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The Basic Elements of a Powerful Life (2 of 5) by David Davis
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Series: The Basic Elements of a Powerful Life
Dr. David Davis
Acts 1:1-5
In the first message - there were two elements that are necessary for a powerful life.
I. Definitely Chosen
1. Choice Initiated By Christ
2. Choice Indicated By Confession
II Decidedly Convinced
1. Conviction of the Reality of Jesus
2. Conviction of the Realm of the Crucifixion
3. Conviction of the Resurrection of Jesus
III. Distinctly Commanded
Are we people who are confident that God has given us a district command in regard to our life and ministry?
So many times people say, "I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm really just not clear about that."
If your heart's desire is to live a God blessed - powerful life - say Amen! I don't know why anyone would not want that kind of life.
Acts is a pattern for living such a God blessed - powerful life. God hasn't designed your life to be a victim of the world's system -- but victors over this world. We are to view this world from the throne room position -- being seated in the heavenlies with Christ -- as opposed to looking at this world from the bottom side of a deep well.
If you want God to move in your life -- If you desire God's Spirit to fill you and use you -- then you must establish these basic elements in your life. These elements represent choices that you must decide to make for your life.
Look at verse 4
A lot of Christians don't like the idea that they operate under commands.
A non-believer lives under the Law and the curse of the Law. The curse of the Law is this. By the keeping keeping of the Law is no man justified because our sin nature has made it impossible to keep the Law and to be perfect before God.
But while the Law, for the believer, has ceased becoming a condition for salvation -- once you trust in Jesus - the keeping of the Law becomes a consequence of salvation because the Lord God writes the Law across your heart and ...
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Kazan Journal; Tatars Chafe at What the Terrible Ivan Started
By FRANCIS X. CLINES, Special to The New York Times
Published: August 3, 1989
KAZAN, U.S.S.R.— In this summer of nationalistic fervor and ethnic clashes flashing across the Soviet map, the powers here are counting on a few bits of graphic relief to soothe Tatar pride in this ancient republic.
They are adding three letters to the Cyrillic alphabet to approximate three of the indigenous sounds of the Arabic script and Islamic culture that have long been suppressed here by the Russian conquerors of the Tatars.
It is one of the odder attempts at respite as the leadership of the Soviet nation of more than 100 ethnic groups feels the increased proddings of aggrieved, long-restrained minorities.
''This is ridiculous, adding these three ugly letters,'' said Nigmedzianov Makhmud, an ethnologist and expert on the bungled attempts across the centuries of both czarists and Marxists to erode the roots of a thousand years of the Tatars' culture. Additions Under Stalin, Too
''I used up all the extra keys on my typewriter,'' he continued with an arch smile, noting that five letters were added 50 years ago by Stalinist bureaucrats, letters he found little help in duplicating Tatar, the richly sonorous language of his birth, which used Arabic script when it first became a written language. ''The incompetence continues, but of course you only get fired for nationalism in this country, not incompetence,'' he complained of the alphabet proposal.
It is nevertheless interesting that it is being offered at all in these tense days, proposed as a compromise by a commission of Russians and Tatars anxiously looking for new accommodations as they eye the more heated frictions among ethnic groups erupting in a half-dozen other republics. Nationally, more than 200 people have died in the last 18 months, some the victims of ethnic vendettas, others of Government force in the face of civil demonstrations. The Central Committee of the Communist Party will try to deal with these assorted age-old troubles in a long-awaited session on the nationalities.
There are four million people in the Tatar autonomous republic. Since the days of Ivan the Terrible's conquest of this upper Volga stronghold in 1552, which ended two centuries of the ''Mongol yoke,'' the balance has shifted to 55 percent Russian and 40 percent Tatar. The Tatars have proved an enduring, well-traveled people of the sort who can be more philosophic than vengeful in looking at the splendid beauty of St. Basil's Cathedral, built in Moscow by Ivan to commemorate that victory, in which he razed 400 mosques here in the Tatar capital. Ethnic Pressures Increasing
As everywhere else, ethnic pressures have been increasing here, encouraged by the openness invited by the glasnost policy of President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Frictions have so far not spilled over into street conflict, although no one is lately making predictions of certain forbearance anywhere in this ethnically volatile nation.
But in notable contrast to some other regions, the authorities here are attempting relative subtlety through a combination of tinkering a bit with the Cyrillic, adding special new courses in Tatar subjects at Kazan University, encouraging a new Tatar cultural center as an outlet for revivified pride and welcoming the leading artistic role for both Tatars and Russians being played by the new Tatar theater on the Volga riverfront.
The situation reveals as well a small percentage of the ethnic counterpressures being felt in Moscow. Some Tatars have been demanding an end to some of the more elaborate economic development projects counted as vital by central authorities, like the huge truck factory that attracted thousands of Russian immigrants, further diluting the Tatar ratio. They are also demanding upgrading of the autonomous republic status to the greater independence of a full union republic. More Mosques Sought
''The Bolsheviks took 17 mosques after the revolution,'' said Zufar Galiullin, manager of the city's sole operating mosque, who is pressing authorities to return at least four others to community operation, including the city's most elegant, the Asimov Mosque.
Like many of the new leaders of Tatar consciousness, Mr. Galiullin is pressing for the restoration of Arabic as an officially acknowledged language. ''In the kindergartens,'' he insisted, seeking to restock the culture at seedling level. He implicitly acknowledged the increasing rarity lately of the pure Arabic sound and of Arabic teachers.
Unlike more radical proponents, the mosque leader has a fallback position: the establishment of the Latin alphabet as a more useful approximation of the Arabic script.
''Only Latin is phonetically suitable these days, and Latin had the blessing of Lenin himself,'' agreed Mr. Makhmud, smiling as he stressed the fact that right after the revolution Lenin, who had attended Kazan University briefly in his youth, introduced the Latin alphabet in the republic as an experiment that lasted 10 years. Homogenization Has Failed
As an ethnologist who has spent years tape-recording Tatar folk songs threatened with extinction, Mr. Makhmud said he had seen the language disintegrate in the region from its modern heyday at the turn of the century when the revered Tatar writer Gabdulla Tukai wrote his poetry.
The Soviets' attempt to homogenize a national culture by suppressing the land's component nationalist parts has been a disaster, Mr. Makhmud said, and now they are scrambling for remedies. ''I think 200 years of the 'Mongol yoke' had less effect on this nation than 50 years of Stalin's yoke,'' he said bitterly, hardly sounding sympathetic to Moscow in its growing problem with suppressed minorities.
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Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government is assisting the Government of Burma with technical and other assistance on repealing and replacing that country's 1982 citizenship law. [120450]
Mr Swire: The Burmese Government have not initiated any action in regards to repealing or replacing its 1982 citizenship law.
As I set out in the Westminster Hall Debate of 11 September 2012, Official Report, 20-24WH, on the treatment of Rohingya communities in Burma, the United Kingdom has long been one of the most active and vocal members of the international community in raising the issues affecting the Rohingya with the Burmese authorities and has consistently called for discrimination against the Rohingya to end and for their rights to be recognised.
We continue to raise these concerns in international institutions such as the UN Human Rights Council,
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where in March of this year we strongly supported a resolution which made clear to the Burmese Government the urgent need to resolve the issue of nationality for the Rohingya community.
We continue to urge the Burmese Government to respond to the international community's calls to address the issues affecting the Rohingya, including a permanent and inclusive solution to the issue of their citizenship.
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received that ethnic Rohingya are being forced out of the town of Sittwe in Burma. [120451]
Mr Swire: We continue to receive reports from a range of sources that suggest that people from both Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine communities, though mainly Rohingya, were removed from Sittwe into temporary shelters in recent months.
An official from our embassy in Rangoon visited Sittwe and Rakhine State as part of a government-organised tour for the diplomatic corps on 31 July/1 August and saw some of the aftermath of the violence in Sittwe. We understand that violence has mostly subsided though tensions remain high and that the response to the humanitarian situation is ongoing.
We continue to monitor the situation in Rakhine State closely and press Burmese authorities to put in place a long-term solution to the problem which does not leave communities permanently displaced.
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of how many people have been internally displaced by conflict and human rights abuses in Burma since Thein Sein became President of that country. [120452]
Mr Swire: The two most notable outbreaks of violence in Burma since President Thein Sein was inaugurated in April 2011 are the conflict in Kachin State which erupted in June of that year and the recent outbreak of inter-communal violence in Rakhine State. Human Rights Watch estimate that 75,000 people were displaced as a result of conflict in Kachin State and the UN estimates that 90,000 have been displaced in Rakhine State. Given the restricted access to the areas affected, and that displaced persons have often fled into bordering countries for safety, it is difficult to verify these numbers with certainty.
We continue to call for unrestricted humanitarian access to all areas affected by conflict in Burma. The UK, through the Department for International Development's bilateral programme, is committed to assisting 155,000 people affected by conflict by 2014.
EU Justice and Home Affairs
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on Protocol 36 of the Treaties of the European Union regarding the UK's ability to opt out in the field of Justice and Home Affairs; and if he will make a statement. [120762]
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Mr Lidington: The Government are currently considering this issue and we will be listening carefully to the views of interested parties before taking a final decision. We have taken note of the interests of the European and Departmental Select Committees. We are committed to a vote in Parliament and we will consult with the Committees on the arrangements for that vote.
European Union
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the requirement for a referendum under the European Union Act 2011 would apply should the UK opt in to measures covered by Protocol 36 of the Treaties of the European Union. [120760]
Mr Lidington: The UK's decision on whether to continue to be bound by those measures covered by Article 10 of Protocol 36 does not involve the transfer of new powers to Brussels because it flows from the existing treaties and does not require any amendment to those treaties. This decision would not therefore trigger a referendum under the 2011 Act. However, the Government has committed to a debate and vote in both Houses on its decision.
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of India's response to the UN's Universal Periodic Review; what assessment he has made of the level of respect for human rights in India; and if he will make a statement. [120733]
Mr Swire: We welcome the steps India has taken since the last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and are encouraged by their engagement with the UN process as well as consultations with civil society leading up to the review in May. We look forward to the Indian Government's response to all the recommendations made during its UPR, including those from the UK, in due course.
The rights of India's citizens are enshrined in the country's constitution. As the world's largest democracy we recognise the efforts of the Indian Government to address human rights issues, and continue to encourage India to address the challenges that remain.
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of progress in India since the last EU human rights dialogue; and what his priorities are for the next dialogue with India. [120734]
Mr Swire: Last year's EU/India human rights dialogue enabled the discussion of a range of human rights issues, including the death penalty, the rights of minorities and efforts to tackle human trafficking.
We welcome India's continued de facto moratorium on the death penalty, and call for this to be maintained. We also support the Indian authorities' actions to bring the perpetrators of communal violence to justice, and continue to encourage them to provide assistance to the victims. The recent ethnic violence between communities in Assam, and subsequent displacement of hundreds of
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thousands of people, highlights some of the challenges that remain. We also recognise India's recent efforts on combating people trafficking, including ratification of the United Nations convention against transnational organised crime (and its convention on people trafficking), and the establishment of integrated anti-trafficking units across India.
We are, however, disappointed that India has not made progress in adopting three key pieces of human rights legislation which are currently with Parliament: the Prevention of Torture Bill (and the subsequent ratification of the UN convention on torture), the Communal Violence Bill, and the Women's Reservation Bill.
Our priorities for the next dialogue with India include follow up to the UN's Universal Periodic Review of India, prevention of torture, minority rights, and the death penalty.
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to authorities in India on the treatment of the Sikh community in that country. [120735]
Mr Swire: While we have not discussed specifically the treatment of the Sikh community with the Indian authorities, the UK is active in encouraging equal treatment of all religious communities in our representations to the Indian Government through our high commission in New Delhi and the annual EU/India human rights dialogue. Our high commissioner in New Delhi also regularly visits Punjab and meets with political leaders from the Sikh community.
Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Nigeria. [120420]
Mark Simmonds: The security situation in Nigeria remains serious. There is a high threat from terrorism in Nigeria: in particular from a group commonly known as Boko Haram. Over the last 24 months they have launched a series of attacks against the Nigerian Government and security forces, Christian and Muslim communities including their places of worship, and the international community. These attacks have included assassinations, commando-style attacks and suicide bombings. Extremists associated with Boko Haram have also targeted westerners for kidnapping, which tragically led to the deaths of a British and Italian national(s) in northern Nigeria in March 2012.
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the Zimbabwean government on the public sector pensions of UK citizens entitled to a Zimbabwean civil service or military pension; and on what dates since May 2010 any such representations have been made. [120416]
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Mark Simmonds: We have for many years and will continue to make representations, through our embassy in Harare, to the Government of Zimbabwe on the importance of fulfilling their legal responsibilities to former public servants who are entitled to a Zimbabwe Government Pension.
British embassy officials have met with the relevant Zimbabwean authorities approximately seven times since May 2010, most recently on 2 August 2012. We will continue to press the Zimbabwean authorities to ensure that this process is taken to its conclusion.
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with countries of the African Union on the payment of civil service or military pensions to UK citizens by the Zimbabwean government. [120417]
Mark Simmonds: We have had no discussions with any African Union country except Zimbabwe on the payment of civil service or military pensions to UK citizens by the Zimbabwean Government.
We will continue to make representations to the Government of Zimbabwe to remind them of their legal responsibilities to former public servants who are entitled to a Zimbabwe Government Pension.
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on his Department's proposed consultation on abortion counselling; and when he plans to publish the consultation document. [120410]
Anna Soubry: The priority for sexual health is to publish the sexual health policy document this autumn. The document will cover issues relating to improving contraception and abortion services.
Accident and Emergency Departments
Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited longer than four hours for accident and emergency treatment in each of the last five years. [120703]
Anna Soubry: The Accident and Emergency Clinical Quality Indicator (CQI) for time to treatment was launched in April 2011, therefore 2011-12 is the only full year for which data is available.
The number of A&E attendances with a recorded time to treatment of 241 minutes (four hours one minute) or more in Coventry, West Midlands (excluding Coventry) and England for 2011-12 is presented in the following table:
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These figures are taken from provisional year end data, which will be finalised in January 2013.
These figures are for A&E attendances, rather than individual patients. In any year, a single patient could have had more than one A&E attendance.
These figures exclude A&E attendances where the time to treatment was left blank. There were 1.2 million blank records for England, 165,000 for the West Midlands and 15,500 for Coventry in 2011-12.
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
Karen Lumley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to tackle the problem of binge drinking by children and young teenagers. [118781]
Mr Timpson: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Education.
The Government believe that investing in high quality education and in early years provision will ensure that children and young people have high ambitions, stay engaged, behave well and reach high levels of educational attainment. These factors all have a positive impact on the risk factors for substance misuse.
The effects of alcohol are currently covered within personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and as part of the statutory National Curriculum for Science (both currently under review). Within PSHE, pupils are also taught about the personal and social consequences of misuse for themselves and others.
In addition to this general support and provision for children and young people, the Department has contributed to the development of the Government's 2012 Alcohol Strategy. One of its aims is to achieve a sustained reduction in both the numbers of 11 to 15-year-olds drinking alcohol and the amounts consumed. The Strategy includes plans to work with the Advertising Standards Agency to improve further the protection of children from the impact of alcohol advertising and to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol.
Gordon Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what timetable he has set for development of one and five-year cancer survival rate indicators; [120574]
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure clinical commissioning groups can be held to account for improving cancer survival rates. [120598]
Anna Soubry: One and five year survival for breast, colorectal and lung cancers are already included in the first domain of the NHS Outcomes Framework.
These indicators were also considered for inclusion in the Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF) when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published a list of potential measures for public consultation in February 2012. However, following the consultation and a public meeting of NICE's independent advisory committee on 21-22 May, these indicators were not included in NICE'S final recommendations for the COF, published on 1 August. We understand that NICE was unable to include any cancer survival rate measures in its recommendations because it had not, at that stage, been possible to develop an appropriate methodology.
The Information Centre for health and social care is working with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to develop a methodology for composite one-year and five year survival rate indicators for all cancers for potential inclusion in the NHS Outcomes Framework and Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF). These are complex measures that require linkage of ONS population statistics with cancer registry data and attribution to clinical commissioning groups, as well as testing the robustness of the measures. It is likely to take some months to complete this work.
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) will decide on the content of the COF and is expected to publish the list of measures for 2013-14 in the autumn. If not included in the 2013-14 framework, the board may choose a separate publication route for the data that does exist, to ensure the information is available transparently to the public.
Public health and the national health service will both have a role to play in delivering the improvements to survival rates. Within the NHS, some services will be commissioned by the NHS CB (primary care and specialised services) and some by clinical commissioning groups for their populations. The role of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will therefore be to ensure the commissioning of appropriate services to deliver against the areas for which they will be responsible. These will include, for example, commissioning of surgery for cancers that are not covered by the specialised commissioning arrangements and commissioning of follow-up care for most cancers. CCGs are also responsible for supporting the board in improving the quality of primary medical care. It is not possible to separate out what proportion of the 5,000 additional lives to be saved are the responsibility of the different organisations, but they are all responsible for working together to deliver the improvements.
Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the west midlands and (c) England waited longer than one month from an urgent referral for suspected cancer to the beginning of treatment in each of the last five years. [120704]
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Norman Lamb: A maximum waiting time of two months (62 days) between an urgent referral for suspected cancer from the patient's general practitioner (GP) and the start of first definitive treatment for cancer is included within the Operating Framework for the National Health Service in England for 2012-13 and the NHS is expected to meet an operational standard of 85%. While statistics on patients treated within one month of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer are published, there is no specific requirement in the Operating Framework for patients to begin first definitive treatment within one month of an urgent referral for suspected cancer from their GP.
Statistics on cancer waiting times between referral and treatment have been published since January 2005.
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However, from 1 January 2009 the definitions and methodology used to calculate these statistics are no longer directly comparable to those used previously. Historic data and an assessment of the impact of the change in methodology are available at:
The following tables set out the numbers of patients commencing first treatment for cancer within one month of referral and the performance against the two-month maximum waiting time requirement included within the Operating Framework. Statistics in this format were published for the first time from Q4 2008-09.
All statistics are provider based, and may include patients whose care was commissioned by the Welsh NHS.
|University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
|Number of patients treated following an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Number of patients treated within one month of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Number of patients treated within two months of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Percentage of patients treated within two-month (62-day) maximum waiting time
|All NHS providers in the west midlands
|Number of patients treated following an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Number of patients treated within one month of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Number of patients treated within two months of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Percentage of patients treated within two-month (62-day) maximum waiting time
|Note: Data are for all NHS providers within the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area
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|All English NHS providers
|Number of patients treated following an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Number of patients treated within one month of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Number of patients treated within two months of an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer
|Percentage of patients treated within two-month (62-day) maximum waiting time
|Note: Statistics on waiting times and activity for the two month maximum waiting time between an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer and first definitive treatment are presented on an 'accountable basis'. Within this, where the patient's pathway of care involves more than one NHS provider the activity statistics are shared equally between the provider where the patient is first seen in clinic following referral and the provider where the patient receives their first definitive treatment (if different). This results in some provider based statistics showing 'half patients'.
Drugs: Rehabilitation
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of care for (a) Class A, (b) Class B and (c) Class C drug users; and if he will make a statement. [120750]
Anna Soubry: Information on the health costs of class A drug use is given in the following table and is taken from the Home Office publication, 'Measuring different aspects of problem drug use: methodological developments', published in 2006, and available at:
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We do not have equivalent estimates for the health costs of Class B and Class C drug use.
General Practitioners
Tessa Munt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether local commissioning bodies are required to comply with the local health requirements of their health and wellbeing boards. [120617]
Anna Soubry: Health and wellbeing boards provide the forum for local authorities, the national health service and communities to work together to develop a joint understanding of local needs through joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs), a shared set of priorities and a strategy to address these in joint health and well-being strategies (JHWSs). The key local health and social care commissioners (clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local authorities) will be represented on each health and wellbeing board with the NHS Commissioning Board also expected to appoint a representative to participate in the preparation of JSNAs and JHWSs.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 introduces a new statutory obligation on these key health and social care commissioners to have regard to the relevant JSNA and JHWS in exercising their functions. This means that in making any decisions to which a JSNA or JHWS is relevant (for example a commissioning decision), the body must take account fully of the relevant provisions of the relevant JSNA and JHWS, and consider them properly and seriously, not dismissively.
CCGs, the NHS Commissioning Board and local authorities will be expected to develop their commissioning plans in line with any relevant JSNA or JHWS, and must be able to justify any parts of their plans which are not consistent.
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A good JHWS will need to reflect those areas that matter most to local people and where the NHS and local government can make most impact through joint working. As such, each JHWS should be jointly owned by the key commissioners and local communities and it will be in the interests of all parties to ensure that it does form the basis of commissioning plans.
Health Services: Older People
Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of differences in the use of intermediate care services across the NHS; and how many strategic health authority areas offer patients at the end of life access to intermediate care services; [120422]
(2) what steps he has taken to ensure that local areas (a) commission and (b) provide services in line with the latest intermediate care guidance; [120423]
(3) what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of people who are able to die at home of the provision of intermediate care services for people at the end of life. [120424]
Norman Lamb: Current guidance on intermediate care provides support and encouragement to service commissioners, providers and practitioners on developing and implementing intermediate care services to meet the health and social care needs of their local communities. It sets out the definitions, service models, and responsibilities for provision, charges and planning.
From 1 April 2013, health and wellbeing boards will be the forum for the national health service, local authorities and communities to exercise shared leadership in arriving at a joint understanding of local needs, and a shared strategy to address those needs. This will include health and social care commissioners making an assessment of the provision of intermediate care services to best meet local needs. This will include access to the provision of intermediate care services for people at the end of life.
Audit data from the National Audit of Intermediate Care, which was published on 12 September 2012, will provide the Department and others with independent information on the differences, variation and models of intermediate care services.
Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the care system for elderly people; and if he will make a statement. [120831]
Norman Lamb: The changes brought about as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will benefit older people, and other users of the health and care system. These changes will:
improve quality and choice of care for patients, and increase transparency for taxpayers;
give GPs and other clinicians the primary responsibility for commissioning health care;
create a coherent system, of regulation for providers, to drive quality and efficiency; and
limit Ministers' ability to micromanage, while ensuring they remain ultimately accountable.
The Social Care White Paper, 'Caring for our Future: Reforming Care and Support', was published in July 2012 following a public engagement in 2011. The need for people who receive care and support—the majority
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of whom are older people—to be to be treated with dignity and respect was a key message from the engagement, and this has been reflected within the White Paper.
Kindness and compassion, dignity and respect must be central to care, whoever provides it and wherever it is provided. Many of the solutions lie with the local NHS, social care providers and other key partners. But Government has a part to play too. By sharing best practice, bringing people together, and putting in place the right system incentives, the Department can encourage providers to increase the quality of their services to older people.
A good example is the NHS Operating Framework for 2012-13, which establishes the issue of high quality, dignified and compassionate care as one of four key priorities for the NHS. In January 2012, the Department also announced a package of initiatives aimed at improving the standard of nursing care in this country. This includes the creation of an independently chaired Nursing and Care Quality Forum, the introduction of hourly ward rounds, and the freeing up of nurses so that they can spend more time with patients.
On 26 March 2012, the Prime Minister launched his Challenge on Dementia, which will increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research by 2015. The Challenge sets out renewed ambition to go further and faster, building on progress made through the National Dementia Strategy, to secure greater improvements in dementia care and research so that people with dementia, their carers and families get the services and support they need.
In addition to improving the quality of care delivered to older people, the Department is also supporting the wider system:
to keep older people well and out of hospital and care homes;
to help older people regain their independence after a period of support;
to provide older people with advice and choice around their end of life care; and
to give older people a greater say in their care.
Hospitals: Fires
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fires have occurred in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years. [120943]
Dr Poulter: The information requested is shown in the following table.
|Number of fires reported in the national health service by year
Data for 2011-12 is currently being collected and will be published in October 2012.
The Department collects data on the number of fires annually, as specified by FIRECODE—HTM 05-01: Managing healthcare fire safety, from the national health service trusts through its estates returns information collection (ERIC). Provision of this data was compulsory for NHS trusts but voluntary for NHS foundation
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trusts. The data collected has not been amended centrally and its accuracy always remains the responsibility of the contributing NHS organisations.
Hospitals: Liverpool
Steve Rotheram: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) heart and (b) eye operations in Liverpool, Walton constituency in each of the last 10 years. [120695]
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Anna Soubry: The data is not available in the format requested.
Information showing the mean and median time waited, and eligible finished admission episodes for heart and eye operations, for national health service providers in the local area, is shown in the following tables.
|Table 1: Mean and median time waited, and eligible finished admission episodes, for selected providers for heart operations 2001-02 to 2010-11
|Provider code
|Provider name
|Mean time waited (days)
|Median time waited (days)
|Eligible finished admission episodes
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|Table 2: Mean and median time waited, and eligible finished admission episodes, for selected providers for eye operations 2001-02 to 2010-11
|Provider code
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|Mean time waited (days)
|Median time waited (days)
|Eligible finished admission episodes
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Hospitals: Swindon
Justin Tomlinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what percentage hospital admissions in Swindon are forecast to change over the next 20 years. [120488]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is not held centrally. This is a matter for the national health service locally. My hon. Friend may wish to contact NHS Swindon who are still responsible for commissioning services for his constituents. NHS Swindon are working with the emerging clinical commissioning group about the planning assumptions being made about acute admissions in Swindon.
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited for more than a year for treatment in each of the last five years; [120702]
(2) what the average waiting time was for NHS treatment in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years. [120849]
Anna Soubry: The information is shown in the following tables.
|Number of patients who waited over 52 weeks
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|Average (median) wait in weeks
|Note: Information relates to the whole financial year in each case. Data for the full year 2007-08 is not available as admitted adjusted figures are only available from March 2008 and non-admitted figures from August 2007. Source: Departmental referral to treatment waiting times statistics (Unify2 data collection).
Mesothelioma: Merseyside
Steve Rotheram: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in each hospital trust in Merseyside were diagnosed with mesothelioma in each of the last five years; what plans he has to provide funding for improved treatment of mesothelioma; and if he will make a statement. [120694]
Anna Soubry: Information cannot be provided in the format requested. In the following table, we have provided incidence of mesothelioma in each primary care trust (PCT) in the metropolitan county of Merseyside in each of the last five years for which data are available.
|Notes: 1. Mesothelioma is coded as C45 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10). 2. Figures are based on boundaries as of 2012 and exclude non-residents. 3. Newly diagnosed cases registered in each calendar year. Source: Office for National Statistics
We are committed to improving outcomes for all cancer patients, including those with mesothelioma. 'Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer', published on 12 January 2011, set out actions to tackle preventable cancer incidence; improve the quality and efficiency of cancer services; improve patients' experience of care; improve quality of life for cancer survivors; and deliver survival outcomes that are comparable with the best in Europe. To support delivery of the strategy, we are providing more than £750 million of funding over a period of four years until 2014-15.
Departmental Pay
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health who the 10 highest paid staff are in his Department; and what the annual salary is of each such member of staff. [120427]
Dr Poulter: The details of the 10 highest paid staff employed by the Department as at the end of August 2012 and their annual salaries are presented in the following table.
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is provided to his Department under the terms of the contract. [120770]
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Dr Poulter: The information is not readily available and to examine the many thousands of commercial transactions held on the Department's central procurement systems and government procurement card transactions and extract the specific information requested for current contracts could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The Department uses the central Government procurement portal, Contracts Finder, to publish information and contract documentation for many new contracts with a value above £10,000.
Third Sector
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office's report, Central Government's implementation of the national Compact. [120558]
Norman Lamb: We welcomed the National Audit Office review of implementation of the Compact in 2011 and the subsequent report published in January 2012. The Department has already taken the following actions to ensure the Compact is being implemented:
reviewed and monitored consultation lengths, to ensure consultations with the CSO sector are 12 weeks, where possible;
incorporated the Compact in its own cross-departmental guidance on matters like grant funding and procurement; and
monitored departmental Compact compliance, via the number of complaints received about the implementation of the Compact.
The Department does recognise the need to take forward those recommendations within the report that will help it further embed Compact principles into its activities. These actions are laid out in the Department's Business Plan.
Home Department
Anti-slavery Day
Mr MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to mark Anti-slavery Day on 18 October 2012. [120584]
Mr Harper: The Home Office is currently finalising a range of co-ordinated activities for members of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on human trafficking to mark Anti-slavery Day and to raise awareness.
Arrests: Football
Steve Rotheram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested at and (b) ejected from football stadiums by the police in each year since 1990. [120468]
Damian Green [holding answer 11 September 2012]:Data on arrests in connection with football matches is collated and reported annually on the basis of club supported and type of offence. The location of each football-related arrest was not recorded centrally prior to the 2003-04 season. Data on ejections from football stadia is not recorded centrally.
Information in answer to part (a) is presented in the following table:
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|Football-related arrests inside stadia in England and Wales 2003-04 season to 2010-11 season
|Football season
Civil Disorder
Mr Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many payments have been made under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 to date; and how much in total has been paid out. [120505]
Damian Green: While decisions and payments on the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 claims are entirely a matter for police authorities, the Government has worked closely with affected authorities to ensure victims are fully compensated. As of early September, police authorities have now settled the majority of uninsured claims:
95% of all active valid uninsured individuals' claims originally received have now been dealt with by police authorities.
The Metropolitan Police Service also received a number of further claims for compensation after insurers had repudiated claims. Decisions have been made on 85% of these cases.
Drugs: Crime
Dr Huppert: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to which countries with capital punishment for drugs offences does the UK provide bilateral assistance on drug enforcement; and what steps she has taken to ensure that such assistance is not provided in cases which might result in the imposition of the death penalty. [120858]
Mr Jeremy Browne: Her Majesty's Government provide bilateral assistance on drug enforcement to a range of key international partners with a focus on reducing the drugs threat posed to the UK.
We cannot give a detailed response regarding the location of resources overseas, as the effectiveness of our work with international partners can be reduced by disclosing specific locations. However, the deployment of resources in relation to drugs is focused on locations that enable us to reduce the supply of drugs to the UK and is done so in a manner that promotes, rather than undermines, human rights and democracy.
We take human rights issues very seriously in our counter-narcotics work. In December 2011, the Government published the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) Guidance. The guidance provides a clear framework to help officials identify the human rights risks, propose appropriate measures to mitigate these risks and produce a final assessment. It also sets out when the decision to provide assistance should be taken by senior personnel or Ministers. This helps to ensure that our overseas assistance supports our values and is consistent with our domestic and international human rights obligations.
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Drugs: Misuse
Mr Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the global war on drugs; [120435]
(2) whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in achieving its stated aims. [120436]
Mr Jeremy Browne [holding answer 11 September 2012]:The Home Department has not made any formal assessment of the impact of any global drug policies. This includes the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and what is referred to as the Global War on Drugs.
Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
Mr Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of whether the UK Border Agency has fulfilled its commitment to an holistic approach in assessing colleges under the highly trusted status procedures of the Tier 4 points-based immigration system; and if she will make a statement. [119877]
Mr Harper: The UK Border Agency has applied an holistic approach in the consideration of highly trusted sponsor licence applications on a case by case basis. The holistic approach is applied when there are exceptional circumstances in a specific case, such as when the numbers of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) that a sponsor has issued are so low as to have a disproportionate effect on the numeric assessment.
Mr Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many educational institutions had their highly trusted status licence refused, suspended or downgraded prior to April 2011 on the basis of failure to report a visa refusal. [119878]
Mr Harper: It is not possible to provide figures on the number of institutions that have had their highly trusted sponsor (HTS) status refused, prior to April 2011 based on failure to report visa refusals.
The number of educational institutions that had their HTS status suspended or downgraded based on the failure to report a visa refusal is zero.
Human Trafficking
Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans her Department has to make the National Referral Mechanism for Victims of Trafficking a responsibility of the National Crime Agency. [120711]
Mr Harper: The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is a multiagency framework for identifying and protecting victims of human trafficking. The UK Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC), part of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), is responsible for administering data gathered through the NRM. We plan for SOCA's NRM responsibilities to transition to the National Crime Agency (NCA) along with other capabilities of SOCA at vesting. We are currently conducting detailed design work on the structures of the NCA, including where the NRM would be most effective within the Agency.
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Human Trafficking: Children
Ann Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to ensure all local authorities set up a local multi-agency information sharing process to share information on patterns and cases of child trafficking in their area. [120756]
Mr Harper: Child trafficking is a form of child abuse. In addition to the existing statutory arrangements in place to enable information sharing among partners on child protection issues the Home Office is funding a local multi-agency safeguarding project to support local areas to develop their partnership and information sharing arrangements to safeguard and manage the risks to children and vulnerable people in their area.
London Metropolitan University
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas students studying at London Metropolitan University have been contacted by the UK Border Agency concerning their status in the UK since 29 August 2012. [120484]
Mr Harper [holding answer 11 September 2012]: The UK Border Agency will not be contacting students who have current leave to remain until 1 October 2012 at the earliest. The Agency will then contact those students who have not submitted an application for further leave to remain or who have left the country to inquire about their status. The UK Border Agency has contacted, or attempted contact with the 26 students identified as having studied at London Metropolitan university that had no leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials of the UK Border Agency have been deployed to the task force for London Metropolitan university; and what their remit is. [120486]
Mr Harper [holding answer 11 September 2012]:The UK Border Agency has two members of staff working with the Government taskforce created to assist London Metropolitan university to find alternative education for legitimate overseas students.
Ministerial Ethnic Minority Steering Group
Mr Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Ministerial Ethnic Minority Steering Group is still constituted; on how many occasions it has met since May 2010; and how many such meetings were chaired by a Minister. [118838]
Damian Green: The last meeting of the Ministerial Ethnic Minority Steering Group was held in December 2009. The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Ministers hold regular discussions with representatives from police forces on a wide range of issues, including on matters of equality and diversity.
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Police and Crime Commissioners
Mr Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to publish data providing comparable national statistical information on police and crime commissioner performance in different geographical areas in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement. [120729]
Damian Green: The Government will not be centrally monitoring police and crime commissioners' (PCCs) performance. Police and crime commissioners will be held to account by their local communities, not by central Government.
Police.uk will provide people with local and comparable crime information which they can use to hold PCCs to account.
Mr Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to publish the Welsh Forms Order for police and crime commissioner elections. [120852]
Damian Green: We plan to lay the order on 15 October; the earliest date that both Houses of Parliament are sitting.
Police: Conditions of Employment
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2012, Official Report, column 662W, on police: conditions of employment, what the involvement was of other members of Tom Winsor's firm with forces and on what dates that involvement began; and on what date and by what means Tom Winsor was informed of that involvement. [119033]
Damian Green: Decisions to engage external advisers to support specific procurement exercises or change programmes are a matter for chief officers, working with their police authorities, and, from November, police and crime commissioners. This includes the terms and conditions of any such contracts agreed between the force or authorities and its contractor.
As set out in the answer of 17 July, Tom Winsor worked independently of his firm to produce a comprehensive set of proposals which should be debated on their own merits. He made no recommendations relating to the use of the private sector in policing.
Police: Surveillance
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has issued any guidance to chief constables on the circumstances in which authorisation should be given to an undercover police officer to (a) start and (b) continue a sexual relationship with someone who is the target of undercover surveillance; whether any such guidance includes making provision for appropriate supervisory arrangements to ensure that officers do not start or continue relationships without authorisation; and if she will make a statement. [121107]
Damian Green:
No. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and its associated statutory code of practice make it clear that deployment of undercover
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police officers as covert human intelligence sources is required to be necessary and proportionate and to be closely monitored and managed by the force concerned.
The personal conduct of any police officer is a matter for the force concerned.
Police: Uniforms
Dr Huppert: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has received representations on possible confusion between the uniforms worn by Newham law enforcement officers and those worn by police officers. [120861]
Damian Green: No such representations have been received. I understand that a number of Newham council officers have been accredited under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme, which enables the police to accredit individuals with limited powers to assist in responding to the needs of their community. Accreditation under the scheme within the Metropolitan police area is a matter for the Commissioner, who must also approve any uniform worn by accredited persons.
Guidance on the scheme is provided by the Association of Chief Police Officers.
House of Commons Commission
Postal Services
Nick de Bois: To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House spent on Royal Mail unpaid postage fees in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011; and what steps are being taken to reduce these costs. [120923]
John Thurso: Unpaid postage costs in the last three financial years have been as follows:
2009-10: £10,397.33
2010-11: £10,627.94
2011-12: £11,811.22
Following the 30% increase in the cost of most postage in April 2012 a variety of proposals were considered to reduce costs. These proposals included the House administration ceasing to meet the costs of surcharges incurred through non payment of postage on correspondence addressed to Members at Westminster. After consultation with the Administration Committee and the Finance and Services Committee the Commission decided to continue to meet these costs as not to do so would have a direct impact on the conduct of Members' parliamentary business and might disadvantage vulnerable constituents.


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"It was no hassle at all, apart from the occasional shuffling noises ..."
Not everyone would be so laid-back after discovering a spider had been living in their ear for a week.
But that was the reaction of Georgian-British singer Katie Melua when a doctor pulled the tiny arachnid out of her ear canal.
The "little fella" was still alive and "seemingly fine", the 30-year-old said.
Melua, who in 2006 released the single Spider's Web, believes the jumping spider crawled into her ear during a recent flight.
"Basically I used these old in-ear monitors to block out sound on a flight, little spider must have been in them and crawled inside my ear and stayed there for the week," Melua wrote on Instagram last week.
After she noticed some scratching and shuffling noises in her ear, she consulted a hearing specialist who discovered the creepy crawly inside.
Under the microscope, it looked positively monstrous, as shown by a video on her Instagram account.
But in reality it was tiny.
"Though the thing looked TERRIFYING up-close on the doctor's camera, once he took him out ( using a micro Hoover ) it was pretty small, and now its in this little test tube, alive and seemingly fine," she wrote alongside a photograph of the spider.
A spokeswoman for Melua told the Daily Mail that the ear specialist said he had never extracted a live bug before.
"Plenty of dead ones. When it was out it was pretty tiny," the spokeswoman said.
"Katie kept it in the test tube and released it in her garden when she got home. Apart from shuffling and random noises in her ear, the spider was no bother for the entire week it lived there. She was relieved it was what it was as she was worried she was losing her hearing."
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The chain sponsored a state football championship and donated $100 worth of gas to a local family through ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
ALTOONA, Pa. -- Over the weekend, the more than 340-unit convenience chain Sheetz Inc. supported youth sports through its sponsorship of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Inc.'s (PIAA) state football championship.
The event, held Friday and Saturday at Hershey Park Stadium in Hershey, Pa., saw teams from across the state in divisions A, AA, AAA and AAAA, join to complete in the championship.
"We are really pumped up about supporting such a big event," Louie Sheetz, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Sheetz, said in a statement. "We have always been a company devoted to the communities where our employees and customers live and work."
He added: "Our founder, Bob Sheetz, credits much of his success in life to his involvement in youth sports as a child. So, we are always looking for ways to support youth sports. We are thrilled to be part of the PIAA state football championship games this weekend."
Also at the event was the Sheetz Hummer, which was located inside the stadium. There, fans had a chance to spin a prize wheel to win items including key chains, coupons, Z-cards and T-shirts. Fans also could register for a chance to win an iPod touch at each of the four games over the weekend, according to the company.
In addition to its sponsorship of the PIAA state championships, Sheetz supports many other youth sports and development programs across its six state operating area, the company stated.
In other Sheetz news, the company donated $1,000 in Sheetz gas to the Lucas family from Cullen, Va., who were featured on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
Michael Lucas, his wife, Jean, and their two sons were presented with a completely furnished new home, built specifically for them. After the unveiling of the home, representatives from Sheetz were on hand to award the family with gift cards for the purchase of $1,000 worth of gasoline at any Sheetz convenience store.
"This is one of the coolest things we have been asked to be involved with in a long time," Stan Sheetz, president and CEO of Sheetz, said in a statement. "We were excited when the producers of 'Extreme Makeover' contacted us about the opportunity to support the show and a deserving local family. We are also proud that our Farmville store manager, Kevin Boyd, volunteered to lend a hand with cleaning and painting at the Lucases' new home."
Michael Lucas, who is currently serving oversees in the National Guard in Iraq, bought land to build a home for his family before being deployed. His wife was then left to care for their two sons, one of whom was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
"Sheetz is a company that has always stood for family," said Sheetz. "The entire Farmville, Va., community pulled together to help the Lucas family fulfill their dreams and we are so proud to be a part of this effort."


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Mr. Ilemobola Olanrewaju
Assistant Lecturer
B.Sc., M.Sc.
Research Interests
International Relations; Peace and Conflict Studies; Security Studies; Somali Conflict Studies; regional security; insecurity management
Teaching Areas
Strategic Studies, African Politics, international Relations of West Africa, Organs of Government, Citizen and the State, Negotiation: Theory and Practice and Gender in Word Politics
Selected Publications (14)
1. Cultural Plurality, National Integration and the Security Dilemma in Nigeria.[ Download 163.18 kB ] [Visit]
2. Leadership, Brain Drain and Human Capacity Building in Africa: The Nigerian Experience[ Download 194.87 kB ] [Visit]
4. Quota System, Federal Character Principle and Admission to Federal Unity Schools: Barriers to Learning in Nigeria[ Download 145.49 kB ] [Visit]
5. Leadership and Security Management in Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Implications for Democratic Sustenance[ Download 76.69 kB ]
6. Teaching Method and Assimilation of Students in Tertiary Institutions: A Study of Covenant University, Nigeria.[ Download 78.37 kB ]
7. Leadership, Brain Drain and Human Capacity Building in Africa: The Nigerian Experience[ Download 68.97 kB ]
8. The Political-Economy of Nigeria's National Security: An Examination of the Fourth Republic[ Download 98.36 kB ]
9. Multiculturalism, Citizenship and National Integration, Covenant University[ Download 175.06 kB ]
10. Ethnicization of University Education and National Development: The Nigerian Experience[ Download 262.91 kB ]
11. Fractionality in Homogeneity? Value Differences and Cross-cutting Conflict in Somalia[ Download 175.26 kB ]
12. The Conceptual Analysis of Peace and Conflict[ Download 163.32 kB ]
13. Identity Politics and Inter-group Conflict in Africa: Case Studies of Rwanda and Somalia[ Download 163.84 kB ]
14. Foreign Megastores and the Nigerian Economy: A Study of Shoprite[ Download 330.89 kB ]
Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA)
Conferences Attended
8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2014). At the Hotel Melia Valencia, Congress Center, Valencia, Spain, March 10 – 12, 2014.
3rd Annual Learned Conference, Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State, Nigeria. 26-28, March, 2014.
6th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN14), Barcelona, Spain, July 7 – 9, 2014.
International Conference on Emerging Trends for Sustainable Development and Human Capacity Building in the Third World Nations (ICETSDHCB 2014), University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, May 28 – 31, 2014
Conference on Leadership and Peace in Nigeria, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, June 9 – 11, 2014.
One Day Conference on E-Governance in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges for Civic Engagement and Participation, at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, June 9, 2014.


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Posted on October 23, 2013
Pelé, the man whose very name is synonymous with soccer excellence, turns 73 today.
To watch him play was breathtaking. To read his career stats is jaw-dropping. Widely regarded as the best player to every lace up cleats, Pelé scored a record 541 league goals representing Santos in his native Brazil and the New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League. All told he netted a staggering 1,281 times in 1,363 matches.
As with all legends, Pelé was at his best on the most glamorous, stakes-filled stage. He helped Brazil win the 1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden when he was 17, the youngest player ever to feature in a World Cup match at the time, and went on to become the only player to every win the coveted trophy three times.
He still ranks as Brazil's all-time leading goalscorer and can boast an unreal 12 goals and 10 assists in 14 FIFA World Cup appearances.
By any metric, he was a meteoric player and still a Brazilian and worldwide sporting treasure.
Celebrate Pelé's birthday by shopping soccer.com's collection of Pelé Sports footwear and lifestyle apparel. Plus, with today's prices, you don't have to be Gordon Banks to make a save from Pelé.


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Petrolia, California, USA. Born and raised in an isolated community, Scheinman studied piano and violin as a child and at first concentrated on the former instrument. Her music studies, like her general education, were informally organized by her parents and others in their community as the nearest school was some hours distant. Scheinman played piano and violin at local music festivals and also during visits to New York and Europe. She eventually, and briefly, attended Oberlin Conservatory, and the University of California at Santa Cruz and Berkeley. At the latter, she majored in English Literature and on graduation began playing jazz in and around San Francisco. Among artists with whom she worked during this period were John Schott, Ben Goldberg and the Rova Saxophone Quartet. In addition to jazz, she also played avant rock and new music, and led her own band, Giant Trio, which actually had five pieces. Among many musicians with whom she played in these years,...


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In case you missed it, Firefly and Castle fella Nathan Fillion did pop up in Guardians of the Galaxy as a hulking alien in the space prison who tries to lay a claim on Chris Pratt and gets nastily assaulted by Groot.
It's a nice little cameo for an actor who has been friends with director James Gunn for years, playing the lead in his 2006 feature Slither and also popping up in webshow PG Porn. And it looks like the two are set to work together again for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.
That film is currently shooting in Atlanta, Georgia and Fillion has been spotted on set - kind of. Actually photos have emerged of the actor appearing in posters for made up movies starring the character of Simon Williams. That's the alter ego of a superhero called Wonder Man, who also spent time as an actor.
It's all pretty complicated when you think about it - especially when you see the kinds of films he's 'starring' in.
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There are a few films which are takeoffs of other popular pictures but the most interesting is definitely Tony Stark. The poster looks like the one from Steve Jobs and it's obviously a biopic of the character played by Robert Downey jr.
That suggests this film festival takes place in Earth and in the present day, so it could mean the Guardians end up setting down on our home planet. It's also pretty interesting because this is a superhero who became an actor playing the part of another superhero.
Wonder Man even has a similar history to Stark, with a father who owned a massive munitions company, and there's a complicated history between the two of them. Now these poster don't mean that Fillion will be appearing in the film but let's assume that he is showing up at his own film festival and given that he has superpowers he might be able to help out the Guardians.
Now we're just praying that he gets to show up in Infinity War and meet up with Iron Man face to face.
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|2004-03-07, 12:42
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I would not want to die every 2 weeks because of some Aliens, Monsters or other occurences destroy Tokyo and its sourroundings (often japan at all). So I would prefer the real japan, which is quiet peacefull (except of some strange pervertions, which I might be able to ignore).
|2004-03-07, 12:54
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Ningyou Hime
It depends of the anime ^^;;.. A lot of anime series are really realistic and they present the negative aspects of living in Japan.. But the series for kids idealize living in Japan, so I guess I'd like to live in the Japan of that type of anme. ^^
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The real world of Japan because you can actually learn more about Japanese culture that way and their culture is pretty interesting to me so no need to alter it. One more thing, are you talking anime that takes place in these realities or do you mean in RL?
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 36
People are very friendly in rural areas. It really makes me wonder what has happened to the Japanese urbanites' kindness and hearts. When I go visit my grandmother in rural Chiba Prefecture, people are friendly - when I have a big suitcase and need to carry this huge luggage over a long stairs up and down, three people ran up to me and kind enough to help me out - from the goodness of their hearts. If I accidently bump into someone in the local supermarket, we both apologize from the bottom of our hearts. Only in rural areas have I seen actual care and kindness from strangers.
But, as I make the assumption it is similar to other metropolitan areas, urban people are very unfriendly. This is a place where you see a group of four teenagers beating up a homeless person in broad daylight and no one comes to stop it because the commuters have more important things to do - like going to work. This is a place where when they see a suicidal maniac on a rooftop - people down yell stupid coldhearted things like "Hey, you! If you want to die, hurry up! I want to see blood!!!" This is a place where if the police is on a crime scene, the people in the cars yell at the police, "can't you move that corpse to the side!? I've got an important business meeting and you guys are causing traffic!!!"
So, the point I am trying to say is that - if you want to come to Japan, think hard on where you want to develop your Japanese skills. If you want true culture and kindness of strangers, I suggest rural areas. You are far less bound to find English help in rural communities than urban areas, but that is the whole point. Without any English help, you will be forced to learn Japanese for survival. And though it may sound like "shock treatment," I believe that is way better than coming here, living in Tokyo, and seeing the darkness of Japanese people due to rapid urbanization.
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|2004-03-07, 22:57
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the real world i meant ^_^
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This is soo funny that you ask this question, because i think about it all the time. I ask random people that question, and they all give me the same answer (o_O).
I would deffenitly go into the anime world. Even if it is harder then the real world, and there is i Deffinite higher risk of dieing, i would deffinitly love to try it out, because unlike our world, the anime world would have no boundrys and limit.. OR that how i see it working out...
Beside with this question, i also like to think, what would you look like as an anime charictar. So i go around drawing people as anime charictar..
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Anime world, hands down.
Dangerous, maybe, but well worth the prize.
Romantic Genre: Where having a good and decent heart is enough for you to be loved for who you are, without being forced to change into something you hate or are uncomfortable with? Bring it!!
Post Apocalyptic World (AKA Fist Of The Norht Star): To be a beacon of hope, kindness and decency in a world gone mad.
Martial Arts: A world where a man can freely and proudly be the WARRIOR he is BORN to be without forcefully made to be ashamed of his nature by the hypocrisy of "political correctness" and feminism.
Bring the anime world ON!!
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So, you may have noticed that I've been rather silent this week. Or, maybe you haven't….
Anyway, the reason why Shadow Girl has been on the down-low these past few days is because she is currently–and unfortunately–without a reliable mode of access to the digitalscape
Last Wednesday, in fact, my laptop decided to–moment of silence–die. At least, that's the official diagnosis till I hear back from the repair techs. (And, tbh, they're outlook was not very encouraging.) Since, I've been relegated to an ancient–see, shitty–tablet that I haven't used for a while. As you can imagine, my internet travels have been quite slow. I wish how much is a cartier love bracelet 2013 I could bracelet replica cartier say I'm taking the, uh, scenic route but, I can't really see the images yet. They're still loading….
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Sorry to ditch once more on an opportunity for me to share my voice. Keeps seeming to happen…. First on the Studio Visit and now with Audacity T_T For some reason, the universe is conspiring against me, it seems. (Vengeance shall be wreaked, mark my words. My revenge will be inevitable, Universe.)
Creative Enterprise
Despite my difficulties–see, struggles with ancient relics of the technological age–I was able to add to my own creative pursuits. A poem and a story.
Attrition~ poem I posted to YWP about how hard hope can be to welcome inside, more, how hard it can be to accept an invitation out. (Look out for more posts from me on YWP!)
Split Girl~ Another twisted tale ^.^ This one may be a little disturbing for anyone struggling with their gender identity–may evoke gender dysphoria–so fair warning.
**My writing is never meant to offend but I am aware that it still can. And, I'm sorry if that happens. Let me know if there are any Tags I can add to help that be less of an issue :)**
Aside from these new works, I've a few others I'm rather proud of (All can be found under the Killing It tag):
Bone Girl~ If they could be read, what fortune would your bones hold for you?
Bone Girl .V~ Every bird hatches from some egg…
Wasteland Girl~ How dangerous can you be?
Dream Girl~ How much can you take before you crack?
It Will Be Satisfied~ Bad karma's a b*tch.
Ghost Girl~ Loss like dust on glass always lingers…
And, my long-running series (which should be back to weekly updates by next cartier bracelet week, fingers crossed….)
Living Dead Girl
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV,
**All are inspired in some way by random, bot posts. Some more closely, other loosely. In my opinion, using bot posts for writing prompts is an easy way to incorporate technology into the classroom in a meaningful way and, it is lots of fun ^.^ Unexpected and nonsensical but full of endless creative, well, enterprise.
Speaking of….
Not digital storytelling related exactly but, remember that scalex analogy I gave at the end of this post? Remember that scalex protects one side of a metal piece while replica cartier love bracelet the other is enameled? Well, I've finally finished that piece I was working on!
Like I said, this isn't related to digital storytelling, per say, as it is to creativity itself. But, all of my work is related in some way to my writing and this piece will certainly be a part of my future combined-thesis-&-show ^.^ Does it look like how I write?
Final Thoughts
I've had a rough week. Productive in some ways but disheartening and aggravating in others. Hopefully, next week will be something worth writing home about!
Catch you all on the flip side!
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