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Geoprocessing environment settings are additional parameters that affect a tool's results. They differ from normal tool parameters in that they don't appear on a tool's dialog box (with certain exceptions). Rather, they are values you set once using a separate dialog box and are interrogated and used by tools when they are run.
There are four levels of environment settings: application, tool, model, and model process. All levels contain the same environment variables and have the same effect on output results. They differ only in how you access and set them.
The four environment levels form a hierarchy where the application level is highest. In this hierarchy, environment settings are passed down to the next level, as illustrated below. At each level, you can override the passed-down environment settings with another setting.
Application-level settings are the default and will be applied to any tool when it is executed.
Tool-level settings are applied to a single run of a tool and override the application-level settings.
Model-level settings are specified and saved with a model and override tool- and application-level settings.
Model process-level settings are specified at the model process level, are saved with the model, and override model-level settings.
Model environments can be set for the entire model, but these settings affect a model differently depending on whether you are running a model in ModelBuilder or from its tool dialog box.
If you execute a model using its tool dialog box, the tool environment settings are passed down to the model. If you execute the model using ModelBuilder, the application environment settings are passed down.
Model environment settings are saved with the model, and because of this, the dialog box for setting model environments is different than the dialog box for setting the application or tool environments. On the model environment dialog box, you check which environment settings you will permanently override in the model. Conversely, unchecked settings will use the value of the passed-down application or tool environment.
Set the environment in the Environment Settings dialog box.
Set the model environment using a model variable.
Model environment settings are passed down to model processes (a model process is a tool plus its data). The dialog box for setting a model process environment is the same as that for setting a model's environments. When the model process executes, the model's environments are passed down to the process and any checked environment in the model process overrides the environment settings passed down from the model environment. | {
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We use the daily balance method to calculate the interest on your account. This method applies a daily periodic rate to the principal in the account each day. Interest begins to accrue no later than the business day we receive credit for the deposit of non-cash items.
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US Soccer Star and Trump-Basher Megan Rapinoe REFUSES to Sing National Anthem in Protest Before Final Game of World Cup
by Jim Hoft July 7, 2019
What a disgrace.
Radical leftist Megan Rapinoe started kneeling during the national anthem back in 2016. She said it was a protest against "white supremacy" and in support of black lives matter movement. She later said it was a protest against the treatment of gays in the US.
(She should try Iran!)
But last week she said her protesting during the anthem is her f*** you to Trump and all of his racism.
Megan Rapinoe is a captain of the US women's soccer team.
In her final protest against President Trump and the United States Rapinoe refused to sing the National Anthem before the Women's Cup final.
In her latest protest against President Trump – a man she has previously branded a 'racist' and a 'misogynist' – Rapinoe refused to sing along to the national anthem, standing emotionless with her hands clasped behind her back and her lips unmoved.
This is not the first time Rapinoe has opted not to recite the words of The Star-Spangled Banner, having not taken part in the anthem at all for the last three years.
We won't miss this complainer when the soccer season ends.
Britt McHenry says the left-wing media have made Megan Rapinoe a hero since the captain of the women's soccer team insulted Trump, blew off anthem #Mediabuzz https://t.co/Hr7C3v3mBQ
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Robert Mondavi & the Mondavi Family: American Wine Royalty
July 24th, 2007 By Brad Prescott
# California Wine Books, Napa Valley Books , Wine Celebrity Books, Napa Valley, Wine Producers, Growers, & Labels
When talk turns to Napa Valley royalty, Robert Mondavi and the Mondavi family indisputably qualify as the ruling monarchy of the Napa Valley –and frankly the US- wine industry. With an almost biblical or Shakespearean flair, the Mondavi family story of the last 100 years is one of passion, pettiness, family squabbling, wild success, dramatic failure, and of course, wine. In her new book, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty, author Julia Flynn delivers a masterful narrative on the Mondavi clan. IntoWine.com recently had the privilege of chatting with Julia about the book and the evolution of the Mondavi family story.
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What inspired you to chronicle the Mondavi family wine story?
"The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty," began as a front page story for The Wall Street Journal which ran in June of 2004. A publisher contacted me a day or two after the story ran, asking me if I would consider writing a book based on the story. At that point, the company was in turmoil but it had not yet been taken over by Constellation Brands. I agreed to write a book and found myself in the fortune and very unusual position of being able to report closely on the company throughout the summer and fall of 2004, when the board stripped the family of voting control and Constellation mounted its takeover. One of the last scenes of the book takes place at the Oakville winery, shortly after the sale had been announced. I could report that employees were crying at their desks because I was there that day to witness this end of an era in the Napa Valley.
In researching the book, what were you surprised to learn about Robert Mondavi?
I was fascinated to discover how Robert Mondavi brought a lawsuit against his elderly mother, his younger brother, and his two sisters, for his share of the family business in the early 1970s.
Surely, in taking such a drastic step, Robert Mondavi must have known that the ensuing legal battle would, perhaps irreparably, create a deep rift in the family. The court case, Mondavi vs. Mondavi, which was tried in 1976, became one of the most famous in California legal history, and it created deep emotional scars in the family that never fully healed.
Of the many innovations for which Robert Mondavi can be credited, which stand out?
Robert Mondavi and his family were early adopters of such techniques as the use of French oak barrels for fermentation. As in many areas, they were not the innovators, but they helped spread good ideas and technologies. Perhaps most notably, Robert Mondavi, along with Julia Child and Alice Waters, helped lead America's culinary revolution by tirelessly preaching that Napa Valley wines were just as good as those from such storied regions as Bordeaux. In the 1960s—back in the dark ages of American food and wine marked by TV dinners, "space food," and jugs of Hearty Burgundy" – Robert Mondavi set out to turn America into a nation of wine drinkers by spreading the word that it was a civilizing beverage that had been embraced through the centuries.
The Mondavi story is arguably as much a tragedy as it is a success. Looking back, what were the most lamentable hardships the Mondavi family endured?
The Mondavis suffered from a recurring pattern of intense sibling rivalry. Cesare and Rosa Mondavi, who came to America from Italy shortly after the turn of the century, had two sons: Robert and Peter. For decades, the brothers worked together at the original family wine business, the Charles Krug winery. But when Cesare died in 1959, the simmering resentment and animosity between the brothers boiled over – leading to Robert punching Peter in the autumn of 1965, in the midst of an emotional dispute involving a mink coat.
Soon after, Rosa banished Robert from the family business. When Robert went a few miles down Highway 29 and founded the Robert Mondavi Winery, he, too, very much hoped his two sons – Michael and Timothy – would work together in harmony. But in an eerie repetition of the family pattern, Robert's sons also clashed repeatedly over the years, eventually leading the independent directors of the company to strip them of their operating control of the company. The Robert Mondavi Corp., which by 2004 was publicly traded and operated on five continents, was sold against the objections of several key family shareholders.
Mondavi partnered with Baron Philippe de Rothschild to create the famous Opus One label. At launch in the early 80's it was considered a resounding success by many. What impact have the events of the past 15 years -the IPO, the sale of the company to Constellation Brands- had on the reputation and image of Opus One?
Opus One remains a 50-50 joint venture between the Rothschilds and the Robert Mondavi Winery, which is now owned by Constellation Brands. What's changed since Constellation bought the Robert Mondavi Corporation for more than $1 billion in 2004 is that Opus One operates independently from its two owners: CEO David Pearson, for the first time, has full operating control of the winery now. Speaking personally, I think Opus One wines remains an absolutely delicious wine.
In the early 80's, Mondavi made the aggressive business decision of marketing Mondavi wine to the masses under the Woodbridge brand. While sales skyrocketed, what was the long term impact of this decision?
Harvard Business School has written five case studies on the Robert Mondavi Corp. and one of the key lessons to be drawn from the Mondavi business story is about how they managed their famous brand name, which Robert Mondavi sold to the company in the late 1970s.
Particularly after the company went public in 1993, it faced rising pressure to extend its brand name from its finest Oakville reserve wines to its mid-priced "Robert Mondavi Private Selection," and even to its lowest priced "Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi." Brand management, at best, is a delicate balancing act. But a strong case could be made that, facing increasing pressure from investors to improve its profitability, the company overextended the Robert Mondavi brand name, reducing its potency and confusing some customers. By the time Constellation bought the company, Woodbridge accounted for the vast majority of its sales and profits, while the "halo" of its super-premium Oakville wines had been dimmed by the ascendancy of such cult Napa wines as Screaming Eagle and Harlan Estate.
In 1993 Mondavi took the company public. What drove this decision and, looking back, what was the resulting effect?
Like many other wineries in Napa at the time, the Mondavis faced a threat from a microscopic pest called phylloxera, a voracious form of aphid that hid beneath the soil and quietly sucked on the roots of the vines until they shriveled up and died. The family first spotted the pest in 1988. By the early 1990s, they acknowledged they had a potential crisis on their hands. About 80 percent of its Napa Valley vineyards – about 750 of its 937 total acres – were infested. The company was forced to write down more than half a million dollars in vineyard assets in the fiscal years 1990 to 1992 and the estimated replanting bill was $20 million or so. At the same time, its lender, the Bank of America, was reluctant to extend it additional credit, beyond its existing line. By raising money from the public markets, the Mondavis could pay down their bank debt and afford to replant their vineyards. An initial public offering was also attractive to the family because it would allow them to tap into their wealth. The resulting effect was additional pressure from investors for growth. The business of winemaking, which is subject to the vagaries of nature and requires heavy capital investments, may in hindsight have posed special challenges for a publicly traded company.
The sale of Mondavi to Constellation Brands was shocking from many angles. Why?
Before deciding to take their company public, the Mondavi family and its advisors studied such family controlled companies as Levi Strauss, Coors, The Washington Post Company and The New York Times Company.
Using these models, it, too, decided to adopt a dual-class shareholder structure, which would give the Mondavi family the vast majority of voting shares of the company and the right to elect three-quarters of the company's directors. At the time, this seemed to ensure that the company would be "takeover-proof." So my question was how this seemingly "takeover-proof" family controlled company, in fact, end up being sold against the wishes of some of the key family shareholders?
I discovered the answer to this question the following year, when I finally was granted a series of lengthy interviews with Ted Hall, the former McKinsey & Co. consultant who had been brought in by the board to replace Michael Mondavi as chairman. The closely guarded secret, until then, was that Robert Mondavi had become financially overextended as a philanthropist, which was a source of deep worry to his family and his advisors. He had given away much of his fortune to such institutions as the University of California at Davis, Copia: The Center for Wine, Food and the Arts in Napa, and Stanford University. And when Robert Mondavi Corp.'s stock dropped below $20 a share in early 2003, Robert was underwater --- the dollar value of his shares couldn't cover his many philanthropic commitments.
To boost the stock price and thus help rescue Robert from this predicament, the board staged a coup which removed Michael as chairman and stripped the Mondavi shareholders of their voting control. In the midst of this turmoil, as the company was studying all of its options for improving shareholder value, Constellation Brands came into the picture – sensing an unusual buying opportunity. One of the most explosive quotes in "The House of Mondavi," comes from Timothy, Robert's younger son, who told me: "We felt the directors were holding a gun to our father's head and asked us to pull the trigger. I could not run the risk of his bankruptcy, even if he would have."
Fill in the blank: When history looks back, Mondavi's legacy will be ________________.
......as the person who put Napa Valley on the world's winemaking map.
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Napa Valley's Top Ten "Best Kept Secret" Wineries
April 12th, 2008Written by Paula Barker
BEST OFF-THE-BEATEN-PATH NAPA TASTING ROOMS After having visited numerous renowned wineries, many of us are looking for the hidden gems within the Napa Valley. Good wines are certainly valued, but the entire experience a winery provides leaves guests wanting to return and telling their friends and family to visit. Each winery listed in this article has some special draw, whether it's art, architecture, ambiance, gardens or compelling history.
Top 75 California Wines to Try Before You Quit Drinking (a non-dump bucket list if you will!)
June 12th, 2012Written by Loren Sonkin
In my last article, I listed the Top 75 French Wines to Try Before You Quit Drinking . In this article I look at the "non-dump bucket" list for wines from California. This proved to be a different task. First, very few wineries have a long track record of making great wine. Secondly, while California is diverse, it does not have the diversity of climates and terroir and grape varietals of France. Still, it does produce some of the best wines in the world and any wine lover should make it a point to try as many of them as they can. Here is my list: 1. Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon – It's hard to pick the first wine. This one is a great wine in every vintage and has been for a long time. Expensive but still possible to afford and made in large enough quantities to be found in grocery stores. Every lover of Cabernet should try this once.
Top Wine/Food Pairing Restaurants in the Napa Valley
April 03rd, 2007Written by Paula Barker
CHEFS AND SOMMELIERS REVEAL THEIR FAVORITE PAIRINGS Enthusiasm radiates from their lips, as some of the most innovative chefs and sommeliers in the Napa Valley describe their most smashing wine/food pairings, whether recently concocted, or so reliable that they have become a permanent fixture on their tasting menus. Seasoned restaurant professionals not only uncover their wonderful wine and food combinations, but also explain a bit of the process behind their achievements.
Q&A with Bernard Portet, Winemaker at Heritance
December 13th, 2011Written by Michael Cervin
Mentored by his father, a technical director at Château Lafite, Bernard Portet grew up tasting each wine vintage. Born in Cognac, his family has owned vineyard property in France since the late 1600s. A firm believer that making wine is all about a specific place, Portet's journey led him to the United States, Australia, Morocco, South Africa and South America. Due to the similarities of several of his favorite wine regions in France, it was California's Napa Valley that inspired him. With a clear vision of the potential of the Napa Valley, in 1971 he co-founded Clos du Val. He pioneered several Napa Valley regions and developed a keen focus upon the Stags Leap region. Portet remained at Clos du Val for more than 35 years. His latest wine label, Heritance launched in 2011.
Top Napa Wine and Cheese Pairings
February 07th, 2008Written by Paula Barker
NAPA'S NEW WHOLE FOODS STORE WITH ARTISAN CHEESES AND AMPLE WINE SELECTION – THE TALK OF THE TOWN! I heard it from my hairdresser – everyone's buzzing about Napa's new Whole Foods store. I visited just after my appointment, and the place was swarming with people, having just opened on January 16th. I made my way from section to section, mouth wide open, as I marveled over the stunning meat and fish cases, welcoming wine tasting station and astonishing lineup of ready-to-eat deli soups, including Bouillabaisse and Cioppino! | {
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First, I want to say how much I enjoyed the writing style of this book - it was hard to put down. I can see what the hype was about and why it was made into a movie - I haven't yet seen the movie, but I can perfectly see this story being carried out in film.
1) There were too many writers in the book. Perhaps I'm biased since I'm a fiction writer myself, but one of the first lessons we're told is: Don't write about writers. Not only are Amy's parents writers, but Amy and Nick are both writers. Although Amy's parents being writers helped fully flesh out the plot, Nick certainly doesn't need to be one also. Because of the fake diary Amy plants as part of the evidence piling up against her husband, it might lend credibility for her to pull off the con by being a professional writer... then again, perhaps it's not necessary. Many people have very wonderful blogs nowadays, but aren't "professional" writers. And the fact that ALL the main characters share the same profession? Too many writers in the book, in my opinion. Like too many chefs spoil the broth.
2) Amy's psychosis reads too much to me like a made-up story rather than a fully realized narrative. She is logically crazy. I felt myself being stretched a little past credibility with some of the actions attributed to her.
3) Amy's character is inconsistent. She goes to such great lengths to protect herself and set up the narrative to frame Nick. Then once she stages her disappearance and reaches the cabins in the middle of nowhere, she immediately starts hanging out with two strangers whom she knows nothing about, even going so far as to reveal where she keeps her money and watching a TV show about her own disappearance with one of them. I understand that to forward the plot, her money needs to be stolen in order to be forced to turn to Desi... but it really seems out of character for her. It seems stupid and spur-of-the-moment, and the whole point of the book is she ISN'T stupid or spur-of-the-moment. She's insane, but she's methodical and patient.
4) Nick staying with Amy at the end of the story seems implausible to me. While the child might be SOME motivation, is it worth the rest of his life with crazy Amy? Seems out of character to me. He's turned to another woman before, and he could again. At the end, he talks about not wanting to become Amy, then contradicts himself by saying he's reaching her level of craziness. Again, this struck me as inconsistent.
Other than these few plot points that bothered me as I read the book, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'd definitely pick up another book by Gillian Flynn. | {
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BG 2.6: We do not even know which result of this war is preferable for us—conquering them or being conquered by them. Even after killing them we will not desire to live. Yet they have taken the side of Dhritarasthra, and now stand before us on the battlefield.
When evaluating the most suitable course of action, one considers various alternatives and their consequences. Arjun was debating whether it would be desirable to defeat the Kauravas or to be defeated by them. Both alternatives seemed like defeat, for if he did win the war by slaying the Kauravas, he would have no further desire to live.
However, the fact was that Bheeshma, Dronacharya, Kripacharya, etc. had acted ignobly by taking the side of the unrighteous Kauravas. The word arthakām has been used for them, implying, "attached to wealth and position," they had taken the side of the wicked Duryodhan. So, killing them in the war was a natural consequence. In fact, after the war, Bheeshma himself admitted that a teacher who acts ignobly is fit to be abandoned.
Hence, Bheeshma was an enlightened soul, whose actions could never be against the principles of dharma. However, his profound character was beyond mundane reasoning. Even though he fought on the side of the Kauravas, he said to Yudhishthir (the eldest of the Pandava brothers) before the war, "I am obliged to combat on the side of unrighteousness, but I give you the boon that you will be victorious." Bheeshma knew that the righteous Pandavas, who had the Supreme Lord Shree Krishna on their side, could never lose. By taking the side of adharma (unrighteousness), he showed that even the biggest forces on heaven and earth could not make unholiness win in this holy war. He thus offered the biggest sacrifice of laying down his life, to assist the divine pastimes of Lord Krishna.
"If I do not make the Supreme Lord Shree Krishna lift weapons, then I will shame my mother Ganga, and I am not the son of King Shantanu." Bheeshma fought so valiantly that Arjun's chariot was shattered, and he was stranded on the ground. At that stage, Shree Krishna lifted the chariot wheel and came forward to prevent Bheeshma from killing Arjun. Bheeshma saw the Lord with the chariot wheel in his hand as a weapon, and broke into a big smile. He understood that Bhaktavatsala Bhagavān (God who gives pleasure to his devotees) had broken his own vow to honor the vow of his devotee.
In fact, Bheeshma's devotion to Lord Krishna had a very rasik (full of sweetness) flavor to it. He used to meditate on Shree Krishna's pastimes in Vrindavan. There, in the evening when the Lord would return to the village after grazing the cows in the forest, the dust raised from the hooves of the cows would deck his charming face, increasing its beauty and sweetness. During the battle of Mahabharat, the dust raised from the hooves of the horses too added to Shree Krishna's beauty, and he loved having darśhan (divine vision) of his Lord there.
Lord Krishna reciprocated his loving devotion by himself coming to meet Bheeshma on his deathbed of arrows, and with the darśhan of God in front of him, Bheeshma, the great mahājan, left his body, of his own volition. | {
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Post: Gaurav Akrani. Date: 11/27/2011. No Comments. Label: Finance.
Financial planning means to prepare the financial plan.
A financial plan is also called capital plan.
A financial plan is an estimate of the total capital requirements of the company. It selects the most economical sources of finance. It also tells us how to use this finance profitably. Financial plan gives a total picture of the future financial activities of the company.
Financial Resources (FR) + Financial Techniques (FT) = Financial Planning.
How much finance (short-term, medium-term and long-term) will be required by the company?
From where this finance will be acquired (gathered)? In other words, what are the sources of finance? That is, owned capital (promoter contribution, share capital) and borrowed capital (debentures, loans, overdrafts, etc.).
How the company will use this acquired finance? That is, application or utilisation of funds.
Financial plan is generally prepared during promotion stage. It is prepared by the Promoters (entrepreneurs) with the help of experienced (practising) professionals. The promoters must be very careful while preparing the financial plan. This is because a bad financial plan will lead to over-capitalization or under-capitalization. It is very difficult to correct a bad financial plan. Hence immense care must be taken while preparing a financial plan.
After the company starts, the finance manager does the financial planning.
The types of financial plans are depicted and briefly explained below.
Article and image credits © Prof. Mudit Katyani.
Short-term financial plan is prepared for maximum one year. This plan looks after the working capital needs of the company.
Medium-term financial plan is prepared for a period of one to five years. This plan looks after replacement and maintenance of assets, research and development, etc.
Long-term financial plan is prepared for a period of more than five years. It looks after the long-term financial objectives of the company, its capital structure, expansion activities, etc. | {
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A rich woody fragrance inspired by contemporary masculinity. A bright natural blend of Japanese yuzu, sage and cardamom that harmonise to create a unique, and refreshing scent. Perfect for a strong, yet sensual man – an ideal Christmas present. | {
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April 2018 saw the opening of award-winning chef Cathy Whims' and partner David West's innovative and design-forward new wine bar Enoteca Nostrana, located next door to Nostrana, their renowned Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Created by Rick Potestio in close collaboration with Director of Operations Nicholas Suhor, the bright, fresh interior with its bold geometry, intense color palette and heavy use of patterns takes its cue from the work of the Memphis Group, founded by Ettore Sottsass, a Milan-based design collective that produced post-modern furniture and art pieces in the 1980s. Deep indigo sets the background atmosphere, layered with pops of color like surf blue and pale pink.
A 15-seat quartz bar is lined with Champagne cork-inspired bar stools designed by renowned Italian design studio Orlandini Radice. Striking, intricately patterned custom tilework by Portland-based architect Rick Potestio runs from the floor all the way up the faces of the bar and stairs. All the lights, whether sitting atop the quartz bar, suspended from the ceilings or fixed to the walls are from the iconic Anglepoise Original 1227 Range, featured in sizes from Mini to Giant and including a new Original 1227 Mini Ceramic Pendant Cluster. But the glowing heart of Enoteca has to be their two-storey, glass fronted wine cellar, housing Enoteca and Nostrana's impressive wine inventory (some 2000 + bottles) at optimum temperature. Here an Original 1227 Giant Brass Floor Lamp stands guard! | {
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K is for Kobol
By Unknown 01:30 8 comments
Welcome back to the second full week of the A to Z challenge! If you're wondering what in the world I'm talking about, click the flower icon to the right. If you just want to get to the good stuff and explore fantasy planets, just go to the next line.
Kobol is from Battlestar Galactica. Which is an awesome show about the survival of the human race. Against robots called cylons. Military sf for those who like it, and lots of good drama. I fell in love with it on the first episode and watched the entire series even though things got...strange....come three and four.
In the show mythos, Kobol is the ancestral home of humanity. From there, humankind spread out to found the 12 colonies, each named after a zodiac constellation/god. Plus, the lost 13th colony Earth the characters are trying to find in the show.
Because of it's role as the origin of humanity, Kobol has a religious standing in the show. It's where humans lived with the gods, but conflicts between the two forced humans to leave and form the twelve colonies. Those who returned to the planet were predicted to pay the price for the visit in blood.
Why would people even want to return then? Cuz clues to finding Earth were said to be on Kobol.
In addition to a lovely picture of a planet, since last week was a little dry, here's also the song "Kobol's Last Gleaming" from the show. And some arm candy.
Category: A to Z Challenge, Battlestar Galactica, Kobol
S. L. Hennessy 13 April, 2015 11:29
A Battlestar reference! Yayyy! LOVE Kobol.
Good luck with the A to Z Challenge!
S. L. Hennessy
http://pensuasion.blogspot.com/
Unknown 13 April, 2015 13:52
So glad you love Kobol!
Sophie Duncan 13 April, 2015 12:04
I loved the original Battlestar :)
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T.T Too young to have seen the original, but considering Starbuck was female in the reboot I'll stick with it.
Haneen Ibrahim 13 April, 2015 13:09
Never saw the show, I really don't like anything that has to do with many gods and stuff but I must say the story sounds really something.
Religion is a bit fringey in the show. It's more about survival. Actually no, there are a couple of characters who believe they are prophets. But there's also a ton of social rights issues that make this good to watch.
Jean Davis 16 April, 2015 05:34
Big BSG fan, so good topic choice for this post. :)
David P. King 16 April, 2015 13:24
BSG was one of the many influences that got me going with sci fi. Makes you wonder if there really is an ancestral home to humanity somewhere out there. :) | {
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
/**
* Test sort algorithms in C
*
* @param argc => number of command line arguments
* @param argv => String array of command line arguments
*/
int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
int language = 0, algorithm = 0, size = 0, increaseSize = 10, increaseSizeAux = 1;
char algorithmText[50], program[200];
system("rm -rf ../../outputs && mkdir ../../outputs");
for (language = 0; language <= 5; language++) {
for (increaseSize = 10, increaseSizeAux = 1, size = 10; size <= 1000000; size += increaseSize) {
if (increaseSizeAux % 10 == 0) {
increaseSizeAux = 1;
increaseSize = increaseSize * 10;
}
for (algorithm = 0; algorithm < 7; algorithm++) {
strcpy(algorithmText, (algorithm == 0)? "bubbleSort": (algorithm == 1)? "countingSort": (algorithm == 2)? "heapSort": (algorithm == 3)? "insertionSort": (algorithm == 4)? "mergeSort": (algorithm == 5)? "quickSort": "selectionSort");
sprintf(program, "gcc benchmark.c -o benchmark.out && ./benchmark.out %s %d", algorithmText, size);
// Run program
system(program);
system("sudo sync && free -m && sudo sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=3");
}
increaseSizeAux++;
}
}
return 0;
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Guy comes up to the bar, big guy, beard, glasses, orders a drink, starts a tab. I write his name down, mark down one beer.
About an hour later, my fellow bartender turns to me at the register, and says, what's this guy's name behind you? I look, it's the guy with the beard. I say, his name is William.
I feel pretty good about remembering his name. It's really strange why I remember some names, and can't, for the life of me, remember other names.
The next night, I'm bartending, guy comes up to the bar. Hey. It's the same guy. I call out, hey William! You're back! I finish up with the person I'm helping, then go up to William. He orders a beer on tap, if I remember correctly. I pour it, bring it to him. I say, you gotta be impressed that I remembered your name from last night. I don't know why, some people's names I can just remember. You're William, right?
He says, yeah. Well, actually, I go by Casey.
And then my confidence deflates.
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Q: Multiple UIImageViews with UIImagePicker I am brand new to using UIImagePicker so bear with me here. Basically, I have two UIButtons defined that access the camera roll and once an image is chosen, the image appears in my UIImageView. The problem is when I choose an image from one of the buttons, it appears in both UIImageViews, and not one. I basically want to be able to choose two different photos by means of two different buttons. Here is the coding:
-(IBAction)getPhoto1:(id)sender {
UIImagePickerController *picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
picker.delegate = self;
picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum;
popover1 = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:picker];
[popover1 presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 400., 400.0) inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];
}
-(IBAction)getPhoto2:(id)sender {
UIImagePickerController *picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
picker.delegate = self;
picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum;
popover2 = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:picker];
[popover2 presentPopoverFromRect:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 400.0, 400.0) inView:self.view permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];
}
-(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
[picker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
photo1.image = [info objectForKey:@"UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"];
photo2.image = [info objectForKey:@"UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"];
}
A: -(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info is called whenever you finish selecting an image.
When the you finish selecting an image from the UIImagePickerController, you are setting both UIImageView to the image returned.
You need to differentiate between which button has been pressed - perhaps you could use a int to determine which button was pressed.
For example, create an 'int' called buttonPressed that'll be set to 1 when getPhoto1 was pressed, or 2 when getPhoto2 was pressed. Then, in didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo, you could have:
if (buttonPressed == 1) {
photo1.image = [info objectForKey:@"UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"];
} else if (buttonPressed == 2) {
photo2.image = [info objectForKey:@"UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"];
}
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The 2019 BMW M2 Competition replaces the outgoing M2 Coupe with more power, better handling and sportier looks.
The theme of this week's Friday Five appears to be German automakers, from BMW to Mercedes announcing news ahead of next week's Beijing Motor Show.
While Beijing isn't a very big show for us Americans, it does give us a glimpse at some cars that may or may not come to the States (or inspire upcoming U.S.-spec cars).
As far as that auto show is concerned, BMW will replace the M2 with a new M2 Competition, featuring the same engine found in the M3, and Mercedes will reveal its first-ever Maybach SUV (whose photos were leaked this week as well).
As a palate cleanser, we'll take a ride in the new redesigned 2019 Volkswagen Jetta, now larger and more tech-savvy for 2019.
Those stories and much more are ahead in this week's edition of the Friday Five.
The newly redesigned front end of the 2019 BMW M2 Competition is enhanced for optimal airflow and general function.
BMW knows that crossovers help keep the lights on, but those SUVs also help the Bavarian luxury brand build fun-to-drive, raucous sports coupes like the M2.
For 2019 however, the M2 Coupe is gone. In its place will be the new 2019 M2 Competition, and even more powerful version of the already peppy compact sports coupe.
With the same engine found in the M3 and M4, the M2 now puts out 405 horsepower and 406 lb.-ft. of torque, up from the previous M2's 365-horsepower, 343 lb.-ft. of torque unit. Standard 6-speed manual shifts the gears as the automotive gods intended, but a DCT is also available should you not be in the mood to row yourself.
Find out more about the 2019 BMW M2 Competition here.
Under the hood of the new 2017 GLE43 is an AMG-enhanced 3.0-liter V6 biturbo engine, boasting 362 horsepower and 384 lb.-ft. of torque.
Car ownership is changing, whether we're ready for it or not. Instead of buying a car, paying it off for 5, 6 or even dare I say, 7 years, you get the title and congratulations, you own a vehicle outright.
That's fine and dandy for some people, but for others, car ownership doesn't prove to be a worthwhile endeavor. After paying for a car for half a decade (or more), cars start to require more costly maintenance and with the value of the car depreciating after every year and every mile, it can become a money vacuum.
Some automakers, in an attempt to keep customers who may be ownership-averse, are introducing subscription-based car ownership services. Cadillac, Porsche, Volvo and others have already launched pilot programs of the service, but now Mercedes is the latest to jump into the fray.
With a flat monthly rate, customers will get unlimited access to a brand new vehicle, with the freedom to swap it out with a different car whenever they choose. Maintenance, fees, insurance, registration and everything under the sun is covered under the flat monthly fee. Mercedes will launch its pilot program in Nashville and Philadelphia to entice some younger, affluent buyers who may want more options and a fresh set of wheels whenever they want.
Read more about Mercedes Connect here.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past three years, Volkswagen got caught with some dirty diesel engines, and while the fines and fees have soared, the German brand is still required to invest in EV infrastructure in the U.S. as reparations.
In a new partnership with Walmart, Volkswagen's EV-oriented subsidiary, Electrify America, will install multiple EV chargers at more than 100 Walmart stores across 34 states.
The DC fast charging stations can juice up a car to the tune of 20 miles per minute, so EV owners can plug in and go shop and return to their car with a freshly recharged car. And owners can even check the status of their car's charging via the Electrify America app on their smartphone while they're in the store for added convenience.
Check out more about the Walmart EV charging stations here.
If you're in the market for an SUV, or any new car for that matter really, you should get yourself familiar with "day's supply." Day's supply is the number of days it takes to sell a vehicle on a dealership lot, based on the previous month's daily sales rate.
Every vehicle sitting on a dealership lot takes up space and money, meaning some cars take up more time and space than they're worth, so dealers are more anxious to get them sold off the lot to make room for more vehicles.
So with that in mind, we dig into the SUVs that have been sitting on dealership lots too long for the salespeople's liking. This is good news for you because this might be your best chance to snag a great deal on a new SUV or crossover.
See the full list of SUVs here.
When Volkswagen first introduced the Jetta way back in 1979, it was seen as the bargain choice for those who wanted German refinement, but couldn't afford the luxury price tag associated with more premium brands.
More recently, the Jetta has struggled against a class dominated by newer, fresher, more tech-savvy offerings that combine impressive driving dynamics and incredible value. Thus, Jettas collected dust on dealership lots nationwide.
Now for 2019, the Jetta gets a new lease on life, with more Audi-like styling and technology. Growing larger, and more affordable, the only thing that stays behind from the previous generation is the engine.
Daily News Autos contributing writer Ron Sessions took the wheel of a brand new Jetta to find out whether the Jetta's new sheetmetal and lower price tag make up for its driving dynamics.
Read his full review of the 2019 Jetta here. | {
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I am grateful to have our India travels planned by your company, and I believe my friends feel the same. It was incredibly easy, despite our travel changes, and I felt like i didn't have to think at all! Vinod was extremely accommodating and helpful in getting us from A to B. I will recommend your company to friends and will use again for future India travels.
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The Quality Hotel CKS Sydney Airport is well positioned right next to the Sydney International and Domestic Airports. The property also has numerous guests facilities for your convenience including lounge bar, conference centre, guest laundry, lift, restaurant, room service, airport shuttle and 24 hour reception. Further recreation facilities include tennis courts and even a golf course nearby. The newly renovated bar and fully licensed restaurant are ideal for drinks and affordable dining for both business and leisure travellers alike.
The discount provided by the Stamford Plaza Sydney Airport Hotel gives travellers a great place to stay within close proximity to the Sydney Airport. The property also comes complete with a range of modern amenities such as lounge bar, business centre, conference centre, direct internet access, disabled facilities, faxing facilities, guest laundry, fitness equipment, lift, restaurant, room service, sauna, spa, outdoor swimming pool, tour desk, airport shuttle, 24 hour reception and daily housekeeping. The recently refurbished rooms and fantastic facilities are perfect for those requiring quality accommodation at the Sydney airport.
The Billabong Gardens Hotel Sydney is the perfectly situated in Egan Street, which is a side street of King Street the busiest restaurant street in Sydney. This means that by staying at the Billabong Gardens Hotel you will not only be 15 minutes from the Sydney airport but also right next to lots of fine dining, boutique shopping, Sydney University, the RPA Hospital and all of the bustling Newtown night life entertainment. This combination of things makes the Billabong Gardens Hotel ideal for leisure and business guests who don't want to spend the earth.
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Hotels and Motels located close to Sydney Airport offering special discount accommodation for stays longer than 1 night. You can book your airport accommodation up to 12 months in advance or at the very last minute. | {
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Elton johns biggest hits covered big names music
ELTON JOHN'S BIGGEST HITS COVERED BY OTHER BIG NAMES IN MUSIC
By Christine Ross
Elton John's biggest hits have been reworked by top artists including Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, and Zoomers Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton.
The singer/songwriter this week announced the April 6th release of two albums. The first called REVAMP, includes covers by pop and rock stars. The other album is called RESTORATION and features cover versions by country stars. Elton John and some of the artists featured on the album talk about the new album here | {
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If you were around at the beginning of the month, you may have seen that I was starting a little project with my Polaroid camera, something fun for, to keep and look back on. Every day this year I will take one photo, and by the end I'll have a box of 365 of them. Today, we are on day 23, and it just felt like a nice to time update you on things. I didn't want to do anything as structured as weekly or monthly updates, I think sporadic ones throughout the year will be much nicer.
First of all, I'm pleased to say that I haven't missed one day, not one! I'm getting so used to carrying my little Instax camera around with me everywhere I go, that I can already feel myself missing it when this year is over. Some days if I know what I'm doing, I'll have an idea of when I want to take the picture, or who with. Others, I'll just find myself in a situation that would be perfect for one.
Currently, their home is a small Dior box that originally housed a very pretty highlighter. That suits them fine just now, and I think it will be another couple of months before I have to look for something bigger. I've had a look at a few boxes already, but I'm having trouble imagining just how big the pile of picture will be at the end of the year. I don't want to get a box that come September will be too small, or, end up with one that's far too big for them.
When I first started, I wasn't sure how to mark them, I went back and forth between number or date, but eventually I decided that doing both would be the best way to go. Mainly because picking up picture 192, and thinking 'what date was that?', would honestly drive me crazy. This way, I can know what number it is between 1 and 365, and know what date it was too. I'm also colour coordinating them by season with my Sharpies. Just now, because it's all cold and wintery, I'm using icy blues and grey's. I can't wait to see how the colours change through the year.
I can't tell you the number of times I've sat and flicked through what is still a fairly small pile of photos, they are already bringing me so much joy -and it's only day 23! I'm honestly enjoying it so much, I'll be sad when it finishes, but that's still a long way off at the moment.
I love that this is coming along so well! The way you are organizing everything is wonderful, numbering them both ways. I can't wait to see more! | {
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Q: SQL Index - are both statements going to do the same? I was wondering if in SQL server these two statements to create a non-clustered index will have the same behavior?
create nonclustered index EmpLastname_Incl_Firstname
on employee(lastname) include (firstname);
create nonclustered index EmpLastnameFirstname
on employee(lastname, firstname)
A: No. The key columns are optimized for things like filtering and grouping, while the included columns are optimized for retrieval of the column only. So if a lot of your queries look like the following:
SELECT firstname, lastname
FROM mytable
WHERE lastname = 'Doe' AND firstname = 'John'
then the second index you showed would be preferred. If you only use lastname in your SELECT such as the following query:
SELECT firstname, lastname
FROM mytable
WHERE lastname = 'Doe'
Then the first query would be preferred.
If you have a mix of both queries you should take the second index only as the second query is also able to make use of the first index.
A: absolutely no
INCLUDE means that the data from the column is stored in the index but it is not part of the index sorting
A: Those statements will not have the same behavior. The index with the include will only allow key lookups on the lastname field, while the index without the include will allow key lookups on both the lastname and firstname fields. Microsoft documentation for indexes with includes. This bit is especially important to your question:
Redesign nonclustered indexes with a large index key size so that only columns used for searching and lookups are key columns. Make all other columns that cover the query into nonkey columns. In this way, you will have all columns needed to cover the query, but the index key itself is small and efficient.
If you ever need to search by the firstname field, your index should include it as a key lookup.
A: Adding columns to include will store the respective data only on the leaf-node level of the b-tree (not in the tree itself).
Almost everything that can be accomplished with include can also be accomplished by putting the respective columns in the key part of the index. The exceptions are related to the length limits of the key. In doubt, it might be best to leave it in the key columns.
Having that said, there are some benefits when putting a column in include rather than the key part:
*
*the resulting index is slightly smaller (a few percent)
*The tree of the index might be a one level smaller
*It is documented what the column of that index is used for. That makes extending this index more easy in the future.
I find the last one the most important one.
Have a look at my recent article about this topic for a better understanding:
https://use-the-index-luke.com/blog/2019-04/include-columns-in-btree-indexes
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Guide to Rider Switch at Disney World
By Tom Bricker News & Rumors, Tips & Tricks 76 Comments
Rider Switch is Walt Disney World's system that allows parents with small children to take turns experiencing thrill rides and other attractions with height requirements. In this post, we'll cover how the service (also known as child swap, baby switch, or parent swap) works and new changes to Rider Switch at Walt Disney World. (Updated March 13, 2022.)
Let's start with brief context for those who aren't familiar with Rider Switch. If a child does not meet the height requirement or does not want to do a particular attraction (because it's too scary, intense, etc.), one adult can wait with the non-rider (or riders) outside the entrance or exit while the rest of the party enjoys the attraction. When the other adult returns, they supervise the non-riding guests, and the waiting adult can board the attraction without having to wait in the regular line again.
To use Rider Switch, your entire party approaches the attraction, where they'll find a greeter, little sandwich board, or kiosk near the entrance (basically, you're looking for a Cast Member with an iPad). At least one adult member of your party and the guests who are not riding will be issued a digital Rider Switch entitlement by the Cast Member and asked to wait in a designated area near the exit or entrance of the attraction. This group is "Party 2."
The other guests ("Party 1") enter through the standby line as normal and ride the attraction first. After finishing, Party 1 finds Party 2. Then, Party 1 swaps supervision of the non-riding children–hence this being known informally as child swap. Party 2 enters and boards the attraction via the Lightning Lane courtesy of their digital Rider Switch entitlement with minimal wait.
Rider Switch is available on attractions with height requirements that have Lightning Lanes. Here's a full list of current attractions that are Rider Switch eligible at all four Walt Disney World theme parks:
The Barnstormer
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
Splash Mountain
Tomorrowland Indy Speedway
Frozen Ever After
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (Opening in Summer 2022)
Mission: SPACE
Soarin' Around the World
Test Track
Alien Swirling Saucers
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Slinky Dog Dash
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Expedition Everest
Kali River Rapids
Na'vi River Journey
With the debut of paid Genie+ and Lightning Lanes, which replaced the free FastPass+ service, Walt Disney World has made a number of tweaks to queue procedures for other guests. Notably, this impacts both the Rider Switch service and Disability Access Service (DAS).
See our Guide to Genie+ at Walt Disney World & Lightning Lane FAQ for all of the foundational need-to-know info about this paid FastPass+ replacement. Here's what you need to know about the changes to Rider Switch…
Previously, Walt Disney World's official policy allows everyone (Party 1) except the first waiting adult and child (Party 2) to ride the first time. After Party 1 is done, the first waiting adult may bring two guests with them on the attraction–for a total of three guests riding.
For larger families with a total of 3 or more kids–let's specifically use the example of two older siblings and one younger one–this meant that Rider Switch wasn't just a convenient way to wait the same amount of time as everyone using the standby queue. It effectively allowed the older siblings to double dip and ride twice, once with each parent.
Walt Disney World has begun adjusting its Rider Switch policy, and will only allow one other guest to accompany the first waiting adult (Party 2) on an attraction via the Lightning Lane queue after Party 1 experiences it. For the example family of two older siblings and a younger one, this means that both will not be able to ride a second time. However, one will still be able to accompany the parent from Party 1 each time for a second ride.
As with other recent changes at Walt Disney World, this is being rolled out gradually.
Walt Disney World has updated the text of its official rider switch policy on DisneyWorld.com. In pertinent part, it now states: "Please note that if the person in party 2 waited alone with the child or non-riding Guest, the number of Guests who may join him or her and ride again is limited."
While this policy change could be construed as even more stringent than what we reported last month, as it doesn't mention any guests accompanying the waiting adult, that's not what we've heard. Rather, the ambiguity exists in order to give Cast Members discretion over how many guests to allow on a case-by-case basis and given the seating circumstances of each attraction.
For the average United States family with 1.93 kids (let's round up to 2 for the sake of simplicity), things are unchanged. That lucky older sibling will be able to ride with both Party 1 and Party 2, if they so desire. The perk still exists, and it's a sensible one so that the adult doesn't have to ride solo. Quality family time on vacation and all that.
When it comes to any type of queue or line skipping policy, any change is bound to be controversial among some Walt Disney World fans.
How you react to this will undoubtedly depend upon whether you're a family with the demographics of the example one above. Those with two or more older kids likely won't be fans of this change.
Unsurprisingly, we have a dramatically different perspective here. We've only used Rider Switch on rare occasion when visiting the parks with friends who have small kids. While it's not something we've regularly used, we're not anti-Rider Switch. We're glad it exists as a courtesy for parents with small children.
In our view, this is something you can file under "it was nice while it lasted!" for select guests. With that said, the new policy is eminently fair. In fact, I'd go a step further and say that, when viewing the previous policy v. the new one at arm's length, I I don't know how you reach any conclusion other than that this is an equitable and reasonable rule change.
The prior policy was effectively a Walt Disney World-sanctioned 'legal loophole.' Sure, the change stinks for those who it benefitted, but it undeniably was a windfall. Nothing entitled the two older siblings (or whomever) to experience every thrill ride twice while waiting once.
Like so many loopholes Walt Disney World has closed over the years, it's unfortunate (for some) to see it go, but the change is fair. For the overall pool of guests at Walt Disney World, the closing of this loophole is a good thing. It will improve ride capacity and hourly operational efficiency for those in the standby line.
Obviously, it probably will not make attractions more efficient and standby waits shorter by a huge degree–the number of guests previously taking advantage of this 'legal loophole' probably was not that high–but it won't be by a negligible amount, either.
The quick, cynical, and lazy commentary here is that Walt Disney World is tightening up any perceived policy abuses, anticipating more with the paid Lightning Lanes. The company is probably cognizant of the fact that charging for line-skipping will exacerbate utilization and abuse of policies like Rider Swap, and wants to minimize all of that–while maximizing uptake of paid line-skipping privileges.
There's undoubtedly some truth to that. I suspect that Walt Disney World would not have bothered with this were it not for an overhaul of the queue system being on the horizon.
Potentially unpopular opinion (given the readership demographics here), but Disney should've addressed this rule regardless. This Rider Switch change is good news for the majority of guests regardless of its motivations.
It was one thing for this to be the official, unwritten policy a decade ago. During the nascent years of social media and when most Walt Disney World hacks were confined to fan forums and obscure blogs like this one it didn't really matter. Those communities were generally pretty careful with advice that abused systems, seeing countless loopholes closed over the years as they grew too large.
That ceased to be the case years ago. Today, there are dozens of Facebook groups devoted to Walt Disney World with hundreds of thousands of members. Popular YouTube channels cover how to beat the system and get millions of views. Tips go viral in the mainstream and reach tens of millions of people. The game has changed.
If Walt Disney World has a policy that could be described as a "beneficial courtesy" intended for a small pool of guests, you can bet it won't be long before social media finds a way to exploit that and ruin it for everyone. (One TikTokers highly questionable "free shirt hack" literally made international headlines!)
Ultimately, we can completely empathize with the example family who used this loophole sparingly and will now have to explain to their kids why they can't ride with both parents. It's undoubtedly disappointing, and I can understand that. It's always nice to have a semi-exclusive perk and it sucks to lose that.
However, this change is fair. There's no two ways about it. Word had gotten out about Rider Swap and other ways to leverage the Lightning Lane queue without paying for it. Closing some loopholes is going to be more challenging than others, but this is definitely something that's needed and overdue. I'm still holding out a sliver of hope that the potential Premier Access + Standby Pass system will be a net positive for guests like us who will never buy Premier Access, but that requires some sensible and reasonable reforms to Walt Disney World's current queue policies (among other things).
What do you think of the Rider Switch changes? Are Walt Disney World's policy tweaks in closing this 'legal loophole' fair or excessive? Disappointed by the change, pleased by it, or indifferent to it? Do you agree or disagree with our commentary? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
76 Responses to "Guide to Rider Switch at Disney World"
Holly September 12, 2021
I HOPE everyone will have to pay for Lightning Lane or have the gene+pass. That was another LOOPHOLE for rider switch before which I could not believe when I heard it.
Parents posted that one of the adults didn't need a fastpass to a popular ride like 7 Dwarfs (which means they could have ANOTHER fastpass) meanwhile the other parent and older child would have the fastpass, they would get the rider switch pass for that other parent.
There were blogs telling families how to do it so that they ended up with skipping the line MORE than the 3 fastpasses by using rider switch.
Also it used to be that the rider switch didn't have a return time. I read reports where parents would say get there early, get rider switch passes while lines are short then use the passes in the afternoon when lines are long. Making the folks who are going to use the rider switch wait close by is only fair. As it is someone gets to ride twice which in it's self is a bonus.
Universal has waiting areas. I still cannot believe Disney didn't build those when they built their newer rides.
Christy August 24, 2021
How will Rider Switch work with the new paid Lightning Lanes? For example, if 1 adult and 2 children purchase Lightning Lane access for 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, will the adult waiting with another child also need to purchase Lightning Lane, or just be able to ride utilizing the Rider Switch?
Barbara August 11, 2021
Heather, the DAS pass only allows up to six guests, including the guest who is disabled. I have a DAS. I would hate to have to go on an attraction with just one of my family members or friends. It is much more enjoyable when we go as a group.
Why would you want to punish a group of people who already have enough to deal with when visiting Disney World? I would hope that people would be a little more understanding of guests using DAS more so then those using fast pass.
Heather August 11, 2021
I really hope Disney will also review and up date the DAS policy to only allow one guest with the DAS guest. Last May on our visit the DAS abuses were glaring. Before you did not know who was fast pass & who was DAS. We saw many very large groups skip the long & hot 90 degree lines due to one often time non-obvious DAS member. Trust me many families around us in line were very upset and vocal about the obvious abuse. It really hurt in the Flight of passage line.
N August 9, 2021
As parents we rotate which kid we ride with on each ride all day long. You can certainly do that with rider swap, ride with one kid and then ride with the next kid on the next ride and so on. To let more than 1 person ride with the waiting adult is unfair and makes the lines longer for everyone. I really hope there is no paid fast pass for the rich, and no multiple person double rides for rider swap, everyone just waits their turn and rides once which will ultimately make it better for all.
Drew August 9, 2021
@John, re: " That at some rides you must wait in a portion (in the case of the Avatar ride a very long portion) of the line before you get the swap pass?"
While we never leveraged rider swap to the fullest (kids close in age) my daughter doesn't like the more thrilling rides (e.g. Everest, Rock n Roller Coaster, etc.) so we used it some in December of 2020. The swap points varied by attraction at that time.
John August 9, 2021
I have not been to Disney World since COVID started, but can anyone tell me if the worst and most inconsistent part of rider swap still exists? That at some rides you must wait in a portion (in the case of the Avatar ride a very long portion) of the line before you get the swap pass?
My wife and I have two children. One is 6 and one is now 4, but the last time we went was around 8 months. If you've never waited in line with an 8 month old, you know it can be frustrating. Anyway, you had to wait for a while to before they would give you the pass.
Other rides (Tower of Terror, Slinky Dog) you just walked up and got it. Then one of us got in line with our older child while the other waited. Obviously this rule change doesn't affect us, but it's still interesting.
Anyway, going again in December and looking forward to using all your tips! God Bless!
Jesse August 9, 2021
Is the policy the same at Disneyland?
Amanda Davee Lomax August 9, 2021
It's interesting how everyone has such different takes on this. One point you didn't mention is that allowing additional riders doesn't just let kids ride a second time, it allows the parent who didn't get to ride the first time to experience the ride with their children and see it through their eyes.
I see a lot of people prefer the plans that have both parents walk through the line together, but I can tell you as a parent who has waited with the baby on many occasions, sometimes it's really wonderful to be able to go change a diaper, get a snack, or try a playground instead of wrangling someone who really wants to ride through a line and then have to tell them they can't. We've had moments where one of our kids was unsure and we went through the line all together and Disney essentially rigged the system to accommodate a rider switch at the turnstile, but when you know the second kid isn't going to ride, I'd hate to have to walk through the line with them. There have been times when the rider swap was a fastpass ticket we could use any time before the end of the month, which was really helpful when we realized we really didn't have time to do the second ride right that minute because we needed to get to a parade, someone needed a nap, or didn't feel well. The other adult could use it later that day or on another day if we were coming back.
Crystal July 13, 2021
I don't see the point of changing the policy. I think it should just be left as is. I have 4 kids and I don't see rider switch as a huge perk. I'm really glad they have it but it's a pain to wait twice for one ride. It's very time consuming. Life in the parks is much better when I don't have to use it. Most the time only one of my kids wanted to go with me the second time. I'm sure there are plenty of parents who don't always have someone going with them each time they use it so I don't think this change is going to change much. Even though I didn't always use the 2 extra person rule, it was still nice to know it was an option.
Ann July 12, 2021
Personally, I think the +1 or +2 should be based on the seating for the ride. Most of these rides have 2 seats next to each other, so it makes sense to do an adult +1. The only people really affected by the +1 would be the single rider line, if it exists for that ride.
I agree that I MUCH prefer Universal Orlando's system. The entire party goes through the line together, then the non-riders wait in air conditioned comfort in a room that sometimes even has things to entertain youngsters while the first party rides. As soon as they are done, the adults swap places. This way, a reluctant child can go through the queue before deciding whether or not to ride, the entire family stays together, the wait time while Party 1 rides is minimal, and it is almost always a comfortable indoor place to wait. It also means that the rider swap doesn't use the fast pass/Express pass queue.
Alex July 12, 2021
I've always been disappointed with the rider switch policy at Disney Parks. I am from California, so I've only used this to Disneyland and California Adventure.
For those in larger, groups, it was no big deal, 2-3 adults could hang out with the kid(s) who could not ride while the rest of the group went through the queue, then those that waited, would go through the FastPass line.
But when it was just 2 parents with 1 child – it's torture, especially when the lines are long. Both parents would be apart for 2 waits – the long standby line and the (not really much) shorter FastPass line, then meet up.
SixFlags and Knott's Berry Farm always did this so much better. The whole family goes through the line. The first parent would ride while the second waited at the turnstiles, then they would swap the kid and the first parent would head out with the child, while the second one eAnjoyed the ride.
The whole family gets to stay together and enjoy each other's company in the line.
Jordan W. July 12, 2021
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Whatever your thoughts on "Rider Swap" changes, I would really encourage you to examine why you think "DAS" is being abused. I am a disabled young person who is also an AP and have been for many years. I utilize "DAS" however, to most people I look "normal" or like I am "abusing the system" because I am 30, have young kids, can walk, etc. You do NOT know if someone is abusing "DAS" You do not know if someone has PTSD or is Autistic, or has one of literally thousands of invisible disabilities. The last time I used "DAS" I was left in tears after a young person asked me who I paid to get a "DAS." Disabled does not have one look and suggesting that you could tell if someone is not disabled or is abusing the system is misguided.
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Albrighton > Gray without a doubt, Gray barely does what he's supposed to do, he'll beat his man once or twice on a good day apart from that he barely contributes.
He scores goals, so does Albrighton (Even Morgan does).
And before you slate me about him being young, i know.
Gray is an interesting one.
I do think he adds value to the team that goes undetected sometimes. I would never imagine an opposition manager telling his team "let Gray have the ball" and I do think he's seen as a potential threat by the other team.
if you give him too much space with his pace and skill he'll hurt you - so having him in the team makes it more difficult to get bodies marking Maddison, Barnes and of course Vardy.
Just don't think he has the footballing brain to get much better. How many assists has he got in the last 3 years? Surely a top winger should have 20+. Could count DG's on one hand. A shame because he's got a lot of talent. The end product just isn't there.
He's got everything to be a top player in terms of physical strength and technique, however his decision making have been consistently poor, very poor I would say.
But what I can see must be obvious for managers and hopefully BR could help him develop in that department.
Agree.. By now he should be showing some progress but always flatters to deceive.
.....would love to see Gray become the player we think he could be and achieve this here!!
Glad we have finally shifted him to the right although Barnes coming on the scene has obviously forced that situation and no one can dispute the impact Barnes has made. Demaris' football education is about to effectively start now, his movement will be natural and with playing consistently, a chance to hone his skills in his right position.
With Brendan Rodgers now in charge we will get to see if he can develop his service and allround link up within our play. The need to see an opening and ability to play the pass needs to be worked on as a matter of course and I have said before that he has been over indulged.
WOULD LOVE TO SEE the back of mr gray. has done nothing so far, we really need to up grade him. i say SELL SELL SELL.
He showed a little better on Saturday but still not enough to justify selection.
His positioning particularly in the box is poor. He fails to gamble by getting across defenders of state wide enough to pick up errant crosses.
Albright shows a much better attitude and work ethic despite his limited ability.
I think it's time to sell Gray and replace with a new option.
Next season is big for him. Think he'll suit Brendans style a lot but if the clubs got wingers being scouted as you would imagine they do for all positions, I'd say a big step is needed from him. The club would know his value could drop as-well, considering 20 mil was being banded around not long ago and he only cost 3 mil wasn't it?
Am i the only one who thinks Gray is one of our most valuable players on the pitch recently? He works damn hard! his run after losing the ball last Saturday was a big eye opener to his contributions to the club. Seriously and realistically, what do you expect from him at this stage? Hes doing just fine, and i think alot of people judge him solely on his goal number rather than performance as a team player and workrate.
Am i the only one who thinks Gray is He works damn hard! his run after losing the ball last Saturday was a big eye opener to his contributions to the club. Seriously and realistically, what do you expect from him at this stage? Hes doing just fine, and i think alot of people judge him solely on his goal number rather than performance as a team player and workrate.
Yes I think you are, if you are impressed with him losing the ball and chasing to get it back then that is odd, it's the very least you expect from a player.
He is a winger, a winger is there to create and score.
Odd? Id prefer a player to run his socks off to recover a ball he lost even if hes not scoring goals. If i can remember last week Alan.S comments on one of the reasons why Fulham are getting relegated was about how lazy Tierney and not chasing the ball down after losing possession. Lacking in work-rate to chase the ball down. If you don't see the importance of this 'odd' trait than you are pretty niave. The moment one player stops putting the work in others will follow its human nature. Thats one reason why hes valuable to the team.
You've only highlighted the first bit of my sentence, underneath I said it's the very least you'd expect from a player especially when Brendan's tactics are to win the ball back high up the pitch.
I said odd because that's a given with our new style and players should do that anyway shouldn't they?
Has anything else impressed you with him?
you've not answered my question, what else has impressed you about Demarai?
I was just interested why you rate him that's all mate, you said most fans judge him on his goal number and not his performances.
I think he is well below average and you obviously rate him, so just wondered why?
A common trait iv seen is top prem players work tirelessly for the team, arguably the fastest tempo league in the world you've got to chase the ball down and work the hardest to get it back or you've got no hope, works for man city works for Liverpool. Gray strikes me as a bit of a sulker and arm flailer when things aren't going our way in a game, unless he conforms to being an all round team player and less of an individual I can't see him ever cutting it. Should be analysing players like bernardo silva at man city, one of the best out of possession as well as when he's on the ball.
Well I judge him on all aspects, but the reality is that he's there to score and assist, Rodgers himself has said we need more from the wide players. To have literally the worst assist numbers out of the entire team other than centre backs, keeper and our DM is ridiculous, players who barely play have the same or more.
He's definitely grafting more than he used to, but Albrighton does that better. So the lad will just end up losing his place if he doesn't start offering more in attack. He's no lost cause, he's young and has talent. But so is Tielemans, so is Barnes and they are out assisting him massively in assists per minute played.
Come on, he has hardly been that bad! I get that he is frustrating but he didn't cost us that much and at the very worst he is a capable backup who can play in two positions. We still need squad players and there is no point in getting rid of ones with some potential who are prepared to put the work in just for the sake of it. I am not sure he will ever go on to improve his vision or decision making but he still adds value to us.
finally a comment worth commenting on... I agree with you with regards to score and assist and ofcourse he can do better in that area. But i wanted to highlight his attributes that can help the team as a whole and can hopefully develop and assist him in the long run, I like his football and hes a talent i want him to succeed at LCFC. Rather than slating the young guy for 'not performing as we want right now' and shout 'get rid' until he starts scoring/assisting and then praise him. This sort of attitude is infectious and doesn't help fans or club overall.
So many negative posters, i feel its right to see more insight in his work and what could or may happen from it.
There is something there sure, but how long can we keep going with him when his contributions are so low? He has been in the England set up for a long time as well but it doesn't seem like he is kicking onto the next level. He still seems like a deer in headlights when he pushes forward.
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I have fond memories foraging in the woods for blackcaps growing up. I would be covered in mosquito bites and burrs by the time I got home, but the jam my mom made from the wild berries always made the trek worth it. To this day my parents produce a variety of jams from their garden's produce and the berries in our woods. We are fortunate to have our cupboards stocked with their sweet creations, but I got an itch to try my hand at making my own jam this summer.
Since we are still apartment living, we don't have a sprawling garden or wooded property to gather fresh berries from, so I settled for local produce from our farmer's market. This was my first time making jam without my mother by my side, so I didn't want to overwhelm myself. Therefore, I decided to forgo the canning method and chose to make a simple freezer jam.
While the process is simplified, your options for flavor combinations are endless. I chose to make a zesty raspberry-orange batch and loved the outcome! If you are a first-time jam maker, I urge you to try this recipe and have fun with new flavor variations!
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Asanko Gold Ghana has expressed its delight to have won the prestigious "Mining Company of the Year" and the "Best Performer in Innovation" Awards from the Ghana Chamber of Mines at the annual Ghana Mining Industry Awards Ceremony last Friday.
Congratulating the team, Peter Breese, President & CEO of Asanko Gold Inc, said "We are thrilled that Asanko Gold Ghana has won the highest accolade possible from the Ghana Chamber of Mines and been recognised as "the Mining Company of the Year" amidst stiff competition.
Frederick Attakumah, SVP for Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, added "Over the past three years, the whole team, including our service providers, have worked hard to establish the Asanko Gold Mine as a world class operator within the Ghanaian mining sector with a strong focus on health and safety, environmental stewardship and community development through jobs, social investment programmes and local procurement. It is immensely gratifying for this to be acknowledged by our peer group with the "Mining Company of the Year" and the "Best Performer in Innovation" awards. | {
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In my experience, finding the wherewithal to buy plane tickets rests squarely in your ability to put the obstacles in perspective to see how easy it actually is. There are the online travel communities and supportive road veterans, website pages with voices from the cloud always guiding your finger toward the purchase button, regaling you with tales of sunsets and sparkling Taj Mahals.
Still, with all the tools at your disposal sometimes the decision to travel comes down to that simple shift in perspective — a way to see yourself actually doing it. That's why you need to compare it with something perhaps little closer to home, something forever attached to the traditional American vacation maybe, something like going to Disneyland.
Today here's some proof that traveling the world is just as easy as that simple holiday pastime: a trip to Disneyland.
Chances are you don't live in Anaheim (if you do, let me be the first to offer my condolences) and because Anaheim is also probably a decent distance away, you're destined to fly there.
The same as an international flight, only worse because you don't end up in an inspiring new country where the language is different, the food is unique and the money is colorful, and while there may be a shortage of roller-coasters and princesses, rest assured you'll never be at a loss for excitement.
Sure the hours of the flight may be longer, and the price may be (a little) higher, but have confidence that whatever extra cost you pay will be directly proportionate with how much more you're going to love the trip. I dare you to say that about any famous Southern California theme park.
These days Disneyland ain't cheap, and while you may parry with the "international travel ain't either, buddy", a quick comparison will show you that Disneyland can be far more expensive than any international trip if you look at it on a daily basis.
Of course you'll likely spend more for an extended trip overseas than a quick holiday at a storied family fun park, but if you keep that in perspective (see above) you'll see how apparent the value of international travel – you're getting a whole lot more experience for your money. And that, my friends, is priceless.
This is a deciding factor for many people and cannot be discounted — just the idea of mental duress can make you give up the whole booking enterprise before it's begun.
It's necessary to bear in mind things like having your nerves tested at every turn, to always be looking out for your belongings, the frustrating miscommunications, to be subjected to tedious haggling over trivial items, the constant disorientation, and that's before you even make it to the Disneyland parking lot!
But it's true Disneyland does have the ironic ability to make you want to pull the heads off every Mickey Mouse doll you see. Trust me, the cheap souvenirs you'll buy at the Great Wall of China will be so much more treasured than the jumbo plastic Icee® Freeze cup you picked up in front of the Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Hotels cost too much around Disneyland. It's a fact. So if you're willing to shell out $1000 (for a family of 4) for a week's stay at a La Quinta with a broken ice machine and a dirty poo,l I'll bet you'd be willing to spend half that to live La Dolce Vita on the beach in Thailand, or else, for a little more, a life-changing tango with macaws and spider monkeys at an eco-lodge in the Peruvian Amazon.
There may be added costs associated with lodging in expensive countries, but consider where you are: Australia, Brazil, Sweden, Japan, as opposed to Orange County.
Finally, and this is probably the best reason why Disneyland doesn't even come close to foreign travel – no one cares about your trip to Disneyland. Really. No one.
Sure it may be kitschy to ride a rollercoaster through the inside of the Matterhorn, but I promise you, people will be far more impressed if you tell them you were actually at the Matterhorn, in Switzerland. The real one. And you'll remember it more fondly too.
This post is meant to be used as a cause for excitement about getting out there and seeing the big wide world, if in fact you had some self-inflicted obstacles to doing so. It by no means should be taken as an eff you to one of America's most established icons: Walt Disney's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Jump start your world trip planning by clicking the red banner below, but if you just can't deal without your obligatory Disney fix, there's always the Lion King. | {
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka daily receives a large number of currency notes that are mutilated not only as a result of unavoidable circumstances but also as a result of wilfull mutilation/damage, from various regions of the country. It is a responsibility of the society to handle currency notes in circulation with great care without damaging and mutilating them, when considering the high cost involved in printing these notes with the inclusion of the maximum possible security mechanisms. The central Bank of Sri Lanka takes an enormous effort to issue clean currency notes for transactions. It is our duty as citizens to handle currency notes and coins in such a manner so as to protect and keep them clean.
How to exchange unfit, damaged and mutilated notes to new notes?
The general public can exchange damaged or mutilated notes which are damaged or mutilated during normal usage or accidents at branches of any Licensed Commercial Bank country-wide. Alternatively, the general public can forward mutilated notes by registered post to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka or hand them over in person to the damaged notes exchange counters at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, No. 30, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo 01, between 9.30 hours and 12.30 hours, Monday through Friday, except on Bank holidays. Payment procedures for mutilated or damaged notes are specified in the Monetary Law Act and redemption of value will be made in terms of the instructions contained in this Act.
How to exchange wilfully mutilated notes to new notes?
The general public can exchange wilfully mutilated notes by personally handing them to the damaged notes exchage counters at the Central Bank head office during the period specified above or by personally handing them to the nearest Regional Office of the Central Bank or mailing via Registered Post to the Central Bank head office with the duly completed application form available in this website. Payment procedures for wilfully mutilated notes are specified in the Monetary Law Act and redemption of value will be made in terms of the instructions contained in this Act.
A public currency exchange counter is maintained at the Bank of Ceylon, Pettah Branch, 212/63 Gas Works Street, Colombo 11. The general public can exchange currency notes on working days from Monday to Friday and coins can be exchanged on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.00 a.m. onwards at this Bank of Ceylon branch which is maintained on behalf of the Central Bank.
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zuzuspetals replied to The Colour's topic in House prices and the economy
To be fair, she didn't pay 6 quid for some fags. She paid a few pence for the fags, and the rest was tax. So, to help the poor give them ciggy vouchers! The politician didn't want the population to rise, just not to fall, ie not enough workers to fund the pension promises made to boomers and public sector staff. And from that report "21.9% of new births were last year to non-UK born mothers". That seems extraordinarily high. If you add the immigrants themselves coming in, it seems obvious that without immigration the population would fall. The report also says "the planet faces the biggest generation of young people in history ". The planet as a whole. Britons have fewer children now than at any point in history, and our rising population is spillover from third world areas. Talk of NHS family planning clinics is therefore self serving claptrap and irrelevant. Quite a dishonest little article really. An heroic but unsuccessful attempt to pretend that Britains rising population is due to women's access to contraception, because, of course, you can't criticise immigration. What are you, a Nazi?
zuzuspetals replied to hedi's topic in House prices and the economy
Last year the proportion of babies born to overseas mothers was 21%. The year before 20%. Before that 19%. This year more than 22%. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 I imagine these figures will show another jump next year. What we're presumably seeing is a point of inflexion, where the rising graph of babies born annually to first, second and third generation immigrants at last compensates for the falling graph of native fertility - helped of course by 186,000 abortions per year. ( In the sense that I wouldn't think there were many little Mohammeds or Ayeshas among the 186,416 babies terminated in 2006. ) Speaking of which "Mohammed could soon become the most popular boy's name in the country, as more and more Muslim parents choose to name their sons after the Islamic Prophet. When all the different spellings of the name are added up, the name was second only to Jack in last year's registration of boys' births."
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zuzuspetals replied to OnlyMe's topic in House prices and the economy
Unions do not exist to benefit the general public, the country, the nation, whatever. They exist to benefit their members exclusively. They are as partisan as big business in asking for favours: however their demands and requests are wrapped up in the talk of the common good but their aim is for their members to profit at the expense of everybody else.
Xenophobes Carry On Lying About Immigrants.
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My local council flies the Pakistani flag instead of the union flag on Pakistani independence day. Am I the only one who finds this vaguely creepy? I mean, we have a large Jewish population, Poles, Irish, Ukranian. Why show preferential treatment to the Pakistanis? I wonder if it's just self flagellating white multiculti twits or whether the Pakistani population actually demanded it.
One other thing, the reason immigration is being talked about more freely now, is precisely because the prospective immigrants from the EU are largely white and people are therefore not paranoid about being accused of racism. Or so I thought, but apparently I was wrong. You can't even talk about limits on immigration from Romania without RACIST being shouted.
Patprimer74, if I may tackle the Indepenent's points one by one – Claim: Britain is confronted with an HIV time bomb when Romanian teenagers descend on our over-stretched health service. Reality: There are 15,850 Romanians with HIV/Aids, according to the UN. Two thirds were infected while living in children's state institutions during the late 1980s. The infection rate is 0.7 per cent of the population - slightly less than in the UK. There seems to be no contradiction here between "claim" and "reality", at least insofar as the latter is expressed by the Independent. The overall infection rate in Romania is surely irrelevant - the problem has to do with the 10,000 children infected in the 1980's. Given that there are only just over 25,000 HIV cases among 20-30 year olds in the entire UK, a significant influx of the Romanian patients could indeed increase their ranks substantially. The "reality" presented by the Indy in no way refutes this. Claim: Unemployment has soared to its highest level for more than six years as thousands of workers arrive from eastern Europe. Reality: While the unemployment rate rose last month, the number of people in work grew by 42,000 over the three months to March 2006 and by 240,000 over the year, to reach 28.94 million - the highest number of people in work since records began in 1971. Again, the "reality" doesn't contradict what the headline would have us believe is a "lie". Indeed, the Independent's disingenuousness - their admission that "the unemployment rate rose last month", as if this were a blip appears itself intended to deceive. In fact, the unemployment rate has been rising for some time, and now stands at 5.5%, up from 4.8% a year ago - an increase of nearly 15% in that time. Claim: Earnings of British builders and other manual workers have slumped by 50 per cent as a flood of east European migrants drives down wages. Reality: The annual growth rate in average earnings excluding bonuses, was 3.9 per cent in June 2006, up 0.1 per cent on the previous month. Including bonuses wages grew by 4.3 per cent, up 0.2 per cent on the previous month. The Sun claims that earnings of some "British builders and other manual workers" have been halved. This was not a fabrication on their part, but a statement of the chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, quoted as saying that: "Many migrants are undercutting wages. The day rate for building workers in Southampton has fallen by 50 per cent, Pounds 120 to Pounds 60, since May 2004". The Indy responds by quoting stats for earners in all sectors. The claim may indeed be crap - but the rebuttal doesn't even address it. Claim [Print edition]: An unchecked flow of workers from overseas is harmful to the members of society who can least afford it (the young and unskilled) Reality [Print edition]: The CBI says migrants are providing vital skills and that British school leavers lack the necessary qualifications for even simple jobs. The Indy again avoids the question. Rather than address the cited article's statement that "a study of the impact of migration into America between 1979 and 1995, by George Borjas of Harvard, concluded that immigration had reduced the wages of unskilled workers (those without American high-school diplomas) by five percentage points", the Independent simply makes the claim that young people here can't do any jobs at all. Claim [Web edition]: The unprecedented influx of newcomers has had an impact on the availability of social housing. Reality [Web edition]: The shortage of homes in Britain pre-dates the arrival of east European workers. Accession state workers do not qualify for council housing. The Independent seems to believe that, given a pre-existing shortage of homes, an influx of perhaps 600,000 immigrants has had no effect on the availability of social housing. Even though the new migrants will not be directly occupying council flats, it seems scarcely credible that there wouldn't be a significant knock-on effect. Claim: Mafia chiefs in Bulgaria are plotting to flood Britain with heroin, prostitutes and guns when they join the EU in January. Reality: The Centre for the Study of Democracy, a Sofia-based think-tank, found the crime rate in Bulgaria was lower than the European average with crime rates falling by half between 2001 and 2004. It is now safer than Denmark and Australia. Of interest is a report on this study by a Sofia newspaper, this report, which lists as one factor contributing to the decline "emigration of many criminals to the EU after the establishment of a visa-free regime with most European countries". In any event, the Indy's "response" consists of yet another transparent avoidance of the issue, which has to do with organised crime, not the general crime rate. An Economist report from last October seems more to the point: "More than 50 Bulgarian mobsters have died in car-bombings and shoot-outs in Sofia and other cities in the past three years. The pace is accelerating, with eight murders in the past three months. One reason is that Bulgaria is a conduit between Turkey and Europe for trafficking in people and drugs." Claim: The UK is likely to surge up the league of favoured destinations for trafficked women and children once Romania and Bulgaria join the EU next year. Reality: The US State Department recently welcomed Bulgarian efforts to crack down on trafficking, offering witnesses protection and allowing suspects to be extradited to stand trial abroad. The number of trafficking convictions in Bulgarian courts increased nearly fivefold in 2005 - up to 34. As the Telegraph articleclearly points out, it is true that Romanian and Bulgarian authorities are taking steps to curb what is a huge problem in those countries. But the problem unquestionably remains - and to assume that the UK will not become a preferred destination for trafficked children once accession makes entry so much easier seems naive. The Independent's "reality" provides little encouragement. Claim:A leaked government report warned that schools and hospitals will struggle to cope with an influx of people from eastern Europe. Reality: Immigrants make up 8 per cent of the workforce but contribute 10 per cent of the UK's GDP. Ernst & Young reports they are net tax contributors - rather than a burden - to the public purse, easing the pensions bill through tax and keeping interest rates at least 0.5 per cent lower - equivalent to £500 a year on the average mortgage. The Times' claim is a simple fact - a leaked government report did include such warnings. And the Indy once again deflects, turning the topic away from the pressure of new immigrants on schools and hospitals and onto GDP and tax contribution of all current immigrants, including those in high-paying jobs - unlike the vast majority of prospective immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania, whose contributions, if any, will almost certainly be considerably lower. Claim: Britain will be swamped by up to 145,000 poverty-stricken migrants from Bulgaria and Romania who are expected to flock here once they join the EU. Reality: Think-tank the IPPR estimates 56,000 will arrive from both countries in the first year - 41,000 of them from Romania. A Bulgarian government survey revealed only 2.9 per cent of its nationals planned to migrate. Hmmm - let's see. Population of Bulgaria: 7,917,600. Multiply by 2.9%: 229,600. Interestingly, that figure represents almost exactly 1% of Romania's population, so an out-of-the-air assumption that only a third as many Romanians plan to leave leads to a total of 450,000 potential emigrants. Given that Britain was one of only 3 EU states that unreservedly opened its doors to EU workers last time (the others being Sweden and Ireland), the statistic cited by the Indy seems to support the 145,000 claim - it certainly doesn't contradict it. All in all, the reader expecting the exposé of media "lies" promised on the cover can't help but be cruelly disappointed, as in none of their attempts could the Indy researchers point to an actual untruth. I always think that the Indy's headlines are the broadsheet equivalent of the girls' nudey shots to be found at the Star/Sport end of the market: both approaches pose as "news"; both claim to be revealing but are actually more revealing about the corrupt thought processes that put them there on the front page; and both are shameless in their grab for attention.
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zuzuspetals replied to Realistbear's topic in House prices and the economy
So presumably Moslems could be biased too. Is it worth the agro to ask if you are Moslem? Or is one's religion only relevant if you are Jewish?
If two people were shooting at each other (persons A & and one of them (person A) got behind me to shield themsevles from harm while still shooting at the other person (person , I would blame THAT person (A) for anything that might happen to me, as I wouldn't have been involved if person A hadn't used me as a shield.
The guilt for every one of those Palestinian deaths lies in the hands of Hezbollah who specifically use women and children as human shields.
War In Lebanon Yet Footsie At 2 Week High
zuzuspetals replied to Marina's topic in House prices and the economy
Some quick numbers. The oil market (80 million barrels a day at $70 per barrel?) is about $5 billion a day or a couple of $ trillion a year. The forex markets are $1.5 trillion a day in London alone. Trading all oil globally in euros with the necessary switching in and out of the euro would be a day or two's forex market trading spaced out over a year. So Iran prices its oil (or oil contract) in euros? So what? Anyone wanting to buy it will simply swap their dollars, yen, renmimbi, pounds, krone whatever into euros, pay for it, then when they sell it either get dollars, yen, etc for it or swap the proceeds into whatever they want. As to direct profits that the US makes by being the reserve currency this is mainly to do with the issue of fiat currency...the actual dollar bills...that get stashed under mattresses around the world. Value of about $20 billion a year (it's known as seignorage). Yes, a tasty chunk of change but in the context of their $12 trillion a year economy, not worth really worrying over.
World To Shun American Products?
zuzuspetals replied to dogbox's topic in House prices and the economy
Nice try realistbear, but anyone who writes "Im appauled by the evil Christian neo - cons 'chosen race' arrogant attitude to other cultures and the enviroment." and apparently means it, is impervious to argument. In fact is a prime example of the kind of thinking excoriated in Coulter's excellent book "Godless".
Report Accuses Multinationals Of Ripping-off Iraq's Oil Wealth
zuzuspetals replied to Perfectionist's topic in House prices and the economy
What we have here is a classic example of two parties each with something to offer and each needing something the others don't have. Iraq has oil reserves and resources. What it does not have is capital and expertise to develop these reserves quickly and efficiently (their oil industry has been deprived of capital, spare parts and new technology for the better part of 15 years remember). The big oil companies have the expertise, the capital and the new technologies. They also have a market. They need crude oil. Iraq will offer the development and pumping contracts in exchange for tax, royalties and employment. All those employed Iraqis will pay income tax on their earnings. There will be duty and VAt paid on imported parts and equipment. Interestingly enough, there was a chap at Wits University a few years ago doing post-grad research into the total financial benefit to a country when a mineral resource was exploited. He didn't just look at the tax and royalty payments, but the whole financial inflow to the country. His preliminary research showed that the majority of the cash value of the reserve actually stayed in the country the foreign company took by far the smaller portion. I would say Iraq is in the stronger position in this negotiation as they control the oil and there are several companies in Britain and the US alone who would be willing to bid for the pumping contract. Since I doubt the descendants of one of the oldest trading civilisations on earth have lost any of their business acumen a good Iraqi negotiating team will probably get a pretty tasty deal from whichever companies do win the contracts. Perhaps if these mugus from the tofu weaving classes actually took their heads out of their bums every once in a while, they'd see that what is being proposed in Iraq is entirely normal and could even be seen as a sign of development. If the oil industry is interested in setting up long term contracts it means they have a reasonably favourable view of that country's future.
Flu Vaccine Mirrors Housing Greed
zuzuspetals replied to right_freds_dead's topic in House prices and the economy
Or 1929, scenes like this happened in London too. Take in the scene. People queuing in a civilised manner. They're even smartly dressed. I cannot imagine seeing people behaving with this type of decorum in Britain in hard times. The attitude now is that good manners are for suckers.
Are U All A Bunch Of Dummies?
zuzuspetals replied to bpw's topic in House prices and the economy
I was leafing through Abu Hamza's sermons this afternoon. OK, he's not everyone's cup of tea, and I wouldn't vote for him myself. But in his wider argument that the UK is a moral cesspit and that the British are filthy drunken animals, I thought he made some valid points. "They want only to look at nude pictures, go to football matches, have a few pints and go to sleep." This is not an ignorant ill-informed caricature; it is actually quite accurate, and the only riposte I can think of is that it beats blowing yourself up.
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Cynthia Johnston from the School of Advanced Study, University of London, reflects on her event 'Finding Mr Hart'. Cynthia explains how colleague Christopher Adams wrote a play which creatively presented her research into the Edwardian collector. Along with partners Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, the Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library they brought the story of Mr Hart to life for audiences. This project was funded by a Being Human Small Award.
'Finding Mr Hart' was a new play written by Christopher Adams based on my research and performed at Senate House, London, and the Blackburn Cotton Exchange, a disused Victorian building currently undergoing restoration in Blackburn town centre. Oral histories, archival evidence in the form of letters, company records and family photographs were used to construct a narrative about the life of the Edwardian collector, R.E. Hart. Hart (1878-1946) who assembled one of the finest collections of rare books and coins in the UK in Blackburn, Lancashire. His fortune was derived from rope making which was integral to the cotton industry. Upon his death in 1946, Hart bequeathed these collections to 'the people of the town'. They are currently held by the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
I wanted to take my research findings out into the community of Blackburn. Connection with this community was the original intention of R.E. Hart's magnificent gift. Chris' skill as a playwright transformed my academic research into an emotive piece that brought the collector and his world to life.
How did you make your event appeal to your target audience?
We marketed the events through the Institute of English Studies' listings and tweets. Chris appeared on Radio 3's Free Thinking programme and I had slot on BBC Radio Lancashire's Morning programme in the Blackburn studio. We set up a dedicated Twitter account for the project which was really not incredibly effective. The museum marketed the show through their Friends contacts and through their local arts networks. We approached local arts groups and schools as well.
How did you manage to put on such a successful event on a tight budget?
Working with companies we already had contact with was very useful. The Institute of English Studies has an academic partnership with the museum, and I have been researching Hart and his collections for the past five years. The Blackburn venue of the old Cotton Exchange was suggested by the Museum's manager, Rebecca Johnson. Essentially the venue was lent free of charge by Re: Source, the current owners. Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery also provided space for the reception afterwards.
The professional cast were sourced by Christopher's London theatre contacts, and the play's director, Will Maynard, sourced costumes and a lighting designer. The props and lighting for the Blackburn show were kindly lent by a local Blackburn second hand shop, Rummage Rescuers, and the lighting lent by a local firm, HSL.
Chris produced an outstanding piece of theatre that the director and cast immediately engaged with. Our challenge was largely a sense of uncertainty. The London show sold out quite early on in the marketing process, while the Blackburn event, which ultimately also sold out on the night, did not have attendees buying much in advance of the programme, and many just turned up on the night. We spent lots and lots of time on marketing but we were unsure of the result until the very night itself. This was quite stressful.
I also found it fairly challenging to manage my day to day responsibilities along with the pressures of the performances.
How have you found being part of the Being Human festival? What have you taken away from the experience?
It succeeded in reaching our goals, and I could not have been more pleased with the result. I consider the Blackburn performance to be one of the highlights of my career. To see the disused Cotton Exchange filled with people and light for one night only, and to see the audience moved by the story of Mr Hart, the subject of my research for many years, was truly memorable. It showed that research has a life outside of academia.
Engage with a community where you have some local contacts already.
Live performance is an extremely effective way to communicate research to non-academic audiences. | {
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Search: Nastja Romancuk
Sports (Basel). 2019 Apr 12;7(4). pii: E86. doi: 10.3390/sports7040086.
Performance and Participation in the 'Vasaloppet' Cross-Country Skiing Race during a Century.
Romancuk N1, Nikolaidis PT2, Villiger E3, Chtourou H4,5, Rosemann T6, Knechtle B7,8.
Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland. [email protected].
Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Nikaia 18450, Greece. [email protected].
Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland. [email protected].
Activité Physique: Sport et Santé, UR18JS01, Observatoire National du Sport, Tunis 2020, Tunisie. [email protected].
Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l'éducation physique de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisie. [email protected].
Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland. [email protected].
Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland. [email protected].
Medbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, St. Gallen 9001, Switzerland. [email protected].
This study investigated gender differences in performance and participation and the role of nationality during one century in one of the largest cross-country (XC) skiing events in the world, the 'Vasaloppet' in Sweden. The total number of female and male athletes who finished (n = 562,413) this race between 1922 and 2017 was considered. Most of the finishers were Swedish (81.03% of women and 88.39% of men), followed by Norwegians and Finnish. The overall men-to-women ratio was 17.5. A gender × nationality association was observed for participation (χ2 = 1,823.44, p < 0.001, φ = 0.057), with the men-to-women ratio ranging from 6.7 (USA) to 19.1 (Sweden). For both genders, the participation (%) of Swedish decreased, and that of all other nationalities (except Swiss) increased across years. Regarding the mean race time, men were faster than women by 14.5% (7 h 52 min 17 s versus 9 h 00 min 55 s, respectively). A trivial gender×nationality interaction regarding the race time was observed (p < 0.001, η2 < 0.001), with gender differences ranging from 4.4% (USA) to 22.0% (Iceland). The race time increased across calendar years for both women (r = 0.45, p = 0.006, moderate magnitude) and men (r = 0.25, p = 0.015, small magnitude). On the basis of these findings, we concluded that a relatively small number of women pariticipates in XC skiing. Therefore, the development of public health policies targeting the participation of women in XC skiing should be a concern in the countries with a tradition of this sport.
aerobic capacity; cross-country skiing; nationality; participation; performance; sex difference; ultra-endurance
10.3390/sports7040086
Performance by gender and nationality.
Performance and Participation in the 'Vasaloppet' Cross-Country Skiing Race during a Century
Sports (Basel). 2019 Apr;7(4):86.
Participation of women by nationality across years.
Participation of men by nationality across years.
Performance across years.
Performance across years by nationality in women.
Performance across years by nationality in men.
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STRIKER - Play To Win
November 3, 2018, 8 months ago
(Record Breaking)
Nick Balazs
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Wow! Wasn't expecting this! Play To Win is the third album in three years from the Canadian metallers and I wasn't sure what to expect after the lackluster self-titled effort from 2017. The music needled here is going to poke some fans the wrong way, but it's a breath of fresh air for the band as Striker fully embraces their hard rock side and it almost feels like a long lost Dokken album.
There is definitely some angst and anger present as a portion of the songs seem to deal with family/friends that didn't think they could make it as a metal band or told them to live for their dreams and it all ties up with the album title basically telling the listener to go for what you want and put 100% in it.
Dan Cleary has always been one of the strongest points of the band, but PTW is his showcase and establishes him as one of the best singers from the past decade. All that emotion is backed into the synth-backed ballad "Standing Alone" and the (hold your breath for this one) closing "Hands Of Time", which feels like a shout back to all those who were against them and would serve as the perfect soundtrack to an '80s movie like St. Elmo's Fire. These songs are either going to be loved or hated by the fans, but they work remarkably well and shows the band isn't afraid of taking chances.
Heading to the rockers, lead single "Heart Of Lies" possesses a cool vibe and is sleek opener while the title track showcases a riff Whitesnake would be proud of. "On The Run" holds one of their best choruses and especially the outro latches onto a strong vocal part. "Summoner" is the heaviest of the cuts and is thrashy in places, but almost feels out of place compared to the rest of the platter, especially placed between the before mentioned "Standing Alone" and the mid-tempo drive of "Heavy Is The Heart".
Play To Win will catch some long lost listeners by surprise, but the songwriting on Play To Win is Striker at their most impressive and I personally wouldn't mind if they continued in this direction and keep taking chances with their sound. This is by far the surprise of the year and will be a top album of 2018 candidate (and also would have been perfect for 1988). | {
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Swazi Airways shuts down after failing to launch
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Swazi Airways (Manzini King Mswati III Int'l) has officially closed down and laid off all twenty-three of its staff, reports The Times of Swaziland. The carrier had planned to launch in February 2016 with a B737-300 leased from Star Air (South Africa) (BRH, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), but never succeeded in securing its Air Operator's Certificate from the Swazi Civil Aviation Authority (SWACAA).
Withdrawing from the Star Air deal reportedly cost the nascent airline USD458,020 in debts to Global Hub for securing the deal. An additional SZL4.9 million (USD361,650) had previously been paid to a US company called Sky Jet for the lease of an aircraft, however that deal fell through due to legal issues.
The state-owned passenger carrier was to be the successor to Royal Swazi National Airlines (RSN, Manzini Matsapha) which collapsed in 1999. Planned destinations included Cape Town, Durban King Shaka, Harare Int'l, Dubai Int'l and Mumbai Int'l. The government hoped that the development of Swazi Airways would stimulate growth at Manzini King Mswati III Int'l, which has been operating well below its potential 300,000 passengers per year capacity.
The only carrier currently flying out of Manzini is South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) which offers a 23x weekly service to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo operated by South African Airlink (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo).
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Swazi Airways failures provoke call for inquiry
Swazi Senator Mike Temple called for an inquiry into the efforts to revive national carrier Swazi Airways (Manzini King Mswati III Int'l), suggesting that the process has been hijacked by forces preying on the ignorance of senior ministers, reports the Swazi Observer.
Swazi Airways is entirely owned by the Swazi state and is the official successor to Royal Swazi National Airlines (RSN, Manzini Matsapha) which collapsed in 1999. The Royal Swazi National Airways Corporation (RSNAC) Board was mandated with reviving the airline following the opening of Manzini King Mswati III Int'l airport in 2014. At that time, RSNAC Board Chairperson Nokuthula Mthembu said that the process for securing a consultant to assist in the airline's development was underway.
Plans seemed to be progressing, with the start-up taking delivery of its first B737-300 ZS-VDP (msn 27346) in February 2016, wet-leased from Star Air (South Africa) (BRH, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo). However, it recently withdrew from that agreement, incurring a debt of USD458,020 to Global Hub for securing the deal. The Observer...
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Swazi Airways revises launch plans
Swazi Airways (Manzini King Mswati III Int'l) plans to commence scheduled passenger operations in November with regional 50-seat aircraft, Flightglobal reports.
At first, the carrier intends to maintain operations from its base at Manzini King Mswati III Int'l to Cape Town, Durban King Shaka and Harare Int'l. Flights to Dubai Int'l and Mumbai Int'l are planned with larger aircraft at a later date. Initially, the airline was to launch operations in February this year with a leased B737-500.
Swazi Airways is entirely owned by the Swazi state and is the official successor to Royal Swazi National Airlines (RSN, Manzini Matsapha) which collapsed in 1999. While the government has already partnered Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) in establishing Swaziland Airlink (SZL, Manzini King Mswati III Int'l), which maintains operations between Manzini and Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, it has been unhappy at international carriers' response to the new Manzini King Mswati III Int'l airport which has remained largely under-utilized since its opening... | {
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Far From Done
Fans who watched the Eagles' secondary struggle against the Cowboys' aerial attack and thought safety Brian Dawkins has lost a step, is getting too old to cover or just can't hack it in the NFL anymore can rest easy tonight.
Dawkins wants to put all fears to rest.
He'll admit to making his share of mistakes, including a few in Monday night's loss to the Cowboys, but Dawkins believes there's a lot of football left in his 34-year-old body.
In fact, he was quite adamant about it.
"I am thirty-four-years-old, proud of it!" Dawkins said in his Wednesday press conference. "Thank you Jesus for allowing me to get to 34 playing in the NFL. I'm going to continue to play this game at a high level as long as I can, protect my body so I can make sure I'm out on the field for my guys and I'm going to play ball."
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To Dawkins, age is clearly just a number.
"I'm going to play ball at 34, I'm going to play ball at 35 and whatever else comes after that, I'm going to play ball. So if I give up a deep ball and you want to say 'I'm slow' go ahead. Guess what? The next time I'm going to try to make the same play again at 34 or 35 years old."
Dawkins found himself being raked over the coals for appearing to be a step behind the Cowboys' receivers, but he was steadfast in his stance that Weapon X is, well, still a weapon.
"I don't pay attention to it. I purposely don't look into all that stuff," Dawkins said. "I don't allow that stuff to creep into who I am because I know everybody has their opinion and they can have their own opinions. But I know the facts, and the fact is I can play this game. I can do what I need to do for my teammates.
"That's what I hold strong to – at the end of the day, that's what matters. What matters is what my coaches think and know, what my teammates know and what I know. That's what I put my trust in."
If that's what matters to Dawkins, then everything should be just fine. Head coach Andy Reid had the same assessment of Dawkins' game.
"Brian, just like all of us and I'm putting myself right in that mix, I thought Brian did a nice job," Reid said. "There were a couple of plays that he would like to have back. He came out and he told you that. I think that's the way that we all feel; that we all wish we had a couple of plays back that we could do a little bit different, but we're going to learn from those and get better at them."
Dawkins went on to say how important it was as a defensive back to learn early on how to have a short-term memory. But Dawkins has been an Eagle for 13 years, so he knew he'd be called on the carpet.
"Do you actually know where we are? This is Philadelphia," Dawkins said. "There are not too many people that are going to be cut slack. I understand that. That's why I don't make a big deal out of it because I know those same fans that are so-called questioning what it is I'm doing will be the same fans that are going to be hip-hip-hooraying when I grab a pick and take it to the house. That's just what the fan base is – they're going to speak boldly both ways. They're going to speak boldly when you do something wrong and they're going to speak boldly when you do something right. That's just the nature of the fan base some of the time."
Dawkins said the criticism is one of downsides that come with his chosen profession.
"It's not the first time I've given up a couple of plays, it won't be the last time," Dawkins said. "It just comes with it. The thing about being in the secondary is that you have a short memory. You line up and play again, and that's what I do. If given the opportunity to go for an interception and I feel like I'm going to get it, I'm going to go for it. If I'm in bad position, I'm going to go to make the tackle. That's how you have to play as a defensive back and that's how I always do it for these guys."
If Dawkins has his druthers, that's how he'll keep doing it for the Eagles.
"I can get to where I need to be in enough time to make the plays I need to make without thinking about cheating too deep and putting my teammates in an awkward position," Dawkins said. "So I can still do what I need to do."
Dawkins said he's a much smarter player than he was when he was younger, but he doesn't need savvy to make up what he lacks, or more specifically what he doesn't lack, physically.
"I guess this is the age question today," Dawkins said. "I play the game the way I play the game. How I looked at film when I was 22 is 'This is the red formation or this is the I-backfield. I hope they don't throw the ball deep. Or I hope they don't play-action the ball and throw the ball deep because I'm probably going to bite on the play action fake.' That's how I looked at film. That's how I played the game.
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From the days that lead up to trial to the moment the jury reaches a verdict, trying a civil case requires a good amount of strategic deliberations and quick thinking. What makes the difference between a winning opening statement and a lackluster one? What happens when your key witness fails to show up in court? Which questions help you select the best jurors? Get these answers and more valuable insight with this engaging guide - order today!
The Countdown to Trial: Get Ready
Jury Selection Part 1: Do Your Research
Jury Selection Part 2: Voir Dire Questions and Challenges
Secrets to Effective Opening Statements
It's All About the Evidence
Direct and Cross Examination: 30 Tactics in 60 Minutes
Be Ready for Anything: Troubleshooting From the Courtroom
Closing Arguments and Post-Trial
Legal Ethics Pitfalls
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10:00 am to 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
10:00 - 10:30, James M. Susag
60 Days to Trial
Know the Protocol When You Arrive in Court
10:30 - 11:00, Robert J. Kasieta
Rules Governing Jury Selection
Know Your Judge's Preferences
Creating a Juror Profile
Performing Jury Research
Jury Questionnaires
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Questions to Always and Never Ask
Engaging the Jury and Establishing Rapport
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Key Witness Doesn't Show Up
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Delivering a Winning Closing Argument
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ROBERT J. KASIETA is the founder of Kasieta Legal Group, LLC, in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a certified civil pretrial and trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Kasieta practices in civil litigation, with an emphasis on plaintiff personal injury and employment cases, as well as commercial litigation. He has written and taught extensively in the areas of trial practice, personal injury law, and insurance law; and is an instructor of trial practice at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Kasieta is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and all Wisconsin courts. He is a member of the Dane County Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin, and the American Association for Justice. Mr. Kasieta earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Northern Michigan University and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School.
JAMES M. SUSAG is a shareholder with Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd., in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since 1995, his commercial and real estate litigation trial practice has focused on franchise; dealer and contract disputes; and real estate, construction, and land use. He has extensive first chair litigation experience representing clients in numerous jury and court trials, domestic and international arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and appeals. Mr. Susag is a member of the Minnesota State, Hennepin County, and Ramsey County bar associations; the American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising; and the International Franchise Association. He is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th, 4th, and 8th Circuits. Mr. Susag earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of St. Thomas; and his J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law.
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How To Make Lemonade With Elderflower Liqueur Substitutes
Elderflower liquescent tea is one of the most popular tea blends in the world, so you might expect to find it on every table.
But according to the liqueurs Wikipedia page, this is not always the case.
For some reason, it seems that liqueors are allowed to add herbs to their blends.
Here are five liqueuring alternatives for elderflower tea.
Pomegranate liqueUR: The Pomega brand of elderflower liquor was originally created by the French and is known for its fruity floral notes.
But Pomegans also make liqueures for wine, whiskey, and coffee.
So it's possible to make a Pomego liqueure, which is made with pomegranates and other fruits.
Peach liqueURE: The Peach brand of liqueured elderflower is a blend of sweet pearls, peaches, and apricots.
According to its Wikipedia page , the peach liqueural is "tasting as sweet as peach syrup."
Lemonade substitute: If you can't get a Pomes lemonade, you can substitute a lemonade substitute, which contains lemon juice, sugar, and spices.
(Lemonade substitutes can also be made with apple juice, lemon zest, or even lemon juice.)
Chamomile tea liqueURA: Chamomiles are a fragrant herb that grows naturally in the West Indies and is often used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine to treat various ailments.
According the Chamomilias Wikipedia page for elderflowers, "the Chamomilla is known to increase circulation, relieve arthritis, and reduce blood pressure, while the Chamumata is a potent anti-inflammatory."
Lemonade substitutes are also made from Chamomila tea.
Creme de menthe liqueURES: A Creme De Menthe liquare is a type of lemonade made from powdered cane sugar, sugar crystals, and milk.
You can use a simple syrup made from these ingredients or add them to your favorite beverage.
You could even use a homemade version of the Creme.
The Wikipedia page says it's "one of the world's most widely used sweeteners, and its sweet, sweet, and sweet!"
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Which Are The Best Bourbon Liqueurs?
The world of liqueurs has been rocked by controversies and controversies in recent years.
From a controversial product made by Absolut Vodka to a vodka that was so bad it caused people to drink milk instead of vodka, there's no shortage of bad liqueuring products out there.
While most liqueures are great for those with an interest in liquered beverages, there are some that are less-than-stellar, and we thought it would be interesting to see which liqueuers actually make the best and most popular ones.
To help us find out, we took a look at some of the most popular liqueors in the world, along with their comparative and historical price.
The Bottom Line We've rounded up the top ten liqueurers worldwide and put them up against each other in terms of price, quality, and the fact that they're all made by the same brand.
The top 10 most popular Bourbon Liques: Bourbon is not only one of the world's most popular alcoholic drinks, but it's also one of its most sought-after spirits.
Bourbon is a blend of different spirits and flavors, which is why it's commonly referred to as a single spirit.
The original Bourbon was distilled in the 1620s in New Orleans, Louisiana, and later exported to the U.S. and Canada.
It was originally made in barrels of oak.
Today, the Bourbon label is often used to refer to a specific batch of Bourbon, which may include the original recipe or a different batch that was made by different distillers.
The first Bourbon made was the first to be marketed in the United States, in 1718.
The Bourbon brand is considered to be the most successful spirit in the history of the U
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How to drink wine with elderflower and blue curacaca
Elderflower liquor cocktails are the next big thing for wine lovers after blue curacs.
The popular elderflower liquor is brewed with the medicinal herb blue curaca, a combination of ginger, orange and rosemary.
"Blue curacACA, also known as elderflower, is a powerful herb that is used to treat a number of illnesses including headaches, rheumatism, and constipation," said an Elderflower Liqueur FAQ on the website of the American Wine Institute.
"It has been used to relieve pain, cough, and sore throats, as well as to combat inflammation and infections."
"The active ingredient in elderflower is curcumin, a plant native to the Middle East, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Curcumin has been shown to improve mental clarity, memory, and memory-related cognitive function, reduce stress and anxiety, and enhance mood.""
Elderflower lixabones, which also contain curcuma longa, are a variety of liqueurs that have been popularized in Spain since the mid-20th century," the FAQ added.
"Lixabon is a variety made from blue curcACA that is a slightly different variation of elderflower."
In a survey conducted by The Wine Institute, 63 percent of wine drinkers reported using elderflower cocktails on their most recent night.
Blue curaca is also used to make a popular herbal tea called fernet, which is an herbal supplement made from curcum and dried leaves of the plant.
A recent report by the US Department of Agriculture found that elderflower extract is a commonly used supplement in the US for over a decade.
While elderflower has been around since the 1600s, it wasn't until the 19th century that it began gaining popularity in the American market.
Elderflowers are native to Europe and have been cultivated for centuries.
The first commercial use of elderflowers was in the early 1800s by William Wollheim, who discovered the medicinal benefits of the herb in his 1851 botanical treatise, The Art of Healing the Human Body.
After the botanical discovery, elderflower became the first medicinal herb to be used by the United States in the production of alcohol.
In the US, elderflower has been a popular ingredient in over 100 different alcoholic beverages including iced tea, rum, and sparkling water.
For more information on elderflowing, see the Wikipedia article for blue curaca.
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How bourbon is making its way into ice cream recipes in Canada
The Canadian dollar has plunged since mid-September, sending the loonie tumbling more than 50% against the U.S. dollar since its low.
The currency was trading at 76.37 U.K. cents Wednesday, its lowest since Sept. 23.
That's a drop of $0.13, or 0.13% at $1.21.
It's the largest fall in the lite Canadian dollar since late September, when it tumbled nearly 50% after U.C.I.L. announced it would scrap a rule requiring Canadian-made whiskey to be labeled with the word "bourbon" in its name.
That move sparked a cascade of other moves against the lien and the government's inability to recover the costs of the liqueurs and liqueures.
In addition to the Ullman-Meadows rule, the government also took action against companies that did not meet the minimum liquor-distribution requirements for alcohol-specific products such as ice cream and beer.
The government is working on a package of measures to address these issues.
It's also seeking additional revenue from wine producers to help cover the cost of the rule, but the measure has yet to be approved.
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During the last few days I've submitted three maps for Stronghold 1 and they haven't been approved as of this moment. If my maps are deficient in some way, I would very much like to know, as I try to make them non-trivial and reasonably challenging.
I mean, how many symmetrical castles are already out there? How many castles surrounded by impassable terrain everywhere except the gate? I think we already have enough of this, and I try to make something unusual.
Then again, my skills at the game are far from ideal, so there may well be balance issues or unintended shortcuts that do away with the challenge. In the latter case, I would prefer feedback by private message, so as not to spoil other players.
Or perhaps I may just as well stop making maps, because no one cares anymore after all those years?
Hi, odisseus, I hope you're well.
In regards to your post, I can see there are in fact 3 unapproved posts in the downloads section. The first from 06/10/18, the second from 08/10/18, and the third today at 15:43 GMT. Whilst I understand you want to share your creations with others on the site, please also understand our position.
Whilst we are site moderators, we have busy lives as well. All of us are either in full-time education, or full-time profession, and as such, cannot immediately approve files. The files must be checked before approval as to ensure good quality in the downloads section. Chances are your files are of good quality, and will be approved immediately after testing. However, again, we have these guidelines in place for a reason. I promise you, we will check your uploads as soon as possible.
Please be patient. We appreciate the effort all map-creators put into their work, and genuinely love seeing new content shared. Your files will be checked on Saturday at the latest.
EDIT: I just downloaded and tested your invasions map titled "Duel".
I saw in the read_me file you stated the Lord would sometimes not respawn. I did as you said and restarted several times to no prevail. Unfortunately, for that reason, I cannot approve the map as in its current state, the player cannot win.
Feel free to reupload an updated version of the map and I will retest it. If all is well, I'll approve it.
I just checked the map again and it seems that the lord consistently fails to spawn on Normal difficulty. Somehow this problem doesn't occur on any other difficulty level, from Easy to Very hard.
Given the nature of the map, I don't have an issue with that. Try fix it, then resubmit it. If I'm happy that the map works well (other than the medium setting glitch) I'll approve it. I did check into it myself and couldn't seem to fix the issue. The map itself is a neat idea for newcomers to the editor.
I have tried to add a keep, but it didn't help. Looks like this is a bug in the game.
Did you get the lord on any difficulty level at all? What is your version of the game? I have v1.41 from gog.com.
I didn't get much chance to try Easy and Hard difficulty as I treated the map how the average user would. I followed your read_me file, but the issue persisted. I'm using the latest steam edition of Stronghold HD.
I have submitted a new version of the duel map. This time it works on all difficulties. However, I didn't feel like recreating all that eye-candy, so I made the map really small (thanks to the templates found at strongholdnation.co.uk/downloads/file/569-new-mapsizes-for-designer/).
The issue with the disappearing lord seems to occur only if you place exactly 2 troops of the same kind in the map editor (e. g. 2 swordsmen, or 1 swordsman and 2 spearmen). Placing 3 troops of the same kind solved the problem. That's strange to say the least.
Just tested the updated version on Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty. Everything works well. Map has been approved. Well done on figuring out the issue with the mission!
Thank you for the attention! By the way, what about the other two maps I've uploaded? They have been sitting in the waiting list for quite some time.
I've just submitted an updated version of the tiny castle map. The update is very slight, but it makes it possible to win defense at very hard (mind you, not in the "wait to win" way). If you decide to publish it, please use the updated version.
Anyway, neither of these two maps have any gameplay problems I know of. Both should provide a challenge, yet are winnable even at very hard difficulty.
One of the two maps were uploaded early hours this morning. I haven't had a chance to take a look at it. As for the other map, one of the staff members seemed to run into a crash when trying the game. For this reason, we'll need to have other members of staff try it out before approving it.
In future, it may be better for you to PM me about approving a map, as it doesn't flood the site with posts related to approval. As said, we'll get around to approving the maps, it just takes time.
It seems that I'm unable to PM you, or anybody else for that matter, unless you mean sending an email.
On the other hand, I think it would be better if the reviewer sent me a private message whenever he finds any problem with my maps. This way there will be no unnecessary posting and I'll know the map has been reviewed.
Ah of course, new members can't access PM for security reasons. It's sort of a trust system. Once you reach 10 posts, you'll have access. For now, you can email me via "Send Email" on my account. Or the "Email" button that should be beneath my profile picture on this post. If you email me, we'll try and sort something out for the map.
Odisseus, I just tried the three maps, that are uploaded. Nice ones. Short and sweet.
I particularly liked the Broken Truce. That one could be build up into a sequel of the story.
Re-join the king's forces and defend his throne.
I might create a sequel if I think of a scenario that would be interesting of itself. Stories are easy, scenarios are harder.
Besides, there is no way to force the user to play through a set of maps sequentially, like in the original campaign. If he finds mission 1 too hard or just boring, nothing prevents him from skipping straight to mission 2 or even further. That defeats the whole purpose of creating sequels or campaigns. | {
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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
Facebook- Heathrow Solidarity Network
Twitter- @heathrowworkers
Website- https://heathrowworkerspower.wordpress.com/
Posted byangryworkers December 9, 2021 December 9, 2021 Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on The Workers' Runway- Newsletter No.6
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!!!
Facebook:-
Tutti A Bordo – no al piano ITA
Heathrow Workers Power
Twitter:-
@heathrowworkers
Email:-
[email protected]
Posted byangryworkers November 8, 2021 November 8, 2021 Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Alitalia Meeting Summary!
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?!!!
Email:- [email protected]
Twitter:- @heathrowworkers
Facebook:- Heathrow Workers Power
Call or text:- 07340 082667
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.
News elsewhere!
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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World Vision is helping communities fight malnutrition.
Nepal is among the poorest and least-developed countries in the world. Half the population of Nepal comprises of children below 18 years. Children are more vulnerable, particularly when combined with poverty, as they can fall prey to abuse, exploitation and neglect. Infant and under-five mortality rates are 46 and 54 deaths per 1,000 live births, respectively. | {
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The Samoilov brothers were involved in a family scandal elderly mother
Irina told me that one of her sons is preparing to raise from the archives of the court case against brother. Samoilov conflict with each other because of the songs they recorded together in the group "Agatha Christie". Gleb calls to ban Vadim 172 to perform songs from the entire repertoire.
Gleb and Vadim Samoilov, created many years ago, iconic rock band of the 90s "Agatha Christie", are now suing each other. The band broke up in 2009, and its front man are still arguing which of them can perform the material recorded together for many years. Today the Savelovsky court of Moscow will consider the statement of the Glebe, which requires a complete ban on songs with his brother. The representative of the musician Ian Brotman said that the claim is not proprietary in nature, the singer does not require any redress. He calls to ban the execution of the 172 songs.
The Samoilov brothers attracted to the conflict and his elderly mother-Irina Grigorievna. It had hurt to watch her sons fight over money. As it turned out, it initially was known that Vadim did not give brother a part of the money earned at performances. In videoroliki, which appeared on the groups page, Gleb Samoilov and The MATRIXX, Irina told about the conflict of the sons.
"I immediately knew that he is not all the money paid Gleb from concerts. But I knew, when all the money comes in, it will give. Well, delayed it until. A few days before the hearing I got a call and text Vlad, in which he announced that he would raise judicial case against Gleb in which he could be sentenced to several years in prison. He called and Gleb. In conversation with Gleb, I said: "Son, you have have to stop until it happened irreparable," – said the woman.
Video posted by Gleb Samoilov & The Matrixx (@thematrixx_official) Aug 19 2016 at 3:27 PDT
Fans of "Agatha Christie" surprised Gleb and Vadim was involved in their disputes, even mom. Each of the brothers tries to make the woman was on his side. "For the first time in the history of this scandal, I started crying. I sit and cry. There are no words. Health and strength this woman", "Two grown men, you two get along already," "I wish my mom bought a new wardrobe and a sofa!", "Don't drag mom and grown up kids! Take care of her health!" – this was the reaction of the fans of the band Gleb Samoilov.
By the way, fans of "Agatha Christie" I remember that many years ago Hleb had serious problems with alcohol and drugs, so in the heat of passion he could commit a crime. The man even took treatment from a therapist and taking antidepressants. According to him, he did not return to bad habits.
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Heliostar Metals Announces $2 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement
Vancouver, Canada, October 4th, 2021 – Heliostar Metals Limited (TSX.V: HSTR, OTCQX: HSTXF, FRA: RGG1) ("Heliostar" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of a non-brokered private placement of up to 2,857,143 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.70 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $2,000,000 (the "Offering").
Each Unit will consist of one common share in the Company (each a "Common Share") and one half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant a "Warrant"). Each Warrant shall be exercisable for one Common Share at an exercise price of $1.20 for a period of 24 months following the closing date.
Heliostar may pay finders' fees in connection with the Offering, and all securities issued in the Offering will be subject to a statutory Canadian hold period expiring four months and one day after closing and, where applicable, additional resale restrictions imposed by other selling jurisdictions. Completion of the Offering is subject to a number of conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals, if required, and the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The company intends to use the net proceeds to advance exploration of its projects in Mexico and Alaska, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes. The company intends to initially focus on undertaking a maiden drill program at its new Verde discovery at the Cumaro project in Mexico.
None of the securities to be issued in the Offering will be or have been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and none may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Shares offered in the Offering in any state where such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Heliostar is a well-financed junior exploration and development company with a portfolio of high-grade gold projects in Alaska and Mexico.
The company's flagship asset is the 100% controlled Unga Gold Project on Unga and Popof Islands in Alaska. The project hosts an intermediate sulfidation epithermal gold deposit, located within the district-scale property that encompasses 240 km2 across the two islands. Additional targets on the property include porphyry copper-gold targets, high sulphidation targets and intermediate sulphidation epithermal veins.
On Unga Island, priority targets include: the SH-1 and Aquila, both on the Shumagin Trend, the former Apollo-Sitka mine, which was Alaska's first underground gold mine, and the Zachary Bay porphyry gold-copper prospect.
Gold mineralization at the Centennial Zone is located on neighbouring Popof Island within four kilometres of infrastructure and services at Sand Point.
In Mexico, the company owns 100% of three early-stage epithermal projects in Sonora that are highly prospective for gold and silver. Cumaro forms part of the El Picacho district, while the Oso Negro and La Lola projects are early-stage projects considered prospective for epithermal gold-silver mineralization.
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How a Pandemic Might Play Out Under Trump
It's not clear that the next administration is ready to deal with an outbreak of Ebola, pandemic flu, or other emerging diseases.
by Ed Yong Dec 20, 2016 9 minutes
Source: Andrew Kelly / Reuters
In April 2009, just three months after Barack Obama's inauguration, a new strain of H1N1 swine flu was detected in the United States. It eventually reached pandemic status, spreading to the vast majority of countries and killing more than 18,000 people. In September 2012, in the dusk of Obama's first term, a new flu-like disease called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was described in Saudi Arabia; America saw two cases. In December 2013, a year into Obama's second term, the biggest Ebola outbreak in history began in Guinea before spreading to 10 countries and killing 11,000 people; four cases reached the U.S. And by the time the epidemic officially ended in early 2016, the Zika virus has already started sweeping the Americas.
Infectious diseases are emerging faster than ever before. By encroaching into the territories of wild animals, we provide the sparks for new epidemics. By living in increasingly crowded urban areas, we provide the tinder. And by criss-crossing the skies in countless planes, we transform small fires into global conflagrations.
Obama had a good track record of responding to these threats, and channeling funds into fighting outbreaks around the world—as did his predecessor George W. Bush. As Donald Trump prepares to become America's 45th President in January 2017, the question isn't whether he'll face a deadly outbreak during his presidency, but when? And more importantly, how will he cope?
Outbreaks of disease are among the ultimate tests for any leader who wants to play on the global stage. They demand diplomacy, decisiveness, leadership, humility, and expertise—and they quickly unearth any lack of the same. "As far as I can tell, Trump has zero experience on this," says Jack Chow from Carnegie Mellon University, who
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The end of a marriage is often a highly emotional and legally complex experience. Managing divorce with family and friends can make it even more complicated and stressful. New Jersey divorce attorney Tanya Freeman offers her advice on this.
As an accomplished New Jersey Divorce Lawyer, I get questions all the time from clients regarding extended families and setting ground rules for them. As you navigate your journey to a divorce, inevitably in the extended family everyone's going to have advice. Whether it's your mother, your father, your sister, or your former mother-in-law, everyone's going to have advice to offer you and your spouse and in particular the children. Early on in your journey, set the ground rules. Decide who you want to hear from or who you don't want to hear from. If there are children along your journey and the children are navigating this process too, so most importantly set the ground rules for the children. The divorce is not the topic at Sunday dinner with grandma. Respectfully, "Grandma, we're not going to talk about this in front of the children." They didn't choose the journey. They're navigating the process with Mom and Dad. Let's not make it more difficult than it needs to be. Don't be afraid to push back. Family means well, but badmouthing the former spouse is not going to help the children navigate the journey.
As a skillful New Jersey Divorce Lawyer, I get questions all the time from clients about dividing friends after divorce. Now that we've embarked on this journey of a divorce, are we really going to divide our friends? Legally you don't have to, but does it happen as a matter of practicality in a divorce? Yes, you had couple friends, you had girlfriends, the husband had guy friends, and friends oftentimes will polarize. They will say, "Oh, gosh. I can't believe she's leaving you," or "I can't believe you're leaving him." Know that as you move through your journey that you may lose, or you may even gain some friends in the process. You can't be shocked. You can say, "Well, that's going to change my settlement position," or "That's going to change how I move about through this journey." Know that these things can come up and when they do you need to be prepared on how you're going to move forward.
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A 53-year-old Glenwood Springs man charged with three counts of misdemeanor harassment for following a group of minor girls in a public place earlier this summer faced sentencing at the Garfield County Courthouse Monday.
Ninth District Judge Paul H. Metzger, after hearing from the prosecution and testimony from three of the victims' parents, as well as the defense's argument, sentenced James Sandridge to a total of 14 months (six months each for the first two counts and 60 days for the third) in the Garfield County Jail, plus three years of supervised probation for the three misdemeanor counts.
Sandridge is to serve the two six-month terms consecutively and will receive credit for the 88 days he had already served while in custody awaiting sentencing since the June 21 incident.
On that day, just a few days after being released from the Pitkin County Jail where he served 31 days after pleading guilty to a similar incident in Aspen last spring, Sandridge began talking to three teen girls, all under the age of 18, who were near the Roaring Fork River confluence by the Glenwood Springs River Trail.
After the three girls left, Sandridge continued following them on a bike toward Eighth Street asking them how old they were.
According to the affidavit, the teen girls, after telling Sandridge that they "did not want to talk to him," were able to call police when they arrived at the bus stop on Seventh Street.
On Monday, prosecutors with the 9th District Attorney's Office argued that the 31 days Sandridge previously served in Pitkin County Jail did not send the message it needed to, and that Sandridge, if released, would pose further risk to the public. The prosecution also stated how the victims no longer felt safe in the town they grew up in and call home.
However, Sandridge's public defender stated that he had never threatened or forced himself on anyone, nor had he ever been convicted of a violent offense. The defense also made note of the defendant's service in the U.S. Navy.
While Judge Metzger said it was important to note that Sandridge was a veteran, Metzger agreed with Sandridge's probation officer's assessment that he required a high level of confinement, as well as mental-health treatment.
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Does this mean you'll blog more?
You've also blogged, so that's good. Good to hear this bit of distraction was gone.
Ever since coming back, I've noticed how much time is spent doing certain boring things (browsing aimlessly on the phone) and then adding all those days, weeks, years together and it's a mighty useless way to spend my life.
That's an important realization. Not that you are going to be productive every waking minute of the day but one thing I started asking myself: while I will find enjoyment spending ten minutes reading or ten minutes scrolling through facebook, which will I enjoy more and which will better me?
That's a question I ask myself at times too. In fact I even asked that question today as I drove home – should I listen to more of the pop music I've been listening to all day or should I listen to the BBC world service? I chose the BBC this time and learnt more about the different perspectives people have about world events. Hearing more about North Korea's nuclear program also was pretty scary.
You're right, it's not realistic to believe every minute will be productive, etc.
good call. even i rarely post anything there. i mainly use it to track the happenings of my overseas friends.
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Breast Cancer Consortium – Archives
Critical Thinking on Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Brand
Breast Cancer Movement
Breast Cancer International
Breast Self Exam
Celebrity Effect
Cultural Resistance
Fear Mongering
Illness Narratives
Pink Ribbon Lifestyle
Pinktober
Pinkwashing
Sexual Objectification
She-ro
Trivialization
Illustration by Slug Signorino: http://clatl.com/atlanta/do-pink-ribbon-campaigns-against-breast-cancer-do-any-good/Content?oid=2269485
Billions of dollars have been invested in breast cancer related programs, services, research, and awareness activities over the years.
The Nonprofits
There are more than 1,400 registered nonprofit entities in the United States doing something oriented to breast cancer. Of these, more than 300 have no revenues at all; about another 300 have revenues under $50,000; 300 more raise between $100,00 and $500,000; and some 200 have contributions between $500,000 and $15 million. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the largest breast cancer charity, received $420 million in revenues in 2011, with $175 million from contributions and grants.
In total, the nonprofit sector raises an estimated $2.5 to $3.25 billion for breast cancer in a given fiscal year. Between federal funding and the top five private foundations, the U.S. spends at least $1 billion annually on breast cancer research. No one knows how much is spent on all of those pink ribbon products and fundraising activities that are off the formal grid.
Some have estimated that $6 billion is raised every year in the name of breast cancer.
The "Thons"
Every year tens of millions of Americans ask people to sponsor them for walks, runs, bike rides, and other "thons." The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, one of the largest of these events, raised more than $400 million in 2010. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, a two-day walk with an $1,800 fund-raising minimum, was held in nine cities in 2010 and raised $58 million — with 52 cents on the dollar going toward logistics and promotion. Such events typically cost at least 50 cents for every dollar raised — compared with the nonprofit fundraising average of 15 to 20 cents per dollar.
To defray the cost of walks many require participants to meet high fund-raising minimums that may entail badgering friends, family, and strangers for donations. Market Watch writes that the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure urges participants,
"to pester waiters and bartenders to donate the day's gratuities. Another Komen tip: "Tie a pink ribbon on your potential donor's finger and ask them not to remove it until they've made a donation."
Other strategies involve mass emails, customizable websites, and other fundraising strategies and technologies. Tens of thousands of small-scale thons happen every year too, collecting money for schools, hospitals, cancer centers, and nonprofits, all vying for public space and donor dollars.
The month of October fills the marketplace with pink-ribboned products and breast-cancer-awareness-themed events and fundraisers. Many people ask, "Where does the money go?" No one seems to know. There are simply too many companies, organizations, and promotions to track, and very few of them are transparent enough to evaluate. Cause marketing donations are estimated to reach $1.78 billion in 2013, for a range of causes. This amount pales in comparison to the profits companies bring in from their pink ribbon campaigns. While it is impossible to track exactly how much companies profit, there is a clear trend.
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Policies on Corporate Contributions
With so many breast cancer nonprofits and companies ready to include them within their cause marketing portfolios, charities themselves would be wise to develop strong policies about corporate contributions and potential conflicts of interest. Important considerations may include,
Does the company benefit more than the nonprofit?
Is the cause-marketing arrangement transparent?
What is the actual or anticipated portion of the purchase price that will benefit the charity?
How long with the campaign last? (e.g., just during the month of October?)
What is the maximum or guaranteed minimum contribution amount? (up to $50,000)
How may the company use the nonprofit's name, logo, or other information?
Does the mission of the company resonate with the nonprofit's mission?
Does the company have policies or procedures that run counter to the nonprofit's goals or broader mission?
Does the company or its subsidiaries work in any way to weaken or circumvent public policies or regulations that further the nonprofit's goals or broader mission?
How does association with the company affect the organization's efficacy or political legitimacy?
Does the company or campaign contribute to other social problems?
Does the company use the color pink to better its reputation while selling or manufacturing products that increase breast cancer risk or have other negative health effects?
Does the company sell or manufacture products or services involving cancer diagnosis or treatment? If so, will the organization's constituents and members be subjected to unwarranted influence?
Does the company advertise its cause marketing relationships using inaccurate or misleading information about breast cancer?
Does the campaign promote fear mongering or otherwise commercialize, trivialize, infantilize, and sexualize in the name of breast cancer awareness and fundraising?
These are a few of the key factors nonprofits should consider when deciding to partner with a company. Without regard to systemic outcomes, social context, and reliable measures to monitor progress, pink dollars may ultimately diminish the value of the fundraising.
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You got to love Rock n' roll and let's face it there's not enough rock stars in the world today. The 'I Heart Radio' festival has been taking place over the past few days in Las Vegas and Billie Joe Armstrong had a freak out when Green DAy were told that they had '1 minutes' left. Have a look, priceless! | {
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Q: How to implement HTTPS in AWS Elastic Bean Stalk using PHP/Apache Have seen many threads on this topic which all seems active few years back. Bit confused on how this can be done.
Following is the environment config:
64bit Amazon Linux 2015.03 v2.0.1 running PHP 5.6
I'm assuming the installation comes default with Apache.
I gather it can be done code level and also Webserver level. I got an impression that web server level approach would be generic and probably the best approach. Is there a step by step help to install a digital certificate and redirect http to https in AWS Elastic Bean Stalk?
Thanks so much as it would incredibly help me to secure the website.
A: Amazon has introduced Certificate Manager timely and it has provided an easy way to implement HTTPS
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Comedy Acting With Malcolm Sinclair
The registration period is from 08 Sep 2015 09:00:00 to 28 Sep 2015 22:00:00
*This masterclass is for experienced actors.
President of UK Equity, Malcolm Sinclair, will examine the playing of comedy. Comedy as opposed to clowning. The repertoire will be English plays of the last few decades, and will concentrate on language, character, and the thorny question of 'style' and what that might mean. By examining scenes in depth we will attempt to discover the 'do's' and 'don'ts' of this type of work, and what it can tell us about the nature of acting and performance; lessons that can be applied across a whole range of work. The main question will be, what is comic acting, and is it any different from any other sort of acting?
*Those who have completed a three year acting degree or who have had at least three years full time acting exerience.)
Bio of host:
Malcolm Sinclair has been an actor in the UK for almost 40 years. He has been a major player at the National Theatre, appearing in a whole variety of work. He has premiered work by Alan Ayckbourn and David Hare, and frequently been directed by both authors. He has also starred in the plays of Noel Coward, Alan Bennett, Joe Orton, Peter Nicholls and Simon Gray. He's had a long television career, including 5 series of Pie in the Sky. His films include Casino Royale and V for Vendetta. He is President of Equity UK.
2015-10-10 09:00:00 2015-10-10 16:00:00 Australia/Sydney Comedy Acting with Malcolm Sinclair *This masterclass is for experienced actors.President of UK Equity, Malcolm Sinclair, will examine the playing of comedy. Comedy as opposed to clowning. The repertoire will be English plays of the last few decades, and will concentrate on language, character, and the thorny question o Adelaide, SA | {
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Уряд Камбоджі — найвищий орган виконавчої влади Камбоджі.
Діяльність
Голова уряду
Прем'єр-міністр — Хун Сен ().
Постійний перший заступник прем'єр-міністра Камбоджі — Мен Сам Ан ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Бін Чхін ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Хор Намхонг ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Ке Кімян ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Кеат Чхон ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Нхек Бунчхай ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Сар Кхенг ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Сок Ан ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — генерал Теа Бан ().
Віце-прем'єр-міністр — Ийм Чхай Лі ().
Кабінет міністрів
Склад чинного уряду подано станом на 23 травня 2016 року.
Будівля уряду
Історія
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At The Winstedt School, we are committed to educating children who learn differently. Since 2008, The Winstedt School has led the way for inclusive and progressive education in South-East Asia. Students who benefit from a small student to teacher ratio are welcomed, challenged, celebrated and well-supported as we work towards capitalising their individual gifts.
A comprehensive, interdisciplinary British curriculum is individualised to offer continuity of skills through to Year 9 (with additional years to Year 12 opening each year).
Small classes, module base learning in a well-structured environment allow for successful learning with specialised and dedicated teachers who understand a student's needs for explicit, structured and multi-sensory learning.
The Winstedt School does not provide IEP's nor allow for shadow teachers. We want our students to own their learning, advocating for who they are, where their resources lie and work in tandem with their teachers.
To find out more about joining The Winstedt School, please visit our Admissions page. | {
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Gillian hails from the Aspen Parklands region of Saskatchewan, Canada and has been in love with horses since her first pony ride at the local fair.
"Its not always about riding"- Gillian's personal motto, the relationship is the priority at work here. "I may not be an expert in any of the disciplines of horsemanship, but I treasure the relationship I have with my mare, and her ability to help me develop trust and respect within myself."
Gillian brings a strong background in sales and public relations to the HOT Sales Force.
Gillian enjoys getting out and meeting like-minded horsey folks and looks forward to assisting Horse Owner Today in becoming the Go-To site for all things horsey. | {
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Join our volunteer team and be a part of the Our Chalet success story!
Thousands of volunteer service hours each year are dedicated to Our Chalet by its staff team and supporting groups in order to create unforgettable once in a lifetime experiences for all who visit.
Intern positions – these are 3 to 6 month positions in a variety of roles depending on the season.
Please note: Swiss visa rules mean you must be aged under 35 at the time of volunteering, and have not previously had a volunteer visa for Switzerland.
Apply online through Girl Guides Australia. Choose event name Our Chalet Volunteers 2019 or Our Chalet volunteers 2020 depending on the start date of your preferred session. | {
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The Japanese Football Coach Observes American Football
By index on Friday, July 22, 2016
American football gets a Japanese coach who will be part of the off-season program of the Indianapolis Colts.
This team has been undergoing change in its coaching staff. The changes are taking place in the off-season. The new coaches are working at the OTAs to help the team improve as the new season comes up. Mutsumi Takahashi is a Japanese coach who has come in to learn more from American football and help out the team as well.
Takahasi initially played as a linebacker. He is one of the few players who are born in Japan and had participated in Arena Football League. He played here for five years. He also participated in highest levels back in Japan. He now takes the role of coach for Kobe University Ravens, who are based in Japan. | {
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import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import JqxComplexInput from '../../../jqwidgets-react/react_jqxcomplexinput.js';
import JqxButton from '../../../jqwidgets-react/react_jqxbuttons.js';
class App extends React.Component {
componentDidMount() {
this.refs.GetRealButton.on('click', () => {
let realPart = this.refs.myComplexInput.getReal();
alert('Real part is ' + realPart);
});
this.refs.GetImaginaryButton.on('click', () => {
let imaginaryPart = this.refs.myComplexInput.getImaginary();
alert('Imaginary part is ' + imaginaryPart);
});
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<JqxComplexInput ref='myComplexInput'
width={250} height={25} value={'15 + 7.2i'} spinButtons={true}
/>
<div style={{ marginTop: 20 }}>
<JqxButton ref='GetRealButton' style={{ display: 'inline-block' }}
value='Get Real Part' width={150} />
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value='Get Imaginary Part' width={150} />
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)
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Club of Amsterdam Journal, January 2008, Issue 99
Lumalive fabrics
A sustainable energy system in 2050: Promise or possibility?
Futurist Portrait: Thomas Frey
"There is some uncertainty as to what constitutes fashion.
By definition fashion morphs every day. People change clothes, and clothes change people. Fashion reflects who we are, who we want to be. Influencing individuals and the world as a whole – a fashion statement can be just that, a form of language that acknowledges something larger within a culture."
… join us at our next Season Event about the future of Fashion – January 31, 18:30-21:15
Boost Products are introducing a groundbreaking concept based on Philips Lumalive technology, which will enable businesses to attract the attention of customers, clients and other target groups in an exciting, direct and distinctive way.
The new concept relates to clothing for promotions and events. Special Lumalive LED technology has been integrated into the fabric, turning the clothes into a 'live' display or billboard on which any given text, animation or (moving) images can be displayed – in every colour of the rainbow.
With this product specialists in brand and sales activation, are targeting the market for sales and brand promotion (which includes trade fairs and advertising campaigns) and for events (which include dance parties) in the Benelux countries.
By wearing the Lumalive shirts, the hosts, the people manning the stands, the dancers, etc., will have no trouble at all in drawing attention to themselves and to the message on their clothing, thus making a positive and unforgettable impression. The content on the 'live' fabric can be tailored exactly to suit the relevant target group. This enables a totally new and effective form of (marketing) communication.
After years of research, Philips has succeeded in incorporating special LED technology into fabric. "Lumalive brings fabrics and clothing alive", says Bas Zeper, CEO of Philips Lumalive. "This now gives marketeers a tool with which to reach their market in an interactive and more effective way."
"Thanks to the innovative power and high quality of Lumalive, we are enabling businesses and brands to communicate with their target groups in a unique way. The LED technology in Lumalive offers unlimited graphics and interactive applications and, in combination with the trendy promotion clothing, guarantees an impressive and distinctive experience. We are proud of this cooperation and the trust that Philips Lumalive has shown in us," says Raymond Lentz, director of Boost Products.
Light-emitting shirt which expresses mood, ambiance and give messages to the people around us.
On jackets containing the Philips Lumalive fabrics dynamic advertisements, graphics and constantly changing color surfaces can be displayed.
This couch gives an extra dimension to the mood and atmosphere you want to create, not even thinking about the possibilities to emphasize brands that you can promote!
the future of Fashion
Lifestyle & Technology
Where: AMFI-Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Mauritskade 11, 1091 GC Amsterdam, Near corner Wibautstraat / Mauritskade
The conference language is English.
The speakers are
Truus Dokter, It fits! & PeclersParis
Fashioning the Future
Cathal McKee, Founder and Creative Director, CMK
Where technology ends and fashion begins.
Stefan Lehner, Recycling Designer
How can Eco-Design become fashionable?
Moderated by James Veenhoff, Programme Director and co-founder of Amsterdam International Fashion Week
We would like to thank our supporters:AMFI-Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Innergy Creations, Amsterdam International Fashion Weekand the Instituut voor Media en Informatie Management.
November 19: Sex, The Internet's Own Wasteland
November 8: Sexuality in the 21st Century?
October 22: Alexandria burned – securing knowledge access in the age of Google
September 6: Are chimeras part of our future?
Spiderman suit
Every grown up and child's dream of sticking to the ceiling and acting as a world-saving superhero may finally come true.
Writing in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, a Professor from the Polytechnic of Turin has found the formula for a Spider-Man suit that will enable all budding Peter Parkers to skip the elevator and scale the Empire State building in much the same way as their cartoon superhero.
The suit will use a similar principle to the one used by geckos and spiders, which possess millions of tiny hairs on their limbs allowing them to stick to surfaces and hang upside down. These microscopic hairs adhere to surfaces by using the intermolecular phenomena called Van der Waal forces.'Some researchers were able to measure an adhesion strength 200 times higher than that of a gecko. But there is a large gap between theory and practical applications,' said Professor Pugno. 'If we are able to make a surface a little bit stronger, so that the size effect vanishes, we might be able to make a suit with the same adhesion as a gecko.'
Personal Media Viewer
Movies are projected inside a pair of glasses.
Myvu Corporation is a leading supplier of eyewear viewers for the portable electronics industry.
The myvu personal media viewer has the SolidOptex optical technology incorporated inside a unique eyewear frame to form a comfortable, compact design. It's the ultimate solution for viewing broadcasted and downloaded entertainment on cell phones and portable media players. The myvu viewer takes the output signal from media players such as MP4, DVD and cell phone products and projects a floating image that the user can see around – providing an enjoyable viewing experience for on-the-go lifestyles. Complete with in-ear earbuds for stereo sound, the viewer represents a breakthrough in portable display technology
By ECN Policy Studies
Energy policy is facing major challenges. Industrial countries are increasingly dependent on imports of oil and gas, and global warming is becoming more of a reality. In order to address these challenges, a sustainable energy system must be developed. This document presents an outline of a sustainable energy situation for Europe in the year 2050. The research institutes ECN and NRG hope that this vision will guide energy research and inspire both businesses and governments.
The authors describe a consistent development path that leads to a reduction in CO2 emissions in Europe to 60% below 1990 levels, and to a signifi cantly reduced level of oil and gas imports. However, in 2050 the energy system will not be completely sustainable. The authors have formulated additional sustainability conditions for the reliable use of nuclear energy, biomass, and CO2 capture & storage in a sustainable energy system. If these conditions are complied with, the overall picture will meet realistic criteria of sustainability. Despite this, continued energy conservation and further development of renewables should be pursued after 2050. In the vision for 2050 presented here, much weight is given to new technologies, new resources and new energy infrastructure. In addition to such innovation, new ways of decision-making and new patterns of behaviour are essential. With respect to technological developments that result in, for instance, affordable solar cells, the deployment of second-generation biofuels and reliable CO2 capture & storage, realistic judgements have been made as to the timing of their commercialisation. The technology policy required to bring about such technological developments is briefly outlined.
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage
by Heather Rogers
*Starred Review* America leads the world in garbage, and that is nothing to be proud of. A clear-thinking and peppery writer, Rogers presents a galvanizing expose of how we became the planet's trash monsters. Americans were ingeniously thrifty until industrialization ushered in consumer culture and the age of disposable goods and built-in obsolescence. But once the public was exhorted to buy stuff whether they needed it or not–and Rogers provides many eye-opening examples of corporate strategies and propaganda–new forms of garbage began to pile up and break down into toxic substances. Rogers details everything that is wrong with today's wasteful packaging, bogus recycling, and flawed landfills and incinerators. Here, too, is the inside story of the plastic revolution and the irresponsibly wasteful beverage market, the Mafia's involvement in commercial waste, and the illegal overseas shipping of garbage, especially toxic e-waste–trashed computers and cell phones. Rogers exhibits black-belt precision in her assault on American corporations that succeed in "greenwashing" the public while remaining "hell-bent on ever-expanding production no matter what the ecological toll." Set this beside Elizabeth Royte's Garbage Land (2005), and contemplate Rogers' dictum: garbage "never really goes away." – Donna Seaman
Five years ago, Aptera's founder Steve Fambro endeavored to design and build a passenger vehicle that was safe, comfortable, and more fuel-efficient than anything ever produced. This aspiration, combined with his background in engineering, led him to an intensive study of aerodynamics, and composite aircraft construction. He hypothesized that a low-drag, aerodynamic body shape could be achieved without sacrificing comfort, drivability or safety.
What emerged, after much designing, conceptualizing, and constructing, was a prototype two-seat, three-wheeled vehicle. This first operating prototype achieved a stunning 230 miles per gallon, Building on this success, Steve expanded his Aptera team and created the Aptera Typ-1, which has been re-designed, re-engineered, and refined into a production ready vehicle.
Thomas Frey – Senior Futurist, Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute and well known futurist speaker Thomas Frey
"The greatest value in understanding the future comes from spotting the major cultural, demographic, societal, and economic shifts early and translating them into viable business opportunities," says Tom.
As the Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute, he works closely with his Board of Visionaries to develop original research studies, which enables him to speak on unusual topics, translating trends into unique opportunities.
As part of the celebrity speaking circuit, Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come. His keynote talks on futurist topics have captivated people ranging from high level government officials to executives in Fortune 100 companies including NASA, IBM, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, First Data, Boeing, Capital One, Bell Canada, Visa, Ford Motor Company, Qwest, Allied Signal, Hunter Douglas, Direct TV, International Council of Shopping Centers, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, and many more.
Because of his work inspiring inventors and other revolutionary thinkers, the Boulder Daily Camera has referred to him as the "Father of Invention". The Denver Post and Seattle Post Intelligence have referred to him as the "Dean of Futurists".
Before launching the DaVinci Institute, Tom spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer where he received over 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer. He is also a past member of the Triple Nine Society (High I.Q. society over 99.9 percentile).
Tom has been a columnist for the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and Boulder County Business Report, and is the author of the 1998 book "Inventions of Impact". He currently writes a newsletter entitled "News from the Future" and has written numerous articles on a wide range of futurist topics. He has also been a contributing writer for The Futurist Magazine and is the Editor of the Impact Lab, an online emerging technology blog which was recently rated by Popular Science Magazine as one of the "top five science blogs in the known universe".
The Season Events are on Thursdays
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Shaun Burns (USA) in perfect position for the best barrel of the day, and his best wave ever at Sunset Beach.
HALEIWA, North Shore, Oahu/Hawaii – (Thursday, January 18, 2018) — Santa Cruz surfer Shaun Burns (USA) scored the first barrel and best ride of the World Surf League Hawaii/Tahiti Nui's 2018 competitive season at the Sunset Open, a Men's Qualifying Series (QS) 1,000 event, after threading through a 10-foot tube and completing a swooping cutback turn on a beautiful set wave today at Sunset Beach.
In Round 2 Heat 2, Burns went against decorated athlete Kai Lenny (HAW), Edrick Baldwin (HAW) and Tyler Newton (HAW) and found his excellent ride midway through the 24-minute heat after battling back and forth with Lenny on mid-range scores.
Under the tutelage of seasoned pro Torrey Meister (HAW), Burns has traveled to the North Shore for the past two years and is using this event to gain valuable experience as he tallies up points on the professional tour.
The wind was a challenging element today and athletes battled gusts of up to 30mph, but for waterman Kai Lenny, it felt like just another day on Maui, notorious for its wind-blown surf. Lenny is coming off of an epic free surf session at Pe'ahi Sunday, where wave heights reached 50-feet and the world's best big wave surfers set new standards.
The 2018 Sunset Open marks one year since Lenny made his maiden appearance in a QS event. Last year, he advanced to the Sunset Open Semifinals and was ultimately ousted after an interference call cut his winning streak short.
North Shore's Kalani David (HAW) returned to competition after breaking his wrist in 2017 a day before the Vans World Cup, and went against World Champion and 6x Vans Triple Crown winner Sunny Garcia (HAW) today in the opening heat of Round 2.
David opened up the heat with a 5.25 for an early lead however Garcia grabbed his two best rides – a 4.40 and 7.40 – to pull ahead and put the pressure on David. The other two competitors in the heat, Landon McNamara (HAW) and Shinpei Horiguchi (JPN) tallied a few rides but were unable to catch up to the frontrunners to advance. David ended with a 7.60 and 6.75 for the heat win.
Aside from his wrist injury, in 2017 David underwent heart surgery after battling a rare genetic disorder that was uncovered during a life-threatening seizure. The athlete is stronger than ever now and proven to be incredibly resilient and motivated after competing in the 2017 HIC Pro and 2017 Hawaiian Pro.
Contest organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning to determine the next call for competition by 7am HST. The swell is forecast to drop with a new pulse expected this weekend, which officials are targeting for the Men's and Women's Sunset Pro Junior. Another swell is on the horizon with improving conditions for Monday and Tuesday, which Surfline is calling a new/larger WNW-NW swell in the 5-10ft.+ range with light/variable winds. | {
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Thank you Darlene for an amazing weekend! What a great place for a couple of old (not that old) friends to get back together again. Mona and I are looking forward to another weekend at your camp in the future....I'll think we'll make it an annual (if not more) tradition for us.
Its like paradise! Have been out several times and always a fantastic time. Great trails, adventure, food, friends and conversation. Will always be back!! Darlene is a most special and giving person!! Love it out there.
Timber Ridge is a fabulous place to ride and relax! Darlene does a great job cooking and aiming to please all! Trails are great, good pens for your horse, nice comfy beds; and central spot to mix and mingle. Highly recommend to any horse enthusiast! Plus Lumby and area is a beautiful place to visit!
your place is amazing and the trails are wounderful , we love ridding your poker rides so much fun and wonderful to meet new friends with the same passion looking forward to many many more great times with you. thanks.. Elizabeth,channing and horses!!
The horse world is a better place because of you two and your hard work and generwous hearts. We love your camp and it's facilities..the trails are great, the running water is a welcome convenience.
We love to camp with you...Thanks always. Barb, Gracie and Red from Salmon Arm.
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High precision 10-channel micro laboratory syringe pump is a 10-channel perfusion/extraction syringe pump, which is mainly used in biological laboratories, with integrated structure. It can hold different sizes of syringes (sample injectors), and the micro syringe pump is suitable for high precision, low flow liquid transport.
1. Syringe inner diameter input function: You can add a syringe from the list or enter the syringe ID directly.
2. The human-machine interface of the micro-injection pump is friendly: the large screen LCD display, The digital knob is used in conjunction with the membrane button for quick and easy operation.
3. Four working modes: perfusion mode, extraction mode, extraction perfusion mode, continuous mode.
(1)The EEPROM saves the setup parameters and does not need to be reset after power-on.
(2)When the operation is running in the flow mode, the power is turned off. After the power is restored, the parameters can be continuously run or stopped according to the set parameters.
5. Protection function: When the propulsion mechanism of the syringe pump is blocked during the work, the syringe pump will stop the work of the propulsion mechanism and emit a whistle alarm.
6. It can be connected to the host computer by 485 communication bus and controlled by the background software.
7. External control interface: with access to / output control.
Calibration function: More accurate flow is obtained through the calibration procedure.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd 6 – 8 pm ADVANCED TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR $10.00 AT VILLAGE LIQUOR – AT DOOR PURCHASE $15.00 VILLAGE TASTING: BEER, WINE & LIQUOR!!! GREAT EVENING OF FUN & TIME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW AND SOME OLD FAVORITES!!
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We are having 2 tastings this weekend!! Friday April 22, 4-7 we will have Next Chapter Winery from New Prague coming in to taste some of their wines and have tips for pairing with foods. Saturday April 23, 12-2 we will be sampling Dos Equis beer. Great beer for the warm weather coming up!!
Friday May 15th 5-7 – Carolans Irish Cream Friday May 22nd 4-7 – Bud Light Fiesta-Ritas Friday May 29th 4-7 – Sommersby Cider These tasting are all free to attend. | {
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Lithium-bearing ores such as spodumene decrease the melting point, viscosity and thermal expansion of glass, leading to increased melting efficiencies and/or larger effective furnace capacities. Photo courtesy of Sons of Gwalia Ltd., West Perth, Australia.
Whenever energy conservation measures are considered in the glass industry, it is often in terms of equipment and tools designed to increase a plant's operating efficiency. However, there may be another way to reduce energy use without investing large amounts of capital in equipment and systems. According to Charles Merivale, senior vice president of Amalgamet Canada (a Division of Premetalco Inc.), adjusting the batch with additions of lithium can have a significant impact on the industry's energy requirements.
"There are documented cases of glass companies adding lithium to their batch and lowering melting/firing times and furnace temperatures, thereby conserving fuel," Merivale said.
These cases suggest that as much as 5-10% of energy use can be saved through this simple measure. When this strategy is combined with other energy-saving tools, such as modified or new equipment, the savings can be significantly higher. The added raw materials can also provide other benefits, including increased production speeds and improved product quality.
As glass manufacturers struggle to remain competitive in the face of increasing global competition, such simple solutions can have a significant impact in terms of overall energy and cost savings.
Lithium is the lightest, smallest and most reactive of all of the alkali metals. It also possesses the smallest ionic radius (the average distance from the center to the outermost electron) and the highest ionic potential (the energy required to cause any atom to lose an electron and thus become a cation). According to Derek McCracken, director of minerals marketing at American Minerals, Inc., King of Prussia, Pa., "All of these factors combine to produce an extremely powerful flux that can be used to benefit glass."
Lithium oxide (Li2O), as well as lithium-bearing ores such as spodumene, decreases the melting point, viscosity and thermal expansion of the glass, leading to increased melting efficiencies and/or larger effective furnace capacities. Because Li2O can lower the required processing temperature by as much as 25°C (77°F), it provides a 5-10% reduction in energy use and can also decrease NOx emissions. Additional benefits include improved glass quality and an increased melt-to-pack ratio as a result of fewer checks and tears, as well as a potential increase in refractory life due to lower operating temperatures.
With growing competition from plastic and aluminum packaging materials, glass container producers are seeking to develop lighter weight containers by reducing the glass thickness. Lithium can help glass producers achieve this goal by enhancing the mechanical strength of the glass, as well as its hydrolytic and chemical resistance. It also increases the working range of glass, thereby improving the thickness uniformity (from top to bottom) of glass bottles.
According to Anand Sheth, technical marketing manager for Sons of Gwalia Ltd., West Perth, Australia, only a small amount of lithium is needed to reap the benefits. The normal addition rate in glass containers is only 0.1 to 0.17 wt% Li2O or 3 wt% spodumene concentrate (glass grade).
The Greenbushes spodumene mine in Australia. Photo courtesy of Sons of Gwalia Ltd., West Perth, Australia.
More recent trials at glass container and tableware manufacturing plants have further substantiated the idea that lithium can provide energy savings, increased product quality, higher throughput and other benefits in glass manufacturing.
Over the last several years, a number of glass container and cosmetic glass manufacturers in Asia have begun using spodumene in production and have increased their furnace capacities by 20 to 25%, reduced their rejection rates and eliminated the problem of weathering in glass. These manufacturers have also achieved enhanced glass brightness and a lower seed count, which has enabled them to increase sales.
According to Sheth, 0.1 wt% Li2O can provide approximately the same melting effect as a 10% cullet addition to the glass. With the unavailability of high-quality cullet in some countries, lithium is gradually becoming accepted as a better choice since it also provides other benefits that are not achieved with cullet.
"The increased batch costs are typically recovered through a higher glass yield; thus the unit cost of bottles remains largely unchanged or lower, depending on the location and the costs of other raw materials and fuel," Sheth said.
Why Isn't Everyone on Board?
Despite the success stories from manufacturing facilities around the world, many glass manufacturers have been reluctant to consider the use of lithium as an energy-saving solution. A number of the manufacturers that ran lithium trials early on have gone out of business or been acquired by other companies, and today's companies don't appear to be eager to change their product formulations. "[The U.S. industry] seems fixated on the 'hardware' of glass and ceramic manufacturing and so far has shown no inclination to consider energy reduction improvements through batch adjustments," said Merivale.
Part of the problem is the cost-and perceived cost-of lithium. When many of the early trials were conducted, lithium was considered too costly to implement on a regular basis. However, suppliers have noted that the price of lithium carbonate has dropped considerably over the past several years, and other lithium-bearing ores have also become more affordable. Additionally, data from a number of plant trials have indicated that the energy savings and other benefits that can be achieved with the lithium additions often more than make up for any added material cost.
Another concern for many glass producers is the effect of lithium additions on the refractories inside the furnace. However, a European glass research lab has shown that small additions of lithium-up to 0.3 wt% Li2O-in glass does not corrode refractories at same furnace load or temperature used previously, and in fact can enhance refractory life when it is used to replace soda or potash in the glass batch. Additionally, lithium does not volatilize and therefore poses no threat to the furnace crown.
As global competition continues to place pressure on manufacturers, companies will be forced to look for more ways to reduce costs without compromising productivity and product quality. While a number of advances will continue to be made in terms of equipment, manufacturers shouldn't overlook raw materials such as lithium as a potential part of the overall solution.
"For our industry to remain competitive, it is going to have to consider these other approaches," Merivale said.
Editor's note: This article is an updated version of a previous article published in Ceramic Industry (July 2002), which was compiled with the assistance of Jim Angelo, Chemetall Foote Corp.(contact Gary Otwell, (704) 739-2501, [email protected] ); Derek McCracken, American Minerals, Inc., (724) 695-7820, [email protected] ; Anand Sheth, Sons of Gwalia Ltd., (61) 8-9263-5555, [email protected] ; and Charles Merivale, Amalgamet Canada, (416) 366-3954, ext. 224, [email protected] (on behalf of Tantalum Mining Corp. [TANCO], Manitoba, Canada). | {
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2020 admissions: JAMB holds policy meeting June 16
by Publisher June 8, 2020
written by Publisher June 8, 2020
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scheduled the 2020 Policy Meeting of all tertiary institutions for 16th June, 2020. The Policy Meeting is to be chaired by the Hon. Minister of Education with all Heads of Tertiary Institutions in attendance.
The 2020 Policy Meeting is peculiar as it will go down in history as the first Policy Meeting that will be holding online owing to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
It would be recalled that part of the protocols put in place by government to curb the spread of COVID-19 requires that no gathering of persons exceeds prescribed numbers.
Compliance with this directive has became imperative as no fewer than 4000 Heads of Tertiary Institutions comprising degree, diploma, NCE and NID-awarding institutions and other stakeholders would normally be expected to congregate at a location but because of extant protocols, would now be expected to participate in the virtual meeting.
The modalities for the meeting would entail the Board issuing only one access code to each participating institution to join the meeting.
This access code is not to be shared or given to unauthorized persons. However, other critical stakeholders within the institutions like the Registrars, Admissions Officers can cluster around a big screen in a location to attend the meeting using the unique access code.
The Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, would preside over the meeting with other stakeholders and top functionaries of the Education Ministry joining in from the operational point.
Heads of regulatory agencies and other critical stakeholders such as chairmen of committees on Education at the Lower and Upper Chambers of the National Assembly are also expected to join the meeting.
The meeting will discuss critical issues bordering on the advances made in the educational sector in the last one year in addition to setting the tone for the 2020/2021 Admission exercise.
The meeting will also chart policy directions for the nation's tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines and make a holistic review of application statistics, performance as well as evaluate the 2019 admissions exercise.
The meeting, in addition to other deliberations, would take a stand on concessional and acceptable minimum admissions standards to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The meeting, would be streamed live on the Board's website; www.jamb.gov.ng, its facebook, JAMBulletin and other social media platforms. | {
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Can the CLC be read as an epic? In this post, part of our CLC: Past and Present series, Anna Barker finds some Virgilian echoes in the narrative of Quintus.
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Quintus arrives at the house of Barbillus in Alexandria in Book II of the CLC
As a trainee teacher, I once overheard someone say that the narrative of the Cambridge Latin Course was based on the Aeneid.
I can't remember who said this, or what their authority was, or which aspects of the story they had in mind, but it was one of those moments which elicited admiration and surprise. There is something extremely satisfying when a familiar text turns out to be hiding something in plain sight. The best example of this I can think of is when, as a ten year old, I was told that Narnia was actually a Christian allegory. Now, I have strong sympathy with Philip Pullman's views on the morality of this, but I remember at the time the excitement of seeing the story in a new light. I was impressed.
Did the authors of the Cambridge Latin Course, consciously or unconsciously, include echoes of the Aeneid in the series? There seem to me to be two plausible ways in which they did: in terms of the structure of the narrative, and the character of Quintus.
The most obvious echo is the flashback in the second book of the course. Quintus' first person account to King Cogidubnus of how he ended up in Britain (via Athens and Alexandria) mirrors Aeneid II and III, in which Aeneas, in response to Queen Dido's questions, narrates how he ended up in Carthage (via Greece and Sicily). It is quite a bold decision to incorporate a flashback into the narrative as, in my experience, it poses certain challenges for students reading the course. I find myself doing a lot of reinforcing that the Alexandria storyline actually happened before the Salvius/Cogidubnus storyline, and it takes some readjustment for students starting the third book at the beginning of a new school year to remember that we are still in Britain. The teacher also has to do a lot of reminding that the Alexandria story is told in the first person. The decision to build a flashback of Mediterranean wanderings into the course could perhaps be seen as a way of preparing students for the experience of following Aeneas' story at GCSE or beyond.
In addition to structure, I would like to think that there is something of Aeneas in the character of Quintus. OK, Quintus may not be responsible for the establishment of imperium sine fine, and I think it is hard to to argue that there is some overarching teleological force to the story (although there is a mini telos of going to Britain to fulfil Barbillus' dying wish, as well as as a bigger goal of bringing about the downfall of Salvius). Instead, there is perhaps a blankness to both these characters. For the heroes of their own stories, they lack any really strong character traits – Odysseus' wiliness, say, or Achilles' pride – other than a vague sense of being morally upright. Instead, their stories are peopled by characters much more colourful than they are. Both are fundamentally decent but are pleasingly flawed. While Aeneas royally messes up in his handling of the departure from Carthage, Quintus has a pretty bad run of things in Alexandria, dismissing the advice of the puer Aegyptius, and scoffing at Barbillus' respect for astrology, both with disastrous consequences. Like Aeneas, Quintus is a refugee following the destruction of his home town. And if we're going to get really psychological about it, they are both characters who are marked by trauma (destruction of Troy, destruction of Pompeii) and loss (Anchises/Dido/Pallas, and Caecilius/Barbillus/ Cogidubnus/ Dumnorix – basically every 'good' character in the series).
So were these echoes intentional? The team at CSCP got in touch with Pat Story, one of the original authors of the series, to pose this question. The answer: completely unintentional! After some initial disappointment, I asked myself whether this really mattered. It is still fun to make connections. When I suggested the 'Cambridge-Latin-Course-As-Aeneid' theory to my Year 12s, they had their own Narnia moment. As classicists, we are almost programmed to see intertextuality in everything, and if we can find satisfaction by noticing pleasing aspects of a piece of writing, whether the author intended them or not is neither here nor there.
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Once upon a time, the whole application integration concept was nothing short of daunting. But as application integration increasingly becomes a service in the cloud, it's becoming a lot easier to quickly cobble multiple applications together to dynamically drive a new business process.
The latest example of this capability is an alliance announced today between MuleSoft, provider of the iON application integration service in the cloud, and Zuora, a provider of a transaction processing engine used widely in subscription and billing applications.
According to Chris Purpura, vice president and general manager for iON at MuleSoft, the basic idea behind the alliance is to make it a lot easier to access a transaction-processing application that is available as a service on a cloud computing platform. As more companies look to build extended streams of revenue by providing customers with any number of services they can subscribe to, the Zuora service is designed to significantly cut down on the amount of time it takes to provide the transaction processing capabilities needed to enable those services.
Driving this alliance, says Jeff Yoshimura, vice president of marketing for Zuora, is the rise of a "subscription economy" that is largely driven by companies trying to drive additional high-margin revenues from existing customers in order to grow, versus always having to count on acquiring new customers that are comparatively more expensive.
Given the depth and range of those services, Yoshimura says businesses need access to a transaction-processing service that is readily available in the cloud, versus waiting for an internal IT organization to craft one. In that context, the role of the IT department then shifts from building IT services to concentrating more on orchestrating those services.
In the meantime, the whole application integration process is about to dramatically change as that function increasingly becomes a service that can be easily invoked versus a project that needs to be managed over several months. The exact impact that the availability of such services will have on the business is still hard to determine. But the impact on the perception of what can be done in the cloud is likely to be economically profound. | {
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Verdant Capital has joined IMAP, the leading global M&A partnership, becoming the second partner firm in Africa.
Verdant Capital ranked 14th in the M&A league tables in 2017 (source: DealMakers Africa) and has offices in Johannesburg, Accra, Ebene and Kinshasa. The senior team at Verdant Capital has extensive experience working in North America, London and the Middle East as well as in South Africa and markets across the African continent. The senior team has experience performing similar roles for global investment banks such as Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, as well as working for leading international investors such as US AID and ANSON.
The other IMAP partner firm in Africa is Ascent Capital Partners head-quartered in Casablanca. | {
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This is very traditional dish from my native place – Konkan. You will find many dishes on my blog are from konkan. It is very tangy and spicy full of coconut juice. This kokam kadhi is served generally with mutton/chicken dishes. Try it and let me know.
Grind coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves and garlic cloves together.
Now, take the whole juice out of this coconut and throw away the remainings.
You can change the quantity of chilli and salt as per your taste.
Add water and take out the juice completely.
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18w21b is the thirty-ninth snapshot released for 1.13.
Added sound for husks converting to zombies.
Fixed a crash which occurred during world generation.
MC-46656 – Camera facing incorrect while spectating Villagers / Creepers / Skeletons / Armor Stands.
MC-125615 – Some end cities don't generate completely.
MC-122754 – Potion ID with caps crashes game.
MC-125599 – Grass and mycelium can spread to dirt blocks which are submerged under hacked water.
MC-126717 – Spectating a fish causes shaky screen.
MC-129219 – Phantom dont have new animations and its not animated.
MC-129677 – Missing sound for event: minecraft:entity.husk.converted_to_zombie.
MC-129919 – Teleporting in overworld from the End make the game freeze indefinitely.
MC-129946 – Crash while teleporting in spectator mode.
MC-130080 – Baby zombies not converting to baby drowned.
MC-130096 – Enchantment books not working.
MC-130118 – Enchantments do not combine/level up via anvil.
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Top-10 Peach State 2018 Running Backs
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While the state of North Carolina may sport what many consider one of the top running backs in the class of 2018 in Zamir White out of Scotland County High School, don't overlook a number of fleet-footed backs from the state of Georgia. Here are my top-10 Peach State Class of 2018 running backs.
In alphabetical order by last name.
DJ Atkins – Callaway High School, Hogansville, GA – 5 foot 8 and 160 lbs
Atkins is another one of those smaller all-purpose backs with wheels and wiggle. If he had about 30 more lbs on his frame, he would probably have offers coming out his ears. But don't let his slight stature fool you. Atkins touched the ball 313 times for 2,347 yards and 15 TDs as a junior for the Cavaliers. He'll look to be a key offensive cog in there 2017 GHSA football season.
Zion Custis – Lovejoy High School, Lovejoy, GA – 5 foot 7 and 178 lbs
Custis' size can be deceiving as he runs the ball like he is a 5-11, 205 tailback. For Lovejoy last season, he toted the rock 187 times for 1,487 yards and 12 touchdowns, averaging 8.1 yards per carry. He also had 15 receptions for 182 yards. The rising senior is rated a 3-star prospect for 2018 by 247 Sports, Rivals and Scout.
Lyn-J Dixon – Taylor County High School, Butler, GA – 5 foot 10 and 185 lbs
Dixon does a little bit of everything as a high school football player, but he is really special when the ball is in his hands and is likely the most dynamic rising senior all-purpose running back in the state of Georgia. He has rushed for 4,526 and 62 TDs in his high school football career thus far on 556 carries. That is an average of 8.1 yards per carry. And he catches the ball well out of the backfield too. Dixon has 984 receiving yards and 9 TDs on 66 catches.
He has over 14 offers including an offer from the Bulldogs along with Alabama, Florida, LSU, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Dixon is rated a 3-star prospect by 247 Sports, Rivals, and Scout, and a 4-star prospect by ESPN. He is considered a top-25 all-purpose RB for 2018.
Nolan Edmonds – Alpharetta High School, Alpharetta, GA – 5 foot 11 and 200 lbs
Edmonds is perhaps one of the more underrated running back by the major recruiting services in the state of Georgia for 2018. 247 Sports, Rivals and Scout have Edmonds as a 3-star prospect at RB.
He has rushed for a combined 1,621 yards and 18 TDs as a sophomore and junior for the Raiders on 287 carries. He also has caught the ball 32 times for 411 yards and 3 more TDs. Edmonds holds 12 offers currently including Boston College, California, Colorado State and Purdue. He has camped and visited at UGA and there is interest here.
Rico Frye – Creekside High School, Fairburn, GA – 5 foot 10 and 205 lbs
Frye rushed for 1,025 yards and 8 TDs in only six games as a junior coming off a stellar sophomore campaign where he rushed for 1,796 yards and 27 TDs on 181 carries. Frye only has a couple of offers, but if he can stay healthy, I expect his recruiting to really pick up over his senior year. He is interested in UGA and has visited Athens, GA several times.
Anthony Grant, Jr. – Buford High School, Buford, GA – 5 foot 11 and 190 lbs
Through the first 13 games for Buford, Anthony Grant carried the ball 189 times for 1,447 yards and 24 touchdowns. Plus, he also caught 20 passes for 222 yards and another 3 touchdowns. He is rated a 3-star prospect for 2018 by 247, ESPN and Rivals, and a 4-star prospect by Scout. He has over 12 scholarship offers currently including Peach State schools GA state and Georgia Tech and SEC programs Missouri and Tennessee. His most recent offer is from West Virginia. In the GHSA State title game for Class AAAAA, Rome's defense held Grant and Buford's other talented RB, Christian Turner to just 36 yards rushing.
Emeka Nwanze – Northview High School, Duluth, GA – 5 foot 11 and 196 lbs
Nwanze rushed for 1,472 yards and 14 TDs on 230 carries for an average of 6.4 yards per carry for 2016. The Northview High School running back is rated a 3-star prospect by 247, Rivals and Scout. He has 8 offers so far including Boston College, North Carolina, and Vanderbilt. Keep your eyes on Nwanze for 2017. Nwanze is just fun to watch play. Plus, you got to love being able to shout "Run Nwanze. Run!"
Dameon Pierce – Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge, GA- 5 foot 11 and 210 lbs
In three seasons, Dameon Pierce has carried the ball 715 times for 4,656 yards and 60 touchdowns, and he also has caught the ball 41 times for 447 receiving yards and a touchdown. Pierce is considered one of the top running backs in the Peach State for 2018, and he has over 18 scholarship offers and counting. He has been committed to the University of Alabama since July 1st, 2016. Pierce is rated a 4-star and top-10 prospect at RB by ESPN, Rivals, and Scout and a 3-star prospect by 247 Sports, who has him as the No. 17 RB.
Jalynn Sykes – Rome High School, Rome, GA – 5 foot 11 and 195 lbs
Sykes rushed for 1,092 yards and 16 TDs on 110 carries for an average of 9.9 yards per carry for 2016. He would have had more barring an injury he suffered at the beginning of the 2016 GHSA football playoffs. I was looking forward to seeing what Sykes would do in the playoffs along with his teammate and sophomore RB Jamious Griffin. He has 12 offers so far including Arkansas, Boston College, Colorado State, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.
Taurean Taylor – Tucker High School, Tucker, GA – 5 foot 7 and 175 lbs
Like Atkins and Dixon, Taylor may not be the biggest running back, but he has some wheels and wiggle. As a junior, Taylor rushed for 1,315 yards and 16 TDs on 122 carries and added another 223 yards and 2 TDs receiving on 11 catches. He averaged over 11 yards and scored every 7 to 8 times he touched the ball, which could have something to do with his unverified 40-time of 4.36. In that respect, he reminds me of Isaiah Mckenzie as he is a threat to take it to the house every time he touches the ball. He impressed region coaches and those that got to see him tote the rock enough that Taylor was named to the AJC's First Team All-Metro list, and he was also voted Region Player of the Year. Not too shabby for Region 4 in GHSA Class AAAAAA. Taylor doesn't have any major offers as of yet, but if he continues to put up those kinds of numbers, his recruiting will pick up.
Picking 10 out of the talented group of running backs from the excellent high school football programs from across the state of Georgia after slaving over hour after hour of game film and stats plus the few I got to see in person over the last couple of seasons was not an easy task. There were a number of very good backs that could be listed, and I hope each and every one of them has a great senior season, realizing their full potential and taking advantage of all the opportunities that present themselves to them.
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