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On Tuesday, Apple quietly updated its line of MacBook Air laptops. While there were no significant changes on the tried-and-tested looks of the laptop which sparked the emergence of Ultrabooks, there are a few notable improvements.
First, as you might expect for any laptop updates, the refreshed MacBook Air now runs on newer and slightly faster fourth-generation Intel processor. Both 11-inch and 13-inch MBAs now come with a 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with 4GB of system memory. Those who want more system memory would have to fork out more $140 more to upgrade to 8GB.
The newer processors not only allow faster processing speed, it also helps to improve battery life. Movie playback time has increased to 9hr on the 11-inch version and 12hr on the 13-inch version. This is a 2hr improvement compared to the previous 11-inch and 13-inch models.
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JOHANNESBURG (REUTERS) - South African President Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane, is being investigated for culpable homicide after his Porsche 911 sports car ploughed into a minivan in Johannesburg, killing one person and critically injuring two, media said on Sunday.
The crash happened late on the evening of Feb 1 during heavy rain but was only linked to Duduzane this weekend, just one day after his father announced a general election on May 7.
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With all eyes focused on the lifting on the ban on solicitation and the new proposed equity crowd funding rules, one major rulemaking proposal mandated under the JOBS Act did not get the attention it deserves: the new small offering exemption, in short: Regulation A+, that the SEC proposed on December 18, 2013.
The goal of Regulation A+ is to enable small businesses to raise capital without SEC registration and provide a realistic, maybe even more attractive alternative to Regulation D placements and equity crowdfunding. That's why this author likes its potential.
New Regulation A would modify and expand Regulation A which exempts from registration securities offerings of up to $5 million in a 12-month period. The current regime is so cumbersome and costly, that practically no one uses it. In 2013, there was one offering made under Regulation A.
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Tuesday - 2/14/2012, 11:53am EST
The pressure to cut spending is forcing the Army, like the rest of the Defense Department, to rethink how it spends money. The President's 2013 budget would cut Pentagon spending by $5 billion, and the Army is taking the bulk of personnel cuts — 72,000 soldiers — as defense leaders try to save money.
"We're improving our financial and business processes in such a way that we can provide better information to our leaders and our managers," Jim Watkins, the Army's director of accountability and audit readiness, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin Tuesday.
"We want to demonstrate to the American taxpayers that we're good stewards of the resources that taxpayers have provided," Watkins said. "We can do that with an auditable financial statement that we can get a clean audit opinion from an independent public accounting firm. That's driving the change."
In 1990, the federal government passed the Chief Financial Officers Act, followed by the Government Management Reform Act in 1994, which mandated that all departments with CFOs would have to provide auditable financial statements.
Until those laws were passed, the DoD, including the Army, had been providing an accounting of the appropriations that Congress provided. The new mandate meant that the DoD would have to install new Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) for reporting its finances. The Army expects to have its new General Fund ERP completed by July.
The new system, which is called the General Fund Enterprise Business System, will provide auditable financial statements.
"We're working on a competent workforce," Watkins said. "We're working on accountablity, oversight, business architecture, implementing new systems and improving internal controls."
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Narcissistic Bosses Destroy Morale, Drive Down Bottom Line
In recent years, the motivations of business leaders such as financier Bernard Madoff and former Enron CEO Ken Lay have come under increased scrutiny as a result of behavior that caused both their employees and the public considerable distress. Unquestionably, many of the documented lapses in judgment can be traced to selfishness and a failure to check one's ego.
To better establish the level of self-serving behavior, a recent study was conducted to examine the narcissistic tendencies of bosses in American organizations. Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management in the Florida State University College of Business, asked more than 1,200 employees to provide opinions regarding the narcissistic tendencies of their immediate supervisor. Their responses:
31 percent reported that their boss is prone to exaggerate his or her accomplishments to look good in front of others;
- 27 percent reported that their boss brags to others to get praise;
- 25 percent reported that their boss had an inflated view of himself or herself;
- 24 percent reported that their boss was self-centered; and
- 20 percent reported that their boss will do a favor only if guaranteed one in return.
"Having a narcissistic boss creates a toxic environment for virtually everyone who must come in contact with this individual," Hochwarter said. "The team perspective ceases to exist, and the work environment becomes increasingly stressful. Productivity typically plummets as well."
Research supports these adverse effects, Hochwarter said. For example, those who reported working for a narcissistic boss had lower levels of job satisfaction, saw their stress levels increase over the previous year, were less appreciative of their work and organization, reported lower levels of effort and performance, and were more prone to sadness and frustration at work.
"Most organizations simply do not consider the adverse effects of narcissistic bosses on worker productivity and stress," Hochwarter said. "In fact, many companies encourage it since narcissists are often seen as outgoing and confident — traits considered necessary for success in any managerial role. However, there is a fine line between self-confidence on the one hand and selfishness that negatively affects others on the other. Unfortunately, the needed adjustments simply do not take place in most organizations, for any number of reasons."
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Jarvis Cocker takes listeners on a nocturnal journey around stories of night people. Winner of the Prix Italia for Extraordinary Originality and Innovation, a top European radio prize. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Mon, 3 Nov 14
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In the second part of his nocturnal Icelandic adventure, Jarvis goes on a journey through the long, light summer night. He meets Megas, the island's best known poet and rock and roll legend, who warns of wandering demons as he embarks on an overnight road trip. Along the way he stops to hear ghost stories in Reykjavik's oldest cemetery, meets an elf seer in a lava field and is led to a sacred waterfall, behind which he makes a wish. But will he make it back before the hour of the wolf?
Mon, 27 Oct 14
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Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night. In the midnight shadow of Snaefellsjokull, the volcano featured in Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jarvis considers the timelessness of the landscape, until he discovers sheep time. His sheep guides only lead him further into the unknown, through a hole in the lava floor and on a journey through a magma underworld, finding there a symphony orchestra, human seals and a wake.
Mon, 20 Oct 14
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Jarvis attempts to fly to the moon, with the aid of astronaut Chris Hadfield. En route he hears stories of those touched by the moon in its many manifestations. Producer: Laurence Grissell
Mon, 13 Oct 14
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In front of a studio audience, Jarvis Cocker and the BBC Philharmonic weave tales of insomnia, nocturnal inspirations and dark imaginings from the world of classical music - against the backdrop of a President embroiled in the Vietnam War. Producers: Laurence Grissell & Neil McCarthy
Thu, 30 May 13
28 mins
Jarvis stars in his own horror movie, exploring the battle between the forces of darkness and light. He hears from horror movie goers at the Electric Cinema in Birmingham, keen to turn the lights off and lets the scares begin; the National Grid control room which is charged from keeping the lights on; and Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel - where the electricity switches off at midnight. What is lurking in the basement as Jarvis approaches the darkest hour? Producer: Laurence Grissell
Thu, 23 May 13
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Join Jarvis on the midnight sailing of a Channel ferry as he contemplates night crossings mythic and modern. Meet castaway Jeni, lost and found in the North Sea; Sean, a young wrestler on ropes for his first fight night; and wise old man of the sea, Swilly Billy. Producer: Neil McCarthy
Thu, 16 May 13
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Jarvis becomes a nightwatchman in a high rise office block and meets others keeping watch during the dark hours. He hears from the parents of a young girl with a rare condition which causes her to stop breathing when she falls asleep; a man at a control centre who looks out for Somali pirates and a former spy recalling a dangerous meeting with a Middle Eastern agent. Producer: Laurence Grissell
Thu, 9 May 13
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Jarvis turns his eye to the starlit sky with his mind on hunters and their quarry. Taking his bearings from Orion, he follows a lamper across farmland hunting foxes by torchlight. A soldier takes him on a top secret mission behind enemy lines and he accompanies a young man nervously preparing for his first date. Producer Neil McCarthy
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This evening Jarvis invites you on a kerb crawl around the seamy side of town as he explores the theme 'night manoeuvres'. Driving through London he weaves his way in and out of the lives of other night riders who are always on the move. The ride might get a bit hairy at times, but he promises to drop you off safely at the end. Producers: Neil McCarthy & Laurence Grissell
Thu, 19 Apr 12
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Jarvis takes to the streets to peer through stained windows, cold steel bars and Japanese paper screens, to find out just what goes on behind closed doors. He joins a lock-in where the time bell is never rung, and peers into the deepest recesses of a lock-in brain that belongs to Jack, reliving the night when the doors shut in his brain. Producer: Sara Jane Hall
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17-Bit has revealed that they are planning special debut pricing for their upcoming title Skulls of the Shogun. The game is set to launch January 30th for PC,Windows Surface, Windows Phones, and the Xbox 360. In honor of this launch the PC and Windows Surface version will be available for $9.99 instead of the normal price of $14.99 while the Windows Phone version will be available for $4.99 instead of $6.99. Unfortunately this sale does not appear to include the Xbox 360 version which will remain at 1200 Microsoft points.
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About Skulls of the Shogun:
Skulls of the Shogun is an invigorating cocktail of 1960's-flavored sorcery and strategy. Washed up on the shores of the Afterlife, players meet and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal-monks, and mustachioed samurai generals on the way to capture the Skulls of the Shogun in a 15-hour single-player campaign. Skulls of the Shogun also features up to four-player local and online multiplayer battles.
Also, for the first time ever, players will be able to challenge their friends, fight their way through online multiplayer battles, and even take their single-player campaign on the road asynchronously — whether they're playing on Xbox 360, Windows 8, Surface, or Windows Phone. Called Skulls Anywhere, this cross-platform gameplay has never been done before on Microsoft platforms and will be available at launch on all four launch platforms!
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walking and public transit.
Testimony to City Council Transportation Committee: Oversight Hearing on NYC DOT Plaza Program
May 4, 2011
Testimony of Paul Steely White
New York City Council Transportation Committee Oversight Hearing: How has DOT's public plaza program impacted traffic, pedestrian safety, and commerce in NYC?
As the Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, an organization which promoted bicycling, walking and public transit for 38 years, I applaud the Council for examining DOT's pedestrian plaza program. I am sure you will find that Pedestrian Plazas are good for business, good for pedestrians, and good for New York.
Pedestrian Plazas are good for Business:
Anyone who has spent a moment watching the street life at Times Square, Herald Square, the Flatiron, and Union Square realizes that these plazas are vibrant centers of commerce. But the story doesn't end in Midtown Manhattan -- anywhere in New York where there are high levels of retail activity and high pedestrian volumes can benefit from their own homegrown commercial center -- a pedestrian plaza.
This is true for two reasons:
Shoppers are Walkers: T.A. conducted a study with NYU Urban Planning students on two streets with high levels of retail activity and high pedestrian volumes which shows that pedestrians are good for business: 88% of people arrived to these neighborhoods by subway, bus, by walking or by bicycle ("Pedestrians"). The remaining 12% arrive by taxi or privately owned car ("Drivers").
Walkers are Shoppers: Drivers spend less than non-drivers: Pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders spent $154 dollars per week, on average; drivers spent $82 per week. Because there are far more pedestrians and transit-riders than drivers, they visit more frequently, and they spend more money during the course of those visits, they were worth more money to local businesses: The 440 pedestrians, bicyclists and transit-rider respondents were worth approximately $72,000 in revenue, as compared to the 60 drivers and taxi riders, who only contributed approximately $2,700 in revenue.
We can speculate about why this may be the case: perhaps drivers stop at the retail district, go into a store to make a specific purchase and leave, as opposed to pedestrians who stroll and shop at multiple locations. No matter what the rationale, however, the fact remains: drivers don't provide "the bang for the buck" that pedestrians do.
These results show that catering to New York's street life is a savvy business strategy. This is confirmed by another study we conducted along Prince Street in 2006. We interviewed 500 drivers and 500 pedestrians, and found that two-thirds of people would come to that crowded pedestrian heavy retail centers more often if there was more space to walk - it's simply too crowded. When we asked those who thought it was too crowded: do you want that space to come from parking or from street vendors, everyone, drivers included, preferred reducing parking by nearly a 2-1 margin. People love our Street Life so much that they are willing to part with parking to preserve it.
Pedestrian Plazas are good for Pedestrians
T.A.'s research indicates that Plazas keep pedestrians safer. They rationalize unnecessarily confusing intersections, and provide space for pedestrians, which keeps them out of the roadway.
Gansevoort Plaza project in Manhattan
Simply reconfiguring the intersection has helped usher in an economic revival for the neighborhood. That means, of course, that the number of crashes is down significantly even though the number of pedestrians is way, way up.
Times Square and Herald Square
And of course, even the air is safer: The presence of particulate matter in the air has dropped significantly in Times Square after the plaza project. The presence of Nitric Oxide has dropped by 63% and the presence of Nitric Di-Oxide by 41%.
The benefits are not just in terms of safety, however. These plazas provide badly needed public space, and a place for public congregation. (See attachment #2)
These benefits have encouraged other neighborhoods to lobby for their own plazas
All over the city, communities are working with DOT to get their own plazas. The Plaza program has accepted applicants on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, Bruckner Blvd. in the Bronx, and at the intersection on Myrtle and Cooper Avenue in Queens. New Yorkers in every neighborhood in the City, no matter their age, ethnicity, or income, appreciate having more safe space to walk.
Play Streets
The Department of Health has recently thrown its support behind these exercise-friendly street closures, and has helped to nearly double the number of Play Streets this summer to 15. Community groups in all five boroughs hosted a Play Street last summer.
Our streets are our backyards and play streets help communities take advantage of public space by better serving the people who live on them.
Finding the best uses for Streets
Steps to improve DOT Plaza program:
The Plaza Program has been a success. Of course, however, there are a few ideas worth mentioning to discuss how to further capitalize on that success:
1. DOT must make sure that the Plaza Program works well for local businesses. We've already discussed how increased foot traffic helps local businesses, but T.A. encourages DOT to add even more loading zones for businesses to accept deliveries. Loading zones reduce congestion, and business owners save tens of thousands of dollars in double parking fines. DOT should also do more to encourage off-peak deliveries. They recently concluded a pilot study which shows very promising results for this practical idea-- our hope is that DOT and the Council will do more to encourage businesses to accept deliveries at times other than the morning or afternoon rush hours, when our central business district streets are bursting past capacity.
2. There is not nearly enough data on the economic impact of pedestrianization. DOT must work with other city agencies to collect before and after data, so that plaza projects can be compared across different neighborhoods.
3. DOT must find a way to work with a broader array of community partners, such as churches and neighborhood civic groups, so that they too can work to obtain a plaza. BIDs and powerhouse not-for-profits are the only organizations that have managed to obtain approval through the DOT program -- how do smaller organizations prove that their local streets are worthy of the same consideration?
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Date Posted: 1/14/2013 12:30:30 PM
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Secure bases are environments that protect, nurture -- and most importantly -- provide motivation. They allow us to take intelligent risks and challenge ourselves. During childhood, parents are responsible for establishing a secure base at home, and teachers are expected to do the same in the classroom. It shouldn't end here, though.
The point of mindfulness is not peace, nor is it bliss or transcendence. Rather, it shows you where your heart is hard. It unlocks all the tears you have been holding back and in so doing breaks your heart to the preciousness of your life, the uniqueness of your genius, the unending grief of your losses, and your immeasurable capacity to love.


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Overseas parliamentary news
March 2011
A summary of news from overseas parliaments.
Parliamentary Budget Office
The establishment of the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer as an independent officer of Parliament has been recommended by a joint select committee. The functions of the Parliamentary Budget Office would consist of responding to requests from senators and members, contributing to committee inquiries, initiating its own work, and preparing costings of election commitments. Memorandums of understanding should be negotiated to obtain access to information from government departments or other organisations.
Report: Joint Select Committee on the Parliamentary Budget Office, Inquiry into the proposed Parliamentary Budget Office, 23 March 2011 http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jscpbo/report/fullreport.pdf
Press release, Proposed budget office structure outlined, 24 March 2011
Members' entitlements
A comprehensive review of MPs' and senators' entitlements recommended restoring the Remuneration Tribunal's power to determine parliamentary base salary, and removing the ability of Parliament to disallow the Tribunal's determinations. Other recommendations by the review committee included: ceasing the overseas study travel entitlement and including a compensatory amount in the base salary; placing restrictions on some entitlements during election campaigns; and requiring the employment of close family members to be declared. The travel entitlement for former members should be significantly reduced, and should be abolished for those who enter Parliament at or after the next election.
Report: Committee for the Review of Parliamentary Entitlements, Review of parliamentary entitlements: Committee report, 24 March 2011 http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/review-of-parliamentary-entitlements-committee-report/docs/review-of-parliamentary-entitlements-committee-report.pdf
Government in contempt of Parliament for failure to produce documents
Three requests from a committee for the government to provide it with financial information were declined for reasons of Cabinet confidence, whereupon the committee raised a question of privilege. Subsequently, the government tabled some of the requested documents, but gave no further reason for the omission of others. After the Speaker found sufficient grounds for finding a prima facie question of privilege, the committee to which the matter was then referred concluded that the government's failure to produce the documents constituted a contempt of Parliament. An opposition motion that the House agreed with the committee's finding and that consequently the House had lost confidence in the government was passed.
Hansard: Privilege, Standing Committee on Finance – Speaker's ruling, House of Commons debates, 9 March 2011 http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=5027930#SOB-3794838
Report: House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, Question of privilege relating to the failure of the government to fully provide the documents as ordered by the House, 21 March 2011 http://www2.parl.gc.ca/content/hoc/Committee/403/PROC/Reports/RP5047570/procrp27/procrp27-e.pdf
Members' acceptance of free tickets
After becoming aware that some members had accepted free tickets to a prestigious music awards show, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner reminded members that event invitations and tickets constitute benefits, and that under their conflict of interest code members may not accept benefits that might be seen to influence them in the exercise of their duties. She encouraged members to seek advice from her Office before accepting free tickets to events such as concerts, fundraising dinners and sports matches.
Opinion: Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Advisory opinion issued under the Members' Code regarding the acceptability of event invitations and tickets, 9 March 2011 http://ciec-ccie.gc.ca/resources/Files/English/Members%20of%20the%20House%20of%20Commons/Advisory%20opinion%20-%20Acceptability%20of%20event%20invitations%20and%20tickets%20EN.pdf
Senator convicted of fraud
A senator who claimed reimbursement for travel expenses he had not incurred, was found guilty of fraud. He was also convicted of breach of trust by a public official for directing his research assistant to cut down trees on a property owned by himself while the assistant's salary, travel expenses and accommodation were being paid by the Senate. The Senator, who had been on leave of absence, has now resigned. He will be sentenced in May.
Judgment: Ontario Superior Court, R. v. Lavigne, reasons for decision, 11 March 2011 http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2011/2011onsc1335/2011onsc1335.pdf
Press release: Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration, Statement, 11 March 2011 http://www.parl.gc.ca/40/3/parlbus/commbus/senate/Com-e/inte-e/press-e/11mar11-e.htm
Media article: Convicted Senator Lavigne quits, CBC News, 21 March 2011 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/03/21/pol-lavigne-resigns.html
Parliamentary oversight of national security
To provide appropriate, in-depth parliamentary oversight of security and intelligence issues, a Senate committee recommended the creation of a statutory parliamentary joint committee with access to all classified information that is not Cabinet confidential. Members would be appointed by the Governor General on Cabinet's advice, and would swear an oath of secrecy. The committee would report to the Prime Minister, who would publish the reports within 60 days of receipt, indicating if any material had been removed for national security reasons.
Report: Special Senate Committee on Anti-terrorism, Security, freedom and the complex terrorist threat: positive steps ahead: interim report, 23 March 2011 http://www.parl.gc.ca/40/3/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/anti-e/rep-e/rep03mar11-e.pdf
Media article: Give politicians access to top-secret security data, Senate urges, The Globe and Mail, 23 March 2011 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/give-politicians-access-to-top-secret-security-data-senate-urges/article1954259/
Cook Islands
Members' induction
A week-long induction seminar was held for the eight new members. The seminar was supported by the Pacific Legislatures for Population and Governance, with help also from the Parliament of Western Australia.
Media article: New MPs learn what's expected of them, The Cook Islands Herald, 9 March 2011 http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/h554j.htm
European Parliament
Members accused of lodging amendments for payment
Allegations that some members had agreed to lodge amendments to draft legislation in return for payment, have caused Parliament's leadership to decide to tighten the code of conduct for MEPs and to overhaul the rules governing lobbyists' activities. A dispute arose over the mandate of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to conduct an investigation into the allegations. Parliament refused OLAF access to the offices of the MEPs concerned, but agreed that OLAF had the right to conduct an administrative investigation into the matter, and provided it with digital data related to the allegations.
Press releases: Buzek on the allegations concerning Members of the European Parliament, 23 March 2011 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/president/view/en/press/press_release/2011/2011-March/press_release-2011-March-32.html;jsessionid=71552AB913251630ABF11604F9A7D122
OLAF reaffirms its competence to investigate members of the European Parliament, 25 March 2011 http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/press_room/pr/2011/04_en.html
EP leaders agree to develop new rules for lobbyists and stronger code for MEPs, 31 March 2011 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/president/view/en/press/press_release/2011/2011-March/press_release-2011-March-43.html;jsessionid=71552AB913251630ABF11604F9A7D122
Buzek provides digital data to OLAF & declares the EP is open to an administrative investigation, 31 March 2011 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/president/view/en/press/press_release/2011/2011-March/press_release-2011-March-42.html
Ban on use of visual aids in the Chamber
The Instructions of the Bureau of the National Assembly have been amended to ban the use of graphs, posters, documents and other items and objects in public sessions in the Chamber.
Minutes: Bureau de l'Assemblée nationale, Questions diverses, Comptes rendus, réunion du 16 mars 2011 http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/agendas/cr-bureau.asp
Member suspended and fined
A member was suspended from the National Assembly for 15 sitting days and had his parliamentary salary and allowances halved for two months. He had noisily interrupted a meeting on the Japanese nuclear crisis, and threatened and jostled National Assembly staff when they tried to calm him down.
Press release : Communiqué de presse du Bureau de l'Assemblée nationale : Sanction M. Gremetz – Incidents du 16 mars 2011, 23 March 2011 http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/presidence/presse/communiques/20110323-61.asp
Media article: Violences : Accoyer va porter plainte contre Gremetz, Le Figaro, 17 March 2011 http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2011/03/17/01002-20110317ARTFIG00609-accoyer-porte-plainte-contre-gremetz.php
Parliamentary reform
The new coalition government plans to put three parliamentary reform issues to the people by referendum. These are: the abolition of the Seanad, an amendment to the Constitution to enable Oireachtas committees to carry out full investigations, and protection of citizens' right to communicate in confidence with public representatives. In addition, the government proposes radical reform of the way in which the Dáil operates.
Glossary: Oireachtas – Parliament; Seanad – Senate; Dáil – House of Representatives
Agreement: Programme for government, 11 March 2011 http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Publications/Publications_2011/Programme_for_Government_2011.pdf
Reduction in ministers' constituency staff
Ministers' constituency offices are staffed by public servants. As part of an overall reduction in ministerial staff numbers, the maximum number of constituency staff for ministers has been reduced from six to four, and for ministers of state from five to three.
Press release: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announces new staffing arrangements for ministerial offices, 15 March 2011 http://www.finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=6740
Minister's non-attendance at debate
When a minister failed, at short notice, to attend a debate on two members' proposals in her portfolio area, the President of the Storting wrote to the Prime Minister asking him to ensure that there should be no repetition of such an occurrence. At the rescheduled debate a few days later, the minister apologised for her previous absence and said she knew that attendance in the Storting came before all else.
Glossary: Stortinget – Parliament
Letter: [Storting President to the Prime Minister], 11 March 2011 http://www.stortinget.no/Global/pdf/Diverse/statsraasfravaer.pdf
Press release: Reagerer på statsråds fravær, 11 March 2011 http://www.stortinget.no/no/Hva-skjer-pa-Stortinget/Nyhetsarkiv/Forsidenyheter/2010-2011/Reagerer-pa-statsrads-fravar/
Media articles: Skoleministeren "skulket time" i Stortinget, Aftenposten, 11 March 2011 http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article4057576.ece
Kristin Halvorsen beklaget "skulk", Aftenposten, 15 March 2011 http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article4061345.ece
Approval of Speaker's travel
The Speaker sought the Integrity Commissioner's advice on an appropriate approval process for the Speaker's overseas travel. He felt his integrity and that of the office of Speaker had been impugned by allegations that he had embarked on unauthorised travel because he was already overseas on authorised travel when the Premier refused to approve his planned onward travel. He considered it inimical to the interests of an independent Parliament that the Speaker should have to seek the Premier's approval for overseas travel. The Commissioner responded that he did not have the power to suggest institutional changes in this instance.
Letters: [Letters between the Speaker and the Clerk of the Parliament, and the Speaker and the Queensland Integrity Commissioner], 2 March, 3 March, 7 March 2011 http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/docs/find.aspx?id=5311T3989
Hansard: Speaker's travel, Record of proceedings, 8 March 2011 http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/hansard/documents/2011.pdf/2011_03_08_WEEKLY.pdf
Media article: Bligh should not approve Speaker's travel: Mickel, ABC News, 2 March 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/02/3152687.htm
Review of committee system
Recommendations for radical change to the committee system, presented to Parliament late last year, will now be taken up by the Committee of the Legislative Assembly, which has been appointed to consider the issues arising. The Committee membership will comprise senior members of the two main parties, or their nominees. Concern has been expressed at the lack of formal representation on the committee for minor parties and independents.
Hansard: Committee of the Legislative Assembly, order of appointment, Record of proceedings, 10 March 2011 http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/hansard/documents/2011.pdf/2011_03_10_WEEKLY.pdf
Report: Government response to the Committee System Review Committee: review of the Queensland parliamentary committee system, 9 March 2011 http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/committees/documents/CSRC/CSRCMR090311.pdf
Media article: New legislative committee to reform Parliament, ABC News, 11 March 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/11/3161622.htm?site=news
Further powers for Scottish Parliament
Parliament agreed to support the general principles of the Scotland Bill, introduced in the UK Parliament in November 2010, and invited the UK government and Parliament to consider the amendments and proposals put forward by a Scottish Parliament committee. The Bill provides for new tax and borrowing powers for the Scottish Parliament, as well as other alterations to its legislative powers and to the executive powers of Scottish ministers.
Report: Scotland Bill Committee, Report on the Scotland Bill and relevant legislative consent memoranda, 3 March 2011 http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/scotBill/documents/sbcr-11-01_proof2-final_000.pdf
Election date conflict
The UK Fixed-term Parliaments Bill would fix the date of the next UK general election for 7 May 2015, setting up a potential clash with the Scottish general election due on the same day. Parliament has invited the UK government to move the 2015 Scottish general election to 2016, and looks forward to consultation on a legislative provision for a permanent separation of the dates for Scottish and UK general elections.
Hansard: Scottish Parliament elections, Official report, Meeting of the Parliament, 3 March 2011 http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/ORSearch/ReportView.aspx?r=6150&mode=pdf
Pairing a cross-bench party
To maintain the party balance, an arrangement will be made for a member from the government or opposition to abstain from voting when a member from the other side is absent. Recent mishaps with this pairing system have seen the minority government win some votes unexpectedly, giving momentum to calls for the one party outside the system, which votes with either government or opposition, to be included. There is debate, however, over whether, since the party is not in government, it should always be paired as an opposition party, or whether it should be paired according to its position on each issue.
Press release: Talmannen, Kommentar angående votering, [March 2011] http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_SubStartPage____6694.aspx
Media articles: Ny kvittningsmiss i riksdagen, Riksdag och Departement, 3 March 2011 http://www.rod.se/demokrati/ny-kvittningsmiss-i-riksdagen
Partier positiva till SD-kvittning, Riksdag och Departement, 21 March 2011 http://www.rod.se/demokrati/partier-positiva-till-sdkvittning
Parliamentary administration
The proposed revision of the act governing the Riksdag Administration would set out more clearly the division of responsibilities between the Riksdag Board, with its more strategic role, and the Secretary-General of the Riksdag, with operational responsibility. It would be explicitly stated that, in addition to the Chamber, committees and other Riksdag bodies, the Administration supports the Speaker, the members and the party offices. Due to their cultural and historical significance, care and preservation of the Riksdag buildings and collections would be added to the Administration's responsibilities.
Glossary: Riksdagen – Parliament
Report: Riksdagsstyrelsen, En ny instruktion för riksdagsförvaltningen, 16 March 2011 http://data.riksdagen.se/fil/8a0a3b6a-f874-4458-863d-645e18650897
Protest banner on Parliament House
Two anti-logging protestors who hung a banner on Parliament House after abseiling down from the roof have been charged with committing a nuisance in a public place. The Speaker said he would use the full force of the law to recover the more than $5,000 cost of repairing the damage to the roof.
Media articles: Forest protestors target Parliament, ABC News, 8 March 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/08/3157995.htm
Polley to pursue activists, The Mercury, 10 March 2011 http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/03/10/213211_tasmania-news.html
Size of lower house
When the party leaders agreed last year to recommend increasing the number of MPs from 25 to 35, they invited an Independent Appointee to review the public submissions on the proposal. Despite the lapse of the agreement last month, the Premier's Office requested the commissioned report be completed. The majority of submissions favoured increasing the number of MPs. The writer of the report said the cost of the increase would be $3.1 million per annum, rather than the $12 million reported in the media. He also commented that there is no fixed and final text-book version of the Westminster 'model', but that Tasmania's adaptation of it appeared to be placing its core principles at serious risk.
Report: P.J. Boyce, Review of the proposal to restore the House of Assembly to 35 members, 8 March 2011 http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/HA/Review/Final%20Report%20-%20Professor%20Peter%20Boyce.pdf
Media article: Report cuts cost of bigger parliament, ABC News, 9 March 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/09/3159369.htm?site=news
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Cabinet Manual and Parliament
A House of Lords committee concluded that the draft Cabinet Manual was not the first step towards a written constitution, and it strongly opposed any suggestion that the Manual be formally approved by Parliament or any of its committees. It emphasised that the Manual could not affect Parliament's freedom to determine its own procedures and practices, and should not attempt to do so. A House of Commons committee also concluded that the Manual was not a written constitution, but that it had considerable overlap with what might be expected of a constitution, and had already sparked debate about the nature of existing constitutional rules and conventions and how they should be written down. Parliament needed to play a full part in this debate, the committee said.
Reports: House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, The Cabinet Manual, HL Paper 107, 7 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldselect/ldconst/107/107.pdf
House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, Constitutional implications of the Cabinet Manual, HC 734, 29 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmpolcon/734/734.pdf
Limits on written questions
A record number of written questions is placing pressure on the resources of both Parliament and government. The House of Commons Procedure Committee has recommended a three month trial period during which members would be limited to no more than five e-tabled questions per sitting day, to be submitted by a set time. There would still be no limitation on the number of questions members could table in person or by post.
Report: House of Commons Procedure Committee, Improving the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny: (a) Select committee amendments; (b) Explanatory statements on amendments; (c) Written parliamentary questions, HC 800, 9 March 2011
Ratio of ministers to members in the House of Commons
Concern over the size of the payroll vote and its effect on the House's ability to scrutinise the government, if the number of ministers is not reduced in proportion to the reduction in the number of MPs, has prompted a committee to recommend that a strict limit be placed on the number of ministers. In addition, the appointment of parliamentary private secretaries, who act as unpaid assistants to ministers, should be restricted to one per department.
Report: House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee, Smaller government: what do ministers do?, HC 530, 10 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmpubadm/530/530.pdf
Parliamentary sovereignty
The original version of the explanatory notes to the European Union Bill made reference to the common law principle that EU law takes effect in the UK through the will of Parliament and by virtue of an Act of Parliament. The government later revised the explanatory notes to omit the reference to common law, reflecting the contemporary debate on the status and meaning of parliamentary sovereignty. The House of Lords Constitutional Committee has commended the decision to revise the notes, given the differing views expressed concerning the constitutional basis of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty.
Bill: European Union Bill, 9 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2010-2011/0055/2011055.pdf
Explanatory note: European Union Bill: explanatory notes, 9 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2010-2011/0055/en/2011055en.pdf
Report: House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, European Union Bill, HL Paper 121, 17 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldselect/ldconst/121/121.pdf
Constituents' right to communicate with members
In a backbench business debate on the Bill of Rights, a member raised the issue of court injunctions that order parties involved in a case not to communicate with members of Parliament. Speakers in the debate emphasised the right of constituents to approach an MP for assistance in seeking a remedy for a grievance, and also the importance of parliamentary privilege in enabling members to speak up for and defend their constituents, and to raise matters of public interest and concern.
Hansard: Backbench business, Bill of Rights, House of Commons official report, Parliamentary debates (Hansard), 17 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110317/halltext/110317h0001.htm#11031771000346
Use of electronic devices in the House
Provided they are used silently and unobtrusively, a House of Commons committee has recommended that hand-held electronic devices should be able to be used in the Chamber and in committees. This would not, however, include the use of cameras or recording equipment, even if part of a permitted device. The Committee recognises the impossibility of the Chair policing tweeting in the Chamber and urges members to behave courteously, and in particular not to tweet messages that would be disorderly if said in the House. It also deprecates as discourteous any comments on evidence being taken by a committee while a hearing is in progress.
Report: House of Commons Procedure Committee, Use of hand-held electronic devices in the Chamber and committees, HC 889, 24 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmproc/889/889.pdf
Review of members' expenses scheme
Following the first annual review of the members' expenses scheme, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has made some changes. These include: allowing staff to submit members' claims; expanding the London Area; simplifying the budget structure for office costs; and giving MPs discretion to claim for a taxi home or a hotel room if they are required to work late at Parliament. The Authority said that, over time, its aim is to reduce the number of rules, leaving MPs increasingly free to make their own judgements about their expenditure, in the knowledge that the decision and the expenditure will be published.
Report: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Annual review of the MPs' expenses scheme, 2010-11, 25 March 2011 http://www.ipsa-home.org.uk/docs/MP%20expenses%20scheme%2025%2003%2011.pdf
Press release: Press notice, 25 March 2011 http://www.ipsa-home.org.uk/LatestNews.html
Phone hacking as a contempt of Parliament
A House of Commons committee concluded that hacking an MP's phone could potentially be a contempt of the House. It also concluded that allegations of criminal behaviour should be investigated by the police, and recommended that, except in exceptional circumstances, all steps should be taken to obtain any remedy available in law before referring a matter for investigation as a possible contempt.
Report: House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, Privilege: hacking of members' mobile phones, HC 628, 31 March 2011 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmstnprv/628/628.pdf
Named and suspended members to be fined
Believing that members should be held accountable for inappropriate behaviour in Parliament, the government has introduced a bill providing for members of either House who are named and suspended to be fined. The fine would equal the daily rate of a member's basic salary for each day that they were suspended. Fines would be paid into funds administered by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the President of the Legislative Council respectively, who would distribute the total accumulated sums annually to charity.
Bill:, Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Bill 2011 22 March 2011
Explanatory note:, Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Amendment Bill 2011: Explanatory memorandum 22 March 2011
Further legislative powers for the National Assembly
Following the referendum vote in favour of the devolution of further legislative powers to the National Assembly, the Assembly formally approved the Order to bring the powers into effect. The Assembly now has full competence to enact laws on all matters within the 20 specified areas in which it may legislate.
Explanatory note: Explanatory memorandum to Government of Wales Act 2006 (Commencement of Assembly Act Provisions, Transitional and Saving Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011, 8 March 2011 http://www.assemblywales.org/sub-ld8464-em-e.pdf?langoption=3&ttl=SUB-LD8464-EM%20-%20Explanatory%20Memorandum%20to%20Government%20of%20Wales%20Act%202006%20%28Commencement%20of%20Assembly%20Act%20Provisions%2C%20Transitional%20and%20Saving%20Provisions%20and%20Modifications%29%20Order%202011
Press releases: Wales votes 'yes' in referendum, 4 March 2011 http://www.assemblywales.org/newhome/new-news-third-assembly.htm?act=dis&id=211799&ds=3/2011
National Assembly for Wales formally approves move to further legislative powers, 29 March 2011 http://www.assemblywales.org/newhome/new-news-third-assembly.htm?act=dis&id=213902&ds=4/2011
Members' remuneration
A new system of pay and allowances for members will be in operation from the beginning of the new Assembly after the election in May. 25 of the 60 members will be eligible for financial support to rent accommodation in Cardiff, while others will be able to claim for up to 20 overnight stays per year. Members will be able to employ up to three full-time equivalent staff. At least one full-time equivalent of staff time must be dedicated to providing the member with research capacity.
Report: Fit for purpose: report of the Remuneration Board of the National Assembly for Wales, 15 March 2011http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-guide-docs-pub/bus-business-documents/bus-business-documents-doc-laid/gen-ld8488-e.pdf?langoption=3&ttl=GEN-LD8488%20-%20Fit%20for%20Purpose%20-%20Report%20of%20the%20Remuneration%20Board%20of%20the%20National%20Assembly%20for%20Wales%20%28March%202011%29
Press release: Fit for purpose – a new sustainable and cost-effective system of financial support for Assembly Members, 15 March 2011 http://www.assemblywales.org/newhome/new-news-third-assembly.htm?act=dis&id=212624&ds=3/2011
Pleasance Purser
Research Analyst
Parliamentary Library
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Genzyme Molecular Oncology licenses colon cancer diagnostic patent rights.
Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Mayo Medical Laboratories (Rochester, MN), and SRL, Inc., have been granted non-exclusive colon cancer diagnostic rights to the APC and/or MSH2 gene for use in diagnostic testing services that detect increased risk for certain colon cancers. Under each of the three agreements, Genzyme Molecular Oncology received an up front license fee and will receive royalties on each diagnostic test performed. Further financial details were not disclosed.
"These three agreements further increase our cancer diagnostic licensee base which already includes Affymetrix, Myriad Genetics, LabCorp, and EXACT Laboratories," said Gail Maderis, president, Genzyme Molecular Oncology. "We expect the interest in cancer diagnostics to grow as additional data from the Human Genome Project is analyzed and as more molecular therapeutics reach clinical and commercial development."
Genzyme has an extensive portfolio of intellectual property related to cancer gene diagnostics based on the work of its collaborators, Drs. Kenneth Kinzler and Bert Vogelstein at The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD). Genzyme Molecular Oncology is out-licensing its diagnostic rights to generate funds to help support its internal cancer therapeutic development efforts.
Under separate license agreements with Genzyme Molecular Oncology, Quest Diagnostics and SRL of Tokyo, Japan each intend to perform colon cancer genetic testing services that detect mutations in the MSH2 gene. These mutations, in conjunction with a family history of colon cancer, indicate increased risk for developing hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer.
Additionally, Quest Diagnostics, Mayo Medical Laboratories and SRL have licensed non-exclusive diagnostic rights to the APC gene. Mutations in the APC gene, when accompanied by increased polyps in the patient and a family history of colon cancer, indicate increased risk of developing familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) colon cancer. The United States Food and Drug Administration has recently approved a therapy to treat FAP.
According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among non-smoking men and women in the United States, with 130,000 new cases and 56,000 deaths projected annually. Approximately 25 percent of all colon cancer cases are triggered by a genetic predisposition to the disease.
Early detection of colon cancer or colon cancer risk offers physicians and patients a significant advantage in the management and treatment of the disease. Physicians can prescribe subsequent testing of family members, early colon cancer surveillance, detection and removal of polyps, and in some cases prophylactic surgery to help manage the disease. As medicine advances, more drugs are also becoming available to treat colon cancer.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. -- More than 150 cases of measles have been reported in the United States already this year and there have been similar outbreaks in Europe, a sign the disease is making an alarming comeback. The reappearance of the potentially deadly virus is the result of unfounded fears about a link between the measles shot and autism that have turned some parents against childhood vaccination, says Gregory Poland, M.D. (http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/10966366.html), of Mayo Clinic. In the September issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings (http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com), Dr. Poland urges doctors to review extensive scientific research that has found no connection between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism.
Fears about the MMR vaccine were sparked in 1998 by researcher Andrew Wakefield, M.D., in the British medical journal The Lancet (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01406736). Dr. Wakefield's study was later found fraudulent by the British General Medical Council and the paper was retracted. Even so, suspicions about the vaccine -- as well as its additives such as thimerosal -- have persisted, gaining steam with the public through celebrity advocates and widespread media coverage.
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