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The self-employed appear happier and more content than typical employees
The UK is experiencing a boom in microbusinesses and self-employment. Since 2008, the number of microbusinesses has grown by 600,000, while the size of the self-employed community has swelled to record levels.
Around 1 in 7 of the workforce now answer to themselves. Nor are these trends waning. The first quarter of 2014 saw 183,000 more people become self-employed – a remarkable figure by any stretch of the imagination.
But what to make of this phenomenon? Is it a sign of a resurgent entrepreneurial spirit? Or is it a symptom of a deeper malaise in our economy?
So far the debate has been distorted by a number of myths – the first being that most of the newly self-employed are there through no choice of their own.
While there is no doubt some truth in this, the results from our RSA/Populus survey found that only one in four of those who started up since the downturn in 2008 did so to escape unemployment.
Another myth is that a significant number of the new starters are 'odd jobbers', scratching around for work. Yet look closer at the data and we see that the biggest rise in self-employment has actually been in professional occupations – one of the highest skilled labour groups.
A third myth propagated by some is that this boom in self-employment is just part of a cyclical trend and will die down when the economy returns to full health. However, this ignores the fact that self-employment has been increasing year on year since at least 2000.
In short, the boom is as much to do with structural changes as with cyclical ones.
All of which begs the question of whether we really want more people to be working for themselves. What does being self-employed mean for their living standards, financial security and wellbeing?
At first sight, life appears to be very tough for these workers. Our analysis shows that the full-time self-employed earn 20 per cent less than their counterparts in typical jobs, and their weekly earnings have fallen by 10 per cent in real terms since 2000.
They also appear to work longer hours, have less holiday leave and be at risk of isolation.
Yet dig a little deeper and we find that a strange paradox exists: the self-employed appear happier and more content than typical employees. Eight in 10 of those we surveyed felt they were more satisfied in their working lives than they would have been in a conventional job.
Indeed, the vast majority said the work they do is more meaningful, and that they have more freedom to do the things they want. For many, these virtues are worth the average £74 a week in earnings that full-time workers sacrifice when becoming their own boss.
But this isn't just about abstract benefits – there are also plenty of practical advantages too. For example, two-thirds thought that working for themselves was important for being able to live where they want (e.g. in a rural location), over half for working around their physical health conditions, and over a third of caring for older relatives.
As our population ages and chronic health problems become more commonplace, it is not difficult to see how important self-employment could be in future years as a flexible form of work.
The fundamental lesson from our research is that we need to learn to live with the self-employed. Yes, there are a substantial number who are forced into this position, but there is little doubt that the vast majority enjoy being their own boss – and understandably so.
At present, however, many commentators like the TUC have failed to recognise this, and seem to want to hark back to a golden age when being an employee in a large organisation was the norm.
Not only is this futile, it also distracts us from the task of improving the living standards of the self-employed. In our report, we recommend that the government conducts an urgent review of policies that may affect these workers – from welfare and taxes, all the way through to housing and education. We also call upon trade unions to begin assisting the self-employed, even by bringing them into their ranks of members.
A third proposal is to support the creation of more co-operatives, which would allow the self-employed community to achieve more than the sum of its parts.
Believe it or not, this is an agenda that the left are well placed to drive forward. Yet at present, Labour is viewed with a great deal of suspicion by many in the business community.
Our survey reveals that less than 10 per cent of the self-employed think Labour are the best party for their business. This is despite several policy announcements such as the energy price freeze and a pledge by Ed Miliband to "go into the next election as the party of small business and enterprise".
The overriding message is that policy tweaks and pro-business speeches will no longer suffice. Rather, the left needs a root and branch re-think about its approach to small businesses – from Labour HQ to the trade unions, and all the way down to local activists.
In short, can the left learn to live with the self-employed?
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14 Responses to "Can the left learn to live with the self-employed?"
One would say the left love self-unemployment more!
How enlightened. The glorious collective of leftfootforward is going to allow us mere plebs to decide if we want to work for ourselves or not. It increasingly appears that East Germany is Miliband and followers role model.
Dave Roberts
I have been self employed for over forty years but would agree it's not for everyone. It's necessary to be self reliant and driven and most people aren't.
Sir Trev Skint MP
You cannot unionise self-motivated, aspirational people. Unions are viewed as workplace disruptors, and the self employed cannot afford their incomes to be impaired by constant calls to strike, work to rule, abolishing zero-hours contracts or minimum wage demands. These are the very things an entrepreneur will resist at all times.
Bruce Mason
This is an interesting topic. My wife took voluntary redundancy 3.5 years ago from a job paying more than mine to set up her own business. Between us we earn far less than previously and work far more hours. It wouldn't have happened if not for the recession but at the same time it wasn't forced on us. This is just one data point but indications are that is part of a reasonably common trend. The question of course is what the left can do in terms of support and solidarity for all people working. And for those of us who now also employ staff how we can work together to ensure that despite all the financial stresses of running a small business that we foster a work environment which is fair and equitable.
I am self employed and have been for 30 years. What I really, really want from the Government – and especially a Labour government is for it to eff right off and leave me well alone. Now.
Just shows the type of controlling mindset leftists have when they get jittery about the prospect of self-employed people increasing. Technology means collectivism is progressively becoming unnecessary. Individualism and modern technology are perfect bedfellows.
I think the question – which has answered itself, it seems -is: 'Can the self-employed afford to live with the Left?
As an instinctive Labour supporter when young, the clock first struck 13 in the late 70s when I heard – or read, I wish I could find the reference – Michael Foot saying that self-employment was a scourge he wished to abolish.
He might have rephrased this; he might rightly have said that there many types of exploitative casualisation that he wished to protect people from, which we could all applaud.
But he didn't, and he was a man whose trade was words.
So we took him at his.
It all fitted a picture of a Labour Party that was saying to its supporters,'Thus far shall you go, and no further; we need you in large, easily manoeuvred blocs. We genuinely wished to raise your living standards, but increasing your freedom of choice was never part of the deal.'
To his credit, this is one big thing that Tony Blair did understand. But rebranding the party as the engine of a new, largely public-sector middle class , created by state intervention since the war, which zealously pulled up the ladder just as Crosland foresaw in the 50s, was to surrender to the dangers of the new situation, not to lead through them.
I somehow think that admitting you've been wrong for the last forty years will not be a vote-winner.
What this article also hints at is the belated realisation that importing a new electorate to offset the dwindling support of the old one is not panning out as expected.
I've worked in the private, public and voluntary sectors. I was also an HR practitioner in all 3 for many years. I changed career at age 50 to start my own mobile computer repair business. I earn less than I did as an employee. I love being my own boss, managing my own time and effort, working directly with customers. I've also been in the Labour Party, and intermittently a trade union member, since university 30 years ago and am a party activist and officer.
In the last 5 years I've worked for and networked with numerous self-employees – whether sole traders, home or small business owners, contractors or partners – who had progressive political views. I live in a true blue constituency in the South East.
I see no inherent contradiction between being on the left/progressive and self-employed. Authenticity, integrity and ethical behaviour are all consistent with self-employment. I strive to live, trade and do my politics on that basis.
Whilst the heading of the article appears patronising to self-employed people, no-one seems go be disputing the research findings. The left is broader than The Labour Party but as the largest political organisation on the left Labour dominates and its structures inevitably reflect its history and largest contributors. Labour and the wider left/progressives need to develop economic and employment policy and practice that encourages all types of decent employment, self-employment and other forms of tenure. Self-employed people have much expertise, experience and energy to contribute to progressive politics, not least arguing for/encouraging enterprise, decentralisation of power and an enabling rather than a controlling local/national government regime.
Self-employed people can be every bit as exploitative, to themselves, as some employers are to their staff. Small businesses can be as environmentally/corporately responsible and contribute to their communities just as much as medium and large enterprises.
So let's stop thinking and acting on the basis of lazy, inaccurate generalisations, prejudices and stereotypes about self-employment and how a left of centre government might behave towards the private sector. Let's start thinking seriously and demonstrating how self-employment is a valid choice, and a valuable contributor to, a vigorous mixed economy.
The left hates self-employed people for the following reasons:
1. The whole notion of being self-employed implies a degree of entrepreneurship and profit driven imperative by individuals. This is fundamentally at odds with the left wing view of the world.
2. Individuals who are self-employed do not fit any neat 'workers' vs 'bosses' mentality on which so much left wing thinking is predicated.
3. "Build me a path from cradle to grave" sang Billy Bragg. Left wingers want a society of big government, paternalistic structures that homogenise individuals and provide rigid structures and paths on how people should live.
Socialism has no place in the modern world. It holds back the talented, demonises anyone who creates wealth, strips people of their individuality and pulls people down to the lowest common denominator.
joey be
who is this left? and how come some of you are their spokesperson?
Baron John Arbuthnot Fisher
Another 6th form common room level piece, by a tired, out of date and irrelevant left wing base of retarded thinking.
I have rarely read anything so devoid of any actual facts in their context, but when I do it's generally from a space just like this one.
mark conway
Kevin T
"Our survey reveals that less than 10 per cent of the self-employed think Labour are the best party for their business."
I wonder what percentage has contracts with the State. If I made my living off PFI deals, I wouldn't just vote Labour, I'd campaign for them.
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In this project you will find a Silverlight 5 library for the Kinect. This is made possible by using the Silverlight P/Invoke feature which will call the native Kinect SDK v1.0 API. Along with this library, we also made an event system for the most common gestures.
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Hello, I've a question. How can I get the Team Foundation Server User and Password??, When I try to open this project, it needs this User and password. Where I can register?? Thank you
@glider:Just click on cancel... It's not required and just an artifact of the source being hosted on CodePlex in a TFS based repostiory. So click on Cancel and then Ok on the next dialog and you should be good
Using a Kinect sensor in SL5: just perfect! Imagine how many users you can reach with this?
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Hi Greg, I am looking for a sample project that demonstrates gesture recognition. I've tried various projects but it seems that many are outdated and use the old beta SDK. Do you have any advice for me or just pass me in the right direction? How can I make this work?
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Hi, i'm from argentina. I have a problem with this project when I debug this. The error says there are security problems with some external methods. Anyone knows how to fix it?
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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Jan 26, 1993
|Filing date
|Jan 7, 1992
|Priority date
|Jul 11, 1990
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Marvin Tabasky, Victor Cataldo, Thomas W. Fitzgerald, Jagannath Chirravuri, Craig A. Armiento, Paul O. Haugsjaa
|Original Assignee
|Gte Laboratories Incorporated
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (7), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (28), Classifications (14), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application entitled "Method and Device for Passive Alignment of Diode Lasers and Optical Fibers", Ser. No. 07/551,219, filed Jul. 11, 1990 by Armiento et al., assigned to the same assignee as the present application, which is to issue as U.S. Pat. No. 5,077,878 on Jan. 7, 1992.
The present invention relates to optical component packaging and, more particularly, to an assembly for passively aligning diode lasers to optical fibers, and a method of fabricating such an assembly.
This application is further related to copending application entitled "Method of Establishing Soldered Connections", Ser. No. 07/759,246 filed Sept. 13, 1991 by Fitzgerald et al., assigned to the same assignee as the present application, and copending application entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A FIBER ARRAY", Ser. No. 07/760,049, filed Sept. 13, 1991 by J. A. Cambriello, and assigned to the same assignee as the present application.
Copending applications Ser. No. 07/551,219, 07/759,246, and 07/760,049 are hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
Long-haul optical telecommunication networks currently utilize high performance optoelectronic components such as lasers and photodetectors that are coupled to single mode optical fibers. Although presently these components are expensive, their effective cost is low since they are shared among thousands of customers. The economic situation is beginning to change as telephone companies extend the optical fiber network directly to the home. Expansion of optical fiber into the local loop will require several optoelectronic, electronic and fiber components for each customer. This situation will impose significant demands on realizing optoelectronic components that can be manufactured at low cost.
The cost of all optoelectronic (and most electronic) components is dominated by the package rather than the device itself. For example, the alignment and attachment of an optical fiber pigtail and a diode laser in an optical transmitter are the most costly packaging steps. The cost of this operation for a single transmitter will be multiplied for applications involving the use of many parallel transmitters in the local loop in which arrays of lasers are coupled to arrays of single mode fibers.
In addition to telecommunication applications, the issue of low cost optoelectronic components will also determine the economic viability of other applications of optoelectronic technology such as the use of optical interconnects in high speed computers.
The conventional approach to attachment of a fiber pigtail to a diode laser package is a labor intensive process. The laser must first be die and wire bonded to the package so that it can be biased to its normal operating condition. The input end of the fiber pigtail is then mechanically manipulated in front of the laser active region while the optical output of the fiber is monitored until optimal coupling is achieved. A single mode fiber (9 μm core diameter) must be positioned with submicron accuracy in front of the laser emitting region, which typically has dimensions of about 2�0.2 μm. Once the maximum coupling has been obtained, the fiber is bonded into place.
Disadvantageously, this approach requires either human interaction or expensive equipment that automatically dithers the fiber to its optimal position. An additional disadvantage is that the fiber can move from its optimal position during the process of attachment to the package due to the motion of bonding materials (such as epoxy shrinkage) or during the use of the laser in the field. This conventional alignment technique will be significantly more complicated as the need develops for the coupling of laser arrays to fiber arrays.
The alignment of fiber arrays to laser arrays has been reported for the case of multimode fibers (50 μm core diameter) by Jackson et al. in "Optical fiber coupling approaches for multichannel laser and detector arrays," SPIE Vol. 994 (1988).
It is a principal object of the present invention to obviate the above-noted and other disadvantages of the prior art.
It is a further object of the present invention to fabricate an assembly which permits alignment of a laser array to a fiber array using a strictly passive alignment procedure.
It is a further object of the present invention to fabricate a waferboard assembly which enables precise positioning of the fiber relative to the laser active region with the potential for submicron accuracy.
In one aspect of the invention, a package, including a substrate, aligns a plurality of optical receiving elements to a plurality of active elements integrated on a chip. The package comprises two front pedestal structures and one side pedestal structure at respective locations on a surface of said substrate, and two vertical post structures at respective locations on the surface of said substrate. The chip is mounted on said vertical structures in abutting contact with said front pedestal structures and with said side pedestal structure, such that said receiving elements are in optical communication with said active elements.
In another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for fabricating a waferboard assembly having a substrate. The method comprises the steps of etching the substrate to form one side pedestal structure and two front pedestal structures, etching the substrate to define grooves in said substrate, and masking said substrate and depositing a polyimide material on said masked substrate to form at least two post structures within a mounting region defined by said pedestal structures.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary waferboard structure according to the present invention; and
FIGS. 2-5 (2A-2B, 3A-3C, 4A-4D and 5A-5G) present a series of illustrative diagrams outlining the sequential processes for fabricating a waferboard assembly of the present invention; and
FIG. 6 is an upper perspective view of the fabricated waferboard assembly.
FIG. 1 illustrates a waferboard structure 10 used as a platform for passively aligning a four-element laser array chip 13 to a four-fiber array with individual fibers 14. In accordance with the present invention, the waferboard includes three pedestals 15, 16, and 17 fabricated at predetermined locations on substrate 12 to facilitate positioning of the laser array chip on the substrate. A mating channel (inset) is preferably fabricated into the laser chip as a lip extending over pedestal 15.
The laser array chip 13 is positioned in the x and y directions by being placed in concurrent abutting contact with the three pedestals, 15, 16, and 17, wherein the position of the laser array in the x direction (towards the fibers) is determined by front pedestals 16 and 17, while alignment of the center line of the laser active regions to the center of the fiber cores in the y-direction is achieved by side pedestal 15. The chip 13 rests on vertical pedestal standoff structures 18 and 19 which determine the position of the chip in the z-direction.
FIGS. 2-5 illustrate the processing steps in fabricating a waferboard structure in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Similar structures and layers throughout the drawings are represented by common numbering.
FIG. 2 diagramatically presents a series of intermediate waferboard structures illustrating the process for fabricating micromachined silicon alignment pedestals 15, 16, and 17 on substrate 12. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a 3-inch (100)-oriented silicon wafer 20 mils thick is provided as a starting wafer substrate 12. The wafer is initially cleaned in an FSI system. A layer 21 of silicon dioxide is grown in a steam ambient on substrate 12 to a thickness of 1μ.
A post aligner mask is used to deposit a 1μ-thick layer of photoresist 22 on oxide layer 21. The oxide is plasma-etched in a Perkin Elmer Omni System with a fluorine etch chemistry, and the photoresist is removed to produce the structure in FIG. 2C. The silicon substrate is then plasma-etched in a PLASMA THERM C12 system with a chlorine etch chemistry to form a pedestal structure 23 capped with oxide 21. As shown in FIG. 2D, the oxide serves as a mask for facilitating development of the post during silicon etching. The protective mask of oxide growth 21 is stripped to fully expose the pedestal 23 as shown in FIG. 2E.
The next sequence of fabrication steps illustrated in FIGS. 3A-C define the silicon V-grooves 11 in the wafer substrate. As shown in FIG. 3A, low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) is used to uniformly deposit a 0.1μ-thick layer 24 of silicon nitride on the wafer structure in FIG. 2E. A photoresist layer 25 with a thickness of 4.5μ is then deposited on the silicon nitride layer. An appropriate photolithographic mask defines a groove area 26 where plasma etching with a fluorine chemistry in a SLOAN system removes silicon nitride to expose a portion of the substrate as shown in FIG. 3B. The remainder of the photoresist masking layer 25 is then removed.
The exposed substrate is controllably etched at a rate of 0.7μ/minute with a KOH/alcohol mix at 80� C. to produce a groove 11.
The next processing steps shown in FIGS. 4A-C define the vertical pedestal standoff structures 18 and 19. The nitride layer in FIG. 3C is stripped using an HF solution, cleansed with an H2 SO4 /H2 O2 solution, and recoated with a 1000Å thick deposit of nitride 41 to form the structure of FIG. 4A.
A photosensitive polyimide material is spun on the FIG. 4A wafer at 2500 RPM for 25 seconds to form a 6μ-thick polyimide layer 42. The wafer is laid flat and baked at 110� C. for 30 minutes. A photolithographic pedestal mask is used to expose and develop the wafer of FIG. 4B to produce the wafer of FIG. 4C having a pedestal structure 43. The pedestal is cured by baking to form the wafer structure of FIG. 4D.
The processing steps of FIG. 5A-D define the metal regions on substrate 12 for die mounting of bypass capacitors and laser driver circuitry or for providing a ground layer for a multilayer interconnect structure that would incorporate the necessary bypass capacitance and provide for mounting of the driver circuitry.
A deposit of plasma silicon nitride 51 is made on the structure of FIG. 4D at a thickness of 0.2μ as shown in FIG. 5A. A photosensitive polyimide mask is used to deposit a polyimide layer 52 on the silicon nitride layer 51, except for a desired region 55 as shown in FIG. 5B. A suitable metal layer 56 with a thickness of 0.7μ is then deposited on the polyimide 52 and on the exposed plasma-deposited silicon nitride in region 55 as shown in FIG. 5C. A liftoff step using methylene chloride and ultrasonic agitation removes the deposited metal outside region 55 to produce the structure of FIG. 5D and pattern 1 (FIG. 6).
The resultant waferboard structure has a silicon pedestal height of 9μ, a groove depth of approximately 150μ, and a polyimide pedestal height (when cured) of 5μ. Although FIGS. 2-5 illustrate the formation of a single pedestal, groove, and vertical post, any number of such structures can be fabricated at desired location with the same number of processing steps by using an appropriate mask.
The following steps are used only if multilayer metal is required. A dielectric film is deposited on the structure of FIG. 5D using PECVD. An appropriate mask is used to deposit polyimide on selected areas. The PECVD film is then etched in fluorine chemistry to open contacts to the base metal and then metal 2 is deposited on the polyimide. A lift-off step using methylene chloride and ultrasonic agitation removes the deposited metal from selected areas.
The following steps shown in FIG. 5E-G illustrate the formation of the metallization pattern 2 in FIG. 6. A photosensitive polyimide mask is used to define a polyimide layer 57 on the silicon nitride 51 except for a desired region 58 as shown in FIG. 5E. Metal with a consistency of Ti-Ni-Au 59 is then deposited uniformly on the wafer followed by uniformly deposited indium solder 60, FIG. 5F. The metal and solder outside the metallization region are removed with methylene chloride and ultrasonic agitation leaving metal deposit 61 as the metal wettable pads discussed in the copending application of John Cambriello (FIG. 5G).
The formation of solder dam regions at selected areas of the metallization is accomplished via definition of photosensitive polyimide at the selected areas shown as 6 in FIG. 1 and as 2 in FIG. 6. These dam regions are used to prevent solder from flowing to undesired regions of the metallization pattern. At this point in the fabrication, the wafer is ready for sawing into individual waferboard substrates for the mounting of laser arrays and electronics and final packaging.
The preferred embodiment is illustrative of the present invention, and therefore should not serve to limit the scope of the present invention. It should be obvious to those skilled in the art that other processing steps, materials, and dimensions may be used within the scope of the present invention.
While there has been shown and described what are at present considered the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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|International Classification
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|Apr 10, 1992
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This position is responsible for professional patient care and assisting the Cardiologist and Radiologist in performing cardiac diagnostic, cardiac interventional and invasive radiology procedures of the cardiac, vascular and circulatory systems. This position utilizes the patient care process to ensure safe and competent, quality patient care. The CVT III assists in all procedures performed in the invasive cardiology area and supports the medical care of all patients requiring any cardiac or peripheral catheterization and/or intervention under the direction of the Medical Staff pursuant to the Mission and objectives of the organization.
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Cape Town - ANC City of Cape Town councillor Tony Ehrenreich has asked the public protector to investigate the "corrupt" sub-letting of city-owned holiday cottages in Gordon's Bay.
Ehrenreich said the holiday cottages were hired to "many" National Party councillors under 50-year leases before the end of apartheid in 1994.
Many of the R1 200 a month leases are now being subleased to others for up to R20 000 per month.
"These holiday cottages are the property of the City of Cape Town and should be available for the use of all the citizens of Cape Town," Ehrenreich wrote in a letter to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
"This is clearly corrupt and a perpetuation of the looting that had happened under apartheid, by the apartheid beneficiaries. We would like the public protector to also consider whether it is legal for apartheid theft to continue, where these are in conflict with the Municipal Finance Act."
The City of Cape Town was not immediately available for comment on Wednesday afternoon.
Then stop falling into the politician stereotype...and stop talking and do. It's really not that difficult. Be proactive man! If someone is doing something fishy, then they should be brought into the light and face the charges.
Aish they are trying hard to find something now on the DA....LOL
And where do you see any reference to the DA in this article, Aish?
The trouble is, all these timely releases of information to the media are well and good, but they're not distracting anyone from Cele, Cwele, and Malema, to name a few. Investigate ALL of the crime - don't try and distract the public, because we're not falling for it.
That is what is happening. All the corruption is being brought into light, from all angles. We need more of this to happen. They should all be investigated and corrective action taken. This is just awful, that Aparheid beneficiaries are still creaming it in today. Makes me sick to the stomach.
Yet another diversion about something that they missed on their watch when the ANC were in power - now it comes to light and will probably turn out to be perfectly legal - 50 year leases are pretty normal transactions in most parts of the world and lessees have the onus of having to maintain the buildings for that entire period as well.
Rates and taxes, lights, water and refuse removal are also for the lessee's account.
The lease amount being paid back seems too little, much as leases are legal. There is something fishy here, sounds more like legalised theft!!
Great stuff Tony, are you going to ask the PP to investigate the Arms Deal too? It was clearly corrupt and has perpetuated in the looting that us happening under the ANC now.
Sour Grapes...
T.Ehrenreich is just trying to divert attention from appalling corruption and racist conduct within ANC and lame duck president; do not expect anybody to start listening to you before you prepared to take stand against own party and corruption by Mfeketo when she was Mayor and widely know dubious dealings by last ANC provincial gov specifically in Transport ministry
if a 50 year lease was signed, why is it illegal? just because they were affiliated with a political party why does that make them ineligible to carry on their lease? I agree that its good that the ANC in cape town bring stuff to attention because it keeps the DA on its toes and gives a bit of healthy competition, but not if its just an attention diversion.
So what then is the issue with rous Shabangu and the Cele lease- they were signed, and what does it matter tha Shabangu is a "friend" of the president.....why does that get viewed a corruption and this not. I suppose we should sweep it under the carpet- much like the looting that took place pre94...leave the white guys and forget the past- but blacks need to be brought into line. Hipocrtite.
There are a lot of laws that were passed during the Apartheid era, that were illegal by virtue of them being racist. If this is one of them, where for instance only white people would have been eligible to lease at the time, by all means they should be reversed.
We certainly do not want to perpetuate a situation of specific groups of people owning property or reaping great benefits of money from resources that belong to government.
When will the ANC stop blaming apartheid for everything that goes wrong in their lives ?
When white people have finally paid the price for the f@ck up that whey caused...when they admit the damage they did, and participate in fixing the countrey rather tha sitting on the sidelines and pinting fingers, like you lot actually have a track record to substantiate your high and mighty position in SA.....
@Rajty. White people voted themselves out of power (the only time in the history of the word where people in power voted themselves out) White people who still have jobs spend on average a third of their day working to pay tax. If the ANC cannot figure how to use this money effectively after 17 years, that's not white peoples problem.
@ Rajty. The whites built South Africa into the economic powerhouse it was. All the ANC have done is surf that wave toward the shore. When it reaches the shore they will have to paddle out for the next one. Unfortunately due to their policies, it's going to be a tiny wave. Blaming whites won't change that.
@ Worldwise, I think all the waves have either been stolen or broken.
Small potatoes in comparison to what your alliance partner is getting up to, Ehrenreich. While I tend to agree that municipal property should not be used for private gain by individuals - and therefore should be investigated and stopped, you are applying bandaids to patient needing a heart, lung and brain transplant.
I agree. At the same time, corruption is corruption, wherever it takes place.
Why doesn't this PRICK start doing something good,instead of just looking for crap like a flippin dung beetle.
Do we know that this is really a fact, the TRUTH? The communists has a logo that says "THE BIGGER THE LIE, THE MORE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IT"
Will somebody please veryfy the validity of this claim by Ehrenrich?
There is no such thing as "truth" in party politics. It's a dirty game played by opposing groups, each with it's own set of interests.
if this is corruption then it is just a drop in a bucket in comparison to what the ANC have done and still doing. this Tony dude sure loves to sling Mud, why doesn't he rather try to make a difference perhaps then people will look at him more positively
all good points unfortunately they come from someone who (ALLEGEDLY) openly supports the ruling party and therefore by extension the ongoing corruption within Government. which automatically means that he is not only a poor witness who must be investigated to ascertain his honesty but also that his motives must be questioned. On the other hand we do need to have the public protector investigate and bring to book anyone found guilty of using the system for personal gain, although this may be a waste of time and money, we have already seen that the ANC senior officials are nothing more than empty vessels making a lot of noise all of which lacks any substance...well ALLEGEDLY anyway.
Mr Ehrenreich, Good Investigate the NP, we do not want them or their families like the ANC to benefit from anything in this country, the main beneficiries are the citizens of this country who pay your salaries.Then you must also investigate all the parking garages, parking meters, city market areas that have been leased to CTCC officials. We welcome all of these investigations so that we know what not to use so that we enrich thes so called officials.
All corruption is bad, but lets not talk about pennies when billions are being carried off in the gravy train...perspective please.
You should view Ehrenreich's demands in context. This is the man that did not know that destroying opposition posters is illegal and morally wrong. Same I.Q. as Juliarse Malema!
ah Tony -- doesn't the commies wana play with you anymore..?


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Sunday, February 17, 2013
"The God Who Weeps" and Emotional Relationships
"That God has a heart that beats in sympathy with ours is the reality that draws us to Him. That He feels real sorrow, rejoices with real gladness, and weeps real tears with us. This, as the prophet Enoch learned, is an awful, terrible, yet infinitely comforting truth."
"God chooses to love us. And if love means responsibility, sacrifice, vulnerability, then God's decision to love us is the most stupendously sublime moment in the history of time. He chooses to love even at, necessarily at, the price of vulnerability."
"God is not exempt from emotional pain. Exempt? On the contrary, God's pain is as infinite as his love."
"Tenderness suggests sensitivity. A loving heart, like an exposed nerve, is by definition susceptible to pain."
"This vulnerability, this openness to pain and exposure to risk, is the eternal condition of the Divine."
These are all quotes from the introduction and first chapter of The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life by Terryl and Fiona Givens. The basic argument of the first chapter is that emotional vulnerability is a divine attribute and that our Heavenly Father chooses to love us even though it comes with the price of experiencing hurt and pain caused by our imperfect decisions.
This has given me a lot to think about. Throughout my short life, I've known those (myself included) who have learned to deal with hurt by limiting the extent to which they emotionally invest in relationships with others, be they individuals or communities. When others inflict harm (whether intentionally or not), a common response is to withdraw emotionally to one degree or another from the relationship. Experience suggests that the less we emotionally invest, the less it hurts when others do us harm. I suppose this is a natural defensive mechanism that we develop over time as a way to protect ourselves and our emotional well-being.
In contrast, the compelling and persuasive argument put forth in The God Who Weeps seems to suggest that the ideal for us is to emulate God by deliberately choosing to love and emotionally invest, even at the risk of pain and hurt, and continuing to love and invest even after experiencing real (as opposed to expected or hypothetical) pain and hurt.
Reason and experience, however, strongly suggest that persisting in harmful relationships is not a wise course of action, as protecting oneself (physically, emotionally, and spiritually) is also important counsel that we are regularly given, both in the secular world as well as the Church. We simply cannot fulfill our covenants to be of service to one another, not to mention maintaining a strong emotional and mental well-being, if we have no emotional resources to draw upon. Thus, protecting those scarce emotional resources seems also to be a goal worth prioritizing, which can be jeopardized by choosing to invest and engage in hurtful relationships.
So how are we to reconcile this apparent paradox of pursuing the divine ideal of loving and investing versus taking preventive measures to protect our emotional health and overall well-being?
One possible avenue would be to recognize that while God has an infinite reserve of emotional strength to draw upon in choosing to love us, we mortals are imperfect and finite, meaning that our "emotional reservoir" necessarily has a limited, finite capacity to handle emotional trauma. While it may be ideal to be able to love and emotionally invest in unlimited quantities as God does, it seems ultimately impossible to do so in our limited, mortal capacity. Perhaps at this stage, we're called upon to emotionally invest to the extent to which we are reasonably able given the depth of our "emotional reservoir," and then to allow ourselves to not feel guilty when we decline to love and invest beyond our realistic capacities. (And this capacity is different for everyone. I sometimes envy those who seem to have bottomless "emotional reservoirs"...) Perhaps this should be done in the recognition that it is an imperfect solution and that as we continue to grow and progress, our emotional reservoirs increase their capacity to love and invest, and that someday we'll be closer to the divine ideal than we currently find ourselves.
In conclusion, this prompts me to consider questions like these: What can we do to increase the capacity of our emotional reservoirs, so that we have more resources with which to love and invest in relationships? Is this something that is "fixed" by our personalities and/or physiologies or can this be increased by methods either secular or spiritual? What, if anything, can we do to foster relationships that are safe for all parties involved to be emotionally vulnerable while limiting exposure to emotional risk? To me, at least, these are some fundamental questions to our efforts to create Zion-like communities using imperfect building blocks of human beings.
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Saturday, February 16, 2013
The Bitter End
Too soon, people were leaving our home. Christmas was over and it was time to get back to the daily grind. We tried to enjoy every second with those that were able to stay a little longer.
Here's a priceless video.
|She's so pretty. Love my sister.
|Lucy loves to play games. Isn't this the cutest outfit ever?
|Kyle and Amy celebrated their anniversary at our house.
|Cute boy.
|She decided to lock her cousins in their room. I think she was made that they weren't awake yet.
|We replaced the color on house with a color on rocket ship this year. We bought it after Christmas, once they were on clearance. These provide great entertainment for the kids. I love them.
|They even let Abigail color on it this year on the nice side.
Here's a priceless video.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Service Project
|I was a little startled to find this spider, and Frodo hanging down from his string, on my kitchen shelf. That spider is lucky that it survived the day.
I wanted to organize a service project while my family was here. Our ward was in charge of taking meals to some needy people one Saturday and I signed us up for dessert. I wasn't about to make cookies and call it good, especially when I saw two of my friends making this cute craft that they found on Pinterest. The pinner even included the free download for the project. I helped one of my friends make these for her daughter's class and then she gifted the leftover whoppers to me. My other friend also gifted me her leftovers. In the end, we made over fifty packages. It was fun and everybody was helpful. They turned out extremely cute.
|Daddy loved this shirt that his little girl received for Christmas.
|I love how she is so comfortable with her family. She warms up quickly.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Love Them
I love my family. It's probably funny that it is Valentine's day and I am blogging about Christmas still, but that is how my blogging goes. If we're lucky, I will already be blogging about V-day by St. Patrick's day.
We had another special evening where we gathered to sing hymns and Christmas songs. Grandpa gave a devotional at the end. It was neat. I turned on the fire and stayed in front of it for most of the night. The harmonies were beautiful and we all enjoyed the beautiful music and the chance to sing.
|Some people were more involved than others.
|Kyle and Amy sang for us. So amazing!
|Karolyn also sang. I love to hear her sing.
On the first Sunday, I sang with my dad, my mom, Rob, and Karolyn. Kimberly was too sick to sing. (Did I mention that everyone in their family was on antibiotics that week and they still made it all the way to my house for Christmas? Now that is dedication.) It was nice.
Kyle and Amy weren't there the first Sunday, so I asked them to sing a duet on the next Sunday. They graciously agreed and we were so lucky to hear them sing in our ward. I love my family. So talented.
|Ben and some of the boys enjoyed a day trip to Abraham Lincoln's birthplace. Here is the 'shrine' that encases the spot.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Last year Kimberly and I had this genius idea to go Christmas clearance shopping. We had a lot of fun. we found gingerbread houses on sale and decided to buy them and use them the next year. I put mine in the deep freeze and forgot about it. Kimberly brought hers with her this year and I pulled mine out from the freezer. It worked great. The candy was soft and the frosting worked well.
Karolyn was oh so patient as she helped the kids with their houses. She is so creative.
Karolyn was oh so patient as she helped the kids with their houses. She is so creative.
|I tried to make trees again like I had last year, but they were not near as successful and my hands hurt form squeezing the frosting bag.
|Last year.
|This year.
|Kits really do make things easier. I went to CVS clearance this year and bought six new kits for $2 each for next Christmas.
|Benjamin enjoying some sweet baby time.
|Nice glasses.
|I always love a good cuddle. Not sure if, or why, she was sad here.
|Best husband ever. I love this man.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Snowflake Extravaganza
|Cute baby.
|Kyle was in charge of the snowflake competition There were several categories and awards. Some people in my family are extremely talented.
|I still have not taken these down. I love them. I won a prize, but I think it was a pity prize. My snowflakes were sub par. :)
|Brye made this one?
|Bryce again?
|Karolyn made this 3D snowflake.
|Kyle likes the flames.
|Karolyn, or maybe Kyle?
|Bryce or Jeffrey?
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TransWorld SURF Business is excited to announce that Casey Koteen will be joining the staff as managing editor starting November 10.
Previously Koteen was associate editor of Surfing magazine from April 2000 to February 2002, where he handled a variety of tasks, including long-term editorial planning, management of writing budgets, and producing feature-length articles.
Koteen also has extensive surf-industry retail experience, working at Rusty Surfboards Del Mar from 1992 to 2000, eventually working his way up to manager. During this time he was menswear buyer, helped head up the shop's marketing and advertising initiatives, and spearheaded several innovative strategies designed to encourage return business.
"TransWorld SURF Business is such a highly respected and valuable publication, it's really an honor to be a part of it, says Koteen. "As our industry goes through unprecedented growth and development, the role of the magazine has become increasingly important. I'm looking forward to giving its readership the quality reporting, market insight, and unparalleled industry coverage that they've come to expect from TransWorld SURF Business. These great qualities have made the magazine such a success, and I'm very excited to continue that tradition.
According to TransWorld SURF Business Editor Sean O'Brien, the competition for the position was fierce: "It was gratifying that so many high-quality candidates were interested in the job — it certainly made the final selection process challenging.
"However, the combination of Koteen's editing and writing skills, his magazine and surf-retail experience, and his easy-going manner make him clearly my top choice, continues O'Brien. "I look forward to Koteen joining the team — he'll have a lot to offer the market and an exciting, fresh perspective as well.
Not surprisingly, Koteen is also an accomplished surfer who held the number-two ranking in the NSSA College Men's division in 1995, and the number-four ranking during the 1996 season. He's also an accomplished musician, an ironwork artisan, and he recently tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Katie.


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Originally released in 1979, the CT300 was one of the first ever tennis shoes produced by New Balance, offering superior cushioning and durability on the court. For 2014, the heritage style makes a return, handcrafted from premium materials at New Balance's factory in Flimby, UK. To mark the occasion, New Balance is collaborating with Firmament in Berlin, hanon in Aberdeen, 24 Kilates in Barcelona, and Sneakersnstuff in Stockholm and London, to produce four exclusive limited edition colorways of the classic court shoe. The exclusive colorways will be available at each of the corresponding shops beginning June 27.
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An app that can translate sign language into text is being developed. Users will be able to sign into a camera on their smartphone or computer and the software will turn their words into written text.
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen hope that their work will help young deaf people to find work.
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Authorities have released an Indianapolis man who they say fatally shot another man in an apparent dispute over a dog.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Authorities have released an Indianapolis man who they say fatally shot another man in an apparent dispute over a dog.
Indianapolis police said Friday that 26-year-old Albert Rogers was released because he had a valid gun permit and both men were brandishing weapons. Police say the case will be turned over to prosecutors for review.
Rogers had been taken into custody soon after the Thursday night shooting death of 31-year-old Joshua Tucker at a home in the 1300 block of South Edgecombe Avenue on the city's south side.
Police said they found Tucker, a father and soon-to-be husband, lying dead in a driveway when they arrived to the scene.
Friends told police that Tucker, a union sheet-metal worker, was out of town on business last week when his dog ran out of the yard and toward another dog that belonged to Rogers.
Witnesses said that Rogers fired warning shots at the animal on Thursday night, so Tucker went to Rogers' home to ask for an apology.
"The guy pretty much said you're not getting an apology, comes back down here 10 minutes later and kills him," the victim's friend Cody Coleman said.
Detectives said Tucker was shot multiple times. Police said Rogers went to a nearby grocery store and called police claiming that he shot Tucker in self-defense.
"We did recover a gun on the victim, but at the time of the investigation, the weapon from the victim was still in the holster," IMPD Sgt. Kendale Adams said.
Neighbors questioned the motive behind the shooting, maintaining that Tucker's dog isn't aggressive and never harmed Rogers or his dog.
"It never bothered anyone. They walk down the street -- that dog can be right there and it won't come out of the yard," neighbor Olga Duncan said.
Police say some nearby houses were hit during the gunfire, but no one else was injured.
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