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"Good strategy is the exception, not the rule. A word that can mean anything has lost its bite" — Richard Rumelt
The problem with strategy today
"Strategy" is probably one of the over-used words in business today. To make a concept, decision or phrase sound important & expensive, just add the word "strategy" or "strategic".
The net result of this modern buzzword bingo is a strategy for everything: a strategic plan, expansion strategy, online marketing strategy, cloud strategy, strategic offsite, strategic acquisition, even a strategy retreat. But by attaching strategy to everything, the risk is that it ends up meaning nothing. Or at least, nothing more than big, costly or important.
Related to this is the rise of template-driven strategy: that all-too-familiar "going through the motions" activity where you come up with a nice sounding vision and mission, maybe some big hairy audacious goals, do a SWOT analysis, publish a nice glossy document, make a big announcement.. and then keep doing whatever it was you were doing beforehand. All this activity might make you feel better but it is not strategy (and it probably won't improve performance).
But for those who are genuinely concerned with substance over shine, the question remains: What exactly is strategy? And how do you do it well?
Defining what strategy really is
At its heart, strategy is about choice. You can't be all things to all people. If you try to serve everyone in your market, if you try to match competitors on everything, or if you avoid making the hard decisions about how to organize your operations, then you don't really have a strategy. Failing to choose is – in reality – choosing to fail.
"It is natural to want to keep options open as long as possible, rather than closing off possibilities by making explicit choices. But it is only though making and acting on choices that you can win. Yes, clear, tough choices force your hand and confine you to a path. But they also free you to focus on what matters" — A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin
As David Maister once put it, strategy is about saying no. If you're not closing off options, you're not making choices. His advice is that "the very essence of having a strategy is being selective about choosing the criteria on which a firm wishes to compete, and then being creative & disciplined in designing an operation that is finely tuned to deliver those particular virtues."
In other words, good strategy is about focused and coherent action at a point of high leverage. Remember the Pareto principle or 80/20 rule, i.e. 80% of the results come from just 20% of the inputs. In a similar way, strategy is about focusing a disproportionate amount of your attention and resources on those few things that really make a difference.
One approach I've found useful in my work is Richard Rumelt's concept of "the kernel of strategy", which consists of 3 vital elements:
- A diagnosis of the critical challenges facing the business
- A guiding policy or approach for how you will deal with the challenge
- A set of coherent actions and resource commitments
This is not dissimilar to the approach a doctor might take: first take the time to understand the situation and make a formal diagnosis of what needs to be addressed. All too often, people skip this step and end up focusing on the wrong actions. For example, if you think your product range is holding you back, then you might choose to focus on developing new & improved products, but if in fact the underlying issue is that your sales & distribution is woeful, then you've completely missed the point and your lovely new products will tank just like the previous ones.
You'll also notice that the kernel of strategy includes action and resource commitments – in other words, strategy is not just ivory-tower thinking, it's also fundamentally about making decisions and doing things. That leads us to a very good test of whether you have an effective strategy: ask yourself if people throughout your organization are using it to help guide their decisions and actions. If the answer is no, your strategy is just an expensive waste of time and paper.
"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." — Peter Drucker
How do you design a good strategy?
First up, notice the word "design" above: developing a strategy is a design process. Strategy is inherently creative, usually requires iteration to get it right, and involves piecing together many different elements into a cohesive whole. It also usually works best when a variety of people are involved in the process, bringing different perspectives and expertise to the table.
The best strategies – like the best designs – work because all the elements work together in a way that makes it more than just the sum of its parts. Each element not only works by itself, but also works hand-in-hand with the other elements to reinforce and strengthen the whole.
Rumelt describes this as "chain-link logic", where the overall output of the system is only as good as its weakest element. For example, you might have superb products and a killer brand, but if your distribution channels struggle or your customer service is poor, then improving your brand further will not help – you need to fix the bottleneck to boost the overall system's performance. This chain-link property makes it challenging to design & implement an effective strategy, but it also has the nice side-effect that competitors who try to copy it in part will get very little benefit.
So let's drill down into the choices you need to make in crafting an effective strategy. One of the best approaches is set out by Lafley & Martin in their book Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works with five fundamental questions to help design your strategy:
- What is your winning aspiration?
- Where will you play?
- How will you win?
- What capabilities must be in place?
- What management systems are required?
"Strategy is an integrated set of choices that uniquely position the firm in its industry so as to create sustainable advantage and superior value relative to the competition" — A.G Lafley & Roger L. Martin
Each of the choices you make in answering these five questions should make sense in light of the other choices. For example, if your answer to how to win involves a strong global brand, but you have no experience or skills in developing great brands or in marketing internationally, then maybe you should think again. That's not to say that you can't develop these capabilities over time, but you need to be realistic and honest with yourself. Effective strategies will usually involve a mix of leveraging what you already have, and investing in the development of new capabilities.
Why is good strategy so hard?
Given the benefits of getting strategy right and the fact so many people invest time and energy on it, you'd think more organizations would have an effective strategy … but the reality is they don't. So why is a great strategy so rare? I suspect it's because strategy turns out to be hard work.
One of the things that makes strategy hard is that there are no pre-prepackaged answers – you need to work it out for yourself, based on your organization's specific circumstances, resources and objectives. This is why diagnosis is so important, because just applying someone else's strategy won't work. Frameworks can be useful to direct attention and focus your team's thinking (which is why I've included a few above) but it still takes plenty of hard work to get genuine, actionable insights into your situation. If you just fill in a SWOT template with the first things that come to mind, then your strategy is nothing more than wishful thinking.
"Thinking is very hard work. And management fashions are a wonderful substitute for thinking" — Peter Drucker
Another reason why strategy is hard is that it requires tough choices. Truly difficult choices can arise when you have several great opportunities but can only choose one as your focus and need to say no to the others. Or when you face the temptation of maintaining the status quo (which is easier for you personally) instead of making a tough call that will upset some people and be disruptive in the short term but you know is necessary for long term success.
One final reason why strategy is hard is because it requires disciplined and coherent action. It's one thing to know what should be done, it's another to get on and consistently do the many difficult things that need to happen for it to be implemented properly. This is hard enough for an individual to do at a personal level, but when you have an organization of hundreds or thousands of people, it's even more difficult to do. This need to inform, coordinate and motivate so many people is why the best approaches to strategy emphasize the need to distill it down into a simple, easy-to-communicate message – be it the guiding policy in Rumelt's kernel, the simple rules that Eisenhardt advocates, or the 5 questions in Lafley & Martin's framework.
Share your thoughts on strategy…
What do you think? Does the view on strategy above resonate with your experience, or do you have a different perspective? Do you have any advice or tips for people on what strategy is and how to do it well? Please take a moment to share your thoughts in the comments below.


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Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson did what any of us would do in making his first comments after being arrested at a nightclub.
He quoted Winston Churchill.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." WC- Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) July 8, 2012
Two minutes later, All Day followed with this:
Thank you for waiting for the facts. Truth will surface.- Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) July 8, 2012
Here's the truth as we know it: Peterson was arrested early Saturday at a Houston nightclub on a charge of resisting arrest. He spent the rest of the night in jail and was released on a $1,000 bond at 10:14 a.m. CT.
Houston Police Department spokesman Kese Smith told NFL.com and NFL Network that Peterson allegedly pushed an off-duty police officer who was working security at Live! at Bayou Place.
While the truth gets its pants on, it's worth noting the incident was reportedly captured on one or more surveillance cameras inside the club. Up with the zipper, out with the facts.

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cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo shared by hepingting
Wow. What a day. Only one year away from the classroom and it feels like I am learning all over again! I had a lot of fun, lots of laughs and a few "moments"… good and bad. Started out the day coming to school with a sticker still on my new pants that a parent had to remove for me! haha. It was a tiring day, but in a good way. So much of the day required me talking at the front (which I am not a fan of) and then getting a new class of kids to join into the discussions can be draining too. In the end, we got a lot out of them, especially when it came to our main activity for the day.
We asked them three questions:
1) What does their dream school look like?
2) What makes a good teacher?
3) What makes a good student?
It was so interesting to see what they came up with, and in some instances, quite surprising. Things came up about wanting to be provided food, and wanting to sit with their friends, but then came ideas like creating a culture and having choice in what they do. They talked about having the ability to bring their own technology and to have access to more technology. They talked about having funny and friendly teachers, but they also wanted teachers who cared about them, treated them with respect and who understood what their lives are like. When it came to how students should act, they formed this statement:
"We should treat others with respect, act with integrity and work hard"
When you get past the ideas of cotton candy machines in the classroom and 5 hour lunches, the truth is the students want what we want. By having them brainstorm these ideas and formulate the answers themselves, it will be much easier to ask them to live up to these standards. We want to provide the best education for our kids everyday, and we want to meet their expectations, but we can only do so if we know what it is they expect. What made this activity even more impactful was the fact that their feedback served to validate where we are going as a staff, and as a division.
In business, the saying is "The customer is always right" and today I was happy to see that our customers are looking for the same things we are hoping to provide.


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Apologies for how hodge-podge they seem.
Clock tower (right) and Flowers in Galmastan (left)
Crying Kid at Gamlastan
Kid preoccupied with twirling on the pole
Then back to the country-side:
Meteor Lake from above the trees
Theresia and Dordie, looking for meteor fragments.
These should be the last of the Sweden pictures.
The Forest view from house (right) In the Forest (left)
Horses in the distance
Power Lines to somewhere far away (right) The Lake at Hudiskvall (left)
A cooridor of trees Hudiskvall City Centre
Goodbye to my friend, the cow with a bell on his neck.
I've taken all of them and put them on a SD card for the Redaelli's.
Many thanks to them again for letting me come with them on thier vacation to thier family home. I love Sweden and all of the pictures I got :)


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Milton shop marks 40 years of safety
MILTON, QUEENS COUNTY – There hasn't been a lost time injury at Nova Scotia Power's Milton Heavy Maintenance Shop since back when the original Star Wars movie was still fresh in theatres. Not since June 27, 1977 – an incredible 40 years ago.
"It's an amazing accomplishment," said Jamie MacDonald, Nova Scotia Power's Senior Director of Power Production. "The team at Milton does high risk work, and they've proven that all injuries are preventable. They are an inspiration for all our teams at Nova Scotia Power."
The Queens County shop directly employs 20 permanent and part-time workers, supported by a six-member planning and engineering group and three administrative staff. They perform maintenance on hydroelectric generating equipment across Nova Scotia. The generators date back as far as the 1920s, so at times the Milton team must fabricate new parts from scratch because replacement parts don't exist.
Components that can be moved to the Milton shop will be refurbished there. Staff will travel to hydro sites across the province to work on pieces that cannot be moved. The equipment they work on ranges from a few thousand kilograms to 140 metric tons in size.
"The shop consists of a very talented group of individuals," said Scott Whynot, Nova Scotia Power's Superintendent of Hydro Maintenance. "They are machinists, millwrights, welders and utility workers, who work in situations that involve confined space, rigging and manipulation of large components, machining, welding, and various other hazards. All of these hazards are mitigated on a daily basis by a strong safety culture."
Whynot said countless individual employees – always working together as a team – have built and maintained the Milton shop's safety culture over the past 40 years.
"The common thread that has brought this team to this achievement is the team's respect for one another and their willingness to speak up to ensure their coworkers and themselves go home safely at the end of every day," he explained "This culture developed in the 1970s, and has continued to improve and grow over the years."
The work done by the Milton team is crucial to maintaining hydroelectricity generation for Nova Scotia Power. It varies year to year, but, on average, hydroelectricity provides around 10% of the electricity used by Nova Scotians. Hydro is generated at 33 plants located on 17 river systems across the province. In 2016, 28% of electricity came from renewable sources; hydro accounted for 8%.
Current team members at the Milton Heavy Maintenance Shop include: Raymond Alexander, Phillip Anthony, Jared Blades, Dwayne Bond, Stephen Cole, Craig Comeau, Dylan Doucette, Brandon Fralic, Bobbi-Jo Goulden, Andrew Hamm, Bernard Hemeon, Mike Hupman, Jimmy Jeddry, Jeffrey Levy, Becky McDonald, Gary McLeod, Bevan Rhyno, Aaron Walsh, Paul Westhaver, Jason Wolfe, and James Zong.


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Passengers injured as train hits tree after storms
Two rail passengers have been injured after a train hit a tree on a line as weather-related disruption continued across Scotland.
The 06:47 Inverness to Edinburgh service was involved in the incident just north of Dunkeld, in Perthshire.
Network Rail said it had mounted an "unprecedented" operation to clear thousands of fallen trees from lines.
Meanwhile, thousands of properties remained without power following Tuesday's violent storms.
Gusts reached more than 100mph as the gales battered the country, damaging buildings and hitting transport.
Further high winds on Wednesday night, with some gusts reaching 75mph, hampered efforts to restore supplies and caused further power cuts.
Scottish Power said on Thursday evening it was working to re-connect 5,000 of its customers.
And, in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Hydro worked with the local council and government to restore power to about 9,000 homes who were left without electricity and communications.
The problems left the island of Bute and the Isle of Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde, without power, and most landline telephones were off.
Iain Donald, who works for local radio station Bute FM, said he had spoken to engineers on the ground who said the main power line between Colintraive and Rhubodach had shut down after a sea water breach.
He said when the main line had been switched back on following repair work, it had shorted and blown both the main and a reserve line.
However, power was finally reconnected to almost 8,200 Scottish Hydro customers, at about 19:45.
A spokesman said about 800 customers could be without power until Friday.
Argyll and Bute Council had set up a community rescue in the Rothesay pavilion, while Scottish Hydro decided to install two mobile generation units in Rothesay, as worked continued to restore power.
'Windows caved in'
ScotRail said the incident involving the train, which was carrying 45 passengers and four members of staff, happened at about 08:18.
It later arrived at Dunkeld station, where onward transport was arranged for passengers.
The incident, which left two passengers with minor injuries, disrupted services between Inverness and Perth. It is not known how fast the train was travelling when it hit the tree.
Passenger Alan Zycinski told BBC Scotland the sudden collision had left people "scared" and "shocked".
"There was just a huge bump and then all the lights went out and some of the windows caved in," he said.
"I thought we'd derailed or something but there was a tree across the line and we hit it."
The train then stopped for about 40 minutes before moving onto Dunkeld.
"I think one man was hit in the arm by a branch but no-one was seriously hurt," the passenger added.
David Simpson, from Network Rail, earlier told BBC Scotland that most services were back to normal after staff worked overnight to deal with the effects of the weather.
He said: "This has been unprecedented.
"We've cleared thousands of trees from across the whole network - nearly 900 on one stretch of line in Fife alone through Markinch, where there was almost a horizontal forest of trees running over almost a quarter mile of railway.
"The extent of damage across the whole network, in terms of trees, overhead cable damage, damage along sea walls and so forth, we've not seen that for many, many years."
The power cuts also caused problems at a sewage pumping station at Bishopton in Renfrewshire. The station became backed up, causing sewage to pour into the local river system.
David Woodrow, chairman of Bishopton Community Council, said: "The problem is there is no power to the pumping station. The sewage has to go somewhere so it's going onto the fields round about the village.
"The biggest impact is probably environmental."
Scottish Water said it was working to fix the problem as soon as possible.
Scottish Power said anyone who had not had any power for more than 48 hours was entitled to compensation.
Guy Jefferson, from Scottish Power, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that about 3,000 extra faults came in on Wednesday night but most of those customers had their power restored.
He said that just under 7,000 customers had no supply overnight but that 700 staff were carrying out repairs.
"We did have further bad weather last night, and we had to step back from a number of jobs we were working on because of safety reasons," he said.
"A number of extra faults came in - around 3,000 customers affected, the vast majority got back on.
"Overall just under 7,000 customers are still off line, but our target is to get everyone back on today."
At the height of the storms, more than 100,000 properties were left without power.
By about 20:00 on Thursday, Scottish Power said about 3,000 homes remained without power, but engineers were "making rapid progress".
The stormy weather also saw damage to buildings, while roads were blocked, bridges closed and flights and ferries cancelled.
And there were icy conditions in central Scotland and snow on higher stretches of the A9.
At the peak of the storm, gusts of 102mph were recorded at Blackford Hill in Edinburgh, with winds reaching 97mph in Bishopton and 91mph on Islay.
Scottish Transport Minister Keith Brown, said: "There's been a huge amount of work done by Network Rail, over 350 teams out to make sure they can clear all the trees, which have been causing obstructions.
"So there's a lot of work ongoing to make sure everything gets back to normal."


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Brûléed Pazazz™ Apple Caramel Dip
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
¹/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¹/8 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
Pinch of sea salt
1 tablespoon sugar in the raw
2 Pazazz apples, cored and wedged, for serving
In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, brown sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt. Place mixture in a heat-proof crème brûlée dish or ramekin. Top with tablespoon of sugar in the raw.
Using a torch, melt the sugar and form a crispy top. Allow the dip to sit for at least 5 minutes before serving with apple wedges. Serves 8
Recipe by Chef Andrew Kintigh – Hy-Vee, Inc.


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During the course of a hotel management agreement negotiation there are many issues to be identified, negotiated and resolved. Some issues seem to come up more regularly than others and seem to take a disproportionate amount of time to deal with to the satisfaction of both owners and operators. In this series we will focus on a number of issues which fall into this category.
We will start with the issue which is particularly perplexing to first time owners - the requirement of most hotel operating companies (particularly the international operators) that the owner is required to employ the hotel employees (except perhaps for a small number of senior employees such as the general manager, finance director, and/or director of sales and marketing), but that such employees are to be under the control of the operator.
A typical clause to effect this arrangement is as follows:-
"Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Owner engages [Operator] to supervise, direct and control all aspects of the operation of the Hotel on a sole and exclusive basis during the Operating Term, and [Operator] accepts such engagement. During the Term, Owner grants to [Operator] the sole and exclusive right, authority and discretion to take or cause to be taken all such actions in the name and on behalf of Owner that [Operator] reasonably deems necessary or advisable."
The reason why operators insist upon this requirement is simple. In the event of the owner's financial collapse which necessitates closure of the hotel and the termination of hotel employees the operator does not want to be the party legally required to make termination payments which may involve hundreds of employees and very substantial amounts of money.
Since we are based in Australia, we will approach the questions below from a broadly Australian perspective. Local employment laws in other jurisdictions may vary the discussion on any one or more of the questions posed.
|Where an Owner employs Hotel employees, the Owner will be regarded as having absolute control over those employees as a matter of law.
Whilst the Owner may give the Operator permission to direct and control its employees at a practical level, the Owner will retain ultimate control over, and responsibility for its employees, including in relation to compliance with minimum wage obligations and other minimum terms of employment, and with work health and safety (WHS) and discrimination legislation.
|Generally, an Operator will be given scope to direct and control day-to-day management of Hotel employees, even though those employees are employed by the Owner.
The scope of the Operator's control will generally be described in a Management Agreement. Some actions or decisions (particularly those that are likely to create a risk of additional liability for the Owner, like termination of employment) should require the involvement and approval of the Owner.
|The Owner has no automatic right to direct and control Operator employees, except through the Management Agreement.
The exception to this might be where the Owner has a concern about health and safety, and may seek to exercise ultimate rights of control over its premises (and therefore persons on its premises). Although, the Owner would in such circumstances have simultaneous WHS obligations to those of the Operator, requiring consultation over particular WHS measures.
|The Owner will be liable for any penalties, damages, compensation or other order arising out of an inappropriate or illegal dismissal.
The Owner can protect against this kind of circumstance by requiring its involvement in termination decisions, or otherwise by including indemnities for such loss arising out of the Operator's conduct. However, the Owner will not be able to enforce indemnities for certain types of conduct (for example, in relation to criminal offences - see below).
|The Owner will always be vicariously liable for the conduct of its employees in connection with their employment. This is regardless of the Operator's involvement in directing employees' day-to-day activities.
|An Owner may be able to seek redress under the Management Contract. To the extent that the Operator is charged with overseeing and managing performance of the Owner's employees, the Owner can seek to include indemnification for any Operator failure leading to inappropriate employee conduct.
Alternatively, where the Operator has failed in its own duty of care, an Owner may be able to bring a claim against the Operator in negligence (or join the Operator to proceedings as a defendant in certain types of claim where the Owner is itself a defendant).
|The Owner can protect against this kind of circumstance by including indemnities for such loss arising out of the Operator's conduct.
However, the Owner will not be able to enforce indemnities for certain costs associated with defending criminal proceedings (or costs arising out of a criminal offence). Amongst other things, Courts will not enforce indemnities relating to criminal charges on public policy grounds.
|An Owner can seek indemnification for the acts and omissions of the Operator in managing Owner employees. However, indemnities may not be enforceable in all instances (particularly in relation to matters that may end in criminal liability).
In any event, establishing appropriate systems to prevent breach, and regular review of compliance with those systems, is key to managing potential liability.
Ideally, an Owner should be monitoring the standard of the Operator's Human Resources management. The Operator's Human Resources capability and track record should be a key criteria for consideration in appointing (or renewing the appointment of) an Operator.
The Owner will retain obligations in relation to its workforce, and will need to be able to demonstrate that it has considered those obligations at the outset of any Management Agreement, and also during the course of its operation. For example, WHS laws require a business to take reasonable steps to prevent risks of harm, including in relation to auditing compliance with appropriate policies and controls. Where an Owner delegates oversight to an Operator, the Owner must still be able to demonstrate that it is regularly auditing the Operator's performance against policies and controls, and reporting key compliance information appropriately.
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30. Having identified the appropriate roles, functions
and powers of the second chamber, we turn to the question what
sort of membership is desirable to undertake these roles and perform
those functions. We consider five qualities desirable in the makeup
of a reformed House, namely (not in any order of importance):
· legitimacy
· representativeness
· no domination
by any one party
· independence
· expertise
31. We have referred above (in paragraph 2) to a
general desire to increase the legitimacy of the second chamber
and (in paragraph 16) to the lack of legitimacy which has in the
past beset the House of Lords and to the view of the Royal Commission
that greater representativeness would confer a new legitimacy
on the House. The Royal Commission Report talked of the new "confidence"
that a reformed House would have.[37]
The Commons Public Administration Committee Report also considers
the question of legitimacy.[38]
Some maintain that only a democratically elected second chamber
can be truly legitimate, others that there are other routes to
legitimacy, including in particular the other qualities which
we discuss below.
32. Before the introduction of life peerages the
House of Lords could be said to have been unrepresentative of
almost any group other than landowners. It is now a much more
representative body, though the manner in which its members are
appointed has continued to sustain some doubts about its legitimacy.
33. Nevertheless, of the desirable
qualities we have listed, the present House is weakest in respect
of representativeness. It is overwhelmingly male (84 per cent).
[39] It includes
few young members (the average age is almost 68). It has a disproportionate
number of members from the south-east and too few from the English
regions. And, although more representative of ethnic minorities
than the House of Commons (over 20 members[40]),
it still falls short of properly representing the UK's ethnic
diversity. We consider that all these elements of
representation must be improved and that better balances can be
achieved either by a new appointment system or, with appropriate
checks in place, by various methods of election.
No domination
by any one party
34. The Royal Commission considered
that it was crucial that no one political party should be able
to dominate the second chamber: "If it were to be controlled
by the party of Government it might become nothing more than a
rubber stamp. If the main Opposition party were to gain control,
it could be used to produce legislative deadlock
This view was endorsed by the Government in its White Paper[42]
and accepted by the Commons Public Administration Committee.[43]
We note that this is a characteristic of the present House: no
party has more than one-third of the members of the House (and
this would continue to be the case with the departure of the 92
excepted hereditary peers).[44]
We therefore conclude that any arrangements for the reformed
House must take account of the importance of maintaining the principle
that no one political party should be able to be dominant in it.
35. We have identified independence
as an important characteristic of the present House of Lords in
keeping the executive to account.[45]
That independence arises from the fact that the House contains
a substantial number of Crossbench members who do not take a party
whip. But equally important is an independence that arises from
membership of a House where the party whips do not influence party-affiliated
members in the same way as they do in the Commons. The fact that
members of the present House do not face election or some form
of reselection is an important element in underpinning that independence.
It is our view that any new system of getting members into
the House needs to ensure that independence, whether arising from
non-party affiliation or from less attention to the requests of
the Whips, is not jeopardised or diminished.[46]
36. Of the 681 members of the House of Lords on 9
December,[47] 210 (31
per cent) were not members of one of the three main political
parties. They comprised 24 bishops, 9 members with no affiliation
and 177 Crossbenchers. The term "Crossbencher"[48]
is used to describe those members who belong to a group which
represents the interests of members who do not take a party whip,
and which meets weekly under a Convenor to discuss matters of
common interest, but not matters of political controversy (which
are for individual members). Since 1999 the Convenor has received
public funds to enable him to employ assistance.[49]
37. Among the Crossbenchers are 12 serving Lords
of Appeal in Ordinary, several members of minor political parties
and several members with definite political affiliations who sit
on the Crossbenches because of the office or position which they
hold or have held, or for other reasons. By custom, law lords,
former Speakers and former public servants normally join the Crossbenchers.
Many others such as industrialists and scientists choose to do
so, including some but not all politicians from minority parties
with no party organisation in the Lords. The fifteen non-party
political life peers so far nominated by the Independent Appointments
Commission have all joined the Crossbenchers.
38. The impact of the Crossbenchers on voting in
the House of Lords is less frequent than their numbers might suggest,
because as unwhipped members they usually vote only when they
have heard the arguments. On the other hand it is this very ability
to listen to argument and vote accordingly that makes the contribution
of the Crossbenchers particularly valuable in specialised areas
such as medical ethics, or areas of special sensitivity or importance
such as anti-terrorism measures. In the last session, 2001-02,
3355 votes out of a total of 39,007 cast in 172 divisions (8.6
per cent) were cast by Crossbenchers.[50]
The role of Crossbenchers is often particularly significant in
relation to participation in debates and committees and the quality
they bring to these deliberations.
39. It is much more common in the Lords than in the
Commons for party members to speak and vote against their party's
line. This is particularly true of supporters of the governing
party. This may result from the fact that, on the whole, the Opposition
parties choose the issues on which they decide to challenge the
Government; it is hardly surprising that they should thus choose
issues on which their supporters are united and Government supporters
are not. The fact that members almost all have seats for life
and that the whips have few sanctions available other than withdrawal
of the whip contributes to independence among members of the House
who are party members. Furthermore, in an unpaid part-time House
it is easy for members unsympathetic to their party's line to
absent themselves when they do not wish to go to the extent of
voting against the party line.
40. The presence of a substantial
number of independent members, and the fact that almost all the
members of the House have seats for life,[51]
crucially ensure a valuable degree of independence which is so
important to the effectiveness of the present House. Such independence
would be significantly reduced in a substantially elected House.
We consider this independence an important element in any reconstituted
41. It has often been said that in the House of Lords
an expert may be found on any subject. The nominations made by
successive prime ministers have brought into the House, as well
as a very significant proportion of politicians, a wide range
of people who have achieved distinction in many fields. It can
be argued that, because membership is for life, there is a risk
that some older members' expertise may sometimes be out of date.
On the other hand the part-time nature of the present House enables
members with contemporary knowledge and skills in a wide range
of disciplines to participate in the work of the House. There
is no doubt that the quality of debates can be very high as a
result of the range of expertise to be found in the House. While
many of those concerned are Crossbenchers, there are also others
with specialist knowledge who take a party whip. It is unlikely
that many of them would wish to fight an election to gain membership
of the House, nor to accept a commitment to more or less full-time
42. We consider the expertise
which is evident in the existing House to be something of considerable
importance which we would wish to see preserved in the new House.[53]
43. The existing House
of Lords meets several of the criteria which we have been considering,
namely lack of domination by one party, independence and expertise.
If these existing qualities, bolstered by a greater representativeness,
can be transferred to the reformed House, we believe that a new
legitimacy, which we have already highlighted in considering the
House's role, will naturally develop.[54]
Commons Public Administration Committee Report, paragraph 68. Back
This figure would be reduced to 82 per cent (the same as the present
percentage in the Commons) with the loss of the 92 hereditary
peers, of whom all but 4 are male. All the 25 bishops and all
the 28 law lords are male. Back
This represents about 3 per cent of the membership of the House.
The equivalent figure for the United Kingdom population is about
7 per cent (Social Trends No. 32, Table 1.4). Back
Royal Commission Report, paragraph 10.25. Back
Government White Paper Completing the Reform, paragraph
35. Back
Commons Public Administration Committee Report, paragraph 80. Back
An analysis of the membership of the House at the start of the
new session in November 2002 is given in Appendix 2. Back
See above, paragraph 24. Back
The importance of the independent element is recognised throughout
the Report of the Royal Commission, but see especially paragraphs
10.14 to 10.18. Back
This figure excludes 12 members who are on leave of absence and
three (the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Sheffield and
the Duke of Norfolk) who have not yet received a writ of summons. Back
The term derives from the cross benches where peers who are not
members of a political party traditionally sit. But for reasons
of space many Crossbenchers sit on nearby benches. Back
House of Lords Official Report, 29 July 1999, columns 1677-86.
The Group has its own website http://www.crossbenchpeers.org.uk Back
A further 142 votes were cast by bishops and 216 votes by peers
with no affiliation. Back
The bishops are the exception: on retirement they cease to be
members. Back
The Commons Public Administration Committee Report (paragraph
49) suggests an independent quota of 20 per cent of the reformed
House. Back
The Royal Commission Report identifies among other types of expertise
that of Members with experience of constitutional matters and
human rights issues (paragraphs 10.19 and 10.20). Back
See paragraph 16 above. Back
A further 142 votes were cast by bishops and 216 votes by peers
with no affiliation. Back
The bishops are the exception: on retirement they cease to be
members. Back
The Commons Public Administration Committee Report (paragraph
49) suggests an independent quota of 20 per cent of the reformed
House. Back
The Royal Commission Report identifies among other types of expertise
that of Members with experience of constitutional matters and
human rights issues (paragraphs 10.19 and 10.20). Back
See paragraph 16 above. Back


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Le Koroc, a Houseboat from Canada
Canada's latest entry into my "Coolest Little Houseboat Afloat" contest is Le Koroc. The folks at Daigno in Ottawa, Canada have designed and built an amazing pontoon houseboat. Le Koroc offers the ageless beauty and charm of finely crafted furniture with the best of modern technology. Couple this with their dedication to protecting the environment and you get one of the most stylish and functional little houseboats I've ever seen. And did I mention one of the best parts? Like several new designs, It's fully trailerable.
The houseboat sits on 3 aluminum pontoons for added stability and strength. It weighs in at 5,640 lbs. and is only 8′-6″wide. With an overall length of 26′ and a height of 12′-6″ on the trailer, it can go just about anywhere you can drive.
The outside is wrapped in your choice of different woods. Choose from cedar, pine or spruce, all from sustainable forests and all finished for lasting quality. The roof is painted-metal for years of protection from the elements.
As great as the outside looks, you may really want to check out the interior of this classy pontoon houseboat. This is where the dedication to craftsmanship shines. The time spent on designing the perfect layout shows through in every detail.
You've got everything you need neatly tucked into this little pontoon houseboat. Actually, this boat comes with a party deck over 1o feet long and 8′-4″ wide, so it's truly much more than a tiny home on pontoons. It may be a complete vacation package on wheels.
Check out just some of the standard equipment.
- 192 liter Gas Tank
- 90 Hp outboard motor
- complete dashboard and instrumentation
- solar power generation
- water heater
- Stainless steel sinks
- refrigerator
- a complete bathroom with toilet, shower and sink
- complete marine electric system and lighting
- and many more features
The company has put a price tag of about $80,000 (Canadian) for all of this and for all you get, and the quality of the whole package, it looks like a great deal to me.
That's about $60,000 in US dollars. It couldn't get much better.
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Wondered whatever became of me,
I'm living on the air in Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, WKRP.
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Haven't been feeling my best lately. My doctor has informed me I need to have a sort-0f-minor, sort-of-major surgery. I have a consultation coming up with the prospective surgeon next week — at which meeting I'm assuming we'll set a date for the cutting.
Argh. That gall bladder and I have been friends for close to 60 years.
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Check out these awesome creatures! Keep on scrolling to see just how close we were. That's my middle kiddo you'll see; pretty neat! Not once did I feel an ounce of fear. They were just humble and chill giants, lazy at the moment, and neat to observe so closely.
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We're currently recruiting for an experienced Bodyshop Crash Repair Mechanic to be based at our busy service centre in Inverness.
Full time, Monday – Thursday, 8.00am – 5.30pm, Friday 8.00am – 4.30pm.
About the role
As an Arnold Clark Bodyshop Crash Repair Mechanic, you will carry out repairs on a large variety of vehicles that have been involved in accidents, including bodywork and electrical repairs and wheel alignment.
The ideal candidate must be able to work well independently and as part of a team. Strong communication skills are also essential, as you will be dealing with customers.
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Nice to have (but not essential)
In return for your technical skills and experience, you'll receive one of the best employee benefits packages in the automotive industry, including free private healthcare, life assurance and preferential rates on new and used cars.
Employment within the Arnold Clark Group is offered subject to satisfactory reference and disclosure check.
Every Arnold Clark employee is entitled to a wide range of benefits, including:
Arnold Clark is Europe's largest independent car retailer with over 200 branches across the UK. And you could be part of it.
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Knowing which foods are healthy and which aren't isn't as straightforward as you might think. Often seemingly healthy foods are packed with hidden salt, sugar and fats that aren't good for a healthy lifestyle. Here are ten surprising foods that might not be as good as you first thought…
1. Energy Bars
Processed energy bars can provide a great snack on-the-go or provide a pre-workout energy boost, however they can be packed full of sugars. NHS guidelines suggest that most adults and children have too much sugar in their diets and snacks like these can be partly to blame with some bars racking up as much sugar as candy!
2. Baked Crisps
While they can be better than regular fried crisps, experts advise that you need to keep an eye on portion size as although these 'healthier' options tend to have reduced fat, it doesn't mean they are low in fat, salt or sugar.
3. Frozen Yoghurt
It's important to keep an eye on added sugars, even when you think you're swapping a dessert or sweet treat, such as ice cream, for a 'healthier' option. Frozen yoghurt for example can contain almost all of our daily recommended sugar intake, regardless of added sauces and toppings.
4. Diet Drinks
These options do contain less sugar, however there is little evidence to support that sugar-free or diet drinks prevent weight gain, with some researchers arguing that sweetened drinks can stimulate your sweet tooth causing you to crave more sugar!
5. Margarine
For years, expert advice was to limit fat intake by switching from butter to margarine, however more recent studies show that although butter has a higher fat content, it's the trans fats in margarine that are linked to heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
6. Skimmed Milk
It's often believed that a low-fat diet is better for you. However, when it comes to milk, the process involved to 'skim' the milk reduces the nutritional benefits, which can often mean that the full-fat option is better for your health.
7. Sports Drinks
Sports drinks can help elite athletes better themselves, however more often than not for non-athletes they are a sure-fire way to get a big sugar hit.
8. Reduced Fat Peanut Butter
Peanuts are a natural source of the good monounsaturated fats that we need in our diets to stay healthy – not only does the reduced spread have less of these, but it can also contain more sugar as a result.
9. Shop Bought Smoothies
Homemade smoothies can be a great way to pack your diet with fresh fruit and vegetables, however, watching how many you consume is important as they can have very high levels of sugar, especially those that are shop bought.
10. Fat Free Salad Dressings
When it comes to choosing a salad dressing, don't be fooled by the fat free or light options. Although lighter options tend to have less fat and calories, they are often higher in salt and sugar, so look to see what other ingredients are in the dressing. And if in doubt, make your own, this way, you can control what ingredients are added.
Often healthy foods have hidden ingredients that aren't that good for you. By understanding what is in the foods you eat, you can manage your daily nutritional intake, allowing you to enjoy most things in moderation and remain fit and healthy.


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For anyone who is considering learning more about aromatherapy and its benefits, it is worth while investing in some carefully selected aromatherapy products of which there is an abundance.
Because aromatherapy has a multitude of uses from general health and relaxation to healing for specific conditions, there is a great deal of important information available regarding this gentle, natural complimentary therapy through books, DVDs, courses, workshops, articles and magazines and of course a multitude of aromatherapy products which would make a useful and practical gift..
Aromatherapy oils have been used for beneficial purposes for years and there are some records which detail use in ancient Egypt, India and China. Aromatherapy essential oils are obtained from leaves, flowers, bark, roots or peel and the oil is made by distilling with water or steam, by manual mechanical process, or by dry distillation. Afterwards the oil is then separated from the water. The oils are kept in dark glass bottles and can last for several years if kept out of natural or artificial light and heat, ideally they should be placed in a container and kept in a dark place until used. The oils are not greasy and they are able to soak fairly quickly into the skin and into the bloodstream.
There are numerous aromatherapy products available such as:
Aromatherapy Oil Burners: These come in a variety of shapes, sizes and patterns and make wonderful gifts. A couple of drops of oil is placed into water in a dish at the top and the oil and water is then heated by way of a candle below. As the water warms, the gentle aroma can be detected.
Aroma Cushions-These make great gifts for someone who may enjoy using a heated cushion which often has lavender essential oils inside. The combination of wheat, lavender encased in a cotton cover, makes it a real comforting gift.
Aromatherapy Incense- These incense sticks are made with pure essential oils and are a pleasure to burn. Depending on the oil used there healing, calming or invigorating properties are very quickly detected.
Aromatherapy Candles: These now come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are scented with different essential oils which can instantly create the wished ambiance.
Eye Pillows- These contain wheat and lavender and are wonderful for tired eyes or if someone suffers from headaches. Can also be placed in the fridge and used as a cool compress.
Aromatherapy oils- There are many different types of oils available, but it is important to make sure that they are pure essential oils and also, think about their unique properties.
Aromatherapy Kits These often come in a travel box which is useful for storing all essential oils and carrier oils. There are a multitude of sizes available and do make perfect gifts for those who are keen to practice and learn more about this gentle therapy.


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text: Out of prison after serving time for armed robbery, brothers Dale (Guy Pearce), Mal (Damien Richardson) and Shane (Joel Edgerton) are set for a bank heist planned by their underhanded lawyer, Frank (Robert Taylor). But after pocketing his share of the cash, Frank, who's bedding Dale's wife (Rachel Griffiths), arranges to have them incarcerated again. Though he understands what his attorney is up to, Dale and his brothers agree to pull off a final robbery if Frank can get them freed once more.


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A PARISIENNE and her companion walked around a red BMW C1 parked on a sidewalk near Trinity Church. He leaned in to view the speedometer, with a top marking of 120 kilometers an hour, or about 70 m.p.h., then fiddled with the windshield wiper. She stood back, regarded the curved roof and nodded approvingly.
''It's the minivan of scooters,'' she declared, summing up the safe appearance of the relatively large scooter, which has a windshield, rollover bars and safety belts.
The C1 represents a new niche in two-wheel vehicles at a time when scooters are hot. Sales of two-wheel motorized vehicles jumped 44 percent in Europe from 1995 to 1999, and although scooters are not tallied separately, several manufacturers said they were gaining faster than motorcycles.
Scooters have a flat floor and an upright riding position; motorcycles force riders to straddle the engine. In a nutshell, riders can touch their knees together on scooters, and motorcycles are generally more powerful.
Automakers have not ignored scooters' new popularity. BMW started selling the C1 in May, and Renault will introduce a line next spring. They join Peugeot Motocycle, which has made scooters for 50 years, and Honda, which builds them in Italy.
Automakers don't regard scooters as competition. ''People have a car and a C1, or a big motorcycle for the road and a C1 for the city,'' says Arvid Des Horts, BMW's marketing director for the C1 in France.
Scooters are popular, in part, because they can squirt through traffic. ''Urban congestion is creating a great opportunity,'' said Jacques Compagne, secretary general of the Association des Constructeurs Europeens de Motocycle, an industry group in Brussels. ''It has become a market of middle managers who want to get around.''
Car drivers tend to choose scooters over motorcycles because of their automatic transmissions and lower center of gravity. ''There will always be a market of passion for the motorcycle,'' Mr. Des Horts said. ''But the scooter is loved for its efficiency.''
That is why Renault wanted to get into the business. ''An important market is developing for urban mobility with light two-wheelers,'' said Francois Rouvier, chief of commercial projects for Renault Sport. Benelli S.p.a., an Italian scooter company with about 6 percent of the European market, will manufacture Renault's scooters. Renault will provide new designs, suspensions and clean-engine technology.
For carmakers, two-wheelers carry their brand names to young people. In much of Europe, teenagers without licenses can ride scooters of up to 50 cubic centimeters.
''We do a lot of special series for young people,'' said Isabelle Puzenat, a spokeswoman for Peugeot. ''The X-Team is in red, white and blue. The Urban Black was all matte black, for them to personalize.''
While the youth market is relatively stable, more adults are getting on board. In many European countries, adults with a car driver's license can drive a 125 cc scooter.
Mr. Compagne, of the industry group, said the average age of a two-wheel buyer was 40 last year, compared with 30 in 1990. European sales of 50 cc scooters were down 2.3 percent last year, Peugeot said, while sales of larger scooters were up 41 percent.
Authorities in Germany, France and several other countries have agreed that the C1's safety features mean that its drivers don't need helmets. ''For women, it's especially nice to drive without a helmet,'' said Christine Bellanger, a BMW dealer.
The red C1 parked near the Paris church belongs to Edouard Martin, a consultant in Paris who lives 22 miles away, in Elancourt.
''The round trip in my car takes two and a half hours,'' Mr. Martin said. ''With the C1, I save an hour. I park in front of my office, which saves more time and 1,700 francs a month,'' or about $250.
He said that the C1 was noisy and relatively expensive at $6,500. But he well understands the trade-offs between two and four wheels: his consulting firm helps companies manage their fleets of cars.


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MEDFORD, Mass. – Sophomore Eileen Shi (San Francisco, Calif.) posted 16 digs and 15 kills as volleyball picked-up a 3-0 victory (25-22, 25-22, 25-20) over previously undefeated Johnson & Wales University in the first-round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday at Cousens Gym on the campus of Tufts University.
UMass Boston 3, Johnson & Wales University 0
UMass Boston (29-4)
Johnson & Wales (33-1)
"That was a great match," said co-head coach Terry Condon. "It was a very tough match. We did not know what to expect from Johnson & Wales because we have not really seen them. They were very good, very good. They played very well. Luckily, we played a little bit better."
The Beacons will now compete against Tufts University in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Cousens Gym. The Beacons have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons and three of the last four years, dating back to the 2013 season. The squad fell in the first round of the tournament last season, while it reached the quarterfinal round in 2013.
The Wildcats saw their season come to an end, as they went undefeated during their regular-season slate en route to winning the GNAC Championship on Nov. 5. This was the second consecutive appearance for the Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament.
The Beacons received strong contributions from senior Colleen Koen (Centerville, Mass.) with nine kills, and senior Julia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) who had seven kills, five digs, and four blocks
Sophomore Christina Elliott (Camas, Wash.) carried the offense with her 15 assists, while freshman Melanie Fyda (Park Ridge, Ill.) posted eight kills in her first NCAA Tournament match. Senior Elizabeth Glavan (Edina, Minn.) had another consistent match as she finished with17 digs in the win.
The Wildcats were led by freshman Maria Coniglio (13 kills, five digs), junior Starsha Tunstall (seven kills), freshman Brylee Frank (24 assists, 10 digs), freshman Elizabeth Hamilton (11 digs) and freshman Gianna Esposito (14 digs, seven assists).
The match was a point-by-point battle, as the Beacons claimed an 18-12 advantage in opening-set action on a kill by Fyda. The Wildcats scored three consecutive points, cutting the deficit to 18-15 on an ace by Frank. The Beacons eventually took the set, 25-22, on a game-clinching kill by Murphy.
The Wildcats came out strong in the second set, as they opened up a 5-3 advantage on a kill by Coniglio. A kill by sophomore Rachel Maslach gave the Beacons a 10-9 lead, and then the Wildcats claimed a 13-10 advantage on a kill by Coniglio. The Beacons responded with a 5-0 run, as a kill by Fyda gave them a 15-13 lead. The Wildcats responded and evened the score, 16-16, on a kill by Coniglio. Murphy posted her second straight game-clinching kill, as the Beacons took the set, 25-22.
The Beacons built an early 8-3 advantage in the third set on a kill by Murphy. The squad clinched its ticket to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 25-20 victory in the final set, as Shi registered the match-clinching kill.
- Saturday's meeting marked the first between UMass Boston and Johnson & Wales since 2011
- The Beacons advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013
- Senior Pepper Baker (Tallahasse, Fla.) tallied 16 assists for the Beacons
The Beacons will face the host Jumbos tomorrow at 4 p.m. with a spot in Sunday's championship match on the line.
Information for this release provided by Tufts University Sports Information Department


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A a man on a bicycle groped a 20-year-old woman while she was walking through a parking lot at the University of California at Berkeley on Sunday night, campus police said.
At about 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, the victim, who campus police said is not affiliated with the university, was walking south on Oxford Street near Kittredge Street when she noticed a man on a bicycle near the Touchless Car Wash and gas station staring at her, campus police said.
The victim continued walking south and crossed Bancroft Way toward the university's Tang Center parking lot, according to UC police.
The suspect on the bicycle then approached the woman and grabbed her chest, campus police said.
The victim yelled and the suspect fled from the parking lot on the bicycle, UC police said.
The victim was not physically injured during the encounter. The victim reported the battery to campus police and officers searched the area, but were unable to locate the suspect.
UC police said the suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his 20s standing 5 feet 7 inches tall with a medium build and a full beard.
He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and riding a new-looking black fixed gear bicycle with black spokes and straight "horned" handlebars with the ends going up.
UC police are reminding the community to be alert and aware of their surroundings. Citizens who sense danger should call 911 or (510) 642-3333 or use a Blue Light emergency phone to get help.
Citizens should move away from any perceived threat, cross the street and increase their pace or join a group of people.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the University of California Police Department at (510) 642-0472 or (510) 642-6760.


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Firefighters responded Saturday to a fire alarm drop at the Firelands-Aurora Virtual Firefighting Academy. A faulty sensor ignited the automated gas-driven fire "rezzers" resulting in a structure fire. By the time firefighters arrived the building had heavy flames visible from three floors.
Units on scene:
Truck 384
Engine 386
Rescue 388
Personnel on scene:
District Chief Laville
Captain Walker
Lieutenant Ravenheart
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Terraria Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
Actually rocket boots are pretty useful underground now. You can ditch a lot of mana gear and stock up on armor. Just don't run out of juice over lava.
levitation potions work better. rocket boots are pointless now.
Activating the trainer causes "alert" messages that contain things like "BAAAD9F", E3A1986 and the like. The alerts are different each time. I usually get 5 alerts.
The game will play after clicking on "ok" but no monsters will spawn in the game ever.
The Guide will disappear as well.
Is it just me here with this issue?
OS in use is Win 7
Edit: Old Man outside dungeon will not spawn as well.
[Edited by Wesker1976, 8/9/2011 7:05:36 PM]
[Edited by Wesker1976, 8/9/2011 7:08:40 PM]
EDIT: I still have the Issue But if you cant connect to multiplayer anymore eg: my own server its due to TShock making server.dat go corrupt. to fix it delete server.dat within my documents under terraria ^^
EDIT2: The Godmode is only Godmode from taking Monster damage. If you fall big heights you basically die
[Edited by superporter, 8/9/2011 8:55:53 PM]
[Edited by superporter, 8/9/2011 9:57:52 PM]
my last errors were
running win 7 32bit with 4gbs
hope it helps
ok thanks, good to know those messages weren't something bad.
Npcs and monsters are disapearing whenever the trainer is activating *shrug* whatever *get more stone*
[Edited by silentbob981988, 8/10/2011 5:53:26 AM]
[Edited by silentbob981988, 8/10/2011 5:56:19 AM]
the updated Trainer now leaves no more Error messages.
But there's still the effect of the disappearing NPCs.
Even when i leave the game and reload the map they won't appear anymore. That's very strange ...
I'm running under Win7 64bit if it's important.
Hope you'll fix this.
Thanks alot for the good work!!!
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Anthropologists devised various models to fully understand the diversity of human beings. They find biological differences as essential variables that could determine the variations from these groups of people or "race". Here are the three basic models of classifying human beings:
Typological Model
In the 19th century, anthropologists and biologists divided the people according to their distinct geographical groups. They based it on what they saw as the regular occurrence together of selected traits. The typological approach focuses on a small number of traits which can be immediately identified. This includes skin color, body build, hair form, and stature. According to typological model, there have been "pure" unmixed races before. Its roots can be traced back to Carolus Linnaeus' four biological subspecies of human according to geographic regions.
However, the typological model has been put to question because of its characteristic of being a false assumption. There are various characteristics that can be seen from other groups of people. Thus, the typological model fails as there is no exclusivity in traits and that most biological traits are continuous variables.
Traits are not a direct and accurate basis to tell a classification of people. The model leads to wrongly assume that the people within a group are genetically and anatomically more alike than they are like people from other groups. For instance, many Americans believed before that Africans have broad noses. However, according to DNA, most people have 99.9% identical DNA sequences. Thus, people are considered homogenous
Populational Model
During the early 1940's, most biological anthropologists adopted the populational model with perspectives developed by population genetics. The approach focuses on the idea that a particular group of people have ancestors who exclusively mated with each other for thousands of years. Through this, people in such breeding populations are more likely to share and inherit the same characteristics.
Contrary to typological model, population approach looks first on the population of the people, before characterizing, or considering the anatomical and physiological traits.
However, the populational model may be of little help in understanding human variations today because inter-mating of different populations or group of people is very accessible now due to modernizations.
Clinal Model
The clinal approach was the most accepted model to reflect the true nature of human biological variation. The clinal approach is based on the "clines" in which genetically inherited traits most often change gradually in frequency from one geographic area to another. Gradual changes in gene frequency from one geography to another are mostly because mating with someone is usually directly connected to the distance they live from us. Basically, people whose ancestors have lived closer to ours for many generators are more likely to share genetically inherited traits than those who are far away.
However, the biological human variation cannot be explained solely by clinal model alone. Most of the variations between us are due to our distinct individual traits and being male or female. Thus, in order to fully understand the true patterns of human variations, scientists have gathered detailed data about inherited traits. DNA sequence comparisons can provide a detailed understanding of human biological diversity.


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apple announced the availability of quicktime 5 and quicktime streaming server 3 today. apple also demoed a preview version of quicktime with support for mpeg-2 and mpeg-4 encoding and decoding.
quicktime 5 includes a new user interface with improved audio controls, a new dv codec, and a component downloader to add apple enhancements and third party plug-ins on the fly. mpeg-1 is fully supported, as is flash 4 and quicktime's new cubic vr technology.
quicktime 4 has 150 million copies already in worldwide distribution. quicktime is also "the only open source, standards-based streaming solution" available today.
read the press release at yahoo. get your copy of qt5 at apple. apple released a public preview of qt5 back in october 2000.
rob's opinion
i always keep a copy of quicktime on my pc, as i find that sometimes things that i really want to see are only available in quicktime format. in the past, with older quicktime versions (qt 3 and earlier) i found that qt would pretty much crash and burn if you tried to play a video format on it that it wasn't quite ready to work with. with qt 4 that was improved quite a bit, but for some reason apple introduced a bizarre audio control "dial" on the side of the qt player that left many users nonplussed. i am happy to report that apple has corrected this strangeness with a standard volume control slider, and the playback controls are improved as well over the terrible qt4 controls. i think regular quicktime users will be very happy with the new layout.
if apple can hurry up and add mpeg-2 and mpeg-4 support, then i'll find quicktime a lot more interesting. for now it's more like an oddity i keep around for files that require it. the download and install went smoothly, with 3.52 mb required for the minimum install on my system. qt5 installed and ran without requiring any reboot and with about 12 other programs open on my windows 98 system. running qt5 seemed like less of an ordeal than opening microsoft's bloated media player.
the only problem i had was when i tried to play the demo movie on my second monitor. it generated an error message and playback looked very bad. when i moved it to the first monitor it looked fine. i have to blame nvidia's mediocre twinview setup on my asus 7100 geforce 2 mx agp card for that one. if you want dual monitors and don't care so much about 3d, definitely go for a matrox solution instead of nvidia. i can't even play quakeworld without shutting off support for dual monitors and then rebooting. terrible.
anyway, i should note that apple left in the annoying "do you want to upgrade?" nagware feature, and you can only answer yes or "later," which means that you will see that nag forever until you buy the full version of quicktime. real uses the same type of nagging in its realplayer, but microsoft has stayed away, as they pretty much like to give away the farm for free to keep the competition at bay.
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|unf (4:20pm est mon apr 23 2001)
can't touch this – by unf
|version madness … (4:30pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i wonder if this means that i will soon have multimedia software that requires version 2, 3, 4, and now 5 be loaded on my machine … – by fred theilig
|aol (4:38pm est mon apr 23 2001)
and as far as i can tell, aol 6.0 doesn't support qt. anyone get aol and qt to play nice? – by kawi
|the best thing to ever come out of apple (4:43pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i'm not an apple fan but they did something right when they made quicktime. i keep it on my pc all the time and use it at work occasionally. unlike real player (et al.) , which installs and seeps into your registry with auto start and other unnecessary stuff, apple has kept quicktime as a pretty clean install. i don't believe they've started with putting ads on their viewer either (unlike real). i'll be downloading this one for sure, real won't be on my machine ever again. – by g. frederick
|aol (4:43pm est mon apr 23 2001)
anyone get aol and *anything that's not aol native* to play nice? – by stevecase
|*yawn* (5:23pm est mon apr 23 2001)
quicktime is yet another interesting, but now irrelevant, footnote in computer history, courtesy of apple. – by dog
|quicktime 5 (5:26pm est mon apr 23 2001)
well, i was hoping that the full version wouldn't crash ie whenever i try and play an mpeg video using the qt plugin, like the public preview was so find of doing. i guess i just upgraded for absolutely no reason at all.
the standalone qt player can handle these codecs, just not the plugin apparently, or perhaps ms was a tad negligent with its plugin support in ie.
either way i'm dissappointed – by gropo
|dog: (5:35pm est mon apr 23 2001)
"quicktime is yet another interesting, but now irrelevant, footnote in computer history, courtesy of apple"
uh.. yeah, ok… and i suppose mpeg 4 will also be an "irrelevant footnote" in computer history… being that the iso mp4 codec is built on quicktime… riiight… do your homework junior. – by $0 server tax
|quicktime (5:37pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i have had very little succes w/ quicktime. i think the quality is poor and it has been very unstable in the past. here's how i would line up my favorite video players.
video quality
quality of software including startup times on a slow machine and not crashing.
windows media 6.x (quick start up clean interface)
just my $.02
|ms killed media player (5:39pm est mon apr 23 2001)
when they added the visualization crap. – by js
|png files with netscape (5:56pm est mon apr 23 2001)
so does this mean that it will not
i hope they fixed this part. – by wambo
|attn: belgiebob (6:10pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i'd have to disagree on the video quality ratings, and real would move to the bottom of the software quality list.
viewing quality:
#1 qt
software quality:
#1 qt 4
the nagware in qt is annoying, but not so much that i'd go out and look for a warez version. on the other hand, between nagware *and* advertising, and to toss in the pushy "run my startcenter on every login" spyware, i tossed real's player in the garbage, and all of real's servers are in my deny routing tables. it's amazing what you can find out by hooking a packet sniffer to a machine that's running realplayer. – by icesnake frostfyre
|qt 5 (6:36pm est mon apr 23 2001)
crap..total crap…
still cant play divx, still cant recognise .m3u playlists
i was thinking of getting a new mac but fuck em, ive been a mac user since i was 8 and they still cant get it together. os x is flop, and i can buy 2 pcs and put it together myself for the price of even a "refurbished" g4. i bailing big time. the only reason im on this g4 right now is becuz nobody from the abuse dept of my job dosent even bother checking my cmptr for mp3s or warez – by dude
|re: icesnake frostfyre (6:38pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i agree with you on the fact that real player's adware sucks and real actually tends to crash pretty often. but when streaming video at a medium bandwith real shines. (as long as it does not crash and you and you can get past all the ad bs) right now i have quicktime installed on my machine at work and any audio that is played through quicktime is garbeled and video is consistently jerky ether streamed or played form the hard drive. i have also noticed that embedded qt videos often dont play properly. – by belgiebob
|quicktime plug-ins (6:39pm est mon apr 23 2001)
on2 makes a great plug in for quicktime – here's the link
– by babblin5
|ew. (6:58pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i have *never* liked quicktime. it always seems extremely slow to start, often crashes, and rarely does anything that is expected of it.
real is slightly better. i often get disconnected from the 'net when trying to boot up realplayer. maybe it's just that it eats up too much processing power and ram (500mhz at 88mb of ram should be enough to handle it though — it handles 3d games just fine!). what's the point of trying to stream a file when you can't stay connected to stream it? and the quality really doesn't seem to be all that great.
wmp7 is total bloatware crap as well. the install file alone is 6mb more than 6.4, the previous version. yuck, and no thank you!
for now i'm sticking with wmp6.4 as much as possible. it's small, opens quickly and flawlessly, and has never given me any problems. if it could play realmedia files natively it would be all i need for media files on the 'net . – by jacob
|quality (8:29pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i would have to say that quicktime had good quality, if only they would improve their streaming support – i know they said they did but i don't think so. i just downloaded 5 and it froze running it the first time. if not for nt4 probably would have brought down the machine.
i also have to agree with most here that real is total crap. they started out okay but quickly lost my trust, now i miss some real content, but i have a much more stable computer. for all of you complaining about the stability in microsoft os's try removing real.
wmp 6.4 was and still is the best player of the three. the quality is superb over my cable modem. i don't know what the hell happened to them to put out total bs that is wmp7. – by myopinion
|quicktime quality (10:29pm est mon apr 23 2001)
if quicktime didn't have good quality, its dv codec would not be the standard used for nonliner video editing. – by xinzor the merciless
|quicktime is the best (9:46am est tue apr 24 2001)
i have used wmp, and real, and they both are junk. quicktime is a little slow, and uses a little more resources, but i get perfect picture and sound quality on my computer. it just took an upgrade to 512mb memory, and an athlon 1.33ghz to be able to do other things while the movie is downloading. i love quicktime, and will use nothing else for playing movies. i never stream because the quality is crap. – by qt
|unnecessary troublemaker (7:23am est thu apr 26 2001)
i was hoping, with the promise of being able to support all formats, that qt 5 would replace wmp and real and therefore unclutter my desktop and hd. unfortunately it has become a troublemaker. each time after using it my system audio levels are all reset to the lowest setting and the control sliders on the other players jump up and down on their own. when i try to raise the sound level using the sliders the level just moves back to the lowest level, all on its own.
the other problem is that the mouse pointer and cursor jump around too. and when i shut down the systems using the start button the options window jumps around between "shutdown" "restart" "hibernate"and "standby" . so i uninstalled qt 5 and all was fine again. re-installed it and the problems came back.
my system is only a month old, this shit shouldn't be happening, c'mon apple, get it right! – by motion
|removing quicktime (11:45am est wed aug 08 2001)
anybody been having a hard time finding "official/build in" ways to do this too? sure i can just kill the pulgins and .exe files, but i'm starting to wonder if it was just an installation-error, a problem connected with the fact that -no, i do not want quicktime in my c:/windows/programfiles-, a strange dysfunction in win2k or just that quicktime considers itself too good to be removed. i can't really be bothered to check with installing again cuz i don't want 2 versions nagging me -and my collegues- to update to quicktime-pro, thank you very much. o well, i'll be off to go and kill the motherfucker. – by avuko


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From the Real Rent Reform Campaign's Mary Tek:
"It remains the position of the tenants that state rent laws must be strengthened and not simply extended. The laws that expired last night were weak, and were contributing to the erosion of affordable housing. Yesterday, a temporary extender law failed to pass the Senate. For the Senate Democrats who voted against this extender because extension is not enough, we thank them and we stand with them in this position.
"For the Republican Senators who continue to oppose stronger rent laws, especially Senators Marty Golden and Andrew Lanza, who represent thousands of tenants, know this: a straight extension is not enough. The public supports stronger rent laws, to protect tenants and preserve affordable housing. Your games of brinkmanship and blame will not work. The senate majority has taken millions from New York City landlords, and is now doing their bidding - and they are putting the homes of 2.5 million New Yorkers at stake. The people of New York see through your charade and they will not stand for it.
"It is up to all state senators to support stronger rent laws. And it is up to Governor Cuomo to use his leadership to make this happen. The Governor has said he plans to call the Senate into extraordinary session until they pass stronger rent laws. The tenants support that effort. We need stronger rent laws now. The future of affordable housing in New York City and suburban counties rides in the balance."


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CARDWELL: THOMAS BARRIE – At Peterborough Regional Health Center on Friday, January 24, 2014 with his family by his side. Tom, retired Truck Driver (Six Million Safe Miles with many safe driving awards), and long time resident of Otonobee Township. Beloved husband of Harriet (Downer). Dear father of Thomas Robert, Julie Anne Quinlan (Kevin), Irwin Sucee (Wendy), Percy Sucee (Cathy). Cherished Grandpa to five grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Remembered by daughter in law Wendy Sucee. Dear brother of Bud (Margaret), Sharon (Peter Crate). Tom is predeceased by son Lorne, and siblings Ruth, Dorothy, George, Ray, Gary and Ken. A Celebration of Tom's Life will be held at ASHBURNHAM FUNERAL HOME & RECEPTION CENTRE, 840 Armour Road at 2:30 pm on Monday, January 27, 2014 with visitation from 1 pm. Interment Highland Park Cemetery. If desired, directions to the service, condolences to the family or donations to the P.R.H.C. Palliative Care Unit, may be made at www.CommunityAlternative.ca or by calling 705-740-0444.
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Divest Investments in Businesses and Countries Giving Support to Genocide
Whereas, of the Ten United Nations Covenants on Human Rights; the Convention Against Genocide bans acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group; declares genocide a crime under international law whether committed during war or peacetime, and binds all signatories of the convention to take measures to prevent and punish any acts of genocide committed within their jurisdiction; and
Whereas, in the past the California Democratic Party and the State Legislature had adopted both the Sullivan Principles regarding South Africa, and the MacBride Principles regarding Northern Ireland and the list of genocidal actions includes but is not limited to Rwanda, Darfur, Somalia, Liberia, the killing fields of Cambodia, and Bosnia, and
Whereas, it is our firm belief that no act of genocide is acceptable and we must speak out against and condemn any act of genocide.
Therefore be it resolved, that the Los Angeles County Democratic Party urge both the State Legislature and the California congressional delegations to direct investments be divested in any business supporting regimes or governments, giving support for acts of individual and group genocide, and
Therefore be it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the State legislature and the California congressional delegation.
Authored by: Thomas Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Region 3 Vice Chair
Passed by LACDP Resolutions Committee, March 3. 2009
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