Three years ago Derek Bishop, Jo Geraghty and I published our book, Building a Culture of Innovation.  The book was inspired by, and written for, all of those leaders who understood that in order to thrive in today's global marketplace they needed to set innovation as a capability at the heart of their culture but were uncertain how to go about it.
In the book we talked about the importance of understanding the organisation as a whole and its level of innovation maturity as the first step on the journey to building innovation capability as a component of organisational culture. We looked at designing the future and shaping the journey, and at the importance of communication in engaging people in the transformation required. And we looked at new approaches to leadership and its criticality to success both in shaping and delivering the vision as well as in leading through change.
But, three years on, is innovation still more talked about than actioned; seen as a 'thing' rather than an organisational capability or component of culture? Have senior leaders shifted not only their approach but also their perspective on the value of innovation? Or to put it another way, is success now acknowledged to be the 'outcome' of an innovation-focussed strategy, purpose-driven leadership and a truly creative and collaborative culture working in harmony?
So, I thought I'd share some of the key innovation statistics and reports from 2018 as well as attempting to answer some of those key questions.
Let's start with leadership and the executive team; in other words, the people who are responsible for defining the future vision as well as devising and implementing the strategy which will lead to high-value outcomes. Given all of the publicity surrounding innovation over the last three years, not least from international bodies such as the World Trade Organisation and national regulatory bodies, have business executives not only embraced the concept of innovation as the driver of outcomes but also taken strides to infuse innovation methodologies across their organisations?
So does that mean we are still in the realms of talking about innovation rather than taking concrete actions; seeing it as something nice to have rather than an imperative for the future prosperity of the organisation? Whilst the above statistics would indicate that that was the case, delving through the reports I think there's a pattern emerging which would suggest that 2018 may be the year in which innovation and innovation leadership started to mature.
For a start there has been a 67% spike in the number of organisations which have increased their funding for change initiatives since 2017 and there has been an 18% uplift in companies which believe they have the culture in place which will enable them to embrace change.  There was also one interesting comment from an IBM study  to the effect that "innovation is no longer the province of the hungry upstart." This was echoed in another report which commented that since 2014 there has been a shift from small business and entrepreneurs driving innovation to larger businesses , suggesting that larger organisations are now fighting back against the viewpoint that innovation is solely the preserve of start-up and fast growth businesses. To put it another way, CEOs may have been saying for years that innovation could help significantly drive results, now seemingly, they are starting to take action.
We have also seen a growing recognition that hype around new technology doesn't always drive impact.  In other words leaders are starting to recognise that technology can only take you so far and that true differentiation comes from delivering something more. Having said that one report, which admittedly focused on small businesses, revealed that just 12% of businesses had introduced innovation in order to improve leadership/management capabilities.  That suggests that innovation may still be viewed as linked to product rather than whole organisation capability, thereby limiting the chance of optimal outcomes.
Elsewhere Southwest Airlines has developed an innovation academy with a view to leveraging human-centred design practices in order to inspire innovation and agile thinking and devolve innovation through best practices. My only comment here is that I'm also seeing huge amounts of inertia around the false mecca that is Silicon Valley and the overfocus on single-point solutions like sheep-dipping people through Lean training or launching an accelerator.
The real shift in an organisation's ability to shape the future starts with its leaders, however, there is recognition now that in these exponential times new leadership challenges have emerged. The main one being that the traditional approach to leadership development is outdated and isn't sufficient to create the kind of value required for shaping the future. What is undoubtedly required is future-focused, leadership to be the norm not the exception and that means leaders need to be driven by purpose, creativity, curiosity and empathy more than ever before. We need to help leaders become pioneers, 10x thinkers and future shapers.
We have seen above how leaders may be starting to shift their outlook from talking to action but is there a danger that innovation may go the way of other initiatives and be seen as something which was of its moment rather than as a true driver of future outcome. Here again the statistics are revealing a mixed message.
Are executives worried? Well whilst one report saw 41% of executives acknowledging that their company is extremely/very at risk from disruption , another report revealed that 44% saw no reason to transform in response to disruption.  In the meantime top threats were listed as overregulation, terrorism and geopolitical uncertainty  rather than disruptor organisations.
What that suggests to me is that organisations need to refine their approach further, adopting much deeper design principles in order to deliver products and services which resonate with customers current needs.
Continuing the good news/bad news scenario, organisations do seem to be broadening their approach to innovation with various reports highlighting a mix of solutions ranging from internal innovations through to organic growth and R&D to strategic alliances including M&A's, joint ventures and outsourcing. Nevertheless, whilst there is no single correct innovation mix, the fact that 78% of organisations focus on incremental changes  would suggest both a lack of awareness of innovation itself, let alone it's potential and an attitude to risk which prevents optimal outcomes. I would also suggest that there is still a huge leadership gap in understanding how to design and align innovation strategies with corporate growth strategies.
Given that, it is hardly surprising that high performing companies are two times more likely to be seen as risk seeking when it comes to innovation and five times more likely to build innovation capability and focus across every business function.  It is a lesson which all organisations ought to take on board, moving innovation away from being a 'thing' that you do to an outcome of an organisation-wide, strategic approach to doing things demonstrable different, high-value, customer-focused and future shaping.
One of the key challenges for leaders is embracing a mindset which transcends the idea of 'managing innovation' in order to play catch up and truly seeks to shape the future by delivering game-changing solutions, experiences and business models. The challenge is that it requires leaders to be 10x thinkers, pioneers. It requires them to shape the future not be constrained by managing today.
Why is that important? Simply because Generation Z, both as employees customers and consumers, are looking for organisations to do something more than simply sell things . They are looking for meaning, social responsibility and purpose, for organisations to step up and create worldwide, systemic change to our lives and to the planet.
"We have an opportunity to change the course of our future history but that requires visionaries, and technology working in harmony".
That brings us on to one of the chief catalysts for change; your people.
So why is it that 64% of global executives say that a lack of skill is restricting their ability to innovate?  What that says to me is that there is still far too much emphasis on hiring purely on the basis of existing skills and qualifications; rather than bringing on board people who have the right attitude and approach and then giving them access to cutting-edge development programmes.
Another statistic of concern was that 64% of individuals didn't know how failure was treated in their organisations with 10% thinking it would result in redundancy.  Seeing failure as a learning experience is an intrinsic element of organisation wide innovation capability so it seems there is still some way to go until the fundamentals are embedded.
On a more positive note, 86% of organisations say they are at least somewhat effective at creating experiences that cater for the individual customer ; indicating that they have understood key elements of a true innovation-focused culture, namely solving a genuine problem and adding real value to the customer.
On the other hand, with 71% measuring innovation quantitatively using short term metrics and 85% using revenue as the key measure  it would appear that long-term outcomes are still being sacrificed to short-term profitability or quarterly targets!
The reports quoted in this paper to a large extent take account of global forces and inevitably there will be some arenas, either on a national, business or sector basis, which are further ahead in their innovation maturity than others. Nevertheless, overall the indications are that whilst some progress has been made, there remains a considerable amount of 'theatre' and significant developmental work before organisations are truly able to reap the outcomes which an innovation-led culture can deliver.
Innovation isn't thing, nor is it a quick fix addendum to an existing culture. Building a culture of innovation does require organisation wide change of action, approach and attitude. But there is no excuse not to take that action. Indeed, failure to do so is a failure of corporate governance responsibilities.
Strategy. The threat posed by the accelerating pace of change isn't going to go away. So look to align a future-focused innovation strategy with your corporate growth strategy in order to solve the innovation-led challenges of today whilst building a picture of how to shape the future.
Leadership. As we said in the final paragraph of Building a Culture of Innovation, "it is time – more than time – to commit to making innovation real." Shift your leadership perspective from talk to action and start shaping your organisational strategy (refer to challenge 1) and culture by becoming a purpose, creativity, curiosity and empathy-driven pioneer, 10x thinker and future shaper.
Culture. Your people are your future. Engage them in change, spread the innovation message across the organisation and give people the tools they need in order to deliver the outcomes defined by your new strategy and leadership approach. (refer to challenge 2).
This article was written by Cris Beswick for The Future Shapers and previously posted on 19/02/2019.


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Am not sending any parameter and it should give me an error for that, instead its saying Action not Implemented. The same way if I request for CreateRecordingJob it give me valid error that there is no Reference of Existing Recording Token,
The purpose of doing everything is I want to get the local storage of onvif camera, am following this document http://www.onvif.org/onvif/ver10/recording.wsdl
even I have Added manual recordings on camera side as in the image but I think I want to create everything through Onvif Doc first and then it will give me all recordings

But I don't know how to get the ReocrdingToken from that recordings.
for Clarification camera is giving right response for getting its profile or NetworkInformation everything.
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A: If you want the recordingToken you should call GetRecordings on the RecordingPortClient. This will return an array of RecordingResponseItems, each item will have its own token.
With the ExportRecordedData function you can export the recording to the storage location of your choice.
http://www.onvif.org/onvif/ver10/recording.wsdl

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Der Kanton Charmes ist ein französischer Wahlkreis im Arrondissement Épinal, im Département Vosges und in der Region Grand Est; sein Hauptort ist Charmes.

Lage
Der Kanton liegt an der Nordgrenze des Départements Vosges.

Geschichte
Der Kanton entstand 1790. Bis 2015 gehörten 26 Gemeinden zum Kanton Charmes. Mit der Neuordnung der Kantone in Frankreich stieg die Zahl der Gemeinden 2015 auf 52. Zu den bisherigen 26 Gemeinden kamen Gemeinden der bisherigen Kantone Rambervillers (11 der 29 Gemeinden), Dompaire (8 der 30 Gemeinden)  und Châtel-sur-Moselle (7 der 23 Gemeinden) hinzu.

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Der Kanton besteht aus 52 Gemeinden mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ) auf einer Fläche von 421,81 km2:

Bis zur landesweiten Neuordnung der französischen Kantone im März 2015 gehörten zum Kanton Charmes die 26 Gemeinden Avillers, Avrainville, Battexey, Bettoncourt, Bouxurulles, Brantigny, Chamagne, Charmes (Hauptort), Essegney, Évaux-et-Ménil, Florémont, Gircourt-lès-Viéville, Hergugney, Langley, Marainville-sur-Madon, Pont-sur-Madon, Portieux, Rapey, Rugney, Savigny, Socourt, Ubexy, Varmonzey, Vincey, Vomécourt-sur-Madon und Xaronval. Sein Zuschnitt entsprach einer Fläche von 168,16 km2. Er besaß vor 2015 einen anderen INSEE-Code als heute, nämlich 8805.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

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Im 1. Wahlgang am 22. März 2015 erreichte keines der fünf Wahlpaare die absolute Mehrheit. Bei der Stichwahl am 29. März 2015 gewann das Gespann Martine Boulliat/Robert Colin (beide DVD) gegen Jocelyne Jabrin/Stéphane Perry (beide FN) mit einem Stimmenanteil von 52,81 % (Wahlbeteiligung: 52,40 %).

Seit 1945 hatte der Kanton folgende Abgeordnete im Rat des Départements:

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Pierce weathers shutdown storm
Caleb Hensin, Staff Writer|March 4, 2019
Pierce administration and staff are largely unaffected by the government shutdown, but some students are struggling in other areas
As what has become the longest government shutdown in U.S. history trudges on, Pierce College continues to operate as normal.
The shutdown began on Dec. 21 after spending bills were not signed into law before the midnight deadline. President Donald Trump had indicated that he would not sign any spending bills that did not contain over $5 billion to help fund his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, one of his campaign promises.
"If we don't get what we want, one way or the other, whether it's through you, through military, through anything you want to call, I will shut down the government," Trump said on Dec. 11 in a televised Oval Office meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
"Many of the things we do here at Pierce are also funded locally and through the state.""
— Choi Halladay, Vice President of Administrative Services
"And I am proud, I'll tell you what. I am proud to shutdown the government for border security, Chuck. Because the people of this country don't want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. So I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down."
Democrats refused to approve packaging the border wall funding with spending bills, although they did offer $1.6 billion for border security funding that could not be used for a wall. President Trump refused any such deal and refused to sign a stopgap funding bill passed by the Republican majority Senate on Dec. 19.
Due to 75 percent of government funding being approved for the budget year that started in October, the shutdown is considered a partial one. Multiple cabinet departments are among the 25 percent that will go unfunded; including Homeland Security, Interior, Justice and Transportation. Programs like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are also affected by the lack of funding, leaving thousands of government workers furloughed and currently without paychecks.
Choi Halladay, vice president of Administrative Services at Pierce, said that it is "fortunate" that the department of Education is among the 75 percent of already funded Departments.
"Many of the things we do here at Pierce are also funded locally and through the state," Halladay said, and added that he was not aware of any non-payment issues regarding financial aid. However, he did say that there could be "crossover effects between departments" if programs continue to go unfunded.
As for professors and other staff members, Halladay said that payroll is also unaffected. "What is more likely to affect staff at Pierce are personal problems caused through the shutdown of other departments, especially the IRS, as tax season approaches and people are unable to get their tax returns."
Aiden Helt is Pierce's current Student Life Activities Board Issues and Awareness Coordinator. She also receives aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as the Food Stamp Program. SNAP is a federal aid program administered through the Department of Agriculture, one of the cabinet departments going without funding. It provides food-purchasing assistance for U.S. citizens who meet certain low income and resource requirements.
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Due to the government shutdown, food benefits that would normally be received by recipients this month were distributed weeks earlier, with no announced plan for March. Helt said she normally gets benefits in the beginning of each month, but received February's benefits on Jan. 20. "I was told if the shutdown continued, there wouldn't be any more after that," she said.
Helt, who lives in a household of six, said that she generally uses up her SNAP benefits roughly halfway through every month and afterwards relies on personal funds. She stated that if she does not receive aid after this month, she could potentially be unable to afford enough food to support her family.
Because of her closeness to the issue, Helt expressed empathy with other students on forms of federal aid affected by the government shutdown. She encouraged students with problems affording food, whether it be due to the government shutdown or other reasons, to take advantage of community food banks and the food pantry outside the Student Life office.
"We just felt the need to get out there and do something.""
— Nani Hazard, TRiO Presentation Manager
"Though donations to our food pantry are usually down at this time of year due to people recovering from holiday season spending, I know food banks in the community are receiving more donations because people know others are having trouble due to the shutdown," Helt said.
Helt said that this month, Pierce will also be implementing a "food truck" that will visit both the Fort Steilacoom and Puyallup campuses two days a week, one day for each campus. The truck will be like a "mobile food bank" that operates similarly, and is funded partially through the Student Life budget and donations.
Nani Hazard, the TRiO Presentation Manager, talked about how she and roughly 20 Pierce students are volunteering at the Emergency Food Network (EFN), a Pierce County organization with the stated mission "to provide Pierce County with a consistent, diverse and nutritious food supply so that no person goes hungry."
Hazard stated that she sent the email out to students asking for volunteers to join her after hearing about how the government shutdown would affect those on benefits like SNAP. "We just felt the need to get out there and do something," she said.
Currently, the government has been restored to normal operations for at least three weeks after President Trump backed down and signed a stopgap spending bill on Jan. 25. The bill included none of the border wall budget money the president originally demanded, and was essentially the same proposal the democrats had advocated for in December and since.
In a speech in the Rose Garden, President Trump indicated that he was willing to shut the government down again if democrats and Republicans could not reach an agreement by the February deadline, or declare a national emergency over border security and bypass Congress altogether.
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TDB Vol. 3. No. 5: Hong Kong's Crisis Over the Controversial Extradition Bill and the Impact on Taiwan
1st July '19
Under normal circumstances, and had Beijing respected its side of the agreement under the 'one country, two systems' framework, a proposed extradition bill should not have unduly alarmed Hong Kong society. Instead, it caused a serious backlash fueled by fears that the bill would be used to disappear pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong and give Xi Jinping the legal instruments he needs to target his critics under the guise of his anti-corruption drive. J. Michael Cole analyzes the situation.
Hong Kong riot police on July 1 once again used batons and pepper spray to disperse crowds of protesters who were blocking streets in the city on the 22nd anniversary of the return of the former British colony to Chinese rule. In recent weeks, millions of people have rallied against the attempted passage of a controversial extradition bill that would permit the transfer of crime suspects in Hong Kong to China proper for trial. Critics say the amendment would sound the death knell of Hong Kong as a semi-autonomous region and render obsolete the idea that the special administrative region can retain some of its independence under the "one country, two systems" formula.
The large youth-led protests, not seen since the Umbrella Movement in 2014, have received wide coverage in international media. In next-door Taiwan, which Beijing hopes to incorporate into the People's Republic of China under the same offer of "one country, two systems" (the formula was in fact first proposed for Taiwan in 1981 and only subsequently applied to Hong Kong), extensive coverage of the protests has exacerbated opposition to unification under Beijing's blueprint.
Following back-to-back million-plus rallies last month, the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, announced that her government would shelve the bill. Hopes that suspension of the bill would appease protesters and buy time for the authorities were dashed, however, as civil society called for the bill to be scrapped permanently, for charges brought against protesters be dropped, and for Lam to step down.
Lam, 61, was "elected" in March 2017 with 777 votes from Hong Kong's Election Committee, whose 1,194-members are composed mostly of Beijing loyalists.
Widespread opposition to the extradition bill stems from the elite-driven and largely unaccountable workings of the Hong Kong government, which is seen to be subservient to the authoritarian Chinese Communist Party. The gradual erosion of freedoms in the semi-autonomous region since 1997, a process which is seen to have accelerated under CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping, has alarmed residents who hitherto may have been willing to give the authorities the benefit of the doubt (those who did not left in droves, emigrating to places like Canada and Australia). Hong Kong's loss of control over its borders, among other things, with decisions on who can enter and leave the territory increasingly made by Beijing, added to clear indications that universal suffrage will not materialize under current conditions, have compounded the view that "one country, two systems" was little more than a grand deception.
Taiwanese show support for protesters in Hong Kong (Photo: CHIANG YING-YING)
Besides causing jitters within the business sector in the financial hub, the proposed extradition bill has also sparked alarm among pro-democracy and -localization groups, who fear that their members could be renditioned to China proper for various "crimes" under the National Security Law, where it is unlikely they would receive a fair trial. Hong Kong activists are also aware of the high likelihood that, while in detention, they would be exposed to poor conditions, abuse and torture. The bill has also had a chilling effect on the willingness of politicized Taiwanese to visit the territory, for fear that they, too, could be arrested for loosely defined "crimes" against the PRC and spirited to China for trial. A number of Taiwanese, most prominently rights activist Lee Ming-che, are currently in detention in China for "crimes" against the state.
Much speculation has surrounded the attempt to expedite passage of the extradition bill. According to some experts, the move was miscalculation on the part of Lam, who may have convinced herself (and Beijing) that the bill was necessary to address a legal gap identified when Taiwan sought the extradition of Chan Tong-kai, a 19-year-old suspect in a murder case in Taiwan. Under normal circumstances, and had Beijing respected its side of the agreement under the "one country, two systems" framework, the bill should not have alarmed Hong Kong society as it did in the past month. Instead, it caused a serious backlash fueled by fears that the bill would be used to nab pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong and give Xi the legal instruments he needs to target his critics under the guise of his anti-corruption drive.
Lam may have oversold her ability to pass the bill without controversy, and Beijing, distracted with other issues such as the trade war with the United States and bad publicity surrounding its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, may not have fully appreciated the potential for unrest. According to some, the extradition bill wasn't even a priority for Beijing. In the opaque and conspiracy-laden world of CCP politics, rumors have also circulated that enemies of Xi Jinping within the "Shanghai/Jiang Zemin" faction may have played a role in the controversy as a way to cause headaches for, and to discredit, Xi.
Whatever the origin of this mess — miscalculation or conspiracy — the effects on the legitimacy of "one country, two systems" have been extensive. Despite her best efforts to limit its repercussions, Lam's credibility in the eyes of Hong Kong society and with Beijing has probably suffered irreparable damage. Beyond Hong Kong, the effects have also been considerable. The controversy has served as another reminder that the "one country, two systems" formula, which Xi has made an intrinsic component of "one China" and the so-called "1992 consensus," has practically zero attraction among the Taiwanese except among extremists in the pro-unification camp. This "linkage," which Beijing has sought to break since the dramatic events of 2014, has been reinforced by recent developments, as showcased by the high levels of support shown by Taiwan's civil society and government for the protesters in Hong Kong. Once again, the existence of the semi-autonomous region as a "canary in the mineshaft" has been reaffirmed for the Taiwanese.
TDB Vol. 1 No. 21: Lee Ming-che Sentencing a Warning to Others (Analysis)
28th November '17
More than the unfair treatment of a man who did nothing wrong, today's sentencing is another reminder that China has no intention of playing by international rules. It is also a warning that Beijing has cast a much wider net to silence critics and those, Chinese and not, who propose an alternative system of governance in China. J. Michael Cole looks at the significance of today's ruling.
The Yueyang Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province today sentenced Taiwanese human rights activist Lee Ming-che to five years' imprisonment for "subversion of state power" and suspended his political rights for two years, a ruling that Taiwan's Presidential Office and rights organizations worldwide decried as "unacceptable."
Lee was arrested in March upon entering China via Macau. After disappearing for several months, he resurfaced in court in Hunan Province in September, where he was accused of collaborating with others in China and on social media to "attack the Chinese government" and promote "Western-style democracy."
Peng Yuhua, a Chinese citizen who was accused of working with Lee in "organizing, planning and taking action to subvert national authority and overthrow the socialist system," was sentenced to seven years in prison.
After today's ruling, Lee said he would not appeal.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other organizations have described the sentencing as "absolutely outrageous" and a "warning signal" to other activists. In a statement, Taiwan's Presidential Office wrote that "it is regrettable that the Lee Ming-che case has seriously damaged cross-strait relations and especially challenged Taiwanese people's persistence and ideals for democracy and freedom."
Lee is the first Taiwanese national to be sentenced for such a "crime" in China under the new National Security Law which passed on July 1, 2015 and which stipulates that preserving the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the People's Republic of China "is a shared obligation of all the Chinese people, including compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan."
The court's suspension of Lee's political rights is no doubt meant to underscore Beijing's contention that the new National Security Law applies to Taiwanese nationals (whom it regards as PRC citizens) regardless of where the alleged crimes are committed. We should note here that the said crimes Lee is accused of having committed occurred primarily online.
The heavy sentence is also meant to send a loud signal to other activists in Taiwan, Hong Kong and elsewhere that they, too, can now be apprehended and convicted for "crimes endangering national security" and the "people's democratic dictatorship regime" as (loosely) defined in the Law, irrespective of where the said crimes have been committed, both physically and online.
The heavy sentence is also meant to send a loud signal to other activists in Taiwan, Hong Kong and elsewhere that they, too, can now be apprehended and convicted for "crimes endangering national security" and the "people's democratic dictatorship regime" as (loosely) defined in the Law, irrespective of where the said crimes have been committed, both physically and online. This development will no doubt have a chilling effect on activists, academics, journalists, officials and artists who may fear that they have, at some point, promoted through their work or personal discussions online notions of democracy or sovereignty that can be construed as criminal in China.
Moreover, the existence of the Law, and now the precedent set by Lee's arrest and sentencing, provides the means and empowerment for local officials to act independently and to disappear a suspect into the Chinese legal system, out of which it has become increasingly difficult to emerge — even for foreign passport holders. In other words, and as likely was the case with Lee, the arrest and sentencing of non-PRC nationals can now occur without a directive from, or even the knowledge of, the central government.
By targeting Taiwanese nationals and others who are engaged in the promotion of human rights and democracy, Beijing hopes to deter their engagement with likeminded elements in China and limit their ability to cooperate with them in defying CCP authoritarian rule. Thus, besides scaring off outside forces, the move also seeks to further isolate human rights activists in China, who under new rules governing foreign NGOs have already been having a tougher time connecting with the outside world.
More than the unfair treatment of a man who did nothing wrong, today's sentencing is yet another reminder that China has no intention of playing by international rules. It is also a warning that it has now cast a much wider — and extraterritorial — net in its attempt to silence critics and those, Chinese and not, who propose an alternative, more liberal and democratic system of governance in China.
Photo: Chuyện Việt Nam
TDB Vol. 1 No. 19: Kou Yanding — A Chinese Dissident's Journey Through Taiwan
After spending a year touring Taiwan and meeting people from all walks of life, Chinese 'enemy of the state' Kou Yanding shares her views on change, the power of civil society, and the challenges facing Taiwan as China flexes its muscles. Alison Hsiao reports.
Chinese activist Kou Yanding (寇延丁) identified herself as a "public interest advocate" and did not know she was a dissident until she was arrested by Chinese authorities on charges of "inciting subversion of state power," the same "crime" that has led to the forced disappearance of Taiwanese citizen Lee Ming-che and the arrest of the late Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo.
After arriving in Taiwan last October as a 2017 Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, Kou embarked on a nation-wide tour with assistance from a civil society organization and local groups to exchange thoughts with local Taiwanese and to urge them to know and face up to China.
"Through my interactions with Taiwanese people over the past year, I have discovered that they hold two alternating images of China: either it's 'big,' or it's 'bad,'" Kou said during a seminar concluding her tour on Nov. 11. "People either talk about China as a political superpower and a global economic powerhouse, or as a regime that is autocratic and cruel."
"Lack of understanding of China puts Taiwanese people's interests at risk," she said.
'Enemy of the State'
Kou's trip to Taiwan began less than two years after she was freed on Feb. 14, 2015, following a 128-day stint in a Chinese jail.
Her detention came as a result of a sweep of arrests targeting Transition Institute, a non-governmental think-tank in Beijing founded in 2007, and the Liren Rural Libraries, also founded in 2007 to promote education in rural areas and shape the rural young into "modern citizens." In September 2014, the Libraries were shut down and Transition Institute founder Guo Yushan was detained, followed by a wave of detentions of NGO workers, including Kou.
The year 2014 was a sensitive year for Beijing, with Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution erupting only months apart against, respectively, creeping Chinese influence in Taiwan and Beijing's refusal to grant universal suffrage in Hong Kong. Kou's detention resulted from her involvement in the two movements and a wave of arrests in response to the printing of material about the Umbrella Movement by a woman in Beijing.
Kou, left, Wu Jieh-min, associate research fellow at the Institute of Sociology at Academia Sinica, and NGO workers from Hong Kong (second from the right) and Taiwan (right), share their views on why Taiwanese should interact with Chinese civil society and cultivate a "Taiwanese viewpoint" of China during a seminar in Taipei on Nov. 11. (Photo courtesy of the Youth Synergy Taiwan Foundation)
In her book, How is an Enemy Made? — Chinese Who Have No Right to Remain Silent, Kou details her 128-day ordeal "through which enemies of the state are manufactured." During her interrogation she was enlightened by her interrogators (one of whom she nicknamed "pig"), who informed her that she was part of a "subversion scheme" centered on a training camp involving activists from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. One of the trainers, a convenient fact highlighted by "pig," was Chien Hsi-chieh, a non-violent resistance advocate, but more importantly, one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.
Before her involvement in the alleged plot, Kou's work had always focused more on public welfare. She founded organizations to support people with disabilities in China which today continue to play an active role in areas that were most affected by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. She focused on grassroots empowerment that even received approval by the Chinese authorities: her Operational Democracy — Bringing Robert's Rules of Order to the Countryside, was published with permissions in China.
It was not unnatural for a civil society worker in China to eventually look to Hong Kong and Taiwan for precedents and opportunities to share experience. But in 2014, it was more risky than ever to associate with activists from the two places.
Petitions with Chinese characteristics
At every seminar that she held, Kou and the local team that supported her tour in Taiwan screened "Petition" (上訪), a documentary by Chinese director Zhao Liang. The film covers more than a decade and ends in 2008, the year of the Beijing Olympics. In the lead-up to the Games, a petition village — spontaneously built as petitioners stayed in Beijing for years hoping in vain that their cases involving local injustice and gross corruption could be heard by the state's highest institutions — was torn down.
Almost 10 years have elapsed since the Beijing Olympics, and Chinese President Xi Jinping is said to be cracking down on corruption, one of the main grievances animating the petitioners. Have petitions, a form of appeal to higher ups in government seeking redress that harkens back to feudal China's "imperial appeal" (gao yu zhuang, 告御狀), had any success in mitigating the longstanding problems with the Chinese system?
"No," Kou says, emphatically.
"Xi's anti-graft campaign is selective in that it targets only his opponents," she said. "The petitions [to Beijing] continue and the most prominent one recently was that by veterans of the People's Liberation Army."
Asked if she apprehends returning to China after spending a year in Taiwan revealed the problems plaguing Chinese society, Kou was evasive, but stressed that the Chinese government has "done a successful job drumming up and spreading fear, even in Taiwan."
"I've been very open about what I've been doing in Taiwan via my column [on Taiwanese online media Storm Media]," she added, suggesting that there is no need for Chinese law-enforcement authorities to be alarmed by possible "secret activities."
Taiwanese apathy
Kou says she was stunned by how few people in Taiwan know who Lee Ming-che is, and worried that even fewer wish to know more about China aside from its apparent economic prowess.
"I was really depressed after a seminar [held earlier this year] with a group of young students at a college in central Taiwan, during which only two or three hands were raised after I asked them whether they'd heard of Lee," Kou told her audience on Nov. 11.
In her column, Kou said she was perplexed by commentaries by Taiwanese describing Lee's arrest as "his own doing" because he had engaged in activities that are forbidden by the Chinese government.
"It's unbearable to see that [Taiwanese who enjoy freedom] would use [Beijing's] logic to explain [the consequences of] your actions," she wrote. "There are also those who choose not to look at China just because they 'don't like China,' which I consider an extremely childish answer not fitting for an adult."
"All the progress and reform in China started from the people, from peasants, petitioners and public interest advocates, whose demands got debated by scholars, spread by media and eventually recognized by the institutions."
The last thing she needs is for Taiwanese to refer to history and politics and explain to her, as some friends and scholars have tried to do, why some Taiwanese behave that way, Kou says. "The point is not about convincing me in oral arguments. The question in the end comes down to how Taiwanese are to face up to their gigantic neighbor."
But, indeed, how? Kou said she is here to ask the question, not to provide an answer. But an answer was nevertheless implied in her talk on how Chinese civil society is actually more vibrant and active than those who obsess about the omnipresence of the communist regime would think.
If one focuses only on the Chinese Communist Party's size and might, it is natural that he or she would feel powerless, she says. "But from what I've seen from 'among the people,' people power is strong, as manifested in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, where thousands of civic groups mobilized."
"All the progress and reform in China started from the people, from peasants, petitioners and public interest advocates, whose demands got debated by scholars, spread by media and eventually recognized by the institutions," Kou said, firm in her belief that change comes from the bottom and through more substantial civil society-to-civil society exchanges with places with robust civil activities, such as Taiwan.
Top photo: Kou Yanding speaks about China and why Taiwan should care (Photo courtesy of the Youth Synergy Taiwan Foundation).
TDB Vol. 1 No. 18: China's Expanding Influence in Democracies Around the World
China is using its power to undermine democratic institutions and free expression in democracies worldwide. From the harassment of journalists to the removal of thousands of articles in prestigious academic journals, the CCP is rapidly eroding freedoms that we have long taken for granted. Olivia Yang reports.
During his three-and-a-half-hour address to the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress on Oct. 18, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make his party more responsive to calls for democracy and justice. But tight security around the congress — human rights lawyers, rights defenders, petitioners and dissidents were arrested nationwide — suggested otherwise. And increasingly, China watchers are warning of Beijing's accelerating efforts to reinforce and export its anti-democracy beliefs abroad.
One day before the closely watched Party Congress, a press conference was held in Taipei to draw attention to China's spreading influence in democracies around the world.
Titled "Made in China: Democracy Oscillated and Human Rights Wrecked," the media event was convened by 17 Taiwanese non-government organizations, including the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, Covenants Watch, Taiwan Support China Human Rights Lawyers Network, Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan, International Tibet Network, and Tibetan Youth Congress.
Beijing has been increasing pressure on international events and organizers to either not extend an invitation to Taiwan or force the island-nation to attend under the name "Chinese Taipei." Taiwan delegations, research teams, journalists and NGOs have also been barred from entering international meetings and assemblies despite having gained access in the past. These events have included the World Health Assembly (WHA), the Interpol general assembly, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Labor Organization conference, and others.
Other than interfering with Taiwan's international affairs, China has been tampering with local events through more direct means. This includes the kidnapping of Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che in March, influence in Taiwanese media, threats against journalists, and longstanding reliance on pro-unification groups to intimidate civilians, such as the violent assault on student protesters who rallied against the "Sing! China: Shanghai-Taipei Music Festival" which was scheduled to be held at National Taiwan University last month.
Growing international threat
China's interference is not limited to Taiwan. In August, Chinese authorities demanded Cambridge University Press (CUP) remove 315 articles in China Quarterly, CUP's China-focused journal, when accessed in China. Around 1,000 e-books were also asked to be taken off from CUP's Chinese websites. The writings covered issues ranging from the Tiananmen Square protests and the Cultural Revolution to Taiwan and Tibet.
The U.S.-based Association for Asian Studies (AAS) also confirmed the same month that China had requested the censorship of around 100 articles in its Journal of Asian Studies — also published by CUP. It was also learned in early November that Germany-based Springer Nature, the world's largest academic book publisher, had removed at least 1,000 articles in the Journal of Chinese Political Science and International Politics. The articles in question also contained the keywords "Taiwan," "Tibet," and "Cultural Revolution."
U.K-based CUP reversed its decision to comply with Beijing's request after receiving widespread criticism, while AAS refused to adhere to Chinese authorities.
Visa denial is an alternative approach China is taking to curb discussion of democracy and human rights.
Canadian Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen in August was denied a visa upon planning to raise questions on human rights on a Canada-China Legislative Association trip. Prominent British human rights activist Benedict Rogers this month was also barred from entering Hong Kong, despite Rogers saying he was making a private trip.
In a more extreme case, leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, was not even allowed to apply for a China visa when she sought to attend the funeral of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo in July.
China has long used visa denials to also rid itself of foreign journalists and academics who are too critical of its repressive policies. In recent years, several foreign journalists have also been denied access to certain sites or regions, and a number of them worldwide have been threatened with legal action for writing about sensitive issues in China. In August this year, Nathan Vanderklippe, the Beijing bureau chief for Canada's Globe & Mail, was briefly detained by police and his computer was seized while reporting in Xinjiang. For updates on how China meddles and censors media worldwide, see Freedom House's "China Media Bulletin."
In recent years, several foreign journalists have also been denied access to certain sites or regions, and a number of them worldwide have been threatened with legal action for writing about sensitive issues in China.
While Beijing authorities had a direct hand in the above occurrences, the Chinese Communist Party is also infiltrating democratic countries through "soft power."
In May, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, which has chapters in universities across the U.S., condemned one university for inviting the Dalai Lama to deliver a speech. A few days later, it accused a Chinese student of "not loving China" because she praised U.S. freedom and liberty in her graduation speech.
The following month, Chinese students at Australian universities were reported to be monitoring fellow nationals and keeping the Chinese embassy informed of activities such as human rights protests. Political parties in Australia have also been accused of taking donations from Chinese property developers in recent years, while Chinese state-controlled media giants have sought to influence mainstream Australian media by pushing cooperation deals.
Interference by Chinese officials has also been reported in Canada, such as during a state visit by then-president Hu Jintao, when, according for a former Canadian intelligence officer, a Chinese diplomatic mission mobilized Chinese counter-protesters. Keen on securing a free-trade deal with China, the Liberal Trudeau government has been reluctant to openly criticize Beijing for its human rights violations or activities that undermine Canada's democracy.
Dr. Anne-Marie Brady of the University of Canterbury, also a prominent expert on Chinese affairs, in September published a research paper examining how China's soft power is becoming a growing concern for New Zealand and how its effects could be mitigated.
In the executive summary of her study, Brady writes, "The focus of media attention has been on Australia, but the People's Republic of China's (PRC) attempts to guide, buy, or coerce political influence abroad are widespread. China's foreign influence activities are part of a global strategy with almost identical, longstanding approaches, adapted to fit current government policies. They are a core task of China's united front work; one of the CCP's famed 'magic weapons' that helped bring it to power."
China's influence, and by default its nefarious influence on democratic institutions, is also growing through its "One Belt, One Road" initiative and in places like Africa, where it has been cooperating with local media organizations.
Safeguarding democracies
The Australian government is preparing to introduce next month a series of laws covering espionage and foreign political interference. The U.K.'s Foreign Office also summoned China's ambassador to the U.K. after Rogers was denied entry in Hong Kong. The activist said on Oct. 17 that he will start an NGO to monitor the city's democracy and human rights.
However, in Canadian MP Bergen's case, she said Liberal MPs that were also traveling to China for the Canada-China Legislative Association trip did not reply when she asked what measures they would take in response to her visa denial. The group proceeded with the trip without her. Senator Joseph Day, co-chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association, said the group was told by Canadian and Chinese officials it had no choice if it still wanted to go.
When Montreal-based ICAO last year refused to invite Taiwan and blocked Taiwanese reporters from a triennial air safety assembly, Paraguay's ambassador to Canada, Julio Cesar Arriola Ramirez, told reporters that the ICAO Secretary General, Fang Liu of China, had warned them their microphones would be muted if they tried to speak on behalf of Taiwan.
"The government must make the utmost effort to safeguard Taiwan's values of democracy and freedom, as well as our way of life."
In addition to his vow to respond to calls for democracy, Xi also mentioned cross-Strait relations during his report at the 19th CCP Congress, saying China has "a firm will, sufficient faith, and adequate capacity to defeat any intention of 'Taiwan independence' in any form."
"[We will] never allow any person, organization or political party, at any time or in any form, to separate any part of Chinese territory from China," he said.
In response to Xi's remarks, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement that the unilateral construction of a "one China" on Taiwan was unlikely to gain support from the Taiwanese. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in her National Day address on Oct. 10 also dedicated a passage reminding that the island-nation's democracy and freedom "only came following the joint efforts of all Taiwanese people."
"As a result, the government must make the utmost effort to safeguard Taiwan's values of democracy and freedom, as well as our way of life," Tsai said.
The president also reiterated that she and Taiwan would not "bow to pressure" from China regarding cross-Strait relations.


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Reijmyre Glasbruk är ett svenskt glasbruk grundat 1810. Det är ett av Sveriges äldsta företag som fortfarande är i drift, även om bruket vid olika tillfällen varit nedlagt eller försatt i konkurs. Bruket ligger i Rejmyre i Skedevi socken i Finspångs kommun i Östergötland.

Historik

Bakgrund som bondehemman

Hemmanet Rejmyre var länge ett bondehemman som ofta skiftade ägare. Det omnämns flera gånger under medeltiden, första gången i bevarade handlingar 1353 såsom Raegymørum och 1385 under namnet Reghinmyra. Då var det i Askeby klosters ägo, men såldes detta år till riksdrotsen Bo Jonsson (Grip). Knappt ett sekel efteråt, 1477, var det åter i klostrets ägo. Med tiden kom hemmanet att bestå av fyra hemmansdelar och lika många gårdar.

År 1763 inköptes Rejmyre hemman av Jacob Graver, som i trakten också ägde bland annat buldansväveriet i Rodga och järnbruket i Hultsbruk. Efter dennes död 1779 disponerades Rejmyre av hans änka Maria Magdalena Eurenia. Genom ett gåvobrev daterat den 20 januari 1810 överlät hon Rejmyre till sin son Johan Jacob Graver (född 1765), av allt att döma för att göra det möjligt för denne att där förverkliga sina planer på att anlägga ett glasbruk. Johan Jacob Graver hade dock själv inte det kapital som erfordrades, varför han skrev kontrakt med friherre Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg från Äs i Södermanland.

Glasbruket grundas
Den 6 april 1810 undertecknades på Sillesjö gård ett kontrakt mellan Johan Jakob Graver och Mattias Alexander von Ungern Sternberg om anläggandet av ett glasbruk vid Rejmyre. Därefter ansöktes om privilegier hos Kungliga kommerskollegium. Motiveringen var den stora tillgången på skog, vilken inte fanns annan avsättning för, och den rika förekomsten av kvarts i trakten, samt att Sverige 1809 fått avträda Finland och därmed mist de finska glasbruken. Kommerskollegium beviljade ansökan och utfärdade den 9 juli 1810 de begärda privilegierna helt enligt de sökandes önskemål.

I juni 1810 (alltså innan privilegierna beviljats) skrevs kontrakt med glasblåsaren Johan Gleisner att denne skulle leda anläggandet av det nya bruket och därefter som hyttmästare leda tillverkningen. Av okänd anledning bröts detta kontrakt nästan omedelbart och som ersättare anställdes Carl Houbbert från Norge för att uppföra glasugnen. Det visade sig vara ett lyckosamt val. Houbbert kan tillskrivas en stor del av äran för att Reijmyre glasbruk snabbt blev ett av de främsta i landet. Andra glasblåsare hämtades från närmare håll, dels från Casimirsborgs glasbruk nära Västervik och dels från Cedersbergs glasbruk söder om Linköping.

von Post

Den första hyttan byggdes av Per Matsson från Mora och var 28,5 x 14,5 meter. Bruksgården och den östra flygeln byggdes 1811 och den västra flygeln tillkom 1812. Denna brann dock senare ned, men en kopia av flygeln uppfördes 1975. Därtill uppfördes ett glasmagasin och ett stampverk vilket senare kompletterades med en såg. Graver, som av formuleringarna i bolagskontraktet att döma var initiativtagaren till glasbruket, var inte så framgångsrik i affärer och 1815 var von Ungern Sternberg ensam ägare till glasbruket. 1816 överlät han ledningen av bruket till sin svärson Gustaf Eric von Post som tjugosex år gammal hade tagit avsked från sin militärtjänst med kaptens grad.

En av von Posts väsentligaste insatser var att koncentrera tillverkningen till vitt och grönt så kallat småglas och att kraftigt inskränka, för att slutligen 1821 helt upphöra med, tillverkningen av fönsterglas. Gustaf von Post avled 1850 och bruket ärvdes av hans barn och brorsonen Hampus von Post utsågs till disponent 1851, en tjänst han behöll till 1868 då glasbruket omvandlades till ett aktiebolag. Han var intresserad av naturvetenskap och utbildad i kemi, fysik och geologi.

Under sin verksamma tid i Rejmyre inriktade sig Hampus von Post först och främst på att söka höja glasets kvalitet, medan hans intresse för den ekonomiska sidan av driften var mindre. Under de första decennierna tillverkades ett rikt och mångskiftande urval av det tidiga 1800-talets mest populära glasformer. Karaffer, brännvinsflaskor, vinglas, brännvinsglas och ölglas av olika slag samt bunkar, bläckhorn, gardinringar, smöraskar, ljusstakar och nattkärl.

Gravyr

En del av det vita glaset förädlades genom slipning och gravyr. Den först anställde "glasritaren", Nils Sundblad, som började sin verksamhet på nyåret 1817 och som lärt sig sin konst vid Kungsholms glasbruk, upprättade en mönsterbok för glasritning (glasgravyr), vilken bevarats till våra dagar på Frängsäters gods.

Liksom flertalet andra svenska glasbruk tillverkade Reijmyre även flaskor och buteljer av åtskilliga sorter och storlekar liksom mycket annat, huvudsakligen för hushålls- och apoteksbruk. Under några år gjorde hyttmästaren Houbbert och glasblåsaren Ferdinand Schmidt också leksaker av glas, dessa såldes som julklappar i brukets bod i Stockholm. I en annons från 1818 talas om "Djur och Korgar, Fat, Kannor samt diverse sorter annat smått".

Förenkling av tillverkningen
Vid tiden omkring 1820 tillverkade Reijmyre i jämförelse med andra bruk stora mängder slipat glas, delvis med den tidens mest uppskattade dekor, briljantslipning. Försök gjordes också att förenkla tillverkningen med avsikten att göra glaset billigare och därmed möjligt för gemene man att köpa glas i större utsträckning än som tidigare varit fallet. Man prövade med att ge glasen en dekor som liknade slipning genom att redan under blåsningen i hyttan förse glasen med horisontella ränder. Dricksglas av denna typ kallades av samtiden fyrbandsglas, numera känner vi dem under beteckningen länsmansglas. Genom att blåsa i så kallad fast form kunde man även tillverka glas som hade dekor i relief, till exempel räfflad nederdel, denna teknik hämtade man från det andra östgötska glasbruket Cedersberg och glasen vann snabbt popularitet.

Kjellgrenska epoken 1868–1921

År 1868 övergick Reijmyre glasbruk till att bli ett aktiebolag, och brukspatronen Josua Kjellgren inträdde som disponent för bolaget, en befattning han hade till sin död 1901, då han efterträddes av sonen Sten Kjellgren som var disponent i två decennier till 1921. Den senare anställdes som teknisk ledare vid bruket 1895. Under Josua Kjellgrens ledning, där han alltsedan 1888 var ensam ägare till samtliga aktier, utvidgades och förbättrades verksamheten betydligt. Så förändrades ugnskonstruktionen, i det att Siemens regenerativa ugnar infördes. Nya arbetsmetoder för såväl glasets bearbetning som raffinering började tillämpas och förbättrades efterhand. Detta ledde till att brukets produkter rönte stor efterfrågan, även i utlandet, dit en stor kvantitet såldes. Kring sekelskiftet 1900 fanns i Rejmyre tre ugnar på tillsammans 28 deglar, som rymde cirka 500 kg smält glas vardera.

Brukets filial Gryts glasbruk i Närke, som anlades 1897, upphörde med verksamheten 1903 efter en omfattande brand samma år, hade därtill en ugn med 12 deglar av ovannämnda storlek, och utarbetade sålunda dagligen 15 ton smält glasmassa. Som bränsle användes ved och torv, samt sågavfall. Torven togs upp med maskin och lufttorkades. Det var möjligt, då Josua Kjellgren uppfunnit en gasklocka (en sorts gengasanläggning som sparade sju till åtta kubikfamnar ved per dag, men som också möjliggjorde förbränning av torv och dylikt) som han hade fått patenträtt till. Under den Kjellgrenska epoken upplevde Reijmyre glasbruk sin storhetstid och räknades under många år som Sveriges största glasbruk med ca 400 anställda i glasframställningen och ca 200 anställda vid all kringverksamhet runt själva bruket, såsom i skogen, virkes- och tegelframställningen, lantbruket, torvupptagningen och vid Rejmyre linbana med mera. I sjön Hunn fraktade ångfartyget Gustav både varor och folk. Därtill hade man periodvis ett sliperi i Norrköping åren omkring 1900.

Tidigt 1900-tal, nedläggning
I början av 1900-talet fanns det ett 60-tal svenska glasbruk i drift, vilket innebar en överetablering och pressade priserna. För att råda bot på utbud och prissättning startades på initiativ från Sten Kjellgren Aktiebolaget De svenska Kristallglasbruken 1903. Han ville effektivisera marknadsföring och försäljning, skapa en arbetsfördelning mellan bruken och få ned priserna på råvaror genom storinköp. En gemensam priskurant visade vilket sortiment som medlemmarna kunde erbjuda. I aktiebolaget ingick glasbruken i Rejmyre, Kosta, Eda, Alsterbro och Alsterfors. Kjellgren blev vald till kristallbrukens första VD, men samgåendet blev ödesdigert för Reijmyre, som inom det stora aktiebolaget var i minoritetsställning. Efter Första världskriget minskades avsättningen och inkomsterna. År 1920 släcks en av ugnarna i Rejmyre på grund av orderbrist, trots att man hade försökt sig på med nya produkter som glödlampor.

Sten Kjellgren avgick som VD 1921 och flyttade från orten. Han efterträddes av Gunnar Håkansson 1921–23 och därefter Carl Kaijser 1923–26. Sistnämnda år blev ödesdigert för Rejmyre som ort, då beslöts vid sammanträde i Kosta under ordförandeskap av Edward Strömberg att Reijmyre glasbruk skulle läggas ned, trots att arbetarna erbjöd sig genom facket att arbeta med lönerereducering om bruket fick fortleva. Båda hyttorna revs trots att en påkostad tillbyggnad hade skett strax för nedläggningen, bland annat ingick i rivningen två nybyggda glasugnar, som ännu inte var tagna i drift. Skorstenen vid nedre hyttan sprängdes och samma öde skulle drabba den större vid övre hyttan, byggd på 1870-talet, men på grund obstruktion från arbetarnas sida misslyckades detta och skorstenen fick stå kvar, vilken blev grunden för den nya glasugnen som byggdes på 1930-talet, vilket möjliggjordes bland annat genom en donation av Hjalmar Wicander, då produktionen i Rejmyre återuppstod. Rejmyre linbana revs också i slutet av 1920-talet, efter att de stora varulagren hade förädlats och transporterats bort. Skogen såldes till Domänverket och fastigheterna till privatpersoner.

Återupptagande av driften
 Hösten 1932 togs en del av de forna brukslokalerna i Rejmyre åter i bruk, då en skjortfabrik började med sin verksamhet där och kort därefter framställdes även glasvaror på nytt. Strax före andra världskriget var över 100 man av den gamla arbetarstammen åter sysselsatta vid glasbruket. Även om de flesta av glasbruksarbetarna från 1920-talet hade sökt sin utkomst på andra arbetsfält hade en del stannat kvar på orten och inrättat privata verkstäder för slipning och etsning av glasprodukter. Dessa anställdes igen, och andra flyttade tillbaka till Rejmyre. 1930- och 1940-talet var en äventyrlig period med flera ägarbyten, tills bruket 1950 övertogs av tidigare chefen på Kosta, Lennart Rosén, och gick mot en ny blomstringstid – kallad för "de goda åren" av rejmyreborna – fram till försäljningen till Guldsmedsaktiebolaget 1975. Återigen skedde flera ägarbyten och kristider för glasbruket, men sedan mitten av 1990-talet har verksamheten varit stabil och framåtriktad, även om personalstyrkan är betydligt mindre än för ett sekel sedan.

Senare år
Reijmyre glasbruk ansökte om konkurs i augusti 2015 efter det att ägaren, Ulf Ericsson, avlidit i juli 2015, och arvtagarna ansett det vara omöjligt att driva bruket vidare. 17 anställda berördes.

I oktober 2015 köptes glasbruket av Arnfinn Röste, det norska glasbruket Magnor och Ulf Rosén med en tredjedel var. Den senare blev ny vd. Nu följde en god utveckling. Företaget utvecklade bland annat samarbetet med största kunden Svenskt Tenn, och började återigen att tillverka konstglas i jugendstil. En första kollektion presenteras våren 2016, och våren 2017 presenteras ännu en ny kollektion konstglas i jugendstil. Vid första bokslutet 31/12-16 kunde en vinst på över 2 miljoner kronor redovisas.

Sommaren 2017 sålde Magnor sitt aktieinnehav till Arnfinn Röste som därmed blev majoritetsägare. Under hösten 2017 var inte Arnfinn Röste och Ulf Rosén överens om framtida inriktning för glasbruket, varför Ulf Rosén under november 2017 sålde även sina aktier till Arnfinn Röste, som nu blev ensam ägare. Under januari 2018 slutade Rosén sitt uppdrag som VD, och strax därefter anställes Emma Ohlsson som ny VD. Hon blev dock inte långvarig utan slutade sin anställning redan sommaren 2018. 21 december 2018 satte Arnfinn Röste glasbruket i konkurs. I februari 2019 köptes glasbruket av paret Liselotte och  Ronald Bengtsson, som dock redan 29 maj 2019 sålde glasbruket vidare till Ulf Rosén och Viktor Söderberg. Rosén kom därmed tillbaka som VD efter att han slutat 16 månader tidigare.

Reijmyre idag
Tillverkning sker idag av drivet, pressat och sprängt glas. Glasbruket är ett av Östergötlands största turistmål och har årligen omkring 100 000 besökare. Invid glasbruket finns numera även en hantverksby och gästgiveri. Det senare är byggt i det gamla sliperiet från år 1900.

Kända konstnärer anställda vid Reijmyre glasbruk
 Axel Enoch Boman 1902–16
 Ferdinand Boberg 1907
 Anna Boberg 1902–07
 Alf Wallander 1908–14
 Edvin Ollers 1918–20
 Sten Branzell 1920–22
 Axel Törneman 1920–22
 Björn Trägård 1937–
 Monica Bratt 1937–50
Paul Kedelv 1956–78
 Johnny Mattsson 1960–65
 Tom Möller 1960–67
Margareta Hennix 1993–96

Övrigt
Kronprinsessan Victoria och Daniel Westlings officiella val av Reijmyre glasbruk som bröllopsservis 2010.

Referenser

Noter

Allmänna källor

Vidare läsning

Brusewitz, Carl, Glasindustrien på Stockholmsutställningen 1897. Svensk Kemisk Tidskrift IX årg, Stockholm 1897.
Brusewitz, Gunnar, "Du krona bland Svealänder alla"... Resa i Östgöta Bergslag. Östergötland. Svenska turistföreningens årsskrift 1983. Stockholm 1983:218-237.
Gustafsson, Johan, Margareta Hennix, Nya bruksägare – Ny kollektion på Reijmyre. Tidens form, visioner i svenskt glas. Smålands museum i Växjö 1996:20-25.

Externa länkar
Reijmyre glasbruks hemsida
http://www.ratsit.se/5564613395-Reijmyre_Glasbruk_Aktiebolag

Finspångs kommun
Svenska glasbruk
Företag bildade 1810
Kolmården
Bruk i Östergötland


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Judge says giant cross must be removed
A giant cross that has stood on a Southern California mountain for decades must be removed because it violates the constitutional separation of church and state, a judge ordered this week.
The order Thursday by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns continues a long legal battle about the 43-foot cross atop Mt. Soledad in San Diego.
Burns ordered that the cross would have to be removed within 90 days. But the cross may be able to stay if the case is appealed, the judge ordered.
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petoskey ron
To be replaced by a 43 foot tall monument advocating violence or immorality no doubt, which is apparently acceptable. tsk tsk tsk
December 13, 2013 at 5:39 am | Report abuse |
"To be replaced by a 43 foot tall monument advocating violence or immorality" If you think that a Roman empire torture device is not violent and immoral you are diluted.
December 13, 2013 at 9:13 pm | Report abuse |
Pretty sad that our country has come to this. We now have a bunch of lunatics with too much time on their hands fighting to remove a cross. I wish our country was the way it was when I was a kid. Now it is crap and getting crappier. Are you happy now lunatics?
bobcat (in a hat)©
I agree Larry. In my youth in the 50's / 60's, this was quite a country. But that seems like so many centuries ago. I think our country started losing it's innocence at the advent of vi etnam. That era saw the beginning of our country tearing itself apart. It was and is so hard to watch what's happening to our once proud nation.
December 13, 2013 at 11:10 am | Report abuse |
I'm not in favor of removing the cross however I find it so interesting that certain people will say, "I wish coil go back to the days of Ozzie & Harriet when a town's city Hall was still allowed to display nativity scene and when there was prayer in school, because THAT is what's wrong with this country". Funny because back when God was in our schools, black's were forced to use separate drinking fountains and bathrooms. They weren't allowed to worship God at a white church. Yeah, let's go back to those good ole'days, right???
The cross was erected in 1954 in honor of Korean War veterans and has been the subject of near constant judicial back and forth since 1989, when two Vietnam War veterans filed suit saying it violated the California Constitution's "No Preference" clause.
The "No Preference" clause. Okay, since these two, count them now, TWO (2), Viet Nam veterans threw a hissy fit because of their perceived slant toward a preference of one religion, I believe I have the perfect solution.
Let's just erect a giant Star of David, A Giant Buddha and giant whatever else religious symbols are used. That way there can be no claim of preference. Problem solved.
And THAT is what is wrong with todays youth!!! If its supposed to be seperate than it shouldve NEVER even been heard in a court of law! Kids need SOMETHING good to believe in and this constant battle isnt it! Gees!
The Hamsta
For once I agree with you chrissy! This war on Jesus these Marxist communists and socialists that call themselves democrats are waging is very offensive to any Christian, Jesus, and above all others God himself. Welcome to the sodomite nation of America where sodomites and atheists have more rights than a Christian does. Do these atheists and sodomites ever think they offend Christians more than a plastic Jesus or a cross offends them? Do I really have to see deviants in drag wearing clothes that should only be worn in a bedroom when I go to a parade? Do straight women wear lingerie in public? Wouldn't a straight woman be arrested for indecent exposure if they did so?
If your faith can't withstand a few atheists, how strong is it?
December 14, 2013 at 12:32 pm | Report abuse |
What kind of parades are you attending there, anyway ?
There was a little old lady who was nearly blind. She had three sons and they wanted to prove which one was the best son to her.
So son #1 bought her a 15-room mansion thinking this would surely be the best any of them could offer her.
Son #2 bought her a beautiful Mercedes with a chauffeur included thinking he would surely win her approval.
Son #3 had to do something even better than these so he bought her a trained parrot. This parrot had been trained for 15 years to memorize the entire Bible. You could mention any verse in the Bible and the parrot could quote it word for word. How useful his nearly blind mother would find that!
Well, the old lady went to the first son and said, "Son, the house is just gorgeous but it's really much too big for me. I only live in one room, and it's much too large for me to clean and take care of. I really don't need the house, but thank you anyway."
Then she explained to her second son, "Son, the car is beautiful, it has everything you could ever want on it, but I don't drive and I really don't like that driver, so please return the car."
Next, she went to son number three and said, "Son, I just want to thank you for that thoughtful gift. The chicken was small, but delicious.
If it's on private land, it shouldn't be an issue.
If it's on land that is taxpayer provided, please remember one thing: the Constitution that protects gun ownership is the same one that protects the separation of church and state.
Have your heard of the satanists who want to put up a monument up next to the 10 Commandments on the OK State Goverments's property?
No, I hadn't heard about that. Man, you just gotta love the new world we live in. We might as well take it a step further. Since the atheists have now formed their own church, they might as well put up a monument too.
Already have that in Chicago's Daly Plaza. A giant "A" near the Nativity and a Menorah. Freedom for one is freedom for all. In Florida, they have a Festivus Pole made of beer cans, lol.
Really ? And here I was just being facetious.
Yep. Stands for "atheist and agnostics." Cheery red and white striped.
Agree@bobcat your 11:10.
Well Ken, if thats your interpretation of the meaning of THE cross then the delusion is all yours. Sorry thats how you see the world.
flamespeak
I am not a chrisitan, but I still can't understand how such a thing as a cross by a mountain can get people's panties in such a knot. Still doesn't compare to the guy who wanted all the Christmas decorations (including stars) removed from his office because it upset him. I have a mental image of that same guy looking up at the stars in the night sky shaking his fist toward the heavens screaming 'CURSE YOU, STARS!'


Worthing & Adur Chamber of Commerce has taken the lead in developing a new charitable fund for the area called the 'Worthing & Adur Fund', in partnership with Sussex Community Foundation, a charity that develops and supports local giving.
A number of local individuals and businesses have become Founder Donors giving a minimum of £1,000. This provided the seed donations to establish the core endowment fund.
Initial donations were also matched pound for pound through the Government's Grassroots Endowment Challenge, designed to encourage the development of permanent funds, the income from which will be used to support local charities and community projects.
The Fund is open to ongoing donations and it is hoped to further build this important resource for the local community.
All applicants must be not-for-profit community organisations and be working for the benefit of the people in Sussex. You do not have to be a charity but you will need to have your own bank account and be able to provide a signed copy of your constitution and accounts, a copy of a recent bank statement, estimates for proposed purchases (if applicable) and copies of relevant policies.
If you are unsure what to do or have questions about the grants please contact Sussex Community Foundation on 01273 409 440.
On receipt of your application Sussex Community Foundation will contact you to advise when you are likely to hear the outcome.
In 2002 Mick and Chris Smith, retired residents of the Broadwater area of Worthing decided to do something about the increasing problem of anti-social behaviour in their area. The project they started has developed into Mick's Garage Community House which acts as a hub for a range of activities for the whole community. They received a grant for the salary costs of an advice worker.Mick Smith is pictured with John Peel, Chairman, Sussex Community Foundation.
One of the first Grassroots Grant recipients, Worthing D&D run evening basketball sessions for 8 – 18 year olds at Durrington High School.
The funding allowed the group to offer the sessions at a low-cost, ensuring that children from families on low incomes could attend.
Home-Start Worthing & Adur aim to give parents the support they need to carry out this demanding and rewarding role. The grant supported the costs of a play worker and play equipment.
Superstar Arts CIC' Super Friends offers social activities (days out and holidays) in a supported environment for people with learning disabilities. Funding is for the Super Friends relaunch, covering the costs of printing, marketing, administrating/project management, running costs of the minibus and subsidised places for those unable to afford the full cost of holidays & trips.
CircusSeen provides affordable circus skills training to the Worthing Community. This grant was towards the costs of venue hire and the purchase of tents.
Cruse exists to promote the wellbeing of bereaved people and to enable anyone suffering bereavement caused by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. West Sussex Area Cruse includes three local branches – Worthing, Chichester and Mid Sussex. This grant will help with a range of core costs (part-time staffing, rent, training and phones).
Electric Storm Youth is a youth work charity in Lancing needing basic camping equipment for young people to be able to join Electric Storm Youth-run camping trips and those that are part of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, irrespective of income. This grant will pay for eight two-person tents.
The Friends of Oak Grove College is the parent teacher association for Oak Grove College, a secondary and sixth form education establishment for pupils with special educational needs. This grant is to extend the services of the signing choir to other community groups and will cover the cost of personalised t-shirts for choir members, transport costs to events and promotion of the service.
This grant will help to fund a project aimed at keeping young people safe from crime and reducing anti-social behaviour by recruiting them is a series of workshops in dance, music, crime prevention and community safety. Funding is for staff costs (artists' fees, 2 support workers & 2 activity co-ordinators), volunteer expenses, premises costs and admin & stationary etc.
Maybridge Keystone Club is a youth group who offer a safe and secure environment for young people, in Castle Ward, Worthing which has significant deprivation and a high number of single parent families. Funding is to help create an area where they can cultivate vegetables.
The U3A provide low cost learning, exercise, mental stimulation and social interaction opportunities for people no longer in full-time work. Activities include French; family history; exercise; singing for fun and art appreciation.
Are you a charity or community group that needs funding for a project?
The Worthing and Adur Fund gives up to £500 in grants to small charities and community groups working in Worthing and Adur. The next deadline for applications is Friday 5th May 2017.
Worthing Speakabout, an advocacy group run for and by people with learning difficulties. Grant went towards running costs, office rent, mini bus and hire of meeting room at Buddy's Cafe.
Worthing Gymnastics grant helped to fit out their new venue with essential apparatus.
Storm Ministries serves the local community through various activities, clubs and events. Their funding provided disabled access via a ramp with hand rails.
The latest donations to this growing fund are making such a difference to Voluntary and Charity groups across Worthing & Adur.
As a result of the Superstar Arts presentation at the recent Chamber Breakfast with our local MP's , the fund received a cheque for £1000 from Sir Peter Bottomley MP for Worthing West! A very big thank you to Sir Peter!
individuals and businesses to become Founder Donors of Worthing and Adur Fund. Businesses continue to donate to the fund enabling local people to manage the distribution of grants with emphasis on local small groups where a small grant of around £500 can make a significant difference.
£700 to CircusSeen which provides affordable circus skills training to the Worthing community.
£500 to Cruse Bereavement Care West Sussex to help with a range of core costs (part-time staffing, rent, training and phones).
£500 to Electric Storm Youth Ltd, a youth work charity in Lancing to pay for eight two-person tents.
£400 to Friends of Oak Grove College to extend the services of the signing choir to other community groups.
£500 to Heene Community Association to help fund a project aimed at keeping young people safe from crime and reducing anti-social behaviour.
£500 to Superstar Arts CIC to help to fund the Super Friends relaunch, covering the costs of printing, marketing, administrating/project management, running costs of the minibus and subsidised places for those unable to afford the full cost of holidays & trips.
£500 to Maybridge Keystone Club youth group for young people in Castle Ward, Worthing, to help create an area to cultivate vegetables.


How Can I Rest on Shabbat?
Youre born into this world and your time is limited. While here, the major decision youll make is Whos in charge?
You can decide that the world is in charge. It sets the rules, and its big and scary. Youll try to get as much as you can out of it without getting burnt too badly. But unfortunately, youll have to work on Shabbat - thats one of the rules.
Or you can decide that youre in charge. Who knows, you may win. But theres going to be some stiff competition - a few billion people out there think the same thing.
The third alternative is to decide that the One Who Made This Place is in charge. Youre just here as His rep. He says, I left some of this world for you to fix up. Give it a try and do your best. Ill be there to help you.
Now, this Big and Awesome G-d youre working for isnt planning to make things easy. You can bet on it that Hell throw a few mighty challenges along your path. How else is He going to get you to put your all into it? But you can also rest assured that Hes on your side every step along the way. And Hes in charge. One hundred percent.


Remove anything that is holding the giant board to the ground (tape or tent pegs). Have children stand in a circle around the board and lift it like a parachute. Ask them to keep it high, and place 1 of each giant chess piece in the middle.
Explain to children that you are going to take turns getting the pieces. When you say "Lift!", everyone raises board into the air.
Repeat till all pieces are removed.
Repeat the game, but now have the children put the pieces back under the board.
Place a ball or bean bag in the middle and bounce it around (nothing too hard). With the ball, try to roll it to specific players.
Give each child one of the 6 piece names. When you call the name, those children switch places under the board.
We used the chessboard like a parachute in this game! We placed giant pieces under the board and then lifted the board up and down. The coach called out a child's name and asked them to run under and retrieve a specific piece. We also had fun making waves and bouncing balls on the board.


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Youth at a voter mobilization action organized by The Equity Alliance (based in Nashville, Tennessee) in Fall 2020.
Across all of NFG's programs, we focus on lifting up community voices and place-based strategies.
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2020 Nashville Virtual Site Visit
Welcome! NFG's Amplify Fund and Funders for a Just Economy were excited to host a virtual learning visit in Nashville, Tennessee with our partners Stand Up Nashville and The Equity Alliance. On this site, you can learn about the learning visit events and access videos, readings, and resources. Catch highlights and quotes shared by participants in our Twitter moment recap.
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Located in middle Tennessee, Nashville has now become one of the fastest growing cities in the last decade since the Great Recession. Through popularizing it's tourist industry and implementing new regressive taxes to subsidize bringing big companies to the city, the subsequent population increase has led to rising housing prices and rent, and the displacement of many community members and local businesses. While healthcare, higher education, and government continue to be the biggest employment sectors in Nashville, companies like Nissan, Tyson Foods, and Amazon continue to worsen the trend to drive down wages, impact development, and thwart movements fighting for unionization and better working conditions.
Historically, social movements in Nashville catalyzed and strengthened the civil rights movement in the US, and this legacy has inextricably linked the city's political landscape and its movement leadership today. Community organizations, many of whom rely on their base of volunteer activists, organizers, and people who have been brought into the political process, are the unseen heroes creating a powerful movement for change. Coalition building and collaborative approaches to organizing have built the power of communities in Nashville to pass progressive policy changes. However, more recently, as Tennessee vies for new companies to come to Nashville, these changes have been preempted by the state, thereby squashing policy wins. These challenges have also led to divisiveness in coalition spaces where some focus on "what's winnable" while others focus on the broader community vision.
As it has been across the country, 2020 has been a challenging year. It has been particularly challenging in Nashville and middle Tennessee, as the area was hit with one of the deadliest storms it has seen in decades due to tornadoes in early March just before the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, there have been over 28,000 confirmed cases and over 430 deaths due to COVID-19. And, after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, Nashville protestors and city council members are demanding the resignation of its police Chief Steve Anderson, whose policing approach upholds structural racism.
Considering the state's political landscape and this year's climate, public health, housing, and economic crises, Nashville's organizers are undoubtedly experts of inside and outside organizing and political strategy. The long history of organizing and power building in Nashville has laid the foundation for recent movements supporting mutual aid and just recovery from disasters, community development, and economic justice.
NFG's Amplify Fund and Funders for a Just Economy held a virtual learning visit in Nashville highlighting the history of race, organizing and labor and learning how community members are building power to make decisions about the places where they live and working conditions. Each of three sessions shared the incredible organizing and power building work of movement leaders centering Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other communities of color; migrants; and LGBTQ communities. We are proud to have partnered with Stand-Up Nashville and The Equity Alliance on September 21st- 23rd for this virtual visit.
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A teacher has been awarded more than £86,000 after a judge ruled that she had been bullied out of her job.
Barnet council has been forced to pay the damages after it fail to act on repeated complaints from teachers at Chalgrove Primary School in Barnet.
Margaret Menzies, 58, developed a phobic disorder and depressive illness as a result of working under the headteacher Valerie Hughes at the school. Ms Menzies had been working at the school for nine years when the headteacher was appointed in 1997.
Judge Brian Knight said the headteacher's treatment of the Ms Menzies amounted to bullying, harassment and an unacceptable way of discharging her professional duties.
He said: "Staff morale was low and Valerie Hughes was unapproachable, unfair in her dealings with the claimant and rude, aggressive and intimidatory in her dealings with the claimant, some children and parents." She resigned from the school in July 2001.
The judge also said that Barnet council had failed to treat the matter sufficiently seriously.
Ms Menzies said: "I suffered from the drip, drip effect of undermining, intimidating and unfair treatment. There wasn't a single big event but continuing dismissal of me as a professional: constant criticism of me behind my back. My every move was wrong in her eyes. She wanted me to leave as 15 other people had in four years.
"I got to the stage where I couldn't sleep and I was losing weight. I was anxious and exhausted and would freeze at the thought of going into school. Sometimes when I went home in the evenings, I would go to bed immediately and stay there. It was the only place I felt safe."
Doug McAvoy, National Union of Teacher's general secretary, said: "The court's decision and the size of the award is a clear and strong message to local authorities and senior managers in our schools. Bullying and intimidation of members of the NUT will not be tolerated.
"Ms Menzies was harassed and undermined in a concerted campaign by a headteacher. She was given no support by her local authority which ignored what was patently a deteriorating state of affairs at the school for both staff and pupils."
Ms Menzies is now living in her native New Zealand and has retired from teaching. This morning she told EducationGuardian.co.uk: "I've had an awful time. The low point was just before I left. I realised I was going to be on my own and it would get even worse. That's when I realised that it was the end. That's when I left teaching. I couldn't do it any more. You can't teach when you're crying.
She went on: "I couldn't believe I had won. We went in with a certain amount of trepidation. My solicitor worked hard but we didn't know what it would be like. I wanted to go and have an authority hear what had happened to us. We needed people to acknowledge what had happened to us. When I won it was extraordinary. I didn't go into it for the money I wanted someone to understand and listen to us."


NaCCRC | Don't Give Up On Them!
Senior Housing: Who Advocates for the Residents?
74 million Baby Boomers are entering Elderhood and they won't Age Quietly. While most will age in place, some will transition to Assisted Living or Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). The latter require a significant financial investment upfront with care services provided later in a resident's aging process. Concerned about the financial stability of these entities and the absence of regulations, one advocacy group, the National Continuing Care Residents' Association has formed and is gaining momentum. With affiliates in nine states and more joining the network, their mission is to assure that "their communities are well-managed and properly regulated." If your parents or grandparents are in a CCRC, have them check out this organization. Yes, indeed. The Boomers are Coming!


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How to Remove a Roll-N-Lock Tonneau Cover
by Russell Wood
Roll-N-Lock manufacturers truck bed covers (referred to as tonneau covers) that slide into a container in the back of the bed for easy opening and closing. These are convenient to have, because you can protect the cargo in the back of your truck. If you ever need to carry a very large load that doesn't fit with the tonneau cover installed, then you'll need to temporarily remove it. This should take about 30 minutes to do.
Open up the tonneau cover and slide it into the box at the forward section of the bed. Unscrew the cargo shield from the front of the bed with the Phillips-head screwdriver. Pull the drain tubes out of the factory grommets with your hands.
Open the tailgate. Remove the tailgate extrusion from the top of the tailgate with the Phillips-head screwdriver. Remove the cargo nuts on the backside of the tracks on the sides of the bed with your hands and a Phillips-head screwdriver. Take the rails off of the sides of the bed.
Position your assistant on one side of the truck by the cab. Lift the housing assembly at the forward section of the cab out of the bed with both hands.
Phillips-head screwdriver
Russell Wood is a writer and photographer who attended Arizona State University. He has been building custom cars and trucks since 1994, including several cover vehicles. In 2000 Wood started a career as a writer, and since then he has dedicated his business to writing and photographing cars and trucks, as well as helping people learn more about how vehicles work.
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� Manage large amounts of incoming calls.
� Identify and assess customers� needs to achieve satisfaction.
� Resolve customer complaints via phone, email, mail or social media.
� have good communication skills and Strong phone contact handling skills and active listening.
� Able to answer all questions about the company.
� Ability to speak fluently in English and local languages.


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I have worked as a journalist, media advisor to a Federal Minister, broadcaster, public relations practitioner and as a freelance writer, consultant and researcher. I am a Program Director for the Bachelor of Communication and Media, in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia. My research interests include all aspects of communication; the public communication of politics and policy; understanding the consequences of emerging technologies; media processes and practices; the history of the media and the social and political intersection of media communication and public policy.