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Here's why. A lot of people made a lot of arguments for either side.
What I get from the no side is, Rape, men are bad, use the genitals you have.
The thing is, the only time you see gender specific bathrooms is out in public. Urinals for men, for speed purposes. Women really can't use these effectively. So Men's rooms with these catered Toilets should be more suggested no for women. But it's not like Women can't use the other stalls if they had to, so long as they were quick about it. None of this take 9 years bullcrap.
I hold firm that every bathroom people generally own is unisex. That's because having a toilet to just pee in, is crazy. Spending 400-500 bucks plus plumbing expenses so you can have a urinal is stupid. So everyone has a typical tank bowl toilet. And everyone uses it, sometimes even together. Married couples, non married couples, children etc. Sometimes two different genders even at the same time.
Now sure, you know these people, but it rather invalidates the Genital argument. If all toilets were stalls, we'd have no argument for a shared gender bathroom.
Rapists are probably not concerned with who's using the restroom, or wether or not they shouldn't be in it. It would seem to me, this is more fear mongering than anything.
Finally, men are bad. Well they're not.
We've got plenty of examples of men using the women's room, and all airline toilets are unisex, and it all works fine. We've got plenty of shared toilets across the country and it all works fine.
To be honest, it seems to me, that a shared bathroom makes a ton of sense. Or we could separate urinals and bowls into different rooms. Like the speedy checkout. (Hey the ladies get the breastfeeding rooms, I think it's fair)
If you sit down and think about it, you'll probably realize, it's not that big of a deal, and likely wouldn't change much of anything in practice day to day.
You have a right to identify as any gender you wish. I'm not fan of transgenderism or gender fluency but I can't force you to conform to my beliefs. However, when it comes to bathrooms or changing rooms, you go in the bathroom that conforms to the gender you were born with. It's not fair on others. I'm sorry but don't you think that some people would be a little uncomfortable with a man stripping themselves in a female bathroom or vice versa? I know I would. It's not transphobia to be uncomfortable- it's reasonable. If the place doesn't have a disabled, unisex or transgendered bathroom, you use the bathroom of the gender you were born as. If they do have these bathrooms, use one of them but it is very selfish to make others feel uncomfortable for something YOU want.
It's real simple. If someone takes a sample of your DNA, and you have a Y-chromosome, you are a male. You may be a male who enjoys lipstick, shopping, and "Sex and the City", but male nonetheless. If your DNA is XX, you are a female. You may be a female who enjoys football, beer, and peeing in the sink, but a female nonetheless. When we blur the lines to the point that we have there's no telling where it will end. If I identify as a German shepherd do I get a cookie when I go through the drive-through at the bank? Really, when does it stop?
This whole "giving rights to the mentally diseased instead of helping them" trend has to stop.
The same thing with gays happened. First they ask for rights instead to be cured, then conversion therapy is deemed "oppressive", and then everyone agrees that homosexuality/bisexuality is okay to not offend anyone. Now it's transexuality, and what's next? Degenerate fetishism deemed normal? Keeping children away from pedophiles is deemed "oppressive" and "biased"?
By 2050 we won't be able to use self defense agaisnt a murder since its oppressive agaisnt murder culture.
Males use men's room, women the women's room. Male and female are not subjective. They are objective and definitive. This push by the Political Correctness cult is killing civilization. The fact that those who believe in right and wrong, morality, virtue, are on the verge of being marginalized and are already considered bigots is a sure sign of where we are to anyone who studies history. Sodom and Gomorrah were small time lightweights compared to the hundreds of millions worldwide pushing to normalize all manner of perversion and criminalize us bigots who believe in right and wrong. This bigot will not get with the program of perverts.


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Fake IDs still available after U.S. attacks
Trying to smoothly score the same fake ID I carried half a lifetime ago, I give myself away at the start.
"There's 10 numbers on your SIN," the guy behind the counter says when he reads my Social Insurance Number. "You've got an extra number."
Looking at the form, I pause, then say, "Just get rid of the last one."
He looks at me, then down, puts a pen squiggle through the final digit and informs me that "this is a novelty item." In the next breath, he offers to backdate it.
"Today is fine," I say.
He doesn't ask to see proper identification, but we're both a little skittish by the time he tells me how long it's going to take. Once I agree to hang around, he goes into the back room three or four times, and I don't like that at all.
I bought a fake ID somewhere around here when I was 17. It used to be that every other head shop on Yonge dealt in them. Now, only one between Queen and Bloor openly carries the documents. There, among some two dozen options are ID cards that would seem to be issued from national, provincial and state governments.
Utilitarian templates, such as the one I'm obtaining, start at $30, while fancier cards with holograms go for $45.
Although Toronto police say it's unlikely that such a document could help anyone obtain official paperwork -- let alone a drink -- the head of 52 Division says there's not much police can do about them.
"If we see it, we generally go down and speak to these people and ask them willingly to stop selling it," says Supt. Aidan Maher. "It's not the manufacturing [that's illegal]. It's the usage.
"If someone is involved with a criminal act and they then falsely identify themselves, then they can be charged."
Fake IDs became a hot button in Toronto's post-Sept. 11 climate when the RCMP linked a downtown copy-shop employee to Osama bin Laden.
In response to a light round of Blame Canada, the federal government will now spend $18 million to issue high-tech identity cards to Canada's landed immigrants that include security features like fingerprinting.
In Michigan, meanwhile, where the drinking age is 21, lawmakers are considering a bill to make even obtaining a fake driver's licence a felony. Creative college students could spend up to a year in prison and Michiganders could be jailed for up to five years.
Even if the Michigan bill passes, there's a whole Internet underworld with an unlimited supply of fake IDs.
"Technology is moving so fast," Republican representative Jennifer Faunce told the Detroit News. "It's changed in just the past six months. [Fake licences] are used to buy cars. Stores can lose tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars because of this."
U.S. federal legislation makes it a crime for Web sites to offer novelty licences, but site after site encourages bogus ID as hobby art.
Fake ID Canada (http://www.quixer.com/canada), for instance, features advice on obtaining paints "to create your own holograms" and "legal supplies to make IDs."
The site includes links "on how to achieve a completely new identity" and offers a "guide to getting real, verifiable (not fake) ID in America and Canada -- birth certificates, social security numbers, driver's licences."
According to quixer.com, "foreign badges and other law enforcement identity supplies," are available at http://www.nic-inc.com. "Ever wanted to be a cop? But couldn't fool anyone with your fake badge, and were too fat to join the force? Now is your chance."
But even if you can use the badges to fool some of the people some of the time, it's never a good idea for anyone to try. "They'd be charged criminally," Maher says.
Anarchy Underground sells IDs for most states from a British Columbia post office box.
"All of my 'novelty' IDs have the proper MLI (Metallic Layered Insignia) for each state that I make," the site's operator writes.
Still, officials don't sound worried.
"I don't know what the advantage to having a novelty ID would be," says RCMP Sgt. Paul Marsh. "Unless it's intended to be or alleged to be an official document, such as a Social Insurance Number or a driver's licence, I can't see a lot to be concerned about."
Back at the head-shop cash register, where I've already paid for my ersatz ID, I'm told to check all of my information. I scan the data, seeing that I now card as Tom Brookens -- a utility infielder with the Detroit Tigers in the 1980s. I see that I have a Carlton Street address and a dodgy SIN, too.
"It's good," I tell him, tucking it in my pocket and getting the hell out of there.
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UFC Fight Night 46 took place on Saturday from The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. In the main event, Conor McGregor delivered for his hometown crowd defeating Diego Brandao by first round stoppage. During the post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White announced the bonus winners for the event. McGregor and Gunnar Nelson each won "Performance of the Night" and Cathal ...Read More »
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Ian McCall and Brad Pickett have had the fiercest rivalry in the UFC flyweight division. They definitely showed it at Saturday's UFC Fight Night 46. The fight starts with both guys circling each other, feeling each other out. McCall lands an inside leg kick and Pickett counters with a left hook. McCall tries to throw a couple punches and then ...Read More »
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Norman Parke wanted to put on a show for his people at UFC Fight Night 46 in Dublin, Ireland. The Northern Ireland native backed up his promise. The fight starts with each guy circling each other. Kotani attempts a takedown, but Parke stuffs it. Kotani throws a straight left hand and tries for a takedown. Parke then presses Kotani against ...Read More »
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'Filthy' Tom Lawlor stops by to talk about this Saturday's Ring of Honor "War of the Worlds" show in New York City where he will be in the corner of the reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish) as they take on the Young Bucks for the ROH tag-team titles, what wrestling he is watching these days and thoughts on the ...Read More »
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GJP Floor Sanding is a long-established floor sanding company that can assist professionally with all your sanding, flooring, staining, and finishing requirements, whether they are for residential or for commercial purposes. The company is a family-run business that was established more than 10 years ago and that now offers its services in the areas of Surrey, Brighton, London, and Kent.
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Mr Scrappy Waste Disposer Tool
Low cost multi-purpose Mr Scrappy disposer tool that functions as a handy scraper to remove food from plates and a plunger to push the food into the disposer. Mr Scrappy also functions as a stopper to plug the drain opening and when not in use, it acts as a cutlery guard, keeping silverware and other small items from falling into the disposer, while allowing the sink to drain.
Additional feature: Mr Scrappy fits virtually all standard food, waste disposers, Dishwasher safe for quick and easy cleaning.
WasteKing Batch-Feed Disposer Sink Plug
Batch-feed sink plug for Anaheim made waste disposal units
This is the Sink plug that switches the unit on and off by pushing or pulling the plug. If you have any questions please contact us.
Will fit ALL models of the following:
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Fits, Anaheim, Bonecrusher, Commander, WasteMaid, WasteKing, and Anaheim range of disposers.
Comes with easily removable seal.
Best to replace both as the connection will still leak if you don't!


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Far cry 4 is like call of duty, except that there are easily many more things to do in far cry. You can hunt, craft, customize items, ride on elephants, explore the massive world, and much more. There are more missions, better missions, and many side missions, and the story is longer. Basically all you do in call of duty advanced warfare is do the missions and kill people. But There's alot more things than just that in far cry 4
IN C.O.D advanced warfare everything you do in the game is the same. When you NO! There are futuristic stiff its actually just rail sequences that hold your hand through the action. In far cry 4 its has better story and gameplay. Its not do I shoot this terrorist first or his identical twin. The gameplay can be taking a outpost anyway you want and Its some npc saying lets sneak in. Its your wits. You either sneak in or shoot everyone or run them over with a jeep and if you mess up it has grave consequences. Yes I will most certainly run them over with a jeep but its nice to have a option. The co-op is like the single player but with and friend. You also have more options depending on how many friends you have. C.O.D AW's co-op is basically horde mode or the single player. In the multiplayer the developers tried to make it fast paced with exo suits The idea was ok but it more of muted because of the maps its a twitch shooter. The maps are restricted because so it can look more fast paced. You have idiots who know nothing of strategy or cooperation. Then when you play with far cry its more of strategy and cooperation. When you get into a jeep your friend gets on the jeep with you. Then you are working together to get more kills or find the flag. You use your wits. While call of duty can't touch that. Call of duty is really a dumpster compared to far cry I will for sure buy far cry 4 while call of duty can be more of a little thing ill do later
Let's see: Call of Duty, although trying something new this year, really comes nowhere close to far cry 4. First, lets compare the singleplayer. Far Cry 4 is an open-world game that greatly expands on the mechanics of far cry 3, as well as adding much, much more new ones. It takes place in the beautiful (subjective, I know) Himalayan country of Kyrat, and features a pretty good story line (with major choices and different endings), hours of sidecontent(towers, outposts, side quests, hunting challanges, ect.). The open world is huge and interactive (wild-life, random firefights). There is a vast arsenal to suit any play style (stealth, run and gun, or a mix). All call of duty has is a mediocre, linear storyline (although I will give it a point for Kevin Spacey), which really only provides couple hours of entertainment. Now, on to multiplayer. Far cry 4 has co-op in its huge open world. Call of duty has co-op survival, which is just surviving round after round. Yes, call of duty has very addictive multiplayer, but a lot of the mechanics are just watered down versions of the one found in titanfall. Far cry 4, on the other hand, has two different factions. The Rakshasa and the golden path, each having unique weapons, abilities, and still is very well balanced. Also, Far Cry 4 has a map editor, which Call of Duty lacks (which is surprising for a very popular multiplayer game). Thus, Far Cry 4 is better to having more content, more diverse content, and having some originality.
Yes and no,it depends on what you prefer far Cry is a open world expansion for those atheists and Call of Duty on the other hand is Linear and run and shoot but....Its FUN. You got admit,epically when your fighting in Antarctica (which makes me want Battlefront),Baghdad and Airplanes ZOOOMM. Not to mention LAZERS and JETPACKS!!!!


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We are committed to good employment practices and a supportive working environment for all staff.
In particular we are striving to address the unequal representation of women in science and to improve career progression for female academics. Over 60% of our undergraduates and postgraduates are women - our mission is to ensure these young women enjoy a nurturing and supportive environment during their time with us, and give them every encouragement and opportunity to pursue a career in science.
We are working together, across the School, to ensure we have a fair and stimulating working environment that will benefit both men and women. We continuously review our working practices to ensure that all staff and students are well supported in their work and study.
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HWBOT v5.5.0/v5.6.0/v5.7.0 Released: Preparation Chinese, Pro OC V2 and About a Gazillion Bugfixes
Over the past couple of days and weeks, we have slowly installed HWBOT versions v5.5.0, v5.6.0 and v5.7.0 on the production server. The three revision updates are centered around the implementation of the new Pro OC V2 (check out the forums for more information), preparing the site for translated content in Chinese and whole bunch of bugfixes and "spikes". A spike is development time allocated to research and discussion about the implementation of new features, without being certain if they will ever be implemented. For example, over the past one and a half month we have been looking into the idea of hosting cross-platform benchmark application and the ability to use smartphone overclocking as a way to also promote the desktop overclocking we all so dearly love.
In the coming development sprint Dennis will mainly focus on finishing a couple of tasks that were still in progress, before heading off on a short well-deserved one week vacation!
Great work, Frederik and Dennis!
Release Notes - HWBOT - Version hwbot v5.5.0
- [HWBOT-923] - Unigine Heaven: validation screenshot and checksum not shown on submission page
- [HWBOT-970] - Unmatched hardware error message inconsistency
- [HWBOT-973] - HCE: ProcessorCore limitation bug
- [HWBOT-976] - Some screenshots still missing, maybe add error message?
- [HWBOT-977] - When editing a Unigine submission, the screenshot is no longer shown.
- [HWBOT-979] - Some images are loaded unnecessary from db instead of cdn
- [HWBOT-980] - Competition points incorrect for GBT Classic Challenge II
- [HWBOT-981] - Possible to edit score of a submission
- [HWBOT-986] - Submitting with a datafile sometimes overrides changes made by user
- [HWBOT-987] - The new result table column competitionteam_id should be not null for API
- [HWBOT-994] - Cannot upload images to Wordpress
- [HWBOT-995] - Query API sometimes throws NullPointerException
- [HWBOT-996] - Competition result table bugged
- [HWBOT-1001] - Restore hwbot downloads section
- [HWBOT-1002] - Let API return xml as default, if Accept header is set to */*
- [HWBOT-1006] - Pifast/Wprime Score lay-out like SuperPI
- [HWBOT-846] - New Aquamark wrapper format
- [HWBOT-972] - HCE: Processor exclusion limitation
- [HWBOT-974] - Add Cooler Master logos
- [HWBOT-982] - Fix the results that lost attached screenshots after editting
- [HWBOT-985] - Add apple-touch-icon logo for ios devices
- [HWBOT-997] - huge apache error.log because of php deprecated message
- [HWBOT-953] - Prepare Aquamark application to support Genieben's new wrapper
Sub Task
- [HWBOT-952] - Link (Pro OC) competition team to parent Team
Release Notes - HWBOT - Version hwbot v5.6.0
- [HWBOT-967] - Tooltip of "contribute 5000 points to team" says it's only upto 4000 points
- [HWBOT-975] - When adding a hardware item with "+"-symbol via Admin site, the safename does not get propper format
- [HWBOT-988] - Member of the month should be based on TPP (team contribution)
- [HWBOT-990] - Mailer for forum PM notifications does not work
- [HWBOT-991] - Cannot edit memory batch field
- [HWBOT-993] - Pifast formatting not correct
- [HWBOT-1003] - add memory vendor to hall of fame
- [HWBOT-1008] - Submit link broken on competition page
- [HWBOT-1009] - PiFast still has a score parsing bug
- [HWBOT-1010] - Fastest OC'er in a country is said to be fastest in the world
- [HWBOT-1011] - Some avatars broke by fixing a pjpeg issue
- [HWBOT-1013] - Delete keyword doesn't work, also allow super moderators to match hw
- [HWBOT-1014] - Can't add a youtube url when submitting usign a datafile
- [HWBOT-1018] - Enthusiast league picture rule issues
- [HWBOT-1020] - x has contributed the most for a team shows UP instead of TPP
- [HWBOT-1021] - search submissions ignores date if 2 dates are given
- [HWBOT-964] - Country User League rankings should get custom title
- [HWBOT-968] - Give each benchmark a support forum in HWBOT.
- [HWBOT-992] - Mobile version of HWBOT is forced on users when using the regular site on a mobile device
- [HWBOT-1017] - show gpu clock fields when datafile did not provide them
- [HWBOT-1019] - If a user deletes his best submission, a replacement is not always found
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- [HWBOT-344] - Chrome: ctrl+click on url opens new tab, but also opens link in same tab
Release Notes - HWBOT - Version hwbot v5.7.0
- [HWBOT-910] - Phenom achievement doesnt work
- [HWBOT-932] - Chart title on team page does not change if different chart is chosen
- [HWBOT-963] - Contribute points to your team achievement still bugged
- [HWBOT-1036] - Competition sometimes doesn't show leader in overview, even if there is a leader in the ranking
- [HWBOT-1040] - Competition page references are broken
- [HWBOT-1048] - jdbc connector might have problems with MySQL 5.6
- [HWBOT-1057] - external submission page has dead links
- [HWBOT-611] - Spike: investigate icecat catalogue to improve hardware database
- [HWBOT-813] - Pro OC v2
- [HWBOT-915] - Overclocking History Timeline
- [HWBOT-1022] - Spike: HWBOT Android/iPhone App
- [HWBOT-1025] - not logged in users view poll results by default
- [HWBOT-1037] - Add some Pro OC teams restrictions regarding the running competition
- [HWBOT-1041] - Show Pro OC participating teams on competition page
- [HWBOT-1049] - Make the different browse hardware category pages consistent
- [HWBOT-1051] - show number of cards used in word record rankings
- [HWBOT-1056] - Also show Pro OC teams on frontpage who haven't participated yet in the current competition
- [HWBOT-1058] - Add G.SKILL partner logos
- [HWBOT-1007] - Integrate chinese translations
Sub Task
- [HWBOT-229] - "Pro" Team concept
- [HWBOT-815] - Remove pro oc v1 ranking
- [HWBOT-941] - Pro OC Cup: overall rankings in sidebar
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Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Archivio Luigi Nono, Conservatorio di Venezia "Benedetto Marcello"
Course for female voices and sound projectionists on the interpretation of Luigi Nono's "La fabbrica illuminata" for female voice and 4-channel tape (1964)
With Liliana Poli and Alvise Vidolin
November 14-19, 2005, Venice, Italy
Description: The course will consist of 2 days of introduction to historical, analytical and pedagogical aspects of the composition (Introduction to the sources - The problem of notation in Luigi Nono's music - The aesthetics of the compositions with magnetic tape - The possibility of a pedagogical approach - Electronics and space) followed by 4 days of practical lessons. It will end with a public concert by the participants. Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance.
Teachers: Liliana Poli and Alvise Vidolin, historical performers of the work, will lead the practical part of the course, while musicologists Nina Jozefowicz and Veniero Rizzardi and professors of music education Cristina Fedrigo and Maria Giovanna Miggiani will make theoretical contributions.
Where: The course will take place in Venice: at the Archivio Luigi Nono, at the Conservatory "Benedetto Marcello" and at the Giorgio Cini Foundation.
Languages: The main language of the course will be Italian. The teaching of sound projection can also be done in English.
Active participants: 7 female voices and 7 sound projectionists/audiodesigners will be admitted as active participants. A fee of 150 EUROs is to be paid to the Venice Conservatory (the course is free for students of the Venice Conservatory).
Auditors: A fee of 40 EUROs is to be paid to the Venice Conservatory (the course is free for students of the Venice Conservatory or students of universities in the Veneto region).
Requirements for the singers: The range of the female voice part is from c' to g''. The singers should also be able to speak with different intonations and expressions.
Requirements for the sound projectionists/audiodesigners: Preferential admission will be given to those with the following qualifications: a diploma in electronic music and/or experience in the design, installation, and performance of electroacoustic musical systems.
Application: Active participants are requested to send a detailed résumé by October 15th, 2005 to the Archivio Luigi Nono, Giudecca 795, Fondamenta S. Biagio, 30133 Venezia, Italia. fax:+39-041-5209713, firstname.lastname@example.com. Singers should also send a demo-tape or CD. In the event that there are less applications than available spaces, applications will be accepted after the deadline.
Auditors are asked to send a request for participation to the Archivio Luigi Nono, Giudecca 795, Fondamenta S. Biagio, 30133 Venezia, Italy, fax: +39-041-5209713, email@example.com. There is no limit on the number of auditors.
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Is The Market About To Crash?
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Gamestudio/A8 is the world's fastest authoring system for interactive 2D and 3D applications - for instance, computer games or test and simulation software. It offers three levels of access in one single package: Beginner: Click together computer games from pre-assembled game templates. A simple action or car racing game can be built in a few hours this way. Advanced: Do our tutorial and create commercial quality applications with the easy and effective lite-C scripting language. Use the included level and model editors to create the artwork for your project. Programmer: Include the A8 engine into your software using your preferred language - C++, C#, or Delphi. Create levels and models in the FBX format with high-end editors such as MAX or MAYA. Many tutorials introduce you into game programming. The monthly AUM magazine offers workshops, plug and play games, and a regular contest. And the AU resource site is a great spot for finding thousands of free models, levels, textures, and other resources that can be used in your Gamestudio applications.
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Florida's Minimum Wage Rises
Inflation clause kicks rate up to $7.67 an hour
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Minimum-wage earners in Florida will get a raise Jan. 1 when a mandated 36-cent bump in Florida's minimum wage kicks in, raising minimum in the state $7.67 an hour from $7.31, according to a report in the Sun Sentinel. The state rate must keep pace with inflation, due to a constitutional amendment passed in 2004.
For workers, the uptick in Florida's minimum hourly wage is welcome news to help meet increased living costs, but some employers say it could prompt them to cut workers' hours or automate more work.
Only about 253,000 workers in Florida earn the minimum wage, mostly at restaurants, bars, retail stores and some startup companies, according to the state workforce agency, as reported by the newspaper. For employees who regularly receive tips, businesses will be required to pay $4.65 an hour in 2012, with the remainder made up in tips.
"Most employers are already paying higher than the minimum wage," said Rebecca Rust, chief economist for the state agency.
Phil Gray, owner of six McDonald's restaurants, told the newspaper the increased minimum wage won't affect his hiring plans. "It's not a big impact. I still need to hire another 20 [people]," he said.
But Paul Flanigan, co-owner of several Quarterdeck restaurants in South Florida, said he may have to cut hours slightly to keep his payroll expenses in check in the new year.
"Wages go up, but their hours go down," said Flanigan, who said the restaurant job is a second job for many of his workers; they don't depend on it for a living. "Minimum wage is not a living wage," he said.


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Lorraine Kelly launches Christmas Box appeal
Journalist and broadcaster Lorraine Kelly today launched the uk4u Thanks! Christmas Box campaign.
The charity is sending more than 18,500 Christmas Boxes full of festive cheer to servicemen and women right across the world who are hard at work away from their loved ones.
This includes personnel on the recently deployed HMS Illustrious, assisting with the humanitarian effort in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan, and those serving in Afghanistan.
The charity will also be sending boxes to those personnel recovering in hospital over the festive period.
Lorraine was joined by service personnel at Armoury House, the historic headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company, Britain's oldest army regiment, in the heart of the City of London.
She led the 15-strong, colourful Company of Pikemen and Musketeers, complete with a drumbeater and a fifer, from Bunhilll Row onto the parade ground in front of Armoury House.
Speaking at the event, Lorraine said:
It was brilliant to take the salute with the dashing Pikemen and Musketeers today, and I'm honoured once again to give my support to the uk4u Thanks! Christmas Box appeal.
The charity does a great job in making sure all our servicemen and women away from home and their families receive a wonderful box of goodies on Christmas Day.
The ceremonial parade of the Pikemen and Musketeers, who were dressed in their scarlet and buff uniforms of the 17th century, included a presentation of arms and an impressive drum roll to welcome not only personnel from all 3 Services, but also the uk4u Thanks! charity's very own Father Christmas, all carrying this year's Christmas Box.
Defence Minister Anna Soubry said:
This Christmas, as we enjoy a special time of year with our close friends and family, it is important to remember the thousands of Armed Forces personnel deployed around the world working tirelessly on operations away from their loved ones. I am delighted to support the great work of uk4u Thanks!
A donation to the charity by members of the public helps to ensure a 'present on behalf of the nation' for those deployed servicemen and women, instead of sending a 'goodwill package' this Christmas, which can delay that all-important personal mail.
Members of the public who want to support the Armed Forces this Christmas are urged to donate to a service charity.


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The Town Hall tool will then present you with a list of state, local, and federal officials representing you.
The tool allows you to Like and follow their Facebook feed or connect with them directly by tapping "Contact."
Here's how you use Facebook to talk to your reps. Open the mobile app, tap the menu icon in the lower right.
"Town Hall" should be there, with a blue building icon.
At this point, you have to decide whether or not you want to give Facebook your address, which may be a sticking point for some.
Facebook Town Hall Feature Contacts Elected Officials
As it stated in This week, the company rolled out a new feature, Town Hall, which helps users connect with their government representatives.
To find Town Hall, open up the Facebook mobile app and tap the menu icon in the lower right-hand corner.
Scroll down the "Explore" column and tap more, and you should see "Town Hall" with a blue building icon.
Once there, you'll need to provide Facebook with your address (which, hmmm) and the tool will pull up a list of your local, state, and federal representatives.
With each representative listed, users are given the option to follow them on Facebook or tap "Contact," which pulls up a suite of options, including making a phone call and sending an email (assuming Facebook is able to pull this info from a given official's page).
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Who Is My Representative? Facebook Town Hall Helps Connect You With Government Officials
Photo: FacebookIf you don't input an address Facebook will use your current location to show the government officials near you.
Read: Facebook Stories: Launch Of Snapchat-Like Story Feature StartsHow To Use Facebook Town Hall Feature:In your browser you'll find the feature on the left side of the webpage.
Scroll down and select "Town Hall" it looks like a building with pillars.
By entering your address Facebook will be able to better pinpoint your area and the politicians who serve that district.
As part of a plan to improve Facebook, laid out by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last month, the app has added a "Town Hall" feature to encourage users to get more involved in local government and politics.
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Latest Skyway, SLEx, NLEx, SCTEx Toll Fees 2014
Tutubi passed by SLEx last December 30 to attend a baptism reception at Festival Mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa where the toll fees where just P65.00 for the Nichols to Filinvest Exit and P21.00 for the Alabang to Calamba exit.
UPDATED February 2014: SLEX Toll fees and exits (without Skyway)
SLEX exits: Bicutan, Sucat, Alabang, Filinvest, Susana Heights, San Pedro, Southwoods, Carmona, Mamplasan, Sta. Rosa, Eton City - Greenfield, Cabuyao, Silangan (Batangas), Calamba
NLEX Toll Fees 2014
Balintawak to Bocaue exit from P36.00 to P41.00
SCTEx Toll Fees 2014 (complete information to follow)
On returning to Quezon City from Paete, Laguna, Tutubi took the scenic, shorter and "no toll fee" route via Rizal province that takes a little more than 2 hour hours to get to Trinoma. The via Rizal route should be the main route to the fourth district of Laguna and to Quezon and Bicol provinces, and not the alternate route. :P
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text: Jose is a man of many talents. His craftsmanship is only surpassed by his character. A character marked by integrity, kindness, generosity and the utmost of respect. His presentation is rich with rationale and his ability to think outside the box makes him capable of taking on any project or client with great care. Promptness is his pastime. Effective communication is in his blood. If you don't know him, you need to as we can't imagine a future without Jose being a part of it.


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yap, didn't go that well! now when i got my first DSLR i was "shocked" at the difficulty i was having in getting a decent self-portrait. now i had no remote control, just a lousy tripod and i was having a major hard time in getting something focused that served as a reference so that i could turn on the self-timer and take a decent shot.
see those were my problems with a digital! was i prepared for the problems i would have with a film camera? no way! on film, a selfie is way much harder, unless you're doing it to a mirror! there's no preview. so this was attempt #1. yes, i kept on trying! more to come! maybe one day i'll get a good one… or not!
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Material science and reliability of optical fibres and cablesProject ID: 2099
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COST 218 focusses on material and reliability problems of optical fibres and cables.
Reliability and ageing problems of the fibre as installed in a certain cable and duct environment have been studied. With respect to the large number of existing cable designs and installation methods, many problems can arise, some of them being of common interest, others not, according to the individual techniques used in each country.
Reliability and ageing problems of the fibre when installed in a cable- and duct-environment are to be studied. To the large number of existing cable designs and installation methods mean many problems can arise, some of them being of common interest, depending on individual techniques used in each country. Therefore at the beginning of this COST project it was decided to concentrate on:
- fibre mechanical strength, stress corrosion, geometry, hydrogen effect
- coatings primary and secondary coatings, special coatings, coating adhesion and stripability, degradation
- filling degradation, influence on fibres and coatings compounds
- strength hydrogen effects, mechanical degradation members
- cable moisture penetration, degradation by UV radiation, rodent attack, sheaths resistance to lubricants.
- joining performance of new cheap and quick splicing and connecting techniques .
- cable laying performance of special cable laying techniques for indoor and outdoor applications.
Subdivision of work among participant countries
The participating countries are Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Besides the official members various experts and observers take part in the meetings.
During the last meeting, the M.C. agreed to focus on carbon coated fibres, indoor cable applications and comparison of cable test methods, test equipment and specifications.
Philips has offered to supply carbon coated fibre for common mechanical and environmental tests, but unfortunately these have not yet been received.
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Hire more IT-savvy board directors, banks told
The IT meltdowns at RBS, NatWest and most recently HSBC warrant all high-street banks to appoint more computer-savvy individuals to their boards, an influential MP is demanding.
Andrew Tyrie, chair of the Treasury Select Committee, reportedly made the demand in a letter he wrote to the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulatory Authority.
He told the City regulators that more directors with IT and systems know-how should sit on banks' boards, so they can oversee action and improve service, reported the Daily Telegraph.
"Every few months we have yet another IT failure at a major bank. These IT blunders and weaknesses are exposing millions of people to uncertainty, disruption and sometimes distress.
"Businesses suffer, too. We can't carry on like this," Mr Tyrie wrote, adding: "Bank IT systems don't appear to be up to the job. This brings with it not just conduct risk, but also systemic risk."
He wants "someone" (such as the PRA's current boss) to take on a new leadership role, and orchestrate "those most involved" – regulators, agencies and, presumably, tech firms.
Meanwhile, Barclays has said that its IT operations will be splitting up into smaller, self-contained units, in the hope that a glitch in one part of the bank will not affect other divisions.
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What difference does it make, really, to be either Calvinist or Arminian in one's interpretation of the Warning Passages of Hebrews? There are lots of ways to talk about "difference," but at the level of concrete Christian living does it make all that much difference?
I begin with this observation. It makes a huge difference for the contemporary Evangelical who believes in eternal security, assurance of faith, and that anyone who has received Christ cannot genuinely fall away. The slogan "once saved, always saved" is put into deep threat by the view of Hebrews I have offered.
For the classical Calvinist and the Arminian — and I know this may sound like a bundle of hooey to many — there is precious little difference in this regard: both believe that perseverance is necessary. Which means that both believe that only those who do follow through in their relationship will find that eternal rest.
But, I have given you a bit of my own journey. Here's what I noticed.
First, I sensed a renewal of the sense of the fear of God that is so prominent in Hebrews. Once I came to the conviction that a person, yea that I, could believe and fall away, sin became more important and the prospect of falling away more realistic. Now don't get me wrong, I don't live in some morbid fear. Assurance accompanies faithfulness for both the Calvinist and the Arminian. Both, at least in my case, know that redemption is rooted in the saving powers of Christ and that faith — in the sense of faithfulness and trust — is required.
Second, it influenced how I presented the gospel. However one wants to present the gospel, through some tract or through personal story or through some piece of rational logic, the summons to believe for me is a summons to become a believer — not just to believe once and for all in a singular moment. The summons to perseverance is part and parcel of the summon to believe.
Third, I am persuaded that holding to this view does not mean that I (or anyone who shares it with me) believes that I contribute to my own salvation. Instead, what this doctrine encourages me to do is to believe, to watch, and to persevere. It makes me more conscious of the need of grace and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Fourth, and here I ask for your indulgence in a question I have asked for 20 years: is it possible that some biblical writers are more Arminian and some more Calvinist? If so, we'd have to ask in what the unity of Scripture consists. Does it consist in a systematic theology that somehow is behind everything said or does it consist in the essence of the gospel and the summons to live before God in the community of faith? That's for another time, but this is an area that deserves to be explored.
Before signing off for the evening, let me mention two pieces of reading that differ with me.
T. Schreiner, A. Caneday, The Race Set before Us.
T. Schreiner, B. Ware, The Grace of God and the Bondage of the Will.
I will be doing some blogs on Top Ten Books in various areas and on the Lord's Prayer as Love Prayer beginning tomorrow, and soon will do some blogs on "Generous (Evangelical) Orthodoxy."
I want to thank the many who have responded to this series. I sat on the idea awhile because I thought it could divide more than unite. What I do think is that an autobiographical approach is less divisive, though our differences do remain.
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Churchill was born into the aristocratic family of the Dukes of Marlborough, a branch of the Spencer family. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a charismatic politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer; his mother, Jennie Jerome, was an American socialite. As a young army officer, he saw action in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He gained fame as a war correspondent and wrote books about his campaigns.
He entered government prior to World War I, holding several offices, including Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He remained the First Lord from 1911 until the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 forced his departure from the government altogether. He served on the Western Front for a time, but was returned to government as Minister of Munitions in the closing days of the war. He remained part of the government after the war, serving first as Secretary of State for the Colonies and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1920s.
He was out of office again in the early 1930s, but regained some political traction as a voice warning against Nazi Germany. At the outbreak of World War II, he was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on 10 May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister. His steadfast refusal to consider surrender helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult early days of the war when the British Commonwealth and Empire stood alone in its active opposition to Adolf Hitler. He cultivated a good relationship with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which secured supplies and munitions from the U.S. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Churchill, previously a stout anti-communist, nonetheless opened lines of communication with Joseph Stalin, and provided aide to the USSR. Churchill was particularly noted for his speeches and radio broadcasts, which helped inspire the British people. He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured.
Despite these successes, Churchill and the Conservative Party lost the general election in May 1945. Churchill became Leader of the Opposition, and publicly railed against his former ally, Joseph Stalin, popularizing the notion of the "Iron Curtain" surrounding the USSR's sphere of influence. The Conservatives won the general election in 1951, and Churchill became Prime Minister again. His second term saw numerous foreign crisis within the Commonwealth as well the Korean War and a coup in Iran. He suffered a stroke in 1953, although he did not resign until 1955. He remained in Parliament until 1964, and died in 1965.
As a writer, Churchill produced several volumes of history. He even dabbled in alternate history with the 1931 essay, "If Lee Had NOT Won the Battle of Gettysburg", which is written from the viewpoint of a historian in a world where Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia won the Battle of Gettysburg, leading to a Confederate States victory in the American Civil War, and the narration frequently asks what would happen if that were not so.
Winston Churchill in The Hot War
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POD: November, 1950
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|Contemporary reference
Winston Churchill remained head of the Conservative Party in the 1950s. A national election was scheduled for 1951, but was cancelled due to the onset of World War III. Prime Minister Clement Attlee thought it likely that Churchill would have won.[1][2]
Winston Churchill in The Man With the Iron Heart
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POD: May 29, 1942;
Relevant POD: May, 1945
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|Contemporary reference
Despite leading Great Britain to victory in World War II, Winston Churchill's Conservatives lost Parliament and the Prime Ministry to Clement Attlee's Labour Party by a landslide in 1945.[3]
In 1947, after German Freedom Front truck bombs destroyed St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, Churchill was able to regain some political traction, charging the Attlee government with failing to protect the country.[4]
Winston Churchill in Worldwar
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POD: May 30, 1942
| In the Balance
Striking the Balance
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|Prime Minister
Following the arrival of the Race's Conquest Fleet in 1942, Prime Minister Winston Churchill led Britain through an uphill fight against the Race. While he was able to preserve the United Kingdom's sovereignty, he was unable to protect the entirety of its empire.
A pragmatist, Churchill was an early advocate of uniting all of the belligerents in the late Second World War against their new alien foe. He hosted the first two Big Five meetings in London with representatives of Germany, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan. During the first meeting, Churchill and U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull informed the others present that their countries were already involved in a joint project to build an explosive-metal bomb.[5] During the second meeting in 1943, Churchill strongly advocated that the alliance continue on, even after the Race was defeated or at least pushed back, as the Colonization Fleet was expected to arrive in the 1960s.[6]
Despite the risk of a Race attack, Churchill continued to tour the country throughout 1943, visiting locations such as the Bruntingthorpe Aerodome. During this visit (which he made while riding a bicycle), Churchill was disappointed, although not surprised, to learn that current human science and technology would not be able to duplicate the Race's radar and killercraft technology for the foreseeable future.[7]
Later in 1943, the Race launched an invasion of the British Isles.[8] Churchill issued an ultimatum: the Race had two days to evacuate Britain, or they would be exposed to a type of warfare they had not yet seen.[9] Fleetlord Atvar believed Churchill was referring to atomic weapons, and continued the attack. Instead, Churchill ordered the use of poison gas.[10] Completely unprepared, the Race retreated when the casualties grew too high.
With the fighting reaching a stalemate, Atvar called for a cease-fire and a meeting in Cairo with the major human powers. Churchill sent the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, although as the U.K. did not have atomic weapons, Eden was there only informally.[11] Eden, who would eventually succeed Churchill as Prime Minister,[12] ensured Britain's survival as an independent nation, though Churchill was forced to abandon claims to all the colonies of the British Empire,[13] except Canada[14] and New Zealand (which had been too small for the Race to bother with).[15]
Churchill's resolve and stubbornness was such that the mere mention of his name was highly distressing to the Race, even twenty years after their initial landings on Earth.[16] Race leaders fervently hoped that the humans would not find another like him.
Winston Churchill in "News From the Front"
| "News From the Front"
POD: December 8, 1941
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|Contemporary reference
Prime Minister Winston Churchill faced sharp criticism from the British press for his handling of World War II. British radio described Churchill's assent as a "right-wing coup".[17] His critics were particularly disgusted with Churchill's refusal to accept the sensible peace proposed by Germany early in the war.[18]
Winston Churchill in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
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POD: c. 1940
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|Executed by the Nazis
Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874- c. 1941) led Britain in a last desperate attempt to fight off the invading German forces during the Second World War. They failed, and Churchill was executed.[19]
In Germany in 2011, a smash-hit musical told the story of a theatre owner who booked a terrible play about Churchill and Joseph Stalin with the intent of scuttling his theatre, only to have the plan backfire when the Churchill-Stalin play became a huge success.[20]
Winston Churchill in The War That Came Early
| The War That Came Early
POD: July 20, 1936;
Relevant POD: September 29, 1938
| West and East;
The Big Switch
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|Hit by a Bentley
Winston Churchill's (1874-1940) charismatic attacks on Neville Chamberlain's Prime Ministry gained him attention during the early days of the Second World War. Even after a joint Anglo-French offensive stopped the German drive on Paris in Spring 1939, Churchill remained critical of Chamberlain.[21]
Despite this criticism, Chamberlain appointed Churchill Minister of War in December 1939.[22] Churchill held the position into 1940, frequently giving fiery orations and generally keeping the spirit and the resolve of the country up during these difficult times.[23]
However, in the Spring of 1940, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland, where he was found by Sgt. Alistair Walsh. Walsh took Hess to the appropriate authorities. Germany called for a truce with Britain and France, and Hess began negotiations with the Chamberlain government for a new alliance among Britain, France, and Germany against the Soviet Union.[24] Churchill strongly and publicly opposed this course of action,[25] and soon after he was hit and killed by a drunk driver while crossing the street in London in July.[26] He received a hero's funeral, which simply confirmed for many that he'd been murdered.[27]
Walsh, with whom Churchill had visited shortly before his death,[28] grew disgusted with the change in alliances, and quickly concluded that some part of the government had been responsible for Churchill's death. He resigned from the army and made common cause with a group of British MPs, led by Ronald Cartland, who'd been a Churchill ally.[29]
After the 1941 British Military Coup, the government opened a new inquiry into Churchill's death,[30] but by 1944, it still hadn't found anything to contradict the official story of a drunk driver.[31]
Winston Churchill in Joe Steele
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Relevant POD: July, 1932
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Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in May 1940, a few months after the outbreak of World War II.[32] When France fell to Germany, and British forces were driven from the Continent, U.S. President Joe Steele, frightened by the possibility of Adolf Hitler completely controlling Europe with only the Atlantic Ocean between him and the U.S., began supplying Britain with weapons and money, but kept the U.S. neutral in the conflict.[33]
While Churchill was grateful for the help, he could not hide his disdain for the source of that help. He gave a public speech in which he formally accepted Steele's aid, but he concluded this "thank you" by proclaiming that if the U.S. was "too proud" to fight, the U.K. would still take the tools the U.S. had provided and win the war. Churchill concluded: "If the Devil opposed Adolf Hitler, I should endeavor to give him a good notice in the House of Commons. Thus I thank Joe Steele." Steele remembered the back-handed compliment.[34]
In 1941, the war in Europe seemed to stabilize, with Germany invading North Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece in order to save Italy's floundering efforts. Japan continued to advance in China, and were making advances into Indochina with Vichy France's tacit approval.[35]
This move worried both Churchill and Steele, as both the UK and US had interests in the region, and Indochina would make a viable launching pad for Japan to attack those interests.[36] In response, Steele decided to stop selling Japan scrap metal and oil, and to freeze Japanese assets in the U.S., a course of action that increased the tension between the two countries.[37] Five days after Steele made this decision, on June 22, 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union.[38] Despite predictions of Russia's inevitable demise, the Soviets were fighting Germany six weeks later, confounding expectations.[39] Churchill had been critical of Leon Trotsky for years, especially as the USSR had been a nominal ally of Germany's from September, 1939 until Germany invaded Russia. Now, he realized the value of making common cause with Trotsky, and arranged a meeting with him.[40]
As Russia was fighting for its life, Churchill met with Joe Steele for the first time in Portland, Maine. Churchill had wanted to meet in Canada or Newfoundland, but as he was essentially coming with hat in hand, Steele demanded the Portland meeting. The two actually met aboard a Royal Navy destroyer off the coast.[41] Churchill's first request was that the U.S. extend aid to Trotsky. Steele initially refused Churchill's request, but as Churchill grew bolder, reminding Steele that the U.S. was as much a prison state as Trotsky's Soviet Union. He also argued that compared with Hitler, Trotsky was reasonable. Without committing (the U.S. still hadn't recognized the Soviet Union), Steele and his aids returned to their ship after extending a dinner invitation to Churchill.[42] That evening, after some cagey behavior, Steele acknowledged that he'd start sending aid to Trotsky, based on the advice of his speechwriter, Charlie Sullivan. Churchill was delighted.[43]
While Steele had preferred to keep the aid quiet, dealing through the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Churchill announced the U.S. assistance to the Soviet Union to the world. While Hitler decried the deal, he did not launch a war with the U.S., as Steele had feared.[44]
In December 1941, Japan attacked several British possessions in the Pacific Ocean, including British Malaya and Singapore. While this was devastating to the U.K., the attacks on the American holdings in the Philippines and Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into the war.[45]
While things looked bleak at the beginning of 1942, as the year continued, things started to go the Allies' way. By 1943, Allied victory seemed almost inevitable. In October, Churchill met with Steele and Trotsky in Basra, Iraq, which was still a British protectorate. This marked the first in person meeting of Steele and Trotsky. As part of the conference, Churchill, on behalf of King George VI, presented Trotsky with the Sword of Valor in the name of the Russian people.[46]
The public statement coming out of the conference declared independence for the captured countries of Europe and the Far East and punishment for the German and Japanese leaders causing the war. It also promised the creation of an international organization strong enough to make a lasting peace. Private agreements were also reached where the Soviet Army would help the U.S. invade Japan when it became feasible. Trotsky also had wanted hegemony over all of Eastern Europe and the Balkans but Churchill convinced him to yield influence over Greece to Britain, threatening a naval bombardment of Red Army positions in Greece if it came to that.[47]
Churchill remained in office until after the war in Europe ended in 1945. He was succeeded by Clement Attlee, who was not invited to the Wakamatsu Conference in the late summer of 1946, which ended the Pacific war.[48]
Winston Churchill in Southern Victory
| Southern Victory
POD: September 10, 1862
| The Victorious Opposition
In at the Death
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A right-wing member of Britain's Conservative Party, Winston Churchill was chosen in 1932 as that party's leader to prevent Conservative voters from defecting to Oswald Mosley's Silver Shirts.[49] With Mosley as his war minister, Prime Minister Churchill led Britain into the Second Great War, with devastating results.
Churchill supported the Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War. British and French forces helped the Nationalists to a surprise victory over the German-backed Monarchists.[50] On the strength of this, Churchill was able to pass legislation for conscription in the U.K.,[51] and supported French demands for a plebiscite in Alsace and Lorraine.[52]
Churchill cooperated with President Jake Featherston of the Confederate States, King Charles XI of France, and Tsar Mikhail II of Russia to restore Entente nations to positions of military strength.
With the death of German Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1941, these rulers launched coordinated assaults on the Central Powers.[53] Churchill violated the neutrality of the Netherlands,[54] Norway,[55] and Ireland[56] in 1941, invading all three countries and driving each to join the Central Powers openly. Despite the diplomatic costs of such a belligerent course, the British did attain their short-term strategic goals in two of the three invasions, at least initially. German forces defeated the British army in Norway.
Churchill did not trust his allies and refused to share jet technology and research on the superbomb with most of them. He and Featherston cooperated in a mission to take Bermuda[57] from the United States, but Britain ultimately occupied Bermuda alone for much of the war.
In 1943, Churchill took advantage of the Royal Navy's defeat of the German High Seas Fleet to begin large-scale operations against the U.S. Navy in the North Atlantic. This proved unwise, as his navy was soundly defeated in the Battle of the North Atlantic and at Bermuda. The US Navy then began supporting the Irish resistance movement. British fortunes suffered elsewhere that year when they were betrayed by Japan, which occupied Malaya;[58] and when Central Powers forces began driving the British out of German and Dutch territory. Through all these setbacks, Churchill, who had by now become the dominant personality throughout the Entente nations of Western Europe, steadfastly refused to concede that British fortunes were suffering.
Though Churchill was able to strike at Germany in 1944 with the destruction of Hamburg[59] via the superbomb, Germany struck right back with three superbombs against London, Norwich, and Brighton.[60] The retaliatory attack promised by Churchill failed, with Germany intercepting the second British superbomb over Belgium.[61] As a result, Churchill was ousted as Prime Minister in a non-confidence vote, and his government fell.[62] A caretaker government was formed under Horace Wilson, who then asked Germany for an armistice.[63]
Before his fall, Churchill relented on his refusal to share technology with his allies, sharing Britain's research on the superbomb with the Confederate States. As a result, the C.S. was the first country to use a superbomb in North America, although it benefited neither the C.S. nor Britain in the long run.[64]
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- Oswald Mosley, the head of the British Union of Fascists, who was opposed to Churchill's Conservative Party for much of the 1930s, until his fall from politics in the early 1940s. In Southern Victory, Churchill and Mosley are political allies in a coalition government. In In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Mosley seems to have been the British Head of Government for most of the 1940s and '50s.
- Horace Wilson, a political aide to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who never served in Parliament himself. In The War That Came Early, Wilson rather than Churchill is Chamberlain's successor as PM. In Southern Victory, Wilson also becomes PM, succeeding Churchill himself.
- Charles W. La Follette, a fictional American politician who appears in Southern Victory. La Follette's role in the Second Great War broadly parallels Churchill's during World War II.
- ↑ Armistice, p. 156.
- ↑ See Inconsistencies in Turtledove's Work#Inconsistencies in The Hot War.
- ↑ The Man With the Iron Heart, pg. 56.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 324.
- ↑ In the Balance, pgs. 220-227
- ↑ Tilting the Balance, pgs. 120-125.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 252-257.
- ↑ Upsetting the Balance, pg. 110.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 145
- ↑ Ibid. pgs. 162-163.
- ↑ Striking the Balance, pg. 373.
- ↑ Aftershocks, pg. 301
- ↑ Striking the Balance, pg. 375.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 397
- ↑ See Colonization generally.
- ↑ Second Contact, pg. 206.
- ↑ See, e.g., Atlantis and Other Places, pg. 99.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 99-100.
- ↑ In the Presence of Mine Enemies, pg. 65.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 139.
- ↑ West and East, pg. 223, HC.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 378.
- ↑ The Big Switch, pg. 170, HC.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 150-51.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 197.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 214.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 234.
- ↑ Ibid,. pg 173-74.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 341.
- ↑ Coup d'Etat, pg. 187, HC.
- ↑ Last Orders, pg. 379, HC.
- ↑ Joe Steele, pg. 223.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 223-224.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 223-224.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 234.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 234-235.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 235.
- ↑ Ibid. pg., 236.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 238-239.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 237-239.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 239-240.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 241-242.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 242.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 244-247.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 279.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 282-283, HC.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 326.
- ↑ The Victorious Opposition, pg. 413.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 412.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 606.
- ↑ Return Engagement, pg. 299
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 86.
- ↑ Ibid. pg 95
- ↑ In at the Death, pg. 299.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 345.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 363.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 365.
- ↑ Ibid. pg. 367.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 368.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 141.143.
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By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger
Some form of matrix organizational structure is the norm in many organizations. It's generally a blend of a formal long term structure (usually hierarchical) and temporary functional work teams comprised of employees with respective specializations from various organizational departments. They focus on a specific project, with a specific scope of work, objectives and time frame. You can also see it in organizations with work groups that continually form to work on a specific project and disband upon its completion; with employees then returning to a work group that is their "home group" and whose existence is more long term.
In a matrix structure employees typically have a functional manager to whom they formally report, who has a similar technical expertise and provides an organizational home. This this is the manager who probably conducted the employment interview and is responsible for conducting performance reviews and generally handling human resource type matters with the employee. Some of the employee's work occurs within this functional organization unit and this manager will oversee the work and evaluate the employee's performance. Employees are also assigned to work teams outside this department for a specific and relatively temporary project. These work teams are comprised of employees with diverse expertise who have joined the team because of the specific contribution they can make with their expertise.
Challenges With Matrix Organizations
Matrix structures are advantageous for flexibly applying organization talent where it's needed. However, there are challenges that need to be monitored and addressed.
Role and responsibility confusion. Employees can become confused about their roles and responsibilities as they are moved from one work group to another, with their role within the respective work groups also changing; particularly when they are required to perform work outside their technical specialty.
Conflicting loyalties to more than one manager. As they work for multiple managers, functional and project specific, employees may develop loyalties to more than one manager; and that will vary in intensity and type among functional and work team managers. Loyalty to managers is an important element for employee retention and productivity and should be encouraged and allowed to occur. However, management should ensure that employees are not in a position in which their loyalty to one manager comes into conflict with loyalty to another manager.
Project status is not effectively monitored. Current and accurate information about work team and project status should be readily available, as this supports the efficient and productive deployment of employees.
Employee status and availability is not readily known. Without valid and current data on employee and project status, project and functional managers may be not aware of employee availability causing them to search the organization for appropriate expertise for their work effort.
Employee experience and expertise may not be readily known. Potential project managers, and even functional managers, may be unaware of work tasks and projects on which employees have worked, and thus their ability to make a contribution on work assignments. Also, this lack of knowledge regarding in-house work experience could impact how the employee's performance is reviewed by a functional manager.
Employee work performance, bad and good, is not well known. If there is inadequate information and weak communication between functional and project managers employee work performance will be inadequately known.
Overhead related costs are too high. Matrix organizations may tend to have more managers than formal hierarchical structures. Consequently, costs associated with manager positions may be higher. These higher costs, which could be very minimal and should be offset by higher levels of productivity and getting the job done.
Maximizing Advantages and Overcoming Disadvantages
Matrix structures can support fully engaged employees doing work that is meaningful and fulfilling. And in turn, as many studies have found, your organization's bottom line and viability is positively impacted.
To be fully successful the following organizational elements should be in place in a matrix organization structure.
- Support from top management
- Well defined and communicated organization goals, objectives, and mission
- Cooperation and communication between functional and work team managers
- HR information system that is current and accurate
- Project management support information system that is current and accurate
- Documented roles and responsibilities
- Effective project management
- Communication that is transparent to managers and employees
- Continuing education – technical and how to work in fluid work environments
- Regular status meetings with functional managers
- Conflict among managers should be minimized or at least kept out of view
- Annual performance reviews
Support from top management. Your organization's top executives must ensure that all organizational functions support managers and employees in their work efforts and that all managers cooperate with and support each other.
Well defined and communicated organization goals, objectives, and mission. It's important to keep everyone focused on the big picture, rather than more narrow self-interests that may impede cooperation within the organization and minimizing any silo mentalities. This is particularly important with a matrix structure that requires a lot of cooperation and communication among executives, managers and employees. Continually, top management must communicate, in words and actions, organization goals, objectives and mission, i.e. the big picture.
Cooperation and communication between functional and work team managers. This is critical. There must be formal mechanisms in place so that managers (functional and work team) can obtain information regarding employee performance for performance evaluations, promotion, compensation decisions, continuing education and work assignments.
There must also be cooperation and flexibility among the managers in the "give and take" required to share employees.
HR information system that is current and accurate. You should have a HR information system that provides current employee status, ideally daily or weekly, of their work activity, e.g. specific projects or work teams, anticipated availability, and skill sets.
This information system should also support the tracking of employee participation in work groups so that their performance managers and work team managers know their experience and work history. This information should also support oppportunities for advancement, recognition, regular compensation and bonuses
Project management support information system that is current and accurate. Work team projects, to be fully effective and efficient, and make effective and efficient use of employee specialists, require project management support systems that provide work team managers with accurate and current information such as hours worked to-date and costs by employee and the overall team, efficiency ratio's, status vis-à-vis milestones, and budget expenditures and budget remaining to-date. This information should be available to all managers and also team members (possibly summarized).
Documented roles and responsibilities. It's important that employees have job descriptions that state their responsibilities and roles. Care should be taken so that these descriptions are not too narrow so that they limit opportunities to provide meaningful participation on work teams and advance their experience and careers. Also, they should not be too broad which could result in confusion as to employee responsibilities and authority and also result in their assignment to project that are not a good fit. You may want to describe two to five typical and fundamental employee tasks or work assignments as part of the job description.
Effective project management. Work team and functional managers should be very effective at managing projects. They should employ formal project methodologies appropriate to the work and projects at-hand. This expertise can significantly contribute to fulfilling work experiences by team members, and result in effective and efficient projects that are on-time and on-budget. Being on successful projects and having a meaningful role will contribute to employee retention and a positive work environment.
Communication that is transparent to managers and employees. Communications regarding work and project status, forming and disbanding of teams, team success (or lack thereof), work activities should be transparent, other than those communications related to confidential HR matters.
Continuing education – technical and how to work in fluid work environments. In additional to technical education your employees should have the skills to work in matrix work environments. These work environments normally embody fluid work assignments and responsibilities, relatively ambiguous roles and interaction with employees who, due to their respective technical expertise, have different approaches to analyzing and resolving problems and project requirements. It's important that employees know how to navigate this environment and have education on how to adjust to, and master, fluid environments and working with employees with differing perspectives and personalities.
This ability and relevant education also applies to managers in their respective roles.
Regular status meetings with functional managers. Employees should have regularly scheduled meetings, e.g. monthly or quarterly, to review their current projects and status and HR related issues; and to address any difficulties they may be facing. These meetings can be very important when employees are fully engaged on work teams with a relatively long term project; as this may be the only opportunity for the functional manager and employee to meet.
Conflict among managers should be minimized or at least kept out of view. Top level management should make sure that this occurs. Conflict is inevitable and it's important to manage it so that it does not interfere with employee and work team performance. Too much and visible conflict can cause employee uncertainty and compel them to take sides in these conflicts.
Annual performance reviews. Annual, or ideally semi-annual, performance reviews are important regardless of the organization structure. They are particularly important in fluid matrix structures in which there may not be substantial contact between employees and their functional manager. These meetings should also compel the functional/performance review manager to obtain all relevant information on the employee's role, experience and performance on work teams.
Michael VanBruaene was a KPMG Director and blogs at www.AdvancingYourOrganization.com. Practical Tools To Improve Organization Performance


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