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The 75th World Tournament of 14.1 Dates Announced
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2015 will mark the 10th consecutive year the World Tournament of 14.1 will be staged. This is the longest consecutive run of the championship since the 1960's.
New York City, NY – Dragon Promotions is pleased to announce the 10th consecutive year that the world's oldest billiard event will be produced. This year's confirmed dates for the 75th World Tournament of 14.1 will take place on July 6 – 12, 2015. For the third straight year, Steinway Billiards in New York City will host the prestigious championship. A star studded field is already forming for this year's lineup to win the world's grandest straight pool championship.
"We are very pleased to be back at Steinway Billiards once more. New York City is the perfect home for the World Tournament where the fans really appreciate the artistry of 14.1", said Cindy Lee, CEO of Dragon Promotions.
"It's undeniable that this is one of the most looked forward to events of the year for pool enthusiasts. The amount of fan letters and support builds every year that it's overwhelming and rewarding for us", says Charlie Williams, Executive Producer of the World Tournament.
Great players have been honored & fans of billiards have been treated to some unforgettable moments during the past decade
Become a proud sponsor of the most prestigious and classiest event in the United States, the World Tournament of 14.1 which has been ongoing since 1912. For only $250, become part of the elite 141 Club and garner all the benefits that well exceed the money you spend. Click here for full details. We invite you to join this year's 75th anniversary event in New York City as a supporter or attendee. For those interested in a higher level of support as one of our advertisers or elite World 14.1 Patrons, please reply here or call 407-782-4978 . Please read below an important message from the Executive Producer of the championship.
Dear World 14.1 Supporter,
As we enter a new year in billiards, we would like to update you on Dragon Promotions plans for the 75th World Tournament of 14.1
First, we unfortunately will not have the patron sponsorship backing of Dr. Michael Fedak. The good Dr. Fedak will be supporting other causes outside of billiards which need him. We thank Dr.Fedak for his enormous generosity the past 4 years in helping us elevate straight pool.
Without the revival of the World 14.1, the pool world would never have seen new legends of straight pool created for generations to come
The good news is, The World Tournament of 14.1 is on and confirmed 100%. We are committed to continue this tradition and have been since it's revival back in 2006.
But we will still need your help and support , as well as the support of many others. The more we get, the more we can do.
Let's produce a world class tournament that 14.1 deserves.
Throughout a decade, Dragon Promotions has been able to revitalize straight pool back into the sport and to new audiences. In 2006, straight pool was near it's complete death in the US. Since then we have poured our resources in media, finance, and know-how to grow the popularity of 14.1. Today, the consensus among the professionals on tour is that the World 14.1 is one of, if not the most, important titles to win in America. Something we didn't expect all those years ago.
So as we pledge to continue this noble crusade for the 10th straight year in a row, and hopefully for many years to come, so we ask you as well to lend your support.
The World Tournament elevates the sport distinguishing the players in an elite class
I personally have been and will continue to be pounding the pavements to raise sponsor funds for this year. The two primary events at hand will be the 5th Straight Pool Hall of Fame and the 75th World Tournament of 14.1 . We have had the privilege of having legends return to the forefront in Ray Martin, Jim Rempe, Oliver Ortmann while giving deserving due credit to bygones such as Jack Colavita, Frank Stellman, Gene Nagy, and 14.1 inventor Jerome Keough. We feel it's very important for us to keep these traditions alive. We anticipate doing fund raising events in NYC and other locations. We welcome brainstorming ideas.
Many of our past elite sponsors will continue their support of the event. We thank Tom Gleich, Stu Mattana, Harold Siegel and Dr. Gregory Diehl who have already pledged to continue their sponsorships.
On behalf of the pool community, we thank you gentlemen.
If you can't be a top tier sponsor, remember for just $250 you can still be a great asset to the World 14.1 . Join at worldstraightpool.com just like Sean Leinen (NY), Janet Neitzel (ID), Gene Mann (NY), & Phil De Angelo (FL) & more!
Please do not hesitate to call me or email if you would like to join our team in continuing the oldest, longest tradition in billiards.
Charlie Williams- Executive Producer of the World Tournament


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The work that is frequently referenced in this grid is, "The Structure of Awareness," by Thomas C. Oden, 1969 (henceforth, TSOA). In fact, my "Thesis" draws largely from Oden's work and attempts to extend it to other studies.
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A Contribution to the Judgement Concerning
The Characteristic Value of Symptoms
Author: Clemens Franz Maria von Boenninghausen
Allgemeine Homoeopathische Zeitung, Vol. 60, p. 73
Translation by L.H. Tafel, 1908
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It is now over three years since the great Homoeopathic Congress was held in Brussels, Germany being, I am sorry to say, but little represented. In the last session of this meeting after several propositions had been read, my resolution was adopted and a prize-question was proposed, to answer which a period of two years was granted. This prize essay, as the Homoeopathic journals have also made known, was intended to call out a "Treatise concerning the greater or lesser (characteristic) value of the symptoms occurring in a disease, to aid as a norm or basis in the therapeutical selection of the remedy." The answer to this question was not limited to Belgium or to France, but it was handed over to the competition of the whole medical world, and it was thus unanimously acknowledged to be a subject of the greatest importance. Nevertheless, this question, in spite of the daily increase of the homoeopathic literature, has thus far remained unsolved. This silence extending far over the time set, which was computed liberally enough, seems to justify the assumption that the solution of the question has met with considerable difficulties, though every homoeopath must every moment find himself in the position to ask himself this question, and to have to answer it. It might not appear altogether proper for me, the author of the question, to also now enter among the competition for this prize. But the old practitioner will be pardoned for furnishing at least some contribution to the solution, and thereby again calling attention to the question.
The teaching of the Organon in this matter really contains the proper, true kernel of the answer, and this, of course, deserves to be first premised. It is found in the great Paragraph No. 153 (5th Ed.) and is as follows:
"In seeking for the specific homoeopathic remedy, i.e., in this juxtaposition of the phenomena of the natural disease and the list of symptoms of the medicines, in order to discover a morbid potency corresponding in similitude to the evil to be cured, the more striking, particular, unusual and peculiar (characteristic) signs and symptoms of the case should especially and almost solely be kept in view; for there must especially be some symptoms in the list of the medicine sought for corresponding to this, if the remedy should be the one most suitable to effect the cure. The more general and indefinite symptoms, such as lack of appetite, headache, weariness, disturbed sleep, uncomfortableness, etc., in their generalness and undefinedness deserve but little attention, unless they are more especially pronounced, as something of such a general nature is seen in almost every disease and in almost every medicine."
It is seen, however, that it is here left to the physician to judge what is understood by the "more striking, particular, unusual and peculiar" symptoms, and it might, indeed, be difficult to furnish a commentary to this definition, which would not be too diffuse and, therefore, easily understood, and on the other hand would be complete enough to be properly applied to all these cases. Whence is it that we are unable to show any such definition in our literature? Even what Hahnemann adduces in §86, and those that follow, only contains some examples which are given without any systematic order, and are therefore but little suited to impress themselves on the memory, a requirement which in all such matters must appear to be of very great importance.
After looking about in the whole of the medical writings, allopathic as well as homoeopathic, for an aid, I remembered that in the middle ages they were accustomed to bring all such matters into the form of verses, in order that the memory might thus be assisted. The modern learned world knows, e.g., the diet of the Schola salernitana, dating from the beginning of the twelfth century, drawn up in leonine verses, as is supposed, by a certain John of Milan, from which some parts are quoted even to this day. But though I did not find here anything for the present purpose, I yet found something which, as it seemed, might prove useful with writers of quite a different doctrine. There is, namely, a hexameter dating from this same period but from the theologic scholastics; this is, indeed, of a somewhat jolting construction, nevertheless it contains briefly and completely the various momenta according to which a moral disease is to be judged as to its peculiarity and grievousness. The verse is the following:
"Quis? quid? ubi? quibus auxiliis? cur? quomodo? quando?"
The seven rubrics designated in this maxim seem to contain all the essential momenta which are required in the list of the complete image of a disease. May I be allowed, therefore, to attach my remarks to this scheme, with the desire that this hexameter, which was formerly used only by theologians, may now be also impressed on the memory of homeopaths and be put to use by them.
1. Quis?
As a matter of course the personality, the individuality of the patient, must stand at the head of the image of the disease, for the natural disposition rests on it.
To this belongs first of all the sex and the age; then the bodily constitution and the temperament; both, if possible, separated, according to his sick and his well days i.e., in so far as an appreciable difference has appeared in them. In all these peculiarities whatever differs little or not at all from the usual natural state needs little attention; but everything that differs in a striking or rare way therefrom deserves a proportionate notice.
The greatest and most important variations are here found mostly in the states of the mind and spirit, which must by scanned all the more carefully, if they are not only sharply distinct, but also of rare occurrence and, therefore, correspond to only few remedies. In all such cases we have all the more cause to fathom these states with all possible exactness, as in them frequently the bodily ailments recede to the background, and for this very reason offer but few points for our grasp, so that we may be able to make a sure selection among the remedies which compete.
Paragraph 104 of the Organon makes it a duty of the homoeopath to make a written scheme of the image of the disease, and whoever has once acquired a certain facility in this will easily know how to satisfy this requirement and gradually acquire a certain specializing penetration, which will prove to him of ever increasing usefulness. For as every man presents an individual nature different from every other one, and as every medicine must be exactly adapted to this individuality, in agreement with the symptoms, which it is able to produce in the total man, so, an once, at this first investigation as to the Quis? A great number of medicines are thrust aside, just because they do not correspond to the personality of the patient.
The spiritual and dispositional individuality of the patient here gives the most important, often almost the only deciding points for the selection of the remedy, where the disease involved is one of the mind or spirit, and generally the two disturbances present themselves so conjoined into one that the signs of the one only receive their full and definite character from the other. Hahnemann, indeed, recognized the importance of this two momenta from the beginning, but the necessity of weighting the two in their connection with one another he only recognized later on it its full measure; and he then placed the symptoms proper to the two, which in the first provings had been separated, one making the beginning and the other the end, in the "Chronic Diseases" immediately one after the other, an improved arrangement, which we also find in the best works on Materia Medica Pura of later times.
Many other things belonging to this rubric, but concerning the bodily individuality and presenting, as it were, the chief features in the portrait of the patient, are contained in those books under the heading of "general." It would be desirable and would greatly facilitate the use if everything not pertaining thereto should be excluded, and the former be brought under a particular rubric denominated either "Individual" or "Personal," in such a way that the corporeal would present a separate picture, as has been done with respect to the spiritual and mental.
2. Quid?
Of course this question refers to the disease, i.e., to its nature and peculiarity.
It may be unquestionably received as an axiom that we must first know an evil accurately before we are able to give any effectual aid against it. That occasionally relief may be given, without having first recognized the nature of the evil, as little refutes this axiom as the fact that an unexpected event occurs frequently which lies outside of our computation, and which either leads to good or evil, while neither the good will, nor the knowledge of the physician have the least to do with it.
But this axiom must be associated with another, which is no less true and no less important, namely this: That we must also know and possess the means which are able to relieve the evil when it is recognized. Where these are lacking, the former are of course of no avail.
Since the times of Hippocrates, thus since more than two thousand years, very much has been done with respect to the first point, and we have especially enjoyed a great progress and enlightenment within the last century and up to modern times. The path of pure observation and experience, which for a time had been pretty much forsaken, and on which that ancient Father of the healing art had gathered his valuable material, has again been entered upon. At the same time our contemporaries possess and use the great advantage enuring to them from the fact that they stand on the shoulders of their predecessors, and can thus view a greater circle of vision and, more especially, that astonishing progress has been made in all the subsidiary sciences, especially in chemistry and anatomy; so also they have had the advantage offered them by many physical instruments, which it must be confessed they have used with industry and care. By these means the modern physiological school, and, at the same time, the diagnostics of diseases, have reached an excellence not attained in earlier times.
The only thing of which every Homoeopath has to complain in this matter, is that things are conducted in too general a manner for his doctrine, and that almost universally diseases are described and treated of under the same name, which differ essentially in their nature, and require for their cure very different medicines.
An immediate result of this failing is, that Homoeopaths can make only a very limited use of the great advance made by the dominant school in diagnostics, since their generality excludes every special direction as to the suitable remedy.
Now since the modern Materia Medica of allopathy, as well as the older one, moves in the same generality, the conclusion follows almost inevitably that even the most cultivated allopath often stands undecided when he is to make a choice of remedies, so that almost every one of them will order something different, and that he is usually compelled to mix many thins together in order to cover the various indications.
More about this will be found in the course of this short treatise in a more suitable place, where the other questions are also discussed. Here I can only say so much about it.
a. That the most penetrating and most indubitable diagnostic as offered by the best allopathic manuals is rarely of ever sufficient for the Homoeopath, so as to enable him to make a sure selection of the remedy, and that
b. Such a diagnostic at most, and even then not always, may serve to exclude all those remedies from the competition which do not correspond with the common genius of the disease, but seem to act chiefly on other parts of the organism.
3. Ubi?
The seat of the disease really makes a part of the former question, but it nevertheless deserves to be more particularly emphasized, as it frequently furnishes a characteristic symptom, since almost every medicine acts more and also more decidedly on certain particular parts of the living organism.
These differences not only enter into consideration in certain so-called local diseases, but also in those diseases which are called by more general names, as affecting the whole body, e.g., gout and rheumatism. For it is probably never or very rarely the case that all parts of the body are affected in the same degree; even if it should be merely the case that the right side is more affected than the left or the reverse. But the examination of the parts affected is most necessary and most required when the whole to which they belong is larger, and is described merely in that general way which allopaths seem to delight in. Such names as headache, eyeache, toothache, colic and the like can in no way contribute to a rational choice of a remedy, not even when also the kind of pain is indicated.
Of course, the exact individualization of the ubi is most necessary in local ailments. Every Homoeopath knows from experience how necessary it is, e.g., in treating toothache, to select a remedy which in accordance with its provings on healthy persons has shown its action on the especial tooth to be treated. Among the most striking and decisive phenomena in this respect we should especially number the sores on the upper side of the joints of fingers and toes, which under allopathic treatment frequently prove very obstinate, and not infrequently become malignant, and necessitate an amputation, and, as I had an opportunity of witnessing here in two cases, may even have a fatal result. Every Homoeopath knows the efficacy of Sepia in these ulcers of the joints, which have no otherwise distinguishable features when this remedy is taken internally; without any external medication it will have a sure effect. Medicines which correspond to similar ulcers on other parts of the body in such cases are utterly useless.
If the practice of auscultation and percussion, as well as the use of the stethoscope, the plessimeter, etc., had been as well known to Hahnemann and his pupils as to our young physicians, they would no doubt have made the most extended use of the same for gaining a more exact knowledge and delimitation of interior ailments. They would have found out in lung troubles, e.g., definite local signs pointing to the use of certain remedies, and would have indicated them more accurately, and would not have limited themselves to defining them as being on the left or on the right side or at the top or below. To bring up to date and to specify more closely might be one of the chief duties for those who make additional provings at the present time, and might serve to an important and essential enrichment and completion of our Materia Medica more than a whole mass of confirmations of older symptoms or the finding out of new ones, which mostly have a lack of individuality.
At the same time it will be conceded from the allopathic side that the closer delimitation of the part affected, even though it may be of moment in the completion of the diagnosis, will be of no use to allopathic therapy, because this school is unacquainted with the peculiarities of the various medicines. No allopathic Materia Medica gives any information that the one remedy, e.g., corresponds more to the anterior or the posterior lobe of the liver, more to the upper or the lower part of the lungs, on the right or the left side, according to which the choice of the remedy may be made. Even if we Homoeopaths do not as yet know this as to all remedies, we do know it with respect to many of them, and for what is lacking we find a substitute in other signs, since, as is well known, all of these correspond to the remedy to be selected, at least they must not be opposed to it. Thence it may be seen that these new inventions, the value of which I am not in any way inclined to undervalue, have far less value in a therapeutic direction than in prognosis, where they show the extent and the dangerous nature of the malady.
Finally, we must yet consider in this question that neither the internal changes, which can be determined by these instruments, nor the material external changes, which manifest themselves openly to our notice, never present the dynamic disease itself, but are only its products, and are only developed in the course of the disease. When, therefore, these first beginnings are checked by the suitable remedy before those disorganizations take place, then these latter would not come to be developed, and it would be an inexcusable procedure to allow these sufferings to advance to a point where these material changes can be recognized in an artificial manner. It was necessary to mention this, in passing, in order that it may be shown how Homoeopathy proceeds, and to deny most decidedly the objection sometimes made that Homoeopathy is merely an expectative method, which allows the disease to develop without hindrance until it is too late to help. On the contrary, Homoeopathy knows and uses in infections diseases sure prophylactic remedies, which are always and exclusively such as have the power to heal the disease itself, and they never omit their use for the protection of those around the patient.
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David Shapiro, Willis Towers Watson
"What I was impressed with is, because the subject is very similar, value investing, they found a variety of ways of attacking the same subject. I was also very impressed, having done this in another location, of seeing them stay on target time-wise so that it moves along at a great pace and I think the audience is greatly rewarded by that discipline"
Don Yacktman, Yacktman Asset Management
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Roli Saxena, Drona Capital
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Dominique Levy, Sonian Capital
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Jonathan Mills, Metropolis Capital
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Another, very traditional recipe for Welsh cakes, this time from the South-West of Wales. As with all these griddle-cake recipes the best way to bake them off is using one of our thick baking plates sold in our shop … you will notice a big difference in your baking style when using a traditional cookware item like a hanging griddle or a bakestone. It's like stepping back in time.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Cut the lard and butter into small pieces, add into the flour and rub into a breadcrumb consistency between your fingers and thumbs.
Then mix in the sugar and currents with a wooden spoon before mixing in the beaten egg and sufficient milk to make a stiff dough.
Note: the dough needs to be stiff enough to roll out, so if it is a little wet add in some extra flour. Flour your hands and pick up the dough and gently knead it in your hands so that it is fully mixed and silky.
Bake on a medium-hot greased bakestone or griddle (use a little butter) until golden brown, about two to three minutes on each side. Place onto a plate and scatter over some extra sugar and eat the Welsh Cakes warm.
Baking Notes: You can make the dough up and bake these Welsh Cakes straight away, or do as I often do … make the dough, cut the circular Welsh Cakes out, and then place them in a plastic air-tight box in the fridge overnight – bake them the following day, either in the morning or in the afternoon.
And because the 'hard work' is done the day before, and because each Welsh Cake only needs a few minutes on a hot griddle, it is the work of moments to get them piping hot and served into waiting hungry hands.


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Occasional workaround for reading US websites which are skittish about EU visitors, GDPR and cookies
July 28, 2018 July 28, 2018 Jo Brodie Google search, Google services, howto, notTwitter, Search	"Content not available in your region", cache, cached, cookies, EU, GDPR, keyboard shortcuts, stealth
tl;dr version
Search for the URL itself, read the cached copy.
Audio version of this post: https://soundnoticeboard.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/vocaroo_s1ins0rp7prd.mp3
Recently there has been a spate of American news sites returning a page that says the content isn't available to me since I'm in the UK / EU and, because I'm subject to some unspecified horror to do with the GDPR and cookies, the website is worried about me seeing it and hopes I might just go away.
About 90 per cent of the time this problem is rapidly solved by searching for and reading Google's cache of the page. The appearance may be a little different but the text is usually there and perfectly readable. Here's an example of how to do this.
Yesterday I wanted to read the awful story about a young black woman who died after it was assumed she'd not be able to pay for the ambulance service that she needed. Her mother had found her slumped in the bath after she'd collapsed with a suspected stroke. She'd given birth via C section a few days before.
Here's the address I clicked on (via a tweet)
https://www.wpbf.com/article/mom-of-woman-who-died-claims-medics-assumed-daughter-couldn-t-afford-ambulance-ride/22558170
On clicking the link the page said
Fig 1. "Sorry, this content is not available in your region."
Try this – it doesnt always work though
The next stage is to copy that address / URL (the wpbf.com bit next to the green padlock) – the quickest way to do that is to put the cursor into that address bar, it should automatically select the URL but if not Ctrl+A will do that. Then Ctrl+C to copy and open a new tab with your preferred search engine and paste (Ctrl+V) into the search bar and search [see also: handy keyboard shortcuts]
Fig 2. Search results returned after searching for the web address / URL itself
Ignore the top stories option. You might just about be able to make out a tiny little green arrowhead pointing downwards to the right of the green URL for this search result. That's where Google hides the cache of its pages. Here's a close-up.
Fig 3. Where to find cached copies of pages, if available
Clicking on the green arrow will bring up a menu saying 'Cached' and clicking on that usually, but not always, bring up the page you want – it did in this case too.
Fig 4. In this instance the cached copy was available and readable
The entire text is visible but for copyright reasons I'll leave it at that. Here's the link if you want to read it yourself, it's a sobering read.
This is a very useful and more widely applicable trick
There are other cases (*cough*) where content isn't shown to you, for all sorts of un-GDPR related reasons. It is nearly always worth checking the cached version first before either admitting defeat, asking a friend for a copy or reading a different newspaper's story.
For the exceptionally patient
At the bottom of Fig 2 there's a paragraph of text beneath the green URL and the green padlock. Google can nearly always read the page (whether there's a cached version or not) even if you can't. If you search for a phrase that appears there (put it in " " marks when searching) then Google will show that phrase in the search results, often in context which means it may show other bits of surrounding text. Frankly it takes ages but it may be possible (I've done it to uncover and reference a quote for work once) to work your way through very slowly and uncover a large portion or even the entirety of the otherwise hidden text.
Google cache (& other search engines): finding deleted pages or seeing your words on the page in colour (this blog)
• Google is fiddling about with mobile search results, using 'AMP'. Not sinister, bit annoying though
January 8, 2017 November 17, 2017 Jo Brodie Google search, Google services, notTwitter, Search	Accelerated Mobile Pages, amp, mobile search, URLs
You might have noticed 'amp' appearing in mobile search engine results on Google. This began in Oct 2015 and makes mobile pages load much faster (effectively loaded from Google's cached copy), but the page looks like it's from Google, quite a few users who've noticed it have found it puzzling and it's a bit fiddly to share the 'real' address. Your device hasn't been hacked and it's not particularly sinister but lots of web publishers are a bit 'hmm' about it and feel Google's put its metaphoric bag on the seat next to it and taken up a bit more space.
Today all Guardian pages look like this on my phone and don't load. What's this amp thing? pic.twitter.com/IrEgedhJIr
— Jo Brodie (@JoBrodie) November 20, 2016
Recently I was mildly alarmed / irritated to notice that a page I'd failed to open on iPhone Safari (that had nothing to do with Google) somehow had 'Google' at the top of the page, instead of 'The Guardian', and the URL had 'amp' in it – I briefly wondered if I'd been hacked or something exciting like that, but it turns out – no, nothing quite that sinister but this new amp thing is annoying plenty of people, though when it does work it can actually make pages load ridiculously fast (which is great). AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages.
Before I discovered that, and while trying to open the Guardian article I retraced my steps which showed me that 'AMP' was appearing in a few of my search results, next to a lightning bolt, and I found that it wasn't always that straightforward to remove it from the address, to get the right link*, because it seemed pretty well embedded into the address.
I've just recreated the experience, with an example that turned out to be fairly straightforward to edit (I was hoping to find the one that wasn't but couldn't remember what I'd originally searched in November).
A more recent mobile search was for the frequency of the chiltern radio beacon╚ and the search results included the following amp-containing URL https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/26/gcapmedia.radio, after deleting the bits in bold gave https://theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/26/gcapmedia.radio which worked fine. Note that if the website doesn't support https then you might have to delete that bit too to make it work. Or use a different search engine! I'm reluctant though, on principle 😉
.@bing Your mileage may vary. I think Google search has advantages for non-English queries, but Bing saves me from dealing with the ugly AMP URLs.
— Jake Hamby (@jhamby) January 6, 2017
My least-favourite new skill: stripping Google AMP and tracking cruft off URLs before sharing links.
— Deb Chachra (@debcha) January 5, 2017
In the replies to Deb's tweet above someone has highlighted an applet that will return 'canonical' (for purposes of argument this just means correct^) URLs though I'm afraid it's github which is beyond my technical skill.
@debcha hi there. We are implementing a solution as fast as we can. Truly sorry for the inconvenience this caused you.
— Ardan Arac (@ardanarac) January 6, 2017
Ardan (according to their bio) works for Google search.
I like that Google m AMP makes articles load quickly, but I hate Google AMP urls, like this one: https://t.co/kjKTHBRerT
— Torr Leonard (@torrHL) January 4, 2017
Google Helping Mobile Publishing? Some Publishers Are Not So Sure New York Times (1 January 2017)
Google will change AMP display to make it easier to find & share publishers' direct URLs Change will be to the header in AMP content, expected in early 2017 Search Engine Land (21 December 2016)
╚ If you are not far from the Chiltern radio beacon (a non-directional radio beacon / aviation navigation aid) you can hear it emitting its Morse callsign (C -.-. H …. T – for Chiltern) on 277MHz. I once found it by accident and was intrigued, wanted to find it again. It also features in a song.
Can't be many songs featuring the Chiltern non-directional beacon's morse code 🙂 The Slow Train https://t.co/gbsktV60Q9 from @andylewisuk
— Jo Brodie (@JoBrodie) August 16, 2015
*Related to this – if you're sharing a link to Wikipedia from your phone please remember to delete the m otherwise you send readers on PCs to the mobile version (they can select the desktop version by scrolling to the end of the page, which is a bit of a faff). If you share the non-mobile version then people on mobile devices will be shown the mobile version anyway, and people on PCs will see the desktop version. I've no idea why computers can't 'de-resolve' a mobile link to show the desktop version but… not yet it seems.
Compare and contrast these links below (if you're reading on a mobile both will take you to the mobile site but you can select the desktop version at the bottom of the Wikipedia page).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
^for a more technical definition of canonical url see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element
March 12, 2016 November 17, 2017 Jo Brodie Google search, Google services, howto, notTwitter, Search	cache, cached, finding, finding a deleted page, highlighted search terms, search tips
Search engines crawl and index webpages and save copies of them. This can be useful if a page has been deleted and you want to see what was last on it or if you need to take screenshots as evidence etc. Some search engines will also show you your search terms highlighted in different colours – this is useful in showing you the relevance of the page, ie whether or not your words are closely located in a paragraph or randomly scattered on the page.
When working at Diabetes UK I used Google's cached pages for almost every search I ran until Google stopped providing this service to logged in users (!), though it's still available if you log out, and on other search engines (see below). "If the page has the word diabetes in some side-bar or mentioned in passing (not useful to me, I want stuff about my search terms) this is immediately cued to me in a delightful display of colours." (Source, my main blog).
1. Finding a deleted page on Google
Search for the page* but instead of clicking on the blue linked title in your search results click instead on the small green arrow next to the address (URL) and then choose the Cached option. If there's no green arrow there might not be a cached version, but have a look at other cache options including the Wayback Machine.
If the page has since been deleted then the Cached version will give you the last-saved-by-Google option. Other search engines do similar things.
2. Seeing your search terms helpfully highlighted
Google no longer offers this to logged-in users (if you're happy to try out browser add-ons and scripts there's some advice in the link above) but other search engines do – Bing is one example. Here's what a search result looks like and then what the highlighted page looks like.
Cached page below showing highlighted search terms –
3. Finding words onscreen on any page
Even without the useful highlighting of cached copies you can still find your search terms on any page (website, Word document, PDF, spreadsheet) by using the Find option.
On a PC it's Ctrl+F (or Edit menu, Find)
On Macs it's cmd+F
On iPhones you can find a word on Safari by clicking the URL to highlight it and type your word. Although this deletes the URL (it will return if you press Cancel, or you can copy it to paste back later) it will show you a range of options including, if you scroll down, any evidence that your word appears on that page. I'd agree that it's not a very intuitive system.
*Search tips – obviously "words appearing on the page" is always a good search strategy but you can also restrict your search to a particular site, eg site:www.diabetes.org.uk or inurl:diabetes, you can even search for the web address itself, in the example given in (1) you would type http://www.diabetes.org.uk/kidneys into Google's search bar.


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Small Craft Distillery Discusses Uphill Battle with Reg Compliance
By Office of Advocacy	 On May 18, 2017
By Emily Theroux, Public Affairs Assistant
As the federal watchdog for small businesses in regulation, Advocacy makes a priority of visiting small businesses and hearing both their successes and challenges with federal regulatory compliance. Understanding the concerns and needs of small business owners in various industries is a crucial part of accurately representing the nation's small businesses in the federal government.
On April 11, several interagency attorneys toured Murlarkey Distilled Spirits, LLC, a small craft distillery located in Bristow, Virginia. Founded in 2013 by cousins Thomas Murray, Mike Larkin, Jim Larkin, and others, the small craft distillery is the first of its kind in Prince William County. Despite craft distilling being a new venture for all founders, Murlarkey has already seen some great success with its products. Its 'Divine Clarity' Vodka recently won a gold medal at the Annual Craft Spirits Conference and Vendor Expo in Baltimore.
Above: Murlarkey Co-Owner Jim Larkin (far right) explains how various natural flavors are infused into the spirits during the distilling process. From left to right: Advocacy Interagency staff Janis Reyes, Stephanie Fekete, and Dave Rostker.
While the Murlarkey story is ultimately one of success and continuing growth, the team is no stranger to uphill battles and near debilitating setbacks.
"Most companies don't make it," CEO Thomas Murray explained. "If you don't have a lawyer to decipher regulatory compliance and legal requirements, all of your time is consumed trying to figure things out for yourself, rather than focusing on developing your product."
While many small businesses face similar challenges, the small craft distillery industry is further burdened with leftover post-prohibition-era rules resulting in a complicated business process.
"Most of our issues come from state regulatory compliance," said Murray. "In the state of Virginia, a craft distillery has to have an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license to obtain stills. However, you must own stills to obtain an ABC license. It's these types of difficulties that can end a business before it even gets started."
In addition to navigating the many obstacles of state requirements, Murlarkey also has to comply with federal rules and regulations from the Department of Treasury's Alcohol, and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Mike Larkin explained that there is no guidance for how to achieve full compliance with all federal regulations in this rising industry. The team agreed that extensive legal assistance is required to properly implement even the simplest of provisions, let alone to fully understand the complicated ones.
Above: Larkin discusses the different distilling processes for various spirits. Small craft distilleries often encounter regulatory compliance issues when obtaining licenses to operate stills.
Another area of difficulty the team faces is tax compliance. They explained that their product is taxed on every proof gallon, even if the gallon is experimental and not intended for sale. A proof gallon is a gallon of liquid that is 50 percent alcohol with an adjusted tax depending on the percentage of alcohol of the product. This tax is extremely burdensome and falls heavily on the producer. Murlarkey suggests the TTB look into providing tax breaks or incentives for small distilleries trying to break into a market dominated by a few major brands. The team commends TTB for its accessibility and increased online assistance services.
As developers of the craft distillery industry in Virginia, the Murlarkey team aims to pave the way for future distillers so that they might face fewer setbacks. While the founders of Murlarkey, Distilled Spirits, LLC take great pride in their success story that beat the odds, they will continue to face challenges in regulatory and tax compliance until some breaks are made for small businesses in the growing industry of craft distilling.
Emily Theroux is the Office of Advocacy's public affairs assistant and can be reached at emily.theroux@sba.gov.
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A large number of Hiroshi Fujiwara's new works debut in China: ¥18888 a night in the hotel, check out and take away the items, and even "earned"
December 21, 2022 Savior
"Trend Godfather" Hiroshi Fujiwara's "Double Lightning" is one of the most well-known symbols in the trend circle.
It can appear almost anywhere, including but not limited to sneakers, luxury goods, notebooks, and luxury cars. It has established Hiroshi Fujiwara's joint empire and also endowed Hiroshi Fujiwara with the title of "stamp madman".
Recently, Hiroshi Fujiwara made a big move: launching a new lifestyle concept project "PEACE PIECE".
This is Hiroshi Fujiwara's first launch of a project in China. Not only did he launch dozens of products with the lightning mark at one time, but he also packed them into a hotel at 18,888 yuan a night.
The Chinese aesthetics of the godfather of Japanese trends
On December 17, Fragment Design, founded by Hiroshi Fujiwara, launched a new lifestyle concept project "PEACE PIECE".
When you say the name "PEACE PIECE" silently, it is not difficult to find that Peace and Piece have the same pronunciation.
"Peace" means to get relief from troubles and gain freedom, and "Piece" represents a way of presentation of Fragment Design, which together embodies the theme of "tranquility and peace".
Under this big theme, what "PEACE PIECE" wants to do is "create a peaceful place away from busy life", and the items it launches naturally also take care of all aspects of lifestyle.
There are dozens of single products brought this time, which can be divided into clothing accessories, lifestyle, household items, and toys.
Let's take a look at some of the most representative items.
The most eye-catching is [email protected] in the toy category . It was created by [email protected] and Hiroshi Fujiwara. Its design is inspired by giant pandas. It adopts a double-layer design. Embellished with bamboo motifs, sold as a 400%+100% set or 1000% individually.
In the notitleltd official applet, [email protected] has been sold out, and the very small quantity has created its collection value.
Lifestyle yoga suits, singing bowls, wooden tea sets , etc., integrate the classic elements of Fragment Design with traditional oriental art, which is one of the designs that best reflect the theme.
Meditate, exercise, relax your body and mind… Collect this set, there is a way to keep in good health.
The most topical item in the household items category is the 2mx3m wool-blend carpet , gray and white, jacquard elements, double lightning in the visual center, the trend is not only worn on the body, but also stepped on, this is a high-end home lifestyle.
The T-shirts and sweaters of clothing accessories , in addition to the continuation of the iconic black and white color scheme, have added a gray-blue color scheme with low saturation, and the chance of hitting the shirt is a little smaller.
In addition, there are some small daily items that satisfy "little luck", such as headbands and makeup mirror sets , just like half-worn pillows used by wealthy people. The real trend is hidden in the details.
The individual products cannot be listed one by one. If you are interested, you can learn more in the notitleltd official applet and Dewu app.
From small pill boxes, stationery, eye masks to large blankets, sleeping bags, and yoga four-piece sets, there is always something you need, but the price is a stumbling block. Even a set of three toothbrushes costs 139 yuan.
The "PEACE PIECE" project has been in preparation for more than 2 years, and its completeness can be seen from the richness of the single products. The trend is not limited to clothing and sneakers, but sweeps the corners of life, and can really be integrated into daily life.
But from another perspective, in addition to the blessing of iconic elements, the style is relatively conservative, which can be said to be simple and high-end, or a bit boring.
In an interview with Dewu, Hiroshi Fujiwara mentioned: "I like exquisite and practical products. When I create them, I try to rationalize all design elements, maintaining beauty while ensuring practicality."
This sentence can also be used to summarize the style of the "PEACE PIECE" series.
18888 yuan a night trendy hotel
With the product portfolio, if space design is added, "PEACE PIECE" can present in person what is the "Peace of Peace" in Hiroshi Fujiwara's heart.
This time, Hiroshi Fujiwara brought a number of life concept trend theme spaces, visualizing the theme of "tranquility and peace".
The first is the time-limited space of Beijing SKP-S 3F station S.
It is the third offline experience space jointly created by the immersive shopping center SKP-S and Hiroshi Fujiwara. The store design is quite oriental Zen. The tea room and screen at the entrance create a sense of spatial flow, and the oriental elements and light blue colors complement each other.
In addition to the "PEACE PIECE" series of products, SKP exclusive [email protected] is also launched here.
The second is the theme room of Shanghai Yangyun Aman Hotel. The price is 18,888 yuan per night, and you can buy an all-round immersive exclusive experience.
The "PEACE PIECE" series of products are displayed in the 99-square-meter room, and "Fujiwara Hiroshi" is everywhere. Even toothbrushes and bath towels have lightning marks. Whether you are taking a bath, exercising or sleeping, you will always feel surrounded by trends That's right.
The good news is that most products with the "Lightning" logo can be taken away after check-out . The total value of the items in the room exceeds 25,000 yuan , including the 1000% [email protected] for 6,699 yuan, and the four-piece yoga set for 1,899 yuan. The money was not wasted.
The bad news is that the rooms are fully booked.
Hiroshi Fujiwara also has a reason for choosing Shanghai Yangyun Aman Hotel, because he feels that "Aman Hotel has done a good job in creating a peaceful paradise for guests." This is not surprising, after all, the house price of Aman is usually more than 5,000 yuan.
In addition, Hiroshi Fujiwara also cooperated with Dewu to bring the offline experience space "Peace Piece" Pop-up Store in Shanghai's curated shopping mall "TX Huaihai", which is an extension of the hotel's theme room.
Hiroshi Fujiwara has also done many interesting offline spaces before——
In 2014, the abandoned swimming pool was remodeled to create a life concept store, changing the theme every three months.
In 2016, the parking lot was transformed into a spring-like themed store.
In 2018, a trendy convenience store was opened, selling T-shirts hanging in the refrigerator, old magazines such as "POPEYE" and "Warp", selling dessert-shaped candles and egg-shaped soaps, as well as specially packaged towels, drinks, snacks, etc. Small things in life.
From swimming pools, parking lots, convenience stores to themed hotels, Hiroshi Fujiwara's creativity in online and offline spaces always catches the eye.
Embracing the joint madman of youth
It is worth mentioning that Hiroshi Fujiwara officially entered the Dewu app on the same day that the "PEACE PIECE" project launched.
Entering the Dewu app is not just as simple as an account, it means Hiroshi Fujiwara's first "personal comprehensive cooperation":
Open social platforms to interact with fans, exclusively sell new products of the "PEACE PIECE" series on the Dewu app, and create an offline experience space with Dewu…
Coupled with the launch of the project in China for the first time, single products with Chinese elements, and design of hotel themed rooms, Hiroshi Fujiwara has taken root in the domestic trend market more deeply than before, and is more adaptable to local conditions. Perhaps we can look forward to more projects or joint names in the future .
The last time Hiroshi Fujiwara attracted widespread attention in China was the joint name with HEYTEA in April this year. At that time, many people realized the first Hiroshi Fujiwara in their lives.
In this joint name, Hiroshi Fujiwara is already exploring Chinese elements, but it is still limited to the product itself. The tea dregs-inspired art cup set in the joint product is priced at 699 yuan and is limited to 1,000 copies nationwide. It is Hiroshi Fujiwara's first Chinese tea set creation. The special feature is the design of the mother-in-law cup.
Pushing forward, Fujiwara Hiroshi's first cross-border cooperation brand in China is JD.com.
In 2019, Fragment Design co-branded with JD.com's youth trend culture brand JOY STUDIO, designed the joint image of JD.com's own IP "JOY", and launched three exclusive co-branded products: T-shirts, sweaters and messenger bags.
It can be seen that in the domestic market, Hiroshi Fujiwara has always been more willing to choose brands with a certain foundation of youth groups. In recent years, he has become more localized and gradually penetrated into the life attitudes and lifestyles of young people.
Hiroshi Fujiwara is the godfather of trends since the 1990s, and he is also the current co-branded madman. The two go hand in hand, just like co-branding is not only a way for him to express his approval, but also a way to innovate and make money with less effort.
He once said: "For young people today, everyone is willing to wear the clothes they like at this moment. Everyone has a unique style. I am just doing what I love. I think this kind of independence An attitude that inspires the younger generation rather than giving them a definition of what a trend is."
However, at the same time, Hiroshi Fujiwara is still using double lightning to prove that in the field of ever-changing trends, one's taste can shape fashion.
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There is a wide range of Careers Education related activities on offer at Brentford School for Girls such as; an annual Careers & Higher Education Fair, Careers curriculum delivered through PSHCEE lessons and Careers presentations which take place throughout the year. In addition, students have access to a fully qualified careers adviser.
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Freeklime Access Programme
November 29, 2019 jessedufton Leave a comment
Last month, I got a message out of the blue on Instagram from a guy called Chris who was in the process of launching a new dedicated bouldering centre in Huddersfield, 'Freeklime'. Intriguing…why was he contacting me? It turns out, having been inspired by my Old Man of Hoy ascent, he wanted to make his new bouldering centre inclusive and accessible and wanted to pick my brains on how he could make it ace for visually impaired people.
I thought this was fantastic! I had never been asked about this before and was more than happy to get involved. It really got me thinking on how to make a climbing wall as friendly as possible for blind and visually impaired people, from navigating around the centre, to the setting of routes, the colour contrast of holds against the wall and sight guiding. The launch event was on Thursday, I spent the day up at Freeklime and BBC Look North were there to document the occasion.
"Freeklime, Huddersfield's only dedicated bouldering centre, has today announced the Freeklime Access programme: a series of classes designed to make bouldering more accessible for those with either physical impairments or learning difficulties. The Access programme is backed by blind climber Jesse Dufton, star of 'Climbing Blind' – a film charting his ascent of the Old Man of Hoy, in Scotland. Rolling out over the coming months, each stage of the Access programme will tackle different areas of inclusivity and see Freeklime become the most accessible activity space in the north. Starting with a class to aid visually impaired climbers, founder and experienced climber Chris Whitehead has partnered with Jesse, as well as volunteers from the Kirklees Visually Impaired Network (KVIN) to trial the new facilities."
Climbing with the staff of Freeklime.
The great things that Chris at Freeklime has put in place include:
a section of the brand-new wall has been altered to include high colour contrast
handholds. These holds are strategically placed in patterns to ensure there is a colour contrast against the wall to help climbers with limited vision to spot and plan their routes.
to cater for those with low/no sight at all, Freeklime also offer a spotter to
work one-on-one with all visually impaired climbers
Lines on the floor to guide you to reception, the toilets, the changing rooms..
I would hate to think that people who genuinely want to get into climbing aren't able to do so because of the lack of facilities or assistance, so programmes like this are exactly what we need to ensure climbing is accessible for all. The Access programme will ensure a member of the Freeklime team works one-on-one with visually impaired climbers at the centre, guiding routes and offering advice on techniques, as well as empowering them to tackle more challenging problems. This is fantastic, as this is probably the biggest barrier. Molly and I gave the staff at the wall some tips on sight guiding! So they're all good to go, super psyched and super friendly, so all you Yorkshire folk should go and have a go…! You'll love it!
Freeklime's website is here.
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Battling on my 2nd qualification route at the 2019 World Championships, Briancon, FRA
Jesse and his new team mates at his first GB training session.
Jesse descending a very steep route in Malta.
Jesse climbing on Portland
My Boreal Team hoody.
Jesse on the first ascent of Sequoia Spire Route in Greenland.
The old man of stoer sea stack
Jesse descending having led Croton Oil, Rivelin
Jesse climbing in the shade in Spain.


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4 Dec 2007 : Column 703
I have a simple question for the Justice Secretary. Can he really say to the House that he believes Peter Watt's claim that he did not know that the practice was illegal? He must know as well as we do how hollow that claim must be.
Mr. Skinner: On knowing or not knowing, with hindsight can the right hon. Gentleman tell me why the Tory party did not know that Asil Nadir was a crook who stole £400,000 from shareholders? Why did the Tories not send the money back? Why did they take $1 million from a Chinese drug baron? They never sent that money back either. Who is on the moral high ground now?
Mr. Maude: We know that things are getting really difficult for the Labour party when the House's ancient historian has to come to its rescue. That is ancient history.
The Justice Secretary was the Prime Minister's campaign manager, so can he tell us what he knew about the attempted donation by Mrs. Kidd on behalf of Mr. Abrahams to the Prime Minister's leadership campaign? The Justice Secretary was not ignorant of the law; as he often tells us, he took the 1999 Bill through the House so he knows very well what the law required. Will he tell us today what he knew about the Abrahams donation proffered through Mrs. Kidd? What conversations did he have with his fellow campaign manager, Chris Leslie, who having, as he put it, "torn up" the cheque, helpfully passed Mrs. Kidd's details to the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman), now deputy leader of the Labour party? It is to that hospital pass that I turn now.
The longer this saga goes on, the more unanswered questions arise. The right hon. and learned Lady's husband is the treasurer of the Labour party. Her defence is that she took donations only from people her campaign knew personally or who were registered donors to the Labour party, so who at Labour headquarters did her campaign call to check Mrs. Kidd's identity? How was it that Baroness Jay, on behalf of the Environment Secretary's campaign, knew that Mrs. Kidd was not the true donor and that it was some kind of proxy donation? If both Peter Watt and Jon Mendelsohn knew—as they admit—that Mrs. Kidd was not a bona fide donor, anyone at Labour headquarters who was equipped to respond to such a check on Mrs. Kidd's identity must surely have known that she was not the real donor.
I turn to the curious incident of the illegal donation—we now know for sure that it was—to the Scottish leadership campaign of Wendy Alexander, or, as we must now call her, the human shield. Here again, there are more and more unanswered questions. There was clearly an illegal donation. Mr. Gordon, who solicited the donation, said he thought it came from a UK company and was therefore permissible. It then emerged that the campaign knew that there was literally a question mark over the donation; it appears in a schedule of donations, with the word "permissible?"—with a question mark—attached to Mr. Green's name. We read that the schedule apparently originated from Wendy Alexander's husband's computer.
At first, Wendy Alexander said she did not know about the donation. That is not true. How do we know? Because it turned out that she had written a thank-you letter to Mr. Green, to thank him not for a donation from his company, but for his donation. If that were not enough, the letter seems to have been sent to his home address in Jersey, so it rather gives the game away. It is not for us to speculate about Wendy Alexander's position, but we note that the message has gone from Downing street for her to stand at her post lest the fallout is even closer to Labour's high command.
Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab): Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Mr. Maude: I shall give way, and then I want to move on to the case for reform.
Clive Efford: I am impressed with the right hon. Gentleman's assiduous attention to detail in naming donors. Will he answer a question for me? How is it that Coleshill manor, the campaign headquarters of the Conservative party, is funded by the Midlands Industrial Council? It is described by the right hon. Gentleman's leader as an intricate part of the Tory party but it is registered with the Electoral Commission as a regulated donee—
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford) (Con): It says here.
Mr. Speaker: Order.
Clive Efford: Can the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) explain why there is such an intricate web of finance for that centre? Why is it not straightforward and easy for people to understand?
Mr. Maude: The hon. Gentleman is struggling a bit, as I think the House can appreciate. All those arrangements are registered with the Electoral Commission, which has been through them all and has approved them. There is only one party here that has admitted breaking the law, and that is his party.
I turn to the discussions that have taken place over the last 18 months under the chairmanship of Sir Hayden Phillips. These followed discussions between Tony Blair and my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) in March and April last year, in the aftermath of the revelations about loans. We have consistently argued for comprehensive reform that would deal finally with the perception that large donors have undue influence on political parties. I have to say that Tony Blair seemed to share that view.
Dealing with that perception requires, above all, a cap on donations. Everybody now agrees that a cap of £50,000 would accomplish that. But there is an important point here: the cap has to apply to all donations, from whatever source—whether individuals, companies or trade unions. Sadly, it has gradually become clear that Labour simply could not agree to genuine reform. As Tony Blair's authority ebbed away and as he finally departed the scene, it became clear that Labour is so deeply in hock to the trade unions that it would not be allowed to accept even minimal reform.
Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab) rose—
Mr. Maude: I will give way in a moment.
The key to this is trade union affiliation fees. I want to set this out very clearly. It is not straightforward territory and it is important that it is properly understood. Trade union affiliation fees currently funnel £8 million to Labour. We are invited to agree that those fees should escape the cap on donations because, it is claimed, they are individual donations. [ Interruption. ] I see Labour Members nodding sagely and thoughtfully, but that claim is about as far from the truth as it can be.
Trade union law requires a union member to be able to opt out of paying the political levy, but in most unions it is incredibly difficult to opt out and members are not told of their rights. [ Interruption. ] If hon. Members will contain themselves and remain patient, I will disclose the evidence for that. If union members do happen to find out that they have that right, they have to be quite extraordinarily tenacious to exercise it. Of 17 trade unions that have online application forms, only three mention the right to opt out of the political levy. It is true that a small minority of union members—
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab): Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Mr. Maude: I want to finish this passage, if the hon. Lady will forgive me.
A small minority of union members have succeeded in opting out of the levy, but polling has consistently shown that fewer than half of trade union members vote Labour. More than half vote for parties other than Labour. It beggars belief that those people are cheerfully making a voluntary contribution to a party that they do not even vote for. Indeed, it emerged during our discussions that a Liberal Democrat MP was surprised to find in the post a ballot paper for Labour's deputy leadership election. [ Interruption. ] We do not know who that hon. Member voted for. Completely unknowingly, an MP elected for a different political party had become a member of the Labour party as a result of the supposedly voluntary donation.
It does not end there. In most unions, if someone does succeed in opting out of the political levy, they do not even get any money back. Their union subscription remains completely unchanged. The truth is that in most cases—not all—the money given to Labour under the guise of affiliation fees is entirely in the hands of the trade union barons. After all, it is the trade union leaders who decide how many affiliated members they are going to declare. Let us look at the numbers. Unison is one of the unions that does put the right to opt out up front on the application form. More than half its members have exercised that right and decided to opt out. Other unions, such as the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, and the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers, declare that 100 per cent. of their members pay the levy, with no opt-outs whatever.
Even that is not enough for two of the biggest beasts among Labour's paymasters. Amicus and the Communication Workers Union both calmly state that more than 100 per cent. of their members pay the
political levy. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly) for his research on the subject. Amicus shows that 109.4 per cent. of its members pay the political levy, and the CWU declares that 104.1 per cent. of its members do; I am sure that that would not have happened in the Health Secretary's time at that union. That shows what a sham the situation is. We are expected to allow what are plainly block donations by the trade unions to be treated as individual voluntary donations. It is laughable.
As the discussions drew on, it became increasingly clear that Labour was simply not committed to delivering, or able to deliver, on Tony Blair's promise of comprehensive reform. We went the last mile in an attempt to secure agreement. Eventually, it emerged that Labour was intransigent, even on the most basic of changes. We suggested that the right to choose whether to pay the levy should appear on the membership application form. We thought that that was completely uncontroversial and would go through on the nod. The law requires a right to opt out; and what could be more simple, straightforward and obvious than putting a little tick-box on the application form, so that one can make that choice when filling it in? We put that proposal forward—uncontroversially, we thought—and the answer was no. The proposal was unceremoniously rejected. There was no argument about it and no explanation of why it was turned down—just a flat, straightforward no. That tawdry story need not be the end of reform. We would rejoin the discussions tomorrow if the Prime Minister showed that he was serious about real reform, but so far he has not done so.
Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab) rose—
Mr. Maude: I am drawing my remarks to a close.
Nothing that the Prime Minister said last weekend changed that one iota. If union members had a clear, accessible choice of whether to pay the political levy, and a choice of which party should benefit from that political levy, it could be said with a straight face that the money was genuine individual donations, although even that would leave the unions in a uniquely privileged position. Any renewed discussions need to focus on donations, not on spending limits. All the scandals that have disfigured party funding have arisen from giving to parties, not from parties spending.
Before people start talking about the arms race, let us deal with that issue. The Hayden Phillips team made a study of spending trends over the past 15 years. It showed that my party spent less in the last election than we did, in real terms, in 1992. It showed that the bulk of the increase in spending by the major parties in recent years is accounted for by big increases in what the Liberal Democrats spend.
Anne Snelgrove: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Mr. Maude: No, I am drawing my remarks to a close.
In his speech at the weekend, the Prime Minister claimed, no doubt inadvertently, that Sir Hayden Phillips had recommended local spending controls. He said that Sir Hayden
"recommends spending limits at both the local and national levels."
That was simply not correct. In the draft agreement that Sir Hayden circulated, which is now in the public domain, Sir Hayden said:
"A single overall limit will apply to the expenditure of each party, including all its constituent organisations whether national, regional, local or other. It will be a matter for the party itself to decide how to disaggregate its spending within the overall limit between the years of the parliament and among the various organisations in the party."
I am sure that it was inadvertent, but I am afraid that what the Prime Minister said at the weekend was simply not the case; it did not accurately reflect what was said. How monstrous it would be if, at a time when the amount that sitting MPs can spend promoting themselves in their constituencies out of taxpayers' money has increased so much, their competitors would be barred by law from spending money that they themselves had raised from private supporters. I know that Labour MPs and Lib Dems are feeling a little vulnerable at present, but even they must see how indefensible such a move would be.
There must be not a penny more of additional state funding for parties without comprehensive reform that addresses the concerns that the public have about party funding. This has been a sorry tale of lawbreaking at the highest levels by one of Britain's major parties. For the second time in two years, the police are investigating a Labour Prime Minister. I hope the Minister will provide some genuine answers and will also provide the public with some hope that long-term comprehensive reform can eventually be delivered. Given the way that his Government have stumbled from incompetence to chaos to lawbreaking, we may have to wait some time.
The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr. Jack Straw): I beg to move, To leave out from "House" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:
"notes that political funding reform is essential to the future health of democracy in the UK and that Her Majesty's Gracious Speech said that the Government would bring forward proposals on the regulation of party finance and expenditure; regrets that a comprehensive reform package was not achieved by the inter-party talks owing to the unilateral decision of the Conservative Party to walk away from a draft agreement put to the parties by Sir Hayden Phillips, despite the fact that the draft agreement faithfully reflected recommendations in Sir Hayden's 15th March 2007 Report, which they"—
the Conservatives—
"had earlier welcomed; and urges all parties to engage constructively in order to achieve lasting reform in the public interest.".
Let me begin with a proposition that, I hope, receives the approbation of Members on both sides of the House. In any modern society a well functioning democracy depends critically on the vibrancy of its political parties. It is the parties that are able to offer clear choices to the electorate. In turn, the activities of those political parties have to be paid for. Democracy does not come free.
Until the last quarter of the 19th century, British politics was famously corrupt, but the introduction of the secret ballot and then of funding limits led to a rapid change in the activities of parties and to the conduct of elections—a change that has been sustained to the present day. Yes, there have been some well publicised problems, and in some cases, as we have heard, breaches of the law, which have occurred over the past 15 years and, by turn, have affected all the main parties and whose impact I do not seek to minimise.
However, in comparison with our own history and with many comparable countries today, our party politics is clean, there is a remarkable absence of corruption, and almost everyone who gives to a political party, whether in large amounts or small, does so not to gain undue favour, but because they are committed to the principles of that party and regard it as their civic duty to support it. But it is right, too, that when issues have arisen, the House has sought to deal with them and, whenever possible, to do so on a consensual basis.
Mr. Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP): I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. Last week, when the Prime Minister said that unlawful activities had taken place, he said that the money would be returned. Has the £650,000 left Labour party accounts, and where is it now?
Mr. Straw: I cannot answer that question; I do not know is the answer.
Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con): Perhaps I can ask a question that the Secretary of State can answer. He piloted the 1999 Bill so will he tell us in what circumstances an illegal donation to a political party is not sent back to the donor, but forfeited to the Electoral Commission?
Mr. Straw: We have made it very clear that the donation will be sent back, and the law is very clear. May I just say this? A number of questions have been raised by the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude), and will no doubt be raised by others, in respect of what is unacceptable and plainly unlawful, as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said. The right hon. Gentleman mentioned internal party inquiries, and that is quite right, but he omitted to mention that there is currently an inquiry by the Electoral Commission and also by the police. It would be improper for me to seek to answer questions that should properly be a matter for the police and for the Electoral Commission.
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab): Does my right hon. Friend know what the following have in common: Tanbridge, the East Surrey Business Club, the Midlands Industrial Council, which is an unincorporated association, Westminster Circle, Conway Patrons Club, the 66 Club, the Ladies Luncheon Club, Marginal Magic and the Chelwood Club? Here is a clue—
Mr. Speaker: Order. That is enough for the Secretary of State to be getting on with.
Mr. Straw: I suspect that they have something to do with the Conservative party.
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