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Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla has signed legislation that appears to legalize common-law same-sex marriages—that apparently was "accidentally" approved by conservative lawmakers, reports the New York Times. The conservative legislators who voted for the bill later demanded that Chinchilla veto it—which she refused.
President Laura Chinchilla late Thursday signed the bill governing social services and marriage regulations for young people. The mostly conservative members of Congress did not notice that the final version of the bill had changed earlier language that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
After realizing they had approved a bill that "confers social rights and benefits of a civil union, free from discrimination," the lawmakers asked Ms. Chinchilla to veto the new law. She has refused.
Conservative legislators have vowed to challenge the new family law bill. More details from the Tico Times, an English -language news website based in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The law ... could establish common-law marriages for gay and lesbian couples in Costa Rica, reported the daily La Nación . Communications Minister Carlos Roverssi confirmed that the law had been signed and sent for publication in La Gaceta, the government newspaper that is the final step in the bill's journey to becoming a law.
Common-law marriage in Costa Rica is available to people who have been together for at least three years. It guarantees partners the rights to inheritance, to social security and public insurance benefits and to visit the other person in the hospital.
Chinchilla said in May 2011 that she is "a supporter of traditional marriage" but would not oppose a court ruling that legalizes same-sex marriage or civil unions.
Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize marriage equality in July 2010. Uruguay became the second nation in Latin America to do so in April 2013.
Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Sweden mandate marriage equality. Brazil, Mexico and the United States allow equal marriage in certain states.
In August 2010, the highest court in Costa Rica rejected a national referendum on whether the country should grant same-sex couples the right to civil unions. "Minority rights ... cannot be subject to a referendum process where majorities are needed," the court ruled. Too bad we haven't realized that yet in the United States.
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The article below from ToxiNews is well worth the read.
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The article below from ToxiNews is well worth the read.
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They burned down schools under the Apartheid government and blamed "sub-standard" education. They still blame Apartheid, but now their fuel never gets to the school because of corruption.
from: Praag
The school book scandal in Limpopo province has now implicated the national minister of education. Her company makes money out of school books that do not get delivered, it seems.
At the centre of the textbook crisis in Limpopo is a politically connected company called EduSolutions. Minister Angie Motshekga has been working with this company since 2008 when she was still Gauteng Education MEC.
The Limpopo government irregularly awarded a R320 million contract to EduSolutions for textbook provision to Limpopo schools. The evaluation and specification committee was ignored at the time the contract was awarded.
This contract was due to be cancelled as soon as the national intervention team arrived in the province to run the Education Department.
Limpopo Education Administrator Anis Karodia now claims that the Minister initially obstructed the cancellation of the contract, preferring for government to continue doing business with EduSolutions instead.
Motshekga made this call even though textbooks were late to Gauteng schools back in 2008 when the Minister was Education MEC in Gauteng and doing business with EduSolutions. EduSolutions is also implicated in a fraud scandal for charging government R13 a pencil.
The obstruction by the Minister continued for a month and a half, according to Mr Karodia, before Motshekga finally agreed that books could be ordered directly from publishers.
While this was happening, Minister Motshekga was promising the public that all learners would receive their books when schools opened in Limpopo. This was said at the announcement of the matric results on 5 January.
from: Praag
Johannesburg – The ANC's second transition is necessary to overcome the compromises it made in the fight for democracy, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
"One of the causes of the slow pace to economic freedom is that ahead of [the first democratic election in] 1994… we went through a negotiations process," Zuma said in Midrand.
"We had to make certain compromises in the national interest, and these were absolutely necessary to make. We had to be cautious about restructuring the economy in order to maintain economic stability and confidence at the time."
Zuma was opening the policy conference of the ruling African National Congress.
He said the apartheid era's economic power had remained intact.
"The ownership of the economy is still primarily in the hands of white males, in which it has always been."
A document on the second transition was one of the ANC's 13 policy documents which would be discussed during the four-day conference.
Zuma said the second transition would make the country a "true democratic developmental state… which has a number of instruments it can use to facilitate change".
The first transition was still important because it had ushered in an era of democracy in South Africa.
"The time has come to do something more drastic to accelerate change towards economic transformation and freedom."
Zuma asked delegates to discuss the notion of a second transition when dealing with the strategy and tactics document.
"It is time to ask questions about the present and future… the last 18 years was the first transition. We are calling for a dramatic shift… to deal with the triple challenge[s] of poverty, unemployment and inequality."
from: SA Promo Magazine
Violence and public threats of war against Afrikaners, white farmers and white English-speaking South Africans by members or the ruling ANC party's youth league has escalated considerably in recent weeks threatening to explode into civil war.
This follows a statement issued by ANC Youth Leader Ronald Lamola being interpreted by most observers as a 'declaration of war against farmers'. Lamola said during Youth Day celebrations during the month of June that it would be an illusion if South Africans believe they can get their land back peacefully. In a speech made in Durban Lamola called for the expropriation of (white farmers') land without compensation. He said youth unemployment could not be dealt with unless land was expropriated. "We need an act as forceful as war to bring it back to the Africans," he said.
Lamola's statement so alarmed civil-rights organisation Afriforum that they called an urgent meeting with Lamola and some of his comrades. After the meeting Afriforum's Charl Oberholzer Tweeted: "Just finished ANCYL meet: they are highly aggressive and have much bigger plans than our people had realised'. Those close to Afriforum say the members of the delegation were "rudely awakened" to the fact that ANC's younger generation had "extensive war plans" against whites and farmers in particular.
Meanwhile the Mpumalanga legislature's DA-leader, Anthony Benadie, lodged a criminal charge of intimidation and incitement to violence against Lamola. The Transvaal Agricultural Union of SA and the Verkenners (Afrikaans Scouts) movements both issued statements in quick succession, condemning Lamola's "war-talk". Both groups responded by saying that "Afrikaners and Boers now had no other choice left except to get ready to defend themselves against a war which was declared against them."
Maybe this will wake up some people. Maybe they will begin to understand the true nature of the beast. Maybe they will realise what many white South Africans have known for a few decades – that many black tribes have no interest in equality or diversity.
Or maybe they will continue to be useful idiots.
from Sowetan:
The league's president, Amukelani Ngobeni, said in a statement that Mandela would not have peace should he die without apologising for "selling out black people's struggle through the secret talks with the apartheid government".
Ngobeni said Mandela entered into secret talks and agreed on a compromised constitution which today makes it very difficult, or almost impossible, for government to deliver in its duties to service the citizens.
He said they were following with interest developments around Mandela's health, saying: "Many of his friends did not get an opportunity to apologise before they died, and he must consider himself lucky and use the opportunity for his soul to rest peacefully before it is too late".
He added: "Mandela and his friends were excited and could not wait to occupy the global political space at the expense of the struggle for complete political, social and economic emancipation."
Nelson Mandela Foundation spokesman Sello Hatang said Mandela had always maintained "that he was always acting as part of the collective".
He added it would be best for the ANC to comment on Ngobeni's statement.
However, ANC spokesman Keith Khoza said his organisation would not dignify the statement with a comment.

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This statement is made pursuant to Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 (SB 657). It sets out the steps we have taken during the financial year 2018/19 (the "Year") to prevent slavery and human trafficking from taking place in our supply chains or in any part of our business.
This statement is also made on behalf of the following subsidiaries of Burberry Group plc (company number 3458224); Burberry Limited (company number 162636), Burberrys Limited (company number 230931), Burberry (UK) Limited (company number 4288292), Burberry International Holdings Limited (company number 4251867), Burberry Europe Holdings Limited (company number 4458720), Thomas Burberry Holdings Limited (company number 3509143), Burberry Haymarket Limited (company number 4868493), Burberry Holdings Limited (company number 4251948) and Burberry London Limited (company number 4251951) and the actions and operations set out below are effective across the Burberry group.
As a global luxury retailer and manufacturer, with more than 10,000 employees, 431 retail stores and a supply chain touching the lives of thousands of people worldwide, we believe in being socially and environmentally responsible.
Burberry has had social and environmental programmes in place for more than a decade. These programmes, which cover our operations, our supply chain and extend to the communities around us, are designed to drive positive change and build a more sustainable future through innovation and collaboration. Combatting slavery and human trafficking are core to this agenda.
As part of our five-year responsibility strategy, we set ambitious goals for 2022, focused on addressing our most material social and environmental impacts, while supporting the Burberry Foundation in fuelling innovation and transforming the lives of people in our communities. This agenda supports the aims of the Paris Climate Agreement as well as a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
We published our third Modern Slavery Statement in June 2018 and over the past year have continued to increase the depth and breadth of our ethical trading programme, reviewing our policies, developing our due diligence efforts upstream in our supply chain, delving deeper into our modern slavery risks and continuing to collaborate with cross-industry groups, such as the Ethical Trading Initiative's Modern Slavery Working Group and Business Against Slavery Forum, to target modern slavery.
We design, develop, make and sell luxury products under the Burberry brand and our business model is focused on creating long term sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
Our design process begins at our headquarters in London, where our creative teams work across womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and accessories. We also collaborate with licensing partners to create our beauty and eyewear offering. With customer desires and responsibility front of mind, we constantly innovate to bring our designs to life with new materials, techniques and combinations to remain at the forefront of fashion while driving positive environmental and social impacts.
We carefully source materials based on their quality and sustainability, working closely with our network of suppliers to ensure we receive the highest-quality materials and goods while supporting our partners to drive positive social impact in their communities.
We have a large global network of directly operated and franchise stores, and our own e-commerce capability serves 44 countries. We also work with select wholesale and licensing partners, including third-party digital providers, to complement our distribution networks and provide a luxury experience for all customers.
Our supply chain network supports the production of our apparel and accessories products, and our day-to-day business operations.
Finished products are manufactured at both company-owned facilities in the UK and Italy, and by an external supplier network. A large proportion of our finished goods production takes place in Europe, where Burberry has many long-standing relationships, including some for more than 15 years. We believe that these strong supplier relationships are key to ensuring continuous improvement in supply chain working conditions and we work towards minimising supplier turnover, where possible.
We have visibility of all finished goods manufacturing suppliers, their subcontractors and supporting facilities, as well as mills, tanneries and trims suppliers.
We believe that the sustainability of suppliers within our raw material supply chain Is key to ensuring overall responsible sourcing of our products.
The key raw materials we use are cotton, leather and cashmere and we have a strategy and targets to source these more sustainably. Further detail on our raw material sourcing targets is available here: Burberry Product Strategy.
This year, we continued to expand our responsibility programme to also include the assessment of mills, tanneries and trim suppliers and their sub-contractors, covering 70% of our raw material suppliers.
We have granted two product category licences under the Burberry brand to third parties, namely to Coty to produce beauty products and to Luxottica to produce eyewear.
Our responsibility team works with Coty and Luxottica to ensure they apply consistent standards which are aligned with those applied across the rest of Burberry's supply chain.
As a large global organisation, we have many other supply chain operations across EMEIA, Americas and Asia Pacific related to general business operations, including but not limited to retail stores, our website, offices, marketing and transport. We continue to communicate our commitments and policies designed to prevent forced, bonded and trafficked labour through our Responsible Business Principles (the "Principles"). Further details are set out below.
From 2018/19, we are including our packaging, visual merchandising, repurposing and recycling supply chains within our ethical trading programme, assessing risk, completing audits when required and working with suppliers to implement continuous improvement plans.
We believe that respect for human rights is integral to being a responsible company. The prevention of forced, bonded and trafficked labour is a key element of Burberry's Human Rights Policy and Ethical Trading Code of Conduct: Burberry Policies
To promote human rights across our direct and indirect business operations, we require our network of business associates and extended supply chain to comply with our Principles.
The Principles have been developed over a number of years. They have been informed by our longstanding membership of the United Nations Global Compact and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), and are underpinned by the International Bill of Human Rights and the Fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organization. The Principles apply to all our business associates, which include, but are not limited to: finished goods suppliers, raw material suppliers, non-stock suppliers, construction contractors, licensees and franchisees.
Since 2016, the Principles have expressly addressed modern slavery risks. Incorporation of the Principles into our contracts with business associates ensures the provisions targeting modern slavery are also included. The Principles are overseen by Burberry's Ethics Committee, chaired by our general counsel. The policies are monitored by our responsibility and supply chain teams and enforced pursuant to the Burberry Non-Compliance Policy, detailed below.
The Principles include Burberry's Code of Ethical Business Principles, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy and Global Environmental Policy, and the following policies:
This outlines requirements which all our business associates must uphold in relation to their own employees and throughout their own supply chain. The code includes, amongst other standards, the following requirements: that employment is freely chosen, child labour is not used, freedom of association is respected and no harsh or inhumane treatment occurs.
The full Code of Conduct is available here: Burberry Ethical Trading Code of Conduct
This is specifically intended to protect workers who may be vulnerable to exploitation in the course of international migration. The Policy contains requirements including, but not limited to, the prohibition of withholding passports and similar documents and the levying of recruitment fees.
We are in the process of updating and recommunicating this policy to suppliers to provide more guidance on implementation of the Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity.
The full Migrant Worker Policy is available here: Burberry Migrant Worker Policy
Burberry's Human Rights Policy sets out our four key stakeholder groups – our people, workers in our supply chain, our customers and our communities - and the procedures we have put in place to protect and uphold human rights, including mechanisms in place to address any instances of potential infringement. The policy was developed with reference to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We assess human rights impacts and monitor labour conditions in both our own operations and our supply chain on a regular basis to ensure the policy is upheld.
This year we reviewed and updated the Human Rights Policy to include references to the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions throughout and our expectations of suppliers.
Further details of Burberry's Human Rights Policy are available here: Burberry Human Rights Policy
This outlines Burberry's commitment to responsible and sustainable business principles throughout the supply chain, including at the sourcing stage of raw materials. The policy outlines specific prohibited sourcing regions, where the risk of modern slavery and other labour rights issues is recognised. For example, the policy prohibits any sourcing of cotton from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Syria.
Further details of the Responsible Sourcing Policy are available here: Burberry Responsible Sourcing Policy
Where breaches of our standards and policies are identified, Burberry collaborates with local partners to find solutions to address the non-compliance. Where improvements are not made within a given time or there is an unwillingness to address the issue, we may consider terminating a particular business relationship.
The policy is designed to allow partners a reasonable amount of time to rectify any non-compliance with the Principles, to minimise any potential detrimental impact on workers' livelihoods, while always reserving the right to terminate contracts and take any other legal action possible, depending on the nature of the breach.
Further details of the Partner Non-Compliance Policy are available here: Burberry Partner Non-Compliance Policy
In addition to the Principles, Burberry's Ways of Working provide a set of guidelines which all employees must abide by, relating to a wide range of matters including personal conduct and whistleblowing. Burberry employees, contractors and agency workers across our operations, also have access to a confidential whistleblowing hotline which ensures that there is always a way to report issues if usual routes of escalation are unavailable or restricted.
We continue to implement additional risk management of our non-stock procurement supply chain to gain more visibility of areas of greater risk, such as labour suppliers globally and construction contractors. Suppliers are required to take responsibility for the prevention of forced, bonded and trafficked labour in their supply chain and certify that neither they nor any of their affiliates, contractors or sub-contractors engage or have engaged in any form of modern slavery. This year, we have increased the due diligence conducted within our visual merchandising supply chain.
Compliance with the Principles is a requirement of doing business with Burberry. Adherence to the Principles is included in contracts with suppliers. Finished goods suppliers sign a letter of undertaking confirming, amongst other matters, their commitment to the Principles and to cascade the Principles to their suppliers. We work with our business associates to support their compliance, and may act against those that do not demonstrate sufficient commitment to the Principles or are in breach of them. In the event of a business associate being found to be involved in modern slavery, we would first act to help safeguard the affected workers' wellbeing and then to support the business associate with its remediation process including any actions to identify and address root cause issues.
We continue to promote the management of modern slavery risks within Burberry and externally. In October 2017, Burberry became a founding member of the Business Against Slavery Forum alongside some of the UK's largest companies. As part of this, Burberry's CEO, Marco Gobbetti shares intelligence and best practice to help businesses identify, tackle and prevent slavery in their supply chains.
We have a global responsibility team consisting of around 35 specialists in key locations globally. Although ethical trading activities are coordinated by our responsibility team, targets relating to working conditions in the supply chain are owned by our supply chain and relevant sourcing teams. Burberry employees, who are responsible for supply chain partner relationships and sourcing, also have personal KPIs related to labour conditions, recognising the potential impact of fair purchasing practices on labour conditions throughout our supply chain.
Our ethical trading programme is supported and monitored internally by a number of management committees. The Programme aims to ensure that the potential risks to labour and human rights are considered at all appropriate levels and areas of the business.
In the event that any labour or human rights risks are identified, the Chief Supply Chain Officer will report on such issues to the Group's Risk Committee, which meets at least three times a year. The Risk Committee is chaired by the Chief Operating and Financial Officer, who sits on the Burberry Group plc board. The Risk Committee reports into the Group's Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is chaired by an independent non-executive member of the Board.
Additionally, our ethical trading targets and sustainability strategy are reviewed by the Burberry Responsibility Advisory Committee (BRAC), which includes representation from international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Forum for the Future and Oxfam. The BRAC provides a third-party perspective on our programmes to help determine whether we are focusing our actions and resources on the most salient labour rights' risks throughout our operations.
Over the last 15 years, we have had a programme aimed at monitoring the labour conditions in our product supply chains and safeguarding the workers engaged in that supply chain.
Monitoring and verification activities are carried out throughout our finished goods and key raw material supply chains to support compliance with the Principles. To ensure our supply chain mapping stays up to date, we operate a strict approval process and conduct a transparency analysis with our vendors and commercial teams each season. Following this analysis, we conduct an assessment to identify any new or emerging areas of risk.
New raw material suppliers are required to confirm they will adhere to the Principles and comply with applicable local laws. They agree that we may visit and assess their own compliance and that of their suppliers. Before any new supplier is approved to participate in the Burberry supply chain, they are risk assessed for social compliance and any indication of forced, bonded or trafficked labour. If during this risk assessment a vulnerable workforce or geographical location risk is identified, a full audit will be completed and the results and the remediation plans (if any) will be evaluated before a decision on whether or not to approve is taken.
In addition, before a factory is approved to produce Burberry finished goods, we assess its compliance with the Principles and applicable local laws and commitment to uphold them. The responsibility team must be satisfied that the factory will uphold these standards before giving approval for production to begin. Audits, announced or unannounced, consist of worker interviews, document reviews and site tours, and are repeated periodically to confirm ongoing compliance and continuous improvement. The frequency of audits depends on the level of performance in previous audits – better performing factories are audited less frequently. Worker interviews are always conducted confidentially and workers are selected at random with fair representation of the workforce, including, for example, union and worker representatives, first aiders and migrant workers. Our audit methodology prescribes that we interview at least 10% of the workers in a factory. Between audits, our Responsibility Team works closely with facilities to implement systems to prevent modern slavery and improve the management of human rights and safety risks, amongst others. During the period 2018/19, we conducted 481 audits and 221 engagement visits.
Every two years, we conduct a Human Rights Impact Assessment of our operations and activities and those of our extended supply chain to identify and address potential risks. This year, we are engaging representatives of affected stakeholder groups to develop informed mitigation action plans.
We have implemented a number of action plans in both our direct operations and supply chain, including a focus on migrant workers and women throughout the different levels of our supply chain as we identified that these groups are more vulnerable to modern slavery risk. Action plans include context specific interventions such as mapping recruitment journeys in identified hotspots, building worker voice mechanisms in these areas and working with experts to integrate gender sensitive processes and metrics into our programmes.
After the 2016 assessment, we expanded our ethical trading assessments to cover select construction projects and all distribution and fulfilment centres globally. From 2018/2019 we have been assessing the repurposing and recycling facilities we work with as recycling facilities in particular can rely on a large contingent labour workforce.
Other areas identified in the 2018/19 assessment include recruitment practices in all owned and third-party distribution centres globally, promotion of access to remedy in our key supply chain locations, and upholding of labour rights in our raw material supply chains. Where we have identified a salient forced labour risk in our raw material supplier facilities, ethical trading assessments are conducted by our internal teams or by a local NGO, where local expertise is needed, to identify any labour rights issues and remediation required.
Further details on our Human Rights Impact Assessment are available here: Burberry Human Rights Impact Assessment.
Monitoring alone does not drive improvements in labour conditions and therefore we have several programmes in place to support our supply chain partners to improve labour conditions:
Labour rights issues can include inadequate access to remedy. Where this occurs, we work with local NGOs to establish a hotline to share information with workers on their labour rights, create a mechanism to report grievances and provide psychological support.
The effectiveness of the hotline is frequently reviewed and, during 2018/19, 572 calls (20 complaints, 504 consulting requests and 48 psychological support requests) were received. Resolutions were monitored closely by our local responsibility teams.
We continue to review access to remedy and we will extend the hotline where required, prioritising suppliers with migrant workers.
We continue to work on programmes to capture comments and grievances from workers in our supply chain globally and address issues raised.
We have used the tool we developed with Oxfam to measure worker wellbeing in our supply chain and capture comments and feedback from workers with approximately 1,400 workers across eight facilities globally.
The results have been used to develop specific action plans for each factory. To date, these action plans have focused on the development of HR management systems, worker and supervisor training programmes and policy implementation.
Following this year's Human Rights Impact Assessment, we have created a theory of change and programme plan for migrant workers within our supply chain, focused on ensuring fair treatment, no discrimination and ensuring workers can flourish both at work and in their environment.
We have mapped particular risk areas and are working closely with local expert organisations and our suppliers to develop roadmaps to mitigate risk to domestic and international migrant workers in key supply chain locations.
Our responsibility team includes specialists on labour and human rights and modern slavery. All Burberry employees are introduced to Burberry's corporate responsibility policies and programmes during their induction training to ensure a general understanding of Burberry's responsibilities in this area.
Informed by Burberry's Human Rights Impact Assessment, we developed a bespoke modern slavery and labour rights training programme in collaboration with the ethical trade, human rights and labour standards consultancy, Impactt. The training has been delivered to key employee groups who interact with Burberry's supply chain networks. The targeted training helps those travelling to supply chain facilities to be familiar with the risk areas, likely indications of human rights abuses (including instances of modern slavery) and possible actions to take if an incident of modern slavery is identified. In addition, we have trained members of our human resources, health and safety, construction and fulfilment teams on modern slavery, how to identify it and appropriate actions to take. This training has helped embed respect for human rights and a policy of zero tolerance for modern slavery throughout the business. An ongoing training programme will deliver updated training to relevant employee groups globally.
In 2016/17, we provided tailored training to suppliers on identifying and combatting modern slavery. In-person training sessions were held with finished goods vendors who together manufacture 72% of our products. Initially, this training was provided to key finished goods and raw material suppliers, third-party labour contractors and certain suppliers operating in sectors with a greater risk of modern slavery issues arising. Participants were required to develop and implement plans around the recruitment and ongoing management of workers to reduce the risk of modern slavery in their operations and supply chain. These plans continue to be monitored on an ongoing basis by our responsibility team.
In 2018/19, our UK responsibility team completed an "Investigative Interviewing Skills" course developed and delivered by the Gangmasters Labour Abuse Authority and Stronger Togther. The skills learned will be deployed as part of our ethical trading audit methodology.
We monitor the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set out below on an ongoing basis. These KPIs help us ensure the effectiveness of our efforts to address modern slavery risks and are continually reviewed.
We have trained 112 employees from teams working with our business and product supply chains. Teams completing the training include Sourcing, Product Development, HR, Legal, Construction, Procurement and Workplace Service.
In 2019/20, the sourcing and product teams will receive refresher training.
We have trained finished goods suppliers, their key subcontractors and key raw material suppliers on the identification of modern slavery and building systems to prevent the occurrence of modern slavery.
We continue to implement initiatives to strengthen workers' access to information and the ability to raise grievances as well as to measure worker wellbeing.
In 2018/2019, Burberry's worker hotline received 572 calls, categorised as 20 complaints, 504 consulting requests and 48 psychological support requests.
We also surveyed approximately 1,400 workers across 8 facilities globally to build a better understanding of workers' wellbeing and identify opportunities for improvement. In the coming year, we will use these results to improve the KPIs we review across facilities.
In 2018/19, we conducted 481 audits and 221 engagement visits or training sessions. The majority of these activities were conducted by our internal responsibility team who endeavour to build trust in our ongoing partnerships and drive continuous improvement.
The audit and assessment programme covers all our finished goods facilities and their subcontractor supply chains, and 70% of our raw material supplier mills, tanneries and trim or component facilities.
Through this year's audits of the product and licensee supply chains, we have identified instances at 9 facilities where workers have paid fees for recruitment. We have worked with facility management to ensure workers were refunded. We also identified two facilities where management was holding worker passports. Both instances were resolved within a few days and workers' identity documentation returned. To prevent future issues, we continue to re-communicate policies, review recruitment journeys of migrant workers and develop fee-free recruitment chains.
We continue to strengthen the breadth and depth of our ethical trading programme and implement the action plans resulting from our 2018 Human Rights Impact Assessment. We believe that our continuing focus on transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain can help identify modern slavery risks which can then be addressed.
We continue to review own business operations and procurement procedures to ensure that risks of modern slavery are considered.
Should any instances of modern slavery be identified, we believe we are well positioned to address these and to support any affected workers in line with our core values.
Approved by the Board on 09 May 2019 and signed on its behalf by:
Marco Gobbetti
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May 18, 2013 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Unite Here, Local 2, near Civic Center BART
209 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
On Saturday, May 18th, Strike Debt Bay Area will host the Bay Area's Second Debtors' Assembly. (The first one was held in February. The beautiful posters for both created by SDBA organizer Sandy Sanders are shown below.)
As individuals, families, and communities, most of us are drowning in debt for the basic things we need to live, including housing, education, and health care. Even those of us who do not have personal debt are affected by predatory lending. Our essential public services are cut because our cities and towns are held hostage by the same big banks that have been bailed out by our government. All of us are outraged that big banks don't have to pay their debts, but we do.
Debt keeps us isolated, ashamed, and afraid—of becoming homeless, of going hungry, of being crippled or killed by treatable illness, or of being trapped in poverty-level jobs. Those facing foreclosure, medical debt, student debt, or credit card debt feel alone, hounded by debt collectors, and forced into unrewarding work to keep up with payments.
Strike Debt is building a movement to challenge this system while creating alternatives and supporting each other. At the Debtors' Assembly we will come together as a community and begin to rethink debt, not as an issue of individual shame, but as a political platform for collective resistance and action. Come to the Assembly to learn about tools for escaping the closing walls of debt, to share resources and skills, and to magnify our assembled energy. As we share our experiences we can begin to take back from the financiers what they have taken from us: our freedom and our future.
Debt resistance is just the beginning. Join us as we imagine and create a new world based on the common good, not Wall Street profits.
ORGANIZATION INFO: Strike Debt Bay Area is the local chapter of Strike Debt, an international movement of groups working to build popular resistance to all forms of unjust debt. Strike Debt has organized the Rolling Jubilee, the Debt Resistors Operations Manual, and local debtors' assemblies. Strike Debt supports the creation of just and sustainable economies, based on mutual aid, common goods, and public affluence. We owe the financial institutions nothing. It is to our friends, families and community that we owe everything.
Contact: Hannah Appel


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Awful, awful leatherhead Chris Berman is the recipient of this year's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, an award that had been previously given to actual sportscasters like Pat Summerall for their "exceptional contributions" to TV pigskin. World, stop honoring this man.
Hall of Fame recognizes Chris Berman with Rozelle Award [Pro Football Talk]
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the Home Run Derby, or something. Perhaps you can make a game of it, even. See you in the a.m.


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It sounds like a creature envisioned in a B-grade horror movie: a giant, predatory wasp with jaws so large that they drag when it walks. But that's exactly what entomologist Lynn Kimsey of the University of California, Davis, encountered during a recent expedition to the remote Indonesian island of Sulawesi, according to the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
The new species, dubbed a "warrior wasp" due to its huge ninja-like mandibles, is a terrifying sight up close. It is also being called the "Komodo dragon" of the wasp family due to its intimidating size. Males can measure in at over two and a half inches, jaws included.
"Its jaws are so large that they wrap up either side of the head when closed. When the jaws are open they are actually longer than the male's front legs. I don't know how it can walk," noted Kimsey, who is also director at the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
Luckily it prefers to dine on insects, but if threatened there's little doubt it could leave a sizeable mark on human flesh too.
Though the wasp belongs to the genus Dalara, Kimsey plans to name the species "Garuda" after the part-human, part-eagle mythical beast that is well-known as a national symbol in Indonesia.
The wasp was discovered in the Mekongga Mountains in southeastern Sulawesi, a little-explored Indonesian island between Borneo and New Guinea that Kimsey has called "one of the world's top three islands for biodiversity — that along with Australia and Madagascar." Aside from wasps of legendary size, the island is also home to dwarf buffalo called anoa, palm civets, and colonial spider webs that can stretch for acres.
Kimsey is part of a team of researchers who received a five-year, $4 million grant to study the island's rich biodiversity. So far in her three trips to Sulawesi, she estimates that hundreds — maybe even thousands — of new species could be catalogued. Kimsey hopes that the discovery of the warrior wasp and other surprising new animals will help raise awareness of how unique and precious the region is.
"There's talk of forming a biosphere reserve to preserve this," she said. "There are so many rare and endangered species on Sulawesi that the world may never see."
Also on MNN: Juno the beluga digs mariachi music


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- Final0Austria
- Final1Slovenia
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Slovenia 2
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Russia shakes Slovenia to win opener
SOCHI, Russia -- Alex Ovechkin and the Russians got off to a breathtaking start against Slovenia, then relaxed. The result was a closer-than-expected win over a country playing hockey in the Olympics for the first time.
The Russians' jaw-dropping skills, though, were still enough to beat Slovenia 5-2.
"We started well, got the lead and then we stopped playing," Ovechkin said.
The surprising result led one Russian reporter to tell coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov it would be a "death sentence" to leave goaltender Semyon Varlamov in net against the U.S. on Saturday.
Yes, they're taking hockey pretty seriously here -- perhaps as much as Canada did during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Varlamov, who plays for the Colorado Avalanche, gave up two goals on just 14 shots and needed a big save to deny Anze Kopitar when the game was still in doubt.
The Russians still had enough offense to overcome Varlamov's performance.
Ovechkin scored 1:17 after the puck dropped with a wrist shot that made the crowd roar. He made the flag-waving fans gasp 2:37 later with a drop pass to set up Evgeni Malkin's goal to give Russia a 2-0 lead.
"We were a little bit in awe at the start," said Kopitar, Slovenia's only NHL player. "Guys like Malkin and Ovechkin can make you pay pretty quick."
The Slovenians were respectable for two-plus periods. Ziga Jeglic had two goals in the second period -- one before Malkin scored and one after -- to pull his team within a goal.
"We said in our locker room, `We have nothing to lose," Jeglic said. "We played a little better and Russia was a little weaker. It's too bad in the end that we didn't surprise them."
Russia created a cushion in the first half of the third period when Valeri Nichushkin and Anton Belov scored.
Moments after the game was over, the team raised their sticks to a standing ovation from the more than 11,000 fans in the Bolshoy Ice Dome.
The crowd had chanted, "Ro-ssi-ya! Ro-ssi-ya!" before players were even on the ice, then kept it up throughout the game.
Russian captain Pavel Datsyuk, who is used to getting a lot of vocal support with the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena, called it an "unbelievable" atmosphere.
"I would like to say thank you to our fans," Datsyuk said. "They helped us."
Russia has 16 players from the NHL and two stars, Ilya Kovalchuk and Alexander Radulov, who left the league to go back home to play in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Slovenia coach Matjaz Kopitar, the father of Anze Kopitar, said his team respected the Russians too much.
"That's the reason we started slow and shaky -- they were somehow afraid," he said.
Soon after the start, Ovechkin charged down the left side of the ice and his wrist shot from the left circle was so sharp that Slovenia's goaltender, Robert Kristan, had no chance to stop it with his glove.
The Washington Capitals forward showed he could pass, too, lightly touching the puck near center ice to give Malkin an opportunity to score. The Pittsburgh Penguins star took full advantage, deking to his right in front of the net and shooting left to beat Kristan.
Instead of rolling to a rout, the Russians had to make some key stops and clutch shots to win.
Kristan, who faced 18 shots in the first period and 35 in the game, gave his team a chance to stay competitive.
A little more than a year ago, no one even thought the Slovenians would even be playing in the best-on-best tournament. Slovenia earned a spot by knocking off Belarus, Ukraine and Denmark to qualify.
"We're definitely not playing the flashiest hockey, but it got us here, so it's got to be something right," Anze Kopitar said.


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How much do dental implants cost in Chandler?
This is a question that can only be answered by first making it more specific, and therefore, initially more complicated. In getting the answer, you will learn more about your actual needs, and be able to make a more accurate assessment of what the true costs will be.
A dental implant is simply a titanium device implanted in the jaw bone to support, or attach, an artificial tooth or teeth. The cost of implant treatment depends on many individual factors including:
- The quality, amount, and location of bone: If there is adequate bone width and height in the area that the implant is needed, there will be no additional costs. Commonly though, bone is missing or deficient in shape or size where a tooth has been removed. Bone grafting may be a possibility, and can cost between several hundred to many thousands of dollars.
- The number of teeth that need to be replaced and the type of artificial teeth that will be used: Individual cemented crowns, screw retained crowns or fixed bridges, removable (snap on) bridges or complete dentures stabilized by implants. A single implant crown may cost between $1,000 and $3,000. Implant bridges replacing several or many teeth range from $3,500 to $25,000. Removable bridges are often less costly than fixed ones.
- The type of implant(s) that will be appropriate: Standard implants are usually 3 to 6 millimeters in diameter and 6 to 14 millimeters in length. They are designed to accept a variety of abutments to customize the connection to many types of teeth. They typically cost between $1800 and $2500 per fixture. "Mini" implants are around 2 millimeters in diameter and can sometimes be used to support very small individual teeth, or combined in a group to support a removable denture. These do not allow for any type of abutment change and thus are limited in the number of applications. They cost in the range of $300 to $900 per fixture.
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This is a closeup of a corner of the Brocante to show the prints and fabric better. Now I can't find the name of this charm set but it was sent to me for Christmas this past year by my dear friend Kim, Also with yardage the border fabric and the blue which I used for the background. The fabric is Park Avenue by 3 sisters for Moda. There is still another stripe which could be used in another quilt.
I put it on this dark fabric to try to show it off better. The colors are very soft. I tried to put the blocks in a way that the stars would show. Love this pattern so Thank you Sinta for picking it for this months mini. Hope to get it finished soon.Thank goodness the tornados didn't visit close. Although they did have some warnings up. Plenty rain though. The temperature was in the 70's today. The grass will really be growing. I at least got some leaves raked yesterday. It was so nice out I just had to get out and do something.
I'm still having problems with the pictures uploading but got it done the old way today. Probably be getting some dogwood pictures in the next couple days. Some of the little trees are starting to bloom. Thanks for visiting and hope your day has been good.


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In the based-on-a-true-story melodrama The Impossible, Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts play a married couple who must fight to survive the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami:
The film flits between the two knots of survivors, contrasting the parents' heartsick dread of the unknown with their children's more pragmatic reasoning and straightforward terror. Despite the script's hacky tendencies the movie repeatedly comes up with devastatingly effective visuals. It underscores how awful it is not to know. At times, particularly in one nerve-rattling sequence where Maria is being flung this way and that by underwater currents, with shadowy objects stabbing out of the murk like vengeful ghosts, it becomes almost unbearable to watch…
The Impossible is playing now in semi-limited release. My full review is at PopMatters.
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No, it wasn't about revenue. It was about the Facebook foxes.
The foxes, which include a mother and her three babies, live in Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., campus. They have a Facebook page, dubbed "FB Fox," and a growing following: 8,172 "likes." That group, which is far larger than Facebook's official payroll of 4,900 employees, includes CEO Mark Zuckerberg—one of the earliest fans of the page.
The page, created on April 23 by Alexis Smith, a member of Facebook's marketing team, chronicles the adventures of the foxes.
"It seemed like everyone was posting their own fox photos and I wanted a place where we could share all the photos together and honor the fox," says Smith.
Employees began to spot the foxes near campus last year; recently, the family moved into a zen garden between the product and sales buildings. According to Ms. Smith, it is widely believed that the mother fox, who some call "Firefox" after the Internet browser, and a father fox moved under a deck in the zen garden to give birth to their babies, or kits. The company's facilities team is in contact with wildlife services to make sure employees are taking the appropriate measures to protect the foxes, says Ms. Smith.
So far, more than four dozen photos, Instagram pictures and videos of the creatures have been submitted by Facebook's employees. Several pictures have garnered a thousand or more "likes," including one of an adult fox napping on a mat, which Mr. Zuckerberg noted was "by far the best photo of the fox." There are also photos of the foxes on basketball courts, in the brush, in the zen garden, and crossing the main walkway. In late April, photos of the baby foxes began to appear. With babies on board, employees were reminded to respect the foxes and not feed the family.
On Friday, employees were particularly excited to "like" and share a recent video submitted by John Mendiola, a security systems engineer, which showed the trio of baby foxes frolicking near some flowers and jumping over each other.
"They are usually snuggling – a lot of napping," says Ms. Smith.
While Ms. Smith was a bit surprised by the popularity of "FB Fox," she largely credits Mr. Zuckerberg for the surge. After the CEO's "like" on day one, the site attracted some 3,000 fans in 12 hours (many were Facebook employees).


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The Gum Ball 2020
The mighty music and arts festival that started it all. We're all still coming to terms with how amazing it was in 2019, an incredible 4 days was had. The festival will return for its 15th instalment in 2020, over the last weekend of the April school holidays (NSW), Friday 24th - Sunday 26th April, 2020.
It doesn't get much more idealistic than a weekend away at The Gum Ball. Jump through to check out some of the info and pics from the last one... it's the optimum cultural option for a family getaway.
PigSty In July
Taking a break in 2019, PigSty In July?is the fast burner... The more sinister fiery sister to The Gum Ball... A mid winter blast to break the ice-shackles... A one day Op Shop Bop...full of great live music and comedy, and the best food and booze known to person...
Dashville Skyline 2020
Dashville Skyline - Cosmic Country Weekender is our tribute to the golden era of roots music through the '60s and '70s.
Held over the Labour Day long weekend, it will return?October 2-4,?2020. The festival features a myriad of laid back country activity, along with over 40 live performances one by one over?three days, combining elements of Americana, psych-rock, alt-country, folk and bluegrass.
Convenient and spacious campground accommodation option for Hunter Valley Vineyard Concerts
Dashville is...
Dashville is a purpose built secluded bushland venue owned and run by the Johnston family. It is also the physical home of the events and music promotions company of the same name.
Dashville curate and promote a number of boutique music, art and food festivals annually along with various one off concerts and events. We also provide campground/function venue hire facilities.?The camping area and arena is currently spread over approximately 20 acres, just a portion of the 100 acre property.
The shady flat site boasts a number of facilities designed specifically to be flexibly suitable for the myriad of events with shower block, flushing toilets, various sheltered spaces, kitchen, BBQ and dining areas, a fully operational bar, and power?&?lighting across the site.


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Melissa Gorga became a household name when she signed on to be a part of the third season of Bravo's hit reality show "The Real Housewives of New Jersey."
Melissa Gorga became a household name when she signed on to be a part of the third season of Bravo's hit reality show "The Real Housewives of New Jersey."
She's now branching out, doing something she's always loved to do — sing. Fans of the reality show watched as her husband built a recording studio in their house and she recorded her first song, "On Display." The song was released on iTunes in August 2011, and several others followed.
Gorga will take a little road trip from her home in northern New Jersey with her husband, Joe, to host an evening at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Saturday. She had a little time between caring for her three young children and gearing up for her Pocono appearance to chat with the Pocono Record about her reality-show life, her singing career and the well-known feud between her and sister-in-law, Teresa Guidice.
Q: How has your life changed since singing on the reality show?
It's always different because there are cameras around now. I'm a lot busier now. I try to keep things as normal as possible. I try to keep dinner on the table every night and do homework with my kids.
Q: How did your family adjust to having cameras around so much?
The kids are still so young, so they don't really realize what's going on. There's been no negativity with it at all. I try not to make them front and center.
Q: I feel like what you see is what you get with the Gorga family. You all seem so down to Earth and real on camera. What do you think when people say reality shows are scripted?
I don't think you can make up the stuff on our show. It's so real. There's not one thing we've ever scripted or tried to create. It's not scripted; it's real.
Q: When did you know you had a talent in singing and wanted to chase that dream?
Since I was a little girl, I was always singing. I was in the school plays and had solos in the choir. An opportunity fell into my lap while filming, and it worked. So far, so good. I'm really grateful. It's something I love to do. We'll see what happens with it.
Q: Are you working on any new music?
I'm working on a new song now. I can't tell you the name of it yet. I'm working with a new producer, and I think it's going to be good.
Q: Tell me about your in-home recording studio your husband built for you.
It's great. We did that perfectly because of the kids. It's a lot easier than trucking back and forth to New York City. It's a blessing. Joe's a good builder, so it was easier for him.
Q: What are your future goals in the music industry? Any upcoming tours?
We'll see. If I do any tours, it will be summer tours, so I can take my kids with me. My family always comes first. I'm not willing to leave them here during the school year.
Q: Have you signed on for another season of the show?
Yes, there is another season. I can't give too much away, though.
Q: How are you and your sister-in-law, Teresa, now? Are you guys better or worse than what we saw last season?
I can't say we are doing worse, but it's more of the same. We try really hard for the kids. I'm trying to keep it together for the kids to have playdates and see each other. We're live about five miles away from each other.
Q: What can people expect from your Mount Airy appearance?
I'm actually not performing. I'm hosting with Joe. He'll be there with me. People love to see Joe. He's the life of the party.


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For today's Tombstone Tuesday theme I want to show the tombstone of my Great Uncle Frederick Read. He was born in 1866 at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire and died in 1908 at Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire. He and his wife Annie Sophia Ridgway (1868 – 1955) had ten children and Great Uncle Frederick became a Champion Duck Breeder.
I have been informed that he was the originator of what is known (certainly in the UK) as the Aylesbury Duck and he also used to write about breeding ducks in newspapers and magazines.
Great Uncle Frederick is buried at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire and the photo I show here is the Inscription part. Unfortunately, although we took a number of photos of his grave and the Church they were taken with a non-digital camera and are not really clear enough to show on this blog.
Inscription on Great Uncle Frederick's gravestone
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In Loving Memory of
died Feb 14th 1908 aged 41 years
also SOPHIA
died June 26th 1955 Aged 88 years
This next photograph is of one of Great Uncle Frederick's adverts that he placed in various places.


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A little family melodrama, three highly acclaimed documentaries, a Camelot classic, a Jihadist comedy, a bunch of Jackasses, a South Korean crime drama, a dopey romcom and a pretty bad thriller are all on offer this week.
Every Day
Helen Hunt and Liev Schreiber star as a married couple living with their kids and her father. When the grind starts to get him down, Schreiber finds himself tempted by the charms of his sexy co-worker, Carla Gugino. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
A Film Unfinished
A documentary that reveals a missing reel of Nazi propaganda footage shot in Warsaw in 1942, one that through into doubt what was really happened in previously discovered reels. Now available on DVD, watch the trailer
Writer-director John Boorman's 1981 epic fantasy about the story of King Arthur, starring Helen Mirren, Patrick Stewart and Gabriel Byrne. Now available on Blu-ray, watch the trailer
Four Lions
A British comedy about four bumbling hapless terrorists and their laughable attempts to cause mayhem in London. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
Inside Job
Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning documentary, narrated by Matt Damon, about the events that led to the global financial crisis. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read our home video review and watch the trailer
Exit Through the Gift Shop
When a Frenchman living in LA fails miserably in trying to make a documentary about street art legend Banksy, the tables get turned and Banksy makes a doc about him. It's either an amazing true story or a brilliant put on--either way it's a great piece of art. Now available on Blu-ray, read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Jackass 3 (Two-Disc Edition w/ 3D)
A band of merry morons led by Johnny Knoxville subject themselves to all manner of danger for your amusement. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
The Man From Nowhere
A crime drama about a widower/ex-special agent who runs a pawn shop and whose only friend is the young girl who lives next door. When the girl is kidnapped,he will stop at nothing to save her. A South Korean film with English subtitles. Now available on Blu-ray, watch the trailer
Morning Glory
Rachel Adams stars as the producer of a failing morning show hosted by a diva, Diane Keaton, and a curmudgeon, Harrison Ford. Along the way she falls for Patrick Wilson. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
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Crypto Airdrops Listed
Aktywne kryptograficzne Airdrops
ERC20 dominacja tokena
In the cryptocurrency world, an airdrop stands for free crypto tokens, which you can earn by doing simple tasks on different social media platforms. The provided tokens are given out by new cryptocurrency projects. Airdrops normally take place up 1 to 3 months before the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) of a project. The reason for an airdrop is that new projects want to increase their userbase. In addition, they also want to attract new potential investors for their upcoming project.
There are also airdrops for established cryptocurrencies, but they are less frequent. Airdrops, where you hold a coin, are more common. For this kind of airdrop, you hold a specific cryptocurrency at a defined time (called snapshot), you'll get a part of the newly created cryptocurrency, based on the amount you were holding and the defined ratio.
We find that Airdrops are a very good way to get an insight into the cryptocurrency realm for free.
Their main goal is to get users who spread information throughout different social media channels about their projects. Mostly it's about sharing and liking posts on their social media channels. As you can see the tasks are quite easy to fulfill. Because of your support, more people will learn about their projects. This will raise awareness and attract new potential investors. A high user base and awareness have a positive impact on the token value. That's mainly the reason why they are giving you tokens for "free" - That's the way how they promote their projects!
There are different types of airdrops:
You need different social media accounts and crypto wallets to participate in airdrops. Below you can find a list of the most important social media accounts.
Create a Crypto wallet
You need to create different wallets to be able to receive airdrops.
We would recommend you to have at least a wallet for ERC20 tokens (https://www.myetherwallet.com/). 90% of all Crypto Airdrops are created on the Ethereum Chain.
Beside of that, it's important to have an active wallet (at least a few transactions), many airdrops check for that, to prevent mass registrations of bots, which automatically create empty wallets.
Create Social Media accounts
We would recommend having at least the following Social Media Accounts:
Remark: If you have participated in an airdrop, never leave any social media channel before you've received the tokens of the airdrop, otherwise this can lead to disqualification.
Create an airdrop dedicated Email address
Create an E-Mail Address which you can use for Airdrops only. You should regularly check your mail account - often additional actions are required.
For an airdrop, you have to do an activity only once. After a while (mainly after the main sale) you will get your free tokens. Rewards are lower, due to lower effort.
For a bounty program, you are asked to do regular activities and you often have report all tasks which you have done to the project team to receive your tokens.
Bounty programs are worth more than airdrops, but the effort is not comparable. Please always keep in consideration, that some projects can fail. If that's the case you won't receive any tokens for the effort you've done.
Most of the time it takes 1-3 months until you get your tokens. We always try to give you an exact date as early as possible. The reason, that you have to wait, is that airdrops mostly take place before the ICO. Tokens will be distributed after the main sale. On our website, you can find our crypto airdrop calender.
If you do airdrops which are not listed on our website, you should regularly check your wallet. There are different types of tools existing. Never use your private key to check your wallet, there are easier ways (please check our link list below). Apart from that, you should keep track of joined airdrops and check for announcements, if the tokens have been distributed to all participants.
If you join the airdrops on AirdropBob, we will take over the big part of the work and will actively inform you about the airdrops you've participated in. All you have to do is to mark your airdrops as "favorite". So no more observing for you! We see this as one of our unique services - a nice advantage for you :)
More and more exchanges are popping out of the ground. Many of them are listing different tokens. You can check the market you are looking for on CoinMarketCap. In the beginning, most of the free earned tokens are not listed on big exchanges. So in the first period, if you want to sell your tokens, you can trade them through decentralized exchanges like Idex or Bancor.
For projects with high quality, the tokens will also appear on centralized exchanges.
Here you can find a list of the current biggest centralized exchanges here.
After your registration, you'll get asked to verify your self (KYC - Know Your Customer). Check out the exchange support site to find out your trading and withdrawing limits. Always activate 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) to make sure, your account doesn't get hacked.
There are many people out there who want to scam and betray you. The most important rule is, that you never give your account data (private key, password) to anyone - The only data you can share without risk, are the public keys of your wallets!
Do not send any money to anyone! Airdrops are free and you should never authorize any kind of payment for it. Only do airdrops from trusted sources and always doublecheck the information!
If you follow these rules, you should be on the safe side:
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Feel free to use one of these channels to contact us directly. We can help you to make your airdrop a success!
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Seeing a handful of personal records and three school records fall, the Lipscomb track and field squad had a strong first day at two different meets Friday.
"We had some great distance races in particular tonight," Bill Taylor, director of cross country and track and field said. "Our 800 runners had a great day with all getting season-best times and our distance medley relay squad took nearly 11 seconds off the school record."
At the Hoosiers Hills Invite in Bloomington, Ind., the women's DMR team continued its dominance on the track with its third-straight victory as the squad of Madelin Talbert, Brenna Thompson, Katie Bunker and Dani Walker finished in a time of 11:42.47 finished more than 20 seconds ahead of second place Indiana.
In his first event competing for the Purple and Gold, John Kingstedt finished just off the podium in fourth place in the 3000 meter run in a time of 8:35.97.
"John made an impressive Lipscomb debut with a four second personal record," Taylor said.
Another school-record fell in the 600 meter run as Andrew Wolf finished fifth in a time of 1:24.72.
The mile run saw a pair of personal records fall as Tim Muller timed in at 4:18.79 as he won his heat while Kayla Droessler clocked in at 5:10.90 to finish fifth on the women's side.
Lipscomb had three runners in the top-10 in the women's 800 led by Katie Bunker who finished with the silver medal in a time of 2:15.74. Amanda Twigg finished fifth and Megan McClain finished 10th with all three setting personal-best times.
The men's 400 meter dash saw a pair of back-to-back Bison finishes with Kenny Smith in seventh and James Tamburello in eighth. Smith finished second in his heat in a time of 51.59 while Tamburello won his heat in 51.63.
"With our distance runners, we always run well here," Taylor said. "Indiana is always a meet we see big PR's and great performances at."
In Birmingham at the Samford Invite, Katie Collier broke the school record in the pentathlon with an overall score of 2,766 as the only Lipscomb competitor on the first day of action. The rest of the squad will compete on Saturday.
"I was really proud of her the way Katie competed," assistant coach Luke Syverson said. "She did really well for competing in the pentathlon for the first time and also for the first time competing in the high jump and the 800m."
With her first attempt at the high jump Collier proved she will have a knack for the event as she tied the school-record with a jump of 1.38m in the high jump. Collier finished second in the shot put portion with a toss of 10.20 meters.
Lipscomb will be back in action at both meets Saturday morning. Stay tuned to the track and field social media sites for up-to-date information on finishes. The twitter feed can be found at www.twitter.com/lipscombutrack and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lipscombuniversity.xctrack/.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Seeing a handful of personal records and three school records fall, the Lipscomb track and field squad had a strong first day at two different meets Friday.


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A football match in Austria between Israeli team Maccabi Haifa and French side Lille has been disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.
Salzburg police said the pre-season friendly in the town of Bischofshofen was interrupted shortly before the end when protesters waving Palestinian flags stormed the pitch and confronted Maccabi players.
The Jerusalem Post reported that punches were thrown as security were slow to react before escorting the protestors out of the stadium.
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One evening, Harold appeared on the scene at bedtime. The moon was shining in his imagination and the powerful purple crayon was at hand. He needed a memorable adventure so he got right to work.
Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first of the Crockett Johnson books to delight children and the grown-ups who love to read to them. In fact, those purple crayons are a guilty pleasure that can be indulged even when child-camouflage is nowhere to be found. Harold wastes no time on the concept of impossible. He quickly sketches what he requires and sets out to conquer the world. His trusty purple crayon holds the potent magic of his belief.
The nighttime journeys are always moonlit and daring. Harold encounters a tree that bursts into apples, which he thinks will be very tasty once they are red. As they are presently purple, he invents a terribly frightening dragon to guard them as they ripen. His trembling crayon lands him in an ocean of rippling waves and, due to his fast thinking, he is able to haul himself into a handy boat and sail away. The first tale is crammed with nine kinds of favorite pie, a deserving porcupine, a hot air balloon ride, mountain climbing, perilous drops and a comforting bedroom window to frame that moon for a tired traveler.
Naturally, the initial taste of adventure leads to many more. Harold slips from the high wire at the circus (Harold's Circus) and lands on an elephant's trunk. He avoids embarrassment by donning a clown's hat and a big purple smile, tames a lion and shoots himself out of a cannon. At the North Pole, Harold rescues Santa from an avalanche that seems to have buried his workshop, lines up the correct number of reindeer, stuffs an enormous sack with toys, finds the perfect Christmas tree and tops it with a crescent moon. (Harold's Trip to the North Pole) He discovers that a purple crayon is just the thing for warding off monsters and Martians in Harold's Trip to the Sky and has a few more escapades in the series before that crayon wears down to a nub.
Imagination is a very trendy topic these days, as educators, politicians, C-suite types and pundits debate the flatline produced by our school systems and search for innovative ways to inspire original thinking. They might open a couple of the Harold books, grab a purple crayon, drop a few pretensions and preconceptions and set out into the unknown—illuminated, of course, by a waxing moon so that they won't see things in the dark.
Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books) Crockett Johnson | HarperCollins


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Amcom Telecommunications has secured a Au$9m deal to provide hosted cloud services to The University of Western Australia.
The three-year contract utilises Amcom's Perth-based data centres to host dedicated cloud services for hundreds of the university's computer servers with over 400 terabytes of storage.
Amcom is heavily targeting its established customer base of 900 blue chip corporate and government customers for its new range of cloud services.
The UWA's librarian and director of information management, Dr Mary Davies, said: "Amcom is ready to deliver the hosted services we require now, and most important our data is stored in Perth using dedicated infrastructure (single tenant) under a private hosted services agreement. This puts us in the forefront of hosted compute and storage and frees us to concentrate on value added support for teaching, learning and research."
Davies added that the as the university's data and storage requirements increase, cloud services will play an increasing role in their management.
Amcom CEO Clive Stein said: "Over the past 10 years, we have built a solid reputation in partnering with our customers. Being chosen as a partner to one of Australia's top universities to provide a dedicated, secure and reliable Cloud solution validates our services driven strategy." ®
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Judo Assist Ireland is a non-profit, non-political organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of inclusive judo both nationally and internationally. We operate a national / international Special Needs / Autism activity and inclusion programme specifically designed to encourage physical activity, inclusion, competitiveness and well being to a wide selection of people with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. We work with a large number of inclusion groups & organisations, schools, autism units and individuals across the length and breadth of Ireland and beyond.
Judo is one of the most participated sports in the world and is also one of the most adaptable.
Judo is suitable for people of all abilities and disabilities including but not limited to, Learning & Intellectual disabilities, Social disabilities (Autism, ADHD etc.) Sensory impairments (hearing & visual), Physical & motorial disabilities, Down syndrome and much more.........
There are no kicks, punches or striking of any kind and the element of respect is paramount.
Translated the Japanese word for judo is "The Gentle Way".
There are two strands to our programme, (1) Fully Inclusive (2) Specialised Special Needs/Autism classes. The fully inclusive classes are available in a large number of progressive judo clubs around the country, whereas although growing, specialised SN/Autism classes are only available in Tipperary, Galway, Offaly, Wexford and Belfast. Plans are currently underway to open a number of new specialiased classes throughout the country. To keep up to date on our new classes, courses and other activities please like our facebook page >>>.
Our positive approach to adaptive coaching is paramount to the continued success of our programme, to this end we have developed and delivered a large number comprehensive adaptive coaching courses to all provinces of Ireland and many countries across Europe. Our coaching techniques and skills are modified and developed with a clear focus on individual ability and the physical, social and emotional benefits to all who take part. The aim is to concentrate on what the student can do and not on what they can't.
All our judo Assist classes are taught using variety of play techniques which promotes ease of learning and of course is great fun for all involved. Please browse our site for more information and if you have any questions please email us at email@example.com
Judo Assist Ireland is affiliated to the International Special Needs Judo Union
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US safety watchdog says 303 deaths linked to recalled GM cars – Reuters
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators have recorded 303 deaths when airbags failed to deploy in 1.6 million compact cars recalled last month by General Motors Co, according to a study released Thursday night by a safety watchdog group.
The new report and higher death toll ratchet up the pressure on GM, which has said it has reports of 12 deaths in 34 crashes in the recalled cars.
GM did not recall the cars until February, despite learning of problems with the ignition switch in 2001 and issuing related service bulletins to dealers with suggested remedies in 2005.
The auto maker is facing increasing pressure to compensate victims and create a $1 billion fund, even if some would-be plaintiffs are barred from suing under the terms of GM's emergence from bankruptcy in 2009.
The Center for Auto Safety said it referenced crash and fatality data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Fatal Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
GM said late Thursday that the new report was based on "raw data" and "without rigorous analysis, it is pure speculation to attempt to draw any meaningful conclusions."
Clarence Ditlow, the center's executive director, said, "NHTSA could and should have initiated a defect investigation to determine why airbags were not deploying in Cobalts and Ions in increasing numbers."
GM recalled the cars because when the ignition switch is jostled, a key could turn off the car's engine and disable airbags, sometimes while traveling at high speed.
The safety agency has been criticized for not pressing GM to recall the cars with defective switches, despite receiving hundreds of consumer complaints in the past 10 years and implementing its own investigations of two fatalities related to the faulty ignition switches.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday promised an "aggressive investigation" into whether GM was slow to report to the federal government problems with ignition switches on the 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt and 2003-2007 Saturn Ion.
The U.S. attorney in Manhattan has opened a criminal probe, and House and Senate committees have pledged to hold hearings about GM and NHTSA's behavior.
Ditlow said the center's study, conducted by Friedman Research Corp of Austin, Texas, also cross-referenced fatality data supplied by GM to NHTSA's Early Warning Reporting (EWR) database.
"Combining EWR and FARS data as (the center) did should have raised a red flag to NHTSA," Ditlow said in a letter sent Thursday to the safety agency.
In a review of the EWR filings, Reuters found GM reports of three fatal crashes involving the Saturn Ion in 2003 and 2004, well before the first confirmed fatality in a Chevrolet Cobalt. Two of the three Ion crashes involved non-deployment of airbags, according to the center's analysis of the data.
A GM spokesman on Thursday declined to provide specifics on the early warning crash reports or confirm whether the deaths in those crashes were among the fatalities counted by the company as recall-related.
GM said its investigation into the massive recall and the impact of the defective switch is "ongoing."
GM's slow recall, 13 years after the company first saw signs of a problem, is the subject of several investigations, including by Congress and by NHTSA, which investigated a 2005 crash in Maryland of a 2005 Cobalt in which Amber Marie Rose was killed.
GM engineers also were aware of four fatalities in crashes involving the 2004 Saturn Ion, GM said in filings published on Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. [ID:nL2N0M91YL] GM did not give dates of those crashes.
The Reuters review of the Early Warning Reporting database, includes reports of at least two fatal crashes involving the 2004 Ion, one in December 2003 in Connecticut, the other in November 2004 in Texas. The database cites airbag issues in both incidents, without providing details.
A third report provided by GM to NHTSA involved the May 2004 crash of a 2003 Ion in Pennsylvania, citing engine problems, but no further details.
In a statement on its website, NHTSA said some information provided by automakers to the EWR database remains confidential, including "warranty claims, consumer complaints to the manufacturer, field reports" and the full vehicle identification number in death and injury claims.
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25 April – 23 May 2019
As a steward you are a vital link in the union chain and have an important role to play in organising members at local level.
The course will help you to:
- understand the role of an organising union in public services;
- recognise the importance of equalities in UNISON;
- work with members to tackle issues in the workplace;
- work with members in resolving cases;
- know where and when to seek advice and guidance;
- understand how procedures work in practice;
- handle grievance and disciplinary and similar types of cases as the representative of UNISON members within your workplace;
- be certified as competent to accompany members at a disciplinary and grievance hearing in line with Employment Relations Act 1999;
- understand the broader roles in which UNISON operates, including internationally.
There is no charge for this course.
To apply for this course please download the application form in the Resources tab below, email us on firstname.lastname@example.com or telephone 01823 285314
This course is the initial Organising Steward training which reps must attend prior to booking on to any Steward Pathway training.
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Hunting Island State Park is one of the most popular state parks and beach areas in South Carolina. The Hunting Island beach attracts over a million visitors a year.
The pristine sandy beach, natural setting and warm Atlantic Ocean make a perfect getaway. Hunting Island features a campground, which has spaces for RV's and tent campers, as well as a primitive camp site for established groups. The camping area has very easy access to the beach.
The Hunting Island historic lighthouse is the only lighthouse open to the public to climb in the state. From the top platform, one can get a breathtaking view of the ocean, beach and the marshland.
Fishing is popular in the lagoon, surf and the fishing pier which st reaches 1120 feet into the Fripp Inlet. Located at the pier entrance, is the Nature Center, which has some very nice exhibits of the local wildlife and marine life.
Nature trails, Visitor Center, natural beach and even a boat landing.. Hunting Island State Park is not just another beach...
it's a nature and wildlife paradise... right here in the USA.
We hope you enjoy your tour of the Hunting Island State Park and the Beaufort SC area. Please feel free to visit our sponsors if you see something that interest you. Info updated 1/2010.