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Donald Trump's general election media problem
The divisions among national Republicans could prevent Trump from getting equal treatment from the mainstream news media.
By Jonathan M. Ladd@jonmladd Jun 27, 2016, 12:50pm EDT
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In the Republican primaries, Donald Trump managed the news media to his advantage. The extensive coverage he received helped him win.
Before explaining why, a few caveats: It is hard to determine if media coverage affects a presidential candidate's electoral fortunes. It is hard to separate the effect of how the media chooses to cover campaign events from the events themselves. (That is, would the event have had the same effect regardless of how it was covered?) Also, when users of different news sources have divergent opinions, it is hard to tell whether outlets are persuading their audiences or if the consumers are selecting news sources based on their preexisting views.
All that said, Trump likely benefited from how the news media covered the primary campaign. He received substantially more coverage than the other Republican candidates, especially on cable news and talk radio.
In the primaries, this helped him in three ways. In a crowded primary field, just getting covered helps voters predisposed to support a candidate like you pick you over similar rivals. In a crowded field, a voter wanting to avoid wasting his or her vote on a hopeless candidate might pick only from among the few who get the most media attention, using media coverage as a proxy for viability. Second, the outlandish statements Trump made (calling Mexican immigrants rapists, claiming he would build a wall and Mexico would pay for it, proposing to ban all Muslim immigration) were popular with a substantial proportion of Republican primary voters, even while turning off most of the broader population.
Third, and crucially, these positions (and Trump himself) were not shunned by the conservative movement's main media outlets: talk radio and Fox News. He was not universally accepted, but some of the biggest talk radio hosts — such as Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and often Rush Limbaugh — usually refrained from attacking him or spent lots of airtime complaining about his critics without explicitly endorsing the candidate. (One big exception was Megyn Kelly. But even during her conflicts with Trump, she didn't spend much time criticizing him on air. And even she tried eventually to make peace with him.)
However, the media environment poses a major challenge for Trump in the general election campaign. The key question is whether most major Republican politicians will unite behind him — not just officially endorse him, but also refrain from criticizing his positions and rhetoric. If not— if substantial numbers of major Republican figures refuse to say supportive things to reporters about Trump's campaign — it will lead to fairly negative media coverage.
Journalistic norms about objectivity and balance
The professional norms that still shape the behavior of a large portion of journalists will be Trump's major problem in the summer and fall campaign. It is true that in the fragmented modern media landscape, there are a substantial number of political writers who are happy to mix news with their opinions and interpretation. But the news that reaches a large portion of the public (especially the less politically engaged voters who are more persuadable) still comes from journalists who see themselves as ideologically neutral and are influenced by traditional notions of objective journalism.
Many journalism scholars think of "objectivity" as a set of social norms about how to cover controversial topics (on the historical development of these social norms, see especially this and this). On some issues, it is conventional to report two or more opinions on the topic, but on other issues it is acceptable to just assert that one view is true.
A useful way to think about this is with the diagram below, which political scientist Daniel C. Hallin used to describe media coverage of the Vietnam War in his 1986 book The Uncensored War: the Media and Vietnam. Hallin points out that journalists who see themselves as nonpartisan treat political claims as either in the sphere of consensus, controversy, or deviance.
Some claims — for instance, that smoking causes cancer — are in the sphere of consensus. The opposite claim — that smoking is harmless — is in the sphere of deviance. Journalists don't feel obligated to report both sides of this debate, just the side in the sphere of consensus.
On the other hand, most journalists consider a question like "Has the Affordable Care Act improved the health care system?" to be in the sphere of controversy. The only way to cover the effects of the Affordable Care Act objectively is to report on both sides of the question.
Figure 1 from p. 117 of The Uncensored War: the Media and Vietnam. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
The statements made by prominent politicians in each party usually determine which national issues are in the sphere of controversy. If most of the leading politicians in both parties agree, their position will be treated by journalists as in the sphere of consensus. Journalists will give dissenting views little or no coverage.
However, if the leading members of the two parties take opposite positions, nonpartisan journalists will treat the issue as in the spheres of controversy and explain both positions without favoring either side.
This type of behavior by journalists leads to a related phenomenon, which communication scholars call "indexing." This idea, first articulated by political scientist Lance Bennett, is that different views on a political issue are covered in proportion to how many political and governmental officials in Washington express those views.
In one recent example, Bennett and co-authors Regina Lawrence and Steven Livingston found that how often journalists described the treatment of Abu Ghraib prisoners in Iraq as torture depended on how many political officials in Washington described it that way. When the Abu Ghraib scandal broke, descriptions of prisoner treatment as torture were fairly common by officials in Washington and by the press. But shortly afterward, the use of torture media frames declined quickly as most Washington sources aggressively advocated for more benign frames.
Trump's problem
How will Donald Trump's positions and rhetoric be treated by journalists who think of themselves as nonpartisan and subscribe to these professional norms? The big thing determining if his assertions are treated as in the sphere of controversy or rejected as belonging to the sphere of deviance is whether other prominent Republicans support him on a daily basis.
If they do, journalists will feel obligated to treat Trump as a normal candidate. They will cover both sides of the issue equally — such as whether Mexican immigrants are rapists, if Trump can build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it, or if the US should ban all Muslim immigration. Trump's view would be the treated as the Republican position and the other side as the Democratic position.
In Hallin's terms, these issues would be in the sphere of controversy. However, if national Republicans regularly fail to agree with Trump and often criticize him, his positions would be treated as in the sphere of deviance.
When Hillary Clinton takes positions in the general election campaign, I expect national Democratic politicians to be as supportive of her as they have been of Barack Obama since the point that he became the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008. Some more conservative red-state Democrats and some extremely liberal Democrats will complain about a few of her positions, but most will try to avoid publicly contradicting her when possible.
If Trump gets the same level of party message unity as Clinton does, then they will likely get roughly equal treatment by the mainstream media. On the other hand, if Trump cannot achieve a similar level of message unity from national Republicans, he will likely not be covered equally.
Public statements by prominent Republicans so far do not bode well for Trump. Speaking about Trump's candidacy overall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has told reporters, "I object to a whole series of things that he's said — vehemently object to them. I think all of that needs to stop. Both the shots at people he defeated in the primary and these attacks on various ethnic groups in the country."
When Trump criticized the federal judge handling the Trump University lawsuit for having Mexican ancestry, House Speaker Paul Ryan called Trump's position "the textbook definition of a racist comment." He went on to say, "I'm not going to defend these kinds of comments because they're indefensible." Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) called Trump's comments "racially toxic" and stated, "I'm going to speak out when I think [Trump] does things that are inconsistent with the best interest of the country."
After the mass shooting in Orlando left 49 people dead and Trump responded by thanking his supporters for their congratulations and reiterating his call for a ban on Muslim immigration, a long list of Republican senators, including solid conservatives like McConnell, John Cornyn (TX), Joni Ernst (IA), and Roger Wicker (MS), refused to publicly support Trump's statements.
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said that the speech Trump gave responding to the attack "wasn't the type of speech one would expect" from a president. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) brushed off a request to support Trump's position in a creative way, saying, "We don't have a nominee." When reporters pressed him by saying Trump was the presumptive nominee, Alexander cryptically responded, "That's what you say."
When reporters asked Paul Ryan to respond to Trump's statements, he again undermined Trump, saying, "This is a war with radical Islam. It is not a war with Islam. Muslims are our partners." Ryan also told reporters, "I do not think a Muslim ban is in our country's interest. I do not think it is reflective of our principles, not just as a party, but as a country."
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy contradicted Trump by saying, "You don't ban somebody on race [or] religion. I don't see that coming to the [House] floor." House Homeland Security Committee Chair Michael McCaul rebuffed Trump by saying, "I think you have to be a little careful with the rhetoric. You don't want to inflame or help the recruiting efforts."
Several of these Republicans, including McConnell and Ryan, have officially endorsed Trump. But that won't improve how the mainstream media covers Trump's campaign day-to-day unless they also refrain from criticizing his statements on the campaign trail. If national Republicans refuse to support (and often criticize) Trump's campaign messages, it makes it easy for national reporters who aspire to be nonpartisan not to give Trump and his critics equal billing. There will likely be much more space given to Trump's opponents than to his campaign messages.
When Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, pundits like Paul Krugman and others worried that reporters committed to nonpartisanship would cover his unconventional positions and behavior as simply the mirror image of the Clinton campaign. Each side's positions would be given equal space and covered with a similar tone. History suggests this will happen only if national Republicans are unified in supporting Trump and his message.
However, if national Republicans continue to be much less united around Trump that national Democrats are around Clinton, Trump could face a major disadvantage in media coverage.
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Australia Offers to Ease Brexit Pain with Free Cancer Death Pics
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Nanny State Australia has stepped into the breach to rescue Nanny State Britain with some free pictures of people dying of cancer and heart disease to put on the side of cigarette packets in case of a No Deal Brexit.
Is this the most strained and desperate bit of Remain propaganda ever?
Here is the story, as relayed by the Sydney Morning Herald:
London: Australia has come to the rescue of Britain, providing the government with its world-leading plain packaging images for cigarettes, to use free-of-charge in the case of a chaotic no deal Brexit.
Plain packaging.
With MPs poised to vote down Prime Minister Theresa May's deal in the Commons next week, it's emerged that after Brexit, Britain would be denied access to graphic picture warnings that have been credited with saving lives because the EU owns the copyright.
Britain introduced plain packaging laws in 2017, following in the footsteps of Australia, which under the Labor government in 2012 became the first government in the world to force tobacco companies to remove their branding and replace them with graphic images of the effects of smoking.
Junior health minister Steve Brine said the British government had sought help from Australia to ensure the UK can continue to enforce its plain packaging laws after Brexit.
Posted on January 10, 2019 January 11, 2019 Author JamesCategories BreitbartTags cigarettes, Nanny stateLeave a comment on Australia Offers to Ease Brexit Pain with Free Cancer Death Pics
2018 Was the Year Nanny State Bansturbators Went Bananas
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Audio version.
2018 was the year the Bansturbators went postal…
Whatever you like to eat, whatever you drink, whatever you enjoy doing in your spare time, the Bansturbators wanted to slap health warnings on it, make it more expensive or, ideally, regulate it out of existence. All the evidence from the past suggests that none of these draconian measures work. We know, for example, that in the UK all the government's fizzy drink tax did was ruin the taste of popular brands like Lucozade, Ribena and Irn Bru; and in Australia the incidence of smoking actually increased after the health police decided to replace branded packaging with "plain packaging" and grisly visual health warnings…
Here are just a few examples from around the world of Nanny Statism gone totally insane:
Cancer Warnings on Coffee
Starbucks and other coffee sellers must include cancer warnings ruled a judge in – where else? – Los Angeles California.
Posted on December 31, 2018 January 3, 2019 Author JamesCategories BreitbartTags food bans, Nanny stateLeave a comment on 2018 Was the Year Nanny State Bansturbators Went Bananas
Meet the Calorie Gestapo! UK Government to Bring Back Rationing
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For the first time since wartime restrictions were finally lifted in 1954, the British government is planning a return to rationing.
This has nothing to do with food shortages caused by Hitler's Germany but with a different kind of totalitarian menace: health and safety Nazis.
The lunatic plan emanates from a body of grotesquely overpaid bureaucrats called Public Health England (PHE).
Posted on December 28, 2018 December 28, 2018 Author JamesCategories BreitbartTags Nanny state, Public Health EnglandLeave a comment on Meet the Calorie Gestapo! UK Government to Bring Back Rationing
Penn State's 98-Year-Old Outing Club Staying In: 'Outdoors Too Risky' Say Authorities
Penn State University's 98-year old Outing Club has been bannedfrom conducting outings. The university authorities have decided the great outdoors is simply too fraught with risk for students. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
A backpacking trip in the Rothrock State Forest and day hikes in the Laurel Highlands and Shenandoah National Park in Virginia were among the Penn State Outing Club's 2018 spring-term events.
After this weekend, though, the 98-year-old organization has nothing on its calendar, and unless things change, it won't.
The Outing Club isn't allowed to go outside anymore.
According to an announcement posted by the club on its website last week, the university will not allow the club to organize and run outdoor, student-led trips starting next semester.
"This is a result," the announcement said, "of an assessment of risk management by the university that determined that the types of activities in which PSOC engages are above the university's threshold of acceptable risk for recognized student organizations."
The Outing Club, founded 1920, is one of Penn State's oldest clubs.
Posted on April 23, 2018 Author JamesCategories BreitbartTags Big Government, education, Nanny state, outdoors, Outing Club, Penn State, Rothrock State ForestLeave a comment on Penn State's 98-Year-Old Outing Club Staying In: 'Outdoors Too Risky' Say Authorities
I Prefer My Cod in Batter, Thanks Very Much
Whenever I find myself choosing my next meal I always like to look out for the sign that says "healthy option." In this age of variety and abundance it can often be hugely difficult making up your mind as to what to eat next. "Healthy option" makes things so much easier. It tells me: "Avoid like the plague."
Good news, then, for takeaway customers in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. No fewer than six local fish and chip shops have taken on board the advice of their local council's Healthier Choices Manager and introduced special, non-greasy, low-fat menu options. So now when customers find themselves torn between the battered sausage, the chicken nuggets and the "rock salmon" at least they can be sure of what they don't want: that insipid-looking fillet of steamed cod on a bed of salad, with so few chips they barely even qualify as a garnish.
"It's too early to say if steamed fish will be a hit," says an article on the council's website. And I'll bet when they know the answer they won't tell us. That's because this well-meaning scheme is doomed to flop like a wet kipper. Of course it is. No one in their right mind goes to a takeaway as part of a calorie controlled diet. You do it when you fancy a treat.
And the reason it's a treat is precisely because that food is so deliciously greasy. As the late Clarissa Dickson-Wright, the generously girthed cook from TV's Two Fat Ladies, once explained to me, fry-ups, sizzling bacon, battered fish, and so on will always taste nicer than the "healthy option" because fat is a great carrier of flavour.
Clarissa (who was as big an expert on the science of food as she was on cooking and eating it) remained, to the end, a great defender of butter, cream and full-fat milk. She claimed they were much better for you than most of the supposedly healthy, low-fat alternatives. And it turns out she was right. Recent studies have shown that it's the "trans-fats" in artificial health products like margarine that are the killer, not natural animal fats you find in butter.
What's more, the evidence increasingly suggests, that it's sugar not fat which is most responsible for our supposed obesity epidemic. So by trying to stop customers eating fried fish in Rochdale, the council is barking up the wrong tree. It's the cafes pushing sweet cakes and doughnuts they should be investigating.
If, that is, you believe it's a council's job to be lecturing takeaways shops, cafes and the like what should and shouldn't be on the menu. Which personally, I don't. Surely, if you're forking out hundreds of pounds every year for your council tax, it ought to be things you actually want and need like regular dustbin collection, not for the services of some nannyish, finger-wagging lecturer treating you like a small child who refuses to eat his Brussels sprouts.
When I read that Rochdale Council employed a Healthier Choices Manager, I assumed at first it was a joke. But no: the job exists and it's currently held by someone called Clare McNicol. Well I'm sure she's a nice, caring, well-meaning person and she's clearly very persuasive to have got all those chippies to participate in this ludicrous scheme. Really, though. Oughtn't the council to have more urgent priorities than creating such busybodying non-jobs?
For example, three years ago, Rochdale was at the centre of an ugly, grooming gang scandal when a group of Pakistanis were jailed for 30 'horrific' counts of child rape. With its limited budget, wouldn't the council be better off beefing its apparently lacklustre Children's Services Department, rather than trying to decide the local fish and chip shop menu? Isn't the safety of vulnerable girls maybe a bit more important than the danger that someone, somewhere might put on a few more inches as a result of too many ill-advised takeaways?
Councils are always telling us how underfunded they are, how they're expected to do more and more with less and less money. But I suspect that this is at least partly a problem of their own making. If they stuck to the basics – schools, street-cleaning, lighting and so on – and cut out all the dispensable luxuries like recycling awareness, sustainability, lesbian outreach, diet fascism, and so on, then I'm sure they'd find it much easier to live within their means. I expect most council taxpayers would be a lot happier too.
My fear, though, is that councils, especially those in inner-city Labour strongholds like Rochdale, really aren't so interested in the dull but essential bread-and-butter stuff. (Let alone in confronting issues like the growth of intolerant Islamism). Rather they see it as their holy mission to mould the whole world in their progressive image. Hence, that multitude of different coloured bags you're expected to sort your rubbish into, each week: they want to teach you that recycling as an act of religious devotion.
Hence too those healthy eating menus. They don't want you to see food as a source of fun or sensual pleasure. They want you to see it as they do – worthy, tofu-eating, vegan types as most of them probably are – as a source of guilt, self-hatred and neurosis.
Never mind the fact that cod – or haddock, come to that – is really quite disgusting when steamed and that it desperately needs the improving influence of a nice, crispy layer of beer batter, a side order of thick chips swimming in vinegar, and a squeeze each of tomato ketchup and tartare sauce to make it palatable. Enjoying the stuff was never the point. These people don't just want you to be healthy and thin. They want you, above all, to be miserable.
From the Express
Eat local organic food if you like, but don't kid yourself that it's 'green'
So butter is good for you? Just like global warming, then
What the left would prefer you didn't know about multiculturalism…
Does Mitt Romney prefer dog-poop yogurt?
Posted on August 15, 2015 April 12, 2017 Author JamesCategories ExpressTags full fat, healthy eating, Nanny state, Political Correctness, Rochdale
Passive Smoking – Another of the Nanny State's Big Lies
Not Polly Toynbee
Passive smoking doesn't give you lung cancer. So says a new report publicised by the American Cancer Institute which will come as no surprise whatsoever to anyone with a shred of integrity who has looked into the origins of the great "environmental tobacco smoke" meme.
It was, after all, a decade ago that the British Medical Journal, published the results of a massive, long-term survey into the effects of second-hand tobacco smoke. Between 1959 and 1989 two American researchers named James Enstrom and Geoffrey Kabat surveyed no few than 118,094 Californians. Fierce anti-smoking campaigners themselves, they began the research because they wanted to prove once and for all what a pernicious, socially damaging habit smoking was. Their research was initiated by the American Cancer Society and supported by the anti-smoking Tobacco Related Disease Research Program.
At least it was at first. But then something rather embarrassing happened. Much to their surprise, Kabat and Enstrom discovered that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ie passive smoking), no matter how intense or prolonged, creates no significantly increased risk of heart disease or lung cancer.
Similar conclusions were reached by the World Health Organisation which concluded in 1998 after a seven-year study that the correlation between "passive smoking" and lung cancer was not "statistically significant." A 2002 report by the Greater London Assembly agreed. So too did an investigation by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee.
Yet between 2006 and 2007 smoking was banned in all enclosed public places throughout the United Kingdom largely on the basis of the claim – widely promulgated by bansturbating politicians and kill-joy activists – that it was necessary to protect the health of non-smokers. On the basis, in other words, of a blatant and scientifically demonstrable lie.
It's not just British health Nazis who like to promulgate this myth. Here's what America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has to say on the subject:
Secondhand smoke causes an estimated 3,400 lung cancer deaths among U.S. nonsmokers each year.
The actual number, Jacob Sullum argues at Reason, is "probably closer to zero."
So why does the medical establishment pretend otherwise? Sullum quotes a doctor who comments on the latest study's findings. The doctor observes primly:
"The strongest reason to avoid passive cigarette smoke is to change societal behavior: to not live in a society where smoking is a norm."
Aha. Now we're closer to the mark. What the doctor is showing here are the classic symptoms of "freedom of choice is far too dangerous for the little people" syndrome.
[I hope I don't need to draw the parallels here with the similarly scientifically unfounded excuses being advanced to justify all sorts of regulatory and confiscatory activity to do with "climate change"]
Was the smoking ban a good idea? Arguably, in some ways. It means that when you come home from a crowded gig or club, now, your hair and clothes no longer smell of stale smoke; it forces smokers to smoke less than they might otherwise have done because nipping outside for a fag is so inconvenient.
Against that, though, you have to set the enormous damage which has been done to the pub industry – and indeed to the atmosphere within pubs and clubs. More worrying still, though, is the ugly precedent it has set for the arbitrary confiscation by the State of property rights.
It should have been left up to individual institutions – private members clubs especially, but pubs and restaurants too – whether or not they wished to allow smoking on their premises. Punters would then have been free to choose whether or not they wished, on any given evening, to sacrifice their unalienable right not to be exposed to other people's deadly tobacco smoke.
That is how free societies work. Free people make free choices.
In 2006 and 2007 in Britain – and at various other dates in other countries around the world – the forces of authoritarian government took away those rights. On the basis of a massive lie.
Is Policy Exchange the most loathsome think tank in Britain?
Frogs, scorpions, greens, lies…
Be afraid: German ex-Chancellor demands 'United States of Europe'.
Climategate: the official cover-up continues
Posted on December 23, 2013 May 2, 2017 Author JamesCategories telegraphblogTags Big Lie, cancer, environmental tobacco smoke, Forest, Nanny state, passive smoking
Cameron to Appoint New Personal Hygiene Czar
Concern about declining standards of personal hygiene have inspired David Cameron's Coalition government to appoint a Personal Hygiene and Cleanliness Supervisor who will advise Britons on how to get the most out of their Personal Hygiene and Cleanliness routines, especially when they use the loo.
"One of the problems associated with toilet use is that people tend to consider it a private moment in their lives in which the government has no business whatsoever," said the Prime Minister, yesterday, proudly deploying the word "toilet" lest anyone imagine he had been expensively-educated. "But we intend to change that. Without proper government scrutiny, we cannot be at all sure that people are wiping their bottoms properly or not dribbling on the seat or remembering to pull up their flies. The social consequences of this could be horrendous, especially in the run-up to the Olympics when the eyes of the world will be on Britain. We want to send out a clear message: skid marks have no place in the Big Society."
Though David Cameron has attracted mockery from some quarters over the appointment of what cynics have christened the Poo-Poo and Wee-Wee Czar, he is adamant that it will give the British economy just the fillip it needs as it teeters on the brink of a new Great Depression. "No it will, really. Every street in Britain will have a Personal Hygiene Co-ordinator who will report directly to the Department of Cleanliness, which will create at least ten million new 'Brown Jobs'.'
Mr Cameron insists that the scheme will be entirely self-financing and will not cost ordinary taxpayers a penny. "It's brilliant. There's this guy, right, that I, like, read about when I did PPE at Oxford and what you do is you just print extra money and all your problems just disappear into the future by which time you're dead so you don't notice. All the world's top economists like Ben Bernanke and Paul Krugman say it really works and it doesn't cause inflation or anything bad like that and even if it does your massive house in Witney or wherever just goes up and up and up."
Mr Cameron added that the Department of Cleanliness's shiny new headquarters in Mayfair would be paid for by a special supertax on "hedge funders, filthy rich entrepreneurs, City types, oligarchs and other fat cat capitalist running dog lackeys," as well as from the proceeds from a new fairground attraction where members of the public can pay £120 to hit golf balls on a range at Mr (formerly Sir) Fred Goodwin. His chancellor, George Osborne, defended the decision yesterday against the suggestion that this might be seen as in some way anti-business and anti-growth.
"Anyone who thinks that is a total economic illiterate. And I should know because I've been on a bloody great yacht with Oleg Deripaska and Nat Rothschild. They know about money and stuff cos they're really rich and though they didn't actually say this because they were too busy being beaten in the sauna with birch twigs by men in pointy hats the impression I got is this: rich people around the world are desperate to do more good in society and have more of their money spent on their behalf by the government. We estimate that by raising the upper band tax rate to 70p, the number of rich people wanting to come to Britain will increase by at least 50 per cent boosting revenues up to 10000 per cent. Mr Cable has done the figures and he's a real whizz. It's a little-known fact which he doesn't like to boast about, but he actually saw the 2007 crash coming, you know."
Mr Cameron admitted yesterday he'd got the idea for the new department from his Health Minister Anne Milton. "When I saw her proposal to solve the problem of teen drinking by encouraging the breweries to water down their beer, I just thought: 'Genius!' I mean, for years Britain has been held back by the kind of selfish 'me, me, me' attitude whereby people think they should be free to spend their own money and do more or less what they want to so long as it's "legal" and what this means is that everything gets frightfully messy and hard to control. What Anne has made me appreciate is that there's no area of private life to which the state can't make a real, benchmarked difference if it put its mind to it. And that's why, I've created another new Department of Blue Sky Thinking which even now is working on new ways for the government to solve everything. We're thinking a Tooth-Flossing Czar, a Fashion Advice Czar, an Organic Vegetables Czar, a Bee-Keeping Czar. Hugh's very interested because he's a mate who was, like, at School with me. But so's Jamie and Jamie wasn't even at School, which gives you an idea of the breadth of popular appeal some of these ideas have."
But what about the accusation that this was more Nanny Statism of the most intrusive kind? "And what's so wrong with Nannies?" asked Cameron. "Mine was top hole. She used to be Harold Macmillan's and if it wasn't for her I still wouldn't know to this day that you never, but never, use a fish knife when eating pike in May. Well, not unless you've caught it with a dry fly, obviously."
How can you tell when Dave Cameron's lying?
If class IS a problem for David Cameron he has only himself to blame
Posted on February 9, 2012 April 23, 2017 Author JamesCategories telegraphblogTags Anne Milton, birch twigs, David Cameron, Deripaska's yacht, George Osborne, Harold Macmillan, heir to blair, Nanny state, personal hygiene czar, pointy hats, Poo poo and wee wee czar, skid marks, watered down beer

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia recently posted first-half FY17 cash earnings of $4.907 billion, slightly ahead of Ord Minnett's forecast of $4.851 billion, primarily driven by a better outcome on expense growth, with revenues, provisioning, and tax all in line with expectations.
The 1.0 cent increase in interim dividend to $1.99 a share, representing a circa 70% payout ratio, was a surprise, given the decline in the bank's core equity tier-one (CET1) ratio and the headwinds still to come from the wealth de-gearing process and asset risk weights are incorporated.
In the big picture, the CBA result showed positive dynamics for the sector, to wit, improved trading income, cost management and provisioning.
For CBA, a much-improved run-rate on fee income (courtesy of a re-negotiated deal with Mastercard), and a better outlook on costs (courtesy of a $400 million software write-down) sees minor earnings upgrades.
The bank's headline CET1 ratio fell to 9.9% from 10.6% at FY16, reflecting the move to higher mortgage risk weights. Capital was flattered, however, by a 30 basis points reduction in risk-weighted assets from improving asset quality despite provisioning being largely unchanged, which largely offset a 'normalisation' of interest rate risk in the banking book charges.
CBA posted a good-quality result, but the stock remains fully valued, leading us to maintain our Hold recommendation and our $75.00 target price.


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Lilies On The Land Theatre Tickets
Showing at Arts Theatre, London
We do not curently have theatre tickets available for Lilies On The Land This could be because we have simply sold out or it could be that this show is no longer running. The information on this page remains purely for historical and informational purposes.
Lilies on the Land is a truly remarkable and sparkling piece of theatre which celebrates an extraordinary episode in Britain's history, the Women's Land Army of World War II. These gripping but charming tales chart the personal journeys of four women who sign up to become Land Girls, determined to work endless, backbreaking hours on farms across the country in a bid to do their best for the War Effort.
But how will these women, hailing from all different walks of life, torn from their families and bereft of all basic home comforts, deal not only with the hardships of farming life and the pressures of war, but also with being outsiders in new surroundings? Maybe work clothes full of mice and toilet rolls falling from the skies are just what it takes for these girls to get through?
Based on hundreds of letters from and interviews with the original Land Girls along with songs from the period, Lilies on the Land is a revealing, funny, wonderfully moving and utterly captivating portrait of some of Britain's pluckiest, unsung heroes. Simply unmissable, this is theatre at its most memorable
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Booking from: Tuesday, 8th June 2010
Booking until: Saturday, 17th July 2010
Matinees: Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 3pm
Evenings: Tuesday to Saturday 7.30pm
Arts Theatre
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(2mins) Take Cranbourn Street away from Leicester Square up to Great Newport Street on your left, where you can see the theatre.


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Tenancy deposit schemes
Unlawful fees
Private landlords are required to register tenancy deposits with an approved tenancy deposit scheme.
What is a tenancy deposit scheme?
When are landlords required to register a deposit?
What information do landlords need to give the scheme provider?
Landlord fails to use the scheme
Switching scheme providers
What information do landlords need to give tenants?
How is the deposit returned from the scheme?
What if there is a dispute?
Requesting a review of the adjudicator's decision
When a deposit is paid to a landlord or letting agency they are required to register the deposit with a tenancy deposit scheme provider. The scheme provider keeps the deposit in a separate bank account until the end of the tenancy.
This only applies to private landlords who are required to register as a landlord with their local authority. So, for example, resident landlords are excluded from the scheme. The tenancy deposit scheme does not apply to registered social landlords or local authorities.
At the end of a tenancy, the landlord lets the scheme provider know if any of the money needs to be held back and the rest is returned to the tenant. If the tenant thinks that their landlord has unfairly withheld all or some of the deposit, they have the option of complaining to ask the scheme provider to make a decision.
The three scheme providers in Scotland are:
Letting Protection Service Scotland
My Deposit Scotland
Safe Deposit Scotland
Any tenant who is offered an alternative to these schemes should proceed with caution. Some landlords or letting agents may offer an insurance-type service that takes a non-refundable fee instead of a deposit. These types of schemes may contain extra costs within the small print and any tenant offered this should read these carefully before agreeing to use such a scheme.
Tenancy deposits must be registered with a tenancy deposit scheme within thirty working days of the tenancy starting. If the tenancy is ended within this thirty working day period, so long as the deposit is returned to the tenant in full, the requirement to register the deposit does not apply. [1]
Where a tenancy ends within 30 days, the deposit is not protected and not returned, a civil proceedings claim can be raised at the Housing and Property Chamber.
There is also provision for payment of a deposit to be made in instalments. The regulations apply to each instalment as they would to payment in full at the start of the tenancy [2]
Landlords must give the scheme provider:
their contact details
their tenant's contact details
details of the tenancy and property to which the deposit relates [3]
Where a relevant landlord has failed to place the deposit into the statutory scheme, the tenant can make an application to the First Tier Tribunal Housing and Property Chamber. This can be done either during the tenancy, or up to three months after the tenancy has ended. [4]
The tribunal can order the landlord to pay the tenant up to three times the amount of the deposit, [5] and to pay the deposit into a scheme as well as comply with the other requirements of the tenancy deposit scheme regulations. [6]
Where the landlord has failed to return an unprotected deposit to the tenant at the end of their tenancy, a separate application can be made to recover this money. The civil proceedings procedure is used, under rule 70 or 111, and this can be made at the same time as an application for compensation.
See the section Tenancy Deposit in Courts and Legal Action for information on how to apply.
Landlord uses a service other than the three statutory schemes
In some cases, landlords or letting agents have offered tenants who cannot afford a full deposit the option of using service that takes a non-refundable fee, to insure the landlord against unpaid rent.
Charging tenants premiums or loans to secure a tenancy is a breach of the Rent Scotland Act [7]. As these schemes are a service, rather than a deposit scheme, they do not breach this legislation. However, it is unlikely to benefit tenants, and they would be much better protected against further costs by using one of the three statutory schemes.
If a tenant is told by letting agent they must use such a scheme to secure the tenancy, rather than offering it as an alternative, this may be a breach of the letting agent code of practice. A complaint could be made under Rule 48 or 49 [8] to claim a non-refunded fee back.
If a landlord is unhappy with the scheme provider they have registered the deposit with, they have the option of transferring the deposit into a different scheme. The scheme provider can either facilitate the transfer, or return the deposit to the landlord so that they can make the transfer themselves. [9] If the deposit is transferred the scheme provider must write to the tenant informing them that the transfer has taken place. [10]
As well as paying the deposit into an approved scheme, landlords must give tenants specific information in relation to the deposit within thirty working days of the deposit being put into a scheme.
Landlords must provide the following information:
the amount of the deposit and the date it was received by the landlord
the date the deposit was paid into the tenancy deposit scheme
the address of the property to which the deposit relates
a statement that the landlord is registered with the local authority in which the property is located, or has applied to be registered
the name and contact details of the tenancy deposit scheme provider to which the deposit was paid, and
the circumstances in which all, or part of the deposit can be kept at the end of the tenancy, with reference to the tenancy agreement. [11]
Either the landlord or the tenant can apply for the deposit to be returned from the tenancy deposit scheme.
Where a landlord applies for the return of the deposit:
Landlords must apply to have the deposit returned from the scheme as soon as is reasonably practicable after the tenancy has ended. [12] In the application the landlord must state the date which the tenancy ended and the amount of the deposit they think should be:
returned to the tenant, and
returned to the landlord. [13]
Once the scheme provider has received the landlord's application they will write to the tenant informing them of the amount the landlord thinks should be returned. If the landlord is making no claim on the deposit the money will be returned in full to the tenant within five working days. [14]
If the landlord is making a claim then the scheme will write to the tenant to advise them how much the landlord is seeking. The tenant must respond to the scheme provider within thirty working days stating whether they agree or disagree with this amount. [15] If the tenant disagrees, they should write to the scheme provider detailing the amount they believe should be returned to them.
If the tenant does not write to the scheme provider to confirm or dispute the amount within thirty working days, the scheme provider will return an amount of money to the landlord, in line with the landlord's claim, within five working days. Any remaining amount due back to the tenant will be deposited into a designated account. It will still be open to the tenant to apply to have this amount returned to them at a later date. [16]
Where a tenant applies for the return of the deposit:
Where a tenant applies for the return of the deposit first, but the landlord applies within thirty days of the tenant's application, the scheme provider must progress the landlord's application instead of the tenant's application. [17]
In their application tenants must state how much of the deposit, in their opinion, they think should be: [18]
returned to the landlord.
If the tenant's application is progressed the scheme provider will write to the landlord informing them of the amounts the tenant has identified as being returnable to them, and the landlord. [19] They will also require the landlord to get in touch to confirm whether they agree with the amounts specified by the tenant within thirty working days. If the landlord does not confirm or dispute these amounts within this period, the scheme provider will repay the full deposit to the tenant within five working days. [20]
A free-to-access dispute resolution service must be made available by each tenancy deposit scheme to help resolve disputes over the amount of deposit to be paid to each party. It's not compulsory to use the dispute resolution process in every dispute – parties are free to negotiate themselves. However, landlords are required to use dispute resolution if it's requested by the tenant. [21] Disputes will be determined by an independent adjudicator appointed by the scheme provider.
When a tenancy deposit scheme provider refers a dispute
Scheme providers will only refer a dispute to the dispute resolution service where:
the landlord or the tenant requests the referral (where the landlord makes a referral the tenant must consent to this); and
the scheme provider is satisfied that attempts have been made to come to an agreement but this has not been successful.
First steps in the dispute resolution process
If there is a dispute between a landlord and tenant over the deposit, the scheme provider will hold onto the deposit until the dispute is resolved. [22] If the landlord and tenant come to an agreement before the dispute reaches the adjudication stage, the scheme provider will repay the agreed amounts to both parties within five working days of receiving confirmation of the agreement. [23]
Where a landlord requests dispute resolution
if the landlord requests dispute resolution it is likely to be in the tenants interest to consent to this. If tenants don't write to the scheme provider, stating that they agree to dispute resolution within thirty working days of being notified of the request, the deposit will be paid in line with the landlord's recommendations after five working days.
The scheme provider will write to the tenant fifteen days after they've been sent the initial notification of the request for dispute resolution, reminding them of the availability of the dispute resolution process, and the consequences of inaction on their part. [24]
What if the dispute resolution process is abandoned?
If the dispute resolution process is abandoned before a decision is made, the scheme provider will make a payment from the scheme within five working days of being notified of this. The particular amount depends on why the dispute resolution process came to an end. [25]
If the landlord and tenant came to an agreement, then the scheme will pay the agreed amounts to each party within five working days of the notification.
If dispute resolution came to an end for another reason, the deposit will be paid in line with the landlord's specification within five working days of the notification.
What happens after a decision has been made?
Once the adjudicator has come to a decision the scheme provider will wait for ten working days before they return the deposit. This is in case either the landlord or the tenant requests a review of their decision. If no request is received then the scheme provider will then pay the deposit in line with the adjudicator's decision within five working days. [26]
Either the landlord or the tenant can request a review of the adjudicator's decision. Decisions of the adjudicator can only be reviewed on the grounds that the adjudicator has erred in fact or law, or both. [27] A request must be made within ten working days of each party being notified of the adjudicator's decision. This can only be done once.
If a party requests a review, the adjudicator will write to the other party asking them to put forward their views as to whether the adjudicator has made an error. [28] If the adjudicator decides to reject the applicant's request for review, they must pay the deposit back as soon as is reasonably practicable, but not before the period of ten working days has expired in which another party can challenge the adjudicator's decision. [29]
The adjudicator can either affirm their previous decision, or make an entirely new one. The parties will be notified of the decision within five working days and the scheme provider will pay the deposit in line with the reviewed decision, within five working days of receiving notice of that decision. [30]
reg. 3 and 3.1 Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg 3.2 Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.21(a)-(b) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.9(1)-(2) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.10(a) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.10(b)(i)-(ii) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176; see also Ross Fraser and Alison Pease v Andrew Meehan B641/13 Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders at Edinburgh September 2013
s.82 Rent (Scotland) Act 1984
sch.1 para.48-49 Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016 SSI 2016/133
reg.23(1)-(2) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.23(3) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.24(2)(a)-(b) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.25 and 26 Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.25(2)(a)-(c) Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
reg.29(2) and reg.30 Tenancy Deposit Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 2011/176
The Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011
The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (Procedure) Regulations 2017
Housing and Property Chamber - Other Private Tenancy Applications
Housing and Property Chamber - Previous Tribunal Decisions
Mygov.scot - Tenancy deposits
Letting agent code of practice


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Gonçalo Pinto de Mesquita Viegas Malheiro (Porto, 11 de maio de 1978) é um ex-jogador de rugby union Português que atuava como médio de abertura.

O seu clube era o Direito, tendo jogado a maior parte da sua carreira no CDUP, com passagens por outros clubes como Madrid. Conta com 37 jogos pela Selecção Portuguesa de Rugby, tendo marcado 7 ensaios, 30 transformações, 52 penalidades e 2 pontapés de ressalto, num total de 237 pontos, que fazem dele o recordista dos "Lobos".

Malheiro integrou a Seleção Nacional na fase final do Copa do Mundo de Rugby Union de 2007, jogando contra a Nova Zelândia, a quem marcou um pontapé de ressalto, e a Roménia, marcando uma penalidade.

Naturais do Porto
Jogadores de rugby union de Portugal

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The imperative to work for the good of society need not necessarily be limited to the here and now. Whether as individuals or members of a team, engineers can take a leadership role in promoting sustainability, environmental stewardship and the longer-term public good. Source: Pressnail, K.D., "From Persuasion to Determination, Engineering Dimensions, May/June 2004. To read the entire article, follow the link below.
The newest addition to the Primer Series looks at applying sustainability in consulting engineering and geoscience. The early version available now is full of case studies and background information on issues common to consulting engineers and geoscientists. Check in a couple of weeks for more additional case studies. Follow the link below to view the document.
The most pressing issues facing the developing world today are poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and civil strife. These problems are aggravated by the lack of access to employment, energy, food, healthcare, sanitation, shelter and water etc. Engineering and technology are crucial to their solution. It is therefore most appropriate that the World Engineers Convention (WEC) 2004 in Shanghai, China will be addressing all the above under the theme "Engineers Shape the Sustainable Future". The deadline for paper submission is July 31, 2004. For more information on the conference, see the weblink below.
Imagine the ultimate learning experience. Imagine a three week, 1200 km journey down one of the world's great rivers, the greatest salmon river on earth: the Fraser. The Sustainable Living Leadership Program brings you – first hand – the theory and practice of sustainable living and community stewardship. The SLLP explores what it means to be a leader, live sustainably, and become a community steward. SLLP participants participate in team-building exercises and activities, experience different Fraser Rivershed regions, listen to different perspectives from Fraser Rivershed community stewards, discuss sustainable living concepts and how they can be applied in their lives, learn about community stewardship. SLLP participants learn and experience the People of the Fraser River Basin (e.g. Communities, First Nations & Stewards), places of the Fraser River Basin (e.g. Riversheds, Biogeoclimatic Zones, etc.), and subjects on Sustainable Living (e.g. Deep Ecology, Bioregionalism, Choices for Sustainable Living & Simplicity), Community Stewardship and Leadership Development. Program itinerary at a glance Week 1 – Leadership Development (approx. 8 days) Week 2 – Introduction to Sustainable Living (approx. 10 days Week 3 – Sustainable Living & Community Stewardship Applications (approx. 5 days). This three-week outdoor education program combines theory-based curriculum with experiential education. Experiential education includes group interaction and initiative tasks on: Teamwork, Leadership Skills, Conflict Resolution, and Communication. Theory-based curriculum includes discussions, case studies and activities on: Deep Ecology, Bioregionalism, Voluntary Simplicity, and Choices for Sustainable Living. The program includes interaction with the RSBC's extensive network of First Nation and Non native Fraser River Community Stewards. Participants travel by raft and canoe on their 1,200 km journey down the Fraser River. During week one, facilitators meet with each participant individually to discuss long-term goals and course expectations. Facilitators are available for additional individual support to those participants for the duration of the program. For more information on the Program, inlcuding dates, see the weblink below.


This workshop will be an introduction and exploration in how to optimise and develop an adaptable phsyique, and sustainable training methodology. It is perfect for anyone looking to embark on a movement practice or find out more about training using bodyweight to develop a strong and mobile body.
This workshop will be lead by Simon Stratton, the founder of London's origional movement space Local Motion, and resident movement coach Farid Herrera. With versatile backgrounds in the fields of Natural Movement, Gymnastics, Handbalancing, Parkour, and mobility the workshop will give attendees an insight into the practice of various movement disciplines centered around the concpet of self mastery.


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Q: React-tagsinput not allowing me to pasteSplit input I am trying to achieve the following result:
When user copy-pastes input to TagsInput object from react-tagsinput package (https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-tagsinput) the input will split all values separated by any space-like character (tab, etc.) as separate values. So for example, I copy paste a list of names from Excel and they appear in the inputfield as separate tags.
The library clearly shows to pasteSplit function, which is mentioned there in the link. I us it as follows:
  <TagsInput pasteSplit={this.pasteSplit} value={this.state.tags} onChange={this.handleChangeInList} />

I did logs in the pasteSplit function (which is exactly as in the example from the package link), I did logs in the node_module itself, however, it seems as if none of these ever activate (neither the constructor of the node module!). However, the whole TagsInput object works properly, adds tags, display them, etc, they are just all added on enter, and I want to add columns from excel.
Where could be the problem with it? Is there other way to solve it?
Thank you in Advance,
Grzegorz

A: I've checked source one more time. pasteSplit called internally if addOnPaste attribute is enabled.
So your code should look like this:
  <TagsInput pasteSplit={this.pasteSplit} value={this.state.tags} onChange={this.handleChangeInList} addOnPaste />

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Johnson, Magette Combine For 66 Points In Magic Victory
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Lakeland Magic, NBA G League affiliate of the Orlando Magic, defeated the Canton Charge 129-113 in front of a home crowd at the RP Funding Center.
It was a back and forth contest to start the game with the Magic leading the Charge by just two points at the end of the first. The Magic continued the scoring drive in the second and rounded out the final few seconds of the half with a steal and three-pointer by Josh Magette to give the Magic a 60-51 lead.
The Charge cut the lead to just three points before the Magic offense exploded to run away with a 22 point lead and 94-72 in the quarter. The Charge outscored the Magic 33-28 in the fourth quarter but Lakeland would secure the final score 129-113. The Magic shot 63.3% from the three which proved to be the difference maker in tonight's contest. Both Two-Way Players, BJ Johnson (5-7) and Josh Magette (7-11) were key contributors shooting the three ball.
BJ Johnson led the way for Lakeland with 35 points and 8 rebounds. Josh Magette was also on fire for the Magic with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. Vic Law scored 21 points and 8 rebounds. Andrew Rowsey came off the bench to go 3-4 from three for a total of 11 points on the night. Michale Kyser had 10 points and 7 rebounds.
For the Charge, Levi Randolph had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. J.P. Macura scored 23 points. Tyler Cook came off the bench to score 19 points and 9 rebounds. Alex Robinson scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks.
The Lakeland Magic hit the road to take on the College Park SkyHawks in an early matinee on Sunday, January 5 at 2pm. The game will be available on NBAGLeague.com.


"The immigrants and pioneers who settled Wisconsin came from vastly different cultures. Yet they all shared a common purpose — the determined pursuit of the American Dream. Old World Wisconsin tells their stories by re-creating a world in which farmers, tradesmen and shopkeepers lead their lives the same way these settlers did. Bring the whole family to see, hear and smell the same things that filled the senses of those hardy souls who chose to build new lives in a faraway place called Wisconsin."
"Discover the rich heritage of the dairy industry at the National Dairy Shrine Visitors' Center. Where else can you learn the history of ice cream, see a dog-powered butter churn and check out photos of champion cows dating back nine decades? You'll leave with a better understanding of why, for nearly 8,000 years, people have depended on the dairy cow for life-sustaining milk and a better quality of life."
Learn how cheese was made over a century ago without today's modern conveniences. The museum also includes a video showing the cheesemaking process in today's modern cheese factories.
Usually held in early October, the World Dairy Expo is the international meeting place for the dairy industry offering the most elite combination of dairy cattle and exhibits in the world.
There is nothing that says "Wisconsin" more than Wisconsin Cheese. Visit a cheese plant to find out how cheese is made. Taste some fresh "squeaky cheese!"


My name is Adriana Rueda I'm the founder of Adriana Wellness and the U Care Program. Wife and #Mompreneur. Coffee lover and a great dancer (as a good latina) I help "Mompreneurs" feel energized, focused, and clear so they can thrive and succeed in their life and business.
Our bodies are works of art. The human body has incredible mechanisms for taking care of itself. But it often needs a boost and right kind of environment, both of which come from our diet. One way of doing your body a favor is by doing a detox. The word "detox" often conjures up the concept of weight loss. But, in reality, it is simply, and more importantly, a process of flushing toxins from our bodies that have built-up with the passage of time due to poor habits.
Weight loss often does occur, but the primary reason for a detox is to help your organs start working optimally, which requires more energy.
There are various methods that can be used for detoxing your body. You can take supplements or follow an exercise regimen, but the easiest and most natural way of detoxing your body is by adding foods to your diet that are naturally detoxifying.


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Glasgow-Prestwick Airport Transportation
Glasgow Prestwick has the best surface vehicle connects to any Scottish air terminal.
PIK Airport road transportation services
Glasgow Prestwick Airport interfaces with the UK motorway arrange through the A77 on to the M77. Using this motorway, you can be in Glasgow in a short time and the nation's capital city – Edinburgh – in a little more than 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Glasgow Prestwick is the primary air terminal in Scotland with its railroad station, and it is one of just three air terminals outside of London with an immediate railroad association. The railroad station is operated and owned by the Airport. You can access it through a secured bridge that got to form inside the terminal structure. The station has two stages, with trains going south towards the town of Ayr and north towards Glasgow and ahead to Edinburgh. Trains run in the two headings like clockwork at top occasions to Glasgow and past.
The excursion time to Glasgow via train is roughly 45 minutes and around 2 hours to Edinburgh. Free rail venture out is accessible to travelers to/from anyplace in Scotland for the initial a half year of any newly booked course. After the initial a half year of any new direction, travelers profit by deep discounted rail traverse Scotland with a substantial ticket.
Various business transports serve the Airport and work along the A79. It incorporates the X77 administration connecting Ayr and Glasgow, which operates between the long stretches of 06:25 and 22:40 and runs at regular intervals Monday to Saturday and hourly on a Sunday. The excursion time is roughly 50 Minutes.
The air terminal is unmistakably situated for associations forward to the Kintyre Peninsula, the west coast islands and Northern Ireland with various ship ports inside 1 hour 30 minutes' drive.
Prestwick Airport Security Information Security body scanners are presently standard in UK air terminals, mirroring the Government's present appraisal of the hazard to flight in the UK. All clients and staff at Glasgow Prestwick Airport will go through a security scanner. Security body scanners at UK air terminals use millimeter-wave innovation and are in this manner all right for the entirety of our clients, including youngsters, babies, and pregnant ladies. Scanners at UK air terminals utilize Automatic Threat Recognition programming (ATR). No picture of the client's body is made or put away. All handling is done electronically, with no mediation by a human screener. It is beyond the realm of imagination to expect to spare, duplicate, or move information. It implies that you ought to consistently leave yourself a lot of time to get to the air terminal, registration, go through security, and head to your boarding gates. Nobody needs t
Duty- Free and Tax-Free If you are flying outside the European Union, you are qualified for your full remittance of merchandise at Tax and Duty-Free costs. There is a WH Smith in the terminal structure, and obligation and tax-exempt shops after security. If you are flying inside the European Union, you are qualified for Tax-Free costs on scents, beautifying agents, and skincare; photographic and electrical products; design and embellishments; endowments, adornments, and trinkets. If you bring back enormous amounts of liquor or tobacco, a Customs Officer is bound to approach about the reasons for which you hold the products. There are a couple of restaurants inside the PIK Airport terminal, which includes Par and Eagle bar and kitchen. They offer a great variety on their menu, with an all-day breakfast and a range of light choices for passengers. There is also Elvis Presley Bar, The Food Village, and McIntyre's Bar.


Cold Logic JOB FAIR - Not your average warehouse!
Come to a place where you matter and we walk what we talk.
We will be hosting an in-house job fair for Order Selectors, Reach Truck Operators, Receivers, Entry Level Maintenance and Clerical Staff.


On Sunday, February 25, Dr. Esther Raizen will be joining us for a teacher training, followed by an evening lecture. Dr. Raizen is Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Liberal Arts, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Texas at Austin. A native of Israel, she is a veteran Hebrew teacher and the winner of numerous teaching awards, research and development grants, and instructional technology awards.
This teacher training will discuss the ethical, pedagogical, and artistic considerations involved in illustrating the Holocaust for young people.
Dr. Raizen will begin the training by using George Stavrinos' illustrations to Peggy Mann's children's book Last Road to Safety: A True Story(1975) as the basis for the conversation. These considerations will be applied to hands-on activities involving the production of a series of zines.
Moving from the zines as individual projects to a class activity, Dr. Raizen will follow Eric Kimmel in his "Confronting the Ovens: The Holocaust and Juvenile Fiction" (1977) and discuss the visual conceptualization of evil in the form of a pattern borrowed from Dante's Inferno: A center that represents the lowest point, with lesser "hells" ringed around it in ascending order.
Cost to attend is $10; free for students (with valid student ID) and Holocaust survivors.
Using the stories of Ada Sereni and Ruth Klüger-Aliav, Dr. Raizen will explore the story of Aliyah Bet, the clandestine immigration endeavor that brought Jewish refugees from Europe to Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s. Their stories, which exemplify the determination, courage, and resourcefulness of the time, have found expression in fiction, film, and historical research. Dr. Raizen will also discuss how Sereni, Klüger-Aliav, and other leaders of the Aliyah Bet movement helped to build the foundation of present-day Israel.


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In a new prophecy shared at The Elijah List, Stephen Powell, a revivalist minister who preaches the word under Steve Toliver of Abundance of Rain Ministries and Todd Bentley of Fresh Fire Ministries, says the election of Donald Trump and Mike Pence was the first step in what could lead to third Great Awakening in America.
The day after Trump's election, he said he saw "two peacocks come together as one mighty bird," which then took off into the air with "an incredible sound of power," while a large eagle landed on the ground at the same time. He then heard the voice of the Lord, booming from the heavens, say, "The Eagle has landed, and now the prophet will soar."
He said the eagle landing represented God securing the presidency in the Cyrus anointing of President-elect Donald Trump. He said the double portion peacock is "the double portion seer prophetic anointing being released in the nation right now."
"This anointing is for the nation, and is being offered to the nation, to be received like never before," he wrote. "Prophetic authority is rising in our land and will influence our government in increasing ways moving forward.
"God is offering Heaven's Intel to governments in the nations, including our own. This prophetic authority will pierce the news media establishment as well as the entertainment mountain like we've never seen. This will continue to weaken the antichrist spirit's hold on these establishments and thus the entire nation, even the mind of the nation."
Those who would harm these little ones, says the Lord, it would be better for you to tie a millstone around your neck and throw yourself into the waters; for you will not be able to hide from My justice as I release it on the wings of the fear of the Lord in the days to come.
I will be a Terror to terror, a Force against evil, a hindrance to wickedness, a plague against those who would bring harm to these innocent ones, says the Lord. You will not find a place to hide, a place to cover yourself, in my renaissance of justice, if you harm My little ones, says the Lord.
You will flee across the sea from whence you came. You will find no shelter, no harbor for your wickedness in My nation of liberty and justice for all, says the Lord. You will run for I will chase you, because I will not rest day nor night, until all of My little ones are safe in this land, says the Lord.
My prophets will speak and expose your ways, and My arm of justice will be extended in this land, to take hold of the syndicates, to take hold of the rings, to take hold of the cartels, the traffickers—even the power brokers. Their evil shall not breathe. I will snuff out their funds, I will capture back their wealth, turn the flow of their riches for the poor, the widow and for those in need. I will send you back from whence you came. Watch and see, watch and see.
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Q: Java - method vs constructor arguments I have recently been thinking about the following design consideration: let's say I have an object that is able to read in a file and return some result. Would you say this object should rather expose an interface:
void readFromFile(File file);

or would you design it to have a method
void readFromFile();

and provide necessary values in constructor? The second option seems to be fine if we want to have multiple parameters for constructor and use a builder to build fileReaders based on some user preferences... What do you think?

A: It depends on the wider context of the object.
If your object is highly cohesive, i.e. it has a narrow scope in its purpose which is primarily to read from a particular file, then it should be defined in the constructor. In terms of OO design, high cohesion is generally a good thing - so I'd generally favour this option. If your application is multi-threaded and thus your object needs to be thread safe, then I'd definitely lean towards this - I'd argue this approach makes it easier to build granular, immutable objects which is a great help when trying to avoid race hazards.
If your object is responsible for many other tasks, you don't really need to worry about concurrency, and it doesn't really make sense for the file to be included as part of the state of the actual object, then the method that takes the parameter would arguably be the best choice.

A: I think this is a question about what your object is representing.
You should wonder yourself if it has any meaning to have an instance of what your object models without the file.
Think about your object's responsibility, use the "taking the object to the desert" method: try to think what your object is, and what things it should know. Just then you'll have your answer.

A: First solution is the cleanest.
However, there's a big difference when dealing with multithreading.
Two cases:
Your class is supposed to be instantiated once:
If your object isn't immutable and own file object as a field, a lot of synchronisations (locks) has to be made to avoid surprises.
Your class is supposed to be instantiated N times
N times for N threads => may be demand a lot of memory depending on your requirement and the weight of the instance.

Thus, the API void readFromFile(File file); is more suitable since file would be local to each thread.
Actually, if your class owns a lot of methods manipulating the file object, and concurrency and memory spaces aren't the primary priority, make the file an instance's field. This would clean your code.

A: It really depends where this object is going to be used- if this is for a program where there are only one or two files being read, and they're being read a number of times, then the second option would be better; in almost all other scenarios, the first would prevail, as you could use a single object to read a number of files.
Then again, if you plan on using this class in a number of programs (or even distributing it) and therefore are unsure of which method would be best beforehand, there's no reason why you can't include both- have two constructors (one default one, and one that takes a file), and then include both of the methods you listed above- that way the class could be effectively used in either type of program.
i.e.
public class YourFileReader() {
    File defaultFile;

    public YourFileReader() {
        //initialize
    }

    public YourFileReader(File aDefault) {
        defaultFile = aDefault;
        //initialize
    }

    public void readFromFile() {
        if(defaultFile!=null) {
            //read from defaultFile
        }
        else {
            //exception?
        }
    }

    public void readFromFile(File file) {
        //read from file
    }
}


Gray FishTag Research (GFR) opposes the recent approval of the EFP application that would allow pelagic longlining (PLL) research in the northern portion of the Florida East Coast (FEC) closed area.
We believe the authorization of the EFP and allowing PLL to take place within the closed area, even if only a small few mile total area, would be detrimental to the conservation successes gained by the closed area. Over the past decade, the Southeast Florida recreational fishery has flourished in part to the success of the FEC. Allowing longline boats in the closed area would likely result in reducing the stock abundance of sharks, billfish, sea turtles and other commonly encountered marine species. The potential bycatch of Atlantic Sailfish, Blue Marlin and other Istiophoridae species would have devastating to the Florida East Coast and Southeast Coast Fishery.
The swordfish fishery, in particular the Florida East Coast fishery, is one of the greatest success stories in U.S. fisheries management history. Allowing longline gear to be fished within the Closed Area will cause the great successes gained towards sustainable fishing to be reversed.
Gray FishTag Research vehemently oppose the authorization of the EFP and request that permit be rescinded.


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Thompson Announces $21,000 Federal Grant for Forest County Downtown Revitalization Study
Tionesta Borough, Village of Marienville will be targets of the study to develop a master plan to spur economic development
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson today announced a federal grant that will help two communities in Forest County create a downtown revitalization plan.
Thompson Announces $29,500 Federal Grant for Bradford Regional Airport Study
Plan will focus on targeted recruitment and development strategy for a 13-acre site at the airport
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson today announced a federal grant that will help the Bradford Regional Airport (BRA) develop a business strategy for a 13-acre site at the airport.
House Approves 2018 Farm Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson today voted in favor of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, to address the economic challenges facing the nation's farmers and ranchers, while making historic investments in federal nutrition programs.
2017 General McLane HS graduate accepts fully-qualified appointment
Thompson Issues Statement on Newly Announced Department of Labor Health Care Rule
New rule gives Americans employed by small businesses expanded access to quality, affordable health insurance
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Glenn 'GT' Thompson released a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Labor's new rule that expands health care access for millions of Americans who are employed by small businesses.
Thompson, Tsongas Introduce Resolution to Mark July as 'Park and Recreation Month'
Park systems dedicated to conservation efforts, improving quality of life for residents, serving local communities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA) have introduced a resolution to designate July as "Park and Recreation Month" to celebrate federal, state and local public parks and recreation systems.
Thompson Reminds Dairy Farmers: Enrollment Period Extended for Improved Margin Protection Program
Enrollment for safety net program extended to June 22
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Glenn 'GT' Thompson today reminded local dairy producers that the enrollment period for the federal safety net program has been extended to June 22, 2018.
Thompson Announces $2.5 Million Federal Grant for Penn State-Led Transportation Consortium
Penn State to lead group of Mid-Atlantic universities in multi-modal transportation research program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson today announced that the Pennsylvania State University has been awarded more than $2.5 million to spearhead a multi-university transportation research program.
Bipartisan Group Introduces Bill to Reauthorize Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
Federal law supports domestic violence victims, is primary source of funding for emergency shelter and related assistance
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA), Gwen S. Moore (D-WI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) this week introduced a bill to reauthorize services and support for victims of domestic violence.
VA MISSION Act includes provisions of Thompson's VETS Act to expand access to telemedicine in the VA System to care for more veterans