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Sunday, 28 May 2017

A tough first week on LEJoG

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The adventure starts here

I wrote last week about my wife's amazing challenge, and this weekend I went to fulfil my first round of cheerleading responsibilities by driving out to Taunton to meet her on Friday night. I'd got a room at a nearby B&B for us to stay in, then I was going to drop her off Saturday morning to carry on, take a quick tourist trip to Taunton parkrun, and then catch up with her again later in the day. She had been clear with her rules regarding no outside assistance - I wasn't bringing any supplies, fresh clothes, or even food - but we'd agreed that being ferried to and from overnight accommodation when I visit was acceptable, otherwise we'd never see each other for the six weeks.

The South West Coast Path

I've been in sporadic contact with her during the week - she's been out of coverage a lot, and using her phone on airplane mode for most of the days to save battery. The fun started on her very first day - trails that hadn't been cleared for years and were waist deep in brambles and undergrowth, challenging surfaces with sharp loose stones, and rising temperatures and an unforgiving sun.

Overly familiar cows

It seems that land owners in the South West don't seem to take too kindly to paths across their land - she's battled with razor wire, deliberate sealing shut of gates, and even electric fences. A route such as this one is far too long (and time consuming) to view properly before hand, so she was seeing the paths for the first time - whatever condition they were in. Not to mention the local livestock are considerably bolder than we're used to. A cheery "Hello, cows!" and a bit of arm waving is normally enough to have them wandering off elsewhere - but the Cornish cows are much more determined to get a sniff of the stranger in their midst.

Thou shalt not pass

There have been high points too, of course. Mile after mile of incredible chocolate-box countryside, wildlife, and beautiful spring flowers. Perfect villages with local shops and pubs, and the kindness of strangers. Some of the pictures she's been posting are just incredible (all the pictures apart from the first and last accompanying this post have been posted during the week).

Nature, doing her thing and doing it well

When I met her on Friday in the middle of nowhere down a track so narrow I have no idea what would happen if I met an oncoming vehicle, she was not happy. It had been a very long, hard, and slow day. She'd picked up a little foot problem on the first day that hadn't given her any respite all week, and had escalated painfully. She said she wanted to stop, she'd had enough, it was too hard, her foot problem hurt too much and both her feet were sore - it was over.

You are now entering cream tea country

The frustration was that apart from her sore feet, she felt fine! She had energy and wasn't suffering from any muscular or mechanical pain. As she put it: her engine was fine. I hugged her tightly, and bundled her up in the car so she could go somewhere clean and soft for a shower.

This, apparently, is a path

Over dinner at a local pub I said that now wasn't the time to make any decisions. As she was clearly in pain and upset, I suggested a rest day on Saturday. Feet up, relaxed, following a good night of sleep - and then we can think about what to do next. I was so happy when she agreed to sleep on it, and take a rest day.

After I'd enjoyed the delights of Longrun Meadow parkrun, we drove into the town centre and found a nice little bar attached to a hotel where we had breakfast, and then spent most of the day sat on their sofas with a couple of pints, taking turns to pop out on errands - me to check in to our hotel for Saturday night, her to stock up on foot care products from Boots. She was able to go up and down the stairs perfectly well, and was walking normally, save for the hurt feet - incredible given she's covered 170 miles in the previous six days!

Simply stunning

We talked about the next week's plan, her route and where she was going to stay. She booked a couple of places for the next few evenings - we didn't need to talk about if she was going to continue, she'd already decided to push on. Her mental strength is enviable. In the end we spent so long in the bar that we also had dinner there.

Breaking in new shoes, ultra-style

Up at 6am this morning, I made some coffee while Mrs re-packed her bag and prepared for the day ahead. I dropped her off at the exact spot I'd found her on Friday, and made a quick getaway - keen to take away any chance of a last minute change of mind! A little over three hours' drive later, I was back home. She was still out there, jogging and hiking her way to the end of day seven of the toughest task she's ever taken on.

The sign of a good tea room

Battling nature, man, and the elements this week, I think she found out just how hard this challenge is. It's definitely not a given that she will make it to the end, and that makes it a genuine challenge - adding a sense of adventure and excitement, just as much for me and her followers as for her!

Land's End, the day afternoon before day one

There will be more tears before the end, but she reads all her tweets and texts each evening, and with our messages of love and support she can make it: one incredible woman covering the length of Great Britain on foot - 1,035 miles, over 100,000 feet of ascent, all in under six weeks.

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Sunday, 21 May 2017

An amazing woman, doing an amazing thing, for an amazing cause

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This is what a bloody long way looks like...

For a few months now Mrs has been planning her latest and greatest adventure. She has been working towards running unsupported from Land’s End to John O’Groats in order to raise awareness of (and money for) a new charity named Public Health Collaboration UK - a charity dedicated to informing and implementing healthy decisions for better public health.

The tide was out on a beautiful still evening on the South West coast

All her planning, training (under the watchful eye of James from Centurion Running), packing, re-packing, and re-re-packing came to fruition this morning as she set off on day one. She’s hoping to take somewhere in the region of 37-40 days, with a couple of days in hand for rest/recuperation/replanning if needed.

Welcome to Penzance!

On Friday I took a day off and we drove down to Penzance where we stayed in a wonderful boutique hotel named Artist Residence (highly recommended, full of character and charm). On Saturday morning we completed a little gentle parkrun tourism at Penrose parkrun, where we were joined by fellow parkrun übertourist and accomplished ultra-runner Louise who had made the trip down to offer some much appreciated received support.

Mrs getting a shout out from Penrose parkrun's run director

Mrs with Louise in the first kilometre of parkrun

Turning the legs over at Penrose parkrun

Penrose parkrun is in a National Trust area, and in the clear blue sky and beaming sunshine it was as perfect a parkrun as you ever could find. Mrs got a shout out by the day’s run director, and a round of applause from the assembled runners.

The corner of the UK, with thousands of miles of Atlantic Ocean stretching far beyond the horizon

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We all took a drive down to Land’s End, about 10 miles form Penzance, to see the famous sign, get the obligatory souvenir photos taken, and get her progress sheet stamped and dated for Sunday as the plan was to set off at around 8am and nothing opens until 10am.

Getting the record sheet stamped at the Land's End hotel reception

There's also a photo of me taking this photo of someone taking a photo of our plucky adventurer

We had a relaxing afternoon with Louise before she headed off for her train, and we turned in fairly early after some food to get a good night’s sleep ahead of the start this morning. We slept well despite the deafening racket from the monster seagulls - they really get big around here!

Training all done, now just need to relax ready for the start tomorrow

Up this morning, and back to Land’s end for about 8:30. We planned to get a coffee form the hotel, but they seemed unable to do anything at all until 10am (tough luck if you’re staying there I guess). So, with a kiss and a hug, and a few more photos, that was it - and she was off.

Over the next six-ish weeks she’s going to run over a thousand miles, covering an average of over a marathon distance every day, and accumulating a staggering 100,000 feet of ascent (which is roughly four times the height of Mount Everest). She’s supporting a cause which means a lot to her personally, and which is in its infancy - in fact, she is their very first fund raiser!

The official challenge t-shirt

We’ve scoured the Internet and she’s just the second woman we can find recorded to attempt LEJoG unsupported (no crew, no one driving along to help, no one bringing her any kit or equipment). The other person we found used a buggy to transport her kit, so Mrs will be the first (that we can find) to have completed the challenge with everything in a rucksack - all meticulously weighed and planned 8.5kg of it.

3... 2... 1... Go!

Other than moral support, I haven’t been a part of this - it’s her route, her kit list, her focus, and her courage that has got her to the start, and will get her to the end. It’s a real challenge, success is not assured - but she’s as prepared as she can be, with emergency rations, a lightweight tent for wild camping where there’s no B&Bs, and a truckload of grit and determination.

I’m going to try and see her every weekend if I can, wherever she is in the UK - I’ll bring hugs and kisses, but no fresh kit or supplies - she’s determined to complete the route unaided and is very serious about it!

Read more about her preparation on her blog, and follow her on twitter for updates.

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Sunday, 14 May 2017

Race Report: Centurion Running North Downs Way 50

The second of the four 50-mile races from Centurion Running, and the second I needed to complete to stay on track for the grand slam - this year's big challenge. I haven't had the best preparation - a debilitating cold for a week, then starting a new job, and then being away for a few days with said new job sharing plenty of wine with my amazing new colleagues, not getting enough sleep, and eating all the wrong things.

Assembled in a Farnham school for pre-race briefing

But there I was anyway, on the start line, tired, heavy, but determined! As with all Centurion races it started bang on time, 8am on the dot. I'd already been up a while, having got up at 4:30 to get the train to race start Farnham to register.

The acorn symbols are your friend, follow them and you can't go wrong

This is a race of two halves, the first from Farnham to Box Hill, with more rolling hills and runnable trails; the second from Box Hill to Knockholt Pound with much more challenging ascents and more technical downs with plenty of tree roots to watch out for.

Obligatory tourist shots in front of the official start point of the North Downs Way

The course is almost entirely on the North Downs Way, starting right at the beginning in Farnham, and only deviating for the last half mile to get to the village hall in Knockwood Pound. I'd run the course before, last year when Mrs and I covered the full length over six days so I knew what I was in store for.

All lined up ready for the off, I like to start near the back :)

Turns out it was a race of two halves for me too - the first half was lovely. I settled in to a nice steady pace, barely pausing at the first couple of checkpoints, just to get my presence logged and water topped up - not to mention a nice surprise when a jam sandwich turned out to be a peanut butter and jam sandwich. Yum.

An early hill, first uphill hiking of the day

The trouble started towards the end of the first half - a bit of an ache in my right knee. In a long race the aches always come and go, but this one was stubborn. After the (roughly) half way aid station at the stepping stones I found the climb up the 100+ big steps to the peak of Box Hill hard going.

Unofficial aid station known as The Bacon Boat - free bacon sarnie from a couple of inflatable sumo!

It's a fairly technical section next, with short sharp ups and downs, plenty of roots, and dozens of groups of 8-10 kids with their houses on their backs out camping on some expedition or other. I noticed that I'd stopped running so much, and wasn't taking advantage of the down hills. Knee aching a bit more. I was still jogging, but had slowed considerably.

Beautiful bluebell season

There's a little section at Merstham where the North Downs Way passes through a graveyard in a church, with some short sharp steps. Two of the steps led to a sudden sharp and exceptionally painful stabbing feeling into the knee - I couldn't help but yelp with the pain. That was it - any more of those and I'm stopping - no race is worth picking up a real injury!

The view behind me from the famous Box Hill summit, looking down towards Dorking

Unfortunately this hit my confidence. Since the 50km mark, around the Reigate hill checkpoint, I'd been concerned about possibly needing to hike the rest of the way - I was not enamoured with the thought of hiking for 30km. However, I was still doing some jogging, and making progress - after the pain at Merstham, with still 25km to go, I was quite unhappy.

I couldn't stop though, I wasn't after a PB or record breaking performance, I just needed to finish - and if I didn't, the grand slam was off.

So I carried on, trying to cover the ground as best I could. The hills were very slow and hard now, and the flats not much better. I started working out the average pace I'd need to hit to finish within the 13 hour race cut-off, but unfortunately didn't know what the overall race distance was - they're never exactly the distance on the tin, and usually a little bit further.

The very definition of point-to-point

Trying to keep to at least 5-6km/h (10 to 12.5 minutes per km) I shuffled, scuffed, and dragged myself forward. Counting down the kilometres I knew it was going to be close. Finally across a field I saw the finish area, but the course spirals round it, so not home yet. I checked my watch, just 20 minutes left - I'd been going for over twelve and a half hours!

There were still a few runners around me, but they didn't seem to be as broken as I was - they all overtook me in the last mile as I forced myself to keep going - it was going to be close. Finally down a gentle and painful hill into Knockholt Pound village I saw Mrs waiting for me - just a few hundred metres to go!

Blue - pace, plummets after 40km; grey - altitude, 1,915m (6,283feet) over 50 miles

Running (well, "running") up the side of the village hall, and under the inflatable finish line I'd got there. 5 hour of running, 8 hours of determined forward shuffling, and I'd made it with just seven minutes to spare! I was the second to last person to finish, a bit of a change from my PB at the South Downs Way 50, two hours faster just a few weeks ago - but it doesn't matter. I was overjoyed to finish within the time, to pick up the side-plate sized medal, and still be in the running for the grand slam.

Second to last in 12:52:56 - and I've never been so happy to finish!

Thanks to Louise for giving me a lift back to Wimbledon, and to Mrs for being wonderful and supportive, and bringing me extra warm socks and cold beer, and helping me out at the end while I sat shattered and emotional on a chair.

Significant bling - two down, two to go...

Nine weeks to my next ultra, the XNRG Chiltern Challenge 50km (which I ran last year), and a whole 18 weeks to prepare for the next in the grand slam series, the Chiltern Wonderland 50 on September 16th. I need to arrive there better prepared and lighter - I can't handle a repeat of today's experience!

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Social gaming is revolutionizing the gambling industry similarly to how online and mobile gambling forever changed the business in the last decade.  Social casino games operate in the same exciting format as real-money casino games, but are strictly for entertainment purposes.  The social gambling industry appeals to new and existing players to learn the tricks of the trade, who often convert into real-money gamblers over time.

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The Japanese government has recently been fighting in the legislature about casinos and gambling. They have put off the current proposals in order to complete other government duties. Here is some information about the current situation in Japan when it comes to major changes in gambling legislature.
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Japan’s government officials confirmed that they are once again delaying legislative debates that are about casinos. Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, is dissolving an extraordinary Diet session that is scheduled later in this month to call a snap general election on either October 22nd or October 29th.

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It will not be possible to try and submit the legislature during a truncated special Diet session help after their general election. The biggest challenge for the passage of the casino-related legislature is that the general election may result in a push back because it is not of the highest priority. Therefore, the Japanese government rescheduled the current debate.
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At the last Diet session, the Japanese Congress was going to address a comprehensive proposal about casinos and the development of gaming. Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party Representatives agreed to discuss legislature about gambling by the month’s end. This will get things moving for the gambling world in Japan to start the process to make legitimate gambling facilities for the people to enjoy.

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A glance at the catalogues of some of the major manufacturers reveals an enormous range of water quality kits marketed to a wide range of industries and public services.

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To give you a feel for the variety of test kits available for water testing, take a look at the websites of some of the major manufacturers (a selection is given below - you may know of others). Get a feel for the range of analyses available and accuracy and precision possible with different types of kit.

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Updated Friday, 25th September 2015

The state which existed for one controversial day, twice. And more free learning through the day.

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Yesterday, we saw Hans Rosling admit to cheating, heard about the problems of fish for linguists, and dipped into some research about Facebook stalking

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Today's posts

On iPlayer now: The Secret Rules of Modern Living - Algorithms

Catch up with Marcus DuSautoy's explanation of how computations and calculations are changing the way we interact with our world. It's on iPlayer now and, just so you know, the decision to recommend this to you is a human intervention.

Watch The Secret Rules on iPlayer

Find out more about The Secret Rules

Talking your way into work

Tomorrow is European Day of Languages. To mark the day, find out how a second language can help further your career.

Working-class gardens

Added to the site yesterday, a transcript of a round-table on gardening and its role in the life of lower classes - why women were the first to garden; how men refuse to admit their flowers are beautiful; and how Ground Force came to flatten working-class traditions.

Read: The working class garden

Listen over lunch: Think

If you're looking for something to think about while you enjoy your lunch break - or maybe don't enjoy your lunch break, depending on how wisely you chose when you made those sandwiches this morning - why not have a quick dip into the recent archives of Think, the KERA daily in-depth exploration of just about everything.

You can see the full archive, or try these recent episodes...

Why does the brain like beauty?

(Related: Why are things beautiful?)

Can computers predict our needs?

(Related: Coding and algorithms)

Can we protect native species?

(Related: The challenge of invasive species)

Lady Chatterley's Tweetdeek: DH Lawrence as Tweeter

If the thought of Morrissey as novelist disturbs you, as a counterpoint can we suggest the delicate elegance of DH Lawrence bites. This is a Twitter account which, as the name suggests, sends small sniglets of writing from Lawrence's works. It's been running for five years, so like Clifford Chatterley it's been going on for a while before we noticed. But it's not late to join up:

DH Lawrence bites on Twitter

See how Lawrence fits into the connections between 20th Century Authors

There's more to life than books, you know: Morrissey as author

Morrissey has released his first novel, and even those who are prepared to grant the singer a free pass on many occasions are struggling to find an upside in the book. Charlotte Runcie has reviewed the book for the Telegraph:

List of the Lost is terrible and, at only 118 pages, still feels overlong. As the novel went on sale, its first readers shared their horror online. The response to the excruciating sex scenes was so universal that “Morrissey” began trending on Twitter. Indeed, has there ever been a less sexy moment in literature than Morrissey describing “the pained frenzy of his bulbous salutation” as it “smacked its way into every muscle of Eliza’s body except for the otherwise central zone”? The judging panel for this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award must surely have their winner.

- to her horror, though, Runcie explains that the dreadful sex scenes are of a part with all the other dreadful scences.

For The Daily Beast, Nico Hines is alarmed at the way women are portrayed in the book:

The four young sportsmen at the center of the book, Ezra, Nails, Harri, and Justy, are described in lascivious detail at every turn. The “wide-eyed girls” in the crowd are treated to “the erotic reality of the deltoid deities who have no inhibitions in bodies fully occupied and enjoyed.”

The women we encounter are invariably undeserving of these magnificent specimens. We are told that our poor heroes receive fan mail from “girls of the ‘I, unlovely’ division who wrote too openly from afar.” One of the lucky ones, who succeeds in bedding an athlete, is “over-made-up Tracey, phenomenally top-heavy and modernly unfashionable.”

Perhaps it is a coincidence that some of the bit-part female characters are dismissively sketched, but Morrissey also meditates more explicitly on womankind. “Although the publicly confessed lust of the man must always be made to seem ridiculous and prepubescent, the lust of the woman is at first childlike and desperate—as if they know there is something about which they know nothing, and this itch takes on the aggressive,” he writes. “Women are less of a mystery because their methods and bodies have been over-sold, whereas the male body speaks as the voice calls a halt.”

Perhaps the disappointment of the book is greater because, as a songwriter, Morrissey has always been one of the most erudite and literate figures to have graced the Top 40. Even here, though, his record isn't entirely unblemished - the line in Bigmouth Strikes Again "I was only joking when I said you should be bludgeoned in your bed" was, after all, lifted from Jeffrey Archer's First Amongst Equals parliamentary potboiler.

It all shows that writing novels is something of an art, but one which needs to be nurtured. If there are plans for a second novel, maybe - before a nation turns its back and gags - Morrissey might like to try our free course in creative writing, Start Writing Fiction?

Yogi Berra, who died this week, once famously said "it's like deja-vu all over again", and so we're going dedicate our Friday collection of the bits you might have missed this week to his memory.

The pop-up states: The Republic of Crimea

This week, we've been telling the stories of some states which existed for just a few days - in one case, for just a few hours. If you've missed any so far, here's the collection so far:

Today, we're rounding off the week with a more recent example - and a state which has existed for a single day, twice, in the last 25 years. The Crimean Republic.

The status of Crimea has long been a source of argument and aggression. In 1954, within the USSR, Khrushchev "gifted" Crimea to Ukraine, redrawing what was mainly then an internal border. Many never accepted that Crimea was anything other than Russian, however, and that came to a head in 2014.

A Crimean self-defence militia stands guard with riot shields painted in the Crimean tricolour flag in Simferopol, 2nd March 2014 Copyright free  image Icon Copyright free: Elizabeth Arrott/VOA A Crimean self-defence militia stands guard with riot shields painted in the Crimean tricolour flag in Simferopol, 2 March 2014

Against a background of angry clashes between Russia and Ukraine - both verbal and armed - a referendum was held on the status of Crimea. The validity, the question, and the results of the vote were all contested, but emboldened by the quoted 95% support in favour of the territory joining the Russian Federation, on March 17th, 2014, the Supreme Council of Crimea declared independence from Ukraine. The Council set about repealing Ukraine legislation, adopted the ruble as currency and started transfering property ownership.

On March 18th, the Council signed a Treaty on Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia, surrendering that independence.

For many in Crimea, this one-day independence would have been familiar, as it echoed the events of 1992. On that occasion, the break-up of the Soviet Union had thrown the whole region into confusion. Coming shortly after the people of Crimea had voted in a referendum to become an autonomous republic within the USSR, Ukraine's declaration of independence from the USSR on 24th August 1991 left many feeling they'd wound up on the wrong side of the border.

By February 1992, the Crimean government had restyled itself as the Republic of Crimea, but remained part of Ukraine. That lasted until May 5th, when the parliament declared Crimea independent, approved a Crimean constitution, and announced plans for a referendum to approve those decisions in August.

Faced with a mixture of threats and promises of greater autonomy from Kiev, the government met the next day and added a line to the brand-new Crimean Consitutuion declaring it to be part of Ukraine after all.

After twenty four hours independence, Crimea was back in Ukraine - and there it would stay until 2014, when another day of independence would shake things up again.

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 has never been formally recognised by the vast majority of other nations, and a vote at the United Nations formally rejected the result of the referendum

Read: Crimea votes to back independence from Ukraine (New York Times, 1992)

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Privatisation of the probation service. A dangerous, dodgy scheme is rumbled in the House of Lords.

Frances Crook
30 June 2013

The ideologically driven nature of the government’s plans to reform the probation service were laid bare in the House of Lords last week as peers accused the government of concealing information and undermining parliamentary scrutiny.

The Ministry of Justice is currently attempting to secure the legislative reforms needed (via the Offender Rehabilitation Bill) to implement its ambitious ‘Transforming Rehabilitation' agenda which aims simultaneously to expand, improve, privatise and reduce the cost of the probation service, all before the next general election.

It might seem surprising that some of the House of Lords’ most vocal advocates for reform of the criminal justice system are opposing the government’s plans to introduce probation support to those released from short term sentences – a longstanding aim of many penal reformers. But many are concerned about the way the Ministry of Justice is planning to implement the reforms, replacing an experienced, localised and broadly successful public probation service with a large centralised system of corporations paid on the basis of payment by results. They find themselves baffled by the lack of detail available to determine whether or not the plans stand a chance of actually working.

There is no available evidence to support the government’s claims that privatisation of the probation service will reduce reoffending. Both of the planned payment by results pilot projects in the probation service were dismantled before they had a chance to get started. Two payment by results pilots in private prisons were allowed to go ahead, but the nature of these pilots is so different from that which the government intends to introduce that the results are meaningless.

In addition to a lack of evidence there is no meaningful risk assessment of the proposals - surely a crucial component of any reforms which aim to alter fundamentally the inherently risky work of how people who commit crime are managed and supervised in the community?

Also missing is any indication of how much the proposals will cost. The Ministry of Justice claims to possess a detailed assessment of how much will be spent on these reforms, but is refusing to disclose as this

"could put contractual negotiations at risk and prejudice the effectiveness of the competition".

Unsurprisingly, several members of the House of Lords reacted angrily at being kept in the dark about the detail of such important and risky reforms.

Labour peer Lord Beecham described the impact assessment produced by the Ministry of Justice as a ‘farce’ and accused justice minister Chris Grayling, of deliberately attempting to minimise parliamentary debate:

"When the Government drove through their controversial, some of us would say disastrous, reorganisation of the National Health Service, they at least observed the proprieties and made the changes the subject of a Bill that was itself subject to scrutiny," he said.

"The future of this service, so vital a part of our system of criminal justice and so important in maintaining the safety of the public, would not be being debated at all were it not for amendments emanating from the Opposition and Cross Benches in your Lordships’ House."

Summing up Chris Grayling's approach, Beecham said:

"The Lord Chancellor is promoting this agenda in the spirit of the promoters of the South Sea bubble, one of whom, it will be recalled, advertised a project 'for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage but nobody to know what it is'."

Lord Ramsbotham, former Chief Inspector of Prisons, went further, saying: "To expect this House, denied a veto, to rubber-stamp the Bill at this stage is to treat it with contempt."

He went on:

"I wonder whether the real reason why the Secretary of State is unwilling to reveal an objective assessment of the impact of his proposals is that he dare not, because they are so undermined by the sheer scale of the risks as assessed by his own officials in the Ministry of Justice?"

The risk assessment Ramsbotham mentioned refers to a document leaked to The Times and The Guardian which revealed that if the proposals go ahead there is an 80 per cent chance that the quality of probation services will decline, leading to service delivery failures and reputational damage, and a 51 per cent to 80 per cent likelihood that the hoped for savings won’t be achieved.

Rather than acknowledge the Lords’ legitimate grievances, Lord McNally, a justice minister and Lib Dem peer, responded by treating those demanding more information as spoiled children out to cause trouble, noting that "the noble Lord (Ramsbotham) gets upset when he is attacked, yet when one rereads his speech one sees that he is very willing to dish it out" and telling his colleagues off for paying attention to leaked reports claiming it "not worthy of them".

McNally was rattled further when the House of Lords passed an amendment requiring that both Houses of Parliament debate and approve any changes to the structure of the probation service, which could potentially delay the Ministry of Justice’s ambitious implementation timetable.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the government's Transforming Rehabilitation reforms are not really about reducing reoffending and helping those sentenced to short periods in prison turn their lives away from crime. Indeed, the most detailed part of the Ministry of Justice’s impact assessment notes that it expects to see 13,000 people sentenced to further short term prison sentences under the proposals – hardly rehabilitative. It is highly doubtful that the plans will generate the intended cost savings and with all the extra prison places that will now be required. Indeed, it is very likely that much more public money will need to be spent as a result of this bill.

These reforms are driven not by evidence, but by a clear political timetable. The current ministerial team has political ambitions to make sweeping, irreversible reforms before the next election regardless of whether its plans will improve services or save money. The lack of detail, absence of evidence and hostility to those who support the aim but are concerned about the detail leads to no other explanation.

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Telling the most remarkable story of Maya the beekeeper building her honey business and fighting against seemingly hopeless challenges with the help of QGIS functionality you probably never heard of.

Now, as the nights get longer and the bees disappear into their winter cluster, we don’t want to withhold it from you and finally publish the first videos of Maya’s adventure.

We will publish one Episode each Tuesday and Thursday for three weeks so, stay tuned and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for all updates.

The GIS Awakens

After many years working as a GIS specialist in Zurich, Maya Mielina enjoys her retirement in the village of her childhood. She moves into her grandparents’ old house and remembers the good times with her grandmother, helping her making honey. Since she now has a lot of free time, she decides to devote herself to this long-standing passion of hers. Thanks to her extensive knowledge of GIS, she organizes her bees with the best GIS software available – QGIS. Maya shows us how to start with a new project and work with the relevant data.

We followed Maya right from the beginning of her business so the first functionalities showed might not knock your socks off. You can always skip those, but you’ll be missing out on the narrative.

And Action!

this episode has 10 videos that automatically start after each other so seat back and enjoy

We have taken care to create subtitles for all the videos so you can comfortably read Maya’s story in your favourite language. To enable the subtitles, just click on the CC button on the player.

Features shown in this episode

  • Loading WMS layers from the Swiss Geoportal with the help of QGIS Swiss Locator Plugin (in “Checking out the region”)
  • Creating of simple layer with on a Geopackage (in “Getting started with Geopackage”)
  • Autodetection of widget types (in “Maya’s first hives”)
  • Importing data and merge them from several files to one single Geopackage file with the help of the Package Layers Algorithm (in “Organizing geopackages”)
  • Import schema and data from an Interlis ILI and XTF file into the QGIS project (in “Importing governmental data”)

Coming Thursday on QGIS on the Road: The Rise of the Hives

After showing the basics of creating a new project, in the next episode of QGIS on the Road Maya will show you the import functionalities of GPS tracked data with the help of the Graphical Modeler, a lot of QGIS’ labelling and styling possibilities and more.
So better stay tuned 🙂

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I just watched the first 10 episodes and really enjoyed it. Is there a convenient way to share summary notes from these episodes, perhaps in a mind map. Is there a community leveraging this engaging “guided example” by sharing insights, observations, complications trying to duplicate this activity in a local project. Perhaps complimentary tutorials / workbook to follow up the excellent video overview with detailed hands-on activity. I am recently retired from a research operations forester at Michigan State University and a somewhat new qgis user, but would like to get involved somehow.

QGIS on the Road II – The Rise of the Hives – · 2019-12-05 at 07:07

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If you found the courage to step away from your dysfunctional family setting, you should be congratulated. I wouldn't worry about pleasing in-laws and friends. They haven't walked in your shoes. Here are two steps for dealing with things if you continue to encounter bewilderment or criticism.

First, explain the difference between putting up with something, fixing it and walking away. Make it clear that you tried the two alternatives that didn't work in this case before you turned to the only one left.

Second, if you are still met with criticism and judgment, consider how much these in-laws and friends actually care about you. You may be surprised. I would be wary in particular of anyone who declares that "preserving the family at all costs" is a viable way to live.

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Siebel CRM Clinical Trial Management

Siebel CRM Clinical Trial Management is designed so biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies, and CROs (clinical research organizations) can better manage the clinical trial process, maintain the quality of clinical trials, and manage investigator relationships. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for clinical research associates (CRAs), clinical investigators, and site coordinators. It also includes a personalized internet portal to conduct study activities more efficiently.

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Provide world-class citizen services while delivering comprehensive, cost-efficient case management and policy management, including social services, justice and public safety, constituent services/311, self-service citizen portals, tax and revenue, and licensing and permitting.

With marketing automation capabilities, government agencies can align outreach campaigns with appropriate constituent audiences and plan and execute highly personalized campaigns. Reach constituents through their preferred communication channel and measure, monitor, and refine campaign performance to ensure maximum campaign effectiveness.

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Government immigration services

Leverage a central electronic repository for all visa and passport applications and case documents based on your defined security parameters. Rapidly transform your policy documents and manuals into executable formats.

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Case management for social services

Combine Oracle Intelligent Advisor and Siebel CRM Case Management to manage policy changes, improve program delivery, and maximize participation rates.

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Siebel CRM Aerospace and Defense

Utilize this sophisticated CRM solution for the aerospace and defense industry with complete account management capabilities across the full lifecycle, including service and support management. Track opportunities and sales for OEM solutions including aftermarket sales management. Improve customer engagement with air show event management.

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Customer centricity for railways

Successfully attract business from other means of transport and deliver differentiated products and services. With Siebel Transportation, you can improve customer service levels and loyalty programs to acquire and retain high yield customers. Use Siebel Universal Customer Master to integrate both external and internal data sources for a 360-degree view of each customer. Seamless integration between your CRM transaction systems and Oracle Analytics give you meaningful insights into customer value and usage patterns.

Hospitality—Event management

Siebel Hospitality is designed for event planners and event operations personnel in hospitality firms to improve efficiencies when performing the following business tasks:

  • Planning events consisting of multiple functions, such as lectures, workshops, demonstrations, banquets, etc.
  • Reserving the necessary space and equipment for each event function.
  • Ordering necessary supplies for each event function.
  • Providing promised goods and services during an event.
  • Billing accurately for the goods and services provided at an event.
Hospitality—group sales

Enables you to capture and process group sale opportunities, create real-time quotes, manage consolidated inventories, and plan/execute events. Increase revenue from group sales, improve sales and event management efficiencies, and support centralized decision-making and planning.

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Siebel CRM Consumer Goods

Siebel’s consumer goods solution is a multichannel application designed for the consumer goods industry so manufacturers can manage relationships across the entire demand chain. Marketing, sales, and customer service applications are fully integrated and designed to manage the complex interactions and relationships between brand owners, their partners (including brokers and distributors), their customers, and the end consumer.

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  • Household goods
  • Consumer media
  • Appliances and electronics
Trade management

Manage the entire trade promotion process—from annual planning to account execution and settlement—with actionable insights supporting every step. This comprehensive trade management solution optimizes account and category management and enhances productivity and collaboration between internal and external functions.

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Retail execution

Optimize your in-store efforts to stimulate and meet consumer demand. Whether tackling merchandising and up-selling or the more complex direct store delivery process, you can ensure that your customers will always find the right product in the right place at the right price.

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Flexible integration options ensure that Siebel CRM can be the front- to back-office hub for any organization, in any industry, supporting all levels of volume.

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    Special needs

    Spotted bats use crevices in cliffs, caves, and canyon walls for day and night roosting. They also roost in trees adjacent to meadows at night. They typically forage in meadows, shrub-steppe, or along riparian corridors and water sources.

    Limiting factors

    This species is naturally rare and has low reproductive rates. Loss of shrub-steppe habitat may further reduce abundance. Like other bats, this species is sensitive to disturbance at roosts.

    Conservation actions

    Maintain open-water sources in desert landscapes. Manage rock features, such as cliffs, to avoid conflict with recreational use and rock removal. Maintain and restore native shrub-steppe habitat.


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How Green Tea Helps You Lose Weight Easily

by John Staughton (BASc, BFA) last updated -

Green tea has been a long-standing tradition in China for several centuries. The tea has several health benefits, according to traditional Chinese medicine, and is known to aid weight loss. It is considered one of the healthiest beverages due to its high concentration of antioxidants and nutrients, all of which affect the body in different ways. It is perhaps most well known for containing epigallocatechin gallate, a compound that is directly tied to boosting the metabolism. This is in addition to caffeine, other catechins and polyphenolic compounds, which can help improve organ function and prevent inflammation.

Losing weight can be a challenge for many people, particularly if the obesity is caused by other medical conditions, medications, injuries or hormone disorders. Improving the body’s ability to burn fat is one of the fundamental steps in losing weight and keeping it off. In conjunction with proper diet and exercise, increasing metabolic efficiency and fat-burning potential will lead to shedding those excess pounds. Green tea can provide that energetic boost while affecting several other aspects of health that can aid in your weight-loss goals. [1]

Benefits of Green Tea for Weight Loss

Using green tea for weight loss is a good idea because it will slow down fat deposition, increase fat-burning for usable energy, shed abdominal fat, optimize digestion, reduce blood sugar, and strengthen the immune system.

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Increases Energy

One of the best functions of epigallocatechin gallate, found in high concentrations in green tea, is its ability to inhibit certain enzymes in the body that break down critical hormones. More specifically, this catechin allows norepinephrine levels to rise, which helps the body to start breaking down fat cells for usable energy. [2]

Improves Exercise Efficiency

Numerous research studies have shown that green tea, as well as green tea extract, can increase the fat-burning activity of the body, making it a popular beverage before a workout. When the body is already working hard to burn calories, green tea can push it even further, helping you get the most out of every gym visit. [3]

Boosts Metabolism

The catechins and caffeine found in green tea can increase metabolism over the long term. Green tea consumption helps raise your passive calorie-burning and improves your circulation.

Burns Abdominal Fat

It is difficult to get rid of abdominal fat. Scientifically known as visceral fat, this is the fatty tissue that can form around our organs in the torso, and can raise your risk of health conditions. Research has shown that the fat-burning caused by green tea predominantly affects this type of dangerous fat. [4]

Manages Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most common conditions that accompany obesity, but drinking green tea can help regulate blood sugar levels and keep this condition under control, which makes it easier to lose weight and keep your metabolism consistently high. [5]

Boosts Immune System

A weakened immune system leads to increased inflammation, suboptimal organ function, and a drain of resources and energy. Green tea is known to protect the immune system and ensure that you (and your metabolism) can operate at your full potential. [6]

Improves Digestion

Problems with digestion can lead to poor nutrient uptake, cramping, bloating, constipation, inflammation, inability to be physically active, discomfort, and stress. These factors can negatively affect weight-loss efforts. So, drinking green tea can help detox the digestive system and improve its functions, which in turn helps the body manage nutrient uptake more efficiently. [7]

How Much Green Tea to Consume For Weight Loss?

If you are using green tea for weight loss, you must drink at least 2-3 cups of green tea per day for the effects to be noticeable. The amount of caffeine and catechins found in green tea is significant, but for the metabolic boost required to lose weight, at least 200 milligrams of catechins are required daily. 2-3 cups of properly brewed green tea will provide approximately 230-350 milligrams of these beneficial compounds.  There is far less caffeine in green tea than in coffee, but it can still have negative effects when consumed in large quantities, so excessive consumption of green tea is not recommended.

Side Effects of Consuming Green Tea

The side effects of consuming green tea include elevated blood pressure, stomach issues, bleeding problems, mineral loss, anxiety, and blood sugar fluctuation. Some of these potential side effects can negatively impact weight-loss efforts, such as digestive issues, diabetes, and stress, so be sure to speak with your doctor before making green tea a large part of your weight-loss plan. [8]

  • Blood Pressure – If you already have issues with high blood pressure, the caffeine content in green tea can exacerbate those problems, particularly if you are drinking 3 cups of this tea per day.
  • Bleeding Problems – The nutrients in green tea can act as blood thinners, so if you have a bleeding disorder, or are already taking anticoagulants, you may want to avoid green tea.
  • Gastrointestinal Distress – Caffeine can wreak havoc on the stomach when consumed in large quantities, causing vomiting, diarrhea, cramping, acid reflux, and irritable bowel syndrome. If you have a sensitive stomach and typically avoid caffeine, start with 1 cup per day.
  • Mineral Loss – One of the unusual properties of green tea is its impact on calcium levels in the body; more specifically, it increases the expulsion of calcium in the urine, which can weaken the bones over time. Be sure to complement your diet with calcium-rich food to make up for this effect.
  • Anxiety – Caffeine, despite being in relatively small quantities in green tea, can make symptoms of anxiety and sleeplessness worse, so monitor your mood and intake carefully.
  • Diabetes – Green tea’s active ingredients can lower blood sugar levels, which is good for diabetics, but it can be dangerous if you are already taking medication or insulin injections for diabetes.

How to Prepare Green Tea?

Brewing green tea is very simple, requiring only loose-leaf tea or a green tea bag. If possible, you should purchase green tea that has been grown in China or Japan, as these countries have the longest tradition of cultivating and harvesting green tea leaves of the highest quality.

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  • 1 green tea bag or
  • 1 tsp loose-leaf green tea
  • 1 cup water filtered
  • 1 tsp organic honey optional
  • 1 lemon slice optional

  • Boil the water in a small pot and then allow it to cool for 1-2 minutes. The ideal cup of green tea should be steeped just below the boiling temperature.
  • Add the loose leaves or the tea bag to a cup and slowly pour over the hot water.
  • Allow the tea to brew for 2-3 minutes before removing the tea bag.
  • Add the slice of lemon or honey. Lemon can help increase the bioavailability of catechins and antioxidants in the body, making it an ideal complement to a cup of green tea.
  • Serve and enjoy!

How to Drink?

Green tea is best when served without milk, because many of the fatty compounds in milk bind to the active ingredients and flavonoids in green tea, making it difficult for the body to absorb, essentially negating the possible health benefits.

When it comes to heating an old cup of green tea, however, don’t be worried about the tea being “too old”. Studies have shown that giving a lukewarm cup of tea a quick heat-up in the microwave can increase catechin availability, rather than drinking the tea when it is no longer warm.

To ensure the best results when drinking green tea for weight loss, it is also best to use relatively fresh tea bags that have been stored in a cool, dark place for less than 6 months. After this point, some of the nutrients and active ingredients will begin to lose their potency, making the tea weaker and less effective for weight loss. Protection Status
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The Most Common Turning into Zong Weekly Net Offers Amongst the Youth of Pakistan

Zong or China Cellular Pakistan is Pakistan’s 2nd greatest GSM operator and 3rd largest mobile support supplier company in phrases of end users. It is headquartered in Islamabad (the funds of Pakistan) and began its procedure in 2008. It is the very first cellular web provider company to purchase the 4G license in 2014. It is the most popular cell world wide web provider company company amid Pakistanis for its blazing quick 3G & 4G world wide web pace. It has widest 4G coverage all throughout Pakistan. It is Pakistan’s greatest solar electrical power telecommunication network as it has many photo voltaic-run mobile websites in numerous places of the region.

Zong also supplies mobile banking services named as “PayMax” to its clients to pay utility expenses, deliver cash to any individual in the place, deposit and withdraw funds in the cell account.

It has launched a lot of everyday, weekly and month-to-month internet packages to its consumers. Lately Zong has introduced Super Weekly In addition Supply and Haftawar Load Offer whose reputation is increasing working day by working day amid Pakistanis, notably amongst the youth. The causes for growing reputation of these offers are the speediest net speed of Zong as when compared to any other community, widest coverage all across Pakistan and extremely sensible rates. The particulars of these weekly deals are presented underneath.

ZONG Super Weekly Additionally Supply

This net bundle provides best net volume as compared to any other weekly package in extremely reasonable value. Aside from this, super-quickly 4G internet speed makes this package deal more attractive.

This bundle can be subscribed at the value of Rs.156 only.

5000 MB of world wide web info is provided in this weekly bundle.

Activation Code:

Dial *20# to activate this offer you.
Zong 4g packages can also subscribe to this package deal from *6464# tariff menu.

This supply is legitimate for 7 times from the day of subscription.

In the earlier, 4000 MB of net data was presented in this deal, its price tag was hundred thirty. But just lately, Zong has upgraded this deal and also improved its value.

Haftawar Load Provide

This is yet another well-liked weekly Zong package. It is all in 1 bundle which contains world wide web information, Zong to Zong free of charge minutes, all networks cost-free minutes and free SMS at a extremely reasonably priced value. Its particulars are provided under.

This package deal can be availed by the load of Rs.161 only.

Adhering to volumes are presented in Haftawar Load Offer.

1500 MB world wide web information
1500 minutes for Zong to Zong phone calls
1500 free SMS for all networks
one hundred minutes for all community calls

Activation Strategy:

Dial *70# from Zong sim to subscribe to this all in 1 weekly bundle.

This bundle will be legitimate for 7 times from the day of membership.

Although there are several other Zong weekly internet deals also, but the over two weekly packages are turning into far more and a lot more well-liked working day by working day. These packages offer you greater volumes in a very sensible price range as in contrast to other weekly deals. Equally, Zong is also common for its unrestricted every day and month-to-month net packages.

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