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New vehicle in town
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|Bob and Beth Straw cruise down Virginia St. in Urbanna in their Low Speed Vehicle.
|Chris Germaine of Minter's Golf Sales in Tappahannock shows Bob Straw the cart's battery power pack.
The electric cart has all the necessary equipment that makes it equal to a car legally, but is missing some of the negative things, said Bob Straw. It produces almost no emissions, it runs quietly, it can't speed, and it's very easy to park. "We're going to make it pay for itself," he said.
Straw said golf carts could be a good fit on Urbanna's streets, and he hopes the town council will approve an ordinance authorizing their use in town. Golf carts came up during council's August meeting and the matter was sent to the public safety committee for study.
Mayor Beatrice Taylor said she would like to know how the Middlesex Sheriff's Office feels about the use of golf carts on the streets of Urbanna.
Town administrator Lewis Filling said VDOT would not allow golf carts on Virginia Street or Route 227 (Watling and Cross streets).
Jurisdictions that allow golf carts on some streets include Colonial Beach, Norfolk, Newport News and Morattico, said Chris Germaine of Minter's Golf Cart Sales in Tappahannock, which sold the Straws their LSV. "Although some communities will let you drive golf carts on the street, the Tomberlin LSV can be driven on most city streets," he said.
The LSV is manufactured to meet federal standards. It has seat belts, four-wheel disc brakes, lights, turn signals, windshield wipers. It does have state tags, but does not need a state inspection, added Germaine.
Its top speed is about 25 miles per hour and is permitted by law to travel on roads with speed limits of 35 mph or less. It also is permitted to cross over roads with higher speed limits, said Germaine.
The base price of the LSV is $6,000.
Bob Straw said high gasoline prices and concern for the environment are causing some people to consider alternative types of transportation. "The gasoline marriage is over, we've had a good time, but we've got to change," he said. "I really think that in 10 years from now half the vehicles will be electric."
Another factor may have entered into the Straw's decision to go green. "This is some toy," he said smiling wide on his first trip through the neighborhood.
Since the LSV is environmentally friendly, it qualifies for a $500 tax break, noted Germaine.
There is very little maintenance, Germaine said. Just keep the water topped in the six batteries and plug in its automatic charger. It will go about 35 miles on a full charge.
"That's a lot of trips to the coffee shop," said Beth Straw. "Bob's all over town."


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In a country in which the staple food is rice, planting rice seedlings is a big agricultural event. It is an anticipated task, but a hard one, and the first traditional holiday that comes around after the planting is Dano, which usually falls in May, but this year it is in June. The weather is usually nice and clear in the spring, making it a perfect time of the year to relax. Men show off their strength by wrestling and women wash their hair in the water infused with a plant called sweet flag and demonstrate their beauty by playing on the swings. Although Confucian teachings forbade boys and girls beyond the age of seven from mingling together, moral rules could not stop young men and women from following their natural desires and falling in love. There is a famous scene in the pansori Chunhyangga (춘향가) that well illustrates how love blossoms between a man and a woman. It was on Dano day when Lee Mong-ryong (이몽룡) first laid his eyes on the lovely Chunhyang. Tired of reading books on such a fine spring day, the young master was out near Gwanghallu (광한루) when he spotted Chunhyang on the swing. Let's listen to master pansori singer Ahn Sook-sun singing that passage. Music 1: Passage from pansori Chunhyangga/ Sori by Ahn Sook-sun Music 2: Chucheonsa/ Written by Hwang Byung-ki, gayageum by Lee Ji-young, sung by Kang Kwon-sun Music 3: Puneori/ Performed by Jo Jong-hun and Simon Barker
Amid the white and red flowers, Chunhyang rides the swing with her maid Hyangdan looking on. The lyrics describe how colorful the swing ropes were and how high Chunhyang floated on the swing. The passage is played in "jajinmori (자진모리)" or fast tempo beats, leading listeners to sway back and forth, as if they're on the swings themselves. Poet Seo Jeong-ju (서정주) provides a different interpretation of this passage in his poem.
Hyangdan, push the swing,
As if you're pushing a boat toward the faraway sea.
Hyangdan, push the swing strong
Away from this gently swaying weeping willow,
Away from a bunch of flowers placed on the pillow,
And away from small butterflies and nightingales.
This poem of Seo Jeong-ju titled "Chucheonsa (추천사)" with the subtitle of "Chunhyang's Words" seems to be about the aspirations of a truth seeker who has cut off his secular ties and is now traveling toward his ideal place, rather than the feelings of a young woman out to enjoy the spring day.
That was Seo Jeong-ju's poem "Chucheonsa" composed into a song by gayageum virtuoso Hwang Byung-ki and sung by Kang Kwon-sun, with Lee Ji-young playing the gayageum. This year's Dano falls on June 18th. Around that time the Gangnueng Dano Festival will take place in the city of Gangneung in Gangwon-do Province. In the old days, the Dano festival was a shamanistic ritual that Gangneung and surrounding towns held to wish for peace and prosperity in the region. The celebration became a world-famous event since it was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2005. The festival will feature a variety of ceremonies and performances that combine the cultural elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and shamanism. It is scheduled to begin on June 14th and continue until the 21st. If you happen to be in Korea around that time, the Gangneung Dano Festival will be a great opportunity to get a glimpse of traditional Korean culture. The music used in the shamanistic Dano ceremony is known for its unique percussion rhythm. The Puneori (푸너리) beats have been adapted into a fusion music piece by Jo Jong-hun (조종훈), the practitioner of the East Sea shaman ritual, and Australian drummer Simon Barker. Today's Sounds of Korea will sign off with "Puneori" performed by Jo Jong-hun and Simon Barker.
Music 1: Passage from pansori Chunhyangga/ Sori by Ahn Sook-sun
Music 2: Chucheonsa/ Written by Hwang Byung-ki, gayageum by Lee Ji-young, sung by Kang Kwon-sun
Music 3: Puneori/ Performed by Jo Jong-hun and Simon Barker

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North American Book Awards
"Agile Scrum" is Silver Medal Winner in 2017 North American Book Awards ― Business Leadership and Management Category
25 May 2017
The 2017 North American Book Awards presented Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions with the silver medal in the Business Leadership and Management category. The competition is open to works published in North America by small, medium, large, and independent presses as well as self-published authors. Each entry was evaluated by three judges with expertise in the corresponding genre, and books of outstanding merit are honored with awards.
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Lamentations 3:19-26
I remember my affliction and my wandering,the bitterness and the gall.
I well remember them,and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
Part of this passage was sent to me this past week, and usually when I read this passage, it comes to mind a few days in a row…lingering like a whispered promise. Well, off and on this week, I have thought about it, and when I decided to use it in my "Sunday song," I read from the beginning of Chapter 3. I have probably done it before, but to be honest, I can't remember if I have or not. I have included part of what leads up to the promise of new mercies for each day, from God.
The hope stated by the author of Lamentations is brought forth through hardship and affliction. The ability to say, "Tomorrow will be a new day…a better day, because God created it, and because He is faithful to provide His mercy," in the face of hardship and affliction, is encouraging to me. While I am not always an outward optimist…always bubbling over with "be happy-isms,"… I am optimistic, because I believe each day is a new day, ripe with hope and mercy from God – a clean slate. At any moment, God could provide astoundingly for the greatest need. On any given day, He could provide a series of seemingly small events that will or could change the course of hardship and affliction (in a good way).
This passage holds so much assurance for me, and reading what led up to the very heartfelt statement about God's mercies, encourages me even more.


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One of the most celebrated festivals of India is here again. It's Makar Sankranti which is considered to be the harvest festival of India. Like we have our own cultural beliefs regarding this festival,Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur & Interior Designer Poonam Shende also has her own special way of celebrating the festival.
On the pious occasion of Makar Sankranti, Poonam Shende who has carved her name on awards like Lions Favorite Emerging Face Of Bollywood 2017, Lokmat media's Icons of Women - Pune coffee-table book for her outstanding contribution in Interior & Entertainment Industryand many more wished her fans Happy Makar Sankranti and added that flying kites was one of her "childhood passions"
Dressed in a typical Maharashtrian attire, she looked oh-so-stunning in green & beige color sari & gold jewellery "Kai Po Che! Let your kites and hearts soar high in the sky this Makar Sankranti. A beautiful, bright & delighted day, sun entered makar to intense the ray. May the blessed occasion of Makar Sankranti usher in good times, prosperity and good luck"


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She's a deity who tends to cause a little confusion. Even we at Godchecker were more baffled than usual and had to visit the Well of Urd for some answers.
However, our tireless research has come up with the following facts: FRIGG is ODIN's wife and mother of BALDUR, who she tried her best to save from a gruesome mistletoe-based death. As Queen of ASGARD, she seems quite a sassy lady, keeps ODIN in check and usually gets her way (unless mistletoe is involved).
FRIGG knows everybody's destiny, but will never reveal it. She is also in charge of housekeeping on a big scale. She rides a broom and sweeps away clouds when they pile up. Sort of air traffic control for the Gods. Or could it be something to do with witchcraft?
FRIGG also gives her name to Friday via the Anglo-Saxon FRIGE.


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It makes it possible for customers to read the latest AP news stories, view news photos, and verify the weather, and it also supports the use of widgets to preserve the latest stories effortlessly accessible to Android telephone or tablet customers. The day-to-day newspaper provides a wealth of info and, assuming that they are not completely supplanted by on-line news sources at some point in the future, will offer an informative, thoughtful, even entertaining way to uncover out what's going on in the globe for years to come. If a group is obtaining interpersonal conflicts, they may call in a sports psychologist specialist to assist with group constructing, communication and group dynamics.


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I've never been a fan of rocky road - it sounds too good to be true, but for me never really delivers.
I think it's the teeny weeny commercially produced marshmallows that most people add in which are rubbery and lack any form of flavour, coupled with too much chocolate.... it's just not worth the calories.
I also don't like the pink and white mallow things tossed in coconut and sandwiched between two cardboard tasting wafers. The concept is great but they are such a let down if you've ever actually eaten one.....
Snowy Mountains are my idea of a hybrid version of those pink and white mallow thingies and rocky road.
I must say, I'm delighted how they actually turned out...... Pillowy white clouds of soft and divine marshmallow on top of a crunchy chocolate and biscuit base.
This recipe could be really versatile. Feel free to try your own flavours of marshmallow and perhaps even add a dollop of jam or chocolate ganache (nutella even) before popping the biscuit layer on the bottom. If you are still scared of making marshmallow at home, watch me make these on the tutorial video at the bottom of this page.
RECIPE - makes 24
500g white, granulated sugar
2 egg whites
2 sachets of gelatine granules (1 sachet sets 1 pint of liquid)
1 (or 2!) tsp vanilla extract
100g desiccated coconut
400g of chocolate
360g coconut cookies
Prepare 3 x 8 rectangular recessed silicone bakeware moulds by oiling or lightly spraying with cake release spray and rubbing in.
Put the sugar in a large pan with 250mls of water and bring to a boil. There is no need to stir.
Empty the two gelatine sachets into 125mls of cold water, stir and set aside for about 10 mins to bloom.
Put the two egg whites in a large bowl.
You will need a sugar thermometer. When the temperature on the sugar thermometer reads 110deg C, start whipping your whites with a hand held mixer to firm peaks.
When the sugar syrup reaches 122deg C, remove from the heat. Let it sitt for a few seconds until it stops bubbling, then stir in the gelatine.
Pour the syrup into the egg whites, whilst running the hand mixer on high. It will look really soupy at this stage. Keep whipping the living daylights out of it until the mixture is almost cool and clinging to the beaters - but still pourable.
Put the marshmallow mixture into an 18" disposable piping bag. Pipe the mallow into the cells of all the moulds, to within approx 5mm of the top.
Set aside for approx 1 hour to firm up.
Melt 500g of chocolate (in 30 second bursts) in the microwave. Crush 360g of coconut cookies and mix into the chocolate. Use a spoon or a fork to put this on top of the mallows and fill the remaining space in each cell of the mould.
Pop in the fridge for 10 > 20 mins.
When the chocolate has hardened, pop the mallows out of the moulds. Roll in desiccated coconut for a finishing touch,
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On Thursday, a flight from La Guardia was diverted after a bomb scare. One of the passengers, a Jewish teenager, was doing his morning prayers and it alarmed the flight attendant. Not because of the prayers, per se, but because of the tefillin he was using. Based on passages from Exodus and Deuteronomy, Orthodox Jews use two small square boxes with straps attached to them and place on on the head and tie the other to the arm. Inside the boxes are parchment with Scripture. Like Cathy Grossman at USA Today, I think this is a good example of the need for religious literacy than this unfortunate incident.
I found the New York Times piece about this story fascinating. The article is incredibly sympathetic to the flight attendants and pilot who decided to ground the plane. First, the reporter contextualizes the story in favor of the flight attendant:
And in a time when in-flight thinking is colored by the brutal knowledge that passengers have hidden bombs in underwear or shoes, she told the officers in the cockpit.
It's the reporter's choice to frame things that way, but what's even more interesting to me is that every single quote is also sympathetic to the flight attendant. For instance:
The boy's grandmother, Frances Winchell, said it was just one of those things. "It's true that we in America are very, very skittish," she said at the airport in Louisville, where she had been waiting to meet the boy and his 13-year-old sister, who was also on Flight 3079. Mrs. Winchell said she hoped people would learn about the rituals and not be fearful.
Then we hear from the boy's rabbi, Shmuel Greenberg of Young Israel of White Plains:
"He didn't think of the ramifications, I guess," Rabbi Greenberg said. "You can't expect the whole world to know what this ritual is all about."
The rabbi later says that congregants should not use the tefillin during flight. Even the boy was cooperative -- with both the flight crew and investigating authorities.
Later we learn that the boy and his sister were handcuffed and had guns pointed at them. The grandmother dismisses it as having only been for "a short period of time."
At this point, I'm sure that the reporter was desperately trying to get anyone who would express outrage, claiming bigotry against Jews or violation of religious freedom. They interview other observant Jews who say they're not surprised at what happened:
"When they see a passenger strapping yourself," said Isaac Abraham, a Satmar who lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and campaigned for the Democratic nomination for a City Council seat last year, "you might as well strap yourself with hand grenades. They have no idea."
"He probably just figured, 'I have nothing else to do on the plane, I might as well use this time to pray,'" he added. "Other people read. They watch a movie. He figured, 'Let me grab the time.' But the obvious reality of it is that when we see people carrying explosive material in their shoes and their pants and I am the passenger next to him and see someone strapping, I would panic too."
Now, if there are Jews or civil libertarians who are outraged at what happened yesterday, this story did a horrible job of including that information. But if the boy's own family, friends and rabbi are saying it's no big deal, I tend to think the reporter was just accurately portraying the response in the community.
About one year ago today, there was the story about how eight or nine Muslims were removed from a flight after fellow passengers reported what they claimed were suspicious conversations. Turned out that they'd simply been discussing where was the safest place to sit on a plane. It was a big story and people were very upset. The FBI actually handled things well and the detained passengers were appreciative of that but the airline came in for a lot of criticism. But the media covered that story very differently. I wonder how much of that has to do with the different specifics of the case and how much of that has to do with the fact that advocacy groups got involved right away.


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Learning Data Analysis with DATA DESKby Paul Velleman for much more complete descriptions.
Data Desk is an easy to use statistics program for Macintoshes whose user interface very much follows the ``desktop'' paradigm present on Mac and Windows machines. In fact when you open Data Desk, it puts its own version of the desktop on top of the Mac's usual one.
Each Variable appears as an icon which you can doubleclick on to inspect the numbers. The different rows visible when you open such an icon correspond to the different cases, (individuals) in the relation. You can think of a relation as being a table with one column for each variable, and one row for each case. The entry in the corresponding spot of the relation is the value of the variable for that individual. Different variables in the same relation will generally be in the same folder.
Operation on data in Data Desk is largely through menus and selection. Typically to use a menu entry, you need to first select appropriate variables that the command is to work on. (For example the variables being plotted ...) Because some operations involve processes that are not symmetric in their arguments (e.g. you might want one specific variable on the horizontal axis), there are notions both of selecting a variable as ``X'' and as ``Y''. Until you select the right arguments, menu entries will frequently be grayed out. Details are described below in the section on selection.
Topics covered below include:
Each computation typically gives a new icon (which can be doubleclicked to open) in the results folder.
Plots may be moved by dragging with the mouse.
If you are just starting Data Desk and wish to start out by generating random or patterned data, an easy way to do this is to select enter data from keyboard, and then cancel from the dialog naming the new variable.
Although menu based choices of selected icons may be used, derived variables are recorded textually. Doubleclicking on a derived variable created by a menu command will illustrate how the language of derived variables works.
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Kuwaitis watch Arab satellite TV channels beamed in from across the Middle East. In recent weeks, most of the output has made for uncomfortable viewing in a nation which stands almost alone in the region in its active support for the US-led war in Iraq.
One Arab channel recently aired a film montage of air strikes on Baghdad, dead civilians, distraught survivors, and British soldiers storming Iraqi homes. Particularly gruesome sequences were run in slow motion and repeated. The film was accompanied by a doleful 'cello solo.
"Some Arab channels are not showing the good, they do not show when the Americans bring help to the Iraqi people. They show just one side," says Balqis Aziz, who joined up to 2,000 other Kuwaitis at an open air meeting to reaffirm their support for the efforts to unseat Saddam Hussein.
The rally was organised by the Kuwait University Democratic Circle - which sent a text message invitation to mobile phones across Kuwait - but it was not just students milling around the dusty park near the city centre.
Old men were shown to chairs nearest the speakers. Whole families came out on the first evening of the Muslim weekend. Young people in sportswear mingled with older attendees in smart designer labels.
As people waved Kuwaiti flags and portraits of Kuwait's Emir and Crown Prince, two men unfurled a banner in English: "Be fair to us Arabs. Condemn the Iraqi regime's missiles."
Many Kuwaitis admit to being annoyed that little attention was given to the missiles lobbed at civilian targets in this country, further confirmation in their eyes that the war against Saddam Hussein is just.
"Since the missile landed at Souk Sharq mall, we have not said anything, but now we will not be quiet," says Dhari Al-Otaibi. "Our message to the Arab world is we will stand up and show we are with the Iraqi people."
Many in the Arab press would have it that the Kuwaitis are actually in the pockets of the Americans and British, rather than acting out of genuine concern for their neighbours to the north.
"We are hurt by what is said about us in the Arab media. And the Iraqis are also hurt by such statements," says Mr Al-Otaibi.
Bloody experience
Criticism from fellow Arabs is particularly hard to swallow, say some Kuwaitis, because of the aid this oil-rich emirate has given to its regional neighbours and its short, but bloody, experience of rule by Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War.
But not all Kuwaitis are so happy to be a closely allied with the US. Local newspapers have quoted one Islamic charity worker who fears the real aim of the war is to "flood" the region with western values and culture. Already, affluent Kuwaiti teens appear to be drawn more to McDonald's than to Mecca.
However, leading Muslim cleric Mohammed Hagif Al-Mutairi - a fierce opponent of innovations such as female suffrage - says he is confident the American influence is "limited" and that Kuwait's social and religious traditions can be maintained.
In all discussions of Middle Eastern politics, the topic of Israel is never far from the surface. By allying with the US, Kuwait is also seen as an accomplice in the occupation of Palestinian lands by fellow American ally Israel.
"We are portrayed as traitors and as agents of America and Zionism, but this is not true," says banker Wa'el Al-Qatami, as others at the students' rally begin to sing patriotic songs.
"America's support for Israel is disturbing. How can America liberate Iraqi people on one side and support the denying Palestinians of freedom on the other? This contradiction needs to be resolved. But oppression in Palestine is no excuse for oppression in Iraq."


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Microsoft's quarterly profits topped Wall Street's expectations, thanks in part to growth in the company's server and business software divisions, but the company's Windows unit continued to feel the effects of a sluggish personal computer market.
The company's revenues for its fiscal second quarter, ended Dec. 31, were $20.89 billion, up 5 percent, according to results released by Microsoft this afternoon. Earnings per share were 78 cents, beating by 2 cents the consensus of analysts polled in advance by Thomson Reuters.
Microsoft had signaled potential trouble for the Windows division in advance of the earnings release, based in part on the flooding in Thailand that has impacted manufacturers of hard drives, affecting the PC supply chain. Microsoft says it believes the overall PC market decreased by 2 percent to 4 percent, including the impact of the Thailand floods.
At the same time, the rise of the iPad has been taking a toll on Windows PCs on the lower end, particularly in the netbook market. Revenue in the Windows & Windows Live Division was down 6 percent, to $4.7 billion.
In the Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft saw revenue rise to $4.2 billion, up 15 percent,as sales of the Xbox 360 climbed, reaching 8.2 million units for the quarter, compared with 6.3 million units in the same quater the previous year. However, the division's profits fell 21 percent, to $528 million.
Microsoft cited a variety of factors for that decline in E&D profits, including the cost of integrating Skype following the completion of that acquisition, payments made to Nokia related to Windows Phone strategic initiatives, higher Xbox Live royalty costs, and a higher mix of Xbox 360 hardware sales vs. software, which takes a toll on the company's profit margins.
In the Online Services Division, Microsoft's revenue rose 10 percent, to $784 million.
The division is still deeply in the red, with a quarterly loss of $458 million. However, that was an 18 percent improvement over the $559 million loss posted in the same quarter a year ago. Microsoft is citing factors including the growth of Bing — now the No. 2 search engine, behind Google — and the rollout of its Yahoo partnership.
The Microsoft Business Division, which includes the Office products, saw revenue increase by 3 percent, to $6.3 billion, while operating profit was up 2 percent, to $4.2 billion.
Server & Tools, home to products including Windows Server and SQL Server, continues to quietly fuel the company, with revenue rising 11 percent to $4.8 billion, and profits up 17 percent, to nearly $2 billion.
Microsoft's earnings call starts at 2:30 p.m., and you can listen via this page.


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Sometimes having another adult in the room can put you off as Jessica explains in her latest blog. They can also be a great resources!
When I was a student teacher, the most stressful part of my practicum was having to teach in front of another adult. I know that I'm a good teacher, and I know that I can relate well to kids. But I've always had a bit of social anxiety. So when you put another adult in the classroom, my whole lesson falls apart. I feel like I'm being watched, or judged. That's the great thing about teaching primary school: the kids don't judge you! They want you to make silly voices when you read, and they usually don't notice if you miss a bit of your lesson.
Kids are forgiving. You can trip over your words, and they'll laugh it off with you. If you go off their usual routine, they'll politely correct you and get on with their day! Unfortunately, not all adults are like this. Having another adult in the classroom can sometimes feel like a lot of pressure. Being corrected by a teaching assistant is never a good feeling. It usually feels like you're being undermined, even if they're just trying to help. If you're like me, and the idea of reading about Horrid Henry's "poopypants" brother in front of another adult makes you cringe, I have some advice for you: GET OVER IT!
You're a wonderful teacher! It doesn't matter whether or not the teaching assistants or learning support assistants in the classroom approve of your teaching style. You have worked hard and trained for this and you know what is best for your students, even if it's just for the day. Don't let a disapproving teaching assistants.
In fact, you should embrace the support in your classroom! Having an extra set of eyes or hands makes it a lot easier for you to ensure that every student is getting the type of support they need. On top of that, teaching assistants will be able to help you in situations you might not know how to handle, like if a particular student has an outburst, or you can't find the supplies for the lesson.
Teaching assistants are with their classes every day, and they know just what to do. Sure, some teaching assistants will try to tell you what to do or how to do it, but you can't let those few people ruin your outlook on the profession. Just set clear goals and boundaries, and let it be known that it's okay to make some minor changes to routine for the day. It's good to adopt the school's classroom management strategies, but it's also good to bring your own strategies to the table.
Who knows, you just might leave a lasting impression on a teaching assistant and find yourself being invited back to that school more often!
Do you have a comment to make on your relationship with your teaching assistant? Or if you are a teaching assistant, a comment to make on your relationship with your teacher? Email Megan (firstname.lastname@example.com) for more information on how you can share.
We have recently launched a white-paper on decision-making in the Primary Teacher/Teaching Assistant relationship. Find out more and download your copy here.


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Debiopharm signs licensing pact with Shasun Pharma
The pact is for the manufacturing and commercialisation of Huperzine-A.
New Delhi, April 10, 2013: Shasun Pharmaceuticals has entered with a licensing apct with Switzerland-based Debiopharm for the manufacturing and commercialisation of Huperzine-A (a drug used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease).
As per the agreement, Shasun Pharmaceuticals would be able to use the Debiopharm technology for manufacturing synthetic Huperzine-A and commercialise it.


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The Carolina Panthers' defense took a huge blow early in the third quarter when defensive end Charles Johnson was forced from the game with an apparent knee injury.
Johnson was injured on a 12-yard carry by Patriots' running back LeGarrette Blount. Replays showed New England offensive lineman Marcus Cannon delivered an illegal leg-whip to Johnson – that wasn't called – and led to the injury. Johnson was in obvious pain on the field before walking to the sidelines.
After being looked at by the trainers, Johnson was carted from the sidelines into the locker room.
It's a big loss for the Panthers. Johnson entered Monday night's game with 8.5 sacks on the season.
UPDATE 11:23 p.m. ET: Johnson returned to the sidelines and was able to re-take the field late. A major injury apparently avoided for the Panthers. Johnson hit Tom Brady to force an incompletion on the Patriots' final drive.


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- "Miss Twin Peaks" redirects here. For the beauty pageant, see Miss Twin Peaks Contest.
"Episode 28", "The Night of Decision", or "Miss Twin Peaks", is the twenty-first episode of the second season of Twin Peaks, and the twenty-ninth episode of the series as a whole. It originally aired June 10, 1991.
"A log is a portion of a tree. At the end of a crosscut log -- many of you know this -- there are rings. Each ring represents one year in the life of the tree. How long it takes to a grow a tree!―Margaret Lanterman[src]
I don't mind telling you some things. Many things I, I musn't say. Just notice that my fireplace is boarded up. There will never be a fire there.
On the mantelpiece, in that jar, are some of the ashes of my husband.
My log hears things I cannot hear. But my log tells me about the sounds, about the new words. Even though it has stopped growing larger, my log is aware."
Leo and Briggs lay chained up in the cabin. Leo finds a key that undoes Briggs' restraints and requests him to save Shelly. Earle later comes and finds that Briggs is gone. He holds up a bag to Leo, saying that he has a "new game" for him.
Norma states her expectations to see either Shelly or Annie as the winner of the Miss Twin Peaks Contest.
Audrey sits by the fireplace in her father's office as he enters with various religious texts, wishing to find the true meaning of "good." Concerning Jack, he assures her that "time heals all wounds" and that if Jack promised to return, he would. About her trip to Seattle, she tells him that the Packards are using the Twin Peaks Savings and Loan to funnel cash for the Ghostwood Development Project. Ben asks her again about Miss Twin Peaks, wanting her to enter. She refuses, but he urges her to still make a speech.
Andy studies the Owl Cave petroglyph. Cooper tells Harry that he believes Earle has targeted Briggs. Cooper then admits to Truman that he saw BOB following Josie's death, believing him to have been feeding off of Josie's fear, leading to her death. Having listened to this, Earle has an epiphany, learning that fear is the key to the Black Lodge. He departs, leaving a cage of tarantulas above Leo's head, set to drop if he lets go of a rope between his teeth.
Tim Pinkle teaches a "dance of nature" to the Miss Twin Peaks contestants whilst admiring the cleavage of one of the women. Lucy questions the dance. The judges discuss the qualities that exemplify Miss Twin Peaks. Mayor Milford states "beauty and power," Dick states "poise, sophistication, and breeding," and Norma states "originality." She goes to make the scoresheets and Lana takes Dick to the storage room to help her "find something", then seduces him.
Cooper records a tape for Diane after meditating, updating her on the progress in the case. Annie then comes, requesting help on her speech for the contest. Their discussion of trees ends in them making love.
Nadine shows her wrestling slides to Mike, Ed, Norma, and Doctor Jacoby. Jacoby then takes control of the meeting, gathered to discuss the divorce, or, "breakup," asking for each of their feelings on the separation. Ed reveals to Nadine that he and Norma plan on marrying, which causes Nadine to say that she and Mike are doing the same, crushing Mike's hand.
Major Briggs staggers back towards civilization, encountering Deputy Hawk, who takes him back to the station.
Still under the influence of haloperidol, the Major speaks incoherently to Cooper and Truman. Andy comes back to observe the petroglyph.
Andrew, Pete, and Catherine continue to struggle in opening the metal box. Frustrated, Andrew takes out a revolver and shoots the box, which successfully blows holes in it, revealing a safety deposit box key. Catherine takes the key and places it in the cake saver.
Dressed for Miss Twin Peaks, Donna comes down and demands to know her mother's association with Horne. Her parents do not budge on the subject and she leaves.
Cooper points out planetary positions on the petroglyph, as the conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn is key to the opening of the Lodge. Briggs says that "fear and love open the doors," and mentions a queen. Cooper finds this to mean the winner of Miss Twin Peaks, and that Earle will take her to the Black Lodge. Andy has an epiphany about the petroglyph but is ignored and he knocks over the bonsai plant, leading them to discover that Windom Earle had been spying on them. Cooper and Truman leave, ignoring Andy's plea to listen.
The Miss Twin Peaks contestants dance. Lucy commences the show's talent section with a dance performance of her own. Bobby looks out into the crowd and sees the Log Lady, but sees another Log Lady backstage. He looks out again to see that the Log Lady has disappeared. He goes to the one backstage and is knocked out by "her," revealing that she is actually Windom Earle.
Lucy finishes her dance as Cooper and Truman arrive just before Lana does a dance of "contortionistic jazz exotica." Andy arrives to speak to Agent Cooper, but is distracted by Lana's performance - as are most of the men in attendance.
Audrey delivers her speech and Donna approaches Ben backstage, asking him about his association with her mother. He states a better course of action and place to bring information to light, wishing to do the "right thing." She runs upon realizing the likelihood of him being her father.
Annie delivers her speech, which moves the audience and judges (except Milford), while Earle lurks above the stage. Voting commences and Lucy pulls Andy and Dick aside to tell them that she has chosen Andy to act as the father of her child, regardless of who is biologically responsible. Dick congratulates them and leaves to make his vote, and Andy goes to find Agent Cooper, much to Lucy's irritation.
After the votes are in Doctor Hayward announced Annie as the contest winner. Earle shuts out the lights, then turns on a strobe effect, all while activating smoke bombs. In the chaos, Nadine is hit in the head by a sandbag and Earle manages to kidnap Annie. When the lights are turned back on, Andy finally finds Cooper and tells him that the petroglyph is a map.
Episode creditsEdit
Note: This episode was originally broadcasted with Episode 29 as one television movie, thus sharing their original on-screen credits
- Kyle MacLachlan as Special Agent Dale Cooper
- Michael Ontkean as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
- Mädchen Amick as Shelly Johnson
- Dana Ashbrook as Bobby Briggs
- Richard Beymer as Benjamin Horne
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Hayward
- Sherilyn Fenn as Audrey Horne
- Warren Frost as Dr. Will Hayward
- Peggy Lipton as Norma Jennings
- James Marshall as James Hurley (credit only)
- Everett McGill as Big Ed Hurley
- Jack Nance as Pete Martell
- Kimmy Robertson Lucy Moran
- Joan Chen as Jocelyn Packard (credit only)
- Piper Laurie as Catherine Martell
Also StarringEdit
- Eric Da Re as Leo Johnson
- Harry Goaz as Deputy Andy Brennan
- Michael Horse as Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill
- Kenneth Welsh as Windom Earle
- Russ Tamblyn as Dr. Lawrence Jacoby
Guest Starring Edit
- Ian Buchanan as Dick Tremayne
- Heather Graham as Annie Blackburn
- David L. Lander as Tim Pinkle
- Robyn Lively as Lana Budding Milford
- Wendy Robie as Nadine Hurley
- Don S. Davis as Maj. Garland Briggs
- Gary Hershberger as Mike Nelson
- Mary Jo Deschanel as Eileen Hayward
- Catherine E. Coulson as The Log Lady
- Dan O'Herlihy as Andrew Packard
- John Boylan as Mayor Milford
- Jill Engels as Trudy
- Lorna MacMillan as Miss Twin Peaks Beauty Contestant[1]
- JC Motes as Double R Diner Cook [citation needed]
- The episode was not given a title during the original 1991 German broadcast although titled "The Night of Decision" when re-broadcasted in 1996. The fan name "Miss Twin Peaks" became famous enough to be used instead in official capacity such as on CBS website.
Shooting script differencesEdit
- Deleted many scenes between Annie and Cooper: shortened the dialogue at the diner where Cooper tells Annie that to him she's the only person in the room, the love scene dialogue is shortened and finally the one at the sheriff's station.
Production errorsEdit
- Agent Cooper states that the next Jupiter-Saturn conjunction will be "January to June"; an actual Great Conjunction happens every 18–20 years, for a single day. There was no conjunction in 1989.
- The room across Cooper's 315 is numbered 323 but episodes 5, 6 and 8 previously depicted it as 314.
- Individuals
- Annie Blackburn
- BOB (Mentioned only)
- Andy Brennan
- Bobby Briggs
- Garland Briggs
- Dale Cooper
- Caroline Earle (Mentioned only)
- Windom Earle
- Thomas Eckhardt (Mentioned only)
- Diane Evans (Mentioned only)
- Hawk
- Donna Hayward
- Eileen Hayward
- Will Hayward
- Audrey Horne
- Benjamin Horne
- Ed Hurley
- Nadine Hurley
- Lawrence Jacoby
- Norma Jennings
- Leo Johnson
- Shelly Johnson
- Margaret Lanterman
- Catherine Martell
- Pete Martell
- Dwayne Milford
- Lana Budding Milford
- Lucy Moran
- Mike Nelson
- Andrew Packard
- Josie Packard (Mentioned only)
- Laura Palmer
- Tim Pinkle
- Toad
- Dick Tremayne
- Harry S. Truman
- John Justice Wheeler (Mentioned only)
- Locations
- Black Lodge (Mentioned only)
- Blue Pine Lodge
- Double R Diner
- Great Northern Hotel
- North America
- Owl Cave (Mentioned only)
- The Roadhouse
- Seattle (Mentioned only)
- Spokane (Mentioned only)
- Twin Peaks
- Twin Peaks Savings and Loan (Mentioned only)
- Twin Peaks Sheriff's Station
- United States
- Washington
- White Lodge (Mentioned only)
- Yakima (Mentioned only)
- Organizations
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The Lazy H Campground is a private campground where family and fun are a way of life. This new campground is nestled between the Big Sioux River and the northern entrance of the scenic Loess Hills Byway in northwest Iowa. This picturesque campground features 8 private cabins on Little Pearle Lake, a 50-acre fisherman's haven stocked with freshwater fish, miles of hiking/biking trails, water activities and more.
RV Spots opening this summer!
Now taking cabin reservations for our 2019 season. (May 1 - October 27)
What our Guests have to say!
"We just returned from Lazy H Campground and can't say enough great things about it! First off, the campground is absolutely beautiful! The scenery looks like something pulled straight out of a magazine. Besides the amazing views, the campground has a lot of fun activities to offer. We spent time swimming, fishing, paddle boarding, riding the trails, and spotting wild life. The staff at Lazy H was super accommodating and checked on us often. It was an all around great experience! How lucky we are to have something like this so close to home!" Jessica K. - Akron, IA
"What a wonderful little get-a-way!!! Only a 40 minute drive from Sioux City, but it sure felt like we were miles away. So much to do for the kids and the fishing was great as well. The staff at The Lazy H were very accommodating! A great group of people who take pride in their campground. I can not wait to see all of the additions this campground will be adding over the next few years. The close proximity of Casey's and grocery store really make it convenient when you forget to pack those "little things". We can't wait to go back!!!" Laurie B. - Sioux City, IA


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Our kids continue to grow, grow, grow! Adrianne is now 10 (going on 30 some days). Kevin will be 9 in February and Joshua turned 6 in November. They are all in school this year so this fall has been very different for me. Adrianne is still at a small private school while the boys attend a local public elementary school. Kevin is in the Montessori program and loves it. He excels in the math and science areas so this program works well for him. Adrianne is our straight "A" student and demonstrates so much maturity sometimes it scares me! :) Joshua is our Kindergartner and the family clown! He also has been known to talk at the speed of light!
This is a picture of the Fogg family at my mother-in-laws 60th birthday party. Two of my sister-in-laws are missing from the picture.
As for our current status regarding mission work we are still in the seeking mode. Living Water International said to "look elsewhere" as they were stopping all new hires due to the economy. Two weeks after they said that, the director contacted Eric and asked him to become involved with a new type of drilling technique. Eric flew down to Houston for further training and to spearhead the production of a manual for this type of drilling. All of the training is in preparation for a month long trip to Luanda, Angola, Africa sometime this spring. This trip would only be for Eric, however. Eric will also be going to Haiti for 8 days with my dad through Living Water International to repair hand pumps in January. Living Water is still not making a commitment to us so we have explore other options. HCJB Radio has asked us to apply with them for possible longer term (3 year) positions in Quito, Ecuador. These positions would involve training the local people to build bio-sand filters and teach them proper hygiene. The position sound great, however we need to be fluent in Spanish and currently we are not. It could take up to 6 months for that process.
In the meantime Eric still goes in to work 1-2 days per week and has the phone attached to ear the other days with work issues and water contacts. I have been trying to catch up on things like deep cleaning, putting 10 year old photos in albums and all the other things that get put aside when home schooling. I also have been volunteering at the kids schools and I still home school Joshua 2-3 mornings a week before he heads off to afternoon Kindergarten. Recently I also accepted a position at a local retirement village as an Occupational Therapist. It has been 3 years since I last worked as an OT and honestly I did not think I would get back into it. I'm thankful that I was able to find a position in this economy though. I start after the new year working part-time.
Have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and for you Michiganders - enjoy the snow!


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Anemia Treatments
Anemia is characterized by an insufficient number of red blood cells (RBCs). RBCs carry oxygen from the lungs to tissues throughout the body.All cells require oxygen to function.
Red blood cells originate in bone marrow as erythroblasts (a "blast" is a primitive cell that develops into a mature cell). Hemoglobin (Hb), a protein that binds to oxygen, is the main component of red blood cells.
Once RBCs become filled with hemoglobin they enter the bloodstream as erythrocytes. Healthy hemoglobin holds the oxygen molecules with a precise degree of force. If it binds oxygen molecules in the lungs too loosely, it cannot hold onto them and carry them away. If it binds them too tightly, it cannot release them to tissues.
Red blood cell production is stimulated by the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which is produced in the kidneys. If the kidneys fail to produce adequate EPO, anemia develops.
Blood Transfusion
Hospitals use blood supplied by blood banks (companies that collect, prepare, and store blood for medical and emergency uses). Blood banks type blood and test the compatibility of donor and recipient blood before transfusion (called cross-matching). Blood types are A, B, AB, and O. Whether the type is positive or negative depends on whether the Rh factor is present on the person's red blood cells.
All types can receive O negative blood, but may not be compatible with other types:
- Recipients with A+ blood type can receive A+, A-, O+ and O- blood types
- Recipients with B+ blood type can receive B+, B-, O+ and O- blood types
- Recipients with AB+ blood type can receive AB+, AB-, O+ and O- blood types
- Recipients with O+ blood type can receive O+ and O- blood types
- Recipients with A- blood type can receive A- and O- blood types
- Recipients with B- blood type can receive B- and O- blood types
- Recipients with AB- blood type can receive AB- and O- blood types
- Recipients with O- blood type can receive O- blood type
Blood products commonly transfused in intensive care units (ICUs) include
- red blood cells (RBCs) – contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen to all tissues;
- plasma – straw-colored fluid that carries the blood cells, enzymes, and hormones throughout the body; and
- platelets – cell-like bodies that control bleeding.
Blood banks also test blood for anemia and pathogens (disease-causing bacteria and viruses), including hepatitis viruses B and C, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and Treponema pallidum (bacterium that causes syphilis).
Despite the many regulations in place to assure the safety of blood supplies, transfusions are not risk free. Possible complications of blood transfusions include
- allergic reaction (caused by an allergen in the donor blood) and
- hemolytic transfusion reaction (caused by incompatible blood).
Managing patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) often requires strategies to minimize blood loss and increase production of blood in bone marrow. Limiting laboratory testing and phlebotomy (drawing blood) are important components of blood management.
Other Treatment for Anemia
Injectable EPO (e.g., PROCRIT, EPOGEN) is an alternative to blood transfusion to treat critically ill patients with anemia. Exogenous EPO is identical to the natural hormone in its role of stimulating the bone marrow to produce red blood cells. EPO has been used safely in many clinical settings, including chronic renal failure, oncology, and surgery. In the ICU, use of EPO has been shown to reduce the amount of blood transfused by almost 50%, at the same time significantly increasing hemoglobin levels.
Ferumoxytol (Feraheme) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2009 to treat iron deficiency anemia in adults with chronic kidney disease. This medication carries a boxed warning that it may cause seriouspotentially fatalallergic reactions. The FDA cautions that ferumoxytol should not be used in patients who have experienced an allergic reaction to any IV iron replacement products.
Contact your health care provider or call 911 immediately if you develop any of the following during or after treatment with Feraheme:
- breathing difficulty
- low blood pressure (may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, etc.)
- itching
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Need more consistency from batsmen: Dhoni
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said his team's failure to build partnerships after losing early wickets was the cause of the defeat against New Zealand in the first one-dayer.india Updated: Jan 19, 2014 18:19 IST
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said his team's failure to build partnerships after losing early wickets was the cause of the defeat against New Zealand in the first one-dayer.
Chasing 293, India lost the first ODI of the five-match series in Napier by 24 runs, despite Virat Kohli scoring 123 runs.
"We lost three quick wickets of Virat, Ravindra Jadeja and mine, and that was the turning point of the match," Dhoni said at the post-match press conference.
"That was when we needed a partnership and we need to learn out of this. It is important to get partnerships going. The number four and five batsmen haven't been consistent for us. Even if we don't get hundreds or fifties from them, those slots are crucial when the opposition scores 280-300 runs.
After we lose early wickets, we need partnerships to rebuild and cannot play catch up, thus putting pressure on the lower middle order," he added.
Dhoni, however, said the fact that the team got close to the target showed that the batsmen have a lot of firepower.
"At the same time, we can say that not many batsmen scored runs but we were still able to get close to 290 runs. It means that we have got plenty of firepower. We just need to apply ourselves better and it will see us through," he said.
Four out of the top six batsmen — Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and Dhoni himself — fell to short balls or bouncers, perhaps underlining a growing weakness in the Indian batting line-up. But the wicketkeeper-batsman was quick to negate the theory.
"One of the options is, not to play the shot but our strength has been to play shots," he opined. "At times we will get caught because it's a difficult shot to play. But we need to play it and master this shot because overseas you cannot allow the bowlers to dominate and cannot leave all of them.
"But we can always pick and choose when to play and when not to play this shot," Dhoni explained.
First Published: Jan 19, 2014 18:07 IST


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Saturday PS: A quick bank-holiday note
Just a few miscellaneous thoughts as the supposedly-lazy bank holiday weekend promises to be anything but, what with domestic tasks, entertaining and so forth.
One – many thanks to Yale University Press for the terrific job they've done on the paperback edition of our latest book (see below). There's an added chapter to scoop up all the happenings since the first edition appeared in May last year (the Brexit vote, elections in the Netherlands and France and so on).
Two – as Jeremy Corbyn and others endure a frightful slating over equivocations about the crisis in Venezuela, I can't help thinking that we are well overdue a psychological study of the fascination of South American socialism for the Left in Europe and the US. Some have suggested it is all to do with a distinctive ideology rooted in the special circumstances of that continent. I think it's got more to do with atmospherics – hazy images of fiery rum cocktails, rich and satisfying cigars, high-flown literary conversations and sizzling senoritas with long legs, flashing eyes and what one of Martin Amis's characters once described as plenty of sack know-how.
Three – just a thought, but could Ruth Davidson be the William Whitelaw of the modern Tory Party? Like him she is Scottish, ex-Army, moderate and genuinely popular (i.e. with real people rather than just with hacks in the Westminster bubble). He was a front-runner for the leadership once, as well.
Finally, when I tick a box on the computer screen saying "remember me", in order to avoid having to sign in every time I use the service in question, it never does. When I tick the box that says "do not show me this message again", it always does. Isn't technology wonderful?
Thanks again for reading and enjoy the bank holiday weekend.
Europe Isn't Working, by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson is published by Yale University Press


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Portuguese rider João Cabreira is facing a two year ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS ruled that he had committed a doping violation. Cabreira's case has wide-reaching implications as he has been found guilty of manipulating a urine sample rather than taking a banned substance.
If the same standard was applied elsewhere, this could have resulted in the banning of many more riders in recent years.
The-then 25 year old was tested in May 2008 as part of investigations into the LA/MSS team. His team-mate Bruno Neves crashed and died during the Classica de Amarante, but it was suspected afterwards that he had suffered heart failure before hitting the ground. This led to suspicions of doping by the team, and large numbers of banned products were seized.
Cabreira's sample was analysed by the Spanish anti-doping laboratory in Madrid. While it didn't find traces of EPO, the urine protein values were sufficiently suspicious as to lead officials to conclude that the climber had used the enzyme protease to remove any sign of the hormone. This was verified by a subsequent analysis in Cologne, Germany.
Protease is a chemical substance which acts to break down proteins. One type is found in washing powers, and it has long been rumoured to have been used by riders to escape detection after they took the blood booster. This was achieved by dropping powder or a miniscule tablet containing the substance into the urine sample, thus destroying traces of the banned product.
A certain amount of natural, or endogenous, EPO should be present in samples. Because of that, a tell-tale sign of protease use is when all bodily traces of the hormone are completely missing. This is reported to have occurred in many anti-doping tests involving other riders around that time.
Cabreira is a former winner of the Volta ao Algarve and has national road race and time trial victories to his credit. He was originally suspended by the Portuguese Cycling Federation on the grounds that he tried to cheat a doping control, but he successfully appealed this two year ban in February 2009.
At the time, the Portuguese Justice Council upheld his protests that the test had been conducted under methods not approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and that protease was not on the list of banned products.
However the latest ruling, as reported by LUSA, reverses the February 2009 decision. The grounds for the appeal was that Cabreira had not been accused of taking a banned substance, but rather of trying to destroy a sample, thus escaping any possible detection.
He is now set to be banned once more. He had previously served one month of suspension, and so his penalty is expected to last 23 months.
Today's news strengthens the fight against doping in that it underlines that direct detection of a banned substance is not always required.


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Designed by Wayne Branum
The site affords multiple interactions with the landscape. The main horizontal body of the building is set into the hill, from which one can experience an intimate interaction with the land. It is countered with a vertical form that places you high above the hill, with dramatic observatory views of the river valley and the roof forms of the adjacent studio. An open plan and simple yet elegant materials serve to emphasize form and complement utility.
Construction by Anderson/Wallin Construction
Photographs by George Heinrich
AIA Minnesota/StarTribune Home of the Month, 2006
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Hi All, A draft of the new Widgets 1.0: Digital Signature spec [1] is available. We hope to publish it soon as a FPWD, so please send us any comments. Kind regards, Marcos [1] http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/ -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.auReceived on Thursday, 13 March 2008 07:54:04 UTC
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Take a Bite Out of Finder With ClawMenuPaula DuPont on March 19th 2013
I'm subscribed to a bunch of different cloud storage services, so I have all these extra folders all over my computer. Nothing actually seems to be where it should and it can be hard remembering where I stuck something during my last round of "organization." I'm on the look out for anything that can really get my Finder organized and save me from myself.
That's where ClawMenu comes in, as a sort of hybrid of Finder and Launchbar. A place to add shortcuts for your applications, folders and files, it'll allow you to browse all of that mess, too. How does it stand up against the real thing, though?
This Claw Is Sharp
There are three main panes in ClawMenu, starting with the Finder bar in the black upper space. The upper pane will have three essential folders by default that can't be removed, but you can add any other folders you need there. For instance, my Applications folder was already sitting tidy up top, but I need to get into my work files a lot, too, so I added my Documents. Everything can be rearranged how you like it and what works best for you.
The center pane works similarly to Finder. Single-click on one of your top pane folders, and it will open up in a familiar columns view. A single click on an entire folder or file will open it up back in the Finder, but hover over a folder or its contents to drill down and get a file preview in Claw Menu. Double-clicking a folder, though, brings up the icons view; you won't get file previews but you'll have a lot more space to sort through all your files and folders.
Down in the bottom pane you'll find the Draft Zone, a sort of quick launch bar or place for you to stick some bookmarks. Add applications here that you access frequently to keep them from crowding your Dock. ClawMenu also lets you pop files into your Draft Zone, so if you have a document you're always going into or image or HMTL files you need often for a current project, this is the place for those.. Move your shortcuts around so they make the most sense for how you work, and when you don't need them anymore, delete the one's you're done with.
Cat-like Reflexes
ClawMenu seemed to load folder contents within the app and open folders in Finder even faster than browsing in Finder alone. For that reason, it really speeds up moving around Mac OS X. It was simple to add extra folders, if only temporarily, to the top menu pane and then remove them when the project I was working on was done. I wouldn't normally add temporary shortcuts of that sort to my Finder sidebar, probably because I'm not used to thinking of Finder as that easily changed and put back. With ClawMenu, though, I had the freedom to add anything I needed to the menu pane, even if it wasn't going to have a permanent use, while keeping my Finder sidebar intact.
If you feel the need for speed, ClawMenu wants to help with that. There are some nifty shortcuts to pull the app up and hide it again, like a repeated keystroke or swiping the mouse to the edge of your display. While the shortcuts aren't really customizable and you won't be able to change it to something cool like Command+Option+C, they should get the job done, and customizable or not, they make things a whole lot faster for hiding or showing the app.
I would have liked to have seen a way to get rid of the Dock icon, though. There's a menu bar icon already, and the Dock icon doesn't do anything the menu bar doesn't. I certainly don't need another do-nothing icon crowding out everything else on my Dock, and with the great shortcuts that bring the app to the fore, the Dock icon is superfluous. I'd really like to see an option to get rid of both icons, letting ClawMenu run invisibly in the background until needed.
Final Thoughts
The big winner for me was the Draft Zone. The iOS style of the Draft Zone allows you to reorder your application and file icons as you desire and bookmark only what you need. Unfortunately, you can't create folders, but a two finger swipe will create a new page to hold your icons, which is almost like a folder. All of the applications you need first thing can reside on the first page, stuff you need for a hobby can be on the second, and so on. Create additional pages to house files you temporarily want to bookmark for specific projects, and then remove everything on those pages when you're done.
Everything else in ClawMenu I've already got in Finder. It's just that ClawMenu speeds it all up a bit, and if I ever decide I don't want all those extra folders I've bookmarked in my top ClawMenu pane cluttering up my Finder sidebar, well, they're not, because I'm keeping it all separate. ClawMenu makes Finder organization easier and lets me put everything exactly where I want it to be without actually having to move anything.
Neat app to quickly get at applications and files.
- ClawMenu 3.0.0 |
- $7.99 |
- Michaël Parrot


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A lightweight command line utility used to send email messages. Originally developed to send mail using Gmail's SMTP servers, but also supports a custom defined SMTP server name as well.
WinSCP Log Parser
The file transfer program WinSCP is great and it's ability to script file transfers and backups is even better. Unfortunately, the XML log files produced aren't exactly friendly if you're looking for a quick summary of what went on. This log parser takes your logs in and gives you something easy on the eyes out.vrsion


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An IKEA Hack of Epic Heights: A Sky-High Stacked Bookcase from KALLAX Shelves
There's one particular feature of Girolamo & Alex's San Francisco house tour that demands your attention and piques your curiosity: The black bookcase that stretches all the way from the floor to the loft's enviably tall ceiling.
Look a little closer, and you'll see that this grand bookcase is actually three $149 KALLAX shelving units stacked together (if they look familiar, the KALLAX is IKEA's latest model to replace the popular EXPEDIT shelves). Together, the trio of bookcases –and every beautiful little object on them – is visible from both the main level of the apartment and the lofted area upstairs.
A bold feature like this shouldn't even be possible with a $500 price tag and in the vicinity of earthquake country, but the couple have made it work. "That was our main concern given where we live," Girolamo shared in the comments on the tour of their combination loft and coffee shop. "No pancake overnight guests for breakfast here!"
The process of securing the shelves, although careful and meticulous, did involve a bit of serendipity. Because the trio of 58-inch shelves fit perfectly in the space, they could be bolted to each other, and then bolted into the ceiling and to the concrete floors below. If you're considering something like this, it might be a good opportunity to call in an expert. With the money you saved by buying IKEA, you can squeeze in a visit from a licensed and insured contractor to help you install a stack just like this one.


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OWC Women Faculty Forum
A forum for all MGH women faculty to share personal experiences as a woman in academic medicine including:
As the forum grows, we look forward to adding an interactive feature to allow discussions about the various topics that we cover. There is room for all of your experiences here, and we encourage you to contact the office if you would like to be considered as a guest contributor to the forum.
There are endless valid perspectives,wonderful stories,and nuggets of advice among the members of the MGH OWC community; we hope to hear from more of you who would like contribute to this forum.
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November 2015
"Ten guidelines for medicine-life balance"
September 2015
Office for Women's Careers Panel Discussion
Our panelists were: Merit Cudkowicz, MD, the Chief of the MGH Neurology Service and the Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology at HMS; Anne Klibanski, MD, the Laurie Carrol Guthart Professor of Medicine and Chief Academic Officer at Partners HealthCare, Director of the Center for Faculty Development and Chief, Neuroendocrine Unit at the MGH; and Elizabeth Mort, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President of Quality and Safety at the MGH and the MGPO and Senior Medical Director at Partners HealthCare, Inc (PHS).
To start the discussion each panelist gave a brief introduction and discussed some of the things they have done to prepare themselves as leaders. The panelists shared personal anecdotes and memories from their early careers that illustrated how they developed their own individual leadership style.
Dr. Cudkowicz shared getting advice from mentors to overcome her own early belief that she wasnt a leader. She found the MGPO Chiefs course to be extremely helpful and learned from her mentors and her first experiences as a leader that everyone needs to have a voice. As the leader of the department of Neurology she strives to give a voice to everyone in her department, while also acknowledging that you cannot always make everyone happy.
Dr. Mort was taught to be fearless from a very young age, when she routinely took a taxi to nursery school on her own. Early in her career she found that observing leaders whom she admired was the best way to build her own leadership profile. Watching Dr. James Mongan, she learned the art of listening, negotiating and keeping things moving during a meeting. She advised the audience that they shouldnt hesitate to ask for advice, something she still does even though she has achieved significant leadership positions.
Dr. Klibanski was also shaped by her early experience as the only child of a lawyer and a neurologist/psychiatrist, who taught her that its not so much what happens to you, its how you deal with it. From her parents advice she learned the value of trying to change things in a group from within, and the need to build a community within the group that you are leading. She emphasized that people will rarely follow a leader because they are told to. Rather, an effective leader needs to listen in order to build an effective community.
A final piece of advice from Dr. Klibanski was that its okay to let people who work with you take credit. She emphasized that as a leader, your success will be measured by the accomplishments of the people under you.
When asked what challenges in their own personality they overcame to improve as leaders, their answers resonated with many women in the room. Dr. Klibanski noted that she has a tendency to be an observer. She had to train herself to be more outgoing in professional networking settings. Dr. Mort likewise had to overcome some introvert tendencies, and from her childhood experience with four siblings had to be coached to not take the bait. Dr. Cudkowiczs tendency to avoid conflict was something she worked on changing. She also had to learn how to advocate for individuals in her department while also balancing the overall needs of the department.
The panelists encouraged the audience members to not wait to be chosen for a leadership opportunity, but to make it clear to others that you want such a position.
Resources recommended by our panelists (Most of these books are available to borrow from the CFD library, Bulfinch 370):
August 2015
"I Studied for the Internal Medicine Boards on the StairMaster"
June 2015
"Mom at Bedside, Appears Calm"
May 2015
OWC Faculty Parents Group: Getting the Most Out of Your Family Dinner
On April 6, 2015, the OWC Faculty Parents Group hosted a talk by Anne K. Fishel, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the MGH department of Psychiatry. Dr. Fishel, a family therapist, has studied the benefits of family dinners and strategies to overcome obstacles to having a positive family dinner experience. Here is some information and useful tips based on her presentation:
Family dinners are good for the brain, the body and the spirit
Brain: family dinners boost vocabulary in young children and are correlated with higher achievement scores and grades in older children.
Body children tend to eat a bigger variety of foods at family dinners, and go on to eat healthier at older ages, and have less obesity.
Spirit Evidence suggests that family dinners lead to less anxiety and depression, greater feelings of family connectedness, and lowered stress.
Obstacles to positive family dinner experiences, and some solutions
Picky eaters: Encourage variety before pickiness peaks at age 4-8; model your own enjoyment of a variety of foods; use the rule of 15; familiarity breeds acceptance; pair accepted foods with novel foods; as children try a food, ask them to describe it with 5 words.
Tension at the table: Go easy on teaching manners; keep button-pushing topics away from dinner conversation; make everyone adhere to a no-technology rule; laughter and feeling listened to are the best antidotes to tension; let go of perfection
Lack of conversation: Tell stories (of your childhood, of overcoming obstacles a story about your name or your childs name); find conversation games that work for your family (see resource, below); play around with different roles (what would you do if you were the father?)
Dr. Fishel convinced us of the power of the family dinner to build connectedness, reduce stress and help our children develop in a positive way. For more information on her studies and ideas about family dinners see the presentation slides here: http://www2.massgeneral.org/facultydevelopment/owc/pdf/20150406_FPGFamilyDinnersPresenterSlides.pdf
Additional resource: http://thefamilydinnerproject.org/
April 2015
"What Does 'Lean In' Mean? Whatever You Want It To."
March 2015
Should They Stay or Should They Go?
February 2015
Early Morning Musings of a Snowbound and Homebound
January 2015
Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award Applications: Tips for Success
Are you planning to apply for a 2015 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award? This post summarizes highlights from a recent Claflin panel discussion and points you to a helpful resource that offers one-on-one consultations for applicants.
On January 13, 2015, a panel of Claflin Distinguished Scholar alumnae offered tips on putting together a successful application. The panel consisted of:
Andrea Ciaranello, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
2011 Claflin Scholar
Karen K. Miller, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, 1999 Claflin Scholar,
Co-Chair of the Claflin Award Review Committee
Basak Uygun, PhD, Instructor in Surgery, 2013 Claflin Scholar
The attendees were fortunate to hear the panelists personal perspectives, as well as what the review committee expects. Following are a few highlights of the panel discussion:
- The strongest candidates have at least some independent funding. This can be in the form of a career development (K) award, an R21 pilot grant, foundation grant, or industry funding. NIH funding is considered the strongest form of funding in assessing candidates.
- Make sure that your research plan is understandable to scientists outside your field. In addition to describing the research you will do, focus on why this research is important.
- Do not make a research plan that is too ambitious. Remember that the award supports additional staff or resources for a period of two years. Panelists advised having a research plan that builds upon your currently funded research.
- The strongest applications describe how the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award will be leveraged into future grant funding. The review committee wants to see how you will use the award to grow your research program and expand your independence.
- The personal statement should be a short and simple description of your current child-rearing duties. Do include a description of any special circumstances, but avoid drama and keep it straightforward.
- Do not be discouraged if your application is not funded on the first try. Many successful Claflin Distinguished Scholars apply more than once, including two of the current panelists.
Helpful Resource:
For additional support in writing your 2015 Claflin application, we encourage you to sign up for the Office for Womens Careers Claflin Consultation Initiative (CCI). The CCI matches applicants with Claflin Distinguished Scholar alumnae for feedback, support and encouragement on their applications.
Please click here to request a consultation.
November 2014
Managing Parenthood and Your Career: Getting Out the Door
Have you wondered if there are better ways to manage the morning and get your family and yourself out the door to work/school/daycare? On October 22, 2014, a group of MGH faculty gathered to discuss this topic. The following panelists shared their points of view and ideas with the audience.
Ingrid Bassett, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Paola Divieti-Pajevic, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Ann Kao, MD, Instructor in Medicine
Ann Skoczenski, PhD, Program Manager, Center for Faculty Development
The panelists talked about their experiences from their varied work backgrounds (a hospitalist, a basic scientist and a clinician-scientist) and the different ages of their children, ranging from infants to teenagers. In spite of this diversity, some themes emerged. The following are tips distilled from the engaging discussion:
- Prepare as much as possible the night before, including clothing, lunches,
permission slips, etc. Check everyones calendar and the weather, so you
know what is coming up. Get kids as involved as possible in this (prepping
lunches and backpacks, picking out clothes).
- Create a launch pad near the door. This can be a bin, basket, or even just
a small dedicated area where you gather things that you need to go out the
door: diaper bags, briefcases, lunches, music instruments, hats and
gloves... put them all on the launch pad and they will be there for you to
grab on the way out.
- Protect your kids bedtime. Set a schedule and stick to it. This will ensure
they have had enough sleep to face the morning with energy and a
good mood.
- Wake up before your kids and do as much as possible to get yourself
ready. But avoid the black hole of checking email during this time.
- Start your kids day with a cuddle and some time that is just for them.
Schedule this into your routine even five dedicated minutes can be
enough to re-connect and give your children the emotional support
they need for the morning routine.
- Create a routine that kids can count on. Children thrive on consistency
and routine, so if they know what comes next (first cuddles, second get
dressed, then breakfast, etc) they will be more able to stay on schedule.
- Give your kids responsibility for part of their own morning routine, whatever
is appropriate for their developmental stage. Accept imperfection, they are
just learning to take on responsibility.
- Accept imperfection in yourself too its okay to have a messy house.
- Use music, timers, races, or whatever works to motivate your kids
through the morning routine.
- Dont skip breakfast, but its okay to make it portable if you only have time
to eat it in the car: a smoothie in a travel cup or a PB&J makes a
fine breakfast.
- Give your kids departure warnings (5 minutes, 2 minutes, when this song
ends). This will make the final transition easier.
- Be calm and consistent: kids thrive on consistency and routine, and they
pick up on your stress.
- Have another good hug before you head out the door.
These are just some tips that will help you think about how to make your mornings easier. Many other parents have thought about and written about this topic. These articles have additional tips and tricks for getting out the door, youre sure to find some that work for your family.
October 2014
Negotiating Up: Dealing with Power in the Workplace
As part of the Office for Womens Careers (OWC) celebration of national Women in Medicine month, Melissa Brodrick, Ombudsman for Harvard Medical School, an expert in the field of dispute resolution with over 25 years of experience, presented a negotiation skills workshop. The OWC asked her to advise faculty on how to negotiate in situations where there is a power imbalance between the two parties.
In the first part of the session Ms. Brodrick focused on defining types of power:
Connective: who you know
Coercive: being in a position to punish others
Reward: persons ability to reward others
Expert: expertise via acclaimed skill/accomplishment
Informational: having valuable/important information
Legitimate: position held
Referent: well-liked and respected
With a better understanding of these multiple power types, participants were able to see what they can bring to negotiations, regardless of the overall power differential. Within that framework, Brodrick also helped participants plan ways to approach upcoming negotiations, including:
Understanding the difference between your position (what do you want)
and your interests (why do you want what you want)
Developing your BATNA: Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (e.g. in
seeking a raise, your BATNA may be another job offer with better pay)
Identifying objective criteria to support the legitimacy of your
Overall, the faculty participants reported that the session will have an impact on their professional life, with the greatest gain reported to be a better understanding of the power they have in different negotiation settings.
For additional resources on the topic of negotiating up, see the handouts for the session here: http://www2.massgeneral.org/facultydevelopment/owc/pdf/2014%200930%20Negotiating%20Up_handouts.pdf
September 2014
Taking Care Of Ourselves
August 2014
The 2014 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards
In June the Office for Womens Careers (OWC) sponsored a celebration of the newest winners of the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards. Inspired and supported by Jane Claflin, former member of the MGH Board of Trustees and devoted supporter of women at MGH, each Claflin Award supports a female faculty member who is a parent with $50K per year for two years. The awards are earmarked to fund the hiring of research staff or other resources that help keep the faculty members research program active during challenging years when childrearing responsibilities compete with career advancement. 2014 marks the 18th year that the Claflin Awards have supported women faculty at MGH, and the OWC was thrilled to welcome the following women into the Claflin community:
Sharon Dekel, PhD
Sarina B. Elmariah, MD, PhD
Daphne J. Holt, MD, PhD
Lynn T. Matthews, MD
Elaine W. Yu, MD
(see http://www2.massgeneral.org/facultydevelopment/owc/claflin.html for previous awardee names)
The 2014 awardees join 97 previous Claflin Scholars in what has become a vibrant community of successful women in academic medicine. Each year the new awardees are celebrated with a luncheon to which all former awardees are invited. This event has become a very special occasion during which the Claflin Scholars hear talks by some of the new winners, meet Mrs. Claflin, and network to expand their community. One tradition at the Claflin lunch is for previous winners to welcome the new awardees by sharing what the award has meant to them. Some of their comments included:
It has been a great privilege to meet Mrs. Claflin every year, over the past 17 years. This award really launched my career. It has also helped me recruit highly successful female scientists who felt confident that they would be well accepted at an institution that initiated such a supportive award. Sylvie Breton, PhD, Professor of Medicine, 1997 Claflin Awardee
I got the Claflin Award after I had my first child and needed to learn how to best balance my work commitments with my family life. I used the grant to hire a post-doc. She ultimately helped me with several NIH grant submissions. She went on to get several papers out of our collaboration too, and recently got promoted to full professor. Sabine Wilhelm, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, 2002 Claflin Awardee
The Claflin Award came at the critical time when I was juggling the responsibilities of new motherhood while establishing my own independent laboratory. It enabled me to hire additional personnel to help generate the data that supported my first R01 application. I am extremely grateful for the award and the community support that comes with it. Jodie Babitt, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, 2008 Claflin Awardee
The Claflin Award was critical in supporting my research infrastructure in South Africa while I was writing my R01. I had a 3 year old when I received the Claflin, and it helped make the K to R funding transition possible by ensuring that I had continuous support for the research staff on the ground during the time when it was challenging for me to travel. Ingrid Bassett, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, 2009 Claflin Awardee
Beyond the monetary benefit (which is significant!), I was surprised at how much benefit I derived from becoming a part of the Claflin community. Hearing the comments and stories of each of the Claflin winners really provided me with a sense of strength and support during a difficult time. Recent Claflin Awardee
The OWC has multiple resources available for women who are considering applying for the 2015 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards. The call for applications is expected to open in late January. Feel free to take advantage of one or more of these resources:
January 15, 2015: Claflin Awards Panel Discussion (a program offering
application tips from Claflin winners and the review committee)
January March, 2015: Claflin Consultation Initiative (individualized
advice from a previous Claflin winner)
Ongoing: OWC individual career advice meetings (speak with OWC
director Nancy Rigotti, MD about your career plans and get advice for your
Claflin application)
We look forward to welcoming future Scholars into the Claflin community and hope that prospective applicants will use some of these resources from the OWC.
June 2014
Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None
May 2014
Managing Parenthood and Your Research Career
April 2014
Why Im Up This Late On A School Night
March 2014
MGH Faculty Parents Group: What to do When Your Kids Push Your Buttons
February 2014
MGH Faculty Parents Group: The Development of Empathy in Children
January 2014
Making Electronic Devices Work for Your Family
November 2013
MGH Doctor-Mom: Managing Call
October 2013
Making it Better: A Faculty Mom's Ongoing Pursuit of Balance
September 2013
MGH Doctor-Mom: Managing Child-Related Sleep Deprivation, Part 2
Fortified by this scientific data, we attacked the overnight awakenings first. We just stopped going in to her when she cried, and miraculously, she started sleeping through the night. It took approximately three nights. And yes, it was messy (she vomits when she gets upset) and painful (who wants to hear their baby cry?). It was very hard, those first few nights, NOT to go in to her when she cried, and then to clean up a mess after she was asleep. I admit, I cried. But we stayed consistent.
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August 2013
MGH Doctor-Mom: Managing Child-Related Sleep Deprivation, Part 1
I thought I knew everything about sleep, but hes putting me through the wringer."[2]
This was very validating to me to hear. I am not the only doctor-parent who has suffered sleep deprivation due to kid issues, and youre not either. It doesnt have to be a baby waking up at night. Kids get sick, there are strings of nights up late or repeatedly dealing with croup, fevers, GI bugs
. there are late-night ER visits.
1. Dont minimize the issue. Chronic sleep deprivation is a serious issue.
See the upcoming Part 2 for advice on sleep-training your child!
[1] N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 28;351(18):1829-37. Effect of reducing interns' weekly work
July 2013
Welcome to the MGH Dr. Moms Forum!
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Did you know that Plymouth is the only part of England outside London to have its own set of laws on taxi licensing?
We have today responded to the recent review by the Law Commission of the legislation relating to taxis and private hire vehicles. Here's what we said:
"We note that a key issue with which the Commission is grappling is the emerging transition from a world in which laissez-faire is the dominant political philosophy to one where localism takes its place. We welcome that transition, which promises a world much more respectful of local democratic judgement and much less willing to overturn it for reasons of ideological diktat.
We are therefore disappointed that some of the Commission's provisional proposals represent a move in the opposite direction. In particular, abolition of the long-established right to limit the number of taxi licences issued, taking account of local circumstances, would signal a continuation of the 'Whitehall knows best' mentality. Local discretion over policy should not, in any way, be restricted."
That the Law Commission has its finger on the pulse to the extent that this tension is evident in its thinking is an interesting development. The London regime knows what needs to be done. Power needs to be passed to local communities, with democratic accountability through the municipal ballot box and regions, like Wessex, then acting to co-ordinate local efforts, without centralist compulsion. The parties talk the talk, but mostly fail to walk the walk. Most of the time – and this applies equally to "Labour" – they would rather hand power to global corporations, accountable only to bankers. Time, however, is running against them. A post-oil world will necessarily be a more decentralised world. And the taxis may even be horse-drawn.