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NEIL MOXLEY: Lee Clark has sacked coaches Terry McDermott and Derek Fazackerley as he seeks to find an answer to Birmingham City's chronic form at St Andrew's.
The boss of the struggling Championship club has acted in the wake of Saturday's 1-2 home defeat by Huddersfield Town.
That reversal was the club's 11th consecutive failure to record a league victory on their own turf - the Blues' worst run in front of their own supporters in 51 years.
A dog held up the start of Crewe's home defeat against Brentford at the weekend - but it wasn't a patch on the scenes in Argentina.
The match between River Plate and Central was suspended for over five minutes because a hound ran on the pitch.
Nothing out of the ordinary in South America, it has to be said. That is until the dog decided to do its business in one of the penalty areas.
SIMON JONES: Swansea defender Ben Davies is drawing interest from some of Europe's biggest clubs despite signing a new four-and-a-half-year contract before Christmas.
The 20-year-old Wales international has been monitored by Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and, surprisingly, Atletico Madrid in recent months.
All the clubs are in the market for a left-back and while Davies may not be the No 1 choice for all he is figuring prominently on their list of potential buys.
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has backed young striker Yannick Sanogo to become a hit under Arsene Wenger.
Sanogo played in the 2-1 victory over Liverpool on Sunday and Henry believes he has the potential to go onto bigger things.
Henry was doing a Q&A on the MLS Soccer Twitter feed.
Read his full response below...
Mathieu Flamini has likened the strength and spirit of the current Arsenal squad to the club's last trophy-winning side of nearly nine years ago.
Few would have foreseen the drought that has followed the FA Cup final penalty shoot-out victory over Manchester United in May 2005.
It was the fourth FA Cup success of manager Arsene Wenger's reign, complementing the three Premier League titles also collected following his arrival in 1996.
Tomorrow night's game at the Etihad is attracting interest from all different walks of life. The City stadium tour has just passed through the press room where we're awaiting the Barcelona media conference later, and Aljaz Skorjanec – Abbey Clancy's partner when she won Strictly Come Dancing – is in the party. The Slovenian, who was accompanied by his girlfriend, told the tour guide that he's here because he can't get a ticket for the match.
NEIL ASHTON: Adnan Januzaj has had a personal plea from Kosovo's deputy prime minister to play in the country's first international.
Behgjet Pacolli, a construction tycoon thought to be worth around $550m, is trying to persuade Januzaj to play against Haiti next month.
Januzaj, 19, has yet to make a decision on his international future, but his family were part of the liberation movement in the country.
So who will be United's next captain? It doesn't look like RVP is in the running after club publish five candidates with no sign of star striker (Rooney is in there though)
CRAIG HOPE: Robin van Persie's future at Manchester United has been cast in some doubt in recent weeks – and it now appears he is not under consideration to replace Nemanja Vidic as captain.
The Dutch striker – who is the current skipper of his national side - had been among the frontrunners with bookmakers to take the armband from next season after Vidic confirmed his summer departure.
But United's official website has drawn up a shortlist of five potential future captains – and Van Persie is the notable absentee.
SIMON JONES: Lukasz Fabianski did his chances of a big summer move no harm with his performance for Arsenal against Liverpool.
The Poland international made one particularly telling save at the feet of Daniel Sturridge to keep Liverpool at bay and prove he is still capable of playing at the highest level.
The 28-year-old has turned down the offer of a new contract at Arsenal and is free in the summer. He already has interest from Schalke but there are understood to be five Premier League sides who have now contacted his representatives.
Lewis Holtby is calm about the appointment of Felix Magath as Fulham manager despite enduring a frustrating spell under the three-time Bundesliga-winning boss earlier in his career.
On Friday, the bottom-placed west Londoners took drastic action in their bid to stave off relegation from the Barclays Premier League, ending Rene Meulensteen's 75-day reign and appointing Magath on an 18-month deal.
Holtby, who moved to Craven Cottage on loan in January, was asked about the potential arrival of Louis van Gaal while still at Tottenham and before Tim Sherwood's appointment as Andre Villas-Boas' successor.
Wolfsburg are ready to offer teen sensation Maximilian Arnold a new deal to keep him in Germany after Arsenal were understood to be interested in the midfielder.
The Gunners were understood to be keen on the 19-year-old, who has a buy-out clause of £8million, but Wolfsburg are not keen to sell the player who is under contract until 2015.
Arnold's agent says the player is happy with the German club. He said: 'Max is with Wolfsburg and he is doing fine.
Messi v Negredo, Iniesta v Toure, Pique v Kompany... we rate the giants ahead of Man City v Barca showdown
CHARLIE SKILLEN: When Manchester City finally reached the Champions League knockout stages after two years of disappointment, they could be forgiven for feeling a little hard done by when drawing Barcelona.
However, if any English side could beat the La Liga leaders over two legs, you'd put your money on the powerful free-scoring City.
Here, Sportsmail rates and slates the stars and weak links of the two sides, including their current transfer value.
The Football Association will review several reports before deciding whether to take any action against Sheffield United following crowd disturbances at Bramall Lane.
The authorities are waiting to hear the views of a number of different parties ahead of making any decision over possible sanctions against the League One club following the incidents during and after the Blades' 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup yesterday.
The FA had their own crowd control assessor in the stand and he will be submitting his own findings after several hundred supporters charged onto the pitch at the final whistle.
LAURIE WHITWELL: The pendulum has swung. From winning penalties with an easy fall from little or no contact, Luis Suarez is now being denied fouls despite obvious impediment.
Here was an incident Arsene Wenger did see and call against his team.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain reacted that fraction too slowly, brought his leg across a moment too late, and clearly brought down Suarez, who had knocked the ball into space ahead.
Hadrian could not have constructed a more cemented stonewall. Except Howard Webb, England's World Cup referee, spotted a hole. Whether he felt Suarez exaggerated the challenge or that Oxlade-Chamberlain got the ball is uncertain.
Who is the 'reformed' Premier League bad boy with more bookings than any other player in England this season?
He is the reformed Premier League bad boy who has mellowed since fatherhood and is currently studying the merits of Dutch Total Football.
He is, however, also the most carded player in England.
Joey Barton, for all his protestation to the contrary, is perhaps proof of the old leopard and spots analogy.
Pellegrini confirms that top scorer Sergio Aguero is not in the squad for the Barca game as he recovers from a hamstring injury.
The manager also declares that City have eclipsed United as the biggest club in Manchester ahead of their Champions League clash with Barcelona.
LAURIE WHITWELL: David McNally is not shy of making bold statements on Chris Hughton. He has already called relegation a fate 'worse than death' and now admits contingency plans have been put in place should the board decide to sack their manager.
The Norwich chief executive says Hughton has been at the helm longer than the Premier League average - and it is true. Appointed in June 2012, only three manager - Arsene Wenger, Alan Pardew, and Sam Allardyce - have been at their club longer.
But stating such a fact only undermines Hughton's ability to do his job. Players have already discussed his departure - aware McNally has publicly chastised Hughton over tactics early in the season - and survival is a slimmer possibility for that.
Malky Mackay has been spoken to, and Neil Lennon is another on the Norwich wanted list. But it is remarkable that McNally has decided to go public with the search.
Manuel Pellegrini confirms that Fernandinho has trained well for the last two days and is in the squad for tomorrow's Champions League clash with Barcelona. The Brazilian has not featured since the win over Tottenham on January 29.
Yaya Toure is answering questions before Pellegrini, and has just been asked if he sings the catchy 'Yaya Yaya, Kolo Kolo Toure' chant in the shower each morning by an Austrian reporter. There can be quite a wide range of questions on these occasions, but that's a new one. Pellegrini looks thoroughly unimpressed.
A few minutes to go until Pellegrini faces the media and the serious mood of the moment is captured by a member of City's staff doing a sound check for the cameras. 'Breaking news,' he said, bringing immediate silence to the room. 'Six of the Seven Dwarves aren't Happy!!' I think we can expect Pellegrini to be slightly more businesslike.
Huge injury boost for City as Fernandinho could return for crunch Barca clash but star man Aguero set to miss out
Manuel Pellegrini could be handed a massive boost ahead of Manchester City's crunch Champions League tie against Barcelona with the return of Fernandinho.
The Brazilian midfielder was a major injury doubt for the game after missing the last three games through a thight injury.
However, after training with his team-mates on Monday morning he is in line to resume his midfield role next to Yaya Toure.
Chief executive David McNally has suggested Norwich could move swiftly to replace Chris Hughton if their Premier League status is threatened.
The Canaries are the only side in the bottom six not to have changed manager this season.
'It would be almost delinquent of the football club to not be aware of potential candidates if for any reason your manager left,' McNally told the Eastern Daily Press.
'If results are not good enough you have to be aware of who is out there to help. You look at the market and who might be right for Norwich City.
'If we needed to make a change - and the average tenure of a Premier League manager is about a year and a half, which puts Chris in the top six or top eight longest serving right now - then if a change was necessary it wouldn't be a case of, who are the contenders? It would be a case of reviewing what is required, where are we going and who is best placed to take the club forward.'
Cardiff injury blow... Medel confirms muscle tear with influential midfielder set for 'several weeks' on sidelines
Cardiff's record signing Gary Medel has announced he will be out of action for several weeks through injury.
Medel, an £11million capture from Seville last summer, was replaced at half-time of Saturday's 2-1 FA Cup fifth-round defeat at home to Wigan.
The 26-year-old Chile international later posted pictures of himself on social networking site Instagram undergoing a scan.
CHRIS WHEELER: Manchester City are training away from the prying eyes of the media after a 15-minute open session this morning, but Manuel Pellegrini will face a packed press room at the Etihad at 12.30pm.
Fernandinho, who has missed the last three games with a thigh injury, trained this morning and could come straight back into the starting line-up alongside Yaya Toure. That would be a huge boost to City in trying to stifle Barcelona's attacking threat. Sergio Aguero, also missing since the 5-1 win at Tottenham on January 29, was not at training, however, and the chances of him playing a part – even off the bench – appear to be receding.
Madrid at the centre of ANOTHER deliberate booking storm as Modric dives full-length to handle an innocuous ball on halfway line
RIK SHARMA: Luka Modric is the latest Real Madrid player to be accused of earning a deliberate booking after a needless handball on the halfway line.
The Croatian needed one more yellow card to be banned for a week, meaning he misses the game against Elche and returns to face Atletico Madrid in a crunch clash at the top of La Liga.
Sergio Ramos, who has twice before been involved in similar scenarios, also appeared interested in picking up a booking as the end of the game approached, but the referee resisted.
ADAM SHERGOLD: Christian Eriksen was given a special send-off by former club Ajax on Sunday, complete with fireworks, flowers and Frank de Boer.
The Danish midfielder, now at Tottenham, returned to the Amsterdam ArenA with teammate Jan Vertonghen, another former Ajax man, for what has become a nice tradition for those who have flown the nest at the Dutch club.
Eriksen's name was spelt out on banners as fireworks exploded in the stands, before Ajax coach De Boer paid tribute on the pitch.
THE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST: Conte and Capello go to war over Juve's chances in Europe, Roma win despite empty stadium and it's a three-way tie in La Liga
Every day Sportsmail takes a look at several European papers to see what are the biggest sports stories creating talking points on the continent.
Only on story in Italy on Monday morning, with Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport focusing on the ongoing spat between Juventus manager Antonio Conte and former boss Fabio Capello.
In the week, Capello, the former England manager now in charge of the Russian national team, claimed Juventus would never succeed in the Champions League because the Italian league was too easy for them.
SAMI MOKBEL: Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen will step up his return from a calf injury this week.
Having returned from a knee injury, the Belgium international picked up a calf problem that has kept him out for the last three weeks.
But the central defender is close to a comeback and could make a return to first-team training by the end of the week.
Vermaelen's imminent return will come as a major boost to manager Arsene Wenger as he looks to juggle his side's Barclays Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup commitments.
Coming for you! Barcelona star Fabregas posts plane pic as Catalans fly in for Champions League showdown with City
They're on their way. Cesc Fabregas supplied the obligatory 'we're on a plane' Instagram snap on Monday morning as Barcelona flew in for their Champions League showdown with Manchester City.
He posed with teammates Alex Song, Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique prior to take-off as the Spanish champions travelled to England for the hotly-anticipated last 16, first leg match at the Etihad.
Decked out in red tracksuit tops, the quartet looked relaxed and confident - and with good reason.
NEIL ASHTON: Ray Wilkins has been ordered to stay away from Fulham's training ground until Felix Magath makes a decision on his future.
The Fulham coach is waiting for a call from chief executive Alistair Mackintosh over his future, but it doesn't look promising.
GRAHAM POLL: Liverpool were denied a clear penalty and likely equaliser when referee Howard Webb refused them their second penalty in a pulsating Cup tie.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain clattered through Luis Suarez, with Webb perfectly placed to see the offence. Suarez's theatrical 'dive' will not have helped nor did the fact that Webb had already awarded Liverpool a penalty.
Those who have not been in such a pressure-cooker situation would not understand that, but I do.
Any chance of a helping hand, Diego? Argentina legend Maradona poses with United stars at training camp in Dubai
Diego Maradona caused havoc in the 18-yard box during his career so it is no surprise that Rio Ferdinand and David de Gea were keen to get some advice from with the Argentine when he turned up at Man United's training camp in Dubai.
The retired midfielder spends a lot of time in Dubai and managed Al Wasl FC, of the UAE Arabian Gulf League, until 2012.
Ferdinand posted a picture with Maradona on his Instagram, alongside the caption: 'Me with #TheLegend #DiegoMaradona #TheGreatest'.
NEIL ASHTON: Arsene Wenger claimed Jose Mourinho is an embarrassment to the game after a passionate defence of his record at Arsenal.
The Gunners boss was speaking after seeing his side reach the FA Cup quarter-finals following a 2-1 win over Liverpool, courtesy of goals from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski.
Wenger - furious with Mourinho's claims that he is 'a specialist in failure' - hit out at the Chelsea manager.
CRAIG HOPE: Former Spurs and Blackburn goalkeeper Bobby Mimms has left his coaching role with Oldham Athletic to work with the Bahrain national team.
Bahrain are managed by Englishman Anthony Hudson, a 32-year-old who worked with Harry Redknapp at Spurs.
Mimms will become the new goalkeeping coach.
THIS MORNING'S TOP STORY: The best team lost... we were denied a blatant penalty! Rodgers slams Webb after referee waves away Suarez penalty claim
NEIL ASHTON: Brendan Rodgers was seething after his Liverpool side were knocked out of the FA Cup, insisting referee Howard Webb denied them a 'blatant penalty'.
Arsenal came out on top at the Emirates Stadium in the fifth round, beating the visitors 2-1 in frenetic game.
But Rodgers believes his side deserved to win, or at least gain a replay, especially when Luis Suarez was hacked down by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the box.
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Viscount Montgomery of Alamein: My Lords, Tomorrow's Tourism makes little or no reference to restaurants, which are an important segment of the whole tourist industry. Restaurants generate over £4 billion annually and employ many hundreds of thousands of people. Here I must declare an interest as the honorary patron of the Restaurant Association.
I am particularly grateful to my noble friend Lady Anelay not only for bringing up the subject of tourism this evening but also for mentioning licensing, on which I have spoken many times in your Lordships' House. The Restaurant Association has long campaigned for generalised licensing reform, but unfortunately as things stand at present the Home Office will publish a White Paper sometime in the middle of next year. This means that, after wide consultation on generalised licensing reform, legislation could not be introduced until the Queen's Speech in 2001 at the earliest, and that would be implemented hopefully sometime in 2002, by which time there will probably have been a general election. That is a long timescale indeed.
In the meantime there seem to me to be several minor matters which could be dealt with quite simply by deregulation orders. I have in mind Extended Hours Orders. To obtain an EHO, restaurants face two obstacles. First, they must obtain a supper hour certificate to serve drinks with meals until 1 a.m. In addition they must provide some form of live entertainment. Most restaurants, many of which are small businesses, find this both impractical and an unnecessarily costly activity. In addition many diners
In an exchange on this subject last July, the noble Lord, Lord Williams of Mostyn, speaking for the Government, stated that they would,
I regret to say that I have not given adequate notice to the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, of this specific matter and do not expect him to comment on it tonight. However, I would be most grateful if he could investigate why nothing has happened and when something might happen. If he could write to me later, that would be agreeable and most helpful. It would indeed be progress if we can move forward on this simple matter in the near future.
The Earl of Stair: My Lords, I must start by declaring an interest in that I run a small tourism business. The noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, has addressed an extremely important question tonight. At a time when devolution is almost upon us, and agriculture and rural business as a whole is undergoing some of the darkest moments for several years, tourism and leisure are highlighted as the industries of the future.
In Britain we have some of the most spectacular countryside certainly in Europe, but I would say on a global scale as well. We have a rich heritage and environment, much of which we owe to the way in which the countryside has been managed throughout history. There is, however, still a vast tourist potential to be developed, to encourage people to visit these often isolated areas, which will not only provide employment but will also contribute to the gross domestic product of a region.
The pattern of the tourist--or perhaps the "short-term visitor" is a better description--is changing. Due to improved availability, particularly of air transport, many people are able to enjoy short break holidays within the United Kingdom, and perhaps a longer holiday overseas. The Internet provides information for planning from home. And Project Ossian, which is currently under development by the Scottish Tourist Board, will enable the entire resources of an area to be available to those wishing to plan a break from their home or work areas.
There is already a co-ordinated approach to organising tourism development on a national and regional level in Scotland, with the formation of the strategic tourism groups. These are a mixture of both public and private sector organisations, and aim to co-ordinate tourism development in areas where there may be an overlap of interests between councils, enterprise boards, and tourist boards. The main mission of the strategy is to create benefit through the development of successful tourism businesses.
I look forward to hearing the Minister's comments on the government's strategic plan for the tourist industry, and would like to raise three points before doing so. First, the regional tourist boards in Scotland receive a small proportion of their funds from the Scottish Office through the main Scottish Tourist Board. I assume the same applies in the remainder of the United Kingdom as regards the relevant Government Offices. However, they are expected to generate the remainder of their funds from sales in tourist information centres, from subscriptions, and from advertising. Thus a considerable proportion of the boards' income is taken up in their own administration when these funds could far better be used in the marketing of the area, to generate more visitors, and to support the small businesses in the tourism and associated sectors. Funding should perhaps be based on the establishment of the board, or on the number of businesses marketed. This funding should be centrally provided, which would reduce the annual subscription costs for the often seasonal small businesses.
Secondly, I referred earlier to the potential for development in the regions of the country. I do not wish to create an excess of caravan parks or bed and breakfast establishments. They tend to be self-regulating in any case. There is a tremendous opportunity offered by undeveloped heritage visitor centres, historical attractions, and, as Forest Enterprise has proved, even commercial forestry can create jobs by attracting visitors. However, much of this potential is in the private sector, and although public sector funding is available, it is often not enough to enable this potential to come within the financial reach of a small business. Historic buildings and historic sites are the natural core for the development of heritage visitor centres, enabling the visitor not only to enjoy the architecture and workmanship of previous eras, but also to learn from the experience. Sadly, many of these buildings are in a state of decay, and in Scotland the public sector body which could boost this opportunity has no funds available until at least 2004.
Rural diversification programmes are much used sources of European funding for diversification into tourism related business, and, under Objective 5b status, tourism is identified as a key sector of the rural economy for funding. However, following the recent negotiations in Europe, all this is subject to review, and Objective 5b will be replaced by Objective 2, which may not be so far-reaching.
My third point is on marketing. I referred earlier to Project Ossian currently being researched by the Scottish Tourist Board. However unless the information technology is available throughout and allows all the regional tourist boards to make use of the facility, its value is lost. Once again this all comes down to the strategic funding of the tourist industry. The Government should remember that the success of the tourist strategy will depend on the success of the small, mostly private sector businesses providing a service to the visitor.
Lord Rowallan: My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Anelay of St. Johns for introducing this debate. I declare an interest as the director of a company which at present is developing a hotel and is also involved in the leisure industry. The 26th February tourism strategy which the Government announced must be welcomed with its 15 core points for recovery, especially in the development of the film and sports niche market and the regeneration of traditional resorts. That must be good for tourism.
As my noble friend Lord Selkirk of Douglas said, it is essential, now that devolution is coming about, that the Scottish Tourist Board and the Welsh Tourist Board work very closely after devolution with the British Tourist Authority as 86 per cent. of all tourists coming into the UK start in London and work outward. The BTA's primary role is to encourage regional dispersal of tourists and their spending, so it is essential that we continue to market Britain as a whole rather than its composite parts separately. Obviously the STB and the WTB must exist to promote tourism within their own countries. I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Gordon of Strathblane, has taken that on in his role as head of the Scottish Tourist Board.
As we are all aware, there are two kinds of tourist. There are the foreigners who come to Britain to see the sights and to play sports, such as golf, and there are the British themselves who want to holiday within the United Kingdom. Both groups have the same problems to a very large extent. Hotels are expensive in this country, as we have heard, and with VAT at 17.5 per cent. that is guaranteed to be so. But, as has been said, we discussed that in November and we do not need to discuss it again. The Government are fully aware of that.
Bed and breakfast is becoming better and better value, but in Britain, and especially in Scotland, the tourist industry is dominated by the large number of small businesses where all too often there has been inadequate investment in knowledge and skills. That has had a strong impact on the quality of the product available. The Scottish Parliament must address this matter by encouraging the industry to help itself. It must also review all aspects of commercial taxation in Scotland. Costs, government-led especially, lead to uncompetitiveness in the market place. If they are found in only one part of the United Kingdom they will have a great adverse effect. The suggested bed tax will certainly do that. There is strong evidence that 500,000 tourists could be deterred by that cost alone. An imaginative and attractive tax regime would bring significant inward investment.
My noble friend Lady Anelay of St. Johns said that there are strong hopes that EEC funds will be available for the regeneration of Scotland's beaches and tourist resorts such as Ayr and Aviemore. And, my goodness, both towns need it! Will the Minister please remember to remind those who make the decisions that it will be the service industries rather than the manufacturing industries that will provide the impetus to regenerate tourism in Scotland, clean up our beaches, tidy up our hotels, improve our pubs and encourage all tourists to spend their holidays in Britain.
The Government must also review the licensing laws, as suggested by my noble friend Lord Montgomery of Alamein. We must clear away the present over-regulation of framework and go back to first principles. The law must recognise social changes and bring itself into line with modern consumer needs. Too much paperwork discourages businesses from changing bad working practices. We surely need one set of agreed countrywide computer-generated forms to save time and administration.
Planning authorities, too, must accept tourist developments much more readily. We need more tourist route signs on roads--the "white-on-brown" ones--to show where venues of interest are. We must have a better integrated transport system, a subject very dear to our Deputy Prime Minister. Of all Scottish airports, only Prestwick has a railway station; not Edinburgh or Glasgow. In England, except for Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted, I think the story is the same.
The Government can make or break the tourist industry. Their policy of highly priced petrol and diesel is stifling tourism in Scotland. Goods are expensive because of carriage costs. It is now 12 times more expensive to license a lorry in this country than in France and diesel costs £300 more every time the lorry is filled up. The car is still the best, and very often the only, way to see Scotland and some of the more remote parts of England and Wales. There is no other mode of transport there. Costs are now so high. Petrol costs more than £3 a gallon whereas in the United States it costs 38 pence. We must wonder what the Chancellor is up to.
We have in Britain so much of what the tourists of today want to see. We must make it more readily available to all of our tourists--whether they are rich or poor, British or foreign--at an attractive price with affordable, comfortable accommodation.
Viscount Thurso: My Lords, I always feel at a slight disadvantage when declaring my interests in a tourism debate because at the last count there were more than 12 companies of which I am a director and I am either patron or president of half a dozen industry associations. So, with the leave of your Lordships, perhaps I may declare those interests en bloc bar two. I declare those separately because on pages 46 and 47 of the strategy there is reference to Hospitality Assured and I am the chairman of the governing council of that body; and because the noble Baroness in her opening remarks spoke of the Tourism Society, I point out that it very kindly made me a fellow last month.
I should like to welcome the noble Baroness to what the noble Lord, Lord Graham of Edmonton, once described as "this happy band of old lags who come to discuss tourism". The noble Baroness is a welcome and refreshing new face. I should like to thank her for bringing the subject to our attention though, as she pointed out, it is an extremely big subject and six minutes is not long enough to do anything but canter through.
I welcome the Government's paper Tomorrow's Tourism, not least because it follows many of the points which I raised in a paper published last July called Tourism Tomorrow. I wonder if perhaps the name had anything to do with it. But that was the Liberal Democrat tourism policy which I co-authored and published last July. I sent the document to the DCMS. It appears to agree with a great deal of what we put in the document and has taken it on board. That is a very good reason for welcoming the strategy.
I also welcome it because there is much in the strategy that is clearly good. I will mention that briefly. Equally, I have to say that there is also a good deal of dross in it, although there are some lovely gems hidden away within that dross. Perhaps I may quickly mention what I think is good. First, the best of the lot is that we have a strategy--the document has been published--and we should not under-estimate the importance of the document. Even if the document was awful all the way through, having a document and a strategy means that one can have another document and improve the strategy.
The second point that I think is good is that the Government have genuinely recognised many of the issues which those of us practising in the tourist industry have been trying to bring before government for a great many years. For example, in paragraph 2.3 on page 14, there is a very good analysis of the role of government in marketing support. I like the concept that is used. I believe it is called "market failure". There is an understanding of what needs to be done in licensing, a point to which the noble Viscount referred. My noble friend referred to seaside resorts. At least the issues have been recognised in the document. Agricultural tourism, to which the noble Baroness referred and to which I referred in the debate on the countryside last Wednesday, is also mentioned. So there is much in the document that I welcome. I certainly welcome the fact that we have a strategy at all.
I have one question and three criticisms. The question regards money. A long paragraph on page 15 states that,
I now turn to my three criticisms. My major criticism relates to what is omitted from the strategy. Any strategy not only needs to analyse the problems and set out the course that is to be travelled, but also needs an action plan stating how it is to be done. In relation to a great many of the bullet points in the document I was able to ask: "How will this happen?". The strategy seemed to be very much a diagnosis without a prescription. That is its main weakness.
My second criticism relates to the new ETB, whatever it will be. I welcome the fact that there will be a strategic body for England. At the time of the Comprehensive Spending Review it was certainly under threat. I am delighted that a body has been chosen. I am worried about the relationship with the regions and with local areas. I am not sure that it has been thought through. However, I shall defer further comment until the implementation group has reported, when we shall know what is going on.
My third major criticism is an old chestnut for which the noble Lord, Lord Gordon, has been waiting. It relates to devolution. I believe that the Government have got the matter comprehensively wrong. It is a complex subject. I have been in correspondence with the Scottish Office, and have sent copies of the correspondence to the noble Lord, Lord Gordon. I do not have time now to go into it. I believe that making the BTA a cross-Border authority is a recipe for disaster. I shall happily expand on that to anyone outside the Chamber when I have more time.
I wrote an article which appeared on 11th March in the Caterer & Hotelkeeper. It was headlined by the magazine's editors, not by me:
Lord Luke: My Lords, if the noble Viscount, Lord Thurso, went at a canter, I shall go at a gallop.
I thank my noble friend Lady Anelay for introducing this excellent debate on a subject that we often discuss in this House. We do so because tourism is a vitally important part of our economy. Also, it is exceedingly diverse and complex, as my noble friend said.
It seems a pity that the Government find it necessary to tinker with the various bodies administering the industry. The English Tourist Board was abolished (nearly) and now it is being resuscitated--but what for? All its power to publicise England has been taken away and given to a new tourist authority with no name, no remit, no agreed budget, and no chairman. This flagship for English tourism will not be able to advise customers or the press on its own subject. Who or what will be responsible for these extremely important matters? No doubt the Minister will tell us.
With regard to the ETB, is it not bizarre that England is the only developed country whose own tourist board does not promote its own country?
The Government are spending between £9.7 million and £10 million on promoting tourism to England through the BTA--less than the amount that was spent on refurbishing the House of Commons kitchens last
Why is so little mention made of transport in Tomorrow's Tourism? Only on pages 76 and 77 of Annexe 4 is an attempt made to discuss the matter. The tone is that he or she who drives a car is hardly acceptable. I quote:
However, I welcome the proposed combined hotel and restaurant grading scheme. It has long been needed and I wish it well.
The British Tourist Authority is doing an excellent job in promoting Britain abroad. I am delighted to see that this is highlighted thus on page 15 of Tomorrow's Tourism:
BTA achieves a return of £27 for every £1 of public money spent on marketing Britain abroad and will shortly top £30 for every £1. One reason that BTA is so successful in promoting Britain is its concentration on our island's history, tradition and culture. I am not one who thinks that the so-called modern culture activities inspire visitors. Our history is unique; let us be as proud of it as we should be.
Then there is the Dome. Love it or hate it, it is fast becoming an icon known round the world. It must be an integral part of the marketing strategy to promote London, England and Britain as the tourist destination for the year 2000. I am delighted that BTA will be liaising closely with NMEC on this subject.
Nothing is said in Tomorrow's Tourism about the River Thames and how it fits in with next year's activities. New vessels are being launched, which will provide one way of getting from Westminster to the Dome. Sadly, other great ideas about the use of the Dome have become rather small-scale. However, I hope that these new boats will attract many tourists to spend at least part of their time in London on our splendid river.
I have spent part of today in Greenwich learning about some of the new developments which it is hoped will make that an even more attractive part of the world. There is not only the Dome; the National Maritime Museum is having some new extensions, which are nearly complete, and Woolwich Arsenal is scheduled to
It has been an excellent debate and I look forward to hearing the Minister's reply. Perhaps I may make one comment about the speech of my noble friend Lord Rowallan to back up what he said about the brown signs on motorways. I would ask that those who are responsible for designing these signs should take a trip from Calais to Rheims on the new motorway. There the brown signs actually represent what one can see if one looks at the particular town or item which is advertised. In England the signs are very graphic but bear no resemblance to what they are drawing attention to.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, before I forget, I must respond to the last point made by the noble Lord, Lord Luke. These graphic signs are all over France. My favourite one, which is in Burgundy, says, "Buses rapaces". It was a long time before I got to a dictionary to discover that buses referred to vultures. For years I could not understand what the sign was about.
I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, for making this debate possible and for doing it at such an appropriate time when we have just published our tourism strategy. I am sorry that she did not like the launch and that she and the noble Lord, Lord McNally, would have wished it to be a parliamentary launch. It was not that kind of occasion, because it was not an occasion when government were talking to Parliament about what government were going to do. This was a collaborative effort between government--all government, not just the Department for Culture, but other departments, too--and the whole of the tourist industry. It sounds as though the noble Baroness was not invited to the launch at Glaziers' Hall. If that is the case, I am deeply sorry. Perhaps she would have felt compromised if she had been invited. She should have been invited, I think. If she had attended that occasion she would have found that, apart from a speech by Chris Smith and another by Janet Anderson, there were many 10-minute speeches, almost all of them from the tourist industry itself. That was the significance of the launch: it was the whole of the tourist industry presenting this strategy, not just the Government. I believe that such an occasion is better than the rushed kind of debate that we have on a Statement to Parliament, with merely 20 minutes for Back-Bench questions. However, we have learnt a lesson from what the noble Baroness said.
Our production of Tomorrow's Tourism was, though everybody hates the phrase, an example of joined-up government. It was across all government departments, with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport taking the lead in promoting tourism's interests within government and maximising the involvement of the industry in policy initiatives across government. It contains a very substantial list of initiatives: to promote and improve career opportunities in the tourism industry, to which my noble friend Lord Gordon referred; to increase access to tourism for those on low incomes, families, the elderly and the disabled; and to open up new markets as a whole. I appreciate the
Clearly, we must open up new markets both for those who need holidays and those who could afford to pay for holidays in Britain but do not do so at the moment. That means that another part of the strategy is to provide better information about tourism. Another element is the provision of sustainable development of tourism; in other words, not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; namely, our art and culture, which were spoken to by the noble Lords, Lord Selkirk and Lord Freyberg, and our history, which was spoken to quite rightly by the noble Lord, Lord Luke. Another initiative is to develop and promote quality tourism experiences--I shall return to the grading of accommodation in a minute--and provide a new and improved support structure for tourism in England.
A number of contributors, beginning with the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, complained that there were gaps in the strategy. I must say that she is wrong about that. There is a substantial section from pages 56 to 58 on transport. It is not just about transport information but is concerned with transport improvements. There is also a substantial section on planning from pages 58 to 59, to which I shall return in a moment. There is also coverage of licensing to which the noble Viscount, Lord Montgomery, referred. I shall also return to that matter. Before I leave the coverage of the strategy I should point out to the noble Viscount, Lord Thurso, that the £5 million additional funding of BTA is in addition to the £5 million that is to be expected from the refocusing of its activities.
I said at the outset that this is the most comprehensive, far-reaching tourism strategy ever produced by government. But it is not just produced by government. We expanded the Tourism Forum so that with 57 members it would be truly representative of all sectors of tourism, not just the industry itself but those representing the interests of consumers, people with disabilities and special needs and the environment. We had two quite elaborate formal public consultation exercises on sustainable tourism and future support structures. The working groups of the Tourism Forum were those who reported back at the launch at Glaziers' Hall on 26th February.
Many noble Lords have quite properly been interested in support structures and funding. One of the implications of having a strategy is that all government departments must take account of tourism and the tourism industry when formulating their policies and programmes. We intend to maximise the return from increased government funding for the overseas promotion of tourism. The British Tourist Authority will now focus its activity on key markets to release extra money for pro-active marketing and investment. I say to the noble Lords, Lord Freyberg and Lord Luke, that as to joint premises for BTA and the British Council there are a number of countries involved but the separate premises for BTA cover countries that provide 88 per cent. of tourists who come to this country. There is a memorandum of understanding between the BTA and
As regards the structures in this country, we intend to create a more effective, leaner national body for tourism in England to focus on the national strategic framework rather than the provision of direct services.
I disagree with those noble Lords who expressed disagreement with the new division of responsibilities between the national body for England and the regional tourist boards. Regional tourist boards are different: they are largely run by the tourist industry itself with the collaboration of local authorities, which are responsible on the ground. Those are independent companies; they are companies limited by guarantee. They know what is happening in their own areas; and that part of the responsibilities of the English Tourist Board is properly on a regional basis, with people who know what they are talking about on a regional basis.
The noble Lord, Lord Jopling, referred to the Lake District. Although the location of the Cumbria Tourist Board in relation to regional development agencies is not resolved, it is determined to maintain its independence. As I said, those boards include the important participation of local authorities, which between them contribute £75 million a year to promote tourism.
It is regrettable that we have not been able to announce the full details of the national body for tourism in England. However, I can assure the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, that it will have what she calls an England mark. It will be a national body. It will have the strategic responsibilities which we have described; and it will be an effective resource complementary to the regional tourist boards. I can assure the noble Lords, Lord Selkirk and Lord Rowallan, that arrangements for the Scottish Tourist Board and the Wales Tourist Board to work with the BTA are well established.
I wish to say a word about improving quality. Very properly, there has been reference to the grading system to be introduced by the end of this year. Let me acknowledge to the noble Lord, Lord Selkirk, that Scotland is ahead of us in that respect. However, the fact that the AA, the RAC and the English Tourist Board have been able to join together in a common grading system for England is a considerable advance and one which I think will be widely welcomed in the tourist industry.
Throughout our strategy document, Tomorrow's Tourism, there are many examples with case studies showing how businesses and destinations have prospered by diversifying or developing into niche markets. There is much to be learned from those examples.
Let me assure the noble Lord, Lord Selkirk, that there is no intention to have a tourist tax. There is no intention to have a bed tax in Scotland. The noble Lord, Lord Jopling, referred to taxation of tourism. We have taxation, VAT, on accommodation. But, on the other hand, we do not have many of the tourist taxes, the bed
On the points which noble Lords said were omitted from the document, let me first refer to transport. The most conspicuous item in the transport pages relates to an integrated public transport information system. It may sound trivial but I do not think that it is. In the document, we talk about guidance on best practice to help tourist and leisure site managers to produce green transport plans. We talk about the necessity for the upgrading of transport infrastructure, park-and-ride schemes and integrated ticketing schemes. There is a great deal of valuable thinking on the transport element of tourism.
The noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, said that planning had been omitted. In June last year, we published guidance for planning officers and developers called Planning for Tourism and we are now working on planning policy guidance to facilitate leisure and tourism development.
As regards liquor licensing laws, again, I must write to the noble Viscount, Lord Montgomery. I appreciate his passion for a simplification, even an abolition, of our licensing laws, and many people share his view. However, the issue is complicated and many vested
I turn to seaside resorts. It is true that the duty was raised on amusement machine arcades, but it was the first increase for four years. It is not that much compared with the benefits from deregulation on the number of machines allowed, the maximum price per play and the maximum jackpot prize. Perhaps more significant is the fact that within the single regeneration budget round there were 44 bids from seaside towns this year. The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions will make a decision in June based on social exclusion generally rather than on manufacturing, as had been suggested. From what the noble Lord, Lord McNally, said about Blackpool, it sounds as though there could be a considerable degree of social exclusion there as well as in other seaside towns.
Many noble Lords referred to Scotland. I have difficulty in answering the questions, bearing in mind the fact that later this year the matter will be devolved. However, I can assure noble Lords that there is a proper relationship between the BTA and the Scottish Tourist Board. For example, the Ossian website will be available on the BTA website.
This is not the end of the process; it is the beginning of a continuing process. An annual tourism summit will be in operation and Tomorrow's Tourism will remain the basis of our agenda for years to come.
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"We will try to resolve the bottlenecks being faced by the project," Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick said on Monday.
He said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked Chief Secretary G.C. Pati to write to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) or the cabinet secretary to discuss issues relating to the Posco project.
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Even 10 years after signing a memorandum of understanding with the state government, the company failed to start the project, touted to be the biggest foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country.
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- Comparative aspects of the Werner syndrome geneJ Oshima
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
In Vivo 14:165-72. 2000..This review focuses on the comparative aspects of WRN, including differential gene action within humans and the potential differences between species, particularly the mouse and human...
- Polymorphisms at the Werner locus: II. 1074Leu/Phe, 1367Cys/Arg, longevity, and atherosclerosisE Castro
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Am J Med Genet 95:374-80. 2000..These data support the hypothesis that WRN may mediate not only WS, but may also modulate more common age-related disorders and, perhaps, a basic aging process...
- Characterization of Werner syndrome protein DNA helicase activity: directionality, substrate dependence and stimulation by replication protein AJ C Shen
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Box 357705, Seattle, WA 98195 7705, USA
Nucleic Acids Res 26:2879-85. 1998..A deficit in the interaction of WRN with hRPA may be associated with deletion mutations that occur at elevated frequency in Werner syndrome cells...
- WRN mutations in Werner syndromeM J Moser
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7705, USA
Hum Mutat 13:271-9. 1999....
- Structure and function of the human Werner syndrome gene promoter: evidence for transcriptional modulationL Wang
Department of Genetics and Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Nucleic Acids Res 26:3480-5. 1998..The reduction of activity was not seen in three other promoters tested, including one TATA-less promoter and one TATA-containing promoter. This is consistent with the presence of a positive regulatory mechanism of WRN expression...
- The Werner syndrome protein is a DNA helicaseM D Gray
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7705, USA
Nat Genet 17:100-3. 1997..Here we report that the WS protein does indeed catalyze DNA unwinding...
- Polymorphisms at the Werner locus: I. Newly identified polymorphisms, ethnic variability of 1367Cys/Arg, and its stability in a population of Finnish centenariansE Castro
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Am J Med Genet 82:399-403. 1999..Thus, unlike the APOE polymorphism, there is no evidence of an association of this WRN polymorphism with longevity...
- The Werner syndrome protein: an updateJ Oshima
Department of Pathology, Box 357470, HSB K 543 University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Ave, Seattle, WA 98195 7470, USA
Bioessays 22:894-901. 2000..However, the precise molecular mechanisms by which mutations in WRN cause the WS phenotype remain unknown. Recent progress in the understanding of the WRN protein and its implication in the normal aging process are discussed...
- Genomic structure and expression of STM2, the chromosome 1 familial Alzheimer disease geneE Levy-Lahad
Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
Genomics 34:198-204. 1996..This expression pattern is intriguing since in Alzheimer disease, pathology and degeneration are observed only in the central nervous system...
- Effect of Ku86 and DNA-PKcs deficiency on non-homologous end-joining and homologous recombination using a transient transfection assayM B Secretan
Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mutat Res 554:351-64. 2004..On the other hand, the DNA-PKcs deficient cell lines showed efficient double-strand break repair by both mechanisms...
- A Novel LMNA Mutation Causes Altered Nuclear Morphology and Symptoms of Familial Partial Lipodystrophy (Dunnigan Variety) with Progeroid FeaturesB Saha
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Mol Syndromol 1:127-132. 2010..Our findings indicate that FPLD2 should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the Werner syndrome...
- Evidence against DNA polymerase beta as a candidate gene for Werner syndromeM Chang
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
Hum Genet 93:507-12. 1994..2 and thus beyond the region of peak LOD scores for WS...
- Characterization of the human and mouse WRN 3'-->5' exonucleaseS Huang
Life Sciences Division, Mailstop 84 144, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Nucleic Acids Res 28:2396-405. 2000..Finally, we show that hWRN forms a trimer and interacts with the proliferating cell nuclear antigen in vitro. These findings provide new data on the biochemical activities of WRN that may help elucidate its role(s) in DNA metabolism...
- Werner protein recruits DNA polymerase delta to the nucleolusA M Szekely
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine and Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, 06510, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:11365-70. 2000..These results suggest that one of the functions of WRN protein is to directly modify DNA replication via its interaction with p50 and abet dynamic relocalization of the DNA polymerase delta complexes within the nucleus...
- Positional cloning of the Werner's syndrome geneC E Yu
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division, WA 98108, USA
Science 272:258-62. 1996..The other two mutations are nonsense mutations. The identification of a mutated putative helicase as the gene product of the WS gene suggests that defective DNA metabolism is involved in the complex process of aging in WS patients...
- WRN or telomerase constructs reverse 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide sensitivity in transformed Werner syndrome fibroblastsF M Hisama
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
Cancer Res 60:2372-6. 2000..Curiously, the sensitivity can be reversed equally well by transfecting a telomerase gene (TERT) into the cells. These data indicate the possibility of an interdependent function of these two genes...
- Association of a polymorphic variant of the Werner helicase gene with myocardial infarction in a Japanese populationL Ye
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
Am J Med Genet 68:494-8. 1997..However, given the caveats implicit in genetic association studies, it is imperative that the present results be replicated in independent populations...
- Analysis of microsatellite instability and hypermutation of immunoglobulin variable genes in Werner syndromeK Rosner
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Mech Ageing Dev 122:1121-33. 2001..The frequency and pattern of mutation was similar to that from normal individuals, suggesting that the Werner protein is not involved in generating hypermutation...
- Atypical progeroid syndrome: an unknown helicase gene defect?M W G Ruijs
Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Med Genet A 116:295-9. 2003..Therefore, this patient probably represents a provisionally unique syndrome, perhaps due to a mutation in a related (helicase) gene...
- Topical PDGF-BB results in limited healing in a patient with Werner's syndrome and chronic leg ulcersU Wollina
Department of Dermatology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany
J Wound Care 13:415-6. 2004..Treatment of one such patient with painful chronic leg ulcers included topical application of PDGF-BB. Granulation increased slightly, enabling full-thickness skin grafting to take place...


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Is the Wait to Get Married All About Money?
Just one in three millennials is leading his or her own household, while the same percentage still live with parents. Is marriage dead? Readers of The Guardian respond.
The view that young people today simply disdain marriage does not survive a reading of comments on the topic from youths around the world. The majority of respondents, 66 percent, said they planned to get married at some point. An additional 22 percent said marriage might be in their future. Only 12 percent said they rejected the idea outright.
"What became clear from the responses submitted is that millennials like to think of marriage as an option rather than a requirement. An option to be taken advantage of at the right time — whether that means after one has established a career path, bought a home or just saved enough for the ceremony itself," the paper reported.
Here's one such response:
Racine, 24, Toronto, Ontario
Relationship Status: In a relationship
Do you ever see yourself getting married? Yes
Financial stability and independence are the biggest factors [for me]. My boyfriend and I still haven't found good, stable jobs, despite having undergraduate degrees. We might consider [getting] more education in the future before we settle down. Also, having stable housing, a car and some travel experience are prerequisites.
For me personally, marriage is something I consider very important not only on a political, socio-economic viewpoint but also from a religious/spiritual stance. I'm a Roman Catholic, so my views of marriage are strongly based on my religious beliefs.
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.


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What information do I need to apply for a Birth or Death Certificate?
|For births (click here for application):
|For deaths (click here for application):
|· Child's full name
|· Deceased's name
|· Child's date of birth
|· Date of death
|· Place of Birth (Washington State only)
|· Place of death
|· Father's full name, if it appears on the record
|· Name, address and phone number of person applying
|· Mother's full maiden name
|· Name, address and phone number of person applying
How much does it cost?
Click here for the Fee Schedule
How do I order a Birth or Death certificate?
Please complete the application and deliver it to the Office of Vital records in person, by mail, or by fax.
Birth Certificate Application - English
Death Certificate Application - English
Acta de nacimiento Orden de aplicación – Español
Solicitud de Certificado de la Muerte - Español
Ordering in person takes about five minutes and is on a first come, first serve basis. Completing the Application prior to your arrival will save time.How do I make corrections to certificates?
Click here for Vital Records Correction Affidavit.How do I order by mail?
Mail orders are mailed back to the requestor within two business days. Fill out the order form and mail with the appropriate fee to:
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Vital Records
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Tacoma, WA 98418-6813
How do I order by phone or fax?
Phone: (253) 798-6418
Fax: (253) 798-6560
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3. Credit card billing address
4. Person's name on the credit card
5. Address where the certificate is being sent. No PO Boxes or APO addresses for overnight delivery
NOTE: There is an additional $10 service fee (includes regular mail), plus the cost of shipping when ordering by phone, Internet or fax.
Can I order it online?
Yes! You can now order online at https://www.tpchd.org/certificates.php.
NOTE: There is an additional $10 service fee (includes regular mail), plus the cost of shipping when ordering online.


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I also added some code to my ajax file to record the requests made and found that there are a lot of completely random requests. Some of which are completely out of character and no where near what should be entered in the auto complete fields on the main public webpage.
My page asks for a postcode and then the road and the road field shows suggestions based on the characters entered after the third one is entered.
But my ajax file getresults.php which is called from the road field in the main webpage, is hit 1000's more than the main home page. which lead me to thinking that someone hijacked the page to grab all data in the database. This seem to be the case. As the search terms used are no where near what they should be and cause a fair amount of load from multiple ip's. when they do get close then my 'like' search on mysql allows the database content to show results and there are loads being sent back again causing load on the server. The site is not that popular enough for this sort of load or interest and i really need to find a way to stop people that use a dummy form on their own site and having the POST sent to my getresulsts.php page.
What methods would people suggest to use to prevent someone doing this unless they first came from the main page that my form is on. Using a session to store the date might work for a moment or two but all they do is visit the main page and keep it open and then go back to their own page they created and continue where they left off from. I know and I tried this from a different site I have and i was able to hack in and get pages of results from search terms that i know would be in the tables.


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FORMER Rye Mayor and Mayoress Frank and Irene Palmer celebrated 60 happy years together earlier this month.
The couple married in East Harptree Church, Somerset having met during their time in the Royal Air Force.
Family connections go back many generations in Rye including Frank's grandparents and mother (Muggridge) who lived in the former police station in Church Square in 1910.
The couple celebrated their Diamond Wedding with daughter Sarah and grandchildren Kate, Hazel and Stephen.
Frank Palmer has a long and distinguished history as a Rye councillor, serving as Mayor of Rye during that time.
He was for many years the chairman of Rye Town Council's planning committee and was known for his detailed and erudite knowledge of the town and it's history. Often being called upon to act in an advisory capacity.
Frank has a detailed knowledge of Rye's roofscape and a comprehensive knowledge of trees and shrubs in the town which was often invaluable in planning issues.


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Hank Aaron remembers Musial, celebrates inauguration
Baseball legend Hank Aaron is on hand to watch President Obama's swearing in.
"Gonna be a good day," said Aaron, who was in the Capitol with his wife. Aaron also attended Obama's 2008 swearing-in.
He also talked about the recent death of another baseball legend, Stan "The Man" Musial.
Aaron — the one time all-time homerun record holder — recalled how he and Musial went to Vietnam together to visit U.S. troops stationed there during the war.
"He and I played together, and we went to Vietnam together," Aaron said. "We spent about a month together. I got to know him real well."
—John Bresnahan


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This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Synopsis :
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
Description :
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200909-17
(ZNC: Directory traversal)
The vendor reported a directory traversal vulnerability when processing
DCC SEND requests.
Impact :
A remote, authenticated user could send a specially crafted DCC SEND
request to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
running ZNC, and possibly cause the execution of arbitrary code e.g. by
uploading a malicious ZNC module.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
See also :
Solution :
All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/znc-0.074'
Risk factor :
High / CVSS Base Score : 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score : 6.5
Public Exploit Available : true
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Nessus Plugin ID: 40964 (gentoo_GLSA-200909-17.nasl)
Bugtraq ID: 35757
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(Archived document, may contain errors) CRITICAL ISSUES FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
by The Honorable Duwan PongRecently, Korea has attracted a lot of attention in the international community, especially for its economic success. Korea, the seventh largest trading partner of the U.S., serves as a shining example of a free market economy for the world's developing nations. The large economic gap that now exists between South and North Korea clearly demonstrates the advantages of a free market economy as the communist-run economy of the North falls farther and farther behind each year. For example, South Korea's per capita gross national product last year stood at $2,032 while that of North Korea reached only a meager $765.
In trying to develop a more viable market economy, not long after
the birth of the Fifth Republic in 1980, Korea began to implement aT he Honorable Duwan Pong is a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. His electoral district is located in the heart of Seoul, Korea's capital. Since his election in 1981, he has served as the official spokesman for the ruling Democratic Justice Party and as Special Envoy to the Korean President. He is currently Chairman of the Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee. Chairman Pong began his professional career as a journalist, working first as a newspaper reporter and later as an anchorman for one of Korea's national TV networks. He spoke at The Heritage Foundation on January 30, 1987. ISSN 0272-1155. Copyright 1987 by The Heritage Foundation.
phased market-opening scheme. As a result, we have already
liberalized importation of 91.5 percent of standard trade items--up
some 23 percent from a low 68 percent in 1980. By 1988, virtually
every import item will be admitted with-no requirements for specific
government approval.Despite such efforts, Korea has often been accused of limited market access for foreign products. In fact, a lion's share of the newly created Korean markets for foreign products has been captured by Japan, with which Korea ran a serious $5.4 billion trade deficit during 1986 alone. I may note, in this connection, that we are trying our utmost to encourage Korean buyers to switch their import sources from Japan to the U.S.
As our economy expands further, trade frictions with our trading
partners will naturally arise. But we will continue to implement
economic policies that are beneficial for us as well as our trading
partners.With regard,to certain pending trade bills in the U.S. Congress--characterized as "protectionist" bills by some--I would like to point out that, if passed into law, these schemes will inevitably lead the U.S. and many other countries involved into a serious economic recession.
This is so because protectionist bills invite similar
countermeasures from other countries. once this vicious circle- 2 -
starts, the most likely victim will be free international trade, which
so far has been the single most important factor contributing to
economic growth. With slowed economic growth followed by recession, I
believe the worldwill be-menaced-with instabil.ity-T---!the kind of
instability which was the very cause of two world wars in the past.The rapid economic progress and social transformation which have taken place in Korea naturally have given rise to desires for increased democratic development and for a political system that can accommodate those desires.
A major step taken in this regard was the adoption of a
single-term presidency in the Fifth Republic's constitution. In fact,
President Chun Doo Hwan himself has pledged that he will step down
from office in 1988 and no one, including members of the opposition,
doubts this. By achieving the first-ever peaceful transfer of power,
Korea will take a major step forward in its political development.A more recent measure taken by President Chun Doo Hwan and the ruling Democratic Justice Party was the decision to draft a new constitution in accordance with the wishes of the people. In order to accommodate the desire of the people for change and also to best serve the needs of a pluralistic society, the Democratic Justice Party has proposed a cabinet system of government. Many difficulties lie ahead, given the short period of time left for negotiations with the opposition, but I am confident that compromise can be achieved and that our draft of the new-constitution will be accepted in the end.
3Korea's economic prosperity and social stability are of key importance in the Korea-U.S. relationship, not only for Korea's continued viability as an economic partner of the U.S., but also for the security which both countries have worked so hard to protect.
For reasons of history and geopolitics, Korea constitutes a
crucial linchpin in the security of Northeast Asia and for the Pacific
basin as a whole. For forty years now, the Republic of Korea and the
U.S. have shared a special bond, a bond that is strengthened by the
knowledge that each plays a vital role in the other's security and
prosperity.What worries me, however, is the widening economic gap between South and North Korea. The prospect that the South will receive international prestige from holding the 1988 Olympics makes North Korea anxious. We are all aware of the close military alliance the North Koreans are forming with the Soviets and of the recent North Korean arms build-up along the demilitarized zone (DMZ). Furthermore, North Korea recently began construction of a massive dam just north of the DMZ on the Kumgangsan River, a major waterway which flows south toward Seoul. We fear that the North Koreans will use the dam as a weapon by triggering massive flooding in South Korea.
These next few years will be a critical period in Korean history,
with many political and economic milestones to be reached as well as
problems to be solved. The Republic of Korea recognizes its4
responsibilities to preserve the security of the nation and to
accommodate various desires of its people--not excluding the ardent
desire for the reunification of the country in a peaceful manner.
Korea also recognizes its responsibilities as-an-important member of
the world community. I sincerely hope that you will continue to
support and encourage us in our endeavors to fulfill these


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Syria Activation
The activation follows a meeting between HOT, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and the Syria Needs Analysis Project (SNAP Lebanon, a partnership by ACAPS and MapAction, funded by the UK DFID). During this meeting we were asked to contribute towards base mapping, as well as thematic data and the geolocation of existing datasets.
The humanitarian situation in Syria has been widely reported upon: The ongoing conflict has led to close to a million people leaving Syria as refugees and within the country a population estimated to number two million are currently displaced. Reports from Syria describe a bleak situation within which it is a struggle to access daily essentials such as food and fuel. Civilian deaths far outnumber casualties to either Government or opposition fighters. Following this request from UN OCHA and SNAP, HOT is in a position to provide an incredibly valuable resource.
UNOCHA and SNAP are leading this project. Mapping support from HOT is being led by team member Joseph Reeves. Initial project building and ongoing support provided by Kate Chapman and Nicolas Chavent.
Priority areas
Areas identified as being high priority (with their corresponding pcodes) are as follows:
- Damascus - SY01
- Aleppo - SY02
- Homs - SY04
- Hama - SY05
- Idleb - SY07
- Deir-ez-Zor - SY09
- Rural Damascus - SY03
- Lattakia - SY06
- Al-Hasakeh - SY08
- Ar-Raqqa - SY11
These will be covered by jobs on the Tasking Manager in due course. We will be mapping many of the standard OpenStreetMap priorities, including roads, buildings and landuse areas. In addition we have been asked to contribute data regarding fuel stations, electrical and water infrastructure, and religious buildings; these should all be reasonably visible from existing aerial imagery. Bakeries have also been identified as important elements to map, but we will not be able to provide much, if any, information about these without considerable local knowledge. Finally, there is a list of 903 place names obtained from census data that needs to be geo-referenced.
Many of the geographic areas listed above are already reasonably covered within the OSM database, largely due to informal mapping responses to the ongoing crises. We will be aiming to map all areas to a consistent high standard.
Initial action
We will initially be reviewing the currently available data and identifying new potential sources. We are looking to find volunteers who are comfortable with Arabic and provide any training they might require in OSM. Shortly after this we will be creating jobs on the Tasking Manager before working with Arabic speakers to geo-reference the previously mentioned place name gazetteer.
Keep informed of the process
To follow the progress of the project please follow updates on this blog, as well as further details on the HOT mailing list and the Syria Wiki page. We are expecting that this project will develop quickly, so please check back soon, or get in contact, for further details.


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With over 20 years experience in all aspects of human resources and industrial relations, I am adept at building effective relationships with businesses across a broad range of industries and developing effective career management strategies.
My extensive experience as a Company Director and Board Chairman for a national health insurance fund, combined with my background consulting in corporate governance and strategy has given me strong strategic insights for solid, practical advice.
Since joining Directioneering Queensland, I have worked successfully with a range of senior executives and corporate clients in the areas of career coaching, career transition and leadership development and I now lead the Career Transition practice of Directioneering in Queensland.
I bring a deep understanding of the Queensland business and industrial relations environment to my approach, helping our Queensland clients and executives develop strategies that will be effective in our market.
Industry Expertise
- Finance
- Health
- Construction
- Transport
- Graduate and Fellow – Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Member – Industrial Relations Society of Queensland
- Graduate – Harvard University Trade Union Program


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Please join us as we raise a glass to Lisa! Appetizers will be served, variety of wines to be tasted and cash bar available. Many silect auction items available including; U of M vs. MSU basketball tickets, Temperpedic king size bed, Red Wings tickets, 2014 Northville High School premium parking spot, Calvin Johnson signed Lion's jersey, womens jewelry including David Yerman earrings, office furniture - including an excutive chair, spa gift certificates and the list goes on and on.
All proceeds from ticket sales, donation and silent auction items will go to the Lisa Christensen Memorial Fund , benefiting Lisa's children.


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Hamas admits responsibility for kidnapping and killing of three teenagers
A SENIOR Hamas leader admitted today that the group was behind the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers earlier this year, which sparked the current conflict in Gaza.
Speaking to a conference in Turkey yesterday, Salah Arouri – the group's exiled West Bank leader – admitted that Hamas carried out the killings in June with the goal of sparking a new Palestinian uprising.
He referred to Hamas' military wing and said: "It was an operation by your brothers from the al-Qassam Brigades."
Hamas has repeatedly praised the kidnappings, but this is first time responsibility has been claimed by a member of the group.
The current fighting began after the killings sparked an Israeli crackdown.
This latest bout of fighting in the region has left more than 1,900 Palestinians dead, mostly civilians.
It was an operation by your brothers from the al-Qassam Brigades
The Israeli death toll stands at 67, three of which were civilians.
Gaza has been blockaded since Hamas seized control there in 2007.
Hamas, a recognised terror group, demanded a complete end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip earlier this month but Israel said the closure was necessary to prevent arms smuggling.
Israel has said it could open the Rafah crossing but they want it policed by the Palestinian Authority rather than Hamas.
Hamas has repeatedly said that it will not give up its weapons.
Today Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in an air strike on the Gaza strip.
Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al-Attar and Mohammed Barhoum, were killed in the strike – the three highest-ranking casualties Hamas has announced since Israel started its offensive six weeks ago.
All three, killed in the bombing of a house in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, had led operations against Israel over the past 20 years, according to Hamas.
Israel said that it would continue to target the group's leadership after the most recent ceasefire failed.


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