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Order of Business.
Wednesday, 11 December 1991
Seanad Éireann Debate
[1498]Mr. Fallon: It is proposed today to take Item No. 2 Milk, (Regulation of Supply) (No. 2) Bill, 1991, Second Stage, to be completed by 6 p.m. There will be a sos from 6 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. From 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. we will take the Independent motion, No. 58. At 8 p.m. we will take Item No. 3—the Order in draft in respect of the Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order, 1991.
Mrs. Doyle: I would like to ask the Leader of the House if he would arrange for statements in this House before Christmas on the outcome of the Maastricht Summit. I know we gave two days last week to a discussion on developments in the EC but we cannot beat our breasts and say we gave too much time to it as this is perhaps the most important European Summit meeting that has taken place since we joined the EC many years ago. Perhaps the Leader of the House could arrange with the Minister for Foreign Affairs — I accept the Taoiseach is a very busy man with many demands on him — for a statement reporting to this House on the outcome of the summit and a response by the leaders of the various groups. I appreciate that another lengthy debate probably would not be possible logistically this side of Christmas.
May I also ask the Leader of the House if he could arrange to bring to a conclusion early in the New Year the debate on Seanad reform? On this side we will be prepared to come back two days earlier to give time to a most important topic. There is a danger that the whole issue of Seanad reform which concerns all of us in this House will be used as filler material when Ministers are not available or when we are waiting for Bills from the Dáil or whatever. I would like to see it spot-lighted, given its own scheduling and that we would complete the debate and decide where we will bring the issues to from there, whether to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges or a special committee. We can decide ourselves as to how we will handle the most important issues that have come up. I request that [1499] at least two days is given to that debate early in the New Year to conclude it.
May I also ask the Leader of the House whether all Stages or just Second Stage of the Criminal Damages Bill is envisaged to be scheduled for tomorrow. On this side we will only accept taking Second Stage, because this is a most important piece of legislation and we would hate to find any effort to rush through Committee and Report Stages all in the one day. To be meaningful, when dealing with legislation we should wait until Second Stage is completed before contemplating amendments for Committee and Report Stages. It makes nonsense of the role of the Seanad, and indeed the role of the Oireachtas, to rush all Stages through. I would like confirmation from the Leader that we will take only Second Stage tomorrow.
Mr. O'Toole: I have a number of issues to raise. We had a very full debate last week on Maastricht and I disagree somewhat with the request made by the main Opposition party. What we need now is for the Minister to come back to this House and to report on what happened in Maastricht. There should then be a full debate on it. This is far more involved than something we can deal with by way of statements. We need a full debate on the outcome. We know very little about it except what has been reported in newspapers over the past few days. It is critically important that we now tease it out and see exactly where we are going and assess the implications. I would disagree somewhat with Senator Doyle, although I presume she was making the proposal on the basis that that perhaps was the best available. I think it is far too important to allow it to be reduced to statements. We need a full debate on where we are now and putting on the record what our Government have achieved there. There is no other way of receiving this information except trying to glean information from the media.
May I take it that the Leader of the House intends putting a guillotine on the Milk Bill at 6 p.m. or that he would hope [1500] to put it to a vote at 6 p.m.? I notice from the nod by the Government Whip that he does not intend doing that, so that question is answered.
On the question of a programme of legislation, I have asked again for an outline of the programme of legislation which will be dealt with by this House between now and the Christmas recess. I think we should have that now. The Leader should indicate to us on which days of Christmas week he intends that we should sit. There is only Monday and Tuesday, because it would be unacceptable to sit on Christmas Day. We should be careful about that. I am not sure why my colleagues are laughing. I presume it is the holiday spirit.
An Cathaoirleach: They took you seriously.
Mr. O'Toole: We have had no indication when the Appropriation Bill, which has to be discussed before Christmas, will be dealt with. It normally takes at least a full day to discuss that Bill, even in the truncated form we have dealt with it over the past number of years when we come back to it in January. In any event this House needs a certain amount of time to deal with it and this year, with the mid-year changes in the different Departments, it is something that will require more discussion.
I also ask the Leader of the House when it is envisaged that the B & I Bill will be dealt with in this House? My understanding is that the Government are required to have this dealt with before the Christmas recess. In the light of this fist in the face of the workers and management of B & I, we should have adequate discussion of the Bill here.
Finally, may I ask the Leader of the House if he has any intention of allowing this House to debate the disgraceful and disastrous proposals of Government about the non-implementation of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress, which we discussed in this House less than a month ago to words of sweet wisdom and full support from the Fianna Fáil benches. I would now ask [1501] that the Leader of the House indicate to us that his party will stand firm on the commitments solemnly entered into in all the different areas of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress and insist that they are put into operation.
Dr. Upton: First, I support the calls for a debate or statements on the Maastricht Summit, which would be useful and desirable. Secondly, can I seek an assurance from the Leader of the House that he is not going to guillotine Second Stage debate on the Milk (Regulation of Supply) Bill, 1991, this afternoon? May I also ask the Leader of the House if he has any further information in relation to the use of strychnine and its ban in this country since I raised this matter with him last week?
Finally, may I again ask the Leader of the House if he would be prepared to make time available for a debate or for statements on the present situation in Teagasc which seems now to be facing destruction? Certainly, it seems as if the institute at Grange is going to be converted into one of those country clubs where wealthy gentlemen play golf on weekday afternoons.
Mr. D. Kiely: In view of the recent statements made by the Aer Lingus pilot's association and by Board Fáilte about the status and the possible overflying of Shannon Airport, I wish to ask the Leader of the House to have in the very near future a full debate in this House in order to let the people in the mid-west region know exactly where they stand. There are many conflicting reports and people in the mid-west region would like a full debate in the House. I would also like to ask the Leader of the House if he would consider bringing the Minister for Energy to this House to let us know exactly about the recommissioning of the Tarbert power station, units one and two, and when those units will come back into operation. Could he emphasise to the Minister and to the ESB that when employment is being created it will be taken locally from the north Kerry region where it is badly needed?
[1502]Professor Raftery: We have debated many important issues in this House but I think the single most important issue facing this country is unemployment and I would like to ask the Leader of the House to have a full-scale debate on that subject. It is the cause of so many of our problems in the country today that it is worthy of consideration by us.
I would also like to support the call by Senator Upton for a debate on Teagasc. From what I hear in recent days it is now clear that the Government are about to destroy Teagasc by stealth. Most of the centres for research are about to be closed; this week the decision is to be made, or at least the initial discussion on the decision. This is the arm of research and development for our agriculture. We are being told day in and day out that we must diversify and cut costs, but to do that we need research and development. Therefore, I would like to ask the Leader if we could have a debate on this most important issue in the very near future.
Mr. McKenna: I ask the Leader of the House to express to the Minister with responsibility for Sport or whoever is the relevant authority the grave concern of this House at the stupid decision of the GAA authorities to ban a unique occasion at the RDS which was to take place next Sunday, at the fact that an organisation which has contributed so much to the youth and the general life of this country should have — I have to say it — a certain number of morons with their heads buried deeply in the sand making decisions like that. It is important that I express the concern I have that an association that should be doing so much to encourage the co-operation of young people in all facts of Irish life should make a stupid and appalling decision like that. As a lifetime member of the GAA and a former player of the GAA I am absolutely ashamed and appalled at the decision they have taken. It is putting back the unification of this country in all its facets, the bringing together of our young people——
[1503]An Cathaoirleach: I have to ask the Senator to put a question. He is making a statement.
Mr. McKenna: I am asking the Leader of the House to bring the matter to the attention of the Minister with responsibility for Sport.
I support Senator Kiely in relation to the status of Shannon Airport and ask the Leader to request the Minister to reaffirm the Government's commitment to the status of Shannon in view of the recent onslaught by the chief executive of Board Fáilte and by the airline pilots' Association. Shannon as an international airport is of vital importance to the nation, and if we are serious about regional development we have to ensure that the status of Shannon remains intact.
Mrs. Hederman: In relation to the Statements on the Role of the Seanad, on the Order Paper, may I ask the Leader if the decision was taken by this House that we would specifically exclude the Minister from coming along to hear those debates thereby limiting ourselves to trivial internal housekeeping changes where what is needed is a fundamental reform of this House? Would it be possible, even at this late stage, to have the Minister here? Our motion No. 53 would require changes in legislation which would necessitate the presence of the Minister here. Could that be done when we get around again to discussing the role of the Seanad?
With regard to Senator Raftery's request for a debate on unemployment, our motion for tonight, No. 58, which states in its final paragraph "for the benefit of the Irish people" will include a contribution to the whole problem of unemployment.
Mr. Dardis: I would like to advise the Leader and Members that I share the concerns expressed across the floor about the future of Teagasc and its research centres. It is worth pointing out that these are management proposals and they have to go through several stages before they are implemented. However, it would be [1504] useful if we had a debate on these matters here. I would certainly take the view that the £1.5 million which was spent on Grange was money well invested in the beef industry and it reaps a benefit many times more than that. From that point of view I would like to have that debate.
I would also share the view that it would be useful to have a report on the Maastricht Summit. The Minister for Agriculture and Food reported earlier in the year when we debated agriculture. While I am not sure that we need statements, a report would be very useful. We might be able to establish when the United Kingdom decides that it will join the Community, after all.
The final question to the Leader is if he could advise us as to what his plans are to take the later Stages of the Milk (Regulation of Supply) Bill? When we have completed Second Stage, what are his plans for the other Stages?
Mr. Costello: May I ask the Leader his intentions in relation to the Criminal Damages Bill tomorrow? Second Stage and Committee Stage should not be taken on the same day and we should establish that as policy for all future legislation that comes before this House.
I would like to echo the sentiments of Senator McKenna in relation to the GAA. I suggest that the Leader of the House would indicate to the Minister with responsibility for Sport the view expressed publicly — and it is certainly a view I would share — that it was an absolutely backwards decision of the GAA to——
An Cathaoirleach: That matter is out of order. I have informed Senator McKenna of the fact that he was not conforming with the requirements of the Order of Business. I must say the same to Senator Costello.
Mr. Costello: I am raising it because it is a matter of concern——
An Cathaoirleach: This House has no control over GAA decisions.
[1505]Mr. Costello: I am raising it for the attention of the Leader of the House——
An Cathaoirleach: The Leader of the House can do nothing about it. I suggest to the Senator that he would put a question to the Leader rather than some of the questions that have been put to him which were really asking him to deliver messages to other people.
Mr. Costello: I will rephrase my request. I ask the Leader of the House if he will consider taking up with the Minister with responsibility for Sport the concerns expressed in this House——
An Cathaoirleach: Another request to deliver a message.
Mr. Costello: ——in relation to the attitude to the GAA on this matter.
The most important issue facing us at present is unemployment. We should have an urgent debate on that matter, as Senator Raftery said. Perhaps we could phrase it along the more positive lines suggested by Senator Harte in the past — that it be a debate on employment rather than unemployment because we should be directing our attention towards that aspect.
The Minister should come in to this House immediately in order to report on the events which took place in Maastricht over the past couple of days. It is essential that we have a debate on this immediately. I would prefer if we had a full-scale debate first thing in the New Year after there has been time to reflect on it and to evaluate the implications, particularly the implications of the British derogation in relation to the Social Charter and social policy at the present time. That may have very far-reaching implications for us. We should deal with that at a fairly early stage, but I would suggest that it would be better that a full-scale debate would take place in the New Year.
Finally, will the Leader of the House allow a debate to take place in relation to the situation in Carysfort? That has been going on for a considerable length of time. All sorts of allegations have been [1506] made in the other House, and publicly, in relation to the use of public funds.
An Cathaoirleach: That is not a matter for the Order of Business.
Mr. Costello: It is a matter of concern to us.
An Cathaoirleach: There is a mechanism for that. Put down a motion if you wish to have it debated.
Mr. Costello: The point has come up already on numerous occasions in the other House.
An Cathaoirleach: The business of the other House is not the business of this House on this occasion.
Mr. Costello: The whole point that I have been raising over the past number of months is that we are a joint Oireachtas——
An Cathaoirleach: I am not going to allow discussion on Carysfort in this House on the Order of Business.
Mr. Costello: In the context of Seanad reform, we made proposals in the course of the debate that there should be a mechanism whereby——
An Cathaoirleach: I am not going to allow a discussion on it. You are pressing me now and I do not think it is fair that you should seek to pursue the matter when I have ruled on it.
Mr. Costello: I am asking the Leader of the House if he would allow us to debate the matter——
An Cathaoirleach: I am not going to allow a discussion on it and the Senator should desist at this stage.
Mr. Costello: I thought that was a matter for the Leader, if he would allow a debate to take place on the matter.
An Cathaoirleach: If the Senator puts [1507] down a motion in the normal way, then consideration can be given to a debate.
Mr. Costello: Why should we rule that issue of national importance out of order when we could have a debate on other issues?
An Cathaoirleach: Nobody is preventing the Senator from putting down a motion.
Mr. Costello: The problem is that I never get an opportunity to debate it if I put it down. What I am asking is agreement from the Leader of the House——
An Cathaoirleach: That is a procedural matter. The mechanism for achieving the Senator's aspiration is to put down a motion.
Mr. Costello: I would like the Leader of the House to reply to my request for a debate on Carysfort.
Mr. Lanigan: Both matters I want to raise are related to sport. I was not going to raise the second matter, but I think that if we are going to discuss the recent decision of the GAA not to get involved——
An Cathaoirleach: I cannot allow this.
Mr. Lanigan: I am going to ask a question because it is related to the other issue. The amount of moneys expended on the provision of sporting facilities in this country will have to be co-ordinated in the future. The GAA, the Rugby Football Union, the NACA, the BLE — everybody will have to get involved. I ask the Leader of the House to have a comprehensive discussion in this House on the provision of sporting facilities. It was stated here today that the GAA have their heads in the sand on this occasion — and I agree they have their heads in the sand — but are not the only sporting organisation in this country about whom that comment could be made. We have to get into the modern age. We must [1508] provide the necessary comprehensive facilities. There is no point in pointing the finger on this occasion at the GAA. I could point my finger at the IFRU and the FAI.
An Cathaoirleach: I have ruled on the matter and I must be fair to everybody.
Mr. Lanigan: Poor Danny Lynch was thrown to the wolves. I ask the Leader of the House to arrange for a comprehensive discussion here on the future of sporting facilities in the context of the national lottery and of the moneys——
An Cathaoirleach: The manner in which the Senator has approached this matter indicates clearly that he is out of order. Quite candidly, I must remind Members that a number of weeks ago there was criticism over the length of time spent on the Order of Business. I have not witnessed much co-operation here today in trying to minimise that amount of time to get to the other serious business of legislation.
Mr. Lanigan: I have never noticed in my years here that there was any problem on the Order of Business. I am asking for a comprehensive discussion on the provision of sporting facilities and the amount of money expended. There has to be cohesion among the various sporting bodies——
An Cathaoirleach: I cannot allow the Senator to continue.
Mr. Lanigan: I ask for this debate in view of the problems that have arisen in two major areas of sport in this country. When I talk of sport I speak also of agribusiness, of horse breeding and of greyhound breeding. Denis Brosnan has stated quite categorically that the horse breeding industry in this country is in a chaotic state.
An Cathaoirleach: I must remind the Senator that individuals outside this House should not be mentioned.
[1509]Mr. Lanigan: Shall I say the new horse trainer from County Kilkenny who has been elected chairman? The horse breeding industry is of vital importance to the country. Greyhound breeding is also of major importance.
An Cathaoirleach: Senator, you are exasperating me.
Mr. Lanigan: We are talking about a multi-billion pound dual interest industry. I am asking that a debate take place in this House to discuss the operations of Bord na gCapall, Bord na gCon——
An Cathaoirleach: We cannot make contact, obviously, because you have not heard what I have said. It is not a matter for the Order of Business. A question to the Leader of the House, Senator.
Mr. Lanigan: I am asking that the Leader of the House arrange that a debate take place here in relation to the horse racing industry and horse breeding in general.
An Cathaoirleach: That is the third time the Senator has asked that question.
Mr. Neville: I would like to ask the Leader of the House if the new family home protection Bill will be introduced to this House in view of the decision of the Supreme Court to deny automatic right of the family home to a wife. It specifically relates to situations where the family home has broken up. It again highlights the failure of the Oireachtas to deal with changing social realities. It is similar to last week when this House could not accept the Suicide Bill. I urge the Leader of the House to ask the Minister for Justice to introduce the new family Bill on our return in January.
Mrs. Honan: I would like to ask the Leader of the House to ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Communications. Deputy Brennan, to come to this House as soon as possible to clarify Government policy on the overflying of [1510] Shannon Airport. We have had two statements from the heads of two State-sponsored bodies, statements which, I understand, were contrary to Government policy. What is Government policy? He does not know what Government policy is because he has never been near Government.
Mr. O'Toole: They will sell you out.
An Cathaoirleach: Allow Senator Honan the freedom to express herself.
Mrs. Honan: Will the Leader ask the Minister to clarify the position whether international airport status is to be left to Shannon? Has he talked to the two heads of the State-sponsored bodies who seem to be taking a stance which is contrary to that of the Government?
Mr. B. Ryan: I agree with Senator Honan. I wish the Minister would be as firm in dealing with the two State-sponsored bodies who want to change Shannon's status as he apparently was with B & I yesterday when he told us that the board of a semi-state company were outraged by his behaviour.
An Cathaoirleach: That is not relevant to the Order of Business.
Mr. B. Ryan: I appeal to the Leader of the House to carry this message to the Minister who is supposed to take some cognisance of this House: he should be consistent and if he is going to push some State bodies around he should push the big ones as well as the ones in a more vulnerable position. Since Senator O'Keeffe seems to be going off it a little——
Mr. B. O'Keeffe: I am not. I repeatedly ask for it and did so only last week.
Mr. B. Ryan: Senator O'Keeffe and I have ample opportunity to conduct civilised discussions without him interrupting me here.
[1511]Mr. B. O'Keeffe: I am glad of the Senator's support.
Mr. B. Ryan: I repeat yet again that there is ample evidence that the banking system places a major constraint on small businesses. There seems to be an extraordinary reluctance in the Houses of the Oireachtas to deal seriously with the appalling nature of the Irish banking system. It seems to be something that must be postponed, delayed or put to one side, as if they must be treated with deference.
An Cathaoirleach: A question, please.
Mr. B. Ryan: When will we have a full scale debate on the Irish banking system, not just on the report of the Ombudsman for credit institutions because that would be far too limited? What we need to know is why the banks deal so badly with small business. I will not venture into the GAA area.
Mr. B. Ryan: There is almost a double negative involved there. The Chair is telling me not to do what I was not going to do anyway. That could be taken as positive affirmation that I could do it.
The other issue that was raised with some vigour is in relation to Teagasc. Do the Government propose to appoint a new Minister of State for science and technology? Is that area of research going to do down the tube along with agricultural research? It appears that no decision has been taken yet to replace that.
I support Senator Raftery's request for a debate on unemployment. It is the biggest, most invisible and under-discussed problem in society. All of us in politics, in the media and every where else are, by definition, not unemployed. It does not impinge directly on anybody who is in a position to inform opinion with the result that it is left off the agenda. This House could give a good example to the nation by taking this problem seriously [1512] and by having not a three-hour or a six-hour debate but an open-ended debate in which every Member of this House——
An Cathaoirleach: A question, not a speech.
Mr. B. Ryan: Could we have, in the New Year when we have time, a long, open-ended and serious debate on unemployment, the solutions to it and what this nation should be doing about it? I do not want a two-hour or one day debate. The quarter of a million people and their families deserve——
An Cathaoirleach: The Senator wants a debate in the New Year. That is the question.
Mr. B. Ryan: I want a particular kind of debate — a long open-ended debate so that the unemployed and their families can find out what Members of this House propose to do.
An Cathaoirleach: We are having a speech.
Mr. B. Ryan: I did not mention anything other than the reasons why I wanted a debate. I would like a specific answer from the Leader on that issue. On the Shannon stop-over, I ask Members opposite to clarify whether this is yet another core value and if they are going to capitulate on this like they did on all the others, would they let us know now so we do not have to wait six months for the capitulation?
Mr. B. O'Keeffe: The issue of sport and leisure is extremely important. It has major job creation implications. Will the Leader allow a debate in the near future on the cohesion, co-ordination and promotion of sport, given that tourism and sport and leisure activities are so important to the employment prospects of many people? It would be a most appropriate subject to debate in this House.
Many Senators looked for a debate on the Maastricht Summit. I wish to congratulate the Taoiseach, on behalf of this [1513] House, particularly on the cohesion protocol which has been included and which will be of immense benefit to this country. Has the Leader of the House had an opportunity to read the Allowances to Members Acts, 1938 to 1983, and the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act? Given that the Bill has implications for both Houses of the Oireachtas, particularly because it concerns the pensions of Members in this House and because there appear to be certain provisions which would not be conducive——
An Cathaoirleach: I cannot allow a discussion on that matter on the Order of Business.
Mr. B. O'Keeffe: Will the Leader of the House make a brief comment on the implications arising from it for Members of this House?
Mrs. Jackman: I join with those who expressed concern regarding the recent Supreme Court judgment and the need for spouses to be protected in relation to the family home. This will be extremely complex legislation. Despite the Minister for Justice's point that he would introduce the Bill as soon as possible, I would not want to see it rushed through. I ask the Leader of the House to ensure that it is initiated here so that the debate will be worthwhile. We do not even know the definition of "the family home".
We were told we would get the long promised Green Paper on Education before Christmas as it was published and ready since September. How soon can we expect it? In relation to what other Senators have said regarding the status of Shannon, we need a commitment from the Minister because there are so many conflicting rumours, statements and woolly thinking that nobody knows quite what is happening. We do not want to hear about things happening during the Christmas recess when we may not be as vigilant as we should be. I would like the Minister to clarify that he is retaining the status of Shannon.
[1514]Mr. Hourigan: There are four questions I would like to ask. The first is in relation to Teagasc, the organisation which deals with research and advice on the agricultural front. We know that agriculture has had major difficulties in recent times and that highlights the need for an in-depth investigation into the work of Teagasc and the need for it to be in good shape. Could we have a debate on Teagasc to ensure that we have a dynamic agriculture in the future? What is the position with regard to the status of Shannon? Like other Senators I am confused about policy in relation to it and I would like if the Leader could establish, by way of a debate in this House or otherwise, what exactly is the position with regard to the status of Shannon. My understanding from Government statements and from the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications is that the status will be left unchanged. Those in the mid-west and the south west——
An Cathaoirleach: The Senator is making a speech.
Mr. Hourigan: Many people would be supportive of that policy being upheld by the Government. I also wish to know what is the possibility of discussing the family home protection Bill?
Senator Doyle raised the issue of the Maastricht Summit and we urgently need some form of debate in this House whether by way of a report from the Minister followed by statements or a full debate.
Mr. E. Ryan: I support Senator Raftery's call for a full debate on unemployment. It is the most serious problem which the country faces. I will not go over the reasons as I am sure they are obvious to everybody. A debate on unemployment would be very good and any light it could throw on this problem would be welcomed by everybody.
I support Senators McKenna, Costello and Lanigan in calling for a debate on the funding of sporting activities around the country because of the decision by the GAA not to play at the RDS. It [1515] seems very strange that the GAA found it acceptable to play in that bastion of soccer, Wembley Stadium, some years ago——
An Cathaoirleach: I have ruled on that matter.
Mr. E. Ryan: ——but they could not find it acceptable to play at the RDS next Sunday.
Pól Ó Foighil: Ba mhaith liom a fhiafraí den Cheannaire, más rud é nach gcríochnófar Bille an Bhainne tráthnóna, nach ndéanfar aon guillotining ar dhíospóireacht na tairiscinte a bhaineann leis an ordú um thoghcháin do na boird iascaigh réigiúnacha a iarchur. Tá sé sin le plé anocht freisin. Ba mhaith liom a chinntiú nach gcuirfear sinn as ord ag a hocht a chlog mura mbíonn an díospóireacht críochnaithe nó mura mbíonn sé tógtha ag an am sin. Chomh maith leis sin, tá mórán ráite anseo inniu faoi stádas Aerfort na Sionna. Tá ochtar tar éis labhairt air agus tá tacaíocht le fáil ó chuile thaobh den Teach. Níl sé ceart a rá nach bhfuil daoine ar a shon. Tá mise ar choiste na Sionna agus tá baill de chuid Fhianna Fáil ar an gcoiste chomh láidir céanna ar a shon is atá Comhaltaí an Tí seo. Táimid uilig aontaithe ar rud amháin agus is é sin nach gcaillfimid Aerfort na Sionna agus nach n-athrófar a stádas.
Tá mé ag iarraidh ar an Cheannaire, agus tá sé léirithe anseo inniu ag ochtar a labhair faoin gceist, go gcuirfimis in iúl don Aire Turasóireachta, Iompair agus Cumarsáide, chomh láidir is tá ar ár gcumas, nach mian linn aon athrú ar stádas Aerfort na Sionna. Arís, sa chomhthéacs sin — mar baineann sé le hiarthar na hÉireann — tá díospóireacht iarrtha anseo agamsa go minic chun go mbeimis in ann chuile ghné de drochstaid iarthar na tíre a phlé sa Seanad. Táimid ag caint faoi Aerfort na Sionna inniu, táimid ag caint faoi Iarnród Éireann——
An Cathaoirleach: An bhfuil ceist agat?
[1516]Pól Ó Foighil: Tá mé ag fiafraí den Cheannaire arís an mbeadh sé sásta, i gcomhthéacs a bhfuil ag tarlú in iarthar na hÉireann, go mbeadh díospóireacht anseo faoin dífhostaíocht sa tír seo agus freisin faoin dóigh a chuirfeadh sé as d'fheirmeoirí, go mórmhór in iarthar na hÉireann, dá gcuirfí deireadh le Teagasc agus cúraimí uile Theagaisc in iarthar na hÉireann.
Mr. Fallon: A number of Senators, including Senator Doyle, asked for statements in the House on the Maastricht Summit and I will endeavour to arrange that for next week. Senators Doyle, Hederman and others asked about continuing the Seanad reform debate. The intention is to continue with that but we will not have time for it before we break for Christmas. We will come back to it in the new session. The original proposal, despite what was felt by other Senators, is that initially the report will come to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges who will take it from there. The setting up of a committee is a matter for them.
Senator Doyle also asked about a debate, as did others, on the Criminal Damages Bill and the proposal is that we take Second Stage tomorrow to conclude at 4 p.m.
Senator O'Toole asked for a debate on the Maastricht talks and asked what Bill had to be concluded before the end of this session. He also asked about the Milk (Regulation of Supply) (No. 2) Bill. We propose to debate it until 6 p.m. and if it is not concluded we will deal with it next week. We will not conclude Second Stage this evening if there are sufficient speakers. He also asked for a debate on the Programme for Economic and Social Progress. I have no proposal for such a debate.
The B & I Line Bill, the Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill and the Appropriation Bill will be taken next week. The intention is to pass the Bill as we are obliged to do and to have one speaker from each side. We can come back as we have done in other years to debate the Bill in January.
A number of speakers asked for a [1517] debate on Teagasc. I have no plans for that before Christmas. In regard to that and other matters raised by Senators, there is provision in Standing Orders for matters to be raised on the Adjournment, in Private Members' time and under Standing Order 29. The debate on the Appropriation Bill has been described in the past as an anything goes debate and unemployment, the banking system and many other issues could be raised then.
Senator Upton asked about Teagasc and he also referred to the ban in the use of strychnine. The position in regard to the strychnine ban at the moment is that two draft orders were submitted to the EC Commission in September 1991. The orders, when introduced, will prohibit the use of strychnine for agricultural purposes and the storage, supply or sale of strychnine. The first will be signed by the Minister for Agriculture and Food and the second by the Minister for Health. The EC Commission has three months in which to notify other member states and to make a decision. This three month period will expire on 17 December 1991 following which a Commission decision will be made. We do not anticipate any difficulty in this area. In the meantime, the Department of Justice have been requested by phone, and in writing, to instruct the gardaí to refrain from issuing permits for the supply of strychnine to farmers.
The five main importers of strychnine have been notified of the impending plan and have been requested to stop imports. When the orders are completed the farmers, through the local authorities and health boards, through pharmacies operating in the health board areas, will be asked to hand over unused supplies of strychnine.
Senator Upton asked about Teagasc and I have replied to that; this would be appropriate for mention on the Appropriation Bill or in the other ways I have mentioned. I will bring to the attention of the Minister, Deputy Brennan, the concern of a number of Senators in relation to the stop-over at Shannon. I will bring to the attention of the Minister [1518] for Energy Deputy Kiely's concern regarding Tarbert station.
Senator McKenna's point was not appropriate to the Order of Business. I noted Senator Dardis' comments on Teagasc. He asked about the Milk (Regulation of Supply) (No. 2) Bill, and, as I said, we will not finish it before Christmas. We will start it this afternoon and if we conclude Second Stage by 6 o'clock, that will be all right, but if not, we will continue it some other day.
Senator Costello raised matters which were not appropriate to the Order of Business. Senator Lanigan asked for a debate on the funding of sporting groups. That is something we can think about in the New Year; it might well be an appropriate subject for a debate. He asked about the horse breeding industry. We had a major discussion on the Kilannin report. This and the greyhound industry are issues we can discuss in the New Year.
Senators Neville and others asked about the Family Home Protection Bill. I understand that the Minister has indicated legislation is forthcoming and the draftsmen are working on it. Senator Brendan Ryan touched on matters which I indicated are appropriate to the Appropriation Bill or Private Members' Time. He looked for an open ended debate on unemployment. We can consider this in the new session.
Senator Ó Foighil referred to the Regional Fisheries Boards Order which we will take from 8 o'clock this evening. We should conclude that before 10 o'clock.
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Our 2013 season was filled with good times, learning the essential skills of basketball and our fair share of wins. Every one of our players was a big part of our success this year and the improvement of each of them throughout the season was impressive. We participated in 5 tournaments and ended the season with an overall record of 11-7. Of the 5 tournaments, we had one tournament championship, three 3rd place finishes and one tournament where we participated in round robin action only. Our team excelled at defense all year and held the opponents to an average of 19 points a game with only two teams scoring above 30 points (35 and 32). Our offense struggled at times but we had a few big offensive games. We scored an average of 28 points a game. GJ Blackout was the most active of all the local teams, in both practice and tournament participation. For the 8th graders, it will be exciting to see the girls continue to improve throughout the summer and in high school. The 7th graders need to keep working hard this summer and in the AAU season and we will see them back for the 2014 season!
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Editor's Note: Welcome to the first post by regular Guest Brewer Linda Simensky. The picture above is from from her cameo appearence in episode 6 of PBS Kids' WordGirl.
I just finished celebrating my birthday. My actual birthday was about a month ago, but I was busy then and kind of distracted and it rained that day, so we didn't really do much. But there was a high point that day, and it was a big one for me. My daughter asked to watch Bugs Bunny cartoons with me.
A little background first — I have a son, Ethan, who is eight and a daughter, Sara, who is three. They find my job in kids TV mildly interesting, but as far as they know, every kid's mom works in kids TV. That's just how life is for them. They do like TV, at least. But as far as ways to kill time, Ethan would just as soon play games. He loves his Wii, videogames and Club Penguin the most. Coming in second would be his Bakugan toys. Next would be Bionicles. Next would be reading or anything to do with Harry Potter. Then we get to watching Bakugan. By the time we get to this point, his free time is all used up.
You'll notice no mention of funny cartoons. He does watch the occasional funny show, but only if for some reason it isn't time for Wii. Now one of my major interests in life, as well as my career, is animation — and specifically funny cartoons. So you see the irony here. Others in animation with kids warned me of the "they don't always like what you want them to like" syndrome. I always knew it could happen to me.
My daughter, on the other hand, is still open-minded and malleable. She does have some definite opinions, and she does love TV. She likes funny things. She hasn't really discovered computers yet, and she doesn't play videogames yet. So this was her birthday gift to me — she came shuffling in to the bedroom on the morning of my birthday and said, "Let's watch some Bugs Bunny cartoons." I'd have to say this may be one of my biggest accomplishments in child rearing as of late.
We did watch Bugs Bunny cartoons that morning. And we've watched on several weekend mornings since. She seems to like Bugs the best, although she is definitely drawn to Daffy as well. And the crazier the gags, the more she likes them. My mother had mentioned to me that by three, she already could see that I liked cartoons, so maybe it just runs in the family.
With that in mind, I spent my Amazon gift certificate getting caught up on the Looney Tunes DVD sets. I already had four of the DVD sets, and with volume six coming out just last week, I realized I had better get volume five. Especially now that I have an eager three-year-old to share them with. (Subliminal advertising: Go buy the Looney Tunes DVDs.) Apparently volume six is the last of this excellent series.
A three-year-old watching Bugs Bunny probably doesn't seem like a bi deal to many of you, but consider that kids aren't watching the Looney Tunes the same way we all did. When I started in the kids TV industry in the mid-1980s, I was ten years older than the oldest kids in the audience. We had pretty much the same lives. Sure, they grew up with cable, and we didn't have it until I was in junior high, but that was the biggest difference. Otherwise we all had had many shared experiences growing up, and watching Looney Tunes on Saturday morning was one of them. Kids now don't watch the Looney Tunes much — it's hidden on Boomerang. And there are more funny cartoons available to kids these days — and most of them were made in the past decade, not half a century ago.
You can see why it would be such a big deal that my daughter would want to watch Looney Tunes. So yes, it was a pretty good birthday.
Next up for my daughter — some NFB films. We'll start slowly.


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Did 2/3 then lowered to niche for belay practice.erictant - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/14 with Paul
A bit of a hidden gem, worth at least 1 star. Its a bit loose in the middle, but we cleared quite a lot of the really loose stuff. A fab climb, but need dry weather a good few days before it. Thought provoking top half.bigglesbutcha - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/13 with Swifty
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Very dirty climb with loose rock and some seepage. The climb to the right had suffered rockfall which made me wary, and rightly so. At the very top my second sent down a shower of rocks and mud. Apart from that, a fantastic crack climb. MichaelGallimore - Lead dog - 01/Apr/12 with Ibrahim, Pete, MikeR
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Scary runout up the layback. The big loose block is now safely at the bottom of the route in lots of pieces. Tomber - Lead O/S - 06/May/11 with Stuart Hurworth
Really enjoyable climb - not sure it would have been on lead though! While belaying hid from falling stones under small roof at the bottom. Got halfway up and removed the big block with a scarily light pull, also removed as much loose stuff from around the area as possible. Should be fairly safe now - there is another large block further back under the big crack, but it seems fairly stable at the moment. The climb was excellent after the loose stuff, the crux layback/jamming crack at the top is strenuous but easier than it looks with some useful hidden holds and small ledges on the right.Stuart Hurworth - 2nd O/S - 06/May/11 with Tom Kimber
adamjeffs - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/11
Guidebook said it was possibly the best line in the quarry but it was all loose and horrible not so funsam g - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/11
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Shunted. Very wet, and a big loose block!andy_e - TR dnf - 28/Mar/11
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nickhoward - Lead - 16/May/10 with Becki
bexyboo - 2nd - May/10 with nick
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kjbix - Lead - 10/Jul/09 with Nick Howard
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On a scorching summers day it was very wet about two thirds up and pretty poor protection but a nice route despite that!bbangbala - Lead O/S - 31/May/09 with Matt Davies
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Quick meals are great, but quick meals on your Traeger that you can cook while only dirtying one dish are like miracles sent from heaven. We originally got the idea for one pot pasta from good old Martha Stewart, but have adapted it to cook in your Traeger. After a few different attempts we learned a delicious lesson: the pasta matters! For a creamier, more casserole like dish use a thin pasta like an angel hair (this is what we photographed). For a more classic al dente dish use a thicker pasta like a linguini (this was the crowd favorite). Variations are as endless as your imagination! Add in spinach, olives, mushrooms, you name it! The noodles essentially cook in the flavors of your sauce so explore your options and enjoy.
Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 10-15 minutesServes: 4-6Recommeded Pellets: Any
Ingredients:4-6 italian sausages1 box pasta4 cups water1 cup cherry tomatoes2 cloves garlic, minced1 bell pepper, diced1/2 white onion, minced1 tablespoon each basil, oregano, parsley or dried italian seasoning1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes1 tablespoon salt1 teaspoon black pepper2 tablespoons olive oil
Start the Traeger on Smoke with the lid open and allow 4-5 minutes to establish the fire. Place your dutch oven on the grill grate, close the lid and turn the temperature setting up to High. Allow the grill and dutch oven to preheat for 10-15 minutes.
If you like softer vegetables, drizzle the hot dutch oven with olive oil and saute them for 3-4 minutes.
Add all ingredients to the dutch oven and place the italian sausage on the grill grate next to the dutch oven.
Check the paste for doneness after 6-7 minutes. If the pasta is cooked to your desired consistency, remove the dutch oven and allow the sausage to cook to an internal temperature of 175 degrees. Season the pasta dish with any additional salt and pepper as needed. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve with the sliced italian sausage. Enjoy!


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Icelandic Fishing Industry Suffers from a Split Personality – December 6, 2012
Its fisheries quota is an international model, but the country continues to engage in commercial whaling
When the banking system and real estate market in Iceland melted down in 2008, the tiny Nordic country was able to fall back on the natural resource that has sustained its people and its economy for centuries: fishing.
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Fishing, mostly of cod, herring and mackerel, accounts for a quarter of the island nation's GDP. The Icelanders guard their territorial waters closely (one reason for a current trade spat with the EU) and they take special care to ensure that… more
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Apple Flashers
Luckily for us, Steve Jobs debuted the iPod mini in his MacWorld 2004 conference keynote. It's tiny and very slick. Even better, the control felt pretty nice. Alas, in all too typical Apple style, the $249 price tag is just plain silly -- they should have hit the $199 price point.
Apple does get the Best Revisionist Video Award for reshowing their seminal 1984 TV commercial with an iPod digitally inserted onto the body of the running woman. Alas, I must say that the giveway of a poster of the ad was a big let down.
Long-term, there are two other announcements that I think are much more important. First off, Jobs also debuted the new G5-based Xserve and Xserve RAID servers. It seems that Apple is finally starting to actually put in the serious enterprise-class features like EEC memory and "dual" everything. I'm going to have to actually consider them now.
The biggest announcement is the new iLife '04 application with the non-i name... GarageBand. GarageBand is basically a music making program. Now, I'm no music software geek but the demo with Jon Mayer was very impressive -- especially supported guitar instruments. Create a garage band without the garage or the band (or any talent :-)! Mayer said that if he had this when he was 13, he would have never left his room.
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by Awilda Rodriguez
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May 05, 2014
One of the thorniest ways a family can pay for college is through federal Parent PLUS loans. The Parent PLUS loan program provides unsubsidized loans to any parent on behalf of their child up to the cost of attending college and after accounting for all other student aid. What distinguishes Parent PLUS loans from other federal loans is that interest rates are higher than on undergraduate loans; payments begin immediately; and parents have a limited set of repayment options. Yet, PLUS loans have become an increasingly popular financial tool as college tuitions soared and college financial aid packages failed to keep pace, and defaults on PLUS loans have also increased. Meanwhile, most PLUS loan recipients are not gaining access to institutions with high graduation rates, and institutions are being rewarded for increasing tuition. The U.S. Department of Education needs to collect and report better data on the PLUS Program.


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Category: Sport Jokes
Ranking: 2.82 / 76
Q: How do men exercise at the beach?
A: Every time they see a bikini they suck their belly in
Thanks to: Someone - i don't know - i don't know - Australia
rec.:Nov/7/2002 pub.:Feb/7/2003
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At the first hole on a golf course, a man tees off and hits a hard drive, but the ball hooks badly and goes off the course entirely. The man figures it's a lost ball, puts another ball down and starts again. He plays nine holes when a policeman comes up to him:
"Sir, did you lose a ball a while back?"
"Yes, I did. Why?"
"Well, sir, I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you. You see, your ball struck a cyclist, causing him to swerve right into the path of an oncoming bus. The bus hit the cyclist and then rammed head-on into a truck coming from the opposite direction. At the moment the casualties are twenty-one dead and we don't know how many injured."
The man says, "Oh, this is dreadful!.... I ... I had no idea.... is there anything I can do?"
"Well, sir, the next time you want to hold the club a little more to the right, like this..."
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Ranking: 2.82 / 76
Q: How do men exercise at the beach?
A: Every time they see a bikini they suck their belly in
Thanks to: Someone - i don't know - i don't know - Australia
rec.:Nov/7/2002 pub.:Feb/7/2003
Ranking: 3.23 / 43
A football coach had a star quarterback who was as dumb as a post. The only way the kid could stay on the team would be to pass all his classes, which was impossible. All his teachers agreed to go easy on him except for one, his math teacher. The coach begged the math teacher to not fail the kid. The math teacher agreed to give the boy an oral exam which, if he passed, would count for class credit. The coach came to the exam to support his star athlete. The math teacher asked only one question for the exam: "What is two plus two?"
"Four," the athlete answered.
The football coach went into a panic and yelled, "Give him another chance! Just one more chance!"
Thanks to: Edward Burman
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Dad: "What happened to your eye?"
Tom: "I was staring at a ball from afar, and I was wondering why it was getting bigger and bigger. Then, it hit me."
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A Middlefield man was killed and four others were hurt in a chain-reaction crash Tuesday involving two pickups and three tractor-trailers in an Ohio Turnpike work zone.
Erwin Kuhns, 51, was declared dead at the scene of the crash, reported at 9:21 a.m. in one of two divided westbound lanes about three miles east of the Ohio 53 interchange for Fremont in Sandusky County's Riley Township, said Sgt. Michael Ramsey of the Ohio Highway Patrol's Milan post.
Kuhns was a passenger in a 2004 Ford F-150 with an extended cab driven by Paul C. Shoff, Jr., 73, of Warren, that ran into the trailer of a 2005 Freightliner Tractor that had struck the rig in front of it after being unable to stop in time for backed-up traffic, the patrol's report said.
Shoff and another passenger in the pickup, David E. Kuhns, 18, of Middlefield, were taken to Fremont Memorial Hospital as was Walter S. Mozzochi, 46, of Homeworth, the driver of a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado involved in the initial collision.
Angelo J. Muscarello III, 50, of York, Maine, the driver whose rig started the crash, was treated at the scene, Sergeant Ramsey said. He was driving a 2012 Mack Tractor hauling two short semi-trailers.
The other two drivers, Larry M. Centra, 54, of Grampain, Pa. (driving a 2012 Mack Tractor, hauling 2 short semi-trailers) and Larry D. Evans. 53,, of Slippery Rock, Pa. (driving a 1999 International Tractor hauling astandard semi-trailer) were not injured.
As a result of the crash, both fuel tanks of Muscarello's semi were punctured, causing an estimated 140 gallons of fuel to be lost, troopers said. The fuel spill was able to be contained before entering any drainage or water ways.
Traffic on the turnpike had to be diverted to the single left lane of the construction zone, which caused a major back-up. After officers and other personnel cleared the scene at 3:08 p.m. the highway had to be shut down completely. Traffic was diverted off exit 110 (State Route 4) while the cement barricade was reset. The highway remained closed until 3:53 p.m., at which time both lanes were reopened.
Assisting the Milan post at the scene were the Sandusky County EMS, Sandusky County Fire, State Highway Patrol's Aviation Department, Ohio Turnpike Maintenance, Ohio EPA, Sandusky County Coroner's Office and Madison's Towing.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Norwalk Reflector contributed to this story.
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Electronic language resources in Oxford
1. Information for Oxford Users
The Corpus Linguistics course is held each year in Hilary Term at OUCS, Thursdays 12:30 to 13:30 - more details here.
OUCS is helping to co-ordinate access to electronic language resources across the University of Oxford via a small working group with participation from several departments. Please get in touch if you want to get involved! We have termly meetings to discuss resources and projects, usually on Friday of week 4. The next meeting will be held at OUCS on 17th May 2012, and the new Oxford-based BNCWeb service will be demonstra.
2. Available online to Oxford users
Below is a list of some of the resources for which groups within Oxford have licences, and to which students and staff have access.
- BNCWeb beta service, hosted at the Oxford e-Research Centre. Available to University of Oxford Users.
- British National Corpus via OXLIP (search in title list under 'b'). Available to all Oxford Users.
- IVIE Corpus of English dialects
- Oxford English Corpus, access available on demand to Oxford researchers - please apply via the website
- Literary and linguistic electronic resources on OXLIP, now with a category for Linguistics. For further information contact Johanneke Sytsema
The University of Oxford has licences for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013 for the Linguistic Data Consortium. Take a look at their catalogue, and if there is something there that you are interested in, get in touch with Martin Wynne. Thanks to OUP who paid for the 2009 licence in full for the University, ComLab who are paying for the 2010 licence, and the Phonetics Laboratory for 2013. The following resources have been downloaded from the LDC and are now available online from IT Services for Oxford users. Consult the LDC catalogue for the full list of what is available, and get in touch with martin.wynne at oucs.ox.ac.uk. Please note that you are bound by the terms and conditions of the user agreements associated with each of these resources, which can be found on the LDC website.
- LDC2002L49 Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer Version 1.0
- LDC2004L02 Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer Version 2.0
- LDC2009T03 GALE Phase 1 Arabic Newsgroup Parallel Text - Part 1
- LDC2009T09 GALE Phase 1 Arabic Newsgroup Parallel Text - Part 2
- LDC2009T10 Language Understanding Annotation Corpus
- LDC2009T12 2008 CoNLL Shared Task Data
- LDC2009T13 English Gigaword Fourth Edition disk 1 (4 Gb) and LDC2009T13 English Gigaword Fourth Edition disk 2 (4.5 Gb)
- LDC2009T22 Arabic Newswire English Translation Collection
- LDC2009T23 FactBank 1.0
- LDC2009T24 OntoNotes Release 3.0
- LDC2009T30 Arabic Gigaword Fourth Edition (2.5 Gb)
3. Other corpus resources in Oxford
We are also assembling a list of corpora, copies of which may be available in Oxford, but under a variety of different licensing and access arrangements. Please get in touch to add to the list. For these resources, contact Martin Wynne unless otherwise stated.
- BNC XML version, BNC Baby (sampler on one CD)
- Corpus of Spoken Dutch
- IPI-PAN corpus of Polish
- COLT Corpus of London Teenagers' Speech
- Gesprochenes Jiddisch Textzeugen einer Europäisch-jüdischen Kultur
- ICAME corpus collectionA
- East meets West: a compendium of multilingual resources (the TELRI CD, parallel aligned corpora in many European languages)
- Oxford Linguistics Eprints
- Developing Linguistic Corpora: a free online guide to good practice in creating a corpus
4. Links to resources available online to everyone
5. Support services in Oxford
OUCS can also provide advice and consultancy to members of the University on issues relating to :
- Discovering, creating and using digital literary and linguistic resources
- Licensing issues relating to digital literary and linguistic resources
- Connecting your project or resources with national and international infrastructures
- Writing the Technical Appendix of an AHRC Research Grant application
- Planning a digital project in the humanities
- Digital preservation of research data
- Electronic Text Encoding
- Corpus linguistics
See the research support pages at OUCS for more information.
Oxford University Library Services can advise on many aspects of discovery and use of linguistic resources.


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If Cro Cop was a vampire on True Blood, this picture would only indicate that he's sad. Instead, it appears that someone jabbed a plastic fork directly through his iris and ran away before Cro Cop had a chance to rearrange their consciousness with a left high kick. A few days ago, Index.hr claimed that Mirko was nearly out of UFC 119 with a severe eye injury. Dana White dismissed the story, until Cro Cop admitted that he was injured but never had any intentions of pulling out of the fight. In an attempt to shock us yet again, Index.hr released a picture of Cro Cop's eye shortly after the accident he sustained in training -- and it's pretty gruesome. [Source]


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New Hampshire's highest court gave Attorney General Michael Delaney a slam dunk victory Wednesday, saying he can't be forced to join a lawsuit against the federal healthcare law.
In a unanimous advisory opinion, the justices agreed with Delaney that such a mandate would violate the separation of powers clause of the state's constitution.
Forcing Delaney to join the lawsuit brought by more than two dozen other states would "usurp the essential authority" of the executive branch to decide which legal cases to pursue, the justices ruled.
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A licensed practical nurse who recently lost her job with Samaritan Medical Center admitted to state police Thursday that she has been supporting her dependance upon Vicodin by sending forged prescriptions to two pharmacies.
Heather L. Carr, 28, of 309 Mullin St., was arrested on four charges by state police in an investigation with the state Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. She was arraigned before LeRay Town Justice George E. Mead III on counts of second-degree forgery, first-degree falsifying business records, fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and obtaining a controlled substance by deceptive means. She was released without bail and awaits grand jury action.
In her statement to police, a public document filed in town of LeRay Court, Ms. Carr admitted I have taken as many as six or eight pills a day. I do feel that I have an addiction to these pills.
She is no longer employed by the hospital, which had her assigned to the family health clinic, according to her statement. She was fired on May 30 because I had been late to work several times, she said. She began work at the hospital in 2006, she said.
She subsequently sold about 80 of the illegally obtained pills for $80, she told police.
Her purchases were at Kinney Drugs, 1304 Washington St., and Rite Aid, 315 Arsenal St.
She was prescribed the medication in 2010 by Dr. Ryan E. Tyler for migrains, shoulder and back pains, according to her confession and the physicians statement to police. When she got into sending electronic prescription forgeries, she increased quantities and strengths.
I would go into the E-clinical works system after someone else was logged in, she said in her statement. I would go into my name and click on an area that shows all of the prescriptions that I have been prescribed. I then would go to a drop down box that automatically changes the date. Then just add the quantity and refills and print.
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As we previously reported, Hart took to Instagram to announce his engagement to his girlfriend of five years, writing, "She said YEEEEESSSSS….. #Happy #MyRib #iF**kingLoveHer."
According to TMZ, Hart and his new fiancé celebrated that night by going to a strip club, but much to their surprise, his ex-wife was there too.
Also that night, Torrei's show Atlanta Exes premiered, during which she accused the Ride Along star of cheating on her during their marriage.
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Brett Bills said students who went to dinner with him as part of the Dine With Alumni program served up some good questions.
But when Alta Markeson, the executive development director, asks alumni to participate in the "Dine With Alumni" program, they are usually quite happy to help.
"Our alumni are so supportive of the students," she said. "Whenever I've asked them to help by participating in our Dine With Alumni program, they do."
Brett Bills graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and Scott Bills, his brother, graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance. They now work as financial advisors for Merrill Lynch in Greenwood Village, Colorado. They often do business in Utah, so Alta asked them to participate in the program.
"We loved our time up here in Logan," Brett said. "Both of us had an excellent experience here. And since we've been back working here, we thought we should give back to the university a little bit."
Scott said programs like "Dine With Alumni" offer students a chance to network with professionals, and he said networking is important for students. Brett said it is important for students to talk with professionals in the workplace because often there are great insights students can gain that they wouldn't get in the classroom.
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Japanese Women's Beach Volleyball Star and Sex Symbol, Asao Miwa, "Fairy on the Sand"
Miwa Asao is the name of one of
Perhaps one explanation for Miwa's popularity with the media is the skimpy size of the bikini uniform worn in beach volleyball, which appears especially small when stretched along Miwa's tall and large frame. Voyeurs and photographers, and the voyeuristic photographers in the media, enjoy focusing their lenses on Miwa's slim bottom and genital areas whenever the opportunity arises.
Labeled by the media as the "fairy on the beach," Miwa rejects the description. "A fairy has an immaculate image," she said.
It must be difficult to maintain an immaculate image when news media and internet sites focus more on her private parts than on her ability to hit the volleyball.
In photo after photo, one sees close-ups of Miwa's bum, or her nipples, or even the outline of her pubis mons through her sweat-soaked bikini. Highly erotic, the photos still pass the muster of government censors in
Close inspection reveals that highly suggestive photos of Miwa appear on sports pages and internet websites, which would not be permitted to appear in most "family" newspapers for general audiences. In other words, Asao Miwa reveals more with her tight-fitting volleyball bikinis than the sexy idols who appear all over the Asian internet.
Miwa apparently does not object to this treatment by the press, nor apparently does her coach. Her manager hand-picked Miwa during her high school years, and the two have specific goals in mind on Miwa's ladder to success. She is to serve both as a sex symbol and as an Olympic star
In February 2007, they launched Miwa's first photographic album with additional bathing suit shots. By late August 2007, the shashinshu had sold more than twenty thousand copies at the price of sixteen US dollars or one thousand, nine – hundred and ninety-five yen.
Beyond the color album, there is a video available of Miwa in action on the volleyball court, as well as at leisure, swimming in a lake or relaxing at home in her underwear. The video costs 3,990 yen, nearly forty US dollars. Books or videos bearing her autograph fetch ten times these prices.
In comparison with other Japanese pinup idols, Miwa is neither well-endowed, like Megumi or Nor does she enjoy the compelling beauty of Miwa Oshiro (Oshiro Miwa). Although attractive, she is not particularly beautiful.
Her (business) manager bets on the combination of a somewhat tall and somewhat talented and somewhat attractive athlete who plays the exotic sport of women's beach volleyball in sexy bikini uniforms, as their ticket to international success.
Indeed, women's beach volleyball combines the competitiveness of sport with the grace and elegance of the almost-nude bodies of female athletes. In this sense, women's beach volleyball approaches the Olympic spirit perhaps more closely than any other spectator sport. There is perhaps nothing more openly erotic than the spectacle of near-nude athletic women sweating, jumping and running about a sandy patch in fierce competition alongside the ocean.
We shall certainly continue to follow the story of
Miwa and her teammate, Takemi Nishibori, will have to play a hard game of catch-up in order to make the
Miwa may need to put her part-time modeling career on hold if she is to win the ticket to
That doesn't seem to prevent the hundreds of news photographers and spectators from taking her photo, hoping to catch an image of her tight bottom and slim body. Some sixty-eight media companies covered the Tokyo Open last May, and a skirmish broke out when officials refused to allow the public to take photos of Miwa's famous bum.


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Two EHOVE Career Center students have admitted to be involved in a drug transaction.
A 16-year-old New London boy was charged with trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana and being an unruly juvenile in connection with an incident Wednesday at EHOVE. A 17-year-old Castalia boy was charged with possession of marijuana and being an unruly juvenile.
A teacher tipped off the EHOVE school resource officer that a student may be selling marijuana to other students about noon Wednesday, according to the report by an Erie County sheriff's deputy.
Detective Robert Rieger said when they interviewed the Castalia boy, officials found two baggies in his front right pants pocket.
School administrators pulled the New London boy out of lunch and he soon admitted he had two bags of marijuana in his pocket. Officials seized the bags and had the teen identify the Castalia student to whom he sold a third bag, the report said.
The Castalia boy then admitted he'd bought marijuana from the other boy and handed over his purchase, the report said.
"As far as I know, they were pretty cooperative. They didn't give them any hassle over it," Rieger said.
The two boys were taken to the Erie County Juvenile Justice Center.
The sheriff's office will be sending the drugs to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation for testing.
Rieger said neither of the boys indicated how long he might have been using marijuana. The detective wasn't sure what discipline the suspects might face through EHOVE, but said he expects there would be a related court hearing on the situation.
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One of the reasons I love Berkeley so much is that you can never be bored. Really! There are always academic/career lectures, forums, symposiums, shows…and all kinds of events that you can think of! In addition to the Taiwanese Student Association, Pre-Medical Honor Society, intramural basketball, and volunteering in YWCA from my "Life outside of class~" blog entry on September 18th, 2006, I am going to share some of my current activities with you.
Ever since my junior year, I am devoting most of my time in a molecular toxicology lab. After a semester of basic lab technique training and with the help of my research mentor, I developed my honors thesis. My research focuses on a neural enzyme and I study the function and the health effects of this enzyme in cells. Working in a lab has been one of the most rewarding experiences for me. It leads me to the world of basic science research. It also shows me that medical school, pharmacy school, or optometry school is not the only option after graduating with a biology degree. There is the choice of graduate school. Being a scientist is actually really cool!
In addition, on Fridays, I volunteer in the Alta Bates Medical center. I've been volunteering in the hospital since I was in second year. This experience has been pulling me to pursue a career in medicine. Volunteering in a hospital, I observed physician-patient interactions. I also see the interaction between different sectors such as MD's, nurse, physical therapists, and pharmacists. As a volunteer, I saw many patients' suffering through pain and I also shared many patients' happiness when they gradually recover. The greatest lesson I learned is to cherish life.
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Los Angeles -- Ry'Shonda Fields and her 4 children (Darriel (16), Jalen (8), Corey & Chloe (7-year-old twins) are huge Ellen fans and watch the Ellen Degeneres show every day as a way to stay positive since Ry'shonda lost her teaching job due to the recent budget cuts.
Ellen caught wind of the fields' story when Ry'Shonda wrote(see letter below) in about her "Ghost Angel," Ms. Diane Tobly. Three year's ago, Ms Tobly came into Ry'Shonda's life when she went to the local rotary club for help during the holidays. Ry'Shonda is a single Mom raising four kids without a job, and wanted to give her kids a happy Christmas. Ms. Tobly noticed Ry'Shonda and took her under her wing, and on her own dime, went out that Christmas and bought the entire family gifts for Christmas. Every year since, Ms. Tobly has reached out to Ry'Shonda to help her provide a "Merry' Christmas for her family. Ry'Shonda was so blessed to have Ms. Tobly in her life that she wrote Ellen to tell her about the generous Ms. Tobly to ask Ellen how she could help her recognize Ms. Tobly.
Ellen was so impressed that Ry'Shonda, who needed the help, wanted to help and reward the woman who had made Christmas "merry" for them the last three years. Ellen asked the producers to find out more about Ry'Shonda, and what she discovered was that Ry'Shonda grew up with nothing on the West side of Chicago, and has since put herself through college, graduated at the top of her class, all while raising four amazing kids. Ellen thought that both Ry'Shonda and Ms. Tobly needed to be recognized. Ellen had her producers fly Ry'Shonda and her family out to the show, what Ry'Shonda didn't know was that Ms. Tobly was going to show up and surprise everyone.
According to the show's producers, the segment turned out to be one of the best, emotion-evoking segments they have had on thier show in a LONG, LONG time. Ellen rewarded Ms. Tobly with a trip to Jamaica, and gave Ry'Shonda $5,000 to help pay bills, and $10,000 to all five of them (Ry'Shonda to finish her masters, and $10,000 to each child to help pay for college). That's a total of $55,000 thanks to Shutterfly. When Ellen called out the kids to join them on the couch - there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Then - at the end of the segment - one of the 7 year-old twins, tears and all stood up and hugged Ellen.
Another note in the story - is Ellen's call-out to the school district on Xenia, OH to please hire Ry'Shonda, not only is she a good person, she's a top student and should be considered for a full time position. If anyone is interested in hiring Ry'Shonda, please go to
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Hi Ellen, I'm writing because I'm a single parent of four (16,8&twins7) Ellen I could give you a list of struggles but NO!Because through it all my goal was to take my kids out poverty and show them a better life,I've set out to do so and have lightly succeeded. The past 2 yrs have been what I feel to be hell, sometimes I want to throw in the towel. I have a B.S.in Health Education and was Teaching. Life was good, things were looking up, I could provide without feeling like just another statistic in society. I've missed out on many milestones (thanks God for pictures), but I felt good about myself. Due to Job cuts I'm without work, I've had to give my car back to the bank and bills are past piling up. But Ellen GOD sent my family an Angel Named Diane Tolby, she has for past two yrs provided my kids a Christmas, even though I've declined. When she called this yr. for the kids x-mas list I told her about my car situation & that x-mas was not even a factor, Mrs. T unselfly brought me a used car, that went out the next day. She wasted no time trying to get another used car. No one has ever done anything like this for me before. I thought this only happens on The Ellen Show. Ellen please help me show my appreciation. She deserves it(tears)


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"I expect to see a globally integrated market for fresh water within 25 to 30 years. Once the spot markets for water are integrated, futures markets and other derivative water-based financial instruments — puts, calls, swaps — both exchange-traded and OTC will follow….Water as an asset class will, in my view, become eventually the single most important physical-commodity based asset class, dwarfing oil, copper, agricultural commodities and precious metals."
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Financial interests have determined that trading money, risk and related financial products outperforms the profitability of manufacturing products or even trading goods and services. Now, they are aiming to exploit our common resources for profit.
Much lauded by the banking industry, the financialization of nature reduces the value of water and other life-giving resources to exchangeable financial instruments. But these market-based schemes are largely voluntary and entirely unregulated, representing a drastic departure from the regulation of pollution that helped clean our air and water in the latter half of the 20th century, and undermining the human right to water.
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I'll be post pics of ever meal... So here goes!
Tonight after group I've had maggi's garlic chicken... 2 sheets which I believe is 2 syns, new potatoes and baked beans. Very full and it was delicious!
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