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A new poverty profile for Brazil using PPV, PNAD and census data
This paper contains a poverty profile for Brazil, based on 1996 data. Poverty measures and shares are presented for a wide range of population subgroups, based on household level data from the PNAD 1996, adjusted for imputed rents and spatial differences in cost of living. Robustness of the profile is verified with respect to different poverty lines, different spatial price deflators, and different equivalence scales. Overall poverty incidence ranges from 23% with respect to an indigence line (15% for urban areas) to 45% with respect to a more generous poverty line (37% for urban areas). More importantly however, poverty is found to vary significantly across regions and city sizes, with rural areas, small and medium towns and the metropolitan peripheries of the North and Northeast regions being poorest. In addition, education, race and the labor status of the household head are important correlates of vulnerability. The marginal impact of each of these attributes, controlling for all others, is investigated through probit regressions run on PPV data. These confirm the importance of spatial variables, but suggest that education remains the central personal attribute determining the likelihood that a household experiences poverty. Some tentative recommendations to improve the quality of the available data sets are also made.Download Info
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German is an Indo-Germanic language of the Germanic language family. The so-called East Germanic is a generic term for the dialects of the North Germanic tribes who left their Scandinavian home and settled in the area of today's eastern Germany and Poland. The migration took place during the 400 years known as "Common Germanic Time". One of these Vandalic tribes was the Lugii [Lygians] who came to Silesia in about 100BC and repelled the local Celts. The Vandalic tribe of the Silingi is said to be the origin of the name for Silesia. In 800, under Charlemagne, the word 'German' emerged as a denomination and a coherent language area was created. In the 13th century Silesia became part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and thus of the German language area. As from the 18th century, after the Silesian Wars, Silesia was no longer part of this area.
Over the centuries, the language contact between German and Polish caused interference and transference. During Old High German and Middle High German times words were already borrowed from German in Polish. However, most of the borrowings in Polish derive from the Early New High German and New High German and belong to the fields of trade, craft, construction, military and seafaring. Due to the widespread bilingualism among the German settlers, Polish also influences the German vernaculars – especially in East Prussia and Silesia. In the Silesian vernacular, Polish equally influences the vocabulary, phonetics and grammar. For example, Polish influences become evident in the word order: Hab ihm gestern gesagt ["told him yesterday", rather than the usual "I told him yesterday"]. Another typical feature of German in Silesia is the common use of reflexive verbs: sich spielen, sich gehen [play oneself, go oneself]. Even before World War II, Polish speakers in Upper Silesia were often exposed to German influences through the education system and administration the Polish Silesian vernacular (e.g. the famous vernacular 'Water Polish' [Wasserpolnisch]) has characteristics which do not occur in the Polish standard language or other Polish vernaculars. After World War II the influence of Polish on the German language in Poland increased. For many young people German has become a foreign language and this has made way for the trilingualism of local vernacular, regional variation of the German standard language and Polish.
Originally, Silesia was inhabited by the East Germanic tribes of the Silingi and Lugii. During the migration of nations, the East Teutons moved to the South and the Slavs settled in Silesia in the second half of the 5th century. In 1138 the empire of the Piasts was divided; an independent Silesian line emerged. The Silesian Piasts linked themselves to the German West from within through marriages with daughters of German sovereigns, e.g. the marriage of Henry I (1202-38) with Hedwig von Andechs who was canonised in 1267 and is still admired as the country's patron saint.
The settlement of German peasants, craftsmen, traders and miners, most of them from the Thuringia-Upper Saxony region, was increasingly promoted by the territorial lords. Modelled on the cities of Magdeburg and Halle, German law ruled in the 120 towns until mid 14th century. In 1458 the Hungarian king Corvinus succeeded in gaining the Bohemian crown and thus the divided Silesia. As his successors remained without a male heir he concluded a marriage agreement with Emperor Maximilian I for the latter's grandchild Ferdinand. In this way, from 1526 onwards, Silesia belonged to the Habsburgs for 200 years. In 1740 King Frederic II of Prussia invaded the barely protected Silesia with his army. In the Peace of Breslau (1742) Maria Theresia had to cede Silesia, and after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the province was extended to parts of the Saxon Upper Lusatia [Oberlausitz] with the towns Lauban, Görlitz and Hoyerswerda. In the 19th century Silesia experienced strong economic improvement. Apart from state initiatives – in Malapane the first machine factory in Prussia called Königliche Hütte [Royal Smelter] was built – active private entrepreneurs created the basis for a thriving coal-mining district. Many "Water Polish"-speakers from rural areas took this dialect, which was different from the advanced standard Polish, with them when moving to the rapidly growing cities. It contained many German borrowings while German peasants and miners used many Polish expressions. This coexistence only started to break up in the second half of the 19th century due to national distinctions which were also enforced by the "germanisation" policy of the German Empire. A simplification was made by equating 'Polish' with 'Catholic' as well as 'German' or 'Prussian' with 'Protestant'. With the Treaty of Versailles, the whole of Upper Silesia was ceded to Poland after World War I. As of 1939 Silesia served as a concentration area for Hitler's offensive armies. In 1945 Soviet troops conquered Silesia. At the Yalta Conference (February 1945) it was agreed that the Silesian territories up to the Oder and Neisse rivers would fall under Polish administration. On 21 June 1990 both the German parliament and the GDR People's Parliament consented − in the context of the German Unification Treaty − to maintain the border of 1945 as the western Polish border.
According to the 2002 census there were 152,897 persons of German and 173,153 persons of Silesian nationality. In the same census 204,573 persons declared German and 56,643 declared Silesian as their home language. Estimates from various sources indicate a total of 300,000 to 400,000 German speakers (Association for Civic Media 2003; Handbook of Contact Linguistics 1996).
Until 1990, Poland was the only Central European country which did not officially acknowledge the German minority. At this time, the German minority, with a few exceptions, was not allowed to exercise activities in connection with its folk culture. Although article 35 of the Polish Constitution grants Polish citizens of national or ethnic minorities the freedom to preserve and develop their own language, customs, traditions and culture this regulation does not apply for the Silesians in the German language minority; they are not included in the three categories of regional and national minority groups of the Polish authorities. The Polish government and the Supreme Court refuse to acknowledge national or ethnic minority status for Silesians; e.g. they also do not acknowledge the Verband der Bevölkerung Schlesischer Nationalität [Union of People of Silesian Nationality] founded in 1887. The European Court of Human Rights confirmed this national decision in its judgment on 17 February 2004 (application no. 44158/98).
Despite this rather weak legal status there have also been some positive developments for the status of the German language minority, which were launched by the state visit of the German Chancellor Kohl in 1989. Apart from establishing several representations for their national group, members of the German language minority were successful in local, regional and to a lesser extent in national elections. Currently the minority is represented by two members of the Polish parliament.
It can also be noted that the Polish Council of Ministers, which, according to the draft minority act, is responsible for finding a comprehensive solution for the issue of official town names in Silesia, will not be able to do so due to inconsistent language use. Moreover, it will be utterly impossible to establish a denomination which was abolished 70 years ago and is barely known or used by the people. It seems that the only feasible way to deal with these issues is on a case by case basis with community referendums.
In the school year 2002/2003 there were 261 primary schools as well as 63 grammar schools and one secondary school with German as language of instruction (Source: Section for national minorities of the Ministry of the Interior 2004). However it must be kept in mind that no distinction can be made between classes in German as a foreign language and classes in German as a minority language. Most schools obviously tend to teach German as a foreign language as many teachers are trained for this (e.g. by the Goethe-Institut). There are almost no efforts to introduce German or Polish dialects in schools.
Only 20% of teachers in the Opole and Silesia districts speak German fluently. Therefore, since 2002, language courses have been offered in order to strengthen the German language. At primary and secondary level the German language proficiency of the teachers is better; 80% of them are fluent in German. Teaching material is generally available for German, history and geography classses. Some secondary schools also offer bilingual classes.
People who do not speak Polish are allowed to call a German-speaking interpreter (see country report ).
Since Polish is the official language, German does not play a significant role in public authorities or on a local level in general. The language is only of certain relevance in unofficial contacts (see country report ).
There are no daily newspapers in German. Weekly periodicals published only in German are: Schlesien Heute [Silesia Today] and Der Oberschlesier [The Upper Silesian] with a print run of 2,500 copies each. Partly bilingual or German periodicals are: the weekly Schlesisches Wochenblatt [Silesian Weekly], monthly publications such as Hoffnung [Hope], Masurische Storchenpost [Masurian Stork Mail] or Mitteilungsblatt [Bulletin]. Das Informations- und Kulturbulletin [The bulletin for information and culture] is published bimonthly and the Kulturelles Bildungsnotebook [Cultural Education Notebook] quarterly.
Schlesien Aktuell [Silesia up-to-date] is a radio programme for the German minority in the Opole region which is broadcast from Monday to Thursday between 5.30pm and 5.55pm on the public station Radio Opole, frequency 103.2 FM, which is the most popular station in the Opole region. Schlesien Aktuell was first broadcast on 15 April 1998 and the editorial team is composed of young people. Their aim is to put together a modern information programme and to report on important activities of the German minority and German-Polish topics. The programme boasts news, reports, interviews, information on events and German music and is very popular with the audience. This is not only confirmed by numerous calls and letters but also by concrete figures; the audience rating of Schlesien Aktuell is as high as for the Polish programme broadcast at the same time. Further private radio stations include Radio Plus, Radio Vanessa and Radio Park which are broadcast exclusively in German.
The local TV station in Opole broadcasts a 10-15 minute programme for the German language minority called Schlesien Journal [Silesian Journal], which is produced by an independent team. The programme Schlesische Wochenschau [Silesian Newsreel] is broadcast by the Polish television every other week.
Currently no efforts are made to support the German minority in the field of new media. However, there is one website for the German minority provided by the Verband der deutschen Sozial-Kulturellen Gesellschaften in Polen [Association of the Social and Cultural Societies in Poland] in German and Polish.
Most cultural activities in German take place in Silesia. For example, the cultural initiative for the Caritas library network in the Opole region was launched in 1992 by the representative of the Catholic Church for the German minority. Since then two library busses visit about 150 villages. 34 additional stationary libraries have now been established and with financial help from the German-Polish Foundation, the central library Joseph von Eichendorff was opened in Opole. The voivodship library, which has sought to preserve the stocks from German times for many years now, also continues to collect German literature. In addition, it operates another branch with German books – the 'Austrian library' in Opole.
Annual German-Polish symposia on Silesia take place in the Kamień Śląski castle [Schloss Groß Stein]. Professors and persons involved in the cultural sector who come from the East and West and feel attached to Upper Silesia (mostly they have their origins there) take part as speakers. The various talks are mainly intended for priests, teachers, librarians and journalists.
The Haus der Deutsch-Polnischen Zusammenarbeit [House for German-Polish Cooperation] in Gliwice was set up in 1998. It is based on the first registered association and its contributors are both German and Polish.
According to experts, 12 books were published in German in 2003; according to public authorities there were none. Most publications are textbooks, poetry and religious books. However, the natives are to a great extent unaware of German literary works which would make them feel more rooted in their homeland. Only very few of these local books are translated. Examples are the bilingual work Der goldene Schlüssel [The Golden Key] by Hans Niekrawietz and several texts by Eichendorff. Horst Bieneks has published novels about Gliwice. Other authors mostly remain unknown: e.g. Hans Lipinsky-Gottersdorf, Heinz Piontek and especially August Scholtis.
In the cultural field a variety of traditional folk music is produced and cultural festivals are organised, e.g. Regionales Erntedankfest der Diözese [Regional Thanksgiving of the Diocese] on St. Anna hill, Künstlersommer der nationalen Minderheiten [Summer of Artists of National Minorities] in Olsztyn, Chortreffen [Choir Encounter] in Walce, Treffen der Folkgruppen und Orchester [Encounter of the Folk Groups and Orchestras] of the German minority in Leśnica, Ausstellung Schlesischer Artistikkreationen [Exposition of Silesian Artistic Creations] in Dobrodzień and Dobrzeń as well as Masurische Gespräche [Masurian Talks] in Mrągowo. Preservation of culture also includes the maintenance of material cultural goods which are no longer found very often in Silesia.
According to article 27 of the Constitution German is of no importance in the business world as an official language. For the German language this means that regulations on consumer protection in Silesia, for example, have to be issued not only in German but also in Polish (see country report). The low status of German however does not imply that the language has no importance for business on local and regional level. Thus German may be required for jobs in commercial enterprises or schools – however, this is only true on a private level. Silesia's economy is characterised by coal mining which has been undergoing a crisis for several years. Thus about 60,000 jobs in mining and trade based on mining were abolished.
In the 2002 census 196,841 Polish citizens declared using German at home within their families. In the same census 56,426 Polish citizens indicated Silesian as their family language. However, only 147,094 Poles stated German nationality whereas 172,682 persons were of Silesian nationality. Unfortunately, the census did not provide information about the homogeneity of the various groups or the reasons for these changes.
In the Opole district German is currently used by a culturally motivated minority and it can be noted that since 1990 the migration of many people to Germany has a negative influence on the reproduction of the language. Nevertheless, in many regions German speakers are considered to have a higher social status or to be more advanced.
To a great extent the German language minority is Roman-Catholic and attends church regularly. Only in Silesia near Cieszyn there is a majority of Protestant German speakers whose services are mostly held in German. However, the Catholic clergy has a rather low command of German so that many Catholic masses are not said in German (50% according to official and 80% according to minority organisations).
With democratisation setting in, the degree of organisation within the German minority has changed drastically since 1989/1990. Until the end of the 1980s the only official organisation was the Deutsche Sozio-kulturelle Gesellschaft [German Socio-cultural Society] in Walbrzych. With the increasing democratisation of Poland the extent of organisation of the German language minority also increased. There are currently 40 such organisations, many of which are organised within the Verband der deutschen Sozial-Kulturellen Gesellschaften in Polen [Association of the German Social and Cultural Society in Poland] which provides a website containing a list of links with all German-speaking organisations (last update 4/2004) which is regularly updated. The association has more than 200,000 members as well as ten organisations as permanent members and eight as associated members.
The European dimension is considered very important: since Poland has signed the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, it is widely expected that the country will also ratify the Charter, which will have a positive influence on language policy.
The current situation of the German language minority, as is the case for the other minorities, is marked by a weak position after World War II and a revival due to the democratisation of Poland. However, along with the Ukrainian minority (see language report Ukrainian), the German minority experienced special repressions in Socialist Poland. A current problem is that after the political change of 1989/1990, many German speakers left Poland: this destabilised the demographic basis of the minority. Especially now that Poland has joined the EU, relations between Poland and Germany must be treated sensitively due to the common history of both countries.
The role of the German speakers during the Second World War is still very present both in the minority's perception of itself and others' perception of them. This causes ambiguous statements on nationality and language use in the family, for example in the 2002 census.


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Keith Richards 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Seuferling/KU Endowment is beyond shady and apparently they are liars as well. What is in this agreement that caused you decide not to release the document?
Schumm, you should release the exhibits and the KU documents weeks before a vote is taken. The public deserves time to review and then make comment. To release "many of those exhibits to be completed by the time the city approves the document on second reading." is a disservice and unethical.
The price tag for the public goes continually higher, and "deal" we are receiving gets continually worse by the day.
Bob Forer 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Not exactly. K.Richards is absolutely right. All documents need to be released weeks before a vote is taken. Schumm is merely trying to placate us in putting a little lipstick on the pig.
somebodynew 9 months, 3 weeks ago
"Those costs are not included in the city's $25 million price tag for the project. "
And it starts before they even sign the paperwork. Why is it I have this feeling this won't be the last time we read this words if this thing moves forward ??
I am surprised that Mr. Schumm is demanding these agreements, but also agree that more time is needed to be able to read them. Plus, the City has apparently not made full disclosure of their part yet. Slow down !!!
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 9 months, 3 weeks ago
If it goes to a vote, you get to vote, too, and you can base that vote on whatever information turns your crank.
deec 9 months, 3 weeks ago
So can anyone avoid paying property taxes on their homes or businesses until they sell, or is that a special privilege reserved for special folks? If so, I'm sure every person in Kansas whose home has sat on the market for moths will be relieved to know they don't have to pay property tax until the home is sold.
kuguardgrl13 9 months, 3 weeks ago
I believe that's a policy specific to Junction City. I'd hope that Lawrence wouldn't be so stupid to have something like that in place. Or they'd at least let the developer re-zone the property if that's what will sell. Of course we're not the most intelligent when it comes to building more housing than we need.
Stain 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Good point. Why are we even considering doing business with a man who left another city in the lurch and in debt?
Cant_have_it_both_ways 9 months, 3 weeks ago
It would suprise you if you knew who was in the investment group.
Missingit 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The more and more I read this my concern is this infrastructure. It seem like Lawrence could fall victim to the Fritzels the way Junction City did. Since this is a no bid I bet he charges the city an extra 2-4 million for infrastructure compared to a bid process and then the great deal becomes more of a rip off Nd the rec center has to be downside to pay for the cot over runs. I bet Junction City felt like the houses Fritzels built were gonna be a good deal as well
jhawk1998 9 months, 3 weeks ago
A sale item is only a good deal if you were going to buy it anyway. In this case the city is being convinced of something it had not previously determined we needed. Regardless of the hard sell this doesn't fit into the city plans. This impromptu long-term planning needs to stop.
deec 9 months, 3 weeks ago
And don't forget the annual cost overruns on operating costs. I seem to remember that it will be about a million a year to run, and the sales tax revenue will be $350,000 short.
Hadley_says 9 months, 3 weeks ago
If there isn't something noxious in the KUEA-Fritzel agreement, it would have already been released.
I hope the commissioners would start to understand this. This thing needs to be examined and discussed in the community before any so-called second-reading of the ordinance.
jack22 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The car analogy I was thinking of goes something like this. A family has saved to buy a new car and they decide to treat themselves to a more expensive car. The car is priced at $25,000, but the seller is adamant that it's true value is at least $35,000. After several days of negotiation the buyer decides to negotiate a deal that he feels will benefit everyone. The seller agrees to pay $30,000 cash for the car and the seller for his part gets full use of the car on weekends. It's no wonder Fritzel loves Lawrence, our city leaders have no negotiating skills. When the city is putting so much money into developing his land we should have more negotiating room to demand that the needed land and much of the building cost be paid for by the developer, not the city. Let me put it this way, when you took your wife out for Valentine's Day did you ask her to pay for it? No, because it's not really a gift when the recipient has to pay for it.
lunacydetector 9 months, 3 weeks ago
i might be more comfortable if the whole deal wasn't so confusing, expensive and how elected and appointed government officials have been pushing so hard for this thing to happen.
i guess we're supposed to turn a blind eye. the library boondoggle is hard enough to stomach.
jack22 9 months, 3 weeks ago
I can remember my father telling me about the real estate deals that he made years ago in several different cities. In one he donated 5 of his 20 acres so the city could have a place to build a water tower and in exchange the city brought in the roads and sewers and changed his zoning to allow a mixed us of commercial and residential development. In another he proposed that he'd give the city 10 acres for soccer and baseball fields in exchange for a change in zoning from agricultural to residential so he could build houses on the remaining 40 acres. In another the city came to him with a proposal to build a distribution center on his land. The city wanted to increase their tax base and add jobs, so they built the roads, sewers, and put in the necessary street lights to bring the business there. In exchange we agreed to sell the land to a large corporation at cost, with the benefit to us being that the rest of our land was now ready for development as the city paid the cost of the needed infrastructure. All of these deals benefited both the city and the developer. In this current deal the benefit is almost entirely with the developer. If Fritzel wanted to, or if the city had any negotiating skills, he could give us the land, built the recreation center, and give both as a gift to the city. In exchange, we would bring in the streets, sewers, and other utilities, pay for the maintenance of the recreation center, and he'd still make a handsome profit when he sells or rents the remainder of the property we paid to develop.
Stain 9 months, 3 weeks ago
This whole project should be scrapped. The whole thing just smells.
I'd like to see a YMCA come here. Not a huge mega-center that will cost a fortune and that the city does not need and the citizens (aside from the profit-makers and Bonnie) do not want.
deec 9 months, 3 weeks ago
"The agreement lists 11 exhibits that are a part of the development agreement, but 10 of the 11 exhibits were left blank with the understanding that they would be filled in later. Schumm has said he expects many of those exhibits to be completed by the time the city approves the document on second reading. "
Why in the world is the city even thinking about giving first approval to a scheme that has blanks? My folks taught me to NEVER sign off on anything with a blank on it.
Bob Forer 9 months, 3 weeks ago
"Fritzel told the Journal-World in January that he would make the agreements public once they were finalized, but when contacted Monday, he declined to do so."
Another Fritzel lie. Yet the CC is still hell bent on pushing this through. Can it get any dirtier?
Keith 9 months, 3 weeks ago
By CC do you mean City Commission or Chamber of Commerce? Never mind, they're nearly identical.
irvan moore 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Mayor Schumm, please table this issue while we wait for the details to be made public, it is worrisome that you and the other commissioners will vote to approve a project when you admit you don't know all the relevant information. why in the world would you have a vote to approve at this time before even knowing exactly what you are voting on.
Gootsie 9 months, 3 weeks ago
OMG. Seriously? 11 pages with 10 blank; yes we'll give you the details - wait, no we won't. I can't believe that you aren't setting this completely aside and getting on with honest and up front business deals.
How does this help the city? Will it be something Joe Average can use? I am in shock that the commission would even be willing to do the ordinance on this.
Pig lipstick - couldn't have said it better.
If this goes further, not one of the current commissioners who consider passing this should be re-elected.
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Fred included video and social media-enabled banner ads on women-aimed site SheKnows, where he posted a list of 10 reasons his girlfriend Dalila should say, "Yes." It didn't take long for a large banner unit featuring a dynamic Twitter feed to flood with posts related to his campaign.
It also didn't take long for her to agree to get hitched. It must have been reason number 9, Dalila's hair: "Her hair is what I first noticed when I met her, and to this day is still a major part of my most fond memories of her."
I can't help but wonder if the campaign served a dual purpose as a way for Deep Focus to promote its social ad prowess, but then again, there's the cynic rearing her head. The agency's CEO, Ian Schafer's Twitter post congratulating Fred: "Delila said YES! Congrats, Fred!!! http://bit.ly/u82e2 #SayYesD A social media engagement success story :)"
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Supermarket fruit+veg bags – all the way from the USA #FoodMiles
Anybody who likes to minimise their food miles might like to note this… increasing numbers of Woolworths supermarkets are using bags for fruit and vegetables that are made in the USA.
That's not to say other supermarket bags aren't also imported from a long way away. As far as I've noticed, the Woolworths ones are the only ones that say so.
It's a similar story when buying cling wrap — almost all brands seem to be made in China nowaways.
The bags shown above aren't heavy or bulky, of course, but a chain like Woolworths must go through millions of them every year. It all adds up.
Personally, if I'm buying only about three or less of each item, provided they're not small, I don't usually bother to put them in a bag at all.
All the self-serve checkouts are down, down
It was like a trip back in time to… last year. All the self-serve checkouts in Woolies were down tonight.
A long queue at the express checkouts… surprisingly not at the other checkouts (all credit to management, they did have five non-express checkouts open at one time — rarely seen nowadays).
Perhaps the earthquake is to blame. Perhaps not.
Australia Day thoughts
Happy Australia Day.
Some thoughts:
1. Spotted this morning, some glorious Australia Day supermarket multiculturalism:
2. I was a Flag Monitor in grade 6. Along with my mate Mark, we put the flag up on the school flag pole. Apart from a minor hitch on the first day when it went up upside down for a short time, there were no issues, though I'd imagine doing the same job for the Elizabeth Street roundabout would be somewhat more time consuming:
(I'm probably safe in assuming they go up and stay up.)
3. I was pondering, as debate about immigration and asylum seekers rages, if our Federal politicians are familiar with the second verse of our national anthem. (It was originally the third verse. There were originally more in the song, but the national anthem only incorporates the original first and third. We used to sing both in high school, at assemblies and so on.)
Obviously one should be wary about determining policy from lyrics written circa 1901 (much of the song was written before 1878, but this verse was added for Federation), but still, I'd love to hear Ms Gillard and Mr Abbott's interpretation of them.
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We'll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share;
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Coin deposit reduces dumped shopping trolleys – why don't they all do it?
Since Woolworths introduced gold coin deposits for trolleys at Bentleigh, you almost never see their trolleys abandoned in the streets. The same can't be said for Coles Bentleigh, who appear to have some trolleys requiring a coin, and some not — I don't understand the logic of this. On a walk last night, we passed three (non-deposit) Coles trolleys in quick succession on a single block of Jasper Road.
It seems pretty clear that (like the drink container deposits used in some states), coin deposits reduce the problem. I wonder why Coles don't go ahead and implement it fully, especially in suburbs like Bentleigh where their major competitor already uses it.
Abandoned trolleys can be reported online for Wesfarmers/Coles group chains (Officeworks, K-Mart, Bunnings etc) here or for most other chains (Woolworths/Safeway, Target, some IGA) here.
Christmas is over
Christmas must be over. Reason 1: Dead Christmas trees on the nature strip
Reason 2: Hot cross buns in the supermarket… just in time, only four three and a half months before Easter.
Speaking of the supermarket, it does seem like trolley retention rates are increasing since they started wanting a gold coin deposit… so much so that yesterday they were clogging up the entrance.
Supermarket trolley deposit
Last week Safeway Woolworths replaced all their trolleys as part of the makeover.
And they all require a deposit — a $1 or $2 coin.
'Cos while I don't usually use a trolley, when I do, I'm sick of them having wonky wheels because people have pushed them for miles and dumped them in the street, where they get damaged. I'm sick of finding them in the park, and in my street, and even at the railway station, clogging up the entrance ramp. And I bet they're expensive to collect and repair, contributing to higher prices.
Hopefully the deposit will reduce the instances of them going missing.
By the way there's a notice at the entrance which says the supermarket will have its grand re-opening on the 29th. A bit odd if you ask me, given they've kept trading while the renovation's happened.
Maybe they'll get the local member of parliament to attend. Whoever that is by then.
Some supermarkets require a deposit (usually a $1 or $2 coin) to get a trolley. Some don't.
Personally I wouldn't object if deposits were required universally, given the number of (almost always non-deposit) trolleys that get wheeled away, and end up in stupid places.
Hopefully it'd mean less trolleys get a wheel broken and are thus rendered unsteerable in what should be their natural habitat, supermarket aisles.
The moral quandary of the self-serve checkouts
At the local Safeway, the renovation (and eventual transition to "Woolworths") is underway, and the self-service checkouts are now operating.
There's five of them, compared to three express checkouts, and eight "normal" checkouts. From memory there used to be more normal checkouts, though as at most supermarkets, I don't ever recall all of them being in use at once.
I suppose there's something of a moral quandary about whether self-serve checkouts will cut the number of staff the supermarkets have to employ. I'm afraid my general philosophy is that if there are long queues, I'll use whichever option is likely to get me out of there the quickest.
If there are no queues, the staffed checkout is likely to be quicker, as Safeway's dedicated and tireless personnel are much more likely to know where all the barcodes are, and precisely which buttons to press to choose the butternut pumpkin (or whatever) off the fruit+veg menu.
But if the queues for staff are long, and particularly if I don't have many items to buy, I reckon the self-serve is likely to be quicker. This goes doubly at places like Big W, because I'm usually not buying lots and lots of small items, and of course there is no fruit+veg — everything's got a barcode.
So yesterday at Safeway I found myself with a basket full of about fifteen items (eg too many for the express lanes), two normal lanes open, both with 2-3 people queuing with very full trolleys. And no queue at the self-service checkouts (though one of them was out of order).
I chose the self-service, which no doubt was what Woolworths Corp had in mind all along.
Any guilt about putting Rowena (family friend who I occasionally encounter on the checkouts) or her cohorts out of a job was extinguished, this time, by the sheer amount of intervention required from the staff member on duty as I scanned my items.
Putting my green bag into the bagging area, and patting the bottom of it down with my hand to smooth it out set off the Incorrect Weight error, requiring assistance.
Trying to fiddle around to pack items neatly into the green bag also set off the error.
Accidentally double-clicking the Fruit+Veg button got the register to incorrectly charge my butternut pumpkin as mandarins, and reversing it required the staff member yet again.
All in all it probably took twice as long as a transaction handled fully by a human staff member, and certainly required a lot of intervention. I'm not sure if it got me out of the store more quickly than it would have if I'd queued, but I don't think there was a lot in it.
I think in future unless (a) there's a long queue for the human operators, (b) I'm buying only a handful of items, and (c) that includes nothing that has no barcode, I'll avoid the self-service checkouts.


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Rio Tinto closes in on Riverside Mining buyout
The mining giant has made a further bid to takeover the Australia-based company
By CFOWorld.co.uk | CFO UK | Published 10:30, 14 March 11
The mining group Rio Tinto is closing in on a full takeover of Riversdale Mining after a fresh bid worth £2.4 billion was enough to win over an extra eight percent of shareholders.
Supporters of Rio Tinto's takeover bid now account for 26.13 percent of Riversdale shares but there is still some uncertainty about how the company's two biggest players view the proposals.
Steelmakers Tata Steel and CSN collectively own 47 percent of the business and it is unclear whether either or both parties are keen to see a deal go ahead.
Rio Tinto has said that its latest offer of A$16.5 (£10.32) per share is final but almost all minority shareholders will need to accept the terms if neither Tata Steel or CSN signal their support for the proposals.
Tata, a long-time shareholder in Riversdale, has a director on the board who has backed Rio Tinto's offer, indicating Tata is not hostile to the bid.
Tata Steel managing director Hemant Nerurkar has said the company is mainly interested in securing coal supplies from Riversdale.
The wild card is Brazil's CSN, which recently raised its stake to just below the 20 percent threshold for making a full takeover offer, and has not publicly discussed its intention for the stake or possible talks with Rio Tinto.
If Rio's bid is not successful, Riversdale's shareholders are likely to face a big equity fundraising to help finance the development of its coking coal projects.
Rio shares were down 1.7 percent in early trade on Monday, while Riversdale was flat in a weak overall market.
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The Conservative-led coalition said the simplified scheme providing a flat-rate payment of 144 pounds a week, would benefit low earners, the self-employed and women who have taken time out from work for childcare.
The change - one of the biggest overhauls of Britain's pension system in decades - was expected to come into force in April 2017 but has been moved forward to April 2016, the government said.
The current system includes a basic pension, a second state pension and the ability to top up pension contributions with pension credits. This will all be merged into the universal flat-rate payment.
Critics of the new scheme say Britons would have to work five years longer to qualify for a full pension - 35 rather than the current 30 - and end up with less than they get today.
The government has sought ways to stem the soaring cost of its universal basic pension provision - which is projected to hit 8.1 percent of economic output by 2060.
It has already said the pensionable age will rise to 67 for both sexes by 2028, from 65 for men and 60 for woman.
In a bid to try to force more Britons to start saving for retirement, the government has also introduced an "auto-enrolment" scheme, under which employees will be automatically enrolled into their company pension scheme or a state scheme, while having the choice of opting out.
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