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Negotiating parties split on Likud push to increase number of ministers
US 'disappointed UN rights council continues to single out Israel'
WATCH LIVE: Israel's ambassador to UN addresses Security Council on Mideast minorities
'Netanyahu has burned his bridges with Black Democrats'
*New Worlds: The brain's 3D compass*
*IQ is not enough – develop your EQ, too*
Health Ministry: Watch those eggs
Elusive answer to length of Saturn's day reached with TAU, Weizmann team
Eco Wave Power to establish its first Chinese power station
Watch: Technion students recreate Passover story with robots
Noble Energy walks away from Ruth C exploration license
Cyber Chief: 8% of ministry budgets should go to cyber security
Concert review: IPO
Eytan's Fox's 'Cupcakes' opening in New York
Raw Romanian underground sounds
Texas artists exhibit in Israel
Bruised yellow-and-blue looks ahead after Real blow
Israeli figure skater Bychenko places world championships
Soccer: Israel trounced by Wales in key qualifier
Scuffling Maccabi must dig deep on road at group leader Real
Four-day march for Beduin rights led by Knesset's Joint List approaches Jerusalem
Serry: Time to replace 242 with new 'peace architecture'
Dalya Lemkus' terrorist murderer sentenced to 2 life prison terms
Terror attack thwarted after bomb found near Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs
Amnesty International charges Palestinians with war crimes during Gaza conflict
French company quits Jerusalem cable car project
German party's petition to recognize Palestinian state 'won't pass'
Limmud FSU marks Auschwitz liberation with emotional exhibition
Toulouse rabbi told to remove kippah at voting station
Spain close to granting citizenship to relatives of Jews expelled in 1492
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein urges Jews to kick anti-Semites 'in the ass'
Reporter's Notebook: In Mariupol, a war only minutes away
Analysis: To confront Iran's jingoism and domestic repression, change its regime
US, EU welcome Israeli decision to transfer Palestinian tax funds
Report: Iranian journalist defects to Switzerland while covering nuclear talks
Discussing Iran's four paths to the bomb, US prioritizes one above all
Abbas tells Arab League: Israel election results prove it doesn't want peace
Slavery matters
The US must confront Tehran: Achieving cooperation through coercion
Airbus A320 plane crash highlights outdated black box technology
Letters to the editor
Viable solutions for affordable housing
The blood libel Haggada
The turning point
Travel tech start-ups
On wings of carbon
Veterans: On target
Fusing modern and traditional in the kitchen
Book Review: Perceptive Haggada
Hot off the Arab press
Let's cooperate
Shabbat screenings
Passover perspective
On the field and in court
Happily Eva After: Times, they are a-interestin'
Music and the mamaloshen
What's the catch?
Kayaking for gold on the Kinneret
Palestine – words matter but their meaning matters more
A nuclear deal with Iran – would it stick?
When words matter and when they don't
Countering Iran and IS – Muslims take action
'מְלָגוֹת 'צוּק אֵיתָן
עוֹלִים חֲדָשִים
כּוּלָם רוֹצִים לִחְיוֹת
יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַבָּט פָּנוֹרָמִי
Getting a young start
A culinary festival starring the women next door
Global girl power
Apartheid South Africa: Israel edition
Sa'ar says national unity government is 'still on the table'
Israeli parties prepare legislative demands for Netanyahu's new coalition
With full term possible, Netanyahu may outlast Ben-Gurion (and Obama)
Arab sector turnout for recent elections reached 63.5%, polling data shows
Joubran: Polls have to include parties that don't pass threshold
Unconvincing ISIS video shows Assyrian captive converting to Islam
'Those who hate Jews hate Christians': A closer look at US Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz
WATCH: Pope Francis receives a pizz-a Naples cuisine
Top 10 must do experiences over Easter and Passover in the Holy Land
The hidden anti-Semitism in European church art
Green Leadership Conference in Hamalachim-Shahariya Forest
Scenic Lookout in Memory of Lt-Gen. Amnon Lipkin Shahak
Following in the Footsteps of Meir Har-Zion
Celebrating the 100th Birthday Anniversary of Sculptor Ahiam Shoshany
French Students Get to Know the Real Israel
Serbian PM Plants a Tree in the Grove of Nations
Sharing and Learning - German Forestry Students Intern with KKL-JNF
Israel and Finland Connect through the Environment
New Bio-filters Purify Surface Runoff Water for Reuse
Future Tour Guides Discover the Negev with KKL-JNF
The Shamir Drilling Project
Graduation Ceremony for Rosh HaAyin's Volunteer Firefighters
From Sunny Israel to Cold Canada
Walking for Water with KKL France in the Mountains of Eilat
JNF Ontario Community Mission Tours the Western Negev
Celebrating 50 Years of German-Israeli Diplomatic Relations
The Negev Conference on Agricultural Research and Development
Arava Open Day: Food Security for Israel and the Entire World
Living Green in Israel: the Contest and the Winners
Addressing Climate Change Conference
From Think Tank to Environmental Consultant
Award Winning Designer Launches Career as Wedding Dressmaker
Outdoor Fitness Israel: An Innovative Fitness Program Developed By UK Olim
The Burstein Brothers: 3 Oleh Siblings in the IDF
5 Tips to Land a Job in Israel
Starting Your Own Business in Israel: Real Life Examples
5 Strategies for Finding Your Professional Place in Israel
PetBNB:An Olah's Unusual Canine Startup
36 Hours in Southern Israel
Food Shopping In Israel
How Women Can Have it All in Israel
The Eisenberg's Long Journey Home
Why Retirees are Thriving in Israel
Thanks to Aliyah video
6 Frequently Asked Questions about Israeli Healthcare
Starting Over in Israel
VIDEO: Are you ready for the South?
Sovev Tel Aviv, Israel's Largest Biking Event
Running Through Color
Formula 1 Racecars Zip Through Jerusalem
Make yourself at home… in Israel
NBN Announces Bonei Zion Prize Recipients for 2015
NefeshB'Nefesh Provides Services to Bnot Sherut
How Doctors Are Impacting Israel's South
Over 1,000 IDF 'lone soldiers' attend personal errand day in Tel Aviv
03.29.2015 | 9 Nisan, 5775
'Next generation of Israeli scientists' visits CERN
Real Estate: The good life is in Caesarea
Foreigner's guide to property market: Living in the North
How green is my home
Living the high life
High prices, low availability
The allure of Jerusalem
The going rates
Mortgages soar despite BoI restrictions
Meitav: Housing market set to cool down
High-rise to replace Tel Aviv's Lessin Theater
60% of TA wholesale market apartments sold for NIS 1b
Real Estate
10/15/2011 18:55
Panel of experts 311.
(photo credit:Nimrod Saunders)
The real estate industry in Israel is going through a period of
change. The government is intent on bringing prices down. It is
increasing the sale of government land for building purposes, but prices are
staying put. In addition, there is social unrest, demonstrations, tent
encampments, etc.Real Estate held a panel discussion on the current
state of the real estate market. The panel was held in the board room of the
Association of Contractors and Builders in Israel. It just so happened that it
was held the day after Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg submitted the recommendations
of the committee he chaired and the Finance Ministry published its July summary
on the real estate industry.The Trajtenberg recommendations contain an
important chapter on the real estate industry and ways to bring down prices or
at least to alleviate the current hardships. The summary of the Finance Ministry
shows that the real estate market is cooling substantially.The following
panel of experts was gathered to discuss the current state of the real estate
market: Eyal Gilad, CEO Gilad & Anat Construction and Development Adina
Hacham, general manager Anglo- Saxon Real Estate Moti Kidor, general manager
Association of Contractors and Builders in Israel Dannus Ohad, chairman Real
Estate Appraisers Association Roy Segev, vice-president Yad 2 Moderator: John
Benzaquen, The Jerusalem Post■ Moderator: The figures published by the Finance
Ministry show that the real estate industry is moving towards a recession. Do
the figures of the Association of Contractors and Builders correspond? Moti
Kidor: The figures published by the Finance Ministry are for one month only. The
state of the real estate industry and market cannot be judged by what is
happening in one single month. Furthermore, the government does not
publish one single set of figures for the real estate industry but many. Besides
the Finance Ministry figures, the chief appraiser, an official of the Justice
Ministry, publishes his own set of figures. The Statistics Bureau does
the same, and the Housing Ministry also has its own set of figures. As you well
know, the figures differ.But I must say that in the past months demand
for real estate has slowed down considerably. Since the beginning of the year
and even before that, senior government ministers have been giving the
impression that prices will fall in the very near future. Furthermore, the
Housing Ministry through the Israel Lands Authority has been increasing the
amount of land sold to developers,and the policy of the Bank of Israel has made
mortgages more expensive and more difficult to obtain. On top of this, we have
the social unrest which has increased the expectations for a fall in
prices.Under these circumstances, prospective customers prefer to wait
it out. After all, why buy today if prices will be lower tomorrow? Adina Hacham:
The figures published by the Finance Ministry are for July.Our figures
show that demand had been falling even before that. But this is understandable.
I agree with Moti Kidor that everything that is happening, especially the
current social unrest, has had a very negative effect on the real estate
industry, and potential buyers are awaiting developments. Consequently, demand
is very weak and has been so since July.I have the impression that
things will improve after the High Holidays. After all, some 40,000 new
households are formed every year, and they have to live somewhere.I want
to point out that despite the fact that demand is weak, prices are
steady. This proves that we are going through a temporary period of
canned demand. The demand is waiting in the wings for better
times.Moti Kidor: From studying the Finance Ministry's figures, one sees
different parts of the country. Investor demand has slumped in the center; but
in Beersheba, for example, it is still very evident.With regard to
prices not falling despite the fall in demand, they are not falling because they
cannot fall. Prices rose during the past three years because demand outstripped
supply. During the past 10 years, annual housing starts and housing completions
have fallen below the number of annual household formations. Consequently, there
is an accumulated shortage of approximately 100,000 dwellings. In such an
environment, prices cannot fall.■ Moderator: If as you say there is a
shortage of 100,000 dwellings, there should be 100,000 homeless
families.Moti Kidor: They live in rented accommodation ■ Moderator: But
if they rent housing, it means there is no shortage of 100,000 residential
units. These families don't own their homes, but there is enough accommodation
to house the population? Moti Kidor: Rentals solve part of the problem, but many
young families live with their parents or families. There are not enough
dwellings to supply the needs of the population.■ Moderator: Mr Gilad,
you are a developer with a large building project underway. Are you experiencing
difficulties in marketing your project? Eyal Gilad: Demand has been falling
dramatically since the beginning of the year, and it is very marked at these
times. Nevertheless, prices are steady. They are not falling because
demand is temporarily depressed, which means we expect it to rise
anew.But even if that were not so, I do not see prices falling because
building costs are rising all the time. The price of land is increasing, the
shortage of labor increases, labor costs, etc. The shortage of labor is
lengthening the time it takes to complete a building project. It should
take 24 months, but it is taking 30 to 36 months to complete. That is why
building completions are lagging behind building starts.I want to point
out that the real estate industry, like all industries in a free market
environment, has its ups and downs. A developer must take that into
consideration. He must make sure of the necessary financial resources for the
bad times.■ Moderator: Can the developers survive a fall in prices? Has
the Association of Contractors and Builders taken this into consideration? Moti
Kidor: We have not because all signs indicate that prices in the near future
will not fall, so we see no reason to go into hypothetical situations. But I
agree with Eyal Gilad. Every businessman, not only a developer, should be
prepared for the good as well bad times.Ohad Dannus: Developers and the
Israel Lands Authority do not expect prices to fall in the foreseeable future.
In consequence, the authority is constantly increasing the price of land, and
the developers are increasing their bids to be able to acquire the land that
will keep them in business. The higher price of land is ultimately borne by the
consumer. The price of land alone prevents any falls in the price of real estate
in the foreseeable future.But there are other reasons that prevent a
fall in prices. By the end of the year there will be an additional shortage of
10,000 apartments because housing completions will probably fall below 30,000 in
contrast to the 40,000 new households being formed. Secondly, if prices were to
fall in the future, housing starts would tumble because developers would slow
down their building projects, and this is contrary to what the government wants
to achieve.I want to correct a misconception that the number of families
who own their home is over 80 percent. It is closer to 65%. Many who cannot
afford to buy an apartment rent one.Roy Segev: Yad 2 is a website which,
among things, advertises real estate for sale. We have come to the conclusion
after analyzing the current trends that the market is frozen. Transactions are
few, and it takes a long time to finalize transactions.From the trend on
our website, we cannot see if prices are going up or down. We can see the level
of supply and demand and the length of time of ads on houses for sale. Buyers
are waiting to see how things develop. Up to now they were waiting for the
Trajtenberg recommendations. Now they are waiting to see how they will
be implemented.■ Moderator: Will the Trajtenberg recommendations have
an influence on real estate prices? After all, it was the price of real estate
and the high level of rentals that started the current social
unrest.Moti Kidor: With regard to housing, the committee headed by Prof.
Trajtenberg recommended increasing supply by, among other things, rebuilding
dilapidated areas or apartment buildings and increasing the number of new units
in the given area by increasing the supply of land and by encouraging building
projects for rental purposes.I don't believe that these recommendations
will solve the problem. They're not holistic. They don't take into
consideration two major stumbling blocks - the shortage of skilled workers and
the new regulations with regard to mortgages and loans to developers. If these
two problems are not solved, housing starts and especially housing completions
will fall in 2012 and prices will rise.The industry needs 57,000 skilled
workers to be able to construct 40,000 units a year. At present we have much
less. In the 1990s we built 70,000 apartments a year and we had 83,000 foreign
workers. Now we have only 8,000 foreign workers. We have 20,000
Palestinian workers and 17,000 local workers, and that is not enough.■
Moderator: What about the financing problem? Mr. Gilad, as a developer, why do
yo have problems with the new regulations? Eyal Gilad: The problem is
simple. There is less financing. Mortgages are smaller because the Bank
of Israel's new regulations limit the amount of mortgage as a percentage of the
cost of the property. Furthermore, developers need to invest 30% of their
own funds in contrast to 20% up to now.If buyers can get fewer
mortgages, it means they have less money to buy an apartment. And if developers
get less money from the bank, it means they have limited financial means and
they build less. Moti is right. Under these circumstances, we will be building
less not more.Ohad Dannus: Some of the recommendations may have a
long-term effect. They have changed the terms of the land tenders (of the Israel
Lands Authority) from that of selling to the highest bidder to selling to the
one who offers the lowest prices for the apartment to be built on the
land.I also believe that pinui binui - tearing down dilapidated
buildings and putting up modern ones with three times the number of apartments - is the only way to increase supply in the large cities.Adina Hacham:
Pinui binui can solve the problems of limited supply in the large cities. I want
to point out that because of the high cost of housing in the central cities,
potential customers are drifting to more peripheral areas. Prices in these areas
are rising. If we want to bring down prices in the peripheral areas, we first
have to bring them down in the center because prices in say Rehovot or Modi'in
are influenced by prices in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.■ Moderator: I
believe there is a clause about affordable housing and the government's building
apartment buildings and renting them out at subsidized rates.Roy Segev:
Affordable housing for whom? The current social unrest started because of the
very high cost for the middle classes. Their monthly incomes range from NIS
10,000 to NIS 15,000. It is they who cannot make ends meet. It is
they who cannot afford to buy an apartment or pay the high monthly rents in the
market. It is for them that affordable housing must be made available. It is for
them that we need to build apartments for rent.■ Moderator: Given the
building costs, can developers make a profit? What is the current rent for a
three- or four-room apartment in the center of the country? And what is an
acceptable return on such an investment? Adina Hacham: Renting in an acceptable
area would cost NIS 5,000 to NIS 6,000 a month for a three-room apartment and
NIS 7,000 to NIS 8,000 for a four-room apartment.Eyal Gilad: An
acceptable annual return on the investment would be from 6.5% to 7% Moti Kidor:
To be economically feasible, there must be a package that includes tax benefits
and subsidized land.
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Re: Help with marriage document
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- On Sep 5, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Sam Mag wrote:
> Any guess where he is from?Vradis~te, quite near Holic~. Household # 108.
> I am puzzled about the "released" entry....I will search through other entries as suggested to look for similar notations perhaps more clear.Bride's parents look like Martin col[onus] Prokop and Anna Budavic~ or Budovic~.
> I think the bride's parents are Mart. Prokop and Ana Burlovic, not sure about the groom?
Groom's parents look like Martin col[onus] Novak, deceased, and Crist[tina?? maybe] Nemsovsky (I think)
~ Julie Michutka
- Julie,
I think you got the Latin right, but the translation is a bit simpler. Dimissus here is not the technical legal term but just means "leaving behind". So the text just says that the husband is leaving behind his place of birth [Vradiste] and remains in Holic. Nothing more complicated than that.
Curt B.
--- In email@example.com, Julie Michutka <jmm@...> wrote:
> Just so you know, you can use the URL for an image; FamilySearch's URLs are static. This one is https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159391-476831-89?cc=1554443&wc=MMYV-564:975189788, and takes you right to the image.
> It looks like it says " orgn sponsi dimiss[??] manat in Holic"
> "dimissus" in other entries seems to have a technical meaning, perhaps "released" or "discharged" or something like that. I suspect that "manat" should be "manet" (= stays, remains). I wonder if "orgn" is an abbreviation for "origine," but I'm not sure here.
> So... the groom (sponsi) is released or dismissed from some... obligation or rule? And he's remaining in Holic. (Note that he is from elsewhere.)
> That's as far as I got in a few minutes. If it were my family, I'd be scanning a bunch of other pages in this register to compare other entries with the same or similar notations. Hope someone else can take this one step further for you. Good luck with your research!
> Julie Michutka
> jmm@...
> On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:18 AM, sammag30 wrote:
> > If anyone has time to look at a row of writing for me and see if they can translate I would appreciate it.
> >
> > -Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910
> > -Roman Catholic (Rímsko-katolícká cirkev)
> > -Skalica
> > -Holíč
> > -Marriages (Manelstvá) 1852-1883 (Inv. č. 894)
> > -Image 232 of 254
> >
> > The second row of entries from the top: A marriage between Janos Novak and Anna Prokop.
- Makes sense. Thanks, Curt!
On Sep 6, 2012, at 1:55 AM, CurtB wrote:
> Julie,
> I think you got the Latin right, but the translation is a bit simpler.Dimissus here is not the technical legal term but just means "leaving behind". So the text just says that the husband is leaving behind his place of birth [Vradiste] and remains in Holic. Nothing more complicated than that.
> Curt B.
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27608LONG-TERM REPORT - Zyflex Thermal Shirt and Pants
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- Jan 1, 2007G'day
Please find my Long-term Report on the Zyflex
Thermal Shirt and Pants below and the HTML copy
Andrew Priest
Zyflex thermal shirt and pants
Long-term Report
September 26, 2006
Authored by
Andrew Priest
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
* Product Details and Specifications
*Tester's Details
+Personal Biography
+Testing Playground
+Testing Environment
* Long-term Report
Andrew, the tester:
I am a 46 year old male, 180 cm (5' 11") in
height, I weigh 111 kg (245 lb). I have been
bushwalking in Western Australia for
approximately five years. For the past four years
I have been regularly walking and leading on and
off-track pack carries with the Perth Bushwalkers
Club. I have also got into geocaching. I consider
myself as moving towards being a lightweight
tent-carrying bushwalker with my pack base weight
in the 8 to 12 kg (18 to 26 lb) range. I have
completed my End to End of the Bibbulmun Track
(2003), the Cape to Cape Track (Nov 2001), the
Coastal Plains Walk Track (numerous times), the
Larapinta Trail (July 2005) and Fitzgerald River National Park (April 2006).
I am a regular wearer of thermals on my bushwalks
finding that I tend to feel the cold more when I
am out in the bush. The thermals I am familiar
with have a different material mix than the
Zyflex's being tested, with the thermals I wear
being of a polypropylene material.
[Click here to return to the top]
Andrew's testing playground:
The bushwalking environment of the south-west of
Western Australia allows for bushwalks and
backpacking from coastal plains to forest.
Elevation ranges from 0 to 585 metres (0 to 1,920
feet). Within this region, I walk in varying
conditions from forestry roads, to sandy tracks
to single-purpose walking trails, to rock
hopping, to beach walking to completely off-track
walking through open and dense country.
The testing environment:
During the summer period, daytime temperatures
average 30° C (86° F), whereas from March through
to December the daytime average temperatures
range from 15° C to 26° C (59° F to 79° F).
During the autumn, winter, and spring periods the
normal weather pattern is fairly wet with
frequent heavy rainstorms evident. It does not
normally snow in Western Australia.
According to The Times Atlas of the World
(Concise Edition - Revised 1997) our weather is
described as being "Mediterranean - rainy
climates with mild winters, coolest month (July)
above 0° C (32° F), but below 18° C (64° F);
warmest month (February) above 10° C (50° F)."
The atlas depicts the coastal area north of Los
Angeles as having the same climate.
[Click here to return to the top]
Product Details:
The 2006 Zyflex Thermal Shirt and Pants where
manufactured by Zyflex. Zyflex describe the
Thermal Shirt as a mid or base layer designed to
provide warmth for any winter activity, whereas
the Thermal Pants are a base layer "designed to
provide maximum insulation during the winter months."
Thermal Shirt (Size XXL):
*Manufacturer's weight: 198 g (7 oz). Size not stated.
*My weight: 266 g (9.4 oz)
Thermal Pants (Size XL):
*Manufacturer's weight: 187 g (6.6 oz). Size not stated.
*My weight: 195 g (6.8 oz)
[Click here to return to the top]
Long-term Report
The Long-term Report should be read
in-conjunction with my Initial Report which
provides more details on the Zyflex Thermal Shirt
and Pants and my Field Report which reports on the first two months of testing.
Due to aborted bushwalking trips in August and
September 2006 it was not possible to continue
testing the Zyflex Thermal Shirt and Pants as
originally planned. Therefore I can not add any
test data to what I have already reported in my Field Report.
The following is a summary of my Field testing findings.
I concluded in my Field report that I the shirt
and pants as effective as other thermals I have
worn. I find I am sleeping no hotter than I have
with other thermals and the Osage bag nor am I
sleeping colder. Similarly my around camp wear is
pretty much the same as previous layering combinations.
In respect of comfort, I have no complaints. The
material does not irritate me and it is not
scratchy. The pants in particular fit well and
are comfortable. The shirt is a touch tight but
this is more my problem than the shirt.
After every trip I have washed the thermals in my
front loading washing machine as per the
instructions and hung them out to dry on the
clothes line. There does not appear to be any
adverse effect from the washing nor for that
matter does it feel like the material has
softened. The white pants, which I thought my
quickly discolour, seem to be handling the dirt
of camp okay with the dirt easily washing out. In
other words the thermals recover from use quite
well indeed. One thing I have noticed is that the
pants appear to take longer to dry than the
shirt. Not a big issue but something I have noted.
Summarising my experience with the thermals: Things I like:
* Both the pants and the shirt work effectively at keeping me warm;
* Both the pants and the shirt are comfortable
to wear, i.e., no scratching or irritation;
* The pants and the shirt have handle washing
well with camp dirt coming out of the white pants in particular very well;
* No signs of wear;
* The fly. Great on early morning zipper runs.
Things I dislike:
* Shirt is a touch tight. Would like a looser cut.
My thanks to Zyflex and BackpackGearTest.org for
the opportunity to participate in this test.
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The world's most valuable brand and the BBC are at odds over a documentary that aired this week on the broadcaster's flagship Panorama news program.
The subject: allegations of continuing worker abuse at Apple's Chinese factories and raw materials suppliers in Indonesia.
Three teams of BBC News undercover producers filmed damning footage at its factories, showing exhausted workers falling asleep during 16-hour shifts, some working 18 days in a row. Continue reading...
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Among the changes approved today, two countries may co-host the Olympics and the cap of 28 sports has been abolished for the Summer Games (which could bring baseball, softball, squash and karate to the 2020 Tokyo Games), while the IOC also approved the rewording of its non-discrimination principle to include sexual orientation, in response to Russia's anti-gay actions around the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
In the wake of the Sochi Games, which cost a record $51 billion, the bidding process of the 2022 Winter Olympics proved somewhat disastrous when four of six candidates withdrew due to financial concerns. The blow to the Games' reputation as a profitable and worthwhile investment left behind Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan as contenders.Continue reading...
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FIFA generally likes to keep its focus on on-field competitions, but the latest controversy surrounding the soccer world's governing body has gone into injury time—and is likely to hurt a lot of people along the way.
On Thursday, soccer's governing body announced that, after an investigation led by former U.S. attorney Michael Gonzalez, it had found nothing ethically wrong with the bids for the next two World Cups, 2018 in Russia and 2022 in Qatar, a particularly contentious host.
FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert (below) noted in a report on Gonzalez's findings that, while not everything was handled perfectly in the bids, nothing that occurred could have impaired the vote for the Cups. That said, there are valid concerns that key information is missing about the Russian bid, since numerous computers involved had been destroyed and email accounts are no longer accessible, the AP notes.Continue reading...
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Posted by Sheila Shayon on November 6, 2014 04:14 PM
The adidas Group is making strides in its goal of becoming a more responsive—and responsible—corporate citizen.
The German sportswear giant has released the results of a third party-conducted workplace ethics evaluation in a new report with a lengthy title: "Third Party Complaint Process for Breaches to the adidas Group Workplace Standards or Violations of International Human Rights Norms."
Outlining a series of first-of-its-kind processes for the company, the document opens with a bold statement: "The adidas Group is committed to operating as a sustainable business which is environmentally sound, respects human rights and ensures fair, safe and healthy working conditions across our global supply chain."
Though the company has had worker's rights policies and complaint filing protocol in place for more than a decade, their grievance mechanisms haven't been successfully utilized, much to the detriment of the brand's cultural reputation. Now it's getting tougher on contact compliance, making contractors toe the line on treatment of workers and maintaining its corporate ethical standards.Continue reading...
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Brands like to be where the eyeballs are, but FIFA—organizers of the planet's most-watched sporting event, the World Cup—has just lost a major sponsor and is in danger of losing other brand sponsors in the wake of mishandling of recent events and allegations of corruption within the bidding process for World Cup hosting, Business Insider reports.
Emirates, FIFA's official airline partner, has pulled its sponsorship through the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and Sony is considering the same, according to the Guardian. The loss of one and possible two FIFA partners hurts as there are only six sponsors in total at the FIFA Partner level, vs. sponsors specifically tied to the World Cup.Continue reading...
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Posted by Mark J. Miller on July 14, 2014 12:47 PM
The fight for mobile dominance isn't getting any easier, but Samsung isn't backing down from the competition or anything that could stand in its way of becoming the mobile platform of choice for hundreds of millions of cell phone users.
Reuters reports that Samsung has parted ways with a supplier in China "over suspected use of child workers." The company has been accused of not paying close enough attention to the supplier's operations, and so it has made its decision to cut ties very public.
"The Chinese authorities are also looking into the case," Samsung said in its statement, according to Reuters, noting that the split with the supplier will endure if it is shown that the child-labor accusations prove correct.
US-based China Labor Watch reported less than a week ago that the supplier had "at least five child workers" without contracts and they were being paid less than adults for the same work. Samsung says it has conducted three audits of the supplier since 2013.Continue reading...
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A growing firestorm fueled by social media is brewing around Arizona's proposed bill SB 1062, which would permit businesses to refuse service on religious grounds, a measure activists and a growing list of corporations see as "state-sanctioned discrimination" against gays.
Companies from AT&T and Apple to Marriott, Delta and American Airlines, along with Arizona's two Republican US Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake, are now taking a stand and asking Gov. Jan Brewer to veto the bill. The request from Apple comes as it prepares to open a new sapphire glass manufacturing plant in Mesa which would create about 700 full-time jobs and join its five stores already in Arizona.
Bill SB1062 is similar to measures proposed in Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Mississippi and Kansas in response to the growing gay marriage movement that 17 states, plus the District of Columbia, have legalized.
Reaction against the proposed bill is growing so strong that the measure passed last week is prompting tourists to cancel travel plans and has companies threatening to relocate.
"There is genuine concern throughout the business community that this bill, if signed into law, would jeopardize all that has been accomplished so far," Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines, wrote to Brewer, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. "Our economy thrives best when the doors of commerce are open to all," he wrote.Continue reading...
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As the most expensive Olympics ever came to a close this weekend, many brands breathed a sigh of relief after months of the threat of consumer backlash have finally come to an end. Russia's human rights issues proved to be a big challenge for major Olympic sponsors like Coca-Cola, McDonald's and more, who spent millions on the marketing opportunity.
While not all escaped unscathed, several brands have actually improved their consumer perception, such as Visa and Chobani, according to YouGov's BrandIndex.
Chobani, whose yogurt shipments for Olympic athletes were held at the Russian border due to a customs issue, seized the moment to donate 5,000 cups of its product to food banks in the US—and tweet a creative opposition to Russia's anti-gay laws. According to YouGov, Chobani increased purchase consideration and garnered more positive buzz than any other official Olympic sponsor.Continue reading...
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That's awesome man!!!!!
WOW. Your father in law is really grateful you took his daughter off his hands. I kid. That's a great gift. You're blessed to have family like that.
Wow! Love the custom box, not to mention the rifle.
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.....J B Books.
Have to say it, I am a fan of the modern inlines, but if I wound up with something like that rifle for Chirstmas, I would not be disappointed. Both the box and the rifle a beautiful and functional works of art. Enjoy them. More importantly, make sure you enjoy it with your wife and son, that way he will want to do the same with his.
BTW.You have a cool FIL. The most mine ever gave me was detailing supplies for Christmas. Remember to thank him and your BIL.
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That`s just plain beautiful, you really made out like a fat rat..............
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Well Deadeye, that's one heckuv'an invitation to the fraternity!
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Asking for information from East-Coast growers regarding this fig...
How does it perform in a short-growing season? Did you get any figs to ripen? Vigor? Main-crop production? Planted: in-ground, or, containerized?
I bought this fig variety last year, just to try it out but the tree came very late in the season. This will be the first time that I am growing this variety...any "tricks" that I need to know? The treelet is in a 5 gallon bucket, and is about 4 foot tall. Maybe it's possible, I'll get a few figs this year.
Is this variety a hyped-up dud, or, is it worth growing?
Thanks for the help and information.
PS..."Atreano" came through winter -in an unheated shed- just fine, and buds are beginning to just show some green.
If you have the room, why don't you just grow it for a while and see for yourself how it does/tastes? It will be a learning experience for you. Put it in a warm, sunny place to give it more sun and heat to grow?
I didn't try it here because Lafayette is so very hot and humid and I've heard it splits and sours.
Just some thoughts,
I will try it in The Bronx, NYC. I have no other choice. I sent for a rooted, whip last season, and it arrived too late for any figs to form, but this year I might get a few figs. It's already starting to show some green, and the buds are starting to swell. I have the small 4 foot treelet in a 5 gallon container, which will give me some good growth this season. I'll try it out for this year, and maybe next year, if it has some potential.
I think the splitting and souring problem can be partially solved by controlling how much water gets to the roots as the figs start to ripen. This is easy to do if the trees are in a container.
So, I'll give it a shot, and hope for the best. The treelet was too expensive to just toss it. By the end of this season, I will have a much better idea just what "Texas Blue Giant" is all about.
Good luck with your Blue Giant tree, Frank.
The reason I was saying to keep it in a very warm place is it might do better in the hot South, as in TX, so that was my thinking about that. I just didn't say the reason I suggested the warm, sunny place.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you about how the tree is doing, so please keep this thread bumped from time to time?
I too am curious about this variety, and how it might perform up here in The Bronx, NYC.
I grow 'Atreano" up here with no problems, and God blesses me with very large, golden-yellow figs every year, since 2007, but it's a good short-season fig. "Texas Blue Giant"....who knows? It may like the long, hot, weather that you get down south, to ripen.
I will grow it this year, and make some notes regarding cultural practices. I'll tell you now that I will not allow any breba-figs to form, and if I have to, I will pinch back to 6 leaves...that's if the tree is very vigorous. I'll have to see how this tree grows before I figure out a plan of action. I may have to grow it a few years to decide if I keep, or, if I toss. It may turn out to be a variety that grows best in the south, and in the heat. That's what all the catalogs say, but I will not know until I try it. I'll grow it out on the back deck, in the full, broiling, NYC, morning-till-evening sun, along with the "Atreano" tree, so I could do a side-by-side comparison.
Time will tell, and then I'll tell, to this forum, just what I think of "Texas Blue Giant". I did ask a very experienced grower who lives in New Jersey, his opinion regarding this variety, and I was told that there are much better varieties, for my growing conditions, that will also produce very large, "black" fruit, and that it's the breba-figs on this 'Texas" that can be very large. But I never grow breba-figs....so, this tree may ultimately get tossed anyway.
Thanks for the growing suggestions.
Have you seen this thread? http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg072029117194.html
Here is a link that might be useful: 'texas blue giant' ..... hero, or ....zero ??
Oh yes,.... funny, because I was the original poster seeking information about this fig variety, last year, when I first bought the tree.
I restarted this conversation because I was hoping to hear from some zone-6/zone-7, cooler, east-coast growers, and get some opinions on how this variety performs in our cooler climes.
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Since I'm such an impatient soul sometimes (LOL) thought I'd post this over here as well since this forum gets a lot of activity. Thanks !!
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Ya know, Vera...I was thinking that too. I had one that died and now that you mention it, it sure reminds me of it Especially the bud, which as I said, I couldn't get a good pic of. But to me, the bud really resembles Blanketflower.
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