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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Banana cake with creme cheese frosting is a match made in heaven. Blessings, CatherineReplyDeleteReplies
I agree, Catherine! :)Delete
I've made banana cake before but I really like that you use a box cake in this recipe. I'll definitely give it a try.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, BerryMorins Bits & Tips! I know there's some people who don't like using cake mixes but I'm okay with them. I draw the line at canned frosting though.Delete
my hubby goes bananas for banana bread so i have to make this! yummo :)ReplyDeleteReplies
We love banana bread too! Let me know how it turns out, Lisa!Delete
Yes please! I have banana cake/bread crazy family especially my husband!ReplyDeleteReplies
My family and I love banana bread! We always save some bananas for baking.Delete
Yummy! Banana cake is so good on its own, and I love that you made this one even easier!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Agos, this sure is easy and delicious, can't get any better than that! :)Delete
Wow, your cake looks so moist and delicious. I wish I had a huge slice right now. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Wake Up Wednesday Linky Party. I'm also your newest follower by G+, GFC, Twitter, FB, Bloglovin, Pinterest. I can't wait to see what you cook up next.ReplyDelete
Oh wow, thanks so much Angel! Hope you have a wonderful week!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2014 at 9:01 AM
Another icing you could use is Caramel ... it doesn't sound good but it is. :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2014 at 9:07 AM
CORRECTION ... I made a mistake thought it was Carrot Cake.ReplyDelete
The Banana cake we just use a regular icing so it wouldn't take away the banana taste from the cake.
Sorry about that ... let me go drink my coffee now.Replies
OH wow. This looks so good. Pinning for later.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much for pinning Tammy!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2014 at 6:26 PM
This looks amazing! I wish we could eat it around here..I'm sure there is a way tomake it allergy friendly.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh yes, I've found several allergy friendly banana cake recipes on the internet. I've never really thought of it since my kids don't have food allergies.Delete
Wow! Does this ever look delicious! Thanks for linking up to my Creative Ways Link Party! Your cake will be one of the features at tonight's party. Hope to see you again!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Nici!Delete
Had a few bananas left over that had ripened; so I decided to bake a banana cake. Such a delicious cake recipe.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Rachel, my family likes this cake recipe too. I'm gonna have to make it again soon.Delete
- Barb SmaleMay 19, 2016 at 5:08 PM
This cake is awesome!! Will make again. I made a 9x13 and it was so light and fluffy. I always sub oil/butter with applesauce and Splenda for sugar in any dessert that asks for them, but otherwise I made no changes. I would recommend this luscious cake to all!! Thanks, Rachel.ReplyDelete
This cake is in the oven now! It smells heavenly! Making a 6" layer cake for my mom for Mother's Day! I did make a few changes as I usually do when making box cakes. I used milk instead of water, 4 eggs instead of 3, and used toasted pecans because I already had some in the freezer! Can't wait to try it! Thank you so much for the recipe!ReplyDelete

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Godson will be cultivating algae both as a food source, and to produce oxygen. He will also have electricity via a stationary bike that he's using as a generator.
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We've been doing something different with Friday's Big 12 mailbag. From now on, we'll be including Twitter questions with the regular mailbag submissions. To submit a mailbag entry via Twitter, simply include the hashtag #big12mailbag. You also still can send in questions the traditional way here, too.
To the 'bag...
@Jake_Trotter best newcomers this spring?
— Eric Bowman (@E_ROCK12) April 10, 2014
Trotter: So far, Oklahoma State running back/receiver Tyreek Hill, TCU safety Kenny Iloka and Kansas receiver Nick Harwell. With his speed, Hill could lead the league in all-purpose yards. Iloka is going to be a key piece in the best secondary in the Big 12. And Harwell should finally give the Jayhawks that go-to receiver they haven't had since Dezmon Briscoe.
@Jake_Trotter this far out if you had to pick this year's Paul Rhoads upset special who would it be
— Ted Flint (@TedFlintKansas) April 10, 2014
Trotter: The Cyclones get K-State in Ames the second week of the season, which could be a dangerous game for the Wildcats, who might get caught looking ahead to that Thursday night clash with Auburn. Another team that must pay heed is Oklahoma. The Sooners go to Iowa State the week before hosting Baylor in a game that could determine the Big 12 crown. OU can't afford to be looking ahead, either.
@Jake_Trotter What's your over/under on Kansas conference wins this coming season? #big12mailbag
— Michael Nichols (@mdn_13) April 10, 2014
Trotter: I'm going to set it at 1 1/2, and I think I would actually bet the over. The Jayhawks are going to be better this season, and quite possibly good enough to steal two conference wins.
@Jake_Trotter @ESPN_Big12 what is TTU going to do with all these young QBs? Webb, Mahomes, Stidham #big12mailbag
— Matt McNicoll (@Matt_McNicoll) April 10, 2014
Trotter: Right now, the Red Raiders have one on campus, and that's well below the national average. I don't see an issue. The way Davis Webb has improved in the last five months, he's going to be the guy the next three seasons barring something unforeseen. That would still give Jarrett Stidham three seasons of eligibility to be the starter, if he redshirted next year. Patrick Mahomes will get this chances, too. Seems like what TTU is going to do is be really good at quarterback the next six years.
@Jake_Trotter you think OU/TX will have a 2:30 kickoff? It's hard for us college students to make the noon kickoffs, heck hard for anybody — Konnor Lohman (@konnorlohman) April 10, 2014
Trotter: I have no inside info here, but if the game is at 11 a.m. again, hit me up in the fall and I'll share with you my shortcut to the Texas State Fair.
@Jake_Trotter how do you see the Daniel Sams move to WR working out for #KState? — Corbin McGuire (@CorbinMcGuire1) April 10, 2014
Trotter: It was a move that had to be made. Sams is too talented to be standing on the sidelines. He's not going to instantly become an All-Big 12 receiver. But if they can devise ways to get Sams the ball in space, the move could work out well. I see Sams getting a lot of his touches through flares, screens, reverses and maybe a handoff or Wildcat formation here or there. If they can get Sams the ball 10 times a game, that will only help the K-State offense. Think Trevone Boykin in TCU's offense late last year. That's how I see Sams best fitting in.
@Jake_Trotter Do you see Kenny Williams starting on both sides of the ball next year?
— Michael Bates (@BatesTheDoulos) April 10, 2014
Trotter: Playing? Yes. Starting? No. I think Williams ultimately favors one side of the ball. The most likely scenario is he still keeps a major role at running back, then gives coordinator Matt Wallerstedt 15-20 plays at outside linebacker, which is more than I would have predicted at the beginning of the spring. Williams can really help the defense, but not at the expense of playing 130 snaps.
@Jake_Trotter which big 12 coach's job is the most secure and who has to win right now?
— David Leake (@DavidLeake) April 10, 2014
Trotter: Bob Stoops, Art Briles, Mike Gundy, Bill Snyder and Gary Patterson have ironclad job security. Paul Rhoads and Kliff Kingsbury have nothing to worry about, either, and Charlie Strong is too new to have to worry (though in Austin, that could change fast). That leaves Charlie Weis and Dana Holgorsen, whose seats are warmest among Big 12 coaches. I think Weis just has to show improvement this season. He can't go 0-12. Holgorsen is the most interesting to watch. Considering the brutal schedule, it's very possible West Virginia is better than last year and still goes 5-7, which might not be enough for Holgorsen to keep his job. But if the Mountaineers go, say, 7-5 against that slate, then I would think Holgorsen would be deserving of another year. West Virginia has been recruiting at an impressive clip, and the schedule will line up more favorably in 2015.
jrodxc07 in Dallas writes: Jake, love the blog, nice work sir. I think you could make a case for incoming Baylor receiver K.D. Cannon as Offensive Newcomer of the Year. Can you explain why you left him off your list?
Trotter: Appreciate it, sir. Cannon was actually on the poll for Offensive Freshman of the Year two weeks ago. The newcomer poll was for transfers, which is why you didn't see him there.
I only care about the Big 12 writes: Please go ahead and give us your way-too early power rankings? That is, if you haven't already...
Trotter: I actually released a power poll in January that went this way: OU, Baylor, K-State, Texas, Oklahoma State, Tech, TCU, Iowa State, West Virginia, Kansas. I'll be updating it, though, after spring ball concludes.


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So you have probably seen this album by Tyler the Creator. As you can see he has an upside down cross on his forehead. Many people believe it to be a symbol of anti-christian beliefs.
The second picture is "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" by Caravaggio (1571-1610). It depicts St. Peter as he is about to be crucified.
The interesting thing about St. Peter is that he wanted to be crucified upside down because "he declared himself unworthy to die in the same manner as his Lord." Many others Saints choose to be crucified in other ways because of the same sentiment.
The upside down cross isn't a symbol of anti-christians beliefs, but it's a symbol of St. Peter, the first Pope.
It's interesting to see how the world twists thing. You just have to look in a little bit and you can see it as it truly is.
Hopefully this unveils something about the Catholic Church you never knew and I will be posting more about these symbols, events and such.


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Yesterday was a great day at IMS; more lead changes than ever before. The nearly 70 lead changes can be attributed to the parity among teams due to the identical chassis and two engine packages...but the highly-skilled field also had something to do with it.
People can say what they want about the DW12 chassis- it's not sleek enough, it's a bit of an ugly duckling...perhaps. But, if you like to watch racing as a contest of grit, timing, will and skill, then you probably loved yesterday's 500.
Like everyone else, I want the cars to be faster...and I want more innovation and flexibility within the rules, but yesterday's race was crazy fun to watch. The cars probably have a bit too much downforce right now and not quite enough horsepower, but the end product is close to unbeatable.
All of that said, the strategy and overall approach of race day has drastically changed from mere years ago. With the white flag waving, you no longer want the lead...you want to be in second or third place. No one can really pull away from anyone else; I guess that's alright.
Indy is now officially the antithesis of F1. The mostly-Euro series is almost solely a series based on preparation, homework, outspending the next team and "rolling the ball out" (if you will). I love the look of those machines and the innovation and trickle down of technology over there. I don't like the glorified parade that those races are.
With just a few laps left yesterday, 22 cars were separated by about 10 seconds...something I've never seen before. Ed Carpenter's tenth place finish after starting from the pole is viewed by some as a failure of a day. BUT, had the race finished under green, he would have finished just seconds behind the leader.
The fastest cars, especially in the last 50 laps were clearly better than everyone else...and Chevy had a decided advantage (which needs to be adjusted). But even the guys who weren't in the top-5 were really right there. It's kinda crazy to think that a guy who is 9 seconds behind after around 170 laps is waaaaaay off the pace, but it kinda felt that way. Guys like Scott Dixon weren't far behind at the end of the race...but weren't really contenders either.
I've been to 25 Indy 500 races now...and have never seen a crowd as elated for a winner as they were when Tony Kanaan earned the checkered flag. Like me, I think many in the crowd thought that his last chance of winning went away when he lost his Andretti ride a few years ago...I was very wrong- in two years, he's had a top-3 and a win; not bad for a guy left for dead by many.
|TK leads a pair of Andretti Racing machines across the yard of bricks
I had thrown him onto the scrap heap of guys like Raul Boesel and (ironically) Michael Andretti- great drivers who shoulda won it, but never will. Glad I was wrong.
I've heard that the league will finally allow some new aero packages around the safety tub of the DW 12 chassis in 2014; I hope they do as I think we're only a half-step better than we were a few years ago when just Honda was supplying engines to power the old Dallara Indy chassis. I'm still no fan of spec racing (in theory). That said, I love the cars being safer and more consistent. The days of qualifying a four or five year old chassis while panhandling for an engine is gone; that's a good thing. The fact that the cars aren't going 238 mph is a bad thing.
Days like yesterday are nothing but positive for Indy and the league around it...But if they can double the winner's purse, and get the speeds up in the upper half of the 230s, we might see Indy return closer to her former glory.
Even my BS counterpart, J Money had to admit that yesterday's race was exciting...and he's a pseudo-NASCAR apologist.
Bad news for Gunner Kiel and Brian Kelly
Almost two months ago, Gunner Kiel decided to head to the greenest of football pastures, the University of Cincinnati, of course. He wasn't pleased with the fact that two QBs were in front of him at UND and another was really neck-and-neck with him at the third spot in the Coach Kelly's rotation.
Things change quickly in college football sometimes- This Spring has been one of those for Notre Dame's offense.
Last year's starter, Everett Golson did something nefarious according to the university's academic police. We really don't know exactly what it is that he did, but it looks like he cheated in some way. The end result is he's no longer enrolled at UND and no longer on Notre Dame's football team.
The erratic, but adequate Senior QB, Tommy Rees will probably be the starter. BUT, Kelly hasn't ever given him a vote of confidence...Plus, he had a legit run in with the law last season that might have even caused Kelly to second-guess his leadership. Sure, it's OK for some on their roster to get arrested, but striking an officer kinda makes you lose your job, even for Coach Kelly. I guess it's a good thing he wasn't kicked off the team last fall, right UND fan?
UND should still be quite good in the fall, but the loss of Golson to academics, Eiffert to the NFL, Riddick to graduation, Wood to NFL practice squad (two running backs) will make things interesting. UND's offense will have a QB who's prone to mistakes and fumbles, no sure-handed relief valve underneath and no experienced running back behind Rees.
Our Boilers are in the midst of an overhaul as new coaches try to get all the moving parts to move as a unit. UND's offensive tumult should be a bit of music to our ears as we look ahead to the most difficult schedule in the nation.


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A truly amazing and unique salon is opening later this month. The Industry Hair Studio is located at 4045 E. Broadway, and with their newly fabricated and installed sign you can't miss them!
This sign was printed on vinyl using our large format digital printer and then applied to an acrylic face that is 6 x 18 feet. The sign sits atop a large pole and lights up each night. The art work on this sign is very detailed and unique, much like the salon will be when its doors open!
Think of all the salon services imaginable together in one big place. Then add in some services that you would never even think of, all in a fabulously decorated building, and it still probably won't come close to the amazement you will feel when you hear about this place!
The owner, Greg Yedding, has put together a one of a kind experience for both his clientele and employees. With over 30 years of experience in this industry, he is somewhat of an expert in this field! This 7,600 square foot salon will not only house areas for hair stylists and barbers, manicurists and estheticians but will also have a massage therapy area, a meditation lounge and even a tattoo parlor. Yes, a tattoo parlor! Their website even says they will have a photography studio in house. For more information, check out these links: http://theindustryhairstudio.com/ and http://azstarnet.com/business/local/creating-businesses-within-a-business/article_c6ab325f-f61d-5c06-811d-025073686145.html
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The aims of the proposed Directive as explained by the European Commission are laudable – harmonisation of relevant laws throughout Europe, rationalisation and updating of various laws which have grown up somewhat piecemeal over a long period of time and protection of the consumer to encourage and stimulate online trade. So far so good, but as is so often the case, the devil is in the detail.
Of the many provisions in the draft Directive, there are a couple of aspects in particular which could affect the viability of your business. Rather than being able to select where you sell as at present, you would have to make your goods available throughout the EU – currently 27 member states. You would also have to allow a 14-day 'cooling off' period within which consumers could return the goods and where those goods have a value over £35 you would have to pay the cost of returning them to you. Clearly the cost and administration of these changes will have an effect on all businesses selling to consumers online, but for smaller businesses currently struggling to survive it could be difficult to continue if they have to comply.
Eurochambres, an umbrella organisation of chambers of commerce whose members are largely SME businesses, hopes that the original approach, which was to cut legal costs for businesses wishing to sell cross-border, will prevail and that the recent vote will be overturned before the Directive becomes law which, if it happens, is scheduled for 2013. They have called for a new impact assessment to back up their view.
The Forum of Private Business is concerned that many small online businesses would not be able to cope with a requirement to sell in every EU country. Their chief executive stated: "Many independent online retailers only have the expertise and the infrastructure to sell to the domestic market, or to a select few overseas countries, and some have built themselves up around one particular product which they are only licensed to sell in a certain national market." The Forum has also expressed concerns about potential problems with payment processing, fraud and the need to deal with a raft of local regulations in the various countries.
Vigorous lobbying on these issues is planned by the above organisations and others to which you may wish to add your voice. At the very least, keep an eye on developments, so that you can be prepared for whatever changes may eventually be introduced. In the meantime make sure you are ready to adapt. For further information on the draft Directive or for advice on any contract matters, contact Sue Mann on 0845 003 5639 or
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In the finals of the high jump and pole vault Friday in Goessel, Hillsboro seniors Shaq Thiessen and Tyler Proffitt were competing against no one.
Thiessen had already won the high jump by clearing 6 feet on his second attempt at that height. Peabody-Burns jumpers Braxton Kyle and Seth Topham both topped out at 5-10.
Thiessen still took three attempts at 6-2. A jump a few centimeters higher and he would have been able to arch his back over the bar. Thiessen said a knee tweak from playing basketball the night before had kept him from making that mark. Even so, 6-2 was his personal best from his sophomore season.
"I was seeing if I could get it," Thiessen said. "We've probably only been jumping three days now."
The senior jumper elected not to high jump last season because of nagging back injuries, deciding to run sprints and long jump. He won the long jump easily on Friday with a leap of 21-9, edging out teammate Avery Franz, 19-7. He said he is rusty after a season away from the event.
"My form is a little sketchy," Thiessen said.
Thiessen just missed qualifying for state in the high jump in 2011. He said his goal is to clear 6-4, which would have been good enough for second at state last season. Caney Valley junior Nic Camper cleared 6-6 last year to win the 3A championship.
Proffitt won the pole vault with his very first jump. He entered the field at 11 feet. Second place in the event was Ben Hirsch of Berean Academy at 8-6.
This victory did not prevent Proffitt from jumping several more times, eventually topping out at 13 feet. He took three attempts to clear 13-6, his personal best set last season at the state meet. He did not miss the height by much; Hillsboro pole vault coach Jeff Haslett told Proffitt that he had the requisite height for clearance, but was tapping the bar on his ascent.
"I wanted to get as many jumps as I could," Proffitt said. "This was the first meet I really jumped at."
Proffitt also has another motivation — his primary competitor for the state championship, Austin Jones of Wellsville, has already cleared 14-6 this season. Proffitt says his goal is to clear 15 feet by the state meet.
To accomplish this goal, topping his personal best by nearly a foot and a half, Proffitt is currently transitioning between poles. He is using a 14-foot pole with a weight limit of 165 pounds. He is practicing with a 14-6 pole. He has adjustments to make, holding his hands higher and gathering enough speed on the run up to gain momentum for the jump.
"It's mostly about speed," Proffitt said of pole vaulting.
Proffitt has had a good experience changing poles last season. He transitioned to a longer pole in his final meets last season, using the league and regional competition as an elite training ground. Changing poles allowed Proffitt to top his previous personal best by a foot last season in the state competition, good enough for fifth place.
Thiessen and Proffitt were just two Hillsboro athletes who set the tone for the meet on Friday. Head coach Dennis Boldt said the approach was to load up on individual events.
"We did it today for conditioning purposes," Boldt said. "We go hard. We don't just jog anything."
Boldt pointed out the efforts of distance runners Josh Richert and Emily Sechrist.
Richert won the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11 minutes, 1.8 seconds, the 1,600 with a time of 4:59.40, and 800, 2:11.80. He also competed with Micah Mashburn, Avery Franz, and Proffit on the 4x400 relay team. He ran the anchor leg of the second-place effort, 3:48.50.
"It's incredibly hard," Boldt said of running all of those events.
Sechrist was equally prolific and successful. She also won the 3,200, 11:52.90; 1,600, 5:45.60; and the 800, 2:34. She competed on the third place 4x400 team with Marah Franz, Kennedy Klein, and Tara Proffitt, 4:41.50.
Sechrist's dominance in the 3,200 and 1,600 were expected. She won the 3200 by about a minute and a half and the 1600 by about 67 seconds. She is the returning state champion in the 3,200. She won the 800 by about 5 seconds. Boldt said Sechrist could potentially run an 800 under 2:20, except that focusing on the shorter race takes away from her efforts in the 3,200 and 1,600.
"I bet she could go to state in three or four events," Boldt said. "But, multiple third and fourth places are not as important as one first place."
other results
Girls' high jump — 2. Heather Mayfield, 4-8.
Girls' pole vault — 1. Marah Franz, 8-0. 3. Ashley Bartel, 8-0.
Boys' triple jump — 1. Avery Franz, 39-4.25
Girls' discus — 2. Morganne Hamm, 93-02
Girls' shot put — 3. Taylor Vogt, 27-9.50.
Boys' shot put — 2. Cody Craney, 38-4.
Boys' 1,600 — 3. Grant Knoll, 5:10.
Boys' 3,200 — 2. Knoll, 11:18.10.
Girls' 400 — 2. Mayfield, 1:13.
Girls' 200 — 3. Rhonda Rogers, 30.70.
Girls' 4x100 — 2. Bartel, Rogers, Klein, Tara Proffitt, 57.30.
Boys' 4x100 — 2. Craney, Mashburn, Avery Franz, Tyler Proffitt, 47.90.


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April of 2007 was the first camping trip that my husband and I took together. We didn't have kids yet, but we were joined by our beagle puppy. We decided to go to Cloudland Canyon State Park, which is a nice state park up in the northwest corner of Georgia, near Chattanooga. It's funny to think about that first trip, and our inexperience. 🙂
The walk-in camping (tent only) section of Cloudland Canyon is still one of the more rustic places we've camped. They have 30 sites on one side of the parking lot and off to another side were the bathrooms and the sole water source for all the sites. They were only $6 a night at that time (they're $16/night now!). In those days, my husband worked on Saturdays, so we arrived early Saturday evening, when most of the sites had already been claimed. We chose one of the few remaining ones – which also happened to be one of the farthest away from the bathrooms and water. We got lost on the way there and added an hour to our trip, so we didn't have much time to get the tent set up before it got dark.
I camped with my family a lot as a girl, but stopped once we moved overseas when I was 8. My husband had never camped before, but he is fairly outdoorsy and adventurous. We had registered for camping gear for our wedding and I had spent a lot of time researching some of the other things we would need, namely the tent. We had settled on a pretty expensive one from REI because I wanted something that was good and would last. We chose a bigger one because at the time, being able to stand up completely in the tent seemed important. (The next summer, we bought a much smaller tent that fit our needs better.)
So, our first camping trip, we way overpacked. We had this huge tent, and we brought way too much padding for sleeping. We also brought our huge dog crate, which we lugged all the way from the parking lot to the site and set up into the tent. (That was the only time we brought the crate – our dog did much better just sprawled on our sleeping bags, and the crate was a little ridiculous to bring due to its size.)
We weren't used to setting up the tent so it took us a little while, and was dark by the time we finished. I set about making dinner, while Paul tried to figure out the fire. I don't remember why, but for whatever reason the fire didn't happen that night. We also could not get our camp stove turned on – it was one thing we had never tested before our trip, so we thought it was defective. We ended up eating cold baked beans and graham crackers because they were two things that didn't need to be cooked.
The next morning, our puppy woke us up early. I had a big breakfast planned because that just seemed to be what you do when camping. With the help of the light of day, I realized I had hooked up the stove wrong the night before, so I was glad to see that we would be able to use it to cook. We had a delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast.
We then spent the morning hiking Cloudland Canyon which is beautiful. Our puppy LOVED the many stairs to get down to the falls. She was a bundle of energy. We really, really enjoyed our day exploring the park. In the early afternoon, we went back to the campsite and the dog and I took a nice, delicious nap in the tent. It wasn't hot outside, but I was really warm from hiking so I left the doors of the tent open to catch the breeze. Unfortunately, because of that I woke up to several insects flying around inside.
We've come a long way from those first few trips. Here are some lessons we took away from it:
- For the two of us, a big tent was unnecessary. It took up a lot of space in the trunk and was complicated to set up. Also, the expensive Kelty tent was a little overkill for our needs – we found the much cheaper Walmart tent we bought the next year did just fine.
- We ditched the idea of bringing our dog crate after that trip – it was definitely way too cumbersome and heavy. At that time we thought a tent big enough for also a Pack & Play for any future babies would be important, but once our baby came along that was another item we didn't even consider. 🙂
- We abandoned the memory foam bed topper and extra sleeping bags for padding because they took up SO much room. I wrote more about that here.
- We now test out all new equipment before going camping!
- We now bring jugs of water with us for cooking (easier to carry and keep the water clean), and we usually carry our dishes to the spigot to wash them instead of lugging buckets of water back to the campsite.
- We don't do big breakfasts anymore. Paul hates getting up early, and I felt like we were either eating very late (at like 11am) or I was cooking and eating by myself, which wasn't much fun.
- We don't leave the tent doors wide open due to bugs!
- I realize I take a lot more pictures now. (You can see all the pictures I did take at this album on Flickr.)
We have yet to camp at Cloudland Canyon since then, but we really need to. It was a great campground and had a lot of activities to keep the whole family occupied. (We did stay in a cabin there a few years later, and got a chance to explore all the playgrounds!)


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MarTech Today: Kiosked's 360-degree video/still ad wrapper, Taykey's trends data for targeting & the hot topic of location
Barry Levine on June 17, 2016 at 9:00 am
Here's our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
- Kiosked launches wrapper so any 360-degree video/still can fit into any mobile IAB ad format
Jun 16, 2016 by Barry Levine
The wrapped video/still can then be served through a brand's regular ad ecosystem.
- How to quickly find and export all subdomains indexed by Google
Jun 16, 2016 by Max Prin
Performing an SEO audit? Contributor Max Prin demonstrates how to find all of a website's indexed subdomains using a simple (and free) Chrome plugin.
- 4 reasons to love the Marketing Technology Landscape supergraphic
Jun 16, 2016 by Erik Matlick
With the martech landscape hitting the 3,500 mark, it's easy to get overwhelmed. But columnist Erik Matlick explains why the bevy of choices represents an incredible opportunity.
- Taykey opens Trends Advertising targeting to programmatic
Jun 16, 2016 by Ginny Marvin
Advertisers can combine cookie-based audiences with Taykey's real-time trends data to automatically target audiences reading and sharing relevant content.
- Why location is the hottest topic in digital marketing right now
Jun 15, 2016 by Greg Sterling
Location data offer a goldmine of insights that marketers cannot afford to ignore.
From Around The Web:
- Google opens a Research Center in Europe, techcrunch.com
- Mark Zuckerberg's foundation is investing millions in Nigeria's Andela coder training center, qz.com
- Pinterest Acquires Team That Built Fleksy Inc., www.wsj.com
- Give Me Some Love: Ad Tech & Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, www.cmswire.com
- Marketing tech company Performance Horizon raises $15.4M, techcrunch.com
- The ripple effect of a market correction in adtech, venturebeat.com
- The Secret Life of Brands: What Image-Recognition Technology Reveals, www.adweek.com
- What You Need to Know about Apple's Massive iOS 10 Release, 3qdigital.com
- Facebook rolls out a new look for Messenger, techcrunch.com
- 9 Visual Tools to Create Awesome Social Media Images, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
- Eye Tracking Shows Mobile Video Ads Embedded in Articles Perform Better Than on Social, www.adweek.com
- The future of VR lies with collaborative experiences, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech Today. Staff authors are listed here.


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One of UK's top performance road car events is set to take place for the 15th time at the end of July. Ten of the Best (TOTB), organised by Straightliners Ltd, aimed at finding the best all round cars and drivers in the UK. 'Handling', top speed and a 1/4m drag strip are used to determine the best of the best street-legal cars and drivers. TOTB is also an opportunity for competitors and spectators to experience the raw power and performance of the best modern high tech / high spec cars and retro classics. Thousands of spectators and hundreds of competitors and car clubs will pour into the grounds (Elvington Airfield, North Yorkshire, England) over the last weekend in July (30th & 31st July).
Essential the participant vehicles are regular (road) cars that have been souped up and modified, some to the extreme. TOTB attracts drivers hoping to break UK or world records and to prove their modified cars' performance and their abilities to the public. All cars that compete in the main competition class are road legal, taxed, tested and insured. There is also a new "pro-drag class" for the ultimate drag specific cars. In addition many of the entrants have built and modified their own vehicles, while others represent the cream of the crop from the tuners and garages that specialise in the types of cars that compete. The three areas of competition are:
- Handling - sharp cornering, acceleration and braking
- Top speed - the fastest over a kilometre
- Drag strip - over a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m)
- FWD (front wheel drive)
- RWD (rear wheel drive)
- 4WD (four wheel drive)
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Mark Juergensmeyer Elected Vice President of the AAR
November 9, 2006
Contact: Steve Herrick
Mark Juergensmeyer has been elected Vice President of the AAR. His one-year term as Vice President begins November 18, 2006. In that role, he will serve on the Program Committee and be in line to serve as AAR President in 2009.
Dr. Juergensmeyer is Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, Professor of Sociology, and affiliate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has also served as Dean of Hawaii, Asian, and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawaii. His M.Div. is from Union Theological Seminary in New York, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science are from the University of California, Berkeley.
He has been an AAR member for more than 30 years, participating in panels at a dozen Annual Meetings, serving on the JAAR editorial board and several task forces and committees, chairing the Committee on the Public Understanding of Religion, and serving as President of the Western Region.
Dr. Juergensmeyer has written 200 articles and a dozen books. His most recent is the Oxford Handbook of Global Religions (Oxford University Press, 2006). His Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence (University of California Press, revised edition, 2003) was named by the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times as one of the best nonfiction books of the year. A previous book The New Cold War? Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State (University of California Press, 1993) was named by the New York Times as one of the notable books of the year.
Dr. Juergensmeyer has been a frequent commentator in the news media, including the BBC, CNN, Fox News, NPR, Politically Incorrect, and the Dennis Miller Show.
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Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton rose to move, That the draft regulations laid before the House on 19th June be approved [24th Report from the Joint Committee].
The noble Baroness said: My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. I am very pleased to introduce the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003, which will help to protect the marine environment. Ships generate wasteof various kindsin the course of their voyages. They have to dispose of that waste. If ships cannot rely on being able to discharge their waste at a reception facility in port, they may resort to discharging their waste at sea. Therefore, one sure way of reducing pollution of seas and coasts is to make certain that waste reception facilities are available in ports, and that they are easy to use and cost effective.
This is not a new idea; it has been widely recognised within the international community of maritime states for some years. The provision of adequate waste reception facilities in ports is one of the requirements of the International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution by Ships (MARPOL 73/78).
The United Kingdom introduced its own legislation several years ago to put this principle into effect in the Merchant Shipping (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 3018), which successfully govern the UK's existing port waste management planning regime. The UK's existing regulations apply to all United Kingdom ports, using the term "port" to apply to all ports, harbours, terminals, marinas, piers and jetties. The UK's waste reception regime is based on plans that are based, in turn, on consultation.
Subsequently, a proposal for European Community legislation was also initiated. The UK played a very active role in developing the EC measureDirective 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residueswhich was published in the official journal of the European Communities on 28th December 2000. These regulations transpose the EC directive. In addition, because the UK's regime has worked well since its inception, the regulations are designed to retain most of the elements of the existing UK regime which are consistent with the directive.
The directive introduces three significant new requirements in addition to those already in the UK's regime. The first additional requirement is for ships to provide notification, prior to their entry into port, of the waste that they will discharge at that port, including information about types and quantities of waste. The second requirement is for ships to deliver their waste to port reception facilities before leaving port. There is, none the less, provision for ships to keep their waste on board and proceed to the next port of call if they have sufficient dedicated storage capacity for the waste which has been, and will be, accumulated during the voyage.
The third significant additional requirement is for a mandatory fee to be collected from ships in respect of the costs of port reception facilities for ship-generated waste, with a charging system that is designed so that it provides no incentive to ships to discharge their waste into the sea. The directive also makes other consequential or minor changes. I commend these regulations to the House.
Moved, That the draft regulations laid before the House on 19th June be approved [24th Report from the Joint Committee].(Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton.)
Baroness Byford: My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the new regulations on merchant shipping waste reception facilities, which obviously we support. We welcome any measure that reduces pollution at sea. I have a few questions for the noble Baroness. If, however, she would prefer to answer some of them in writing, that would be perfectly acceptable.
First, Regulation 4 refers to,
Secondly, the Minister said that these were EU measures, which I accept; that is fine. Will they be implemented in a similar fashion? In other words, will each of the European ports have the same system and charge fees to enhance these new regulations, or is there discretion within each member state to decide to apply and finance the requirement in whatever way it considers relevant to its state?
Thirdly, can the Minister confirm that the "significant contribution" towards the cost of such facilities under Regulation 14 will be kept to a minimum? Further, will that contribution vary in each port within the UK? I understand from the regulation that that may depend on the amount of waste discharged, but will there be a sliding scale? How will that be achieved? Again, that is not defined in the regulation. These are small, but important points.
The regulations make it clear that the charges should be kept to a minimum since a modest charge would lessen the risk of dumping at sea. What form of risk assessment has been undertaken of that? Unfortunately any charge is likely to encourage dumping at sea, which is the last thing anyone wants.
Regulation 14(2) states that the charge,
I understand that the costs are to be small, but can the Minister say whether the costs charged to the harbour will go towards paying the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's monitoring and enforcement unit, which I understand may incur additional costs of around Ł43,000, or will that sum be sponsored directly by the Government, so that the charges levied on ships entering the port will be relevant only to the facilities being provided by the individual port? Again, that point is not made clear in the regulations.
As I have said, these are only small points, but they are important. If the Minister is not able to respond to them all at this point, I shall be happy for her to write to me.
Baroness Harris of Richmond: My Lords, I rise simply to say that noble Lords on the Liberal Democrat Benches agree with the regulations.
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton: My Lords, I shall seek to respond to all the questions put to me by the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, but I shall of course write to her on any points that I do not cover.
The compliance costs to industry seem likely to be small, assuming that the 154,000 arrivals into UK ports in 2001 may be taken as a guide for future years. The Department for Transport estimates that the costs of these processes may be in the order of Ł500,000 per annum; that is, representing a cost of Ł3 per arrivalaround 0.1 per cent of the average costs to a ship.
The increased costs will be met from the fees charged and no additional taxpayers' money will be spent. All EC ports will apply the directive, but there will be variations between states because these are allowed under the terms of the directive.
The noble Baroness asked about the "reasonable" or "unreasonable" detention of a vessel. That is a matter which ultimately would have to be addressed by the courts. The term "normal" is not defined; it is a term that is normally assessed against reasonable behaviour. However, I appreciate that it may need a little further clarification.
There will be administrative costs to the harbour authority and terminal operator. Nevertheless, all the indications suggest that the new provisions stemming from the directive will place only a small additional compliance cost on the UK ports industry. As regards the detailed point put to me by the noble Baroness about enforcement costs and the Coastguard Agency, I shall write to her.
I thank both noble Baronesses. I commend the regulations to the House.
On Question, Motion agreed to.
Baroness Pitkeathley: My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. I am very glad to be taking this Bill in your Lordships' House. It is a small but very important piece of legislation for the families concerned. I am grateful to my honourable friend the Member for Birmingham Hall Green for introducing the Bill and for his successful stewardship of it through the other place. I read with interest the debates held there and was pleased to note the very broad cross-party support generated for the Bill. I hope that noble Lords will similarly feel able to support it.
It is a short Bill with simple intent. It is limited to a single objective which is largely compassionate in nature. Its purpose is to allow a man's name to be entered as the child's father on the birth register and on the birth certificate when a child has been born following fertility treatment after the man has died. In my view, this measure is long overdue. I hope your Lordships agree that it is not a controversial proposal.
That is not to say that there are no contentious issues underlying or associated with these matters. There are enormously important and difficult ethical and legal matters in this area. It could hardly be otherwise when we are talking about something so fundamental as human reproduction. The names of noble Lords on the speakers' list for the debate remind us of that. However, the Bill is not deeply involved in those issues and debates. It seeks only to make a simple and straightforward change for the purposes of birth registration.
I accept that the deeper philosophical and ethical issues should be thoroughly debatedthere is no doubt about thatand that they should be kept constantly under review, especially given the pace of technological advance in this area. That does not mean that consideration of the Bill is the appropriate place to resolve those issues, important and emotive though they are.
The law currently is that when a man dies during a pregnancy he may be treated as the father of the child with all the legal rights which follow from that. But under Section 28(6) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, a man may not be treated as the father of a child for any purpose where his sperm or an embryo created using it was then used after his death. For example, it may be the case that a couple were undergoing fertility treatment, but the man died before that treatment was completed. Or it may be that a man's sperm, or an embryo created using that sperm, was put into storage while he underwent treatment for a condition such as cancer, during which he tragically died, and the sperm or embryo was subsequently used
In these cases there is no doubt that the child was wanted by both parents, and no doubt about who is the father. Nevertheless, the current law prevents the man's name being recorded as the father. The legislation was originally framed in this way to prevent difficulties in winding up a man's estate. Because sperm can be stored for up to 39 yearsalthough the statutory storage period is only 10 yearsthere is no doubt that if rights of inheritance or succession were to arise, this could be a substantial problem.
The aim of the Bill therefore is to give only a symbolic recognition in law to children who, as the law stands, have no legal father. I wish to make it very clear that its purpose is no more than that. The Bill is not concerned with matters of inheritance, nationality or any other legal status. It is deliberately limited to allow the name of the father to be put on a child's birth certificate where currently the law insists there must be a blank space. I know your Lordships will understand that a blank space on a birth certificate is distressing for a child. It is an unfair situation which should never have arisen. We now have a chance to put matters right.
The Bill outlines four circumstances in which deceased men may be registered as fathers. The first relates to a situation where a couple were married before the man's death and the woman uses his sperm, or an embryo created by using his sperm, to conceive a child after the man's death. This is covered by proposed subsection (5A) within Clause 1. The second circumstance is where a couple were not married but were being treated together before the man's death and the woman uses his sperm, or an embryo created by using his sperm, to conceive a child after the man's death is listed. This is covered by proposed subsection (5B).
The third circumstance is where the couple were married and the embryo was created before the man's death using donor sperm and the woman used the embryo after the man's death to conceive. This is covered by proposed subsection (5C). The final circumstance is where the couple were not married but were being treated together and where an embryo was created using donor sperm which is used after the man's death to conceive a child. This is covered by proposed subsection (5D).
I am sure that your Lordships will know of mothers and children who have found themselves in such circumstances and who have campaigned long and hard for a change in the law. I pay tribute to them for their determination. It is doubly unfair that they have had the tragic loss of their husband or partner compounded by this injustice to their child or children.
The Bill is retrospective in so far as its provisions deal not only with future cases but also with existing ones. I believe that it is right that it should do so. It applies to cases where the sperm or embryo was used on or after 1st August 1991, which is when the 1990
The Bill is of great importance to the mothers of these children. It will be of increasing importance to the children themselves as they grow up and begin asking questions about who they are and where they have come from. The Bill will give them a symbolic recognition of their legitimacy where they currently have none.
As your Lordships will know, it is unusual to make legislation retrospective. I would understand any Member of your Lordships' House feeling uneasy at the prospect. However, I believe that in this case it is right to do so.
The Bill also makes very clear the need for proper consent. This is made explicit in the circumstances contained in proposed subsections (5A) to (5D), which I have outlined. Except in the case of men who died before the provisions of the Bill came into force, it is required that the man who is to be registered as the father must have consented in writing and not have withdrawn his consent. This means consent to the use of his sperm, or an embryo created by using his sperm, after his death by his wife or his partner. It also means consent to being regarded as the father of any resulting child on the birth certificate. Where donor sperm is used, the man must have consented in writing, and not have withdrawn his consent, to the placing in the woman of the embryo after his death. Again, he must also have consented to being regarded as the father of any resulting child on the birth certificate. This is a clear safeguard in the Bill in terms of consent.
In addition, the registrar will require proof of the treatment undertaken in the form of a certificate of a registered medical practitioner. The registrar may also require other documentary evidence if it is considered appropriate.
I have tried to give an outline of a tightly focused Bill which seeks to correct an injustice which I am sure all noble Lords recognise. I have referred to symbolic recognition. I do not under-estimate the importance of what is symbolised or signalled in the House. If the Bill becomes law, it will signal a proper recognition of the rights of children who are growing up today and provide a clear process for such cases in the future. While narrow in scope and consequence, as I have emphasised, the Bill will make a real difference to mothers and children who find themselves in a situation where, as the law stands, there is no legal father.
Your Lordships may be aware of a declaration of incompatibility of the law as it stands with human rights legislation. In my view, that provides an additional impetus to change the law. But, fundamentally, the Bill represents the right thing to do, the decent thing to do, for those mothers and their children who find themselves in these tragic circumstances. It represents an opportunity for Parliament to put right its earlier attempts to legislate in this area. It would be of great comfort to a child's
Moved, That the Bill be now read a second time.(Baroness Pitkeathley.)
Baroness Warnock: My Lords, I rise warmly to support the Bill and to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, on the clarity with which she has set out its provisions.
As she said, the main provision of the Bill is that a posthumous child, born as a result of using the frozen sperm of his dead father, may be registered as a child of that father, with the father's name appearing on the birth certificate, without thereby the child being able to claim any legal rights or legal status in consequence. I am pleased that the legislation should be retrospective. That is absolutely fair. It will not cover a very large number of children; it will cover those born from 1991 onwards.
It seems such a simple and satisfactory provision that I can only wonder why the committee of inquiry, of which I was chairman and the report of which led to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, did not think of it at the time. I believe that it is absolutely right that the name of a child's biological father should, wherever possible, be part of the registration of the child's birth.
The committee of inquiry was fairly strongly opposed to the use of assisted conception to bring about the birth of a posthumous child largely on the grounds of the possible psychological damage that might be caused if, for example, a widow who had remarried and had other children decided to use her first husband's sperm and to have a child by that husband after all.
Looking back, it seems to me that the committee spent a great deal of time inventing these kinds of rather fanciful cases in order to protect its back and to prevent people bringing them up later. It was trying to forestall criticism. However, such objections seem to be rather fanciful now.
We were also alarmed by the thought that if a posthumous child were, so to speak, lying in wait to be born, it would be impossible to wind up the father's estate or to settle the succession to a title or whatever else might be at issue. We therefore recommended that its paternity, if it was ever realised, should be disregarded altogether. That recommendation became part of the 1990 Act.
We never even thought of separating the registration of the biological father from the legal implications of his paternity. To make that separation now seems to me an admirable and simple solution, as it preserves the crucial aim of registration; namely, to record the historical truth.
However, I have reservations about one aspect of the Bill, contained in proposed new subsections (5C) and (5D) of the proposed amendment to the 1990 Act.
I have no doubt that when, later, the issue of the status of donors, whether of sperm or eggs, falls to be discussed, if Parliament were then to decide that the words "by donor" or "by donation" should appear on the birth certificate of a child born by donation, the present Bill could be suitably amended. My anxiety about those provisions is therefore in a way irrelevant to the present debate. I mention them only as a marker for an issue that may come up for debate in future, in the hope that the outcome will not seem to have been pre-empted by these clauses in this Bill. Meanwhile, I hope that the Bill has a swift passage.
Baroness Hayman: My Lords, I shall speak very briefly on a Bill which, as the noble Baroness, Lady, Warnock, said, was introduced very ably and with great clarity by my noble friend Lady Pitkeathley. My noble friend made it clear to us that this was not an appropriate occasion to deal with the enormous underlying moral and ethical considerations involved in IVF and assisted conception. The noble Baroness, Lady Warnock, made the same observation. Like her, however, I shall put a marker down on one issue that is of concern to me.
At the beginning, however, I want to make it clear that it is absolutely appropriate that the Bill should deal with the anomaly in question. I fully support the introduction of the Bill. Unusually, for a legislator, I welcome the retrospective nature of it and am in some ways more comfortable with those retrospective provisions, as my concerns are for the future. Those children and families already exist; from all we have heard, there is undoubtedly a strong feeling among those families that the paternity of the children involved should be properly recognised. They want the compassionate cases in relation to human rights legislation to be recognised, and it is absolutely appropriate on this occasion that we should act retrospectively.
I wish to address the issue of consent, and to flag up that I was reassured that consent was dealt with so comprehensively in the Bill, as it was not in earlier versions of the legislation. I am concerned about consent because of the momentous nature of the decision involved in deliberately bringing into the world a posthumous child. I speak with great trepidation, because those of us who have not experienced the pain of infertility or bereavement, let alone the agony of the combination of the two, should tread very delicately when it comes to dictating to others what they should do. I would not want to do
Equally, I would not wish there to be taken from what is an appropriate piece of legislation to ensure that we do not mistreat children in this situation an assumption that the healthy, normal and absolutely expected course of action were someone to be found in these terrible circumstances would be to go ahead. In the late 1980s, I served on the ethics committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists that was set up to examine the issues and prepare evidence for the committee on which the noble Baroness, Lady Warnock, served. In my own mind, I found that a helpful way in which to consider the issues was that the purpose of assisted conception treatment should be to enable people whose choices had been taken away from them to have the same choices as those whose fertility was normal. That always helps me with the issues relating to very latepost-menopausal, for examplepregnancies.
Exactly the same is true in this case. The choices should be available, but we have an overwhelming concern with the welfare with the child. We acknowledge that existing families come in all shapes and sizes and that spectacularly good parenting goes on in single-parent families. Equally, however, we have a concern that when society puts an imprimatur of ethical acceptance on a practice, the deepest consideration should be given. It is wrong to lecture people about how they would behave, because of course that very small number of people who are in this desperate situation will have that consideration. Equally, however, we know that in the first flush of bereavement and distress, people are always told not to make decisions, not to decide for 12 months where they are going to live or make major life changes.
We are talking about an enormous and major life change, not only for the widow but also for the child to come. I believe that the climate in which those decisions are made by individuals, by their clinicians, the HFEA and ultimately by us as legislators should be one in which we give the utmost scrutiny to individual decisions. For me, it is very important that the consent provisions in the Bill are so clearly laid out. On that basis, I welcome it.
Lord Winston: My Lords, I shall speak very briefly following three very eloquent speeches in support of the Bill. First, I am grateful for the excellent appraisal given by the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, who introduced the Bill with clarity and eloquence. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Warnock, and my noble friend Lady Hayman for their support of the Bill.
It is clear that currently there is discrimination between children born by artificial reproductive means and those conceived naturally. Clearly that is wrong and needs to be sorted by the Bill, as it will be. These are not common instances. In my own unit at Hammersmith, which is a major cancer centre, we possibly deal with more of these patients than anywhere else in the south-east of England. In one year we might see one or two cases at most in which, during the course of treatment or subsequently where there are embryos or sperm in store, a husband has died of a cancer partly because treatment has not fulfilled its entire purpose. Therefore, this Bill is to be greatly welcomed on their behalf.
Like my noble friend, I have no problem at all with the retrospective aspects of the legislation, dealt with in Clause 3(6)(a) to (c). That seems to me utterly sensible.
Perhaps my only criticism of the Bill is that it has taken so long for it to be presented to Parliament. Some of us recall that the issue really came to public attention in 1995 with the death of Stephen Blood, his wife's valiant attempts to try to get fertility treatment, which clearly accorded with the wishes of her late husband, and the difficulties she went through. Apropos what the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, says, in retrospect perhaps we could say that Diane Blood was dealt with in a very heavy-handed fashion. It might have been better had our regulatory authority paid more careful attention to what she was actually trying to tell it. However, that is now past history. I am very glad that this anomaly can be sorted out.
I wish to address one point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Warnock. Although it is not part of this Bill, we should certainly debate the issue of donor insemination again in this Chamber. There is considerable disquiet about the nature of parenthood. It is a very complicated issue. However, with all due respect, I do not think that it is very easy simply to put on a birth certificate, "Father by donor". In fact, that might inhibit parents telling the truth to their children. Curiously, it could have exactly the opposite effect to that desired.
There is a real problem, I think, in openness. I agree with what the noble Baroness says about donor insemination. But many parents who undergo donor insemination are increasingly hesitant about telling their children the truth. Therefore, anything we can do to persuade people of the openness of the family relationship and the nature of conception must be in the child's interest. Otherwise the child may find out by mistake, usually at puberty or when a marriage breaks up, that there is a problem. For that reason, it would be welcome if we could debate this issue in some detail. It teases out many important issues about parentage.
This Bill will be welcomed by all of my professionby the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, which has no problem with it, but particularly by the practitioners who see these difficult cases every day. I very much hope that the Bill's parliamentary passage will be concluded as speedily as possible.
Lord Lester of Herne Hill: My Lords, like every other speaker I should like first to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, on introducing the Bill so powerfully and clearly. For that matter, I should also like to congratulate the Government, through the Department of Health, who have clearly sponsored the Bill although it is in the form of a Private Member's Bill.
I should begin by declaring an unusual professional interest. I was a legal midwife to two posthumous children of Diane BloodI am glad that she is in the Gallery todayin the sense that I represented her in the original proceedings against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. I believe, as I shall now explain, that this Bill really should be known as the Diane Blood Bill. There is no question but that, without her efforts, this Bill would never have been introduced or, I hope, enacted.
The noble Lord, Lord Winston, has already referred to the somewhat heavy-handed approach of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in that case. Noble Lords may recall that what happened was that Diane Blood was prevented from proceeding as she wished because of the statute and the absence of written consent by her late husband Stephen. We brought legal proceedings which eventually ripened into a judgment by Lord Woolf of Barnesone of those rare judges who makes both parties feel they have had a fair hearing, the loser as much as the winner. In a compassionate and humane judgment, Lord Woolf essentially said that European Community law would come to Diane Blood's rescue, that she could go to Belgium in order to obtain the treatment denied to her under English law. She went to Belgium and as a result of that she was able to give birth to her two bonnie boys, Liam and Joel.
That must be one of the most creative enterprises that I as a lawyer have ever been involved with. For once I indirectly helped forensically to create human life. It is good to know that one sometimes can do that. The noble Lord, Lord Winston, as he will recall, was ready to give expert evidence in that case as well. So it was a kind of family occasion. Unfortunately the authority, having lost the case on that aspect, to my astonishment asked for legal costs against Diane Blood. That I thought at the time was a bleak judgment on the authority's part. Her father had had to mortgage his house in order to pay for those proceedings.
The next phase of her heroic struggle was that she then sought to be able to register Stephen as the father on behalf of her children. That was refused. However, the Department of Health, entirely properly, eventually after the McLean report, introduced a Bill like this one which failed only because of lack of parliamentary time when the last general election was called. At that point Diane Blood's lawyersby this time I was not involved in the case; my colleague Tom de la Mare was involvedhad to bring judicial review proceedings and proceedings threatened before the European Court of Human Rights in order to obtain the necessary decision by the Department of Health.
What then happened was quite extraordinary. For two years the Department of Health fought the case tooth and nail, urged that no case be brought before the Strasbourg court, resisted the case in the English courts, and then at the last minute, no doubt instructed by competent counsel, realised that its position was quite hopeless. It was quite hopeless because the European Convention on Human Rights guarantees the rights of these children, to their private life and to non-discrimination. So, very late in the day, the Department of Health appeared with counsel for Diane Blood and also Mrs Tarbuck, the other applicant, and they agreed to a consent order.
The consent order consented to the fact that the statute is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. It has to be retrospective simply because if it were not retrospective, then Diane Blood and Mrs Tarbuck would have to go to the European Court of Human Rights and the United Kingdom Government would inevitably face condemnation before that court. So there is no doubt that the retrospectivity in this case is not only desirable but absolutely necessary.
The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a member, reported on why it considered that there was no human rights issue that needed to be drawn to the attention of Parliament. For those who are interested in reading that report, it is the 8th Report of Session 200203, House of Lords Paper 90. I did not take part in those proceedings because I was professionally interested, as the report records.
I have to make two other mild criticisms. One is that, after all this agony and protracted legal proceedings, the question of costs arose. At that point the judge, Mr Justice Sullivan, ordered indemnity costs against the Department of Health. That is a very serious step to take because it means that in the view of the learned judge the department has behaved unreasonably in its pursuit of the legal proceedings.
The other mildly critical remark I need to make is about the Explanatory Notes. I know that this is a Private Member's Bill and, therefore, no Minister had to sign a compatibility statement under the Human Rights Act that in her or his view it was compatible with the convention. As the Minister will know, however, it is now accepted practice for Ministers to ensure that the Explanatory Notes deal with any human rights convention issue so that parliamentarians can know what they are.
The Explanatory Notes are admirable in explaining the content and general objects of the Bill but they are completely silent about the convention issues. Although the noble Lord, Lord Winston, referred to the convention and the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, also referred to retrospectivity and to the declaration of incompatibility, I do think that as a matter of good administration some of what I said in this overlong speech should have appeared in the Explanatory Notes so that at least parliamentarians would know absolutely the full position. I in no way criticise the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, but it seems to me, if I may say so with great respect, that the department ought to have made that all clear.
Noble Lords will now understand, I hope, first, why this is really the Diane Blood Bill and, secondly, why retrospective remedies had to be provided to avoid ultimate international humiliation before the European Court. So speaking as a legal midwife I support the Bill but from the Front Bench on behalf of the Liberal Democrats we welcome the Bill more generally.
Baroness Noakes: My Lords, let me start by paying tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, for agreeing to shepherd this Bill through your Lordships' House. Her commitment to the issues underlying the Bill was made very, very clear in her elegant and clear speech.
This is a Private Member's Bill from another place and as such is fitted into the margins of your Lordships' business, but it is a real mystery why this is a Private Member's Bill at all. In all but name it appears to be a government Bill. For example, the Department of Health prepared the Explanatory Notes. Indeed, it should have been a government Bill.
The Bill does two things which are the Government's responsibility. First, it implements some of the recommendations of the study by Professor McLean that came out in 1998. Those recommendations were accepted by the Government but not acted upon. Secondly, it responds to the declaration of the High Court on incompatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights, which the noble Lord, Lord Lester, just explained in some detail. The Government could have used the fast track procedure to amend the 1990 Act but chose to sit on the sidelines. It is getting to be something of a habit in the health sphere for the Government to use the private Member's procedure as a way of supplementing their own programme
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Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples Game Night gets kicked up a notch when Max's charismatic brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler), arranges a murder mystery party, complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents. So, when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all part of the game…right? But as the six uber-competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they begin to discover that neither this "game"— nor Brooks—are what they seem to be.Over the course of one chaotic night, the friends find themselves increasingly in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn. With no rules, no points, and no idea who all the players are, this could turn out to be the most fun they've ever had…or game over.
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If you are involved in select fields of activity, there is every possibility you would have been wearing yourself or noticed others wearing clothes or accessories with embroidery on them. These fields include any kind of sporting activity, hospitality industry and the healthcare field and so on. Embroidery is mostly used as a distinct form of identity and one can make out from the colours and the design as to what institution the wearer of the embroidered piece belongs to. Of course, one must add that there are items with embroidered designs on them given out as complements as well. If you wish to engage an agency offering embroidery service Brisbane wide, get to know what all services they offer and how you can utilise their services.
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Embroidery has been around for ages. It was mostly done by hand earlier. The stitching was laboriously handled with different coloured threads and the appropriate needles. However, that has now been replaced through technology by machines, which have taken the skill itself to a much higher level. If you were to visit the Brisbane city embroidery firm and went around their production floor, you are sure to find a line of machines with threads of every hue and colour connected and a microprocessor to programme the stitching of the desired design. These machines are capable of bringing out some amazing logos and ensigns that you want.
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Furthermore, one can select any of Queensland embroidery businessagencies as they have long years of experience in handling the embroidery work and are usually able to handle the services for different types of customers. As mentioned, there would be corporate embroidery where companies prescribe a particular uniform with the company's logo embroidered, normally on the left breast pocket. Other work wear embroidery is also a part of this category. Sportswear, bags and badges can also be issued with embroidery on them. Hence, you name it and such embroidery firms will take care of every kind of work. More information at http://doree.com.au/
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Emma, the slaughter bound equine burn survivor living with Dr. Carlson's family is starting to turn a corner after the devastating accident that burned 60% of her left side and hindquarters. Dr. Carlson presented Emma's case at the Midwest Horse Fair and discussed new findings of Emma's recent custom holistic test. After recently upgrading the software and receiving training last week, Dr. Carlson chose to look at Emma's current state. The results of this test show an incredibly sensitivity on the part of the software system to read and predict Emma's current state of mind and the supplements she needs to improve her health and mental state.
There are the results from Emma's Custom Holistic Test. You'll notice on the base screening the top three things that are currently problematic for Emma. This includes her connective tissues as you would expect with the considerable damage to her skin from first, second and third degree burns including muscle involvement. Her endocrine system, kidneys and small intestine are chronically stressed. At this time, she shows some sensitivities to a few items including her favorite, apples, so it's recommended to eliminate those items from her diet. She will be SO sad about the apples!
What's really striking in this custom test is the Bach Flower Remedies recommended for Emma. You'll notice four: Star of Bethlehem, crabapple, water violet and oak. Here's a rundown from the Bach website of the items recommended in the software system to clear Emma's complicated emotions:
Star of Bethlehem: given for shock. The trauma Emma sustained is showing up here and no doubt it was a severe shock and trauma to her system. http://www.bachflower.org/star_of_bethlehem.htm
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Water Violet: Indicates a "stiff upper lip" according to Bach's website. This is a strong personality and Emma definitely has had to be strong to survive and overcome her situation http://www.bachflower.org/water_violet.htm
Oak: This is needed for Emma's strong personality, ability to overcome diversity. She has been so incredibly strong and determined to live. http://www.bachflower.org/water_violet.htm
Emma has come a long way in the healing process. Her burns are starting to dry and become more stable on a day to day basis. She's very sweet and loves attention. The feeling is that by using the Bach Flower Remedies in Emma's treatment plan it can help calm this horse who has been through severe shock and trauma and still represents a personality that is surviving. Sometimes Emma can be difficult to handle because she is so strong, determined and Type A. A definitely personality she needed to live through that hell in the kill pen, running through an auction burned with no pain relief. A combination of conventional and holistic medicine was used to help Emma so far and we will now add in the recommended products on the top photo of her recent MSA scan. To stay updated on Emma's condition, please follow her Facebook page, Emma On Her Way Equine Burn Survivor Rehab.


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Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership
by Linda A. Hill
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Release Date: June 2003
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New managers must learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance between delegation and control. It is a transition many fail to make. This book traces the experiences of nineteen new managers over the course of their first year in a managerial capacity. Reveals the complexity of the transition and analyzes the expectations of the managers, their subordinates, and their superiors. New managers describe how they reframed their understanding of their roles and responsibilities, how they learned to build effective work relationships, how and when they used individual and organizational resources, and how they learned to cope with the inevitable stresses of the transformation. They describe what it was like to take on a new identity. Two themes emerge: first the transition from individual contributor to manager is a profound psychological adjustment--a transformation; second, the process of becoming a manager is primarily one of learning from experience. Through trial and error, observation and interpretation, the new managers learned what it took to become effective business leaders.
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Preface to the Second Edition
I: Learning What It Means to Be a Manager
1: Setting the Stage
2: Reconciling Expectations
3: Moving Toward a Managerial Identity
II: Developing Interpersonal Judgment
4: Exercising Authority
5: Managing Subordinates' Performance
III: Confronting the Personal Side of Management
6: Gaining Self-Knowledge
7: Coping with the Stresses and Emotions
IV: Managing the Transformation
8: Critical Resources for the First Year
9: Easing the Transformation
V: Dispelling the Myths of Management
10: Exercising Influence Without Formal Authority
11: Building an Effective Team
12: Learning for a Lifetime
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My students watched, numb and quiet, as they let the words from France 24 wash over them. After we watched the international reactions, one of my students said idly, 'What next?'
I said, in as even a tone as possible, 'When war or terrorism happens, people in general tend to become more "little-c" conservative [to distinguish from Conservative parties] and a little more insular.' It was as much as I wanted to say. I talked about the 7 July bombings in London, how London reacted, and we talked about assimilation and culture in Europe. I don't like using tragedy as teachable moments, but it was important for them to begin processing.
After school, chatting with a colleague, I let bitterness and pessimism take over as I said, "Donald Trump will be the next president, and Britain will leave the European Union." I felt sick as I said it, as if it were a premonition. I feel sick as I think of it now. My even tone in class had fallen away, and I felt angry, as I never had before.
It is not the time to close borders, to hate and to fear. But we will. It has become the first response to this distress. But I choose to celebrate Brussels and the idea of the European Union which was attacked on the 22nd of March.
May there be no next time. – SDM
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