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Very cheap, very useful for macro pictures you have to remove a little screw from inside a ring...it is the risk to remain inside and than can't remove the ring from the body. You need more light to shoot with that and you need to use a tripod if you want to use all three rings.. You need more light ... Read more
this item (Macro Extension Tube) is really useful and nice to use, I know it might not give same result what you expect, but comparing to the cheap price it is very good. Cheap quality but comparing to the price it is ok... check youtube before fix it to your dslr camera to avoid breaking your lens usefull ... Read more
small / compact / lightweight / splittable / great quality / good looking / great for doing macro pictures / easy to mount on and dismount / simple for use. price - its just a bit higher than it should be... thats just by my opinion, otherwise i do not underestimate the quality of the product. I'm using ... Read more
Its build is very tough. Like aluminum but way tougher. Im not so sure about how to use it yet so i cant really say what it does and how good it is. But judging from how i got it and how it works, i think its a good buy. The screw to attach it to a lens is abit loose. Not so sure about others, but i ... Read more
Price Ease to use Does what is intend to do For the price and for the application I think there is no cons. Maybe it could be a little cheaper as is very simple product. The ones are buying should know that will have to focus on the smallest aperture of the lens if the lens doesn't have aperture control ... Read more
Very Good price. Quality is good enough in comparison to the price. Output is really good. Loving the depth of field of my pictures after using it. The best part I can control the zoom. I am planning to go for the auto focus one. The packaging quality is not good enough. When I opened the box it seems ... Read more
Cheap, works great with my Nikon D-3100. Best result taking food photos. I need to adjust my lens before use this. If you don't see nothing, open the aperture and test again. I don't like the screw, sometimes it stuck and I do a slight force to put in place. Good to take food photos (that is my objective)... Read more
In resume is good.... Good construction and works great.... It has a good build, seems to be durable. After awhile you conseguirar easily fit the extension... Very good price. This one in Brazil is much more expensive... Dont work with the 18-55mm KIT lenses... The joints are not perfect, but they work.... Read more
Cheap. Relatively easy to understand and use. Customizable (in the way that there are different "modes". Eject-button/pin not problem-free. You can only use it for optics with manual focus. This macro-adapter will let you have some extreme macro shots, but the depth of field wil be quite narrow, and ... Read more
-Great inexpensive way of turning your older lens into a macro lens -Went on and off without a hitch on my D7000 -Offers a significant increase in focal length with your current lens -You MUST have a lens with an aperture ring (older lenses) -A caveat with this technique of creating a macro lens is you ... Read more


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he shouldnt charge people to learn the philosophies of freedom. "Sure ill tell you how to save your country, but you gotta pay me first". But to each his own, he has done more for liberty than anyone here but im still upset about the high charge.
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) --
You can find leadership lessons in the strangest places.
Some people search high and low, far and wide for mentors and wise sages with the hope of finding leadership enlightenment, the moment when everything in your supervision tool box finds a purpose.
For me, that moment didn't happen during a weeklong seminar, conference or executive boot camp. It happened moments before a mandatory safety briefing during a video montage used to occupy the crowd before the briefing starts. It was a simple YouTube clip and I almost missed it.
Like many people in the auditorium, I was engaged in pre-weekend conversation and wasn't paying any attention to the screen. The event emcee was still making script changes and hadn't given the "turn off cell phones and pagers" warning.
I stopped talking and found myself turned to the screen. The clip played, I listened and I learned. I looked around the auditorium with the same excitement I feel watching great football, "Did you just see that?" I had found something that tied my leadership expectations in a nice and neat, three-minute package. The video clip is titled "Up Time America" by the late Kimberly Alyn, a motivational speaker, and inspired this commentary.
I was taught since basic training that you have the responsibility to take care of everyone who has fewer stripes than you. This is the basis of servant leadership.
Once we allow our own credibility to waver and our integrity to buckle to protect ourselves at the expense of our subordinates, the entire team is weakened.
As leaders, we must be the voice. We must be the shield. We must strive to improve. This doesn't mean everyone gets a trophy. We also must deliberately deliver the hammer when needed. Our teammates deserve candor and transparency.
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One of the greatest lessons I learned from a dentist was the only thing more contagious than enthusiasm is lack of it. If you don't love what you do, your people will see it. You can't be the fat gym teacher and tell your students to run while you live on a steady diet of Krispy Kremes. Your actions tell the tale. How you deliver your message is equally important. If you want your co-workers to display professionalism, teamwork and compassion, show them what it looks like.
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Arbor's new Shakedown Series
Influenced by team rider Kody Noble, Arbor has developed a new series of skateboards designed around enabling riders to skate whatever they like, whenever they like.
The Shakedown comes in three sizes including a 32, 35, and 38 inch deck. Each skateboard has a kick tail and nose and an appropriately paired wheelbase and width.
Riders can simply pick a size suited to their comfort and style and then get to shredding parks, streets, hills, boardwalks, cities and everything else in between.
"If you limit yourself to one style of skateboarding," says Noble, "then you're not allowing yourself to explore all of the possibilities out there. This new Shakedown series allows you to skate anything you want and they are so fun to ride."
Noble worked closely with Los Angeles based artist, Shawn McKinney to choose a graphic that exemplifies the outlaw nature of skateboarding and this is well represented in the new series.
"We believe that a big part of the future of this sport is in street and freeride crossover," says Arbor marketing director, Brad Farmer, "therefore, we felt compelled to construct a series of skateboards that would perform extremely well for this style of riding. Working with Kody was the perfect opportunity to create a solid offering as he personifies this side of the sport for Arbor. With his guidance, we feel that we now offer a skateboard that will crush it in this category."
Arbor's complete new 2012 skateboard line is now available including the Shakedown series and several other options for all styles of riding and riders.
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Ah...ok to quit...this is a fundamental play style difference.
My game group feels that if you are human ...you are HUMAN. "pulling the reins" with your play and gaming the system in order to see if you get the cylon card is tantamount to cheating. I guess that you can play that way, but if we found somebody was playing as a cylon before they got a cylon card we would just lock em up and forget em...or more probably just not invite that person back to play. If you are human you play to the best of your abilities to help the humans until something changes. Otherwise just cook the loyalty deck and deal yourself a cylon card if you want it that bad.
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I'm wondering if anybody out there has any experience with fire pits? I'd like to build one in my back yard. Not one of the purchased copper sort, but more of the "homemade" sort. An "in-ground campfire" if you will. Something like digging a hole and laying bricks around the inside of. Nothing fancy. Just something for the family to make smores over and enjoy on cool nights over and over again. Does anybody have any tips or suggestions? They would be appreciated!
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We built a circular firepit in our patio when I was a teenager. Since I was assigned to start the fires and clean them up, many of my memories were negative. The pit did not draft well, it was hard to get wood piled up and lit, it was a real pain to clean out, you couldn't warm your backside without being literally "over" the fire, it caight rainwater, and it was a danger at night when not being used. On the other hand it looked really nifty in the Sunset Magazine we used as the plan source. If you build one I suggest fabricating a cover for foot traffic safety and to keep out rain. If I ever build another, I will set it at or above grade.
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Two Berkeley High students were arrested and released to their parents, one for punching someone, the other for resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. A student from an Oakland charter school was also arrested for battery via pepper spray, Frankel said. He said Berkeley High staff had been helping police.
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Witnesses say government opponents are fighting forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi for control of a key oil installation and airstrip on the coast of rebel-held eastern Libya.
They said the oil facility in the town of Brega had earlier on Wednesday fallen in the hands of a pro-Gadhafi force that arrived in the area in a huge convoy from the regime stronghold city of Sirte to the west.
The witnesses spoke from the outskirts of Brega, 85 miles (140 kilometers) south of the main rebel-held city in the east, Benghazi. The sound of screaming warplanes and the crackle of heavy gunfire could be heard as the witnesses spoke to The Associated Press by phone.
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BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi retook control of a key oil installation and port on the coast of the rebel-held eastern half of the country Wednesday and warplanes bombed an ammunition depot on the outskirts of a nearby town also controlled by the opposition, witnesses said.
Gadhafi's forces are escalating a counteroffensive after government opponents over the past two weeks seized control of the eastern half of the country and several cities and towns in the western half near the regime stronghold in the capital Tripoli.
On Tuesday, loyalists pushed back rebels from towns near Tripoli, where Gadhafi appears to be in full control. They also kept up military operations for a second straight day to try wrest back Zawiya, the city closest to the capital which is in the hands of government opponents. But rebels, backed by mutinous army forces and their weapons, have managed to repel those attacks and held on to Zawiya so far.
Ahmed Jerksi, manager of the massive oil installation in the eastern town of Brega on the Mediterranean coast, said pro-Gadhafi forces retook control of the facility at dawn without using force. Breqa is about 125 miles (200 kilometers) from Libya's second-largest city Benghazi, the nerve center of the rebel-held east.
There are about 4,000 oil workers at the Brega facility and there had been at least one checkpoint around it which was guarded by a small contingent of armed rebel forces from the area. But there were no reports of clashes between the two sides.
"It's not an attack. We are OK," Jerksi told The Associated Press. "The government troops came in to secure the whole area. Our concern is to maintain the facility."
Other witnesses told the AP that a rebel force was marching on Brega.
Also Wednesday, warplanes bombed an ammunition depot on the outskirts of the rebel-held eastern city of Ajdabiya, about 40 miles northeast of Brega and 85 miles (140 kilometers) south of Benghazi on the Mediterranean coast.
Libyan forces have launched repeated airstrikes during the two-week revolt but all of them have been reported to target facilities that store weapons in areas controlled by the rebellion. However, some air force pilots have said they bailed out because they were ordered to bomb civilians. Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam has repeatedly denied that airstrikes have been used against civilians though he has acknowledged bombing weapons depots.
Witnesses told the AP they saw two warplanes bomb the eastern outskirts of Ajdabiya at 10 a.m. local time. They also said pro-Gadhafi forces were advancing on the city of about 150,000 people, some 470 miles (750 kilometers) east of the capital, Tripoli.
"I see two jets bombing now," said one witness who, like the others, spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisals. Another witness said rebel forces were rushing to the western side of Ajdabiya to meet the advancing pro-Gadhafi force.
"We are ready to repel their attack," said the witness.
Gadhafi's regime retook at least two towns in the western half of the country near Tripoli in the past few days and threatened a third in recent days, while rebels repulsed attacks on three other key areas - the city of Misrata east of Tripoli, the city of Zawiya west of the capital, and the mountain town of Zintan south of the capital.
One of those retaken by the pro-Gadhafi forces was the strategic mountain town of Gharyan, the largest in the Nafusa Mountains, which overlooks Tripoli, a resident said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of government retaliation.
The town fell after dark Friday in a surprise attack, and the government troops detained officers who defected to the rebels and drew up lists of wanted protesters and started searching for them, the resident added.
Gadhafi supporters also have said they were in control of the city of Sabratha, west of Tripoli, which has seemed to go back and forth between the two camps in the past week.
But witnesses in Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of the capital, said rebels repulsed a pro-Gadhafi offensive in six hours of gunbattles overnight between Monday and Tuesday.
In Misrata, 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Tripoli, pro-Gadhafi troops who control part of an air base on the city's outskirts tried to advance Monday. But they were repulsed by opposition forces, who included residents with automatic weapons and defected army units allied with them, one of the opposition fighters said.
The opposition controls most of the air base, and one fighter in the city said dozens of anti-Gadhafi gunmen have arrived from farther east in recent days as reinforcements.
In Zintan, 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Tripoli, residents said an attack by pro-Gadhafi forces Monday night was the second since the city fell in rebel hands late last month. But, they added, Gadhafi's loyalists were bringing in reinforcements.
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- MayorofAngryTown 01/11/2011 12:56pm
Is this bill more than one sentence?
- faheem2774 01/13/2011 3:22pm
So we are trying to repeal a bill which benefits consumers and tightens regulations on banks/financial markets which caused our financial meltdown????
- MichaelDSP 01/20/2011 12:18pm
Michelle Bachmann is just jumping on the "undo all Democratic Legislation" bandwagon. I've heard no legitimate reason to repeal this from any Republican, or have seen any Wall Street reform proposed by Republicans to stop predatory Wall Street practices.
I suppose in order to determine whether this is a good thing or not, you must first answer the question: "Do I trust President Obama and the Democratic Party enough to believe them that the bill being repealed truly protects consumers?"
I have an answer.
- MayorofAngryTown 02/09/2011 1:44pm
I would guess the real question is : "Do I trust wall street and big business that without the restraints from this bill would be unmonitored, unaccountable, free and willing to drive a society off a cliff for the sake of profit. " It's like we burned our hand on the fire, put on a glove, now Bachmann wants to take the glove off and see if the fire still burns.
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- bschaeffer 02/08/2011 9:44pm
I really hope Republicans aren't letting Bachmann introduce this bill because they want to pad her "Presidential resume"….
Dodd-Frank should not be repealed, but rather should be extended. It didn't go far enough. None of those executives chiefly responsible for the financial collapse have been properly or fully held accountable. Some should go to jail; others should forfeit all their personal assets to go toward a national refund to pay down the national debt. Corporatism is when private interests have more power than the government does. Wall Street is in that exact position. Something has to be done to change that.
- SignOfTheDollar 05/10/2011 1:58pm
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act did nothing to protect consumers. All it did was add make a few Democrats feel warm and fuzzy while simultaneously making it more difficult for business to thrive in this country.
This bill enacted rules that forced most foreign brokers and banks to severely tighten capital requirements for ALL U.S. citizen investors, no matter how much or how little they invest. U.S.-based brokers did this a long time ago.
For those of us trying to get ahead without the interfering hand of big brother, Frank Dodd was a big blow. There should be sensible regulation without punishing small investors who had nothing to do with 2008.
REPEAL this law?!? The saddest part about the Dodd-Frank act is that it hasn't been fully implemented and the financial service industry lobbyists have been spending millions to keep it that way. This is a small drop in the bucket, we need to repeal Graham-Leach-Bliley among others to put BACK in place the controls on financial services industries which were enacted after the Great Depression and ensured us 50 years of stable economic growth, and were then systematically removed over with the repeated and increasingly severe economic crises we've been living through since the 80's.


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Paul is a member of the following Committees:
Paul is a member of the following Cross-Party Groups:
Thank you for inviting me to speak to the draft order, which has been laid for Parliament's approval.
Members of the committee will be aware that freshwater fisheries management and conservation are, largely, regulated by the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003, but separate arrangements are in place for the border rivers. Following the committee's consideration of the provisions in the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, an amendment to the 2003 act came into force in September 2013 to provide a new enabling power allowing the Scottish ministers to create a regime for tagging salmon that are caught in Scotland.
I confirm that it remains our intention to consult fully on the structure and extent of any future carcass-tagging scheme, and I am currently considering the options, alongside the wider recommendations that are emerging from the report that was produced following the independent review of wild fisheries.
However, it is necessary to address a technical issue with the current legislation to ensure that a single carcass-tagging system can be introduced across the whole of Scotland. The 2003 act and the amendments to it that were brought in last year do not extend to the River Tweed, which, as a border river, has its own governance. The governance of the River Tweed is provided by the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2913), which allows a whole-river management scheme to operate across the border. As a consequence, the order that we are discussing today will amend the 2006 order by inserting a new power that will allow for the creation of a regime for tagging salmon that are caught in the Tweed district, and will ensure that when such a scheme is introduced in Scotland as a whole, that can be replicated for the Tweed. The power will allow provisions to be made about the nature and form of the tags, record keeping and enforcement.
The purpose behind the regime will be to enhance existing conservation measures for wild salmon and to ensure that fish that are caught in Scotland and which find their way to market are traceable. It will allow tagged fish to be measured against fish stocks and it will supplement existing mechanisms for identifying unlawfully caught fish. The detail of the tagging regime for the Tweed district will be set out in a separate order, and the detail of the scheme for the rest of Scotland will be set out in regulations that will be made under the 2003 act. I confirm that I have been in correspondence with my counterparts in the United Kingdom Government, who will be taking the order through the UK Parliament.
I hope that that provides a brief overview of the order and of our longer-term strategy. I will be happy to answer any questions.
If this was a game of Trivial Pursuit, I would fail miserably. I will look to Jeff Gibbons, who might have some knowledge of that. If he does not, we can come back to you with the detail.
We will get the measuring tapes out and provide you with an answer to that.
It is worth pointing out that carcass tagging already goes on in England. We are bringing in our own regime.
Conservation measures are already in place in England. Unfortunately, we are having to catch up. For the committee's benefit, we can provide some detailed information in response to your question.
I will ask Jeff Gibbons to talk about the process that we have been going through. We have engaged closely with the authorities in England about concerns that they have. I believe that, so far, they have indicated that they are happy to progress the proposed measure with us. We have done a first scan at Government-to-Government level to establish whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has concerns about the measure. The Secretary of State for Scotland has been copied in, too, because of the cross-border nature of the activity. Nothing has been flagged up to us yet. Jeff Gibbons will talk through the consultation process.
I add that the Crown Estate has also been consulted. Jeff Gibbons was referring to the River Tweed Commission.
The latter point is the most relevant one. As I said in my opening remarks, at the moment we are in a situation in which we cannot apply a single tagging scheme across the whole of Scotland. The instrument is a technical measure to make sure that we can take the Tweed within any scheme that comes forward.
It is important to put the matter in the context of the fisheries review—we are scanning through the recommendations from Andrew Thin and his group and clearly we want to come forward with a comprehensive package rather than do things piecemeal. However, the order will at least allow us to move forward so that when we produce detail on the carcass-tagging scheme that we set out in the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013, we will be able to apply it across the whole of Scotland rather than having to do two separate schemes—one for the areas that straddle the border and one for the rest of Scotland. Jeff Gibbons may want to comment further on that.
I thought that that was my opportunity to escape.
Having been a member of the Finance Committee in the past, I recognise that there is great interest in having that information simultaneously with the budget. However, I shall explain for the committee's benefit the process that is involved. Although there is no statutory requirement to produce the information and no statutory specification as to when it should be produced, we have made every effort to produce it as near as we can to publication of the budget. I believe that last year it took five weeks to produce the information, and this year it took three weeks.
We had an unusual situation with the referendum, and during the summer we had a delay in the budget process, which is happening slightly later than it would otherwise, so the team has done a good job of collating the level 4 information and producing it within three weeks. It is difficult; we have to wait until we have the finalised budget before the carbon assessment of the budget can be produced and the team can produce the information that you are now relying on to assess the carbon intensity of the Government's spending programme.
The point that I am making is that there is a difficulty in producing the documents simultaneously, and we have made every effort to ensure that the gap is as small as possible. I apologise if that has presented a problem for committee this year, but the team has endeavoured to get the information to you as quickly as they possibly could.
That the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee recommends that the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Amendment Order 2015 [draft] be approved.
Supported by: Richard Lochhead
That the Parliament welcomes the successful climate summit hosted by the UN Secretary General in New York on 23 September 2014 and is encouraged by the range of commitments made by countries, business and civil society; notes the latest scientific evidence on rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and the costs of delaying action; welcomes the announcement of the Compact of States and Regions; notes that the UK Government made no new pledges; agrees that new devolved powers to give Scotland a stronger and more clearly articulated voice on the international stage would allow Scotland to play a leading role in encouraging countries to match Scotland's high ambition on climate change and to follow Scotland's example in making the transition to a low-carbon economy and championing climate justice, and calls on all countries, including all EU member states, to use the opportunity presented at the forthcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties in Lima, Peru, to make further progress and demonstrate their commitment toward an ambitious, global and legally binding climate change agreement in Paris in 2015.
That the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee recommends that the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 [draft] be approved.
That the Parliament recognises the impact of wildlife crime in Scotland and the potential strain that this places on Scotland's reputation; welcomes the Scottish Government's determination to tackle wildlife crime in Scotland; supports the work of the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime; welcomes the introduction of vicarious liability in wildlife crime in 2011 and the announcement in July 2013 of the review of wildlife crime penalties, the introduction of restrictions on general licences and the enforcement work being taken forward by Police Scotland; unreservedly condemns the appalling poisoning incident in Ross-shire that has killed at least 20 red kites and buzzards; recognises that these birds are a critical part of Scotland's biodiversity and a key element in the growing wildlife tourism sector; expresses concern about the very worrying disappearance of the first sea eagle chick born from the reintroduced sea eagles on the east coast; considers that an update on the fight against wildlife crime is now timely, and welcomes agencies redoubling efforts to work together to protect Scotland's remarkable wildlife.
As an amendment to motion S4M-09294 in the name of Claire Baker (Air Quality in Scotland), leave out from "is concerned" to end and insert "notes the 2013 air quality monitoring results and that, while improvements in air quality have been made over recent years, a number of hot spot areas still exist, which have impacts on the quality of life and health and wellbeing of impacted communities and individuals, particularly those with pre-existing respiratory and cardiovascular conditions; recognises the work that has been led by the Scottish Government, local authorities and others to improve air quality and protect the quality of life of individuals and communities; recognises, however, that more needs to be done, and welcomes initiatives such as the Low Emission Strategy that will deliver further progress."
That the Parliament acknowledges the contribution made by many to the successful delivery of the Year of Natural Scotland 2013; recognises that a key strength has been the close partnerships developed in showcasing Scotland's natural heritage; notes that Scotland's natural beauty continues to be one of the biggest tourist draws, especially during Homecoming Scotland, and welcomes the public support in declaring the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) the national tree of Scotland, which it considers a fitting legacy for the Year of Natural Scotland.
That the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee recommends that the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification) Order 2013 [draft] be approved.
That the Parliament agrees that the Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill be passed.
As an amendment to motion S4M-06845 in the name of Claire Baker (Land Reform), after first "Scottish Government" insert "as an advisory group independent of Scottish ministers".
That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been each year under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 for causing unnecessary suffering, and what proportion of those convicted received a (a) disqualification and (b) deprivation order.
The available information is given in the following table.
People Convicted under Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 20061
Section of Act:
Percentage receiving disqualification orders1,2
1. Where main charge.
2. Data on disqualification orders are not published routinely as part of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland bulletin, however, the data has been analysed for accuracy. The data is gathered from the same source as the convictions data.
There was no deprivation orders issued.
Information for 2011-12 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2011-12 Statistical Bulletin. This is due to be published in November 2012.
The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National Statistics publications are pre-announced, and the up to date list of future publications can be found at:
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been given to assist areas identified by the Scottish Funding Council as having low participation rates in further education.
To ask the Scottish Executive what forums exist for it to represent Scottish international trade interests to governments in export markets.
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions are in place across all NHS boards for diagnosing and treating Dystonia.
A key way of improving healthcare services is by implementing clinical standards. Healthcare Improvement Scotland has developed clinical standards for neurological health services, including generic standards which are applicable to people living with dystonia. Implementation of the standards dealing with the early part of the patient journey, including access to specialist neurological services, will help to ensure people with dystonia receive timely diagnosis and treatment.
We have provided NHS boards with funding of around £1.2 million over the last two years to assist them in developing local improvement groups as the main vehicles for implementing the standards and driving further improvements within neurological services across Scotland. Good progress is being made, although there is more to do.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland's two-year Neurological Service Improvement programme came to an end recently in March. We wish to see NHS boards continue to work together with the voluntary sector to build on the progress made and put service improvement on a sustainable footing.
The Scottish Government has therefore provided the Neurological Alliance of Scotland, of which the Dystonia Society is a member, with £40,000, to establish a National Advisory Group, which we hope will oversee and support boards as they take their improvement plans forward.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it (a) is taking, (b) could take, and (c) will take to raise awareness of Dystonia amongst public sector agencies and wider society.
NHSScotland has invested in online resources such as the NHS Inform website, which provides clear and accessible information on the causes, symptoms and diagnosis of dystonia. This can be accessed at the following link:
People living with dystonia also have an important role in raising awareness of their condition and can often be the wider public's first source of information. This role is being strengthened through the Neurological Alliance of Scotland's "Neurological Voices" programme which prepares adults living with neurological conditions and their carers to get involved in developing local healthcare services. To date the Scottish Government has invested over £100,000 in the Neurological Voices programme, to help raise awareness and ensure that the patient voice is heard.
In 2010, we provided the Dystonia Society with a Section 16B grant of £46,500 over three years to assist with disseminating the Society's self management course which supports people living with dystonia to self manage the condition and play a more active role in discussions with health and social care professionals about their care.
To help raise awareness amongst healthcare professionals the Dystonia Society has launched an online training module for GPs through the British Medical Journal's learning programme, with more than 3,000 healthcare professionals accessing the module in the first year. In addition, a "Guide to Good Practice for healthcare professionals" was launched in October of last year. The guide was developed with the help of leading Neurologists, Dystonia Nurses and therapists and is being issued to treatment centres throughout Scotland.
We also have a good working relationship with the Neurological Alliance of Scotland, of which the Dystonia Society is a member, which aims to raise awareness of all neurological conditions and which has been a key partner in Healthcare Improvement Scotland's Neurological Standards Improvement Programme.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to shorten the diagnosis time for Dystonia, which, according to the Dystonia Society, can take up to four years.
We want to ensure that everyone living with a neurological condition, including dystonia, are diagnosed as quickly as possible so they can receive access to care and support they need, when they need it.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland has developed clinical standards for neurological health services, including generic standards which are applicable to people living with dystonia. Implementation of the standards dealing with the early part of the patient journey, including access to specialist neurological services, will help to ensure people with dystonia receive a timely diagnosis.
We have provided NHS boards with funding of around £1.2 million over the last two years to assist them in developing local improvement groups as the main vehicles for implementing the standards and driving further improvements within neurological services across Scotland.
The Scottish Government is also actively consulting with the Scottish population on a draft UK plan on rare diseases to help understand how the healthcare needs of people living with rare conditions can be met. The consultation can be accessed via the following link:
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is provided to community-led regeneration in South Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive what legislative consent motions it will lodge in connection with the legislative programme to be announced in the Queen's Speech on 9 May 2012.
In accordance with the Sewel Convention, the UK Parliament does not legislate with regard to devolved matters in Scotland without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
This is an important part of the devolution settlement, which acknowledges the special constitutional position of the Scottish Parliament and the democratic mandate conferred on this Parliament by the people of Scotland. In the view of the Scottish Government, the Sewel Convention will remain an essential part of the constitution of the UK for as long as the UK Parliament retains its current powers and functions in relation to Scotland.
In the normal course of business, legislation on devolved matters should be scrutinised and determined in the Scottish Parliament. There may however be situations in which it is helpful and appropriate for legislation dealing with devolved matters to be taken forward at Westminster.
The Scottish Government is committed to assessing opportunities of this kind on their merits and to working closely and constructively with the UK Government, on a case by case basis, to deliver legislation which best meets Scotland's needs. The Scottish Government is equally committed to working with the UK Government to pursue opportunities to extend devolved competence.
The formal consent of the Scottish Parliament is required in relation to all proposals for Westminster primary legislation on devolved matters, including alterations to devolved competence, in accordance with Chapter 9B of Standing Orders.
Within the legislative programme announced today by the UK Government, we have identified potential opportunities to legislate for the benefit of Scotland on matters that are within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament or which alter legislative or executive competence.
The UK bills which we currently expect to give rise to Legislative Consent Motions in the Scottish Parliament cover:
Crime & Courts Bill – to create the National Crime Agency; make provisions about the structure, administration, and powers of courts and tribunals and judicial appointments; establish UK Border Agency Criminal Investigation Powers, and, permit Social Security and Tax Credit Data-Sharing.
Electoral Registration & Administration Bill – to include provisions to bring forward Electoral Administration and Individual Electoral Registration (IER).
Energy Bill – to address Reform of the Electricity Market following the DECC White Paper published last year. The intention is to ensure a secure electricity supply, investment in low carbon technologies and to minimise costs.
Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Bill – the Bill will address Regulatory reforms and Repeals; Dispute Resolution; Reform of competition laws; Executive pay, and, establish the Green Investment Bank.
The Scottish Government will, in due course, lodge memoranda and motions for these bills, once they have been introduced in the UK Parliament. It will then be for the Scottish Parliament to determine whether to give or withhold consent.
It is possible that further opportunities to legislate for Scotland by means of Legislative Consent Motion may occur in connection with other UK bills, including Private Member's bills. Any additional proposals of this kind, together with any relevant amendments to the government bills listed above, will be drawn to the attention of the Parliament as they arise, in line with the requirements of Standing Orders.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to alter the speed limit for HGVs on A-roads and, if so, for what reason.
We currently have no plans to alter the speed limits applying to HGVs on A roads, although we do now have the power to do so under the Scotland Act 2012.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the speed limits on A-roads.
In 2006, the Scottish Government issued guidance to local authorities on setting local speed limits. Authorities were asked to review speed limits on all A and B class roads in their area by the end of 2011. Transport Scotland has in parallel been reviewing speed limits on the trunk road network.
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