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President Nana Akufo-Addo has bemoaned the inability of Parliament to exercise effective oversight over the Executive arm of government, stressing that Parliament should be able to exercise full authority over public finances.
"I belong to the group that feels strongly that our Parliament should be able to exercise full authority over our public finances," President Akufo-Addo said during a speech delivered at an event organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday.
Thus, President Akufo-Addo said he would be in favour of an amendment of the Constitution, adding that "if this were done, it would enhance significantly Parliament's oversight capacity."
He, however, acknowledged that the amendment of the Constitution is not something that would be easily done, explaining that "we take our politics very seriously, and we are passionate about our beliefs, and it would not be easy to make such a change or any change, for that matter, to the Constitution."
Also commenting on the Judiciary, President Akufo-Addo said Ghanaians "have not yet lived down the trauma of the excruciating shock and embarrassment of seeing officers of our courts in such compromising situations," following the Anas exposé of corruption in the Judiciary.
The expose by Anas Aremeyaw Anas revealed deep-rooted corruption within the country's judiciary system and exposed dozens of judges and other staff of the judicial services who received bribes to pervert justice.
The exposé, which shocked many Ghanaians is the biggest corruption scandal to have hit the country's judiciary. An investigation by the service resulted in the suspension of some judges and dismissal of others.
President Akufo-Addo, however, believes things will get better for the Judiciary as he expressed confidence that the new prospective Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo, "will be an effective leader of the Judiciary, and guard jealously its independence. She will bring honour to the Judiciary and to our country."


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Actress Emma Watson showed off her daring side by walking across the roof of the CN Tower in Canada.
The Harry Potter star was given tickets for the EdgeWalk, which enables thrill-seekers to take a hands-free stroll on top of the main pod of the 553-metre (1,815-foot) high landmark in Toronto.
The surprise was a birthday gift from Alejandro Amenabar, the director of Regression, which Emma was shooting at the time, but she only agreed to take part in the stunt if he joined her.
"Alejandro the director, as my birthday gift, bought me the CN Tower walk, which is one of the tallest buildings in the world, and they put you in harnesses and you can do this walk on the top," Emma tells U.K. TV show This Morning.
"What he didn't realise when he gave me the present was I was going to force him to do it with me. I think with foresight he might have given me a different gift."
Emma began shooting her scenes for the thriller, in which she plays a sex abuse victim, on her 24th birthday in April last year (14) and she took to Twitter.com to tell fans, "First day shooting Regression today - a very cool birthday present."
Now she has also revealed how the timing of the shoot meant she received an unusual welcome on the set, adding on This Morning, "Everyone sang me Happy Birthday!"

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After using the locator(1) to acquire x y ordinates and attempting to save graph as a metafile, the following error is produced: "first argument must be a string (of length 1) or native symbol reference."
There is no error when saving as a bitmap.
I can reproduce this, but so far haven't been able to track it down. The error happens when R tries to replay the display list on the metafile device. Presumably the locator() call has damaged something, but I haven't been able to track down what yet.
This isn't Windows specific. The following operations repeat it in OSX:
locator() # click once then stop
x <- recordPlot()
It looks as though locator() adds something to the displaylist that isn't in the appropriate format, and replaying it gives the error. There's a FIXME message in C_locator, but I don't think that's the problem.
identify() has the same problem as locator().
I think I have this now. The displaylist contained .External2(x,y,...) instead of .External2(C_locator, x,y, ...). It should be easy to fix.
Fixed in R-devel and R-patched


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I stop believing everything will be alright
I just can see the shaping of my life.
It's hard to stand this time.
I really love to fade away in your remains.
It's my own remorse, it's my only fault.
'Cause it's a long way down.
Little girl, with dark arms
You love dancing in darkest times.
I would steal your smile (away)
Losing the love I've dared.
Brown eyed girl, just graduated
You'll never understand, how much I cared
In this darkened room.
My spring matres on the floor
The lovely stain of blood
The beads of sweat.
"I love you, I adore you", you said.
You can't tear the one you love apart.
Little howlet danced in the air, you smiled
I wasn't prepared. The smell of distant fires
Just look in to my desire.
Won't you be back at home tonight?
Little girl, in my arms
You loved sleepin' close to my eyes.
I would feel your warmth (away)
Losing the love I've dared.
Brown eyed girl, just graduated
You'll never understand
How much I cared in this darkened room.
Feel the pain, pay the price.
I was the one who loved you the most.
Every day, and then, every night.
With you.
And you got so much faith, and then, so much life.
You make it hurt so good.
I'll stay until the end.
I've never asked you for much.
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Pompano Beach: Ceremony, 9 a.m. at Westview Cemetery, 2100 Copans Road. Also, 11 a.m. ceremony at Pompano Beach Cemetery, 400 SE 23rd Ave. American Legion Post 142, Pompano Beach Woman's Club, Boy Scouts will participate. Family picnic afterward at the Elks Lodge, 700 NE 10th St. Call 954-782-2817.
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Ninjak #20 (Cover C Laming)
'THE FIST & THE STEEL' strangled by Silk!
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'THE FIST & THE STEEL' strangled by Silk!
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After being told for weeks that the Democratic presidential race was effectively finished, the Democratic primary voters of Indiana decided that they would like to see the contest continue.
Bernie Sanders defeated Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday by a comfortable 52.5-to-47.5 margin in Indiana, securing for the senator from Vermont his 18th state victory in a Democratic contest that many analysts said was over after Clinton won critical primaries in New York and Pennsylvania. The former secretary of state remains the leader in the race for the nomination, with a clear advantage among pledged delegates and an overwhelming advantage when superdelegates are added to the total. But the Indiana win allowed Sanders to declare: "I understand that Secretary Clinton thinks that this campaign is over. I've got some bad news for her…" And it allowed Sanders supporters to talk about taking their campaign to more primary states—Kentucky, West Virginia, Oregon, Montana, New Jersey, California—and on to the Democratic National Convention in July.
Sanders backers still want to win. But even if they do not prevail, they want to use their delegate strength to work with progressive Clinton backers and non-aligned delegates to forge a platform that the senator says should be "the strongest progressive agenda that any political party has ever seen."
"In the days and weeks ahead, the Political Revolution is going to continue winning states, winning delegates, surprising skeptics, and ensuring that our call for populist progressive change is heard loud and clear in Philadelphia," said Charles Chamberlain, the executive director of the pro-Sanders activist group Democracy for America.
The Indiana win was an especially sweet one for Sanders, as it resulted from intense campaigning on an theme that has long been central to his economic message: the need for the United States to abandon corporate-friendly "free trade" policies and to embrace a worker-friendly "fair trade" agenda.


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Plug in your webcam and visit this site - Hit 'Allow' in the top window and check your cam in the left hand panel.
Do not proceed if the camera fails to work here, but concentrate on your webcam software / drivers
Having proved your cam is working ,you can configure it to Yahoo Messenger 10.
You MUST use Internet Explorer to visit this page, with your webcam plugged in, to check compatibility and automatically download the latest webcam control. Make sure your webcam broadcasts on this page before moving on
Its good practice to disconnect and re-connect your webcam before you start - if you have been using it elsewhere the Yahoo software may have difficulty in locating it. Mine, I just unplug it from the USB and plug it back in, if yours is integral with the computer you will have to re-start the computer, use a keyboard shortcut or disable / enable the webcam from the Device Manager.
Of all the chat programs, Yahoo is the most painful software to set up but if you follow these instructions you should be ok.
Webcam connected
Open messenger - on top toolbar. Left click ( > ) Messenger > Preferences > Connection - Select 'no proxies' or 'connect direct to the internet' depending on the version of messenger you have
make sure your internet connection and country are correct in the lower two boxes > Apply > OK
> Messenger > My webcam - the warning panel will launch, click 'OK' and your webcam will start. You should be rewarded at this stage with your happy smiling face.
With webcam still running > Messenger > Preferences > Webcam Broadcast > Camera Source - set your webcam as default using dropbox. > Camera Settings - adjust settings to suit. > Apply > OK
Take a note of any additional software, if you have multiple choice for Camera Source, you may wish to uninstall any redundant webcam software later to prevent conflicts
Open Video and Voice - run through your default equipment and make a test call - click OK
> Messenger > Preferences > Webcam - make your default equipment selections and who you will allow to view you > Apply > OK
When you are both on line and wish to show your webcam > Actions > 'Invite to view my webcam'.
Messenger 10:- > Actions > More Actions > invite to view my webcam. This will launch an invitation on your contacts screen when they 'Accept' your webcam broadcast will start- There can be considerable time lag ( +1 minute) before they see you, so don't be too impatient ( You can check the status on the bottom left of your webcam panel. You can 'drag and drop' the frame to a convenient location by grabbing the top border.
Your contacts may need to configure their connection the same as INTERNET CONNECTION above (Ignoring webcam connected) if they get a "webcam not connected" message
Sometimes you may have to broadcast the 'small image' option from the 'Webcam' menu on the top of your image frames. This happens when one of you is down on resources -its like sending a large photo by email - its quicker if you cut the size down
you can zoom up to 200% from the same menu when the webcam picture comes through
Use the 'Always on top' option from the 'webcam' menu - or your image will disappear under the message window when you type a message
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Baltic Pearl international film festival 2014
Some of the biggest movie buffs and cinema enthusiasts will gather for the 2014 Baltic Pearl film festival from 12th to 21st of September to see some old classics and new works alike.
The Festival is one of the oldest in region, going strong 20 years already and has seen guests like Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Klaus Maria Brandauer and the likes.
At this years 2014 Festival we'll have a wonderful chance to see some of the most renowned movies of all time like Citizen Kane and Cinema Paradiso. Also we'll celebrate the wonderfull Audrey Hepburn's 85th birthday re-watching Breakfast at Tiffany's, a chance you don't get too often here in Riga.
Night of 12th of September will be reserved for "movie-provocation" with some quite controversial films from Peter Greenaway and the most provocative of them – Les rencontres d'après minuit, featuring the former football star Eric Cantona.
Representing the best new European cinema from France, Germany, Poland, Belgium and other countries we'll have period movies like Ida, the peculiar La danza de la realidad and Adieu au langage and more.
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By Rosaleen Cunningham and Caroline Dobbing
(c) HelpAge International A HelpAge International project in Jamaica has been successful in reducing the negative impact of migration in multi-generational households.
The innovative project involved parents, grandparents and caregivers in three inner-city Kingston communities where 75% of families have been affected by migration. In total 1,500 multi-generational households and 7,500 people took part.
Caregivers who participated in the project received training in parenting skills. As a result, they said they could cope better with their caring responsibilities. The training also increased life prospects for the children in their care.
Strengthening families and communities
"These are important development issues," says Jeff James, Caribbean Regional Representative for HelpAge International. "When families are more resilient and able to face challenges, communities become stronger and more supportive."
Grandparents and parents alike said that the project had improved their daily lives. They were enthusiastic and committed to the project. Many said it had increased their ability to handle conflict and anger. They also noticed a decrease in domestic violence and better communication between generations.
Impact of migration on older Jamaicans
More than 225,000 people legally migrated from Jamaica between 1996 and 2007, according to the Planning Institute of Jamaica.
As part of the project, HelpAge also carried out a survey to find out more about the effects of this migration. Around 1,200 residents in three inner-city communities in Kingston took part.
The survey revealed that most people who had migrated made little or no provision for their children's education or welfare before moving.
The results showed that after migration, 56% of children were cared for by older siblings. The remaining 44% were looked after by other family members, including grandparents.
Old age poverty and migration
Remittances from overseas are one of the leading sources of foreign currency inflows into Jamaica, making up 17% of Jamaica's gross national income. 54% of Jamaican households have received cash from family members working overseas.
However, the participants in this project reported that a large proportion of that money is spent on food and school expenses. This leaves little for those who are caring for children - including grandparents - to survive on.
Indeed, poverty in old age is a reality for many Jamaicans, with almost 40% of those over 60 living below the poverty line.
Jeff James points out: "As this percentage increases and migration continues, a greater proportion of older people and younger children will be living in multi-generational households. Unfortunately, many of them will experience high rates of poverty and vulnerability."
Recommendations to reduce the impact of migration
To further reduce the harmful effects of migration, HelpAge has made a number of recommendations to the Jamaican government, which include:
- implementing educational programmes and counselling in schools for children of migrants
- organising preparation sessions for parents who plan to migrate to address its impact on their children and other family members
- facilitating skills training workshops to increase employment opportunities so people have an alternative to moving abroad for work
- establishing a register of migrant parents to enable better monitoring of children left behind.
Project details
Other project activities included:
- counselling for families
- a career guidance programme with schools in the project communities
- community information fairs to provide basic health checks and information on government social assistance programmes
- making a short feature documentary on the impact of migration on families of Jamaican origin
- training in small business development and the use of remittances.
The project's specific focus on households affected by migration will inform HelpAge's on-going work in Jamaica on secure incomes, health and social care, emergencies, climate change and disaster risk reduction.
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SAM (30 April 2014)
I am voluntarily trying to help trace a mother (& father) for a Jamaican 1956 British born female. This 1956 baby�s mother firstly called herself Mavis Joyce Fowlin when she arrived on the ship s/s Jamaica Producer on 22nd Dec 1953 from Kingston to London uner Steamship Lines Jamaica Banana Producers Steamship.co. Ltd. �Official number 156140. She stated that she was 21yrs but I think she was younger. She said that she was a teacher and heading for Essex County Hospital, Essex. But this doesn�t make much sense to me.
Later on 8th January 1956 she gave birth to her daughter in Bishopsgate London. She allowed adoption to a white couple through a Methodist women�s congregational church network.
She must have returned to Jamaica briefly in late Jan/Feb 1956. I believe that she returned on or just before 5th March 1956 as a single Joyce E? Fowlin with a date of birth as 24/08/35. She states that she was then living at 72 Lancaster Rd.,Stroud Green, London as a student. (I noticed that a married man calling himself Roy G Thompson was also a passenger on this trip back to England via Plymouth. He was said to be a labourer and apparently living at Faraday Rd., London) .
In Dec 1956 Mavis /Joyce Fowlin married an Alvin Thompson in London.(Stretham)
It appears to me that they may have been married anyway - perhaps back in Jamaica, but that it was easier for Mavis J Fowlin to retain her single status in official terms.
Or maybe, they knew each other before, but only got round to getting married in Dec 1956, once the dust had settled from having the January 8th 1956 baby adopted. Either way, it may be that the same man on the passenger list dated 5th March 1956, is the father of the January 8th 1956 baby. As his date of birth is 01.05.30., if he is whom we later came to know as Alvin, then he�ll be in his 90yrs whilst Mavis is likely to be mid 80yrs. If they are still alive, it is crucial for the January 8th 1956 baby to make contact sooner rather than later. And if they have died, she would still like to know where their remains have been interned- and to know where here birth mother actually came from in Jamaica and whether she remained in the UK or went back, because this is an emotional journey that needs to be completed for her own well being.
The mother appears to have reluctantly given up her child for adoption, even though the family that took on the responsibility were absolutely fine, warm and caring. They gave her a good upbringing and have also long since died as they were very elderly when they first took the baby in. The 1956 baby has daughters & grand children who would also like to know a bit more about their roots. Please can you help us?
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(Nick Diaz yawning while fighting GSP. / Photo via Getty)
Nick Diaz takes his CagePotato bans seriously. After retiring following his loss to Georges St.Pierre at UFC 158 back in March, he stayed retired.
And he's going to remain that way.
"I offered Nick Diaz a fight last week and his manager called me back saying he's retired," said Dana White.
One must wonder who Dana White offered up. There was once talk of Diaz vs. Machida, as well as Diaz vs. Bisping. Yet neither of those fights came to pass.
It's unfortunate that Diaz, one of MMA's most divisive and exciting fighters, has decided to stay out of the sport while fighters like Matt Hamill have decided to grace us with their painfully mediocre presence once more.
Instead of returning to the Octagon, Diaz decided to found the clusterfuck-laden WAR MMA promotion which was about as successful as YAMMA Pit Fighting.
But even if he stays retired, Diaz will have a lasting legacy in MMA despite never capturing a UFC title.


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Houston hopes to end skid against Tulane
About the game
Both teams enter the season finale on three-game losing streaks. Tulane extended its streak of 10 consecutive losing seasons. A year after winning 12 games and playing in the Conference USA championship game, Houston has struggled in coach Tony Levine's first season. The Cougars, who haven't beaten a team with a winning record this season, failed to qualify for a bowl and need a win to avoid the most losses since going 3-8 in 2004.Key matchup
Houston defense vs. Tulane defense: Could be a high-scoring game with neither defense offering much resistance this season. Both units rank among the worst in the nation, with Tulane allowing an average of 38.3 points and 472.5 yards per game. Houston, under the direction of defensive coordinator Jamie Bryant (pictured), allows 37.7 points and 491.5 yards. The Cougars have given up 41 points or more in the past three games.Key players
Crawford Jones, QB, Houston: In his first career start last week at Marshall, the senior walk-on threw for 316 yards and five touchdowns to nearly rally the Cougars from a 21-point deficit. He completed 31 of 44 passes, with a long of 58 yards.
Ryan Grant, WR, Tulane: Grant, a junior from Beaumont West Brook, has 63 receptions for a conference-leading 1,041 yards. His six 100-yard games are one shy of the Tulane single-season record.Numbers
A look at how UH fared against the other current C-USA teams:
School RecordWin%
Tulane 13-4 .765
Rice 28-11 .718
Memphis 12-9 .571
Tulsa 20-18 .526
Marshall 2-2 .500
East Carolina 5-7 .417
Southern Miss 5-8 .385


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In Managua International Airport, where US $ 95 million has been invested in the past eight years, the bags are on-time and the paperwork is agile, following recent reforms made by the government, according to national and international users.
Faster clearance of bags and customs & immigration working more expeditiously when leaving or arriving in the country are the main improvements that users of Augusto C. Sandino International Airport then perceive as the terminal begins operating 24 hours a day this week.
"I had no delay. I was only asked for my papers for immigration and had a quick security check performed on my luggage. I passed the checkpoint and within minutes I left," shared Maria Castillo, a visitor coming from Panama.
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We've moved! As of January 2015, our blog posts are now located here on our new Family Home blog. We hope you'll continue to visit it for the latest posts from our bloggers.
Let's face it: Times are tight and budgets are shrinking. But there are ways to stretch, and even (gasp!) have fun doing it! This blog is about finding ways to get more from every household dollar, and enjoy every precious minute.
I absolutely love making no-bake desserts and when I find a no-bake
cookie recipe, I cannot wait to try it. I created this healthier version
of No-Bake Nutella Cookies, which just so happens to be filled with all
of my (and my kids') favorite ingredients: almond milk, dark chocolate,
almond butter, oats and Nutella...
Have you ever repurposed something ordinary into something completely
new? When you take a moment to think of new uses for old things, you
begin to think creatively and come up with ideas like turning used tin
cans into new office accessories...
If you don't cook with barley very often, you are missing out. This
grain is versatile, going beyond the beef and barley soup and full of
health benefits, being called a "super food". If you're like me and
trying to start off the New Year right, add barley to your cooking
Tabbouleh, a long time salad favorite of mine, is traditionally made
with fresh parsley, mint, tomatoes and onion, bulgur and seasoned with
lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Luckily, my three children really like
this Middle Eastern favorite, which is a healthy green herbal salad with
a hint of grain...
Most often, hosting a party in your own home (versus renting a location)
is the most practical and affordable option. However, if you're like
me, you might not have a large living space to entertain in. Personally,
one of the biggest challenges in hosting a party in my home is lack of
space. When I'm planning a party...
For my family, the holidays mean making a lot of Mexican food like
tamales, pozole, buñelos (Mexican fritters) and lots of yummy drinks.
Now that I have my own little family to create memories with, we always
love to add...
With the holiday season upon us, it can be difficult to
stick to your dinner routine. If you're looking for a quick healthy
weeknight dinner, enjoy this lighter pasta entrée made with ground
Gifting gift cards doesn't have to be boring. There are several ways you
can get creative with your gift wrapping this season. Gift cards are
small which means you have several options on how to present them...
With the holidays around the corner, there is one item that we can
expect to be on everyone's menu this holiday season – dessert. Whether
it's cookies, a pie, cupcakes or cinnamon rolls, setting up a dedicated
table for treats...
The holidays are upon us and my kids are ecstatic. We love the holidays
because we get to bake, decorate our three trees and craft ornaments.
When it comes to crafting, I love to involve my daughter as much as I
Do you want to create an impressive autumn dessert that only takes 20
minutes to prepare? These cinnamon apple sugar dumplings are so simple
and have only five ingredients. The most difficult part of the entire
recipe is deciding what type of apples to purchase and then coring them!...
This time of year many of us find ourselves scrambling (and perhaps
stressing a bit) trying to get the perfect family photo. Holiday cards
seem to put the pressure on us to capture our family in way that looks...
Get out the ribbon and tissue paper because 'tis the season for wrapping
gifts! Recently, I was thinking about a nice gift I could give guests
at a small holiday party and the idea of a gift wrapping kit came to
mind. I like to give favors that are either practical or edible…
During the holiday season, my family loves displaying all of our
different holiday decorations and our favorite is the tree. Putting up a
Christmas tree can be easier than you think....
Since my kids actually like kale and broccoli, I combined the two to
make this Kale Broccoli Slaw, perfect for a healthy side dish. This
healthy side dish is fabulous with dried cranberries, almonds and the
tangy and sweet Greek yogurt dressing...
Creating your own unique customized wall art can be both fun and
rewarding no matter what your level of craft or art skills. Using nine
panels of small stretched canvases from the craft store, here is a
project that can be modified in so many creative ways...
Every year, millions of plastic trigger bottles end up in landfills. Concentrated refills use less packaging, decrease shipping impacts and reduce waste. Small green choices can make a big difference.


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PIXE-PAN is a summer science program for high school students. Preference will be given to students entering their Senior and Junior years, but others may be accepted if space allows.
The program introduces participants to the fundamentals
of the extremely small domain of atomic nuclei and its connection
to the extremely large domain of astrophysics and cosmology. The
Advanced Physics Laboratory in Notre
Dame's Jordan Hall of Science which opened in 2006 will host
the program. During the week, participants will perform a series
of experiments using state of the art research equipment. The goal
of the program is to provide a "hands-on" experience exploring various
concepts in modern physics.
Unfortunately, due to construction projects in the Nuclear Science Laboratory, the PIXE experiment using the accelerators will not be possible this year.
What you learn: Through the use of various gamma, neutron and charged particle detectors and their associated electronics, students will learn experiment techniques used by the experimental nuclear astrophysics community. While the focus will be on experiments, these will be supplemented by some lectures, demonstrations and tours.
When: PIXE-PAN will be held on the campus of the University of Notre Dame from Monday, July 12 to Friday, July 16, 2010.
Interested individuals fill out application
forms online or available by mail. (Application
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Students should have some background in math and science at the freshman/sophomore level.
Students must be recommended by two teachers (at least one from science, lab, or math).
Cost: Free. Lunches are provided. Due to dormitory regulations regarding youths under the age of 18, students should reside within commuting distance, or have parental approval for arrangements involving local accommodations.
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Author of "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America"
Lecture by Barbara Ehrenreich - February 25, 2008 (running time: 80 min)
BIOGRAPHY - Journalist, historian, and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fourteen books. In 2001, Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America became a New York Times bestseller, and has since sold over one million copies. Nickel and Dimed is an examination of working-class poverty that chronicles Ehrenreich's own attempt to live on minimum wage, and is now required reading at more than 600 colleges and universities. In 2005, Ehrenreich's Bait and Switch, also a New York Times bestseller, exposed the ever more prevalent phenomenon of white-collar unemployment. She has just published Dancing in the Streets, A History of Collective Joy.
Ehrenreich studied physics at Reed College, graduating in 1963. Her senior thesis was entitled "Electrochemical oscillations of the silicon anode." In 1968, she received a Ph.D in cell biology from Rockefeller University. Because of her interest in social change, she opted for political activism, instead of pursuing a scientific career.
Ehrenreich has been a columnist at the New York Times and Time magazine, a frequent contributor to Harper's and The Nation. Ehrenreich has also written for Mother Jones, The Atlantic Monthly, Ms, The New Republic, Z Magazine, In These Times, Salon.com, and other publications.
In 2004, she received the Nation Institute/Puffin Foundation Prize for Creative Citizenship, given annually to an American who challenges the status quo "through distinctive, courageous, imaginative, socially responsible work of significance."
Ehrenreich is currently an honorary co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America. She also serves on the NORML Board of Directors.
Ehrenreich lives near Key West, Florida.
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Merit Scholarships For International Students At Universität Hamburg
Merit scholarships for international students at Universität Hamburg
International students and first-degree graduates with good to excellent academic achievements can apply for monthly scholarships of up to EUR 650. The maximum funding period is twelve months.
When to apply
When to apply varies according to which degree program an applicant is pursuing:
- Only advanced semester students pursuing Diplom, Magister and Staatsexamen (state examination) degrees may apply for merit scholarships.
- Students pursuing BA, BSc, MA, MSc and PhD degrees must be at least in their third semester.
All applicants must have been enrolled in their degree program at Universität Hamburg for at least two semesters!
Apart from demonstrating good to excellent academic performance, applicants must be willing to devote two to four hours per week to our internationalization projects.
The merit scholarship is open to international students twenty-nine years or younger pursuing a Magister, bachelor's, or master's degree, or those thirty-three years or younger pursuing a doctoral degree.
International students who are eligible for BAföG assistance (§8 of the German Federal Education and Training Assistance Act, Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz) are not eligible to apply.
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This high quality fan speed controller was custom made for Hydro Innovations by Grow Zone. Designed to regulate the air conditioning through the Ice Box, our thermostat controls power to the fans with separate settings for lights on and lights off temperatures. During the on light cycle, fans are sped up to full power when cooling is needed and are slowed to an idle when the cooling needs are met. During the off light cycle the fans will again speed up when cooling is needed, but they will completely turn off when the cooling needs are met. With 7.5 amps available several fans can be run by one controller.


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Are you a Smartphone user? I say Smartphone user instead of "Do you use a Smartphone?" because it's comparable to a drug. I am a CrackBerry user. I had to laugh when I saw this clip of Jerry Seinfeld making fun of us:
Having an incredibly awesome phone has ruined me forever. I don't know what I would do without it! What a tragedy it would be if I couldn't immediately look up the contents of V8 Splash when I wanted to. Right? Not only do I break out into a cold sweat when I can't find my phone, I'm completely addicted to the LED light. I can feel when it is going to start blinking. It's like I have LED light spidey senses. And when it does blink, I check it within the first few seconds. I can't help myself. Even when I try not to check it, I start immediately wondering….
Is it an email? I wonder if it's my gmail or work email. It could be a text… Or maybe a Facebook notification? Maybe it's an old friend I haven't heard from in years! Or my husband. Maybe he wants to go out tonight. Should I get a babysitter?
The little red light calls to me. It's LED ADD. Willing me to pick up my BlackBerry and check it. So I do. And it's….my daily HGTV eNewsletter. Darn.


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Evergreen Home Performance at Maine Climate Table: From Carbon Reduction to Climate Action
May 18, 2017
Evergreen Home Performance Partner Elise Brown joined leaders from across Maine at the Maine Climate Table's first Community-Based Solutions Convening to discuss and plan local responses to a growing global challenge.
Maine Climate Table (MCT) is a broad coalition of individuals and organizations from the nonprofit, business, philanthropic and government sectors whose vision is to create a state-based model for climate communication and climate action that will increase civic engagement and lead to action by elected officials.
Maine Climate Table supports increased private and public investment in job creation and workforce training that advance climate mitigation and adaptation and build on Maine's comparative advantages. In addition, MCT will contribute to associated benefits such as moving toward energy independence, food security, healthier forest management and improved public health.
Evergreen Home Performance, LLC specializes in residential energy efficiency contracting and is an award-winning vendor registered with Efficiency Maine. Its community involvement includes support for the Camden area Green Sneakers project, Habitat for Humanity volunteer projects, and advocacy in support of responsible energy policy. Elise Brown serves as Executive Vice President, overseeing Marketing, Sales, and Employee Safety.
Additional Community-Based Solution gatherings will be held over the next few months to create and finalize the group's action plan.
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Danny and his team at Xpression Video Productions were absolutely amazing to work with. They understood our vision for what we wanted from a wedding video and brought it to life. I am SO happy that we selected to work with them on our wedding day. We will be able to look back on the best day of our life for years to come and remember every single moment. Danny is so great to work with, he is outgoing, caring and genuinely cares about you and ensuring that every detail is perfect and your day is documented. Thank you SO much Xpression Video Productions for being a part of our big day!
One of the best vendors we had working our wedding! Xpression Video captures the most important parts of your day in a truly unique way. They are fun to work with and they make you feel like family. Thank you Danny for our amazing wedding video! We love it!
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire men's tennis team secured two wins today in Iowa, defeating Loras College 9-0 to open the day and the University of Dubuque 6-3 to end the day.
Three Blugolds finished singles competition undefeated for the day.
Florent Marco (Jr.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial), Joey Minear (Fr.-Oronoco, Minn./Rochester Century) and Joe Meier (So.-Hutchinson, Minn.) all went 3-0 in singles play.
Marco won 6-2, 6-4 against Loras and 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 against Dubuque in the No. 3 spot.
At No. 4, Minear won 6-2, 6-2 facing Loras and 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 against Dubuque.
In the No. 5 spot, Meier won 6-0, 6-1 against Loras and 6-1, 6-1 facing Dubuque.
In doubles play, two groups of Blugolds finished 2-0.
At No. 2, Meier and Ryan Vande Linde (So.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) won 8-1 and 9-7 in the respective matches while David Stingley (Jr.-St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park) and Michael Roden (Fr.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) won 8-3 facing both schools in the No. 3 spot.
Eau Claire is now 9-2 on the season and have won eight straight matches.
Next Saturday, the Blugolds will be in Saint Peter, Minn. for two more competitions. They will face Gustavus Adolphus College at 9 a.m. and will follow with a dual against Augustana (S.D.) at noon.


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I knew there was a reason why I still spend money buying MSM newspapers like The Star. (Well, I don't buy the NST because my maid says they weigh less when she sells them.) Almost every single day in the newspapers I find world-class comedy or fantastic facts that I would otherwise miss.
For example today's front page of The Star announces that Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has given the clearest hint yet that state elections will be held soon. The CM said he had an inspiration on the date. "I have my inspiration but I won't tell you when," he said. Wah! Terror or not? Taib had recently returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca. Maybe that had something to do with his uncanny power of foretelling the future.
Here's a quiz to test your general knowledge.
Which is the next Asian country to have a) a leaky parliament building, b) cracked highway over-passes, c) a public transport system with LRT's, MRT's and buslines that don't connect to each other d) collapsible stadiums, e) lots of empty very tall buildings?
Answer: Laos
The Star reported today that PM Najib announced that Malaysia has offered its expertise in the construction of infrastructure to Laos. Poor flers!
A funny story on page N3 of The Star says that the Negeri Sembilan JPJ chief has been transferred to Putrajaya following a probe my the MACC on charges of power abuse by his officers. I am sure this is something very uniquely Malaysian. Some government official screws up and gets caught or is accused of doing something really bad. What happens? He gets transferred! In the private sector he'd be suspended with no pay or his ass would be fired if allegations of wrongdoing were true. But the Kerajaan flers get transferred. Why ah?
Now when you stuck in the Mid Valley/1Utama/Sg.Wang/Pavilion traffic jams and are cursing under your breath you can do so in the comforting thought that tourists shopping contributed RM15.1billion to the country's coffers last year and is set to increase to RM16billion in 2011. Tourism minister, Ng Yen Yen is suitably proud of this fact when she also announced that from January 1, 2011 Malaysia is going to be a "duty-free" country where, except for cigars and cigarettes, liquor and imported cars everything else will be duty-free. With such announcements from the BN government being published in the MSM almost everyday how can the Opposition hope to win the next general elections?
And speaking of the Opposition, Anwar Ibrahim may be suspended from parliament for saying that the 1Malaysia concept may be linked One Israel. Apparently, Anwar was supposed to have misled (don't you love that word when applied to our YB's) the House by linking the 1Malaysia concept to the One Israel campaign. Wah! Like that also grounds for suspension ah? Oh. Oh yeah I forgot Anwar is the Opposition mah. Understand now.
There is this very funny report today about condominium Joint Management Bodies (JMB's) and disgruntled owners/residents. Dep. Housing and Local Government Minister Lajim Ukin told the Dewan Rakyat that 10,640 complaints against JMB's were received by the ministry in 2009.
"We have forwarded the complaints to the respective JMB's for further action", he said. Huh? I assume that residents/owners would have been fed up dealing the JMBs and therefore they brought their grouses to the ministry. No? So you send the complaints back there for what, YB? Very expensive to maintain your ministry to act as courier service isnit?
And finally, the Seremban court complex has been burglarised for the 2nd time in 3 months. But the funny thing is that the report in The Star said that investigators could not ascertain whether the CCTV cameras at the complex were functional at the time of the burglary and that during the previous break-in the CCTV's were "under maintenance" (read NOT WORKING). How convenient. Previously the preferred method used to be the reliable "pre-dawn blazes"


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March 7, 2017
Bonacio Construction, Inc. has been engaged as the parish's construction manager for development of the New Parish House and Community Center. This decision was made by the Vestry, on recommendation of the Building Committee. Along with building many successful commercial projects, Bonacio has successfully assisted local non-profits, including Universal Preservation Hall, Caffe Lena, and AIM Services with great success. We are delighted to have them join forces with Bethesda.
Bonacio will work closely with the Building Committee and our architects to assure that we keep costs within budget, without compromising quality. If cost estimating, leasing and financial milestones are attained in the coming weeks, we may hope for groundbreaking this year.
To follow this process, please keep an eye on the Bethesda Facebook page and on the parish website. Questions may be directed to Senior Warden Darren Miller, Gordon Boyd, Building Committee chair, or to any member of the Vestry.


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How to Get Green Like Steelcase
Creating a Lean Culture--Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions, one of the more talked about guides out there on lean manufacturing techniques, just received the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize. Written by David Mann, a manager at office furniture manufacturer Steelcase, the book offers information and tools geared towards creating a lean manufacturing environment. "Lean manufacturing," a term increasingly common in the manufacturing industry, is defined as a system dedicated to waste elimination, continuous one piece workflow, and customer pull—with emphasis on cost, quality and delivery. Drawing from his experience at one of the most sustainable companies out there, Mann offers case examples, figures, and photographs designed for day-to-day use. Though the book is specifically geared towards training management, it is also an interesting source of behind-the scenes manufacturing information—and psychology. His basic argument is you can't have a lean company without management and staff actively onboard every second of the day: the two must coexist, within a "lean culture" for the company to be successful. ::Amazon.com ::Shingo Prize ::Steelcase


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We are a craft brewery and gastropub bringing the community we love a cornucopia of cuisine inspired from around the world and beers that will have you celebrating a three day weekend every day!
We are seeking new members to join our team. Do you have a love for craft beer and exceptional food? Are you community-minded and believe in a hard day's work? If you answered yes, than we encourage you to consider the positions below.
Please complete the FDR Job Application and email it along with your cover letter, resume and the title of the position(s) you are applying for to the email listed in the job description.
FDR bartenders are responsible for serving guests at their bar top/tables, maintain a pristinely clean bar environment, adhering to drink recipe standards defined in FDR's standard operating procedures (S.O.P.'s).
The busser is responsible for assisting our servers in taking care of any and all guests' needs while they dine at FDR. They are to assist in running food, clearing dirty tables, refilling drinks, assisting with opening, closing and running side work and maintaining a clean environment in all areas of our facility that guests have access to including dining area, patio, bathrooms and entry/exit areas.
The host/hostess is responsible for our guests' first impression of FDR. They are the first interaction guests have with our staff and can set the tone for the entire dining experience. This position requires the employee to maintain bright, personable traits and not be afraid to interact with multiple types of personalities. The ability to multitask is essential to success at this position.
Servers are responsible for creating our guests' dining experience. Along with our food and beverage, our servers are what most affects guests' impression of Four Day Ray. Our servers should suggest great food to pair with world-class in-house brewed beers, hand-selected wines and crafted cocktails. A calm collected demeanor and a genuine caring attitude towards our guests along with strong knowledge of our food and drink menu will be essential to any server's success at Four Day Ray.
The cook is responsible for supporting the sous chef in the successful production of raw and/or cooked food products for culinary operations at Four Day Ray. Position will be engaged in the safe and efficient preparation of food utilizing various cooking techniques and equipment, i.e. station set up, prep work, frying, sautéing, griddling, brazing, carving, broiling, boiling, and steaming all meats, fish, vegetables, wild game and poultry producing soups, stocks, sauces, cold salads, sandwiches, cold displays, salad dressings, slicing deli meats and cheese for consumption by guests, as well as other duties as assigned.
The dishwasher and utility team member is responsible for maintaining cleanliness and sanitation standards for china, glassware, tableware, cooking utensils, etc., using machine and manual cleaning methods. This position also ensures the dishwashing area is maintained as a clean, safe, and sanitary facility.
Prep/Pantry Cook
The pantry cook is responsible for supporting the sous chef in the successful production of raw and/or cooked food products for culinary operations at Four Day Ray. This team member will participate in the safe and efficient setup, preparation and display of cold salads, antipasti, sandwiches, cold displays, salad dressings, slicing deli meats and cheeses by specifications for guest consumption, as well as other duties as assigned.


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8 of the Best Hybrid Bikes Under $500 | Commute Frugally
Finding a road worthy, top quality hybrid bike for under 500 bucks
Ah, the hybrid bike. It's probably the best thing to happen to the cycling industry in 50 years. Nothing targets the casual / commuter rider quite like it.
And that's for good reason. Hybrid bicycles (theoretically) offer a wonderful balance of capability.
Road, grass, trails, what's your pleasure? The hybrid bike handles them all with ease. Right?
Err… not exactly.
While there are some phenomenally great entrants into this category, they're not all made equal.
The best hybrid bikes under $500 are a good blend of two styles of riding, capable (but not brilliant) at both styles. The worst hybrids out there aren't really good at any type of riding.
So how does one find a stud in amongst all the duds?
I will be offering a few reviews of some affordable, top quality hybrid bikes below the $500 price point, explaining why each one made the cut, and what kind of riding it's best suited towards.
Furthermore, I'll offer a few tips on how to shop for them, and how to better understand hybrids and their various denominations.
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Singer/actress Idina Menzel has laughed off John Travolta's embarrassing Oscars slip-up after he mispronounced her name during the live telecast, insisting she and the actor are "buddies".
The Grease star took the stage at Hollywood's Dolby Theater on 2 March (14) to introduce the Broadway favourite's Let It Go performance from Frozen, which went on to win the Best Original Song award, but he got tangled up over Menzel's name and called her "the wickedly talented, one and only Adele Dazeem".
The misreading turned the actor into the butt of jokes and even inspired a website for fans to 'Travolta-fy' their own names, and the Hollywood actor subsequently released a statement which read: "I've been beating myself up all day. Then I thought... what would Idina Menzel say? She'd say, 'Let it go, let it go!' Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy Frozen took home two Oscars Sunday night!"
Now Menzel has opened up about the headline-grabbing incident, admitting the mistake surprised her as she prepared to take the stage on Hollywood's biggest night.
She explains, "I had all of these visuals set for myself, the meditations (before stepping onstage). (But) that (Travolta's introduction) threw me for a minute. But then I just got back on track and reminded myself of where I was, and what a beautiful moment it was."
Menzel reveals Travolta later sent her a note and a large bouquet of flowers to apologize for the flub.
She tells Billboard.com, "He was really gracious and sent this gorgeous email, and we're buddies and it's all cool."
The producers behind Menzel's new Broadway play If/Then even capitalised on the "Adele Dazeem" mishap by using the new name on the show's playbill, and the actress insists she holds nothing against Travolta.
She says, "Please. I mean, I've only benefited from it!"


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WHEN are you going to mail my check to me from BINGO BY RYZING, has been over a year, says wait 4 weeks, has been much much longer than that.
You won't even get back to me about it, what gives??
I am beginning to get very upset.
Something needs to be done here ASAP.
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Elections 2012
At the General Assembly on 22-24 November 2012, we will be electing a new Board for the European Youth Forum as well as a new Financial Control Commission and ratify the composition of the Consultative Body on Membership Applications.
The positions for election include the President, two Vice-Presidents and eight Board members – with elections taking place in that order.
This space aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and interact with the Candidates about the issues that the Members would like the new leadership to respond to face the challenges of Youth Organisations and Young People in Europe today and prospectively for the next two years.
Learn more about the candidates: read their nominations info in the document section!
Interact with them: ask them questions via the blogs!
Welcome to European Youth Forum Elections 2012
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Combine the oil, vinegar, prunes, capers, oregano, olives, garlic, bay leaves, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a large shallow baking dish. Add the chicken and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate at least 1 hour or overnight.
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Blackwell, L. Mr Kenneth Clarke, in the Chair
Dawn Primarolo
MR PETER MICHAEL CBE, Project Director, MR PETER KNOWLES, Head of Drafting Team, MRS CHERYL SCOTT, Head of Lead Rewrite Team, MRS JENNY MANSON, Rewrite Team Member, and MRS MARGARET LEATES, Member of Drafting Team, examined.
(Mr Michael) Yes, Chairman. Perhaps, first of all, I should give just a little bit of background about how these amendments have come to light. Obviously the intention had been to avoid any amendments at all to the Bill but in the event this has not been possible, largely because of the large span of the Bill. However, as a result of the improvements made to the project processes following capital allowances we have been able to identify these defects in the Bill whilst the Bill is before the Joint Committee. In the case of the Capital Allowances Bill there were some errors there in the Bill but they were not spotted until after that Bill had completed all of its parliamentary stages. That meant that amendments had to be made in the subsequent Finance Act, in Schedule 21 of the Finance Act 2001. As you say, Chairman, we have put the amendments as you suggested and, more specifically, the need for these amendments has been identified by partly the Project, particularly the drafting team, who continue to look at the Bill after it has been introduced in Parliament, some of our specialist colleagues in the Revenue who work on so-called Schedule E and also, in one or two cases, some of the representative bodies.
Chairman: Does any Member of the Committee have any comments to make on amendments 1 to 32 which appear to fall under the section of "Technical Amendments"?
Lord Brightman
(Mrs Scott) I think we would need to look both of those references up, if you do not mind.
(Mr Knowles) Yes, my Lord, that is precisely the reason.
Lord Brightman
(Mr Knowles) Yes, it is.
Lord Brightman: I thought it must be. Thank you very much.
Lord Blackwell: Just one point on amendment three, clause 66, page 36, line 37, "after (3) insert..." I may be reading this too quickly but are you absolutely sure that goes after (3) as opposed to after sub-point (2)?
Chairman: I did not follow that myself. Again, it is a question about whether a non-executive director is an employee of a company.
Lord Blackwell
(Mr Michael) If you just bear with us a minute.
(Mr Knowles) We have looked at this point, thank you. I think we are satisfied that at least on the approach that we have been adopting, which is to in effect insert a new paragraph (a) into subsection (4), the amendment does work so that one would read "(4) In subsection (3) - (a) the reference to an employment includes employment as a director of a company, and (b) 'earnings' means earnings as defined in Chapter 1 of this Part."
Lord Blackwell: Thank you.
Chairman: If there are no other points, I do not have to put the amendments individually. Can I put the amendments collectively and can I take it that the Committee are in favour of all those amendments, amendments 1, 2, 25, 3, 7, 5, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, 32?
Mr Jack
(Mrs Scott) There is one particular representative body which had some difficulty in understanding the current rules for foreign emoluments that are taxed on remitted expenses and the way in which the deductions dovetail into them and also had difficulty in looking at the parallel provisions in the Bill. In the light of the fact that that person had difficulty, who is representing a number of people within his particular institution, we thought that there may be wider spread confusion than just on his part and that it was worth making this amendment to make it absolutely clear that section 354 does not apply in the case of earnings which are chargeable both on a receipts and a remittance basis from the same employment where the reason why there is that mix in bases is because of the operation of the foreign emoluments provisions which we have written in clauses 21 and 22. We also propose, in addition to this amendment, to expand the Explanatory Notes to make the position crystal clear in the Explanatory Notes as well.
(Mrs Scott) It is as clear as we can make it now. I have not had an opportunity to have further discussion with the person who raised the point. He only wrote to us last Tuesday.
(Mrs Scott) Yes. It is better that we can make things plainer at this stage and remove that scope for confusion than if he had written to us next week and the scope for confusion would remain.
Chairman: The amendment appears clear: if you accept section 22 you are accepting chargeable overseas earnings and, therefore, this curious provision does not apply if the source of one of the two taxable incomes is overseas earnings. I have not met the mysterious third party so I do not know.
Mr Jack: It sounds to me as if an element of light has been shone where darkness prevailed for the interlocutor on this occasion. As it is beyond me to question further on it I will accept that the clarification by the amendment is correct.
(Mrs Scott) The group of amendments generally are not focused just on improving language, they are aimed at correcting actual errors that we have made and if these errors were not corrected then they would lead to a different result under the Bill compared with the result that you have in the current ICTA provisions. We are not just trying to make things more accessible and easier to understand, we are actually trying to make sure here that we rewrite law accurately.
(Mrs Scott) That is right.
(Mrs Scott) The first one is a very abstruse and technical point. It would only arise in the cases where living accommodation has to be valued for the purposes of charge to tax, or other land has to be valued for the purposes of charge to tax. A good deal of provided living accommodation is exempt anyway. In valuing living accommodation and other land, the normal method is for the valuer to look at a similar property and see what kind of rent that property could command if it was on the open market. In the existing provisions in ICTA there is a cross-reference to section 23 of the General Rate Act 1967. It is not particularly helpful since the General Rate Act was repealed in 1988. We decided that in order to give effect to the content of section 23 of the General Rate Act 1967 we should reproduce its general effect in this Bill as if it had not been repealed and that is why we got into these very abstruse provisions which were originally designed to assist rating officers and rating valuers in arriving at the rateable value of a standard hereditament. The effect of borrowing those General Rate Act provisions is that when there is a comparative rent of another property that is very similar, another flat in the same block or whatever, and it is customary for additional services to be provided in addition to just the basic rent, there needs to be some safeguard against the payment for the provision of those other services being used to bump up the landlord's profit when really it is disguised rent. We got it wrong in clauses 110 and 207 because we treated all of the payments for additional services where they are separate payments for additional services in the same manner and when we re-examined the General Rate Act of 1967 we came to the conclusion on careful analysis that there was a distinction of treatment for payments in respect of repairs, insurance and maintenance of other property belonging to or occupied by the landlord. In that scenario there is not allowed to be any deduction at all. Where there is a payment for services, such as the provision of a lift or the provision of a concierge, the only amount that has to be added back to the rent is any profit element that the landlord makes on it, so the cost of the concierge can be deducted from the comparative rent, but there is a different treatment for the repairs, insurance and maintenance. We are very sorry but we missed that and this will put it right.
(Mr Michael) Perhaps I should also say, Chairman, if my recollection is correct, that this particular defect in the Bill was actually pointed out to us by a representative body. It was picked up outside.
Chairman: I am grateful to you for going over that so clearly. Any other comments on these amendments, which are amendments 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 and 21?
Mr Pond: Can I just ask on 4, are we happy about the actual meaning of that? I am not sure that the meaning is absolutely right, whether the wording works leaving out from the first "to" on line 19 to the end of line 20 and inserting "be increased under subsection (3A)..." etc. I cannot make it fit but perhaps I am misreading it. We are taking out virtually all of lines 19 and 20 and inserting "be increased under subsection (3A)" and then the rest of (3A). I cannot quite make the wording fit.
(Mr Knowles) I think, Chairman, the first "to" would stay in the Bill, so if one begins with the pull-out it would read "...the rent to be established under subsection (1) in respect of the accommodation is to be increased under subsection (3A)".
Mr Pond
(Mr Knowles) Yes.
(Mr Knowles) Yes, indeed.
(Mrs Manson) This is to cover the situation in which the option holder dies before he or she can exercise the option. What we have tried to do here is to make sure that we have covered what the source legislation provides for, so that if the option holder dies and let us say a personal representative or somebody or other who receives the option then exercises it, the Capital Gains Tax consequences are exactly the same as if the option holder had exercised it. We disapply what is known as the market valuation at the date of exercise and instead look at the actual costs involved. This is complicated by the fact that there are also death provisions for capital gain. We are satisfied that we are now reproducing the legislation as it was, having made the mistake originally in thinking that "he" and "him" - that is how the source legislation describes the person - could not cover the personal representative but because of the cross-reference in the legislation to the treatment of the situation when somebody dies we realise that this "he" and "him" covers the situation after death as well. We were too restricted in our interpretation.
(Mrs Scott) If I may, Chairman, this is covered on page four of the notes on amendments which you have before you. We discovered that we needed to preserve the definition of "overseas territory" which is mentioned in section 615(7) and which is relied upon by clause 412(2) in this Bill. In the set of amendments that were circulated we only included amendment number 31. What we forgot, and apologies, was that wherever we make an amendment we make it once substantively in Schedule 6 and then also insert it in the Repeals Schedule in Schedule 8 and the two ought to be paired, or twinned, because they do not do anything different from one another, they are just one substantive repeal and then one entry in the list of repeals.
Chairman: Thank you very much. I failed to notice that this amendment was the same as on page four of this afternoon's schedule. It is only on a separate sheet because it was not on this morning's list. I have already put it to the Committee and the Committee have approved it. Thank you very much, those are all the amendments. In a moment we will adjourn and go into a deliberative session but before we do so I think, Lord Brightman, you have a point that you would like to raise?
Lord Brightman
(Mr Knowles) I think that is a very interesting idea. Certainly we would want to think about it.
(Mr Knowles) We thought clause 2 ought to be up front so that people could see immediately that all the expressions that they might want to discover the meaning of and how they were defined generally were housed in a Schedule. The order of Schedules follows the order of clauses. In fact, we did not promote clause 2, which had the consequence that the index was then in Schedule 1. I would certainly like to think about that for a future occasion.
(Mr Knowles) Yes, I would be very happy to do that.
Lord Brightman: Thank you very much.
Lord Howe of Aberavon: Could I make a mischievous comment on that. I was rather struck by the value of leaving section 2 where it was in Schedule 1. You could of course leave clause 2 where it is and say Schedule 1, appearing unusually at the end of the Bill, contains the definitions. In other words, you would have the best of both worlds. If you were going to think innovatively might you not do that?
Chairman: You could say for the convenience of users it is placed at the end of the printed volume and then you get the best of both worlds. Your earlier reference to it was a reference which could be explained like that.
Lord Howe of Aberavon: And you could call it the Brightman Amendment!
(Mr Knowles) Yes indeed.
Chairman: You would. The question is there is nothing to stop us doing it now if no-one has any substantive objection to it. How do you feel, Lord Brightman, Lord Howe?
Lord Howe of Aberavon: I think I would be content, unusually, to abide by the judgment of Parliamentary Counsel!
Chairman: I think you were only hoping to draw it to their attention for future legislation.
Lord Brightman: Oh yes, I am not suggesting they do it for this one.
Chairman: You are not suggesting that.
Lord Brightman: It would involve altering the numbering of about 500 sections.
Chairman: Yes.
Baroness Cohen of Pimlico: That is against it.
Chairman: It is probably wise not to do it on the spur of members' enthusiasm and to ask you to reflect on it in future.
Mr Jack: When the Bill is printed as an Act, is there any way in which you could draw the reader's attention to the current layout so that if they were concerned they could find it straightaway, so you do not have to end up redrafting the Bill but make it clear to someone who picks up the Act that that is where it is?
Lord Howe of Aberavon: You could insert "see page 30".
Mr Jack
(Mr Knowles) Perhaps I could consider that.
Chairman: Lord Howe has a general point which I would like to ask him to make in conclusion of our public proceedings and if no one else has any point to make.
Lord Howe of Aberavon: With the consent of the Committee, I would like to take the opportunity of extending our thanks to all those who have produced this monstrous miracle and point out the extent to which they have actually striven especially to meet some of the difficulties we had the last time with the Capital Allowances Bill because it was certainly embarrassing for the Law Society to truncate it down at that time finally to have to produce it in Schedule 21 of the Finance Act 2001, and that has been achieved not least as a result of the work that we have just been doing because of the extended consultation process which you have already commented on, Chairman, which filled in very constructively the time between the appearance of the first draft of the Bill and the present one that is before us. We had two sets of Consultative Steering Committee meetings in that equivalent period and we had reports back to us on the consultation then taking place. A lot of material has been published on the Internet for consultation on the trot, as it were, and then we published, as Mr Michael pointed out, a response document to the comments on the draft Bill and then published a revised version of the draft Bill on the Internet as well. There have been a number of meetings and exchanges and, as you rightly said, there has been more consultation on this than probably any other episode in the field of human endeavour. The other point worth noting is that in the course of doing this work on primary legislation, on PAYE legislation, it was drawn to our attention that most of it was contained in secondary legislation and that the PAYE regulations had been born in war time conditions and had been treated ever since then on that basis and had not been regarded as models of drafting. The project undertook the business of rewriting all the PAYE regulations in response to representations from the employer organisations. That task is still going on and it means that the team have had to be doing two drafts at the same time, one for primary and the other one for secondary. So I think we do owe a very great vote of thanks to all of them because the sheer scale of the project is daunting. A steering committee sounds like a magnificent organisation in command of this huge vessel, and I have to say that our interventions are mere touches on something that could not be called the tiller but we dare to make our points known from time to time. A great deal of what happens comes from the consultative committee but out there in the sticks there are lots of people reading all this material, rereading it, rereading it, working on it, so it is a formidable achievement and we are very grateful to you.
Chairman: I would certainly endorse that and I think the Committee would generally agree that this whole process is evolving very satisfactorily and it is proceeding probably much better than we ever had reason to be totally confident of it when it started. It has taken longer than anybody thought because the original timetable set was wildly and ridiculously optimistic and it is producing some very concrete results and we are very grateful to everybody who has put their effort into it. We had this schedule this morning Tax Law Rewrite and that comes from the Law Society. My understanding is that this is the Law Society's submission to an earlier draft, it is not the beginning of a fresh set of submissions from the Law Society on the draft before the Bill now, so we really at the moment do feel that we have built on the work done on the first Bill and this Bill is at an even more developed stage than that. As you touched on, you have covered some of the most difficult areas of tax law in this country and everybody is to be congratulated, as Lord Howe has already done.
Dawn Primarolo: Chairman, I would like to add my thanks to the officials. We have really pushed them hard today in the speed with which we expect them to do intellectual somersaults through some of the most controversial and difficult areas of the Tax Code and, as Lord Howe and you have said, this is an absolutely brilliant piece of work but also in terms of how everybody has responded to the wishes of the Committee today, both in the quality of the memorandum that was provided to us and in the contributions today in answering our questions, I think it would be remiss not to mention that we have been greatly assisted by their work and I think it is an absolutely first-class piece of work.
Lord Howe: For the avoidance of doubt, as is sometimes said, this vote of thanks comprehensively extends to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel as well.
Dawn Primarolo: As always.
Mr Jack: Could I just make one observation because associating myself with everything that has been said, having in some small way lived with this project since its inception, one of the things that I think is going to be fascinating is how parliamentarians make use of the fact that by the time the next Finance Bill comes round they will have two pieces of modern, complete tax legislation all drawing the various strands in this case of Earnings and Pensions, and in the previous case the Capital Allowances Bill, together in one volume. One of the problems in dealing with our Finance Bills up to now is, as one of the annexes to the paper showed, the difficulty of pulling together lots of tax law which is scattered here, there and everywhere. Normally the Finance Bill is a patchwork operation and you can never see what the effect is upon the whole thing. Perhaps the danger for ministers now is that parliamentarians at least in two parts of the Tax Code will be able to see what the effect on the rest is of the particular amendments that may be to come as a result of this exercise. I think it will genuinely aid the quality of our legislative process if it is properly used.
(Mr Michael) Thank you very much, Chairman, and thank you very much for those very kind comments of the Committee, which I know will be hugely appreciated by my colleagues who have worked very hard on this.


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