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What' s all the hoopla about life purpose anyway? Lately, I have been thinking about what it means to live a purposeful life. How do people really think about life purpose? What makes it difficult to live a purposeful life? If it' s really important to know our life purpose, why is is hard for most of us to know what our life purpose is and why is it hard to stay focused on creating a life of purpose ?
Dictionary.com defines purpose as the reason for which something exists, to set an an aim, intention or goal for oneself. Maybe we exist because we can and once we climb into our existence then we have an opportunity to discover our strengths, weaknesses, desires, temperament and a whole host of other personal qualities. These qualities are the ingredients to stir around within us as a recipe to
finding our life purpose. This purpose can take us on the path of setting intentions or goals
that will lead us to where we want to go in life.
These are my musings on life purpose. What are your thoughts on the subject? Use the comment button below to muse away!


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Beautiful orange flower, a Calendula, captured at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo, Pinellas County, Florida., USA. 506 views as of Feb. 18, 2013
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Law School Announces Visiting Professors for 2008-2009 School Year
Cincinnati, OH—To deepen the law school's course offerings and enhance programming, the University of Cincinnati College of Law regularly invites visiting professors from across the country to teach at the school. This year's visiting professors will offer courses in white collar crime, secured transactions, client counseling, family law, and gender and the law. Students will get the chance to learn from several outside experts.
Jenny Carroll.
Jenny Carroll will be serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor, teaching White Collar Crime in the fall, and Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure II in the spring.
Professor Carroll is well known to all who have participated in the Ohio Innocence Project. She has served as its Academic Director supervising law student work on behalf of clients claiming in federal or state courts that they have been wrongfully convicted. She graduated from Duke University and received her JD from the University of Texas School of Law. She was a Prettyman Fellow at the Georgetown University Criminal Justice Clinic, earning her LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.
Patrick D. Lane.
Patrick Lane joins the law school as a part-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Law. He will teach Secured Transactions this fall and will be assisting with the Client Counseling course in spring.
Professor Lane, a UC Law graduate, received his BA from the University of Virginia. He practiced law with Dinsmore & Shohl for 15 years in the firm's litigation department before joining Procter & Gamble as Associate General Counsel, managing both intellectual property and general litigation. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Chase College of Law.
Qudsia Mirza
Qudsia Mirza will be serving as a Visiting Professor of Law, teaching Feminist Jurisprudence in the fall, followed by Family Law and Gender and the Law in the spring.
Professor Mirza has recently completed a year as Visiting Scholar at Washington and Lee University as the Frances Lewis Scholar in Residence. She received her LLB in England from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and her LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science in London. She taught law at the University of East London, and brings more than 16 years teaching experience to the College. Her scholarly focus is on women and Islam, having published broadly in this area. She has previously been a visitor at Albany Law School and the University of California, Berkeley.
Gary W. Spring
Gary Spring has been appointed visiting Associate Professor of Law, and will teach Legal Ethics and Employment law this fall, and Civil Procedure II in the spring.
Professor Spring spent last year as a visitor at Rutgers University, Newark, teaching Civil Procedure, Employment Law, and other employment law related subjects. He taught as an Adjunct Professor at Akron Law School for many years while practicing law in Akron, and has received outstanding teaching awards from both Akron and Rutgers. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University, and he clerked with Justice Paul Brown of the Ohio Supreme Court before taking up practice as a litigator with a large firm in Akron.
TaxProf Blog Picked As One of The ABA Journal's Blawg 100
Editors of the ABA Journals announced they have selected TaxProf Blog as one of the top 100 best websites by lawyers, for lawyers. Created and hosted by Associate Dean Paul Caron, TaxProf Blog is one of 15 nominated in the Legal Theory category.
Wrote the ABA Journals about the TaxProf Blog, "The University of Cincinnati's Paul Caron covers all the tax law bases—what's coming from the headlines, the law journals, and the think tanks. Caron is also editor and publisher of the Law Professor Blogs network, reflected in his extensive coverage of law schools and legal blogging generally."
Now lawyers are being asked to vote on their favorites in each of the Blawg 100's 10 categories. To vote, go to http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/blawg100_2008. Voting ends Jan. 2, 2009.
"New legal blogs are springing up on a daily basis – we now have more than 2,000 in our online directory. Competition for the time and attention of lawyers is getting fiercer," says Edward A. Adams, the Journal's editor and publisher. "Half the blogs on last year's inaugural Blawg 100 list didn't make the cut this year. That's a testament to the quality of this year's honorees, and evidence of the increasing amount of valuable information all legal blogs are publishing."
For the complete story, visit the website: http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/blawg_100_2008/.
About the ABA Journal:
The ABA Journal is the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association, and it is read by half of the nation's 1.1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. ABAJournal.com features breaking legal news updated as it happens by staff reporters throughout every business day, a directory of more than 2,000 lawyer blogs, and the full contents of the magazine.
TaxProf Blog Wins Bronze Medal As One of The ABA Journal's Blawg 100
The American Bar Association (ABA) Journal announced that TaxProf Blog, created and hosted by Associate Dean Paul Caron, has won the Bronze Medal in the Blawg 100's Legal Theory category. One of 15 blogs nominated in this category, TaxProf Blog came in third place with 231 votes from ABA Journal readers, behind Jonathan Turley (670 votes) and Mirror of Justice (256 votes).
Wrote the ABA Journals about the TaxProf Blog, "The University of Cincinnati's Paul Caron covers all the tax law bases—what's coming from the headlines, the law journals, and the think tanks. Caron is also editor and publisher of the Law Professor Blogs network, reflected in his extensive coverage of law schools and legal blogging generally."
In addition, four members of the Law Professor Blogs network were named to the Blawg 100. They are as follows:
- Brian Leiter's Law School Reports (9th of 15 blogs nominated in the Niche category)
- Law School Innovation (14th of 15 blogs nominated in the Legal Theory category)
- Legal Profession Blog (14th of 15 blogs nominated in the Niche category)
- Sentencing Law and Policy (3rd of 5 blogs nominated in the Crime Time category)
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The ABA Journal is the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association, and it is read by half of the nation's 1.1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. ABAJournal.com features breaking legal news updated as it happens by staff reporters throughout every business day, a directory of more than 2,000 lawyer blogs, and the full contents of the magazine.
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Law Professor and Grad on Panel to Suggest US Attorney and Marshal
Professor Verna L. Williams (left) and Former Judge Ann Marie Tracey '75 (below, right), chairperson of the Ohio Ethics Commission, were named to a bipartisan committee that will recommend the U.S. attorney and federal marshal for Northern Ohio.
According to a recent article in the Cincinnati Enquirer, President Barack Obama may appoint a new U.S. attorney and marshal for both Southern and Northern Ohio. The positions serve at the pleasure of the president. To avoid an appearance of cronyism, a committee composed of residents of Southern Ohio makes recommendations for Northern Ohio and vice versa. The committee will recommend individuals to Senator Sherrod Brown, who will then give the information to President Obama. He will make the final decision, which must be confirmed by Senate. (Read the complete story)
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Bai Named to "Top 10" List for Corporate Law and Securities Scholarship
DATE: April 24, 2009
CONTACT: Sherry Y. English, 513/556-0060
Cincinnati, OH—Legal journal "The Corporate Practice Commentator" has chosen an article co-written by UC Law Professor Lynn Bai for its annual list of the 10 best corporate and securities articles in 2008. Her selected article, "There Are Plaintiffs and . . . There Are Plaintiffs: An Empirical Analysis of Securities Class Action Settlements," was written with James D. Cox (Duke) and Randall S. Thomas (Vanderbilt).
The top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2008 list is culled from 480 articles and reflects the choices of leading corporate law scholars. Teachers in corporate and securities law were asked to select the best corporate and securities articles from a list of articles published and indexed in legal journals during 2008.
Professor Bai's article, "There Are Plaintiffs and . . . There Are Plaintiffs: An Empirical Analysis of Securities Class Action Settlements," was published in the Vanderbilt Law Review in March 2008. The article examines the impact of different types of lead plaintiffs on the size of settlements in securities fraud class actions. It also provides indicia that explain why some suits settle for sums that are extremely small relative to provable losses suffered by the class. This evidence bears heavily on the debate of strike suits in securities class actions.
The list also includes articles by Iman Anabtawi (UC-California School of Law), Lynn Stout (UCLA Law), Chris Brummer (Vanderbilt University Law School), Stephen Choi (New York University School of Law ), Marcel Kahan ( New York University School of law), Jill E. Fisch (University of Pennsylvania Law School), James D. Cox (Duke Law), Randall S. Thomas (Vanderbilt University Law School), Todd M. Henderson (University of Chicago School of Law), Henry T.C. Hu (University of Texas at Austin School of Law), Bernard Black (University of Texas at Austin School of Law), Edward Rock (University of Pennsylvania Law School), Leo E. Strine, Jr. (Vanderbilt University Law School and Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery, Delaware), Guhan Subramanian (Harvard Law School).
An Assistant Professor of Law at UC Law, Professor Bai holds a PhD in Finance from Duke University and a JD from The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Bai also has extensive working experience in the area of corporate law and finance, as a corporate lawyer and investment banker in New York and a financial market regulator in Hong Kong.
Cris Collinsworth '91 to Give Featured Address at 176th Hooding
Cincinnati, OH—University of Cincinnati College of Law alumnus, sports commentator, Cincinnati Bengal wide receiver, and Emmy Award winner Anthony Cris Collinsworth '91 will address students at the College of Law's 176th Hooding Ceremony, May 10, 2009. The ceremony will be held at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, beginning at 1:00 p.m. until 2:45 p.m. Approximately 111 students will graduate this year.
This year's Hooding Ceremony, presided over by Dean Louis D. Bilionis, will feature alumnae Bridget Gannon McGraw '03 as the recipient of the Nicholas Longworth III Alumni Achievement Award, and Professors Margaret B. Drew, Darrell A.H. Miller, and Thomas D. Eisele as the recipients of the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching Award. The Longworth Award recognizes law school graduates for their outstanding contributions to society; the Goldman Prize is awarded to law school professors and is based on their research and public service as they contribute to superior performance in the classroom.
A legend on the field and in the booth
A sports legend on and off the field, Collinsworth is a native of the tri-state—born in nearby Dayton, OH. Reared in Titusville, Florida, he attended college at the University of Florida, where he was ranked as an All-American and Academic All-American. Drafted by the Bengals in 1981, he enjoyed one of the most memorable receiving careers in history during his years with the Bengals, playing in two Super Bowl and three Pro Bowl games. Career highlights include playing 107 games, catching 417 passes for 6,698 yards, and making 36 touchdowns. He also had four 1,000 yard seasons.
When Collinsworth retired from the NFL in 1989, he moved into the broadcasting arena, beginning his career as a sports radio talk show host on Cincinnati station WLW. He later became a reporter and studio cast member for HBO's Inside the NFL. In 1990, he became a game analysts for NBC Sports' NFL coverage before taking a year off to complete his law degree. Collinsworth moved to the Fox NFL Sunday pre-game show in 1998 and became a member of the network's lead game broadcasting crew in 2002.
Widely respected as a football broadcaster, Collinsworth has won eight Emmy Awards, including a record seven as Outstanding Sports Studio Analyst, and is the most honored studio analyst in sports television. During the football season he can be seen on three networks: co-host of Showtime program Inside the NFL, studio analyst and co-host for NBC Sports Sunday Night Football, and game analyst for the NFL Network's Thursday Night Football. Last year he also served as a correspondent for NBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics. In April 2009 NBC announced that Collinsworth replaced sports icon John Madden as analyst for NBC's National Football League broadcasts.
On the business side, Collinsworth has worked with Cincinnati healthcare company ProScan, founding the Cris Collinsworth ProScan Foundation. This organizations helps fund the Pink Ribbon Center in Over-the-Rhine, which provides mammograms to low-income women.
Governor Strickland Appoints Bettman Chair of Judicial Recommendation Panel
Governor Ted Strickland has appointed UC Law's Marianna Brown Bettman to the Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel. Professor Bettman will serve as chair of one of the two recommendation panels.
The Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel evaluates the qualifications of applicants for judicial vacancies and then makes non-binding recommendations to the Governor for appointment based on their evaluations.
Professor Bettman has served as a professor of clinical law at the University of Cincinnati since 1999. She had previously served as a judge for the Ohio First District Court of Appeals from 1993-1999. Bettman also writes a monthly newspaper column, Legally Speaking, which appears in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1966 and her law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1977.
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Professor Joseph Biancalana Retires from UC Law
One of academia's leading scholars of English legal history and long-time University of Cincinnati College of Law professor, Joseph Biancalana, announced his retirement effective this fall.
"The College of Law's annals include more than a few iconic professors – long and vividly remembered across generations," said UC Law Dean Louis Bilionis. "Joseph Biancalana will be among them. Our alumni consistently remember him with affection and high praise for his command of the law, his commitment to rigorous scholarly inquiry, his consummate practice of the Socratic method in the classroom, and his enormous passion for teaching."
Professor Biancalana received his JD from Harvard Law School, after receiving his BA from Lake Forest College and his MA in English Literature from Harvard University. It was at Harvard that he developed his love of English legal history. "While in college and graduate school I took several seminar courses in [English legal history]," he said. "Then, I was hooked."
After graduating from law school, he worked as an associate at Herrick & Smith in Boston (Mass.) for four years. He then was awarded a Bigelow Teaching Fellowship from the University of Chicago Law School, where he taught for one year before joining the faculty at UC Law in 1983.
For over 25 years Professor Biancalana taught numerous classes and hundreds of law students. Many benefited from his teaching in courses such as Constitutional Law I and II, Corporations I, Property, Wills and Trusts, and, of course, English legal history. Gail King Gibson '90 spoke about Professor Biancalana for the law school's Anniversary Memory Project. "Property with [Professor] Biancalana was very interesting…It was clear that he was very intelligent. He was leaps and bounds ahead of the class."
When asked what drew him to teaching, Biancalana laughed and said, "English legal history. Teaching was one of the few ways I could continue to delve into this subject!" He continued, "I will miss interacting with the students, however. And I will definitely miss being able to continue learning in classes such as the graduate-level Fiction Writing Workshop I took last school year at the university." Biancalana admitted to enjoying being a teacher and a student, as over the years he had taken numerous classes to continue to hone his skills.
The author of numerous articles, books, essays, and papers, his work has been published in legal journals including the Cambridge Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, American Historical Review, and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Legal History. Commented Dr. Paul Brand of All Souls College, Oxford, concerning his work, [it is] "notable both for its mastery of the relevant sources and its ability to tackle the major questions of English medieval legal history in a new and interesting way." His book, The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England 1176-1502 (Cambridge University Press, 2001), is considered a work of major and lasting importance in the field. To that point, Professor Biancalana has twice won the prestigious Sutherland Prize from the American Society for Legal History, an award given to the best article published in English legal history in the preceding year. Additionally, he was commissioned to author the volume in the Oxford History of the Laws of England that will cover the fifteenth century, contributing alongside some of the best English legal historians known today. Noted Sir John Baker, Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge, a professor "cannot now teach English legal history without reference to [Professor Biancalana's] work."
A well-respected educator, Professor Biancalana also has a reputation for constructing challenging and stimulating discussions both outside and inside the classroom. "Talking with Joseph could be a challenge, sometimes even a frustration," said his colleague Thomas Eisele, Professor of Law. "His insistence on clear thought and precise expression (as well as coming up with ideas that were more than platitudes) superseded the ordinary customs of friendship, or collegiality. This could be off-putting. But, to be sure, engaging with Joseph's agile mind also was highly rewarding, for anyone willing to submit to such rigorous demands. Joseph's ability to be unsettling in a good sense proved, in my experience, of real and lasting benefit. In the best tradition of law school curmudgeons, he is a latter-day Socratic gad-fly."
Inside the classroom alumni and students consistently remember him with affection and the highest praise for his command of the law and passion for teaching. "We are very grateful to [Professor Biancalana] for the impact he had on our curriculum and our students. In fact, he was one of my favorite professors when I was lucky to be in his Property class during my days as a student at the College of Law," said Nancy Oliver '90, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Student Affairs at the College of Law.
What has been the result of his efforts? He has been awarded several commendations from the law school community. He is a two-time winner of the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching. This award, given by UC law students, recognizes professors who distinguish themselves in the classroom. Wrote former law school dean Tom Gerety in a Goldman Prize announcement letter, "Professor Joseph Biancalana approaches his material with an electrifying intensity, and his excitement is oftentimes contagious. He pushes students beyond their black letter law by questioning every rule. Thus, he encourages critical, as well as analytic, thinking about the subject matter." Finally, Biancalana is also a recipient of the Harold C. Schott Scholarship Award, which recognizes outstanding research and scholarly achievement by a faculty member.
This fall Professor Biancalana will be moving to Cambridge (Mass.) where he plans to pursue various writing projects, read and research articles, and "explore and enjoy beautiful New England." The law school community will miss him.
Professor Paul Caron Quoted in Washington Post
Professor Paul Caron, Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law, spoke to the Washington Post about the tax challenges families can face after participating in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition shows. According to the article, several families who have participated in the show have struggled to keep up with the increased taxes resulting from the major improvements of their homes. The production company advises families to consult a financial planner for guidance and leases the home from them during the construction week. They note that a special provision in the tax law allows income tax to be waived on rentals of less than 15 days. However, cautioned Caron, this may not necessarily be enough. (Read more)
Paul Caron Named One of 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting...Again!
The list of the most influential people in tax and accounting includes some big names: President Barack Obama, Senator Max Baucus, SEC Chairperson Mary Schapiro…and UC law professor Paul Caron. Accounting Today magazine, the leading journal of the profession, has just released its 2009 report of the biggest movers and shakers in the accounting profession. For the fourth time in a row Professor Caron has been named to this impressive list. Caron, Associate Dean of Faculty and the Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the College of Law, is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the TaxProf Blog, the leading tax blog on the internet with over 10 million page views since its creation in 2004.
The list also includes government officials, CEOs of major accounting firms, CEOs of tax and accounting companies and publishers, and government and industry officials. (Read more about this story)


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Progressive Rock
Progressive rock (often shortened to "progressive", "prog rock" or "prog", also sometimes called, although not synonymous with, "art rock") is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility". Progressive rock bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries" by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus based song structures. Additionally, the arrangements often incorporate elements drawn from classical, jazz, and avant-garde music.
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Chef-co-owner Roberto Caporuscio worked as a cheese salesman in Italy before he opened Keste, one of the best Neapolitan pizza spots in New York City. His signature regina margherita pizza is topped with tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella, grape tomatoes, basil and extra-virgin olive oil.
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the amazing opportunity to visit Pixar with the manager of post-production, Robert Tachoires. Besides just being a nice and all-around awesome person, Robert took the time out of his busy schedule to show me around Pixar for nearly two hours. I'll be honest—it was slightly surreal. I casually passed by people like the director of Brave, Mark Andrews, Pete Docter, and other famous names.
He gave me the general tour of what you'd expect at Pixar—the cafeteria, Oscar awards case, cereal bar, post room, studio store—but he also got clearance to show me the animation and tech departments!
Pixar has two main buildings where the artists are located. There's the Steve Jobs building, which has animators on one side and the tech/post production side on the other, and the Brooklyn building which houses the pre-production artists. Naturally, I didn't get to see much of pre-production since that's all top secret. Going through the animation department however blew my mind—there is literally a mini-village inside of Pixar!
Each animator is given the chance to decorate their own space however they want—and some have literally imported Tuff sheds to live in while they do their work. One was decorated to look exactly like a miniature everyday-house you'd see on a street, white picket fence included. Another looked just like a Tiki hut, and a particular 'street' in the animation department resembled Chinatown. One room seemed to overflow with Ninja Turtles toys and posters.
I got a close-up look at their Oscar trophy case—which actually included drawings by children! That earned a couple of bonus points in my book. Also, they had a huge Render Farm—processing machines lined every wall of a see-through room – which had a water-circulating system designed specifically for keeping everything cool.
The saddest part was definitely leaving Pixar. It was thrilling being around so many people who made the Pixar name legendary. It's pretty obvious why everyone wants to work there! (Not just because of the Pixar store, though that was amazing. I loaded up on some major Pixar swag).
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Should the North have its own TfL?March 5th, 2015 • 1 Comment
London has its own TfL to manage all things train-shaped in the capital, but a think tank has said that the Government should thrown £15bn at a similar transport body for the North of England in a bid to get everything ship-shape.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said this idea would only serve to help George Osborne's vision of a "northern powerhouse" and they prodded the chancellor to include such a thing in his budget, which is happening on 18th March (so they've invariably left it a bit late, as he's no doubt got the main meat of the budget sorted by now).
The IPPR would call this thing Transport for the North (TfN), although we'd prefer Tremendous Transport for the North so you could have TTFN as the acronym. This body would be responsible for rail, road, sea and air and determine what infrastructure investments should take priority and the like and could be made up of the existing Transport for the North alliance, which the government set up in 2014.
The IPPR plan also includes the need for a transport commissioner for the North, as well as a move toward a contactless, cross-boundary ticketing system.
Ed Cox, Director of IPPR North, said: "Northern transport infrastructure is dated, poorly integrated and lacking the large-scale investment it needs, but Transport for the North could be at the vanguard of a coherent economic plan that will fire up the northern powerhouse."
"Devolving transport powers and budget to the North will help transform the region's growth prospects and rebalance the economy."
Drinking to be banned on trains?February 23rd, 2015 • 2 Comments
Remember how bad the response was, when drinking on the London Underground was banned? Well, steel yourself, because the bosses of the railways are being asked to consider a ban on drinking on all trains.
So, that'd mean old dears not being able to have a G&T while going on a day trip or someone making a long commute more bearable with a can.
Of course, you can still get on a train absolutely bladdered, which means any notion of this being a thing to stop anti-social behaviour is out of the window. It also goes without saying that you don't have to be hammered on booze to be anti-social, either.
What's the big idea then?
Well, this is being floated by the Rail Safety and Standards Board because they want to do something about the number of people killed on the railways because they're drunk. In the last 5 years, 18 people were killed and 250 were seriously injured after they fell from platforms.
So you'll assume that the rail safety lot will be banning slippery shoes and people checking their phones when they should be looking where they're going, too? Not to mention banning passengers from frequenting any nearby pubs, especially the ones that are actually inside the train stations themselves.
This is only in consultation at the moment and you can imagine the Rail Safety and Standards lot won't be able to justify alcohol bans because, if they do and accidents keep happening, they might have to start spending some money on making train platforms safer, rather than blaming it on alcohol.
Improved WiFi for trains!February 12th, 2015 • 2 Comments
WiFi on trains is crap, at best. Bearing in mind you get it for free in coffee shops and the like, the fact you have to buy a pass for it on trains is, frankly, rubbish.
Well, the government are looking at connectivity on trains and have announced that they're going to free up £50 million of funding for free WiFi on the rail networks in England and Wales.
Rail Minister Claire Perry said that the Department of Transport want to make sure that WiFi is available on more services by 2017. It'll be useful for people who work while they travel and, naturally, it'll be good for bored people wanting to stream TV shows or listen to Spotify without hammering their data.
In addition to all this, all future bids for new franchises and direct award agreements are going to have to include provisions for WiFi infrastructure. At the moment, the DoT are looking at improvements on Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern, Southeastern, Chiltern and Arriva Trains Wales.
Rail Minister Claire Perry said: "Free WiFi is a priority for many as being able to keep up with work, connect with friends or even check the latest journey information online helps make rail travel more productive."
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, looking like a penis hiding in an old sock, said: "The government is earmarking around £50 million to provide free WiFi on trains; this and our other franchising improvements mean that nearly three-quarters of rail journeys will be made on trains with wi-fi provision."
Are you entitled to Eurostar compensation?January 19th, 2015 • No Comments
There's been a weekend of complete mayhem at the Channel Tunnel, which means a lot of people are looking at getting some compensation from Eurostar.
As you'll be aware, the chunnel was closed for most of Saturday because of a fire and then it was locked down again on Sunday because of an unrelated electrical fault. Today, there's only one of the two tunnels open, which means more delays and headaches for passengers.
It is hoped that the Channel Tunnel will be back to full speed tomorrow, but after this weekend, no-one should hold their breath.
The amount of passengers inconvenienced over the weekend are in advance of 12,000, which is a lot of compensation needing to be paid out. On Saturday, Eurostar cancelled 26 of their services.
The cancellations were a result of a lorry which was on fire (or more accurately, it was ""smouldering", which meant two CO2 detectors went off and everything had to be shut down. Then, once that was put out, "residue smoke" had to be cleared, meaning further delays. Then, when it looked like things were getting sorted, there was a problem with a power supply which meant more hair being torn out in frustration.
So what happens now?
Well, if you're planning to travel on Eurostar, they've said that they're planning to run a full service, albeit with delays, so you should check-in as normal, but expect to spend some time sat around and tutting.
"As Eurotunnel will not be completely operational Eurostar services may be subject to delays of up to about 30 minutes," the company said. "If you were scheduled to travel on Saturday or Sunday and wish to change your plans and were impacted by the tunnel closure, you can exchange your ticket free of charge, within the next 60 days to travel anytime within the next 120 days, or apply for a refund."
If you're wanting to complain, then there are long waits on the Eurostar telephone services. You can try ringing them - 03432 186186, 9am-5pm Mon-Fri – or, if you prefer, you can email them at email@example.com and include the details of what happened as well as your six-letter booking reference.
Eurostar's website says that they have a "generous compensation policy" for passengers who have been affected by delays so if all of the above switches you off, they have an online form to help you get your money back.
And now, instead of some hold music, here's a man being run over by a moped outside London's St Pancras, live on the telly. Both are fine.
Behold the train that was late EVERY SINGLE TIME last yearJanuary 13th, 2015 • 4 Comments
Everyone jokes about the lateness of trains in Britain, but it is no laughing matter if you're a commuter who gets the Southern Rail train from Brighton to Victoria.
If you have an annual season ticket, this train costs you £4,068 and, according to reports, this particular train – the 7.29am from the Sussex coast to London Victoria – was late for every single journey last year.
If you commute on the 7.14am from Brighton to London, that service only got in on-time only once a fortnight last year. The 7.44am train got in on-time once a week. So if you've been using these services to get into work and your boss has called you a liar, show them this article.
Then karate chop them in the throat for not believing you.
Across the country, 65% of trains were on time, with the best performances found in Chiltern. Barely half of Southern trains were punctual, which isn't good enough.
A spokesman for Southern said: "We acknowledge that the performance of the 7.29am Brighton to London Victoria service has been particularly disappointing. Although we're working hard to improve its performance, its planned path is extremely tight because the network is so busy."
Busy or not, if you're paying over four grand for a season ticket, you'd expect the service to be on-time at least once in a year.
Train tickets: cheaper in WalesJanuary 9th, 2015 • 2 Comments
Train ticket prices are a right arse, especially when one can pay such a random array of prices for the same trip, depending on when you buy a ticket.
However, a new study has shown that English train passengers are being properly rinsed, and can save up to 60% if they buy their tickets in Wales.
It's a bit of a trek, admittedly, to get to Wales to then try and save on a train ticket, however people in Bristol – 20 miles from Wales – are stumping up over £50 or more just to get to major cities in the North, and single peak time tickets bought in Newport or Cardiff to the same destinations are up to £58.60 cheaper.
The key example of the ludicrousness is a trip to Manchester during morning rush hour on Monday next week will cost £80.70 from Bristol Temple Meads, but a train leaving Newport just four minutes later travelling to the same destination will cost less than half the price – only £32.
Welsh train operator Arriva offers cheaper fares on journeys heading north than can be found on many journeys leaving from Bristol, while services from Cardiff to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Blackpool also proved cheaper than travelling from Bristol, but with just minutes added to the journey.
Latest figures from the Office of Rail Regulation reveal huge disparities between the government funding for passenger journeys, varying from an average of £2.19 per journey in England to £9.33 in Wales.
These price differences are the result of the system used by nationalised operator British Rail, which was privatised during the 1990s, according to Christopher Irwin, a director of Travel Watch South West, which promotes the interest of public transport users.
Irwin said: "The history of British Rail helps us understand how fares are priced. Before the railway was privatised, lines used to be classified in three categories; intercity fares, South East fares, which covered a lot of lines to and from London, and regional railway fares."
"Traditionally regional lines would charge less, as those journeys would contain more stops and take slightly longer. Something like Bristol to Manchester would be classed as an intercity line, whereas something leaving from Newport and travelling through Wales is likely to be a regional line and would cost less."
Not wanting to get all electioneering, but the party that promises to re-nationalise the railways, could win by a landslide.
UK train travel costs too muchJanuary 5th, 2015 • 1 Comment
Rail campaigners are calling for action, as the UK's commuters seem to be regularly rinsed by rail operators.
There is a considerable disparity between the fares on the privatised networks in the UK compared with the publicly owned railways in France, Germany and Italy.
The TUC's and rail union's Action for Rail (AfR) campaign has compared average earnings with monthly season tickets covering similar commuter routes across Europe, and has found the UK is charging way more than any of the other European countries.
And the average UK citizen is having to use around 17% of their monthly wage on season tickets, whereas European types such as the Germans are only spending 9%, France are spending 12% and Italians get away with just 6% of their wages on travel.
Three quarters of rail franchises in the UK are now owned by foreign state-owned or backed rail companies. High fares in the UK are in effect subsidising rail investment and lower fares in other countries.
TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: "This year's fare hike will hit passengers particularly hard because wages are rising so slowly. Rail fares are now consuming a huge proportion of people's wages, leaving precious little for other bread and butter expenses. On average passengers are now paying £600 more for a season ticket and yet seeing no change in their pay packets."
"The cost to passengers of the failed privatisation of our railways cannot be ignored. We've ended up with slower trains and higher fares than countries who have kept their trains in public hands."
ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan chipped in and said: "We cannot continue to damage the economic future of this country by pricing people out of travel and not competing with Europe – where they know the value of encouraging travel for work and leisure. It comes as no surprise that the bulk of our railways are now run by European operators."
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The scandal of Britain's great rail fares rip off continues with today's hike far outstripping average pay increases, and it will once again hit those at the sharp end of the austerity clampdown the hardest. After two decades of privatisation the British people pay the highest fares in Europe to travel on clapped out, understaffed and overcrowded services while the private train companies are laughing all the way to the bank. Today's fares jump just fuels that scandal."
"RMT says we should cut fares and not staff and public ownership would allow us to do just that."
TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes said: "Allowing German, French and Dutch rail firms to run our rail franchises means that UK passengers pay the highest fares in Europe while at the same time keeping fares down in those countries.
"It is the economics of the madhouse. Labour should promise a one year freeze in rail fares if it wins the General Election in May."
There are some people who believe that Labour might actually stand a chance in the General Election if they re-nationalised the railways. We're saying nothing.
Rail companies to offer better ticket pricesJanuary 2nd, 2015 • No Comments
Train companies will have to start offering commuters about cheapest fares possible. Of course, that doesn't mean they'll be putting their prices down, but at least we'll now know which are the least expensive.
This move is to deter customers ending up having to shell out an extra £100 when doing tickets at self-service machines.
The changes, due around March, are aimed at ending the anomaly in prices available at the counter, where staff have access to a complex database of fares, discounts and promotions, and the more limited options in a self-service machines.
Naturally some machines are nefarious and offer up the most expensive fares imaginable rather than offering a better cheaper option.
Rail minister Claire Perry reckons she is "absolutely determined that passengers should get the best possible deal for every journey".
"There is no excuse for poor quality information, restricted ticket choice or confusing screen directions at ticket machines. However, on summit is not the end of our discussions. I will be closely monitoring progress and I will not hesitate to hold the industry to account if improvements are not made."
Overseen by the Office of Rail Regulation, train companies will be expected to overhaul their systems to ensure that customers are automatically offered all available ticket options.
As a first step, they must label all self-service machines by March to warn passengers they could save money by using the counter service.
Will double decker trains solve the UK's commuting problem?December 15th, 2014 • 2 Comments
Overcrowding is a problem on Britain's trains, with people rammed-on for journeys where your face is pressed into someone's armpit and the sound of a hundred Beats headphones leaking noise that sounds like mice duelling inside a biscuit tin.
Well, double-decker trains might be the answer.
Network Rail is weighing up the double stuffed trains for a number of peak services. They're also looking at building 'flyovers', so trains can bypass the busiest stations. One of the most likely solutions that is being looked at is narrower seats, so more people can be crammed into carriages.
A spokesman for Network Rail said: "It's right that as part of our plans to increase capacity we fully examine the costs and benefits of double-decker trains, alongside traditional engineering enhancements such as flyovers."
These proposals have been set out in a number of reports from Network Rail who are looking at ways to fix the problem of increasing passenger numbers.
It is clear they don't want to invest in more carriages on existing trains, but they'll need to do something as passenger figures are soaring. We all know they're going to go for the cheapest option, so expect less leg room in the coming years.
Shock as rail fares increaseDecember 5th, 2014 • 1 Comment
Everyone agrees that the British train services are extremely good value for money, punctual and incredibly modern with carriages that are spacious and don't at all smell like armpits and wafting urine.
So obviously, no-one is going to mind that there's going to be some increases in ticket prices, with some season tickets breaking the £5,000-a-year mark from January 2nd. We've all been robbing these train companies blind haven't we? Of course we'd be happy to pay more.
You can imagine the only people who didn't detect the sarcasm in those opening paragraphs are the kind of dung-minded bosses who run our dismal train companies.
So, the increase for regulated fares will be up to 2.5% which means, if you catch a train from Canterbury East to London, your £4,960 season ticket will now be in advance of FIVE GRAND. It's enough to make you think 'sod it' and just buy a car instead so you can at least listen to music and fart as loudly as you please on your commute.
And of course, this is only the rise for regulated fares – unregulated fares like off-peak tickets can be inflated by as much as the companies please. Will we see this extra money going toward a sparkling, new and improved service? What do you think?
Rail Delivery Group director general Michael Roberts said: "Money from fares goes towards running and maintaining the railway. This benefits not just passengers and businesses but communities across the country, by improving journeys, creating employment and helping to boost the economy."
"Over the next five years, Network Rail is spending on average £27million a day on a better railway, alongside commitments made by train companies to improve services. That will mean more seats, better stations and improved journeys. For every £1 spent on fares, 97p goes on track, train, staff and other costs while 3p goes in profits earned by train companies for running services on Europe's fastest growing railway."
"The industry is continuing to work together to get more for every pound we invest to enable government to make fares decisions which work best for passengers."
Aye, right. Thing is, if you get an anytime ticket from Manchester to London – usually in advance of £300 – you could fly to another country for cheaper. The train companies are a cesspool of villainy.
Network Rail hammered for dreadful punctuality recordNovember 21st, 2014 • No Comments
You'll never guess what – trains are quite often late. Once you've composed yourself over that shock news, Network Rail have been slammed over their woeful performance figures.
Richard Price, head of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), told Network Rail's chief executive, Mark Carne, that the company (who happen to manage and maintain 20,000 miles of track, 40,000 bridges and viaducts and 19 major stations) has to improve and that Network Rail are desperately failing passengers.
In a meeting, which occurred before the release of an ORR report on Network Rail's performance during the first six months of a £38bn five-year investment plan, it was shown that they'd missed their punctuality target, to the tune of 50,000 more trains running significantly late than expected.
In addition to that, Network Rail are forecast to be £112m over budget this year and thanks to generally being lousy, the company are reacting to problems on the network instead of anticipating them and fixing them before they become a bigger problem.
So, in short, passengers are paying for 60% of the cost of running and maintaining the network through tickets sales and absolutely not getting their money's worth.
With that, there's a strong possibility for fines being thrown at Network Rail. Of course, they've already been heavily penalised in the past for missing a host of targets.
Richard Price said: "I do not think that Network Rail is performing close to its potential, but the new management does recognise this. We're now watching Network Rail in much greater detail and getting much more data from them." Price added that, with Network Rail now a public sector body, they're no longer able to work with the freedom they had as an independent body, so now the "chickens have come home to roost" as a result of years of under-investment in Britain's rail infrastructure.
Carne said: "The railway continues to see strong growth in passenger numbers. However, we know that there are too many passengers that do not get the level of reliability they have a right to expect."
Great Anglia Rail delay, thanks to 'an unusually large passenger'November 20th, 2014 • 1 Comment
This morning, Great Anglia Rail reported delays on one of their services. Always annoying when one of your trains is held-up, but this one piqued the interest.
The delay was because of 'an unusually large passenger'.
Spotted by Amy Gray on Twitter, commuters must've wondered what in the blazes was going on. It's one thing being so large you hold a train up, but this passenger was such a behemoth that they were holding up TWO services!
Naturally, the truth of the matter is quite tedious. The word 'flow' was cut off the end of the message.
Train ticket machines might save you time, but they cost you money…October 31st, 2014 • 2 Comments
We've all done it- looked at the long queue full of idiots who've seemingly never caught a train before and decided to buy our train ticket from the helpful ticket machine standing idly by. After all, modern technology is here to improve our lives, right? Unfortunately, that might not necessarily be true. And almost certainly isn't going to save you money.
An investigation by the Telegraph has found that actually, using a ticket machine could end up costing you hundreds of pounds more than asking at the ticket office- while railway clerks are required by law to offer the cheapest tickets, regardless of which company they work for- ticket machines are under no such obligation and, not only don't offer the cheapest fares, they also hide cheaper fares where no one will ever find them. And sometimes, it can simply depend on which particular machine you use when there are a choice in larger stations.
For example, if you wanted to travel from Leeds to Birmingham, if you used Northern Rail's ticket machine, a First-Class Anytime Return to Birmingham is sold at £271. However, if you slid a few feet to the right and used the East Coast trains machine, you could get the same journey using a First-Class Off-peak Return for £145.70. This type of ticket is not available for customers using Northern Rail's machines, but saves £125.30.
Similarly East Coast machines at King's Cross offered a ticket from London Euston to Liverpool on a First-Class Anytime Single fare for £229.50 but a Thameslink & Great Northern machine sells a London Midland-only First-Class Anytime Single for £94, saving £135.50.
Other tips and tricks available at the ticket office, but not at machines include split ticketing (where buying three tickets instead of one to cover the journey from Carlisle to Manchester could save passengers up to £50), and group discounts such as a £45.20 saving for four adults travelling London to Dover. And you can always ask a ticket officer about the possibility of 'stopping short' a strange quirk in a complicated ticketing system which can mean it is cheaper to buy a ticket for a longer train journey than you intend to travel, and just get off the train early.
Mike Hewitson, head of policy at the rail watchdog Passenger Focus, said travellers wanted information to be given to them in a clear and simple way. "Our research shows us that ticket machines still aren't particularly user-friendly," he said. "Passengers should be able to use ticket machines and be confident in what they are offered, without needing to be 'experts' in the system."
Campaign group Railfuture said that passengers were being forced to "jump through hoops" to get a reasonable fare. Spokesperson Bruce Williamson said it was "clearly wrong" that the cheapest fares were sometimes "buried" behind a number of option menus while the more expensive ones were promoted on the main default screens."Cheaper options have to be readily obvious and easy to find, not hidden from customers," he stated, firmly.
East Coast said it was not aware that the cheaper London Midland-routed fares were missing from its machines at King's Cross and said this had now been changed. Northern Rail said it was working with its suppliers to ensure all necessary data were fed into its ticket machines to offer the best value fares to customers.
HS3 trains to halve travel times in the North?October 27th, 2014 • No Comments
The time a train journey takes between Northern English cities could halve if predictions about the new high-speed rail project are correct, according to a report.
The HS3 plans were backed by Prime Minister David Cameron who reckons the new fast railways will 'create a northern powerhouse' by giving a shot in the arm to jobs and businesses.
Sir David Higgins, the head of the £50billion HS2 project, unveiled the next phase of plans which will potentially see travel times reduced between Leeds and Manchester, not to mention a host of other journeys.
He described it a 'strategic necessity' and as important to the North as the Crossrail is to London.
Cameron added: "Improving connectivity and reducing journey times between our great northern cities is a crucial part of our long-term economic plan for the north. That's why we are backing HS3."
The improvements would be in addition to the north-of-Birmingham phase two of HS2 which will see a Y-shaped route going to Manchester and Leeds.
With HS2/3, the predicted times are indeed, much shorter, with Manchester to Leeds taking half an hour, Birmingham to Sheffield taking three quarters of an hour and Manchester to York being doable in under an hour. How much it will cost everyone to use this service and whether trains will be on-time, is quite another matter.


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