of the client. Many clients fear dealing with emotional issues, but Footology Therapy™ is a gentle, non-invasive and non-threatening modality. Emotions that are suppressed, for whatever reason, may cause energy blockages in the client's system that can lead to emotional, physical and spiritual imbalances. The client is encouraged to re-live the recalled emotion, involving all their senses in order to re-enact the event as accurately as possible. Clients are not required to verbalise the event if this causes discomfort, but are encouraged to re-experience the event internally. Features on the feet change dramatically as emotional baggage is dealt with and released.
Suppressed emotions need to be awoken in order to recall them from the subconscious. Specific triggers are required to access the subconscious. Symbolism and icons are the key to the imaginative world of the subconscious. The Pilotage includes the physical reflexes of the anatomy of the body, and the symbolic body-mind interpretation of these reflexes, the various levels of the energy systems with their associated symbolism involving structure and colouring. Think of the pilotage as a bunch of keys, but only one unique key will unblock a specific emotion in a particular client's subconscious. For this reason only the client has the ability, under the guidance of the footologist, to unlock the suppressed and troublesome emotion. Think of the pilotage as being a small but strong tug that is guiding a large ship into deeper waters or a safe harbour, or simply the footologist accompanying the client along the path to healing and wholeness.
'Oh yes,' he said after a while, 'I now understand the cause.' He had a sister living in England, who was very religious. He, however, had developed his own philosophy and was living his life accordingly. The sister had never forgiven him for 'losing the faith' and had broken all channels of communication with him. At 88, in the twilight years of his life, he felt very frustrated and did not know what to do about his sister. 'Write a letter,' I suggested. She would not read the letter. 'Phone?' She would not speak to him. I sensed his anger and frustration and suggested that he should write the letter anyway, as it would be therapeutic for him. I suggested that the letter be detailed and that he should get everything off his chest. By writing the letter, he manifested the thoughts that had lodged in his subconscious for so many years. Letting go of those old, guilt-ridden memories enabled him to make peace with himself – the cracks on his heels healed in a few days.
Karin Lombardozzi - She holds a BCur degree from UNISA in Nursing Management and Education. After a career in nursing and nursing anagement she studied various healing approaches. She developed her unique healing modality, Footology Therapy™, over the last 12 – 13 years. Karin offers courses in Footology Therapy™, which she also practises from her home in Riebeek West.


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PREVIEW: TheaterWorks, "The Legend of Georgia McBridge"
www.theaterworkshartford.org
Playwright Matthew Lopez's latest play, "The Legend of Georgia McBridge," will run as the third show of TheaterWorks 32nd season.
Meet Casey! He's young, he's broke, his landlord's knocking at the door, and he's just found out his wife is going to have a baby. When he crosses paths with Miss Tracy Mills, Casey is transformed from a washed up Elvis impersonator to a show stopping drag queen. This "feel-good," music-filled comedy is about finding and celebrating your true voice.
At its core, "Georgia" is a gender-bending comedy with heart. But beneath the fun is an important message about tolerance framed around themes of identity and transformation. Lopez's skill as a writer continues to impress, and with this particular play he reveals his agility as a writer of comedy. Besides a great story, he's given the audience a funny and often glorious tribute to the art of drag.
Originally staged in New York in 2015, Hartford audiences are familiar with Matthew Lopez' work at Hartford Stage including the world premiere of "Reverberation" as well as productions of "Somewhere" and "The Whipping Man."
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Imagine for a second the BBC taking a frail, housebound, elderly pensioner to court for not possessing a TV licence that for years she has had for free. Then imagine fining her £1,000 – the standard penalty – with legal costs on top; and if she doesn't pay or can't pay, sending her to prison.
Unthinkable? In fact, one in every 10 court cases is over non-payment of TV licences. And from next year, millions of people aged over 75 could lose their right to a free TV licence – and, if they don't pay up, end up being taken to court despite a Conservative election promise they would not have to pay.
In a sheepish private message to the BBC a few days after their botched general election campaign of 2017, the Conservatives asked the corporation to simply ignore the fact that Theresa May had made a specific election promise to those millions of pensioners that they would continue to have a free TV licence. The Tories' manifesto had stated: "We will maintain all other pensioner benefits including free bus passes, eye tests, prescriptions and TV licences, for the duration of this parliament." The Conservatives told the BBC they had made a mistake by promising free licences until 2022, and insisted the BBC had the power to abandon them in 2020, thus overriding their election pledge. Even now, a year and a half on, the party has not levelled with the British public.
In a paper a few weeks ago, the BBC had to admit it might charge all of those not on pension credit a licence fee – and thus restrict the free licence to 900,000 households, which would need to prove their eligibility. They might cut out nearly 2m households where someone from the age of 75 to 79 lives; or start charging every one of the 4.5m households with someone over the age of 75.
Just to means-test pensioners for their eligibility for free licences raises civil liberties issues. The Department for Work and Pensions would almost certainly have to open up its records to allow BBC officials to access private information on the finances of the over-75s. It would cost £72m simply to administer the system.
But there are other very good reasons why the pensioners' free TV licence should not be abolished. A policy of "taxation without representation" sparked the US war of independence in the 1770s. Since then the convention has been that taxation can be imposed only by the elected representatives of the people.
But if the BBC – an unelected body – becomes the taxing authority, it will decide who is to be taxed for the licence fee, and at what rate.
For the BBC to now make judgments that only parliament should make about the distribution of income between social groups is indeed taxation without representation.
The BBC's argument is that its budgets are stretched to the limit and that it has no alternative but to recoup as much of the £800m that the over-75 concession costs. To make its case, it claims BBC finances have been cut back to the bone. So it's an irony that a few days ago the BBC's top brass announced they would award themselves bonuses of up to £75,000 – giving some of them 30% rises in a multi-million pound handout.
But there is a far more fundamental reason why pensioners should not pay. The Frontier Economics report – commissioned by the BBC to make its case – does not even acknowledge that pensioner poverty, which was halved between 1997 and 2010, is now on the rise again – from 1.6 million three years ago to 1.9 million now – and forecast to pass 2 million by 2022. In the BBC's statements, there is a complacency about today's pensioner poverty that I find distressing and alarming, especially when over‑75s are almost 50% more likely to be in poverty than the 65-75 age group. In fact, one in every four of the over-75s is eligible for pension credit because their income is so low. As the fee rises towards £160, and then £170, that poverty will become worse.
Of course there is a very good reason why the last Labour government and then the Conservatives promised a free licence to all over-75s regardless of income. Support for the welfare state is dependent on us feeling we are "all in this together": that means combining targeted benefits such as the pension credit (which took 2 million pensioners out of poverty) with universal benefits that cover everyone. The free TV licence Labour introduced in 1999 is one of the few universal benefits available to all very elderly pensioners, and is particularly important given that for millions who live on their own the television is the best antidote to loneliness and isolation.
Backed by an Age UK petition, Tom Watson, Labour's culture spokesman, has made the case that if the BBC needs extra money, the government itself – not the broadcaster – should take responsibility for finding it. To do so is the only fair way of keeping its election promise.