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Royal Opera House Collections Online
Home > Exhibitions
Isabel Rawsthorne Moving Bodies
When: 18 March–17 August 2013
Where: Amphitheatre Gallery
Isabel Rawsthorne is perhaps better known to the ballet world as Isabel Lambert. The artist married Constant Lambert in 1947 and they collaborated with Frederick Ashton on his ballet Tiresias in 1951, one of four works Rawsthorne designed for the Sadler's Wells Ballet Companies. She began to sketch dancers during stage rehearsals and then from the mid 1950s Isabel was granted privileged access to the Company's rehearsal studios in Hammersmith. Over the next twenty years she produced a significant body of work, both drawings and paintings, based on her observations of dancers including Margot Fonteyn, Svetlana Beriosova and Antoinette Sibley in motion. This spring and summer there is a unique opportunity to view these works at the Royal Opera House in a free exhibition.
Some of this material was exhibited during her lifetime and much remained in her possession until she died in 1992. In 2008 the Royal Opera House acquired theatre designs for productions at Covent Garden from Rawsthorne'sestate who then donated a number of drawings and a painting of dancers in rehearsal to Royal Opera House Collections which form the Isabel Lambert Collection.
In 2012 The New Art Gallery in Walsall curated an exhibition from the material that remained with the estate to mark the centenary of Isabel Rawsthorne's birth. This forms the basis of the current exhibition alongside a selection of the works given to the Royal Opera House in 2008. This is the first time the works have been displayed in London since 1998.
The Royal Opera House is extremely grateful to the Warwick Llewellyn Nicholas Estate and The New Art Gallery Walsall for their assistance in staging this exhibition.
The Royal Opera House is a working theatre so daytime visitors are asked to ring the ROH Box Office the day before visiting on +44 (0) 20 7304 4004 to check the exhibition areas are open.


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It has been reported that a former senior government advisor has criticised the decision to publish the number of pupils from individual schools that go on to study at Russell Group universities.
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"Bright and well informed students are choosing to study at particular institutions because of the reputation in their subject field."
It is true that the Russell Group is made up of some excellent universities that offer many world-class courses. And making readily available information that allows students to make informed choices about where and what they want to study is essential if we are to promote fair access and widen participation.
However, there are also courses for which the best place to study is not at a Russell Group University.
I recently attended the excellent Guardian Higher Education conference, where a panel of students talked about their experience of applying to and attending their chosen university. And what came through was how they consider(ed) multiple different factors when choosing where to study including teaching excellence, the city in which the university is located, the feel of the university and campus, and their experience at the open day.
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Bright and well informed students are choosing to study at particular institutions because of the reputation in their subject field, their on-campus resources (for example, University of Lincoln's award winning Engineering school, the first in the UK for more than 20 years), or their impressive record at helping graduates into employment.
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The UK should be promoting a diverse HE sector and supporting excellent courses wherever they exist. The best and the brightest students should be encouraged to study at the best place for them. This might be at a 'research-intensive' institution but it should always be on the best course to support their ambition. Too narrow a focus on institution does our students and our country a disservice.
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Notes to Editor:
View the full 2011 league table results here
Case studies from Alliance universities:
Nottingham Trent (1st)
Ucycle Nottingham is a 2 year joint project with Sustrans, Nottingham City Council, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals with the objective to increase cycling among staff and students. Targets set include a 50% increase in number of trips made to university by bicycle by staff and 100% increase for students.
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the Office of Procurement and Sustainability (OPS)
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Bournemouth (5th)
Developing Leaders for Sustainable Development: Enabling Behaviour Change Project
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External facilitator, Ann Finlayson (Director of SEEd) is contributing her experience as a Commissioner for Education and Capability Building for the Sustainable Development Commission, and bringing to the project her expertise in leading workshops for senior staff including Government ministers.
In their feedback, HEFCE highlighted that it was a highly competitive field and the panel was particularly impressed by the proposal, which one assessor commented was a "valuable small scale project, capable of making a positive impact more widely on the sector".
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Two high school students are still in critical condition at Sanya Nongken Hospital after being injured in a hit-and-run incident in Sanya.
The accident happened at about 9:00pm of November 26. The 2 students, walking their way back home, were hit by a No.6 Bus, driving down from Phoenix Town to the downtown center.
The driver who was involved in the accident did not remain at the spot to call an ambulance for help and ran away.
Ou Fuhao, 17, one of the victims, is still lying in the hospital Intensive Care unit and his classmate has not regained consciousness yet.
"My nephew is still suffering life-threatening injuries since 10 days have passed. I am so afraid that he will leave us at any time".
At 3:00 am of November 27, the bus driver presented himself to the police. Asked for the reason he ran from the spot, he said he was so scared he didn't know what to do.
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Q: Fancy arrows to signify continuation of pmatrix I think my request is a bit hard, but I'm trying anyway.
I have this align environment
\begin{align} \nonumber
    \f = \begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_1) \\ f(x_2, y_1) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_1) \\ f(x_N, y_1)
    \end{pmatrix}
    &&
    \begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_2) \\ f(x_2, y_2) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_2) \\ f(x_N, y_2)
    \end{pmatrix}
    &&
    \begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_N) \\ f(x_2, y_N) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_N) \\ f(x_N, y_N)
    \end{pmatrix}
\end{align}

I would like to make arrows between the pmatrix's in this way

Any idea for an approach?
Thank you in advance.

A: You can just put them in a tikzpicture and draw the arrows.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,bending,matrix}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
    f = \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(P.base),>={Latex[bend]}]
    \node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt](P){\vphantom{1}};
    \path (P) node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,matrix of math nodes,
        ampersand replacement=\&,column sep=1ex
        ] (M){
    {\begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_1) \\ f(x_2, y_1) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_1) \\ f(x_N, y_1)
    \end{pmatrix}}
    \& \phantom{\vdots}\&
    {\begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_2) \\ f(x_2, y_2) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_2) \\ f(x_N, y_2)
    \end{pmatrix}}
    \& \textcolor{blue}{\boldsymbol{\vdots}}\&
    {\begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_N) \\ f(x_2, y_N) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_N) \\ f(x_N, y_N)
    \end{pmatrix}}
    \\
    };
    \draw[blue,thick,->] (M-1-1.south) to[out=-90,in=-90] (M-1-1.south-|M-1-2)
    -- (M-1-3.north-|M-1-2) to[out=90,in=90] (M-1-3.north);
    \draw[blue,thick,->] (M-1-3.south) to[out=-90,in=-90] (M-1-3.south-|M-1-4)
    -- ([yshift=-1ex]M-1-4.south) (M-1-4.north) -- (M-1-5.north-|M-1-4) to[out=90,in=90] (M-1-5.north);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{align*}
\end{document}

A: A solution with pstricks: each matrix is defined as a BoxNodes, which are linked through intermediate nodes with the \ncangles command.
\documentclass[svgnames]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath, bm}
\usepackage{pst-node}

\begin{document}

\[ \bm{f} =
    \psDefBoxNodes{M1}{\begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_1) \\ f(x_2, y_1) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_1) \\ f(x_N, y_1)
    \end{pmatrix}}
   \enspace \pnode{I}\enspace
    \psDefBoxNodes{M2}{\begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_2) \\ f(x_2, y_2) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_2) \\ f(x_N, y_2)
    \end{pmatrix}}
     \enspace \Rnode{D}{\textcolor{blue}{\boldsymbol{\vdots}}}\enspace
    \psDefBoxNodes{M3}{\begin{pmatrix}
    f(x_1, y_N) \\ f(x_2, y_N) \\ \vdots \\ f(x_{N - 1}, y_N) \\ f(x_N, y_N)
    \end{pmatrix}}
%%arrows
\psset{linewidth=1pt, linecolor=RoyalBlue, arrowinset=0.12, linearc=0.3}
\ncangles[angleA=-90, armA=0.5cm, angleB=-90]{M1:bC}{I}\ncangles[angleA=90, armA=0.5cm, angleB=90, arrows=<-]{M2:tC}{I}
\ncangles[angleA=-90, armA=0.5cm, angleB=-90, nodesepB=3pt]{M2:bC}{D}\ncangles[angleA=90, armA=0.5cm, angleB=90, arrows=<-, nodesepB=-2pt]{M3:tC}{D}
\]

\end{document}

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Q: Spring mvc - Could not open ServletContext resource /WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml I'm facing a problem with spring mvc web application, i can't figure out what i did wrong, I am currently following a tutorial and I do exactly what it does, i can't understand why the FileNotFoundException is thrown even if the file exist.
Here is my dispatcher-servlet.xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
   xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">

   <context:component-scan base-package="com.springWeb" />

   <!--Provide support for conversion, formatting and validation -->
   </beans>

and the following is my web.xml
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_4_0.xsd"
     version="4.0">
<context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>/web/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
</context-param>

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

The exhaustive logs
Type Rapport d'exception

 message Servlet.init() for servlet [dispatcher] threw exception

 description Le serveur a rencontré une erreur interne qui l'a empêché de satisfaire la requête.

 exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet [dispatcher] threw exception
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:543)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:688)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:609)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:818)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1623)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

root cause

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document     from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml]
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:344)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:304)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:188)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:224)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:195)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:125)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:94)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:133)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:622)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:518)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:696)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:662)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:710)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:587)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:526)
org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:169)
javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:543)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:688)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:609)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:818)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1623)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
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java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
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java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml]
org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource.getInputStream(ServletContextResource.java:158)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:330)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:304)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:188)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:224)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:195)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:125)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:94)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:133)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:622)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:518)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:696)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:662)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:710)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:587)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:526)
org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:169)
javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:543)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:688)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:609)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:818)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1623)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
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A: Use init-param tag inside your dispatcher servlet like this :
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
    </init-param>
</servlet>

In what you did inside context-param, will not be taken by Spring as a configuration file but just as a general parameter inside the servlet context, accessible to all servlets as a String .


Times Beach is a ghost town in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of St. Louis and 2 miles (3 km) east of Eureka. Once home to more than two thousand people, the town was completely evacuated early in 1983 due to TCDD contamination. It was the largest civilian exposure to dioxin in the history of the US.
In 1985, the State of Missouri officially dis-incorporated the city of Times Beach. The site of Times Beach now houses a 419-acre (170 ha) state park commemorating U.S. Route 66—the famous highway that stretched from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, and passed by the community—as well as the history of the Times Beach area. The park opened in 1999. In 2001, the EPA removed Times Beach from its Superfund list.
The 1987 film Made in U.S.A., directed by Ken Friedman and starring Adrian Pasdar, Chris Penn and Lori Singer, refers to Times Beach.
Times Beach was founded in 1925 on the flood plain of the Meramec River in a promotion by the now-defunct St. Louis Star-Times newspaper. A purchase of a 20 × 100 ft (6 by 30 m) lot for $67.50 included a six-month newspaper subscription.
In its early years, the town was primarily a summer resort, but the Great Depression combined with gasoline rationing during World War II reduced the feasibility of summer homes. The town became a community of mostly low-income housing, and a small population (1,240) lived in Times Beach by 1970. In the years immediately before its evacuation, Times Beach had become a lower-middle-class town. Historically, there had always been a small grocery store and gas station on Route 66 to serve the residents.
Prone to flooding throughout its history—its first buildings were built on stilts—the town experienced a devastating flood in December, 1982. It happened just as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was confirming that dioxin contaminated the soil, leading to the town's evacuation by 1985 and complete demolition by 1992. The town was dis-incorporated by executive order of Missouri governor John Ashcroft in 1985.
The story of Times Beach was featured on History Channel's Modern Marvels, in the episode "Engineering Disasters 20".
During the late 1960s, the Northeastern Pharmaceutical and Chemical Company, Inc. (NEPACCO) began operating out of a facility located near Verona, in southwestern Missouri. This facility was owned by Hoffman-Taff, a company that produced the Agent Orange herbicide for use during the Vietnam War. By the time NEPACCO ceased its operations in 1972, Hoffman-Taff had been taken over by Syntex Agribusiness.
From 1970 to 1972, NEPACCO was primarily involved in the production of hexachlorophene (3), an antibacterial agent used in soap, toothpaste, and common household disinfectants, from 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (1) and formaldehyde (2).
2,4,5-trichlorophenol is synthesized from 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene by the nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction with sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Unfortunately, instantaneous dimerization of the resulting phenol produces trace amounts of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), an extremely toxic compound known to have both acute and chronic adverse effects.
Beginning the process of production with 2,4,5-trichlorophenol that contained 3-5 parts per million (ppm) of dioxin, NEPACCO was able to reduce the concentration of dioxin in hexachlorophene to 0.1 ppm. The result of this purification process led to the storage and accumulation of heavily concentrated dioxin still bottoms, or thick, oily residues, in a storage tank located near the facility in Verona. When NEPACCO first began operations, the still bottoms were sent to a waste facility in Louisiana for incineration. Although incineration was the best method to destroy dioxins at the time, it was also very expensive. Looking for less costly alternatives, NEPACCO contracted the services of the Independent Petrochemical Corporation (IPC). However, IPC, a chemical supplier company, knew very little about waste disposal, and subcontracted the NEPACCO job to Russell Martin Bliss, the owner of a small and local waste oil business. Charging NEPACCO $3000 per load, IPC paid Bliss $125 per load. Between February and October 1971, Bliss collected six truckloads (nearly 18,500 gallons) of chemical waste heavily contaminated with dioxin. Bliss took most of the still bottoms to his storage facility near Frontenac, Missouri, where the contaminated NEPACCO waste was unloaded and mixed into tanks containing used crankcase oils. Subsequently, some of the contaminated oil was sold to MT Richards, a fuel company in Illinois, and to the Midwest Oil Refining Company in Overland, Missouri.
In addition to his waste oil business, Bliss owned a horse arena and farm, where he sprayed waste oils to control the problem of dust. One application kept the dust down for several months. Those who visited Bliss' property were impressed by how well the technique worked. It was not long before people began to hire him for his dust-suppressant services.
On May 26, 1971, the owners of Shenandoah Stable, located near Moscow Mills, Missouri, Judy Piatt and Frank Hampel, paid Bliss $150 to spray the floor of their indoor arena. The waste oil sprayed, which totaled a volume of 2,000 gallons, was uncharacteristically thick, and left a pungent, burning odor. Within a few days of the spraying, birds began to drop dead from the rafters of the barns, and horses began to develop sores and lose their hair. Piatt and Hampel blamed these occurrences on Bliss, who denied responsibility, claiming that the material he sprayed was nothing more than old motor oil. Acting on their suspicions, Piatt and Hampel removed the top six inches of soil from the entire arena and disposed of it in a landfill. Despite the removal of another twelve inches of soil a few months later, the horses that came to the arena still became ill. After several months, sixty-two horses died, or became so emaciated that they had to be euthanized. Hampel, Piatt, and Piatt's two young daughters also became ill, developing headaches, nosebleeds, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
A month after the spraying at Shenandoah, Bliss was hired to spray the arena at Timberline Stables, near Jefferson City, Missouri. Twelve horses died, and children exposed to the arena were diagnosed with chloracne, a skin condition associated with dioxin poisoning. Suspecting that Bliss' oil was the source of their problems, the owners of Timberline removed the top layer of soil from their property.
A third arena, at Bubbling Springs Ranch, near St. Louis, was also sprayed around the same time as Timberline, and faced similar problems. As at Shenandoah and Timberline, the owners decided to remove the top layer of soil from their arena. Vernon Stout, a road-grading contractor, completed the removal in March 1973. Instead of bringing the soil to a landfill, however, Stout unloaded the soil onto one of his properties and at the nearby home of Harold Minker.
The unexplained deaths and illnesses at Shenandoah immediately caught the attention of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In August 1971, the CDC completed an inspection of Shenandoah Stable, and collected human and animal blood samples, as well as soil samples. Although initial results revealed that the soil at Shenandoah Stable contained PCBs and chlorinated insecticides, the CDC was unable to identify a specific chemical culprit. It was not until 1973 that tests revealed the presence of trichlorophenol. When trace amounts of the crude trichlorophenol contaminant were administered to the inner surfaces of rabbit ears, blisters developed, which was a characteristic result of trichlorophenol poisoning. The unexpected death of some of the affected rabbits however, led the CDC to run more complex tests. On July 30, 1974, the CDC found that, in addition to 5,000 ppm of trichlorophenol and 1,590 ppm of PCBs, the soil samples collected from Shenandoah contained over 30 ppm of dioxin. Although little was known about the effects of dioxin on humans, the lethality of small doses in animals was alarming. As a result, the CDC immediately set out to locate other possible sites of contamination. When confronted by the CDC, Bliss stated that he did not know where the dioxin could have come from. Because dioxin was a by-product of only a handful of chemicals, trichlorophenol being the most common, the CDC narrowed their search to companies in Missouri using or producing trichlorophenol. NEPACCO was the only company on the search list that had come into contact with Bliss.
NEPACCO went out of business in 1972, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued a ban that limited the use of hexachlorophene. The ban was motivated by the death of thirty-two infants in France who were exposed to high levels of hexachlorophene in baby powder. During an inspection of the old NEPACCO facility in Verona, which was now entirely owned by Syntex Agribusiness, the CDC discovered an old tank filled with 4,300 gallons of NEPACCO still bottoms at a dioxin concentration of more than 340 ppm. Due to a lack of incinerators in proximity to the Verona plant, the proper disposal of the leftover still bottoms would not be completed until 1979.
With further investigation of contaminated locations, the CDC advised residents of the Minker and Stout properties to minimize contact with the soil. Soil samples had revealed a dioxin concentration of 0.85 ppm at Minker's property, and a concentration of 0.44 ppm at Stout's property. In a 1975 confidential report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the CDC also further advised the removal and burial of contaminated soil from both properties. In the same document, however, the CDC reported that the half-life of dioxin was one year. Based on this estimate, which was later found to be incorrect, Missouri officials decided to forgo the recommended cleanup. Today, the half-life of dioxin is estimated to be seven to eleven years.
The EPA did not become heavily involved with the Missouri dioxin contaminations until 1979 when a former NEPACCO employee reported the burial of toxic waste on a farm located about seven miles from Verona. NEPACCO had paid James Denney, the owner of the farm, $150 for the use of his property. Under the investigations of the EPA, a total of ninety drums, all of which were corroded and leaky, were unearthed. Eleven of these drums contained still bottoms with dioxin concentrations as high as 2,000 ppm.
In May and June 1982, the EPA decided to revisit the Shenandoah, Timberline, and Bubbling Springs stables, as well as the Minker and Stout properties. New soil samples revealed that concentrations of dioxin had not decreased since the last test results obtained by the CDC several years earlier. Although more than ten years had passed since the spraying, areas in the Shenandoah arena still contained as much as 1.8 ppm of dioxin. Regional EPA officials advised owners of the contaminated stables to temporarily close, and urged the national EPA office to begin cleanup operations at each of the contaminated locations. These cleanup requests were delayed when Rita Lavelle, an assistant administrator at EPA headquarters in Washington, announced that the EPA would be collecting and testing an additional six hundred soil samples in order to better understand the extent of contamination.
The EPA's handling of the events in Missouri caught national attention in late 1982 when the Environmental Defense Fund, a public interest group, published a leaked EPA document that listed a total of fourteen confirmed and forty-one possibly contaminated sites in the state of Missouri. The town of Times Beach was one of the locations listed. The Environmental Defense Fund also claimed that the EPA had decided to lower dioxin cleanup protocol standards. Although the CDC advised for cleanups in locations where dioxin levels were as low as .001 ppm, the Environmental Defense Fund report suggested that new EPA protocols would only necessitate clean up in locations where dioxin concentrations were above 0.1 ppm.
In 1972, Times Beach hired Bliss to oil its twenty-three miles of dirt roads (due to lack of funding, Times Beach was unable to pave its roads). For $2,400, Bliss sprayed approximately 160,000 gallons of waste oil in Times Beach over a period of four years. The release of the leaked EPA document in 1982 was the first time that Times Beach had learned of its contamination. Residents felt betrayed and publicly criticized the EPA for not informing them of the toxic hazards around their homes. Since Times Beach had the largest population out of the listed sites, Times Beach became the subject of national media and attention. With pressure from the public, the EPA soon began investigation in Times Beach. Soil sampling was fortuitously completed on December 3, 1982, a day before Times Beach suffered its worst flood in history when the Meramec River breached its banks and rose over fourteen feet above flood stage. The residents of Times Beach were evacuated, and by the time the waters began to recede, the EPA had concluded its analysis. Results revealed dioxin concentrations as high as 0.3 ppm along the town's entire network of roads.
On December 23, 1982, the CDC publicly recommended that Times Beach not be re-inhabited. Officials were uncertain about the health effects of extensive dioxin exposure, and even more uncertain of how to rid an entire town of dioxin. Because the town was situated on a flood plain, officials were further concerned that subsequent flooding would spread the contamination beyond control.
Discussions of a federal buyout commenced on January 7, 1983 when President Ronald Reagan created the Times Beach Dioxin Task Force, which consisted of representatives from the EPA, CDC, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Army Corps of Engineers. During a press conference on February 22, 1983, the EPA announced that the federal government would pay $33.0 million of the estimated $36.7 million cost to buy out the eight hundred residential properties and thirty businesses of Times Beach. The remaining $3.7 million would be the responsibility of the state.
By 1985, Times Beach's entire population of well over 2,000 residents had been relocated, and Governor John Ashcroft had issued an executive order for the town's dis-incorporation.
Since it contained over fifty percent of the dioxin in the state of Missouri, and because it was no longer inhabited, Times Beach was the logical choice for the placement of a new incinerator. The construction of the incinerator began in June 1995. Once built, it burned more than 265,000 tons of dioxin-contaminated materials from across the state. The cleanup of Missouri was completed in 1997 and had cost close to $200 million.
In response to the events that transpired in Missouri during the 1970s, a number of laws were passed to regulate the generation and disposal of potentially hazardous products. In 1976, Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act, which required the testing of chemicals that could pose an unreasonable risk to the environment. In 1976, Congress also passed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which regulated the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste. In 1980, the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) established a multibillion-dollar Superfund to investigate and clean up old, abandoned hazardous waste sites. The passage of CERCLA also defined the liability of a company and ensured that parties responsible for the release of toxic substances are held liable in the case of environmental damage or harm. In 1983, the federal government sued NEPACCO and its officers, Edwin Michaels and John W. Lee, in United States v. Northeastern Pharmaceutical and Chemical Co.. Under the provisions of CERCLA, NEPACCO was forced to repay the federal government for its cleanup efforts at the farm of James Denney, the site where NEPACCO had buried ninety drums of its chemical waste over a decade earlier.
Because the RCRA was not implemented until 1976, Bliss was not legally required to keep records of the chemical wastes he had collected from NEPACCO. During investigations surrounding the dioxin contamination in Missouri, Bliss maintained that he had no knowledge of the presence of dioxin in the chemical waste he collected from NEPACCO. Still, Bliss was the object of many legal pursuits. Over 14,000 citizens' suits were filed against NEPACCO and its officers, Syntex Agribusiness, IPC, and Bliss. Among these were the cases of Piatt and Hample, who in 1976 settled their suit against Bliss for $10,000 and against IPC for $100,000. In 1981, Piatt and Hample also settled for $65,000 from NEPACCO. IPC paid $1 million to each of Piatt's daughters in 1983.
Although the decision for relocation in 1982 was made in the best interests and safety of the Times Beach residents, the evacuation was not an easy transition. Eight hundred families had to leave their lives completely behind. Initially, parents worried about what to do and where to go for financial assistance. As they began to settle into their new lives, their logistical and financial worries were soon replaced by the fear that their children would be afflicted by sudden chronic illnesses. The psychological trauma caused by relocation was immeasurable.
Several months after the evacuation, the American Medical Association (AMA) publicly criticized the news media for spreading unscientific information about dioxin and the health hazards associated with it. The AMA stated that there was no evidence of adverse consequences from low-level dioxin exposure. Subsequent studies of potentially exposed people from Times Beach and some other contaminated locations in Missouri have revealed no adverse health outcomes that can be directly linked to dioxin. In a study conducted by the CDC and the Missouri Division of Health, no cases of chloracne, a common symptom of acute dioxin poisoning, were observed in Times Beach residents. By May 1991, Dr. Vernon Houk, the director of the CDC's Center for Environmental Health, had come to the same conclusion as the AMA. Although he had made the official recommendation to permanently relocate Times Beach residents in 1982, by 1991, he no longer believed that evacuation had been necessary.
The land that was once Times Beach is now Route 66 State Park. One building from the town still exists: the park's visitor center was once a roadhouse from Times Beach's glory days, and was the EPA's headquarters for the area. There is a large grass mound beneath which is the debris of the demolished buildings of the former town. The EPA revisited and tested the soil at the Route 66 State Park in June 2012. On November 19, 2012 it was reported that "Soil samples from Route 66 State Park show no significant health risks for park visitors or workers."
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The people located in Australia require proper citizenship for living in Australia. Every person cannot get the membership and there are some requirements of the citizenship of Australia. To get admission in the Australian Citizenship Test Eligibility of every person has a great importance in this respect. The Australian citizenship is the requirement of every person living in the state. The citizenship is necessary for getting a normal and formal membership of the state. After getting membership you will have the authority by the government of the state to live within the state. There are many of the major requirements which are necessary to take the eligibility test of the Australian citizenship.
The first requirement is that the person who is going to apply for Australian Citizenship Test Eligibility must have been residing in the state for the last few years minimum 4 years. The age of the person who is going to apply in for the test must be at least 18 years. Your next plan about the stay in the state of Australia must be for a long period of time. The character of the applicant is also very important for the citizenship of the Australia. The applicant must not have any criminal record and this will matter a lot in getting the Australian citizenship.
If the candidate has any criminal record then he will not be able to get the admission in the eligibility test of the Australian citizenship. Another major factor which has a great importance in being a proper citizen of Australia is the citizenship test. The applicant has to pass the citizenship test of about 20 MCQs. The passed candidate has to achieve about 75% marks in the test to be able to get the citizenship of Australia. The questions in the test will be closely related to the resource guide of citizenship.
The commitment of test is one of the last stages which will be the requirement of getting the citizenship of Australia. The person, who has completely passed the citizenship test of Australia, will be completely able to get the proper citizenship of Australia and he will be able to be a formal citizen of the state. The citizenship of any citizen of the Australia can also be revoked on some of the major reasons. The reason can include the commitment of any of the serious crimes or in any case of fraud or any other dangerous situation similar to these. So every person have to pay full attention to the eligibility of the citizenship test of Australia and must also keep all the terms and condition in his mind before getting citizenship of Australia.


We are excited to offer this 2019 Toyota 4Runner. This Toyota includes: CARPET FLOOR MATS Floor Mats 50 STATE EMISSIONS SLIDING REAR CARGO DECK TRD PRO PACKAGE Luggage Rack *Note - For third party subscriptions or services, please contact the dealer for more information.* Want more room? Want more style? This Toyota 4Runner is the vehicle for you. You deserve a vehicle designed for higher expectations. This Toyota 4Runner delivers with a luxurious, well-appointed interior and world-class engineering. Handle any terrain with ease thanks to this grippy 4WD. Whether you're on a slick pavement or exploring the back country, you'll be able to do it with confidence. We look forward to seeing you soon! Please call us for more information.


I did squeak out this soft little bamboo yarn hat on Friday night for a baby shower on Saturday.
Oh that's the sweetest little gift. I kept picking it up and trying to imagine the little man who will wear it in a few short weeks. What a thoughtful, precious gift, Hannah.


I have complied a list with the help of some members, that gives details of cycle friendly cafes and tea rooms where we like to stop in our area when we are out riding. I thought this might be useful if you ever visit this part of the country and wanted to plan a ride in the lovely countryside.
If you are aware of any that we might have missed then please email me with details and I will add them to the list which can be found in the document section at the bottom of the East London/Essex Region pages.
Also, I have found a very useful website, halfwaycoffee.com, which shows on a map cycle friendly cafes, country wide.


HTF MI recently introduced Global Hearing Aid Batteries Market study with in-depth overview, describing about the Product / Industry Scope and elaborates market outlook and status to 2025. The market Study is segmented by key regions which is accelerating the marketization. At present, the market is developing its presence and some of the key players from the complete study are SPECTRUM BRANDS, Energizer Holdings, Montana Tech, Duracell, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Swatch, ZeniPower, Kodak, NEXcell & NANFU etc.
The global Hearing Aid Batteries market is valued at 1390 million US$ in 2017 and will reach 2390 million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of 7.0% during 2018-2025.
Traditional hearing aid batteries were produced using trace amounts of mercury to assist with conductivity and stabilize internal components, but mercury is no longer used in hearing aid batteries. Zinc-air batteries remain stable for up to three years when stored in a room temperature, dry environment.
The global average price of Hearing Aid Batteries is in the increasing trend, from 247 USD/K Unit in 2012 to 259 USD/K Unit in 2017. With the situation of global economy, prices will be in increasing trend in the following five years.
The classification of Hearing Aid Batteries includes 312 Type, 675 Type, 13 Type and others, and the proportion of 312 Type in 2017 is about 38%.
Hearing Aid Batteries is widely used for Behind-the-ear (BTE) Hearing Aids, In-the-ear (ITE) Hearing Aids and others. The most proportion of Hearing Aid Batteries is used ofr Behind-the-ear (BTE) Hearing Aids, and the proportion in 2017 is 58.5%.
North America is the largest supplier of Hearing Aid Batteries, with a production market share nearly 70.4% in 2017. Europe is the second largest supplier of Hearing Aid Batteries, enjoying production market share nearly 15.7% in 2017.
Europe is the largest consumption place, with a consumption market share nearly 42.2% in 2017. Following Europe, North America is the second largest consumption place with the consumption market share of 32.1%.
Market competition is not intense. SPECTRUM BRANDS, Energizer Holdings, Montana Tech, Duracell, etc. are the leaders of the industry, and they hold key technologies and patents, with high-end customers; have been formed in the monopoly position in the industry.
This report studies the Global Hearing Aid Batteries market size, industry status and forecast, competition landscape and growth opportunity. This research report categorizes the Global Hearing Aid Batteries market by companies, region, type and end-use industry.
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The key players are highly focusing innovation in production technologies to improve efficiency and shelf life. The best long-term growth opportunities for this sector can be captured by ensuring ongoing process improvements and financial flexibility to invest in the optimal strategies. Company profile section of players such as SPECTRUM BRANDS, Energizer Holdings, Montana Tech, Duracell, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Swatch, ZeniPower, Kodak, NEXcell & NANFU includes its basic information like legal name, website, headquarters, its market position, historical background and top 5 closest competitors by Market capitalization / revenue along with contact information. Each player/ manufacturer revenue figures, growth rate and gross profit margin is provided in easy to understand tabular format for past 5 years and a separate section on recent development like mergers, acquisition or any new product/service launch etc.
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Blood Oxygenation in Newborns: More Complicated Than You Think
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Variables That Affect Accuracy
One variable necessary to promote the accuracy of pulse oximetry in newborns is the effect of the closing of the ductus arteriosus on blood oxygenation. This is something that will not have an effect in the newborn until after 24 hours. Therefore, to accurately screen for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) using pulse oximetry, health care professionals must wait 24 hours after the infant's birth (Farner, Livingston, Rubio, Gutierrez, & Gong, 2014).
Another variable that affects the accuracy of the screening is the necessity of getting one reading in a preductal area and another reading in a postductal area. It is not enough to simply get one reading, but rather to compare two separate readings and make sure that they are both equal to or greater than 95 percent, and that there is a difference between them that is equal to or less than 3 percent (Farner et al., 2014).
One benefit would be the reduction of infant mortality as a result of undiagnosed CCHD. According to Farner et al. (2014), as many as 280 infants are discharged from the hospital following delivery without being accurately diagnosed with CCHD. Oximetry screening could help reduce this number.
Another benefit would be raising awareness of the condition. Many people are not aware that such a condition exists, yet 4,800 children are born with it each year (Farner et al., 2014). As such, parents and health care providers are not looking out for signs and symptoms. Screening for the condition using oximetry is not 100 percent accurate. However, it has the added benefit of making people aware of what to look for. In fact, the screening is not a pass fail, but has a criteria for reassessment and observation of the infant should they fall within a certain range. This promotes people to be more vigilant.
One limitation on performing pulse oximetry on all newborns is the training involved. Nurses and other health care professionals have to first be trained on the dangers of CCHD and on how pulse oximetry can help in early detection. There is an algorithm involved that health care providers must use to interpret the results. Also, there are already screening methods used to detect CCHD, so people must be convinced of the benefits of adding in the oximetry screening.
Another limitation is that of legislation. The only true way to get pulse oximetry screenings done on all newborns is to make it mandatory for the health care facility. Legislation is a long process that requires knowledge of both medicine and law. Furthermore, legislation requires proof of concept for the health care model being advocated. So, there must already be a substantial number of facilities performing routine oximetry scans for there to be enough data to make a case. This can be a long slow process that is difficult to gain momentum in the early stages.
Competencies to Improve Outcomes
Evidence based practice is one competency that will greatly improve patient outcomes through oximetry screening. Research must be done on the effectiveness of this method, and much research has already been done on the topic. As more and more data is gathered, stronger cases can be made to state legislatures and hospital administrators for the implementation of regulations and policies that mandate pulse oximetry screenings in newborns. Many states have already passed legislation on this issue, which demonstrates the effectiveness of evidence based practice in promoting this screening method.
Farner, R., Livingston, J., Rubio, S. A., Gutierrez, M. V., & Gong, A. (2014). The Nurse Champion Model for Advancing Newborn Screening of Critical Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 43(4), 497-506.
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Charities: National Fund
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the recent decision of the Attorney General to give over £400 million from a registered charity, the National Fund, to the Treasury.
Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
My Lords, the charitable purpose of the National Fund is the reduction of the national debt. Therefore, using the fund to reduce the national debt must be the correct approach. It is not right to use money donated for a specified charitable purpose to support one or other different cause, however worthy those other causes may be.
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab)
My Lords, actually, this charity was set up to write off, not to reduce, the national debt—so can we just keep to the facts? The national debt is £1.84 trillion, which is 4,000 times the size of this charity. In fact, the national debt grows by the size of the charity every day. Instead of helping people with charitable purposes, the Attorney-General has simply given it to his friend, the Chancellor, with no consultation or debate in Parliament and no parliamentary approval. Just because it cannot write off the debt is no reason to use it in the way suggested. Given that we now have a new Attorney-General, would the Minister agree to ask him to reconsider that decision and make sure that charitable money is used for charitable purposes?
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
My Lords, the noble Baroness is not quite right. It is, indeed, the charitable purpose of this charity to pay off the national debt. The issue to which she refers is around the administrative provisions within clauses 2 and 3A of the 1928 deed, which specify that it can be paid off when that condition is reached—but the purpose remains the same. However, it is the case that, after much consideration, it is now the opinion of the trustees of the charity, the Charity Commission and, indeed, the investment managers, that to resolve the situation, we should seek the permission of the High Court to use this fund to pay down the national debt.
Baroness D'Souza (CB)
Could the Minister say something about a separate charitable fund held by the Treasury, which I am told arises from fines imposed on banks during the banking crisis? If that fund exists, what size is it and who can access it?
I thank the noble Baroness for her question. Unfortunately, it is a little beyond my brief today as it does not particularly relate to charities. However, I shall endeavour to find out that information and write to her.
Lord Haskel (Lab)
My Lords, the trustees actually asked the Charity Commission for permission to give the money to charity, and they referred the matter to the Attorney-General to get permission for that purpose. Why were the wishes of the trustees actually ignored?
My Lords, the wishes of the trustees were not ignored. The noble Lord is quite right in saying that, initially, it was the view of the trustees that the money should be used for other charitable purposes. They approached the Attorney-General, who then looked into the very complex charity laws surrounding this case, and it was then agreed that this was the only reasonable way forward. To that extent, in February 2017, William Shawcross, who was then the chairman of the Charity Commission, said that he accepted the legal correctness of the approach that the Government wished to adopt.
Baroness Kramer (LD)
My Lords, surely there is an easy resolution to this—a payment is made to the Chancellor to keep in the narrow terms of the trust, but the wishes of the trustees for such money to go to charity are then met by an offsetting donation by the Government, which is the kind of mechanism used for dormant bank accounts.
My Lords, I do not believe that that would be within the spirit of the law at all.
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (CB)
My Lords, will the Government consider allocating some of these charitable funds to small charities faced with additional costs, historically associated with sleep-ins, should the successful appeal by Mencap be overturned in the future? If not, will the Government at least hypothecate some of the funds to charities in the social care sector which were running at significant deficits prior to the publication of the Green Paper on social care?
My Lords, the Attorney-General has received many suggestions on how this money could be used and I am sure that noble Lords could think of many more. However, it is simply not right for money that has been donated for one purpose—whether the donors are living or not—to be given to another cause. Therefore, it will not be in this case.
Lord Harris of Haringey (Lab)
My Lords, I understand that, under circumstances in which—for whatever reason—trustees cannot fulfil their duties, the Charity Commission has the power to transfer the assets of one charity to another. If these trustees cannot fulfil their duties, because paying off the entire national debt is difficult, would it not have made more sense for the Charity Commission to have suggested that the assets be passed to another charity for good purposes? Why was that not considered?
My Lords, I think I have made myself very clear on what the Charity Commission currently feels. Noble Lords looked at the Charities Act in 2011, and the Government have been through charities law fairly recently. It is a fact that the charity is required by law to adhere to the purpose of the fund, which is to pay off the national debt. It is an administrative sub-clause which requires the entire national debt to be paid off.
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab)
My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of Age Scotland. Charities are finding it very difficult at the moment because of cutbacks in grants from government and local government and difficulty in fundraising. Can I suggest that we ask the views of the chair of the Charity Commission on this? We will then find out whether her interest is really in favour of charities or of the Government.
My Lords, I have already quoted the views of the then chair of the Charity Commission in February 2017. There is nothing to suggest that anything has changed. The Government will be proceeding as I have already explained.


There is this common believe among tourists that there would never be cheap hotel in central London. This is because hotel in London central are very expensive. The reason for the high cost of hotel accommodation in central London is because of the large numbers of visitors coming to the town for different purposes. Sometimes the hotels in London are booked for months such that customers would hardly get a reservation. Visitors who think that they cannot get cheap hotel in the city centre are making mistake. This is because there are some hotels in the city centre that are affordable and still provide high quality services.
The best way to get access to the cheap hotels in London central is to search for all the hotels in the area and compare the charges they make for various services they provide. Anyone who does a diligent search would come across some of the hotels that charge cheap for the services they provide. There are few examples of the hotels. Here are few of them.
Many travellers are aware of hotel that is located in central London called the Anchor Hotel in Shepperton. This is at the church square in Shepperton. This is one of the good hotels in the city centre that offers warm services for its clients. The hotel is very rich in history. It is very pleasing and romantic in appearance. There are different types of accommodation here. Many people always go to the very expensive accommodation not knowing that there are cheap accommodations as well. The hotel provides both luxury and budget accommodation to its guests. One only needs to make a choice of the type of accommodation he wants.
No matter the choice that one makes here the hotel rooms are comfortable and well decorated. The rooms are well furnished. Everybody staying in the London hotels would have access to all the facilities provided here. Some of the facilities include internet connection and some sporting facilities. This hotel has cheap hotel accommodation as well as expensive accommodation. The cheapest hotel accommodation should be considered for the tourists on a budget vacation.
Another affordable hotel in the centre of London includes the St Giles hotel. This one is located in Heathrow at the heart of London. This hotel is modern by every standard. This is one of the best places for vacation in central London because it is situated close to the attraction facilities. The hotel has reservation for those on budget vacation. This is a wonderful place that offers amazing services to its clients. Customers would always have a great time here because of the multicultural cuisine.
Another high quality hotel in London city centre that offers affordable services is the Arora International hotel. This hotel is located at Heathrow. This is the best hotel for foreign visitors because of the foreign flavour it offers to the customers. The rooms in this hotel are well furnished. Different facilities are provided here for the comfort of all the customers irrespective of whether they are on budget accommodation or not. The hotel is also well located where customers would have easy access to the important locations in the city centre.


This collection consists almost entirely of programs, correspondence, and notices, with the exception of information on a survey that was done in 1981 in an attempt to revitalize the program.
This records of the Journal Club consists of programs, correspondence, and notices relating to the activities of the Club from 1949-1989.
The earliest records seem to indicate that in 1949 or 1950 Henry Stommel organized a " Physical Oceanography Journal Club" which met weekly at 4pm for lectures on a wide variety of subjects, all more or less bearing upon the general domain of Physical Oceanography. It was reorganized in 1954 by Stommel and John Ryther as "Staff Meeting" with evening meetings and then reorganized again in 1958 by John Zeigler as " Journal Club".
The records were transferred to the Archives in several accessions, including acc. 83-2, which included Club records from 1949-1980.
First-level processing completed by Marisa Hudspeth in 2003.
Journal Club records, 1949-1989. AC-28, "Folder Name." Data Library and Archives, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. http://archives.mblwhoilibrary.org:8081/repositories/2/resources/117 Accessed April 22, 2019.