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The Values of Alexander Hamilton
During his (New York) Assembly tenure that (1787) spring, Hamilton voted on two measures that suggested ambivalent feelings about his childhood.
Oddly enough, he supported a bill making it impossible for people divorced due to adultery to remarry. Such a draconian statute in the Danish West Indies had prevented Hamilton's parents from legitimizing his birth. If this vote suggests some latest hostility toward his mother, another vote betokens tenderness for her.
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Remembering Michael Schwartz
Michael Schwartz passed away yesterday. At the end of November, Senator Coburn honored Michael on the Senate floor.
Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I wish to take a moment to honor a member of my staff who is not retiring but as a result of his ailment can no longer come to work on the Hill. This gentleman's name is Michael Schwartz. He has been my chief of staff for almost 15 years, beginning while I was in the House and here in the Senate as well.
A lot of people on the Hill know Michael. What they know is that he is one of the kindest, gentlest people anyone has ever met. He has been a light focused on how we do things to honor other people. | {
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Ashley and Max's wedding has to be one of my favorites of the year (is that even a possible thing to pick favorites?) They originally scheduled their wedding for the day that Hurricane Matthew came through, and they had to make the decision to postpone their wedding 48 hours before they were evacuated. It was a tough weekend for them, I imagine, as they saw all their wedding day plans get completely disrupted and nothing they could do about it. But with such grace, they picked up the pieces and put on a BEAUTIFUL wedding day a few weeks later. If you take a few moments to watch the slideshow, you'll see that it honestly couldn't have been more perfect. There were tears, laughs, and a huge amount of love.
I don't really prefer to write, and I like to tell stories of a wedding day in photos. BUT, I do want to highlight a few favs.
My favorite moment of the day: There were several, but my absolute favorite was during the ceremony when Ashley's sister sang a song (just got chill bumps thinking about it) and Ashley and Max's parents all gathered around with the couple on their knees to pray. It was a moment that I got to step back and watch Max softly rub Ashley's shoulder, guests try to hold back their tears, a beautiful song being sung, and the sun finally peaked through the trees in the background to cast such a glorious light over the occasion. I stay in a zone with what I do for my photography. I am constantly moving, changing settings, scouting out new scenes. But for that moment even I was stopped to take in the moment. I always say there's a part of the wedding day where it feels like Heaven meets earth. And this was it. Oh, and Ashley fed me cake during cake cutting. I mean that's got to be an all time favorite right???
My favorite photo of the day: Would have to be one of the ones I took during the private last dance. I stood in a back corner opposite of them so you could see that the room was empty, and it was just Ashley and Max dancing under a chandelier together.
My favorite photo from my second shooter: When I was looking through Brent's photos, during the ceremony sequence I saw a shot of the groomsmen holding hands during a prayer. I wasn't on that side to see it happening so when I saw it through his eyes and for the first time, I thought it was really special.
Enjoy a few photos here. Bowing Oaks Plantation weddings are just so lovely. The property is so amazing to photograph. And with the wedding details they had such as the wooden door, beautiful flowers, honey as their favor – everything was so lovely.
On Christmas Day, we were opening our gifts together at my apartment. I was hoping that today would be "the day" but didn't want to get my hopes up. We opened all of the gifts and I said, "Well I guess that's it". I was a little disappointed and went to hang up a new ornament on the tree. Then Max said, "Ok there is one more gift." When I turned around, he was on his knee with the ring in hand.
Pinterest I guess! I wasn't too particular on all the details. I found pictures I liked and then asked my vendors to do something like that.
We used Alex Pecci with Quality Images. One of my friends and my bridesmaid collaborated to create a logo for our wedding. I gave that to Alex along with the colors and just asked the artist to create whatever they wanted. They provided me with a few examples and I chose one!
Probably the beginning where you are just looking through magazines and Pinterest to get ideas. Everything is new and exciting.
I didn't like it towards the end when you are having to make sure everyone knows times and details. By that time, I was so ready to just be married that all the phone calls, emails and invoices were just too much! Thank goodness for my Mom who took care of most of it!
Rehearsal Dinner Location: I Do Bar-B-Q at the home of Wayne and Barbara Ellis (friends of the groom's parents and friends of bride's paternal grandparents, who are both deceased. They wanted to host the rehearsal dinner in memory of Harold and Alma Sweat. Only God can place best friend's of the bride's grandparents to become friends of the groom's parents years later).
I remember walking down the aisle and seeing all of my friends and family together in one place. It was amazing to experience the love and support from everyone who showed up for us! The ceremony was also meaningful. It felt like it went in slow motion.
If you could give yourself any advice prior to the wedding, what would it be? Don't worry so much about losing weight! Geez. It doesn't even matter.
Tonya, you are absolutely amazing! You guys captured Max and Ashley's special day so perfectly with your pics! Beautiful and so full of the joy of that day! Thanks so much! | {
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I was maybe five when I was finally diagnosed with asthma. We were in the hospital near our old house in Surulere after I had been rushed to be nebulised—before we decided to buy our own. I sat in between my parents as the doctor nodded and spoke to them while they nodded and spoke back. Asthma was a new word to me then, it rolled weirdly on my tongue as I tried to pronounce it.
The doctor held a small white box in her hands, removing the blue inhaler within.
She gave the inhaler to me and I did exactly what she said, inhaling it deeply.
She continued talking to my parents about triggers, the weather, and all. But I wasn't listening. I turned the inhaler in my hands, inspecting it. I removed the cannister and put it back again, twisting it in the actuator. I did this again and again, the sound it made was funny and I giggled.
He turned back to the doctor and they continued their conversation. My mother, though, wasn't listening either. Her eyes were on me, a grim look etched on her face.
I grew up in a home that was normal to me but, apparently, strange to everyone else. When we went to church, it was always my mum, my sister, and I. My father always sat it out. I'd always thought that along with facial hair, and reading glasses, not going to church was just another benefit of being a father.
It wasn't odd for the first few years, but as time went on, I started to see them. The cracks, the shakes, the tremors in our home.
And then, the darkness would tiptoe into my vision.
The wheezing would start, my chest would itch.
Instinctively, I would reach for my inhaler.
Since our father wasn't around us much, his love was always taken as a given. He could pick his favourite and my sister and I would shrug in indifference. Our mother, though, knew us like the back of her hand which she could use to beat us today and tomorrow and still have us crawling back to her.
Now, being her favourite was definitely something we could get behind. What could be better?
We would vie for her attention at every chance we got, pausing only to tally the marks. While Rita had cuteness and dedication to the role in her corner, I definitely got points for eagerness, and being the only child to actually know how to read yet.
As we grew, we started to veer more to our father's side. We nodded our heads and rubbed our chins, being his chosen one had benefits too. Gifts, toys, these were all the things we could get. But still, nothing could beat our attachment to mummy. One kind word, a phrase of encouragement, was all it took and we would run back, our eyes wide. We were like puppies and she'd just shrug.
Like he did for my two younger siblings, my father had my life planned out for me.
'University' with silly constrictive rules so he could control every move I made for the next five years and possibly rest of my life? Tick.
The little trouble with his plan for me is just that. It is his plan and really, has nothing to do with me. Mummy was more overt with her affection and thoughts. My father, though, preferred to work silently, putting ideas into your head as time went on. Kinda like a mind reader, editing and shifting information.
"Tony, why don't you go into the science class? I mean, you're good at it, you even won the prize in JSS1, you'll definitely do well there." He'd say.
Because he didn't spend enough time with us, the children he had in his head were completely different from the children he actually had. If we were ever to meet, the time would have been spent gasping, gaping, and pointing back at ourselves.
But of course, we didn't know ourselves properly either, and any little attention from our father in those early days was like gold. Maybe he was right, I was good at science.
I could do literature in my free time.
Writing could wait. So could art.
Something I never admitted to anyone, even me, for a very long time. But, I struggled. Concepts that my classmates understood in a class, took me two, plus extra reading. My father thought I was a young talent, but I actually just liked science books with pictures in them.
By the time I had turned 16 and was forced into Covenant University, the reality was painfully clear to me. While I had a short fling with science, the arts were my true love and I had denied them for too long. But my father would have nothing of it. Though, he'd never outrightly say it.
"Come, pick any course you want to study, as long as it's in that school, it's fine by me." he said one evening as we discussed about changing courses."So, I can do an art course?" I said, the excitement rising in my voice.
My mother stayed out of the whole conversation that went on and off for three years. She'd try her best to advise me but like in my spiritual life, she realised that the best way I would learn was by myself, for myself.
And my father wouldn't have allowed an audience with anyone else anyways.
All decisions were made by himself, for everyone else.
I didn't know what it was but I could tell that something was wrong.
My appetite had gone down, I was drowsy and sleepy, lethargic. I didn't want to talk to anyone.
I couldn't write, I couldn't paint. I didn't know why but I just couldn't.
I was getting shakes, edgier. Night time got worse, I couldn't sleep.
Dreams had jagged edges. Those thoughts intruded in my mind again, stronger than ever.
This happened a lot, but never this bad. It was never physical.
I couldn't continue, that place was killing me. I told him I just couldn't handle it anymore. The regimented life, the skewered spirituality, the damn course.
I told him, time and time again.
A surprise to no one, he didn't listen.
That was it, that had to be it. I mean, it couldn't be anything else.
We went to the doctors at Vedic Care, and some blood work was done. My mother had left the room and just when I was about to leave too. A tiny voice lingering behind me told me to stay back.
You might as well, it's not like you have anything to lose now.
"How long has this been going on?" He asked.
"Oh, a while." I answered.
"No, like in days, months, years?" He prodded.
There was a pause. "I'm asthmatic," I said, showing him my inhaler.
"It's fine, you know, you can tell me." He said, putting his hands on the table.
"No." I said, my head dizzy.
We went on like that before I decided that, what the heck, I might as well.
My results came in. It wasn't malaria. Physically, there really wasn't anything wrong with me. My body was fine. My mind on the other hand, was a mess. It was an old weather battered shed. The shelves were aged and broken, tools had been thrown to the ground. Something had died in the corner. The paint on the walls was peeling off and someone left the door open.
As they talked and he handed her a number, I didn't say anything, I just listened. I didn't have the words anymore, they were long gone. She looked at me, though, in that doctor's office.
That same grim expression, from all those years ago, plastered on her face.
Over the years, my mummy and I had grown apart and then closer. Friction from my father on both ends had left us cautious, abrasive. Things had happened, words were said. Scars were made.
My reason for not opening up with her was that she wouldn't understand, that hearing her throw aside what had been happening to me like it didn't matter would have been too hard. From my father, that was just another Wednesday, but to get that from her would have been too much.
There was a deeper fear. An unspoken one that went far behind that look. That maybe, just maybe, she understood what I was going through. More than understood, though, but lived it, went through it, for all those years.
And I, focusing on my inhaler, had never seen it. | {
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Progress-Index leader moves to permanent status
Contributed Report
PETERSBURG — With the dawn of a new digital era in journalism, the Progress-Index is promoting one of Petersburg's own to head up newsroom guidance and editorial duties. After serving on an interim basis for eight months, Bill Atkinson has been named permanent editor for the paper.
Atkinson was born and reared in Petersburg. He graduated from Petersburg High School before moving on to Virginia Commonwealth University. He first worked for the Progress-Index in 1986 when he was a political and military reporter. Atkinson then served as a section editor from 1993 to 1999.
"Bill has been loyal to Petersburg and the surrounding communities for a long time. He has exceptional writing and reporting strengths and great institutional knowledge of the region. His interest in what interests readers will be the backbone for continued growth," said Pam Sander, Southeast regional editor for Gannett and Star News executive editor.
Before originally working at the Progress-Index, Atkinson was a cable-television producer and WHAP-AM news director in Hopewell. After he left the paper in 1999, he spent 10 years as a publications editor for Virginia Press Association, then seven years as a web content manager for Capital One in Richmond.
Atkinson then returned to the Progress-Index as an assistant editor in 2018 under Managing Editor Patricia Sharpf, who he now succeeds. The two worked together during Atkinson's first stint at the paper.
"When Pat contacted me about possibly coming back, I was very moved. Pat and I have known each other forever, and I love her to death. To be able to come back and work with her again after so many years apart ... we picked right up where we left off. And to get her blessing as her successor makes this even more special," Atkinson said. "When I think of the people I have known who sat in the editor's chair before me — Pat, Jon Pope, Elizabeth Hedgepeth, Harry Marsh — I realize I am in rarified air. I just hope to build properly on their legacies."
A Dinwiddie native, Sharpf's career spanned nearly 30 years at the paper before she decided to retire. The two had been great friends for the majority of that time.
"I'm so happy about the announcement. Bill is a very knowledgeable, experienced and responsible journalist," said Sharpf. "When I made my decision to leave the Progress-Index in August I felt confident I was leaving the staff in capable hands. I have no doubt Bill will continue to do an excellent job leading this young team of journalists."
Atkinson is taking the paper's helm during a time of transition and revolution for the Progress-Index, and the news industry at large. Papers across the country are increasingly relying on digital content and distribution to reach readers where they are spending more and more of their time – online.
"The industry has changed tremendously since I started out. Digital definitely leads that list of changes," Atkinson said. "It used to be when a newspaper broke a story, it had to happen on the publishing cycle, and follow-ups had to wait until the next day. Now, we can break stories pretty much in real time and by the time it hits print, it will have been updated six, seven, eight times. Being a broadcasting major, that plays right into my comfort zone. I say that knowing that some of my old journalism professors' heads would explode at the mention of the merger of print and broadcast to create digital."
The Progress-Index's corporate owner, GateHouse Media, acquired USA Today publisher Gannett Co. in November 2019 for $1.1 billion. That merger brought together 260 newspapers, as well as a shift in thinking for the Progress-Index to move into the digital age.
In the time since Atkinson became the interim editor, the Progress-Index has substantially grown its digital footprint and social media presence.
The Progress-Index is now part of the 21-paper Southeast region, spanning across West Virginia, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia. That includes a new sister paper for the Progress-Index to collaborate with – The News Leader in Staunton.
"I couldn't be happier for Bill or for the Progress-Index," said David Fritz, previous executive editor for The News Leader, now deputy editor for Gannett's Mid-Atlantic Group. "I've known Bill professionally for close to 20 years. He's always been a strong advocate for Virginia journalism and dedicated to the people of the Petersburg area. I'm excited to work with him as he accelerates the Progress-Index's digital transformation."
Atkinson will continue working with the newsroom staff of five to produce content for the Tri-Cities.
"I am thankful for the trust our company has put in me to help steer The Progress-Index into becoming a trusted news source, even more than it is today," Atkinson said. "Our readers are going to see some great advances in how we present their community news, and while some of them might be a bit nervous with change, in the end, everyone will see that those advances do not change our mission. That mission is to bring the most comprehensive Tri-City area news coverage for now and for generations to come."
Sean Jones can be reached at 804-722-5172 or [email protected]. On Twitter: @SeanJones_PI | {
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I have thought long and hard about this. It is something I am greatly ashamed to admit. When I think about it, it gives me pause and causes me a lot of anxiety. I never thought I would be the kind of person to go back to an ex. Actually that's not true because I believe sometimes the love is too strong (of course, it doesn't always work out the second time around). Regardless of that, as a married woman, thinking about an ex, dwelling on those thoughts, and toying with the idea or fantasy of hooking up once more is supposed to be off-limits!
I like to be completely honest and speak my mind, so that I don't get overwhelmed and lose myself. Cakes knows about my indiscretion already. I should have taken note that first time he warned me when he saw me sneaking off to use my phone. Even at night when he's gone to sleep, I can't stay away and steal to the living room for a few minutes. I catch myself at work preoccupied with thoughts of my ex. It makes me feel so guilty that I actually hide my phone under my desk because I'm afraid someone will see my screen.
to delete Candy Crush from my other phone.
Thanks. I love you all.
hahahahhahah! As I was reading I almost started to pray for you, then something told me it CANNOT be what I was thinking...Berry had to be playing some sick joke, and clearly you were! Mstchewwwwwww!
Being there done that. I deleted the bloody thing from my phone.
Halfway into the 1st paragraph, i told myself 'i refuse to let Berry giv me BP ds morning. I will finish reading this post before i allow any biological response'. And dang! Was i right! Berry oooo! Lol. Dnt worry, we'll b praying for u.
Looool when I first started reading this I thought it was way extremely deep, thank god it's about candy crush, that thing was long gone off of my phone, cannot be dealing with that level of addiction and frustation!
As soon as i saw the caption. I said huh!!! Ds woman.. candy crush abi??? I was so right.. its ok sometimes u think abt ur love for candy but try n crush it ok.. have a great week darl.
Didn't fall for it this time. In fact I am not falling for it anytime soon.
Berry! This candy crush should have candy crush anonymous. I bet there are others like you.
That Candy crush can make one antisocial ehnnn!
Lol I actually thought it was some kind of food. LOL Hey... Candy Crush... I had to delete that demonic thing with immediate alacrity... when I started dreaming about how to get lives and get to the next stage. I deleted it off EVERY single device!
My love for candy crush died a natural death when my tab crashed,I just couldn't imagine starting from the beginning again,so I stopped. | {
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Time to Cancel the Apocalypse, 'Pacific Rim' Arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Today!
Today is finally the release of Pacific Rim on Blu-ray and DVD. On Amazon, there are a few offerings available for the giant robots versus monsters movie, a Blu-ray, DVD & UltraViolet Combo Pack, a Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, & UltraViolet Combo Pack and a Two-Disc Special Edition DVD with UltraViolet Digital. The Digital option for Pacific Rim has been available for two weeks now. You can buy it from iTunes Store, the Google Play store, or Amazon Instant Video.
Also in anticipation of the Blu-ray/DVD release, a couple of concept art images have been released. You can check them out below. Pacific Rim is directed by Guillermo del Toro and stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke and Diego Klattenhoff. | {
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Registration for new students and Re-registration for current students will be available at the back of the church this weekend. Sister Xaveriana will be there to help you.
– Proof of Sacraments already received. | {
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Via Toronto Public Library: The Runnymede Branch branch (2178 Bloor St. West Toronto – Gmap) of the TPL reopens after a year long expansion and restoration.
The Official Opening Ceremony is on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 5 p.m. Doors open to the public at 4:30 p.m. with Toronto Mayor David Miller And author Margaret Atwood in attendance.
Runnymede and Bloor gets a facelift.
The first library I ever remember using. I really like how the new design meshes with the old and like all the natural light that will come in.
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Brain Essence is marketed as a cognitive boosting supplement that "promotes problem solving skills, clearer memory," and brain cell health protection. Based on our experience with nootropic supplements, there are always a bunch of average products that barely manage to deliver. But once in a while, amongst these ordinary supplements is a brain-enhancing product that not only successfully meets its claims but goes beyond in terms of safety and value. Wondering if Brain Essence will work and is worth the money? Give this review a read!
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Brain Essence is a solid memory-boosting product with ingredients that have gone through clinical trials and been scientifically researched. One thing to keep in mind that is that supplements produce different results on different people. So even though Brain Essence may have worked for John or Mary, it may not necessarily work for you. For this reason, most supplement companies offer a full money-back guarantee in case you're unsatisfied with the effects. Since Brain Essence is only available for purchase via retail stores such as iHerb.com and Amazon.com, there is no refund policy available. If you're super confident about buying this product then there's no one stopping you but if you'd rather go with an option that does offer a refund policy (in case things don't go the way they were meant to), then check out our top rated product Lumonol. | {
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A crucial moment for justice for Grassy Narrows
Young people from Grassy Narrows are travelling to Toronto for a massive rally on June 20th to focus attention to urgency of addressing the crisis of mercury poisoning facing their First Nation.
Amnesty International is urging its members and supporters to do all they can to help this vital and timely campaign.
The people of Grassy Narrows are living with the devastating consequences of a half century of mercury contamination of their rivers and lakes. The harm they've experienced, including erosion of culture, loss of livelihoods, and one of the worst community health crises anywhere in Canada, has been made so much worse by decades of government denial and inaction.
Last month, federal Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan visited Grassy Narrows but failed to deliver on a long promised treatment centre for mercury survivors.
This stalling and inaction is all the more shocking in light of the fact that two of the United Nations independent human rights advisors, the expert of health and the expert on toxic wastes, have now both urged Canada to take action on the mercury crisis.
Generations of Grassy Narrows youth are paying the price of government inaction
"We are proud of our kids. They amaze me every day with their humour, their pride, and their strength. They should not have to fight again and again for basic justice that others in Canada take for granted. They should not have to overcome hunger, poverty, and poison in order to succeed." Judy Da Silva, Grassy Narrows, quoted today in The Toronto Star
One of the things that has stayed with me with from Amnesty's first official research mission to Grassy Narrows, almost 15 years ago, was the story shared by a young mother who had only recently learned about the dangers of mercury contamination of their river system. Throughout her pregnancy she had eaten a lot of fish caught in the local rivers because she knew that wild food is part of a healthy diet and that eating fish is part of what has always connected generation after generation to their culture. But when we spoke she was very worried about whether she might have inadvertently harmed her child.
Grassy Narrows - It's time to act on one of the worst health crises in Canada
Chief Rudy Turtle of the Grassy Narrows First Nation describes a community that was once able to thrive from living on the land. But all that changed in the 1960s when the waterways flowing through this northern Ontario community were poisoned by mercury dumped by an upstream pulp mill.
Now, after decades of struggle to draw attention to their situation, a new report released by the First Nation conclusively demonstrates just how devastating that harm has been.
The report, based on an extensive household survey of community members, compares key dimensions of health at Grassy Narrows to other First Nations and to the general population.
What the report depicts is one of the worst community health crises in Canada.
Honouring the struggle for environmental justice at Grassy Narrows
"You look at the lake, it looks good, it looks clean, the fish look all right. How to believe that something like that could turn against you?" – former Grassy Narrows Chief Steve Fobister Sr. quoted in the Toronto Star
Steve Fobister. Bill Fobister. Judy Da Silva. These are some of the leaders and activists from Grassy Narrows who have played a critical in shaping and informing Amnesty International's longstanding campaign for justice for that First Nation.
They are all, in every sense of the word, human rights champions.
They also, all three, suffer from the devastating, debilitating impacts of mercury poisoning.
And they are not alone.
Grassy Narrows: The first step in addressing Ontario's chemical nightmare
"I thank the grassroots people of Grassy Narrows, and our supporters who have been tireless in their work to gain justice for mercury survivors at long last." -- Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister
The province of Ontario has just made a public commitment to clean up the river system on which the people of Grassy Narrows depend.
The announcement follows a meeting between Premier Kathleen Wynne and the people of Grassy Narrows last Friday.
The province's commitment reportedly includes a promise that the river clean up will be led by the people of Grassy Narrows themselves.
Grassy Narrows is the site of one of the worst incidents of industrial pollution in Canada. A half century ago, an upstream pulp and paper mill was allowed to dump tonnes of mercury into the river system. The people of Grassy Narrows are still dealing with the disastrous impacts on their health and way of life.
From bad to worse: latest revelations underline Ontario's shocking indifference to the health of people of Grassy Narrows
By Craig Benjamin
It's information that the Ontario government could – and should – have brought to light, but failed to do so.
Last year, the provincial government stated that it had not been able to find any evidence to support claims by a former millworker that barrels of mercury had been buried at a site upstream from the Grassy Narrows First Nation and might now be leaching into their water system.
Last week, however, the Toronto Star reported that members of the environmental NGO Earthroots had conducted their own soil tests at a location identified by the mill worker and found mercury levels as much as 80 times higher than normal. The findings were replicated by tests done by the Toronto Star. Scientists who reviewed the finding said there was little doubt that this was industrial mercury.
The story is particularly concerning because it is the latest revelation of Ontario's persistent and shocking disregard for the basic safety and well-being of the people of Grassy Narrows.
Justice now for Grassy Narrows
By Craig Benjamin, Campaigner for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Think about this.
A community devastated by the massive release of mercury into the rivers on which they depend.
Credible scientific studies showing that a half century later the people are still suffering from the debilitating effects of mercury poisoning and that even their children are being harmed.
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Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher documents experiences and perspectives on the emerging concept of research impact from a range of disciplines and places them within an analytical and critical discursive framework. Combining personal reflections with research essays, it provides the reader with a multi-dimensional perspective on research impact and how it connects to the research lives and practice of early career researchers.
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Netball fans from all over the world are getting more and more excited with every passing day. Of course, this is hardly surprising, considering that the 15th Netball World Cup is only about a week away.
Even though it is a young sport, it has attracted a lot of attention from all corners of the globe, and many are excited to watch it. It's turning out to be a great summer for womens sport.
Of course, as usual, this is likely to be a problem for a great many people due to geo-restrictions.
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When is the Netball World Cup taking place?
First things first, the 2019 Netball World Cup will take place between July 12th and July 21st of this year.
The final will take place on the last day, starting at 5:00 pm BST. This leaves you with only several days to prepare things for watching, so let's see what you have to do.
The competition will be covered live free to air by the BBC, and everyone in the UK who does not plan on watching on-location will be able to view on BBC Two or BBC iPlayer.
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The tournament will take place in England, at the M&S Bank Arena, in Liverpool.
The Arena was constructed in 2008, and it can hold up to 11,000 people. The venue itself is the centrepiece of the ACC Liverpool sporting and events precinct.
What countries are taking part?
This year's World Cup will have sixteen teams competing, with five of them qualified automatically, due to a high ranking position in the INF World Rankings, plus England itself, as the host country.
Those include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Malawi, Jamaica, and of course England.
Other participants will include Uganda, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.
As the host country, as well as the one who invented the sport, England is in the heart of it.
It will feature some well-known players, including Serena Guthrie, Helen Housby, Natalie Haythornthwaite, Eboni Usoro-Brown, Jade Clarke, and more.
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Australia won the last World Cup in 2015, which got to face New Zealand in the final.
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The country has been winning ever since the tournament in 2007, being the titleholder for 12 years, now. Interestingly the last five finals stretching back as far as 1999 have been between Australia and New Zealand.
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Q: Handling parse exception to a date format from a date picker Here I am trying to handle the start date of my booking system as well as the end date using LocalDate and date formatted. I have done some search on the error I am getting, however, they don't deal with similar issues. Like here I need to get the user input using request.getParameter.
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String cruiseName = request.getParameter("cruiseName");
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LocalDate startDate =(LocalDate) LocalDate.parse(request.getParameter("startDate"),df);
LocalDate endDate =(LocalDate) LocalDate.parse(request.getParameter("endDate"),df);
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Exception
org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '03/10/2020' could not be parsed at index 3
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
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javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)**
Root Cause:
java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '03/10/2020' could not be parsed at index 3
java.base/java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parseResolved0(DateTimeFormatter.java:2049)
java.base/java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parse(DateTimeFormatter.java:1951)
java.base/java.time.LocalDate.parse(LocalDate.java:428)
A: The format you are trying to parse is different from the format you get, either because there's incorrect format asked from the user, or because you used the wrong format to parse.
You are trying to parse dd/MMM/yyyy format which would look like 03/Oct/2020, but the format you get is either dd/MM/yyyy or MM/dd/yyyy, from the error message you get 03/10/2020 which can be either. You need to check what the expected input is and adjust your parsing code, or ask user for particular format.
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To spot violent offenders, Detroit police infuse facial recognition into criminal video monitoring
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Project Green Light is a partnership between Detroit's police force and eight local gas stations, all of which stream real-time camera surveillance footage to police headquarters as a heightened measure for crime prevention.
This program, which launched early last year, will soon allow police to identify violent offenders through facial recognition software.
The software was purchased for $1 million and is accompanied by a 3-year contract with DataWorks Plus, a technology company headquartered South Carolina that focuses on law enforcement and government agencies.
Despite concerns from civil rights organizations, the Detroit police department assures critics of the technology that it will be used exclusively in cases involving violent crimes.
"This isn't some super-secret piece of technology," Assistant Chief James White told The Detroit News. "This isn't Big Brother, and we're not covertly trying to monitor people. We're not going to use it to ID everyone who goes into our Green Light locations. It will be strictly confined to investigating violent crimes."
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The Civil Rights Integrity Unit plans to monitor the use of this software, ensuring that facial recognition technology is used solely in the case of violent crimes.
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class TokyoMetro::Factory::Seed::Api::PassengerSurvey::List < TokyoMetro::Factory::Seed::Api::MetaClass::List
include ::TokyoMetro::ClassNameLibrary::Api::PassengerSurvey
include ::TokyoMetro::Factory::Seed::Api::PassengerSurvey::Common
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Willis acquires Prime Professions
Willis Group Holdings Plc, the global risk adviser and insurance broker, has further enhanced its offering in the executive risk market by agreeing to acquire, through its subsidiary Willis Limited, PPH Limited and its subsidiary Prime Professions Limited, a leading UK based professional indemnity insurance broker.
Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval.
Since its formation in 2006, Prime Professions has firmly established itself as one of the leading specialist brokers in the field of professional indemnity insurance.
Prime Professions' clients range from small and medium size professional service firms to large global organisations. These clients cover the full spectrum of professional services including accountancy, financial services, legal, property and construction. Prime Professions is also a market leader for solicitors, representing around 1,000 firms throughout the United Kingdom, including many of the top-100 legal firms.
Prime Professions employs a highly respected team of 50 professional indemnity experts, including Martin Ellis, director and head of risk solutions. Following completion of the acquisition, Martin Ellis will lead Willis' UK professional indemnity practice.
Commenting on the deal, Steve Hearn, Willis Group deputy CEO, and chairman and CEO of Willis Global, said: "The acquisition of Prime Professions represents a big growth opportunity for Willis Limited in the professional indemnity insurance space. Through organic growth and targeted mergers and acquisitions activity, we are continually seeking to grow our capabilities and reach so that we are in a better position to serve our clients' interests.
"Combining our strengths as a major global broker with Prime Professions' specialist expertise and unique market insights will significantly enhance our capabilities and market share in this area."
Roland Avery, chairman of Willis' financial and executive risks practice, FINEX, said: "Willis already represents a number of the largest international professional service firms in the world and the acquisition of Prime Professions will considerably enrich our risk management capabilities and specialist insurance market knowledge. This will help us to optimise and tailor the range of risk transfer solutions that we are able to offer our clients."
Martin Ellis said: "We are delighted to become part of Willis' highly successful FINEX division, bringing together some of the best professional indemnity insurance practitioners in the market and combining the strengths of a global broker with a commitment to providing a highly personal service to our clients. Willis' powerful international network and global reach will assist us with servicing our clients who have ambitious overseas growth plans. We look forward to a truly exciting future."
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Rugrats was one of the great animated shows of the 1990s. The Rugrats Movie, on the other hand, is part of the show's second run, with the pointless addition of Tommy's baby brother Dil and other assorted characters, and a distinct loss of charm. The video games are terrible, as one would expect. | {
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The UK's leading cycle tour company for US, Canadian and Australian visitors. Visit all (or a selection) of the following in one week Windsor, Oxford, the Cotswolds, Bath, Stratford, Downton Abbey, Stonehenge, Devon and Cornwall, cycling through glorious English countryside and staying at iconic, stunning hotels.
The expert tour guides are cyclists and walkers who are with you every step (or pedal) of the way, sharing their local insights, good humour and a refreshing beer at the end of the day.
Everyone at Active England is born and raised in the areas where the tours travel – and know every village, every hill and every pub on the route! The guides have the local knowledge to ensure your tour is memorable and will take care of each and every whim you have – you just have to ask!
At least two guides will be with you on your tour at all times to help you up the hills! If you choose to cycle there is a bike mechanic in the support vehicle too.
The guides will also fit you for any gear you require and ensure that all luggage is transferred between your accommodation on a daily basis. | {
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AdventHealth Orlando seeks to hire a Food Prep Assistant who will embrace our mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ.
Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all. Responsible for quantity food preparation in the Food Production Center (FPC) according to recipe specifications and procedures; products meet standards of quality, taste, appearance, and freshness. Meets production deadlines, demonstrates cost conscious behaviors, and initiates advance prep as appropriate. Communicates with supervisor and co-workers. Adheres to FDA Food Code standards for food handling and storage. Maintains clean work area and restocks as needed throughout shift. Monitors and records product temperatures and holding times to ensure compliance with HACCP guidelines.
Committed to high quality standards.
•Food Preparation - Prepares/assembles hot/cold food (salads, sandwiches, fillings, and bakery) in Food Production Center for delivery to site partners. Accurately segregates product according to CBORD requisitions per campus and routes to appropriate locations. Follows recipes/instructions to ensure product accuracy, including weighing/measuring ingredients. Meets productivity guidelines. Ability to manage high volume to meet delivery deadlines.
Quality – Ensures that all products meet quality standard for taste, appearance, and freshness. Takes corrective action when needed and notifies appropriate personnel immediately if items do not meet standards then follows through to resolution. Ensures that retail/nutrition/date labels are printed and affixed clearly and accurately to products using appropriate "use by"/expiration dates. Exhibits a high level of attention to detail.
Safety & Sanitation – Utilizes exemplary sanitation, cleanliness, safety standards, and HACCP procedures that are necessary for serving the immunocompromised. Establishes compliance by ensuring that work area/station is clean and orderly, neat/well organized, wears hairnet/beard cover in production areas, and maintains hand hygiene standards. Understands and complies with HACCP, FDA Food Code, and in-house safety and sanitation guidelines. Maintains work area according to posted cleaning schedules and signs off on all required logs. Sets up, operates, breaks down, and cleans all equipment in compliance with sanitation and safety guideline while maintaining proper chemical use.
Communication – Communicates status of work progress to supervisor and notifies if deadlines will be missed in a timely manner. Alerts supervisor when equipment, products, quality, safety, or accuracy issues arise. Addresses poor quality of items from distributors with supervisor and relays the need for specific food items and/or supplies to avoid delays in production. Communicates with coworkers to build teamwork and maintain a smooth operation.
Safety and Sanitation - Ensures compliance with Safety and Sanitation Standards and HACCP procedures. Operates forklift, pallet jack, and high-bay picker safely, wearing appropriate PPE and safety harnesses, during operation. Moves all product carefully, to prevent damage to product or property at the FPC or delivery locations. Drives truck in a safe and courteous manner, following all traffic laws, and FH policies/SOPs.
Compliance – Attends mandatory education, in-services, and team meetings, follows FH and Nutritional Services (NS) Policies & Procedures and SOPs, and works toward department goals and objectives. Wears approved uniform and maintains a professional appearance, including FH ID badge. Handles inventory, supplies and equipment properly and takes action to reduce waste. Utilizes knowledge of NS compliance information for regulatory agencies and to maintain proper and timely documentation as required.
Equipment – Properly uses and works with industrial cook chill and food production equipment set up, cleaning, breakdown, and maintenance. Accurately uses electronic temperature monitoring system, operates equipment safely and carefully to minimize damage, and maintains, cleans, uses equipment per specifications to promote longevity and function. Ability to use a scale, scoops, knives, industrial mixers, a vacuum sealer, tipper tie machine, microwave, and oven depending on production needs. Keeps detailed records/logs of necessary equipment temperatures.
Recipes –Ensures accuracy so products match CBORD portion, yield, ingredients, and nutritional information and reports variances to supervisor immediately. Orders all needed ingredients and stock in a timely manner to avoid delays in production. Learns new recipes, product, and processes quickly and helps to research, develop, and test new recipes while understanding healthy nutrition concepts.
Food Safety – Ensures that all cold and hot food products are produced, cooled, and stored according to recipe specifications and proper procedures. Follows HACCP guidelines for food safety, monitors and records food temperatures, and completes all logs accurately and in a timely manner. Follows first in, first out (FIFO) method of production rotation. Packages, labels and dates items according to shelf life document and stores all cold ingredients in proper cooler storage order.
If you want to be a part of a team that is dedicated to delivering the highest quality in patient care, we invite you to explore the Food Prep Assistantopportunity with AdventHealth Orlando and apply online today. | {
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Many beginner educators leave the profession within the first three years following their appointment. The security of educators, and especially that of the beginner educator is threatened from many angles. Beginner educators experience this threat very intensely and this weakened feeling of security they experience, has important implications for their role as educators. There are, however, many legal determinants that protect educator security and oppose each threat directly. This research falls within the field of Education Law and the security of beginner-educators is studied from this angle. The study focuses on the protection of security as offered by law determinants and the real experience of threats by beginner educators. In the research, law determinants such as the Constitution, education law, labour law and case law, as protectors of security, were studied. Using a qualitative study the experience and perceptions of a selection of participants was analysed. The participants, from different types of schools in a certain geographical area, were identified. During the analysis two aspects emerged that influence security. The first aspect is the beginner educator's lack of knowledge of the mechanisms that protect security and the second aspect was beginner educators' real experience of threats. Beginner educators' lack of security is the result of their lack of knowledge of the mechanisms that protect security. The findings of this research propose that more emphasis is placed on the legal aspects concerning the protection of security of educators during their training and that beginner educators are empowered to face threats of security and overcome it. | {
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// Karma configuration
// http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/config/configuration-file.html
module.exports = function (config) {
config.set({
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// testing framework to use (jasmine/mocha/qunit/...)
frameworks: ['jasmine'],
// list of files / patterns to load in the browser
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'src/main/webappResources/bower_components/angular/angular.js',
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reporters: ['coverage'],
coverageReporter: {
type : 'html',
dir : 'coverage/'
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exclude: [],
// web server port
port: 9876,
// level of logging
// possible values: LOG_DISABLE || LOG_ERROR || LOG_WARN || LOG_INFO || LOG_DEBUG
logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
// enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes
autoWatch: false,
// Start these browsers, currently available:
// - Chrome
// - ChromeCanary
// - Firefox
// - Opera
// - Safari (only Mac)
// - PhantomJS
// - IE (only Windows)
browsers: ['PhantomJS'],
// Continuous Integration mode
// if true, it capture browsers, run tests and exit
singleRun: false
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CEMEX's Solutions Reinforce One of the Busiest Seaports in the U.S. - CEMEX's Solutions Reinforce One of the Busiest Seaports in the U.S.
CEMEX's Solutions Reinforce One of the Busiest Seaports in the U.S.
CEMEX, in the USA, recently contributed to the reinforcement of the Houston Ship Channel, a main maritime trade route between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico. CEMEX provided a special concrete and logistical solution that aims to enhance the structure of one of Houston's most important economic assets.
As one of the United States' busiest seaports, the Houston Ship Channel has undergone several improvement projects. In 2010, CEMEX first contributed to this seaport by providing protection for an electrical tower that was vulnerable to accidental collisions from barges. The installation of short-term barriers made from 40 cubic yards of CEMEX concrete worked so well that the tower's owners decided to invest in a more sturdy and permanent solution in 2015.
The Houston Ship Channel is a main maritime trade route between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico
The special barrier system called for 650 cubic yards of concrete and required six pours, two trips per day, two times a week, and up to six trucks per trip. During each trip, CEMEX had to place its ready-mix concrete trucks on barges for transportation to the pour site in the middle of the ship channel.
The one-and-a-half hour trip out to the pour site also posed the challenge of designing a mix that could go the distance without losing slump. The resulting mix provided up to seven hours for the team to complete the pour before setting.
CEMEX had to place its ready-mix concrete trucks on barges for transportation to the pour site in the middle of the ship channel
Extensive pre-planning with the customer enabled the teams to complete each pour without a hitch. "Our team's customer-focused approach to this project was the key to success. We are proud to have completed this unique and challenging project safely and successfully," said Scott Ducoff, CEMEX USA Regional President, Texas and New Mexico.
CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities in more than 50 countries. CEMEX has a rich history of improving the well-being of those it serves through innovative building solutions, efficiency advancements, and efforts to promote a sustainable future. | {
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Iran's Assembly of Experts has said that Tehran will not negotiate with Western powers over its defense matters and called on the government to further enhance the country's ballistic missile program. According to , the 88-member clerical council which chooses the country's supreme leader, also accused the United States of violating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and asked the government to take retaliatory measures against Washington. In a statement at the conclusion of its biannual meeting on Wednesday, the high-ranking body further that the government should adopt a policy of "resistance economy" to address the Iranian people's economic challenges and ensure national unity and stability. Read moreover, the statement denounced the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and also attacked Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The assembly reelected hardliner Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati as the chairman of the council.
Comment: In January, President Donald Trump reluctantly waived nuclear-related sanctions, but emphasized that it was "the last chance" for US Congress and European powers to come up with an agreement to crack down on Iran's ballistic missile program and strengthen other provisions of the deal. While European countries strongly support the Iran deal and want to keep and implement it, they share Washington's concerns about Iran's missile activities and destabilizing role in the region. Some European leaders have called for separate agreements with Iran on the missile dispute to supplement the Iran deal. However, Tehran has consistently rejected any talks with Western powers over the missile issue.
Indeed, since signing the nuclear accord in July 2015, Iran has increased the production of its ballistic missiles and has ballistic missiles. On March 7, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said that Iran has increased its missile and defense-related production three-fold despite mounting pressure by the United States and its allies, . "The enemy's actions and confrontation with us as well as their efforts to limit our defense power have backfired. In the past, we needed to convince the parliament and the government in this regard, but now all government officials are actively working on this and our production has increased three-fold compared to the past," Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the chief commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, told a conference on the significance of fighting for the Islamic revolution.
As Hajizadeh's statement indicate, there is a general consensus among all Iranian leaders that the Islamic Republic should defy Western pressure and further enhance its missile program. According to Iranian military officials, the country has also the range, precision and longevity of its ballistic missiles. In addition to missiles, Iran's arms production capacity has seen a staggering 100-fold increase in the past five years.
On May 12, Trump will face another deadline to decide on sanctions waiver for Iran. If he refuses to continue the sanctions waiver, the United States will effectively withdraw from the nuclear deal. | {
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In the last quarter of 2016 Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) emphasised that energy efficiency was at the top of its agenda when it unveiled a prototype hybrid wheel loader – known as the LX1 – at the Xploration Forum in Eskilstuna, Sweden.
The company gave customers, the international press, government representatives and academics an exclusive look at the electric hybrid machine, which can deliver up to a 50 per cent improvement in fuel efficiency. On top of this, the LX1 also offers a significant reduction in emissions and noise pollution compared with its conventional counterparts.
The LX1 is a series hybrid incorporating a driveline that consists of electric drive motors mounted at the wheels, electric hydraulics, an energy storage system, a significantly smaller diesel engine and new machine architecture. It is this combination that allows the substantial gain in fuel efficiency. According to Volvo CE, the prototype which has 98 per cent new parts and a fundamentally new machine design – is capable of doing the work of a wheel loader that is one size larger. At this stage, the LX1 is part of a research project and is not commercially available.
The Volvo Group defines electromobility as "commercial vehicles and machines that can utilise an electrical motor to propel or to perform the main purpose of the machine".
A hybrid is classified as a machine that uses more than one power source and captures and reuses energy that would otherwise be wasted. It is a prerequisite that the machine has the capability for energy storage to count as a true hybrid.
Volvo CE started its journey with electromobility and hybrid technology in 1998. The company had long-term plans to develop products and services for electromobility, including electric hybrids and electric sites.
"Although we believe that there will be a major shift towards electric hybrid technology in the future, our customers, quite rightly, want improved efficiency now," Volvo CE's electromobility program manager Scott Young said. "We are delivering this through more conventional technologies and soft offers.
"This is because we need to meet customers' immediate expectations in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO). A large part of TCO is energy cost, but other significant expenses include purchase price and maintenance.
"These aspects help drive our hybrid development plans. Therefore, before we launch a machine like the LX1, you can expect to see elements of this design incorporated into our products.
Volvo CE has teamed up with a customer in Waste Management – the largest environmental services and recycling company in North America – to field-test the LX1.
Waste Management, which owns one of the largest fleets of Volvo CE equipment in the world, has been running a conventional machine to gather baseline data at two of its facilities in California. After the Xploration Forum in September, the LX1 was shipped to the company so it could carry out fuel efficiency and emission reduction tests at these sites.
"We see Volvo CE as a strategic partner," Waste Management's senior director of heavy equipment John Meese said.
A standard L120E wheel loader and an A25F articulated hauler were augmented with autonomous technology.
"We have one of the largest fleets of construction equipment in North America and want to use the best available technology to improve our operations and the service we deliver to customers. From the minute we were introduced to the LX1, we knew we wanted to work with Volvo CE to prove the concept in the real world environments we operate in.
Young said: "Although it may be possible to realise fairly high levels of fuel savings and productivity gains in prototype form, when it comes to serial production you have to consider cost and return on investment.
"Hybrid technologies are still a relatively expensive solution and adoption has been slow. This is because the benefit of current hybrid machines on the market isn't significantly higher than conventional technologies, so it takes longer to achieve payback on your investment.
"However, the cost of energy storage systems such as lithium ion batteries is steadily decreasing, along with other technology, so that's starting to make hybrids more attractive financially. There are still opportunities to further optimise conventional technology – and these developments will compete with hybrid technology for some years.
As well as its prototype hybrid technology, Volvo CE used the Xploration Forum to reveal more about its electric site solution and unveil the new concept HX1 autonomous battery electric load carrier.
This prototype machine is one element of an electric site research project that predicts up to a 95 per cent reduction in carbon emissions and up to a 25 per cent reduction in the total cost of ownership.
The project aims to electrify a transport stage in a quarry – from excavation to primary crushing and transport to secondary crushing. It involves developing new machines, work methods and site management systems.
As well as a fleet of HX1s, other prototype machines that make up the electric site system include the LX1 hybrid wheel loader and a grid-connected excavator.
Moreover, new technology encompasses machine and fleet control systems and logistics solutions for electric machines in quarries.
"This research project is a step towards transforming the quarry and aggregates industry," Volvo CE's technical specialist in site automation Johan Sjöberg said.
The LX1 hybrid loader, aided by an all-electric drivetrain, can do the work of a loader that is one size larger.
The new concept HX1 is one element of an electric site research project that predicts significant reductions in carbon emissions and savings in the total cost of ownership.
"By using electricity instead of diesel to power construction equipment in a quarry, we have the potential to deliver significant reductions in fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, environmental impact and cost per tonne.
Volvo CE has teamed up with another customer, Skanska Sweden, the Swedish Energy Agency and two Swedish universities – Linköping University and Mälardalen University – to collaborate on the jointly funded SEK203 million ($AUD30.1 million) project.
All the partners were at the Xploration Forum to present the concept to delegates. Volvo CE is co-ordinating the project and is in charge of developing the machines and systems. Skanska Sweden is providing logistical solutions, application relevance and job site knowledge. The Swedish Energy Agency – a government agency for national energy policy issues – is helping to fund the project and the universities are carrying out the research.
Three PhD students are looking at energy management for electric vehicles, safe and robust software controls and energy-optimised work cycle control.
Volvo CE has invested SEK129 million ($19.1 million) in the project, the Swedish Energy Agency has provided SEK65 million ($9.5 million) – comprising SEK59 million ($8.7 million) to Volvo CE, SEK5 million ($742,400) to Linköping University and SEK1 million ($148,480) to Mälardalen University – and Skanska Sweden has contributed SEK9 million ($1.3 million).
The project started in October 2015 and is due to be completed in late 2018. Volvo CE is currently developing and testing the technologies, concept and prototypes in-house.
Skanska Sweden will then incorporate the demonstration machines into its operations and test the electric site concept at a quarry in western Sweden for 10 weeks at the end of 2018. After this, Volvo CE will examine the project results to see if the concept is viable for the industry. Currently this work is just a research project, with no immediate plans for industrialisation.
"This type of co-operation between Volvo CE, its customers, governments and academia allows us to invest in new technologies and explore solutions that are both relevant for our customer base and address future challenges," Volvo CE's advanced engineering technical project leader Erik Uhlin said.
Delegates at the Xploration Forum also witnessed an exclusive demonstration of a prototype autonomous wheel loader and articulated hauler working in tandem.
The loader filled the hauler, before dumping its load and repeating the cycle. In a one-hour comparison it was found that the autonomous wheel loader could reach the equivalent of 70 per cent of a skilled operator's productivity levels when loading and unloading. And this is not just theoretical; the machine has also done "real work" for a Volvo CE customer at an asphalt plant in Sweden.
"The demonstration machines were programmed to work together and carry out a specific set of actions on a pre-defined route," Volvo CE's director of emerging technologies Jenny Elfsberg said.
The A25F articulated hauler used at the Xploration Forum was upgraded with autonomous technology.
"The machines can perform the same task over and over again, along a fixed route, for a relatively long period of time. But it's still early days for this technology. We are working on developing solutions that have the required safety and performance levels that the market will accept.
The machines used in the Xploration Forum demonstration were standard Volvo products – an L120E wheel loader and an A25F articulated hauler – that had been upgraded with autonomous technology. Once a solution is finalised, this technology could be applied to other products in Volvo CE's range.
"Autonomous machines will increase safety in hazardous working environments and eliminate the possibility of accidents caused by human error," Elfsberg said. "They will also perform repetitive tasks more efficiently and precisely than a human operator and, because machines will be operated in the most efficient way, customers will benefit from improved performance, productivity, fuel efficiency and durability.
"In the future, you could also potentially have one operator for three or four machines, increasing productivity and further decreasing costs.
Volvo CE has been working on autonomous machine research for more than a decade and its focus on futuristic technology is fuelling the development of mid-term innovations at the company.
However, technology such as semi-automated or automated functions will support more immediate developments years before it is possible to realise the ultimate goal. There are already cases of automated and assist-functionalities on the market today. For example, in 2016 Volvo CE launched Volvo Co-Pilot, a system that offers a range of intelligent machine services – load assist, dig assist, compact assist and pave assist – to help operators deliver higher quality outcomes, in less time and with less effort.
"We are starting to see systems that are less dependent on operator skills, ones that support operators with guidance or control primary functions," Elfsberg said. "In the future we will see increased machine autonomy and the operator will act more in a supervisory capacity. This will provide less stressful, more interesting work for operators, with perhaps several machines being controlled remotely by one operator. | {
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We're pleased to announce we've extended our booking window, so you can now book breaks at all five villages for dates up until (and including) 16 December 2019.
It's never too early to book a Center Parcs break. And with dates including the summer holidays, October half term and - of course - Winter Wonderland 2019, you can put some brilliant family short breaks in the diary and start getting excited. | {
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Mallinckrodt and Washington University St. Louis Select First Collaborative Research Endeavor
STAINES-UPON-THAMES, United Kingdom, April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK), a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced it has selected the first collaborative research endeavor with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, a leader in medical research, teaching and patient care, under the multi-year partnership formed in 2018. This initiative marks the first grant provided by Mallinckrodt as part of the collaboration.
Scientists from the company and the university are working jointly on this discovery program, aimed at identifying potential new drugs that will target chronic itch. The lack of understanding of chronic itch-specific mediators makes the translational research particularly difficult. Scientists in the Washington University laboratory found a receptor expressed in the spinal cord dorsal horn – a section of the spinal cord containing sensory neurons – and have shown that it functions as an itch-specific receptor. Consequently, novel antagonists identified by the research team that block this receptor could be a potential treatment for patients that suffer from chronic itch.
This research aligns closely with Mallinckrodt's focus on meeting the needs of underserved patients, including those with certain underlying causes of chronic itch such as liver disease and kidney failure. It also supports an important therapeutic area being advanced by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine. The program is expected to run approximately three years, and is designed to deliver lead drug candidates the company could consider for development to address this unmet need.
"We are excited about this initial collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine under our research partnership, and look forward to seeing the results of applying the scientific and research expertise of both organizations to address this condition, often driven by underlying systemic causes," said Steven Romano, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. "We have a strong strategic focus on improving outcomes for underserved patients with severe and critical conditions, and hope to find novel therapeutic solutions for patients with these complex clinical needs."
More broadly, the partnership will fund additional promising research projects based on competitive review by a governance committee composed of leaders from both institutions. Mallinckrodt plans to fund two types of grants – program and challenge – while also supporting direct collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine, guided by a joint steering committee with representatives from both parties.
"We are pleased that our collaboration with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals has moved to this next important milestone – the identification of innovative research that shows great potential for bringing novel therapies to patients," said Karen Seibert, PhD, a professor of anesthesiology at Washington University and chair of the joint steering committee. "We look forward to working with Mallinckrodt to identify additional areas of discovery that are aligned with the research interests of both Washington University and the company."
ABOUT MALLINCKRODT
Mallinckrodt is a global business consisting of multiple wholly owned subsidiaries that develop, manufacture, market and distribute specialty pharmaceutical products and therapies. The company's Specialty Brands reportable segment's areas of focus include autoimmune and rare diseases in specialty areas like neurology, rheumatology, nephrology, pulmonology and ophthalmology; immunotherapy and neonatal respiratory critical care therapies; and analgesics. Its Specialty Generics and Amitiza® reportable segment includes specialty generic drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients and AMITIZA (lubiprostone). To learn more about Mallinckrodt, visit www.mallinckrodt.com.
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2018 is the Year of Young People in Scotland.
For the next installment of our young Lothian people blogs, meet Andrew.
Andrew is 19 and a chef at our Longstone Garage. The company have recently put him through his Professional Cookery 2 Course and he is now working towards his Supervisory Cooking Level 3.
Scotland allows students from the country free further education, where as those wishing to study from other areas of the UK have to pay tuition fees.
Growing up, I believe that the older generation seem to think that we don't know a lot about the world we live in and that we aren't hard working, where as we are in fact world wise and our opinions and views need to be registered, we also have a personal goals, aspiration's in our personal and working lives that we want to achieve.
It would be passing my driving test owning my own car. It has given me the opportunity to become independent.
To have successfully secure a career that will allow me to settle down in my own property when the time comes.
I can't think of any young Scot who inspires me the most, all I can say the person who inspires me the most and who has helped and has always been there for me is my dad. Who has always taught me what is right and wrong and never give up on your goals.
I actually think Lothian picked me. I started working the backshift in central kitchen part time. While I was still at college. I started full time for the summer in the Longstone kitchen as I was getting ready to go back for my second year of education David Pennycuick, Catering Manager and Margaret Lyon, Longstone Catering Manager approached me and wanted to know if I would consider working at Lothian full time and continuing my education on the job, with outside tutor. I chose to do this and I believe to this day that it was the right decision.
I have now finished my apprentice trainee as a chef which I am very happy with. I have also spoken to Margaret and have now been put forward to do a supervisory course at Lothian. This is why I like working at Lothian Catering, it gives me opportunity to improve and helps me one step closer to my goals.
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(Address correspondence to R.R. Leker MD, Department of Neurology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Introduction Most studies evaluating endovascular therapy (EVT) for stroke only included patients without pre-existing disabilities. However, in real life many patients have pre-existing disabilities, and whether they can benefit from EVT remains unknown. Methods Patients with emergent large vessel occlusions undergoing EVT were prospectively enrolled. Patients with no or mild pre-existing disabilities (modified Rankin Scale [mRS], 0-2) were compared with patients presenting with pre-existing moderate disability (mRS ≥ 3). Baseline demographics and risk factors, stroke severity (studied with the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS]), imaging data including pretreatment Alberta Stroke Program Early Computerized Tomography Score (ASPECTS) and ASPECTS collateral scores, as well as procedure-related variables were accrued. Unfavorable outcome was defined as mRS ≥ 4 at day 90. Results Of 131 enrolled patients, 108 had a baseline mRS of 2 or lower, and 23 had a prestroke mRS score of 3 or higher. Patients with pre-existing mRS scores of 3 or higher were significantly older (80.3 ± 10 versus 66.9 ± 13.7; P = .001) and more often had previous strokes (39% versus 16%; P = .02). Patients with mRS scores of 3 or higher were more likely to have poor outcomes or death (odds ratio [OR], 4.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-15.0). Of the 23 patients with pre-existing moderate disability, 8 (35%) maintained their previous degree of disability. On multivariate analysis, age (OR, .92; 95% CI, .88-.97; P = .001), admission NIHSS (OR, .92; 95% CI, .85-.99; P = .042) and pretreatment ASPECTS (OR, 6.4; 95% CI, 1.4-29.5; P = .017) remained significant modifiers of favorable outcome. Discussion and Conclusions Patients with pre-existing moderate disabilities have higher chances of sustaining unfavorable outcomes despite EVT. Nevertheless, some patients maintain the same level of moderate disabilities, and therefore, patients with pre-existing moderate disabilities should not be excluded from EVT.
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Heathrow Solidarity Network
Heathrow Workers' Newsletter No.5
Leaflet for fellow Heathrow workers
Struggle news
WISAG ground workers at Frankfurt Airport call for expanded struggle
Support staff at Cork Airport consider industrial action over redundancies
Tunisair workers to strike
BA Cargo Strike Report
Heathrow Strike Report – Day 2
Peru: Air traffic controllers hold three-day strike over COVID-19 safety
India: Air India pilots warn of 'industrial action' over wage cut
Shetlands: Strike of air traffic controllers
Nigeria: Workers ground Arik Air operations in protest
Ghana: Aviation workers threaten strike over pay cuts
Strike against plans of Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL)
Greece: Air traffic controllers and mechanics go on strike
India: Airport taxi drivers go on strike in Mumbai
Spain: Strike by airport cleaners in Barcelona
Holland: KLM pilots reject paycut and threaten with strike
Mexico: Interjet workers on strike for outstanding wages in Cancun
France: Airport workers in Garenne strike against job cuts
Switzerland: Air controllers unions unite and threaten with industrial action
Ireland: Retail workers at Dublin airport ballot for strike
UK: Liverpool Airport disruption due to fuel supplier strike
Bolivia: Airport workers go on 24-hour strike for overdue pay
Mayotte: Indefinite strike of airport fire brigade
Nigeria: Federal airport workers in one-day warning strike
Canada: Hundreds of protesting airline workers aim anger at transport minister
Seven unions call for one-day strike at airports in France
Wildcat action of baggage handlers at Madrid airport
Heathrow Strikes-Podcast
The Workers' Runway- Newsletter No.6
This is the longer, online version, of the newsletter that we are distributing locally. Download below:-
Heathrow Staff Parking Charges!
Workers are being made to pay up to an extra 135% for the privilege of parking at work. From £57 a month for a parking pass, to £135! Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) say this is to make up for a £7 million shortfall caused by a drop in demand for parking passes. Most workers only alternative is public transport. This was made more expensive last year when HAL forced more losses onto workers by removing the free bus services around the airport. The £7 million shortfall is nothing to shareholders that have received £4 billion since 2012 and got £100 million paid out in April 2020! The GMB union has started a petition, written to MP's and council leaders, but the campaign hasn't advanced much further. Workers have been balloted 3 times but aside from 400 people signing the petition and a couple of letters, no pressure has been applied to the bosses.
If the union's aren't getting the job done, we need to get together and do it ourselves. Let us know what's happening where you are. Has this affected you? How has the union performed? How can we escalate the dispute?
British Airways Cabin Crew Recruitment?!
British Airways have tied the knot on their obvious and predictable "back door fire and rehire scheme," that they started in spring 2020. The first part of this not so secret plot was to aggressively demand that shell-shocked staff accept large reductions in pay and conditions or face the sack. The next phase was to continue to plead extreme poverty to staff and demand huge redundancies, while simultaneously with their other face, reassuring shareholders of the companies cash reserves and healthy liquidity. The company was never in much actual difficulty. Banks will lend almost indefinitely to a company like BA. There will always be UK aviation and no matter what the circumstances, when all the other smaller airlines have folded, one of the last standing will almost certainly be BA. And now, barely a year after making 4700 cabin crew redundant and not even a month after furlough has finished, BA are attempting to rehire 3000 crew, on contracts far inferior to the ones they left on.
While some of the media are parroting BA spokespeople, saying that the announcement is positive news, that BA are drawing on their "talent pool" and that workers should basically feel lucky for the jobs, the Financial Times is much closer to reality when it reports that "…the new BA hires and the potential new subsidiary from Gatwick reflect how airline bosses will look to rebuild their workforce's and operations, while cementing the considerable cost savings achieved during the pandemic."
These latest developments clearly expose the mass attacks on jobs and contracts at BA for what they always were- barefaced opportunism. Simply an opportunity to do what companies are always looking to do- reduce labour costs as much as possible. While companies profits return to "normal," workers pay and conditions, will be expected to stay where they are- cemented down below their pre-pandemic levels.
Why should this be tolerated? As things pick up and bargaining power increases, we should remember what's happened and figure out how we can reflect it in our demands.
Alitalia workers fight for jobs in Italy!
On 20th October we held a public Zoom meeting with workers at Italian airline Alitalia. They are fighting to save jobs and pay and conditions, in the wake of the companies far reaching restructure. Alitalia is to be broken up into 3 sections and renamed ITA Airways. The new company came into being on the 15th October 2021 and huge job losses are already being endured in the handling division, while aircraft maintenance is apparently being outsourced to private companies. National agreements around pay and conditions are not being honoured and staff transferring or being rehired by ITA are signing up on inferior terms.
This has obviously all been decided upon with little or no worker input. The Italian government, which owns ITA Airways, would likely claim that workers voices have been heard and use union leaderships agreement to the plan as evidence. Union officials in Italy, as they often are in the UK, are probably convinced to agree with the bosses plans, by promises of more members and national recognition agreements, that give the unions guaranteed dues and prestige. This however, is of course, no substitute for workers genuine involvement and agreement. Since demand for aviation has picked up a little, workers have responded to the plans with a number of official strikes, but these actions are hampered by managements awareness of them long in advance.
The workers we spoke to on the 20th are with an independent worker collective called Tutti A Bordo (Everyone on Board). The group is made up of militant workers from different departments that have come together, irrespective of their job roles and union membership, in an attempt to provide a forum for workers to develop and put forward their authentic demands. Not an easy task but their efforts are admirable. The group has made a point of trying to get workers on the streets in a militant fashion. Demonstrating inside airports, attempting to occupy the ITA HQ and blocking a main road to Rome's airport. All this makes a stark contrast to the relatively subdued recent disputes at Heathrow. Alitalia stand to lose as many as 10,000 workers. That's the same amount that British Airways have made redundant since the pandemic. In spite of the similarities in scale, the prospect of blocked roads, occupations and all out strikes at Heathrow has always seemed very distant.
They are not the only workers looking to combine their efforts against the bosses attacks in the aftermath of Covid. In Italy an array of what are called "base unions" has developed. These unions tend to pride themselves on being more militant and encouraging much more rank and file participation within the organisation. These unions called for a "general strike" on 11th October, uniting struggles from many different workplaces and industries. Disputes at Ex-Ilva, Jindal Piombino, Whirlpool, Flextronics, Almaviva, Stellantis and Sevel were all drawn upon. On the day, 10's of thousands of workers participated in the strike, ports and roads were blockaded and demonstrations were held across Italy. The workers we spoke to were quite clear however that the 11th October had serious limitations and alongside the GKN workers, expressed commitment to building towards a much bigger and more effective general strike, that draws in far more workers.
Port workers, air or sea, have always got lots of power. When supply-chain's appear to be under pressure, as they do at the moment, they have even more power. If people and stuff doesn't get to where it needs to be, it can have serious effects on companies and throughout the economy in general. The most successful labour dispute at Heathrow during the pandemic was the strike at BA Cargo. The Cargo workers got most of their demands met. BA workers in other departments had to accept mass redundancies and large cuts to pay and benefits. With a better organised workplace, the increased bargaining power at BA Cargo, could have been utilised for the benefit of workers at the whole company and beyond. Global supply chains seem fragile and workers should make the most of it.
Another impressive worker collective is the west coast port workers organisation- Collettivo Autonomo Lavoratori Portuali. They participated in the 11th October general strike and are best known for refusing to load ships at their ports, that they discover are holding arms earmarked for use on civilians in places like Yemen and Palestine. These kind of actions are a crucial part of workers self defence and hold the promise of a transformed economy within them- workers deciding what gets to circulate the globe, not capitalists. The connections and trust built up by port and all logistics workers acts of solidarity, could be a critical part of bringing together working class people across borders. This is one of the reasons we feel it's so important to organise at Heathrow and the surrounding area. We need more workers here realising the power and agency they have to help enact the profound changes needed, to give people control of their daily lives and protect our environment from the inherent logics of capitalist production. This knowledge is empowering and should give pride and purpose to work that the bosses make boring, frustrating and often demeaning. How do we want to spend our days? "Today, most of the work we carried out, was loading planes with crap that people don't need, to make people, that probably hate us, richer…." Or "Today, to support fellow working class people on strike thousands of miles away, we refused to load a plane, while working fast and efficiently to transport essential goods for a worker run health service equally as far away….."
An issue, external to the immediate struggle, that has made an impression on it, is the fight against the green pass (Italy's vaccine passport). Workers are expected to produce a green pass as proof they have been vaccinated or be force to pay for regular Covid tests before they can enter the workplace. Many workers are resisting the scheme, but, as it is in the UK, it is appears a divisive issue. Speaking in a personal capacity, as the Tutti A Bordo collective doesn't have a unified opinion on the topic as yet, workers told us that it should be viewed as part of the general attack on the working class. That companies are using the green pass to circumvent costly health and safety measures, like social distancing and PPE. Matters are complicated by the fact that the green pass debate has drawn people into the orbit of these workers who are not very helpful when your trying to build a working class movement. Small business owners, spoilt little rich kids, conspiracy enthusiasts, and even fascist elements have all jumped on the anti-green pass bandwagon. Messaging can get jumbled and direction can be lost, in such a menagerie of motivations. But situations like this can also provide opportunities for people to be exposed to a class perspective that will be helpful in future struggles. People could be brought into a battle by fears of satanic cults injecting microchips into our bloodstreams and leave with a far better understanding of how power operates in a capitalist society.
The motto of the workers at Tutti A Bordo and GKN was used by resistance fighters against fascism during the war- Insorgiamo. It means "let's rise up." We should all do our best to learn from the experiences of workers in Italy and do all we can to help them. Follow them on social media and send them your solidarity. What other ways might we be able to help? What do you think of the situation in Italy in comparison to our situation at Heathrow? We will be following the situation closely and attempting to build support for a solidarity action here in the UK. Get in touch if you want to get involved! Insorgiamo Heathrow!!!
Jet Zero Consultation
In July 2021 the Department of Transport published their proposals for achieving net zero carbon emissions in aviation by 2050. This was a part of the preparations for the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. You'll be surprised to hear that it's all bollocks. Apparently passenger miles will be able to double by 2050, while greenhouse gas emissions remain constant. The predictions for how this will be achieved rely heavily on, no word of a lie, as yet unachieved technological breakthroughs in sustainable bio-fuels (SAFs), carbon capture, hydrogen and zero emissions flights (electric, solar etc.). It reads as one big gamble with our future. The proposals were drawn up by the Jet Zero Council. By their own admission "a partnership between industry and government to bring together ministers and chief executive officer-level stakeholders….." The council membership list reads like a who's who of people we shouldn't listen to when we're thinking about aviation and its impact on the environment. From the list of members you can easily predict the proposals and conclusions. The basic message is "carry on as usual, we've got people working on it." We shouldn't waste time pretending that these people can be convinced to act any other way or that they are even fully in control of how this will all pan out. As long as, profits need to constantly expand and reproduce itself, is not replaced by people democratically deciding what our needs are and producing according to them, our mental and environmental health will continue to decline.
In the UK (and it's similar across the world) 70% of flights are taken by only 15% of the population, while most years over 50% don't fly at all. The average income of that 15% is £115,000. The dire futures predicted by the vast majority of climate scientists won't be averted by appealing to the members of the Jet Zero Council. The techno-fix isn't going to solve our problem as they tell us. The honest truth is that people need to fly less. As most of the flights are taken by the wealthy, this isn't something workers should be concerned about. Some form of rationing is required. Distributed fairly and not just on your ability to pay. As workers we can think of ways to force this into happening and not accept the "jobs or climate" blackmail. This shouldn't result in job losses or working people penalised in anyway to protect the profits of shareholders. Working class people can bring this about but we'll need to get organised and work together. The unions role in agreeing to businesses demands for constant aviation sector growth will need to be challenged. Those benefiting from the system will try and convince us we can carry on as usual. We will be subjected to many more cringe inducing adverts, using children as emotional fodder, like the recent Climate Pledge effort, which, we are informed at the end, is paid for by Amazon, co-founder of the Climate Pledge. Get on the bus, go on a train, sit in a cinema and you'll be bombarded with advertising designed to play on our heart strings and convince us that the corporations are handling everything just fine. And if Covid restrictions on flights continue to be rolled back we will be asked to return to "normal." Keep shopping, keep buying, keep flying. Recent media coverage around COP26 has been painful. BBC pieces, uncritically regurgitating corporate propaganda around the wonders of carbon capture technology and future "guilt-free" supersonic flights fuelled by SAF's.
At Heathrow we should know what to make of these promises. At every turn, since the inception of the airport, airlines and governing bodies have insisted that there will be no more expansions and have every time been proven liars. The construction of terminal 4 and terminal 5 faced heavy opposition from locals due to concerns over noise, air pollution and destruction of habitats. Before each was constructed they were given assurances that no further expansion would be pursued. And now the same authorities are pushing hard for a 3rd runway and a 6th terminal. It is never enough. If the whole of the Thames Valley was a landing strip, it still wouldn't be enough to satisfy the insatiable appetite and parasitic nature of money. Take a look at aerial photos of Heathrow over time and you get a visual representation of this process in action. Lush green countryside consumed, step by step, by an ever expanding grey mass, polluting and devouring its host and destroying the basis of its own existence. The climate crisis in microcosm. Just as we shouldn't be appealing to corporations to solve the climate crisis they created, we shouldn't appeal to the media to report on it properly. After all, they are corporations and can't be trusted to. An alternative is workers creating their own media, that reflects our values and interests. Do our own research and reporting for our own sake, not to make a buck out of it. We all have knowledge and experience that needs to be shared and that would be enriched by the debate and discussion it could create. Workers can develop the power and skills necessary to reshape the way we produce. And if we want to maintain an environment capable of supporting us, we will have to!
Remote Sign-on!
Bus drivers all over London and beyond are facing major attacks on the way they work. Companies are looking to impose remote sign-on. A practice that requires drivers to report to a particular bus stop rather than a bus depot at the beginning of each shift. It will not only mean being at the companies beck and call, more hours for less money and a decline in access to toilet and rest facilities but potentially paves the way to the full "casualisation" of the job. Bus drivers being completely "self employed" and stripped of the benefits of being employed is a predictable outcome of this practice. Speaking with bus drivers on our leafleting sessions it appears the company Metroline has already pushed the changes through and others are in the process. When are ballots going out for strike? How can we support the bus drivers?
Whose Solidarity?!
On Monday 8th November, to celebrate the restarting of long-haul flights to the US, British Airways and Virgin put their rivalries aside and staged a simultaneous take-off from Heathrow. The seemingly bitter adversaries decided the media attention attracted by the stunt made this rare collaboration worthwhile. The rich know when to show class solidarity for one another and work together when needs be.
Heathrow Solidarity Network is trying to help build and develop our own, workers solidarity. When bosses or landlords start messing with our fellow workers, our class, we should be getting together and fighting back. If you need help with unpaid wages, bullying or discrimination at work, landlord trouble, we offer to do what we can as workers to help. Contact us on the details below. If you just want to share some information or get involved with what we're doing, get in touch. We hold regular leaflet sessions at local transit hubs. See you around.
Email- [email protected]
Call or text- 07518 573068
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Alitalia Meeting Summary!
Alitalia workers in confrontations with police while blocking roads to Rome's airport!
The restructure is part of a European wide plan, with the involvement of the European Commission, to allow for only three main intercontinental carriers out of Europe and for these to be based out of France and Germany. Alitalia's diminishing and breaking up, is in part to make room for these larger European airline companies and to encourage the expansion of low-cost/budget airlines nationally. This has obviously all been decided upon with little or no worker input. The Italian government, which owns ITA Airways, would likely claim that workers voices have been heard and use union leaderships agreement to the plan as evidence. Union officials in Italy, as they often are in the UK, are probably convinced to agree with the bosses plans, by promises of more members and national recognition agreements, that give the unions guaranteed dues and prestige. This however, is of course, no substitute for workers genuine involvement and agreement. Since demand for aviation has picked up a little, workers have responded to the plans with a number of official strikes, but these actions are hampered by managements awareness of them long in advance. The workers we spoke to on the 20th are with an independent worker collective called Tutti A Bordo (Everyone on Board). The name is simultaneously a call for unity across the airline and a demand that all staff should keep their jobs. The group is made up of militant workers from different departments that have come together, irrespective of their job roles and union membership, in an attempt to provide a forum for workers to develop and put forward their authentic demands. Not an easy task but their efforts are admirable. The group has made a point of trying to get workers on the streets in a militant fashion. Demonstrating inside airports, attempting to occupy the ITA HQ and blocking a main road to Rome's airport. All this makes a stark contrast to the relatively subdued recent disputes at Heathrow. Alitalia stand to lose as many as 10,000 workers. That's the same amount that British Airways have made redundant since the pandemic. In spite of the similarities in scale, the prospect of blocked roads, occupations and all out strikes at Heathrow has always seemed very distant. Tutti A Bordo doesn't claim to have any great power at this time. It doesn't have the ability to call a strike for example, but they are no less an important focal point in the struggle. They have also developed a significant partnership with another worker collective fighting the closure of their factory at GKN in Florence (Collectivo di Fabbrica- Lavoratori GKN Firenze). The groups of workers from different companies and sectors are demonstrating, blockading, occupying and striking together.
They are not the only workers looking to combine their efforts against the bosses attacks in the aftermath of Covid. In Italy an array of what are called "base unions" has developed. These unions tend to pride themselves on being more militant and encouraging much more rank and file participation within the organisation. These unions called for a "general strike" on 11th October, uniting struggles from many different workplaces and industries. Disputes at Ex-Ilva, Jindal Piombino, Whirlpool, Flextronics, Almaviva, Stellantis and Sevel were all drawn upon. On the day, 10's of thousands of workers participated in the strike, ports and roads were blockaded and demonstrations were held across Italy. The workers we spoke to were quite clear however that the 11th October had serious limitations and alongside the GKN workers, expressed commitment to building towards a much bigger and more effective general strike, that draws in far more workers. Again, with echoes of the situation in the UK, the number and nature of the unions was a severe impediment in the strike. The mainstream unions, that still have the majority of members in Italy, did not support the general strike. The base unions that did support the strike are often, politically, on very different pages from each other, which can inhibit collaboration. They can also, like their mainstream cousins, sometimes be more concerned with the preservation and expansion of their particular organisation, rather than linking up with others in the interests of working class people in general. Tutti A Bordo is taking a sensible approach and seeking to build connections between workers that will get them to walk out in support of one another, no matter what the union leaderships may wish.
Port workers, air or sea, have always got lots of power. When supply-chain's appear to be under pressure, as they do at the moment, they have even more power. If people and stuff doesn't get to where it needs to be, it can have serious effects on companies and throughout the economy in general. The most successful labour dispute at Heathrow during the pandemic was the strike at BA Cargo. The Cargo workers got most of their demands met. BA workers in other departments had to accept mass redundancies and large cuts to pay and benefits. With a better organised workplace, the increased bargaining power at BA Cargo, could have been utilised for the benefit of workers at the whole company and beyond. In the current Alitalia dispute the situation is a little different in that Alitalia no longer handles cargo. Cargo services are carried out by different companies mainly through Malpensa airport, Milan. Workers in cargo have shown solidarity with the Alitalia workers but to what extent is unclear. Hopefully the collaboration can be expanded. Global supply chains seem fragile and workers should make the most of it. Another impressive worker collective is the west coast port workers organisation- Collettivo Autonomo Lavoratori Portuali. They participated in the 11th October general strike and are best known for refusing to load ships at their ports, that they discover are holding arms earmarked for use on civilians in places like Yemen and Palestine. These kind of actions are a crucial part of workers self defence and hold the promise of a transformed economy within them- workers deciding what gets to circulate the globe, not capitalists. The connections and trust built up by port and all logistics workers acts of solidarity, could be a critical part of bringing together working class people across borders. This is one of the reasons we feel it's so important to organise at Heathrow and the surrounding area. We need more workers here realising the power and agency they have to help enact the profound changes needed, to give people control of their daily lives and protect our environment from the inherent logics of capitalist production. This knowledge is empowering and should give pride and purpose to work that the bosses make boring, frustrating and often demeaning. How do we want to spend our days? "Today, most of the work we carried out, was loading planes with crap that people don't need, to make people, that probably hate us, richer…." Or "Today, to support fellow working class people on strike thousands of miles away, we refused to load a plane, while working fast and efficiently to transport essential goods for a worker run health service equally as far away….."
Aviation workers can also play an important role in the battle to return our environment to health. It can appear daunting but should also be empowering. As yet, environmental concerns have not entered into the dispute at Alitalia. When we spoke with Tutti A Bordo they said that they were obviously concerned with the environment and well aware of the contradictory position climate conscious aviation workers find themselves in, but that they hadn't managed to incorporate the issue in the struggle so far. They said one of the main reasons for being against budget airlines was that they help to produce excessive polluting flights. The pandemic has shown us what the "essential" work in society is. Society carried on pretty well with only about 40% of people going to work. In aviation we've seen that lots of the air traffic is quite unnecessary and harmful. Business flights have plummeted and the temptation for airlines will be to ramp up demand for leisure travel. Unless we can begin to use our positions at work to put environmental concerns at the centre of how we run aviation, the likelihood of genuine change is slim.
Another issue, external to the immediate struggle, that has made an impression on it, is the fight against the green pass (Italy's vaccine passport). Workers are expected to produce a green pass as proof they have been vaccinated or be force to pay for regular Covid tests before they can enter the workplace. Many workers are resisting the scheme, but, as it is in the UK, it appears a divisive issue. Speaking in a personal capacity, as the Tutti A Bordo collective doesn't have a unified opinion on the topic as yet, workers told us that it should be viewed as part of the general attack on the working class. That companies are using the green pass to circumvent costly health and safety measures, like social distancing and PPE. Matters are complicated by the fact that the green pass debate has drawn people into the orbit of these workers who are not very helpful when your trying to build a working class movement. Small business owners, spoilt little rich kids, conspiracy enthusiasts, and even fascist elements have all jump on the anti-green pass bandwagon. Messaging can get jumbled and direction can be lost, in such a menagerie of motivations. But situations like this can also provide opportunities for people to be exposed to a class perspective that will be helpful in future struggles. People could be brought into a battle by fears of satanic cults injecting microchips into our bloodstreams and leave with a far better understanding of how power operates in a capitalist society. Committed fascists will likely be the toughest nuts to crack and have to just be wholly rejected.
The motto of the workers at Tutti A Bordo and GKN was used by resistance fighters against fascism during the war- Insorgiamo. It means "let's rise up." We should all do our best to learn from the experiences of workers in Italy and do all we can to help them. Follow them on Facebook and send them your solidarity. What other ways might we be able to help? What do you think of the situation in Italy in comparison to our situation at Heathrow? We will be following the situation closely and attempting to build support for a solidarity action here in the UK. Get in touch and get involved! Insorgiamo Heathrow!!!
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Public Meeting with Alitalia workers fighting job losses!
Everyone on board!!!
Wednesday 20th October at 7pm (BST)
All over the globe, since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, bosses have been trying to push losses onto workers and capitalise on this crisis. Aviation workers at Alitalia in Italy are facing massive job losses. Base unions and worker collectives across Italy are attempting to link up different struggles, in different industries!
Join us for an interesting chat with an Alitalia worker! We work in and around Heathrow and are starting a local solidarity network. What can we learn from the experience of aviation workers in Italy? How did the October 11th general strike go? And how could we support them in their efforts and link up common struggles?!!!
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Posted byangryworkers October 13, 2021 October 13, 2021 Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Public Meeting with Alitalia workers fighting job losses!
WE SUPPORT ALITALIA WORKERS AGAINST ITA PROJECT
During the last weeks the struggle of Alitalia workers against ITA project has dramatically increased. The Italian government, with the EU support, has decided to erase the Italian historical airline to start up a small airline with a few aircraft, no handling, no maintenance and not a chance to take off! A downsizing plan that has only one certainty: the layoff of thousand workers. We support this important struggle, we support Alitalia workers that during the last months crowded the streets of Rome making public the liability of Italian and European policies favoring the multinational corporation. We stand with all Alitalia employees for the removal of the Ita industrial plan and its re-definition, with their approval, of a new, concrete and public project to re-launch Alitalia, which guarantees full employment, rights and wages for all workers, also by means of a new model of Union representation, where workers can actually decide about their future.
Tutti A Bordo (Everyone on board)!No Layoffs!Down with the ITA plan!We are all Alitalia!
Posted byangryworkers October 6, 2021 Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on WE SUPPORT ALITALIA WORKERS AGAINST ITA PROJECT
Heathrow Meeting!
We would like to invite you to a meeting to discuss plans for a local action group at Heathrow.
When:- 7pm Thursday 16th September 2021
Where:- On Zoom
How:- If you would like to attend, email us @ [email protected] and we will send you the Zoom link.
What's been happening?!
Workers reliant on aviation, have been through a lot since the outbreak of the pandemic. Most have either been through a redundancy process, had their pay and conditions attacked, lost all their overtime, been on furlough or all of the above. Last year, high profile disputes broke out at British Airways (BA) and Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL). The main cause of the stand offs were the companies attempts to "fire and rehire" their staff. A practice employers have been deploying up and down the country and all over the globe. Workers would need to accept drastic cuts to their pay and conditions or be shown the door. These disputes at Heathrow ended much as those elsewhere, with the companies, more or less, getting their own way. Only BA Cargo workers, that went on strike for 9 days over the Christmas period and threatened more in January, managed get most of their demands met. The rest of the workers at BA and HAL have faced serious attacks on their terms and conditions as well as mass redundancies. However, these are just those workplaces under the spotlight. Thousands of workers in large and small, non-unionised companies, on and around the airport, have faced the same and worse. The pandemic has accelerated long-term downward trends in standards of living and working conditions.
What shall we do about it?!
We think we have to start locally, to build the confidence, trust and power to push back. Workers themselves need to lead the discussion about the future of their livelihoods and the planet. Are union's, that even after the pandemic still enthusiastically support a 3rd runway, the best place for these conversations? Heathrow is full of workers on different contracts, in different unions, in different departments, in different companies, but in the exact same workplace. How can we break down these barriers that keep getting in the way when workers try to combine? How do we speak to workers in non-unionised workplaces? Our group could be a focal point for militant workers to get together, seek out and offer support to non-militants, discuss their situation, devise strategies best suited to them, and then act.
We would like to discuss some modest and achievable objectives to get this ball rolling.
A monthly collectively produced newsletter, with reports and articles discussing workers issues in and around the airport and linking to the wider national and international scene.
A monthly leafleting and postering session, to reach out to workers that need support or want to get involved.
A monthly meeting to discuss the groups business and direction.
Visits of support to local disputes, strikes and protests.
The maintenance of Facebook and Twitter accounts.
We started this project in late 2020 but Covid restrictions made it difficult to maintain momentum. We have a worker on the airport and a number of local supporters and contacts through solidarity network activity, but we are eager to get a more committed group established in the area. Come and discuss this with us. What do you think of the proposals above? What would you like to do? What would you like a local group to do?
Look forward to seeing you.
Posted byangryworkers September 4, 2021 Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Heathrow Meeting!
Highland and Islands Air Traffic Controllers Strike
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19475495.hial-lifeline-planes-grounded-scots-air-traffic-workers-forced-strike-cuts/
Air traffic controllers at HIAL with the union Prospect finally go on strike, shutting down multiple airports, in long running dispute over planned control tower relocation and centralisation! Why has it taken so long? Is the union scared of bad media publicity? Negotiations have been ongoing for nearly a year with no progress, why'll the company continually pushes ahead with its plans. How can the workers patience be in question? Yet still, the Herald article above, questions the legitimacy of the strike by putting the word "forced" in scare quotes and seeks to convince readers that the workers are irresponsible by calling the flights that were cancelled by the strike, "lifeline planes." The media will never be on the workers side, no matter how obvious our "patience" is. If the boss isn't listen and we have the ability to shut the operation down, do it! How else are we going to teach the bosses, to do as they're told.
Posted byangryworkers August 8, 2021 Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Highland and Islands Air Traffic Controllers Strike
Direct SatisfAction
At Heathrow, once we've decided what we want, what actions shall we take to get it? And what can our method of action tell us about what we want? Some recent events might give us some hints.
Livorno and Naples Dockworkers.
Amidst the continuing atrocities against Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories, in mid-May, Italian dock workers at the Port of Livorno are refusing to load weapons destined for Israel. The workers of the USB (Unione Sindacale di Base) in collaboration with the Autonomous Collective of Port Workers of Genoa and the WeaponWatch association discovered the shipment and issued a statement. Dockworkers in Naples with the S.I.Cobas union also stated their determination to refuse to load military shipments destined for Israel, should they discover them. These actions aren't totally spontaneous, but the result of ongoing organising work. Dockworkers in Genoa did the same in solidarity against the slaughter in Yemen with a shipment destined for Saudi Arabia back in 2019. After that action, Weapon Watch was established – a research group monitoring arms traffic in European and Mediterranean ports. In this region of Italy, links have been formed between researchers, autonomous worker collectives and base unions, to create situations where actions to defend working class people thousands of miles away are possible. Scaled up, these could be perceived as the embryonic rudiments of a counter-power capable of taking on nation-states and transnational corporations.
Refusing to do something you are contractually obligated to carry out isn't allowed. But companies have limited options if the workers have unity, as the examples above show. It becomes not so much about whether something is legal or illegal but what power do workers have at work? What is the cost for bosses if they steamroller something through? Teachers in Chicago went on wildcat strikes a few years ago and even though they were thoroughly illegal, they had enough power to get their demands met nevertheless.
This is especially interesting for us as workers at Heathrow – a major logistics hub. Heathrow was already Britain's largest port by value. The pandemic has seen demand for freight increase, even judged against pre-Covid levels. February 2021 saw a 9% increase on 2019 levels of freight. Companies are keeping less stock meaning they need to quickly order bits in when they run out; manufacturing in general is holding up quite well, and the pandemic is disrupting supply chains causing delivery delays, which prompts companies to opt for air transport, which is quicker. Added to this is huge quantities of PPE flown in since the beginning of the crisis. With passenger numbers likely to be uncertain in the near future and cargo proven more reliable and profitable in these troubled times, companies are likely to adjust their infrastructure and business models to accommodate it. Emirates adapting a huge double decker A380 into a cargo plane is a sign of this trend. This all means that, like dockworkers on the west coast of Italy, as Heathrow workers, we have a significant effect on global trade and power relations. Us workers have enormous potential power to wield, if we choose and make steps to use it. The relative success of the BA Cargo strike late last year shows that BA management were willing to make greater concessions to their cargo division than the other departments. The question is how to use it to link up to other groups of Heathrow workers, who may not wield so much direct power (e.g. cleaners), but who are vital parts of the Heathrow machine.
Organised port workers studying their own situation and realising the power they have, can improve their living standards, support workers elsewhere to do the same and contribute to the development of a broader discussion and understanding about aviation, global trade, the environment, human emancipation and the conflicting relationships between them. They can also offer direct, practical solidarity to their brothers and sisters overseas in their struggles, as the recent cases with Palestinians show.
Glasgow Immigration Raid
On the 2nd May, a crowd gathered in Kenmure Street, Glasgow in reaction to a dawn raid by immigration officials. Officials barged into the top-floor flat of the two men who have reportedly lived in the area for 10 years and work as a mechanic and chef. The men, originally from India, were loaded into a van to be taken to a detention centre because of "suspected immigration offences." The crowd prevented the vehicle from leaving by the sheer weight of their numbers. After a nine hour stand off, the two men were released and escorted to a local Gurdwara for protection.
What started off as a few people with signs making phone calls soon turned into a crowd of hundreds. The protest didn't exactly come out of nowhere. Tensions within the local community surrounding asylum issues have been escalating over the years and the community has been organising. The No Evictions and Anti-Raids networks have been active in raising awareness and attempting to disrupt Immigration Enforcement operations. That said, unless many members of the local community not linked to those groups had come out and refused to allow the abduction of their neighbour, they wouldn't have achieved what they achieved. It was an amazing display of solidarity. It shows that people have considerable power to dictate the course of events, when they act together. It is clearly "illegal" to completely block the transportation of someone that Immigration Enforcement have earmarked for detention. But after watching the footage of the event, it's hard not to conclude that with enough social force, the law begins to become pretty inconsequential. The roar of collective joy released when the men emerge from the back of the van is spine tingling. A healthy ripple of jealousy should reverberate through those of us that weren't lucky enough to be involved. It should spur our efforts to cultivate the kind of environment in which these actions are more common and the exhilaration of overcoming the authorities, more widely dispersed. The Home Office has not given up and have said they're committed to prosecuting the case. But they have been given a bloody nose and the community will have grown in confidence.
Again, Heathrow potentially has a quite significant role to play in all this. With deportation flights leaving from Heathrow and Europe's largest detention centres on our doorstep, workers here are ideally placed to intervene. The so-called "hostile environment" is being turbocharged under the stewardship of Priti Patel. The poor conditions at detention centres (not that we would find good detention conditions acceptable), the dawn raids outlined above, and the Home Office's dodging of due process in asylum cases, is causing a massive amount of unnecessary suffering. The stated purpose is to discourage 'illegal' immigrants. The often implied purpose is the racist scapegoating of migrants that "drive down "our" wages," while simultaneously stealing all "our" jobs and claiming all "our" benefits.
Recent reports of labour shortages due to Covid, Brexit and the hostile environment, which may lead to an increase in wages, will obviously cause problems for employers, eager for available workers to make them profits, but will play well politically for the UK's ruling elite. The Conservatives and their media mouthpieces will spin a narrative, using increasing wages to justify the restrictions to immigration. Some workers will agree and reason that they have things hard enough and that they don't need any extra competition from migrants. While this might be true in the short-term, this view fails to see the mutual interest all workers have in fighting together for improved living standards and control of our workplaces and communities. The rich can move their money wherever the labour is cheapest. If our wages get too high for the capitalists to stomach, they can migrate elsewhere. How does it benefit us to pretend that throwing up "our" borders solves anything? The system is so sick and perverse that it punishes us for improving our lot. Either through inflation, benefit cuts, improved technology or offshoring, the gains we make can be taken away from us in an endless cycle. Escaping this loop though needs a longer-term perspective and a realisation that the power of today's rich resides in their ability to blackmail workers and even nation-states, with taking their investments elsewhere.
Workers' response should be global in outlook and pay no respect to borders that benefit the ruling class at the expense of our fellow workers abroad. But when things seem hopeless, it's easy to see that people look after themselves first and foremost. This is even more so when we see how many workers have, for the most part, been on the defensive for a good many years now, the attempts to to fight 'fire and rehire' strategies from management being the most recent example.
Aviation workers everywhere have significant power to challenge the dominant border regimes – if we coordinate our efforts. If we refuse to deport people, they can't be deported. If we blockade detention centres, people can't be detained. Much like the Italian dockworkers, it's possible to conceive of a collaboration at Heathrow, between research/campaign groups like Detention Action, autonomous workers collectives like our own, and more militant unions leading to actions that help to destroy the "hostile" environment and create a much better one. Workers can come up with alternatives to the global Hunger Games we are expected to fight in. And have the power to bring them about.
Old Trafford Pitch Invasion
2nd May 2021 saw the first ever protest induced postponement of a Premier League football match in history. The scheduled Manchester United home fixture against Liverpool was abandoned after Manchester fans broke into the ground and occupied the pitch. Fans lit fireworks and flares and held banners and placards calling for the club owners (Billionaire businessmen Glazer brothers) to "fuck off." The protest wasn't entirely peaceful. Fans showed a large amount of commitment and dedication to entering the stadium. Police reported (to the extent that we can believe them) that six officers were injured in the protests, with one sustaining a fractured eye socket.
The cause of the protests was anger against club owners and (their now aborted) proposals for a new European Super League (ESL). The league's announcement at 11pm on 18 April, to accommodate US audiences, was accompanied by rising share prices and jubilant advertisers. ESL operations were suspended three days after its founding due to a furious backlash from national football governing bodies, pundits, players and fans. Some fans are continuing the protests in an effort to get their clubs under new ownership. The Old Trafford pitch invasion was part of that effort.
It has been interesting to watch football legends turned pundits debate societal values and capitalism in their pre-match discussions. The whole affair has foregrounded debates about the state of our economic system and the trajectory of our society in general, more than most issues today. What the ESL proposed for football was, in many ways, another example of what has been happening in advanced economies for decades – the offshoring of production. While ticket sales, merchandise and TV subscriptions still contribute a significant amount of income for clubs, like so many industries, the real money comes from advertising. When an industry is dominated by an advertising revenue model, the product is not this or that widget, but the eyes watching the screen. The products are the fans watching the match, the consumers are advertisers. The greater the number of eyes on the match, the more you can demand for your advertising space.
Advertisers also want the viewers with the fattest wallets watching. No point advertising your high-end products or your gambling website to people with no money! This is partly the rationale behind the ever-increasing season ticket prices and the disgusting amount of atmosphere-destroying corporate boxes, full of hob-knobbing company boot-lickers separated from the hoi polloi and not watching the match. Corporations, and the wealthy elite that run them, don't want informed, secure and empowered members of a community. They want ill-informed, insecure, impotent and isolated individuals – so they're easier to rip off. Advertisers see the pitch as a distraction from the billboards and the match is the interlude before the important bit: the adverts. The fans' love and sense of connection to the clubs (that are now transnational corporations) is the unpaid labour that fuels this industry. Under this model football's historic ties to working class communities are being shattered. The orchestrators of the ESL were attempting to expand the scale of this market to other continents and increase their share of the existing revenue stream by setting themselves up as an elite league. The terrible job the would-be ESL owners made in pitching the proposals exposes their level of detachment. It's pretty clear they have no idea what the fans of their clubs are thinking – and don't care.
The backlash from fans, players and pundits was intense, but may not have been the major factor in getting the ESL suspended. The national governing bodies were obviously incensed and made various threats. There is a plausible theory that the ESL clubs were merely making a power play in an attempt to get a better deal from their respective governing bodies, UEFA and FIFA. Whatever the case may be, fans are now looking for solutions and contemplating actions. Many fans are wondering whether fan ownership is the answer. The refusal of the German clubs, that traditionally have far more fan ownership than in the UK, to participate in the ESL seems to support this view. Other fans, like those at Arsenal, drawn in by promises of "fan representation,"are pinning their hopes on a supposedly more benevolent billionaire, Spotify owner Daniel Ek and a consortium of team legends to save their club.
Fans have been discussing how they might link up with other fans across borders to press their interests. Reports of Barcelona fans kicking off were welcomed and debated. Some form of fan ownership may be a step in the right direction, but if fans really want to revive the feeling of attachment and local community that they expect from their involvement, questioning the capitalist's system that drags their beloved game and everything else of value into the gutter, is essential. If football remains beholden to advertisers, fan-owned clubs will be subject to the same pressures and imperatives as big money owned clubs and degenerate just as surely. The profit motive is noxious and corrupting.
A major consequence of the direct action at Old Trafford was that a day after the protest, and following other protests across the country, the Premier League announced plans to bring in a new owners' charter, which would prevent football club owners from forming future breakaway leagues, as well as introducing further restrictions and tougher penalties for non-compliance. More importantly on 8 May, UK retail and technology company The Hut Group pulled out of a £200 million sponsorship deal with the club due to the protests.
Is this such a bad thing given all of the above? It depends on what you want. When it comes to football, it is amazing and frustrating in equal measure to see fellow workers speaking with such erudition and acting with such conviction. We have incredible knowledge about the ins and outs of the entire process and have complete confidence that we are capable of doing just as good a job as those at the top. "I can play better than that idiot," "the manager's dog shit, he should use these tactics." We make these assertions even though they are almost never true for premier league clubs (most top flight players and managers didn't get to where they are by being crap at what they do) and even though we have almost no influence over the course of events. Why don't we think like this when it comes to something we genuinely do know about and have influence over? – Our work!! If we spent half the time we spend on pondering a tactical decision at a match we can't influence, in thinking about the way we want our daily lives to be run, we would be well on our way to solving a great many problems in our society!
Direct action could be defined as the use of one's own power to achieve a political/economic end, as opposed to solutions that appeal to authorities for help. On this very narrow definition alone, it should be clear why direct action is preferable to all other forms of political engagement. If we have the power to effect a desired change, why would we appeal to authority to do it on our behalf? But do we have the power? 250 years ago, in his essay, 'Of the First Principles of Government', David Hume addressed the paradox that,
"Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs….. than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few, and the implicit submission with which men (sic) resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers. When we enquire by what means this wonder is effected, we shall find that, as force is always on the side of the governed, the governors have nothing to support them but opinion. It is, therefore, on opinion only, that government is founded, and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular."
If we take Hume's comment on face value, it would imply that all we need to do is change our 'opinions'; for us to realise that actually, it is us that have the power and we just need to stop accepting the state or bosses' control over us. But if it were this simple, I'm sure we'd have told the bosses to fuck off by now! So what's missing? We think that material conditions – mainly an economic system that forces us to relate to one another and our wider environment in a competitive and exploitative way – help form our opinions. They also prevent or discourage the development of opinions and the acquisition of knowledge that might challenge the dominant power structures in our society. So how do we overcome these structures, whose very purpose is to keep us disciplined and feeling powerless? Unlike reading an essay by some old Tory philosopher, we think direct action can more concretely, change our social relations, and therefore our 'opinions'. The act of using our own powers to achieve our objectives, has the effect of affirming and expanding those powers and altering our perception and consciousness of their scope and application.
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What's been going on?!
If you've been a worker at Heathrow over the last year, chances are, you've either been through a redundancy process, seen your pay and conditions attacked, lost all your overtime, been on furlough, or all of the above. It has been a unique experience. Previous aviation crises, like the fallout from the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and the financial crisis of 2008, while severe, are dwarfed by the sheer scale of the current disruption. It has been draining, both emotionally and financially. As is the case with situations like this, we have seen the best and the worst of people. We tend to show our true colours when faced with this level of adversity. We've witnessed workmates throw others under the bus to save their own jobs, bullying, harassment and snivelling to management of the highest order. But, many people have shown a lot of courage and decency. Workers have been striking to protect their colleagues' pay and conditions, volunteering for redundancy to help save their friends' jobs (even though we shouldn't need to), challenging management and insisting that scarce work and overtime be dished out fairly. Our issues are obviously not confined to Heathrow. They are replicated throughout the country and all over the globe. Workers have been resisting in various ways with varying degrees of success. How are things panning out? And what can we learn?
March 2021 saw an escalation of the long running dispute at Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL). HAL's "fire and rehire" plans, announced last summer, have been subject to ongoing strike action from fire fighters, security and engineers since December 2020.
Strike tactics
The strikes until now, (9 in total) have been no more than one or two days in length. In an apparent attempt to up the ante, Unite, the union representing HAL workers, threatened a month of targeted actions in April. 41 actions spread over 23 days. Unite had adjusted their tactics in February and March, opting for short 4-hour strikes. This was intended to limit the loss of pay for staff and to make it harder for HAL to get scabs in to cover the work. HAL reacted by insisting that if a worker was on strike at any point in the shift, they would lose pay for the entire shift.
It looks as though the companies stance had an effect, as Unite changed tack again for the proposed April strikes, opting for full shift walkouts. Sections within Fire, Campus Security and Engineering would each alternate strike actions throughout April. Reasoning seemed to be that, if the company wasn't going to pay staff the whole shift, they might as well strike for the whole shift. Why a total workforce walk out wasn't preferable or possible isn't clear. On 1st April, the planned strikes were cancelled. We were told that a pay offer negotiated between HAL and Unite would be presented to the members to vote on. Ballots have now been sent out, and Unite is recommending that the workforce accepts the deal.
The pay offer has not been hailed as a major victory in the customary way that most of these compromise deals are. This may be because the details of the proposal don't address the major causes of the dispute. The "fire and rehire" plans left many staff facing 20% pay cuts, the removal of incremental pay increases for long service and abatement clauses (clauses that make redundancy more expensive for the company) from their contracts, along with other reductions in benefits. The deal leaves these issues unresolved and instead offers conditional pay rises of 2.5% in 2022 and 2023. The pay rises are dependent on annual passenger numbers being above 60 million. While this was certainly achievable before the pandemic (passenger numbers have been above 60 million for the last two decades), the continuing uncertainty concerning air travel – variants, vaccine passports, red list restrictions etc.- now makes this passenger level difficult to achieve. Last year, Heathrow saw just 22.1 million passengers.
The linking of pay increases to passenger numbers also sets an unhealthy precedent for aviation workers. Our living costs don't go down if our company is doing badly, do they?! And being employed in a polluting industry, that is detrimental to the physical and environmental health of our community, is enough of a contradiction, without directly linking our standard of living to passenger numbers. It could erect further barriers to the necessary transition away from ever increasing passenger numbers and airport expansions. Leaving that aside, if the required passenger levels are achieved and staff get the total 5% by 2023, a substantial portion of the workforce will still be on inferior contracts and be 15% poorer without adjusting for inflation. If the passenger numbers aren't achieved no one gets anything. There appears to be some dissatisfaction with the offer, but other workers we've spoken to seem convinced this is the best deal available. Whatever the outcome, the fact will be that a company has once again managed to successfully downgrade contracts at one of the most densely unionised workplaces in the country.
How have they managed to do this? Is it just a simple matter of workers not having the bargaining power to sufficiently fightback during a pandemic? The fall in demand for air travel is a major problem, but not the whole story. The same patterns have played out at numerous other UK workplaces. Workers at British Gas, ESS catering and cleaning staff at the MoD, porters at NHS trusts, Go North West bus drivers and many others, have all faced attacks on contracts, by companies with flimsy or non-existent economic justifications. If working people at unionised and profitable companies are still unable to resist assaults on their contracts, obviously something deeper is happening.
The issues internal to the disputes are very similar. Strike ballots take too long, causing anger to dissipate and giving companies time to prepare for any eventual actions. In the long period leading up to the moment when workers can finally legally strike, we need to be applying pressure in whatever ways possible. These efforts can often be constrained by unions obsessed with presenting themselves as "reasonable" during negotiations. Unless workers have forums in which to discuss these issues, outside the unions, we'll keep repeating this mistake. Picket lines are too small and isolated to be the effective campaign tools they are intended to be. At many workplaces (British Gas, Go North West, HAL, British Airways etc.) sizeable chunks of the workforce voted to accept the companies terms earlier in the disputes, leaving the remaining workforce out on the proverbial limb. Disputes remain largely isolated within their companies. Solidarity between companies or even departments is rare. For example, NHS workers are mobilising in opposition to the insulting 1% pay offer in England and Wales and 4% in Scotland they received in March. But already, Unison has unilaterally recommended the offer of 4% to workers in Scotland. This undermines their own demands for a £2000 uplift, stabs unions still fighting for 15% in the back, and scuppers the chances of a unified cross-border response.
Companies have been able to cover the work of strikers and this hasn't been effectively challenged throughout the recent disputes. Go North West are openly running a scab bus service that is undermining the ongoing strike action in Manchester. There is footage of workers attempting to disrupt the scab service. Unfortunately, the low number of workers involved makes it difficult, especially when, either scabs or hired goons come out of the garage and start assaulting the picketers. And while Unite's main efforts are confined to asking Mayor of Manchester, Andy "King of the North" Burnham, to denounce the company and lobby parliament to get "fire and rehire" banned, escalation of efforts to stop the scab bus service has been neglected. On May 3rd, a well attended May Day demonstration was organised by Manchester Trades Council and marched to the bus garage on the Queen's Road in Cheetham's Hill. Hopefully efforts like this are applying pressure on company. The lead banner at the demo and the speeches at the rally emphasised the importance of outlawing "fire and rehire." A great deal of noise is being made about banning "fire and rehire," without enough discussion about whether this will be sufficient or even effective. On the 26th April, Unite launched a national campaign to end "fire and rehire."
Ongoing strikes at software company Goodlord, Go North West and Fife Council were coordinated and demonstrations held at various locations. The campaign has started with the usual photo ops with MP's and the union top brass. Some demonstrations were targeted at company subsidiaries. The online launch material contained quotes from MP's denouncing "fire and rehire" in parliament. One such quote was from the Right Honourable protector of the working class, Jacob Rees-Mogg. This law is unlikely to be a crushing defeat for the rich and powerful if MP's of this variety are willing to pass it.
Even if a law is passed, unless workers have the unity and therefore the power, to resist the companies will obviously find a way round these legal measures. We can see an example with aviation workers at WISAG in Germany, who were recently the victims of a "fire and rehire" scheme. In order to keep their jobs at Frankfurt Airport, they were made to apply for their jobs at "another company," which just so happened to be a subsidiary of WISAG.
So what are our options in a stressful time when things move quickly and often behind closed doors? Well, we have to be prepared by studying how these things go, and be ready to capitalise on opportunities that will make us stronger. During the HAL dispute, at least two obvious opportunities for cross company collaboration at Heathrow arose, that a more confident and organised working class may have capitalised on. Unite members at British Airways Cargo in their own "fire and rehire" dispute and Passport Control staff with the PCS union, battling an unworkable roster change, both voted to strike at the same time as HAL workers had their strike mandate running. British Airways and Passport Control staff both reached agreement with their employers before, and separately from, the HAL workers. It's not easy to build the sense of support and solidarity necessary to combine these kinds of dispute, but it has happened before, and can happen again. And in Neuquen, Argentina it's happening right now.
The British Airways Cargo strike, over the Christmas period 2020, was probably the most effective recent action at Heathrow. That action, which took place in relatively favourable conditions for the workforce (Cargo division still profitable, widespread port disruptions, 90% plus staff walk out, busy Christmas period etc.), still resulted in a deal that didn't safeguard the workforce's conditions in their entirety. The outcome was considerably better than if they'd of done nothing, but still ground was given, because the wider BA workforce had already done departmental deals, isolating the action. Divisions amongst the Cargo workers to do with qualitatively different contracts and work roles between newer and older staff, as it often does on the airport, limited the likelihood of escalating the dispute.
Parliament won't save us. Businesses will find a way to drive down our conditions for as long as we fail to unite in opposition against them, directly in our workplaces and communities. The time, money and resources wasted lobbying politicians and courting a media that doesn't care, could be better deployed in direct action, to forcibly block the companies scab operations and stage pickets, blockades and demonstrations that hit the companies where it hurts.
London Bus Driver Disputes
Hounslow Heath bus drivers to the rescue!
The recent London bus strikes are another example of these familiar dynamics playing out. Bus drivers at three subsidiaries (London United, London Sovereign and Quality Line) of the same parent company (RATP) began challenging their company's derisive pay offers (as low as 0.5%) at the same time. Ballots were called and strikes began in February. In late March, Unite suspended strikes at London Sovereign and Quality Line garages. The revised pay offers were meagre increases of 0.25%. The offers were at first rejected by some garages, but after further talk and suspended strikes, the pay offers were reluctantly accepted by relatively narrow margins at the two subsidiaries.
Unite's decision to bargain with the subsidiaries separately had left the drivers at London United striking alone, as their company was refusing to improve the 0.5% offer. The London United action was given a welcome boost when the original five garages, including Hounslow and Park Royal, were joined by Hounslow Heath and Stamford Brook garages, after they voted to strike in early April. On 25 April, the scheduled London United strikes were suspended, while details of a new offer are finalised.
Another 4,000 London bus drivers are currently considering strike action over Metroline's "remote sign-on" plans. "Remote sign-on" is a blatant attempt to casualise the bus drivers. Drivers won't be expected to report to a garage at the start of their shift, but instead Metroline will require drivers to report to particular stops at designated times. The Go North West bus drivers are facing the same changes and drivers everywhere will eventually be affected.
Heathrow Parking Charges
The GMB has started a campaign against increases to parking charges at Heathrow. On top of the removal of free local bus services late last year, staff can now expect increases of 135% for the pleasure of parking at work, as HAL looks to pass more of the cost of the pandemic onto low paid workers. The GMB have started a petition for free staff parking at Heathrow.
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British Gas blowout – more thoughts on the media
After 3 months of strike action, the British Gas dispute ended in defeat on 14th April with hundreds of engineers being sacked. Last summer, workers there were informed that they would lose their jobs if they failed to accept detrimental changes to their contracts. Engineers with the GMB voted twice to reject the new terms. At the same time, British Gas office staff with Unison, under recommendation from their union, voted to accept the changes. This decision hampered workers' efforts from the outset. A full company walkout would obviously have been preferable.
A recent Tribune article, written by an Engineer sacked for not accepting the new terms, is well worth a read. The writer points to a GMB survey in mid-February to determine whether members were happy to suspend strikes for 4 days to allow time for talks – a blatant and common delay tactic from management. Members voted to suspend the strikes, while "fire and rehire" was still on the table. The writer justifiably believes this was a big mistake. Unions continually suspend and delay industrial action citing concerns about negative media coverage. Although he voted against the suspension, he relayed worries about the company using a rejection of talks to whip up bad media coverage against the strikers. He believed Covid restrictions to be the most significant barrier to escalating the dispute. This, he says, prevented the engineers from holding mass demonstrations and gaining the required media coverage needed to pressure the company.
Taking for granted for a moment that increased media coverage is a useful primary goal when contemplating tactics, we could ask if the mass demonstrations were really made impossible by the Covid restrictions? Especially when the British Gas engineers had a lot of latent support from those that were aware of the situation – a profitable company blatantly taking advantage of the crisis to increase profit. Recent Black Lives Matter protests, Kill the Bill demos and electricians actions against deskilling, have shown that actions can be carried out relatively safely (until the police get involved) and gain a fair amount of public support. The lack of coverage, we are told, should be a "mark of shame" for the media. The coverage they did receive was littered with inaccuracies and falsehoods. The worries highlighted by the engineer surrounding the suspension survey and his belief in the pivotal nature of media coverage in the escalation of the dispute, expresses the dominant understanding of struggles within much of today's labour movement. If we keep expecting favours from the media, we are going to keep barking up the wrong tree. The scarce and inaccurate coverage of workers issues is hardwired into the corporate media's operating model, not a "mark of shame."
Unsurprisingly, media corporations show a great deal of class solidarity when their fellow corporations are under the spotlight. As with all of society's institutions the explanation for this is complex, but an obvious and primary reason is that media owners hire editors that reflect their values, causing the principles they hold dear to filter down through the organisation. Unless we develop a systemic understanding of the media industry, as being diametrically opposed to our interests, our tactics will continue to be deficient. We waste time courting the powerful, when we should be speaking to each other. Using our precious time to foster relationships of mutual aid and support. From there we can develop tactics that target the company's finances and operations, not just their reputations. The engineer lucidly articulates this, when making sense of the defeat and trying to learn lessons for the future, he states that:
"If I had one piece of advice to give to striking workers, it would be to recognise your colleagues……If someone goes above and beyond like speaking at a rally or going on the TV, let them know they did a good job; if your shop steward has been having a hellish time of it, make it known that you appreciate what they're putting in; and if a colleague is keeping quiet, try to get them to open up. A little goes a long way."
Manchester Airports Group
Unite have made an agreement for staff at Manchester Airport Group (MAG) that they are hailing as a benchmark deal for the aviation industry. Under the agreement, workers who are not required for work will receive 80% of their full pay (which is applicable regardless of any government support through the Job Retention Scheme). Workers who are in work for up to 85% of their normal hours will receive 90% of their full pay and those who are working for 85% and above of their normal hours will receive 100% of their pay. A fair share arrangement has also been established to ensure that work is shared out on an equitable footing and an oversight committee has been installed to ensure that the agreement is effectively implemented.
Unite members accepted the agreement with an 85% yes vote in favour and members of Prospect and Unison have also accepted the agreement.
MAG staff have already paid a huge price during the pandemic. 465 directly employed staff have been made redundant, plus another 1500 contractors at the airports (800 from Swissport and 300 from Menzies) and a 10% pay cut across the board since the beginning of the crisis. This agreement continues on with those pay cuts. Surely these workers have given enough already?
Missoula, USA
Non-union airport workers in Missoula, Montana, USA staged a walkout against the poverty wages at their workplace. $9.65! That is £6.93 at the current exchange rate! The company, Unifi, claim they had no problem getting management scabs to cover their work. The ground handling and ramp workers were isolated and have now been fired. They showed a lot of dignity and courage walking off the job. It is possible to carry out actions without the union, but if there was a plan or strategy with this walkout, something went very wrong with it. The strikers have since got new jobs at Alaska Airlines on over $12 and through protest have drawn the attention of the Missoula County Commissioner who has written a letter of "dismay" to Unifi.
New York and New Jersey, USA
Airport workers with the SEIU union at New York and New Jersey airports are striking and demonstrating for a decent healthcare package and no givebacks. (Whatever givebacks are?!)
The WISAG workers fired from their jobs for refusing to accept the inferior contracts continue their fight for justice. They are staging noisy demonstrations at airports and state buildings most weeks. We have sent a message of solidarity and support. We stated that we would like to help them more practically and that we hoped to speak with them to see how we might help them further.
Optimism over Despair
We regularly hear our friends, family and workmates saying "nothing can be done," "there isn't any money" and "the countries bankrupt." Even the partial belief in these assertions, serve to seriously temper our ideas of what is possible. Unions' calls for government support sometimes play into these misconceptions. During the pandemic, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) were asking for loans to the aviation companies their members work at, for the air passenger duty to be suspended, and stated that workers are "pleading" for support from government This encourages the perspective that most aviation companies haven't already got the finance to see them through the crisis (which they have!), that an increase in passenger numbers is desirable at this time (which it probably isn't!) and that workers, at one of the world's most important transport hubs and one of Europe's most active cargo ports, are powerless (which we are not!).
We need organisations in which we can productively channel our anger, not institutions through which we can express our collective inferiority. Even in times of crisis, such as these, we have the collective strength to demand a great deal more than loans and tax cuts for the companies we work at. Our societies have more than enough physical and intellectual wealth to provide for our needs, but the organising of our daily lives through the profit motive, restricts our ability to take control of our lives and the industries that sustain them. We can try to move unions in a more radical and militant direction, but we can't rely on them to do our fighting for us and we need to be prepared to act without them, when necessary.
Many of us don't trust the unions, not just because of our terrible and biased media, but often because of genuine experiences of betrayal and abandonment in the past. Most of us are smart enough to not trust the government or the corporate executives they largely serve. Daily, the gap between the rich and the rest of us becomes more obscene, our governments become less accountable, as individuals we become more isolated, monitored and subject to surveillance. In our communities we become more cut off from each other and our environment. Trust in one another will be key if we are going to be able to start pushing back against these trends. We need to start again. Build up the material and emotional support, needed for us to flourish as individuals. With the strength to make our own demands and eventually control our own daily lives. Let's look forward to a future with no more pleading with the government for handouts, no more top-down union drives, no more divide and rule and lots more community and freedom.
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The WISAG ground workers maintained their hunger strike at Terminal 1 of Rhein-Main Airport for eight days before they had to break it off on the evening of March 3. Before that several hunger strikers had collapsed since Sunday. The workers have temporarily suspended their action, "exclusively for health reasons," as they say.
The ground workers are fighting against 230 dismissals, increasing exploitation and low wages. They have not capitulated, but on the contrary want to expand the struggle. In a courageous appeal published today by the World Socialist Web Site, they say: "Workers everywhere are facing very similar problems. We must fight together! (…) We, the workers, are 'essential', without us society does not function. We say: Life before profits! The health and well-being of the workers are more important than the profits of the financial oligarchy."
The first day of the hunger strike at Rhein-Main Airport (WSWS)
The industrial action at WISAG illustrates the problems facing workers in microcosm. Thirty years ago, if you had a job at the airport, you were set for life. Such jobs were part of the public sector, reasonably paid, with guaranteed employment and a company pension, Christmas bonuses and holiday pay. Job security was a priority in every respect. Today, the dream job has turned into a nightmare.
WISAG is just one of the companies using the pandemic as an excuse to systematically cut jobs at the airport and destroy workers' rights. At airport operator Fraport, 4,000 jobs out of 22,000 in Frankfurt am Main are to be cut, allegedly "due to coronavirus." At Lufthansa, 30,000 jobs have already been destroyed worldwide, and another 10,000 are to follow. Lufthansa has received 9 billion euros in "coronavirus aid" from the state. WISAG itself has already laid off 350 ground workers in Berlin last summer.
The pandemic is only the trigger. Corporations and banks are using the opportunity to implement long desired plans for destroying jobs and important achievements and get rid of workers with seniority. This is exemplified by WISAG.
In 2018, the WISAG holding company used a court case to boot out the previous ground services provider, Acciona, at Frankfurt Airport and take over its concessions. Company owner Claus Wisser personally guaranteed all employees at the time that their rights would be fully protected as part of the transfer of operations. "At the time, we didn't know that it was all a sham," says Rene, one of the hunger strikers, "and that WISAG was just trying to prevent possible strikes."
Almost immediately after the takeover, the company started to put pressure on older workers in order to get rid of them. Often they were forced to take on jobs that were not even in their contract. The teams working at the aircraft were understaffed and loadmasters were forced to work as loaders and baggage drivers, for example. Those who resisted were threatened with dismissal.
The tone was set by Michael Dietrich, the newly hired managing director, "a man who walks over corpses," as WISAG workers say. What Dietrich says is the law, whether it complies with regulations and safety rules or not. Temporary workers are put to work on planes without professional training. One worker reports, "As a result, there were many accidents and damage. One worker was even blown 4 to 5 metres in the air because he got behind a running engine. But Fraport and WISAG covered it all up."
The pandemic opened up previously undreamed-of possibilities for management. Immediately, WISAG officially introduced short-time working, which means workers' wages are paid by the employment office, but only at 60 percent, so they suffer considerable wage losses.
At the same time, however, operations in the cargo division continue. While passenger numbers have plummeted, there is intense activity around the clock between the planes and cargo halls. The transport of food, relief supplies, medicines etc. has not stopped. After all, supply chains must be maintained to provide parts to industries that have not been closed down during the whole pandemic.
As a result, some have had to work overtime. "People worked 160 to 200 hours," says Benli, a worker whom WISAG dismissed after 37 years' service. "In fact, 40 to 50 planes were dispatched every day. And now, in March, there are significantly more."
Even when colleagues fell ill with coronavirus, not even their closest team members were sent into quarantine. The company's response was cover-up instead of contact tracing—a situation that can lead to disaster in an outbreak with a highly contagious strain of the virus.
Then on December 17, just a week before Christmas, a total of 230 workers received notice of dismissal "in the most brazen way." They were offered about 4,000 Euros severance pay for 20 years' service. Workers were coerced into signing severance agreements and re-employed at another WISAG subsidiary at minimum wage, giving up all their acquired rights, with a fixed-term contract and on the condition that they could be deployed throughout Germany. Still other workers had their terms and conditions changed.
Thirty-one airport bus drivers were forced to switch to the brand new subsidiary City Bus. This company is one of more than 300 corporate constructs that WISAG has set up, hidden or open, to depress wages and break contracts. Those who refused the offer were dismissed and their pay stopped from October 2020. This is what the "unavoidable dismissals" look like, about which company chief Michael C. Wisser wrote in his most recent letter to his "dear colleagues." The sackings were "by no means easy," he said. The trade union Verdi also claims to have known "nothing at all" until the end of January.
The hunger strike has also shone a glaring light on the role of the so-called "workers' representatives"—the large service union Verdi and the works council. As the hunger strikers' statement says: "Our struggle has not been supported by Verdi officials, nor by the works council."
That is why more than a hundred WISAG workers have left Verdi and become members of the smaller sectoral union IG Luftfahrt (IGL). However, the latter shares the same perspective as Verdi, with which it professes to want to cooperate. The IGL is trying to use the workers' protests to put pressure on the Wisser family, one of the 300 richest families in Germany, to convince them of the need for a "crisis collective agreement"—the cost of which will ultimately have to be paid by the workers!
The workers are rightly turning to their colleagues at other WISAG sites, at airports and throughout the industry, because they are their only reliable allies. The increasingly brutal attacks can only be repelled and reversed through an independently organised joint struggle.
What is needed is a fight at the political level. As one WISAG worker wrote on Facebook, "Since there are probably Verdi people on the WISAG board, and Claus Wisser has also donated a lot of money to parties, especially to the SPD [Social Democrats], the politicians are dumb and blind as far as what's happening at WISAG is concerned."
The WISAG workers were on hunger strike for eight days, but no parliamentary group in the Hesse state parliament, in Frankfurt City Hall or in the Bundestag (federal parliament) even looked at what was happening. The Wisser family is well networked and connected with high-ranking politicians, such as the Hesse state Minister of Economics and Transport, Tarek Al-Wazir (Green Party), who actively promoted WISAG's entry into the airport.
The local and regional press has kept silent about the hunger strike. Apart from very brief reports once in the Bil d and twice on broadcaster RTL, there was literally nothing, neither in the Frankfurter Rundschau, the FNP, the Offenbach Post, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung nor in the Hessenschau. This clearly shows that the freedom of the press is really degenerating into mere court reporting in the service of the capitalists.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/10/wisa-m10.html
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Staff employed by OCS, a facilities company contracted by the airport, are facing compulsory redundancy.
It is due to the downturn in traffic at the airport, which means the facilities staff are no longer required.
"The workers are angry. They're not going down without a fight," Tony Carroll, Aviation Officer with trade union SIPTU said.
A meeting this morning with OCS will dictate whether SIPTU ballots for strike action.
OCS, an international facilities management company, once employed 20 people to work in wheelchair assistance. That number dropped to six, and now the company wants to make three more compulsory redundancies, Mr Carroll said.
"The minimum number required when airport traffic picks up a bit again is six people," he said.
"Why make these people redundant if they will just have to hire them again in a couple of months?"
The employees have offered to be temporarily laid off while Cork Airport continues to operate on reduced capacity due to Covid, but Mr Carroll said that this offer has not been entertained.
"There's no logical reason to make them redundant when they're willing to be laid off and wait until work picks up again," he said.
A strike could bring the airport to a standstill, he said, as the majority of workers there are SIPTU members.
"If we picket Cork Airport, SIPTU members won't pass the picket. And if SIPTU workers won't pass it, and if airport police and the fire service won't pass the picket, then the airport can't operate."
Passengers and flights through Cork airport plunged by 99.5% in February.
Solidarity TD Mick Barry hit out at OCS and said he will raise the matter in the Dáil.
OCS was contacted for comment.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40240667.html
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The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is taking a close look at the gravel in the Green River to see if it's causing low runs of naturally spawning chinook.
"Each year we see a smaller population of naturally produced chinook leave the Green River," said Martin Fox, habitat biologist for the Muckleshoot Tribe. "We think the low runs might have something to do with low quality gravel throughout the river."
Gravel is important to chinook and other salmon because they spend the early part of their life cycle living in it. Returning adult salmon build eggs nests – or redds – in the gravel. When those eggs hatch, the baby fish can live in the gravel for weeks before emerging.
"Too much fine sediment, like from a landslide, can hurt salmon runs even before they have a chance to leave for the ocean," Fox said.
Just over 3 percent of chinook that are born in the Green River survive to make it to the ocean, compared to more than 10 percent in both the nearby Cedar and Skagit rivers. This is down from more than 7 percent over a decade ago.
"We know that there is something happening on the Green, and it likely has to do with declining salmon habitat quality and quantity," Fox said.
The tribe is studying three stretches in the river. The first, in the high, undeveloped watershed, should give the researchers an idea of what natural gravel conditions look like. Two more in the lower Green River watershed are above and below a landslide.
The EPA's National Estuary Program contributed funding to the research.
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Duś-Szachniewicz K1, Drobczyński S2, Woźniak M3, Zduniak K3, Ostasiewicz K4, Ziółkowski P3, Korzeniewska AK2, Agrawal AK5, Kołodziej P6, Walaszek K3, Bystydzieński Z7, Rymkiewicz G7.
Department of Pathology, Wrocław Medical University, Marcinkowskiego 1, 50-368, Wrocław, Poland. [email protected].
Department of Optics and Photonics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland.
Department of Pathology, Wrocław Medical University, Marcinkowskiego 1, 50-368, Wrocław, Poland.
Department of Statistics, Wrocław University of Economics, Komandorska 118/120, 53-345, Wrocław, Poland.
2nd Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Wrocław Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556, Wrocław, Poland.
Division of Pathology, Sokołowski Hospital Wałbrzych, Sokołowskiego 4, 58-309, Wałbrzych, Poland.
Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Centre, Wilhelma Konrada Roentgena 5, 02-781, Warsaw, Poland.
We have adapted a non-invasive method based on optical tweezers technology to differentiate between the normal B-cells and the B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) cells derived from clinical samples. Our approach bases on the nascent adhesion between an individual B-cell and a mesenchymal stromal cell. In this study, a single B-cell was trapped and optically seeded on a mesenchymal stromal cell and kept in a direct contact with it until a stable connection between the cells was formed in time scale. This approach allowed us to avoid the introduction of any exogenous beads or chemicals into the experimental setup which would have affected the cell-to-cell adhesion. Here, we have provided new evidence that aberrant adhesive properties found in transformed B-cells are related to malignant neoplasia. We have demonstrated that the mean time required for establishing adhesive interactions between an individual normal B-cell and a mesenchymal stromal cell was 26.7 ± 16.6 s, while for lymphoma cell it was 208.8 ± 102.3 s, p < 0.001. The contact time for adhesion to occur ranged from 5 to 90 s and from 60 to 480 s for normal B-cells and lymphoma cells, respectively. This method for optically controlled cell-to-cell adhesion in time scale is beneficial to the successful differentiation of pathological cells from normal B-cells within the fine needle aspiration biopsy of a clinical sample. Additionally, variations in time-dependent adhesion among subtypes of B-NHL, established here by the optical trapping, confirm earlier results pertaining to cell heterogeneity.
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Schematic illustration of the double wavelength optical tweezers setup. Lc = collimating lens; L1 ÷ L8 = lenses; M1, M2 = mirrors; DM1, DM2 = dichroic mirrors; GMXY1, GMXY2 = galvano-mirror XY scanning systems; High-NA = high numerical aperture microscope objective; GBD = glass bottom dish with stromal cells in plexiglass box.
Differentiation of single lymphoma primary cells and normal B-cells based on their adhesion to mesenchymal stromal cells in optical tweezers
Sci Rep. 2019;9:9885.
Diagrams (top) and representative microscopic pictures (bottom) of B-cell-mesenchymal stromal cell adhesion measurements. The methodology used to study nascent adhesion is separated into distinct phases. (a) The B-cell is optically trapped and located toward mesenchymal stromal cell; (b) B-cell is seeded in the central part of stromal cell and held in optical trapp for a determined time; (c) an attempt to detach the B-cell from stromal cell is performed to test wheather adhesive interactions are established; (d) the B-cell is moved away from stromal cell after cell-to-cell contact was broken at a defined time point. The microscopic images represents testing of single primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma cell adhesion to MSc. The optical trap (red) was used to bring the lymphoma cell into contact with MSC, maintain cell-to-cell interactions and finally testing the establishment of cell adhesion at a defined time point. The scalebar is set at 15 μm.
(a) Trypan blue accumulation on the surface of untreated DLBCL cell (left), while the dead cell was held in optical trap > 800 s at 100 mW of laser power what resulted in cell membrane rupture and entering the dye inside the cell. The red frame indicates the area of operating range of the optical trap, while the focused laser beam is located in the centre of the trapped cell. The scalebar is set at 15 μm. (b) Comparison of the normal and lymphoma primary cells viability exposed to laser power of 100 mW using Trypan blue. Manipulation over 756 ± 73.24 s and 819 ± 72.31s for normal and lymphoma cells, respectively damaged the cell membrane.
(a) Box and whiskers plot of differences in normal and lymphoma single- cell adhesion to mesenchymal stromal cells, p < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U test. (b) Single- cell adhesion for normal B-cells and most common B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma subgroups (c). The symbol (°) indicates outliers, while the red dotted line means the average time required to form a stable connection to MSCs.
Box and whiskers plot of time-dependent single- cell adhesion to marrow stromal cells. (a) Primary indolent and aggressive lymphoma subtypes. Indolent lymphomas included FL and EMZL when aggressive lymphomas included all lymphomas except for indolent. (b) All manipulated cells classified according to the nodal vs. extranodal presentation. (c) DLBCL cells classified according to the nodal vs. extranodal presentation, the Mann-Whitney U test. The symbol (°) indicates outliers. The square markers denote the mean.
(a) Frequency distribution of cell-adhesion time for lymphoma cells and the normal ones. The red line denotes the cut-off value, which minimizes the fraction of false classification. (b) ROC curve as discriminator between lymphoma and normal B-cells. AUC = area under the ROC curve. The optimal cutoff value is t > 60 s, for which the probability of false negative result is 0.0311 while for the false positive 0.0147. (c) Fractions of misclasifications of lymphoma cells (solid line) and normal cells (dotted line). The black dashed line denoted the cut-off line that minimizes the total number of misclassification. The red dahed line denoted the cut-off value that would eliminate the misclassification of lymphoma cells within the sample.
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Home Stocks Down 50% from Highs, Veeva Stock (NYSE:VEEV) Looks Enticing
Down 50% from Highs, Veeva Stock (NYSE:VEEV) Looks Enticing
Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) stock has suffered a more than 50% haircut since peaking back in the middle of 2021. The niche cloud software company serves clients in the life sciences industry with hit products such as Veeva CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and Veeva Vault. Like most other niche software plays that heated up in 2020-21, VEEV stock has now gone bust after years of booming on the back of low rates and investor enthusiasm.
Though analysts have lowered the bar on their price targets in recent months, most analysts remain upbeat on the name for 2023. I'm bullish on VEEV as it navigates a higher-rate world en route to winning more business within a very niche market where it's a standout player.
Despite lowering the bar modestly for its coming quarter, due on February 28, management still sees "strength" in its "innovation engine." At this juncture, I think investors are losing track of the longer-term growth story at hand due to recent macro headwinds that I view as temporary in nature.
For context, management's Fiscal Q4-2023 outlook called for $1.05 in EPS, two cents shy of the original consensus estimate. The current Q4 EPS estimate stands at $1.04.
Veeva's innovation engine will likely shine through once macro headwinds have a chance to blow over. For now, investors aren't nearly as willing to pay up for growth as they were just a year ago.
With a new line in the sand following the firm's vicious sell-off, questions linger as to how much investors should value continued growth in a more challenging environment.
VEEV Ended 2022 Near Lows, Even after Sound Q3
The company closed off 2022 on a pretty low note despite clocking in a fairly decent third-quarter earnings beat. Per-share earnings came in a $1.13, just ahead of the $1.07 consensus estimate. Meanwhile, revenues rose 16% year over year.
With shares trading at around 66.5 times trailing earnings and 12.5 times sales, VEEV stock is trading at a discount relative to its five-year historical average multiples of 95.6 and 23.7, respectively, making it relatively attractive on this basis. Back in 2020, VEEV stock commanded a price-to-sales (P/S) multiple north of 30 times.
Still, it's tough for a lot of investors to justify paying more than 60 times earnings for a firm whose sales growth has slid to the mid-teens.
It's unlikely Veeva stock will command such a pie-in-the-sky multiple again now that higher rates have knocked the hyper-growth plays off their podiums.
In any case, I view Veeva as a company that will rise from the tech bust of 2022. The company has really found a spot with customers within its niche and, like most Sofware-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies focused on specific industries, I expect Veeva could benefit from significant cross-selling opportunities over time as it continues to win over new customers in a niche where Veeva has impressed.
Veeva: Slated to Move on from Salesforce's CRM Platform
Last year, Veeva noted its plans to move on from the Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) CRM to its own platform in time. Indeed, it's a good sign to hear that a firm is ready to use its own offering over that of a long-time partner. As a part of the transition, Veeva could be hit with expenses relating to the migration. In a rising-rate environment, that's the last thing investors want to hear.
That said, such costs aren't expected to weigh down results anytime soon, as the potential costs associated with the ending of the Salesforce-Veeva relationship aren't expected to kick in until 2025.
If all goes smoothly with the transition, Veeva may be able to enjoy long-lasting cost savings from the move. If anything, it was worse news for Salesforce than Veeva, given the storm of headwinds the CRM kingpin has endured over the past year.
Is Veeva Stock a Buy, According to Analysts?
Turning to Wall Street, VEEV stock comes in as a Moderate Buy. Out of 18 analyst ratings, there are 13 Buys and five Holds.
The average Veeva price target is $208.35, implying upside potential of 23.5%. Analyst price targets range from a low of $180.00 per share to a high of $233.00 per share.
The Bottom Line on VEEV Stock
Veeva's high revenue retention rate (a metric that measures the amount of revenue a company retains over a given period, expressed as a percentage) of 119% as of the last quarter speaks a lot about how customers view the platform. This means that the company retained 100% of its subscription revenue compared to last year and then added more on top of that.
It'll be tough sledding for Veeva as more macro headwinds move in, but further out, I view Veeva as a dominant growth story that can form a moat around a niche market that still has plenty of growth runway.
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Rails helper for creating a balloon style tooltip that is WCAG compliant.
Based on the excellent [CSS tooltips](http://sixrevisions.com/css/css-only-tooltips/) by [Six Revisions](http://sixrevisions.com).
## Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'accessible_tooltip'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install accessible_tooltip
## Usage
<%= accessible_tooltip(:help, label: "Help Me", title: "Dogs & Foxes") do>
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
<% end %>
## Contributing
1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create new Pull Request
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Dead of Summer (TV) Hour-long series on Freeform, debuting on June 28, 2016 and ending on August 30, 2016. In the late 1980s, with school out for the summer, counselors converge on Camp Stillwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp. But Stillwater's dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn. Stars Elizabeth Mitchell (Deborah Carpenter), Elizabeth Lail (Amy Hughes), Zelda Williams (Drew Reeves), Mark Indelicato (Blair Ramos), Alberto Frezza (Deputy Garrett Sykes). Produced by ABC Signature Studios and Kitsis/Horowitz. | {
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Digitalis cedretorum is a species of flowering plant in family Plantaginaceae that is native to Morocco. In the World Flora Online it is listed as a synonym of Digitalis subalpina.
It was first described as Digitalis lutea subsp. cedretorum in 1936 by the French botanist Louis Emberger. Another French botanist, René Maire, raised it to an independent species four years later, 1940. It was first collected in a cedar woodland on a granite-derived substrate, at 2,500 metres in altitude in the eastern Atlas Mountains, north of a town called Masker.
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* $Id: RdbaConfigEditorDialogTest.java 232 2009-08-01 07:06:41Z cattaka $
*/
package net.cattaka.mathdrawer.debug;
import net.cattaka.mathdrawer.gui.config.MdConfigEditorDialog;
public class MdConfigEditorDialogTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
MdConfigEditorDialog dialog = new MdConfigEditorDialog(null);
dialog.setModal(true);
dialog.setVisible(true);
}
}
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Disney Plus costs $7 a month on its own, but you can bundle it with Hulu and ESPN+ for an extra $6
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Jobs in Mind provides specialist employment support and advice for those struggling with work-related issues caused by stress, anxiety or mental health problems to gain employment, volunteering and training opportunities. The Camden and Islington service is for 16 to 25 year olds WRAP (Work Related…
National Careers Service London
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Shaw Trust House19 Elmfield RoadBromleyBR1 1LT
The National Careers Service is the publicly funded careers service for adults and young people (aged 13 or over) in England. It provides free information, advice and guidance on learning, training, career choice, career development, job search and the labour market, delivered by qualified, impartial…
To book an appointment in Camden or arrange a telephone appointment: 0203 714 8350. National Careers Helpline for advice over the phone or in other languages: 0800 100 900
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I learned about sales, visual merchandising (shop windows & floor). I learnt how to manage customers, complaints and other members of the team. I learnt how to talk to customers in person and over the phone.
Very busy throughout each day, always on your feet.
The team at Witchery became very good friends of mine.
The atmosphere was always positive and happy.
The manager was fair and lead by example.
Witchery è un'azienda molto affermata in Australia, e lavorare nell'head quarter mi ha sicuramente permesso di imparare molte dinamiche organizzative che non avrei avuto modo di sperimentare in un'azienda più piccola.
A typical day at work would involve opening the store and making sure it was ready for the day- which would include: Cleaning, merchandising, counting floats, stock and checking/changing the roster when needed. I learned how to manage an environment when there are multiple personalities you have to deal with. The hardest part of the job was managing a store when it was understaffed, other than that each day was enjoyable with a strong team and loyal customers.
A strong brand which I enjoyed working for and a strong team behind me.
A fair bit of overtime for senior staff in times we were understaffed.
The typical day at work is an enjoyable one. I work with an amazing team and they customers are great. I enjoy fashion and learning how to put stylish outfits together.
Ihave made my own customers at Witchery. It it also very enjoyable working with people who would loved to behelped by me.
I;am a person with strong communication & customer service skills, with a good sence of humour. As I hold more than 15 years of front line customer service skills, which I started back in Sri Lanka as a FLIGHT ATTENDANT, ever since not only I have worked my way up the ladder but also sharpened my skills and polished myself. At Witchery I have my own customers who will only come to me to be served. In the past three years at witchery I have created my own rappo, with my customers.
at that stage, it was a quiet time and quiet store, !!
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Home News A New Tax Year... Is it Time to Look at your Finances?
The start of the new financial year often prompts us to conduct a spring clean of our fiscal affairs. On 6 April 2018, HMRC will implement the changes introduced by the latest budget, and despite these not being as substantial as in previous years, there are still a few points worth thinking about.
A new tax year could be the perfect opportunity to start planning for the future. Whether looking at investment opportunities, budgeting more effectively or putting money aside for a rainy day; the correct fore-planning could leave you in a healthy position in the longer term.
Whilst it's difficult to predict how long you'll live, one of the best ways to stay in charge of your finances is by fixing the cost of your funeral at today's prices.
Since 2004, funeral costs in the UK have risen a staggering 112%. If they continue to rise at the same rate we have seen over the past decade, the average funeral could cost as much as £4,944 by 2022*.
Since being introduced in 1999, ISAs have become one of the most popular ways to save, as they are exempt from income tax and capital gains tax on the investment returns. In addition, you don't have pay any tax on money withdrawn from an ISA.
Even though the Individual Savings Account (ISA) limit has been frozen at £20,000 for the 2018/19 tax year, it doesn't necessarily make it the most efficient way to save for funeral costs in years to come.
Parents can also invest in Junior ISAs, which are a tax-efficient way of building up a nest egg for their child's future, providing a tax-free lump sum when they reach the age of 18. The allowance for a Junior ISA has been increased by £132 in the 2018/19 tax year to £4,260.
Many people are under the impression that savings within a cash ISA will cover the cost of their funeral, however, this is not always the case. As funeral costs continue to rise at a significant rate, you may not have enough saved to cover funeral costs when the time comes.
On the other hand, a Prepaid Funeral Plan from Dignity will protect you against the rising costs of funerals. By taking the sensible approach and securing your funeral at today's prices, no matter how much funeral costs continue to increase, your loved ones won't have to pay a penny more for the services provided in the Plan when you pass away.
Furthermore, you can document your special wishes within your Plan for no additional cost, and if your preferences change, you can amend these as many times as you wish. This will provide you with the peace of mind that you have shared your final wishes and will be given the send-off you want, ensuring those that are left behind won't have to make difficult decisions when the time comes.
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As a Marketing student of HCMC Open University, I have chances to access to numerous useful and practical marketing theories. In my studying process, I am very lucky to study with many excellent lecturers who are also good at academic knowledge and latest practical experiences. They are the ones who inspired me and helped me have more faith in my major. One of those lecturers is Mr. Nguyen Dinh Trong, lecturer of my Strategy Management class.
THP T & S Co.,Ltd. has technical system insuring safe production in each and every section of the company, adequate equipment for fire prevention insuring safe operation for employees and properties in all production lines.
THP Group is a very prestigious enterprise with its nationwide distribution network in Vietnam including representatives and agents to insure quick and effective distribution of products of beer and bottled beverages to places where they are in demand and with reasonable price.
During the past years, THP has made great efforts in investing in construction , in transforming and upgrading production facilities, in buying new and modern equipment for producing and raising product quality. The company has been given commendation certificates and papers as well as souvenir medal for the quality of its products and for its after-sale service.
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- Company's name: Tan Hiep Phat Trade and Service Co., Ltd.
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offering. This essay analyses each phenomenon and the threats and opportunities Microsoft is facing. As the most successful PC software company, Microsoft key strength lies in its ability of creating software that help customers to fulfil their potential. In the up and coming age of internet computing, Microsoft shall keep its focus on being a successful software company. This however requires it to make radical change to its business model, development method and its competition strategy. In….
bawah ini adalah tabel mengenai posisi KKD sesuai dengan analisis IFE dan EFE serta analisis SWOT Internal | Eksternal | | S > W | O > T | Competitive | 2,11 > 0,65 | 1,28 > 1,11 | | GRAND STRATEGY MATRIX SPACE MATRIX DATA | Internal Strategies Position | External Strategies Position | X | Competitive (CA) | Industry (IS) | | (-6 worst, -1 best) | (+1 worst, +6 best) | | -3 Costumer Loyalty | +4 Profit potential | | -2 Product Quality | +2 Financial Stability |….
importantly, more profitable. These types of strategies are used to enable managers to determine which markets to target and how to maximize profits realized from these markets. The three most common marketing strategies are mass market, niche-market and growth market. The primary objective of the mass-market strategy is to capture sufficient volume to gain economies of scale and a cost advantage. There are two approaches to this strategy. The second approach is called differentiated….
Introduction 2 PART 1: CURRENT SITUATION ANALYSIS 2 I. ASIAN WRISTWATCH MARKET 2 II. TISSOT INDUSTRY 3 1. History 3 2. Sales analysis 4 3. Marketing and sales 5 III. PROBLEM 6 1. Viet Nam Environment 6 2. Swot Analysis 7 3. Unique Selling Proposition (USP) 9 PART 2: RECOMMENDATION 9 I. Growth opportunities of Tissot 10 II. Market Segmentation - Positioning of New wristwatch. 11 1. Segment Targeting 11 2. Positioning 12 III. Selected Marketing Strategy 12 PART 3: CONCLUSION 13 Appendix:…. | {
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Il dolce corpo di Deborah (1968)
... aka: Body, The
... aka: El dulce cuerpo de Deborah
... aka: En röst i mörkret (A Voice in the Darkness)
... aka: Married to Kill
... aka: Sweet Body of Deborah, The
Only very forgiving giallo addicts are going to want to swill this perfumed toilet water. Tranquilizer-popping, possibly unstable American Deborah (Carroll Baker) and her hunky new hubby Marcel (Jean Sorel) decide to take their honeymoon in Geneva, Switzerland so she can see where he grew up and learn as much about him as possible. Well, more like learn something about him as the two don't seem to know each other all that well. Everything is going fine (at least as far as sex and nice scenery are concerned) until they decide to go to a nightclub to watch a black dancer strip down to a g-string and Marcel runs into an old buddy of his. The friend, Philippe (Luigi Pistilli), glares at him, gives him the cold shoulder and turns right around and leaves as soon as her spots Marcel. Marcel chases him down only to have Philippe brand him a murderer; accusing him of killing his former girlfriend Suzanne prior to running off to the U.S. Philippe insinuates he murdered her, though the death is on the book as a suicide. Deborah overhears the entire conversation and, later on, presses Marcel to provide an explanation. That he does and a long flashback follows.
Prior to going to America, Marcel, who'd fallen on some hard times, fell in love with the well-to-do Suzanne Boileau ("Evelyn Stewart" / Ida Galli). Because some thugs he owed money to were beating him and threatening his life on a regular basis, Marcel had Suzanne swipe some money from her loaded parents to pay them off. Wanting to better himself (and pay them back), he then decided to go to America and stay with some friends in Boston until he could get back on his feet and provide better for their future. He promised Suzanne he'd write her every day and that he'd soon return to her, but that all changed once he met Deborah and fell in love with her. Supposedly the heartbroken Suzanne then committed suicide in his absence. Philippe is bitter because he was also in love with Suzanne and perhaps now wants revenge.
Now wanting to find out exactly what happened, Marcel goes to visit Suzanne's parents only to find the house has been abandoned long ago. When they go inside, they find a lit cigarette with lipstick on it and hear someone playing the piano but no one is to be found. A phone rings and the voice on the other end threatens Deborah; claiming they're going to kill her to punish Marcel for what he's done. A later call to the phone company reveals the phone at the villa was disconnected over a year ago. Never mind all of that, the lovey dovey duo have a plane to catch to Nice, France. Upon arrival, they rent a huge orange villa out in the country for a week and then many little things occur that give Marcel the impression that they didn't leave their troubles behind back in Geneva. Suzanne's favorite song ends up in their stack of records, Marcel thinks he sees Philippe at a boxing match and the strange phone calls begin again...
A lame and utterly forgettable thriller, Deborah is slow-moving, almost offensively empty and vapid and completely devoid of thrills and suspense. This has to be one of the weakest, most bland scripts ever penned by the prolific Ernesto Gastaldi. The dialogue is awful, the one-dimensional characters function as little more than mannequins to adorn with fine late 60s fashions and things plod along from one boring non-event to another until the very end when it unleashes a few customary "surprises." Sadly, the last minute plot twists are all incredibly lame and predictable (gee, a 300 thousand dollar life insurance policy... who'd have ever guessed!) and come way too late in the game to salvage this, anyway.
The only thrills this attempts to generate are of the erotic kind. However, since this was made during a big transitional period in world cinema when censorship was just starting to erode, the scenes are all extremely tame. We're talking close-up shots of arms, legs and shoulders and barely discernible "nude" scenes shot through foggy shower doors. In other words, there is no real nudity from the stars (at least not in the 92 minute version I viewed) despite about a half dozen "love" scenes. Instead, we get long sequences of the two leads kissing, hugging, lying in bed with strategically draped blankets wrapped around them and pawing at each other while spouting laughably insipid "romantic" dialogue ("You're so delicious... and I'm always so hungry.") Often resembling a feature-length perfume commercial (perhaps a better alternate title would have been "Eau de Giallo"), the print ads pretty much sold the entire film on the (bare) backs of the hot lead couple. Alas, it takes more than a few pretty faces to make something worth watching.
I love Baker in certain roles (like her brilliant turn in Andy Warhol's Bad) but, let's face it, when the woman is bad, she is really bad. In the English version, the actress dubbed her own voice (I believe several of the other main actors did as well) and, despite being in her mid-30s when this was filmed, usually sounds like a frail old lady. Her voice cracks, warbles and completely lacks inflection and she often awkwardly breaks and pauses between words as if trying to sync her dub to her lips. She does however look great and some of her clothing choices are pretty hilarious. During one scene, she cuts it loose in a comic book-themed nightclub ("Kaboom!") decked out in Christmas bulb earrings and bracelets. In another, she plays Twister on the front lawn while dressed in a lime green mesh onesie. Oh, the late 60s. Gotta love 'em.
Genre regular George Hilton is in this one, too, playing a voyeuristic painter named Robert. Born in Uruguay, the handsome Hilton started acting in Argentina but quickly relocated to Europe so that he could actually have a career. He was far better suited for the spaghetti westerns he was frequently cast in than suspense thrillers and horror, but found himself cast in numerous early 70s gialli anyway; usually ones also produced by Luciano Martino and directed by Luciano's brother Sergio Martino (who was one of the production managers on this one). In most of those films Hilton came off as incredibly bland and one-note, but he's a bit more animated and less wooden here despite the film itself being worse than his later efforts.
This French / Italian production was given a U.S. theatrical release in 1969 by Warner Brothers / Seven Arts but was never officially issued here on home video. Italy (on the Nocturno label), Greece (Key Video), Hungary (Mokep), Brazil (Mac) and Spain (CJ) all received VHS releases, while Italy, Sweden and Japan have gotten DVDs. The director was born under the name Romolo Girolami and is the brother of director Marino Girolami and uncle of director Enzo G. Castellari and actor Ennio Girolami. He also made the giallo The Double (1971) and a number of westerns.
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Morbo (1972)
... aka: Morbidness
Hidden gem alert, folks! While this one isn't all that easy to find (it was never officially released in the U.S. or many other places outside of Spain) it's definitely worth the effort to track down, especially for fans of subtle, ambiguous horror. Immediately following their wedding, young newlyweds Diego (Víctor Manuel) and Alicia (Ana Belén) hit the road with their camper in search of some adventure and fun. Feeling liberated and free, she even strips off her wedding gown down to a mesh bikini at a gas station in full view of the attendant. They drive along and finally pull off the main highway onto a dirt road, ignoring a "Prohibido el Paso" sign as they do. Going deep into the woods, they finally pull over in an empty field and decide to camp there for a few days. They gorge themselves on food and wine, have sex, carve their names into a tree, play dodge ball, discuss their love and their fears and other strange things, blown up some inflatable chairs, sunbathe and decide to open all of their gifts; most of which they mock and nonchalantly toss on the ground. Well, except for a Mona Lisa painting. Alicia wants to hang that by the fireplace of her beautiful country home. Once Diego buys it for her, of course. But the honeymoon doesn't last forever as they say... though usually newlywed bliss lasts longer than a day!
All of the happiness, passion and optimism about the future quickly falls by the wayside in favor of boredom, insecurity, bickering and a curious sudden disconnect between the two. He's brought along his economics books to catch up on some work. She's not happy about it and has no idea what to do with herself. When he suggests she go on a walk, she accuses him of treating her like a child. What we've done here is basically fast-forwarded to the problems and hurdles most couples face years down the line in their relationship. In this case you have the working career man and the housewife. He immerses himself in his work, becomes complacent, stops being attentive to her basic needs (he even has to be nagged continually to get her some clean water) and adopts an almost condescending, resentful attitude toward her at times. She quickly becomes bored, feels unfulfilled in her role and starts becoming increasingly neurotic. All of this coincides with a strong gust of wind, which is just the beginning of the odd things that start going on in the natural world around them as their relationship suddenly starts crumbling.
Alicia starts growing more paranoid and begins to suspect not only that he husband is lying but also that the two of them are not alone. She constantly has a feeling she's being watching, most particularly when she's naked, sleeping or being intimate with her new husband. She steps on a hairpin outside on the ground... and she doesn't use hairpins. Somehow the windshield wipers on their car turn on, which coincides with her wedding gown (left in the backseat) disappearing. One of her pet hamsters eats the head off of its mate, survives their attempt to drown it in the sink and eventually has to be tossed outside in a plastic bag. Their wedding cake topper is found floating in a river with the eyes on the bride gouged out. Diego discovers a seemingly-abandoned home nearby and takes water from their well, but the jugs are found emptied later on. And there's a lot more weirdness where that comes from.
I couldn't help but feel a strong sense of deja vu as this one unfolded. That's probably because it shares more than a few things in common with the later and much more famous Australian film LONG WEEKEND (1978). That Colin Eggleston-directed / Everett De Roche-scripted effort centers around an unhappy, extremely unlikable couple on the verge of divorce who take their camper to a secluded area in a last ditch effort to save their doomed relationship. Their foulness of mouth and personality, and their complete disregard for the natural world around them, leads mother nature to strike out at them. Morbo is so similar in so many different ways that I refuse to believe the makers of Weekend didn't see this one beforehand. And while I did enjoy Eggleston's film quite a bit, this is the more sophisticated and multi-layered of the two.
Director Suárez, who worked on a number of other genre films I'm now excited to check out, isn't one to completely tie himself down with genre restrictions and does a very impressive job making much from little. Most of the film takes place on one plot of land and the surrounding forest, yet he's able to keep viewers fully immersed in the plot and intrigued about where things may be headed. Not only that, but he generates a good amount of suspense and is able to create effectively eerie, disquieting moments from things as simple as the rustling of trees in the wind. Juan Amorós' excellent cinematography and an outstandingly creepy music score from Jacques Denjean both also contribute heavily to the film's success. The leads, who are both famous singers in Spain, deserve kudos as well for solid performances and holding the whole thing together. Belén is especially good.
American character actor Michael J. Pollard, who is always weird but perhaps even weirder than usual here with a deep, dubbed voice, turns up at the end in an enigmatic role as a backwoods creep who lives in a crumbling old mill house with his blind, wheelchair-bound, disfigured wife (María Vico), who was burned up in a forest fire. The wife, who's suicidal and bitter to the point where she doesn't even want to be touched, and the husband, who's been so long without companionship (and sex) he's driven to some very creepy behavior, seem to be a grim reflection of where the young couple may be headed one day. However, the same can't be said for the two stars in real life. They fell in love while making this film, got married and remain together to this very day. Suárez used both of them again the following year in his adventure-fantasy Al diablo con amor (To Hell with Love).
★★★1/2
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Portrait of a Palestinian-Activist Professor [on Hatem Bazian]
by Candace de Russy
Phi Beta Cons (NRO)
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/11133/portrait-of-a-palestinian-activist-professor-on
Hatem Bazian, a Palestinian native, teaches various Islamic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, all the while prolifically engaging in pro-Palestinian activism that demonizes Israel and, at times, the United States.
Cinnamon Stillwell of Campus Watch documents Bazian's activism. To give but a few examples:
• He was the sole speaker at a high school event billed as a Middle Eastern "cultural assembly," which featured a rap song by a student comparing Zionists to Nazis as students ran back and forth with Palestinian flags.
• At one university forum – an annual conference of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement – he shared the podium with now-jailed academic and terrorist fundraiser Sami Al-Arian of Florida Atlantic University.
• At an American Muslim Alliance conference promoting the Islamic State of Palestine, he sought out the following Hadith: "'In the Hadith, the Day of Judgment will never happen until you fight the Jews ... and the stones will say, 'Oh Muslim, there is a Jew hiding behind me. Come and kill him!'"
• He is said to be working on a book with the overheated title, Virtual Internment: Arabs, Muslims, and South Asians, and the War on Terrorism.
• At an anti-war protest he called for an "intifada in this country" and then went on to proclaim, "[sic] They're gonna say some Palestinian being too radical – well, you haven't seen radicalism yet!" (See zombietime.com.)
• In the same vein, Bazian will be one of the speakers this week (May 11) at an event in Dearborn, MI called "Palestine: We Will Return," which will commemorate "the 1948 occupation of Palestine and the 1967 occupation of the West Bank" (i.e, the 59th anniversary of Israel's founding, whereby the Palestinians, then called Arabs, were offered, but refused, their own state, and Israel's triumph in the Arab-initiated 1967 six-day war).
Stillwell aptly concludes that "all too often, those with Bazian's political proclivities are seen by the academic establishment as suitable representatives for Middle East studies in American universities. Until colleges and universities distance themselves from such polarizing figures rather than legitimizing them with positions of influence, public distrust of academia is likely to persist – and rightly so."
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Recent work in rhetorical citizenship by Christian Kock and Lisa Villadsen combines the theories of political argumentation and deliberation with rhetorical agency. A theory of rhetorical citizenship where deliberation in the context of political argumentation plays a crucial role makes use of rhetorical theory in both an epistemic and evaluative capacity. However, as much as deliberation is about weighing two sides of an issue, or two issues side by side, the metaphor of weight is not listed as a rhetorical concept in rhetorical canon. This essay explores a common sense scientific understanding of weight to explicate the senses in which we use the term "weight" metaphorically.
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Peer deep into the constellation Sagittarius and you will find a spectacular young star cluster and its associated stellar nursery. These are M8 and the Lagoon Nebula.
The majestic star-forming region in the Lagoon Nebula. The pale ring to the right is an internal reflection in the telescope. (Image credit: ESO/ VPHAS+/ V. Kalari and J. Vink (Armagh Observatory)
More than 4300 light years (1320 parsecs) from the Solar System, this is an active star-forming region. Billions of years ago our Sun and its planets formed in a similar structure. Today when we on Earth look at M8 and the Lagoon Nebula we are seeing a vast molecular cloud with newly-formed stars shining through. Newborn stars, perhaps a mere million years old, are ferociously active and their energies are exciting the gases of the nebula causing them to glow. We have become used to admiring beautiful imagery of deep sky objects like this, but how are they created? Let us take a brief look at how the photons emitted from gas and plasma thousands of light years away were turned into this particular image.
The raw data which became this image was captured at the 2.6m VST telescope (VLT Survey Telescope) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) site at Paranal, Chile in December 2011. You could, I suppose, put an eyepiece to the focus of this telescope in the hope of directly seeing the colourful splendour of the Lagoon Nebula for yourself but you are likely to be disappointed. You would certainly see the nebula and detect its structure, telescopic observers have been mapping it since the 1700s, but something would be missing from your view. Rather than dazzling with vibrant colours, the nebula would appear a pale and drab grey. Its hues are too faint to trigger the colour-sensing cone cells in the retina.
Rather than merely looking down the telescope, astronomers use instruments to capture their data, in this case the OmegaCAM CCD imager mounted on the VST telescope. The OmegaCAM's field of view of captures an area of the sky roughly 1 degree square at a resolution of 0.21 arcsec/pixel. To put that into perspective, if the OmegaCAM were to be turned towards the Moon (something it is not designed to observe) it could in principle discern features about 400m across. To be more realistic and relevant, the Lagoon Nebula is roughly around 20 000 million million miles away from us. At that distance, each OmegaCAM CCD pixel captures an area in the Lagoon nebula nearly 50 000 million miles (roughly 500 au) across (to give an idea of scale Pluto is currently about 33 au from the Sun) .
A closer look. (Image credit: ESO/ VPHAS+/ V. Kalari and J. Vink (Armagh Observatory)
The combined VST and OmegaCAM are not a "point and shoot" camera. The image you see had to be developed from 18 separate images taken using three filters (six images per filter), H alpha in red, r-band filter in blue, and i band filter in green. The 18 component images were further processed twice. First they were pipeline processed at the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU) centre at University of Cambridge to correct for various unavoidable instrumental effects. At Armagh Observatory Venu Kalari then used bespoke software to deal with such heavy image processing and combined the multiple images from the different filters to create a single image file.
Venu and his colleagues use images like this to identify individual young forming stars in the Lagoon Nebula and determine their ages. They have discovered that younger stars are still situated close to the gas clouds from which they have collapsed, whereas older stars are more dispersed. This sort of insight into the age and distribution of stars helps astronomers to mentally go back in time to understand the details of how stars emerged in this and other star-forming regions. More than just a pretty picture, images like this help clarify and enhance our vision of how the cosmos came to be.
(Thanks to Venu for sharing this image and describing how it was composed.
Article by Colin Johnston, Science Education Director)
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Our NGO needs more volunteers practicing sign language, deaf or hearing because many
are not aware of the emotional impact that this has in the sentimental life of Deaf people.
Today, just in France, are an estimate, congenital deafness affects one in 1000 newborns, or 700 deaf children each year.
111,600 people with profound hearing loss (loss greater than 90 decibels), or 1.8 per thousand of the population, including 80,000 practicing LSF (French Sign Language).
372,000 people with severe hearing loss (loss between 70 and 90 db), or 0.6% of the population.
Knowing that there are more than 360 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the world.
Reading this sad survey with impressive figures: people who are deaf or hard of hearing have five times more suicidal thoughts than the average general population.
And in their lifetime, they have made two to three more suicide attempts, probably in part because of the many physical or sexual abusetheyd.
This is revealed by a study published on Tuesday (December 15th) by the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (Inpes). This work was carried out in 2011-12 via a questionnaire distributed on the Internet.
A total of 2,994 people, aged 15 to 75, participated in the study. Some were deaf, others had hearing problems (tinnitus or hyperacusis).
Their responses were compared to a study in the general population.
But an important factor also concerns the violence suffered by these deaf or hard of hearing people: they are twice as likely to report having been victims of physical violence.
Nearly a quarter of them say they have been subjected to derogatory or humiliating looks, words or gestures in the past 12 months.
And 26.7% of women say they have been victims of sexual violence before.
"We know that people with disabilities are unfortunately more vulnerable than others to this violence.
But this is a very worrying figure that should encourage us to work to better understand the reality of the problem," said Audrey Sitbon, the head of the study.
Deafness, an invisible handicap.
Jean-Louis Bosc hopes that this investigation will help to better understand a largely ignored problem.
"Deafness is an invisible handicap. "In the face of a blind person, you quickly understand the reality of disability," he says. And in general, we show empathy and benevolence. For deaf people, sometimes it's different.
And many people, even sometimes in the immediate vicinity, do not appreciate the great psychological distress they may feel. »
According to Dr. Aurore Juan, certain "hinge periods" can be sources of great fragility.
"These are often moments of rupture in people's lives.
For example, at the age of 18-20, when they see the whole system of support put in place during childhood or adolescence disappear," stresses this psychiatrist, who practices at the medical-psychological centre for the deaf and hard of hearing in Lyon. "Another critical moment is retirement. Many people, who had done a lot of work in socio-professional integration despite their disability, sometimes find themselves very poor.
That's why we need more idea of testimony to support this community of deaf people in the world as well.
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Time wise this film has come too late, as the Ashton Kutcher "Jobs" film beat it to the punch by a few years and its also been far too long since the death of Jobs for him to be as relevant as he once was. Furthermore people are slowly starting to wake up to the fact he wasn't so much of genius, as much of a very successful and visionary business man and nothing more.
However, that is besides the point. Hollywood wants to make a biopic about somebody who we supposedly don't know enough of and with David Boyle directing its supposed to be comforting to movie fans that its in good hands. Which it would be, if it only were that easy.
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EEEEE! Check me into The Electrik Hotel- STAT! Watching the video for UK popstar Lolene's latest single "Rich (Fake It Til You Make It)" only further solidified my love for this lady popstrel. The video starts out with Lolene working a boring 9 to 5 before coming out of her shell - getting all sexified right before eyes. LOVE. The video is dripping with glamor, fierceness and fabulosity. Produced by The Messengers, "Rich" is currently impacting Top 40 Radio in America while the video premiered on June 29th on the LOGO channel. The Electrick Hotel is due out in the Fall.
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You must make reservations at least 5 minutes in advance of the time at Dawett Fine Indian Cuisine.
The Dishes Were Delicious..The Service Was Exceptional..The Indian Art Was Amazing..
Love the food here and usually all is satisfactory. However, after our meal we were going to order after dinner drinks but our waitress was nowhere to be found. After approx 15 minutes, we asked another waitress is she could locate our waitress. Finally, our waitress appeared but by that time it was too late to order our drinks. So, we lost out and so did Dawett.
Great food! Price was good and the atmosphere was intimate.
Enjoyed New Year's Eve dinner out st this great find. The food was great and the servers were knowledgeable and friendly. We were from out of town and really lucked out on this gem. Totally recommend.
I picked this place for celiac friendly foods, and was very happy.
As always at this restaurant. The food was very good.
This was the first time I've held a business meeting over lunch at Dawetts. I recommend it now both for great dinners and business lunches.
Dawett is one of my very favourite restaurants in town. It was my husband and my first date and the place we had our wedding rehearsal dinner. The manager/owner knows us by name and always makes sure we are enjoying ourselves. The staff is wonderful and very prompt. The food is unbelievable as is the rice and fresh naan bread. The menu is very large with a huge variety of different dishes. We will always be regulars at Dawett - I cant say enough good things!
Love this place. Wish I could go more often. By far the best Indian restaurant in Kelowna if not the best overall restaurant.
Had to wait over an hour before food arrived. Our order was lost in the line up. Had another event to attend so took away the pleasure of a leisurely dinning experience.
Dawett is without a doubt my favourite restaurant in Kelowna. The food is exceptional, always hot and fresh and so full of flavour. I've never had a meal there that hasn't been rave-worthy. However, I literally cringe when I walk in and see that the male server (I think there is only one) is going to be serving my table. He is intrusive and so incredibly pushy about up-selling - extra drinks, more expensive dishes instead of less expensive, etc. I don't mind being given suggestions but he makes me so uncomfortable that I think if I saw he was my server again I would leave and come back later. This meal was like all the others - absolutely delicious. We had the fish tikka, which came with big perfectly cooked chunks of fish, and the eggplant bhartha, which was among the best I've ever had. Our server was pushy about one of our guests ordering more beer, pushy about us ordering the vegetable biriyani instead of the plain rice we asked for, and rude when the other guests declined drinks other than water. He then ignored us for the rest of the meal, not bringing water by or asking how things were. Please please sort out your service issues and I would eat here everyday!!!
The food seems different since the last time we were there in February. Chicken more fatty. Not as nice quality.
Very tasty, nicely spiced but not too hot. We had the butter chicken, onion kulcha naan, a lamb dish and fish vindaloo as well as a tandoori mixed grill. Everything was top class, my son took home the remains with the some extra naan, he said it was still delicious the next day for breakfast.
Fabulously flavoured Indian food well prepared and executed. Naan was extra special. Well balanced to your heat level.
My friend and I were so excited to try Dawett as we love Indian food. The veggie pakoras were decent but all different temperatures, the garlic and basil naan was crunchy and the basil was clearly out of a dried shaker. The chicken in the tikka masala had little shards of bone and chunks cartilage in it. Completely turned us off.
I was disappointed and won't be going back.
Great food (esp Tandoori), service and atmosphere. Loved it.
Restaurant didn't register the open table reservation. We got the best table in the restaurant anyway. I always enjoyed the meals there, but that night, the appetizers (veggie pakora) were a little dry and mealy in texture.
The food was fine. The butter chicken tasted odd though. The service wasn't great but to be fair I think they were short of staff because it was a holiday.
Excellent food. We always visit when we come to Kelowna!
I can't understand how anybody could complain about this fine establishment. The food is 5 star and the service is excellent. I don't live around here so I can only visit a few times a year but every dining experience has been perfect. The best Indian food in Kelowna.
We had the dinner for two and were pleased with all dishes except the dal. It tasted completely off, definitely old and probably spoiled. When the waitress asked if everything was good, we were glad to report that everything was delicious, except for the dal. Five minutes later the manager came to the table asking what was wrong. When we told her that the dal tasted terrible she had the nerve to tell us that we did not know what dal was supposed to taste like and that no one had ever complained about it so it could not be as we described it. I was insulted at her comment and would not ever return to such a restaurant, it's a shame since the other dishes were delicious.
One of my favourite restaurants in a Kelowna. The food is always consistent.
Great choice if you're downtown Kelowna. I love the tandoori specialties, but I've had the curries too and they're perfect also. They have draft beer, which is nice with Indian food and have a small wine list too. Very friendly, good service!
Great experience every time I go for dinner. It seems the online bookings have taken them by surprise as the Valentine's bookings online overlapped with what they had by phone and so there was some confusion as to who got the tables. They sorted it out though as fast as they could and everyone was happy. Love this restaurant, highly recommended!
My husband and I were having a lovely time and had finished our meal which was delicious and the service excellent as well. We had half a glass of wine each and the owner came over and told us that there was a line up of people waiting. We were horrified. At the most we would have been a few more minutes at best.
We had made a reservation for our dinner, we were there a little more than an hour.
I felt he was incredibly out of line and very rude. I did take him aside and let him know that this is not the type of behaviour he should be conveying to his patrons.
I'm not sure I would go back.
The food and service was good. We did wait awhile for our food but didn't mind or complain that they should hurry up.
We had just finished our meal and were chatting when the manager asked us to leave as they had people waiting for the table. The total time we were in the restaurant was one hour and fifteen minutes. If you are looking for fast food not bad,if you want a relaxing dinner with friends this is not the place, very rushed. We won't go back .
Went at New Year's eve. Service was fast and friendly even though it was busy. Food is the best Indian food we have had for ages. Prices are excellent and the menu has everything you might want including a range (albeit small) of draft beers. This will be a regular.
Dawett's has yet to disappoint with their tasty dishes and the recommendations from their servers! We will be returning and bringing friends!
Tried a couple of new dishes and cocktails. Both were delicious.
A very delicious and wide menu to pick from. A regular spot for us to visit and bring friends to. | {
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Making Time
Not ready for the burden of a full-time business? How do your evenings and weekends look?
Brendan Howard
This story appears in the June 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
You want to start a business, but you have other responsibilities. Maybe you're a full-time student already pulling study sessions all night long, a stay-at-home mom or dad keeping the household running or a full-fledged 9-to-5er. So, what do you do?
Have you considered starting your business part time? Aah, but then all those little nagging questions appear in your mind's eye-the questions that threaten to stop you before you even get started. Well, to counter those dream-squashing questions, here are some answers from people who know firsthand about the difficulties (and rewards) of starting part time.
The Benefits and Risks
Is starting a business part time a good idea?
Absolutely. According to Jack Reiners, a business counselor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison's Small Business Development Center (SBDC), most entrepreneurs start their businesses part time, whether they're full-timers, students or stay-at-home parents with other income. "The risk is dramatically lessened," explains Reiners, "and it takes the time pressure off. You don't need to get your business started tomorrow-next week is good enough, the week after is OK." Reiners' clients tend to follow his advice: "Don't quit your day job."
What are the benefits to starting my business part time?
For full-time workers who want to test the entrepreneurial waters, there's a steady paycheck-financial security during start-up, a time when many entrepreneurs are broke or nearly so. A full-time job also provides you with a network of potential contacts, advisors and future customers to help your business grow.
For midnight-oil-burning students, school can be the perfect incubator for a start-up. "When you live in a dorm and eat in a cafeteria, you don't have to worry about working to buy food or make a payment on your house," says Clay Johnson, 23, founder and community strategist for KnowPost.com, an all-purpose Q&A Web site. While pursuing a degree at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Johnson asked his professors questions about "hypothetical" businesses (his own) and hired other rent-worry-free college volunteers in KnowPost's early days. When KnowPost got its first infusion of venture capital, Johnson took his Web site out of the dorms and into an office building-and put his degree on the back-burner.
How risky is it?
Every business is risky, and many fail. Alan Knitowski, 31, president and CEO of Vovida Networks, in San Jose, California, a provider of Open Telephony Application Platforms for next-generation, Internet Protocol (IP)-based Linux networks, had the odds stacked against him. Knitowski was working 50- to 60-hour weeks with an operations management consulting firm; he was enrolled in the final semester of his MBA program at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley; and he was enjoying the arrival of his first daughter, Kaylan Paige . . . all just a month before his company's incorporation in February 1999. "There's a certain amount of financial risk you have to have the stomach for," says Knitowski, "because you can have it all blow up in your face." But by starting part time, you can lessen some of that risk and give your business time to percolate.
Can I use the resources of my full-time job for my part-time business?
Yes...to an extent. For students, the college environment is your oyster. Those working full-time shouldn't spend their full-time resources on their own businesses in an inappropriate fashion. What's inappropriate? There's no pat answer; it's a common-sense judgment. "If you think it is, it probably is," says Reiners.
But that doesn't mean your full-time job can't help you. David Sikora, 40, founder and CEO of Palm Harbor, Florida-based PeopleSense Inc. moved from human resources at Cigna Corp. to market research, to better learn the re-insurance business because he knew the experience would help him if he went off on his own someday. It did: Sikora uses his new marketing savvy and understanding of the small-business landscape at PeopleSense, his Web-based provider of human resources help for small businesses. "If you can develop business ideas that relate to your employment," says Sikora, "you can get a real head start-both on the learning curve of what it takes to be successful and in developing your business while you're still employed [full time]."
No current job? What about past jobs, hobbies and special talents? "People need to understand they're not coming in naked," says Reiners. "They do have experiences that relate."
If I decide to start a business part time, what should be my first step?
"Plan, plan, plan," counsels Reiners. If you're a newbie, take a course in business planning at a local college or SBDC. Buy a business-planning book and start mapping out your ideas. And don't fall into the trap of "fill-in-the-blank" books or software. "It's not the plan itself, but the planning that's important," Reiners says.
Sikora knows all about planning. When he was still working for Cigna, he and his wife sat down to work out the details of PeopleSense, and wrote out a two-year plan "for what the start-up and the expenses might look like." Sikora also did plenty of market research, examining his competition and his target market.
Should I tell my employer?
"For a certain period of time, I kept it pretty close to my chest," says Knitowski. "You never want to disclose all of your thoughts to your bosses or sometimes even your own family. You have to sort through all the opportunities, figure out what you're really going to do and then be upfront with people."
That's what Sikora did. When he got more serious about starting his business part time but was still working full time, he approached his bosses, who were very understanding. They arranged an informal agreement stating that either side would give six months' notice before terminating their working relationship. "It's much easier to be upfront," says Sikora. "It made things simpler because I wasn't trying to hide what I was doing."
Reiners agrees. "Don't burn bridges. You want your reputation unbesmirched, and you may want to utilize your current employer as a reference, a customer or a supplier-all kinds of relationships you don't want to destroy."
Fitting a Business Into Your Schedule
What sort of business is best to start part time?
"All the personal services," says Reiners, "and all the functions that can be easily outsourced." Steer clear of trying to set up any manufacturing part time, as the big outlay of capital for both production and distribution is prohibitively expensive.
How am I going to fit a part-time business into my schedule?
"You need to forcibly schedule your day," says Knitowski, who juggled family, school, a full-time job and his start-up. "The best thing I found was to schedule meetings in my personal life the same way I would business or school."
This is especially important for those part-timers who do their work at home. "It's very easy to become a home owner rather than a home worker," warns Reiners. When you schedule time to work on your business at home, work on your business.
Where can I get information to help me plan?
Besides business-planning courses and books, there are a myriad of resources and organizations to assist you. Sikora got 35 percent of his start-up help from websites and e-mail correspondence from those he met online. "I've gotten a lot of helpful ideas, suggestions and leads from people I've never met face-to-face."
Reiners recommends trade associations (many offer free literature on starting businesses in their fields), libraries, SBDCs (at a university near you), local and state chambers of commerce and the Census (great for marketing data).
Also keep in mind that fledgling entrepreneurs often lack focus in the planning stages. They have "the desire to be all things to all people but the lack of time and ability to do so," says Reiners. Narrow your business so you have a market realistically suited to your product or service.
But What Can I Do?
Here are some of the best homebased businesses to start and run part-time:
Know tons of spelling and grammatical rules? Editing/proofreading
Believe cleanliness is next to godliness? Cleaning services
Enjoy conjuring order from chaos? Professional organizer
Got a second language under your belt? Translator/interpreter
Want to put that college degree to use? Tutoring (computer/scholastic)
Think you can do better than last night's atrocious business reception? Meeting and event planning
-from The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century by Paul and Sarah Edwards
Part Time to Big Time
Mary Kay Ash discovered her talent for selling when she took part-time work peddling encyclopedias to support her family-she sold a three month quota in a day and a half. She would later parlay this knack into her own multimillion-dollar Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Taking time away from a never-to-be-finished med-school degree, Michael Dell spent his spare time refurbishing old computers for resale from his University of Texas, Austin, dorm room. The cash-cow hobby evolved into Dell Computer Corp., a nearly $96 billion computer systems company.
Eileen Ford was working full time as a stylist (at two jobs!) when her first child was born. For an infusion of household capital, she took on extra work as an agent for a few models. Her part-time work eventually blossomed into the world-famous Ford Modeling Agency, which she co-founded with her husband, Jerry.
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The southernmost Script error: No such module "convert". of Route 163 passes through Balboa Park and under the Cabrillo Bridge. Emerging from Downtown San Diego on an intersection with Ash Street, it crosses Interstate 5 before entering Balboa Park. The section of Highway 163 south of Interstate 8 through Balboa Park is not Interstate standard, featuring a wide, grassy median with many mature trees. It has only four lanes for the most part and has several sharp curves (for a freeway). In an effort to improve safety along this section, wooden guardrails with steel reinforcement were installed in December 2004 on either side of the grassy median.[2] The section of Highway 163 north of Interstate 8 is an Interstate-standard, eight-lane freeway. Just north of the interchange with I-8, the expressway treks north, climbing uphill from Mission Valley to Linda Vista, where it has an interchange with Genesee Avenue. After a northbound only exit with Mesa College Drive / Kearny Villa Road, the interchange with Interstate 805 is northbound only in the northbound direction and southbound only in the southbound direction. In Kearny Mesa, the freeway has interchanges with Balboa Avenue, and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, in which between the two interchanges, it gains a frontage road on both sides of the freeway. Following the Clairemont Mesa Blvd. interchange, it heads north to CA 52, where it forms one part of one of the biggest bottlenecks in San Diego County. The freeway then heads north to Kearny Villa Road, which was a former route of Interstate 15, before terminating at the current I-15 near Miramar and the southern terminus of the reversible lanes of I-15.
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System[3] and is designated a State Scenic Highway.[4]
The southernmost portion of the highway, running through Balboa Park, was designated a California Historic Parkway in 2002.[5] This segment, which was started in 1942 and opened in 1948 as part of U.S. Route 395, was the first freeway in San Diego County and one of the first in California.[6] The Cabrillo Freeway was also part of US 80 from the late 1940s until 1964.[7] This stretch of road has been called one of America's most beautiful parkways.[8]
There were previously southbound entrances at Quince and Richmond Streets, but these have been closed. The single-lane bridge at Richmond Street which allowed this entrance still exists but is closed to traffic, and the remainder of the ramp has been demolished.
Exit list
The entire route is in San Diego, San Diego County.
<tr><th scope="col">mi[9]</th><th scope="col">km</th><th scope="col">Exit[9]</th><th scope="col">Destinations</th><th scope="col">Notes</th></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">0.00</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">0.00</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">—</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">10th Avenue</td><td rowspan="1">Continuation beyond Ash Street; south end of SR 163; northbound entrance only accessible from 11th Avenue and A Street</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">0.06</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">0.10</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">1A</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Ash Street</td><td rowspan="1">No exit number northbound; northbound exit only accessible from A Street</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">0.06</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">0.10</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">1A</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Script error: No such module "Jct".</td><td rowspan="1">Southbound exit is part of exit 1B</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">0.36</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">0.58</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">1B</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Script error: No such module "Jct".</td><td rowspan="1">Southbound exit and northbound entrance</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">0.36</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">0.58</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">1B</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Quince Street – Balboa Park</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Northbound exit only</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">1.27</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">2.04</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">1C</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Richmond Street – San Diego Zoo, Museums</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Northbound exit only</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">2.22</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">3.57</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">2A</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Robinson Avenue</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Northbound exit and southbound entrance</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">2.22</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">3.57</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">2A</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Washington Street east (I-8 Bus.)</td><td rowspan="1">Signed as exit 2B northbound</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">2.22</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">3.57</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">2B</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Washington Street west (I-8 Bus.)</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">No northbound exit</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">2.45</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">3.94</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">2C</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">University Avenue</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">No northbound exit</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">3.21</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">5.17</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">3</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Script error: No such module "Jct"., Beaches</td><td rowspan="1">Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3B (west)</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">3.84</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">6.18</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">4</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Friars Road</td><td rowspan="1">Northbound exit is part of exit 3B</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">5.26</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">8.47</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">5</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Genesee Avenue</td><td rowspan="1">Signed as exits 5A (east) and 5B (west) northbound</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">6.01</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">9.67</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">6</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Mesa College Drive, Kearny Villa Road</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Northbound exit and southbound entrance</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">6.51</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">10.48</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">7A</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Script error: No such module "Jct".</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Northbound exit and southbound entrance</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">6.51</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">10.48</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">7A</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Script error: No such module "Jct".</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Southbound exit and northbound entrance</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">7.48</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">12.04</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">7B</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Balboa Avenue</td><td rowspan="1">Former SR 274</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">8.28</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">13.33</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">8</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Clairemont Mesa Boulevard</td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">9.02</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">14.52</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">9A</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Script error: No such module "Jct".</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Northbound exit and southbound entrance</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">9.02</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">14.52</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">9B</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Script error: No such module "Jct".</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Signed as exit 9 southbound; no northbound entrance</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">10.31</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">16.59</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">10</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Kearny Villa Road</td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right">11.23</th><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:right;background-color:#f2f2f2">18.07</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Script error: No such module "Jct".</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of SR 163</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="6" class="wikitable hlist" style="text-align:center;background-color:#f2f2f2">1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
^ California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed February 2008
^ "New type of guardrail for Route 163 unveiled". San Diego Union Tribune. September 12, 2004.
^ CA Codes (shc:250-257)
^ San Diego Business Journal
^ Marshall, David (2007). San Diego's Balboa Park. Arcadia Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7385-4754-1.
^ Jensen, Jeff (2013). Drive the Broadway of America!. Tucson, Arizona: Bygone Byways. pp. Pages 216 and 217. ISBN 9780978625900.
^ Marshall, David. San Diego's Balboa Park. Arcadia Publishing. 2007.
^ a b Warring, KS (March 7, 2008). "State Route 163 Freeway Interchanges" (PDF). California Numbered Exit Uniform System. California Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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Broadclough Dykes: Lancashire's Most Important Unresolved Archeological Site?
September 21, 2019 by Simon Dalley in History
The beautiful and historic hamlet of Broadclough sits in a valley atop the East Lancashire moors, around a mile from the source of the River Irwell, which runs through the valley's centre. On the hillside of the clough sits what has been described as 'the most important archaeological sites in East Lancashire', one on which there is no consensus: Broadclough Dykes.
Many of those travelling through the hamlet of Broadclough – with its stone cottages, remaining mill buildings and scattering of farms – would scarce imagine anything of significance lay within its bounds.
In fact, Broadclough was for many years at the heart of the administration of the Forest of Rossendale, being the location of the only ancient hall in the area. Broadclough Hall was owned and occupied by the forest's constables, who were known as the Greave of the Forest of Rossendale; a quasi-hereditary position long held by the Whittaker family. The proximity of the hall to the dykes may not be accidental but rather may indicate the continued importance of the area through the ages.
The massive earthworks at Broadclough have been long associated with a famous British battle, which is well described in ancient chronicles, but whose location is a matter of debate. In 937 AD, a battle was fought between the English King Athelstan and an ensemble of the other factions from the British Isles, led by the Viking King Olaf Guthfrithson. Athelstan wanted to consolidate the new state of England, which had been largely carved out by his Grandfather Alfred, whereas the others forces were determined to either regain land or prevent the Saxons from further securing their new-made kingdom.
This battle, known as The Battle of Brunanburh was one of the biggest battles ever fought on British soil and Broadclough Dykes are said to be associated with this pivotal moment in British history.
Thomas Newbigging was the first to write at length about Broadclough Dykes in his book History Of The Forest of Rossendale, however, the association with Brunanburh may be mere conjecture due to the dyke's location, which is near to River Brun in Burnley. This argument does have some legitimacy as the name does suggest a fortification near the River Brun.
The dykes are around one mile from Bacup, the centre of one of Lancashire's best-preserved mill towns and sit on the hillside overlooking the River Irwell; that mighty watercourse that once powered the industrial revolution. It is perhaps the fascination with the industrial revolution, its prominence in the history of Lancashire and its enduring impact on our landscapes and townscapes, that has helped diminish the cultural significance of Lancashire's more ancient structures.
Broadclough Dykes are approached by a small track that runs up to Dykes House Farm. The enormous entrenchment sits behind Dykes House Farm and visitors can access the trench here by hopping over a small style.
Looking down the main trench it appears the central area, which is around 15 metres wide, has been cleared away, the embankment being a continuation of the hillside on the opposite side of the dyke. This is further backed up by outcropping geology on the sides of the bank, which shows the shale bed still in situ.
Newbigging also stated that the farmer from Dykes House Farm reported the undulating and pitted land closer to the turnpike – and behind what is now Broadclough Mill – is made up of loose soil, which is of a "filled-up character", containing fragments of sticks, bark and other substances that are not normally found in the natural deposits. He supposed this is where the soils dug out of the main dyke had been used to construct defences further down the slope.
Whilst there is no hard evidence of where the Battle of Brunanburh took place, many people now believe it took place at Bromborough on the Wirral. This would seem to make sense from a naming perspective, but also because Olaf forces were said to have arrived in a fleet of 650 ships from Ireland.
Tantalisingly though, in The History Of The Parish of Rochdale, Fishwick reports a grave at a farm near Stubbylee in Bacup, just over a mile from the dykes, which is said to be the grave of a Danish chieftain who was killed at Broadclough. And local legend has it that the battle was fought on the moors above the dykes, near an old track known as Long Dyke.
In 1974 the Bacup Natural History Society carried out a test dig on the main dyke, confirming the banking wall was natural, however, no other conclusive evidence was discovered. Furthermore, without connecting up and investigating the many features on the hillsides of this upland valley, it may be impossible to conclusively reveal the origin and history of the dykes and its related features.
Another unresolved fact is that the dykes are discontinuous across a large part of the hillside, springing up again on the same contour to the west behind Setting Barn Farm towards Dykes Barn Farm and to the east next to the old highway. It's possible some of the dykes have been ploughed out, were never finished or were originally intersected with natural boundaries such as densely wooded areas or peat bogs.
Of course, the dykes may, in fact, have no association with Brunanburh, Vikings or Saxons, and they may have a far more ancient origin. From the nearby Tooter Hill, where a Neolithic village was located, the dykes are the most prominent feature in the landscape and even now, as visitors enter the town of Bacup from Rochdale, the dykes dominate the view from the brow-top road leading into the town. It's now posited that the dykes are part of a chain of neolithic and Bronze Age developments covering much of the hillside around Broadclough.
Others have suggested the structures represents a cross-dyke or even a partially completed hill fort, whilst others argue it could be a Romano-British structure. But that doesn't preclude their legendary later use and the association with the foundations of the English state.
Whatever the case, Broadclough Dykes is more spectacular than most of the better-known earthworks in Lancashire. The area is worthy of a visit and deserving of a great deal more investigation.
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CDB among Business Today Top 30 for second year
An architect's image of the proposed CDB Innovation Centre.
Building blocks for empowering a Smart Sri Lanka at core of business strategy
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) added to its significant collective of accolades by being recognised within the Business Today (BT) Top 30.
A fitting tribute to celebrate its 25th year, CDB has over the years prompted transformations in the corporate psyche of the financial services industry with its emphasis on an unbeatable formula of revolutionary innovation driven by a young dynamic team buying into a vision of financial inclusivity for a smart and sustainable Sri Lanka.
CDB gained its first nod into the prestigious BT Top 30 rankings just last year which recognizes published information by companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange and social considerations. This is the second consecutive year CDB has been recognized based on its performance for YE 31st March 2020.
MD/CEO Mahesh Nanayakkara accepts the laurels which he attributes to his highly motivated young team comprising ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
"CDB has been recognized repeatedly for being a socially conscious environmentally responsible corporate citizen committed to financial inclusion for people of multiple demographics, diverse walks of life and businesses of all scales.
What you now see is a tapestry that has been woven over 25 years of a progressive story reflecting the passion and dedication of our team," he said. | {
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Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world that was badly damaged by three earthquakes, will be rebuild nearby its original location.
Written by Felgr Pavel on 18 October 2015 .
The Sun Cult complex of Queen Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahari consists of two main rooms: the Night Sun chapel (Vestibule) and the Altar courtyard with two small transitory rooms. The first room separates the Night Sun chapel from the Altar courtyard and the other separates the Night Sun chapel from the rest of the upper courtyard.
The opening ceremony of the Complex of the Sun Cult in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari will take place on Sunday noon. The event is organized by the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities in cooperation with the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland.
Written by Felgr Pavel on 12 August 2015 .
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Q: Rails STI: invoking child method I've got something like this
class Reply < AR::Base
end
class VideoReply < Reply
def hello
p 'not ok'
end
end
class PostReply < Reply
def hello
p 'ok'
end
end
...
So when I am creating object:
# params[:reply][:type] = "VideoReply"
@reply = Reply.new(params[:reply])
How can I invoke child method (in this case VideoReply::hello)?
UPD:
I can imagine only very stupid solution:
@reply = Reply.new(params[:reply])
eval(@reply.type).find(@reply.id).hello
But it is not cool, I think :)
A: When you're dealing with STI-based models, you'll have problems creating them if you're not careful. Retrieving them should be done automatically so long as you use the base class to find.
What you need is to create the proper kind of model in the first place and the rest will be fine. In your model or controller define a list of valid classes:
REPLY_CLASSES = %w[ Reply VideoReply PostReply ]
Then you can use this to verify the type before creating an object:
# Find the type in the list of valid classes, or default to the first
# entry if not found.
reply_class = REPLY_CLASSES[REPLY_CLASSES.index(params[:reply][:type]).to_i]
# Convert this string into a class and build a new record
@reply = reply_class.constantize.new(params[:reply])
This should create a reply with the proper class. Methods should work as desired at this point.
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Updated Bentley Mulsanne emerges as Rolls-Royce prepares the Phantom's Swan-Song
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Even as the bell tolls for the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the latest variant of the Bentley Mulsanne sallies forth, larger and more powerful than ever. Behind the scenes, the parent companies of BMW and the Volkswagen Auto Group ready their biggest and most powerful dreadnoughts in a set piece battle for the wallets of the wealthy.
First, it's the long-awaited swan-song for the Phantom V Series II. Mildly refreshed just once in her lifetime, the queen regent of the luxury car segment has aged with the grace you'd expect from the Rolls-Royce badge. While first the Ghost and then the Wraith proved faster, with twin-turbocharged V12s huffing out more than merely adequate power, the Phantom's tall and slab-sided road presence was essentially unmatched in modern cars.
The last of the Phantoms will be built in November of this year at the Rolls-Royce factory in Goodwood. The last made will earn the appellation Zenith, as they are expected to be the finest Phantom VIIs ever made, available as either coupes or drophead convertibles. The former is probably the rarest type of modern Rolls-Royce; just 50 of these Zenith machines will be made.
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"Zenith will be the sum of all the best features of Phantom Coupé and Drophead Coupé," Director of Design, Giles Taylor, "with a few surprises added." Expect unique colours, a special treatment for the retractable Spirit of Ecstasy, and something called a Tailgate Hosting Area. We expect this is the sort of thing used when out in the field on a pheasant hunt, not for grilling a coupla franks at the ol' pigskin game. But hey, it's your Rolls – do with it what you will, and rest assured that a new Phantom is on the way should you accidentally drip mustard on your bespoke leather seats.
Meanwhile, Bentley's flagship Mulsanne sedan steams onward in a series of new forms: Standard, Speed, and Extended Wheelbase. While even the regular Mulsanne is approximately the size of a royal barge, the extended wheelbase version has some 250 mm of extra legroom to stretch out in, enjoying your fluted or quilted leather interior and hand-selected veneers.
If, however, you are a Bentley owner in the tradition of Woolf Barnato and the Bentley Boys of the 1930s, may we suggest the new Mulsanne Speed? Here, that royal frigate has been fitted with a 6.75L turbocharged V8 cranking out 530 genteel horsepower and a cricket-stump-pulling 811 lb-ft of torque. That's enough to tow the moon out of orbit, which is handy because the Mulsanne's curb weight is approximately 1 Moon. The Speed leaps to 100 km/h in under five seconds and will run on to 305 km/h.
Other changes include improvements across the Mulsanne range both inside and out, with an even-more-monstrous front grille and improvements to touchscreen technology. Really though, the 400 hours required to build each Mulsanne are dedicated to the human touch. Just as with the Phantom, these leather-lined luxury palaces on wheels aren't about absolute performance figures, nor eye-popping technology. They are about craftsmanship, and presence and prestige.
In the rarefied air of super-luxury machines, Rolls-Royce announces the end of this Phantom generation, while Bentley reveals an updated... 2/23/2016 11:34:50 PM 2/23/2016 11:34:50 PM | {
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Sometimes the villain is entirely inside the characters' (almost always the protagonist's) head.
The villain can be a fear, an obsession, a desire, a dream, a conception of reality, an idea of what "the truth" really is.
The villain in Blade Runner 1978 would seem at first glance to be the replicants, Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) and his team of Leon (Brion James) and Pris (Daryl Hannah), who have escaped off-world and come to Earth sowing destruction. But the real villain is an idea—the conception of creating faux-human slave labor.
The replicants are actually the innocent victims of this idea, which in fact has been deemed by the world to be brilliant, epochal, even salvational, and whose progenitor, Eldon Tyrell of the Tyrell Corporation, is universally lauded for his genius in conceiving such a notion.
But a slave by another name is still a slave, and the idea of creating soul-less, expendable creatures whose only purpose is to do the dirty work of the greater society (no matter how exceptional or beautiful these creatures may be) is still evil.
This is the same villain, by the way, as in Birth of a Nation (2016), Twelve Years A Slave, and The Help.
The villain in Blade Runner 2049 is another idea—the idea of the willing acceptance of one's role as a soul-less cog in a greater machine.
Often these "idea villains" are embodied and personified by human or creature antagonists who have actual physical being in the story. In David O. Russell's The Fighter, the idea-villain—the self-sabotage of the individual of talent and destiny (in this case Mark Wahlberg's character of Micky Ward, "the fighter"—is personified by his family of mother, brother, and seven sisters. They're undermining him and sabotaging his career at every turn.
But the deep villain resides in Mark's own head, as it does in K's (Ryan Gosling) in Blade Runner 2049 and in Nat Turner's (Nate Parker) in Birth of a Nation.
In other words the villain in these stories is not sabotage, but self-sabotage.
The hero is enslaving himself by his own belief.
In Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven, the villain is 1950s suburban-American conformity. The hero is Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) who believes at the story's start that she is one of the lucky ones, blessed with a handsome, successful husband whom she loves and who loves her, a beautiful family, wonderful friends, and a perfect, secure life in a prosperous, upwardly mobile community.
Suburban conformity is a great villain, not only because it is internal—existing entirely, as it does, in our heroine's psyche as well as within the community—but also because it's invisible. Julianne has no idea that this idea is evil. She believes in it like Stalinists believed in the Workers' Paradise. To her it is the universally-desired state of being, i.e., what every human on Earth would aspire to if they had the chance. In Julianne's mind, at the story's start, she is living the American dream, and her family embodies this fantasy perfectly.
By movie's end of course Julianne will have lost husband, friends, community, as well as her self-conception and self-assurance as a secure, happy wife and mother. The movie's final image is Julianne with young kids in tow, driving off in her station wagon into a totally unknown (and probably for quite a while desperate) future.
This is a happy ending. Why? Because Julianne has emancipated herself, however excruciatingly, from this villain that is only an idea.
She has seen it for what it is and seen through it.
Every villain is a metaphor for Resistance.
What this means is that the ultimate antagonist is not a man-eating shark or a monster from space. It is an idea carried in our own heads (we're the heroes, remember, of our own lives) and as invisible to us as Julianne's and K's and Nat Turner's self-enslavement was to them before they woke up.
The turning point for us too comes when we see through the Wizard's curtain and reject this idea once and for all.
Thank you for this. This solves a problem I was having in my Work-In-Progress: namely, who the villain really was. Who I thought he was wasn't working and I didn't know why. My protagonist's villain is really his obsession for revenge.
Thanks for this, and for using the wonderful film "Far From Heaven" as one of the examples.
Working on a military/war themed project, so this was really helpful.
Thank you, Steve. The timing was amazing, as if you knew what I needed.
This is so timely, as this is basically the main villain in my current WIP or rather the driving force of the story. Still having a difficulty putting it into an controlling idea/theme sentence, but it's really what I want the story to be about. About the cost of sacrificing your own freedom in exchange for false safety and security.
Just LOVE what you're doing in this series. And this post might be your most profound yet. Getting into the meat of the idea-villain, and it being in our own heads is as deep as you can get.
So cool. You've affirmed the villain, war, in my wip. I'd wondered if my approach was 'allowed' or if anyone would 'get it.' Resistance keeps telling me it's a stupid, vainglorious attempt and who do I think I am anyway? I appreciate this validation more than I can say.
Strangely, I had the same idea these days!
Thanks for giving us great hints about how to write better e every week!
The power of the idea, in this case for ultimate evil, is often forgotten or blurred. Often the evil is just that: blurring the evil as necessary for a greater good. Another thought-provoking post!
I've always had an aversion to the suburbs. Now I understand why.
Wow. And yet again art imitates life….
One of my favorite books is the YA tragedy Summer of My German Soldier where a girl in the Deep South has a problem: Not of believing her racist society, (she is too good for that) but of believing her own parents. The girl is too honest and loyal to realize that her own dear parents are (mistaken or) lying to her about herself.
The poor girl doesn't know that sometimes the "poor but honest" are the biggest liars, having only a "cash register" honesty. As a writer I have to know this, but I can't help, rightly or wrongly, feeling judgemental.
Come to think of it, America's first Great Novel was about a parentless boy on a raft coming to see that his entire dear community was mistaken, and choosing to go to hell when he died rather than turn on his friend.
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Once again, perfect insight at the perfect time. Thank you Steven Pressfield!!
Great insight about villains being ideas that can take any form– so true and so well explained.
I am grateful that you posted this as the story I am working on has no villain except the history of the protagonists and their families. Their struggle is to overcome their history, to resist the temptation to take the easy way rather choose the more difficult path.
This post is special. It really helps against the Resistance. Fear and panic is reduced away, if I follow the principle described. But other than that, this principle helps to grasp the essence of the problem, which I describe. The essence of what I'm writing about.Thank you very much.
I missed this post and so I'm just catching up. Thanks for the explanation of BR2049 which I did not get… at all. I commend you on clarifying the meaning of a confusing movie. | {
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Contention of Drilling Rights vs. Home Rule Jurisdiction
In its hearing State ex rel. Munroe Falls v. Beck Energy Corporation last Wednesday, a Cleveland Plain Dealer articleprofesses the Ohio Supreme Court not only decides oil and gas drilling rights in the Summit County community of Munroe Falls, but larger consequences for the rest of the state.
"At issue," the Plain Dealer relates, "is whether zoning rules and other laws enacted by communities are trumped by an Ohio law that gives the state exclusive rights to regulate oil and gas drilling to ensure uniform regulation. (But) a half dozen other communities, including Broadview Heights, Euclid and North Royalton, have filed briefs with the court in support of Munroe Falls and its assertion of home-rule rights under the state constitution." ( See Court's docket )
"It's not about fracking and it's not about gas wells. It's about home rule," Munroe Falls Mayor Frank Larson told an interview Tuesday. "It's not about oil and gas. It'd be simple if it was."
Munroe Falls sued in Summit County Common Pleas Court after the state issued Beck Energy Corp. a drilling permit, the city contending that Beck was violating local laws -- a zoning ordinance and four drilling provisions – that conflicted with the state statute. The Summit County court sided with the city in 2011, the article reported, but Beck Energy got that ruling overturned on appeal -- The Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals holding that the local zoning rules conflicted with the state statute, which gives the state "sole and exclusive authority" over oil and gas drilling across Ohio. ( District Court's ruling ) Munroe Falls appealed that ruling. (Memorandum in support of jurisdiction )
On the other side of the case are Beck Energy and a local property owner who leased drilling rights to Beck. Joining them, are the state of Ohio, a host of oil and gas related organizations and business groups, including the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. (Memorandum in response )
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Published on July 20th, 2020 | by Alberto Krinsky
Pastor Chris pays tribute to late Morris Cerullo
Christians all over the world have been mourning the death of the international Pentecostal evangelist Morris Cerullo for 10 days now, as the famous preacher passed away at the age of 88 on July 10th.
For that occasion, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome recently paid tribute to the late Morris Cerullo during one of his "Your LoveWorld with Pastor Chris" daily broadcasts and on YouTube.
"Dr. Cerullo is really extraordinary in many ways. Several years ago, he was one of those ministers that I wrote the name down of. I wrote three names. It was Archbishop Benson Idahosa, Pastor Benny Hinn and Dr. Cerullo," Chris Oyakhilome said during one of his daily prayer shows.
He continued to say that he wanted to contact these three pastors and ask them questions when he was a young minister.
Years later, the Christ Embassy leader got a message saying that Morris Cerullo wanted to meet him in Nigeria. The two ministers sat down, and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome got answers to all of the questions he had been curious to ask for years.
"He was so full of compassion and love… He has gone to be with the Lord that he loved so much and preached joyfully and served all these many years," Pastor Chris Oyakhilome added.
The tribute on YouTube shows Pastor Benny Hinn talking to Pastor Morris Cerullo. You can watch the full video at the bottom of this page.
Morris Cerullo was born on October 2nd 1931.
Was treated for pneumonia
The day before Morris Cerullo passed away, his family announced that he was being treated for pneumonia at a hospital in California.
"Dear Friends, we would appreciate your immediate prayers for Dr. Cerullo who is being treated for Pneumonia at the hospital. Please also pray for Theresa who has been working around the clock to assist in his care. She needs your prayers too for extra strength at this time. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers for Morris and Theresa!" they wrote on Facebook.
It was also the family who revealed that the famous evangelist had passed away the following day.
"Today we remember the incredible life of this great man. Your legacy will live on!" they wrote on Instagram.
Morris Cerullo is survived by his wife, Theresa, his kids David and Susan, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Morris Cerullo converted to Christianity at the age of 14.
Raised at orphanages
Morris Cerullo was born to an Italian father and a Russian Jewish mother in New Jersey. His parents tragically died in a car accident when Morris Cerullo was very young, so he was raised in several orphanages. The last orphanage he resided at was an Orthodox Jewish orphanage, but at the age of 14, Morris Cerullo converted to Christianity.
Two years later, he started preaching the Gospel, and the rest is history.
You can watch the full tribute with Pastor Benny Hinn and Morris Cerullo below.
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Nokia shares tank on lackluster Q3 performance
Due partly from Samsung deal with Verizon
Image: Nokia
Finnish telecoms giant Nokia saw its shares on the New York Stock Exchanges plummet 17.28% on October 29 after its third quarters earnings announcement.
The company reported operating income of 350 million euros and sales of 5.294 billion euros for the quarter.
It was a drop of 7% in sales from a year ago.
Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark said next year's sales were to be challenging as it lost share at one large North American customer.
Samsung recently clinched a $6.6 billion deal with Verizon deal, which is likely what the CEO is referring to.
Nokia sees some margin pressure in the North American market, Lundmark said.
Ericsson, meanwhile, seems to have maintained its share in the third quarter.
It posted sales of 57.5 billion Swedish krona (SEK) and operating income of 9 billion krona for the quarter.
The company said it sale sales from Northeastern Asian increase 39% year-on-year. Most of the sales came from China, which is ramping up the roll out of 5G networks.
China accounted for over 60% of the worldwide 4G LTE market, Ericsson CEO Borie Ekholm said, and 5G won't be much different.
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It's time for Inspiration Week at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week my card is a congratulations card for friends of ours that are moving into a new house in a few weeks. Since they moved back to FL from AK a year ago they've been renting and they haven't been too happy with the house, so they are beyond thrilled to be moving into their brand new home. They just need the certificate of occupancy and can start hauling stuff to the new place!
For my card I used the Backyard Houses Garden set. I added the 2 chairs to the front yard and flipped one of the chairs so it would face the other one properly. My friend and I both love the color blue so that's why I went with that color, plus several rooms in their new place have been painted blue.
I wanted to keep the card pretty simple but the plain white card base was bothering me so I used a retired SU embossing folder to create the cloud background. I like the texture it created and the background didn't seem so stark to me anymore.
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This new Hubble image shows a peculiar galaxy known as NGC 660, located around 45 million light-years away from us.
NGC 660 is classified as a "polar ring galaxy", meaning that it has a belt of gas and stars around its centre that it ripped from a near neighbour during a clash about one billion years ago. The first polar ring galaxy was observed in 1978 and only around a dozen more have been discovered since then, making them something of a cosmic rarity. | {
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Today is the first day of spring. Yet, I don't think I've experienced a real spring in a long time. We don't really have seasons in florida. We have 'hot', 'hotter', and a week of "oh hey, it's kind of cool" outside. And as I sit in my mom's house, looking outside, all I see is: snow, brown, and a large drippy icicle. And with warnings of another snow storm coming, well, theres no sign of spring here.
A text from my mom just popped up on my laptop, "Mass doesn't want you to leave. It'll snow tomorrow into Thursday." So there's that. (But we're leaving anyway).
We've been organizing our things this week, packing up, and saying 'goodbyes' to people we love. While I never would have planned for this year and winter to be how it's been, I'm grateful to say, we experienced winter and will now be done with it forever. I'm glad I got to see friends. And I'm happy Marlowe got to see family. And while I can't say I thrived here, I don't think I really failed either. That has got to count for something, right?
This weekend Alex and I jumped in the car with our friends Katie and Marcus and headed west for a quick day trip… just liked we did last summer. And while I do prefer any sort of hangout that involves sunshine and sock-less feet, I can honestly say I'll enjoy any adventure with them– during any season.
My life has changed drastically in the time I've known Katie. From surviving off junk food and late night/ early morning club parties to sober living green juice cleanse days and beyond. I'm different (so is she), but it's nice to have a friend who has seen me through all my stages and most of what I've gone through. Through personal summers and winters, I'm grateful for people like her (and Marcus too).
We headed out to brunch– the same place as last time (the green bean in Northampton if you're curious). And I got the same dish as last time– a mixed bowl creation with tempeh instead of eggs. And like last time, it was good, but I questioned if I should have ordered two. The amount of food I need to feel full is truly alarming.
After brunch we headed out to get a hot tea for me to warm my hands. Because sunshine or not, I freeze easily.
But the reason for our adventure? I mean, outside of a lot of eating and drinking warm things? To see some spring. We came to visit this (not so) secret little greenhouse at Smith college. I laugh that these are our adventures now. From drunken parties to greenhouses of tulips. How times change.
Tropical plants and winter boots.
Do you ever get the feeling that things are about to get weird….?
Katie wanted to recreate the amazing photos Joe took of her and Marcus. Theirs came out better. I'm not mad.
I asked Alex for a green house (something completely impractical for florida). Not surprisingly he said no. But I'll give up growing tulips and temperate controlled plant rooms for the heat… I guess.
I mean…. look at all them! SO pretty!
Me in pants and boots and a sweater.. a weird sight, I know. Not weird: me with plants.
To the left: a coffee / smoothie stop at Haymarket cafe. on the right: Indian food dinners at India house. Both delicious.
Katie. Or "Kate" because that's what her new husband calls her. And I told him I would call her Kate. But whatever, details.
Sure the weather was crazy cold– to a point where I heard myself whimper. And I was wearing too many layers for me to find comfort, but I'm grateful. Grateful for friendships, day trips, winter days filled with warming delicious foods, secret flower gardens, and more.
deep down in an unorganized folder of photos I KNOW there are other tulip pictures of us, 12 or so years ago in boston, drinking starbucks, pretending to be olsen's, except I think we had booze in our coffee cups and it was mid-afternoon. times sure have changed but i like our granny life. love you tater!
You post is HAPPY!! I'm so glad…I like all your words..but some posts are harder to read than others only because I am the type of person that feels the NEED/WANT to help..even though I don't even live in same state…or know you or anything else..but I'm really glad you went on a day trip that made you happy..the flowers are GORGEOUS..& no, I do not have a green thumb at all…but I like look at flowers… plants…& wish…I do like Florida a lot myself..my folks have a place on the somewhat southern tip that I LOVE to visit..it's relaxing.. so I can understand your pull to head back to Florida. I am glad you are happier.. I'm glad you are able to put perspective on your last couple of months(?) year(?) safe travels!! | {
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The role of autumnal swarming behaviour and ambient air temperature in the variation of body mass in temperate bat species
Maurycy Ignaczak 1, Tomasz Postawa 2
, Grzegorz Lesiński 3, Iwona Gottfried 4
Polish Society for Bat Protection, Baczyńskiego 6/13, 98-220 Zduńska Wola, Poland
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Animal Science, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Ciszewskiego 8, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Department of Behavioral Ecology, University of Wroclaw, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
Tomasz Postawa
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
Hystrix It. J. Mamm. 2019;30(1):65–73
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00104-2018
Chiroptera
resource accumulation
sex and age differences
species-specific dynamics
Morphology and physiology
Temperate-zone bat species store fat in autumn prior to hibernation. The likelihood of surviving until the next breeding season largely depends on the resources accumulated. In addition, autumn is also a period of mating behaviour known as swarming, which is energetically expensive and may affect the body condition of bats in different ways. Our goal was to determine how swarming activity, male reproductive status, sex ratio and mean temperature influence resource deposition in six bat species. Variations in the body condition index (BCI) of bats during swarming activity mainly depended on the date of capture and, to a lesser degree, on the sex; however, it was highly species-specific and linked to the time of entering hibernation. Despite a promiscuous mating system, both species and sex significantly affected resource accumulation. Among the analysed behavioural factors, swarming activity explained a small part of BCI variation. In the foliage gleaners Myotis bechsteinii, M. nattereri and Plecotus auritus, an increase in male participation (higher sex ratio) was correlated with a higher BCI, while in Myotis daubentonii and Barbastella barbastellus, it led to a lower BCI in females. In turn, epididymal distension explained a significant part of BCI variation only in two species (Myotis daubentonii and M. myotis); in both with a negative correlation. Mean temperature explained BCI variation to the highest degree in M. bechsteinii (lower temperature implied lower body mass), but in the other gleaners, an opposite and weaker effect was found. Our findings indicate that the pattern of fat accumulation during swarming is modulated by distinct species-specific and sex-specific thermoregulatory strategies (energy-saving mechanisms) rather than by differences in mating behaviour or foraging strategies.
We are grateful to anonymous reviewers for helpful comments that greatly improved this manuscript. We also wish to thank many people, especially: Tomasz Gottfried, Grzegorz Apoznański, Magda Kieliszczyk, Cezary Szewczyk and Rafał Szuflet for their assistance in collecting material during fieldwork.
Size shifts in late Middle Pleistocene to Early Holocene Sus scrofa (Suidae, Mammalia) from Apulia (southern Italy): ecomorphological adaptations?
The role of secondary trees in Mediterranean mature forests for the conservation of the forest-dwelling bat Myotis alcathoe. Are current logging guidelines appropriate?
Importance of wetlands to bats on a dry continent: a review and meta-analysis
Loss of multiple dimensions of bat diversity under land-use intensification in the Brazilian Cerrado
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Reviews of 'Towers of High Sorcery'
by Jamie Chambers
d20 Dragonlance Sourcebooks, Volume 4
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Reviewer: Tobin Melroy
I must say, Sovereign Press' products just keep getting better and better. I think the quality is getting better and (more importantly, I believe) the content is getting better. (Although I'm still quite partial to the Bestiary of Krynn...it remains favorite.)
I'll do a quick chapter by chapter review.
Chapter 1: Wizards of Ansalon
This was an interesting chapter. There was a little bit about the background of wizards and a few set of stats for some of the more well known wizards (Antimodes and a young Level 1 Raistlin). I very much applaud the guts of Sovereign Press for making Raistlin 1st level. Given that the following products are going to show him at more powerful stages in his life, I thought this was an interesting choice that I agree with (and is probably a bit of a controversial choice, as well). More importantly, this chapter details the races and their views and aptitude toward the focused arcane energies. Also, there are many superb PrCs and errata to previous PrCs (War Mage, WoHS). Being the advocate of PrCs that I am (probably because of my SAGA days with all the Roles) I liked seeing the PrCs such as the Renegade Hunter, Winternorn, and my personal favorite, the Sylvan Mage. (Finally, an "in world" game answer on the nature of Bram diThon!)
Chapter 2: Spells & Magical Objects
Another excellent section. There are all sorts of new spells (I'm fairly certain there are new spells for every level) from Timereaver to the charms for the Groves, this chapters has everything you could want from DL specific spells. Ever wondered how Raistlin, a wizard of the Black Robes, could heal Tasslehoff? It's in here. What about Raistlin's fire that destroyed the plague ridden village? Yep, that's here, too.
There are many magical items and artifacts in this chapter as well, from the message bottle of The Companions to the Gauntlet of Ventyr from Defenders of Magic...this chapter is full of them. Magical books that increase your intelligence and XP, the Portals, the dragonorbs, Dragonlance specific power items (excellent for gifts after passing a "Soulforge" Test), all grace these pages. There are many mundane items too...including the bracelet of foresight from Wanderlust.
The true gem of this chapter is the table called A Magical Lexicon and Glossary. Basically it's a Magius-to-English translation for basic terms. Absolutely brilliant! It is a must for all wizards who love to roleplay and freak out their fellow PCs.
Chapter 3: Gods and the Orders
Another excellent chapter. This takes information that has only been hinted at in past products and expands upon it. Essentially it is a section on the history of the Orders and their connection to the gods. There's a lot of good information here including Fistandantilus, Magius, and the Master of the Tower template. This is not a template for the Master, the one that showed up in the 5th Age (they get to his origins in Chapter 4). I mean a generic template a character receives when they become a Master of one of the five Towers.
Chapter 4: The Towers
Well...what can I say; this is the one spot where the book falls short for me. Was it because I was expecting too much? Perhaps hoping for more than I got? I don't know. Either way, I felt there were many missed opportunities for this section to be great...and it just fell short. Aside from being mostly a re-write (read: retcon) of the history of the towers (how they came to be, why they are where they are, who the first sorcerers were) and the orders, on many accounts, it contradicts many points in Chapter 3. It is too bad, there's a ton of great new information in here (like a lot of history of the Orders early on...and the full story on who the enigmatic Master of the Tower is). If perhaps they'd taken what existed before and just expanded upon it (as opposed to re-writing it) I think I would have liked this chapter a lot more.
Aside from the towers, it also details a few "magical strongholds." A lot of them are interesting, but again I feel there was a missed opportunity to discuss the Lost Citadel and it's protector, Bastion. However, being the fan of the Defenders of Magic series that I am, I'm probably just a little biased.
Oh, also...no maps. Not that I needed floor by floor map outs of the entire towers...but cut away schematics (ala The Atlas of Krynn) would have been very nice.
Chapter 5: The Test
This is the absolute star of the book. I don't know what else to say about it...it's a chapter about running the Test. It's great! It's set up in a similar (if not the same) way as it is in The Last Tower: The Legacy of Raistlin, but it is revamped for wizards, and updated for D&D 3.5e. Not to mention, it changes the rules slightly so that it doesn't matter the course the PC takes, any Test can still be a Soulforge if the PC is willing to risk it all in every section.
Chapter 6: Creatures
Interesting chapter. There are some neat monsters. The Huldrefolk is quite good...and the art is appropriately freaky. Also, I do quite like the Remnant. I can see things building up to an interesting revelation in the upcoming book based off of Legends.
The only thing I'd say about this chapter is that it is lacking in art. There are a few pieces, but not many. Chapter 1 falls a little short in this department as well. All new creatures, races, PrCs, or classes in sourcebooks need art. That's the bare minimum, I think.
Chapter 7: Rivals
Well...this chapter was a little weak. It discusses the Thorn Knights and sorcerers in general, as well as Renegades. A few even have stats (where's Galan Dracos, though?) Essentially, at four pages in length...it just seems a bit sparse.
So, there you have it...the good and the bad (in my opinion) of the Towers of High Sorcery. I thought it was lacking a bit in art, and I felt there were some missed opportunities for greatness in Chapter 4. I was also hoping for either a fixed Moon Tracking Chart or at least an erratum for the one in the Dragonlance Campaign Sourcebook. That being said, however, this is an absolutely great book. If your character's a wizard...or if you're just interested in Dragonlance wizards in general, this book is a must have as far as I'm concerned.
Reviewer: Trampas Whiteman
Towers of High Sorcery is the definitive Dragonlance sourcebook on the Wizards of High Sorcery. This book is a testament to the improved quality of Dragonlance books by Sovereign Press. Despite the improved quality, there are a few areas where it could have been better. Overall, though, a solid book.
I should probably mention that I did some review work for this book prior to its publication. However, I was not one of the designers on this particular book, and will endeavor to give as unbiased of a review as possible.
The following is a chapter-by-chapter review.
Chapter One: Wizards of Ansalon
This chapter sets the ground for the life path of a wizard, including the discovery of magical talent, early education, and some notes on the Test. It is interesting to see 1st-level stats for Raistlin Majere in this section, including a piece of art showing him as a young student, prior to his physical transformation in the Test.
This chapter continues with a section on races and wizardry, which is a handy tool for people wanting to play wizards who aren't human. This section does well by delving into the subraces as well.
Shortly afterwards, the book goes into a reprint of the Wizard of High Sorcery prestige class. This class has had a minor revision with the Arcane Focus ability, which replaces Enhanced Specialization. Now a Wizard of High Sorcery can either start out specialized, not specialize until they take the Test, or remain a generalist wizard. This is an improvement over the prior version in the Dragonlance Campaign Setting. My one disappointment was that there were not expanded order secrets.
Also included is errata on the war mage prestige class from Age of Mortals, which may have been better suited for this book (as well as the Solamnic Auxiliary mage). Afterwards, there are some new prestige classes: dark dwarf savant, dreamshaper, griffon wizard, renegade hunter, sea mage, spell broker, sylvan mage, and winternorn. All of these classes are well designed, and go into existing concepts in Dragonlance for wizard characters. None of the prestige classes are done just for the sake of having more prestige classes. Unfortunately, there's not much art in this section, leaving us with pictures only of the dreamshaper and renegade hunter.
This chapter could have easily been split into two chapters – one as the life path of a mage, the other as a player's section with the new prestige classes.
Chapter Two: Spells and Magical Objects
The name of the chapter sums it up nicely. There's a variety of new spells, including the spells that allows a person to pass throughout each of the towers' groves. Classic spells from Dragonlance Adventures are included as well. The one spell that has an error that I caught was Timereaver, which lists it as a sorcerer/wizard spell yet is supposedly only known to the masters of the towers. I imagine that it should be a wizard only spell. While not many of those exist, this would definitely count.
I was quite pleased with the magic items in this chapter, which give a number that are for the Wizards of High Sorcery only. That's a nice flavorful touch. I was disappointed in the Charm of Animal Transformation. I had hoped they would have mentioned specific versions, such as Tasslehoff's Magic Mouse Ring.
I was also disappointed that Bupu's Emerald would now be called Gully Dwarf's Emerald, although they at least mention the prior name in the description. Likewise, Mantooth misses an opportunity by not going into its history, instead only detailing its magic power.
I know that's a bit of nitpicking, but in Dragonlance, there needs to be more unique magic items and magic items with their own history, as seen in Dragonlance Adventures.
Chapter Three: Gods and the Orders
Chapter three begins with a discussion of the gods of magic, the other gods, and how they all work with magic. Following is a section on the history of High Sorcery. This section is pretty good, and has a great picture of a scion and a Jennifer Meyer pic of Mistress Jenna. The one flaw, though, is that the "mysterious young wizard" who helps Dalamar and Jenna reform the new Conclave wasn't named at all, and there are no stats for her.
Next up is the structure and rules of the Conclave. Within this section, as well, is a Master of the Tower template (for the head of a tower, not the Master of the Tower himself).
I will say that I was extremely happy with the stats of Magius presented in this section. His status as the "wizard of all robes and none" is clearly defined with these stats, giving him extra wizard levels to show his renegade status, and only two Wizard of High Sorcery levels, which is just shy of being able to gain order secrets. Plus, he has levels as a war mage.
Chapter Four: The Towers
This chapter has its ups and downs. It's great in that there are pictures of all the towers. My personal favorites are the Tower of Daltigoth and the Tower of Losarcum. I was disappointed by the Tower of Istar, as it didn't appear to be a bloody-fingered-hand to me.
The big let-down of this chapter is that there were no maps of the towers. A cut-away view at the very least would have been nice.
History for each tower is given, although there are a couple of continuity errors in this section. The nice part is that the story of the Master of the Tower is given in full detail. More characters are detailed in this chapter, and I'm glad to see details on the groves.
There are a few magical fortresses detailed as well. I like the idea of Towerstone's Hope, and think it makes for a nice addition to the setting.
Chapter Five: The Test
Quite simply, this chapter details the Test of High Sorcery. This is a great tool for dungeon masters, and even provides a flowchart for how a Test should proceed. Certainly, this has been one of the most asked for items in Dragonlance.
Chapter Six: Creatures
This chapter begins with a short section on familiars, which I felt could have been expanded. I would have liked to see notes on what types of familiars each order prefers, as well as preferred familiars for some of the prestige classes. Do Solamnic Auxiliary mages (from Age of Mortals) have kingfishers as familiars? Do black robe wizards prefer ravens or lizards?
There are several neat monsters in this chapter, including a dread beast template. In some ways, I would have preferred the traditional dreadwolf from The Legend of Huma, but using it as a template allows for a variation on a theme. The best part is that this creature type is now open to other wizards beyond Galan Dracos (and where are his stats in this book?).
Overall, a good chapter, although lacking a bit in art. Most of the art in this chapter is quite good, though.
Chapter Seven: Rivals
This chapter goes into rival groups to the Wizards of High Sorcery. Sorcerers are mentioned, as are the Knights of the Thorn. Renegades, clerics, and mystics all are mentioned as well.
There's not much to say on this chapter, as there's not much to this chapter. It comes in at roughly four pages. Certainly, I would think that an entire section could have been given to Galan Dracos and his renegades (perhaps with a prestige class also).
High Sanction
One of the high points of this book is the eye-catching cover art by Larry Elmore depicting Raistlin and Dalamar in the laboratory in the Tower of High Sorcery at Palanthas.
I was also enamored of the prestige classes. These were not gratuitous prestige classes thrown in just to have them. They are all drawn from characters and concepts within the Dragonlance setting. Not only could you play a Wizard of High Sorcery, you could now shape the wizard to come up with various results.
Low Sanction
The low point of this book is its incompleteness. The book should have been coordinated better with the novel side to incorporate stats for Coryn, a unified perspective on sorcerers between Towers of High Sorcery and Wizards' Conclave, and the appendix of Amber and Ashes should have been included as well.
The other low point is that there are not maps for the various towers. While the art is good, especially for the Tower of Losarcum, DMs will still have to create maps if characters ever wish to adventure in any of the towers.
Also, I think that the characters deserve their own section, as they did in War of the Lance. There's a few notable mages missing from these pages as well, including Justarius.
Overall, this is a good book, and a must-have for any Dragonlance fan. While it is a good book, though, it is not a great book. It generally feels incomplete, especially with the current state of affairs with wizards.
Despite that feeling, there's tons of useful material in this book for players and dungeon masters alike. It is well-written and is visually appealing.
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Friday Total Annihilation - Rickenbach CFL 10* Top Play OVER the total in Edmonton Eskimos vs Ottawa Redblacks @ 10 ET Friday - The Eskimos are coming off of a bye week and they have a long-term mark of 9-5 to the over when they are playing with 2 or more weeks of rest. Edmonton's offense was one of the tops in the league last season. Though they've scored a little less this season one of their games was a tough road match-up. Although the Eskimos other game was a home match-up it was against a defensive-minded team as they hosted Montreal. Look for Edmonton to have a breakout game at home off of their bye week as they now host an Ottawa team that, just like them, is happy to air it out. The Redblacks are already 2-0 to the over this season (and 10-4 to the over the last 3 seasons combined) in games where they are a road dog in a range of 3.5 to 9.5 points. Ottawa is still winless on the season so they'll go hard here but their defense has been a concern with 33.3 points allowed per game so far this year. In other words, look for a shootout in this one. In fact, the last two meetings between these teams in Edmonton have totaled 63 and 82 points, respectively. Overall, only 2 of the last 8 meetings between these teams in Alberta have seen the game stay under the total! As a home fave of 3.5 to 6 points, the Eskimos are 6-2 to the over. I am expecting the over to improve to 11-3 in Ottawa's last 14 Friday games! Don't let the big number on this game scare you as indeed it does have "shootout" written all "over" it! 10* OVER the total in Edmonton in late night action Friday.
Grey Cup Best Bet - Rickenbach CFL Sunday 10* Top Play OVER the total in Ottawa Redblacks vs Calgary Stampeders @ 7 ET - Not going to go into great length here. Calgary's offense is tough to stop and was firing on all cylinders in last week's annihilation of the BC Lions. The Stampeders put up 42 points in that game and have one of the most dangerous offenses in the league. However, I do expect the Redblacks to "hang around" in this game as they were in the Grey Cup last year and lost which is an experience that will serve them well here. However, the Ottawa defense is not going to stop the Stampeders and that means the Redblacks offense is going to have to keep them in this game. They should be able to do just that. Ottawa put up 35 points last week in a revenge game (against Edmonton) from last year's Grey Cup battle. Off of that revenging win, the defense may fall a little flat here for the Redblacks and I see this one being a game featuring plenty of scoring opportunities as a result. The over is 6-1 in Ottawa's games this season where they are an underdog. Also, the over is 5-1 (compared to the closing number) in 5 of the last 6 meetings between the Redblacks and Stampeders. 10* Top Play OVER the total in the Grey Cup on Sunday evening!
Rickenbach CFL Game #307/308 - Total Annihilation - 10* Top Play OVER 54 in Calgary Stampeders vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ 7 ET Sunday - The Tiger-Cats have had a big boost on offense with the return of QB Zach Collaros but don't be fooled by the fact that the Hamilton defense only allowed 7 points last week. The Ti-Cats D took advantage of facing a Saskatchewan team that is, by far, the worst team in the CFL. The Roughriders are now 1-8 on the season and after another loss Friday night. Prior to Hamilton's win over Saskatchewan last week, the Tiger-Cats had allowed 28 points per game on the season. Their now facing the team in the CFL with the best record YTD and Calgary is getting the job done on offense with averaging 31 points per game. I am well aware of the fact that the under is a perfect 7-0 in the last 7 meetings between Hamilton and Calgary but this one has the makings of a very high-scoring game Sunday evening. The Stampeders defense is due for a letdown as they had a key divisional win over 2nd place BC last week. Before holding the Lions to just 9 points, Calgary had given up 25.4 points per game in their 5 games this season that were not against last-place Saskatchewan. In other words, against potent offenses, the Stampeders tend to give up their fair share of big points. I just don't see the Calgary defense stepping in back to back weeks in this non-divisional setting but I do know that the Stampeders offense should have no trouble moving the ball against a Hamilton team whose defense is its weakest link. Add it all up and you have the makings of a back and forth shootout here between Bo Levi Mitchell and Zach Collaros. 10* OVER in Calgary Sunday evening. | {
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We need to see more action to protect the Curragh
Fianna Fáil Senator Fiona O'Loughlin has called for a more coordinated approach to protect the Curragh. She will also reintroducing her bill entitled Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill in the Senate in response to further encampments on the Curragh.
Senator O'Loughlin said, "The damage that is being inflicted on the Curragh is an utter disgrace. The Curragh is a unique heritage landscape, it's a jewel in the crown of Kildare and authorities are simply not doing enough to protect it.
"I am reintroducing my private members bill, which if enacted will require a licence to be granted by the Minister for Defence authorising anyone who occupies any part or parts of the Curragh for any purpose. The Curragh cannot be a dumping ground. It is a great place for local people in which to walk and enjoy as it is bordered by Kildare, Newbridge, Milltown, Athgarvan and Kilcullen. Local people have a great respect for it. For this and many other reasons, it should have the highest level of protection."
"I have long advocated for the Curragh to be designated heritage park status, and in addition to its value in terms of heritage, as we all know, it is home to an active military base. There is no place for unauthorised encampments, and certainly not on the Curragh."
Fiona concluded by saying "My Bill will target any person who occupies an area of the Curragh without a licence. Anyone in breach would be guilty of an offence and subject to a class A fine or imprisonment. We need to get tough on this issue, protecting our national heritage and our environment must come first." | {
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Q: Transpose row values to columns My query is simple - it grabs banks and their transaction sums per month/year:
select bank_name,
sum(payment_sum),
CONCAT(MONTH(payment_due_date), '/', YEAR(payment_due_date)) as month_year
from bank
join finance
on bank.bank_id = finance.bank_id
group by bank_name, month_year
Returns:
How do I transponse row values (month_year) into columns, followed by payment_sum also transponded to corresponding month_year generated columns?
I'm looking for a way to find a sum of payments for each bank by month.
I looked at this topic but my needs seem different.
A: Unfortunately MySQL doesn't have a PIVOT function which will convert the rows into columns, so you will need to use an aggregate function with a CASE expression.
The basic syntax of the query will be if you have a limited or known number of columns:
select bank_name,
sum(case when month_year ='10/2011' then payment_sum else 0 end) `10/2011`,
sum(case when month_year ='11/2011' then payment_sum else 0 end) `11/2011`,
sum(case when month_year ='12/2011' then payment_sum else 0 end) `12/2011`
from
(
select bank_name,
payment_sum,
CONCAT(MONTH(payment_due_date), '/', YEAR(payment_due_date)) as month_year
from bank
join finance
on bank.bank_id = finance.bank_id
) d
group by bank_name;
But for your situation, it sounds like you will have an unknown number of dates, so you might need to use a prepared statement to create dynamic sql:
SET @sql = NULL;
SELECT
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT
CONCAT(
'sum(case when month_year = ''',
CONCAT(MONTH(payment_due_date), '/', YEAR(payment_due_date)),
''' then payment_sum end) AS `',
CONCAT(MONTH(payment_due_date), '/', YEAR(payment_due_date)), '`'
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from finance;
SET @sql
= CONCAT('SELECT bank_name, ', @sql, '
from
(
select bank_name,
payment_sum,
CONCAT(MONTH(payment_due_date), ''/'', YEAR(payment_due_date)) as month_year
from bank
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on bank.bank_id = finance.bank_id
) d
group by bank_name;');
PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
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Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) is located on the west or leeward side of the Big Island Island of Hawaiʻi. It serves the west side of the island including Kailua-Kona and the resorts of the North Kona and South Kohala.
The airport was built in 1970 to replace the old airport closer to town (now called The Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area).
Along with regular airline traffic, The Kona Airport also hosts commercial airplanes and helicopter.
It was originally known as Ke-āhole Airport, since the ʻāhole fish was found nearby.
The 11,000 foot airstrip makes it the second largest airstrip in the Hawaiian Islands after Honolulu. It was named Keāhole-Kona International Airport in 1993 and in 1997 it became the Kona International Airport at Keāhole. Then on January 8, 2017 the airport was renamed Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole to honor fallen astronaut Ellison Onizuka who was born and raised in Kona.
The state government of Hawaiʻi facility operates a runway and a terminal complex of single story buildings along the eastern edge of the airfield for passengers, air cargo and mail, airport support, and general aviation. Airport operations falls under the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation.
Kona International is the only remaining major airport in the Hawaiian Islands where a mobile ramp is used to plane and deplane passengers. Until a number of years ago, Hawaiian Airlines could still utilize their DC-9 fleet's tailcone exits at Kailua-Kona. This allowed people in the back of the plane to exit faster than First Class, who waited for a roll-up ramp. Also at the time, a fork lift could be used for handicapped visitors to access the plane. The terminals offered a thrill for visitors as the gates are outside and you walk across the tarmac to the boarding ramp. As of 2020 the airport is undergoing renovations.
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The airport has three gate areas:
Terminal 3 (commuter terminal)
Flights into the airport offer different views. If flying from Honolulu, the left side of the plane offers views of most of the neighbor Hawaiian Islands.
If flying from the Mainland United States, the left side of the plane offers an interesting sight. As you near the Big Island, you will probably see Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa rise above the clouds. The may have snow-capped tips during part of the year.
As the plane lands, travelers on the right side of the plane will see down the coast with lush vegetation and lots of activity. Travelers on the left side of the plane will see black lava and a few resorts towards the north. The separation between these two views is at the airport and offers two distinct impressions of the island to the travelers. As you will see, these are only two of the many faces of the island we call home.
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