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Half of voters think the electorate should be given another referendum on any final deal that is bought back from Brussels by May, against 33% who do not.
People are split, however, on whether the choice on the ballot paper should be between accepting the deal on offer and leaving without any deal at all or between accepting the deal on offer and staying in the EU, both supported by 25% of those asked.
While Labour’s poll lead will encourage some in the party to push for an early general election, others in the party will be worried that its support has not increased at a time when the Tories are in open revolt and lack any unity over Brexit. Neither have the pro-EU Liberal Democrats benefited from Tory woes. They are up only one point to 8% since June.
The figures suggest large numbers of leave voters have become disillusioned with the Tories’ apparent drift to a more soft-Brexit position, and are looking to Ukip as a way to deliver a clean break with Brussels. Among potential Tory replacements for May, were she to step down or be forced out, people seem to have no clear preference but Johnson is favoured by more people than any other.
Asked who they think would be the best prime minister among the likely Tory runners and riders, Johnson comes out top with 12%, followed by Jacob Rees-Mogg (10%), David Davis (7%), Philip Hammond (5%), Jeremy Hunt (4%), Michael Gove (3%), and Andrea Leadsom (2%). About 25% said “none of these” and 22% said they did not know.
You’ve seen his stand up special on Showtime, and his work in ‘I’m Dying Up Here’, and more. Comedian and actor, Andrew Santino, joins Bill and Wendy in the studio. They talk about his work on ‘I’m Dying Up Here’, how standup has changed from the ’70s to now, his comedy special ‘Homefield Advantage’, and so much more.
Pablo Francisco is here and we can’t stop laughing!
Comedian Bobby Slayton explains why he loves us and monsters!
On the heels of Bazaarvoice raising an $8.8 million series B, competitor PowerReviews has just raised $15 million, adding to the $6.25 million they raised in late 2005. The round was led by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners along with current investors Menlo Ventures and Draper Richards.
Since its launch in April 2007, the number of reviews and products offered on Buzzilions.com has tripled. Today, the site offers more than 400,000 reviews on 125,000 products from over 1,000 ecommerce sites. PowerReviews says that the traffic driven through Buzillions also converts at nearly twice the rate of other shopping portals. In April we compared PowerReviews to Bazaarvoice and other competitors – PowerRevies main advantage is easy integration, and a free version of the product.
User generated reviews help sales at ecommerce sites, but few startups have the technical and product resources to build this internally. PowerReviews, Bazaarvoice and others have stepped in to fill this need. Aggregate Knowledge and Loomia address different needs in the ecommerce space – helping these companies merchandise and recommend products to users based on behavior.
In the space of just a few words, Christopher Maddox can envision an entire universe.
Maddox, an artist-in-residence at Central Michigan University, has created a lush and challenging multimedia work “≠” on display until Dec. 30 at Arts + Literature Laboratory.
The installation uses separate translations of Jorge Luis Borges’ The Garden of Forking Paths to explore parallel realities and human imagination.
“[Borges’ book] suggests to me that dreams are constructed from the vapors of roads not taken,” says Maddox.
At the gallery’s entrance, a handmade book contains line-by-line comparisons of two English translations of Borges’ work — one from Borges’ artistic partner Norman Thomas di Giovanni, and the other by Andrew Huxley. Colored lines diverge from certain phrases and connect others to underscore places of variance.
This serves as an informative jumping-off point for an array of multimedia pieces that span the full gallery space, creating an immersive experience for viewers. Splintered projections displayed on the gallery wall, depicting antiquated family photos, are cut up and displayed with sections of collage. The projections rotate at regular intervals, allowing visitors to project their own backstories and narratives. On a single page, pinned to a white shelf, Maddox has created a document deconstructing the discrepancies between texts with the length and precision of a scientific study. In it, the artist notes the use of the word “Noose” in one version of the text, where “Rope” is used in the other, a charged disparity that quietly demonstrates how the variance in a single word can create two wholly different interpretations of a text.
Also on display until Dec. 30 in ALL’s split gallery space is the joint work of University of Wisconsin arts professors Derrick Buish and Dale Kaminski. Buish Kaminski Collaborations features a series of a large-scale prints created by Kaminski, each later accented by Buish with a series of stark hand-painted symbols.
The background prints in the exhibit, created by Kaminski, are themselves relatively simple: Some depict landscapes such as a horizontally tilted shoreline, or the almost-invisible traces of power lines against a blue sky. Others are formal abstractions and grainy color fields — and all bear the subtle hint of digital manipulation.
Buish’s additions, superimposed over each print, are stark and symbolic — strange, rounded alien forms with sharp, repeating patterns. This quiet mystery, and the base simplicity of both printed and painted elements, force a viewer to engage with the pieces more carefully.
In one piece, depicting a blue, painted cartoonish tower, the print underneath is dominated by blurred sections of blue and white color planes. The silhouettes of an insect and a bird in mid-flight are both visible. It’s only after looking — really looking — that you’ll notice the insect’s shape is an actual photograph, while the bird’s is a graphic construction. The collaborative works lead to these types of discoveries for the patient and curious viewer.
A revival is in the works for North Chicago School District 187, pledges the district's new superintendent, James Harris.
Harris attended his first school board meeting last week, having taken over from interim Supt. Cuttie Bacon on Jan. 3. There, he promised teamwork.
"We are gathered here tonight to begin our tenure here as a team," Harris said in his opening remarks to the board. "As a team and as partners, we have a big job here in North Chicago."
Although it has bounced back significantly during the 1994-95 school year, District 187 remains on the state's fiscal watch list of troubled districts.
The financial situation in the district got so bad during the 1993-94 school year that board members actually voted to dissolve the district. Dissolution was averted only by last-minute cost cutting and a promise of greater federal impact aid.
In a presentation before the board, Harris outlined his plan to move forward using the School Improvement Process. The program is a framework system provided by the Illinois State Board of Education for the improvement of ailing districts.
SIP consists of seven steps for district improvement: assessing existing conditions, setting standards, assessing procedures, analyzing performance, evaluating progress, revising goals and processes and reporting to the public.
"We have to develop plans for each school in the district so that we're not jumping at every new program that comes along," Harris explained.
Harris plans to add seven guidelines of his own to the list, including creating partnerships with area businesses, maintaining a high degree of fiscal organization, formulating strategic plans, developing staff, securing grants and other outside funding, fine-tuning the curriculum and putting an increased emphasis on technology in the classroom, he said.
Bringing back extracurricular activities also is high on Harris' list, because, he says, "kids join gangs because they don't have anything else" to join.
"We must have a plethora of activities available to the students," he explained. "Athletic activities, bands and choral groups, math and science clubs. School should be fun."
Showing class: Stevenson High School will begin offering classes to its staff this spring. The classes will provide staff development that is more tailored to the teaching style at Stevenson, Supt. Richard DuFour told the District 125 school board.
The convenient location will allow teachers to take more classes, providing them with credits that will allow them to eventually move up on the salary scale, DuFour said.
Eighteen business organizations are joining the school to provide students with a look at the workplace and the responsibilities of being a part of it. Each business will give students an overview; then the students pick a business they'd like to observe firsthand for the day.
Fantasy owners rejoice! Andre Johnson is returning...without his starting quarterback. More injuries to starting leaders have disrupted fantasy squads and put some teams in danger of holding their playoff positions. Now more than ever, it's important to make sure you carefully watch key matchups, keep track of injuries, and find those breakout replacements. Check out who we think could be helpful or detrimental to your team in Start or Sit? Complex Sports Fantasy Football Tips (Week 12).
Toby Gerhart was one of this week’s popular waiver wire pickups. With Adrian Peterson officially out for today’s game against the Falcons, Gerhart should be in your lineup, right? Wrong. According to ESPN’s Matthew Berry, Atlanta’s defense has yet to give up 100 rushing yards to an opposing back. If AP were starting, that streak would probably have a good chance of coming to an end but with Gerhart, we just don’t know enough to whole-heartedly say that he is a must start.
It’s official: A.J. Green is match-up proof. No matter who he’s playing against, Green should always be in your lineup. Now that we got that out of the way, let us say that neither of the Browns running backs should not be starting for your team this Sunday. Sure, Chris Ogbonnaya has had solid games for two consecutive weeks, but Cincy’s rush defense is one of the best in the league. Add to the fact that this is a home game for the Bengals, and it has all the makings of another frustrating game for Cleveland.
You may have a better chance at Russian Roulette than predicting which Carolina running back will show up any given Sunday. But if we had to pick one, it would be Jonathan Stewart, who looks like the safer choice since he is the one given the goal-line attempts. On the Colts side of the ball, is there anyone you would feel comfortable putting in your lineup at this point? We rest our case.
This is an interesting match-up between one of the league’s worst pass defenses (Cardinals) and the league’s worst rush defense (Rams). If there were ever a game that you could feel comfortable starting Beanie Wells, this is it. As for the Rams offense, Sam Bradford and Brandon Lloyd look like the best start options against a team that cannot defend the pass. Since joining the Rams, Lloyd hasn’t had a total lower than 7 points. When you realize that he’s doing this on a team that scores a dismal 12 points per game, that kind of production is saying something.
We hate ourselves for putting Chris Johnson in the start column for another week. But in an extremely favorable match-up against the poor Tampa Bay rush defense, CJ should be able to have a great game. We realize that this is the same old song and dance when it comes to the Tennessee running back, so we can’t knock you for keeping him out of your lineup. There’s only so much abuse one fantasy owner can take.
As if things weren't bad enough for the Bills, news broke this week that Fred Jackson was headed for the IR. Stepping in to fill his monstrous shoes is Spiller. While he won't produce nearly as great of numbers as Jackson, he'll probably still be heavily involved in this offense. Even with the Bills' recent downward spiral, that justifies a Flex start. One of the main sources of the Bills’ recent woes is the atrocious defense (they’ve given up 106 points in the past three games). With Tomlinson completely out of the way, Greene should be able to put up a solid game.
Sit Schaub because he’s on the injured reserve. Sit Leinart because we have no idea how that scenario is going to play out. We highly doubt it’ll be a “man, Leinart was awesome and is sitting on my bench!” situation. What we do know is that the Texans are expected to have their star back. Johnson might be a little rusty, but will once again immediately become the No. 1 target on the team.
If you’re seriously considering starting Hanie, we’re pretty sorry for you and your squad. In any normal eight-team league, there should be better options. Once again, McFadden is out, so make sure you have Bush in your lineup. Though the Bears were devastated by the loss of Cutler, that just means their already stingy defense is going to have to play that much harder. Add that to Bush’s success getting in the endzone and the Raiders’ banged up receivers, and we don’t see a good game for Palmer.
Rice is easily Tarvaris Jackson’s best target, so even on a weak team, he’s worth a shot at a flex start. Hopefully, you weren’t considering Stallworth as a legitimate option, even after he had over 50 yards and a touchdown last game. Moss is back after missing four games with a broken hand, and that immediately takes away a large chunk of opportunities for all other receivers for the ‘Skins.
Vick is likely going to sit again, so if you’re desperate for a QB, you could probably do much worse than Young. Playing the Pats usually means lots of scoring, so the Eagles should get plenty of opportunities. Though Maclin is doutbful, we’re still not so high on Cooper. His five catches last week were his first of the season, so we haven’t seen enough to be convinced that he deserves a roster spot. Find somebody else.
Tebow is putting up solid fantasy numbers, and that’s all that matters to his owners. He will continue that trend against a Chargers team that is looking to avoid its sixth straight loss. After sitting out earlier in the week, Mathews fully participated in practice and is listed as probable. We don’t really think that matters, though. Mathews has been highly ineffective over the past four weeks (he’s only had 45 carries), and we can’t imagine that’s drastically going to change.
Palko is starting, and Orton is sitting. Neither is worthy of any consideration for the moment being. Like always, Roethlisberger was on the injury report the entire week, but there’s no reason to worry. He’ll be starting.
It appears that the Giants are headed straight for another disastrous ending to their season as they come off two consecutive losses to face the Saints in New Orleans. We think Jacobs will still be able to bounce back against a mediocre Saints defense, especially if there are a lot of points on the board per usual in New Orleans. Manningham put his fantasy owners in a bit of an awkward spot this week. He said he’d play earlier but missed practice later. Plan your roster like he’ll be out for this one.
Animal rescue volunteers say close to 190 sea turtles have died of exposure after washing ashore in frigid conditions on Cape Cod.
The Cape Cod Times reports that low temperatures and high winds combined to kill most of the 50 turtles that washed up Thursday in Brewster, Orleans and Eastham on the lower part of the peninsula.
The Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary says about 350 sea turtles have come ashore since Oct. 22. They include the critically endangered Kemp's ridley turtles, green turtles and loggerhead turtles.
Spokeswoman Jenette Kerr says most of the animals being brought to the sanctuary are dead and in some cases literally frozen.
Biologists say the turtles are stunned by the cold water in Cape Cod Bay, which shuts down their metabolisms and renders them unable to move.
Singer-turned-cleric, Emmanuel Okosi, popularly known as Soul E Baba’s life has been characterised by controversies. Top on the list was his romance with Queen Ure, a lady believed to be older than him.
Meanwhile, Ure’s marriage to Pastor Silas Briyork-Newman has also hit the rocks. She got married on November 26, 2017, in Umuahia, Abia State.
Barack Obama, the US president, is spending much of August on a fundraising tour ahead of midterm elections in November. He's raising big bucks for Democratic candidates across the country.
In the next two weeks he'll rack up frequent flier miles and campaign cash in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami and more.
There's an alphabet soup of official Democratic and Republican committees raising money – DNC, RNC, DCCC, NRSC, DSCC, NRCC, etc, all with the goal of collecting enough money to have a competitive advantage in the toughest congressional races.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the average cost of winning a House of Representatives race in 2008 was $1.1m. The average senate seat cost nearly $6.5m. 2010 is likely to be even more expensive. The Democratic National Committee has committed $50m to help Democratic candidates win this November.
Considering 100 or so House races and around a dozen senate races are competitive plus the gubernatorial races, Obama has a lot more $1,000-a-plate fundraising dinners to headline.
His approach this year is much different than 2008. During his presidential campaign, Obama amassed an army of small donors, but this year, he's going the more traditional route of hitting up rich people for big donations behind closed doors.
Fundraising may be Obama's most powerful weapon this year. Despite his ability to woo a crowd, he may be largely absent in many parts of the country. In areas with the toughest races, Obama is too unpopular and Democratic candidates won't want to be seen with him, but that doesn't mean they won't take the money he raises.
Healthcare reform, the stimulus, and financial services reform aren't playing well with many voters whose main concern is the nation's 9.5 per cent unemployment rate. He acknowledged as much at Monday’s fundraiser in Atlanta.
Obama said: "You don't think I've got polls that tell me what’s popular and what’s not? But for the last 20 months, my job has been to govern."
Republican candidates are also filling their coffers in an effort to gain majorities in the House and senate. The National Republican Congressional Committee has raised $39m this year.
But overall, Republicans are behind in fundraising. Business and special interest groups may be poised to pick up the slack where the Republican Party is lagging.
Since the US supreme court overturned 100 years of restrictions on corporate donations to political campaigns earlier this year, a yet unknown wave of money promises to flood the scene. For example, the Center for Public Integrity reports healthcare firms are considering joining financial forces to influence congressional races.
The LA Times reports mining companies are considering the same - all in an effort to elect members of congress who oppose regulation. Attempts to set rules on the new type of spending failed in the senate. The influence of money in politics goes beyond what can be raised by candidates or pooled by industry. There are a number of self-financed candidates running, mostly Republican, in places like California and Florida.
But a new study by the National Institute on Money in State Politics found historically, only 11 per cent of self-financed candidates win races. Apparently Americans prefer to give their own money to get their man elected (mostly rich Americans).
Does that mean former eBay CEO Meg Whitman’s $91m contribution to her campaign for California governor was a waste? She’s worth around $1.3bn, so she probably won't miss it, but maybe it would have been better spent paying California teachers to make up for the state's budget shortfall.
Right now the race between Whitman and former Governor Jerry Brown is a toss up.
So let the TV ads begin, the billboards go up and the campaign offices open their doors. Whether it comes from big donors, small donors or a candidate's own bank account, money follows momentum in political campaigns.
Or maybe it's the other way around: momentum follows money. Either way, 2010 promises to shatter fundraising records to be the most expensive midterm election in US history.
Gov. Bill Ritter on Thursday signed the $18.2 billion state budget, a plan that relies on cuts to schools and the repeal of many business tax breaks.
The state Senate gave initial approval to an $18.2 billion 2010-11 state budget Thursday evening after a nearly seven-hour debate that touched on topics as varied as metal detectors at the Capitol and solitary confinement for prisoners.
The proposed opening of a portion of Colorado State Penitentiary II survived a barrage of amendments to the state budget Thursday that sought to redirect the $10.7 million earmarked for the project.
It may have been symbolic, but Fort Lewis College allies in the Legislature have won a small victory against the governor’s office and an influential group of lawmakers.
Fort Lewis College supporters in the state House flexed their political muscles Wednesday to remove a reference to the school’s Native American Tuition Waiver from the state budget. The episode served as a short replay of a January controversy.
Colorado lawmakers say they’re tired of going from crisis to crisis in the budget debate and they’re offering a package of reforms they say will serve as a roadmap for future lawmakers.
Lawmakers on Monday began a round of hearings on the proposed 2010-11 state budget, a spending plan that anticipates a revenue shortfall of as much as $1.3 billion.
Representatives of Colorado’s House are meeting today with budget writers in Colorado’s Old Supreme Court chambers to consider the state’s 2010-2011 budget in its entirety. The so-called “Long” appropriations bill was filed over the weekend.
Christian Folin, shown playing for Los Angeles last season, is hoping to be a regular with the Flyers.
Coming off a solid season in Los Angeles, defenseman Christian Folin enters his first Flyers training camp with confidence that he can make an impact.
Camp opens Friday in Voorhees at 9:15 a.m.
"I think I made some really good progress last year, and I showed that I can play in this league and I can play big minutes in this league against top guys on other teams," Frolin, a Sweden native, said after arriving early and taking part in an informal scrimmage with his new teammates Wednesday. "I want to keep building on that and have a good season."
Added Folin: "I look forward to playing on the East Coast. I haven't played out here and I heard it's a little different and I think it's going to be a challenge. I just heard it's a little more offensive – not to say guys gamble more, but guys take off a little quicker and there might be a little more skill on the East Coast."
If the 6-5, 220-pound Myers earns a roster spot, he will probably be a regular because it's unlikely the Flyers would have a 21-year-old rookie be an extra player. They want their young players on the ice, whether it's with the Flyers or their AHL affiliate, Lehigh Valley.
Myers and Folin both have right-handed shots.
If Folin makes the top six, he would provide physical play and would probably be used on the penalty kill, which was 29th out of 31 teams last season.
Coach Dave Hakstol and GM Ron Hextall have praised Folin's work on the penalty kill.
"I think I have a really good read," Folin said when asked what he would bring to the PK. "I've worked with some really good coaches over the years. I know my positioning really well and know how to play in a system….and I'm not afraid to block shots."
Folin, 27, nearly signed with the Flyers as a free agent in 2014 but instead decided to take Minnesota's offer.
"I liked the coach they had, Mike Yeo, and I played in Minnesota [in the North American Hockey League] before I went to college, so I kind of had some connection and friends in the area," Folin said. "That had an effect on me, too. I wanted to have something a little more personal. That's why I wanted to go there, but I'm really excited to be here finally and put on the orange jersey."
Folin, who starred at UMass-Lowell before turning pro, spent parts of four seasons with the Wild before playing a career-high 65 games last season with the Kings, notching three goals, 10 assists, and a plus-1 rating.
"The second half I played basically every game and played big minutes," said Folin, who was plus-10 the previous season in Minnesota. "We had a couple guys go down and I was playing 20 minutes a night. I definitely gained confidence. I know how I can pay and I know what I need to do to be successful. If I just do that here, I'm going to be having a lot of fun."
These arguments were part of a response by two publishers, Penguin Group USA and Macmillan, to a Justice Department lawsuit filed in April that accused five major publishing houses of conspiring with Apple to fix the price of e-books.
Three of the publishers, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and the Hachette Book Group, denied violating antitrust laws but agreed last month to settle with the government.
Penguin and Macmillan, which declined to settle, filed responses in United States District Court in New York on Tuesday, not only denying that they had fixed prices but also taking direct aim at Amazon, the online retailer that has emerged as a significant threat to the longstanding business model for publishers.
In its 74-page response, Penguin called Amazon “predatory” and a “monopolist” that treats books as “widgets.” It asserted that Amazon, not Penguin, was the company engaging in anticompetitive behavior, to the detriment of the industry.

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