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More crumbs for Scotland
Steven Kellow	 November 27th, 2014 - 1:46 pm Politics	Devolution
The much-heralded Smith Commission report into further devolution for Scotland was published today, with the results of a two-month five-party investigation on what powers to give the Scottish Parliament finally being set out.
While the Smith Commission's recommendations are definitely a step in the right direction, and definitely give Scotland more power than it has ever had within the Union, it does miss some vital opportunities to give real and meaningful devolution to the Scottish Parliament.
Let's start off with the good parts of the Smith Commission report and the headline new powers that they believe Scotland should be given:
Income tax rates and bands will be devolved to the Scottish Parliament
The first ten percent of Scottish VAT revenues will be budgeted by the Scottish Parliament (although setting it remains reserved)
Air Passenger Duty and the Aggregates levy will be devolved
The power to regulate Scottish elections (including lowering the voting age to 16) will be devolved.
The power over some benefits (such as the bedroom tax) and the power to create new benefits will be devolved.
Scottish public bodies will be allowed to bid for rail contracts (leaving the possibility of a nationalised ScotRail)
power over speed limits and road signs will be devolved
Responsibility over the Crown Estate (government/royally owned land) will be devolved.
Control over onshore oil & gas extraction (including fracking) will be devolved.
These powers have been widely called for by Scottish political parties as well as the public at large, and they will allow the Scottish Government far more scope to improve the lives of those of us here in Scotland.
But the report can almost be equally characterised by what is not going to be devolved, or where Scotland will not be given full control but a stronger voice in regulation.
Pensions will remain reserved
Offshore oil and gas regulation and tax revenues will be reserved.
Broadcasting will remain reserved, but the Scottish Parliament will be given a say in the BBC's charter
Telecoms and Postal Service regulation will remain reserved but the Scottish Parliament will be able to appoint a member to the OFCOM board
Energy regulation, including renewables, will remain reserved but OFGEM will have to report to the Scottish Parliament
The Universal Credit benefits scheme will remain reserved
The Minimum Wage and Equality legislation will remain reserved.
VAT, National Insurance, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, Corporation Tax, Fuel Duty and Excise Duty will all remain reserved
These reserved matters include many of the core functions that the Scottish Government would like to have control over including taxation, welfare, energy and broadcasting. There is polling evidence to suggest that the Scottish people would have liked what is known as "Devo Max", devolution of everything except defence and foreign affairs, and this falls very short of that. In each area Scotland has been given some token representation and influence, but the actual effect of this devolution could end up being very limited.
The Smith Commission report is also rather vague at times, seeming to offer or hinting at new capabilities for the Scottish Parliament but either not stating them explicitly or saying that the issue should be up for further discussion. While in clause 18 the report says that "It is agreed that nothing in this report prevents Scotland becoming an independent country in the future should the people of Scotland so choose" there is no explicit recommendation that gives the Scottish Parliament control over any future referendum on independence – presumably meaning that the Scottish people will need to rely on the goodwill of the Westminster Government of the time once more to have a say on their future.
Another area where there is confusion is on that of abortion. While the Smith Commission report says that "The parties are strongly of the view to recommend the devolution of abortion" it qualifies this by saying that it should be "considered further" rather than outright recommending it. The same goes for other reserved health matters including "xenotransplantation; embryology, surrogacy and genetics; medicines, medical supplies and poisons; and welfare foods". One of the key ideas of the Vow that saved the Union was that decisions over NHS spending would be made at Holyrood, and although that promise appears to be kept it means somewhat less if Scotland still doesn't have the powers to control its' NHS.
Although it would be undoubtedly a good thing if all these proposals are implemented, the enthusiasm needs to be tempered slightly with a bit of caution. First of all, these are just recommendations – which the current Government or the next Government can choose to do as the like with. Of course it would be very damaging to their support in Scotland if they were to pick and choose the powers they want to devolve, but neither the Conservatives nor Labour appear to be particularly bothered by the way in which their Scottish support is already crumbling, so what's a few percentage points more going to do?
Another problem that has arisen since the referendum is that the increased drive for English Votes for English Laws has meant that devolution is now a double-edged sword, with the Prime Minister today repeating his claim that further devolution for Scotland would give him the right to legislate against Scottish MPs being able to vote on some issues at Westminster. Labour have led the charge against this, but purely out of self-interest as their Scottish powerbase would be annihilated and leave them struggling to form a government. Even if, and it's an if, Westminster passes through all devolution measures, it might end up hurting us in other ways. It's giving with one hand and taking with the other.
This is without doubt the largest expansion of Scottish power to have taken place since the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, dwarfing the previous Calman Commission's efforts considerably, but it still doesn't come close to the Home Rule that Gordon Brown was championing before the referendum. Only around 15% of welfare spending and 30% of taxation will be controlled by the Scottish Parliament. The Parliament will only be responsible for raising 50% of its budget. While it is a big increase on a figure that was around 15%, it still means that Scotland is reliant upon the Barnett Formula where the Scottish Budget is topped up by the UK Government. This was guaranteed to us in the Vow, and as a measure that keeps Scottish spending at a high level that may seem to be a good thing, but the Smith Commission report suggests that any gains that the Scottish Government makes financially from their new taxes and policies will be offset against the Barnett Formula – so that the budget will effectively stay the same no matter how well Scotland does. This does not give the Scottish Parliament the fiscal responsibility and accountability that it deserves.
Another problem is that these powers will likely take years to properly implement, with Lord Smith himself putting a figure of three to four years on it. By then we'll be two to three years into a new UK Government which could be elected with very few Scottish MPs and a year or two into a new Scottish Government term that has been forced to sit on its hands before making the changes it really wants to.
The Smith Commission report is not manna from heaven in the way that the Westminster parties are trying to spin it, and is substantially weaker than the proposals that the SNP, Greens and I'm sure many of the 18,000 public respondents (including myself) sent in. It fulfils the promises of the Vow, but does very little more. It still has to be drafted by Burns Night and introduced after the General Election (even if it is in a diluted form) to fulfil the Vow entirely, and in the increasingly fragmented political landscape that might be easier said than done. This new devolution will not quell people's desire for independence, and may even fuel it if it doesn't produce any real change for Scottish people or, conversely, the Scottish Parliament handles its' new responsibilities very well.
However, having these new powers for Scotland is undoubtedly a good thing – and many of them are the sort of powers that people up and down this country really want, and will give the Scottish Government the financial and policy levers to change this country for the better. It isn't as far-reaching as many would have hoped, but without independence it is likely to be as much as we are going to get from Westminster.
So while it would be easy to criticise and bemoan the weaknesses of the new devolution settlement, I think it's better to highlight the new opportunities Scotland has from it. Independence it is not, but it's another important stepping stone towards the Scottish people ruling the Scottish people with powers that will actually make a positive difference to many people's lives. And is that not what we all want for Scotland?
What's next for Scotland?: My Smith Commission submission The new Scottish Parliament EVEL by name, evil by nature A frozen budget for Scotland
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Left to right are Bruce Hunter and Andy MacMillan of UserTesting (by Stewart Attwood)
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Q: Calculating limit of a simple sequence without guessing Let's take the following sequence
$$ \displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{2n^3 + \sqrt{n} +1 }{n^3} $$
I am having problems with solving these kinds of limits and understanding some of the strategies for solving limits in general.
I can't plug in $ \infty $ because it is not a number, right?
I know I can extract the $ n^3 $ to get an equivalent expression. But I am not really sure why I can/should do this here.
As far as I understand, rewriting a sequence as an equivalent sequence is done when the original sequence has an indeterminate form as its limit. So we instead calculate the limit of an equivalent (usually simpler) sequence whose limit is the same limit as the one of the original sequence.
If that' true and if I can't plugin in $ \infty $, how can I tell that this sequence's limit is an indeterminate form?
But even after simplifying and getting $ 2 + \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{\sqrt{n} +1 }{n^3} $
How do I proceed from here if I don't already know that something like $ \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{n}{n^3} = 0$?
It seems to me that when solving limits, I just have to memorize some limits and recognize them or otherwise guess and use the $ \epsilon$-criterion.

A: $\begin{align}&\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{2n^3 + \sqrt{n} +1 }{n^3}\\&=2+\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{ \sqrt{n} }{n^3}+\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{ 1 }{n^3}\\&=2\end{align}$
Use :
$\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{ 1 }{n^p}=0$ for $p>0$

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Perspective: Grand Park's opening weekend a cause for celebration
Gina Grant teaches a Zumba Fitness routine during National Dance Day at the Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.
(Christina House, For The Times)
By Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times
July 29, 2012 12 AM PT
Downtown Los Angeles could really use more public dance sequences.
Typically the stuff of choreographed big-screen fantasies that probably haven't been seen in this part of town since Joseph Gordon-Levitt's giddy turn in"(500) Days of Summer,"synchronized public movements just don't pair well with traffic, crowded streets and concrete. Yet there many Angelenos were on Saturday afternoon, twisting to perky instructions from "So You Think You Can Dance" judge Mary Murphy on a broad, inviting chunk of grass that now resides between Grand Avenue and Hill Street.
This is our new reality in Los Angeles or at least the reality envisioned by the Music Center in the first of a two-day celebration in honor of the initial phase of Grand Park opening to the public. The closest thing downtown has had to a front lawn since the grassy heyday of Pershing Square, the park will eventually cut an open path from City Hall to the Music Center. And though it remains to be seen whether it can overcome the neighborhood's challenges — its fragmented pace of development, its sizable homeless population — for one sunny weekend the vision for the park as a respite from the city's typically hectic pace had to be considered a success.
PHOTOS: Downtown L.A.'s Grand Park
On a sun-baked Saturday that kept a costumed street team from Cirque Du Soleil's "Iris" busy distributing branded hand-fans (some acrobats from the show had performed earlier in the day), Grand Park was alive with a bustle that spread beyond its stage butting up against Grand Avenue. Children and parents splashed in front of the Will Memorial Fountain, which now features a puddle-deep splash pool and a plaza of water spouts that became the park's most popular feature as temperatures rose.
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Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain
J.W. Fourqurean, N. Marba, Carlos Duarte, E. Diaz-Almela, S. Ruiz-Halpern
Oceans Graduate School
Morphology, elemental content and isotopic composition of leaves of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa were highly variable across the Illes Balears, a Spanish archipelago in the western Mediterranean, and varied seasonally at one site in the study area. The data presented in this paper generally expand the reported ranges of nitrogen, phosphorus, iron and arsenic content and delta C-13 and delta N-15 for these species. Nitrogen and phosphorus content of P. oceanica leaves also showed significant seasonal variability; on an annual basis, P. oceanica leaves averaged 1.55% N and 0.14% P at this monitoring site. Both N and P were more concentrated in the leaves in winter than in summer, with winter maxima of 1.76% N and 0.17% P and summer minima of 1.34% N and 0.11% P. There was no significant annual pattern observed in the delta C-13 of P. oceanica leaves, but there was a repeated 0.6C degrees seasonal fluctuation in delta N-15. Mean annual delta N-15 was 4.0C degrees; delta N-15 was lowest in May and it increased through the summer and autumn to a maximum in November. Over the geographic range of our study area, there were interspecific differences in the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content of the two species. Posidonia oceanica N:P ratios were distributed around the critical value of 30:1 while the ratios for C. nodosa were lower than this value, suggesting P. oceanica we collected was not consistently limited by N or P while C. nodosa tended toward nitrogen limitation. Nutrient content was significantly correlated to morphological indicators of plant vigor. Fe content of P. oceanica leaves varied by a factor of 5x, with a minimum of 31.1 mu g g(-1) and a maximum of 167.7 mu g g(-1). Arsenic was present in much lower tissue concentrations than Fe, but the As concentrations were more variable; the maximum concentration of 1.60 mu g g(-1) was eight times as high as the minimum of 0.20 mu g g(-1). There were interspecific differences in delta C-13 of the two species; C. nodosa was consistently more enriched (delta C-13 = -7.8 +/- 1.7C degrees) than P. oceanica (-13.2 +/- 1.2C degrees). The delta C-13 of both species decreased significantly with increasing water depth. Depth related and regional variability in the delta C-13 and delta N-15 of both species were marked, suggesting that caution needs to be exercised when applying stable isotopes in food web analyses.
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Fourqurean, J. W., Marba, N., Duarte, C., Diaz-Almela, E., & Ruiz-Halpern, S. (2007). Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain. Marine Biology, 151, 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0473-3
Fourqurean, J.W. ; Marba, N. ; Duarte, Carlos ; Diaz-Almela, E. ; Ruiz-Halpern, S. / Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain. In: Marine Biology. 2007 ; Vol. 151. pp. 219-232.
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abstract = "Morphology, elemental content and isotopic composition of leaves of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa were highly variable across the Illes Balears, a Spanish archipelago in the western Mediterranean, and varied seasonally at one site in the study area. The data presented in this paper generally expand the reported ranges of nitrogen, phosphorus, iron and arsenic content and delta C-13 and delta N-15 for these species. Nitrogen and phosphorus content of P. oceanica leaves also showed significant seasonal variability; on an annual basis, P. oceanica leaves averaged 1.55% N and 0.14% P at this monitoring site. Both N and P were more concentrated in the leaves in winter than in summer, with winter maxima of 1.76% N and 0.17% P and summer minima of 1.34% N and 0.11% P. There was no significant annual pattern observed in the delta C-13 of P. oceanica leaves, but there was a repeated 0.6C degrees seasonal fluctuation in delta N-15. Mean annual delta N-15 was 4.0C degrees; delta N-15 was lowest in May and it increased through the summer and autumn to a maximum in November. Over the geographic range of our study area, there were interspecific differences in the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content of the two species. Posidonia oceanica N:P ratios were distributed around the critical value of 30:1 while the ratios for C. nodosa were lower than this value, suggesting P. oceanica we collected was not consistently limited by N or P while C. nodosa tended toward nitrogen limitation. Nutrient content was significantly correlated to morphological indicators of plant vigor. Fe content of P. oceanica leaves varied by a factor of 5x, with a minimum of 31.1 mu g g(-1) and a maximum of 167.7 mu g g(-1). Arsenic was present in much lower tissue concentrations than Fe, but the As concentrations were more variable; the maximum concentration of 1.60 mu g g(-1) was eight times as high as the minimum of 0.20 mu g g(-1). There were interspecific differences in delta C-13 of the two species; C. nodosa was consistently more enriched (delta C-13 = -7.8 +/- 1.7C degrees) than P. oceanica (-13.2 +/- 1.2C degrees). The delta C-13 of both species decreased significantly with increasing water depth. Depth related and regional variability in the delta C-13 and delta N-15 of both species were marked, suggesting that caution needs to be exercised when applying stable isotopes in food web analyses.",
author = "J.W. Fourqurean and N. Marba and Carlos Duarte and E. Diaz-Almela and S. Ruiz-Halpern",
journal = "Marine Biology",
publisher = "Springer Heidelberg",
Fourqurean, JW, Marba, N, Duarte, C, Diaz-Almela, E & Ruiz-Halpern, S 2007, 'Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain', Marine Biology, vol. 151, pp. 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0473-3
Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain. / Fourqurean, J.W.; Marba, N.; Duarte, Carlos; Diaz-Almela, E.; Ruiz-Halpern, S.
In: Marine Biology, Vol. 151, 2007, p. 219-232.
T1 - Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain
AU - Fourqurean, J.W.
AU - Marba, N.
AU - Duarte, Carlos
AU - Diaz-Almela, E.
AU - Ruiz-Halpern, S.
N2 - Morphology, elemental content and isotopic composition of leaves of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa were highly variable across the Illes Balears, a Spanish archipelago in the western Mediterranean, and varied seasonally at one site in the study area. The data presented in this paper generally expand the reported ranges of nitrogen, phosphorus, iron and arsenic content and delta C-13 and delta N-15 for these species. Nitrogen and phosphorus content of P. oceanica leaves also showed significant seasonal variability; on an annual basis, P. oceanica leaves averaged 1.55% N and 0.14% P at this monitoring site. Both N and P were more concentrated in the leaves in winter than in summer, with winter maxima of 1.76% N and 0.17% P and summer minima of 1.34% N and 0.11% P. There was no significant annual pattern observed in the delta C-13 of P. oceanica leaves, but there was a repeated 0.6C degrees seasonal fluctuation in delta N-15. Mean annual delta N-15 was 4.0C degrees; delta N-15 was lowest in May and it increased through the summer and autumn to a maximum in November. Over the geographic range of our study area, there were interspecific differences in the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content of the two species. Posidonia oceanica N:P ratios were distributed around the critical value of 30:1 while the ratios for C. nodosa were lower than this value, suggesting P. oceanica we collected was not consistently limited by N or P while C. nodosa tended toward nitrogen limitation. Nutrient content was significantly correlated to morphological indicators of plant vigor. Fe content of P. oceanica leaves varied by a factor of 5x, with a minimum of 31.1 mu g g(-1) and a maximum of 167.7 mu g g(-1). Arsenic was present in much lower tissue concentrations than Fe, but the As concentrations were more variable; the maximum concentration of 1.60 mu g g(-1) was eight times as high as the minimum of 0.20 mu g g(-1). There were interspecific differences in delta C-13 of the two species; C. nodosa was consistently more enriched (delta C-13 = -7.8 +/- 1.7C degrees) than P. oceanica (-13.2 +/- 1.2C degrees). The delta C-13 of both species decreased significantly with increasing water depth. Depth related and regional variability in the delta C-13 and delta N-15 of both species were marked, suggesting that caution needs to be exercised when applying stable isotopes in food web analyses.
AB - Morphology, elemental content and isotopic composition of leaves of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa were highly variable across the Illes Balears, a Spanish archipelago in the western Mediterranean, and varied seasonally at one site in the study area. The data presented in this paper generally expand the reported ranges of nitrogen, phosphorus, iron and arsenic content and delta C-13 and delta N-15 for these species. Nitrogen and phosphorus content of P. oceanica leaves also showed significant seasonal variability; on an annual basis, P. oceanica leaves averaged 1.55% N and 0.14% P at this monitoring site. Both N and P were more concentrated in the leaves in winter than in summer, with winter maxima of 1.76% N and 0.17% P and summer minima of 1.34% N and 0.11% P. There was no significant annual pattern observed in the delta C-13 of P. oceanica leaves, but there was a repeated 0.6C degrees seasonal fluctuation in delta N-15. Mean annual delta N-15 was 4.0C degrees; delta N-15 was lowest in May and it increased through the summer and autumn to a maximum in November. Over the geographic range of our study area, there were interspecific differences in the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content of the two species. Posidonia oceanica N:P ratios were distributed around the critical value of 30:1 while the ratios for C. nodosa were lower than this value, suggesting P. oceanica we collected was not consistently limited by N or P while C. nodosa tended toward nitrogen limitation. Nutrient content was significantly correlated to morphological indicators of plant vigor. Fe content of P. oceanica leaves varied by a factor of 5x, with a minimum of 31.1 mu g g(-1) and a maximum of 167.7 mu g g(-1). Arsenic was present in much lower tissue concentrations than Fe, but the As concentrations were more variable; the maximum concentration of 1.60 mu g g(-1) was eight times as high as the minimum of 0.20 mu g g(-1). There were interspecific differences in delta C-13 of the two species; C. nodosa was consistently more enriched (delta C-13 = -7.8 +/- 1.7C degrees) than P. oceanica (-13.2 +/- 1.2C degrees). The delta C-13 of both species decreased significantly with increasing water depth. Depth related and regional variability in the delta C-13 and delta N-15 of both species were marked, suggesting that caution needs to be exercised when applying stable isotopes in food web analyses.
JO - Marine Biology
JF - Marine Biology
Fourqurean JW, Marba N, Duarte C, Diaz-Almela E, Ruiz-Halpern S. Spatial and temporal variation in the elemental and stable isotopic content of the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa from the Illes Balears, Spain. Marine Biology. 2007;151:219-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0473-3


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Monash student and elite race walker gears up for Tokyo
Monash Biomedical Science student, Bec Henderson, doesn't only have talent when it comes to the classroom. As it turns out, when she hasn't got her head buried in the books, she's actually an elite race walker.
Having attended championships and training camps all over Australia, she now welcomes her newest challenge — Tokyo's Olympic Games.
In the spirit of great achievements, we caught up with Bec to ask how she is gearing up for her big debut and how she's feeling in the lead up to her first Games.
To start, tell me all about your experience making it to the Olympics? The highs, the lows? What was it like finding out you'd qualified?
My event is the 20km race walk and my first 20km race was in late March this year, so it has been a pretty quick turn-around for me in terms of trying to qualify for the Games. In 2020 I was a junior, which only has a 10km distance to race, so I've had to double my race distance in the past year, which is quite a big jump. After world juniors was cancelled last year I started to increase my training load slightly to aim to qualify for the 20km race at the World University Champs. The Olympics wasn't really on my radar at that point. However, over this summer I was training really well and had taken 2.5 minutes off my 10km time from the previous year, so that's when my coach and I started to realise I could possibly make the Games.
Athletics has quite a complicated qualifying system based on points and world rankings, but I knew I had to complete two fast 20km and a 10km to be eligible for selection. Athletics Australia was able to organise two 20km opportunities, which we wouldn't normally get in Australia, after Oceania Champs was cancelled a few days before (due to border closures).
It was quite stressful at some points trying to qualify as I had to race well in all of my three qualifying races, while hoping that borders stayed open. Once I had completed all my races, it was such a relief and I was high enough in points to be secure for the remaining overseas races, which was fantastic.
Finding out I had qualified was super exciting! My whole family was super excited and it is just an amazing feeling finally finding out your long hours of training have paid off and you're going to get to compete at an Olympic Games.
How long have you been doing race walking for and how did you get into the sport?
I started race walking in U/9s at Little Athletics, so about 11 years now. At Little Aths you get to try out all the events to see which ones you like the most and what you are best at. I was never really very good at the sprinting events, which are the main events when you are younger, I used to get excited when I would come second last in any of the sprints. The first time we did race walking though, I won the race and thought it was fun so I just kept going with it and started some training for it as I got a bit older.
How is your training going? What does an average week of training look like for you? Has lockdown affected any of this?
Training has been going well into the lead-up to the games. I have only really been doing a proper race walking program for about eight months now, but it has been quite a full-on season with lots of races. A normal week for me would be between 80-100kms of race walking and running, plus four to six swims a week and two gym sessions. We have two long sessions that range between 16-25km and then two faster rep sessions that have about 8-10km of speed work. The rest of the week is just easier walks/runs.
Over the past month or so, we have also been doing sessions in the heat chamber at the Victorian Institute of Sport at about 32-36 degrees and 60-75% humidity to prepare for the heat in Tokyo. This year we have been lucky enough to have a few training camps in Thredbo, Melbourne and Cairns which has been great as it has mostly got us away from any lockdowns this year. There have been lots of changes to important qualifying races due to COVID-19 this year though, making it difficult to plan for anything. Last year however it was difficult to train in lockdown, I was tying myself up to the fence and swimming in my backyard pool everyday throughout and then going out and training just around the streets for my walking and running, so overall I was pretty lucky during lockdown.
How are you feeling in the lead up to the Games?
I'm feeling really excited in the lead up to the games. This is my first Olympics so I just can't wait to get out there to race and experience it all. This is also my first senior team and I will be the youngest athlete in the race, so it will be really cool to race against the best athletes in the world (some of those being previous Olympic medalists and World Champions).
It is my understanding the Olympics will be held without spectators. How will you gear themselves up without a crowd? Do you often rely on audience support?
In general, our Australian races don't have many spectators so it won't be much of a change for me to race without a crowd. My coach will be there cheering me on as well as all the other team officials helping us out, so we will have some people cheering us on which is still exciting. With all the other team officials and coaches from other countries, it's likely that we will actually have a larger crowd still than any races in Australia. I think just the excitement of actually racing at the Games and the atmosphere generated by the athletes being the biggest competition for everyone will make it just as exciting as if there was a large crowd. As my race goes for about 90 minutes it's always nice to have a few people cheering you on, especially when you're quite tired towards the end of the race.
I think the most disappointing thing about it though is that the athletes' family isn't able to go over and experience the race in person. They are an integral part to every athlete's support system, ensuring they can be at their best.
How are you juggling your sporting career and your studies simultaneously?
Through the ESPS I've been able to schedule my classes around my key training sessions each week. When I'm away for a camp or races, all of my unit coordinators have been really helpful in organising alternative arrangements for me to complete all of my work while I'm away. I'm always very busy during the semester with full-time uni and training, but I've been able to cope pretty well so far due to the accommodations Monash is able to make for elite athletes.
To find out more about Bec's road to the Olympics, click here.


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Contempt of Court – Prashant Bhushan Controversy
Swathi R
Government law college, Vellore, India.
Volume III, Issue V, 2020
The concept of contempt of court is several countries and centuries older. In England it has been a common principle that seeks to protect the judicial power of the king. Later, disobedience, abstraction in implementing their directions and actions that showed disrespect towards them came to be punishable. The statutory basis for contempt of court is quite older as there were pre-independence laws for contempt in india. When the constitution was adopted, contempt of court was made as one of the restrictions on freedom of speech and expression. Article 129 of the Indian constitution confers powers on the Supreme Court to punish the contempt itself. Article 215 also confers corresponding powers on High courts to punish for contempt. And most importantly the contempt of courts act, 1971 gives statutory backing to the idea.
Contempt of court is an offence of disobedience or disrespect towards a court of law and its officers in the form of conduct that opposes or challenges the authority, justice and dignity of the court. Contempt of court is a constitutional power vested with Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court of India shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt itself. Superior courts of record have the power to punish contempt relating to judges of those courts and proceedings therein. The principal aim of the jurisdiction is to protect the dignity of the court and the due administration of justice.


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LAURA PATRICIA GILSON
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2020
It is with sadness that the family of Laura Patricia Gilson (nee Steer), 78, of Ottawa, Ontario announces her passin away on March 19, 2020.
Born May 23, 1941 in Collingwood, Ontario, Laura, better known as Pat, grew up in Midland, Ontario as an only child of Garfield and Laura Steer. Known as 'Patsy' by family and friends during her younger and wilder years, she loved to sing and dance and had a passion for life.
Pat was a Registered Nurse, graduating from Orillia's Soldiers Memorial in 1963. After graduation, she lived and worked in Orillia as an operating room nurse. It was during this time that Pat met her husband and love of her life, Struchan Gilson, a teacher.
Shortly after their marriage on April 17th, 1965, Struchan took a job as a physical education consultant for the Rainy River School Board in 1967 in the small northern Ontario town of Fort Frances. This job was only to last for a few years.
During the 40 years they lived in Fort Frances, Pat worked at LaVerendrye Hospital as well as Rainy Crest Home for the Aged until health issues led to early retirement in 1996. Professionally, she was an active member of ONA (Ontario Nurses Association). Pat took great pride in her work; she provided compassionate care for all and made many friends throughout the years with colleagues and patients.
Pat and Struchan raised three children: Eric, Garfield and Rylee. They built a loving home in the west end of Fort Frances. While the mother of three children, many of her children's friends loved her as a 'second' mother.
Pat enjoyed rally car racing when she was younger and later spent many wonderful summers at the family cabin located on Crow Rock Inlet on Rainy Lake. Pat was renowned for making colourful theme cakes for her children's school events and was an avid sewer and knitter. In her 40's, she could often be seen 'bombing' around town on her little white scooter. She collected frogs, made quilts, dabbled in painting, woodworking and loved people watching.
After their retirement, Struchan and Pat loved to travel. If they were not visiting their children, they were trekking across the country in their RV or travelling to Alaska or Europe.
After celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in April 2005 with their entire family, tragically, Pat and Struchan lost their second child, Garfield, in July 2005. While grieving the unexpected loss of her son, Pat suffered a heart attack. She recovered only to suffer the devastating loss of her love, Struchan, who passed away unexpectedly on August 18, 2005.
It was after her husband's passing that Pat left Fort Frances to move to St. Albert, Alberta to be close to Eric and Rylee. Always a supportive and loving mother, in 2010, she moved to Ottawa to help her daughter and spent a couple of years helping to raise three of her grandchildren.
In 2013, Pat returned to her roots in Midland, Ontario where she reunited with childhood friends and family. Of particular note, her first cousin Sharon and friend Patti remained close friends and confidants throughout her life and gave her much comfort and support while living in Midland. Pat moved back to Ottawa, Ontario in the fall of 2018 after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
A beloved and cherished grandmother to Andrew, Melissa, Iain, Mackenzie, Kaelan and Ben and step-grandmother to Charlotte and Simon, Pat took special pride in all of their accomplishments and successes. Always willing to help and give advice along with colourful commentary, she often provided extended babysitting sessions, lent her car to one of the new drivers in the family, and was always concerned about everyone no matter where they were or what they were doing. Her grandchildren will miss her dearly.
Pat is survived by her children and spouses: Eric and his wife Jennifer (Sturgeon County, AB), Rylee and her husband Dan (Ottawa, ON) and by Garfield's wife Jane (Halifax). She is predeceased by her husband Struchan (2005); and her son Garfield (2005).
Her wishes were to be cremated and laid to rest with her husband in Fort Frances, Ontario. A celebration of life will take place in August. If friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Online condolences may be made in care of www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com.


Durisdeer (named for the owners ancestral village in Scotland) is not only appealing for your Kangaroo Island Holiday, but has the added bonus of providing facilities that will allow you to concentrate on work or stay in touch with the office back home without interrupting the holiday atmosphere. The house has free Wi-Fi for all guests, a large sunroom set up for small family gatherings or workshops, and at an additional cost of only $10/day office facilities complete with workstation and printer ready for your laptop. (please prebook office/workstation) you can now afford that holiday you thought you were too busy to take.
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KITCHEN is well equipped with cooking utensils, pots, pans, crockery and cutlery along with toaster, kettle, microwave, slow cooker and coffee percolator.
LOUNGE/DINING area - a lovely light and airy room with high ceilings, ceiling fans and airconditioner providing lounge chairs, dining setting for six.
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LAUNDRY complete with washing machine and tumble dryer.
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Q: Append new sheet with data in existing excel file Reading files (1234-P2P.xlsx, 1234-T2T)  and creating excel file with name 1234.xlsx and sheets inside the file like 'P2P', 'T2T' and so on .
First file read and write is done,When writing 2nd file it overrides first sheet.Need to append new sheet in same file keeping previous sheets.
def Userwise(d,filedata):
 splitWord=[]
 splitWord=d.split('-')

 df1=filedata.parse('sheet1')

 writer=ExcelWriter(splitWord[0]+'.xlsx')
 df1.to_excel(writer,splitWord[1],header=True,index=False)
 print(df1)
 writer.save()

path = 'C:\\DE\\pythonFile\\pandas\\Userwise'
d=[]

for f in os.listdir(path):
 filedata=pd.ExcelFile('C:\\DE\\pythonFile\\pandas\\Userwise\\'+f)
 d=f[:-5]
 Userwise(d,filedata)

1 file with name '1234.xlsx' with sheets inside like 'P2P', 'T2T' with data


The chances of a smooth takeoff for Heathrow's expansion plans were always slim, but an unexpected obstacle has arisen in the path of a third runway. Some of Britain's biggest airlines have lent their voices to a rival proposal to develop Heathrow for about £5bn less than the airport itself declares necessary, fuelling a row over costs and throwing fresh uncertainty on the scheme.
A crucial vote on the government's approval to expand the London hub is due this summer, but MPs were left confused after the airport's main customers told them this week not to trust Heathrow with its £14.3bn budget for a new runway. Airline executives said the cost estimate could prove "grossly off target" and make the airport unaffordable as the overspends are passed on to carriers, and then passengers, via higher landing charges.
Willie Walsh, the chief executive of IAG, the parent company of British Airways, which operates around half of all flights at Heathrow, told the transport select committee that a revised plan unveiled by the hotelier Surinder Arora was "a very credible alternative". "He has more experience than anyone, including Heathrow probably, of building facilities at the airport, and at a fraction of the cost," Walsh said.
Questions are being asked about why, nearly three years after the independent Airport Commission made clear Heathrow was the right choice for British airport expansion, the budget is still in doubt. The answer comes in a tweak to the government's national policy statement on aviation in the autumn. The assumption that Heathrow would run its own development was removed, and the policy did not "identify any statutory undertaker as the appropriate person to carry out the preferred scheme".
BA and its rival Virgin Atlantic led airlines in spotting a chance to cut costs, coalescing around Arora, who owns about 200 acres of land around the airport and buildings including Heathrow's own corporate HQ, Compass House. Arora's scheme would see that survive, along with 20% of the land earmarked for the expanded airport.
Arora's main prize would be to develop and operate a terminal, something both he and BA say could alter the whole basis on which Heathrow is run, providing internal competition with the airport's five other terminals. He has a track record for achieving spectacular ambitions from a modest start, coming to Britain from India at the age of 13 and building a guesthouse on the fringes of the airport into a property business operating franchises for a range of international brands at Heathrow and Gatwick.
BA and Arora argue that the way Heathrow is regulated gives it no incentive to keep spending down. The landing charges the Civil Aviation Authority allows it to set are linked to the value of its infrastructure, measured by the money invested. Walsh calls it a "perverse incentive to overspend", because the higher the investment, the higher the fees that can be imposed on carriers.
For Heathrow, the idea of introducing competition is an unwelcome diversion. Its chief executive, John Holland-Kaye, is adamant that it would be a big mistake. "It would set us back years. The French, Germans, Dutch are racing ahead – what the hell are we doing wasting time?" he said.
How strongly the airlines or Arora believe that they can wrest the development from Heathrow is debatable, but the plan increases pressure on the airport, which says it has revised its plans down to expanding terminals rather than building a new one, removing huge expenditure on underground transit systems for people and baggage.
Arora said it was prepared to submit a rival planning application if the airport refuses to play along. Holland-Kaye suggested Arora could well end up winning contracts either way: "I'm sure we will all get something out of it." If MPs back expansion formally, Heathrow will need to consult further on the details before submitting plans, with final approval not expected before 2021. A third runway is not expected to be operational before 2025 at the earliest.


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Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs Železinger was born in Slovenia, but grew up in the UK. She gained a BSc in Psychology and Social Anthropology from Brunel University and trained as a TEFL teacher before joining the International School of London. She later moved to Spain, as School Psychologist and SEN Coordinator at the International College of Marbella and other schools in the area.
After returning to Slovenia, Mrs Železinger joined BISL in its opening year as a Music and Art Teacher, working with both Primary and Secondary students, and as SEN Coordinator and Administrator. In the years since, she has also been a Primary Class Teacher, has taken on the role of Child Protection Officer and has been the Head of Primary since 2014.
With her musical background and her experience in performing arts and training young people, Mrs Železinger has been a keen member of BIMS, as both a teacher and student, and is currently working hard to master the saxophone.
Jonathan Travis
Head of Secondary
Mr. Travis is from the UK and holds a BA in History and an MA in International Studies from the University of Leeds and an NPQSL (National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership) from the Institute of Education, UCL.
Having started his career teaching History in two UK comprehensive schools, he then moved to Japan, where he spent five years as Whole School Development Lead for High Performance Learning (HPL) at the British School in Tokyo. Most recently he has served as an Assistant Headteacher at St. Paul's School in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Mr. Travis passionately believes in the school as a learning organisation, a place where students and teachers flourish in a culture of high expectations, investigative enquiry and growth mindset. Outside of school, Mr Travis has a passion for mountain activities and is looking forward to exploring the Slovenian Alps with his wife and new baby son.


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Detecting stealth sleeping sickness
(IAEA)
Tens of thousands of people in Africa who are infected with trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, go undiagnosed because the only way to detect the deadly infection is through blood exams and a painful expensive lower back puncture, according to the Geneva-based Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND).
"It is incredibly difficult now to detect the infection," Joseph Ndung'u, FIND's head of trypanosomiasis programme, told IRIN. "The parasite numbers are low. We are required to puncture the lumbar region [lower back] and examine the spinal fluid through a microscope in order to determine whether parasites have entered the brain."
Once the infection - transmitted by the tsetse fly - penetrates the brain, it can attack the central nervous system.
FIND is evaluating a microscope that is expected to cost several times less than microscopes currently used for diagnoses. "This new microscope can be used in the field and does not require an expensive laboratory with a darkroom," said Ndung'u.
The NGO is also researching molecular detection that does not require a sophisticated lab or specialized personnel, as well as a rapid test, which Ndung'u told IRIN is "highly feasible".
"Right now, there must be a good technician to draw out the spinal fluid carefully, a microscope, centrifuge and someone who is able to count the number of white blood cells…Endemic areas are not likely to have all this," said Ndung'u.
If caught early, trypanosomiasis can be cured within a week of hospitalization, said the FIND scientist. "But when the disease progresses to an advanced stage and parasites have entered the brain, the only available medication can be toxic in up to 10 percent of patients."
The arsenic-based Melarsoprol is one of the drugs currently used for advanced infections.
World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 80 percent of late-stage trypanosomiasis patients who do not respond to treatment, die. "The medicine is toxic and a lot of effort has been put in an unsuccessful search for a safer medication," said Ndung'u.
The moment you start ignoring a disease is when it turns into an epidemic
FIND's Ndung'u said that while surveillance has improved and helped reduce human deaths, the disease has typically resurged after occasional dips. "The moment you start ignoring a disease is when it turns into an epidemic."
Trypanosomiasis epidemics have taken place in Uganda and the Congo Basin between 1896 and 1906 and in a number of African countries in 1920 and 1970.
FIND's Ndung'u told IRIN that more than 90 percent of infections are currently reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "This sleeping sickness disease is like a sleeping giant. It goes underreported, especially during periods of conflict, and by the time it receives national attention, a large proportion of the population is infected."
The FIND scientist cited reports in recent years in which there was a more than 30-percent prevalence in some endemic countries.
Ndung'u told IRIN that the sleeping sickness disease prevalence is "grossly underestimated" because many areas have no surveillance, and not all countries report trypanosomiasis infections and deaths.
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