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Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: I apologise to the noble Lord for intervening but I wish to make sure that he and I understand exactly the same point.
My comment about the following five years concerns the fact that there should be no change in the memorandum and articles of the foundationthe objectives. That may be the area in which the Government should have that reserve. But I do not believe that any foundation would be terribly happy, having taken the successor company into the foundation, to have the Government watching over it at every turn. That would not be much better than the current situation which we seek to improve.
When we spoke of a five-year watching brief over the memorandum and articles of association of the foundation, or indeed the specific social and developmental objectives, that was the bottom line. I do not believe that it would be right for the Government to interfere with the work of the foundation, even though they may be one of the members of the foundation in the future. However, I shall consider carefully all our debates and make sure that that factor is clear beyond peradventure.
Lord Judd: I thank the Minister for that observation. However, perhaps I may ask again. It is always good for all of us to read what we said in Hansard, albeit somewhat inhibiting. However, to read what she said will increase anxiety. She states, on the one hand, this and, on the other hand, that. She states that, on the one hand, the Government will keep an eye on things and make sure that everything goes the intended way for at least five years; but, on the other hand, the Government are anxious not to spell out or reveal any specific arrangements to ensure that that is so. We who are unashamedly doubting Thomases want not only to hear the intention but to see the mechanism that will be available. The Minister has said nothing that has reassured us on that.
Regarding the pension fund and the contributions holiday, the Minister skirted round a problem which causes anxiety. In my informal contacts with Crown Agents, I find it interesting that at all levels of senior management and staff there is a shared view that they want a strong future together. There seems to be an enlightened, shared view that one of the advantages of the contributions holiday is that resources were available
My last point relates to the issue of charitable status. The Minister said today that that would be up to the foundation to decide. I am sure that the Committee realises that that factor is central to what disturbs us. There is a big difference between being a charity and not being a charity. If we wish to know what we are making possible for the future of the Crown Agents, this is the time at which we should be clear as to whether the body will be a charity. It has tremendous bearing on what we do now.
To state that the Government will have available a guiding hand on the tiller if things begin to go off course but also that it will be up to the foundation to decide whether it will be a charity seems to be having all things all ways. Some clarification on the point at Report stage will be immensely helpful.
I conclude by saying that it is always good to have exchanges with the Minister. I enjoy them more when they relate to issues on which we broadly see eye to eyethe challenges of humanitarian assistance and development, and so on. I find it uncomfortable when I am not reassured by the position that she takes. In a complex way, I find myself more uncomfortable because I am usually reassured by her. In the exchanges between the noble Lord, Lord Rea, and the Minister, I felt that the strange element in the relationship was that she was very persuasive yet she did not persuade. It was an interesting contrast between style and substance. That aspect slightly worries us on this side of the House. We hope that we can help to persuade the Minister by putting forward arguments and suggestions regarding arrangements which underwrite the observations that she makes.
I hope that some way down the road we shall not be saying, "Here we are with another Minister and a foundation that we did not envisage in those exchanges in March 1995. And if only we and the Minister, who shared so much, had at that stage buttoned up the position, we would not be in this situation". I hope that we shall not face such a predicament.
I have heard what the Minister said; we shall consider it hard. I hope that she will consider carefully what we said. We may return to some of the issues at Report stage. In the meantime, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
[Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 not moved.]
Clause 3 [Initial Government holding in the successor company]:
Clause 6 [Use of "Crown Agents" as part of company name]:
[Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 not moved.]
Clause 13 [Consequential amendments and repeals]:
House resumed: Bill reported without amendment.
The Deputy Speaker (Lord Skelmersdale): My Lords, I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts:
Lord Middleton rose to move, That this House takes note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on the Reform of the EC Sugar Regime (Fourth Report, HL Paper 28).
The noble Lord said: My Lords, the sugar regime within the common agricultural policy remains virtually unchanged since it was introduced 27 years ago. The reforms which are considered in our report are those proposed by the Commission and, as drafted, will have the effect only of ensuring that the Community can perform its obligations under the GATT agreement. The proposals were not finalised until late November last year and the Council has given them only preliminary consideration. Sub-committee D's inquiry was carried out so that our report on the regime and on the reform proposals could be made before decisions were taken in Council.
During our inquiry we had the advantage of the expert assistance of Mr. Ian Sturgess of the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge, as our specialist adviser. Our thanks are due to the many witnesses who gave evidence, both oral and written, and I am grateful for the highly professional work of our Clerk, Mr. Mitchell, and for the support of my colleagues.
It will be apparent from our conclusions that we consider the Commission's proposals to be inadequate. The regime is overdue for reform, with or without the GATT agreement. The fact that these GATT-driven proposed changes are the minimum necessary demonstrates once again the painfully slow path towards CAP reform being taken by the Community.
The details of the existing sugar regime are quite complicated and are set out in Part 2 of the report. The main features are: price setting, import levies, production quotas and export refunds. Sugar within the Community is produced from beet grown under a system of national quotas. Annual output of white sugar under the system is about 16.2 million tonnes. In the UK production and marketing are organised by British Sugar, which allocates the national quota among growers and owns the refineries. The regime also undertakes under the Sugar Protocol of the Lomé Convention to buy and import, levy free and at a guaranteed price, about 1.3 million tonnes of raw cane sugar from certain African, Caribbean and Pacific states and India. About 85 per cent. of the ACP quota is refined in the UK by Tate & Lyle.
Under the regime, market prices are supported by intervention prices which are set both for raw cane sugar and for white beet sugar at a level normally well above world prices. Intervention prices are maintained by export restitutions.
Surplus sugar in the Community has not been stored, thereby creating extensive sugar mountains, but it has been dumped onto the world market at prices subsidised by the producers themselves by means of levies. The regime is therefore considered to have been budget-neutral, which explains the lack of pressure for reform in contrast to that on the other CAP regulated commodities, such as milk, beef, grain, oil and protein crops.
There is something to be said for a system which makes relatively small demands on the Community budget, which has guaranteed a regular supply to consumers, which has made the sugar beet crop one of the most profitable for growers and which has maintained a stable and prosperous countryside in many parts of the Community.
In the UK both beet growing and processing have become very efficient and productive in recent years. Much money has been invested in the beet industry and employment created, both directly and in the ancillary industries.
Raw cane sugar imports have provided an assured market to certain third world countries whose economies might collapse without that outlet. Where we have a high level of investment in a thriving and efficient industryas is certainly the case in the UKwe must have very good reasons for recommending policies which might upset a complex industrial structure. We have therefore to look at the effect of the present sugar regime.
First, the quota allocation has been more than generous, so that, with the exception of Portugal and the UK, all member states have quotas which meet or exceed the amount they consume. Taking account of cane imports, the Community currently produces some 17.8 million tonnes of which it consumes 11.9 million tonnes. The balance of 5.9 million tonnes is for export, the greater part of which is subsidised. This dumping amounts to more than 25 per cent. of the whole of the world free market in sugar.
Secondly, over-production and subsidised exports from the Community have a depressing effect on the world sugar market. Estimates vary between a 5 per cent. and a 20 per cent. lowering effect on world prices, which is not helpful to the economies of cane sugar-producing countries outside the Lomé Convention.
Thirdly, sugar quotas are handed out to member states irrespective of whether they are geologically or climatically suited to beet growing. Despite national grant aids, Italy and Spain can barely meet their national quotas. So the system does little to encourage efficient production.
Fourthly, the EU intervention price for sugar over the past 15 years has on average been about double the world price. Consumers in the Community therefore pay very dearly for stable prices and secure supplies. For industrial sugar users, high input prices mean reduced competitiveness.
Fifthly, the Community's beet price paid to producers has to be high enough to pay for levies which go to pay for the export restitutions. In effect, therefore, it is the consumers who pay ultimately for the over-production and subsequent dumping on the world market.
Sixthly, it is arguable whether it is beneficial in the long run by such means as the Lomé Convention artificially to stimulate production in the ACP countries, thereby locking them into cane growing and making them economically dependent on one crop.
Lastly, enlargement of the EU to include the central and eastern European countries is high on the Community's agenda. In our October debate on our report on trade with eastern Europe it was clear that any strategy for enlargement that was not based on thorough reform of the CAP would be futile. It would be quite unrealistic to suppose that the EU's current sugar regime, even modified by the proposals under review, could be extended to cover the large potential beet production in Eastern Europe.
For all those reasons, there is a powerful case for reform of the sugar regime. The questions, therefore, are: how far do the Commission's proposals satisfy the Community's obligations under GATT? How far do they go to achieve the kind of radical reform that we have so often called for, now and in the past? Our report concludes that the answer to the first question is: most of the way; the answer to the second is: not at all.
The 1994 GATT agreement on agriculture covers the period 1995 to 2000 and does not challenge the system of quotas and guaranteed prices. The Community's obligations under the agreement fall under three headings: domestic support; market access; and export competition. Under all these headings the obligations are already met, or will be met, without difficulty.
However, the GATT requirement that the present variable import levy will be replaced by a tariff, to be reduced over five years, will have the effect of drawing the EU sugar market more closely to the world market. This could mean that, towards the year 2000, some Community countries will be obliged to import, or the Community will have to reduce its support prices. The Commission proposes that provision should be made to
In addition, the proposals are that storage payments on what is known as C sugar should be discontinued; that preferential imports of raw cane sugar to Community refineries should be guaranteed; and, lastly, that national aids to the beet sector in Spain, Germany and north Italy should be phased out while allowing a 50 per cent. reduction only for the rest of Italy.
We conclude that, while we endorse the last three of the Commission's proposalsexcept for the concession to Italywe take the view that the proposals, as a package, amount to no more than minor modifications to the existing regime. They amount to the bare minimum that is necessary to perform the EU's GATT obligations up to the year 2000. The opportunity to reform the sugar regime has not been seized. As we say in Part 5 of the report, which summarises the opinion of the committee, by continuing to insulate prices within the EU from the forces of the world market, the regime is a major source of instability in world prices. The quota reductions proposed by the Commission will not come near the 20 per cent. reduction, which would still leave the EU self-sufficient in sugar. There are no specific proposals for a reduction in export subsidies, and no concessions are made to the increasing demand for sugar substitutes.
Most importantly, consumer interests appear to be totally disregarded and the challenge presented by the future accession of the CEE countries is ignored. As we say at the end of our report, the adverse effects of the sugar regime on consumers and users, on world trade and on economic efficiency should be tackled by phased price cuts and with, where appropriate, phased compensation to growers. Substantial cuts should be made in the quotas, so as to penalise high-cost production, and they should be planned now, before they become inevitable. We also put forward the suggestion that, while a quota system persists, serious consideration should be given to mechanisms for making the quotas tradable among growers of sugar beet.
I am sorry to end on a rather sour note, by saying that my committee found the Commission's arguments for justifying inertia to be unconvincing and unsubstantiated. I beg to move.
Moved, That this House takes note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on the Reform of the EC Sugar Regime (Fourth Report, HL Paper 28).(Lord Middleton.)
Lord Mottistone: My Lords, I should like to thank my noble friend Lord Middleton for so clearly introducing the report and for so clearly explaining the problem that the European Community sugar policy presents both to other producers in the world and to its own consumers. I have to declare an interest as a parliamentary adviser to the Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate & Confectionery Alliance, which in its turn advises me and
It was my privilege to be a member of that sub-committee from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. During that time one of our important reports was on EC sugar policy, in March 1980. I am delighted to see that the noble Lord, Lord Mackie of Benshie, is to speak later, because he was also a member of that sub-committee at the time in question. This time I hope that the noble Lord agrees with much of what I have to say.
Our recommendations at that time, which included a reduction in prices and a reduction in production, were very similar to those of today15 years later. In 1980, the Community was also castigated for a deliberate policy of high prices towards other sugar exporters, which it was stated appeared to be one of selfishness and cynicism. My noble friend Lord Middleton did not actually use those words, but much of what he said would endorse that earlier report. Indeed, that is reflected in paragraph 75 of the report that we are now debating.
Turning to the report, it is particularly worth noting the written part of the Tate & Lyle evidence on pages 34 and 35 of the Minutes of Evidence. It commits it, on the public record, to favouring a market-oriented reform of the regime and defines the way in which it believes such a reform can be achieved without damaging its competitive position. Clearly Tate & Lyle would not say that if it thought that the reform would adversely affect the market for ACP sugar producers.
On another point, I understand that it is suggested that the users are benefiting by the price stability that is provided by the regime. The UK (UKISUG) representatives gave very effective answers to that in answering questions Nos. 190 to 197 on pages 58 and 59 of the Minutes of Evidence.
The sub-committee's conclusions are eminently sensible, and are consistent with a long series of reports on sugar in the Community by the Court of Auditors; in academic studies by Professor Tangermann and Professor Marsh; earlier opinions of the European Parliament; and the last UK Monopolies and Mergers Commission report, to name but a few. The real problem is to discover how we convert such a mass of common sense into something which is politically practicable.
The weight of lobbying on behalf of the status quo is indeed impressive. Clearly, the very facts that only 4 per cent. of arable farmers have a sugar quota and that having such a quota is so profitable mean that there are very prosperous farmers sharing and defending the privileged position that the regime provides for them. A number of the major European beet sugar processors are farmers' co-operativesmost notably, SudZucker, which owns Sucreries Tirlemont, as well as over a third of German production, and has been vertically integrating by buying German sugar, confectionery and ice-cream manufacturers. Such firms are unlikely to take a political line that would discomfit their members. Having said that, however, it is surprising that the other 96 per cent. of arable farmers are not vigorously demanding their share of this bonanza.
Similarly, it is surprising that countries that would gain substantially from liberalisation, such as France, Belgium and the Netherlands, have been so complacent. Clearly, if farmers had property rights in their quotas and could sell these across national boundaries, as the sub-committee proposes, these countries and the UK would tend to accrue more quota since they are the sensible places to grow sugar beet in the European Union, and their farming industries are, in general, appropriately capitalised and have appropriately sized farms. One has to wonder at their reluctance actively to seek reform. Your Lordships may know that the Budget Committee of the European Parliament is seeking to include, in its Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, in the parliament's Agricultural Committee's opinion a proposal that the new regime should be for two years rather than for six years. I suggest that this is an excellent opportunity to keep the campaign for sugar reform going.
I strongly support that proposal. It would indeed be helpful if Her Majesty's Government were to agree to take up this point if and when the parliament carries it. Can my noble friend the Minister tell us whether our Government will take any action to support those amendments of the European Parliament and have plans for action thereafter?
In conclusion, I congratulate the Select Committee and its Sub-committee D on once again providing an excellent report. Above all, I prayand I mean that I pray, because there does not seem to be any other way of achieving itthat the summary in paragraph 80 of the report becomes a reality well before the end of this century.
Viscount Waverley: My Lords, I also should like to be associated with previous remarks in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Middleton, and his committee. Sugar is an important subject. There are many interested parties to the regime, not least Tate & Lyle. But I believe that the committee and the Minister understand their position. The committee accepted a written submission from the ACP London Sugar Group but did not examine the ACP issues in any great detail. I regret that. I believe that it might be helpful to address the concerns of ACP sugar producers. I am chairman of the Lomé Parliamentary Group and am committed to the welfare of our friends in the developing world.
Sugar producers are often responsible for the greater part of the foreign currency earnings of their countries. I need not remind your Lordships that those nations in most cases do not have a lot going for them in terms of revenues. We in Europe, as good citizens of the world, must ensure that equitable arrangements are entered into. Life can be hard when earnings from sugar are affected. If we abuse the trading advantage, it will come back to haunt the United Kingdom and our European partners.
There are two key issues with the ACP: agree additional quantities and determine what minimum price will be paid. However, price is the real issue. The
It is appropriate to remind your Lordships that the protocol was signed when world market prices were between two or three times higher than today's equivalent. The protocol clearly states that:
The sugar protocol is about trade, not aid. It is an equitable trade instrument based on a long-standing mutual interdependence between ACP suppliers, the cane sugar refiners and European consumers. I submit that the price at which sugar is traded under the protocol is not a "privileged price", as the report concluded. It is based on the same price as we afford to our own farmers. Indeed, the amount is less because the price of sugar in the Community is ex-factory for EU producers, including the French overseas departments.
A key consideration is that ACP producers have to bear the costs of inland and ocean freight in transporting the sugar to the European markets. The socio-economic importance of the sugar protocol to the ACP sugar producers is immense. The sugar industry directly employs 35 per cent. of the active working population in Swaziland, 14 per cent. in Mauritius and more than 12 per cent. in Fiji. Sugar accounts for 97 per cent. of agricultural export earnings in Barbados, 98 per cent. in Fiji and 74 per cent. in Swaziland; and the sugar industry represents 30 per cent. of the total GDP of Guyana.
The report concluded that it is not in the long-term interests of the ACP to put all their eggs in one sugar basket. The ACP sugar industries understand that and continue to explore further possibilities for diversification. However, nothing is as suitable as growing sugar cane in the fragile ecosystems of the ACP countries.
European consumers pay a fair price for sugar and European taxpayers pay a relatively small and, more importantly, a very stable amount of money to run the policy. The total quantity agreed under the sugar protocol has not changed since 1974, although the refiners' needs have increased. There now exists in the EU a sizeable deficit of raw cane sugar for refining, mainly in Portugal. Since 1984 the ACP have asked that the import arrangements for Portugal, especially as regards the four traditional ACP suppliers to the Portuguese market, be included in the sugar protocol or a similar arrangement. But to date, despite repeated
The ACP is not seeking to supply additional sugar for which there is no market or no need. The need has been clearly identified in the four refining member states, as explained in the Commission's proposals. Furthermore, we should recognise that the ACP is not trying to elbow aside domestic sugar production. It has only asked to supply what cannot be produced domestically, including the raw cane sugar produced in French overseas departments, although there is no doubt that the ACP states have more than enough sugar available fully to meet the required amount. There is now a very great advantage in GATT for European sugarbeet growers and processors to import as much ACP sugar as possible. The Minister will be aware of the technical reasons for that, arising from the agreements reached during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Just as the EU needs ACP sugar, there is a clear need in those countries for a stable level of export earnings from sugar, and those earnings have been eroded substantially since 1986. The new arrangements are now well overdue. I urge HMG to use the full weight of their power within the Community institutions to secure the additional access for the ACP at the full domestic price.
To conclude, I have two questions for the Minister. I have not given advance warning; so I would, of course, accept a written reply, although an answer now would be helpful. First, what is the criteria that the Commission will adopt in setting the price for the additional quantities? Secondly, will the Minister confirm that compensation will be paid to ACP sugar cane producers and associated industries if the Commission, in line with HMG policy, cuts sugar prices by 12 per cent. in the next three years?
Lord Reay: My Lords, I strongly commend the report to anyone who happens to require an introduction to the arcane subject of the European Community's sugar regime. It provides a lucid exposition of the matter, which owes much to the masterly grasp of the subject possessed by our specialist adviser, Mr. Sturgess, of the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge University.
The European Community's sugar policy is oneI was going to say of hideous complexity; but in fact it possesses a certain beauty, so intricate is it; so balanced between so many interests; so discreet in its operation and so expensive in the elements from which it is constructed. As one discovers this extraordinary bureaucratic artefact, like some antique clock still in working order, one is tempted to say, "If it works, why fix it?" But, like an antique clock, while it can with loving care and expensive maintenance be made to function, cheaper and more efficient alternatives are today available.
In an era of CAP reform and of pressures for further reform, the European Community's sugar regime is an anomaly. Sugar has already become much more profitable than other crops, at the consumers' expense,
As our report shows, despite sometime claims by the regime's protagonists that it is budget neutral, in fact it costs the budget around 1 billion ecu per year. But the bulk of the costsincluding the costs of the export refund levy raised on B quota producersare met by the consumer, not the taxpayer, as my noble friend Lord Middleton explained. Community sugar exports, of which over half are subsidised, now account for about a quarter of the world market. That depresses the world price and hence the incomes of farmers in other parts of the world, in particular developing countries, including ACP producers.
The solution to that waste of resources is a gradual reduction in support prices. If that were carried far enough the need for quotas would disappear. That is the route the Government would like to go down and I hope that they will not be pushed into abandoning that course prematurely because of insufficient support in the Council at the outset. The Commission proposes quota reductions as and when required to enable the Community to meet its agreed GATT commitments. As the government letter of response to the report notes,
There are in fact strong arguments for excluding the United Kingdom from the first round of quota cuts. The UK is one of the few member states whose B quota is set as low as 10 per cent. of its A quota, yet whose beet sugar industry's efficiency, measured by yield, is today among the top four in the Community. But to demand exemption when sacrifices all round are being sought is of course not an easy diplomatic task. Moreover, Tate & Lyle, who would much prefer, I understand, an unregulated market in which cane was able to compete freely with beet, is adamant that the Commission's proposals unfairly penalise cane at the expense of beet and threaten cane refiners' supplies. The Government will need to press that case too.
Where I do not entirely go along with the committee is in the hopes it pins on making quotas transferable. I have objections on two grounds. First, by creating capital value, it would reinforce a vested interest. Secondly, I doubt that it is politically practicable. It would be a major innovation to allocate quotas to farmers rather than, as at present, to member states and, through member states, to processors. And I have difficulty in seeing governments agreeing to the sale of quotas across member states' boundaries; yet only if
The committee and the Government are, I believe, right to be much disappointed with the Commission's proposals. As the Government said in their reply,
Or, as the committee put it in paragraph 61,
The Government have a right to be proud of the role that they played in securing the reforms in the CAP which have already been achieved. I am inclined to agree with what the Minister of Agriculture said earlier this week in another place when he suggested that the supertanker (the CAP) has begun very slowly to respond to a change in course. But, as the Government are the first to recognise, nothing like enough has been achieved. The Government must persevere on all fronts, all guns blazing. They have right firmly on their side; and history; and Sub-Committee D.
Lord Marlesford: My Lords, sugar is no novice to political controversy. I believe that Benjamin Disraeli, early in his career, once started a speech in another place with the words, "Sugar, Mr. Speaker", and was howled down and unable to continue. When I listened to the noble Viscount, Lord Waverley, with his most fluent advocacy of the cause of the cane sugar producers, I remembered reading not so many years ago that wonderful history of the Caribbean by Dr. Eric Williams in which he describes how the cane sugar lobbythe West Indies sugar lobbywas the strongest lobby there had ever been in the House of Commons, much stronger than the National Union of Mineworkers ever became. He also advises us that he discovered that in the early part of the 19th century, when the German chemists were working on the possibility of beet replacing cane as an economic source, the sugar lobby, pace the British Government, tried to bribe the German chemists to falsify their results. History tells us that it was an offer that was contemptuously discardedobviously not an efficient effort at bribery.
Now we are faced with looking once again at a part of the common agricultural policy, and once again we are reminded that in so many ways the CAP is, as the
I do not think there is ever any point in trying to reform the CAP by saying what it ought to be. We must always start from where it is and see whether we can, step by step, make some marginal improvements to it. I should like to focusin this, my noble friend Lord Reay will not be surprised, although I hope that he will not be disappointed by what I sayon the recommendations in paragraph 78 of the sub-committee's report, which proposes that while sugar beet quotas exist they should be the transferable property of growers. That point was referred to by my noble friend Lord Middleton at the end of his speech and also by my noble friend Lord Mottistone, I felt with some approval. I shall take a few moments to put to your Lordships, and particularly to my noble friend the Minister, a little of the thinking, of some of us at least, behind the objective.
Presumably, one of the prime objects of CAP reform must be to reduce the cost of that policy to the consumer and to the taxpayer. That must mean that agriculture should be as efficient as possible, which means that subsidies through support prices should be as low as possible. That must mean that gradually the higher cost producers, and therefore those who are least efficient, should give way to the lower cost producers and those who are more efficient. Obviouslythis is the basis of the CAPthat must involve a fair deal for the less efficient producers; those who might lose out. They must be compensated. Indeed, the whole CAP is based on compensating people, largely by letting them continue to do things that it is not economic for them to do.
If one starts from the proposition that what we do not want is further burdens on the taxpayer and the consumer, it is obvious that that compensation should not come directly from the taxpayer or the consumer. It should come from the more efficient producers. That is why I should like to see a system set up whereby the efficient producers paid the less efficient producers for selling them the right to produce. The great precedent for this, where it has worked really well, is in the case of milk quotas in this country.
Milk quotas were created from nothing when it was decided that it was necessary to limit milk production. Perhaps here I should declare an interest because, although I am a farmer who does not grow sugar beet, I am a farmer who produces milk. Milk quotas were created from nothing. They are an asset of considerable financial magnitude. Often the value of the milk quota is greater than the value of the land. An economist would ask the questionI would not presume to answer it: I wish the noble Lord, Lord Peston, were here to do so, but there are probably other noble Lords who canwho has actually created that financial asset; from whose pocket has it come? I would suggest that it is the same as the story of the Englishman who goes on holiday to a remote island where he is much esteemed.
We have already had a response from my right honourable friend the Minister of Agriculture to the sub-committee's report. It was a little lukewarm to our proposal for transferability of sugar beet quotas. First, there is a vested interest. Currently, the sugar beet quotas are effectively the property of the sugar producers. It is they who allocate to the farmers the right to produce sugar. It is not something which is of any particular value to them at the moment but they have a relatively arbitrary right, although in practice it continues to go to those who occupy that piece of land, to decide who produces sugar. I would suggest that it is perfectly practical to transfer that right, without disadvantaging the sugar refiners, to the sugar beet growers.
My right honourable friend said:
That suggestsperhaps my noble friend will enlighten usthat it would be technically feasible and would not be against Community rules to do it. My right honourable friend the Minister also said:
That is a challenge to the Government: any reform of the CAP is axiomatically difficult. My right honourable friend went on to make the following comment. This is a little more depressing. I have such high regard for my right honourable friend. It is so uncharacteristic that I almost wonder whether he wrote the words himself. He said:
That is a statement where the ideal is seen as the enemy of the practical. It is saying: how should the sugar regime how should the CAP evenbe reformed overall?and do not let us take any step which might possibly hazard that. That is not an approach to reform. I am saying that the more efficient we can make agricultural production within the CAP the lower, by definition, the price we have to pay to the producers and the lower, therefore, the subsidy; and in many cases the better it will be for the noble Viscount and his interest.
I conclude by saying that I hope that the Government will take this seriously and perhaps move on to discussing the matter at least with their colleagues in Europe.
Lord Mackie of Benshie: My Lords, I have enjoyed the debate, or parts of it, so far. I enjoyed the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford. He talked a certain amount of sense. I should like to open my remarks by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Middleton, on his report. It bears all the signs of his long experience; the old foxI beg his pardonthe old hand at work, taking in the practicalities of the political position, which is essential.
I take a slightly different standpoint from the noble Lord, Lord Mottistone, who has been advocating for years the rights of that wonderful, altruistic body, the manufacturers of biscuits and anything which uses sugar. To hear him speak, one would think that farmers were the most appalling profiteers, rolling in luxury, while the poor manufacturers were having a terrible time doing their duty
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July was a slowish month for me, alot of non-blog stuff going on and subsequently getting in the way of blogging! Boo! But let's check out what I was loving, on and off the blog!
Favorite Tried Polish - I used a lot of awesome ones this month for sure. I think the one that packed the most punch for me was LA Girls 3D Effects in Sparkle Ruby - the one I used for my Back in Time Manicure here:
Favorite Untried Polish - this question is always hard every month. I have accumulated a bunch as usual and in all honesty, I don't even know what I have right now! Wait I do...and the one I am most excited to get on my fingers is OPI Alcatraz...Rocks from the new San Francisco Collection (which I will be reviewing soon!!)
Favorite Untried Indie - I still have barely made a dent in my box of Untried Indie polishes. I really need to get on that, and I'm going to try extra hard to do that this coming month. Right now I am really itching to get 7 Minutes in Heaven on:
Biggest Milestone - It may have just happened so it's fresh in my mind - but being a part of the piCture pOlish blog fest this year was a HUGE deal to me. Not just for the month but basically for my blogging experience in general. So humbled to be a part of such a huge movement in the nail community with so many other amazing nail artists!
Most Viewed Post - the Gothic Princess mani I did for Digital Dozen tape week was by far my most viewed post! Yay! It was one of my favorites and I'm glad you guys liked it as much as I did!
Favorite Manicure - My Neon Grip Tape Mani was my absolute favorite mani in July. No question. I'm still huge into neons, and sorry, but chances are I will be wearing neons into winter! I don't even care!
Favorite Product - I briefly mentioned this the other day on Facebook - but I finally tried Coconut Oil and how I lived without it I couldn't even grasp...
Favorite New Technique or Tip - Another new thing I tried was using some warm-melted wax from my tart burner to smooth over my cuticles (mostly if there was a healing hangnail) - it worked wonders on helping it heal up faster!
Favorite Collection - the MC Chris for the Win collection by Chirality. Amazing.
Favorite New Thing In General - I got a new camera!!! Yeah!! It was pretty cheap but it works awesome!
Favorite TV - Well...for about 4 days we were obsessed with Orange Is the New Black. But the only bad thing about Netflix shows is they end fast! We burned through that season so fast! It was an awesome show though! Now in current love we are with Drunk History:
Favorite Video Game - thanks to BEE, I have a newfound addiction to Mini Golf!
What were your favorite things this month!?


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One hundred years ago, at 3:47 p.m. on Sept. 5, 1905, the American presidency became a global institution. That is the precise moment when the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ending the Russo-Japanese War and bringing enormous credit to the treaty's architect, Theodore Roosevelt. For single-mindedly willing it into existence, Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize -- the only time a sitting American president has done so. Today, we are a far stronger nation in nearly every category than we were then -- five states bigger, about four times as populous, trillions richer. Yet we are failing badly in precisely the area of achievement -- peacemaking -- that brought Roosevelt the acclamation of the world.
The nasty conflict that erupted at the intersection of Russian and Japanese ambitions in 1904 has been largely forgotten in this country, but in many ways it set the tone for the 20th century. It foreshadowed the rise of Japan and the demise of imperial Russia, which passed each other like riders on up and down escalators. It hinted at the coming devastation of World War I and the Russian Revolution. And it suggested trouble ahead for all nations with interests in the Pacific theater -- including the United States. On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan's lead carrier flew the command flag from the 1905 campaign as it steamed toward Pearl Harbor.
But the Treaty of Portsmouth also offered a happier message, and said something tremendously important about the power of the United States to resolve distant wars through diplomacy. The piece of paper signed that day proved that even the most intractable conflicts have endings, and that presidents are often gifted at finding them. Roosevelt had that gift, and the Nobel prize that symbolizes it now sits on the mantle of the West Wing's Roosevelt Room, adjacent to the Oval Office. It is surprisingly small -- a golden hockey puck -- and yet the entire room revolves around it.
The world of a hundred years ago -- though, of course, much different from today's -- offered certain geopolitical parallels. Then as now, Russia was a gigantic nation seeking to define its place in Europe and Asia. Japan was a formidable regional power adapting brilliantly to a new economic order, that which stemmed from the industrial revolution. Their war broke out in 1904 because of overlapping aspirations in northeastern China and Korea, where each sought access to strategic railways and Pacific ports. The Russians were thrashed in the early battles, causing embarrassment for Czar Nicholas II. Yet the Japanese were worried by the vastness of their adversary and the cost of maintaining a large military effort far from home.
Despite the war's remoteness from U.S. shores, Roosevelt grew more and more attentive to its diplomatic clatter and the growing urgency of ending this corrosive conflict. It was a favorable moment to jump into the ring: Still basking in the afterglow of the 1904 election, which confirmed his legitimacy after William McKinley's 1901 assassination, he enjoyed a rare confidence on the world stage.
Few presidents ever came to office with a deeper knowledge of foreign affairs, and he had added to his reputation with a series of bold initiatives in his first few years -- articulating a more active U.S. policy toward Latin America, clearing the way for the stalled Panama Canal, arbitrating a dangerous debt crisis between Germany and Venezuela. He maintained constant contact with the jockeying powers of Europe, deepening the sense that the United States was a fair broker of their incessant disputes.
Roosevelt urged a peace conference between the Russians and the Japanese, and as the bloody conflict drained both combatants, they grudgingly responded. Deciding the details -- when, where and how it would happen -- was enormously complicated. But eventually, it was agreed that the United States would host delegations from each country in August 1905.
Since Washington was unbearably hot and humid in the late summer, Roosevelt decided to send them all to a "cool, comfortable and retired place" -- the naval base in Portsmouth, N.H.
Peace negotiations turned out to be nearly as difficult as the war. Enormous obstacles stood in the way of a treaty, including Japan's insistence on being granted the huge island of Sakhalin and a healthy indemnity. Following the talks closely from Washington, Roosevelt wrote a friend that he wanted to "knock their heads together." At one point, the negotiators spent eight minutes smoking cigarettes, glaring at each other without saying a word.
Though he himself never set foot in Portsmouth, Roosevelt drove talks forward with an invisible riding crop. Relentlessly, he sent letter upon letter imploring the parties to do more and summoned stubborn negotiators to visit him at his summer White House in Oyster Bay, N.Y. His acute grasp of the situation perfectly offset his refreshing disdain for diplomatic protocol. He even received one envoy in his tennis clothes -- an amazingly daring act in those nearly Victorian times.
In truth, though, each side secretly wanted peace, and the envoys worked creatively -- often beyond their instructions -- to make it a reality. Finally, the impossible: The Japanese withdrew their request for money, and the Russians agreed to cede the southern half of Sakhalin. The treaty was signed before either side could reconsider. That it was unpopular in both countries was a perfect measure of its balance.
From around the world, accolades poured in. Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany wrote "the whole of mankind must unite and will do so in thanking you for the great boon you have given it." His enthusiasm was justified, for the treaty signaled a vitally important breakthrough. If President McKinley's orgy of conquest in 1898 -- the year the United States annexed Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines -- had presented Americans as a people willing to fight for foreign territory, 1905 offered a starkly new perspective. Without signaling a lessening of the country's global ambition -- Roosevelt was never the retiring type -- it showed that Americans also felt the confidence to roll up their sleeves and do the hard work of peace.
And so a tradition was born. Woodrow Wilson dominated the peace process at Versailles in 1919, driving the balky negotiations forward with his force of personality and his disdain for the failures of European diplomacy. Near the end of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt designed a new system of peace arbitration -- the United Nations -- as he led the military effort that effectively destroyed the old power arrangement. Jimmy Carter cobbled together a historic peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978. Bill Clinton's herculean labors were not always successful, but still netted the Arafat-Rabin handshake on the South Lawn, the Wye and Camp David summits, and the Good Friday accord in Northern Ireland.
All these efforts, including the failures, enhanced the office's prestige, framing each president as more than the head of a single country. Over the years, we got used to the image of foreign leaders trying to look relaxed at Camp David as they debated details for ending conflicts thousands of miles away. Each success reminded us that there are other ways to measure national grandeur than GDPs and missile throwweights. Any strong nation can win a war. It takes a great nation to win a peace.
The 21st century is still young, but it does not appear to favor the tradition of presidential peacemaking. In the biggest negotiations of the moment, the United States is either absent or unpopular. With Iran, where the world would like to see a great deal less nuclear activity, the heavy lifting has been done by France, England and Germany. With North Korea, the United States has refused close negotiations in favor of a more rigid six-party arrangement. With the Middle East, the last parley at Camp David was held five long years ago, in the summer of 2000. President Bush's famous road map for peace seems to be locked in the glove compartment.
McKinley was said to be a hero to the president during Bush's first term. Might McKinley's successor now provide a model for the remainder of the second term? With Iraq absorbing much of the world's attention, it would be politically astute for the United States to return to the peace table that we occupied with such distinction in the 20th century. There is no better place to begin than in the hardest place of all: the Middle East. And there is no better time than the present: post-Gaza, post-Katrina and with only three years left on this president's watch. On the centennial of Teddy Roosevelt's best day, perhaps we can channel the spirit of this Republican ancestor to salvage our damaged pride, and restore the world's faith in a better kind of American intervention.
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Museum of Glass to Join Association of Art Museum Directors' Seventh Annual Celebration of Art Museum Day on May 18, 2016, with 2-for-1 Admission
Tacoma, Wash. — Museum of Glass (MOG) will offer visitors 2-for-1 admission on Wednesday, May 18, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors' (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day. Last year, MOG—along with more than 150 other AAMD member museums across North America—participated in Art Museum Day.
By providing new opportunities for participation in the diverse range of programs offered by AAMD member museums, Art Museum Day celebrates the value of the visual arts and the important role art museums play in their communities. Museum of Glass invites the local community to take advantage of 2-for-1 admission to explore the Museum's exhibitions, including the new Grand Hall display, David Willis: Daisies, and enjoy Hot Shop demonstrations.
"AAMD is delighted that Museum of Glass is joining us in celebration of Art Museum Day," said Chris Anagnos, Executive Director of AAMD. "In AAMD's 100th-anniversary year, we are especially proud to celebrate the vital role art museums play in the civic and creative life in our communities."
AAMD represents 242 art museums across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—from regional museums to large museums in major urban centers. International Museum Day is organized annually around the world by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). AAMD's Art Museum Day is an opportunity to focus attention on the role of art museums in North America, as part of ICOM's global celebration.
Museum of Glass is sponsored in part by the City of Tacoma Arts Commission, ArtsFund, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, and The Dimmer Family Foundation.
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Mariah Carey Startled by Indie-Rock Fan Base
Will Oldham will cover Mariah Carey's "Can't Take That Away" on a new compilation called Guilt by Association, due August 7. Pitchfork reports that the album, a collection of covers of "guilty pleasures," will also include such indie-rock luminaries as Luna (covering Paula Abdul's "Straight Up"), Superchunk (covering Destiny's Child's "Say My Name"), Jim O'Rourke (covering the Spice Girls' "Viva Forever") and Devendra Banhart (covering Oasis' "Don't Look Back in Anger").
Of course, indie stars have often cheekily covered pop music; past examples include Ted Leo's cover of "Since U Been Gone" by American Idoler Kelly Clarkson, the Flaming Lips' spacey remake of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head," and of course the Mountain Goats' gorgeous cover of "The Sign" by Ace of Base, to our ears still the most perfect song John Darnielle has ever recorded. Guilt by Association should provide new fodder for the excellent cover-specializing MP3 blogs, such as Copy, Right?, where we first heard many such tributes.
Maybe if they need a bonus track, Guilt by Association will consider "More Than a Feeling," by Of Montreal feat. Paul Rudd and David Wain?
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* In a 1995-1996 study conducted in the 50 States and the District of Columbia, nearly 25% of women and 7.6% of men were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or dating partner/acquaintance at some time in their lifetime
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The most frustrating place I encounter this is in the arena of family court. Primarily they feel that they are as a whole discriminated against because courts tend to primarily place children with the mother as the sole custodial parent.
I beleive that this is how it should be. Children are by nature emotional, and a mother will be more attuned to this. She will be better able to understand their needs when they can't express them well verbally.
Originally posted by asmeone2
I would like to begin an open discussion about something I hear bantered about, but infrequently examined: That is the bias against men in general, and specifically fathers in the divorce court.
Originally posted by asmeone2
Another thing that annoys me is fathers complaining about the support they have to pay. It is rarely set at more than 25%, which is paltry compared to the 75% or more that would have, in some way, gone directly to the child's welfare before the divorce.
Originally posted by anachryon
And let's talk without extraneous claims of domestic abuse. Those situations are completely separate from the inherent mother-bias in our court system. I'm talking about the average couple who've parted ways without any punches being thrown, as those situations are the vast majority.
For added spice, I'm not a bitter father. I'm a mother, I'm the daughter of divorced parents, and I can see the bias.
Originally posted by ScienceDada
So, let me ask: from the point of view of a man, why would one desire to marry a woman or be a father? *Especially* since there are so many younger and prettier women who will spread their legs for just about anyone?
Originally posted by anachryon
Originally posted by ScienceDada
So, let me ask: from the point of view of a man, why would one desire to marry a woman or be a father? *Especially* since there are so many younger and prettier women who will spread their legs for just about anyone?
Not from a male point of view, but...
Biological drive to reproduce combined with the ingrained societal norm to get married would be my guess. It's real hard to ignore one's biological instincts no matter how "evolved" we are. We're animals. When it all comes down to it, humans on a base level just want to eat, fight, or f....ornicate.
Originally posted by TruthTellist
The Courts are indeed biased against men.
During a Divorce, it is important to make her sound worse than you will sound after her and her lawyer get through with you.
When she accuses you of assault or even if you think she might - you must pre-empt her and file a police report followed by a restraining order.
If you do this and the woman is your wife, you have a better chance of getting a fair deal within the court system.
It is also important to visit All of the divorce lawyers in the city (all the good ones at the very least) especially if your marriage is on the rocks.
Then the wife will not be able to use any of the lawyers you have visited due to a conflict of interest.
Yes, but as mapsurfer_ points out, often the children are taken away from the father without his consent, then he is bled of income. I think that we all are very aware of the fact that "child support" is used by the mothers to support themselves a lot (if not most) of the time. So, the woman decides she is not happy for some reason or other, she takes the kids, jerks the father around, and bleeds him of his income.
This is by far the most common scenario that I have ever seen. The second most common is where the father is nowhere to be found. But in all these situations, the mother's attitude is almost invariably, "well... at least I got the kids." In that way, the system is biased overwhelmingly, and this is measurable.
If women were constantly threatened with having their children taken away at their husband's whim, do you think that wife-on-husband violence would increase? I imagine it would, exponentially.
Originally posted by asmeone2
Someone I knew naively trusted his ex and gave her a debit card to put gas in her car, because she said she needed to take the child to school. You can guess what happened. He became that typical "I can't afford a lawyer because she stole my money!" dad going through a divorce--but only because he did not have the foresight to take her off of his bank accounts. Through his naivite he handed her the "biased" judgment against her.
Originally posted by jtma508
Horse pastries. The courts are biased against men.
I do agree with one very important issue that you raised: women often can leave the state with the child and the father gets screwed. I have seen this happen a lot even with good lawyers. In these cases, the courts will still garnish the wages of the father while he is still denied visitation.
But the root problem is not even the courts. It is the problem that families are disintegrating constantly with no accountability. This hurts children. And it infuriates me that in the midst of all these problems (which are bad for society as a whole) there is this constant pushing of social agendas that promote single parent families, and even adoption by either single or so-called "married" homosexuals.


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There are no requirements, but you will need to have access to a piano or keyboard in order to practice. Check out our keyboard buyer's guide if you're interested in learning more about the options.
How long does it take?
While this course will only take a couple hours to get through end-to-end, it will take a lot longer if you plan to practice each of the concepts discussed. And as with any instrument, practice is definitely a necessary component to success.
What will I learn by the end?
By the end of this course, you will be comfortable sitting down at a piano and playing something without sheet music. That's our guarantee!


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The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad is building a new 4,100 square feet home at the site of the former Ticonderoga Civic Center between The Portage and Lake Champlain Avenue. Don Paige is the lead contractor.
The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad is building a new 4,100 square feet home at the site of the former Ticonderoga Civic Center between The Portage and Lake Champlain Avenue. Bryan Merfeld is installing the electrical service.
The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad is planning an open to show its new facility to the public.
The squad is building a new 4,100 square feet home at the site of the former Ticonderoga Civic Center between The Portage and Lake Champlain Avenue. Construction is ahead of schedule, according to Susan Johnson, squad vice president.
"At the present time the building has been framed and insulated," she said. "The roof has been shingled. All the plumbing has been done and the electrical work is almost complete. The exterior still needs to be completed and all the sheetrock work and the kitchen need to be completed.
"We are extremely happy with the work of the general contractor, Don Paige, and his crews," she added. "We are actually looking at being into the building in December, hopefully before snow flies."
The emergency squad members are anxious to show off their new building, Johnson said.
"We are hoping to have an open house celebration when the project is completed to allow the public to be able to see what their support, currently and the future, will provide the community with in regard to emergency medical care," Johnson said.
Ground was been broken for the new Ticonderoga Emergency Squad building June 26.
The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad began a fund raising campaign for a new facility in 2009 when the town board sold the volunteer group land for $1 — with conditions.
The squad needed to have the money for a new facility in hand in two years and construction must be complete in another two years or the land reverts back to town ownership.
The building will be 4,100 square feet with two drive through bays, a meeting room, offices and sleeping quarters, Johnson said. The architect is Steve Jung of Schroon Lake.
The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad has raised $280,000 for the project and has secured a $600,000 loan for the remainder of the cost.
Johnson said fund raising will continue.
"Hopefully, when people see the building going up our fund raising will be helped," Johnson said. "It's a big project for us and we need help."
In August the squad held a raffle to raise money for the building project. The winners were Bob Chamberlain of Hague, $250, Glen Upton of Ticonderoga, $100, and Brian Mattison of Ticonderoga, $50.
"We would like to thank Ti Credit Union, Stewarts and the (Ticonderoga) chamber of commerce/Street Fest for allowing us to sell raffle tickets," Johnson said. "All proceeds went to help with the building fund."
Johnson stressed the building is being constructed without taxpayer support.
The squad applied for several government and private grants to assist with the new building, but were unsuccessful.
The ambulance squad is completely self-supporting, she said.
"We receive no town funding from Ticonderoga and we are solely supported by donations and soft billing (insurance reimbursements)," Johnson said.
The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad approached the town about constructing a new home at the old Civic Center site after it realized renovating its existing building was cost prohibitive.
The present building, located behind the Ti Community Building, is inadequate for the squad's needs, squad leaders claim, and is a safety concern because it's difficult for the ambulance to reach the street during an emergency.
The squad has been in the same location since 1963.
When the unit formed following World War II, patients were picked up in an old hearse donated by a local funeral home.
Today, the Ti Emergency Squad has state-of-the-art ambulances, equipment and training. In fact, the Ti squad is the only North Country unit with a "thumper," an auto-pulse cardiopulmonary resuscitation device.


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BMW Vision Next 100 Concept Car - The BMW next 100 vision car uses the 100th anniversary of the brand to look ahead to the next 100 years. The concept implies, what will be possible. 100th birthday gifts to BMW itself and presents the spectacular concept car BMW vision next 100. The show car is a glimpse of the automobile of the future, and to show what the ultimate driving machine might look like in 20 or 30 years. Although autonomous driving will play until then a much larger role than it is today, believed BMW still the joy of driving and the importance of emotions for motorists.
For these emotions to play of course also design a supporting role, what the BMW next 100 vision sees car also at first glance.
A large BMW kidney shape the front, classic round headlight replace four headlight strips with a point-like night optics. In page view, falling only a few lines, but of course the fully clad wheels and the discs held at least temporarily completely in color in the eye. With a strong wedge shape, the study radiates dynamic, while at the same time offering enough room for four occupants.
BMW Next 100 : Vision Car Allows The Glimpse Into The FutureOuter dimensions, the BMW oriented vision next 100 in about a today's 5, but in the Interior much place like in a should be available 7. The interior design differs it from today's automobiles, what is clear at the latest when looking at the extremely tidy dashboard. The steering wheel is foldable and can disappear in the dashboard when the driver wants to give control to vehicle electronics. An exciting vision for the future is also the windshield, for this is executed in full size as a head-up display and allows comprehensive information of the occupants. Classic ad instruments or displays can be avoided therefore, their absence contributes to the reduced Interior. As a further development of the modern HUDs, the disc will dominate the representation of augmented reality and right there show the inmates information, where they are especially relevant - from the ideal line up to warnings of acute danger. If the driver wants to drive temporarily not even, he can hire a smart companion with the control of the vehicle and concentrate on other aspects of everyday life. The windshield shows its versatility and can be used also to display emails, video telephony and the like.
The Powertrain of the BMW Munich thereby make vision next 100 deliberately no concrete statements, the focus should instead be on networking and other future technology. The drive should be emission-free and powerful - to provide the typical BMW driving experience, whether a classic electric car, a plug-in hybrid, or, for example, a vehicle with a hydrogen fuel cell to the wheels is provided for this purpose, doesn't matter for this from today's perspective.


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Hometown: Elk Grove, California
Career Plans: Starting his own private practice
"It's great knowing that you're a part of adding to the incredible reputation of the school while helping out the community."
While many dental students struggle to find the right balance between school and their families, Joey Cohen DDS '17 has his wife Hannah right by his side as a fellow second-year student. As high school sweethearts, he didn't imagine that they would follow the same career path. However, that's exactly what happened, and today they are both at the Dugoni School, busy with coursework and seeing patients in the clinic.
Joey sees it as an advantage having Hannah here at the school. "So many people have difficulty finding time to spend with their families and it's easy for us because we're together at school and at home." They have two brains working on school-related projects all the time, whether it's studying or treatment planning or just throwing around ideas. In such a condensed and accelerated curriculum, students have to be extremely focused all the time and having his wife by his side has been really helpful. In fact, he readily admits that Hannah is better at planning and organizing than he is.
"She's a lot better at taking care of the details; it's really incredible to have someone with you every day you know you can count on," says Joey.
One of Joey's favorite things about being at Pacific Dugoni isn't a thing at all — it's his classmates. He feels like these are people he's spent his whole life looking for - not only ones that are smart and fun, but ones that have the same ideals and are as driven as he is. Being around his classmates everyday pushes him to be better.
Now that he's in his second year, interacting with patients is Joey's favorite part of the day. He enjoys making them feel comfortable and educating them. He feels like the patients consistently give positive feedback about the school, whether it's about the students and faculty or the technology and specialties.
"It's great knowing that you're a part of adding to the incredible reputation of the school while helping out the community," says Joey. He cites the Dugoni School's new reduced-fee program for veterans as an example of the great things the school continues to do for the community. It makes him proud to not only represent the Dugoni School, but have the Dugoni School represent his values as well.
Joey has also been involved in student government, serving as Associated Student Body (ASB) treasurer during his first year and now as a member of the as executive council for American Student Dental Association (ASDA) and as ASDA treasurer. He is also a leader for the annual dental mission trip to Jamaica. His desire to be involved stems from his love of being around his classmates and hope that he can enhance the school experience for them.
"I'm so happy I got involved because I feel like I'm making a difference," says Joey. "Meeting student leaders here and nationally has been amazing."
As for future career plans, Joey hopes to start his own private practice. He feels like the school has given him the resources needed in terms of handling the business aspect of dentistry. He's confident that he can handle the decisions and leadership responsibilities that are involved in creating his own business from scratch. He'll also have a business partner - Hannah - that he can totally rely on.
Joey always knew that he wanted to be a private practitioner; he wanted to grow with his patients. "The best thing about private practice is that you'll be someone your patients can rely on for years and hopefully decades," Joey said. "I imagine it'll be really rewarding and it's something I'm looking forward to. And to have this experience with Hannah will make it even better."


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The ChFC designation is getting a makeover.
The American College of Financial Services says it is re-launching the Chartered Financial Consultant credential to "reflect today's needs" for financial planning.
The program will still consist of nine classes -- including a required capstone course and six other core financial planning courses -- but two electives have been replaced by a pair of new required classes on advanced financial planning topics.
The two new courses are intended to cover the following issues more thoroughly:
- Divorce
- Blended families
- Providing for special needs children and family members
- Issues impacting the LGBT community
- Retirement income planning
- Behavioral finance
The American College has also restructured the capstone as well. Formerly an exam-based course focusing on theories and case studies, the course will now require students to develop and write a financial plan.
"We realized today's ChFC professional is very hands on, applied professional," says Craig Lemoine, director of the Chartered Financial Consultant program at the American College. "We weren't necessarily including everything that needs to be in the curriculum."
The new advanced planning classes, he says, are designed to better prepare ChFC candidates than the electives did.
The other six core financial planning classes will remain the same.
There are currently over 42,500 licensed ChFC professionals. Unlike CFPs, not all ChFC professionals are required to be fiduciaries.
While advisors currently holding the designation will not be required to undertake additional coursework, Lemoine points out that all ChFCs are still required to do 30 hours of continuing education every two years -- and that the new classes will meet the continuing education requirement.
"We'd love if they came back and took [them]," says Lemoine.
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Tools for biodiversity assessment
BAGpipe (Copyright © Anna Papadopoulou, Douglas Chesters & Jesús Gómez-Zurita): Pipeline for Biodiversity Assessment using GenBank data
Tools for molecular evolution, phylogenetics and phylogenomics
Bfca (Copyright @ Carmelo Andújar, Víctor Soria-Carrasco & Jesús Gómez-Zurita): Bayes Factor Cluster Analysis, for selection of consistent calibration hypothesis for molecular clock analyses
GBlocks (Copyright © Jose Castresana): Selection of conserved blocks from multiple alignments for their use in phylogenetic analysis
Ktreedist (Copyright © Víctor Soria-Carrasco & Jose Castresana): Calculation of the minimum branch length distance (K tree score) between phylogenetic trees
IRIS (Identifying Recombination in Sequences) IRiS is a tool to detect historical recombination events. IRiS is able to detect the breakpoint location, the ancestral haplotypes and the descendant sequences of past recombination events by analyzing a set of extant sequences. It has been extensively calibrated to be run in human sequences.
Tools for SNP genotyping
SNPator (created by CEGEN-UPF and INB-UPF): A tool to make the management and analysis of genomic SNP data. Tipical quality control and statistical procedures can be performed in an easy and quick way even by people with no deep IT knowledge
SYSNPs (created by INB-UPF): First web server implementing algorithms that allow for efficient and simultaneous consideration of all the relevant criteria in order to obtain tag-SNPs that appropriately cover large sets of genes, genomic regions or Gene Ontology (GO) terms.
Tools for Copy Number Analysis
- CHAVA (Copyright © Carlos Morcillo) is a java based visual application conceived to estimate CNV regions from CGH data using a HMM model. CHAVA allows the user to easily navigate and zoom along all the data and change the HMM parameters used in the CNV estimation to search for maximum consistency between direct and swap dyes in the CGH experiment.


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Expozine 2011, is Montreal's 10th annual small press, comic and zine fair. This fair is Canada's largest zine fair and one of the largest in North America.
Every year Expozine attracts over 300 vendors and creators both in French and English and 15,000 visitors.
Expozine started in 2002, by Arcmtl a non-profit corporation. This fair will be held at the Église Saint-Enfant Jésus on November 26th and 27th.
For more information visit Expozine's Facebook page or their official website.


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- Feed: Fertilise lightly with a bulb fertiliser when planting and also after flowering.
- Design: Daffodils look best when they are planted in clumps rather than in rows. The larger the clump, the better the effect. Planting them in groups of the same colour will create a pretty swathe of colour.
- Pests: To keep snails and slugs at bay it is a good idea to use a little snail bait or beer traps regularly during growing season.
- Store: Daffodils can remain undisturbed for many years. But, if digging is preferred, wait until the leaves have died right down and store in a cool, dry, ventilated place.
- Tips: In warm climates, plant bulbs at double the recommended depth.
- Tricks: If blooming does not happen one season, it is best to move bulbs to a new location.
- Water: Natural rainfall should suffice. Keep bulbs moist during dry spells in autumn and late spring.
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The complex consists of traditional villas – houses and also bungalows, apartments, surrounded by the authentic and unique Greek hospitality. It is ideal especially for couples and families who seek to spend their holidays in their own way but at the same time to be part of a small but picturesque Greek village made of apartments and villas in Rhodes island, only a few meters away from the beach.
Our dream and objective for this resort is for our guests to find something totally different than the typical hotels & apartments.
To be part of and truly feel the Greek culture and hospitality since the resort is designed and built with Greek standards. Furthermore, its location allows our guests to enjoy more than just the standard water sports available in most areas on the island. Prassonissi which is famous in the windsurfers' world is nearby and our guests have the possibility to engage in more activities, such as bicycle riding, hiking as well as going on trips all over the island. It would be our pleasure to welcome you during one of your future holidays in rhodes and to meet you in person.


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Noteholders Throw Up Hands At Dura Offering
In a motion filed Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, the noteholders of the 9% of Dura's senior subordinated notes said the rights offering would eliminate their claim – worth more than $500 million. U.S. Bank Trust...
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