Ellis made the deal with her British counterpart Gerry Sutcliffe but she lost out as Team GB won 19 golds to Australia's 14.
She wore a Team GB top during a visit to the Paralympic Games in China.
Sutcliffe said: 'Kate's a great sport to honour our bet.'
'But after all, we did win fair and square, with our fantastic athletes proving just how good our elite sport can be.
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Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Hong Kong Will Vote for Democracy
Hong Kongers have suffered one delay after another on their path to full democracy since the territory's return to China in 1997. But that hasn't snuffed out their democratic spirit. Witness the results of Sunday's legislative elections.
Pro-democracy parties won 23 seats in the 60-member Legislative Council elections. That's down from 25 after the last election in 2004. But that's not the number that matters. Half of the legislature is appointed by special interest groups loyal to Beijing. The other half is directly elected by the people. In those seats, the democrats won 19 of 30, gaining a seat from the 2004 results. The democrats' losses came only from the ranks of special-interest legislators.
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Pro-democracy parties won 23 seats in the 60-member Legislative Council elections. That's down from 25 after the last election in 2004. But that's not the number that matters. Half of the legislature is appointed by special interest groups loyal to Beijing. The other half is directly elected by the people. In those seats, the democrats won 19 of 30, gaining a seat from the 2004 results. The democrats' losses came only from the ranks of special-interest legislators.
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Angolan opposition is defeated
LUANDA, Angola (AP) — A rebel group turned opposition party that resorted to violence the last time it lost at the polls has accepted defeat in Angola's parliamentary elections.
UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva announced that he was accepting the results from disorganized but peaceful voting Friday and Saturday. With about 80 percent of the ballots counted, Angola's longtime ruling party had more than 80 percent of the vote, according to official results.
'Despite all that has happened, UNITA's leadership accepts the election results,' Samakuva said at a press conference late Monday. He called on 'the winning party to govern in the interest of all Angolans.
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UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva announced that he was accepting the results from disorganized but peaceful voting Friday and Saturday. With about 80 percent of the ballots counted, Angola's longtime ruling party had more than 80 percent of the vote, according to official results.
'Despite all that has happened, UNITA's leadership accepts the election results,' Samakuva said at a press conference late Monday. He called on 'the winning party to govern in the interest of all Angolans.
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Sunday, 24 August 2008
Charlotte sheriff primary turns negative | HeraldTribune.com | Southwest Florida's Information Leader
Read More Here: "Richard Worch, 53, was sheriff of Charlotte County for more than a decade and is campaigning as the 'longest-serving sheriff in the last 50 years.' Worch lost re-election in 2000, and he is looking back to days his tenure as sheriff, during which he says Charlotte County was safer than it is today.
Bill Cameron, 47, now an executive officer with the Sheriff's Office, paints Worch as a throwback candidate who will undo progress made by the department in the past eight years. Cameron has the backing of current Sheriff John Davenport."
Bill Cameron, 47, now an executive officer with the Sheriff's Office, paints Worch as a throwback candidate who will undo progress made by the department in the past eight years. Cameron has the backing of current Sheriff John Davenport."
Election could bring city permanent revenue increase
Read More Here: "The city of Grand Junction will receive a permanent boost in funding beginning either next year or within the next decade, unless voters reject both municipal ballot measures that seek a sales-tax increase and an elimination of a revenue cap.
Council members last week agreed to refer two questions to city voters in the Nov. 4 general election. The first question asks voters to approve a quarter-cent sales-tax increase to help pay for $98 million in new public safety buildings. The second question asks voters to allow the city to permanently retain and spend revenue above the limit imposed by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
City officials worded the questions in such a way that the only way the sales-tax increase expires is if voters approve the second question. Under that scenario, the city’s sales tax would revert back to 2.75 percent when the city pays off the Riverside Parkway project debt, estimated to be in 2015 or 2016.
Asked why the city didn’t include the sunset provision on the sales-tax increase with the sales-tax question, Mayor Gregg Palmer said it wouldn’t generate enough sales-tax revenue to fully fund construction of the public safety projects. City financial officers produced a spreadsheet this week showing the extra quarter cent in sales tax would produce a little more than $51 million in revenue by 2016."
Council members last week agreed to refer two questions to city voters in the Nov. 4 general election. The first question asks voters to approve a quarter-cent sales-tax increase to help pay for $98 million in new public safety buildings. The second question asks voters to allow the city to permanently retain and spend revenue above the limit imposed by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
City officials worded the questions in such a way that the only way the sales-tax increase expires is if voters approve the second question. Under that scenario, the city’s sales tax would revert back to 2.75 percent when the city pays off the Riverside Parkway project debt, estimated to be in 2015 or 2016.
Asked why the city didn’t include the sunset provision on the sales-tax increase with the sales-tax question, Mayor Gregg Palmer said it wouldn’t generate enough sales-tax revenue to fully fund construction of the public safety projects. City financial officers produced a spreadsheet this week showing the extra quarter cent in sales tax would produce a little more than $51 million in revenue by 2016."
The Natchez Democrat - Obama breaking new ground
Read More Here: "In a few months, Americans will come together to choose their next leader. One man, likely either Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain, will ultimately become America’s commander in chief.
Many, many differences separate the two men, but perhaps none as superficially noticeable as the different colors of their skin.
Race is an easy variable to notice. Nowhere is that more obvious than in a community such as Natchez, where the ratio of blacks and whites is nearly equal.
Not all that long ago, great divides separated the races in our community. While some arguably still exist, each day the divides are diminished.
And with those changes come slow, but ultimately sweeping changes in how we think and vote."
Many, many differences separate the two men, but perhaps none as superficially noticeable as the different colors of their skin.
Race is an easy variable to notice. Nowhere is that more obvious than in a community such as Natchez, where the ratio of blacks and whites is nearly equal.
Not all that long ago, great divides separated the races in our community. While some arguably still exist, each day the divides are diminished.
And with those changes come slow, but ultimately sweeping changes in how we think and vote."
By-election: Voters threatened (correction)
Read More Here: "BUKIT MERTAJAM: Many voters here have been receiving threatening and intimidating SMSes from people attempting to obstruct Tuesday's balloting process.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said police had received numerous complaints on this and warned that stern action would be taken against troublemakers.
'This is the most tense and most apprehensive by-election the country has ever witnessed. We are monitoring the situation closely,' he said after visiting the Kubang Semang weekend market near here on Sunday.
He added that police had so far been tolerant, despite being subjected to verbal abuse and name-calling by some party members.
Syed Hamid said the number of policemen on duty had been increased over the last few days and reinforcements would be called in on Tuesday to maintain order.
Barisan candidate Datuk Arif Shah, who arrived at the market shortly after the minister left, said he was confident of winning by a 500-to-5,000-vote majority in the by-election."
Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said police had received numerous complaints on this and warned that stern action would be taken against troublemakers.
'This is the most tense and most apprehensive by-election the country has ever witnessed. We are monitoring the situation closely,' he said after visiting the Kubang Semang weekend market near here on Sunday.
He added that police had so far been tolerant, despite being subjected to verbal abuse and name-calling by some party members.
Syed Hamid said the number of policemen on duty had been increased over the last few days and reinforcements would be called in on Tuesday to maintain order.
Barisan candidate Datuk Arif Shah, who arrived at the market shortly after the minister left, said he was confident of winning by a 500-to-5,000-vote majority in the by-election."
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