MPs' views on Post Office closures - Telegraph
To which the answer given was 'because the postmaster wants to retire'. That is not true,' said the caller. I know it, I am the postmaster'." Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat business spokesman: advertisement "I find it very difficult to listen to Labour MPs when they say they are not opposing the network change programme in principle, but the closures in their own backyard. Or more often, they say it's not the total number that have to be closed that's the problem, just the flaws in the consultation process for this post office, in this town."
Geraldine Smith, Labour, Morecambe & Lunesdale: "I will be supporting the motion. The consultation has been a complete sham. In my own constituency I have not been able to get the commercial information from the Post Office. It is wrong that viable post offices are being closed."
Charles Hendry, Conservative post office spokesman: "Constituents will not understand how MPs will say they are on their side and yet when the vote comes in the House of Commons they vote against. They must not say one thing when they are with their constituents and do something different when they come to the House of Commons." Tim Loughton, Conservative, West East & Shoreham: "The Post Office seem to believe that they should be above scrutiny of Parliament on behalf of the people.
They have stuck two fingers up at pensioners and local people. They have the temerity to call themselves the People's Post Office." Richard Younger-Ross, Liberal Democrat, Teignbridge: "In 98 per cent of cases the consultation process was a sham and the Post Office went ahead with closure. Only in two per cent of cases did they actually listen to the community."
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AFP: 'Most wanted' list out as China tightens pressure over Tibet
Go to Google News Tibet: Deadly uprising. FLASH GRAPHIC 'Most wanted' list out as China tightens pressure over Tibet 1 day ago BEIJING (AFP) & x2014; China stepped up its pressure on Tibetan protesters on Friday, releasing photos of wanted suspects who were captured on film in the worst rioting against Chinese rule in Tibet in nearly 20 years.
The situation in Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world," said Pelosi, who was greeted by thousands of flag-waving Tibetan exiles as she arrived for talks Friday with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. What is happening, the world needs to know," she said. After days of official statements that no lethal force had been used to quash the unrest, which has left an unknown number dead, state news agency Xinhua reported late Thursday that four people had been shot and wounded.
It said police shot the four in southwestern Sichuan province in "self-defence." Officially, China has indicated that 13 people were killed in the rioting that broke out in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, and spread to other areas. The victims, it said, were all innocent civilians killed by Tibetan "mobs." But the Tibetan exile government of the Dalai Lama based in Dharamshala, India, said it has confirmed 99 people were killed in the Chinese crackdown.
China has responded with a massive clampdown on the affected areas, and on Friday released a most-wanted list of 19 people caught on film taking part in the Lhasa riots, amid warnings by activist groups of harsh reprisals. The photos, which appeared on top websites such as yahoo.com and sina.com, were taken from grainy footage taken during the unrest.
The state-controlled Tibet Daily later said two of the 19 alleged perpetrators had already been taken into custody. It also provided a hotline number for information from the public on those still at large. Lhasa police authorities are going all out to arrest the main suspects," the newspaper said.
The unrest has come at a sensitive time for China's rulers, with the Beijing Olympics fewer than five months away, and they have made huge efforts to stop the world from getting an independent view of their crackdown.
China has sealed off Tibet from foreign reporters and tourists, while releasing images and television footage of violent Tibetans. Authorities have also sought to stop the foreign press from travelling to areas in Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces where protests have broken out.
However foreign journalists, as well as Tibetan exiles and activist groups, have reported a huge military build-up in Lhasa and the other hotspot areas in recent days. On Thursday, the last foreign journalist known to be in Lhasa reported that thousands of soldiers were in the streets. We saw a big convoy of military vehicles with troops in the back," Georg Blume, a journalist with German newspaper Die Zeit, told AFP shortly after being expelled.
Tibetan exiled and activist groups warned the Lhasa crackdown was being repeated throughout the other provinces, and that the number of Tibetans now in custody was likely more than 1,000. China says the Dalai Lama is behind the unrest, an allegation he has repeatedly denied.
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My view: Kitchen rules put too much heat on schools' culinary arts ajc.com
The DOE has come up with an excellent new culinary curriculum for our kids. This curriculum was first discussed in 2006, and they announced a professional kitchen or at least a modified kitchen would be required to teach the new curriculum. In late spring 2007, the requirements of these kitchens were still not available.
In October, the DOE announced that all 80 schools must have a professional, commercial kitchen in order to teach the new program. Representatives from the state said there was a possibility that the other schools without the commercial kitchens might be grandfathered into the program, with the understanding that they would be given time to raise the $300,000 to $600,000 to build these kitchens.
Two weeks ago, on a videocast to all of the culinary teachers, the DOE announced its decision to make the professional kitchens mandatory for August 2008. The schools that do not have professional kitchens can only teach an Intro Culinary Class to freshmen with only home economics and nutrition classes to follow in upper-class grades.
At last count, only 20 schools had professional kitchens. Sixty schools will not be able to teach advanced culinary classes starting in August 2008. Everyone reading this knows the importance of the hospitality industry and its growth in our state.
These 80 schools have been the foundation for many of our young adults to find an interest in the culinary hospitality field that they would have never had. These kids are the future chefs, general managers and restaurant owners in Georgia. At the school where I chef mentor this program, our classes have doubled and tripled in size over the past years. The DOE has decided that equipment is what makes a chef.
I beg to differ. Our kids can learn just as well in the kitchens they have now, until the funds can be raised to build professional kitchens. To halt these successful classes now would leave a gap in the education of those who have started their culinary training, and a void for those to come, until a kitchen is built.
The DOE is doing a great disservice to the children of Georgia, the hospitality industry in Georgia (which has a hard time finding adequate staffing, as it is) and the enrollment in higher education culinary and hospitality schools, inside and outside of Georgia. If you are in support of grandfathering in these programs, please let your representatives know.
Gary Coltek owns Buckhead Wedding Cakes and has served as executive chef, executive pastry chef, food and beverage director and general manager for companies including Ritz-Carlton, Hilton International and Four Seasons hotels and the Plaza in New York.
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Bison Begin Outdoor Season at Miami, Wake Forest - North Dakota State University
Hurricane Invitational and to Winston-Salem, N.C., Wake Forest Invitational. Both meets are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Mar. 21-22. BISON CONCLUDE INDOOR: The Bison concluded their indoor season with a trip to the Alex Wilson Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind., Mar. 7-8. For the third time during the indoor season, junior Laura Hermanson established the school record in the 800-meter run by placing third in a time of 2:06.34.
Hermanson broke Kinsey Coles’s record of 2:07.54 by running 2:07.41 at the Iowa State Classic Feb. 16 and later running 2:06.99 at the U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships as she placed eighth in Boston Feb. 22.
Redshirt freshman Christine Bruins also cut more than three seconds from her 800m school freshman record by running a time of 2:09.02 to place 10th. Bruins initially set the mark at 2:12.34 at the Iowa State Classic. Also at the Alex Wilson Invitational: Brittany Gigstead placed 10th in the 800m with a personal best time of 2:10.34 while Whitney Carlson competed in a trio of events that included placing third in the long jump (19-2), fourth in the 200m dash (24.82) and competed in the 60m hurdles (8.65).
SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPS: NDSU claimed the team title in The Summit League Championships Feb. 29-Mar. 1 in Sterling, Ill. The time in the mile moves Hermanson into fifth on NDSU’s all-time indoor list. The Bison shook off a bit on a slow start on the meet’s first day. NDSU found itself in third place behind both South Dakota State and Oral Roberts after Friday’s competition.
Along with the men’s track and field also claiming the league title, it marks the first Summit League championships in school history.. NDSU spent the past three seasons competing in the Division I independent championships and claimed conference titles the past two years.. NDSU’s women have claimed 15 North Central Conference indoor titles in the ranks of Division II..
The Bison women won the 2002 indoor national championship in Division II.. The women’s indoor roster featured just one senior in distance runner Veronica Nagel for the 2008 season and has just two seniors for outdoor competition in middle-distance runner Cody Halsey and Nagel. BISON HONORED: For their efforts, Hermanson and ninth-year head coach Ryun Godfrey were honored as athlete and coach of the year, respectively, by The Summit League.
Hermanson ran legs on both winning relays at the championships for NDSU to claim a total of four event titles.. Five times during the 2008 indoor season Hermanson was given athlete of the week honors by the league office.. She twice established the school record in the 800m run by running a time of 2:07.41 Feb. 16 at the Iowa State Classic and later running 2:06.99 at the U.S. 22 in Boston..
Hermanson claimed a total of six individual event victories during the indoor season. The Bison also had a total of 13 athletes garner all-league honors by The Summit League. COACHING STAFF: Ryun Godfrey will lead the Bison women’s team for the ninth straight season.
Stevie Keller, a 2004 Olympic Trials qualifier in the decathlon, returns for his eighth year with the program. Keller will work with the pole vault, javelin and the multi-events. A four-time All-American from Michigan State, Desire'e Larson will focus on the high jumpers. Brent Parmer will assist with the long and triple jumps, while Robby Beyer will spend time with the throwers.
Women's Weekly Track Release 3-20-08 Women's Basketball North Dakota State caught fire and shot 77.8 percent from the field in the first half and then rolled to a 93-64 win over Centenary College on Monday. It was the final game for NDSU head coach Amy Ruley Women's Basketball Women's Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Amy Ruley will move from the sidelines as head coach at North Dakota State University into an associate athletic director for development position in the NDSU athletic department.
Men's Basketball Brett Winkelman had 18 points and 12 rebounds in North Dakota State's 68-55 win over Summit League champion Oral Roberts on Saturday, March 1. Upcoming Live Events Apr 02 Minnesota vs. Tech cruise in NIT opener Seton Hall coach suspended for criticizing officials Mount St. Mary's wins NCAA opening-round game No. 1 seed Ohio State takes NIT opener Mount St.
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