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RIO DE JANEIRO — After three extravagant and costly days of trying to "save the world" at the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the final outcomes were announced to the world. More than $500 billion was pledged to the so-called "sustainability" cause by governments, Big Business, and multilateral development banks. Also, a 50-page agreement bizarrely dubbed "The Future We Want" was adopted by virtually every national government on Earth. It was hardly everything UN supporters had sought, but progress was certainly made on moving their vision forward.
The agenda, of course, had been laid out in detail in UN documents and pre-conference gatherings long before the official summit even began. It was on full display throughout the confab, too. Essentially, the controversial global institution and its supporters hoped to concentrate even more power at the international level in a bid to re-shape human civilization from the top down. The justifications: environmental issues, poverty, gender inequality, and countless other real and perceived ills — though alleged concern for the poor officially became the primary excuse, displacing supposed fears over the environment that had long been the focal point.
On the UN wish list were planetary taxes and regulations; less prosperity and consumption; new educational paradigms to indoctrinate future generations; a shift in values, opinions, and lifestyles; population reduction; and much more. The creation of global currency was even considered to pay for it all. Of course, all of the goals would have necessarily come at the expense of national sovereignty, economic freedom, prosperity, individual liberty, private-property rights, and other cherished notions.
In the end, however, the grandiose vision of an all-powerful UN enforcing its controversial notions of "sustainability" did not come to fruition — at least not completely. Supporters of the agenda were largely disappointed, though some remained hopeful. Critics, on the other hand, celebrated the news, saying the UN and its dangerous scheming were now on the defensive. But there is more to the outcome than meets the eye.
The Commitments
In all, more than half of a trillion dollars in pledges and commitments from governments and companies were secured to advance the agenda — more than at any previous UN summit. The communist dictatorship ruling China, various European governments and institutions, the Obama administration, and other governments all signed up to put taxpayer money in the "sustainability" war chest.
A range of big corporations, more than a few that had recently been bailed out by taxpayers, pledged money too. After receiving well over $100 billion in bailouts, Bank of America, for example, promised to put up $50 billion for the cause. Some of the Communist Chinese regime's state-owned "companies" also committed large sums.
With the hefty backing of "multilateral development banks" and the World Bank itself to the tune of around $175 billion, more private-sector money is expected to flow toward the agenda as firms see opportunities to benefit at taxpayer expense. "We commit our institutions' support for implementing the sustainable development for all agenda," the taxpayer-backed transnational banks said in a joint statement, noting that they would help harmonize and build policies around the world to advance the controversial "green" schemes. "We will work together to support global transformation in line with Rio+20 agreements."
Top UN bureaucrats including Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed delight over the amount of money flowing toward "sustainability." Indeed, despite the growing criticism, the increasingly overt alliance between Big Business and the UN in advancing the "sustainable development" agenda was probably one of the most important achievements of the summit.
"From the very beginning, we have said Rio+20 is about implementation. It is about concrete action. And the commitments that we share with you today demonstrate that governments, the UN system and the nine major groups are committed and serious about implementation," boasted Rio+20 Secretary General Sha Zukang, an anti-American Chinese Communist who also heads the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. "The total figure is now 692 registered commitments. Ladies and Gentlemen, this brings the estimated total value of commitments to $513 billion." The press applauded like cheerleaders.
The Future They Want
The other centerpiece of the Rio+20 outcomes was a final agreement adopted on the last day of the conference by almost every national government in the world. However, despite grand expectations by UN supporters and the global institution itself before the summit, the document did not contain any new, officially binding mandates to foist on humanity.
In a ham-handed marketing gimmick, the document was named "The Future We Want." Critics later seized on the title to point out that the "We" actually refers not to humanity, but to the coalition of UN functionaries, dictators, tax-funded environmentalist organizations, and Big Business bosses seeking to profit at taxpayer expense.
As analysts had expected, the text included a broad range of controversial statements that set alarm bells ringing among UN critics. World governments all reaffirmed, for example, that they would continue to be "guided" by the principles of the deeply unpopular planetary institution. The parties also agreed to keep working for "good governance" at the international level, complete with more powerful and more expensive UN institutions.
Indeed, the whole document was filled with references to shifting power and resources toward global entities. Continuing to implement the deeply controversial UN Agenda 21 — agreed to at the first Earth Summit in Rio two decades ago — was a top priority outlined in the agreement. Moving forward other treaties, including more than a few which openly represent serious threats to property rights, liberty, and national sovereignty, was emphasized as well.
Increased government involvement in the allocation of resources – a sure recipe to perpetuate poverty and environmental destruction - appeared in the document multiple times, including the recognition that "fundamental changes in the way societies consume and produce are indispensable for achieving global sustainable development." In a nut shell, the UN and its supporters allege that there are too many people and that those people are too prosperous. The solution, they claim, is a more powerful UN to literally rule the world.
Contraception and terminology widely understood to mean universal access to legal abortion were also incorporated into the document — especially because of an obsession among Rio+20 participants with reducing the human population. A reference to "Mother Earth" made it in as well, as did numerous calls for more UN and government involvement in so-called "education" — mostly to teach children what the global institution wants them to believe about the alleged scourge of humanity.
Despite UN claims that the schemes outlined in the agreement were aimed at alleviating poverty and environmental problems, analysts noted that socialism and the big-government ideology outlined in the text are actually the primary causes of those two ills today. So, according to critics, degradation of the environment and the grinding poverty experienced by so many people around the world will only get worse — at least if the UN agreement offers any indication of the future to come.
Politically Toxic, Say Critics
The fact that Obama stayed away from the summit was seized upon by virtually every critic — from lawmakers and scientists to activists and NGOs — to point out that the UN agenda has now become extraordinarily unpopular, at least among the American voting public. Following the "global-warming" debacles and the seemingly never-ending series of "green energy" scandals in the wake of Solyndra's bankruptcy, federal involvement in "green" schemes has indeed become politically toxic — not to mention the UN as an institution.
"President Obama is avoiding it like the plague," observed GOP Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma in a video statement presented at Rio+20. The President's "absence speaks volumes," Inhofe said — especially considering Obama's "far-left agenda" and its alignment with UN ambitions. Meanwhile, members of Congress including notorious pro-UN Democrats are ignoring Rio+20 as well, a stark contrast with past environmental gatherings.
Lord Christopher Monckton, a policy adviser and prominent opponent of the alarmist agenda, even celebrated after the conference closed. "They lost. They lost, and they lost big time," he told TNA in an interview the day after Rio+20. "They of course did the ritual declaration that they succeeded, but they didn't. I now think there is a good chance the West can survive the environmental movement."
Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) Executive Director Craig Rucker told TNA that the UN and its tax-funded affiliates would not give up their funding without a fight. However, he also expressed hope that the UN's grandiose vision of increased powers for itself and more centralization at the international level would not come to fruition — especially in the wake of the spectacular meltdown of the UN's climate scaremongering.
According to Rucker, after Rio+20, the time has now come to seriously consider consigning the entire international institution to the dustbin of history. It has been under the control of radicals for some five decades, he noted, and that it might not be possible to fix it anymore. Instead, Rucker said, the way to solve real problems is through individual freedom, free enterprise, prosperity, respect for private property, and the rule of law. And people are realizing that in increasing numbers, he concluded, echoing sentiments expressed by multiple UN critics.
Supporters of UN Agenda
The swarms of non-governmental organizations and UN bureaucrats, of course, had high expectations for the summit in terms of advancing their agenda and perpetuating their tax-subsidized existence. But considering the lack of binding agreements or much significant progress on moving the schemes forward, the feeling of disappointment among many of the key players was overwhelming. Greenpeace, for example, said Rio+20 was a "failure of epic proportions." Countless big-government supporting NGOs felt the same way.
Not everyone was as downbeat, however. Some proponents of the UN agenda noted with pleasure the creation of a "high level" forum on sustainability under the UN to keep working on the schemes while figuring out how to extract more wealth from taxpayers. And in the field of education — essentially brainwashing future generations into supporting the agenda, according to critics — some progress was certainly made.
Governments pledged to work together and incorporate more "sustainability" material into their school curricula, UN supporters observed with pleasure. And in Brazil, it is now mandatory. The youth, obviously, might be the key in this battle. If they can be convinced that the UN and overbearing government are the solutions, it will be much easier to foist the anti-liberty agenda on future generations.
Top negotiators held out hope, too. "The document does not entirely match our ambition or meet the challenges the world faces, but it is an important step forward. That's why we support it, and that's why we must engage," said EU "Environment Commissioner" Janez Potočnik, a Slovenian known to liberty-minded critics in Europe as a "Communist apparatchik." "We now have a basis."
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — without citing any constitutional or congressional authority — pledged some $2 billion in taxpayer funds to advance the agenda. The money will be used for grants, "policy and regulatory development," "public-private energy technology partnerships," and to prod the private sector into getting on board. Prominent critics blasted the pledge, saying it actually opened the door to the creation of a "global EPA" and would largely be handed out to third-world dictators.
Considering the UN's grandiose visions and the U.S. government's inclination to spend trillions of dollars it does not even have on unconstitutional programs, the sum might not seem extraordinary. It certainly left many activists disappointed. Handing out American money and the final UN agreement, however, were not even the biggest or most important accomplishments, according to Clinton.
"The most compelling products of this conference are the examples of new thinking that can lead to models for future action," she told Rio+20 attendees at the summit. "It should be said of Rio that people left here thinking, as the late Steve Jobs put it, not just big, but different.... The only way to deliver lasting progress for everyone is by preserving our resources and protecting our common environment."
What It All Means
The UN and supporters of its agenda may not have achieved all of their sweeping goals at the summit. But the document they did agree to and the hundreds of commitments will ensure that the global government, anti-freedom scheming will march on. Using assorted real and bogus pretexts, some yet to be developed, the UN and other supporters of the agenda now have a lot of money at their disposal, as well as an agreement to keep the schemes going indefinitely.
Activists on both sides of the debate did say Rio+20 might be the beginning of the end for grand planetary negotiations on the "environment." Some analysts even said the global-warming alarmism of years past might be in its final death throes — a development that would put a big dent in the UN's plans. What was clear after the summit, however, was that the plan to build an all-powerful planetary regime at the expense of human liberty and national sovereignty is still a long way from being dead.
This article is the final installment in a three-part online series adapted from the cover story article on Rio+20 in the July 23, 2012, print edition of The New American magazine. To read the first two installments, go to: "The Real Agenda Behind UN 'Sustainability' Unmasked" and "UN Sustainability Summit Exposed: Big Business, Dictators, and NGOs."
For more exclusive coverage of the UN summit, please click here.
For more on the final agreement including particularly alarming quotes from the document itself, click here.
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"Our teachers have eliminated food items in their classrooms due to food allergies. We have several students who are allergic to peanuts or are lactose intolerant. As a result, we have asked parents not to send in food items or candy for birthday celebrations or for other parties," said Doug Goss, principal of Wilcox Elementary School in Springfield, Ill. "We have even taken chocolate milk off the menu; it is now only served once a month as a treat for our students."
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A $2.7 million verdict has been returned in a Medina County lawsuit trial over a deadly collision on Interstate 35 involving an intoxicated, wrong-way driver who'd just left the Southside Bar & Grill.
"The jury sent a message that overserving intoxicated patrons is a serious problem that bars will be accountable for," said the plaintiff's lawyer, Andrew Skemp.
The Jan. 8, 2011, head-on crash killed the drunken driver, Jefrey Tillman of Devine, and seriously injured motorist Kelley Bitler of San Antonio, a pet groomer.
Besides having her right leg amputated below the knee, Bitler suffered fractures to her pelvis and left leg, foot and arm, Skemp said, and her passenger also received minor injuries.
Bitler's suit accused Southside Bar & Grill operators Martha Crouch and Venancio Ireta of gross negligence and violating state law by overserving Tillman, 29, whose postmortem blood alcohol level was .34, more than four times the legal limit for driving.
The defendants denied the allegations and argued that the crash — which occurred only 400 yards from their bar near Lytle — was solely caused by Tillman and Charlie's Ice House, a Devine bar where he'd been earlier that night.
"The gentlemen wasn't drinking in our bar," Crouch said Monday.
However, Skemp said, witnesses at the week-long trial in Hondo recalled Tillman as clearly intoxicated and drinking heavily at the Southside Bar & Grill until minutes before his death.
Skemp said Crouch admitted in court to destroying a video taken in the bar that night, prompting state District Judge Watt Murrah to instruct jurors to presume its contents were not favorable to the defendants.
After three hours of deliberation, the jury voted 10-2 on Friday to find the bar and its owners 75 percent liable for the crash, Tillman 25 percent liable and Charlie's Ice House not liable.
"I hope the result of all this is that no one else will have to go through the pain I have and that bars will take meaningful steps to protect the public," Bitler, 37, said in a statement Monday.
Crouch said she and Irata lack resources to cover the $2.05 million judgment against them and the bar, whose insurance didn't cover the off-premises accident.
"We feel really horrible about this," Crouch said. "We're going to try our best to come to some sort of settlement so we can compensate Ms. Bitler, because she deserves that."
Defense lawyer Ray Zapata's court pleadings assert that Bitler reached an out-of-court settlement with Charlie's and with Tillman's estate. Skemp declined comment on that issue.


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Fox News' primary agenda driver, Rupert Murdoch, was conspicuously absent from commentary following the last GOP debate, staged cage fight. It was the only debate where Murdoch did not announce Marco Rubio the winner.
A few days later the New York Times embarrassed Fox News by revealing the corporate media agenda, including secret meetings with DC politicians and media, to advance Marco Rubio's gang-of-eight proposals and benefit their ideological immigration agenda (outlined below).
Both owner Rupert Murdoch and Fox executive President Roger Ailes have been positioning the network to do as much damage to Rubio's opponent Donald Trump as possible for the past 8 months. Fox News political executive director, Bill Sammons, is the father of Marco Rubio's national spokesperson, Brooke Sammon. The agenda has been transparent from the outset.
However, today a report surfaces where Roger Ailes is reportedly reconsidering the media conglomerate's position.
[…] According to three Fox sources, Fox chief Roger Ailes has told people he's lost confidence in Rubio's ability to win (link).
NOT SO FAST – The timing, just hours before the network broadcasts yet another attack debate favorable to Rubio, reeks of a corporate entity trying to position themselves with plausible deniability; and isolate themselves from the growing backlash of an audience who have woken up to the manipulative intents of the network.
The owner of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch has been a staunch advocate for Marco Rubio for several years. Murdoch leveraged his entire news apparatus, and his most important and visible investment, Megyn Kelly, to advocate on behalf of the comprehensive immigration tool.
Not coincidentally, Megyn Kelly signed a book deal with another of Ruperts' business interests, Harper Collins books. Ms. Kelly's book deal is worth somewhere north of $5 million, and many observers are putting the deal around $10 million. Quite a beneficial backdoor payday for Ms. Kelly from her boss, Rupert Murdoch.
However, Murdoch's manipulative agenda is more visibly found in his advocacy for Senator Marco Rubio. Observers will note almost no debate discussion on the advocacy of Rubio for the Trans-Pacific trade deal (TPP), or comprehensive immigration reform. However, it should not come as a surprise, the head of Fox News even structured media coverage on behalf of Rubio during the Gang-of-Eight legislative fiasco in 2013.
Mr. Murdoch, who is also leading the executive decision-making on Fox programming, also contracts pollster Frank Luntz to appear on Fox News broadcasting during the 2016 election cycle.
[…] since June, Murdoch has been attending Ailes's daily executive meeting held on the second floor of Fox headquarters. The secretive afternoon gathering in Ailes's conference room is attended by about a half-dozen of the network's most senior lieutenants. It's where some of the most sensitive decisions about running the channel are discussed. (link)
Frank Luntz has sub-contracts with Marco Rubio and a long-term relationship with Rubio going back to the Freshman Senator's time in the Florida Legislature. Rubio alone has paid Luntz $350,000+
Frank Luntz focus groups regularly find Marco Rubio as the winner of debate and opinion programming.
The executive in charge of Fox News debate programming, debate questioning and debate structure is Bill Sammon. (circled below)
The Washington Post has an outline describing how Bill Sammon runs the entire show at Fox regarding debates; and how he is the person who Chris Stirewalt, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace and Brett Baier directly report to for all debate issues, construction, and question organization.
In essence, Bill Sammon runs the show.
Bill Sammon's daughter is Brooke Sammon who is the press secretary for Marco Rubio's presidential campaign.
A generally interested observer would consider this a conflict of interest worthy of full disclosure. However, none of the above have ever been publicly disclosed prior to the media presentation by any Fox entity.
Additionally, it has now surfaced what approach Megyn Kelly was going to take when questioning Donald Trump at the Fox News debate he skipped prior to the Iowa Caucus.
During a television interview with Steven Colbert Kelly shared:
"[Trump] recently said that his supporters are so devoted to him that they could go in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and he wouldn't lose a single voter. In response to which, I was going to ask him, 'Were you talking about me?'"
During the Fox Business News debate several political junkies noted a rather curious omission: Senator Marco Rubio was never questioned about the 2013 Senate Gang-of-Eight bill and his stance on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. In fact, if you were to review the debate substance you'd note that candidate Rubio wasn't directly questioned about his immigration positions at all.
It is not disconnected that during the 2013/2014 Gang-of-Eight immigration constructs, Fox News was an active participant in the promotion of the immigration reform proposals. In order to facilitate the congressional immigration intent Fox launched a previously unknown pro-amnesty propaganda blitz to support senate immigration bill.
What follows below is an evidenced expose' of their agenda.
♦ It was less than a year ago when Mickey Kaus was chastised by Tucker Carlson, a Fox Contributor, for writing an article in the Daily Caller outlining the relationship between Rupert Murdoch, his company Fox News, the talking heads under his control and authority, and Murdoch's request for pro-amnesty propaganda to be broadcast on the network.
Carlson took down the article from the Daily Caller, and subsequently Mickey Kaus quit in disgust over the agenda-driven editorial decision. Apparently some things are just too sensitive for sunlight and exposure.
What Mickey Kaus outlined was a pattern within Fox to push immigration reform and included a first person excerpt between David Axelrod and Rupert Murdoch:
On page 424 of his recent memoir, Obama's former top strategist David Axelrod describes running into Fox chieftain (and immigration amnesty supporter) Rupert Murdoch at a dinner in the fall of 2010:
During the dinner, Murdoch, who was seated beside me, insisted that the president had to move on immigration reform. ….
"But the solution has to be comprehensive," I said. "We can't just attack a piece of the immigration problem. And you know, there's one big thing that you can do to help, and that is to keep your cable network from stoking the nativism that keeps us from solving this." [Emphasis added] (link)
Kaus goes on to outline how Fox News followed the plan and conspicuously avoided any mention of the crafting: "in the spring of 2013 when the "Gang of 8" amnesty bill snuck through the Senate". Mickey uses a historical timeline, day-by-day story leads, showing how Fox was intentionally NOT COVERING the story (see here).
♦ However, even before Kaus discovered -and outlined- proof of what his research into Fox revealed there was a prior article written by Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker Magazine [June 2013] which was even more revealing:
New Yorker 2013 – […] Fox News has notably changed its tone since the election. A Democratic policy staffer who worked on the issue in 2007 and has helped write the current bill said, "NumbersUSA and FAIR"—two groups that want to dramatically limit immigration—"managed to convince Fox News back then to be their twenty-four-hour news channel of the anti-immigrant point of view. Fox has now totally bought in to the idea that we just need to figure something out."
Rush Limbaugh, who fiercely opposes the bill, has come to sound resigned. "I don't know if there's any stopping this," he said on January 28th, the day the Gang held the press conference announcing its framework for the legislation. "It's up to me and Fox News, and I don't think Fox News is that invested in this."
McCain told me, "Rupert Murdoch is a strong supporter of immigration reform, and Roger Ailes is, too." Murdoch is the chairman and C.E.O. of News Corp., which owns Fox, and Ailes is Fox News's president.
McCain said that he, Graham, Rubio, and others also have talked privately to top hosts at Fox, including Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Neil Cavuto, who are now relatively sympathetic to the Gang's proposed bill. Hannity voiced support for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, which he previously dismissed as "amnesty," on the day after the 2012 election. "God bless Fox," Graham said. "Last time, it was 'amnesty' every fifteen seconds." He said that the change was important for his reelection, because "eighty per cent of people in my primary get their news from Fox." He added that the network has "allowed critics to come forward, but it's been so much better." (link)
So there's a trio of GOPe Republicans in the so-called Gang of Eight huddled with leading figures at Fox News Channel. A few days later Bill O'Reilly interviews Marco Rubio and urges the Senator to come to him if anyone opposes the proposal.
♦ As you watch this segment in retrospect, with the information you now possess, consider that both Bill O'Reilly and Marco Rubio have pre-discussed the entire topic and worked out exactly what the framework of questions and answers would be:
Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the entire GOPe apparatus -including House Speaker Paul Ryan- are 100% behind comprehensive immigration reform to include amnesty.
Now, lets contrast this historic information against the backdrop new information within the republican debates. There is a particular clarity that resonates, no?
Few people know how close we came to seeing this immigration usurpation actually come to fruition as law. Our nation was literally a few hours away from fundamental change.
There is an incredible story to be told of two unheralded heroes named Zach Werrell and Gray Delany, who, together with representative Dave Brat of Virginia, fundamentally saved the construct of the U.S. as we know it. And that is not even the slightest bit of exaggeration. Without them, there wouldn't even be a Donald Trump campaign today.
The he-said, he-said, between presidential candidates Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Ted Cruz provides an opportunity to highlight just how close passage of Amnesty law was in 2014.
The senate "Gang of Eight" comprehensive immigration reform bill, which included amnesty legislation was not blocked by Ted Cruz nor Marco Rubio – it specifically passed the senate because of them, not despite them.
A very insightful PBS documentary "The Immigration Battle" lays out exactly what took place during the 2013/2014 legislative time frame. If you have not watched the documentary I would strongly recommend you do so, it is profoundly enlightening.
The documentary walks you through a timeline explaining exactly who was doing what at the times discussed.
Here's the trailer:
Watch Full Documentary – HERE
After the Senate passed the comprehensive immigration reform bill, the activity shifted to the House of Representatives. Paul Ryan was part of the team supporting passage.
Eventually, against ever increasing pressure from President Obama's bully pulpit, it came to a moment in the House (June 2014) where Speaker John Boehner was going to take up a vote on the Senate Bill.
Speaker Boehner, Paul Ryan and a few other close insiders had been holding secret meetings discussing support for the bill. On Friday June 6th 2014 Boehner recognized there was now enough support for passage – he also knew it was going to be controversial.
Boehner asked Kevin McCarthy (House Majority Whip) to whip the vote and get a confirmed vote count on Monday June 9th 2014. Unbeknownst to both GOP and DEM rank-and-file membership Boehner, Ryan and Eric Cantor already knew they had the votes for passage – the request to McCarthy was merely to confirm.
Speaker John Boehner was planning to schedule the vote for Thursday June 12th or Friday June 13th the consideration on either date circled around political benefit through the media: Was it better to celebrate, if so Thursday -or- was it better to pass and get out of dodge, if so Friday.
So the GOP House Members were officially whipped on Monday June 9th. The results confirmed what John Boehner and Paul Ryan already knew – They had enough votes to pass it.
On Tuesday June 10th Speaker Boehner, Eric Cantor (Majority Leader) and Kevin McCarthy (Majority Whip) had lunch together discussing timing the vote Thursday night or Friday Morning.
However, later that same night the results from the 2014 Virginia primary showed an unknown conservative outsider, Dave Brat, had defeated (primaried) Eric Cantor. At 7:00pm Tuesday night the first word went out that Cantor had lost.
Boehner, McCarthy and Cantor were STUNNED beyond belief.
The next day, Wednesday June 11th, the House of Representatives was also in a state of shock – Almost the entire reason for the defeat was the controversial immigration position of Cantor.
Immediately panicked GOP congresscritters were calling Kevin McCarthy and revoking their previous (2 days earlier) positions of support for the bill. By lunchtime Wednesday June 11th it was obvious the Immigration Bill was NOW DEAD in the House.
That's how close it was. Literally within hours of a vote for passage.
Amnesty didn't die because of Senator Ted Cruz or anything he did or didn't do. The gang of eight bill had already passed the senate.
Amnesty died exclusively because candidate Dave Brat beat House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Period.


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The Heavy Metal train keeps rolling to my 30th Anniversary of being a proud Metalhead (August 16th I turn 40!) and there is always plenty to buy! Lots of new releases, used CD treasure and great sales made of another productive, and expensive, month…..
Newbury Comics North Attleboro and Newbury Comics Warwick
Jorn Lande – Bring Heavy Rock To The Land (2012) – $13
Nile – At The Gate Of Sethu (2012) – $12
Machine Head – Unto The Locust (CD/DVD) (2011) – $15 used
Savage Messiah – Plague Of Conscience (2012) – $0 used
My first trip into the North Attleboro store was to take advantage of the sale price on the new Jorn Lande CD. Knowing it was out on Frontiers Records, it was an easy $20 but the sale price saved me $7. I didn't have to run out for it because the label sent me the promo download but I always support my favorite artists and Jorn is one of the premier Metal singers out there. My second trip was to pick up the new Ozzy DVD and the new Nile album. When I got there, the two copies of the Speak Of The Devil '82 DVD were sold out so I opted to take advantage of the "buy 1, get 1 free" sale on used discs…..I grabbed the last Machine Head album, Unto The Locust, and the new Savage Messiah record. The Machine Head cost me $15 used but I got the Savage Messiah free so what could have been $35 at regular price, or $23 used price, only cost the $15…..saved more than half on albums I needed. I snagged the new Nile on the way to the counter…..I never got into Nile back in the late '90s but I've always wanted to pick up their 1998 debut full-length Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka. Everytime Nile releases a new record, I get the same urge to buy up some of their CDs so I fired up Spotify this time to stream their back catalog…..real solid Death Metal with Egyptian themes…..and the aren't Egyptian, they are from South Carolina! Saved $6 buying the day of release and got the deluxe version with the two bonus instrumentals.
Ozzy Osbourne – Speak Of The Devil (Live From Irvine Meadows '82) DVD (2012) – $13
Icarus Witch – Rise (2012) – $16
HellYeah – Band Of Brothers (2012) – $12
Defender – They Came Over The High Pass (1999) – $2 used
Glenn Tipton – Baptizm Of Fire (1996/2006 reissue) – $3 used
Broken Teeth – Viva La Rock Fantastico (2009) – $4 used
Superjoint Ritual – A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred (2003) – $4 used
Agent Steel – Skeptics Apocalypse (1985/1998 reissue) – $5 used
My trip into the Warwick store in mid-July was to get the new Ozzy DVD because it was out of stock in North Attleboro. While I was there, I picked up the new Icarus Witch and HellYeah albums. Ozzy and HellYeah were on sale so I saved a few bucks but I had to pay full price for the new Icarus Witch…..it was a must buy because they are one of my favorite traditional Heavy Metal bands of the last 6 years and I've been following them since their first E.P. While I was there, I decided to grab a few used CDs that were low in price and I had put together in a certain section of the used Metal CD racks…..the Defender CD was nice and cheap for a Power Metal album and I'd been watching it for awhile, same with the Superjoint Ritual album, but I scored a great newer album with the used Broken Teeth CD. The Agent Steel CD was set aside in my hiding spot because I thought I already owned it but I didn't and I grabbed the Glenn Tipton reissue because I passed on it when it came out in 2006. Baptizm Of Fire wasn't that great of a record back when it was first released in 1996 but I can't resist bonus tracks forever!
Luca Turilli's Rhaposdy – Ascending To Infinity (2012) – $12
Is it Rhapsody, Rhapsody Of Fire or Luca Turilli's Rhapsody? The whole Rhapsody name change saga is a big pain in the ass: first they were Rhapsody and I got into their Symphonic/Epic Metal, then 10 years into their career they got sued by another band named Rhapsody for copyright issues and they went on as Rhapsody Of Fire to avoid confusion. Now founding guitarist Luca Turilli has left on good terms and formed a new Rhapsody as Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and Rhapsody Of Fire is continuing on their own path. Did you get all that? All I know is that I like the Metal and I have two band's to get my fix from. I went to the North Attleboro store quick while running a few errands and I grabbed this because it was the last copy I saw…..they had stocked at least 6 or 7 when it came out and I grabbed the last one with the sale price tag on it to save $6.
Crazy Lixx – Riot Avenue (2012) – $18
Running Wild – Shadowmaker (CD/DVD) (2012) – $18
Baroness – Yellow & Green (Deluxe) (2012) – $0
Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth (CD/DVD) (2012) – $16
Gojira – L'enfant Sauvage (2012) – $12
Crucified Barbara – The Midnight Chace – $0
Last day of the month and an awesome sale….."Buy 2 get 1 Free on new & used CDs". I got in the man-van (my rockin' Kia Sedona!) and raced to North Attleboro when Newbury opened. Everytime I buy on one of these sales, the clerks always group like priced items together so I knew I had to pay a few extra dollars on a couple of CDs to get a similar one for free. Like the Jorn Lande album, I already had the digital promo of the new Crazy Lixx album from Frontiers but I wanted the actual CD for my collection and the new Running Wild disc has been on my list ever since Rock 'n' Ralf decided not to retire the band. Both of those CDs were regular price at $18 each but I scored the new Baroness double album for free. Yellow & Green just came out and I have the latest issue of Metal Hammer to thank for adding them to their free sampler CD, so I splurged on the deluxe packaged double disc album and saved the full $17 sale price ($22 regular). The new Testament album was the big release of the week so I bought the deluxe version on sale for $16, added the last copy of the new Gojira album that came out a few weeks ago (thanks again Metal Hammer!) and got the new Crucified Barbara CD for free and saved the full $10 sale price ($18 regular). I was going to buy the latest Dragonforce album that I didn't get earlier in the year but I opted for the cheaper, and less available, option with Crucified Barbara.
White Tiger – s/t (1986/1999 reissue) – $16 used
The Rods – Wild Dogs (1982/1997 reissue) – $12 used
Venom – Cast In Stone (1998) – $6 used
I got an Ebay alert for The Rods – Wild Dogs and I decided to finally try and win one of these CDs. I collect the now defunct German reissue label High Vaultage because of the genuine fan enthusiasm they put into each reissue, each one is chock full of bonus tracks, pictures and extensive liner notes. I noticed the same seller had a copy of Mark St. John's post-KISS band White Tiger up for auction too so I bid and won on that as well. I added in the Venom album when I did some research and found out it was a 2CD set. All total with shipping was$34 for three albums I didn't own.
Human Cometh – HC II (2011) – $13
I was going through all my saved emails and I happened upon my email from the band Human Cometh promoting their second album, HC II. I ended up getting a promo download for review but I like to support the bands so, even though the band already sent me the digital download last year, I decided to go and ourchase the actual CD from the band's website. Can't beat any CD that has free shipping so I paid with Paypal and it was a done deal. Unfortunately, the CD hasn't arrived in the mail yet but I checked and it's on it's way!
Total = $222
Total (year) = $1393
Average Price (per item) = $8.99
Total CDs (year) = 149
Total DVDs (year) = 5
Total Blu-Rays (year) = 1


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February 15, 2017
This week, HUD announced disaster assistance for Louisiana tornado victims. HUD's press release reads: "HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs give the State and communities the flexibility to redirect millions of dollars in annual formula funding to address critical needs, including housing and services for disaster victims."
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In September I did a LISterine workshop on Capture. That presentation was captured using various devices included an iPod with an iTalk Voice Recorder, an iPhone, SnapzPro, a Zoom H2 Handy Recorder, and an Accordant capture station
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Included here is a screencast introduction on How to do it… (capture that is).
For an unedited version of this presentation that includes screen capture and video of me trying to figure out how to show this stuff, see: Digital Media Collections at Middlebury College


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Core and region-enriched networks of behaviorally regulated genes and the singing genome.
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Songbirds represent an important model organism for elucidating molecular mechanisms that link genes with complex behaviors, in part because they have discrete vocal learning circuits that have parallels with those that ...
Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds.
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Song-learning birds and humans share independently evolved similarities in brain pathways for vocal learning that are essential for song and speech and are not found in most other species. Comparisons of brain transcriptomes ...


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When President Barack Obama talked about the violence in Newtown, Conn., in his weekly radio address on Saturday, he urged the nation to act not only to stop mass killings like that one but also those that occur on "countless street corners in places like Chicago and Philadelphia." He might well have included Baltimore in that list, as our homicide numbers, though still low by the standards of recent history, have crept back above the macabre threshold of 200 again this year. Mr. Obama has pledged meaningful national action to stop the scourge of gun violence, and he has ordered Vice President Joe Biden to convene a task force and make recommendations for action within weeks.
Federal action to restrict access to the kinds of weapons used by the Connecticut mass shooter and others is essential, as would be an effort to tighten the background check system to help keep guns out of the wrong hands. But Maryland lawmakers should not stand by and wait. There are meaningful restrictions that can be enacted on the state level that would not only help prevent a mass killing like the one in Newtown but could also give police and prosecutors more tools to prevent the near-daily killings that have plagued Baltimore for years.
Legislators in both the House and Senate have said they plan to introduce a state-level assault weapons ban and to enact stricter limits on the size of ammunition magazines that are allowed here. (Maryland limits magazines to 20 rounds; the Connecticut shooter used 30-round magazines, and the shooter in this summer's movie theater massacre in Colorado had a 100-round drum magazine, though it jammed.)
No matter what Congress does, such a law would be helpful because of the way local, state and federal authorities in Maryland cooperate to, in the memorable phrase of former Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III, get "bad guys with guns" off the street. Much of that strategy has centered on tough prosecutions for gun crimes, which typically come with stiff mandatory minimum sentences without parole. Enacting a state-level assault weapons ban would provide prosecutors with a new tool in that fight, no matter what Congress does.
The truth, though, is that handguns are a much bigger public safety problem in Baltimore than assault weapons, and some of the legislation under consideration in Annapolis would more directly address them.
One is a bill sponsored in the past by Sen. Brian Frosh that would authorize the state police to audit the inventory of gun dealers in the same way the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives does. Those audits help prevent illegal, off-the-books sales, but the ATF's extremely limited manpower means that it can take years before a bad dealer is discovered and shut down. Senator Frosh, a Montgomery County Democrat, has said he will introduce it again. Other legislation and administrative action under consideration would bolster the state's ability to determine whether prospective gun purchasers should be disqualified because of a criminal record or history of mental illness.
But we urge the legislature to go further and enact a licensing system for gun purchasers. Although interstate gun trafficking is a problem, the most common way criminals in Baltimore get guns is through straw purchases. But if the purchaser is required to go first to a law enforcement agency to be fingerprinted, he or she is much less likely to agree to the deal.
A 2001 study led by Daniel Webster of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that in cities where state laws require licensing for gun purchasers and registration of firearms, a vastly smaller percentage of the guns used in crimes come from that state. In Baltimore, for example, where the law requires registration but not licensure, 73 percent of guns used in crimes had come from Maryland. But in New York City and Jersey City, where registration and licensure are required, only 14 percent and 13 percent of the guns used in crimes had come from their respective states.
Licensure doesn't eliminate handgun violence, but it makes it more difficult and expensive for criminals to get guns. If Maryland is serious about reducing the threat of gun violence, it is the most important step lawmakers could take.
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In case you haven't heard by now, Overwatch porn is big. Search in the right corners of the Internet, and you'll find sticky mountains of the stuff. The question on, well, somebody's mind: what do people who like to pretend they are these characters think?
Cosplay stunt mastermind D Piddy put four cosplayers—Kadu Out as Lucio, Vivid Vision as Tracer, Mandee Sim as D.Va, and Monica as Reaper—in front of an Overwatch porn sizzle reel and let the good times roll.
Predictably, the viewing session began with a lot of awkward laughter. Over time, however, they got excited to see their own characters on screen, you know, banging each other. But not excited like that.
Then came the Big Questions: How is D.Va's suit off and on at the same time? Why does Mercy wear her wings when she's otherwise completely nude? How do her wings move? ("Strong butt," replied Out, matter-of-factly.)
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State: Workgroup needed for Common Core switch
Delegate: Some schools need help preparing teachers for new standards
Implementation of the Common Core State Standards has been rocky and uneven across Maryland, and state officials want a new workgroup that would take a closer look at each district's needs.
Del. Eric Luedtke, a Montgomery County Democrat who teaches middle school, explained the need to his colleagues in the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday.
Some schools are poorly positioned to administer standardized tests online and teach students computer skills. Some also need help preparing teachers for the new standards, Luedtke said.
The 16-member workgroup would make budget and policy recommendations.
Betty Weller, president of the Maryland State Education Association, called the bill "absolutely essential."
Two parents who generally oppose Common Core testified against the bill.
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King said Democratic Sen. Harry Reid called on election night to congratulate him and to open the door to discussions about caucusing with the party. But as of Friday, King hadn't heard from the Republican leadership, though he had received a call from Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, who won re-election on Tuesday.
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King will travel to Washington on Sunday to begin an orientation week of meetings. He said next week is the earliest he might make a decision on which party he'll caucus with.


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Leaked screenshots from the set of Transformers 2 continue to trickle in. With a movie that has the likes of the Camaro SS, Saab Aero-X, Hummer HX and more, it's a bit odd seeing this seemingly plain-jane Saturn Astra hatchback roaming around the set during filming. Well, as odd as can be in a movie all about the product placement.
There's no word whether this vehicle will serve as a Transformer or just an "extra," but right now our best guess tells us it's more likely an "extra." The clue are the bullet holes which tend to indicate human interaction with the vehicle rather than robotic — that would show up, we'd assume, as laser or "plasma" burns. We're thinking the special GM paint can deflect mere bullets.


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Last week NASA celebrated the legacy of a spirit, though one that's mechanical. In May 2011 the space organization sent its final transmission to Spirit, a rover stuck on that inhospitable red planet known as Mars. NASA first experienced problems with Spirit since April 2009 when the rover got stuck in sand beneath Mars' crust. Spirit was engineered with solar panels that provide the rover with energy, but with Spirit's untimely fall those solar panels were pointed away from the sun. On top of that the Martian winter slowly approached and NASA soon lost contact with its prized machine.
NASA has tried everything to reach Spirit, utilizing Deep Space Network antennas and Mars orbiters, but eventually decided that attempting communication was futile and that it was time to retire the hardworking rover.
While losing contact with Rover has been a dour moment for NASA, the organization highlights all of the accomplishments Rover has achieved and the scientific breakthroughs made in understanding the red planet's aquatic properties. John Callas, Exploration Rover project manager, notes that the Rover (accidentally) contributed to the "evidence of ancient hot springs." Spirit's right wheel malfunctioned in 2006, two years after arriving on Mars' surface, and while dragging the wheel into the ground "revealed deposits of amorphous silica widely thought to have formed in hydro-thermal systems. Apparently, Mars once had water and the energy to warm it."
Callas also notes that the Spirit provided "evidence of a thick atmosphere and 'sweet water.'" Mars is known for having a thin atmosphere that prevents the growth of life, but Spirit found evidence of carbonates. Callas states that "the carbonates Spirit found formed in surface water that could only exist with a thick atmosphere sitting on top of it to prevent rapid evaporation. Moreover, the chemistry of the carbonates tells us that the water wasn't acidic like other ancient water on Mars." In other words, billions of years ago the possibility of life was not as remote as it appears now.
Finally, the Spirit provided "evidence of an active water cycle." After Spirit's tumble into the soft sand, its wheels dug up sulfates in the soil. "These minerals appear to have come in contact with water perhaps as recently as a million years ago," says Callas. A million years is certainly a long time, but is quite recent in geological terms, so this evidence supports the theory that Mars has an active water cycle.
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Have to ask the question, as Apple hinted that the GPS in the new watch will allow access to developers. Will Strava look at a native Apple Watch app which uses the GPS on the watch?
Have to ask the question, as Apple hinted that the GPS in the new watch will allow access to developers. Will Strava look at a native Apple Watch app which uses the GPS on the watch?
Yes please, I am about to buy a sports watch but can not determine if strava will be supported on apple watch or if the standard sports app from apple will allow sharing with Strava
Same question here .. when can we expect the Strava Apple Watch app updated to utilize the integrated GPS in the Series 2 watches. Sounds like the Nike app will support it immediately.
Whats up with this Strava, we would all love to hear from you on this???
I am interested in this as well. I'm picking up the iWatch Series 2 on Friday (3 days from now). Would be a nifty device to support.
Agree. Thinking about buying the watch, but would like to know if Strava will support the GPS functionality from the new Apple watch.
I am expecting this too :-) Go Strava Go!
+1, would like to know as well.
From what I've read, there's still no way to export workouts from Apple's Health app into Strava, so you basically have to use the Strava app (or another 3rd party app) to record your workout if you want to be able to export it anywhere else.
Is that something that can be addressed now that iOS 10 and watchOS 3 are out or is it an issue of Apple not granting the necessary permissions to access the data?
yes please! AND swim support!!! @strava pls comment. thx.
Very keen for this too!
Swim support would be very nice, too.
Would be really useful to be able to leave that phone @ home during the run.
+1 for strava to support gps for apple watch series 2
Ditto here, Strava! Went for first run this morning with new Series 2 Apple Watch and launched Strava, only to realize that it won't work without iPhone. I rarely run with my phone and don't plan to start. I suspect its a matter of time before Strava updates the watch app to allow independent runs with the watch only.
Any plans in the pipeline?
Strava, love your app and love being a premium member but hate that this hasn't already been addressed. Can you please update the app on the Apple Watch Series 2 to enable us to use the app without the phone?
I was expecting this to be ready shortly after the Apple Watch 2 release. Either this or Strava being able to automatically take a feed from an Apple Watch activity - exactly as it does from Garmin GPS enabled watches. Any news or ideas very welcome
I'm also keen to see this functionality expanded and use my new watch with Strava directly.
I think the same, I'd love to run alone with my Apple Watch 2 and that sync when connected to iPhone
I'm super interested in the Swim functionality with the new Apple Watch. Will I be able to record my swims on Strava? Thx.
+1 for an update for the Strava Watch app!
I will be switching from my Garmin 235 once Strava allows using GPS in the new watch.
I think it's pretty safe to assume that, if the GPS functionality is open for third-party developers to use, it is 100% in Strava's interest to provide support for it in their Watch app. I am keenly interested to see this integration come to fruition, and won't be upgrading to a Series 2 watch without it. Hopefully then, I will be able to ditch my Garmin watch in favor of wearing the Apple Watch full time. Between the recent updates to both watchOS and the Strava app, it's getting pretty close.
Where's Strava's response to this? Did I miss something?
I think it is in their interests as well as ours. I have a nice shiny Watch Series 2 with me now. Big run tomorrow and being honest, I may well leave the iPhone at home and use the built in Watch GPS. I can't see anyway of exporting the data to Strava so I might not log too to it short term.
I'm sure NRC will be on this as well
I would anticipate they're working on an update if Nike has it integrated already. It also would be nice if Strava commented on this thread to let us know where things stand.
If anyone from Strava reads this (it sure looks like they don't), can you change the Watch app so that you can select Run (instead of Ride) on the watch. Also could you allow for recording split times? Right now it's just start and stop. Thanks
The Apple Watch series 2 sounds great. I do have to also bring my IPhone with me when I go running. Since I am a Strava user I would like to know if the app will also work with the series 2 without having to bring my IPhone with me. PLEASE ANSER!!!!!!!!!!
Let's make this happen! I picked up the Watch 2 Series for the Built in GPS. Found out day one that Apple Activity Tracker does NOT export to strava which is a major weakness. I would also like to see Swimming Added to the "Switch Sports" feature on the Watch itself. Strava your # 1 and we know you can do this!
Have we heard anything at all from Strava on utilizing the GPS on the Series 2 watch? I cannot buy the new Apple watch unless it has a native Strava app for running without an iphone, I searched the web and cannot find any news on this
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With the introduction of its new ACCENT line of advanced component studio furniture for radio, Arrakis once again has redefined the standard for quality and beauty. The metal structure is artfully integrated into the visible design decor of the cabinetry, creating an even more durable and attractive studio. As the result, ACCENT is a contemporary blend of brushed metals, pleasing colors, and interesting textures. Cabinetry and electronic equipment complement each other in such a way as to create a bold visual environment for talent, guests, and clients alike.
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A radio studio is more than simply a collection of electronic equipment and technical furniture, it is the stage on which live programs are performed & recorded programs are created. It is where form and function meet in a way to foster creativity and productivity. The electronic tools for talent must be easily accessible and close at hand while the support electronics is equally accessible by engineers for maintenance or repair. With the introduction of its new ACCENT line of advanced component studio furniture for radio, Arrakis meets these design goals in a new and unique way. The metal structure is artfully integrated into the visible design decor of the cabinetry, creating a remarkably durable and attractive studio. Whether configured for live air with a board operator, adding a guest or two, or a full host-cohost-multiguest talk show, the Arrakis ACCENT line can meet your exact studio needs.
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We are Calderdale 2019: Kindness and ResilienceCalderdale CouncilWe are Calderdale 2019 is an assembly of public, private, community and voluntary sector partners within Calderdale. To support the event, this is one of three data packs created to support the assembly. The other two are Distinctiveness and Enterprising and Talented.
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One Act, One Authority: New Zealand's Path to a Safer Future
Consistency and centralisation are key components in developing a strong safety culture. The New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy report (2010) estimates that the total social and economic cost of all injuries in New Zealand, at June 2008 prices, is about NZ$9.7 billion, ranging from NZ$7.4 billion to NZ$13.6 billion. Furthermore, the New Zealand Occupational Safety and Health Service Department of Labour (OSH) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) in 2001 determined that a workplace incident occurs every two minutes.
Until the 1980s, five agencies oversaw occupational health and safety in New Zealand along with the local government: The Department of Labour, The Department of Health, The Accident Compensation Commission, The Ministry of Transport and The Ministry of Energy. These bodies were governed by 14 individual acts and approximately 50 regulations. As statistics continued to reflect concerns over workplace injuries and illnesses, New Zealand's primary safety agencies developed a guiding principle, "One Act, One Authority," to begin streamlining industry practices and legislation.
The Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act) was the first legislative step in moving toward "One Act, One Authority." The HSE Act includes three primary goals; encouraging quality in safety management, enforcing responsibilities to employers in preventing employee injuries, and providing occupational guidance to implement safety best practices. Once the HSE Act was formalised, the six bodies were replaced with one primary agency: OSH. The HSE Act also replaced 14 regulations, ensuring that one act encourages consistent practices throughout all workplaces.
Today, "One Act, One Authority" continues to develop the safety culture of New Zealand. In July 2012, the Department of Labour became the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Committed to enhancing the workplace environment, MBIE provides a centralised authority to ensure safe work practices across all industries. MBIE incorporated the responsibilities of The Department of Building and Housing, The Department of Economic Development, The Department of Labour, and The Department of Science and Innovation. This union of departments signifies the commitment to facilitate collaboration between various sectors to improve prevention procedures.
Creating a safer workplace involves changing practices, beliefs and attitudes. MBIE continues its commitment to identifying and implementing safer solutions, paving New Zealand's path to a safer future.