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In this article the author reflects on the contents of the government's consultation paper entitled "A Competition Regime for Growth: A Consultation on Options for Reform" in Great Britain. He examines how the paper includes important questions on how to amend the Enterprise Act 2002 due to issues that the criminal cartel offence includes dishonesty element. However, the author argues that the cartel legislation lacks clarity due to the absence of evidences that it cannot not work effectively.

The article focuses on the issues being raised by Great Britain's General Optical Council (GOC) with the Department of Health (DoH) in its response to a new white paper. This relates to clarification regarding the access of continuing education and training (CET) funding for optometrists. The Optical Confederation has welcomed the white paper, on the other hand. It is stated that GOC's response covered details of areas where it would need to interact with new structures.

In this article the author discusses the consultation paper "Alternative Business Structures: Approaches to Licensing" released by the Legal Services Board (LSB) in Great Britain. He notes that paper can let LSB and approved regulators on the modernisation of regulating unjustified practice constraints of lawyers. She cites that regulation barriers can be removed safely because the paper's framework ensures the interests of consumers.

The article reports that a paper regarding the collapse of carmaker MG Rover Group Ltd. will be released in Great Britain in September 2009 after the Serious Fraud Office stated that it will not start a criminal investigation. It mentions that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills would issue the independent inspectors' paper. It notes that MG Rover collapsed in April 2005 with the loss of over 6,000 jobs.

The article offers Great Britain news briefs related to electronics. The government urges manufacturers to visit websites to calculate paper-based packaging standard in Great Britain. The AdaptiveEnergy develops the Joule-Thief energy-harvesting modules and demonstration kits to convert mechanical energy into standard dc voltage. The Telecommunication Industry Association wrote several white papers about environmental regulation governing product mobilization in any industry..

The article discusses three papers published in the 2009 editions of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) journals "Chemical Engineering Research and Design," "Food and Bioproducts Processing," and "Process Safety and Environmental Protection." The papers were written by Kevin Wall of the University of Manchester, Evan Mistoulis of the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, and Refaul Ferdous, Faisal Khan, and Brian Veitch of the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Paul Amyotte of Dalhousie University in Canada.

This section offers updates on chemical engineering that were published in journals from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). 31 papers have been presented at the 13th European conference on mixing that was held at King's College London in England on April 14-17. A paper was published in the journal "Food and Bioproducts Processing" in which its authors discussed the production of dietary fibre powder associated with antioxidant activity produced from cabbage outer leaves.

The article reports on the reminder by the HM Revenue & Customs company to the optical practitioners concerning the self assessment tax return deadline for paper returns on October 31, 2008 in Great Britain. It states that in past years, the deadline for submitting paper and online tax returns was January 31. However, in 2008, anyone filing paper returns must do so by the new deadline to avoid the £100 penalty.

The article reports on the innovative use of information technology towards the learning of British history in Great Britain. Accordingly, readers and researchers can have online access to a wealth of British history, specifically in the 18th century parliamentary papers, through a public/private cooperative venture. Moreover, the collection of 18th century papers will be full-text searchable with hit-term highlighting, bibliographic data and subject indexing.

The article reports on the consultation paper released by the Law Commission related to the review of insurance contract law in Great Britain. The paper contained three proceeding topics relating to pre-contact stage, focusing on misinterpretation, non-disclosure and breach warranty and the role of intermediaries. According to the commission, facts are demonstrating the nature of law that manifest current practice. Comments between consumer and business insurance interest are also presented.

The article offers information about the Energy White Paper in Great Britain. It is stated that the paper has been presented to set out the British government's strategy for reducing energy demand and increasing renewable generation to meet emissions targets, as well as ensuring security of supply. Information about the views of John Baxter, president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), regarding the energy issue is elaborated.

The article reports on the avoidance of Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips to the consequences of "The Governance of Britain," a green paper published by Ministry of Justice in Great Britain. Phillips expressed that the disturb of the justice system had important implications for the independence of the judiciary. The paper stated that the government is willing to look at the future of its role in judicial appointments and consider the present arrangement.

The author reflects on the impact of 2007 energy white paper on the large-scale reform to the approach to the development of energy generation in Great Britain. According to the author, while the energy white does not herald a complete change in the work of energy lawyers, but if the proposals are implemented, the future of energy as a growth sector will be ensured. He said that the white paper reforms will bring about some changes if implemented.

The article reports on the plan of the government to revamp the lengthy process of resolution of discrimination disputes in Great Britain. Following its release of the Discrimination Law Review (DLR) consultation paper on June 12, 2007 there is likely to be a complete repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures that were set in 2004. The government further stated in the paper to enhance the role played by ombudsmen, who act independently when examining complaints.

The article focuses on the changes to the British energy planning system that is being proposed in the Planning White Paper 2007 to address climate change and energy security. The document highlights that since 2003, there has been growing evidence and calls to mitigate man-made climate change. It notes that the government plans to support tidal and offshore wind energy. It cites the reaction of environmentalists and proponents of nuclear and carbon capture and storage (CCS) to the paper.

The author reflects on the discussion paper which contains ways to encourage damages claims for breach of competition law, published by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on April 18, 2007 in Great Britain. He said that the paper would have far-reaching consequences, such as allowing appointed bodies to bring claims on behalf of relevant consumers, which will echo U.S. class actions. He added that it also looks at ways to prevent claimants from being discouraged by the cost of bringing claims.

The author reflects on the credence of information technology (IT) professionals in publishing the white papers written by an independent research firm in Great Britain. He criticizes the confreres at the IDC are among the most outstanding business analysts and they earned the position in the global IT community. He questions the IT community on the neutrality of vendor-sponsored IDC white papers, which he alleged the papers was downloaded from his company's web site.

The article discusses how to convert successfully paper to electronic systems for patients' information in Great Britain. Electronic patient records (EPR) will record patient information more systematically and have the potential to eliminate the duplication or incomprehensibility of paper records. Patients must be involved in what is recorded which will improve communication and decision making. The clinical records systems will only work for nurses if they involved in patient development.

The article offers information related to activities involving nurses in Great Britain. Any person who is eligible of winning the Research Paper of the Year is invited to publish his or her paper between January 1 and December 31, 2006. The 2007 conference of the American Organization of Nurse Executives will be held on April 12-16 in Washington D.C. Applicants for the clinical nursing scholarship offered by the Barbers' Co. are invited to submit their curriculum vitae by February 28, 2007.

The article focuses on the efforts of politicians and companies in Great Britain to protect the environment. The party political season in the country has underlined again the fact that all politicians say that they want to be environmentalists these days. Aside from the country's politicians, big businesses, from the car makers to the aerospace combines, from banks dealing in paper money to packaging companies dealing in money from paper, are keen to authenticate their environmental credentials.

The article comments on the exclusion of optometrists from a British paper that lists medical practitioners who can diagnose and treat allergy. Optometrists have once again been overlooked by the British Department of Health in its 2006 paper. There is no reason optometrists should not promote the investigation and treatment skills they have.

Presents views on the British government white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say which outlines the future of the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. Belief of the British secretary of state on members comprising the NHS; Lack of recognition given by the paper to other primary care providers; Hope provided by the white paper to optometry.

The article reports on the opposition of the farming industry leaders to the vision of the British government for the common agricultural policy. The joint paper from Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs secretary Margaret Beckett and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was presented during the discussions on the European Union budget and trade liberalisation. The paper contributes to the debate over how to achieve sustainable agriculture. The National Farmers Union has expressed concerns about the statistics discussed in the report.

The article discusses a paper on the future of optical services in Great Britain presented by the Association of Optometrists, the Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians and the Association of British Dispensing Opticians in November 2005. The paper cites real-life examples to demonstrate the benefits of primary eye care. It also calls for several changes to be made by April 2008.

Discusses the British government's green paper "Youth Matters," released in August 2005 proposing a plan that would offer financial incentives to teenagers for good behavior and penalties for illegal activities including binge drinking. Concept of opportunity cards that would reward teenagers from low-income families with funds to spend on sports and other constructive activities; Targeted approach for the program; Percentage of young people who have mental problems according to the green paper.

This article reports that the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) hopes that two education white papers due this week will address deepening skills shortages. BCC survey results show a 50% hike in the number of employers having difficulty recruiting skilled staff, from 29% in 1994 to 43% last year. The figures are taken from two surveys of more than 6,000 businesses. BCC director general David Erost said Great Britain was lagging behind many competitors. He said that the government must implement lasting reform. The Skills white paper deals with a government-business alliance to match skills with demand.

The article presents latest research and scientific reports from the nursing and medical journals in Great Britain. The paper "Lack of Improvement in Patients With Acute Stroke After Treatment With Thrombolytic Therapy" by G. Saposnik et al was published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." The paper "Colonoscopy Screening for Colorectal Cancer: The Outcomes of two Recruitment Methods" by M. Corbett et al was published in the journal "Medical Journal of Australia." The paper "Work, Leisure Time Physical Activity and Risk of Preeclampsia and Gestational Hypertension" by A. Saftlas et al was published in the journal "American Journal of Epidemiology."

Focuses on the report of the University of Leeds that the majority of cases over parental disputes over children, are residence cases and not contact cases in Great Britain. Definition of a contact case; Attitude of the lower courts when a contact order has been made; Conclusion of the paper entitled Paper Separation: Children's Needs and Parent's Responsibilities, that there is a need to change the adult behavior in settling disputes.

The article reports that the British government is seeking public opinion to help plan for the next 19 billion euro European Union framework programme for research and development. The consultation is open until July 26, 2004 and responses will feed into the Great Britain position paper. The final position paper on FP7 will be used by government to inform Great Britain input to discussions between member states and the Commission when planning research policies.

Comments on the British government's policy paper on giving patients more choice, entitled "Building on the Best". Aims of the paper; Criticism of the British National Health Service; Purpose of extending patient choice.

Focuses on the British Law Commission's consultation paper on the laws governing exemption clauses in various types of trusts. Growing importance of the question of liability; Evolution of the nature of assets in a commercial context; Deadline for comments on the consultation paper.

Reports on the reaction of Great Britain farmers on the consultation paper circulated by the company Land Use Consultants in 2002. Concerns raised by farmers; Details of the contents of the consultation paper.

Focuses on the lifestyle of dockyard engineers in Great Britain in the 19th century and early 20th according to papers donated to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' archive. Details of the papers which the Navy declassified.

Presents information on the insolvency white paper published by the British government in 2001. Impact of the insolvency paper on banks; Details of the white paper reforms; Reaction of insolvency practitioners to the proposals.

The article reports on a 2013 decision which the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) made to ask the European Commission to deliver the position paper, "The Right to E-read—An E-book Policy for Libraries in Europe", which is concerned with copyright for electronic books. EBLIDA's desire to have changes made to European copyright laws which would allow European libraries to acquire and lend electronic books is discussed. INSET: WORLD OF LIBRARIES.

Information is presented about several papers discussed at the EW symposium held December 5-6, 2012 at the Defence Capability Centre, UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham, which is 80 miles west of London, England. Topics include the Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR), Electronic Warfare (EW), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Electromagnetic Operations (EMO) as well.

The article reports that the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales (NFU) has accused Brian May, guitarist of rock band Queen, of politicizing the badger cull debate and of ignoring the animal welfare issue. The NFU criticism was in response to an article written by May for a local paper wherein he states that he will never vote for David Cameron's party because of the cull. He asserts in the article that the cull is being used on the pretext of addressing the bovine tuberculosis issue.

Information on several paper discussed at the BCLA Pioneers Conference, held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England, on keratoconus management. Topics include non-incisional techniques, and accelerated treatment to control myopic progression, Corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL), and how to communicate with patients. The conference featured several delegates including Sheraz Daya, Katharine Evans, and Ian Cameron.

Developing the Healthcare Workforce, a consultation linked to the white paper Liberating the NHS, sets out new arrangements for the commissioning and funding of healthcare professional education and training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents news items on medicine in Great Britain. The National Clinical Audit Advisory Group is examining whether the quality of local clinical audits could be linked to premiums paid by trusts to the National Health Service (NHS) Litigation Authority. British nurse practitioners have been allowed in 2010 to contribute to the Information Prescription Service database. The Primary Care Trust Network of the NHS Confederation has published a discussion paper on physician commissioning.

The article discusses the scarcity of energy supplies in Great Britain. It explores the idea being promoted by a government White Paper in 2006 on improving security of gas supplies and balancing out the demand by building up reserves. It details the Gateway Storage Co. project in partnership with Stag Energy Development. It includes the comments of the executives from the two companies on the benefits of offshore gas storage.

Dame Chris Beasley talks to Tamsin Snow about the white paper and protecting nursing's achievements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the article the author reflects on Great Britain's white paper "Liberating the NHS," which plans to give general practitioners (GPs) responsibility for spending 80 billion pounds. The author opines that the government should be cautious with implementing health care reforms. She notes that GPs do not have the specialist skills that are required to correctly spend public money.

The article reports that Great Britain's white paper "Liberating the NHS" plans to allow local authorities the ability to control public health budgets. The proposed health care reform plans to improve the working relationship between public health and social care. Public health clinician Jane Cook expresses her fears concerning health inequalities on socially excluded groups.

Erin Dean and Petra Kendall-Raynor report on how the health white paper will affect one part of the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including a letter from the February 19, 2010 issue regarding the European Land Owners/Bird Life International paper on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the proposed 8,000-cow dairy farm for Great Britain, and "We need to bridge the rural-urban divide," by David Richardson in the February 5, 2010 issue.

Want to hear some good news? Of course not. Only bad news sells papers, attracts viewers, gets clicks. Good news is for freesheets and council newsletters. Young people raise cash for puppies? Pass the sick bag. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author examines the opportunities for British law firms once the European Union referendum is over the British Ministry of Justice will publish a paper considering the separation of the representative and regulatory functions of the various legal professional bodies. He mentions that opportunity can be used by The Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to clearly define and articulate their roles.

The article reports that the agriculture rules preventing farmers from dredging and maintaining ditches unless they complete lots of documentation have finally been relaxed in Great Britain. Farmers across England can now undertake low-level work on their own land without needing to seek Environment Agency (EA) consent. Defra said the relaxation would remove unnecessary paper permits and allow the EA to focus its efforts on wider strategic flood-risk management.

The author reflects on the concept of aggregation of marginal gains, as applied to the British beef industry. Topics discussed include the British Cattle Breeders Club annual conference in Telford, England, a paper by beef farmer Billy O'Kane titled "Seven Steps to Profitable Beef," and tips for making the most of big data.