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Hermle Machine Company 1st employer in Wisconsin to utilize German American Chamber of Commerce talent solution
FRANKLIN – Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch joined Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Ray Allen, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (GACC Midwest) officials and other partners today to recognize the Hermle Machine Company for being the first employer in the state to introduce a new apprenticeship collaboration that follows the structure of internationally renowned German apprenticeship system.
"With the state's unemployment rate at 3.2 percent, Wisconsin's job creators need a robust set of tools to attract and train workers to stay competitive in the national and global economy," Lt. Governor Kleefisch said. "Today, Wisconsin welcomes a proven, successful collaboration between the private sector, the state's apprenticeship program, and the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, and we thank the Hermle Machine Company for its enthusiasm in advancing this opportunity in our state."
Wisconsin DWD's Registered Apprenticeship program, which was created in 1911 and has served as a national model for generations, provides a value-added training model for as many as 11,000 apprentices and 2,500 employers in over 200 occupations across the state annually.
GACC Midwest established the Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (ICATT) program in 2015 based on the structure of the internationally renowned German Dual Education System. The Chicago-based GACC Midwest has been expanding the program in and beyond Illinois, and this year worked with officials from DWD, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the Wisconsin Technical College System and other partners to bring the program to Wisconsin. The ICATT program will be another program available under the state's Registered Apprenticeship system.
"Under Governor Walker's leadership, Wisconsin is advancing efforts to find and equip workers with the skills needed for jobs in the modern economy," Secretary Allen said. "Today we are pleased to introduce one more innovative way to meet demand for skilled talent in good-paying, high-growth occupations."
The Hermle Machine Company, based in Franklin, has selected an employee to be the first apprentice once program structure, related instruction, occupation and other details are finalized. The structure of the three-year program will allow apprentices to register with the state, complete on-the-job training and earn an associate's degree, with GACC Midwest providing expertise and certification along the away. The first ICATT apprenticeship in Wisconsin will focus on industrial maintenance.
"At Hermle we understand how important building the next generation of skilled workers is, and it's why we put so much effort into our apprenticeship program in Germany," said Manuel Merkt, Hermle's Executive Vice President of Operations. "The jobs are here, but It's up to manufacturing companies together with technical colleges to develop younger generations into skilled workers to meet the demands of the industry. With the ICATT program we're looking to inspire other companies to join us and invest in the future of manufacturing in America."
Mario Kratsch, Skills Initiative Director at GACC Midwest, said, "Apprenticeships work, not just in Germany, but also in the US. ICATT is a one stop shop solution for companies of every size to join. It is an industry-driven program benchmarked to the highest international standards and directly addresses the challenges companies face today. We are very thankful for the State of Wisconsin's support in promoting ICATT to contribute positively to company and job growth in Wisconsin."
During a visit today to Hermle, Lt. Governor Kleefisch presented the company with a commendation for its partnership to bring ICATT to Wisconsin, and recognized GACC Midwest for its vision and innovation in developing the program. Today's event is part of Workforce Development Month, which Governor Walker proclaimed for the month of September.
About Hermle Machine Company
Hermle Machine Company, of Franklin, Wisconsin, is the North American headquarters of Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG located in Gosheim, Germany. The firm handles all sales support and service functions for a network of distributors located throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Hermle produces a wide range of precision 5-axis machining centers noted throughout the world for their exceptional accuracy and high quality. For more information: www.hermlemachine.com
About GACC Midwest
The German American Chamber of Commerce® of the Midwest (GACC Midwest), headquartered in Chicago, was founded in 1963. GACC Midwest is an integral part of the German Chamber Network (AHKs) with more than 130 offices in over 90 countries around the globe. GACC Midwest's continuing mission is to further, promote, and assist in the expansion of bilateral trade and investment between Germany and the United States, especially the Midwest. The organization combines elements of a trade commission, a membership association, and a professional consultancy - quite a unique concept in international trade promotion. Learn more at www.gaccmidwest.org and www.thinkicatt.com.


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Why listen to the radio when you can watch television? After all, radio is a less sophisticated technology. It has less immediacy. It communicates only to your aural sense where TV appeals to both sight and sound. Shouldn't we shut down radio stations because they are redundant, less effective than TV, and a waste of resources?
This argument sounds silly now that radio has survived and prospered during 50 years of TV broadcasting, plus cable and video rental stores. Yet a similar argument is being made about electronic bulletin board systems, now that the World Wide Web is all the rage.
Agency managers are asking, ''Why have a BBS when we have a Web site?''
BBSes typically have character interfaces while Web servers support graphical user interfaces. Boring BBS text has a tough time competing with pretty Web pictures, buttons and windows. Moreover, there are many types of Web documents, most of which can be readily handled by Web browsers. BBS documents only come in text. The Web runs on high speed digital connections whereas the BBS uses plain old telephone service, also known as POTS.
If it simply were a matter of sex appeal, the Web would win hands-down. Lean times for federal agencies will continue through 1997, and even sacred cows are being offered up for budgetary sacrifice. So anyone who claims redundancy and waste gets a prompt hearing.
This leads to the argument: If agencies are putting the same information on Web sites and BBSes, why not pick one and shut the other down?
The short answer is that these technologies have different constituencies. The Web serves the high-tech customer with a high bandwidth connection to the Internet. The BBS serves the low-end customer with a vintage PC, a slow modem and a telephone line.
Agencies publish newsletters, press releases, fact sheets, circulars and regulations, all in an effort to communicate various kinds of information in a variety of media to a diverse set of customers. It would be ludicrous to select a single print format and abandon the others. Similarly, electronic communication needs to be varied to reach an equally diverse audience.
To choose one technology could mean depriving one customer base in favor of another. To abandon BBSes would disenfranchise the majority of taxpayers who don't have access to the Internet. To eschew the Web would deprive high-end users of the features and functionality unique to that media. Considering the low cost and high payoff of both technologies, choosing between them is penny-wise and pound-foolish.
That is not to say it's easy to coordinate these two services. Many a program official has become frustrated trying to put the same information on both platforms. The processes are different and inconsistent. Infrequent users can readily forget how to maintain their documents. Having to support both is twice the headache.
The personnel supporting the two services can become competitive. To a degree this is healthy as the two rival camps strive to offer their customers the latest information or service. But this competition can readily become counterproductive if agency information sources have to deal with multiple agendas and competing personalities on top of naturally conflicting technologies.
Even staff with the best of intentions quickly become focused on one platform to the exclusion of the other.
Underfunded and understaffed, typically neither service has the extra resources available for coordination and processing necessary to minimize the risk of inconsistencies and complexities.
Often agency programs end up choosing one simply because of the hassle of having to deal with both.
Do agencies offer interactive access to their legacy systems with one interface for the BBS and another for the Web? Such access is complicated enough that agencies ought to think twice before writing the software twice. There are no hard and fast rules about which to use. The media depends on the message and the intended audience.
Valid arguments exist for both. But agencies supporting both need to ensure regular, structured coordination of overlapping subject matter or audience. Otherwise, your customers--internal and citizens--may become confused by inconsistent documents and conflicting messages.
Walter R. Houser, who has more than two decades of experience in federal information management, is webmaster for a Cabinet agency. His own Web home page is at http://www.cpcug.org/user/houser/.
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How to fix the buses
by Roy Murphy
The Regional Council made four serious and basic errors in the new design for Wellington buses. Thinking that hubs are a solution, thinking they'd save money by taking the cheapest bids, thinking they had to accept whatever vehicles the operators wanted to use, and thinking that cutting out the people who run the transport (the bus drivers) would result in better solutions.
Let's look at the theory of hub design. In simple terms it is like a bicycle wheel, a convenient central hub with spokes going out in all directions. In theory you can get anywhere in the city with a maximum of one transfer. You travel on one spoke into the hub, then transfer to another spoke to wherever you want to go. For this to work well you need lots of spokes.
When you look at Wellington's geography it's a linear city. There are hardly any spokes to take advantage of. There are only three useful routes from the Station through the city to serve the southeast suburbs – Lambton Quay, Featherston Street and Jervois Quay. There are only three useful roads from Courtenay Place to Newtown – Taranaki Street or Tory Street or Adelaide Road.
There are only two useful routes southeast from Courtenay Place – one that doesn't begin until the Mt Victoria tunnel turnoff and the other round the bays. From the John Street hub there are only two useful routes to further south (if you include the road up to Brooklyn).
What's the point of having a hub at Miramar? It's the end of the line in the middle of nowhere. Transferring there to go a little bit further is ridiculous. The same for the Karori tunnel hub. The others are not much better. Wellington Railway Station is the only logical place for a hub, and it has operated as one all along.
Moreover, having a hub increases the wait time. You have to allow at least two or three minutes to unload one bus and then load the other. That's if they both arrive at the same time, but here they are talking of up to 10-minute waits for the buses to coincide. You're already looking at nearly 15 minutes delay for passengers. That's with one transfer, if the system is efficient. With two it could be a total delay of 20 or 30 minutes, with three even more.
So it ranks as insane to suggest that changing buses at the Karori tunnel or John Street is quicker or more efficient. The hub idea should be abandoned. The old system of through buses was better and much more straightforward for the passengers, although the system could probably be refined.
The second error was accepting the cheap bids. It became apparent to the operators that, with all the complications, the only way they could make money was by stiffing the bus drivers and working them to death. The reaction of the drivers was immediate. Many took redundancy and walked. Even though dozens of drivers were shipped in (temporarily) from other cities, the operators are still short handed. But Tranzit doesn't want a collective agreement because then it'll have to pay the drivers more and lose some of its profit. Altogether a recipe for industrial disaster.
The third error was removing the electric trolley buses and the plan to replace them with so-called up-to-date hybrids. We know what happened there. The trolley buses were removed before the new buses were ready. (And before the hubs were ready.) Then it turned out the test buses were not up to snuff. Who knows if or when the new buses will survive the testing and be delivered.
Whatever, our environment will not be much better off and we're still using fossil fuels.
As for introducing big heavy double-decker buses on to Wellington's narrow winding streets, that speaks for itself. A fleet of jitneys, 10- or 12-passenger vans, running every 5 or 10 minutes would be more practical in some suburbs.
The council's fourth error was not seeking advice from the people who know most about what's going on – the bus drivers. And now it is re-arranging the deck chairs while the system sinks.
The council should cancel the whole design and revert to the original, then start again. They could reinstate the trolley buses. They'd have to rehang the overhead wires but everything else is probably still in place.
The council could request a real makeover, such as making it obligatory that vehicles don't use fossil fuels. Council members should be obliged to go to public meetings. The Council should tap into the experience and skill of the drivers who have to do the work and know the problems.
Light rail should be included as an essential element of the design, and be installed at the same time, not put off for another few years. There is talk of widening the road for extra lanes from Kilbirnie Park to the Mt Victoria tunnel. That will only attract more private cars that will be even more jammed up at the tunnel entrance. Putting a light rail line up to the Hataitai tram tunnel and through to the Railway Station would be a better solution.
A more frequent and cheaper service for passengers should be the goal. It's no good saying the bus (or train) service is losing money so you are forced to put the fares up. That ensures that fewer people will use it. The aim must be to enhance the overall passenger experience and reduce traffic congestion. A frequent, cheap, reliable service that takes you straight to your destination would attract droves more passengers.
One thing is for sure, you are never going to get people out of their cars with the current design.
26 comments:
Iona Pannett, 25. September 2018, 9:21
Never liked the bus hubs (which have basically just turned out to be some asphalt and a few basic bus shelters) and said many times that having to transfer buses would be unpopular, so good to see they are being reviewed! [via twitter]
Benny, 25. September 2018, 9:36
Great sum up Roy! Only one word is missing in your conclusion: "A frequent, cheap, reliable – and clean – service that takes you straight to your destination would attract droves more passengers.". Sorry, but I'm still cleaner in my electric car than any of the bus around. Other than that, I wouldn't change a comma.
Ben Foden, 25. September 2018, 9:43
You can add a fifth serious error to the list – that they didn't listen to another key group of people – the users / passengers. They sought feedback, mostly after the plans were already set in wet concrete. Then it was ignored wholesale.
As part of ignoring the passengers, it sounds like this extends to ignoring the travel patterns and needs of the users to the extent the GWRC didn't have the nearly-fully encompassing travel data from Snapper. They didn't want to pay for the data, sending people out with clipboards to count passenger numbers at selected points / times / routes, etc.
The coup de gras to their tattered reputation is for them to then announce they couldn't possibly predict the travel needs of the passengers.
Citizen Joe, 25. September 2018, 10:01
Who at WCC approved the resource consent for the hubs and ratepayer spending on them? Joined up government? More like councillors 'hubbing' about in their own silos.
Tony Jansen, 25. September 2018, 10:22
The system we have right now has achieved exactly what was intended (by the previous government), which was to severely damage a largely efficient existing public transport system, and to drive users into private transport choices. A goal fully supported by a collection of old, redundant neo liberal politicians.
Steven Joyce must be rubbing his hands together with glee. When the National Party took the reigns of power a decade ago I remember them boasting that they were going to destroy Wellington as a city. Well here is evidence of just that, ably assisted by some like minded ex Labour Party cronies. In the GWRC only Cnr Sue Kedgley has voiced any opposition to this process, and her protests fell on deaf ears.
Matthew Gibbons, 25. September 2018, 12:48
I disagree that bus hubs are always a mistake. I live in Northland and better and cheap transfers to the Karori service are desirable. It makes sense to be able to transfer from Northland buses to the frequent Karori buses that serve multiple destinations in the CBD. Similarly, when I lived in Karori it would have been advantageous to be able to cheaply and quickly transfer to a Northland service that ran through the university. Furthermore, running offpeak Northland buses through the central city is wasteful when there are so many buses running through the CBD. Changing to a Northland bus at the Karori tunnel works reasonably well for me, although the information on bus times needs to be improved.
Mike Mellor, 26. September 2018, 0:38
There are two more fundamental errors related to the hubbing system. It requires much more reliable operation than the old individual route system, but there was no infrastructure investment (e.g. bus priority, either along the Golden Mile or in the suburbs) to achieve this. This deficiency is compounded by the fact that the operator contracts define punctuality as leaving the origin less than one minute early or five minutes late, passing intermediate timing points less than one minute early. There is no mention of the necessity of maintaining connections – in fact there is an incentive to break them if maintaining them means a bus has to wait for five minutes or more for a late-running connection. (GW has said it won't penalise operators if they wait for connections, but it's in the contracts.)
I agree with Matthew Gibbons about the Karori Tunnel hub: it makes sense to provided interchange facilities where routes cross each other, as the 2 and the 22 do here. What makes less sense are hubs like Miramar, where they are purely termini for feeders – and then have to run NIS a large part of the way to Kilbirnie to turn round!
And the comment about smaller buses in the suburbs makes sense, but running such small vehicles along the Golden Mile would be a waste of valuable road space, clogging it up with more, smaller vehicles when fewer, larger ones are required. So there would have to be places where passengers transferred between large and small buses, i.e. hubs of some sort.
Unfortunately, reinstating the trolleybus would be much more than rehanging the wires. What effectively killed them off (apart from lack of political will) was the state of the power supply system, which would require major expenditure. That's not going to happen, I'm afraid. But the good news is that the replacements (when they have all arrived and are working) won't be fossil-fuelled hybrids but fully electric battery buses. If they are all as good to ride in as the ex trolley on the Airport Flyer (apart from the horrible black wrapping), things may eventually be not quite so bad after all.
"In the GWRC only Cnr Sue Kedgley has voiced any opposition to this process" – fortunately, she has not been alone. Former councillor Paul Bruce and current councillors Daran Ponter and Roger Blakeley (not on the council when the new network was adopted) have been very strong and welcome voices in support of a well-thought-out system, implemented properly.
Finally, "Who at WCC approved the resource consent for the hubs and ratepayer spending on them?" is two entirely separate questions. WCC granted the necessary approvals, as they are obliged to do with projects that conform with normal requirements, but it's GWRC, not WCC, that has approved ratepayer spending on the hubs.
Lim Leong, 26. September 2018, 8:35
@Matthew Gibbons @Mike Mellors. While the interchange might work for some people who want to transfer from Northland to Karori, it simply does not work for the majority of Northland/Wilton people who want to go from Northland to CBD and Wellington High and Wellington College students.
It is now two buses to go from Northland to the CDB with a transfer adding 15 – 20 minutes. It is now over one hour to get from Wellington College back to Northland with transfers and vice versa. You can't rely on the buses if there is an important school event like an exam. it is now up to 3 buses to get to Wellington High. There is even a family in Northland who has bought a buy a car because buses do not work anymore for them.
I invite anyone to say the above are good ideas and will encourage public transport. By the way, all these were mentioned at the public consultation during 2014/2015 and everything has been ignored by GWRC.
John Rankin, 26. September 2018, 9:32
@LimLeong: if a transfer adds 15-20 minutes to a journey, then we are doing it wrong, which is what @MikeMellor says in the first paragraph of his excellent comment. There is a risk that we will choose to eliminate transfers, while continuing to do it wrong — fixing the symptoms without addressing the root causes.
Lim Leong, 26. September 2018, 9:59
@John Rankin. Transfers do not make sense for very short journeys. There has to be a threshold somewhere as part of the design principles. Northland to CBD is less than 3kms. I question the design to have transfers for such short journey.
I agree with you for longer journeys where demand aggregation will help with capacity issues hubs may make sense (with the underlying infrastructure support and good time keeping).
KeithWellington, 26. September 2018, 10:11
Example: The 2 and 22 routes might have a hub that works during low demand off peak, but here is why the evening peak is an issue.
Pre 15 July there were 41 services thru Courtenay Place – Lambton Quay to Karori, plus 6 from the Railway Station. There are now 40 total to Karori, but 11 of those are now from Brandon Street instead of starting at, or passing through, Courtenay Place. Those used to catching the now 33, and the now 34, south of Brandon attempt to use the 2 bus, as do Northland students because their 22 starts at the Railway Station and doesn't pass through Lambton Quay. These users have not been factored into the capacity versus demand calculation.
Would be bus users from the CBD wanting to get to Karori and Northland in the evening peak might wait up to an hour to get on a bus that has room to take them. Two extra buses were added to the Karori route on 6 September, until Dec 2018, reducing the post 15 July shortfall to 7. I have seen fewer passengers fight their way off an overcrowded route 2 bus, than those waiting to get on at the Karori tunnel "hub." There could well be at same hub those who have caught the 22 wanting to transfer to a 2 but having to also wait in the rain and wind for goodness knows how long.
Old and new Karori peak hour bus service schedules can be viewed at the ReVolt site.
Mike Mellor, 26. September 2018, 10:35
Lim Leong: I agree that Northland hasn't done well out of the new network, but that wasn't the point that I was making. Whatever the route structure, having interchanges where routes cross is a simple way of improving connections, and Karori Tunnel is a good example of that. Another would be Willis/Ghuznee/Victoria, where GWRC has approval to move bus stops (don't know whether it's happened) to provide better interchange between the 7/19e/23e (via Brooklyn) and the 21. The key issue is interchange management, which appears to be non existent at present – 15-20 minutes is a disgrace, and I hope results in a flood of complaints to Metlink. It's very poor that there are many timetabled connections around the city of over 10 minutes, and one I've noticed of 18 minutes – how that was ever thought to be acceptable I've no idea.
But the 22 does potentially link pretty well to much of Lambton Quay by using the many pedestrian links from The Terrace. Unfortunately many of these are hidden away in buildings, and it would be good if GWRC worked with WCC and building owners to waymark these links properly, particularly those that are required by the buildings' resource consents.
Farmer Bill, 26. September 2018, 10:38
The seven bus hubs have averaged $1.3million each. That's $9.2 million in total or $21 per person living under GWRC 'control' (450,000) which unfortunately includes me.
Marion Leader, 26. September 2018, 10:57
Very good points are made by anti-hubbers who are badly affected by 22s. Another point is that the hubs in Central Wellington (the railway station and Brandon Street) add lots to the length of each journey. That is lots of metres and lots of minutes.
How stupid to turn left at the bottom of Bowen Street when you want to turn right, and how stupid to keep straight ahead at the bottom of Bowen Street and go three-quarters around a central city block in order to be off-loaded half-way along Lambton Quay (in Brandon Street). This must add to the COST as well as being stupid.
Matthew Gibbons, 26. September 2018, 12:35
Maybe a new secondary school in Karori or Northland, or relocating an existing school there, would be a better option than encouraging teenagers to travel across Wellington each day for their education. The cost of providing peak time buses for these teenagers must be high, and travel times cut into time that could be spent studying or involved in physical activity.
Newtown, 26. September 2018, 13:39
How can the hubs be so expensive to construct when they're, as Iona pointed out, brutalist objects of asphalt and simple bus shelters.
greenwelly, 26. September 2018, 13:51
@Mike, Marion, a better solution might have been to integrate the Cable Car into the Metlink system and have the Northland bus go via there, (thus giving an easy option to get "downtown" as opposed to the Railway Station)
Lim Leong, 26. September 2018, 13:54
@Mike Mellor. Northland has indeed come out badly with this new bus network. As an able bodied person, I can walk from the Terrace to my office in Willis St. I do admit I curse the GRWC when I am having to walk in bad weather, or when I am having to ferry kids to/from schools by car and adding more congestion to the CBD.
Another important thing that GWRC has forgotten is there is a small but significant segment of society – elderly, people with disability/mobility issues, parents with young children, young children. For these people, transferring is almost a show stopper for them. I know of elderly people in the local community who are now too afraid to venture out of the house because of the transfer and their own mobility issues.
One of WCC's goals is for Wellington to be an inclusive city. This new network is anything but inclusive. It actively discourages people from using public transport.
Michael Gibson, 26. September 2018, 14:46
greenwelly, I was kicked off a bus at Vic when I wanted to go to the top of the cable-car and the bus was going there anyway in order to turn round. Fixing this would be just commonsense. I wrote to Chris Laidlaw two months ago to point this out; he eventually replied to say it was all too difficult (even if it is just commonsense).
greenwelly, 26. September 2018, 15:11
@Michael , that doesn't surprise me, the Council appears to have tied itself in contracts with the bus companies that require infinite "negotiation" to change any more than the colour of the lights..
Helen, 26. September 2018, 16:02
I thoroughly agree. The lack of factoring the Cable Car into a regional transport network can only be explained by the idiocy of all the choices made in designing the system. There would have been so many benefits if it had been included:
* a natural hub for passengers from the 22 & 21 buses to swap at – with an already excellent shelter.
* space for the buses to wait for each other as they're designed to in the timetable but don't in practice (but in all fairness if they did wait at the Victoria "hub" the road would be blocked so it's rational for the drivers to ignore the timetable there)
* an easy way for Northland people who work in the centre of town to connect to the reduced 22 service (with far better shelter than is provided at any of the Terrace stops)
* Allow Northland people heading home to get onto the 22 service after it's passed the Victoria stop, so the service would be much less crowded for the first part of its run.
* Provide public transport access to the dr & pharmacy at the top of the cable car.
All for probably less than a minute extra per trip. Sheer lunacy not to have done it.
Michael Gibson, 26. September 2018, 16:20
Thank you, Helen and greenwelly.
Casey, 26. September 2018, 16:58
Logical thinking Helen and greenwelly, so subject to spare capacity at peak periods it could be an option. Currently the service is not part of the Metlink network but the WCC would like it to be, as I understand the situation. $10million plus will be needed to replace the cars circa 2024, so the added income would be a plus. Present service frequency is every 10 minutes.
In 1941, the Kelburn and Karori Tramway Company accused the Wellington City Council of running its buses in direct competition and asked the council to purchase the company, or stop competing. The Council refused to purchase, claiming ageing stock and limited potential earnings.
1946: Still claiming unfair competition, the Kelburn and Karori Tramway Company took its case to the Supreme Court. The Council agreed to purchase the company. Kelburn and Karori Tramway Company was voluntarily dissolved in February 1947.
Stephen Minto, 27. September 2018, 7:04
Some existing bus passengers in the outer suburbs are inconvenienced by changing buses. But changing buses happened before to other people. The hub concept is fine and the new routes link local communities better. I tried lots of new buses and they are great. Central Wgtn footpaths less clogged with people waiting for 'their' bus. Perhaps fix the complaints by some rush hour express buses that don't transfer? Lets not go backwards.
Melissa, 27. September 2018, 8:27
The transfer system is super inconvenient, and more buses are desperately needed. My own 2 cents:
The 17e from the CBD to Kowhai Park via Brooklyn needs to run more than x4 times daily, coupled with an increase in frequency of the #7 to Kingston via Brooklyn. There is now no 17e service after 5.50pm, as if many people don't finish work at 6 or later. Wtf?! The 17e is always packed, standing room only, because of the mess that has been made of the #7 route. On the days that I finish work early enough to catch the 5.50pm 17e bus, I have to walk or bus from Cuba St to the top of Lambton Quay to get to a stop that will guarantee me a seat – standing on a bus can be painful for me some days bc of leg nerve damage. The 17e stops at Brooklyn central and many passengers depart the bus there – they wouldn't have to use the Kowhai Park service if there were enough #7 buses scheduled. Its a nightmare for everyone.
The transfer system is bolloxed – arriving at central Brooklyn on the #7, sometimes the next bus to upper Brooklyn isn't for 20/30 minutes. This service was added to compensate for the reduction in frequency of the direct service from upper Brooklyn to the CBD – it is ridiculous to expect people to wait so damn long to transfer.
On a positive note: It IS nice being able to catch the 29e from Brooklyn to Island Bay or Newtown without going through the CBD.
Boaz, 5. October 2018, 15:59
Restore the trolleybuses. Trolleybus is flexible, light rail is not. Trolleybuses could be restored for a fraction of the cost of Light Rail.


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Charger boost for electric cars
04 August, 2017 — By Aleesha Hansel
THE Town Hall has launched Islington's first rapid on-street charging point for electric cars.
The charger, which is located at the junction of Sheringham Road and Lough Road in Holloway, will give 80 per cent of power in 30 minutes – a fraction of the four hours that current devices need.
Islington Council is planning to roll out 100 of the charging points over the next year, with the next one due to be installed in Archway.
Town Hall transport chief Claudia Webbe said: "Investing in next-generation chargers is absolutely essential for Islington. We need to move away from toxic diesel vehicles to clean up the air we breathe."
Currently residents need to purchase a permit to use the charging points which cost £67 for the first year and £20 every subsequent year, but a consultation will be held on setting up a pay-as-you-go system, the council said.
Working to increase the use of electric vehicles in the borough, the Town Hall is also offering free resident parking and is supporting the expansion of electric car-sharing clubs.
For more information visit www.islington.gov.uk/roads/electric-vehicles


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2009 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients previous Cleveland appearances include the Rock Hall and at The Q together with Peter Gabriel
CLEVELAND (September 15, 2015) – Cathedral Concerts, recognized by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as "one one of the most unusual (and diverse) endeavors to hit the city in some time," is proud and honored to welcome The Blind Boys of Alabama to the gorgeous Trinity Cathedral.
The concert series, exclusive to Cleveland, announced today that the renowned group will appear at the Cathedral on Sunday, November 15 at 7:00 p.m.The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 70 years and shows no signs of diminishing.
The Blind Boys of Alabama feature story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFGdOCPstTY
"We are dreamers," stated Denny Young, Elevation Group president and Cathedral Concerts' executive producer. "And when we created Cathedral Concerts, we dreamt about presenting The Blind Boys of Alabama. They are (beyond) a perfect match for what we are trying to produce at Trinity."
"We are very excited to host this five-time Grammy-award winning Gospel group at Trinity. We are a Cathedral that lives and breathes diversity and inclusion," said the Very Rev. Tracey Lind, Dean. "And through the Cathedral Concerts series, our message of 'all are welcome' is reaching new audiences. We look forward to The Blind Boys of Alabama spiritually uplifting the audience in our beautiful sacred space."
The Blind Boys of Alabama met at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939, and left there to "turn pro" in 1944. Their recorded output, reaching back to 1948 with their hit "I Can See Everybody's Mother But Mine" on the Veejay label, is widely recognized as being influential for many gospel, R&B and rock 'n' roll artists. The group toiled for almost 40 years almost exclusively on the black gospel circuit, playing in churches, auditoriums, and even stadiums across the country.
In 1983, their career reached a turning point with their crucial role in the smash hit and Obie Award-winning play "The Gospel at Colonus", which brought the Blind Boys timeless sound to an enthusiastic new audience.
In recent years the Blind Boys' musical brethren have paid homage to their legacy and their continued relevance by asking them to contribute and collaborate on new projects. The Blind Boys have appeared on recordings with Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, k.d. lang, the late Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Susan Tedeschi, Solomon Burke, and many others. The Blind Boys of Alabama have profoundly influenced an entire generation (or two) of gospel, soul, R&B and rock musicians and are still blazing trails after all these years.
The Blind Boys of Alabama performing with Peter Gabriel ("Sky Blue" at 5:00)
Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 18, at 10 a.m. ET. General seating tickets are priced at $43.50 and can be purchased at www.ticketweb.com, www.ticketmaster.com or at the Cathedral Concerts box office (located at 23400 Mercantile Road, Suite #10, Beachwood, Ohio 44122). Fans can also purchase tickets by phone at 1 (866) 468-3401.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the concert is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. An opening act will be announced at a later date.
Cleveland-based agency The Elevation Group conceived, created and is producing Cathedral Concerts. Cathedral Concerts' has already staged sold-out concerts featuring The Airborne Toxic Event, Red Wanting Blue and Academy Award winner, Glen Hansard. Additionally, the series has featured a trio of Grammy Award winners including Bruce Hornsby, Marc Cohn and Mary Chapin Carpenter as well as several other internationally-renowned musical acts.
About Cathedral Concerts
The Cathedral Concerts series is being presented as a hip, unique and intimate musical experience alternative, and events have been staged at Trinity Cathedral throughout 2015. Schedule updates are announced on a monthly basis and the lineup has featured national and international recording artists including Grammy Award, Academy Award, Billboard Music Award and American Music Award winners.
Trinity Cathedral has become the home to shows presented by some of the most creative and interesting artists from a variety of musical genres. The Cathedral's medieval ambiance and limited capacity (500 seats) creates an unparalleled concert experience in Cleveland.
About The Elevation Group
The Elevation Group is an award-winning sponsorship marketing, event production and communications company. Formed in 2002 by former senior IMG executives Steve Lindecke and Denny Young, Elevation is comprised of experts in sports and music events, sponsorships and personalities.
Over the past decade, Elevation has been a part of several major national and international awards. The company has become known throughout the United States and abroad for its superior events, excellence in music television production and unparalleled sports sponsorship consultation, activation and communication.


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Back-end Developer (C#/.NET)
We are looking for developers to join the Infoplaza Technical department to develop back-end services for consumer- and business-facing applications.
What you will do
- Be responsible for the architecture, design, availability and performance of our database infrastructure;
- Improve, optimise and document database administration and data management;
- Lead incident response, diagnosis and follow-up on system outages or failures across our production infrastructure
- Develop and maintain troubleshooting documentation;
- Manage database backup, retention, and restore processes;
- Actively participate in technical discussions
- Work closely with the development team to ensure that the entire database environment functions as consistently as possible.
You'll be working in an international team of up 16 experienced, medior, and junior-level IT specialists. Within our team you will have the freedom to execute on your own ideas, within the scope of the project, and make an impact to the organization. We believe in continuous improvement of processes and sharing best practices..
What you need to bring
Relevant work experience as Database engineer. Advanced level of experience with MySQL, MS SQL and/or Postgres database administration. Strong verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and/or English. You possess a problem-solving attitude with a constant eye on delivering the best quality. Living in the Netherlands with a valid work permit (EU citizens are preferred).
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Experience with clouds and dockers. Experience with #C or .NET.
What we do
The main part of our business is supplying weather forecast services for customers worldwide. Through websites and apps such as Weerplaza and Buienalarm for consumers. In the B2B market we operate globally in a variety of markets on land and at sea, handled 24/7 by our expert team of meteorologists. Infoplaza also offers a range of sophisticated consumer services relating to traffic and public transport, which are designed to help people make easier day-to-day decisions via our sites and apps such as Verkeerplaza, Schwung and OVplaza.
Our technical team ensures that we continue to offer an optimal performance and user experience, even during our peak moments. We process large amounts of data every day, ranging from real time public transport schedules, live lightning strikes on a global scale (±8.000.000 per day worldwide), live global satellite data on our own dishes to meteorological data with over 100.000.000 records per day. This information is processed to both internal systems as well as cloud platforms where it is used by our meteorologists using our in-house developed tools, but also by our clients worldwide As a developer you can be involved in each stage and assist in making the right decisions.
Our Tech Stack
We develop using a wide range of technologies, but most of our work is done in C# and .Net. Additionally, we do our web development using Angular, Javascript and Typescript. Our core systems are written in C#, .Net and Python. These systems are deployed as a docker in our rancher cluster. We use a wide range of databases, each chosen to be the best for the job. These databases range from MS SQL, MYSQL and Postgres to Redis. We also develop mobile apps in house, both for iOS (using Objective-C) and Android.
What we offer
- Work within a successful and fast-growing organization with a global customer base.
- Develop products which are getting used by millions!
- A multinational team of specialists to inspire and support you.
- Competitive salary, pension scheme and travel costs compensation.
- Plenty of freedom on how you schedule your work.
- Informal and hands-on culture.
- 24 – 40 hrs. workweek, all options are negotiable
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A new development in the city will have two massive office floors with no dividing walls, allowing a clear view across their 170m span.
And this is made possible through building technology often used for coping with earthquakes.
Extending across some 100,000 sq ft - about a third larger than a football field - these floors could house up to 2,000 office workers each.
They are on levels 28 and 29 of Marina One, which is in the Marina Bay area and is set to be completed next year.
Supporting the two massive floors are steel trusses. These are made more stable by special bearing technology more commonly used in bridges and highways to cope with seismic activity such as earthquakes.
"We utilised this bearing technology to enhance the load-bearing capacity of the high-density floor trusses," said a spokesman for the project's engineering firm Beca.
The bearings allow the floor plates to move from side to side, reducing stress on the steel trusses.
Marina One is a mixed development which includes apartments and retail space.
It is developed by M+S, a joint venture between Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional and Singapore's Temasek Holdings.
It will offer 1.88 million sq ft of grade-A office space in total.
Many businesses are considering larger spaces due to the rising need for organisational flexibility and efficiency, said M+S chief executive officer Kemmy Tan.
"These larger floor plates allow companies to be more efficient in their space planning, instead of straddling several floors," she said.
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Aroostook Hospitality Inn Van Buren
Aroostook Hospitality Inn Van Buren is located on US #1 Directly across from the Canadian Border
The Aroostook Hospitality Inn Van Buren takes pride in providing, clean, comfortable rooms. We offer free Wi-Fi, free local and long distance phone calls from your room and free continental breakfast. All of our rooms have microwaves and refrigerators. We are conveniently located at 95 Main Street Van Buren, Maine, across the street from the Van Buren Port of Entry. We are within walking distance to restaurants and lounges in Van Buren. Van Buren is the beginning of the Saint John Valley and across US RTE # 1 from New Brunswick, Canada. We are a great spot for your Two Nation Vacation. The Aroostook Hospitality Inn Van Buren is just across the St. John River from St. Leonard, 15 minutes from Grand Falls, 30 minutes from Edmundston, and about one hour from Clair all in New Brunswick, Canada. You can drive north on US Rte 1 which is a Cultural By-Way, with beautiful views of Canada and The St. John Valley. We are just 10 minutes from the Historical Acadian Village,15 minutes from Mizpah, 20 minutes from Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Historical Church, 30 minutes from Four Corners Park, a motor cycle destination, and about 1 hour from America's First Mile in Fort Kent. There are several destination restaurants where you can enjoy a great meal while exploring the St. John Valley. During the winter you can leave our parking lot on your snowsled and go anywhere the 2300 miles of trails in Aroostook County will take you.
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HUAWEI bags top awards at IFA 2018 — Kirin 980 snags 7 awards from international press
HUAWEI's new cutting edge Kirin 980 chipset is right at the forefront of technology, being the first mobile chipset to be built on the very new TSMC 7nm manufacturing process, as well as featuring dual NPUs for enhanced AI performance. And tech media around the world love it.
In fact, they love the HUAWEI Kirin 980 enough to bestow it with 7 awards, with more than one publication calling the Kirin 980 the Best of IFA 2018. Touting a massive upgrade over the underwhelming Kirin 970 while also bringing a whole new slew of innovations with it, it really comes as no surprise.
HUAWEI's other products showcased at the IFA 2018 like the HUAWEI AI Cube, HUAWEI Locator and the new leather-clad HUAWEI P20 Pros also took home some awards, but the Kirin 980 was easily the star of the show.
Well, now all there is to do is to wait for the HUAWEI Mate 20 to arrive in Malaysia!
Pokdepinion: Can't wait to test the Kirin 980 for myself!


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With the Mississippi Republican primary for governor approaching, Mississippi Today planned the outlet's coverage, which included shadowing each of the three Republican candidates. Those candidates are Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, former state Supreme Court chief justice Bill Waller Jr. and state Rep. Robert Foster. There are also eight Democrats running.
Mississippi Today reporter Larrison Campbell set out to cover Foster's candidacy — she requested to report on a 15-hour ride-along on the campaign trail. But that request was denied.
Before announcing his campaign to become Mississippi's governor, Foster made a commitment to his wife, Heather. He'd follow the "Billy Graham rule" — which, in his words, means avoiding "any situation that may evoke suspicion or compromise of our marriage."
This personal policy, which is also used by Vice President Pence, presented a problem for Campbell. Citing "the optics," Foster declined Campbell's request, unless she brought a male colleague. Campbell and her editor objected on the grounds that it was sexist, and it prevented her from completing a story assignment about the Republican contenders for governor.
Campbell's connection to Foster dated from November, when she received a tip that he planned to join the governor's race. After breaking the story, Campbell said, she has kept an eye on Foster — calling him an "interesting" candidate: a Hernando, Miss., native "running to the right of a very conservative lieutenant governor," but who also holds some more liberal views, like expanding Medicaid coverage.
Mississippi Today reporter Adam Ganucheau shadowed Reeves and Waller. Campbell, having interacted with Foster and his team on several occasions, said she proposed to ride along with him.
Campbell said Colton Robison, Foster's campaign director, told her on Sunday the team was excited about the coverage and had a "big day planned Thursday." The freshman representative would be driving to the Gulf Coast, giving Campbell access to a 15-hour day.
They discussed details, then Robison said he had "a weird request."
Campbell recalled not knowing how to respond; she later broached it with her male editor, R.L. Nave, who said: "Absolutely not. That's sexist."
Two days later, Campbell suggested some ways Robison could assuage Foster's concerns: She would keep her press pass in plain view; she would stick by Robison's, not Foster's, side. She reminded Robison that there would also be photographers with the team throughout the day.
"We're really concerned about bad publicity," she said he responded. "Some tracker could take a photo putting [Foster] in a compromising position, and it would jeopardize his campaign."
Campbell recalled feeling "surprised and disappointed" during the call and said she asked Robison whether "the only reason I would be improperly linked to your candidate is that I'm a woman."
Foster told The Washington Post on Wednesday in an email that he would grant Campbell the interview, but "we just want it to be in an appropriate and professional setting that wouldn't provide opportunities for us to be alone."
In what Campbell calls "a funny little twist," she told The Post she is "very openly gay."
In a phone interview Wednesday, Foster said people should always uphold a level of respect and professionalism and make sure there is no opportunity for there to be a he-said, she-said moment.
He added, "Everyone has to make their own decisions about how to act in life. This is mine."
Following the phone conversation, Foster tweeted: "Typical liberal Washington Post is now criticizing me for my Christian beliefs. Not surprising, considering they are totally out of touch with America."
On Tuesday, the Mississippi Today reporter published a piece detailing what had happened. Many responses Campbell received mention the #MeToo era, in which Foster is "trying to protect himself." Some drew parallels to a doctor bringing a nurse into an examination room.
"That's a fair point," Campbell told The Post, "but the nurse is on the doctor's payroll. If the doctor feels he needs to be protected, he doesn't put the onus on the patient."
Foster, she explained, has essentially said, "'You can't do this because you're a woman and you're responsible for making me feel comfortable.' The problem is the notion that the woman carries the burden to make the man feel comfortable."
A spokesperson for Waller, one of the other Republican contenders, said it would be a nonissue for his candidate. "It's our campaign's standard practice to always have a member of the staff present when speaking to the press." A spokesperson for Reeves did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It's not surprising to see this sort of sexism, Campbell said, and it's not unique to the GOP, to Mississippi or to reporters.
"Political reporting can be an old boys club, but I think this happens to a lot of women, in a lot of work arenas. That's why it's resonating right now," she said.


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Market Dynamics: Agriculture Films Market
Agriculture films or plasticulture, refers to use of plastic films in the field of agriculture. These films are used on soil surface for conservation of soil moisture, improving soil fertility, and reducing the weed growth in the crop area. Increase in the demand for quality food products due to rise in population, rise in preference for greenhouse agriculture due to fluctuations in environmental conditions, change in farming practices, decrease in arable land, and rise in awareness about the agriculture films are anticipated to fuel the agriculture films market over the forecast years. However, high installation costs of agriculture films, environmental concerns such as using of plastic in agriculture films, and stringent regulations for the usage of non-biodegradable plastic films may impede the growth of agriculture films market.
Market Scope: Agriculture Films Market
Agriculture films market is segmented on the basis of polymer type, application, and region
Based on polymer type, the market is segmented into the following:
- Linear Low-Density Polyethylene
- Low-Density Polyethylene
- High-Density Polyethylene
- Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate
- Reclaim
- Others
Based on the application, the market is segmented into the following:
- Mulch Films
- Black Mulches
- Transparent Mulches
- Others
- Greenhouse Films
- Low Tunnels
- Macro/Walking Tunnel
- Classic Greenhouse
- Silage
- Silage Bags
- Silage Sheets
- Silage Stretch Films
Based on the region, the market is segmented into the following:
- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Middle East and Africa
Regional Analysis: Agriculture Films Market
Geographically, global agriculture films market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East and Africa regions. North America agriculture films market is exoectd to grow at notable rate due to high adoption of advanced farming techniques, fluctuation in the climatic conditions, and increase in the production of fruits and vegetables are expected to propel the market. Europe agriculture films market is poised to grow at significant rate due to increase in awareness about bio-degradable agriculture films, rise in agriculture farming in Germany, France, and UK, and rise in demand for healthy food products.
Asia Pacific agriculture films market presenting lucrative growth opportunities owing to increase in dependence on agriculture in India and China, decrease in arable land due to rise in population, and rise in greenhouse farming in Japan are anticipated to upsurge the revenue growth of market. Latin America agriculture films market growth driven by implementation of modern horticulture techniques, rise in adoption of advanced agriculture techniques. Middle East and Africa agriculture films market growth attributed to rise in awareness about modern agriculture techniques in African countries, economic growth, and increase in the exportation of agriculture products from Middle East countries are propel the market.
Competition Assessment
- The RKW Group (Germany)
- RPC Group Plc (U.K.)
- Berry Global, Inc. (U.S.)
- Grupo Armando Alvarez (Spain)
- The Dow Chemical Company (U.S.)
- BASF SE (Germany)
- Trioplast Industrier AB (Sweden)
- Kuraray Co. Ltd. (Japan)
- Henan YinFeng Plastic Co. LTD (China)
Notable Market Developments:
- In August 2016, RPC Group Plc acquired British Polythene Industries Plc. for strengthening its product portfolio including agriculture films
Key Features of the Report:
- The report provides granular level information about the market size, regional market share, historic market (2012-2016) and forecast (2017-2023)
- The report covers in-detail insights about the competitor's overview, company share analysis, key market developments, and their key strategies
- The report outlines drivers, restraints, unmet needs, and trends that are currently affecting the market
- The report tracks recent innovations, key developments and startup's details that are actively working in the market
- The report provides plethora of information about market entry strategies, regulatory framework and reimbursement scenario
- The report analyses the impact of socio-political environment through PESTLE Analysis and competition through Porter's Five Force Analysis in addition to recent technology advancements and innovations in the market


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When I first saw Pauline Faull, who died one week ago in Port Hope after years of leadership in the hospice movement, she was standing on the doorstep of the Cabbagetown Victorian where my family had gathered to meet our greatest crisis: my mother's terminal illness.
I'd been expecting an earnest Birkenstocker, no more stylish than a bedpan. Pauline, then in her early 50s, would have fitted right in at the highest of teas in a full-skirted white shirtwaist dress that harked back to Dior's New Look, with red high heels and matching earrings that caught the sun. "You dressed up…for US!" I exclaimed (or maybe it was Joyce), because who gets glamorous to visit a dying woman in a house askew with sadness? But Pauline maintained that hospice visits can be joyful, and deserve a sense of occasion.
Twenty-six years later, I'm not sure what I found most beautiful about her–the restorative elegance of her dress, the vividness of her chiseled face or the lilting accent of her Northern Irish hometown, Derry (also known as Londonderry, she said, in one of those offhand remarks that contain a world of trouble bravely borne). My mother had always treasured beauty, honored it in every detail of the home she had filled with green plants (now bedraggled) and Mexican throw cushions from her travels (now crumpled, like us). As the world she had created fell apart, Pauline tethered us to what remained. I don't remember many things she said or did; mostly, her gift was a bright, steadfast presence in my family's hour of lead.
She never told us much about her life; we were always her focus. I know she trained as a nurse and later studied with Elisabeth Kubler Ross; her obituary says she died surrounded by family "in the embrace of The Bridge Hospice, the founding of which she tirelessly championed." I hope at least one person at her bedside was wearing bright earrings and matching high heels.


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Summer is here and Amber Sunset Jungle Resort is hosting a spectacular competition for Belizeans!
Write about your experiences, or the places you've been to, the local food, or the diverse culture in Belize or anything that you may find, unique, interesting or awesome about Belize. You can also send us your pictures and/or videos of your topic to go along with your article to enhance it and get a chance to win with us.
The writer with the best essay wins an Evening Pool Party with 5 friends at our Wild Things Bar & Pool!
Essay Criteria:
- Essays must be anywhere between 350 – 600 words
- Essays must be original and must not have been used anywhere else.
- Essays must be about Belize
All essays must be submitted by July 5th, 2013. Essays will be read by our panel of judges who will select a winner.
Points will be given as follows:
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- originality – 30 points
- grammar – 30 points
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Why did the governor call a special session?
Arizona lawmakers will be at the capitol today after being called to a special session late Tuesday by Governor Jan Brewer. They'll be working on Medicaid expansion and the state budget. I talked with Jim Small of the Arizona Capitol Times this morning, and asked him why the governor would call a special session when lawmakers were expected to deal with the issues during their regular session later in the week.
JIM SMALL: They were all set to deal with it looked like the bulk of the budget on Thursday in one form or another. But, apparently the Governor was not happy with some of what she called "stall tactics" that were being put into place by the House Speaker Andy Tobin and Senate President Andy Biggs. Essentially they didn't have some scheduling for the rest of the week. The House was not going to work originally today. They were going to come back on Thursday to do the budget. And, the Senate had said it was going to work today but then it was going to take Thursday off and come back on Monday. So the Governor apparently did not want to wait that long.
DENNIS LAMBERT: How much difference does moving this deadline up make?
SMALL: Procedurally, I mean it only makes a couple of days. In terms of that it does not make a huge difference, but where it really makes a difference is [that] this is something that has really upset Republicans, especially conservative lawmakers. I mean the staged basically protests in both the House and the Senate yesterday. There is I think a lot of raw emotion right now and frankly a lot of really hurt feelings. It's going to play out defiantly I think when we see the floor debate on this budget there is going to be a lot of fiery and angry speeches.
LAMBERT: Does this call for a special session make it more or less likely that Medicaid expansion will be approved?
SMALL: I don't know if that changes the odds as to wither it going to get approved or not. Honestly, I think it was going to happen one way or the other. All this does is that it forces it to happen in a shorter time frame and frankly if it is even possible to imagine in an even more acrimonious political climate considering this has been the issue that has dominated the entire legislative session and it had already been a really kind of a flash point for Republicans.
LAMBERT: That's Jim Small of the Capitol Times.


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Global, Local & Digital: The Need for Speed.
In today's world, every industry must be both global and digital. You all know that.
You also know how difficult it is to be digitally relevant in every target market.
Here are some of the challenges that must be addressed:
- More players than ever before
- An increasing need for differentiated assets
- A growing number of platforms on which these assets must be rolled out
- Unsatisfied markets and subsidiaries
- Cultural and time differences
- New technologies every day
This list could go on...
So how can you address this?
The Datawords Premium Multicultural Digital Factory
Our multicultural digital factory proposes a unique process, set of tools and organization designed to face these challenges. We are going to give you a glimpse of how our clients have been using it, and show you how our partnerships with major players in the tech space have impacted how this can be scaled. These partners include Salesforce, Hybris, Adobe, Sitecore, Drupal etc…
Let's take a look.
To deploy websites at an industrialized pace, the use of efficient platforms becomes necessary. Datawords has helped companies ranging from the beauty industry (Benefit Cosmetics, Kiehl's, Clarins) to the luxury industry (Harry Winston, Dior, Christie's), and automotive and CPG industries (Michelin, All-Clad, J&J) to select and set up the right platforms to manage this.
For instance, for any digital rollout system selection, we believe the following features are "must haves":
- One single Web Platform
- Simple and clear workflows
- Optimized costs (no need to support other types of software licenses)
- Computer Assisted Translation (translation memories, QA checks)
- Reporting tools (word count, semantic analysis)
- SEO compliant translation (SEO glossaries)
- Fully integrated connector (delivery optimization)
Speaking of the fully integrated connector, one of the key tools and features of the Datawords Premium Multicultural Digital Factory is the Datawords Semantic Portal.
The Datawords Semantic Portal is a platform which will allow your brand to scale content management and deployment to as many markets as needed, and with optimized timing. The Portal can connect to any website technology, which is why it is used by many portfolio groups around the world.
Localization processes can be long and costly. Brands often encounter repeated exchanges between global headquarters, local teams and multiple agencies which take place on a variety of platforms that do not necessarily connect with each other. It becomes very difficult for a global team to manage its image on an international scale because of increasing delays and costs for the rollout of digital assets. Here are some key figures which show why localization processes need to be scaled efficiently:
- 86% of localized mobile campaigns outperform English campaigns in CTRs and conversions
- Geo-targeted posts in social media generate 6X more engagement than posts shared globally
- 73% of global e-Commerce consumers prefer to use their native language when shopping online
With that said, why have major brands selected Datawords and its Premium Multicultural Digital Factory? Here are a few reasons:
- A scalable and agile approach
- On time high quality delivery
- International rollout project experts with over 90 nationalities in-house
- Technological expertise and partnerships with every major player
So remember, if you need to scale your digital assets and content deployment on a global scale, you have to think about it at an early stage, set up key tools and platforms which will allow you to save time and costs in the long run, and most importantly work with a partner who knows how to speak to your markets and understand the challenges that come with technological deployment. This is what we do after all, and why we call it "e-Multicultural Technologies".


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LPS P.E. teachers honored as best in Nebraska
Three physical education teachers from Lincoln Public Schools have been honored as the best in Nebraska.
The Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) of Nebraska announced the winners during its annual conference in November. They're now scheduled to be recognized at the Feb. 25 Lincoln Board of Education meeting.
- Amy Cariotto from Lincoln Southwest High School was named the 2019 Nebraska High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. SHAPE said Cariotto "takes physical education to the next level. One of her goals is to try to find as many opportunities that are new to the students as possible, so they can approach the activity with an open mind. One of the ways she does this is through partnerships within the community. Cariotto provides her students with multiple experiences outside of the school building to truly emphasize the connection of lifetime activities."
- Charlotte Ceballos from Lefler Middle School was named the 2019 Nebraska Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. "Ceballos is creative in finding ways to adapt lessons for students and continues to seek out new strategies to incorporate into her class," SHAPE said when announcing the award. "Her passion as a teacher creates a high level of student energy, engagement, interest and pride. Ceballos places high importance on the social and emotional learning of her students, as well as skill development for lifelong physical activity. She not only teaches kindness and empathy, but also how to support and motivate each other."
- Cathy Mohlman from Irving Middle School was named the 2019 Nebraska Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year. "Mohlman is a true advocate for students with special needs in the classroom, school and community," SHAPE said. "She has taught in a variety of settings, from self-contained adapted physical education classes to an inclusive model through physical education classes with their peers. Molhman's energy and enthusiasm for teaching is evident through her passion in the classroom. She teaches her students so much more than how to be active safely; she teaches them social and life skills."
Published: January 31, 2020, Updated: February 14, 2020


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Hip Hops is a card game that ticks all the boxes: fun and easy to play, it's also educative and – the ever-important box – comes with a video that's got viral potential.
Let's rewind: at the beginning of 2015, founder Francis Madeira decided to quit his job in digital marketing to do 'something creative'. Inspired by the Top Trumps cards of his childhood and his passion for beer, he created Hip Hops, a collective beer card game.
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I have never really labeled myself a "feminist", but going by Wikipedia's definition of a feminist (see below), I definitely am one.
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights. Feminism is mainly focused on women's issues, but because feminism seeks gender equality, some feminists argue that men's liberation is a necessary part of feminism, and that men are also harmed by sexism and gender roles.
Feminists are "person[s] whose beliefs and behavior[s] are based on feminism."
Undoubtedly I was brought up in a home with strong feminist beliefs! My mother NEVER told me to get married and have children. Instead, the mantra she repeated to me over and over as a child and young adult was: "Never become financially dependent on a man."
Perhaps that's why the past two years while I've been in school and have become financially dependent on a man (my lovely husband) for the first time have been so difficult for me.
As a child I never felt held back by my gender. My parents had high expectations for me academically and professionally, and dare I say, put even more pressure on me to succeed than my brother.
My teachers did nothing but encourage me. In spite of my attraction to the social sciences and humanities, my high school science teachers (and parents) begged me to go into the pure sciences, because they felt there was a need for more women like me in them. Unfortunately I didn't listen...but we already know about my silly academic/career choices.
In my final year of high school I wrote a critical review paper on Margaret Atwood's novel The Edible Woman. My take on it was that it was too cynical about the role of women in current North American society, that women had come so far by the early 90s, that we should be filled with optimism. I got a grade of 100% on this paper from my English teacher and it won me a top entrance scholarship to university.
A few years later I was less optimistic about gender equality as I embraced Naomi Wolfe's Beauty Myth and by 1997 I was convinced that there had been a full-blown backlash against the advancement of women, and true or not, I was convinced that Ally McBeal was partially to blame. It is around this time that models and actresses began shrinking back to Twiggy-like silhouettes. Previously slender, but healthy looking celebrities all suddenly looked emaciated. Of course, all the actresses on Ally McBeal, at the time, vehemently denied having eating disorders, but since then Portia de Rossi and Courtney Thorne Smith have admitted otherwise and even Calista Flockart has reluctantly admitted she wasn't eating enough (duh, ya think?).
Unfortunately, things in Hollywood haven't changed much since then. The norm for most female actresses is still impossibly thin.
I also feel like the backlash is evident through the 21st century obsession with reality television programs that portray women as shallow, empty-headed, materialistic, man-obsessed, pathetic idiots. Some of these shows portray men in a negative light too, but the focus is definitely on the women. And it's women who eat up these disgusting shows!
There are some incredibly strong, interesting female television characters. I love Andy on Rookie Blue, Theresa on The Mentalist, Alisha on The Good Wife, and my favorite is Jane on the new show Prime Suspect. Of course, these women ALL happen to be absolutely gorgeous (and thin) AND rumour has it that Prime Suspect is going to be cancelled. Do we not have enough of an appetite for strong women?
I have been thinking about all this a lot lately because of this past summer. I am not kidding you when I say that not a day went by, that if I was wearing a sleeveless shirt, I didn't get at least one comment about how muscular my arms are.
Women would often tell me they wished they could have my arms and men would usually say things like, "Wow, you work out, don't you?"
But the whole thing made me very uncomfortable. Men seemed almost to be mocking me, as if it was cute, that a little woman like me (barely 5'2, 112 lbs) would be trying to be tough, and many of the women's comments felt insincere.
While everyone seemed truly impressed with the amount of work they imagined it must take to have such muscular arms, I am not sure if the men really appreciated the aesthetics and I am not convinced that most of the women would really want to look this way themselves.
After all, most women will work very hard to be thin, but most are not willing to work hard to be muscular and strong. I see it every day in the gym and I've been seeing this for the past 20 years.
Don't get me wrong, I am really proud of my strength. Not because of how it makes me look, but because of what it allows me to do: lift 2 rapidly growing kids, carry massive bags of groceries, haul overflowing garbage and recycling bins up and down our front porch steps. Being strong is about being independent.
Yet the fact that my arms got so much attention this past summer tells me that an obviously strong woman is still unusual AND I would argue it is not the ideal. If it were, all the leading actresses in Hollywood would be muscular instead of thin.
I guess I've done a 180 in my thinking since highschool. If I could re-write that paper, I might say that Margaret Atwood was right to be cynical...I am not sure that we have come very far in terms of gender roles over the past 20 years and given that I have two daughters, this worries me...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Strong Women
Posted by Healthy Life Lessons at 7:55 AM
Labels: Life, Well-being
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Women are portrayed negatively? It's the men that get discriminated in the media, being portrayed as lying, manipulating, cheating, spouse abusing, kid abandoning assholes.
While women are portrayed as the evolved, intelligent, peace keeping masterminds.
I agree that the hollywood ideal is unhealthy. But it's just a small part, and it's women who think this is the ideal. Men don't want women to be like that.
On the other hand, being muscular isn't an attractive trait for women either.
Women have the upper hand in Western society, if you can't see that you are pretty blind.
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Ngawai's family, who lives in New Zealand, has had Mischief for about eight years, although he's closest with Ngawai's granddad.
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The family isn't entirely certain how Mischief got so big, although Ngawai explained that Mischief doesn't have health problems as a result of his weight — and he's actually been on a diet for years.
"He is only given a strict amount each day," Ngawai said. "We're not sure why he remains so fat. We do cave in and give him snacks every now and then though, and he often comes under the table during dinner and guilt-trips the family into dropping food down to him."
While the family is still keeping a close eye on his health, Mischief's extra weight just gives Ngawai's family more of him to love — and they get a kick out of Mischief's different quirks.
"He's terrified of plastic bags," Ngawai said. "As soon as he hears the sound, he runs away. He only meows when he sees the blackbirds steal his biscuits, which is a daily occurrence. He runs sideways because his stomach sways so much."
But it's Mischief's cat door antics that amuse Ngawai and her family the most.
"We all found it hilarious," Ngawai said. "Everyone adores him, even though he's lazy and a bit snobby."
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