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The state of Illinois has recently changed the child support law from a percentage-of-income to an income-shares approach. Under the previous law, the spouse that did not have primary parental responsibility paid a percentage of his/her income based on the number of children. Under the new law, a more comprehensive set of factors is used to determine the amount of support that is to be paid.
Spousal Support: If alimony/spousal support is awarded, this amount is subtracted from the net income of the payor and added to the net income of the recipient for the purposes of calculating child support.
Divorce and Tax Consequences: The parent with the majority of parenting time is entitled to claim the child(ren) as exemptions on their taxes, unless a judge determines otherwise or otherwise agreed upon by both parties.
Employment: If one parent is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, the potential income that parent could be earning may be factored into the parents' combined net income for the purposes of calculating child support.
Shared Parenting: If the spouses have close to equal parenting time, the number of actual overnights each parent has with the child can be factored into the support calculation. Shared parenting does not become a factor unless each parent has the child for a minimum of 146 overnights per year.
Additional Expenses: Health insurance and medical costs, child care costs, costs for extra-curricular activities, college expenses and other expenses may be added to the basic child support calculation.
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Mr Blunt: NOMS officials regularly hold discussions with the Scottish Prison Service on a wide range of matters related to prison security, including the detection of drugs and the exchange of intelligence.
Mr Blunt: The Social Impact Bond at Peterborough prison will target three cohorts of short sentence prisoners, one after the other. Each cohort will contain around 1,000 offenders (the length of each cohort will be dependent on the length of time required for 1,000 unique individuals to be released from Peterborough prison, up to a maximum of 24 months). In the first two years of the pilot, we expect that around 1,000 eligible offenders will be released from Peterborough prison.
The Ministry of Justice will measure the outcome of the programme in relation to the entire cohort of offenders eligible, and does not collect data on participation.
Mr Blunt: The Ministry of Justice has commissioned Social Finance Ltd to run the Social Impact Bond at Peterborough prison for a maximum period of six years from September 2010. It will target three cohorts of short sentence prisoners, each containing around 1,000 offenders, one after the other. The length of each cohort will be dependent on the length of time required for 1,000 unique individuals to be released from Peterborough prison, up to a maximum of 24 months.
The results from the final cohort are expected to be published in 2018, as a time-lag is required to assess the reconvictions of the offender cohorts.
Mr Blunt: The Writers in Prison network have a full year of Arts Council regular funding remaining and the Arts Council will be working with them during that time to explore how they can sustain their work in the future.
In addition the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) have awarded the Writers in Prison network a grant of £80,000 for the current financial year. It will be possible for them to apply for a grant in subsequent years. Officials in NOMS have ongoing contact with the Writers in Prison network to ensure that they are aware of any grant and contract opportunities relevant to the services they deliver.
Mr Blunt: We recognise the important role that family support can play in the rehabilitation of offenders. Prisons vary greatly in the type of facilities from which services to visitors are provided, and we have no plans to assess the merits of establishing visitor centres in each prison. However, NOMS have issued specifications and instructions to prisons in England and Wales which establish the minimum levels of service that should be provided to visitors whether or not a prison has a dedicated visitor centre.
Mr Blunt: Defendants sentenced and the average custodial sentence length for shoplifting and robbery offences in England and Wales, 2010 can be viewed in table 1. Data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database do not include information about the circumstances behind each case other than that which may be identified from a statute. It is therefore not possible to identify from robbery offences where the defendant was sentenced for armed robbery.
Defendants found guilty of shoplifting in Staffordshire courts and England and Wales, 2005 to 2010 can be viewed in table 2.
(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences. (4) Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting)—Theft Act 1968. (5) Robbery and assaults with intent to rob—Theft Act 1968. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice.
(1 )Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting)—Theft Act 1968. (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice.
Mr Duncan: The Department for International Development (DFID) currently hold no centrally let contracts with Crown Relocations.
To provide information relating to contracts which may have been awarded to Crown Relocations by our delegated procurement officers based in overseas locations would incur disproportionate costs.
Mr Andrew Mitchell: The Government have no such plans. It is not possible to disaggregate UK aid spending for safe abortion from wider expenditure on areas such as reproductive health care, maternal and neonatal health and health personnel development. This is because the Department for International Development (DFID) works to improve access to effective and integrated health services.
It is a major priority for the UK Government to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to modern family planning methods and promoting women's choice, in the developing world. Safe abortion reduces recourse to unsafe abortion and saves maternal lives. Each year 65-70,000 women die following unsafe abortion. DFID's policy position on safe abortion is set out in the practice paper "Safe and unsafe abortion", which will be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr Andrew Mitchell: The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) decides independently what aspects of the UK aid programme it will review. ICAI developed its current work plan following extensive consultation. The plan includes an evaluation of climate change financing across Government Departments and a separate evaluation of the Department for International Development's (DFID's) climate change programme in Bangladesh.
Mr O'Brien: International food prices have increased significantly over the past nine months, reaching their highest levels since 1990, but the recent picture has been mixed. The Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO's) Food Price Index (FFPI) showed that a sharp increase in international grain prices in April more than offset declines in dairy, sugar and rice, while oils and meat prices were mostly unchanged.
Local food prices follow global food markets, albeit with a slight time lag. Analysis of the domestic prices of staples in developing countries again shows a mixed picture. In Nigeria, prices of sorghum and maize in Kano, the main market of the country, rose by about 11% in March from the previous month. However, in Mozambique, prices of main staple maize declined markedly between March and April in all monitored markets reflecting the start of the 2011 harvest. In Malawi, prices of maize rose in March but are 50% below the levels of the previous year following the 2010 bumper crop and expectation of another good harvest in 2011.
Mr Duncan: The following table details the centrally let contracts the Department for International Development (DFID) holds with G4S.
G4S Security Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.
(1)Amount paid by DFID. This is a joint DFID FCO contract with a total value of £183,632.
To provide information relating to contracts which may have been awarded to G4S by our delegated procurement officers based in overseas locations would incur disproportionate costs.
Mr Duncan: The Department for International Development (DFID) currently hold no centrally let contracts with IBM.
To provide information relating to contracts which may have been awarded to IBM by our delegated procurement officers based in overseas locations would incur disproportionate costs.
Mr O'Brien: The Department for International Development's (DFID's) private sector paper is not a strategy, but rather sets out our new approach to working with the private sector. The paper gives examples of activities outlined in the Operational Plans of DFID country, regional and central teams. It is not intended as a blueprint for our future activities, since our approach will remain flexible to allow for the dynamism of private enterprise.
Mr Duncan: The Department for International Development (DFID) currently hold no centrally let contracts with Serco.
To provide information relating to contracts which may have been awarded to Serco by our delegated procurement officers based in overseas locations would incur disproportionate costs.
The Government response to the consultation confirmed that a market-based approach would be used to determine carbon price support rates as this was the option preferred by respondents. The Finance Bill reflects this approach.
Mr Gauke: No estimate has been made.
The reduction in the child care element is part of a range of reforms to the tax credits system announced at the spending review.
Estimating the impact of an individual measure does not give a clear indication of the full monetary impact on an individual household.
Mr Hoban: The causes of volatility in international agricultural markets, and the appropriate policy response, are the subject of ongoing discussion across the different G20 formations.
It is difficult to be definitive about the role of speculation in agricultural price spikes. Food supply and prices are affected by a number of factors including global energy prices, global stock levels, the size of harvests, changes in exchange rates and national agricultural trade and marketing policies. On balance we are sceptical about the degree to which speculation has played a significant causal role. The Government continues to monitor relevant research in this area with interest.
It is also important to note that trading in commodities markets plays an important role in providing liquidity (the volume of trades being made in a market) in these markets and that liquidity is essential to the effective functioning of these markets. Against the backdrop of climate change, and the possibility that international agricultural prices may become more volatile over time, the role of agricultural futures and options markets, and the liquidity they rely on, become more important.
Before any regulations are introduced it is important that there is a clear understanding of the associated costs and benefits. The Government would need to see a more detailed proposal from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development before they could comment.
Information on the value of holdings in commodity index funds traded in the UK is not centrally collected.
Justine Greening: HM Treasury do not currently hold any contracts with Crown Relocations.
Justine Greening: The use of official cars and taxis by civil servants, including special advisers, is governed by the requirements of the Civil Service Management Code.
Justine Greening: HM Treasury do not currently hold any contracts with G4S.
Justine Greening: HM Treasury do not currently hold any contracts with IBM.
Mr Hoban: The Government do not comment on the exposures of specific firms.
Mr Hoban: The Court of Directors at the Bank of England are responsible for decisions related to the Bank's activities in this area. The Bank reviews its risk management and business management activities in its Annual Report, along with its other activities.
Justine Greening: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 23 May 2011, Official Report, columns 359-60W.
Mr Gauke: The focus of discussions in the G20 on tax is on ensuring that all jurisdictions implement the internationally agreed standard for exchange of information on request. Automatic exchange of information is particularly important within the EU, where discussions have focused on strengthening relevant directives, notably the savings directive which provides for automatic exchange of information on savings income.
Justine Greening: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has not yet considered the classification of the proposed Energy Company Obligation. Final classification decisions would be issued by ONS after the policy is announced by the Government.
the Government do not expect a significant impact on investment or production in the forecast period as a consequence of this measure.
have already made an assessment of the impact of the supplementary charge increase. The Government do not expect a significant impact on investment or production (and thus on the UK's energy security) in the forecast period as a consequence of this measure.
Mr Gauke: The majority of calls to HMRC from customers with self-assessment queries are routed through a virtual network of centrally managed contact centres to advisers who are able to deal with a wide range of both self-assessment and PAYE queries. Consequently HMRC is unable to disaggregate the number of advisers available to deal specifically with queries related to self-assessment tax returns from those available to deal with other inquiries.
Justine Greening: The criterion for a classic vehicle to be exempt from vehicle excise duty is that the vehicle must have been built or registered prior to 1 January 1973. The cost of change has not been estimated as the Government have no plans to change the exemption against the current backdrop of fiscal consolidation.
Mr Harper: The Electoral Commission has published financial data for each local authority in Great Britain, covering the 2007-08 and 2008-09 financial years. Information on the 2009-10 financial year will be published on its website in July 2011.
Mr Harper: The introduction of individual electoral registration will allow steps to be taken to improve the completeness of the electoral register.
We will make a full announcement about the Government's plans for the implementation of individual electoral registration shortly.
We are already this year running data matching pilot schemes to compare the electoral register against other public databases to find people missing from the electoral register to invite them to register. These are due to begin shortly and will run until the end of November 2011. Based on the outcome of these pilots we will decide whether to roll this out more widely.
Mr Harper: The Government have no current plans to collect such information.
Mr Harper: I refer the hon. Member to my reply given on 6 September 2010, Official Report, columns 300-01W, in which I undertook to provide a breakdown of the amounts which were provided to individual local authorities to encourage participation in electoral registration in each of the financial years 2007-08 to 2009-10 to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. I provided this on 19 January 2011.
I will arrange for an updated breakdown of the amounts which were provided to individual local authorities in the financial year 2009-10 and for 2010-11 to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Mr Harper: I refer the hon. Member to my reply given on 22 July 2010, Official Report, columns 584-5W, in which I advised that a decision to end the Participation Fund was taken as part of the Emergency Budget which was published on 22 June 2010.
Mr Harper: The Electoral Commission asks electoral registration officers (EROs) to report their performance in line with legislation and then carries out a verification process on a sample of returns to assess quality and accuracy.
I understand that the commission has scrutinised evidence (by means of hard copy submission or face to face meetings) with over three quarters of local authorities (covering both EROs and returning officers) over a three-year period.
The commission will be refining the standards over the coming year in consultation with external stakeholders (electoral administrators, the Association of Electoral Administrators, DCLG and Cabinet Office) to build on the work carried out over the last three years, and more recently on the referendums held in March and May 2011.
Mr Harper: Electoral registration officers (EROs) are under a duty to take all necessary steps to ensure an accurate and comprehensive register. The Electoral Commission is responsible for providing guidance to EROs. The Commission recommends that the electoral registration office and contact staff are trained to deal with inquiries from people who have low level reading and writing skills and suggests that EROs may want to produce easy-read literature to enable greater understanding of the registration process.
Mr Harper: The coalition agreement published in May last year promised to speed up the implementation of individual electoral registration to tackle election fraud. I then announced in the House in September last year that we proposed to drop the previous Government's plans for a voluntary phase of individual registration and move directly to make it compulsory from 2014, with special transitional arrangements to "carry forward" any electors already on the register who do not register under the new system that year.
the accuracy and security of the register, but they will also allow the Government to take steps to improve the completeness of the register.
Mr Harper: The introduction of individual electoral registration will allow the Government to take steps to improve the completeness of the electoral register.
We will make a full announcement about the Government's plans for the implementation of individual electoral registration shortly. We are working with the Electoral Commission to ensure that the move towards individual electoral registration is informed by appropriate evidence. For example, this year we are funding the Electoral Commission to carry out research to provide a robust national measure of completeness and accuracy of the registers. This is because the current data we have on completeness and accuracy are either incomplete or out of date. Further research will be conducted to measure completeness and accuracy both before and after the move to individual electoral registration.
Mr Harper: As I announced in September last year, the Government have no plans to make electoral registration compulsory or to impose fines for non-registration.
Mr Harper: The Government are committed to tackling under-registration. The introduction of individual electoral registration will allow us to take steps to improve the completeness of the register, and the Government will publish draft legislation shortly.
My Department will be working with a range of stakeholders to develop the detailed operational policy for individual electoral registration, including ways in which we can tackle under-registration. As part of this work, the Electoral Commission is conducting research into electoral registration levels in a project funded by the Cabinet Office, which will provide a robust estimate of completeness and accuracy.
Mr Harper: The Government do not hold this information. The Electoral Commission's March 2010 report on the 'Completeness and Accuracy of Electoral Registers in Great Britain' estimated that under-registration was higher than average among 17 to 24-years-olds (56% not registered); private sector tenants (49%); and black and minority ethnic British residents (31%).
However, the report makes clear that the process of estimating registration rates is an "imprecise science" and says that "all current approaches to estimating the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers at a national level are imperfect".
The introduction of individual electoral registration will allow the Government to take steps to improve the completeness of the electoral register. This includes funding the Electoral Commission to carry out research to provide a robust national measure of completeness and accuracy of the registers. Further research will be conducted to measure completeness and accuracy both before and after the move to individual electoral registration.
Mr Harper: The Government are committed to doing all they can to improve registration rates in the context of the implementation of individual electoral registration (IER) in Great Britain. We would welcome any input from hon. Members to determine what more can be done to tackle under-registration. We are about to commence pilot schemes in some 22 electoral registration areas to test the effectiveness of data matching in improving the accuracy and completeness of the electoral register. I recently wrote to those hon. Members whose constituencies draw on registers held by those areas to explain in detail what we are doing and why, and to encourage their support, in Parliament and locally, for the pilot scheme that will be running in their constituency.
As we implement IER, we will, of course, work with MPs to ensure they are in a position to encourage electoral registration in their constituencies.
Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office has not provided any support to Professor Steve Field in relation to the NHS listening exercise, and no Cabinet Office officials have met with Professor Steve Field.
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking whether the Energy Company Obligation has been classified by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as tax and spending for national accounts purposes. (58569).
that the "Energy Company Obligation" is envisaged as a successor to the CERT energy efficiency obligation which finishes at the end of 2012. We understand that the existing legislative basis is being supplemented in the Energy Bill currently before Parliament.
As such, the ECO is a proposed policy, rather than an existing scheme. Paragraphs 31-37 of the classification protocol sets out how ONS deals with policy proposals such as this. ONS does not usually classify proposed schemes unless asked to do so by Government, such requests do not usually arise until a scheme is well developed.
To date ONS has not been asked to provide an indicative classification of the Energy Company Obligation.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system.
Table 1 shows the number of people resident in (a) London and (b) Newham claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, for each month between January and April for 2010 and 2011.
Anne Milton: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
Mr Simon Burns: No assessment has been made of the number of national health service ambulances serving the South Lakeland district. The geographical provision of ambulances is a matter for the local NHS to determine in accordance with local demand.
Mr Simon Burns: We made an additional £50 million available to strategic health authorities in 2010-11 which has already helped over 2,400 cancer patients, including those with rarer cancers, to access treatments not previously available to them on the national health service. The Cancer Drugs Fund, launched on 1 April 2011 will help thousands more cancer patients access the drugs their clinicians believe will help them.
Mr Simon Burns: The Department published "Guidance to support operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund in 2011-12" on 23 March 2011. The guidance is intended primarily for strategic health authorities and their clinically-led panels.
A copy of the guidance has already been placed in the Library.
Paul Burstow: Tables showing estimated expenditure on cancer care and lung cancer care in England, by each cancer network area and by each primary care trust (PCT), have been placed in the Library.
Information on cancer care has been provided for England and PCTs for the last five years. Information on cancer care has been provided for cancer networks from 2004-05, as this is the first year that the information became available. Information for lung cancer has been provided from 2006-07 as this is the first year that data were collected at sub-category level for a number of tumour types.
categories of that graph is not available for any other years, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Paul Burstow: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) collects data on the total numbers of care home places as part of its work to register all care homes in England.
A table showing total numbers of care home places and numbers of places in Southern Cross homes in each local authority area has been placed in the Library.
Neither the Department nor the CQC collects occupancy or vacancy information. However, the health and social care analysts, Laing and Buisson, report that vacancy levels in care homes average 10-11% in England.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will shortly start a three-month inspection of the 150 hospitals which care for people with learning disabilities, and this will include unannounced inspections. That is in addition the CQC inspection of the other 22 hospitals run by Castlebeck.
I also refer the hon. Member to the comprehensive written ministerial statement issued on 7 June 2011, Official Report, columns 13-15WS. This sets out the facts of the case and the actions that have been taken by all agencies including the Department.
Mr Simon Burns: From April this year, in agreement with the General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association, we have amended the existing Directed Enhanced Service arrangements to provide practices with additional flexibilities for them to offer patients appointments at more convenient times to see a general practitioner or nurse within their practice. It is therefore now a matter for practices to consider and respond to meet their patients' expectations to be able to see a health care professional in their practice outside of normal opening hours.
Mr Simon Burns: The Department does not currently hold any contracts with Crown Relocations.
Mr Simon Burns: Primary care dentistry is commissioned by primary care trusts (PCTs) to meet the needs of the local population. PCTs commission dental contract holders to provide services as required. Those who choose to hold national health service dental contracts are, together with anyone else working on the contract; legally obliged to comply with its terms. Should a breach of contract occur there are sanctions open to the commissioner including, in certain circumstances, termination of the contract.
along with information published on 10 June and 28 October 2010.
From 2004-09 the numbers and cost of special advisers were published annually in the form of a written ministerial statement by the Prime Minister.
Mr Simon Burns: The information requested is contained in the document entitled 'Information on the number of Government Procurement Cards used by the Department of Health since May 2008 and the date, value and supplier for each transaction'. A copy has been placed in the Library.
The information is not available prior to May 2008 because this is when the Department's reporting database tool used to extract the information was set up. Attempting to provide information prior to May 2008 would mean sifting through individual cardholder paper files and extracting the information manually, which would incur disproportionate costs.
Mr Simon Burns: The collection of data from the national health service is regulated by the process called review of central returns (ROCR) administered on behalf of the Department by the NHS Information Centre. This process was started by the previous Administration and continues under this Government. The ROCR process supports Government policy to minimise the burden to the NHS of central data collections. It ensures that collections fit with national health policies in England, requests for the same information are not repeated and NHS organisations can complete returns in as little time as possible. Information is collected for a number of purposes, notably accountability to Parliament, performance management of the NHS and informing policy developments.
Proposed new collections are subject to ROCR approval, and it is equally important to review all existing data collections to ensure the overall burden is minimised.
This review has taken place and detailed findings will shortly be presented in a full public consultation that will lay out the recommendations for the data returns covered by the review, together with an impact assessment. Responses to the consultation will be incorporated into a full Government response.
Total estimated annual costs of the data collections that were discontinued during the period May 2010 to April 2011 were £5.8 million.
Mr Simon Burns: As part of the Department's arrangements to keep the burden of data collection under control, all these returns were due for routine review or renewal in the period and no strong case could be made for retention. For some this reflected the intrinsically temporary nature of the original case. Others had been needed to monitor specific targets and policies that were no longer relevant. In the case of 18-week referral to treatment, the main return on which published national statistics are based has been retained but a subsidiary Patient Tracking List return designed to support detailed performance management is no longer centrally needed.
None of these data collections were needed to support national statistics or other high profile official statistics publications so no formal consultation was undertaken, but they will be included in the forthcoming consultation on the Department's Fundamental Review of Data Returns for completeness. In one case (National Children's Health Service mapping) the decision to discontinue followed an independent review involving stakeholders.
Estimated annual collection costs to the national health service of these eight collections were £4.6 million.
Mr Simon Burns: The policy of practice-based commissioning was established under the previous Government and is being discontinued. The monitoring of practice engagement with this policy is therefore no longer appropriate.
Mr Simon Burns: We are not aware of any such representations being received.
Diabetic macular oedema is a complication of diabetic retinopathy. All people with diabetes should be offered annual screening for diabetic retinopathy. Patients thought to have diabetic retinopathy will be referred to a specialist ophthalmologist for confirmation of the presence of the disease and treatment offered, if it is appropriate to do so.
Primary care trusts are responsible for commissioning health services in their areas to meet the needs of their local populations.
Mr Simon Burns: There is no simple solution to controlling antibiotic resistance. Appropriate prescribing to slow the emergence of resistant strains, good microbiological practice and surveillance to ensure detection and high standards of infection prevention and control practice, are all key steps to prevent the spread of these bacteria.
"The Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance" provides guidance. A copy has already been placed in the Library.
All organisations, including primary care, will use a number of specific measures to tackle antibiotic resistance. These measures include the use of antibiotic stewardship programmes to minimise the unnecessary use of antibiotics and thus reduce the selection pressure for resistance to develop accurate and prompt detection of resistant strains of bacteria and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening to reduce the risk of onwards transmission in hospitals and other settings. The Department's expert Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) undertakes ongoing horizon scanning and advises on emerging problems: for example the committee recently issued guidance with the Health Protection Agency on the control of newer highly resistant carbapenemase producing bacteria such as those with New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamase. The Department and ARHAI also actively promote good antibiotic prescribing.
An updated structure chart is currently being prepared for publication.
Under the deputy director for alcohol and drugs, there are currently 7.4 whole time equivalent posts allocated to drugs issues. Additional staff elsewhere in the Department are working on FRANK, the creation of Public Health England and international collaboration.
Anne Milton: We are advised by the Food Standards Agency that the UK Border Agency does not have responsibility for the screening of fruit and vegetables for food safety purposes.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is closely monitoring the E. coli outbreak that is centred in Germany to assess and deal with any risks to United Kingdom consumers. There is no evidence that contaminated products related to the outbreak have entered the UK food chain. The cases of illness reported in the UK and linked to this outbreak involve people who have recently travelled to Germany. The Health Protection Agency has advised clinicians to be alert to the symptoms of E. coli infection.
Should the FSA suspect that contaminated products associated with this outbreak have entered the UK, immediate action would be taken to alert consumers, withdraw food from the shops and ban further shipments.
Anne Milton: In the European Union, genetically modified (GM) foods undergo a rigorous pre-market evaluation that includes the safety of components introduced into GM crops, such as Bt proteins. The safety of Bt proteins has also been assessed during the authorisation of pesticides that contain the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. The assessment of the Bt proteins that are present in authorised GM foods is based on tests in animals and does not include human trials to examine whether the proteins pass into the blood supply. However, the available data from in vitro tests have shown that Bt proteins are rapidly broken down by digestive enzymes in the same way as most other proteins in the diet.
A Canadian publication has recently suggested that small amounts of one Bt protein may be present in human blood, at around one part per billion, although it is not clear whether the analytical methods that were used in this study were suitable for identifying and quantifying such low levels in human samples. If the finding is correct, the design of this study did not provide any evidence of the source of the protein, which is present in commercial pesticide preparations as well as in some GM crop varieties. The detection of trace levels of Bt proteins in people does not necessarily imply any risk to health.
Mr Simon Burns: The Department does not currently hold any contracts with G4S.
Paul Burstow: We asked the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to implement a series of unannounced nurse led inspections into elderly care on national health service wards. The findings of the first 12 reports of the inspections into dignity and nutrition for older people were published on 26 May 2011 and a further 14 reports were also published on 9 June 2011. A national report into the findings of the programme will be published in September.
On 15 February 2011, the chief executive of the NHS and the National Clinical Director for Older People wrote to all NHS Boards highlighting the Ombudsman's report and urging them to assure themselves that these events are not happening in their own organisations.
Subject to parliamentary approval, the Health and Social Care Bill will also provide for the creation of local HealthWatch organisations to hold services to account, and enable the CQC to use its enforcement powers to ensure that real improvements are made.
Anne Milton: The total audited figures on total losses, bad debt and claims abandoned for overseas visitors who were charged for national health service hospital treatment for 2009-10, for which figures are available for England, are shown in the following table. However, data are not available on the cost to the NHS of administering hospital treatment to overseas visitors who are exempt from charge under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989, as amended.
Note: We do not collect data from NHS foundation trusts so figures exclude these sites. Source: NHS Trust Audited Summarisation Schedules.
Paul Burstow: It is for local national health service organisations to make appropriate assessment and provision for users of British Sign Language to access health services appropriately.
Paul Burstow: National health service organisations must assure themselves that they have complied with the Equality Act 2010. This includes advancing equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic, including a disability such as hearing loss, and those who do not. Advancing equality involves, for example, taking steps to meet the needs of people from protected groups where these are different from the needs of other people.
It would be for local NHS organisations to make appropriate provision for users of British Sign Language such as establishing contacts with interpreters and voluntary organisations as needed and ensuring that such interpreters have the necessary qualifications and expertise for the purpose they are required.
Paul Burstow: The Department is committed to making sure that all the information we publish uses language that is appropriate to the intended audience, and to making sure that information is available in accessible formats, and via accessible methods.
It is up to individual national health service organisations to decide how they comply with the Equality Act 2010. However, the NHS Equality and Diversity Council, chaired by Sir David Nicholson, NHS chief executive, has a strategic role to support the NHS to deliver better outcomes for patients, comply with the Equality Act 2010 and ensure services and work places are personal, fair and diverse with equality of opportunity and treatment for all.
Mr Simon Burns: The information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr Simon Burns: The Department currently holds one contract with IBM for software licensing support and maintenance. The total contract value is £2,834,346.
Paul Burstow: A number of treatments are available for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is an independent body and we have had no discussions with the institute about its appraisals of dasatinib and nilotinib for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Paul Burstow: Tables showing the number of patients aged 49 years and under, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, 70 to 79 years and 80 years and over who have received surgery for lung cancer, presented by each provider, each primary care trust (PCT) and in total have been placed in the Library. It should be noted that these data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on more than one occasion.
This information is not available at cancer network level. This information has been provided for the period 2005-06 to 2009-10, and PCT data have been presented separately for 2005-06 due to the re-configuration of PCTs in 2006-07.
Hospital episode statistics (HES) are unable to provide chemotherapy data for lung cancer treatment. It is not possible to classify chemotherapy for specific cancers without being provided with exact chemotherapy regimen names. A chemotherapy dataset is in development that will provide a more detailed picture of chemotherapy treatments in the national health service in the future.
HES are unable to provide radiotherapy data in the format requested. The vast majority of radiotherapy treatment is delivered in an out-patient setting, and the collection of out-patient procedure data are not currently mandated. The National Radiotherapy Dataset project team is working with providers to improve collection of radiotherapy data. A report on the development of the dataset is expected shortly.
Paul Burstow: Tables showing bed occupancy for patients with lung cancer as a proportion of all cancers in England and in each primary care trust (PCT) area have been placed in the Library.
Paul Burstow: Tables showing the count of finished consultant episode (FCE) bed days where the primary diagnosis was lung cancer, separated into emergency and elective admissions and split by primary care trust responsibility, for the years 1997-08 to 2009-10 have been placed in the Library.
FCE bed day data are not available at cancer network level. Information on the cost of bed days is not available centrally.
Paul Burstow: Tables showing the average length of stay for patients admitted with a diagnosis of lung cancer by elective admission and emergency admission in each primary care trust area and in England in each year since 1997-98 have been placed in the Library. This information is not available at cancer network level.
Paul Burstow: These data are not available in the format requested. For the most recent period for which statistics are available (Quarter 4 2010-11) 61,197 persons received first definitive treatment for cancer. Of these, 25,834 or 42.2% were urgently referred for suspected cancer by their general practitioner (GP).
In the same period, there were 10,445 urgent GP referrals for suspected lung cancer, and 97.7% of these patients were seen by a specialist within 14 days.
Mr Simon Burns: A copy of the medical devices alert on counterfeit pulse oximeter sensors has been placed in the Library. This alert was originally disseminated to national health service trusts through the NHS central alerting system which brings together the chief medical officer's public health link and the safety alert broadcast system. The central alerting system enables alerts and patient safety specific guidance issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Patient Safety Agency to be accessed at any time.
All of the counterfeit high volume consumable devices found in the NHS supply chain in 2009 were distributed.
The 110,000 counterfeit devices found in 2009 were single use needles for the delivery of insulin. In 2011, 300 counterfeit pulse oximeter sensors and six packs of counterfeit condoms were found in the NHS supply chain.
MHRA received information in January and March 2011 about the safety of a counterfeit pulse oximeter sensor found in use in a hospital. I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave him on 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 666W, for details of the subsequent investigation which is still continuing and the action taken.
Mr Simon Burns: The Department receives regular reports of supply problems from wholesalers, manufacturers, pharmacy organisations and patients. These reports are assessed on the basis of appropriate expert advice. Through the Medicines Supply Chain Group, the Department encourages feedback about shortages that could be causing harm to patients.
Mr Simon Burns: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the right hon. Member for Oxford East (Mr Smith) on 17 May 2011, Official Report, columns 173-74W.
Mr Simon Burns: It is not appropriate to calculate growth in national health service spending using Bank of England mean consumer prices index (CPI). CPI measures only consumer prices.
NHS spending comprises a significant proportion of gross domestic product (GDP). Hence, the GDP deflator is used to calculate growth in NHS spending, since the GDP deflator reflects the prices of all domestically-produced goods and services in the economy.
This approach is consistent with that taken by the previous Administration.
Mr Simon Burns: It is the responsibility of individual national health service trusts to ensure service rotas are compliant and assess the effects of the Working Time Directive's (WTD) implementation.
In line with the Government's coalition agreement to reduce duplication and resources spent on administration, the Department reduced bureaucracy for the service by removing the burden of central monitoring of compliance, leaving this role to organisations at a local level.
This Government committed in the coalition agreement to limit the application of the WTD in the UK.
The Department of Health and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills are working closely together to achieve greater flexibility in the application of the WTD to the health care sector. This Government are committed to the retention of the opt-out. The opt-out gives people flexibility and choice over their working hours.
Mr Simon Burns: The national patient survey programme exists to gain feedback on experience of national health service services from the point of view of patients, rather than to audit hospital processes. The recent adult in-patient survey contained questions on how patients rated hospital food, whether they were offered a choice of food and if they got enough help from staff to eat meals. However it would not be an appropriate mechanism to collect data on patients' actual nutritional status.
One of the most effective ways of tracking nutritional status in patients at risk is to measure their weight. Data on whether patients were weighed, changes in weight and any action taken are recorded in patient records, and are not collected nationally.
Mr Simon Burns: Persons that supply medicines for human use, by way of wholesale distribution for use in the United Kingdom or another member state of the European economic area, are required to hold a wholesale distribution authorisation.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) routinely conducts inspections of the facilities of holders of such authorisations following a risk-based approach, to confirm compliance with United Kingdom medicines regulations and the European Commission's guideline on good distribution practice.
Holders of wholesale distribution authorisations who fail to comply with statutory requirements may be subject to formal action by the MHRA in order to protect public health. This can include suspension or revocation of their wholesale distribution authorisations.
Paul Burstow: We are committed to extending national clinical audit to a wider range of conditions to stimulate local improvements in the quality and outcomes of care and we will make an announcement about new topics shortly.
Mr Simon Burns: Local funding priorities are a matter for individual primary care trusts (PCTs), and information on PCT policies on Sativex is not held centrally.
Between August 2010 and March 2011, 128 out of 152 PCTs issued prescriptions for Sativex or its single generic alternative, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, that were dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom. The issuing PCTs and associated number of prescription items are shown in the table.
(1) Five or fewer prescription items dispensed. Source: Prescribing Analysis and CosT tool (PACT) system.


We performed optical spectroscopic observations (R about 400) of Nova Lup 2011 on 2011 Aug. 16.6 at Bosscha Observatory of Institut Teknologi Bandung using a 20-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with SBIG DSS7 spectrograph. Our spectra exhibits strong H-alpha, H-beta and Fe II multiplet emissions, suggesting that the nova is a Fe-II type classical nova. These results are consistent with previous reports in ATel #3536 and #3540. P-Cygni profiles disappeared for any lines and the FWHM of the H-alpha emission is about 1700 km/s. This observation program is performed by the collaboration of Koyama Astronomical Obs. and Bosscha Obsrvatory, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonasia.
We performed low-dispersion optical spectroscopic observations of a Possible Nova in M31 (CBAT name is PNV J00444794+4138096 ) usign 1.3m Araki telescope with LOSA/F2 (R~580@H-alpha) on 2011 August 07.6UT. Our spectra of the object (the blue spectrum) exhibits broad H-alpha and H-beta emission lines with FWHM about 2000 km/s. Although other emission / absorption features are invisible in our spectra, such large expanding velocities suggest that the object would be a classical nova.
We performed low-dispersion optical spectroscopic observations of Possible Nova in M31 (= PNV J00414112+4120117) using the 1.3m Araki telescope on 2011 August 03.7UT.
The red spectrum in the figure shows our preliminary spectrum of PNV J00414112+4120117. Our spectra of PNV J00424483+4118007 and V5588 Sgr are also shown.
The spectrum exhibits the broad H-alpha, H-beta emissions (FWHM about 1600 km/s) and Fe II multiplet emission features, which suggest that the object is a Fe II-type classical nova after the maximum.
We performed optical spectroscopic observations of PNV J00424483+4118007 using 1.3m Araki telescope with our low-dispersion optical spectrograph (LOSA/F2: R~580@6000) on July 29 and 30 UT at Koyama Astronomical Observatory, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.
The figure shows our preliminary specum on July 30. We detected a broad H-alpha emission line with FWHM = 1800 (+/- 200) km/s in our preliminary spectra on both nights. In spectra on July 30, H-beta and Fe II multiplet emissons were seen. Although this object is very faint (CCD~17), our spectrum shows a conitmuum light accompanied with a blue-trend. This means that the interstellar reddening toward to the object would be small. These results suggest that PNV J00424483+4118007 is a 'Fe II'-type classical nova in M31.


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The Craft Sequence
What Order Should You Read The Craft Sequence In?
Chris Lough
Fri Aug 5, 2016 10:00am 14 comments 2 Favorites [+]
Cover art by Chris McGrath
Max Gladstone's fantasy series the Craft Sequence was written and published out of order (scandal!) with Book 3 coming first, followed by Book 2, then Book 5, and so on. Although Gladstone's books converge into a fantasy series, every book is itself a standalone story taking place in the same world, and a reader can start the series with any book and still get a full experience.
With the first five volumes of the Craft Sequence now out on book shelves, readers can choose their own chronological or anti-chronological voyage through the series. So what order should a reader approach the Craft Sequence in?
Note: This article is spoiler-free, but the comments section probably isn't. Proceed with care!
The July 26, 2016 publication of Four Roads Cross created an unbroken five-book run through the Craft Sequence, allowing readers to start with Book 1 and continue through to Book 5, following the series' internal timeline. That chronological order is:
Book 1: Last First Snow
Book 2: Two Serpents Rise
Book 3: Three Parts Dead
Book 4: Four Roads Cross
Book 5: Full Fathom Five
But if you do that, do you lose something unique to the experience of reading them in the following publication order?
A couple months back I got the opportunity to read Gladstone's series for the first time in chronological order, something that wasn't possible for readers until this year. Does the series hold up even though it was written "out of order"? Does reading it in chronological order eschew author Max Gladstone's intent? Here are the pros and cons that I discovered while reading the Craft Sequence with this approach.
Pro for Chronological Order: The series starts with one of its strongest books.
Last First Snow is a lean and mean book, introducing Gladstone's vast world and its concepts through the intimate lens of a former warrior priest who is just trying to create a safe environment for his family. The story is tense, growing step by step from an urban planning meeting (really!) into a reckoning between urban development, gentrification, and the tricky social politics of "Occupy Wall Street"-style movements. There are no good guys or bad guys here, and no simple answers, and yet still the story manages to logically culminate in one of the most epic scenes in the entire series.
(The events in this book also subtly influence characters and events later on in the series, since it takes place first in terms of the series' internal chronology. This helps give some weight to events in Two Serpents Rise and Four Roads Cross.)
Last First Snow was the fourth book written in the series, so Gladstone's writing style is sharp, refined, and at its height. It's difficult not to get sucked into the series after reading LFS. Although, if you don't find yourself enjoying LFS, then you can walk away satisfied that you read through one of the best books in the series and therefore gave it a proper chance to wow you.
Con for Chronological Order: The writing can be uneven.
Last First Snow features some of the most experienced writing in the series, but the next chronological book Two Serpents Rise features Gladstone still figuring out the rhythm of his series. As such, TSR can feel rushed and exploratory at times, and overall feels like a thinner story than the potboiler epic that Last First Snow becomes. Moving on from TSR to Three Parts Dead also feels somewhat jarring, as Three Parts Dead was the first book written and thus packs in a lot of initial worldbuilding. When read in chronological order, Three Parts Dead changes from being an introduction to the series to being a widening of the series' scope. It's an extremely interesting shift to experience, but it is a shift nonetheless.
Interestingly, although Three Parts Dead was the first book written for the series, and Four Roads Cross the latest book written for the series, the two of them mesh together seamlessly.
Pro for Chronological Order: The villainous joy of The Red King.
So there's this guy who shows up in Last First Snow and he's known as The Red King and he's extremely powerful and very decision-oriented and also he's a red skeleton so he's already dead and really hard to kill as a result. So if one of his decisions ruins your life than that really sucks for you because how are you going to stop it?
The Red King essentially personifies the corporations and bureaucracies that make us feel powerless in our own lives. These faceless organizations that decide what health care you should receive, or how much data you should be allowed to purchase, or how much your rent is going up this year. There is no appeal to the faceless things that make your life harder for their own benefit, and this is essentially how The Red King (who is literally faceless) functions in the Craft Sequence.
However villainous he seems, The Red King is genuinely trying to engineer a greater good for the city he runs and the humanity at large that he sees himself as serving. He's just as plugged into the day-to-day details of running a city as he is summoning eldritch horrors from beyond the stars and eating their hearts. This makes him a lot of fun to watch in action and starting the Craft Sequence in chronological order puts his best work right at the forefront of your reading experience.
Con for Chronological Order: Big series mysteries get revealed quickly and other big reveals land differently.
Two Serpents Rise hints at two big events that happened in the past. For those reading along with the publication order, those events become reveals that occur later on in the series. For those reading in chronological order, those events occur immediately, reducing the later mysteries in Two Serpents Rise to mere references. The same reversal occurs between Four Roads Cross and Full Fathom Five.
Whether this ruins the story is a preference left to the reader's individual taste. Personally, I enjoyed knowing about the events before they were hinted at, as knowing the precise details of these events made the character's subsequent actions much more deeply motivated. In fact, a certain character's actions in Full Fathom Five may actually seem a bit too puzzling if you don't know what happens in Four Roads Cross.
Reading in chronological order also has a different effect on how much weight the characters later in the series have. I found Tara's introduction in Three Parts Dead to be greatly assisted by the two books that come before her, as I knew the FULL power of a world she was brashly dismissing, thus making her journey into maturity more potent.
A chronological readthrough changes Elayne Kevarian's character, as well, making her less enigmatic yet somehow even more appealing. Which reminds me…
Pro for Chronological Order: Lots and lots and lots of Elayne Kevarian.
Elayne is the absolute best and starting the series chronologically immediately puts you deep within one the greatest conflicts of her life. (You'd have to wait four books for it, otherwise. Noooo!)
Con for Chronological Order: The basic details of the world aren't explained until halfway through.
Last First Snow does a good job explaining the intricacies of the Craft's magic system, and you get a lot of information about the city of Dresediel Lex, but it's not until Three Parts Dead that you really understand the FULL scope of the Craft, the gods, the cities, and the world they turn upon. This can give the reader an incomplete impression of what's at stake in Last First Snow and Two Serpents Rise, and it could frustrate readers who are annoyed by hoping that a fantasy series will explain something later on. (A common frustration, to be sure.) Like the big mysteries present in the series, this aspect is ultimately down to a reader's individual preference.
Pro for Chronological Order: If you didn't know the series was published out of order, you wouldn't be able to tell just from reading it.
This is what stunned me the most in regards to reading the Craft Sequence in chronological order: It fits together ridiculously smoothly even with the changes in rhythm that occur between Last First Snow, Two Serpents Rise, and Three Parts Dead. In fact, if the rhythm of the series' prose and structure didn't change, you'd have a hard time telling that the books were written out of order. That's some slick story structuring right there.
It gets even better. Regardless of whether you read the series in chronological or publication order, Four Roads Cross still packs a giant culminating punch, so you're guaranteed a proper epic pay-off.
In the end, whether to read the Craft Sequence in chronological or publication order is up to the reader. The only all encompassing advice I would suggest is: Don't start with Four Roads Cross. It's too bad-ass.
Chris Lough writes about fantasy and superheroes for Tor.com and would make a really media-focused Craftsman.
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There is a constant battle between pizza joints to create the ultimate combination of products for a meal. With bread sticks, desserts, and wings becoming more and more imposing in the mix of places such as Dominos, Papa Johns, and Pizza Hut, the latter has decided to create an extensive treasure chest of items called the Triple Treat Box.
Consisting of a dresser drawer like box holding the items, this might be worth purchasing for the box alone. For $19.99 you get 2 Medium 1 topping pizzas in either pan, hand tossed, or Thin n' Crispy crusts making up the first two drawers, with the 3rd drawer containing The Ultimate Hershey Chocolate Chip Cookie and 5 Breadsticks or Flavor Sticks. If you order these items a la carte, it totals at almost $30, so this makes for a great deal for a small get together!
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Jorge Guerra, mais conhecido como Guerrinha (Franca, 21 de junho de 1959) é um ex-jogador e atual treinador brasileiro de basquetebol.

Carreira
Clubes

Guerrinha começou a jogar basquete aos 10 anos no Franca Basquete, à época chamado Clube dos Bagres. Após se federar, defendeu o Yara Clube, de Franca, na categoria infantil e o Clube Recreativo, de Orlândia, no infanto. Retornou ao Franca Basquete, para jogar no adulto do então Amazonas Franca em 1975. A passagem no Franca durou até o ano de 1991. Atuou também em clubes como Monte Líbano (SP), Dharma/Yara/Franca (SP) e COC/Ribeirão Preto (SP), onde encerrou a carreira no ano de 1997.

Pelo time da Capital do Basquete foram quatro Sul-Americanos (1977, 1980, 1990 e 1991), quatro Campeonatos Brasileiros (1980, 1981, 1990 e 1991), cinco Paulistas (1975, 1976, 1977, 1988 e 1990) e três Campeonatos do Interior (1975, 1976 e 1977). Também foi vice-campeão do Mundial Interclubes (1980), cinco vezes vice-campeão brasileiro (1979, 1981, 1982, 1986 e 1988-89) e quatro vezes vice-campeão paulista (1978, 1979, 1980 e 1991).

Seleção Brasileira

Era integrante da equipe titular da Seleção Brasileira de Basquetebol Masculino que conquistou o título pan-americano de 1987, disputado na cidade de Indianápolis, nos Estados Unidos. No jogo final, a equipe enfrentou o time anfitrião e os venceu por 120 a 115. Foi a primeira vez que a seleção norte-americana masculina de basquete perdeu um jogo como anfitrião, e a primeira vez que foi derrotada em um jogo final, além de ter sido a primeira vez que um adversário fez mais de cem pontos diante de seus torcedores. Na ocasião, o Brasil levou o ouro após uma virada épica sobre os Estados Unidos, após estar perdendo no intervalo por 14 pontos. Além disso, o Brasil quebrou uma invencibilidade de 34 partidas oficiais do time norte-americano de basquete.

"Foi uma emoção muito grande. Uma conquista assim marca uma geração, marca um jogador. Era um grupo de atletas que começou a se formar em 1983 e foi até 1992. Foram 10 temporadas juntos, disputando Olimpíadas e Mundiais. Era um grupo coeso, tinha aquela paixão de jogar pela Seleção, tinha qualidade em nível internacional. Era uma época mais romântica. Hoje é muito profissional, então são coisas que a gente guarda, lembra, vai curtir ainda por muitos anos", contou Guerrinha em uma entrevista à Rádio Poliesportiva.

Além disso, já havia sido vice-campeão Pan-Americano em 1983 com a Seleção. Também faturou um Pré-Olímpico das Américas (1988) e dois Sul-Americanos (1985 e 1989).

Técnico

A carreira de técnico de Guerrinha começou em 1997, no COC/Ribeirão Preto (SP), time pelo qual foi um dos principais responsáveis por fundar no final de 1996. Já no primeiro ano como treinador, levou a equipe ao vice-campeonato do Paulista de 1997 e do Nacional de 1998. No segundo semenstre de 1998, se transferiu para o Bauru (SP), onde teve grande sucesso. O primeiro feito foi levar o esquadrão bauruense à sua primeira participação em uma competição brasileira: o Campeonato Nacional de 1999. Mais tarde naquele mesmo ano, foi vice-campeão do Sul-Americano de Clubes e campeão paulista, seu primeiro título na carreira. Em 2000, ficou em segundo lugar com o Bauru no Campeonato Paulista. Porém, em 2002, conquistou o Nacional de 2002 com o time bauruense. Em meados de 2003, a primeira passagem de Guerrinha pelo Bauru se encerrou, após a equipe pedir licença das principais competições da temporada 2003-04.

Depois de deixar o Bauru foi contratado pelo ACF/Campos (RJ), onde foi campeão carioca em 2003 e vice em 2004. Após a equipe fluminense declinar a participação no Campeonato Nacional do ano seguinte, foi contratado pelo Rio Claro Basquete (SP) que estava retornando às atividades, no primeiro semestre de 2005. Ficou no projeto rioclarense até o final da temporada 2006-2007. Com a negativa do Rio Claro em participar do Paulista de 2007, deixou a agremiação da Cidade Azul e voltou à cidade de Bauru no segundo semestre do ano de 2007 e foi o principal responsável por refundar a equipe bauruense juntamente com antigos dirigentes. Neste recomeço do Dragão, Guerrinha acumulou funções além das de treinador, atuando também como diretor e assessor de imprensa. A segunda passagem durou oito anos e foi recheada de títulos: Campeonato Paulista de 2013 e 2014, Liga Sul-Americana de 2014, Liga das Américas de 2015, além dos vices no NBB 14-15 e na Copa Intercontinental de 2015. Depois de dirigir o Bauru nos amistosos que o time realizou na NBA, o segundo período de Jorge Guerra no comando do time se encerrou em outubro de 2015. Em 10 de junho de 2016, foi apresentado como o novo técnico do Mogi das Cruzes. Pela equipe mogiana, conquistou o Campeonato Paulista de 2016 e a Liga Sul-Americana de 2016. Na temporada 2017/2018, foi vice-campeão do NBB e da Liga das Américas de 2018. Em junho de 2021, foi contratado pelo Bauru, indo assim para a terceira passagem pelo time bauruense. Em dezembro de 2022 conquistou mais um título no comando do Bauru Basket, a Liga Sulamericana de 2022.

Títulos como jogador

Franca

 Campeonato Sul-Americano de Clubes: 4 vezes (1977, 1980, 1990 e 1991).
 Campeonato Brasileiro: 4 vezes (1980, 1981, 1990 e 1991).
 Campeonato Paulista: 5 vezes (1975, 1976, 1977, 1988 e 1990).
 Campeonato Interior: 3 vezes (1975, 1976 e 1977).
 Vice-campeão Mundial Interclubes: 1980.
 Vice-campeão Brasileiro: 5 vezes (1979, 1981, 1982, 1986 e 1988-89).
 Vice-campeão Paulista: 4 vezes (1978, 1979, 1980 e 1991).

Seleção Brasileira

 Jogos Pan-Americanos: 1987.
 Vice-campeão Jogos Pan-Americanos: 1983.
 Pré-Olímpico das Américas: 1988.
 Campeonato Sul-Americano: 2 vezes (1985 e 1989).

Títulos como técnico

Bauru

 Liga das Américas: 2015.
 Liga Sul-Americana: 2 vezes (2014 e 2022).
 Campeonato Brasileiro: 2002.
 Campeonato Paulista: 3 vezes (1999, 2013 e 2014).

Automóvel Clube/Campos

 Campeonato Carioca: 2003.

Mogi das Cruzes

 Liga Sul-Americana: 2016.
 Campeonato Paulista: 2016.

Ligações externas

Túnel do Tempo: há 27 anos, Brasil vence os Estados Unidos na final masculina de basquete

Naturais de Franca
Basquetebolistas de São Paulo
Basquetebolistas olímpicos do Brasil
Medalhistas do Brasil nos Jogos Pan-Americanos
Basquetebolistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1988
Basquetebolistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1992
Treinadores de basquetebol do Brasil

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Embrace Home Loans' Tammy Reid Wins Enterprising Woman's Award
Award honors Fredericksburg area woman for business and community work
Embrace Home Loans
Dec 07, 2021, 10:13 ET
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Embrace Home Loans, a prominent lender in the mortgage industry, announces that Tammy Reid, a business development associate in the company's Fredericksburg, Virginia, branch, has been awarded the 2021 Laurie A. Wideman Enterprising Woman's Award by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce Network of Enterprising Women.
Tammy Reid of Embrace Home Loans
The award goes to a female chamber member who demonstrates an independent and energetic spirit and a readiness to act in business and the community, has a passion for improving the quality of life in the region, and leads with the highest level of integrity and honesty. The award is named for the late Laurie Wideman, who served on the Chamber's board of directors.
Reid has won several notable local awards recently. A member of the Fredericksburg Area Builders Association, she has been named the group's Rookie of the Year, Associate of the Year (twice), and Chairman of the Year. Reid is also a member of the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors®, where she was recently named Affiliate of the Year. In addition, she is a member of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Reid also volunteers at several local organizations. She grew up in Fredericksburg and attended Old Dominion University.
"Tammy is richly deserving of this award," said Steve Adamo, Embrace Home Loans' national retail president. "We see her passion for improving her community and her business first-hand every day."
"I am truly humbled to receive this award," Reid said. "Being active in the community is second nature to me and something we all need to do."
About Embrace Home Loans
Founded in 1983, Embrace Home Loans is a prominent mortgage lender that provides borrowers and financial institutions with an exceptional mortgage experience. Licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Embrace has been recognized seven times as one of the Best Medium-sized Companies to Work for in America by Fortune and six times by Inc. The company has also been recognized twelve times as one of the Best Places to Work in Rhode Island, as the Most Community Involved Company in Rhode Island, and with the Leadership Excellence Award by Providence Business News. The company is based in Middletown, Rhode Island. For more information, please visit www.embracehomeloans.com.
Henry Drennan
Strategic Vantage Marketing and Public Relations
Mary McGarity
SOURCE Embrace Home Loans
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Q: Can a single nVidia GTX 1080 drive more than 4 monitors? The maximum resolution for an nVidia GTX 1080 is 7680x4320. If I have 6 screens with a total resolution bellow that number, is it possible to drive them with a single card? How do I connect them since the card only has 3 display ports and 1 HDMI connectors?
Would a Display Port splitter help? I'm not entirely sure what they do: https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-2-Port-DisplayPort-Multi-Stream-Transport/dp/B075754ZYC/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=displayport+splitter&qid=1589790533&sr=8-3

A: No, there is no direct way to connect more monitors to a card than the number of monitor outputs it has.
You may be able to go higher using a screen stitching device like the Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go, but that requires an additional external piece of hardware.

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We can't wait to celebrate Christmas together.
This years Carol Service is on 9th December at 10:30 am at our usual Sunday venue, Dean Trust Ardwick.
Please note: We will not be gathering on the 23rd or 30th December and will resume as normal on the 6th January.


Following on from my explorations of Tregothnan's Classic Tea, I also had a chance to find out how their Earl Grey stands up to the other Earl Grey blends out there. As mentioned in my previous article, the Tregothnan teas currently being stocked by Waitrose appear only to be sold in bagged form. For the Classic Tea this did not particularly bother me; however, I do prefer most of my other teas loose – a rule to which Earl Grey is no exception. Nevertheless, I wanted to try Tregothnan's Earl Grey, and decided that a tea bag was not going to come between me and my tea tasting.
They go about fulfilling this ambition by combining tea leaves from the Tregothnan estate with Assam leaves and pure bergamot oil. Like most black teas, a steep time of 3 minutes should produce a good brew for an Earl Grey, and so this was where I started. Tregothnan's blend is definitely on the lighter, more fragrant end of the Earl Grey spectrum, but the bergamot flavour was still clear and distinct in this first brew. I prefer my Earl Grey (like all black teas) with a little added milk, and found that this did not compromise or mask the flavors of the pure tea, which is a good sign. For my second brew, I let the tea steep for 4 minutes. This produced a slightly darker brew with a slightly stronger taste. Although the first brew was complemented well by the milk, I found that the stronger brew coped even better with it, producing a more balanced cup. This preference may well reflect the fact that I tend to enjoy stronger black teas, so some tea drinkers might find the lighter steep more to their taste.
As a lighter, more subtle blend of flavours than some of the more robust blends out there, Tregothnan's Earl Grey is better suited as an afternoon tea- at least for my tea drinking preferences. I don't know about being the ultimate tribute to the original Earl Grey, but I certainly enjoyed my experience of Tregothnan's Earl Grey tea, and suspect that it would elicit an even more positive reaction in loose form.
How Much Does the Tea Leaf Consistency Matter?


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Q: I cannot install mongodb3 on ubuntu server I have Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64) installed in my server
When i want to install mongodb3 with below commands :
  sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv EA312927
  sudo echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.3 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.3.list
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated mongodb-org

I got below error with command sudo apt-get update :
 Fetched 5,601 kB in 1min 5s (84.9 kB/s)
 W: GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 16126D3A3E5C1192
 W: Failed to fetch http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu/dists/trusty/mongodb-org/3.4/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages  403  Forbidden

 W: Failed to fetch http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu/dists/trusty/mongodb-org/3.3/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages  403  Forbidden

 W: Failed to fetch http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu/dists/trusty/mongodb-org/3.3/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages  403  Forbidden

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

And i got below error with command sudo apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated mongodb-org
 E: Unable to locate package mongodb-org

How can i fix it?


text:
More than 4.91 Million Records Released
October 30, 2015 at 4:15 PM ET by Amanda Stone
Today's visitor record release brings the total number of records made public by this White House to more than 4.91 million.
In September 2009, the President announced that—for the first time in history—White House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in July 2015. This release brings the total number of records made public by this White House to more than 4.91 million—all of which can be viewed in our Disclosures section.


text:
namespace mscorlib
{
	namespace System
	{

		class Type;
		class String;

	}
}
namespace mscorlib
{
	namespace System
	{
		namespace Security
		{
			namespace Claims
			{

				class ClaimValueTypes
					: public mscorlib::System::Object
				{
				public:
					ClaimValueTypes(mscorlib::NativeTypeInfo *nativeTypeInfo)
					: mscorlib::System::Object(nativeTypeInfo)
					{
					};

					ClaimValueTypes(MonoObject *nativeObject)
					: mscorlib::System::Object(nativeObject)
					{
					};

					~ClaimValueTypes()
					{
					};

					ClaimValueTypes & operator=(ClaimValueTypes &value) { __native_object__ = value.GetNativeObject(); return value; };
					bool operator==(ClaimValueTypes &value) { return mscorlib::System::Object::Equals(value); };
					operator MonoObject*() { return __native_object__; };
					MonoObject* operator=(MonoObject* value) { return __native_object__ = value; };

					virtual MonoObject* GetNativeObject()  override  { return __native_object__; };

					//Public Static Fields
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Base64Binary;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Base64Octet;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Boolean;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Date;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> DateTime;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> DaytimeDuration;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> DnsName;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Double;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> DsaKeyValue;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Email;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Fqbn;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> HexBinary;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Integer;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Integer32;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Integer64;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> KeyInfo;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Rfc822Name;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Rsa;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> RsaKeyValue;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Sid;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> String;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> Time;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> UInteger32;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> UInteger64;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> UpnName;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> X500Name;
					static Property<mscorlib::System::String , mscorlib::System::Security::Claims::ClaimValueTypes> YearMonthDuration;

					//	Get/Set:Base64Binary
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Base64Binary();
					static void set_Base64Binary(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Base64Octet
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Base64Octet();
					static void set_Base64Octet(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Boolean
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Boolean();
					static void set_Boolean(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Date
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Date();
					static void set_Date(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:DateTime
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_DateTime();
					static void set_DateTime(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:DaytimeDuration
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_DaytimeDuration();
					static void set_DaytimeDuration(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:DnsName
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_DnsName();
					static void set_DnsName(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Double
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Double();
					static void set_Double(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:DsaKeyValue
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_DsaKeyValue();
					static void set_DsaKeyValue(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Email
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Email();
					static void set_Email(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Fqbn
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Fqbn();
					static void set_Fqbn(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:HexBinary
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_HexBinary();
					static void set_HexBinary(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Integer
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Integer();
					static void set_Integer(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Integer32
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Integer32();
					static void set_Integer32(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Integer64
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Integer64();
					static void set_Integer64(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:KeyInfo
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_KeyInfo();
					static void set_KeyInfo(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Rfc822Name
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Rfc822Name();
					static void set_Rfc822Name(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Rsa
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Rsa();
					static void set_Rsa(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:RsaKeyValue
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_RsaKeyValue();
					static void set_RsaKeyValue(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Sid
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Sid();
					static void set_Sid(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:String
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_String();
					static void set_String(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:Time
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_Time();
					static void set_Time(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:UInteger32
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_UInteger32();
					static void set_UInteger32(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:UInteger64
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_UInteger64();
					static void set_UInteger64(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:UpnName
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_UpnName();
					static void set_UpnName(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:X500Name
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_X500Name();
					static void set_X500Name(mscorlib::System::String  value);

					//	Get/Set:YearMonthDuration
					static mscorlib::System::String  get_YearMonthDuration();
					static void set_YearMonthDuration(mscorlib::System::String  value);

				protected:

				private:

				};

			}
		}
	}
}
#endif

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text:
We want Tennis Australia to honour MARGARET COURT
0 have signed. Let's get to 5,000!
At 5,000 signatures, this petition is more likely to get picked up by local news!
Cheryl Bishop started this petition to Tennis Australia
Tennis Australia and we as Australians should recognise and celebrate Margaret Court's performance as a tennis player. THIS IS ABOUT TENNIS �.... and nothing else !
"She is the most successful tennis player in history, man or woman."
Court won a record 24 major singles titles and 64 major titles in her sparkling career. It's coming up 50 years since she won the Grand Slam, she won all four in 1970.
She should be celebrated for her incredible contribution to Australian sport, she is a champion. Tennis Australia please give her the credit and accolades she is due. Tennis fans share this fare and wide. #TennisAustralia . https://www.3aw.com.au/this-isnt-australia-neil-mitchell-accuses-tennis-australia-of-caving-in-to-margaret-court-bullies/


The often-accurate Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes an upgrade to the AirPod wireless earphones will arrive in early-2019.
This falls into line with recent rumors about the new AirPods, but Kuo believes this will only be a small upgrade to add wireless charging to the case and improved Bluetooth. After this, Kuo believes a more significant upgrade will arrive in early 2020.
Kuo's early-2019 prediction is at odds with that of a prominent technology leaker known as Ice Universe, who tweeted in November to say Apple will "definitely" launch the earphones this year.
As reported by MacRumors, Kuo's latest research note for investors predicts that AirPods will become a hugely popular product for Apple between now and 2021, with annual sales accelerating from around 27 million now, to over 100 million at the start of the next decade.
Kuo's note said: "The upgraded model with wireless charging support to benefit shipments to launch in 1Q19 [the first quarter of 2019]...the all-new design model to boost replacement demand to launch in 1Q20...In summary, AirPods is Apple's most popular accessory ever, and it currently has the best growth momentum among Apple products."
It is believed that the 2019 AirPods will get a case which supports wireless charging. Apple first mentioned such a product back in 2017 when the iPhone X was announced alongside a wireless charger called AirPower. But, after several delays, the AirPower is yet to go on sale, and the AirPod wireless charging case is also missing.
Even if the AirPower fails to arrive, the AirPods wireless charging case should still work with any third-party wireless charging customers currently use for their iPhone.
As for the 2020 model, recent rumors claim the AirPods will gain sweat resistance, improved fitness-tracking and Hey Siri support, where the voice assistant can be summoned by saying 'hey Siri', instead of pressing a button or reaching for your iPhone.
Industry analyst firm Gartner predicts there will be huge growth in the wireless earphone sector between now and 2022, with global shipments predicted to jump from 21.5 million in 2017 to 158 million in 2022. This would see earphones outpace all other form of wearable device, including smartwatches, smart clothing, wristbands and sports watches.


text:
1st Quaid-i-Azam Punjab Inter-Division Games 2021 wrapped up successfully
LAHORE: The inaugural Quaid-i-Azam Punjab Inter-Division Games concluded on an impressive note at the Punjab Stadium, Lahore.
ARCHERY:
The endowed Faisalabad team claimed the both men and women archery events on the second day of the Games. In the women's team event, Faisalabad archers earned 776 points to clinch top position while Lahore (725) claimed the second spot and Multan with 569 points remained at third.
Meanwhile, Faisalabad bagged 945 points to secure the men's team event title, followed by second-placed Gujranwala (913) while Sargodha finished third with 868 points.
TENNIS:
In the men's tennis event, Lahore and Multan confirmed their place in the final after defeating Gujranwala (2-0) and Faisalabad (2-1), respectively in the semi-finals.
Rawalpindi outplayed Faisalabad 3-1 in the men's badminton team event semi-final. In the women's badminton team event semi-finals, Gujranwala overwhelmed Faisalabad 3-2 while Bahawalpur suffered a 0-3 defeat at the hands of Lahore.
CYCLING:
In cycling, Faisalabad's Masood grabbed the first position in the men's 4km individual pursuit followed by runner-up Shareef and third-placed Aqib Shah, both of Lahore.
Faisalabad's Iqra won the women's 3km individual pursuit. Lahore's Amna finished as the runner-up followed by third-placed Areej of Sargodha.
ATHLETICS:
In athletics, the men's 200-metre title was claimed by Sahiwal Division. Sargodha clinched second spot, followed by Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad and Multan.
Faisalabad won the women's 200-metre race. The second and third positions were clinched by Lahore and Sahiwal, respectively followed by D.G. Khan, Multan and Gujranwala.


An elliptical line on the floor.
The music for this exercise should be soft background music with no defined rhythm or strong contrast in loudness and softness.
As the exercise progresses from stage to stage, objects from the environment will be handed to the children to carry.
These must be gathered together in advance and placed on a table.e.g. Flags, parts of the pink tower, bells, tumbler of water, other items filled with water.
The music is started and the directress starts to walk on the line and the children follow. The Montessori Directress goes to the center of the ellipse and gives the stopping signal. She asks the children to be aware of any bunching up and when they have done so to stretch out their arms to make space between themselves.
The music is started and the Montessori Directress demonstrates the heel to toe step.
As the Montessori Directress walks around the ellipse using the heel to toe step, she invites the children to join her until all the children are participating.
The exercise will continue until the children show signs of disinterest.
The children will be invited to continue their work.
The music will start and the Montessori Directress will hand each child a flag to hold in his hand.
The Montessori Directress will show the children how to hold the flags correctly.
Once the children have had enough the Montessori Directress will take the flags from the children and replace them on the table.
The music is started and the children begin to walk with the Montessori Directress.
The capable children are given a solid object such as a bell or a few blocks of the Pink Tower/ a tumbler of water and the likes, to carry.
This will depend on their capability and the stage at which the child is.