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ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and ABA Section of Public Contract Law PEOPLE PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMS 2010 MidWinter Meeting GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING In January, San Francisco, California, opens its golden gate to welcome the Forum back for its 2010 Mid-Winter Meeting. Like San Francisco itself, this meeting is a great mix of the new and the old.The Forum returns to the historic Westin St. Francis Hotel and reunites with our friends at the Fidelity & Surety Law Committee. The Forum also welcomes a new co-sponsor, the ABA Section of Public Contract Law. Together, we've assembled a timely program in the hottest area in the U.S. construction market and perhaps the most challenging area in U.S. construction law: "Government Construction Contracting." The program will provide instruction by many of the country's leading government contracting and construction law experts in the most common and most cutting edge issues facing participants in projects owned or funded by federal, state or local governments. The topics will include hot issues in contractor claims against the federal government; tricky issues on publicly-funded, privately-owned projects; government claims for defects discovered after project acceptance; mandatory disclosures, compliance programs, and false claims; the legal issues surrounding federal and state governments' use of design-build; and legal ethics issues unique to advising government construction contractors. This full-day program will include six plenary sessions, all with the goals of providing counsel for government owners, contractors, designers, sureties and other project participants with must-have information to assist their respective clients, whether they are new to government construction or just trying to keep up with the latest legal and market developments. We kick off this program with an in-depth presentation on contractor claims: the technical requirements, recovery strategies and hot topics. From there, we move to privately-owned, publicly-funded projects: when and to what extent do public construction requirements – from prevailing wage to payment bonds to false claims – apply? The offerings continue with a case study by two of the litigation attorneys and one of the judges in the federal claim litigation and state court insurance coverage litigation arising from one of the largest government claims for latent defects in history. Following lunch, we turn to perhaps the hottest of topics in government contracting – compliance and false claims: the panel will discuss the impact of the new compliance program and disclosure requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the new amendments to the civil False Claims Act, special reporting issues under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and how these and other compliance laws are impacting construction. We then spend time on the unique legal issues in government design-build projects, including how we got here and where we are going. And, finally, the day concludes with an ethics panel on the legal ethics issues particular to advising government contractors. We are pleased to have a mix of speakers, including current and former judges, former government attorneys, and counsel for contractors, sureties and whistleblowers. They are drawn from within and outside the Forum, with experience ranging from court litigation to government contracting to administrative law to insurance coverage and surety defense. Besides the program, there are other opportunities provided to each attendee: Division breakfasts, networking Thursday evening at the reception, and, lest we forget, all that San Francisco has to offer. Please come and join this timely program devoted to legal issues in government construction. We are thrilled to provide you the venue and the topics to help you and your clients make the climb to the top of the government construction law hill. It's a long way up, but the view is great! We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco. . Aaron P Silberman Terrence L. Brookie Sam H. Poteet, Jr. PROGRAM CHAIR GOVERNING COMMITTEE FSLC LIAISON LIAISON Rogers Joseph O'Donnell Frost Brown Todd LLC Manier & Herod, P.C. San Francisco, CA Indianapolis, IN Nashville, TN ABA Forum on Construction GOVERNING COMMITTEE CHAIR GOVERNING COMMITTEE Adrian L. Bastianelli, III Terrence L. Brookie Peckar & Abramson, P.C. Frost Brown Todd LLC Washington, DC Indianapolis, IN Gregory L. Cashion CHAIR-ELECT Smith Cashion & Orr, PLC George J. Meyer Nashville, TN Carlton Fields, PA Tampa, FL L. Franklin Elmore Elmore & Wall, PA IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Greenville, SC Robert J. MacPherson Gibbons, PC Terry J. Galganski Newark, NJ Opportune Risk™ Bridging LLC Johnston, IA R. Harper Heckman Nexsen Pruet LLC Greensboro, NC L. Tyrone Holt The Holt Group LLC Denver, CO Steven B. Lesser Becker & Poliakoff, PA Ft. Lauderdale, FL Jennifer A. Nielsen Lyman & Nielsen LLC Oak Brook, IL Patrick J. O'Connor Faegre & Benson LLP Minneapolis, MN Carol J. Patterson Zetlin & De Chiara LLP New York, NY Richard J. Tyler Jones Walker New Orleans, LA Joseph D. West Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Washington, DC 9:45 – 10:30 AM WEDNESDAY, PLENARY 2: JANUARY 27 IS IT PUBLIC OR ISN'T IT?: REQUIREMENTS AND 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM PITFALLS ON PUBLICLY- ADVANCED REGISTRATION/ FUNDED PRIVATELY-OWNED INFORMATION PROJECTS When is a project "public" for purposes of legal requirements regarding prevailing wage (Davis-Bacon), bonds (Miller Act), false claims, THURSDAY, affirmative action, and restrictions on project delivery (design-build)? Who bears the risk of JANUARY 28 getting it wrong? How do sureties and insurance carriers deal with these uncertainties? 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM REGISTRATION/ SPEAKERS: EXHIBITION OPEN Bob Carney Whiteford Taylor& Preston LLP, Baltimore, MD 7:30 – 8:45 AM Roland Nikles CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Bell Rosenberg & Hughs LLP, Oakland, CA (Available to paid registrants) 10:30 – 10:45 AM 8:30 – 8:45 AM BREAK WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR 10:45 – 11:55 AM OPENING REMARKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PLENARY 3: IS IT REALLY OVER WHEN 8:45 – 9:45 AM IT'S OVER? ONGOING LESSONS FROM A MAJOR PUBLIC PLENARY 1: CONSTRUCTION LATENT HOT ISSUES IN PURSUING DEFECTS CASE CLAIMS AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT The panel will discuss the effect of Government acceptance of work on its ability to recover for This session will address the latest developments construction defects, including latent defects and law regarding claims against the Federal and warranty work. They also will discuss the Government including: Contract Disputes Act impact of acceptance on the liability of the requirements, choosing between Boards and insurer and surety. Court of Fed. Claims, differing site conditions, changes, delays, pass-through claims, and SPEAKERS: recoverable costs (including Eichleay); Neil O'Donnell authority; and the ability of performance Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, San Francisco, CA bond sureties to pursue claims against Government directly. Hon. Cheryl Scott Judge, Armed Services Board of Contract SPEAKERS: Appeals, Washington, DC James Nagle Jordan Stanzler Oles Morrison, Seattle, WA Stanzler & Funderburk, San Francisco, CA Judah Lifschitz Shapiro Lifschitz & Schram, Washington, DC 12:10 – 1:40 PM Hon. Steven Reed LUNCH Smith Currie & Hancock, LLP, Washington, DC LUNCHEON SPEAKER: (formerly Judge Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals) Donald MacDonald MacDonald Architects, San Francisco, CA Mr. McDonald will discuss the design, construction, and history of the Golden Gate Bridge. 1:40 – 2:50 PM 4:00 – 5:00 PM PLENARY 4: PLENARY 6: LANDMINES IN PUBLIC LEGAL ETHICS ISSUES IN CONSTRUCTION: MANDATORY FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION DISCLOSURES, COMPLIANCE CONTRACTING PROGRAMS, FALSE CLAIMS, The panel will address ethical issues that are ANTI-KICKBACK, AND FRAUD unique to Government contracting in conflicts of There have been significant recent changes in interest, unintended representation of the statutes and regulations relating to false subcontractors via pass-through claims, and claims and compliance. This session will cover special conflict issues arising under mandatory these recent changes and the general disclosure and Recovery Act requirements. requirements a contractor must follow in performing government contracts in order to SPEAKERS: stay out of trouble. The panel also will discuss Dorothy E. Terrell the surety's liability for false claims. Smith Pachter McWhorter, Vienna, VA SPEAKERS: Jennifer Dauer Diepenbrock & Harrison, Sacramento, CA William Thompson, Jr. Julia Blackwell Gelinas Peckar & Abramson, PC, Washington, DC Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, IN Claire Sylvia Phillips & Cohen LLP, San Francisco, CA 5:00 PM Don Gavin ADJOURN Ackerman Senterfitt, Vienna, VA 6:00 - 8:00 PM 2:50 – 3:45 PM FSLC WELCOME RECEPTION PLENARY 5: Free with Friday Registration. Thursday only TURNING A BATTLESHIP: registration may purchase reception tickets DESIGN-BUILD ON FEDERAL separately. AND STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Federal and state governments now have embraced design-build project delivery for a FRIDAY, number of years. What are the legal restrictions on its use? Where has it been successful, and JANUARY 29 what problems have been encountered? What case law has developed in this area? What 7:00 - 8:00 AM problems has the surety industry faced with FSLC WOMEN'S Government design-build projects? NETWORKING BREAKFAST SPEAKERS: Free with Friday Registration Barbara Gadbois 7:00 - 3:00 PM Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner & Senet LLP, Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITS John Heisse 7:00 - 4:30 PM Howrey LLP, San Francisco, CA REGISTRATION AND MODERATOR: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Joe Kovars Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD 8:30 - Noon SPOUSE EVENT 3:45 – 4:00 PM Free with Friday Registration BREAK 8:30 - 4:30 PM TIPS/FSLC PROGRAM CONFERENCE INFORMATION ADVANCE REGISTRATION CLE CREDIT DEADLINE – JANUARY 15, 2010 Accreditation has been requested for the Please complete and return the attached conference from every state with mandatory registration form with your payment by continuing legal education (MCLE) requirements JANUARY 15, 2010. If you wish to have your for its lawyers. Please be aware that each state name appear on the pre-registration list has its own rules and regulations, including its distributed at the program, we must receive your definition of "CLE". 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Europe: Angela Merkel's big win means Germany is likely to continue driving the European Union's bus. For anyone with a stake in the EU's future, that's a good thing.
Merkel's right-of-center Christian Democratic Union won 42% of the vote in Germany, not enough to give her an absolute ruling majority but still a convincing position from which to govern.
In winning, Merkel lost her previous governing partners, the right-leaning Free Democrats, who fell short of getting 5% of the vote for the first time since World War II. Germany's parliamentary system requires 5% to enter parliament.
The chancellor will now have to take on a left-of-center partner. But don't expect a major shift in policies as a result. In some ways, Merkel, with her party's enlarged parliamentary presence, will be even more powerful in German politics.
That's good, both for Germany and for those who want the deeply troubled European Union to survive.
Like it or not, Germany is the last beacon of hope for the 17 EU nations that use the euro currency. Merkel has steadfastly held that any aid given to the troubled southern tier of EU nations must be offset by fiscal discipline and reforms — tough medicine that works.
Her refusal to submit to shrill calls for opening the aid spigot to the undisciplined PIIGS — Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain — is the main reason the EU has a modest economic recovery under way.
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Eight years ago, its unemployment rate was at a near-Depression level of 12.1% — and that was before the financial meltdown. Growth was nonexistent. The country's legendary industrial prowess seemed to be grinding to a halt, and with it much of the rest of Europe's growth. (Germany accounts for nearly a quarter of the $14 trillion GDP of the EU's 17 core members.)
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Ishbara Tolis
Ishbara Tolis (personal name Tong Shad) was the ruler of Western Turkic Khaganate (empire) between 634-638.
He was Bagha Shad's son. After his elder brother Dulu Khan abdicated, he was enthroned in 634 in very unfavorable circumstances. He had to rely on vassal tribes which were more powerful than himself. In 635, he sent arrows to ten tribes which meant legitimatizing them as shads (semi independent governor princes), but he was careful to keep the delicate balance between the two rival factions by appointing five from Dulo clan and five from Nushibi. (Thus his empire came to be known as Ok ok, meaning ten arrows.) Even this policy however, wasn't successful, because after a clash and a treaty (Ili River Treaty) he was dethroned. The tribes appointed Yukuk Shad a prince from the recently collapsed Eastern Empire as their ruler. Ishbara Tolis spent the rest of his life among his former Nushibi subjects.[1]
- ^ ^ L.M.Gümilev :Eski Türkler, tr:Ahsen Batur, Selenge yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, ISBN 975-7856-39-8, OCLC 52822672, pp.269-272
Ishbara Tolis
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If you've ever smelled rotten meat or other foods...
If you've ever smelled burning hair...
If you've ever smelled an outhouse...
Forget all of those smells, Sanctuary must be about 100 times worse smelling.
Dead, rotting people and animals everywhere.
We run around smashing, burning, melting, exploding, hacking and slashing demons, living dead and all manner of creatures.
Nobody cleans up anything. New Tristram opens to us with piles of bodies to be burned! Outside of Caldeum, there are no sewer systems. The Heroes never bathe despite being showered in gore and adventuring through the sewer in Caldeum and running into the depths of hell.
I'd rate Sanctuary an 11/10 for overall stink.
Probably one of the worst smelling fantasy worlds ever featured in a game!
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I'd wager they take baths or something when you log off or switch to another character...
Which area within Diablo III do you think would smell the worst?
I'd wager that the variety of stenches and foul odors found within the Halls of Agony would fairly difficult to tolerate, for one. I'm all for BBQ, but that is precisely the wrong sort sort of BBQ.
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Which area within Diablo III do you think would smell the worst?
The Larder...no question.
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Which area within Diablo III do you think would smell the worst?
Oh, heck yeah. Especially that big burning mound of dead in the area with the torture barrows, guillotine, and iron maidens below the entrance to the second level.
Though I think the sewers of Caldeum rate up there too. There are times when I don't even want to touch the health globes, especially the ones that come from the insects and serpents that emerge from the exploded bloated corpses. Yuck :P
I agree! I'd also imagine that just going down into the Caldeum Sewers would make your clothes reek for weeks on-end.Which area within Diablo III do you think would smell the worst?
Whoever has a laundry business there must be making a killing!
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Gotta be the Hell Rifts in Act 4.
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I vote that the worst smelling area is whimsy shire? Those rotten little ponys crapping everywhere and evil flower pollen prob makes the nostrils burn...
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whatever room ghom is in
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Which area within Diablo III do you think would smell the worst?
Weeping Hollow/Cemetary of the Forsaken, with all the dead bodies rising from their graves.
The larder... definitely... Ghom actually eats corpses and then farts them... and he is by far the most disgusting boss...
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If you've ever smelled rotten meat or other foods...
Sometimes, I wonder how characters survive all these disasters and go on as if nothing ever happens.
I'm glad we can only see and hear the things that happen ingame, and not smell, taste or touch them!!
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Chronology of Coverage
Apr. 1, 2015
Argentinian transportation workers and others go on one-day strike, leaving main roads and terminals bereft of traffic; union leaders call strike to demand government change income tax rules. MORE
Mar. 4, 2015
Richard Sandomir Sports Business column observes that beginning of the 20th Major League Soccer season, the first under $90-million, eight-year television deals, could be marred by players strike; examines collective bargaining negotiations between players' union and league. MORE
Feb. 17, 2015
Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive engineers and conductors end strike after two days and agree to arbitration with company. MORE
Feb. 16, 2015
Approximately 3,000 Canadian Pacific Railway engineers and conductors go on strike after union negotiations with management break down over wages and benefits; shutdown could disrupt major industries across United States as well as Canada. MORE
Feb. 3, 2015
About 3,800 members of United Steelworkers union go on strike at nine refineries and chemical plants that process 10 percent of nation's gasoline, diesel heating oil and jet fuel; oil and gasoline prices are initially unaffected and remain low. MORE
Jan. 30, 2015
Striking railway workers in Paris, protesting assault on driver by passenger, bring commuter traffic to a stop on Europe's busiest line, leaving thousands of travelers in chaos around city and its suburbs. MORE
Jan. 15, 2015
Taxi drivers across China are striking to protest high expenses, dwindling incomes and additional difficulties of competing against car service apps like Uber; some newspapers have come out in support of drivers, publishing articles critical of cab companies' treatment of them. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
General strike paralyzes air and rail traffic in Belgium and idles companies across the country as trade unions cap month of labor action against government austerity policies. MORE
Dec. 11, 2014
National Labor Relations Board Judge Geoffrey Carter rules that Walmart managers in California illegally disciplined employees for going on strike and unlawfully threatened to close store if many of its employees joined group demanding higher wages. MORE
Dec. 5, 2014
Financial struggles of Terrance Wise while working in fast-food jobs since age of 16 help explain why he has emerged as leading voice of nationwide movement of fast-food workers clamoring for higher wage; Wise was at forefront of strike in Kansas City, part of nationwide one-day strike organized by Fight for 15 campaign. MORE
Dec. 1, 2014
German pilots' union VC is calling strike against Deutsche Lufthansa after talks break down over retirement benefits; pilots flying for Lufthansa Cargo will also strike. MORE
Nov. 28, 2014
Thousands of Greeks walk off the job in a general strike to protest further austerity measures; 24-hour walkout shuts down public services, forces cancellation of hundreds of flights and disrupts public transportation across the country. MORE
Nov. 12, 2014
As many as 18,000 nurses go on strike and picket in front of Kaiser Permanente facilities in Northern California over concerns about patient-care standards and Ebola. MORE
Oct. 9, 2014
Air France estimates cost of two-week strike by its pilots at more than $400 million and warns that strike, along with decline in year-end reservations, could erase sizable portion of its core profit. MORE
Sep. 29, 2014
Union representing thousands of striking Air France pilots says it will end two-week strike, although it stops short of accepting management's plans for expanding low-cost subsidiary. MORE
Sep. 28, 2014
Air France pilots extend strike after French government denies mediation request. MORE
Sep. 26, 2014
Air France-KLM remains crippled by strike even after conceding to an important union demand; announces that it will operate only 48 percent of its flights; union is unappeased despite fact that airline agreed to cancel its proposed Europewide expansion of low-cost Transavia unit. MORE
Sep. 23, 2014
Air France pilots reject proposal from management and vow to extend indefinitely week-long strike that has grounded tens of thousands of passengers and threatens to wipe out tens of millions of dollars in revenue. MORE
Sep. 21, 2014
Air France-KLM's French pilots vote to extend strike and ask to meet with French Prime Min Manuel Valls to make their case against airline's new European strategy. MORE
Sep. 18, 2014
Strike by French pilots at Air France-KLM is emblematic of challenges facing all sorts of European businesses as they try to become more internationally competitive; managers of Europe's legacy airlines are having to deal with work force resistance, entrenched regulatory regimes and stagnant regional economies as they seek to revive their perennially unprofitable businesses. MORE
Sep. 16, 2014
Air France cancels roughly half of its flights as pilots go on strike, upending travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers; unions have threatened to strike through Sept 19 in a dispute over a plan to shift a large part of the airline's operations to a low-cost subsidiary. MORE
Sep. 14, 2014
Air France-KLM warns that it is prepared to cancel about 60 percent of its scheduled flights due to dispute with pilots; company says it expects more than half of Air France pilots to strike, making flight cancellations inevitable; dispute has potential to disrupt travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers. MORE
Jul. 18, 2014
Long Island Rail Road and its unions reach agreement over dispute about pay and benefits three days before a planned walkout; sides complete deal in part with help from 11th-hour intervention by New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo. MORE
Jul. 18, 2014
New Yorkers relieved by end of standoff between Long Island Rail Road and its unions rekindle arrangements for weekend getaways, and Long Islanders shelve contingency plans for commuting during anticipated strike. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
Riders on the Long Island Rail Road are weighing onerous contingency plans as strike deadline nears; broken ticket machines, unforgiving conductors and rising fares seem like minor inconveniences compared to hours-long car or bus commutes on traffic-plagued Long Island Expressway in the event of a strike. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
Long Island Rail Road and its unions resume talks, four days before possible strike, and pledge to continue informal discussions throughout the night; gathering comes hours after New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo calls on both sides to return to the negotiating table. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
News analysis; threat by Long Island Rail Road's unions to walk off the job has unusually high stakes, potentially creating havoc for tens of thousands of commuters; unions are confident they have upper hand in negotiations, but Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seizing on public's frequent resentment toward unions to portray them as greedy. MORE
Jul. 16, 2014
About 5,400 Long Island Rail Road workers who are preparing for a possible strike have been told to set money aside and curb expenses; employees are better compensated than any other rail workers in country; LIRR has long been punching bag for frustrated commuters, though it is unclear where travelers might direct their ire during strike. MORE
Jul. 15, 2014
Negotiations between Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its unions appear to collapse just six days before possible strike by Long Island Rail Road workers; MTA has offered unions 17 percent raises spread over seven years, with proposed concessions from workers that include changes in how much employees contribute to their health care; unions leaders say that is unacceptable. MORE
Jul. 12, 2014
Metropolitan Transportation Authority issues contingency plans in case of Long Island Rail Road strike; alternatives include mix of buses, ferries and other measures, but officials caution that working from home or taking vacation might be best for commuters. MORE
Jul. 1, 2014
Municipal Transportation Agency of San Francisco reaches tentative agreement on new contract with its union, whose workers took part in sickout that stalled the city's cable cars and disrupted other services; terms of the deal have not been disclosed. MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
National railway strike in France has stranded thousands and exasperated millions more, including high school students trying to reach their nationwide graduation test sites; strike is seen as a crucial test of Pres Francois Hollande to hang tough in face of criticism from left-leaning opposition, especially labor unions, and ensuing strains in his Socialist Party. MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Rail workers' strike in Philadelphia ends after Pres Obama, at request of Pennsylvania Gov Tom Corbett, signs executive order creating presidential emergency board to help resolve the labor dispute; trains had stopped running on 13 regional rail lines, including to Philadelphia International Airport. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Workers at Rio de Janeiro's airports say they will go on a 24-hour strike on the opening day of the World Cup soccer tournament; say they are seeking better conditions and a new collective bargaining agreement. MORE
May. 16, 2014
Troops are deployed to Pernambuco State in northeast Brazil to restore calm after police strike sparks crime wave. MORE
May. 15, 2014
Fast food workers' movement plans to stage one-day strikes in 150 cities across the country and hope support protests will take place in 80 cities in more than 30 countries; fast food movement is embracing similar strategy to one used by American labor unions turning to unions in Europe and Asia for support, in hopes of getting help for an increase in hourly wages. MORE
Apr. 5, 2014
Lufthansa says it expects to resume nearly normal flight operations after end of three-day strike by pilots; airline says most flights will operate as scheduled, although there is no sign company and pilots are any closer to resolving their dispute. MORE
Apr. 3, 2014
Employees of Israel's Foreign Ministry announce the end of general strike over pay and working conditions that had shut the ministry's offices and the country's 103 missions abroad for more than a week. MORE
Apr. 3, 2014
Three-day work stoppage by Lufthansa pilots appears to have broken Germany's unwritten rules of workplace relations; strike, which paralyzes one of the world's largest airlines and interrupts travel plans of 400,000 passengers, gives new momentum for legislation that would curtail the ability of small but powerful unions, like the pilots' union, to shut down whole economic sectors. MORE
Apr. 3, 2014
Advanced planning by Lufthansa for three-day strike by pilots seems to be paying off, even though some travelers are nonetheless left scrambling to find alternative flights. MORE
Apr. 1, 2014
German airline Lufthansa warns that three-day strike planned by its largest pilots' union threatens to affect more than 425,000 passengers across its global network. MORE
Mar. 29, 2014
Vereinigung Cockpit, union representing majority of pilots working for German flagship airline Lufthansa, calls for three-day strike. MORE
Mar. 24, 2014
Employees of Israel's Foreign Ministry announce open-ended general strike over pay and working conditions; unprecedented step involves complete shutdown of ministry's office and country's 103 diplomatic missions abroad. MORE
Mar. 7, 2014
More than 1,000 workers go on strike at an IBM factory in Shenzen, China, latest sign of labor activism as companies' acute shortage of blue-collar workers makes employees increasingly willing to take to the streets; factory is part of deal in which IBM will sell Lenovo its x86 computer server business. MORE
Feb. 22, 2014
Strike by security staff at Frankfurt Airport in Germany causes dozens of flight cancellations and delays thousands of passengers. MORE
Feb. 6, 2014
Strike on the London Underground cripples much of city's transportation network, disrupting plans of millions of travelers and forcing commuters to cram into overcrowded buses and trains or walk or cycle to work; 48-hour strike was called by two unions to protest plans to cut about 950 jobs and close all ticket offices as part of cost-cutting restructuring by London transportation authority. MORE
Jan. 21, 2014
Jalazoun Refugee Camp Journal; Jalazoun Refugee Camp in the West Bank is seething with anger as many services have been halted due to a strike by 4,500 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency over pay and other issues; growing crisis in the camp underscores internal Palestinian differences. MORE
Jan. 8, 2014
Tens of thousands of garment workers return to work in Cambodia, ending two-week pay dispute after authorities used deadly force to quell a strike and thwart a protest seeking a redo of July election. MORE
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Strikes in Argentina Bring Transportation to Standstill
A one-day protest of income tax rules by airline, railroad, bus and other workers left roads and transportation terminals empty.
April 1, 2015, Wednesday
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M.L.S., Facing Possible Strike, Finds Labor Strife at Its Door
The players' union and the league have been negotiating the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement for weeks, but a strike could be called as early as Wednesday.
March 4, 2015, Wednesday
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Mauritania: Antislavery Activists Begin Hunger Strike Over Prison Conditions
Three jailed Mauritanian antislavery activists began a hunger strike on Monday to protest "squalid conditions" and abuse by the prison authorities, their campaign group said in a statement.
February 24, 2015, Tuesday
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Canadian Rail Strike Ends as Parties Agree to Arbitration
With the return to the bargaining table, Canadian Pacific Railway said it had begun the "ramp-up process" to resume train service.
February 17, 2015, Tuesday
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Rail Strike May Disrupt Industries Across North America
The dispute over wages and benefits is likely to disrupt major industries throughout North America, including automakers and oil companies.
February 16, 2015, Monday
MORE ON STRIKES AND: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd , Railroads , Strikes , Canada , Organized Labor
Oil and Gas Prices Steady Despite a Refinery Strike
The United Steelworkers action comes as the nation is awash in fuel, though a lengthy strike could affect two-thirds of production.
February 3, 2015, Tuesday
Chaos in Paris Commute as RER Train Drivers Go on Strike Over Assault
Passengers were unable to take the RER A, a line that runs through central Paris and carries a million passengers a day, as drivers protested the assault of a colleague.
January 30, 2015, Friday
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India: Court Orders Release of Activist
A court on Thursday ordered the release of an activist who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 15 years to protest a law that gives Indian security forces special powers to fight insurgents.
January 23, 2015, Friday
MORE ON STRIKES AND: India , Sharmila, Irom , Hunger Strikes , Prisons and Prisoners
Workers at Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market Approve Contract
A day before a threatened strike, an agreement was reached that grants more than 1,200 workers raises in each of three years.
January 22, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON STRIKES AND: Wages and Salaries , Organized Labor , International Brotherhood of Teamsters , Hunts Point (Bronx, NY) , Strikes
Photos Show American Held in Egypt Badly Bruised and Ill
Mohamed Soltan, who also holds Egyptian citizenship, has been held without charges for 16 months.
January 21, 2015, Wednesday
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Brammo acquires European network of electric bike tracks
- Erik Siemers, Business Journal staff writer
Ashland-based electric motorcycle-maker Brammo Inc. on Tuesday said it has acquired a European network of parks for electric dirt bikes it plans to franchise under the name BrammoParx.
In a deal with KOM Enterprise GmbH, Brammo has acquired Quantyaparx, a collection of outdoor activity centers exclusively for electric dirt bikes. There are now 15 Quantyaparx across Europe located in Germany, Austria, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The parks are being renamed BrammoParx and Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher said the company will make franchise opportunities available in other countries, including the United States.
"We know the demand for off-road parks is growing and KOM has both a unique business model and a highly successful track record in this market," he said in a news release.
The move is the latest in Brammo's push into Europe.
In June, the company said it began manufacturing its Enertia and Enertia Plus bikes at a plant in Hungary run by electronics manufacturing giant Flextronics.
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I am doing a total master bath remodel .I am looking for a decorative accent mini chandelier or pendant that would work on the ceiling of the vanity area in my master bathroom. The shower and toilet are in a separate area of the bathroom. I only have 8 foot ceilings . I really like the Maxim MX 2855 Renaissance 3 light mini chandelier and its height is 14.5 inches. If I hung this close to the ceiling would this work or would it still be too low? Thanks for any suggestions.
It's a lovely fixture, elegant with the embedded crystals. I can see why you like it. I have an 8 foot 6 inch kitchen ceiling with a central hanging chandelier. In my re-model, I am planning a semi flush or flush fixture, unless I give up and go all ceiling recessed lights.
There are beautiful flush and semi flush incandescent, halogen, and LED fixtures on the lighting market: shadesoflight.com; lumens.com; quoizel.com; progresslighting.com; rejuvenation.com are just a few. You might wish to look at European fixtures also; they seem to have been using LED longer than the US where I am so have quite a selection.
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