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A Bad Day for Historical Truth in Russia
By Vadim Birstein | February 10, 2017
Vladimir Medinsky Remains "Doctor of Sciences"
The attempt of concerned Russian historians to deprive Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky of his doctorate degree due to his doctoral thesis, which espouses the view "that historical events and figures should be assessed from the point of view of the national interests of Russia" have failed. On February 7, 2016, the Dissertation Council of the History Department of Moscow State University (MSU) refused to consider Medinsky's doctorate thesis. The press-service of the Ministry of Culture stated that Medinsky was happy with the decision: "We respect the opinion of scientists. After all, from the very beginning the story looked more like a political action, rather than a serious scientific claim."
In April 2016, three scientists sent a 21-page-long review of Medinsky's dissertation to the Ministry of Education. After analyzing Medinsky's thesis in detail, they concluded that the thesis has nothing to do with historical science, and asked the Ministry to deprive Medinsky of his scientific degree. Later 24 members and corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences joined the critical claim. In October 2016, the council at the Ural Federal University was prevented from considering the dissertation because Medinsky did not come to the Council session. After this the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) put the MSU council in charge of considering the thesis. The MSU Dissertation Council then reviewed the claim and sent its decision to VAK, which in turn should have made recommendations to the Ministry of Education, to deprive Medinsky of the degree or not. The first meeting of the MSU Council on December 27, 2016, was cancelled. Although the next session was scheduled on January 25, 2017, it took place only on February 7. Members of the Council ignored the complaints that the thesis is not a real historical publication. Instead, Ivan Tuchkov, Dean of the History Department, told the press that the decision to refuse to review the dissertation was made because of the absence of plagiarism in the thesis.
But according to Sergei Mironenko, a member of the Council and former head of the Russian State Archive, at the Council meeting Andrei Golikov, Chairman of the Dissertation Council, announced that the Council had not received the dissertation. The historian Anton Gorsky confirmed this: "The opinion [of the Council members] was divided, some said that since the dissertation was absent, it was necessary to ask for it, but the majority did not support this suggestion."
One more source explained: "VAK had the wrong address of the Dissertation Council and the thesis was sent to another place. The History Department received the claim only on January 31, 2017, but without a copy of the dissertation." Later it appeared that the thesis was sent to the Public Administration, not History, Department of MSU. This convenient mistake clearly is a clever solution to the problem that Culture Minister Medinsky has with professional scientists, at least in the short term.
Medinsky's Doctorate thesis is entitled "Problems of Objectivity in Descriptions of Russian History of the Second Part of the 15th-17th Centuries." According to experts, the text does not contain a high level of plagiarism. However, the thesis text has nothing to do with science. In the introduction, Medinsky cites Oleg Platonov, the infamous current author of publications on the "Jewish-Masonic conspiracy" ["zhidomasonsky zagovor"]: "The criterion for a positive or negative evaluation – in the words of the famous Russian scientist and thinker O. A. Platonov, – can only be Russia's national interests. . . Weighing history in the balance of national interests creates an absolute standard of truth and reliability of the historical work." In addition to all historical mistakes mentioned in the Russian historians' review, Medinsky included non-existent papers and five monographs that had never been published in his dissertation.
Referring to the situation with Medinsky's dissertation, Igor Yakovenko, Russian journalist and political analyst, concluded: "It is shameful to be a scientist in Putin's Russia today. And to be a journalist too. And very, very disgusting."
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Author: Vadim Birstein
Dr. Vadim J. Birstein is a historian and geneticist. He is the author of over 300 scientific papers and books and has written two scholarly historical works, "The Perversion of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science" and "SMERSH, Stalin's Secret Weapon: Soviet Military Counterintelligence in WWII". He received the inaugural "St. Ermin's Intelligence Book Award" in 2012 for SMERSH.
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The French left needs a "New Deal"
The French election shows mistakes by the Right won't get the Left into power. It needs a "New Deal": to promote programmes that help people rather than regulate firms, to decouple public policies and the public sector - simple things to help the Left to become "modern".
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Let us start with a paradox: the Left is better in office than in the opposition. Despite a programme on ideology (the nationalisations in 1981 and the 35-hour work week in 1997), the Left in power demonstrated solid pragmatism. It was the Left that orchestrated the disinflation of the 1980s, which the Right had not been able to do. It was the Left that gained France entry into the euro ten years later. During the last 25 years, it is under Centre-left governments that economic growth has been the strongest.
The Left is less talented in the opposition. The nationalisation program of the 1980s was a half-hearted compromise with the then powerful communist party. The emblematic legislation of the Jospin Government, the 35-hour work week, was added to its programme in extremis when the anticipated legislative elections were called by President Chirac. The failure of Jospin in 2002 was largely due to the absence of a convincing programme, just as Ségolène Royal's failure was mostly because her proposed agenda was difficult to decipher. How should we understand this inversion between what ought to be the Left's strong point (its programmes) and the actual exercise of power, which turns out better?
It is not to be found, a priori, in a hesitation about the goal sought after. The Left has a simple litmus test: to reduce social inequalities. To use Norberto Bobbio's expression, the Left must constantly "denaturalise" inequalities vis-à-vis the Right, which is more inclined to consider them as a natural phenomenon. For the Left, inequality is fundamentally a social phenomenon, which explains why, for example, the inheritance tax is for the Left the equitable tax par excellence.
If the Left's problem is neither its practice in government nor its ambitions, then where does it reside? It can be found in the difficulty of renovating its thoughts on the proper instruments to be used. The Left remains a prisoner of a sequence according to which regulating the economy is key to correct inequalities. Now, that equation is invalid twice over. First, it is more and more difficult to regulate the economy. Second, even if this were possible, the result would no longer suffice to attenuate the new social inequalities.
The point is worth stressing. Yesterday, the economy was a means of social integration. Today, it no longer is. In the language of economists, the old equilibrium between the markets and firms (hierarchies) has been shattered in favour of the markets. Outsourcing is only an extreme and visible form of a more profound process in which systematic recourse to subcontracting is the model. New capitalism externalises any job that can be externalised, thus scientifically dismantling the former industrial landscape. Nationalising the companies in the CAC 40 today would not have any significant impact on workers' living conditions. In today's world, small and medium-sized companies create new jobs, large firms destroy existing ones.
Bereaved at its loss of the nationalisation instrument, the Left is pining to find a new culture of public action. The French Left does indeed suffer from a double handicap, with respect to the lack of trade unions on the one hand, and to the over-performing state machinery on the other one. The French Left does not originate from an organised labour movement. This is why it does not have the culture of compromise that can be found for instance in Scandinavia. The debate on the issue of work contracts is, in this respect, emblematic. The Right inaugurated and then annulled the administrative authorisation for workers' dismissal (by the one and same Chirac in 1974 and 1986); the Left chose to leave the situation as it was each time it assumed office. On the issue of retirement, the Left proclaimed that it wanted to abrogate existing laws but was unable to define their replacement. Deprived on the playing field of signposts indicating the just and the reasonable, it preferred the status quo over a search for new policies.
Fearing to add to the "flexibility" in the air, the Left dares not propose socially innovative policies such as those tried by the Danes. The macroeconomic strategy of the Left always seems to swing back to a tropism whose aim is to reduce the labour supply by retirement at 60 or the 35-hour work week, or by making dismissals forever more difficult, in hopes each time that such steps will reabsorb unemployment. These purely defensive measures alleviate the pain only temporarily and produce perverse effects that the Left fails to anticipate correctly.
While it lacks strong links to organised labour, the French Left at least has at its disposal recourse to the apparatus of a State that is reputed to be the best in the world. But this instrument reveals its limits as well. It has no culture for evaluating the policies that it puts in place and this makes it impractical to assign it tasks that are specifically adapted to the population strata in difficulty. The much-missed economist Jean-Jacques Laffont summarised the French contradiction with respect to the State. In France, he wrote, we make "the general postulate of the benevolence of politicians, of the administration, and of all the civil servants and assimilated personnel." Despite this widely held postulate, Laffont notes that it is contradicted by the standard practises of the State itself. "In spite of the systematic recourse to benevolence as a principle of public service, fear of embezzlement of public funds by a few 'black sheep' has led to considerable bureaucratisation aimed at eliminating the possibility of discretionary behaviour, source of corruption."
The Left makes the same contradictory statement: it worships the State but allows no autonomy to its various branches. A reform such as the independence of universities, even if Ségolène Royal eventually included it in her programme, makes it hesitate. The Left is reluctant to put competitive pressure on the universities for fear of introducing a market logic that could divert them from their missions. However, it is not the market that is in question but a new relationship to the means of public action, made up of a compromise between the independence of public services and the evaluation of their missions with respect to demanding criteria.
A political boulevard lies open before the French Left. Never have social inequalities appeared so threatening, whatever the sphere – professional careers, urban segregation, wealth, etc. However, the last election shows that the Left cannot only rely on the mistakes of the Right to return to power. It needs a new deal for addressing the challenges that it faces. The issue is not to reconcile the Left with the market: that was done long ago. It is to favour active programmes towards persons rather than trying to regulate the way firms operate. It is to decouple public policies and the public sector. Simple things, it would seem, but critical ones that could enable the French Left to become "modern".
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The Obama Blockade
Posted on Sun 10/13/2013 by PA Pundits - International
By Daniel Greenfield ~
In the spring of '48, the collision of wills between the free world and the red slave empire of the east came to a head in Berlin.
The Communist strategy had been to push forward, to violate the spirit of the agreements and then the letter of the agreements while always claiming to be the aggrieved party.
The Allies had treated the Soviet Union as if it were a credible partner that wanted to work together with them on rebuilding Europe. The Soviet Union did indeed want to rebuild Europe. It just wanted to do it under a red flag.
Communist takeovers in Eastern Europe baffled a West that could not believe the Reds would show such poor sportsmanship even though generations of terror and oppression should have already made it painfully clear that the Communists were ruthless and unconcerned with any of the niceties of democratic governance or international law.
Stalin had advised Mao to be patient, but patience was a quality that he himself lacked. Had the USSR waited and feigned cooperation in the rebuilding efforts, a weary United States would have withdrawn and the Communists could have taken over.
Instead Stalin decided to humiliate the United States, to demonstrate its impotence in international affairs and take it off the board with the Berlin Blockade. The Marshall Plan would fail, the Allies would be pushed out of Germany and then the emboldened Communists would push further west.
The Berlin Blockade was a siege in all but name. Beyond the sheer fact of food and coal being cut off to a city of millions were a thousand minor humiliations by Soviet officials designed to break the will of their enemies to resist. That was their mistake. And it's a mistake that the left often makes.
The barricades around the Lincoln Memorial and the WW2 Memorial, the traffic cones blocking the view of Mt. Rushmore and the sawhorses around Old Faithful are no Berlin Blockade, but they come out of the same meanness of spirit and the same motives.
The petty harassment extended to a 24-hour blockade of an inn that had tried to stay open and rangers arriving to block Old Faithful every time it erupted. There are few moments that sum up the meanness of spirit of the Obama Blockade as well as a park ranger angrily telling senior citizens to get back on the bus and stop taking photos because they are engaging in forbidden "recreating".
The Obama Blockade has no valid justification. Like the Berlin Blockade, it is about power and control.
No one actually has to go to the Lincoln Memorial or the WW2 Memorial or any of the other national monuments that were closed off. They are places that Americans assumed they could always go because they were part of their national heritage. It never occurred to them that they would be shut down.
The Pisgah Inn, the Cliff House, the Claude Moore Colonial Farm or any of the other private non-profits or restaurants on Federal land run themselves. It takes more resources to shut them down, to blockade them, than it would to let them keep on operating.
But it's not about what's easier. The Communists picked a fight over Germany's future currency. The current fight is over ObamaCare. But ObamaCare, like the Communist Ostmark, is about more than its substance-it's also about control.
The siege of America, unlike the siege of Berlin, is virtual; but it also depends on seizing control over the distribution of vital necessities. In Berlin, that meant food and coal. In America, that's health care.
The question is will you agree to ObamaCare, just as in Berlin the question was whether you would get a Soviet ration card, fill your wallet with Ostmarks and submit to a Soviet takeover with their Communist puppets. The Communists assumed that cutting off food would force the residents of Berlin to use Soviet ration cards and currency.
They were wrong.
The residents were able to see that short term food from the USSR would mean decades of little food under Communist rule. Similarly any temporary benefits from ObamaCare will mean national shortages of health care in the future.
The National Park Service's abusive antics, which include kicking senior citizens out of their cabins and detaining others at a hotel under armed guard and with warnings not to step outside, are about power. For these same reasons, Soviet officials subjected trains and water freight to pointless inspections, made petty demands and resorted to buzzing the Allied aircraft carrying out the Berlin Airlift. The tactics may have been petty, but they were making a big statement; this is our territory. We are in control here.
The petty harassments of officialdom all make the same statement. The power to make people jump through hoops, to do unnecessary and useless things, to accept indignities and tolerate harassment are a demonstration that the power lies on the other side of the desk. It's not a tactic unique to the left, but the left really thrives on it.
The Obama Blockade can shut down websites that go on running anyway, it can refuse to pay death gratuities, take down the Amber Alert and harass tourists, but it can't do what it would really like to punish the Americans who, like the Berliners, insist on voting to the right of the left, by taking away anything more vital.
And that is what this battle is really about.
The petty harassment of the Obama Blockade is a sign of impotence. It must satisfy its spite harassing individuals, throwing out senior citizens from their homes and denying the families of soldiers killed in its botched war money to help pay for their funeral expenses, because it can't inflict a greater misery and torment on the country at large. And it can't do that until it completely controls health care.
The Berlin Blockade signaled that even with the numbers on their side, the Soviet Union did not dare roll the dice and fight the Allies over the spoils of war. The Obama Blockade is not a sign of strength, pettiness never is, it's a sign of weakness.
Like the Soviets, Obama is hoping to rattle Republicans into backing down and giving in. He's hoping that the accumulation of inconveniences, troubles and deprivations will turn Americans against the Yankee Running Dog Capitalists of the Republican Party, the way that the Communists hoped that being cold and hungry would turn Berliners against the United States.
Stalin lost his gamble and Obama is being forced to reconsider his. Instead of the easy victory he hoped for, his blockade created a backlash.
The photos of WW2 veterans storming the WW2 memorial have echoes of the Berlin Airlift; a seemingly small action whose greater resonances attain heroic proportions by pushing back against tyranny. Family restaurants that defy the blockaders and fight to stay open send a message that there still is room for private lives and private concerns even on government land.
The Soviet Union hoped that Berliners would turn to the Communists. Instead they turned against them. Obama's own approval ratings have fallen sharply. The speeches and putdowns roaring at record pace out of the White House have not changed the basic fact that Obama's position, like that of the USSR, is that he will not negotiate over an economic power that he considers to be absolutely his in every way.
The tactics of the Communists shook Americans of their complacency. Even those who had thought that Stalin was a reasonable man willing to be our partner understood that there could be no middle ground.
The Soviet Union was not looking for a compromise. It wanted everything and if it didn't get it, it would make life as miserable as it could for everyone. That has been Obama's message. Either Congress completely capitulates and recognizes his power to do whatever he likes or memorials will be shut down, senior citizens will be thrown out of their homes and the families of the soldiers killed in the line of duty will have to struggle to cover funeral expenses.
The Berlin Blockade woke up Americans to what the Soviet Union really was. The Obama Blockade is waking up Americans affected by it to what Obama really is.
Behind the big ideas and the big speeches is a meanness and smallness of spirit that desires power above all else, that lacks any sense of decency and honor, and that when denied, lashes out viciously against anyone in the grip of its power. r.
The Berlin Blockade showed millions of people why they never wanted to find themselves under Communist control. It ended what might have become a recurrence of isolationism and firmed the conviction of Americans that the only way to deal with the Soviet Union was to push it back.
The Obama Blockade, the meanness and pettiness in its needless power plays, is a warning of what life will be like if the left gains even more control over America.
Family Security Matters contributing editor Daniel Greenfield is a blogger, columnist and freelance photographer born in Israel, who maintains his own blog, Sultan Knish.
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Theodora Klayman was born Teodora Rahela Basch in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, on January 31, 1938. Her father, Salamon, owned and operated a small brush manufacturing plant. Her mother, Silva, a teacher, grew up in Ludbreg, a small town in northwest Croatia, where her father, Josef Leopold Deutsch, served as the community rabbi for more than 40 years.
In April 1941, while Teodora—whom the family called "Dorica"—was visiting her grandparents and extended family in Ludbreg, Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia. Croatia came under the control of the fascist Ustaša regime, which collaborated with the Nazis. By June, Teodora's parents and infant brother, Zdravko, were arrested. Their housekeeper was able to get Zdravko released from jail and his mother's family then took him to Ludbreg. Teodora and Zdravko's father was deported to the Jasenovac concentration camp and their mother to Stara Gradiska, a subcamp of Jasenovac.
In Ludbreg, Teodora and Zdravko were first sheltered by their grandparents, but by 1942, nearly the entire Jewish community of Ludbreg had been deported, including their grandparents and their mother's sister Blanka Apler and her family. All were soon killed in Jasenovac. Teodora and Zdravko were left behind with their mother's sister Gizela (Giza) Vrančić and her Catholic husband, Ljudevit (Ludva).
Dora's grandfather, town rabbi of Ludbreg. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Theodora Basch Klayman.
Teodora with her parents on an outing to the zoo. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, May 26, 1940. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Theodora Basch Klayman.
Dora and her brother Zdravko, 1946. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Theodora Basch Klayman.
Teodora with her brother Zdravko and their Aunt Giza, who sheltered them for most of the war. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Theodora Basch Klayman.
In 1939, Teodora's Aunt Giza married a non-Jewish man, Ljudevit (Ludva) Vrancic. In 1943, Uncle Ludva was arrested for pro-resistance sentiment. He was sent to the Jasenovac concentration camp for several months. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Theodora Basch Klayman.
A Croatian armband with a Jewish star owned and taken into hiding by Teodora Basch. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Theodora Basch Klayman.
In order to avoid arrest, Teodora and Zdravko were frequently taken by train, often with little warning, to a nearby town and at other times they would spend a few days with different neighbors. Sometimes they would not be allowed to leave the house for fear of attracting the attention of the occupying Ustaša forces. During the fierce battles that often raged in Ludbreg between the Ustaša and the partisans, they would spend nights in their cellar or cower in the corners of the living room as bullets pierced the windows and lodged in the furniture. When the partisans prevailed, Teodora and Zdravko would be free of danger and fear and allowed to move around the town freely, but these periods of relative safety were short.
Eventually, Ljudevit was arrested on suspicion of supporting the partisan resistance movement. He was sent to Jasenovac, where he saw Teodora and Zdravko's father, who was still alive despite having little food and being forced to perform heavy labor. Ljudevit was eventually released along with other political prisoners.
By 1943, Ljudevit's wife, Gizela, was denounced, arrested, and deported to Auschwitz. Not knowing where she had been sent, Ljudevit travelled to several cities and tried in vain to have her released; she died from an intestinal illness soon after her arrival at Auschwitz. While Ljudevit was away, Teodora and Zdravko hid with their neighbors, the Runjaks, and pretended to be their children. Most people in Ludbreg knew the children were Jewish, but they never denounced them.
After liberation, Ljudevit, realizing that Teodora and Zdravko's parents had been killed, legally adopted the children. Sadly, Zdravko died of scarlet fever soon after. Teodora remained with her uncle, attending high school in Varazdin and then the University of Zagreb. In 1957, she was invited to live in Switzerland with her paternal uncle, Josef Basch, and his family so she could study at the University of Lausanne.
On her way to Switzerland, Teodora met Daniel Klayman, a Jewish American research chemist who was en route to his native New York after a year spent as a postdoctoral Fulbright scholar in India. After corresponding with Teodora for a year, Daniel returned to Switzerland and the two married in the fall of 1958. Later they settled in the Washington, DC, area.
The recipient of degrees from the University of Maryland in French and in teaching English as a second language, Teodora—now Theodora Klayman—taught in the Maryland public school system for 30 years. She has two children and has volunteered at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum since 1999.
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Slip your iPad into a slim case to protect the tablet from wear and tear without the hassle that comes with freezing it in carbonite. The cases' colorful exteriors add a fun touch to the Apple device, and a microsuede lining protects against scratches. For added functionality, each case quickly transforms into a hands-free stand, letting users view the iPad in either its portrait or landscape orientation.


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using UnityEngine;
using Vexe.Runtime.Types;

namespace VFWExamples
{
    public class AnimVarExample : BaseBehaviour
    {
        [AnimVar(AutoMatch = "Var")] // this will try to auto-assign "Is Dead" to this field
        public string isDeadVar;

        [PerItem, AnimVar]
        public string[] Variables;

        [AnimVar(GetAnimatorMethod = "GetAnim")]
        public string anotherVar;

        // Also works on ints, gets you the hash/id value of the variable instead
        [AnimVar]
        public int animHashVar;

        // Can also get you the AnimatorControllerParameter object itself if need be
        [AnimVar]
        public AnimatorControllerParameter ACPVar;

        // Can be filtered based on type
        [AnimVar(Filter = ParameterType.Bool)]
        public int boolVar;

        // The filter is a mask, so a group of types can be included
        [AnimVar(Filter = ParameterType.Float | ParameterType.Int)]
        public int floatOrIntVar;

        private Animator GetAnim()
        {
            // well this is pointless because it would attempt to get the animator from this gameObject
            // by default without having us to specify a method.
            // but imagine we're getting an animtor from somewhere else...
            return GetComponent<Animator>();
        }
    }
}

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Next week, I need to finish my review of Malcolm Parlett's book Future Sense.
The sharing of experiences during the workshop was good. I see a connection between minding the gap and Geoff Mead's storytelling in organizations. There is, for example, a huge gap between the short-term achievement of economic goals and the long-term considerations of human, and more-than-human, needs. The rational logic that underpins economic power and efficiency has a tendency to overwhelm the visionary logic of life through formalization, exploitation, regulation, and control. I believe that this gap only can be overcome if people come to come together on equal terms to share what really matters to them. Mind the gap!
1 Geoff Mead, Coming Home to Story: Storytelling Beyond happily Ever After (Vala, 2011), p. 199.
2 This is inspired by the famous London underground "mind the gap" message. Beware the possibly large gap between the train and the platform.


The iHome iB73 water-resistant Bluetooth headphones feature iPX5-rated water-resistant construction for sweat proof use and Bluetooth 4.0 audio that allows you listen to audio from your mobile device from up to 30′. The flat cable of these earphones, is great for tangle-free convenience. They also feature rubberized earhooks with soft, flexible ear clips for to fit perfectly on your ears.
The iHome iB73 water-resistant Bluetooth headphones feature iPX5-rated water-resistant construction for sweat proof use and Bluetooth 4.0 audio that allows you listen to audio from your mobile device from up to 30'. They come with detachable ear cushions to fit a variety of ear sizes, micro USB charging cable for charging and travel pouch for added portability. In-line remote microphone of these earphones, is great to answer a call and control play, pause and track selection. The flat cable of these earphones, is great for tangle-free convenience. They also feature rubberized earhooks with soft, flexible ear clips to fit perfectly and comfortably on your ears.


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Target co-founder Bruce Dayton dies
by Allison Moon |
Bruce Dayton, one of the five brothers who founded Target has died at the age of 97.
In 1950, Dayton and his brothers inherited their father's department store—a store that began as Dayton Dry Goods Company, opened by the brothers' grandfather in 1902. The five brothers pioneered the idea of combining fashion and discount, eventually transforming The Dayton Company into Target as its known today, according to StarTribune.
"Bruce's record of achievement is remarkable: building the first indoor shopping mall, pioneering the concept of discount retail, founding a company that would become one of the largest private-sector employers in the world," said Brian Cornell, Target chairman and CEO. "But as much as I am in awe of Bruce's accomplishments, it is his legacy of generosity that I will always remember the most."
Dayton, the last of the five brothers, was instrumental in taking The Dayton Company public in 1967 and merging it with Hudson's, forming Dayton Hudson Corp., which later became Target.
In the early 1970s, Dayton stepped aside as CEO of Dayton Hudson Corp. as his brother Kenneth took on the role. He and Kenneth were the last brothers to leave the board of directors in 1983.
Of the five, Dayton was known for his financial strength, but it was the collaboration between the brothers, a commitment to ethical corporate governance and philanthropy that contribute to the company's early success.
"That notion is one of the Dayton family's core philosophies: Companies' fortunes are intrinsically linked to the health and vitality of the communities in which they operate," Cornell said.
In addition to mandating that 5 percent of Target's profits are given back to the community in 1946, Dayton himself was a legendary benefactor of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. He was a trustee for 73 years, has given more than $80 million in capital support, led a $50 million endowment campaign, and donated more than 2,000 works of art.
- Read the Target blog post
- See the StarTribune article
Target to open first Manhattan store
Target discontinues Take Charge of Eduation
Staples co-founder Thomas Stemberg dies
L.L. Bean legend Leon Gorman dies
Weis Markets' Robert Weis dies at age 96
Allison Moon


The IoTBDS 2019 conference will provide the attendees with the opportunity to gain insights relating to the areas of Big Data Research, Emerging Services and Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals, Internet of Things (IoT) Applications, Big Data for Multi-discipline Services, Security, Privacy and Trust, IoT Technologies, and much more.
The event will be held at University of Crete, Heraklion starting on 02nd May.
Gencer Erdogan, Research Scientist from SINTEF and CYBERWISER.eu partner, will attend the conference presenting the objectives and outcomes of CYBERWISER.eu as well as future plans regarding its next steps.


The 'Irish Australian Song Library' features lyrics, music and song notes of notable Irish Australian songs. The aim is to provide a home for Irish Australian songs which can be a resource to musicians, students and fans of Irish culture.
What is the definition of an Irish Australian song? The song must have a connection between Ireland and Australia. It may have Irish roots but was made popular in Australia ('The Wild Colonial Boy'). It may have been written in Australia but be about Ireland ('Fight Micky Fight') or it may be an Irish song that is regularly played at sessions in Australia ('Geese in the bog').
The site is based on a user generated model with users able to add songs and build the archive over time. So feel free to add to the collection.
The site is hosted by the Irish National Association in Sydney and was made possible by the support of the Irish Consulate as part of the 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration program.
We hope you enjoy the tunes and play them good and loud!
As this is a User Generated (Moderated) site, all care will be taken, but no responsibility for songs or material uploaded by the community users. Please contact us if you have concerns about any material in the library.


I am creating a web-game (text-based). One part of the game is an "arena". I have each player put in a character to fight. What I'm trying to do is get it so that when the fight starts, the payers (and anyone else) can dynamically see the results of the fight 1 action at a time.
I'm doing the fight via .php because I want to make sure that all the data is saved on the server side so that it reflects the same for everyone and I can load the final results in to a MySQLi Database. My problem is getting the information to reflect on the browser (JS) during each "heartbeat".
I am trying to find a way to have JS split the 2 in to different variables - the first being for the display DOM and the second being for a "damage bar" which I'm working on separately.
My question - how would I pull 1 line at a time (separated by <br>) and each variable separately?
I think you're better off using with an approach that maintains the structure of the data on the server and the client instead of dumping it into a txt file and having the client parse it out.
One way to do this would be to use a series of objects that define the interaction. For e.g. a "FightRecord" object that contains a list of "Action" objects which have two properties "Desc" and "Damage"... Then use JSON to serialize/deserialize the record, and the JS function setInterval to loop through the actions every X seconds with a function that uses JQuery to update the DOM.
If for some reason it isn't feasible to exchange objects using JSON, then you will want to use regex to parse the text data into structured data using a similar setInterval based mechanism.
What's the best way to call INotifyPropertyChanged's PropertyChanged event?
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I'm getting fatal errors- can anyone help me edit my program?
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Metuh granted bail at N400m
Mfonobong Akpan
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, has been granted bail in the sum of N400m by the court on Tuesday. He is to remain in prison till when he meets the bail conditions.
After the court delivered its ruling on Tuesday, prison officials led him to a waiting pick-up van and he was locked up at the rear cabin of the vehicle.
Justice Okon Abang, in a ruling shortly after Metuh's bail application was argued on Tuesday, granted the PDP spokesperson in the sum of N400m with two sureties in the sum of N200m each.
The judge also ordered that the two sureties must own property in Maitama, Abuja.
The judge also ruled that the surties must produce the certificates of occupancy of the property which must be verified by the Chief Registrar of the court and confirmed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The judge, who also ordered that Metuh must deposit his traveling documents with the court pending the period of his trial, also ordered the EFCC to verify the residences of the sureties who must be resident in Abuja.
Justice Abang had on January 15 ordered the PDP spokesperson to be remanded in Kuje prison shortly after his arraignment on seven counts of money laundering preferred against him by the EFCC.
But in granting him bail on Tuesday, the judge dismissed EFCC's objection to the application ruling that the allegation that Metuh destroyed his statement and attempted to influence potential witnesses while in the custody of the anti-graft agency was not substantiated.
Metuh was arrested by the EFCC on January 5 and remained in the custody of the anti-graft agency till when he was arraigned on January 15.
His separate fundamental human rights enforcement suit is scheduled to come up for hearing before Justice Abang on Wednesday.
The judge however dismissed the second prayer contained in Metuh's bail application seeking an order restraining the EFCC from re-arresting him after being granted bail.
Justice Abang held that such prayer could not be entertained in a bail application but only under a fundamental human rights enforcement suit.
source: punchng.com


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Piotr Tomczyk (ur. 1946 w Białym Kamieniu) – polski artysta fotograf. Członek rzeczywisty Okręgu Łódzkiego Związku Polskich Artystów Fotografików. Członek Łódzkiego Towarzystwa Fotograficznego. Członek Rady Federacja Amatorskich Stowarzyszeń Fotograficznych w Polsce.

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Piotr Tomczyk związany z łódzkim środowiskiem fotograficznym – mieszka, pracuje, tworzy w Łodzi – fotografią zajmuje się od 1968 roku. Jest wykładowcą w Państwowej Wyższej Szkole Filmowej, Telewizyjnej i Teatralnej im. Leona Schillera w Łodzi. Miejsce szczególne w jego twórczości zajmuje fotografia krajobrazowa, fotografia kreacyjna, fotografia portretowa oraz fotografia reklamowa. Jest członkiem rzeczywistym Łódzkiego Towarzystwa Fotograficznego (legitymacja nr 331), w którym przez kilka kadencji był wiceprezesem Zarządu ŁTF. Był członkiem Rady nieistniejącej obecnie Federacji Amatorskich Stowarzyszeń Fotograficznych w Polsce. Uczestniczy w pracach jury w ogólnopolskich oraz międzynarodowych konkursach fotograficznych. Prowadzi prelekcje, spotkania, warsztaty poświęcone fotografii.

Piotr Tomczyk jest autorem i współautorem wielu wystaw fotograficznych; indywidualnych, zbiorowych oraz pokonkursowych. Od 1971 aktywnie prezentował swoje fotografie w licznych Międzynarodowych Salonach Fotograficznych; w Polsce i za granicą – zdobywając wiele akceptacji, medali, nagród, wyróżnień, dyplomów, listów gratulacyjnych. Jest członkiem rzeczywistym Okręgu Łódzkiego Związku Polskich Artystów Fotografików (legitymacja nr 776), w który obecnie pełni funkcję członka Zarządu Okręgu Łódzkiego ZPAF (kadencja 2017–2020).

Fotografie Piotra Tomczyka znajdują się (m.in.) w zbiorach Biura Wystaw Artystycznych w Świdnicy oraz Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi.

Wybrane wystawy
 Organiczność i Geometria – Galeria krótko i węzłowato... Politechnika Łódzka (2022);
 Piotr Tomczyk 5 x fotografia – Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Cypriana Kamila Norwida w Świdnicy (2010);
 Inscenizowana fotografia lat 70. – Moravska Galeria w Brnie (Czechy 2009);
 De Tassociation des photographes de Łódź – Galeria Verhaeren w Brukseli (Belgia 2009);
 Czarno biała 50/76 – Galeria 87 (Łódź 2008);
 Meta-emocje – Galeria Opus (Łódź 2007);
 Tryptyki – Moravska Trebova (Czechy 2006);
 Wystawa fotografii Okręgu Łódzkiego ZPAF – Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Cypriana Kamila Norwida w Świdnicy (2005);
 Weryfikacja tożsamości – Cafe Foto Club 102 Studio (Łódź 2005);
 Dwie dekady w kręgu Galerii FF – Institut Polonais w Paryżu (Francja 2004);
 Wystawa fotografii Okręgu Łódzkiego ZPAF – Miejska Galeria Sztuki w Łodzi (2003);
 Wystawa fotografii Okręgu Łódzkiego ZPAF – Stara Galeria ZPAF (Warszawa 2002);
 Europalia 2001 – Galeria Maalbeek w Brukseli (Belgia 2001);
 50 Lat Łódzkiego Towarzystwa Fotograficznego – Galeria Łódzka (Łódź 1999);
 Fotografia reklamowa – Galeria ŁTF (Łódź 1998);
 Łódź – Fotoclub Sttutgart (Niemcy 1992);
 Kooperatywa – Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych w Łodzi (1989);
 3 Salon Zaproszonych – Łódź (1988);
 Fotografia intermedialna lat 80. – Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych w Poznaniu (1988);
 40-lecie UNESCO – Paryż (Francja 1986);
 W Polskim Słońcu – Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych w Bydgoszczy (1985);
 Poza obrazem – Galeria FF (Łódź 1984);
 Sztuka Faktu – Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych w Bydgoszczy (1981);
 51 42' 00" – 19 27' 00" – 19 31 00" (Gdańsk 1978);
 Fotografa Amatora – Tuluza (Francja 1976);
 Infota – Jicin (Czechy 1976);
 Fotoforum 75 – Ruzomberok (Czechy 1975);
 Mostra Fotografica lnternazionale – VI Trofeo Citta di Corato (Wiochy 1974);
 Apollo 74 (Olsztyn 1974);
 Skrzyżowanie – Galeria Fotografii ŁTF (Łódź 1973);
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Polscy fotografowie współcześni
Członkowie Związku Polskich Artystów Fotografików
Fotografowie związani z Łódzkim Towarzystwem Fotograficznym
Fotografowie związani z Łodzią
Urodzeni w 1946

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The Hypocrisy Of Joseph diGenova
Jewish Press - Editorial- February 15, 2001
The story of how it came to pass that Prime Minister Ehud Barak mounted a full court press with President Clinton on behalf of a pardon for Marc Rich will probably never be fully told. Even if the current and future congressional inquiries into the pardon bear fruit, it is doubtful that Barak's role will evercome to light. But there are parts of this sordid story touching upon the Barak dimension that are already here for all to see. And the chutzpah is appalling.
Over the years, perhaps the most vocal opponent of clemency for Jonathan Pollard has been the chief prosecutor in his case, former Assistant United States Attorney Joseph diGenova. Invariably, whenever the Pollard issue bubbled over in the press, diGenova's views were routinely solicited and his unfailing response was that Pollard's perfidy was unmatched in our time, and the damage to our security incalculable. Conclusion: Pollard should spend the rest of his life in a federal prison. No ifs, and, or buts.
Not even when President Clinton agreed to free Pollard as an inducement for concessions by Prime Minister Netanyahu at Camp David, thus advancing American foreign policy interests, did diGenova change his tune. Nor did he change his mind when Prime Minister Ehud Barak importuned President Clinton to release Pollard in the course of their cozy "peace process' working relationship.
So we were taken with the irony in Mr. DiGenova's current representation of Jack Quinn, President Clinton's former White House counsel, the lawyer who applied for an secured the pardon for Marc Rich.
At a televised session of the congressional hearing now being conducted into the pardoning of Mr. Rich, Quinn was asked why Mr. Clinton would even have considered exercising the pardon power to free a fugitive who had never stood trial - an unprecedented occurrence. Mr. Quinn gave some answer or another, whereupon Mr. DiGenova, who was seated beside him, passed him a note. Mr. Quinn read the note and then quickly added something about the diplomatic significance of the Prime Minister of Israel's championing of the Rich pardon cause with President Clinton!
The Clemency Page
We Should Be Ashamed of Ourselves
Israel's Role in Pardon Sparks Capital Feuding
Friends in High Places: Marc Rich's Jewish Fans


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Q: Get all elements by partial match of class attribute I'm trying to use Nokogiri to display results from a URL. (essentially scraping a URL).
I have some HTML which is similar to:

Matty

Matthew

Suzie

So I need to then find all the elements which begin with the word "matt". What I need to do is save the value of the element and the element name so I can reference it next time.. so I need to capture
"Matty" and "
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"Matthew" and "
"

I haven't worked out how to capture the element HTML, but here's what I have so far for the element (It doesnt work!)
doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
tmp = ""
doc.xpath("[class*=matt").each do |item|
    tmp += item.text
end

@testy2 = tmp

A: Use:
/*/p[starts-with(@class, 'matt')] | /*/p[starts-with(@class, 'matt')]/text()

This selects any p elements that is a child of the top element of the XML document and the value of whose class attribute starts with "matt" and any text-node child of any such p element.
When evaluated against this XML document (none was provided!):

Matty

Matthew

Suzie

the following nodes are selected (each on a separate line) and can be accessed by position:

Matty

Matty

Matthew

Matthew

Here is a quick XSLT verification:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>

 <xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:for-each select=
  "/*/p[starts-with(@class, 'matt')]
  |
   /*/p[starts-with(@class, 'matt')]/text()
  ">
  <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
  <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
  </xsl:for-each>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

The result of this transformation, when applied on the same XML document (above) is the expected, correct sequence of selected nodes:

Matty

Matty

Matthew

Matthew

A: doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url))
tmp = ""
items = doc.css("p[class*=matt]").map(&:text).join

A: This should get you started:
doc.xpath('//p[starts-with(@class, "matt")]').each do |el|
  p [el.attributes['class'].value, el.children[0].text]
end
["mattFacer", "Matty"]
["mattSmith", "Matthew"]

A: The accepted answer is great, but another approach would be to use Nikkou, which lets you match via regular expressions (without needing to be familiar with XPATH functions):
doc.attr_matches('class', /^matt/).collect do |item|
  [item.attributes['class'].value, item.text]
end

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The Programme team oversees the programming of the majority of the live programme, including theatre, music, comedy and dance.
Julia is responsible for the strategic direction of the artistic programme at Warwick Arts Centre. Her wide-ranging experience has included working with leading arts organisations most recently as Director of the Dublin Dance Festival and previously with the Edinburgh International Festival, Michael Clark Company, Jonathan Burrows Group, Southbank Centre, and as Dance Officer at Arts Council England.
Andrew manages the planning, scheduling and delivery of our artistic programme, working closely with artists, visiting companies, producers and all departments at Warwick Arts Centre. Over the past 10 years he has worked at the National Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Serpentine Galleries and Wigmore Hall and has also been a freelance producer for several touring theatre companies. He can often be found on a train, dashing to see shows at other venues around the UK, currently averaging three per week!
Edward co-ordinates bookings and contracts for the artistic programme, as well as managing backstage riders and pre-arrival support for visiting companies. He also is responsible for the booking of spaces for student society performances and events.
Mary co-ordinates bookings and contracts for the artistic programme, as well as managing backstage riders and pre-arrival support for visiting companies. She also is responsible for the booking of spaces for student society performances and events.


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Disappointing DNF closes 2019 season for Cal Crutchlow in Valencia
Cal CrutchlowMotoGPNews November 17, 2019
The 2019 MotoGP season ended on a disappointing note for Cal Crutchlow as he failed to finish Sunday's Valencia Grand Prix. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider slid out towards the midway stage at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo as he ended the season in ninth place in the riders' championship. Starting... Read more
Unlucky Malaysian GP ends in DNF for Cal Crutchlow
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The Malaysian Grand Prix ended in frustration for Cal Crutchlow as he crashed out late on at the Sepang International Circuit. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider had high hopes of repeating his podium finish at Phillip Island in the last round after qualifying on the second row, but struggled... Read more
Cal Crutchlow takes superb second at Phillip Island
Cal CrutchlowMotoGPNews October 27, 2019
Cal Crutchlow claimed second position after a superb ride at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider profited from a last-lap fall by Maverick Vinales to climb on to the second step of the rostrum behind world champion Marc Marquez, his first podium finish since... Read more
Cal Crutchlow finishes strong to take fifth at Motegi
Cal Crutchlow took fifth place at the Grand Prix of Japan after an excellent ride at the Twin Ring Motegi on Sunday. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider produced a well-timed late charge to ensure he finished at the front of the pack who were chasing the lead group of... Read more
Cal Crutchlow fights back to points finish in Thailand
Cal CrutchlowMotoGPNews October 6, 2019
Cal Crutchlow fought back to claim a points finish at the Grand Prix of Thailand as Honda colleague Marc Marquez wrapped up the MotoGP World Championship with his ninth victory of the season on Sunday. LCR Honda CASTROL rider Crutchlow was hampered by braking issues in the early part... Read more
Cal Crutchlow takes solid sixth at Aragon
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Cal Crutchlow takes sixth at Silverstone
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https://creditcardgenius.ca/blog/aeroplan-sign-up-bonus/"Air Canada's Aeroplan program gives you an unsurpassed ability to use your miles on more carriers than any other program in Canada, not to mention providing the most amount of flights within Canada and the United States.
With that said, getting value from Aeroplan takes some legwork and elbow grease, which can be a major cause for frustration for the loyalty program's users.
Plus, with Air Canada purchasing Aeroplan from Aimia and making it their own program, changes are sure to be on the horizon.
In the meantime, we're here to let you know the best ways to use Aeroplan, so you know you'll be getting the best value possible when you redeem your points.
* How to access Aeroplan login.
* Ways to contact Aeroplan.
Like many programs, there are a variety of ways to use your miles, and not just for flights.
We'll cover all the different redemption options, so you'll know how to get the best value for your miles.
If you want the best value for your Aeroplan miles, your best option is to redeem for flights.
While you can use your miles to redeem for flights around the world, the best value you'll find is by using them right here in Canada, as well as travelling to the United States.
Our valuation for a single Aeroplan mile is 2.5 cents.
Note: If you want to see the flights we surveyed, here's a link.
Unfortunately, there are locations where your miles won't be of much value. Travel to Europe offers terrible redemptions, as most carriers charge quite a bit in taxes, fees, and fuel surcharges. Redemptions to Asia and Australia are better, but still not great.
However, this excludes business class seats, where there was greater value across the board, no matter where you were travelling.
Sadly, these flights (especially in economy) are very difficult to find.
Market Fare Flight Rewards economy tickets.
They were all based on long-haul Canada and Continental U.S. flights.
The ticket we used as a comparison is a similar standard-fare flight from aircanada.com with seats selected and paid for.
Why a standard fare over a basic one? Basic-fare flights can't be cancelled or changed, whereas standard-fare flights allow changes and cancellations for a fee. Aeroplan reservations can be changed, are refundable, and gives you seat selection for free. Therefore, we've accounted for the cost of selecting seats in our valuation.
Fixed Mileage Flight Rewards is the standard booking option for rewards flights. It allows you to book either economy, premium economy, business, or first class on any Air Canada or Star Alliance partner airline.
But because there's only a limited number of seats available on every flight for these redemptions, you'll have to book well in advance to find availability. And even then, you may find that there are extra flights you'll have to take or long layovers to get where you're going.
We looked 5 months in advance for our research, and while it wasn't hard to find availability, the flights themselves weren't always the greatest.
This chart from Air Canada will show you the set amount of miles you need to fly somewhere (keeping in mind you'll need to cover the taxes and fees as well).
Long-haul flights within Canada and the United States provided the best value when travelling in economy class. These flights had an average mile value of 2.1 CPM.
For short-haul tickets and other international redemptions, there was significantly less value.
Unfortunately, shorter flights won't get you much value since the number of miles you need to redeem doesn't change regardless of how far you're flying within a Fixed Mileage zone.
As a rule of thumb, you'll need to travel roughly 5 hours by air to get the best value, but it's certainly not a hard and fast rule.
Something to note: The business class redemptions consistently offered great value. So you'll not only get a great flying experience, but great value as well.
Curious about the best flight value we found?
If you live in Northern Canada, beyond where Air Canada flies, you can redeem your miles for travel on Canadian North, First Air, Bearskin, and Calm Air.
In these areas, 25,000 miles will get you to anywhere in Canada or the Continental United States.
For example, a round trip flight to Iqaluit from Moncton costs 25,000 miles and around $200 to $250 dollars in taxes and fees – Aeroplan needed a response from First Air or Canadian North on availability before we could get the exact amount.
Purchasing this flight through Canadian North costs $2,246.16.
Even if you have to pay $250 in taxes and fees, this gives you an amazing value of 8 cents per mile. This is the best value of any flight we surveyed, regardless of cabin class.
If you can't find any redemption options on Fixed Mileage Flight Rewards (or don't like the schedules available), Market Fare Flight Rewards will give you access to any available seat on Air Canada flights only. The amount of miles you need to pay varies with the cost of the actual fares.
Please note: We only looked at economy fares for Market Fare Flight Rewards.
While this generally provided the worst value at 1.5 CPM, there's some good news.
For flights within North America, the fuel surcharge is waived, and from the flights we compared, this led to an average savings of $113 per ticket.
Plus, you have access to every seat available on Air Canada flights, so flight schedules were much better.
And, on occasion, there are Market Fare Flight Rewards sales.
3 of the flights we surveyed were on sale, so the number of miles needed was slightly less than the Fixed Mile equivalent trip. Combined with the fewer taxes and fees you had to pay, this resulted in a much better value.
It's always worth a check on Market Fare Flight Rewards to see what's being offered. You may score a good deal.
With the lowered taxes and fees on Market Fare Flight Rewards redemptions in North America, it turns a mediocre redemption into one with good value.
If you're looking to score a vacation package to sunny destinations or take a cruise, you can use your miles to jet away with Air Canada Vacations.
For almost all redemption options, each mile is worth 0.83 cents. However, redeeming only 1,000 miles for a $50 rebate will give you 5 cents per mile.
Beyond flights, there are other ways to use your miles for travel. Hotel accommodations are wide ranging and cover many different chains.
As a plus, there are are no taxes and fees to pay – your miles cover the entire cost of your stay.
Sadly, the good news ends there. We test booked a 2-night weekend stay at hotels in our major cities' downtown cores, and came to an average value of 0.73 CPM.
Similar to hotels, car rentals can be easily booked and your miles cover the taxes and fees. We test booked 1-day compact car rentals at Canada's major airports, and our value for one mile was 0.64 cents.
The Aeroplan merchandise catalogue has a wide variety of items you can redeem your miles for.
While the range varied, the average value for one mile is 0.83 cents.
Here's a sampling of what we looked at.
*Cost as found on google, with 13% sales tax added.
Looking to redeem for gift cards? Aeroplan has a wide range of selection, with choices anywhere from travel to merchandise available.
Almost all gift cards gave a value of 0.71 CPM, with a few offering a value of 0.74 CPM.
using an Aeroplan-branded credit card.
We'll give an overview of both.
Using your loyalty card is an easy place to start earning Aeroplan miles on everyday spending.
If you travel frequently, collecting miles on flights and other travel purchases will build up your rewards bank in no time.
How do you collect? On Air Canada, it depends on how far you fly on individual flights. You collect one mile for every actual mile you fly.
You can also get a points multiplier depending on the fare class. Some fares are 0 (you don't earn any miles) and some can go as high as 150%.
For other travel partners, what you earn depends on the partner. Refer here to check on earn rates for other travel partners.
While you won't earn a lot of miles this way, every bit helps to add to your mile bank.
The typical earn rate is 1 mile per dollar spent, but it varies by retailer.
The fastest way to earn Aeroplan miles (if you're not a frequent flyer) is by getting an Aeroplan credit card. There's no shortage of cards available, with a whopping 21 different options to choose from.
If you have an Aeroplan-branded credit card, the miles you earn count towards distinction status. While there are many benefits to distinction status, one of the key advantages is getting a discount on miles for a Market Fare flight.
Looking for the best Aeroplan credit card you can get? The fits the bill. Although it's not an Aeroplan branded card, you can transfer your Membership Rewards points 1:1 to Aeroplan.
1 Membership Reward point per dollar spent everywhere else.
Being able to earn up to 3 points per dollar spent in 4 different categories is something no other Aeroplan card comes close to.
Plus, unlike most Aeroplan cards, all American Express cards have no minimum income requirements, putting this card within reach for a lot more Canadians.
The best part? If you decide that Aeroplan isn't for you, or the possible changes coming to the program in 2020 aren't to your liking, you have a multitude of other ways to use or transfer your points.
It does come with a slightly steep annual fee of $150, but for the ability to use your points in a myriad of ways makes this card a winner, and one of the top travel rewards cards in Canada.
If you apply for this card before June 2, 2019, not only will the $120 annual fee be waived for the first year, but you'll also get up to 30,000 bonus Aeroplan miles – 15,000 after your first purchase and another 15,000 when you spend $1,000 in your first 90 days.
For an annual fee of $120 for the primary cardholder ($50 for authorized users), as well as income requirements of either $60,000 personal or $100,000 household, TD gives you a lot to like.
Or maybe you want a card that gives you even more miles and perks on every Air Canada flight, if so, the is the card for you.
First, you'll get a welcome bonus of up to 50,000 miles – 25,000 after you make your first card purchase and another 25,000 after spending $1,000 in 3 months. Although the earn rate on the gas, groceries, drugstore, and Air Canada purchases is the same as the Visa Infinite version, you'll get 1.25 miles for every other $1 spent.
And as for Air Canada perks? You'll enjoy the same benefits you would with the , but you'll get to use them on every Air Canada flight, not just on Aeroplan reward flights (except for Maple Leaf Lounge access).
There's also a host of Visa Infinite Privilege benefits, including a Priority Pass membership with 6 annual passes, and special benefits at Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, and Vancouver airports. Plus, once a year you'll get 50% off the base airfare of one ticket when you buy a trip in business class for 2 within North America on Air Canada.
It does have an annual fee of $399 for the primary cardholder ($99 for authorized users) and a household income requirement of $200,000, but, it will give you plenty of miles and great benefits while flying as well.
Beyond these cards, here are some other premium options as well, with annual fees ranging from $120 all the way to $899.
If you don't qualify for Visa Infinite or Infinite Privilege cards, here are a few options with lower income requirements and annual fees under $100.
Bonus alert: If you apply for the before June 2, 2019, and you'll get up to 15,000 bonus Aeroplan miles – 10,000 after your first purchase and another 5,000 when you spend $1,000 in the first 90 days. Plus, you'll get the first year free for the primary cardholder.
In addition to the American Express Gold Rewards card, the following also have the ability to transfer your points to Aeroplan.
The accumulates Marriott points, which will give you a 3:1 Aeroplan transfer ratio. Transfer 60,000 points at once, and you'll get 15,000 bonus points.
, similar to the Gold Rewards card, allows you to transfer your points 1:1 to Aeroplan.
If you're looking for a no fee Aeroplan card, your only option is the . Collect Best Western points and transfer them at a 5:1 ratio to Aeroplan.
Or, if you have the Capital One Aspire Travel Platinum Mastercard (or any other Capital One grandfathered travel card), you can transfer your points at a 2:1.5 ratio.
Looking for a student card that earns Aeroplan? The is your only choice.
Earn 1 mile for every $1.50 spent on your card for an annual fee of $39.
Here are some common questions and answers about the Aeroplan program.
For flights, there's some flexibility in that you have the ability to book any available seat on Air Canada for some extra miles. Fixed Mileage Flight Rewards are not very flexible due to the limited number of seats.
No, there are no blackout dates on rewards flights.
Will I lose my miles if I cancel and award flight?
No, provided you cancel 22 days prior to departure. There's a $150 fee (plus taxes) to cancel your flights and get your miles back. You're permitted to cancel your reservation up to 2 hours before departure, but, you only have one year to use the miles towards another flight redemption. There's a $100 fee to make any changes per direction of travel.
No, provided you make a transaction on your account once per year.
Can you use points to cover taxes & fees?
For hotels and car rentals, yes. Miles cover taxes and fees.
Yes, by combining your collector account and an Aeroplan credit card when flying or shopping.
How to access Aeroplan login?
Head over to aeroplan.com, and click on login at the top right corner of the page.
Head to this page to see all the ways you can contact Aeroplan.
With flights that span the globe and a multitude of other travel options, Aeroplan has a lot to offer. But getting the most out of the program requires some know-how, and some research.
However, with the future of Aeroplan unsure, we can only hope that the Aeroplan program will continue to provide great redemption values for years to come.
What about you? How have your experiences with Aeroplan been?
Do you have any redemption success stories to share?


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All Questions Answered about Family Law for Separated Couples in Brisbane
Greater Brisbane is one of the most popular urban localities in Australia, with over 833,399 households present in the area. As of 2016, the Census of Population and Housing shows that the area hosts the most one-parent families, as compared to the greater capital, with the total number being over 91,819. Research suggests that over two-fifths of couples, in the process of separation, turn to the legal system and Family Dispute Resolution when settling their property and child custody matters. It is to avoid other legal alternatives that can be more expensive, stressful and acrimonious. Following the Family Law in Brisbane Northside during disputes can seem confusing and tedious during such difficult times. The article answers some questions to help readers get a better understanding about the Family Law System in Australia.
What Is the Family Law System Followed in Brisbane Northside?
The Family Law System followed in Brisbane for marriages, and de facto relationships are similar to the law followed in most of Australia. These are mainly federal laws, which include:
The Marriage Act of 1961 relating to the issues regarding marriage
The Family Law Act of 1975, covering a broad range of issues arising after marriages break down and de facto relationships. These include division of property, finances and parenting arrangements.
The Child Support Registration and Collection Act of 1988 and the Child Support Assessment Act of 1989 deal with the financial support that separated families provide to their children.
What Is the Purpose of Family Law?
Family Law in Brisbane Northside is present to help the citizens resolve legal issues relating to dissolution of marriages, property disputes, child custody, domestic violence, spousal support, adoption, parental child abduction, mediation, financial agreements, fixed fee consent orders and court representation. The courts encourage private agreements and resolutions regarding these matters. However, during unfavourable circumstances, the judge or the magistrate create a binding law and verdict that both parties must follow. If they breach the court order, then they may be prosecuted based on the circumstances.
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Before September 2021, two courts dealt with family laws i.e, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia. Since then, the two family courts merged to become the FCFCA or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. It now deals with all family law-related matters.
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On November 25-29, 2012 SAI convened a Basic SA8000 Auditor Training course in Chittagong, Bangladesh hosted by the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ). The course was led by SAI Lead Trainer, Sanjiv Singh, with opening remarks from GIZ's Magnus Smith. The course was attended by 16 individuals, including representatives from local factories, buyers, certification bodies, industry associations, government, and GIZ. Following this course, Mr. Singh led another course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, hosted by GIZ. Special thanks to GIZ for hosting both courses in Bangladesh as part of its Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry (PSES) project. This event was written up in the Bangladesh paper, the Daily Sun.
To see more photos from the SA8000 auditor training courses, check out SAI's Facebook page.
SAI training courses are designed to encourage proficiency in social compliance and emphasize the implementation of management systems in combination with performance elements. These courses are required for all SA8000 and BSCI auditors, and are just as valuable to internal auditors, buyers, managers and workers for auditing to any labor code or standard. The courses are open to all. Complimentary places are available for NGO and trade union participants.
For more information, contact SAI Training Coordinator, Stephanie Wilson at SWilson@sa-intl.org.


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the arts desk, 05 May 2013
by David Nice
Verdi: Don Carlo, Royal Opera House London, 4. Mai 2013
Don Carlo, Royal Opera House *****
Near-perfect cast for Verdi's epic masterpiece crowned by the stupendous Anja Harteros
Photo: Catherine Ashmore, ROH
An operatic truism still doing the rounds declares that for Verdi's Il trovatore you need four of the greatest singers in the world. For Don Carlo, his biggest opus in every way, you need six. Nicholas Hytner's Covent Garden staging hits the mark third time around with five, the exception being a very honourable replacement for what would have been an interesting piece of casting. Add to the mix the experienced command of Royal Opera music director Antonio Pappano, supportive of the singers but also attentive to every instrumental detail, and it's as near to Verdian perfection as we're probably going to get.
Even the production, revived here by Paul Higgins, seems more fine-tuned than I remember to the scope and symmetries of the drama. Schiller's Shakespearean royal epic as translated by Verdi into grand opera remains a model of its kind for the balance of the private and the public, the head and the heart, melodrama and truthfulness. There's enough material for at least three strong operas. One would be sustained by the love triangle between Elisabetta di Valois, Don Carlo - the man she loves - and his father Philip II, the king she's forced to marry, with complications added by the Princess Eboli, who loves the infante and is seduced by the king. A second could be devoted to freedom-fighter Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa. And the stifling air in the scene between Philip and the Grand Inquisitor points the way to a new drama of politics versus religion.
With telling clarity, the Hytner view binds it all together and now seems to me to highlight how everyone at the Spanish court, with the exception of hapless infante Carlo, holds the key to power one minute only to be stricken the next. Swooning or dying characters held in desperate embraces embody the failure of a dream.
Seen from the balcony Bob Crowley's designs, meshing handsome period costume with more symbolic settings of oppressive black and flaming red, interact more cleary with the blocking of characters to show their closeness or their distance in relation to each other. Only one scene still falters visually - the biggest, the auto-da-fé; it's surely time to remove the obstructive semi-circular wall draped with the bloody head of Christ, but there it remains, cramping the style of the Les Mis crowd (the Royal Opera Chorus in flaming form).
Otherwise, the gripping continuity of the drama in the great scenes - the garden outside the monastery, Philip's study and the last farewell at San Yuste - depend on the principal singers' skill. As Verdi unfolds one great aria or confrontation after another, we're left weak-kneed by the achievements of this cast in terms of line, colour and feeling. Jonas Kaufmann takes some time to warm in the opening Fontainebleau act - we're talking the five-act Italian Don Carlo of 1886 - since he's hampered by that bottled backward placement which can strangulate the sound; nor are there sunshine and roses in the voice to characterise the love-hopeful innocent. Come the monastery bonding-duet with Marius Kwiecien's Rodrigo (pictured above), he's already rising to top form. Kwiecien is a singer surely at his absolute peak, musically sensitive enough to tune to his tenor but also the ideal Verdi baritone in legato line, as his usually not much noticed address to Elisabetta in the following scene limpidly demonstrates. After a rather wild Veil Song from Béatrice Uria-Monzon's Eboli, more supple of stage movement than of voice, one of the great sequences in all Verdi never falters.