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I shall deal briefly with the six amendments in my name in this group. Four of them concern the problems that confront disabled people when dealing with the planning system. Amendment No. 183 suggests that the register of applications should be available,
Clearly, this applies particularly to the visually handicapped, and seems to me a sensible thing to do. There should already be an obligation to do this under the Disability Discrimination Act, but I am advised that a large number of authorities and others do not do it.
As regards Amendment No. 186, it seems to me obvious that applicants should consult organisations which represent handicapped people. That ought to be in the Bill. Amendment No. 197, to which the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, referred, also concerns disability, and seeks to double the period for response to an application. Documents that are produced in a format which disabled people and blind people can use often arrive days or even weeks after the original consultation. Are the 28 days to apply to those documents? The Government would be wise to consider a longer period here. The amendment suggests 56 days.
Amendment No. 201 suggests that, as well as advertising in the press, the statement should be advertised in a talking newspaper in the area, if one is available. This seems to me an obvious point. The other two amendments on disability in my name in this group, Amendments Nos. 193A and 225A, raise a very different point, but one which has given rise to a good deal of concern. The purpose of these amendments is to delete certain subsections in Clauses 43 and 55 respectively to limit the span of consultation to what is reasonable and achievable. These clauses concern people who have an interest in land or who the applicant thinks may have a compensation claim under Section 10 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 or Section 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1973. Both Section 1 and Section 10 claims are in principle capable of being made whether or not any land or interest is being compulsorily acquired from the claimant, and so both sections give rise to compensation claims potentially being made in respect of land which is not on the site of the proposed development but could well be affected by it.
A Section 10 claim is a claim for injurious affection for property depreciation exceeding £50 caused by the construction, as opposed to the use, of the relevant infrastructure. A Section 1 claim is a claim caused by the use of the relevant infrastructure. The problem is the near impossibility of identifying with certainty all the land interests in respect of which relevant claims could or might be made. For linear infrastructure, for example a pipeline or overhead electricity line, a judgment would have to be made as to how far away a property would have to be before it could be safely excluded from the notification requirements. This could involve
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I do not know quite what is intended here. It seems to me that, as the Bill stands, there is no limit to the area of notification. That seems to take one into the realms of pure impossibility. That is what lawyers tell me and that seems to me a credible interpretation. However, it may not be what the Government intend. I hope that the noble Baroness will explain this or agree to bring forward amendments at a later stage which might allay the anxieties which have been expressed.
Lord Chorley: I support the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Judd. I do not want to take more than a few seconds of the Committees time; the noble Lord has said all that needs to be said. With the greatest respect to the Minister, her reply to the equivalent amendment on Tuesday was really quite inadequate. The national parks are the planning experts in their area, much more so than any local authority. They are indirectly appointed by local authorities and by the Secretary of State. I am not asking her to revisit the matter today, but I hope that she will have a rather more sympathetic approach on Report.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach: I support the amendment proposed by my noble friend. I shall speak to Amendment No. 188. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, for his support for the amendment.
Last Tuesday, we debated the impact of the forthcoming marine Bill on this legislation. Here, we are considering the pre-application phase and the role of local authorities in the pre-application phase. I favour that approach, which certainly has considerable advantages, in the sense that it is capable of getting out some of the difficulties in the early stages of planning procedure.
The marine Bill will bring into place the Marine Management Organisation, about which the Minister who was replying for the Government said:
We expect the IPC to draw on the expertise of the MMO. The MMO can add additional conditions to an order granting development consent if new information comes to light and can even revoke consents if necessary. The MMO will be responsible for the monitoring and enforcement of IPC consents, and the Planning Bill guidance will detail the nature of the advice that will need to be given by the MMO to the IPC. My understanding is that there will also be a memorandum of understanding to formalise the arrangement. MMO enforcement officers will use Marine Bill powers to enforce the system.[Official Report, 14/10/08; col. 694.]
Clearly, the MMO will be a considerable arbiter in all matters concerning marine planning, and yet there is no requirement in the pre-application phase to involve the MMO or, in advance of its arrival on the scene, the Marine and Fisheries Agencythat is why the reference in the amendment is to the relevant marine body. I hope that the noble Baroness will be able to respond favourably to my amendment, which would greatly enhance the process in terms of marine applications or applications affecting the marine environment by having the body as a formal consultee at an earlier stage, rather than bringing it in to have a row with the new authority afterwards.
Lord Greenway: I support the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Taylor. Regarding the statutory consultees in the marine sphere, should the relevant general lighthouse authority also be included as a mandatory consultee? In particular with the development of offshore wind farms, the authority is responsible for assessing the risks of the development to the safety of navigation and considering how best to mitigate those risks regarding the positioning of the development, the marking of it, if necessary, by day or by night and whether it needs to be buoyed. It is important that it should be consulted, because safety of navigation is vital and will become more so as we see the proliferation of offshore wind farms as proposed by the Government.
Baroness Thornton: I beg to move that the House be resumed.
Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.
The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change & Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath): My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now make a Statement on the new Department of Energy and Climate Change.
The new department brings together the Governments work on three long-term challenges that face our country: ensuring that we have energy that is affordable, secure, and sustainable; bringing about the transition to a low-carbon Britain; and achieving an international agreement on climate change at Copenhagen in December 2009. These are our goals, and the new department is a recognition that when two-thirds of our emissions come from the use of energy, energy policy and climate change policy should not be considered separately but together.
In tough economic times, some people will ask whether we should retreat from our climate change objectives. In our view, it would be quite wrong to row back, and those who say that we should do so misunderstand the relationship between the economic and environmental tasks that we face. Of course there are trade-offs, but there are also common solutions to both; for example, energy-saving measures for households
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Over the summer, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs asked the independent Committee on Climate Change to review the long-term target for Britains emissions. Based on a Royal Commission report in 2000, the target had been set at a 60 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. Since then, independent reports have added further to our knowledge. Arctic sea ice has melted faster than expected, global emissions have grown faster and the impacts of each degree of climate change are known to be worse.
Last week, the noble Lord, Lord Turner, wrote to me with the committees conclusions, and they have been placed in the Library of the House. His report found that to hold global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels, commonly accepted as the threshold for the most dangerous changes in the climate, global emissions must fall by 50 per cent to 60 per cent by 2050. The noble Lord concluded that for Britain to play its proper part, the UK should cut our emissions not by 60 per cent but by 80 per cent. He concluded that the target should apply not just to CO2 but to all six of the Kyoto greenhouse gases. He concludes that, while there are uncertainties about how to allocate emissions from international flights and shipping, they, too, should play their part in reducing emissions.
The Government accept all of the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change. We will amend the Climate Change Bill to cut 80 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and that target will be binding in law. I hope that all sides of the House will support that. Indeed, I want to create as much of a consensus as we can on climate change.
However, we all know that signing up to an 80 per cent cut by 2050 is the easy part. The hard part is meeting it and meeting the milestones that will show that we are on track. For us in Britain, those will be shaped by the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change, which will advise us in December on the first 15 years of carbon budgetsnational limits to our total emissions. We will report next year on how we will meet them.
We are also determined to ensure that the signal and the commitment come not just from Britain but, as the Prime Minister has been making clear in recent days, from Europe, too. That means an agreement by the end of this year on the strengthening of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and on the targets for 2020 that Europe should reduce greenhouse gases by 20 per cent unilaterally and by 30 per cent as part of a global deal, and that the EU should confirm its renewable energy target.
Earlier this year we published our draft renewable energy strategy. What is clear to me is not only the scale of that challenge but also the urgency of getting on with delivery. The renewables obligation has tripled supply in the last five years, and we are making further changes in its structure, in planning policy and in access to the grid. However, having heard the debate on this issue, including from many colleagues in this House, I believe that complementing the renewables obligation for large-scale projects with guaranteed prices for small-scale electricity generation and a feed-in tariff has the potential to play an important role, as it does in other countries.
So, having listened to the views expressed, including those in the other place, we plan to table an amendment to the Energy Bill to make that happen. I also believe that renewable power can play a bigger role not just in electricity but in heating, too. Heating produces almost half of Britains carbon emissions, and cleaner sources of heat can help us meet our target in 2050 and the milestones on the way. I am clear that we need to make rapid progress on this, too, and I will make further announcements soon.
I said at the start that our objective was a climate change policy that was fair and an energy policy that was sustainable. Todays structure of the energy market was designed in a world of abundant supply, British energy self-sufficiency, low commodity prices and an emerging debate, though not a settled consensus, on climate change. Today, all those assumptions have changed. There is international competition for resources, a need for new investment in supply, structurally higher energy prices and an urgency about carbon emissions. To respond to this new world, we need a market that secures future supply, including with investment in nuclear power and carbon capture and storage; more to incentivise cuts in carbon emissions; and more to help homes and businesses. These are big issues that we need to address for the future. Today, however, I want to signal a direction of travel on affordability.
Last week, the energy regulator Ofgem highlighted what it believed to be unjustified higher charges for 4 million electricity customers in areas not connected to the gas main. It also believes that, even taking account of higher costs facing companies from customers with pre-payment meters, many homes that use them are being overcharged. Unfair pricing which hits the most vulnerable hardest is completely unacceptable. I made that clear to the representatives of the big six energy companies when I met them yesterday. I also told them that the Government expect rapid action or explanation to remedy any abuses. I will meet them again in a month to hear what they have done. We and Ofgem are determined to see these issues addressed. Ofgem is consulting on its findings until 1 December as part of a due process. If the companies do not act in a satisfactory way, we will consult on legislation to prevent unfair pricing differentials.
For us, markets can provide enormous benefits in dynamism and efficiency, but they will work properly only if they are regulated effectively in the public interest, including with a strong independent regulator. There is more to do to help consumers, and we will not hesitate to act. A climate change and energy policy
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My Lords, that concludes the Statement.
Baroness Wilcox: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for his Statement, and I welcome him to his new position as Minister of State. This is his sixth departmentI added them up this morningbut energy and climate change will undoubtedly be the most exciting. I hope that, between us, we might just manage to keep the lights on and save the world.
I am pleased to note that the Ministers first Dispatch Box Statement contains so much that is welcome to us. I have a great hope that the new department will continue to listen and to be persuaded by our arguments on climate change policy. Unfortunately, I note that the new department has not managed to escape the usual government practice of prioritising the press over Parliament. I know that we on these Benches make that point frequently, but I live in hope that repetition will eventually have its effect.
In an article in the Guardian this morning, the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary complained that the green lobby groups have,
Does the Minister not feel that this unfortunate assumption may have arisen because the Governments standard operating procedure is to announce policies in a way which has more regard for newspaper headlines than effective legislation?
Nevertheless, I was very happy to read this morning, and to hear this afternoon, that the Government have decided to accept the climate change committees target of an 80 per cent cut in carbon emissions. Can the Minister confirm that this target will continue to be kept under review and, if necessary, adjusted in the light of further scientific information?
I am also extremely pleased to hear that the Government have finally accepted the necessity of a guaranteed price for small-scale electricity generation. Peers from these and other Benches, including those behind the Minister, have for some time been pushing for that to be included in the Energy Bill. I look forward to examining the government amendment in the hope that it will satisfactorily replace the amendment that I have already tabled.
The Minister has just made some reassuring noises about the Governments concern about continuing fuel poverty. However, his promise to talk to six energy companies is rather less than we on these Benches would like to hear. Does he not think that the Conservative Party policy to expand the role of the Post Office card account, whereby lower income people who do not have bank accounts could take advantage of preferential rates available via direct debit payments, would do much more to benefit these people?
The Statement contained some very welcome assurances, but there are many more issues, and many more decisions that the Government will need to take.
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Lord Teverson: My Lords, from these Benches, I very much welcome the Minister to this portfolio and we very much look forward to what I know is his strong commitment and his ability to persuade not just the rest of the House but the rest of the Government about the importance of this area. He is clearly already making good progress.
We absolutely welcome this Statement. It goes further than I could have hoped and would have expected. That is a very positive sign indeed. We also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Turner, on his work in the climate change committee and in many ways regret that he will be moving on, although his appointment to the FSA is clearly good.
On the movement from a 60 per cent to an 80 per cent target, the Statement shows how Britain can indeed lead the global debate around the need for action on climate change, but I remind the Minister that the way that that 80 per cent is defined allows all sorts of ways in which this country can get around that target internally. No doubt, we will have that debate when the Climate Change Bill comes back to the House.
Including other greenhouse gases in those targets is logical and ties in with the Kyoto process. We on these Benches were arguing for that within the Climate Change Bill. The Government will have a 10 per cent better start in terms of the 1990 figures than they would have had if they took account of carbon dioxide only. I hope that that will help us to meet the targets.
Aviation and air was an area that I was particularly interested in. The Statement, says that,
We would all agree with that, but I ask the Minister to clarify whether those emissions will be within the 80 per cent target or not. That is what we need to understand.
The feed-in tariff has been particularly successful in generating renewable energy, particularly within Europe. Another reason that we welcome it is that it has one other effect, which is that it allows much greater participation by smaller organisations and individuals, households and families, who can involve themselves in, and benefit from, the generation of renewable energy.
However, there is still a huge challenge in the area of fuel poverty. Clearly, we welcome the fact that oil energy prices have come down to a more sensible level over the past couple of months, and I hope that the same will also apply to gas, but at the same time we do
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Again, we on these Benches congratulate the Government on taking the bull by the horns in terms of the Turner recommendations, and we very much welcome this as the Ministers first Statement in his new role.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, first, I warmly welcome the comments of both noble Lords on the Statement. They set a very good foundation for the consensual way in which my right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today intimated he wishes to proceed. Given that we are talking about matters which fall to be dealt with immediately and have huge long-term impacts, I am sure that a consensual approach is the right way to go forward.
I very much agree with the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, that the noble Lord, Lord Turner, has done an extraordinary piece of work. The balance of national interest is a nice judgment, and he will be very much missed from the Committee on Climate Change. I also wish to point out the outstanding work that he did in relation to pensions, of which of course I had experience as a pensions Minister. Indeed, the noble Baroness pointed out that with my current role I have now been round Whitehall quite a few times. I hope that that adds to what I bring to the job, as I think that experience within different government departments is helpful.
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LEBANON -- Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, July 8 at Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon for Mr. Reeder, 31, of the Brush Creek Community. He died Monday, July 4, 2011.
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Survivors include: daughters MacKenzie D. Reeder and Makaylah A. Reeder; son Seth Gibbs; brothers Dwayne Reeder; Mike and Richard Hindsley; stepfather Jackie Wilkerson; aunts and uncles Sandy (Ricky) Winfree, Elizabeth (Timothy) Ferrell, Darlene Summers, Leavern (Tommy) Garrison, Clide Elmore and Odell Reeder.
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LONG BEACH - After a slight bump from last year, the state's fifth-largest city now shows fewer people living below the poverty line, according to new U.S. Census data released Tuesday.
The poverty rate in Long Beach dropped 1.6 percent, from 19.8 percent in 2006 to 18.2 percent in 2007. In 2005, Long Beach was at 19.2 percent.
Los Angeles County showed a slight drop from 15.4 percent in 2006 to 14.7 percent in 2007. That 14.7 percent represents an estimated 1,426,762 county residents who lived below the 2007 federal poverty threshold, which is $20,650 per year for a family of four.
Other cities show similar drops in their poverty rates. Lakewood's rate has been falling the past three years, from 5.3 percent in 2005 to 4.7 percent in 2006 to 3 percent in 2007.
Bellflower's rate also fell from 15.4 percent in 2005 to 14.9 percent in 2006 to 7.5 percent in 2007.
Bellflower spokeswoman Lynn Komadina said the city is mindful of the reported 5,183 residents that live below the current poverty level.
"The city of Bellflower has many public and private programs and services in place to assist those in need as well as a very active and supportive faith-based community," she said. "Bellflower is facing the same challenges as every other city in the nation with Americans facing higher unemployment, rising gas and food costs along with a sluggish housing market making for a very difficult situation for people in every community."
After showing a falling poverty rate, Downey's number spiked from 6.8 percent in 2006 to 11.1 percent in 2007. In 2005, that rate was that 10.3 percent.
A Downey city official said the report requires further study before commenting and questioned the accuracy of the population numbers used in the study.
Jessica Goodheart, research director for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, warns that the numbers don't tell the whole story.
"You have to be careful because of the margin of error," she said. "So what you're seeing may not be a real change."
The data also does not reflect the economic downturn, Goodheart said.
"In 2007, we were still adding jobs and now it's 2008 and the economy has worsened," she said. "We've lost jobs. This data doesn't reflect what's happening now. It probably paints a grimmer picture."
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Midlands leaders celebrate opening of Innovation Center
The new SCRA USC Innovation Center is ready for business.
The University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Research Authority and the City of Columbia opened the fully renovated facility Thursday (Aug. 19). It is a building designed to house knowledge-based companies emerging from research at USC and the general marketplace that are entering commercialization and advanced manufacturing stages.
The facility is situated and designed to stimulate and sustain clean, next-generation manufacturing, along with related development and support services.
University President Harris Pastides said the SCRA/USC Innovation Center will combine the best research out of our laboratories with the best creative business minds from the Midlands and beyond.
"We needed a space that doesn't look conventional. It's not just your father's office building," USC President Harris Pastides said at the grand opening of the 74,000-square-foot facility at Catawba and Assembly streets.
"We're celebrating now one new structure with all of this great texture that's here and detail, and we have a product that is ready to go to work."
Renovations on the building began in October 2009. It features 65,000 square feet of open space, enough for 10 to 15 high-tech, light-manufacturing start-ups. SCRA invested $5.6 million in the building.
The Innovation Center is the second of three world-class facilities that SCRA is providing in conjunction with its university and civic partners in South Carolina to grow the Knowledge Economy. The first is in Charleston. With these centers, SCRA is fulfilling legislative mandates identified in the Innovation Centers Act focused on the commercialization of new knowledge-based discoveries.
Bill Mahoney, CEO of SCRA, said the property is in a key location for an innovation center because it provides easy access, visibility and economic opportunity for the citizens of Columbia.
"This facility is a knowledge-based technology cornerstone to serve start-up companies with intellectual property coming out of USC as well as the private sector," he said.
The first SCRA USC Innovation Center tenant, Immedion, will move into the center next month.
Also at Thursday's event, Mahoney presented SCRA Knowledge Economist awards to S.C. Rep. Joan Brady, Dr. James L. Hudgins and Dr. Barry W. Russell. Drs. Hudgins and Russell both are former presidents of Midlands Technical College and of the South Carolina Technical College System. Brady has been a strong advocate of Knowledge Economy initiatives, both with SCRA and EngenuitySC.
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RESTON, VA – The United States is a leader in healthcare information technology (IT) use and adoption by physicians, according to a new eight-country study from Accenture [1] (NYSE: ACN). The study, which includes Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain and the United States, also shows that the United States is one of the few countries in which healthcare IT penetration is nearly equal among primary physicians and specialists.
- Approximately 62 percent of specialists are using electronic tools to improve administrative efficiency (i.e. e-scheduling, e-billing), compared to a 49 percent global average.
- The majority of U.S. physicians (59 percent) enter patient notes electronically during and after appointments, the same as their international colleagues in the study.
- More than half of U.S. primary doctors (54 percent), the most of any country surveyed, are using e-prescribing to send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically, compared to just 20 percent on average for the other countries.
- Nearly half of physician specialists (48 percent) send electronic orders (i.e. lab, radiology or diagnostic tests) compared to roughly one-third (36 percent) as a global average for the study.
- Nearly a third (30 percent) of primary and specialist physicians send and receive e-referrals for recommending care outside their organization. Independent physicians, however, were significantly less likely to make use of HIE capabilities compared to physicians who are employed or aligned with larger health systems.
- Approximately three-quarters (74 percent) of primary doctors and specialists share patient data across their own organization to improve clinical protocols.
- Increasingly, U.S. physicians also are sharing patient data outside their organization to improve disease management. In fact, according to the study, 44 percent of specialists and 39 percent of primary doctors practice this on a regular basis.
- Approximately two in five U.S. primary doctors (38 percent) have electronic access to clinical data about patients who have been seen by a different health organization, compared to 33 percent among primary doctors on average for the study.
- Approximately 17 percent of U.S. doctors have provided patients with access to their own medical information – more than double the global average of 8 percent for all eight countries.


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Select Database on the Choose a Data Source Type page.
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Red Ochre (dai zhe shi)
What is red ochre? What is it used for?
Also known as hematite, red ochre is not an herb, but a mineral - a type of ore that is extremely high in iron. It is usually soft and fine-grained. In China, it is mined from the Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and Shandong provinces. After being mined, red ocher is pounded and ground down into a type of powder, which can be used raw or after being cooked with vinegar. In addition to its medicinal uses, red ochre is also used as a pigment in painting.
According to the principles of traditional Chinese, red ochre has bitter and cold properties, and is associated with the Liver and Heart meridians. Its main functions are to pacify the liver, to move qi downward, and to arrest bleeding. It is used to treat a variety of ailments, ranging from headaches and dizziness to hiccups, vomiting and upset stomach. The minera's high iron content can also help with the generation of red blood cells and hemoglobin. It is a common component of many herbal formulas, and is often taken with white peony root, pinellia and ginseng.
How much red ochre should I take?
The typical dose of red ochre is between 10 and 30 grams, boiled in water and drunk as a decoction. It should be pounded into a fine powder before use.
What forms of red ochre are available?
Crushed, powdered red ochre can be found at many herbal shops and specialty stores. Red ochre is also available in pill and capsule forms, and can be found in various herbal formulas.
What can happen if I take too much red ochre? Are there any interactions I should be aware of? What precautions should I take?
Because red ochre may contain trace elements of arsenic, it should not be used by pregnant women or taken for extended periods of time. As of this writing, there are no known drug interactions associated with red ochre. As always, make sure to consult with a licensed health care provider before taking red ochre or any other herbal remedy or dietary supplement.
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The winner of a trick leads to the next.
The dummy takes no active part in the play of the hand.
Anytime it is the dummy's turn to play,
the declarer chooses which one of the dummy's cards should be played,
and the dummy then plays the card as instructed by the declarer.
The dummy is not allowed to offer any suggestions or make comments during the play.
When the dummy wins a trick, the declarer specifies which card the dummy should lead to the next trick.
If the declarer specifies the suit only, the dummy should play the lowest card of that suit.
Examples for Deciding Who Has Won the Trick
If a trick has no trump card, it is won by the highest card of the suit led.
Declarer's Lead Card___Second Player's Card____Dummy's Card___ Fourth Player's Card__
In the trick above, the suit of Diamonds are played by
the declarer , and the King card is the highest Diamond played,
so the Second Player wins the trick for his team.
Declarer's Lead Card____Second Player's Card______Dummy's Card____ Fourth Player's Card
The lead Player's card is a 5 of Hearts, so everyone else must play a heart.
The second player is obligated to play a Heart which means he must not have a Heart in his hand.
The Fourth Player's Card wins this trick for his team.
Teams play for a "rubber" which is the best of three games.
Bridge is won by the first team to score 100 or more points for successful contracts.
The deal usually changes to several people before enough points are earned for a contract.
The team which has already won 1 game towards the current rubber being played is "vulnerable".
The team which hasn't won yet is "not vulnerable".
The team which is currently vulnerable can get both higher bonuses, and penalties than the team which is not vulnerable.
The score is kept on a piece of paper split into 2 columns which are headed WE and THEY.
There should also be a horizontal line (----------------) about half way down the column.
Scores for successful contracts should be entered below that line, and are counted towards winning the game.
Other scores for bonuses for tricks that were made over the contract called "overtricks",
or penalties for tricks that were short of the contract called "undertricks" are entered above that line.
Score for Making the Contract
Scoring for successful tricks is done as follows;
If trumps are Clubs or Diamonds, score 20 points per trick.
Clubs and Diamonds are called the minor suits.
If trumps are Hearts or Spades, score 30 points per trick.
Hearts and Spades are called the major suits.
If there are no trumps, score 40 points for the first trick, and 30 points for each trick after that.
If the contract was doubled the scores above are doubled.
If the contract was redoubled, then the scores are multiplied by 4.
The declarer's team will also score an extra 50 points above the line if they succeed in a doubled contract.
This is sometimes called "50 for the insult".
If a redoubled contract is made, the bonus is 100 points above the line.
Slam bonus
A contract to make 12 tricks is known as a "small slam".
A contract to make all 13 tricks is called a "grand slam".
The declarer's side will get an extra bonus for bidding and making a small or grand slam, above the line, depending on their vulnerability.
If the declarer's team is vulnerable they will get 750 points for a small slam, and 1500 for a grand slam.
If the declarer's team is not vulnerable they will get 500 points for a small slam, and 1000 points for a grand slam.
Score for Overtricks
If the declarer's team wins more tricks than were bid,
then in addition to the score that is below the line on the score sheet,
they score points for the overtricks that are placed above the line.
This does not apply if tricks were doubled or redoubled.
The same scoring system that was previously used above is used.
( 20 points per trick if Clubs and Diamonds were trumps, 30 points per trick if Hearts or Spades were trumps,
or score 30 points per trick if there weren't any trumps.)
If the contract was doubled or redoubled, bonuses don't depend on trump suit.
A bonus is given based on whether or not the declarer's team is vulnerable or not vulnerable.
If the declarer's team is vulnerable they get 200 points if doubled, and 400 points if redoubled.
If the declarer's team is not vulnerable they get 100 points if doubled, and 200 points if redoubled.
Penalty for Undertricks
If the declarer's team wins less tricks than they bid,
neither team scores anything below the line,
but the declarer's opponents score above the line.
This score depends on the declarer's side's vulnerability, and whether the contract was doubled or redoubled.
If the declarer's team is vulnerable then the opposing team is scored 100 points if not doubled,
200 points if doubled (this is called the first undertrick),
and 300 points for any after that.
If the declarer's team is not vulnerable then the opposing team is scored 50 points if not doubled,
100 point if doubled, and 200 points for any after that.
If a contract was redoubled multiply any of the above by 2.
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In addition to a range of Apprenticeships and Traineeships, we also offer one-day training courses in various hair specialisms. All of our courses are taught by trained professionals in contemporary facilities, allowing staff to broaden the range of services that they can offer, and ensure that they stay competitive.
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Okay, this game is simply awesome looking. Just look at the animated GIF's in this article for an idea of how cool. In the title, I mention Shadow of the Colossus, a classic Playstation 2, and later Playstation 3 HD remake, that featured giant monsters in a giant world of amazing depth. Shadow of the Colossus is a 3D action game while Death's Gambit is a 2D side scrolling action role playing game with what appears to be creatures many times larger than the screen.
The setting is a medieval, alien, planet that has weird creatures never before seen in gaming and bosses that would make that iconic one from Aldynes on the Super Grafx run home crying in fear.
Not much is known about Death's Gambit at this point other than what I have mentioned and the GIF's here. There is apparently going to be a Kickstarter later this year to raise funding to finish the game though so I will keep you informed on that.
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The overall market reflects Wall Street's positive performance in recent days, but NAB suffers.
The sharemarket performed strongly yesterday, with oversold resource stocks rebounding as investors were spurred by positive news from the US over the weekend.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index closed 13.6 points higher at 3302.4.
On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March contract on the Share Price Index rose 11 points to 3308 - a 5.6-point premium to the underlying index - on volume of 10,662 contracts.
Reynolds & Co director Markus Mueller said resources had been oversold recently and investors saw current prices as an opportunity to buy back into the blue-chip stocks cheaply.
"The commodity prices are higher and it also looks like sector rotation, with people moving out of the banks into resources," he said.
On Friday in New York, stocks ended higher as solid results from leading companies including General Electric buoyed investors' hopes for robust results in coming weeks.
The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 31.38 points to 2140.5, its highest level since July 3, 2001, while the S&P 500 Index rose 7.78 points to 1139.8, its highest close since April 1, 2002.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with a gain of 46.66 points at 10,600.51, its highest peak since March 19, 2002.
In local trading, BHP Billiton put on 30� to $11.69, Rio Tinto firmed 86� to $36.82, and WMC Resources finished 20� higher at $5.28. Alumina was up 14� at $5.88.
Takeover target Novus Petroleum said it had been given notice that a consortium, Crosby Capital Partners, was launching an off-market takeover bid for it at $1.77 a share. Novus dipped 1� to $1.92.
National Australia Bank said a revaluation of its foreign exchange portfolio after a series of rogue trades might reveal losses of up to $600 million. The news sent the stock to a low of $29.60 but it recovered through the day, closing 8� down at $29.84.
Westpac was also 8� lower at $16.40, Commonwealth Bank retreated 6� to $30.57 and ANZ improved 3� to $18.01.
Media company News Corp rose 13� to $12.10 and its non-voting scrip rose 19� to $10.46.
John Fairfax Holdings slipped 1� to $3.50 and Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd firmed 3� to $12.20.
Telstra edged up 1� to $4.97 while Optus parent SingTel gained 3� to $1.49.
Hire company Coates Hire, which said its preliminary first-half sales figures were up 17.5 per cent from a year ago to $220 million, jumped 11� to $3.21.
Engineering services provider Worley Group surged 24� to $3.29 after the company said it had won a contract to rebuild oil infrastructure in north Iraq.
The weaker dollar proved good news for exporters, with paper merchant PaperlinX picking up 6� to $4.60.
Global packaging materials maker Amcor picked up 10� to finish at $8.03.
In retail, Coles Myer dipped 1� to $7.34, and Woolworths also gave back 1�, to finish at $11.80.
A fall in the gold price on the weekend helped push goldminer Newcrest down 49� to $11.16, while Lihir pulled back 2� to $1.37 and Newmont rose 13� to $5.70.
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Jennifer Lopez's Home Intruder Camped Out in Pool House
Posted Thursday August 22, 2013 11:09 AM GMT
Scary details arose regarding Jennifer Lopez's Hampton's home intruder this morning (August 22).
According to police, John Dubis, a 49-year-old man from Rhode Island, was found living in the 44-year-old's Water Mill home's pool house on August 8.
At this point, Lopez already has an order of protection against the Dubis.
John was arraigned the next day on two felonies of second-degree burglary and first-degree criminal contempt, along with two misdemeanors including fourth-degree stalking and possession of burglar tools.
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Foo Fighters Latest Music Video: Walk
Let's be honest here, who doesn't love the Foo Fighters? They're easily one of my favorite bands. I mean two words: Dave, Grohl. Do I need to say more?
I found this really cool article about how the video for their song Walk, is kind of a humorous take on the 1993 film "Falling Down". I think the video is pretty funny.
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By using a biscuit or cookie cutter to shape the layers, you can create an impressive meal or by using a smaller cutter, nice bite sized snacks that will be the talk of any gathering.
4 tuna steaks
2 Mangos, peeled, or 4 wheel shaped slices of pineapple may be substituted
1-2 cups fresh in store made guacamole
2 packages of ramen noodles (discard the flavor pack)
½ cup black and white sesame seeds
½ cup scallions, green part cut into thin rings
1 Tablespoon black pepper
Cook Ramen noodles and drain liquid.
Evenly separate noodles into non-stick muffin pan holes and bake uncovered for 10-12 minutes until noodles are dry but not brittle - making discs in the muffin pan and let cool.
Using a slightly larger than the muffin pan hole cookie cutter/biscuit cutter, carefully cut the tuna steaks into rounds.
Roll the tuna in the mixed sesame seeds and bake in 350 degree oven for 5-10 minutes to desired amount of doneness.
Cut mangos long ways into two oval pieces and use cookie cutter to cut round pieces.
Build by placing ramen noodle "bun" on bottom, layer of guacamole, slice of mango, and tuna steak on top.
Garnish with scallion rings or seaweed salad may be substituted.
Serve with jasmine rice or rice pilaf.
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Marlins LHP Andrew Heaney was the 9th overall pick in 2012 out of Oklahoma State and has cruised through the minors, likely starting 2013 in AA and likely being added to the Miami rotation at some point later in the year. This is partly due to the Marlins' aggressive promotion of top prospects (Jose Fernandez, Marcell Ozuna, Jake Marisnick, etc.) but also Heaney's solid track record and polished approach.
The one thing I don't like about Heaney is his crossfire delivery reminiscent of currently-injured Mariners LHP Danny Hultzen, but Heaney's has less effort and should create less stress. Heaney works 89-92 and hit 93 mph with some life but I've heard earlier in the year he was a tick or two better at times. His 79-81 mph slider was solid-average and his 78-81 mph changeup flashed plus potential but he didn't throw it that much. It sounds like I saw just an okay stuff day for Heaney but even the version I saw is at least a league average starter and probably soon
I've covered almost all the arms I saw worth noting in the previous seven parts (yeah, I know), so I'll go rapid fire through the remaining arms worth noting and some that a few readers have asked for my thoughts about. Reds RHP Drew Hayes had the loosest delivery of the relievers I saw late in the week, though his wasn't perfect with a slight wrist wrap and some effort at release. Hayes sat at 92-95 mph with a solid-average slider at 84-86 mph and an average 77-78 mph curveball. I wrote about Marlins RHP Colby Suggs earlier in the season when he was an amateur at Arkansas before going in the second round this June. Suggs looked the same as he has all three times I've seen him previously, working 92-94 mph with a hard low-80's curveball that was above average at times, though I've seen Suggs throw harder, topping out at 98 mph once in the past. He looked amazingly generic next to the seemingly never-ending line of anonymous plus fastball/average breaking ball/below-average command relievers in the AFL, many of whom never become much of consequence and many of whom will end up on waivers soon.
Yankees LHP James Pazos fits in the aformentioned group, but has some things that help him stand out, working 92-94 mph with a solid average 79-81 mph curveball and a rarely-used changeup that was also at least average. Before Yankees fans suggest Pazos become a starter, I did say he's close to fitting in that anonymous reliever group (despite being left-handed and having three pitches) because his delivery/command are an issue and it's a relief-only fit. Three Pirates righties all showed similar upside as emergency call-up types: Matt Benedict (90-92 mph, average changeup, solid cutter), Tyler Waldron (90-92 with solid average changeup but fringy breaking ball) and Zach Thornton (89-92 with slider that was above average at times, but a long arm action and fringy at best command).
Being that I was only at the AFL for a week, there are a few pitches I missed of note: Orioles LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (three average or better pitches and command), Astros LHP Alex Sogard, Angels RHP R.J. Alvarez and Brewers RHP David Goforth (relievers in mid-to-upper 90's with Alvarez having best off-speed/command) and three inconsistent young power right-handed starters: Royals Jason Adam, Orioles Branden Kline and Indians Trey Haley. In addition, a handful of solid arms are on rosters but haven't pitched yet: Brewers RHP Taylor Jungmann, Blue Jays RHP Drew Hutchison, Yankees LHP Vidal Nuno and Mets RHP Jeurys Familia.
I mention all those names so that there isn't any excuse for incompleteness in an eight part breakdown of the arms in the AFL, since I wanted to close this out by highlighting the top prospect pitchers in what is normally a very strong hitter-oriented league.
Tier 1: #2/3 Starters
Twins RHP Alex Meyer showed some of the same elements of Crick in the below tier but is bigger, has a few ticks more velocity and a little more feel. He's still got some injury/inconsistency concerns and may just be a dominating closer, but that's a pretty good backup plan. Jays RHP Marcus Stroman continues to be a personal favorite that also has closer as a backup plan even though I think he's an above average starter. Pirates RHP Jameson Taillon's star has dimmed but still looks like he can be an above average starter.
Tier 2: #3/4 Starters & Closers
Giants RHP Kyle Crick and Jays RHP Aaron Sanchez both have the potential to jump to Tier 1 and have similar stuff (plus-plus fastball, plus breaking ball, at least average changeup) and size but also the same feel/command issues. Taillon also has some similarities but his consistency issues are on a much smaller scale. Orioles LHP Eduardo Rodriguez and Marlins LHP Andrew Heaney are similar, though Heaney is a notch ahead for me, as potential mid-rotation lefties with a broad base of skills. Heaney is the best of this group and just missed Tier 1. Potential closers Mariners RHP Dominic Leone and Tigers RHP Corey Knebel both flashed 65 or 70 fastballs and 60 or 65 breaking pitches but as with all relievers, their fortunes can change much more quickly than starters.
Tier 3 would be back-end starters and set-up guys but since I didn't see the whole league and surely missed a few guys that fit in this group, I didn't want to make it appear to be exhaustive. Adam, Kline, Haley and Alvarez from the pitchers I missed above fit in this group, for reference. From the back-end starters side of the coin, you can include LHPs Matt Purke, Sammy Solis and Grayson Garvin along with RHPs Bo Schultz, Keyvius Sampson, Johnny Barbato, Adys Portillo. As for the late-inning relievers, I include LHPs Tyler Matzek, Mike Montgomery and Adalaberto Mejia along with RHPs Brandon Maurer, Trevor May, Juan Jaime, Jake Barrett, Kenny Giles, Angel Baez, Michael Lorenzen and Armando Rivero.


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This repeated a persistent Swan refrain over recent days that banks have "absolutely no justification'' to raise rates beyond future RBA movements.
Jawboning the banks is what treasurers – and governments for that matter – do when interest rate rises are pending.
This is politics, but banks will do what banks do which is to ensure that funding costs are kept in line with rate rises. Whether this is done in one hit or incrementally remains to be seen.
This game is played out periodically when interest rates are in an upward trend. In other words, Swan is going through predictable motions.
However, on this occasion, Swan's interventions have taken on more urgency for reasons that are not simply confined to borrowing costs for households and businesses.
The government would be concerned about the inexorable rise of the Australian dollar, which now appears headed through the psychologically important benchmark parity with the US dollar.
Rate rises will add to upward pressures on the dollar, thus reducing the competitiveness of exports.
As an analysis in Tuesday's Age points out, the $A is moving into bullish territory after breaking out of the 'symmetrical triangle' with the US, according to technical analysis.
The $A is benefiting from the weaker US dollar (not helped by signs of a further slowing of the US economy in the fourth quarter), the strength of the resources sector and possible further rate rises.
$A denominated-assets have been attracting a flow of overseas funds stimulated by a strengthening dollar and (relatively) higher Australian interest rates.
These embarrassments of riches are scant consolation for Swan, however, who knows the government remains politically vulnerable to higher borrowing costs for households and small businesses.
Australia's two-speed economy has not benefited all, including hard-pressed households coping with mortgage costs and small businesses struggling in a testing environment, the overall strength of the economy notwithstanding.
The RBA, on the other hand, would be more concerned about the capacity constraints in an economy that broadly-speaking is going gangbusters because of the resources boom mark II.
These are the inevitable tensions that arise in these circumstances where interests of the RBA and the government diverge. Swan's claims there is "absolutely no justification'' for banks to raise interest rates beyond any future RBA movements constitutes a shot across the bows of the banks, but he knows his intervention is not much more than that.
Banks will do what they deem necessary – and what they believe they can get away with – to continue to generate some growth from their loan books which is not proving easy in the current environment in which growth in business lending overall is continuing to shrink, according to the latest RBA figures.
Tony Walker is a dual Walkley Award winner for commentary and a former political editor
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