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The head of the one of the country's biggest unions has waded into the 90-day trial period debate, saying that the legislation is having a "devastating effect" on young people.
The trial period let employers sack workers at the beginning of their working lives without having to give a reason why, Bill Newson, national secretary of the EPMU, said.
His union was encountering increasing numbers of people whose employment had been terminated under the 90-day rule, he said.
"Typically they are young, haven't been told why and they tend to have been sacked on the 89th day," he said.
"Not a single job had been created" by the new legislation that would not have been created by the earlier probationary employment clause of the Employment Relations Act, Newson said.
"Underlying this whole debate is that there needs to be the ability for a trial period, but that trial period needs to be fair."
Previously, employers using the probationary clause had had to tell employees what they would be looking out for while they were on a trial period, Newson said.
"Examples could be timekeeping, doing what your CV said you could do, taking direction from a line manager or working in a team," he said.
"This way someone knows what they are being trialled on, whether they needed to lift their game, and what they needed to do to do that."
Young people who had suddenly been dismissed "didn't want to make a fuss", but their parents were contacting the union on their behalf, Newson said.
"Parents come to us, worried about their children's future. When they find out there is nothing they can do about it, they get angry" he said.
Phil O' Reilly, chief executive of business advocacy group BusinessNZ, took a very different view.
The 90-day trial period was helping people on the "margins" of the employment market to find jobs, he said.
"What we are hearing is that employers are more likely to give someone a job that they otherwise would not have done."
Employees with an "increased perceived risk" such as the unskilled, lower skilled, or people who were returning to job market after an absence, were finding it much easier to get a job, O'Reilly said.
He questioned figures from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment that revealed 27 per cent of employers said they had fired at least one new employee during or at the end of their trial.
People who had been sacked in this way were not necessarily unemployed as the trial period could also have helped the same people to move into another job the next week, O'Reilly said.
Dave Feist, managing director of Employment Dispute Services, said the 90-day trial period had affected the number of cases that the company was prepared to take on a "no-win, no-fee" basis.
"It's definitely reduced the number of clients we take on," he said.
However, a lot of employers were leaving themselves open to personal grievance actions because they were not aware of the new law, Feist said.
"A lot of employers don't realise that without a signed employment contract they won't be able to use that law to protect themselves."
About a third of the personal grievance cases that EDS dealt with involved employers who had failed to get a signed agreement before employees had physically started work, Feist said.
"What often happens is that someone will come round a week after the new employee has started and ask them to sign something, but that's too late."
Phil Butler, director of Christchurch-based employment law advocacy firm Phil Butler Associates, said the 90-day trial period was "the No 1 issue" when he was advising new employer clients for the first time.
"If employers get it wrong and the employee has a personal grievance after their employment has been terminated without any process, they are on a hiding to nothing," he said.
"In those cases we do a kind of cost-benefit analysis," Butler said. "We tell them: a) you are going to lose and b) this is what it's going to cost you, in fees and compensation."
Employment legislation changes since the 1980s had proved to be a boon for the legal profession generally, Butler said.
"It used to be there were only about 10 law firms providing employment advice in New Zealand. Now almost every practice in the country has someone who specialises in employment law."
O' Reilly at Business NZ agreed that many employers, particularly small businesses, did not properly understand how the 90-day trial period worked.
"However, that's not necessarily a problem with this particular statute. That requirement for a written contract has been there for years but there are still lots of small businesses that are operating in ignorance of that," he said.
"That's despite the best efforts of everyone – the Government, the unions, us. Education on this is a big job for everybody."
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Hi I am going to Prague 30th March till the 6th April and have already got my itinerary sorted, I am a frequent user of tripadvisor and already have had some great help and info from there but I also like this site for info as it seems to be two completely different communities. Anyway here it is, (nothing is 100% set in stone yet and looking to maybe add a few extra 'back up' things in)
Friday 29th March: Leave Nottingham at 11.25 via coach, arrive Heathrow 2.30am sit around until ready to check in bag and go through to departures (flight leaves at 7.15am)
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Tuesday 2nd April: Langweil's Model of Prague, Ghost Museum, Easter Markets if time, Petrin Hill + Funicular Railway, Ghost Walking Tour at Night.
Wednesday 3rd April: Jewish Walking Tour (10am, approx 2hr30min), Prague Zoo, Globe Bookstore and a few other shops if still open, River Cruise (7pm)
Thursday 4th April: Kralovstvi Zeleznic, Chocolate Museum, Marionety Truhlar (if time), Kutna Hora day tour (1pm, approx.5hrs) TV Tower followed by Folklore venue
Friday 5th April:Cesky Krumlov Day Trip incl. castle, marionette museum, torture museum, fairytale house, souvenir shopping, stroll around the back streets. Planning on getting the 7am bus from Prague and getting the 5pm bus back giving me 6.5 hours in Cesky, or the later 9pm bus back if I find other things to do.
Saturday 6th Aprilrague Castle incl Toy Museum, Golden Lane and changing of the gaurds ect, hoping to get here for around 9.30am and be finished here for 1pm then any shopping I've missed and shops I want to go to like pylones, bata shoes ect I will have approx 4 hours for shopping until I have to leave around 5pm for Prague airport for my departure flight back to UK at 19.40.
I know there's alot there but I am pretty fast paced and find I don't really stay in one place for long, for example a museum where somebody could possibly stay an hour I'd stay around 20mins, it's just how I am.
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Hi I am going to Prague 30th March till the 6th April and have already got my itinerary sorted, I am a frequent user of tripadvisor and already have had some great help and info from there but I also like this site for info as it seems to be two completely different communities. Anyway here it is, (nothing is 100% set in stone yet and looking to maybe add a few extra 'back up' things in)
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Took a walking ghost tour at night and it was crap - some stories, walking around and a beer but really just a tourist trap.
The Communism Museum is interesting and a guided walk through Prague would be good too.
Really a ton of museums on your list and there's definitely a diminishing return on the value of these when you go to more and more of them for information on fewer and fewer things. As a grown woman traveling alone, I'm curious as to your reason for seeing a toy train museum.
Guessing the Old-New Synagogue and the Old Jewish Cemetery are included in the Jewish Walking Tour; if not, you should visit them.
Terezin may take more than 5 hours total if the tour is comprehensive because it takes an hour to get there.
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Thanks and it isn't a ghost 'walking' tour as such it's a ghost tour of Prague castle at night after dark and I'm interested in things like that.
And as a grown woman I am only 18 years old, I am not visiting a toy train museum if you are on about Kralovstvi Zeleznic it is a miniature moving town I went to somewhere similiar in Berlin which was also full of adults, I just like quirky things like that.
Yes the Jewish Walking tour covers the whole of the Jewish Museum and Jewish Neighborhood.
The Terezin tour I think stated an approx time of 5-5.5 hours, I think it was a similiar lenght as when I visited Sachsenhausen in Berlin, but if it's longer then that will be better.
Thanks for the advice, I think we do have completely different interests though.
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Hi Kayleigh.
Personally I would recommend an overnight stay in Cesky Krumlov. It's quite a trip down and once you are there I think you will want to stay the night to soak up the atmosphere. It's a wonderful town. As long as it's not Easter weekend you would be fine just turning up and looking for a place to stay on the ground as there are many options.
You can travel there by bus but I recommend the train.
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A similar thing went on in 1987 when Gene Rodenberry returned to the Star Trek well to launch Star Trek: The Next Generation. Better camera and broadcasting equipment drove Paramount Pictures to spend more on sets, costumes and props which would appear crisper and clearer on the television sets of the day than the original 1966-69 series did.
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HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY CRAP Lamont. That was the most EPIC chapter. WHAT! That even beats out the Flaming Mecha battle chapter. I mean, JEEZ! The entire chapter was just...so...GOOD. Beyond good! I'm really at a loss for words right now. Seriously, super high quality writing Lamont. I was so far off the edge of my seat the entire time I had to have been hovering, lol. This is one of those chapters where i'm just so thouroughly impressed and enthralled that I wanna leave a huge reply...but...I just...I don't even. *brohug* So awesome. So. Awesome.
| Inuyashagirl312 chapter 49 . 7/20/2013
Oh god they are ALL RIDICULOUS! Why is it that everytime someone has an issue they leave?
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Ok i understand Star's position and i understand BB's it's up.
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Joined Mar 14, '04 - from 'California, USA'. herring_RN is a retired registered nurse. She has '>40 years' year(s) of experience and specializes in 'Critical care, tele, Medical-Surgical'. Posts: 15,926 (72% Liked) Likes: 30,247
Aug 24Quote from AndyBThe most important thing is to control the cost of healthcare services, but in terms of how we pay the costs, it's far more efficient (cheaper) to recognize from the start in general the same healthcare services are going to be provided no matter what, so the most efficient way to do it is to collect and pay our costs out of a single account.
The Average ObamaCare premium is $408 per month. This is a 9% increase from 2015.
The cost of health insurance has actually been rising sharply since long before obamacare.
Pre-obamacare premium increases were typically around 6%, with premiums going up by double digits in certain markets. A number of private insurers in some markets failed to properly calculate the ratio of healthy to chronically ill consumers that would purchase their insurance, and as a result are now having to adjust with increases around 9%. Obamacare just gives is a way to pay more of the cost of healthcare.
Quote from AndyBThat's not how insurance works, if you're a man and therefore unlikely to use maternity coverage for instance, that potential amount is not calculated into the cost, at least by reasonably competent insurance adjustors. Premiums are based on the amount of claims they predict they will pay out, if they are predicting they will pay out maternity coverage on a male and raising premium costs as a result then they are violating the actuarial value requirements of the ACA.Insurance was cheaper before Obamacare. Obama decided to add mandatory "qualified health plans" to the mix which requires unnecessary item coverage to people who have no use for these items. One example is men are for to buy new plans that include prenatal care, maternity coverage, and newborn care coverage. This includes women past childbearing age. Children's visits to doctors, dentists, and eye doctors even if you have no children. Obamacare policies also must include mental health and substance abuse services.
Yes, these added provisions increase the cost of medical insurance to people who do need or do not want these provisions.
If the cost of insurance through the exchanges is wildly over-estimated, why are so many insurers barely breaking even or even losing money?
Prior to the ACA, individual insurance certainly was cheap, but that's because it didn't really function as insurance. I went from paying about $600 a year for an individual market plan to more than $7000 through an employer, and was happy to do so.
Previously, the individual market was allowed to essentially decide they just didn't want to pay claims anymore on someone, the rate of claim denials was 1 in 7, with 6 digit claims almost guaranteed to result in plan cancellation. The ACA makes individual market plans pay their claims, which compared to not paying out claims is very expensive..
Quote from AndyBAs for your statement of "The CBO said that there will be a reduction in demand for hours amounting to about 2 million FTE's, not that it would "cost" 2 million jobs."
I guess you failed to see the link I posted clearly that said: "CBO: 2 million jobs' worth of hours lost under ObamaCare" Since you did not see it last time I put it in bold for you.
I did read it, did you? Because what it said was that the 2 million full time job equivalent reduction in hours was "almost completely due to decreased demand for hours" and cited the availability of quality insurance outside of employer-sponsored insurance as being a major factor.
Quote from AndyB"Prior to the ACA, adequate insurance was only available through the employer-sponsored group markets, which led many people to work "just for the benefits" ie access to quality health insurance."
That is not true. As a previous travel nurse it was easy to obtain coverage independently. You used to be able to simply go to a Blue Cross Blue Shield site, check out what you needed or wanted, and get the quote along with getting the insurance if so desired. This coverage was available for families also so I don't understand how you are trying to pain the picture that medical insurance was unavailable to small business owners also.
You trying to say that new grads from nursing schools can't get jobs? How bizarre. Last I knew we already have a nursing shortage and it is expected to get even worse:
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The only people cutting hours are those who do not want to lose subsides. But other peoples hours are being cut by employers so they won't have to be forced to offer them medical insurance. Garden's link: Fed Survey: Obamacare Causing Companies to Cut Jobs - CFO Journal. - WSJ
Obamacare has not saved money. It has increased medicaid sign-ups by 9 million to 10 million. This is paid for by taxpayers. In a recent report to Congress, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the cost of expansion was $6,366 per person for 2015, about 49 percent higher than previously estimated.
Medicaid estimate renews cost concerns over '''Obamacare'''
Where is the money coming from to pay for Obamacare subsides? This is paid for by taxpayers.
As for your statement of "(the first year of the ACA cost containment measures was the first time in 50 years that healthcare inflation didn't rise faster than general inflation)".
Another falsehood. The last time this happened was in 2008 which is 2 years before Obamacare.
Source:Quote from AndyBYou're correct that subsidies are funded by tax credits and tax deductions, which varies based on the persons ability to pay. Trump's plan greatly expands the amount taxpayers are contributing to health insurance for those who need insurance. The amount taxpayers contribute should be the minimum required, I don't agree with Trump's view that if we're going to contribute part of the cost that we should just go ahead and pay all of it.U.S. Health Care Costs Rise Faster Than Inflation Forbes Welcome
Aug 24Quote from AndyBI'm familiar with Mankiw's piece on private vs public administration costs, as well as the various articles in response that pointed out his rationale was exactly backwards which he seemed to agree with.Oh Really?
Only an extremely small portion of administrative costs are related to the dollar value of health care benefit claims. Expressing these costs as a percentage of benefit claims gives a misleading picture of the relative efficiency of government and private health plans.Medicare beneficiaries are by definition elderly, disabled, or patients with end-stage renal disease. Private insurance beneficiaries may include a small percentage of people in those categories, but they consist primarily of people are who under age 65 and not disabled. Naturally, Medicare beneficiaries need, on average, more health care services than those who are privately insured. Yet the bulk of administrative costs are incurred on a fixed program-level or a per-beneficiary basis. Expressing administrative costs as a percentage of total costs makes Medicare's administrative costs appear lower not because Medicare is necessarily more efficient but merely because its administrative costs are spread over a larger base of actual health care costs. When administrative costs are compared on a per-person basis, the picture changes. In 2005, Medicare's administrative costs were $509 per primary beneficiary, compared to private-sector administrative costs of $453.
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Hope you are not going to tell us the VA and Post Office are experts in efficiency because they are government.
It is true that the typical medicare beneficiary uses far more healthcare services than the typical under-65 private insurance recipient. As a result there are far more claims to process per beneficiary in medicare, which is why the per-beneficiary cost is higher for medicare. So while we're paying medicare slightly more per person, the volume of work per person is much higher, which means for the same amount of work, medicare does that work for less.
Aug 24Quote from AndyBI went through is plan in the forum dedicated to that topic, but again;At the beginning of the healthcare reform debate in 2009, Obama and most Congressional Democrats said private insurers would be less able to gouge consumers with unreasonably high premiums and deductibles if they had to compete with a government-run plan. That's because even though such a plan would have to abide by all the same rules as private insurers, the Public Option health plan would not be run by Wall Street and consequently would not need to allocate a substantial portion of premium revenue to reward shareholders (and, of course, insurance company CEOs).
You do realize that Hillary's campaign has gotten over $41 million from from Wall Street don't you:
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While they were saying that publicly, behind closed doors Obama administration officials were in constant communication with insurance industry lobbyists, and those lobbyists made it abundantly clear to the White House that while the industry could go along with most of the reform proposals Democrats were considering, they would not tolerate a Public Option.
Why are you lying about Trump having a plan identical to Obamacare?
Trumps's plan:
1. Completely repeal Obamacare. Our elected representatives must eliminate the individual mandate. No person should be required to buy insurance unless he or she wants to.
2. Modify existing law that inhibits the sale of health insurance across state lines. As long as the plan purchased complies with state requirements, any vendor ought to be able to offer insurance in any state. By allowing full competition in this market, insurance costs will go down and consumer satisfaction will go up.
3. Allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns under the current tax system. Businesses are allowed to take these deductions so why wouldn't Congress allow individuals the same exemptions? As we allow the free market to provide insurance coverage opportunities to companies and individuals, we must also make sure that no one slips through the cracks simply because they cannot afford insurance. We must review basic options for Medicaid and work with states to ensure that those who want healthcare coverage can have it.
4. Allow individuals to use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Contributions into HSAs should be tax-free and should be allowed to accumulate. These accounts would become part of the estate of the individual and could be passed on to heirs without fear of any death penalty. These plans should be particularly attractive to young people who are healthy and can afford high-deductible insurance plans. These funds can be used by any member of a family without penalty. The flexibility and security provided by HSAs will be of great benefit to all who participate.
5. Require price transparency from all healthcare providers, especially doctors and healthcare organizations like clinics and hospitals. Individuals should be able to shop to find the best prices for procedures, exams or any other medical-related procedure.
6. Block-grant Medicaid to the states. Nearly every state already offers benefits beyond what is required in the current Medicaid structure. The state governments know their people best and can manage the administration of Medicaid far better without federal overhead. States will have the incentives to seek out and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse to preserve our precious resources.
7. Remove barriers to entry into free markets for drug providers that offer safe, reliable and cheaper products. Congress will need the courage to step away from the special interests and do what is right for America. Though the pharmaceutical industry is in the private sector, drug companies provide a public service. Allowing consumers access to imported, safe and dependable drugs from overseas will bring more options to consumers.
Free market principles and having no requirement to buy insurance is far from Obamacare:
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#2 The ACA already allows for insurers to sell plans across state lines, it actually encourages this through the use of multi-state compacts which facilitate insurers in offering multi-state plans.
#3 Helping people afford insurance through offsetting taxes is a good idea, that's what the subsidies are. The difference in what Trump is proposing is that it would help a very small window of consumers go from not being able to afford insurance to being able to afford it since it would be a broad tax break. What makes more sense is to focus those tax incentives where they are really needed, otherwise we're just wasting money while at the same time doing less to fix the problem.
The biggest problem with this part of his plan is what he plans to do for those where a straight insurance deduction won't help, which is to put them on all fully government paid medicaid.
#4 HSA based are already not only an option but are more popular than ever. And you can already pass HSA's on to heirs tax free.
#5 The fees hospitals and other providers charge are already available, either through the CMS online database, various private groups that collect and share this data, and from the hospitals and providers themselves. Shopping around can be very useful, but only for a relatively small portion of the healthcare services we use. When you roll into the ER with a stroke, MI, etc, you don't have much leverage to bargain at that point, what makes far more sense is to utilize a service that can pre-negotiate all possible care you might need and use the leverage of a large block of consumers to negotiate for lower prices.
#6 Putting more people into medicaid while simultaneously cutting medicaid funding only makes the basic problem of medicaid worse. This will either result in these costs just getting shifted back to private insurance plans (which makes fewer people able to afford private insurance pushing them into medicaid which creates an ever-worsening death spiral of healthcare underfunding) or some portion of the population will just have to be removed from access to medical care.
#7 This one I agree with.
Aug 24Quote from PinayUSAHuma worked for her mother's Journal on Muslim issues, this was a peer reviewed research journal which was an open forum for Muslims to discuss Muslim issues, this of course included conservative views. This was not a journal sponsored by or otherwise promoting extremist or terrorist groups.Well it appears as if Huma worked at a radical muslim journal for 12 years.
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Aug 23Quote from herring_RNSimple Definition of desperation
- a strong feeling of sadness, fear, and loss of hope
- a state of hopelessness leading to rashness
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Used in a sentence: The desperation of Hillary supporters is getting very amusing.
Aug 23
Don't know that "desperate" exactly describes the Clinton campaign, though. So far, she's winning.
Seems like over-confidence would be more likely.
Aug 23Quote from RobtheORNurseYou almost had me. I clicked on the link expecting to see information such as date, location, and audience, just as I would in any evidence-based citation. But noooo, what I see is a reiteration of rumors that appeared on an anonymous discussion board. If a student submitted this, it would get a big red strikeout!In case there is doubt about Hillary Clinton, here is her speech.
Aug 23Quote from RobtheORNurseWhat "speech"? The article says that there is a rumor going around since the 1990s that Clinton made negative comments about nurses, but no one has ever been able to find any documentation that that actually occurred. We all know that. Nothing new, no "speech," no documentation of her making any kind of negative statement about nurses.In case there is doubt about Hillary Clinton, here is her speech.
Aug 23Quote from MassEDTrump is the most PC candidate out there, spouting any alt-right meme he thinks the current audience wants to hear, regardless of whether he believes it. Witness his pronouncements to the religious right.He does what he wants, he says it like it is, which bothers many in our unfortunate P.C. society. He is the change that will bring the change. Everyone is relieved that someone finally had the nerve to light this fire. Love it and so do MILLIONS.
The only truly new thing about his campaign is that he doesn't bother with dogwhistle coding, except when he's retweeting truly marginal nut-jobbery. "It was a sheriff's star!"
ETA: "Millions" may love it, but so far he's still losing, which gives me hope for the fundamental decency and common sense of the American people.
Aug 23Quote from MassEDOoookay ... Trump's business record is a little too spotty for you, so let's change the subject to national security and foreign policy.Why WOULDN'T the POTUS want an amiable relationship to another superpower?
That's just ridiculous to not want to work with Russia. Reagan worked with the Soviet Union. Treading softly is the answer. Maintaining friendly ties and good business relations is smart. Doubt that, then I doubt you.
I submit that "maintaining friendly ties" has more to do with his personal financial goals in Russia than in protecting US interests. He's willing to sell out the Crimea to get under Putin's skirt, even going so far as to insist that the Republican Party change it's own platform position against Russian annexation. As his business record shows, he puts his own interests before anything else. Why should I believe he would take better care of the American citizenry than he has of his own investors, employees or vendors?
Obviously, I'm not the only one wondering, since he's ditched Manafort so he doesn't have to answer any mor questions about that, either.
I think it's conceivable that a Trump presidency could well lead to the US becoming just another client state.
Then there's his bewilderment over nuclear weapons and the possible consequences of using them. I note with interest he's suddenly silent about that, too.
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All I know is I heard him say he was going to put his daughter Ivanka, and other experts in charge of "turning around healthcare because Obamacare doesn't "
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Well, there was that American-born dentist and his immigrant wife who supposedly seduced him into it. Maybe we should ban dentists?
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- August 16th Special meeting with Hardwick Town School Board: Our school board will be meeting with the Hardwick Town School Board to discuss Act 46 and potential merger options. View agenda.
- Share Your Thoughts on Transportation: The Woodbury Town School Board is reviewing transportation as the busing contract is renegotiated this fall, and we want to be sure the current bus routes best serve the transportation needs of all families. Click here to take a very brief online survey. Paper surveys are also available at the Woodbury Village Store.
- The Act 46 Exploratory Committee has concluded meetings for the 2015-16 school year. Meetings for next year have not yet been set. Learn more about this committee on OSSU's website. Meetings are open to the public
- We would like to thank the voters of Woodbury Town School District for passing the FY17 budget.
- Act 46 Survey update: our board discussed the results of the Woodbury Act 46 community survey at our March meeting. Themes that will continue to be explored and discussed are local control, increased opportunities for our students, and the sustainability of small schools. Two of us participate in the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee, and we will continue to provide updates on the committee's progress as it works to develop proposals for community review. Click here to review the surveys that were submitted.
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Glenn Beck watched the film "The Monuments Men" over the weekend and he seemed to like it ... but it was sort of hard to tell because the segment he spent reviewing it today on his radio program consisted primarily of him blaming "progressives" for the Holocaust.
Beck said the film made his blood boil because it never discussed the fact that President Franklin Roosevelt cared about saving works of art but made no effort to stop the Nazis from murdering millions of Jews because he, like progressives then and now, "are all anti-Jewish."
"Forget about the art," Beck bellowed. "What about the people? What happened to be the people? No, we didn't care. We didn't care. Progressives didn't care and so all of those Jews died. We could have stopped them. Instead of Monuments Men, how about Auschwitx Men, how about Dachau Men? Why didn't we do that? Because they didn't care ... They were all anti-Jewish, just as much as they're anti-Jewish now":
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Summer maternity chic! Pregnant Mila Kunis dresses baby bump in loose fitting blouse teamed with tiny black shorts
She is expecting her first baby with fiancé Ashton Kutcher.
And Mila Kunis has been experimenting with an array of different maternity styles to accommodate her growing belly.
The 30-year-old brunette stepped out on Friday looking chic in a loose fitting white top and tiny black shorts teamed with comfy white plimsolls.
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Maternity chic: Pregnant Mila Kunis stepped out in Los Angeles sporting a loose fitting white blouse and short black shorts on Friday
Mila was without Ashton with whom she is rumoured to be expecting a baby girl.
Reports initially indicated the fiercely private star would give birth in October, but rumours are swirling that she could become a mother as soon as next month.
The former That 70s Show star recently admitted she is very excited to marry her former co-star, 36, and is believed to be preparing to walk down the aisle next July.
Mother-to-be: Mila is expecting her first child - thought to be a girl with fiancé Ashton Kutcher
Good spirits: The Black Swan star looked happy and relaxed as she strolled around the city
She recently told W magazine 'I never wanted to get married. From the age of 12, I prepared my parents for no marriage.
'Then things changed - I found the love of my life. Now my theory on weddings is: Don't invite anyone. Do it privately and secretly. My parents are okay with that. They're just excited that I said yes.
'We all get movie star crushes. I'm marrying mine.'
The couple appeared together on TV comedy That 70s Show which ran from 1996 to 2008.
'My first real kiss ever was with him on the show,' she revealed. 'And when 'That '70s Show' had a prom, my date for the prom turned out to be my fiancé. We can honestly say that we went to prom together.'
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Golar LNG Limited is pleased to announce that it has entered into a firm contract to build four 160,000 m3 LNG carrriers with the Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd ("Samsung"). The newbuilding contracts were originally entered into by Companies affiliated with Golar's largest shareholder World Shipholding. Golar has acquired the newbuilding contracts from the affiliated party based on the original contracting terms.
Three vessels are to be delivered in 2013 and one in early 2014. The total cost of the four vessels is approximately $800 million. In addition Golar has an option to acquire further four vessels for delivery in 2013 and onwards.
Golar has options to include ice strengthening / winterisation of the ships as well as regasification equipment.
The vessels will be delivered with dual fuel diesel electric engines which will be significantly more efficient than steam turbines thereby reducing fuel costs materially. The new engines will also have lower emission levels of pollutants and CO2,
Chairman John Fredriksen says in a comment: "The supply / demand balance for LNG shipping looks increasingly attractive. It is clear from the continued strong global LNG demand and supply growth that a significant amount of new infrastructure, including shipping, will be required over the coming years. The relatively early delivery dates and the option package make this an attractive deal for Golar. Samsung's experience and ability to build FSRU's further strengthens the investment case."
Golar sees further opportunities in the new building markets and is currently actively pursuing several other projects with the target to increase the newbuilding program for early deliveries further.
Given the likely strengthening of the shipping market in the coming years Golar will spend some time to evaluate employment alternatives for the ships. Golar might consider a mixture of several different employment opportunities. These opportunities include spot trading, employment within Golar Commodities for its own cargo trading activities, joint venture structures with LNG suppliers and possible long-term time charters to third parties. Commitment within the FSRU segment for several of the ships seems also like a very realistic and attractive opportunity.
The equity financing of the newbuildings has been secured through the proceeds received from the initial public offering of Golar LNG Partners.
The Board of Golar LNG is very pleased with the way the Golar LNG Partners IPO has been received in the capital markets and sees the newbuildings program as a important project securing the future growth for both Companies.
Source: GOLAR LNG LIMITED
The first cargo of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) to target the world's largest energy consumer arrived Monday at the Chinese port of Yantian in Shenzhen near Hong Kong.
BW Group (BW) has signed a 15-year agreement with Pakistan GasPort Limited (PGPL) to provide LNG regasification services utilizing a new-build Floating Storage
Spurred by Panama Canal Expansion and U.S. LNG Export, $500 Million Shipyard Projects Starts
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