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PORTS From barriers to trade to super efficiency in 60 years INTRODUCTION • Ports fifty years ago were serious barriers to trade: inefficient, expensive, over manned and restrictive labour practices. • These problems gave incentives for radical changes - first mechanisation, and secondly port reforms, esp abolition of government monopolies and introduction of competition. • Today general cargo is handled 20 times as fast, and at one third of the cost, of fifty years ago. • But in some countries misguided attempts at regulation have held the ports back. • This talk will trace the steps via which the port efficiency was transformed; and which reforms have worked best, and which less so. • In particular, it compares experience and policy in the UK with that abroad, where the ports are often more efficient THE OLD DAYS, PRE REFORM, IN THE UK • 1947: Two years after WWII ended the UK government passed a law that ruined the UK's ports for the next 42 years. • It introduced the National Dock Labour Board, which guaranteed dock workers minimum payments for a guaranteed number of working hours, even if they were not required; and it later gave the dockers jobs for life. • There were good reasons for introducing it. It replaced the humiliating "On the Waterfront" / "You, you and you today" practices of the 1930s. • But this version of monopoly labour turned out to be even more corrosive than monopoly in industry. THE OLD DAYS, PRE REFORM, IN THE UK • After 1947 there were 20 years of over manning, strict demarcation rules, and strikes. Cost were rising fast, and productivity was low. • Ports handled 1000 tonnes per metre of quay per year, only 5% of today's throughputs. Ocean going ships spent 60% of their time in port and only 40% at sea • 1966. An American trucker, Malcolm Maclean, experimented by detaching and loading the whole unit containing the cargo from the truck. And so containerisation was born. • With containerisation , the jobs guaranteed by the NDLB were no longer needed. At this point, the UK had 65,000 registered dock workers but now needed only a small faction of this number. • At the same time, the Government had taken over control of UK port investments over £0.5 million, via the National Ports Council, established in 1964, and lasted until 1980. THE OLD DAYS, PRE REFORM, IN THE UK • 1966-1971. Over the five years the over manning and restrictive work practices brought the UK's ports top two ports – London and Liverpool – into bankruptcy under the National Ports Council. • But there was another reason for the fall of the great British ports. The small port of Felixstowe built container terminals; and took a large part of London's and Liverpool's general cargo traffic. • 1971-1989. The private port of Felixstowe enjoyed most of the container traffic and the other ports, mostly run by Port Trusts, languished under the burden of the NDLB's jobs for life. • It was not until 1989 that the much needed reform was passed: Mrs Thatcher abolished the NDLB. By 1990 the number of dock workers had fallen from 65,000 in the sixties to under 10,000- despite traffic having doubled. • And two years later the top ports were instructed to privatise themselves. • We will return to this. But first let's look at ports outside the UK, where most of our work had been over the years PRE REFORM: ABROAD • Ports abroad had similar problems , although usually not as bad as the UK's under the NDLB, Only a few other countries, including Pakistan, had such schemes. But many of them did have militant labour unions. • They, like the UK ports in the 1960s, were often highly inefficient, expensive, and plagued with over manning and restrictive labour practices. They: 1. Made large losses 2. Were a mess, littered with rubbish, rusty steel and mud; and they spawned shanty towns outside in developing countries 3. Were barriers of trade in many countries – although in those days import substitution dominated economic policies PRE REFORM: ABROAD • Most of the work abroad was in developing countries, and much was funded by World Bank and Asian Development Bank • It was straightforward work, of two main types: 1. Building new modern port facilities that were sorely needed to support economic growth, applying the cost benefit principles of Little and Mirlees, and with lots of queuing theory and simulations. 2. Making recommendations for operational improvements. It was standard practice to investigate how ports could get more out of the existing terminals before recommending new investment. PRE REFORM: ABROAD • The first was a great success, as the infrastructure was necessary. • But the operational efficiency recommendations were often a waste of time. • And then the good port construction projects ran out. They had all been built. • At that low point, came the reforms that made the ports interesting again. POST REFORM: ABROAD • There were three breakthroughs in the 1980s. • 1 In the world of aid agencies, the World Bank and others switched to structural adjustment loans rather than loans for projects. The conditionality imposed on ports focused on: -abolition of government monopolies and -introduction of competition where possible -privatisation, usually in the form of granting concessions to run terminals; -deregulation of entry, investment and tariffs; . There was now a general consensus on the desirability of the withdrawal of port authorities to a landlord role, with all operations carried out by private companies in a competitive environment. POST REFORM: ABROAD 2. The second big change was the rise of the International Terminal Operators (ITOs), who have taken over port operations in many countries throughout the world over the last 20 years. 3. Thirdly, shipping lines started running terminals, usually very efficiently 4. Fourthly, the switch to export led growth meant that inefficient ports had to change. POST REFORM: ABROAD • The reforms were a great success. For example when India's top port, Nhava Sheva, granted its first private concession it achieved productivity levels three times as high as at the state-run operations; and tariffs have often fallen sharply at the private ports. • And if we compare the long term productivity changes over the period 1960-2000, they might be roughly as follows: 1960s (a) 1995 (b) General cargo,000 tonnes handled per metre of quay 1000 20,000, % of ocean going ship time in port 60% 25% (a) in conventional general cargo vessels (b) in the container vessels that now handle the general cargo REFORMS IN THE UK • The UK's reforms were rather different from those abroad. • The main difference was that they obliged the main ports to privatise themselves in an unusual way - lock stock and barrel in 1983 and 1991. The UK is the only major country to have privatised this way. • Almost all other countries – Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Spain, even the US, the standard bearer for free enterprise – have retained their public harbour authorities. • They did, however, increasingly adopt the Landlord model:, with all terminals run by the private sector. • The UK reforms seemed dogma driven, and had the unfortunate consequence that, to some extent, the new private companies often focused on property sales and financial dealing. • But the privatised UK ports performed reasonably well - at least for a time • The great advantage of the UK is that are enough ports around the coast to ensure INTER-port competition, which should be as effective as the INTRA- port competition REFORMS IN THE UK • Secondly, the UK ports became a victim of "regulatory creep" - by which the scope of government regulation is allowed to extend beyond its original purpose. • In theory, UK port policy is to "leave the industry to market forces". This policy was laid down by the conservative government in the 1980s, and confirmed in 2000, and again in 2010 • But they have not been allowed to do so. In practice, the ability of the ports which have attracted traffic to build new berths has steadily come under the control of regulatory processes which have little to do with ports. • The government has allowed these obstacles to "just grow". In practice, port investment has been highly regulated, not by transport specialists but by planning inspectors. REFORMS IN THE UK • They are dominated by the Royal Society for Protection of Birds, and grouped together at one stage into Portswatch - whose other members are the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Marine Conservation Society, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trusts, the Wildlife Trusts, Transport 2000, the Marine Conservation Society and Friends of the Earth. • They pointed to the dangers of the shoreline of the UK being paved with concrete (in fact the total length of Britain's deep sea container terminals is less than five miles, mostly in Felixstowe) and the effect on wildlife. • Their manifesto referred to the "profound effects of ports on local communities who must live next door to the 24 hours a day, seven days a week port operations". • The objections of the environmentalists have obliged the port developers to go to planning inquiries. Once there, the obstacles to responding to market growth multiply. REFORMS IN THE UK • The remit of the inquiries goes much further than just weighing the relative merits of economic gains from the port expansion against environmental losses. The key stumbling block is that the planning inspectors now also have to decide whether there is "a need" for the port expansion. • These planning enquires have effectively immobilised large parts of the ports industry. • Dibden Bay, which was the largest new container terminal planned for many years, had been in the planning pipeline for 7 years before being turned down for environmental reasons. • Its traffic growth was the highest of the main container terminals; but further expansion was ruled out. • At one stage Hutchison - the world's largest container terminals operator with worldwide interests, including ownership of Felixstowe and Thamesport - stated publicly that of the 16 countries in which it operates, the UK is the most difficult in terms of planning. REFORMS IN THE UK • Most of the obstacles and delays stem from environmental objections. And while environmental concerns are now rightly given great weight throughout the world, there is a common view that the UK's environmental regulation is stricter than in other countries. • Many of the environmental rules originate in Brussels. But UK's interpretation was said to be "gold plated" versions of the Brussels originals. • For example, Hutchison, the world's largest container terminal operator, stated to the press that "the EU rules on Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are applied more strictly in the UK than on the continent". • In brief, the freedom of the ports to expand when necessary to handle the cargo they have attracted had been gradually eroded. The mantle of port regulator had been passed via regulatory creep to the planning inspectorate. It presided over planning inquiries in which environmental interests have made clear gains over economic interests. Their limited experience of ports combined with their focus on land use planning meant that the ports industry was effectively controlled via the procedures for land use decisions. REFORMS IN THE UK The results of this regulatory apparatus are that: • There has been a deficit of capacity in some years. • The lack of surplus UK capacity has limited competition, and container handling speeds have fallen badly. A major shipping line's statistics showed the following average handling speeds in 2008 for ships on the Far East routes: • (Moves per crane hour) • Belgium 33 • Germany 28-30 • Rotterdam 25 • Southampton 22 • Felixstowe 19 • Le Havre 19 • The transhipment business that used to account for 25% of UK container traffic has been lost to European ports, REFORMS IN THE UK Aware that the planning procedures were out of control, the government set up an Infrastructure Planning Commission in 2009 and issued a National Policy Statement for ports to speed up decision making. But if a new Conservative government is elected his year it will scrap it. CONCLUSIONS. Ports have made great progress worldwide in the last 30 years, But government involvement has often been counterproductive, especially in the UK, where: • The introduction of the NDLB in 1947 undermined UK ports for the next 42 years • The government's National Ports Council took control of national port planning and investment between 1964 and 1980 but saw the country's top two ports going bankrupt on their watch. • The privatisations of the ports wholesale via the acts of 1983 and 1991 resulted in less competition between terminals than abroad, where the public landlord port authority usually presides over several competing terminals. The UK container port business has remained a duopoly. • The undermining of the supposedly market driven UK ports industry by regulatory creep in the period 2010 has resulted in no container terminals being built for a decade. • The results have included (i) a deficit of capacity in some years, (ii) productivity well below NW European levels (iii) and loss of the transhipment business that used to account for 25% of UK container traffic.
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Gay marriage hasn't hurt NZ trade
New Zealand's trade with Asia has increased since same-sex marriage was legalised, rubbishing Aussie minister's claim.
Livestock division investigated
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Woman killed in farm accident
A 32-year-old woman has died after an incident on a Southland farm.
Six modern homes for hens
Forget simple ply and mesh - some architects love designing chicken coops almost as much as houses.
A hedge with an edge
A giant sterile hybrid grass could be the answer to a lot of problems on farms.
Lessons from many mentors
My first boss was my mother and she was a quiet achiever who pulled me into getting things done rather than pushing me.
Internet in the land of the long trenches
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Barrie shows sportsmanship
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'Fantastic' for fencing tool inventor
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Top fencer 'chuffed' with win
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Dairy farmers accused of milking during ban
The trial has begun of Marlborough's biggest dairy farmers who are accused of milking 1000 cattle during a court-ordered milking ban.
From the farm to city and back
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Southland dairying couple battle tough times
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A balanced budget
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Being prepared provides protection
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Zero tolerance against drugs
A zero tolerance policy on illegal drugs touted as a farm owner's best defence against this growing problem.
Aquaculture growth an ongoing battle
Latest aquaculture expansion in Tasman Bays is the latest step along a road stretching back more than three decades.
MPs visit mussel spat hatchery
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Marine farm decision challenged
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Bull sales encounter snow
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Drought still major concern in Marlborough
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Merino farmers enter carpet market
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VIEWS: 10 PAGES: 5 CATEGORY: Business POSTED ON: 1/11/2010 Public Domain
Title: "Educational Online Communities for At-Risk Youth" Submitters: Mike Atwood (Drexel/IST), Gerry Stahl (Drexel/IST), Fran Cornelius (Drexel/Nursing), Steve Weimar (Drexel/Math Forum) Debra McGrath (Drexel/Nursing, Inst for Healthcare Informatics) For submission to: Philadelphia-area and national foundations Date: Draft of January 10, 2010 Introduction Drexel University is a leader in the development, deployment and adoption of telecommunications technology to support education. In particular, the College of Information Science and Technology (IST) and the College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP) operate major online curricula for college and graduate study. The Math Forum has pioneered successful use of networked digital libraries of educational materials for K-12 students. The John C. Ford Program based in Houston, Texas, has introduced a successful tele-community educational after-school program in partnership with community schools. The intent of this proposal is to create a similar partnership with the parents and children attending the community schools of lower North Philadelphia, IST, CNHP, Math Forum and the Ford Program to create an educational online community for at-risk youth. The purpose of this project is to improve academic performance, life skills and health status of persons living in lower North Philadelphia. The Need The lower North Philadelphia community served by this project – known as the 11th Street corridor – is a community in need. There is a remarkably high concentration of public housing in this community: six conventional public housing developments with 5,583 residents. The population is predominately African-American women heads of household and their children. There is a disparately high percentage of unemployed individuals and of families in poverty compared to other neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Families living in this community have the lowest median family and household income in the city. (See Appendix A.) National data suggest that the cycle of poverty, poor health status, and low educational achievement has become self-perpetuating in many communities. As in other impoverished communities, the residents of 11th Street suffer from significant health issues. This community experiences higher rates of morbidity and mortality compared to other areas, especially due to diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and high risk behaviors such as cigarette smoking, substance abuse and risky sexual behaviors. (See Appendix B.) Education – the acquisition and application of knowledge – is a critical component in breaking this cycle. The Ford Program offers an opportunity to engage in a hands-on interactive learning environment that empowers, educates and enriches the lives of students and their families. Drexel University proposes an expansion of the Ford Program, which will offer an innovative collaborative intervention with broad-based impact. Long-Range Goals: We will provide a unique and innovative after-school program for youth and their families in low-income neighborhoods of Philadelphia. Our broad goal is to provide an educational community in which students and their families will be able to develop competencies that will translate into the following: Students will develop the skills to succeed academically and become connected to professionals from the health and information sciences. Students will be able to explore these professions and enter career paths at an early stage, leading to reduced school dropout rates and increased college attendance. Parents will develop personal relationship and technical skills essential for the workplace. These are the tools needed for upward mobility in the work world. Both students and parents will join a community of learners and experts to acquire business, presentation and computer literacy skills. The acquisition of these skills will lead to a higher level of self-confidence and ultimately to an increased ability to advocate for self and family. Partners: CNHP: The CHNP has been working with the target community for seven years and has a proven track record for successful programs in the targeted community in close collaboration with community leaders and the local school district. Math Forum: The Math Forum will adapt its award-winning online services to help participating students develop their mathematical problem-solving skills and reinforce some of the math concepts and techniques found in the project curriculum. These online services and resources will provide continuity for the students and academic support between project events. IST: Drexel IST will research technology transfer procedures for adapting software used at the university to local after-school settings in low-income Philadelphia neighborhoods, and will provide on-going research, development and evaluation services, partnering where appropriate with the School of Education and the Math & Computer Science Department. John C. Ford Program: The Ford Program is a successful educational initiative that involves a unique blend of elements: neighborhood-based Inner-City Telecommunication Centers; a non-academic, real- world business format and curriculum with a focus on science, math, business and technology; strong support from corporate partners; a multimedia network that uses interactive videoconferencing with an innovative protocol to attract, engage and train low- income youth and adults; training and education for the whole family in low-income communities; and state-of-the-art technology that allows the program to tap into available learning resources. This program is now gearing-up for a national scaling initiative for dissemination. Pilot Implementation: Curriculum: We will begin in Winter 2003 with after-school programs at Harrison Community Center in lower North Philadelphia to capitalize on the national scaling effort of the John C. Ford Program"s Global Tele-Communities Education Initiative. This one-year phase will use curriculum already proven successful in low-income neighborhoods in Houston. We will adapt the Ford Program curriculum – which focuses on science and business skills – for our target population. Initial offerings will include: "Science, Math and Technology" curriculum developed in cooperation with the Ford Program, Space Center Houston and the Math Forum. Other offerings will be pre-SAT "Language Arts" and "Math Crafts" curricula from the Ford Program. In the second year, we will offer "Healthy Habits", a health literacy and self-efficacy curriculum developed by the College of Nursing. The prototype for this curriculum is currently under development as part of two studies in the College of Nursing; the HTN Study and the Asthma Education Program. The pilot project will provide needed experience and outcome data to enable us to design a more complete program and to seek federal funding. Mentoring: Through telecommunicated simulations and online interactions students will receive learning support from experts in the field and higher education students and faculty, thus forming relationships that encourage students to expand their horizons and set higher expectations for academic performance. Modeling: The business and science curricula enable the program to model problem-solving, teamwork and other strategies for success in academic and work environments. Recruitment: We plan to publicize this opportunity through schools, the local community center and guidance counselors. The program will be open to all interested individuals, on a first-come, first served basis. There will be clear behavior and performance expectations with clear consequences and replacement strategies. Resources: The Harrison Community Center, located in lower North Philadelphia public housing, is a hub for community activity. The center is operated by a very active and deeply committed resident council which strongly supports this initiative. The council has, for the past seven years, sought out opportunities and partnerships that encourage and support families in the pursuit of education and training as a means to a better life. The Harrison Computer Resource Center (HCRC), a modest computer lab, was established to provide area residents access to educational opportunities and to build skills for jobs that provide a living wage. The HCRC provides a vital service to area residents in providing access to technology, which is now considered a "life-skill" essential for success in today"s work and school environments. The commitment by the community and community leaders make the HCRC a logical partner in this project. Evaluation: We will assess effectiveness of the Pilot Implementation phase from data collected using the following methods: Youth Risk Inventory administered as the program begins and at the end. Pre- and post- inventories measuring attitudes toward substance abuse and other risky behaviors, school, work, and goal setting. Administration of inventories at the start of the program and at the end that assess and monitor self-efficacy, health status, and health behaviors. Monitoring of computer-based activities. Analysis of computer interaction logs. Student school performance (report cards, attendance). Program participation and retention records. Parent/guardian involvement records. Scaling Up Process: As university educators and researchers, our priorities include the involvement of our own university students to: Develop a workable curriculum that involves at-risk youth and their families in developing self-efficacy. Develop a workable curriculum that involves at-risk youth and their families in developing healthy attitudes and knowledge about risky behaviors such as substance abuse, cigarette smoking, poor diet, early engagement in sex, etc. Develop a workable technological infrastructure to be used in low-income neighborhoods for learning and sharing healthy attitudes. Develop pedagogical and curricular approaches that are successful at involving at-risk youth and their families in educational online communities. As we succeed in these areas, we will increase the number of sites in low income Philadelphia neighborhoods offering after-school online educational communities and we will diversify the curriculum offerings at these after-school programs. Request: We are requesting $88,000 for calendar year 2003. This will cover faculty and teacher release time for staffing the after-school program and small amounts for supplies and overhead. Because we need to start up the Pilot Implementation program in early 2003 to coordinate with the Ford Program, there is insufficient time to request federal funding. Furthermore, the pilot will provide us with extensive hands-on experience setting up and working with this type of after-school program to support a major research and implementation proposal. Foundation funding for an initial pilot project year will thereby leverage substantial longer-term funding that can have a sizable impact on the at-risk population in Philadelphia. Budget for one-year pilot project $28,000 Project Management (20% release time for McGrath & Cornelius) $24, 000 Project Instruction (2 certified teachers * 10 hrs/wk *30 wks * $40/hr) $ 6,000 Software $ 6,000 Hardware $ 5,000 Travel (to Houston, etc.) $ 5,000 Supplies $14,000 Indirect (20%) $88,000 Total Supporting Documents Letter of support from after-school program Letters of support from local schools Letter of support from the John C. Ford Program One-page biographies of Principal Investigators
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Southwest, No. 3 DIA carrier, posts $56M Q4 loss
Southwest Airlines Co., the third-busiest carrier at Denver International Airport, posted its second consecutive quarterly loss Jan. 22, due mainly to charges related to its fuel-hedging arrangement.
Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) lost $56 million, or 8 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, compared to a gain of $111 million, or 15 cents per share, for the year-ago quarter.
The loss included net charges of $117 million from the airline's fuel hedging position. Excluding that figure, Southwest would have posted net income of $61 million, or 8 cents per share.
Wall Street analysts, on average, expected a gain of 5 cents per share, excluding special items, according to Thomson Reuters.
Until this year, the airline hadn't reported a quarterly loss in 16 years.
Southwest ended 2008 with net income for the year of $178 million, or 24 cents per share, compared to $645 million, or 84 cents per share, for 2007. Excluding special items, the airline's full year 2008 net income was $294 million.


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BEIRUT: Airport officials now urge passengers to arrive three hours before flights from Rafik Hariri International Airport.
A statement issued by the airport Wednesday said the new guideline was aimed at avoiding congestion at the airport during the peak summer season.
Emirates A380 makes emergency landing in Colombo
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Hallo Kurt I would like to thank you for your very kind comment you left at my gallery yesterday regarding a picture from the stift Melk, Österreich. I have added you as a friend as well. If you do not mind i would like to respond to your images in the Englisch language. I can understand and read the Deutsche Sprache, aber schreiben, geht leider sehr slecht. I see you do live in my favorite canton of Switzerland, the Berner Oberland. I will come back every day and leave a comment to one of your images. Thank you, mit vielen grüssen aus NL.
Hello Hans, conversation in English is ok, for me too.
Le tue foto sembrano illustrazione per le favole.
Ciao Giovanni
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Art 'ReFined' in Lakeside
Photo by Patty Kruszewski/Henrico Citizen 04/05/12
Local artist Kris Taylor (above) was among the visitors at a March 31 open house held at the relocated women's consignment shop ReFinery, formerly of the Bellevue area and now in Lakeside. Among the artist's oil paintings and framed etchings now on display at the shop is this favorite, "Second Sighting of the Sacred White Cow," which was inspired by a field full of cows that Taylor spotted while driving through the Colorado countryside near Ute Mountain. Taylor's work will be on display through May at ReFinery, located at 5402 Lakeside Avenue.
'Proof of Heaven' coming to Glen Allen
Dr. Even Alexander, a New York Times best-selling author who has been featured on Oprah and Dr. Oz, was in town last week to promote his June 27 talk, "Proof of Heaven," at Glen Allen High School.
Alexander (pictured, at right, while Unity of Bon Air church member Harry Simmons interviews him) has written about what he considers to be his journey through the afterlife.
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|Soybean oil
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Black bean sauce
|1 Tablespoon
|1 Teaspoon, chopped
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground ginger
|1 1⁄4 Teaspoon
|2 Tablespoon
|Five spice powder
|3⁄4 Teaspoon
|2 Pound, cubed
|To Taste, chopped
|Ginger root
|3⁄4 Teaspoon, finely chopped
|Oyster sauce
|1 1⁄2 Tablespoon
|Chicken stock
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Cold water
|1 1⁄2 Tablespoon
|1 Tablespoon
|Sesame oil
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Chinese cabbage
|1 1⁄8 Pound, cut into pieces
|Soybean oil
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Marinate, covered, in refrigerator for 24 hours.
Drain, reserving marinade.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Place pork in baking pan.
Bake for 30 minutes, stirring after 15 minutes; drain.
Pour reserved marinade over pork.
Bake, covered, for 15 minutes.
Combine chopped garlic to taste, gingerroot, oyster sauce and chicken stock in saucepan; mix well.
Cook until heated through.
Stir in mixture of cold water and cornstarch.
Add sesame oil; mix well.
Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Saute cabbage in 2 tablespoons soybean oil in skillet until it begins to wilt.
Stir in thickened sauce.
Spoon into serving dish.
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A police officer said Helen Elizabeth Milner was hysterical after turning on her cellphone and receiving a suicide note text message from her husband who had been found dead in his bed.
The Crown alleges that Milner, 50, sent the message to her own phone on a night when she had drugged her husband and suffocated him in his bed.
Sergeant Christopher Roy Barker told the second day of Milner's murder and attempted murder trial in the High Court at Christchurch that Milner's long period of hysteria seemed a quite unnatural reaction to grief.
He and the constable with him talked about the suicide text having been discovered "conveniently" in front of the police who had attended the scene about 6am on May 4, 2009.
They decided then to contact their supervising officer.
Barker said Milner had said she had been in bed with her husband Phillip James Nisbet until 2am, but the body was positioned at an angle and it did not look as though anyone could have been in bed beside him earlier in the night.
Milner said she had got up at that time because she needed insulin for her diabetes and had spent the rest of the night on the sofa in the lounge.
The sergeant said the suicide text had been sent at 10.30pm.
It said: "I'm sorry honey. Can't keep going like this. I love you so much. Please take care and tell Ben I love him."
Ben is Nisbet's son.
The Crown is alleging at the three-week trial before Justice David Gendall and a jury that Milner had fed the drug Phenergan to Nisbet with his evening meal and when he became unconscious in bed from the anti-allergy and sedative drug, she suffocated him with a pillow.
She denies two charges of attempting to murder him in April 2009, and then murdering him in May 2009.
The defence will say that it is reasonably possible that Nisbet did commit suicide.
Barker said he found empty blister packs for pills in a bedside cabinet.
The trial spent a lot of the day hearing of comments that Milner made to work colleagues about poisons, or feeling like suffocating her husband.
It also heard that the couple had taken out an insurance policy on Nisbet's life in February 2008.
The 13-month suicide exclusion clause ceased to apply in March 2009.
Work colleagues treated rat poison comments by Helen Elizabeth Milner as a joke, the jury was told.
The operations manager at Ground Services Ltd, Gavin John Moffat, said Milner complained that her husband had been trying to poison her by giving her sugary foods when he knew she was diabetic.
When she asked about rat poison, Moffat asked, "What do you want that for?"
Milner had just smiled and walked out of the office, he said.
It had become a joke around the office. She would sometimes provide muffins for the office staff, and they would comment to each other: "I hope she hasn't put the rat poison in the muffins today".
"We felt the whole thing was a bit of a joke," said Moffat.
Milner had been jovial and staff had treated a lot of her talk as joking.
After Nisbet's death in 2009, she had tried to tell him that her husband had "several affairs going on at one time", but he did not think it was an appropriate comment and had walked away.
Desmond Cameron, the general manager of Ground Services Ltd, said he clearly recalled the comment by Milner about buying rat poison.
"She asked me whether Mitre 10 sold rat poison, and for no reason," he told the trial.
Cameron said Milner's inquiry about rat poison "came out of the blue".
He told of employing Milner as an office worker and receptionist. She had worked well and picked up the office systems quickly.
She told constantly about problems with her family, and she referred to her husband as a spendthrift. She was always short of money, saying her husband never earnt enough.
It was a surprise to Cameron to hear that Milner and her husband were going for a two-week holiday on the Gold Coast.
He knew Nisbet and thought he must have had a pretty tough life.
Cameron recalled: "On a couple of occasions she [Milner] made comments that he was adding substances to her drinks at nights, because she was diabetic and this was affecting her and making her feel unwell."
After Nisbet's death, Milner at first said it was suicide, but then wrote a message that went on the noticeboard announcing it had been a medical condition related to sleep apnea, he recalled.
An employee at Ground Services Ltd, Daphne Bennett, said Milner would talk openly at work about her problems at home.
Some people had talked about the stories she told, and she found some of them quite unbelievable.
Another employee, John Peter Beynon, told of a conversation with Milner where she complained about her husband, saying he was drawing all the money out of their bank account and spending it on model cars and things like that.
"She was pretty angry about it," Beynon said.
"She said, 'I would like to end it,' and I said, 'Well, just divorce him'."
Milner then said: "No, I want to get rid of him for good."
He did not know what she meant, but he did not take her comment seriously.
Police evidence was given about Milner's bank card being used in the vicinity around the time of Phenergan purchases at pharmacies, by a woman who paid in cash.
The Crown alleges the purchases were made by Milner who gave false details at the pharmacies.
Another Ground Services employee, Kyle Innes, told of noticing a change in Milner's behaviour over a period.
After her husband's death, she told him she was upset because her family was blaming her for Nisbet's death.
He said he was "gobsmacked" weeks after the death, to see Milner in Westfield Mall walking arm in arm with another man.
The Crown is calling more than 70 witnesses in the course of the three-week trial.
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If an event has to be cancelled, interrupted or curtailed due to circumstances beyond the organiser's control, the organisers shall not be liable to make good any loss incurred by any party booked for the fair. TRADING TERMS The area contained by the stall allocated is your total area for display/demonstration. Any additional display items must be positioned within this stall area & must not obstruct your own access, pedestrian walkways or Fire Exits. All traders must be unloaded & have parked their vehicles in the designated area by 11.00am. Access to the Hall and trading pitches will not be available until 10.30am. Vehicles must be parked in the Car Park area as soon as unloading is complete & before the display is set up. All refuse is the responsibility of the stallholders and must be taken from the site when leaving. Trading times are 11.30pm to 3.00pm. No stall shall be vacated earlier than 2.30pm unless prior authorisation is obtained from the organiser. 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40% Pure GristleThat's me.It's an approximation mind you, some might think it's more 60%, while others might say 20%...it's subjective I suppose. I like to think as sensitive as I am, I am at least that tough as well. I can and have dealt with a lot in my life. I really hope the future is easier...
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Pffffft Hardly.I am far from being a tough cookie. I was under the impression as you got older you became tougher. Not with me its not. I am an old softy *don`t tell anyone* I can be the miserably old curmudgeon on the face of the planet and my grandson comes through the door and its a totally...
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I Don't Stay Down For Too Long...I've reached a point in my life where I feel Im mentally and emotionally strong. Sometimes I go though difficult and sad moments in life but I am determined to stay happy and positive. I might be down for a minute but I always get up. No one or nothing can keep me down for long...
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Things RollOkay this is the way it is... much of the time I can let little offensive things roll right off of me. That is just an area I am continuing to grow and improve in. That said.... I am very direct and say what I think. If you are thin-skinned you will not last around me. If you...
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Well... Let'S See...I think I am naturally a tough person and my ideas are just about as original as they can get. When I was little people would just tell me to wait and I'd understand when I was older or I'd grow out of it and I'd look at them like they were stupid. Its always been an annoyance...
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If I had one last cookie I'd give it to Justin bieber :D
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