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Újfalusi Németh Jenő  (polgári neve Németh Jenő) (Szegvár, 1941. május 25. –) magyar irodalomtörténész, magyar nyelvész, francia filológus, műfordító, ny. egyetemi docens.

Kutatási területe

16–17. századi francia irodalom, 18. századi magyar irodalom, leíró magyar nyelvészet.

Életpályája

Családja, tanulmányai

Kereskedő család ötödik gyermekeként született. Édesapja az 1929-33-as világgazdasági válság idején tönkrement. 1956-ig éltek tisztes, de mély szegénységben Szegváron, a falu legszegényebb részén (Újfalu). A falu központi iskolájában fejezte be általános iskolai tanulmányait. Határozott irodalmi és történelmi érdeklődése miatt a szentesi Horváth Mihály Gimnáziumba iratkozott be, ahol a latin helyett kényszerűségből a heti 2 órás franciás csoportba került. A gimnáziumban Ternei Béla művészettörténeti órái, Rátz Miklósné világirodalmi szakköre, iskolán kívül pedig Bácskai Mihály irodalmi önképző köre és Csalog József, a Koszta József Múzeum igazgatója gyakorolták rá a legnagyobb hatást.

1959-ben-ban érettségizett, jelentkezett a Szegedi Tudományegyetem magyar-francia szakára, de az 1956-ra vonatkozó kérdésekre talán nem kielégítő válaszai miatt és alkalmazotti származása miatt nem vették fel, így egy évig a Derekegyházi Állami Gazdaságban dolgozott fizikai munkás státusban, majd pár hónap múltán érettségije lévén "informális" művezetőként. Egy évvel később a munkásként  megszerzett plusz 3 pontnak hála, bejutott a magyar-francia szakra. Az egyetemen nagy szerencséjére a régi magyar irodalom oktatása magas szinten folyt, és őt érdekelte a régi magyar irodalom, különösképpen a reneszánsz. Pályafutását Pándi Pál, Keserű Bálint és Szauder József indította, akik a diákot vitapartnernek tekintették. Első sikere, az 1962. évi Országos Tudományos Diákköri Konferencia első díja régi magyar irodalmi témából (A 17. századi kéziratos költészet és a barokk) az ő szellemi segítségüknek köszönhető.

A Francia Nyelvi és Irodalmi Tanszéken is szerencséje volt, egészen 1968-ig Koltay-Kastner Jenő volt a Román Filológiai Intézet vezetője, s Mucsi József és Bakos Ferenc tanította a francia nyelvészetet. A francia nyelv tanulásával sokat küzdött, sokkal nagyobb nyelvtudással jöttek mások, így összefogott azzal az egy-két diáktárssal, akiknek szintén gondjai voltak, s megtanulták a nyelvet. Ötödéves korában kijutott ösztöndíjjal 3 hónapra Montpellier-be, s az ottani egyetemen is Henri Weber professzor segítségével elkezdte a francia barokk irodalomról szóló doktori disszertációjának előkészítését. Szakszervezetis diáktársai segítették nyelvtudása és vitakészségének javításában.

Oktatói, kutatói munka

1965-ben szerzett magyar-francia szakos középiskolai tanári diplomát. Addigi eredményei elismeréseként először az I. sz. Régi Magyar Irodalom Tanszékre kapott ajánlatot, de ez kormányintézkedések miatt nem sikerült, viszont a Francia Tanszéken irodalmárra volt szükség. Egy évig gyakornokoskodott Koltay-Kastner Jenő irányítása alatt, akitől sokat tanult. Az 1966/67-es tanévben Párizsban, az École normale supérieure-ön (ENS-Ulm) tanult, ekkor írta meg egyetemi doktori disszertációját. A párizsi diákokat érdekelte az 1956-os a vasfüggöny mögötti ország. A kutatás, a gondolkodás szabadsága nagy hatással volt Újfalusira, de látta annak a társadalmi berendezkedésnek is a negatívumait (munkanélküliség, bűnözés, a nők elnyomása, stb.). Párizsban Klaniczay Tiborral, majd a Francia Tanszéken Koltay-Kastner Jenővel beszélte meg a disszertáción végrehajtandó javításokat. 1968. júniusában avatták a francia irodalomtörténet egyetemi doktorává summa cum laude. 30 évvel később, 1998-ban a francia barokk kutatás újabb eredményeit is ismerve váltotta át ezt a disszertációt PhD fokozatra 100%-os eredménnyel.

1969/70-es tanévtől 1972/73-ig a Sorbonne Finnugor Tanszékén lektorként módja volt a legmodernebb nyelvi laborok segítségével is magyar nyelvet tanítani, de tanított művelődéstörténetet és "új gazdasági mechanizmust" is. Az egyik nyelvi laborban rendszeresen Fónagy Iván nyelvész professzor dolgozott. A francia diákok ambicionálták a magyar nyelv és kultúra megismerését, néhányan emigrációban élő magyar családok francia anyanyelvű leszármazottai voltak, akik a magyar nyelvet, mint nagyszüleik és dédszüleik anyanyelvét tanulták.

Újfalusi 1973/74-től újból Szegeden, a Francia Nyelvi és Irodalmi Tanszéken tanított, s szinte minden tárgyat, esetenként 18 órát hetenként, mint beosztott adjunktus. Tudományos nevelési vonatkozásban az 1970-es évek voltak a legeredményesebbek, voltak olyan Országos Tudományos Diákköri Konferenciák, ahol az ő diákjai szerepeltek a legjobban. A szakmában részben kényszerből, részben enciklopédikus igénytől hajtva szélesítette oktatási és kutatási horizontját, a francia reneszánsz, manierista és barokk irodalom átfogó ismerete, oktatása jellemezte, e területen születtek tanulmányai, fordításai is. Követte, művelte és továbbadta az 1960-as évektől folyamatosan megújuló irodalomkritikai és műelemzési módszereket nem feledve a történelmi, művészettörténeti, kultúrtörténeti, filozófiai háttér fontosságát.

Lapszerkesztés, Studium Generale

1975-1979-ig szerkesztette a Bölcsész c. az egyetemen megjelenő irodalmi lapot, sokat vitatkozott a diákokkal, egymás közt tudtak szabadon gondolkodni, de ezeket a gondolatokat megjelentetni nem lehetett anélkül, hogy abból a diákokra nézve végzetes következmények ne le(he)ttek volna. Ördögh Szilveszter az 1988-as Mozgó Világ egyik számában nagyon szellemesen "Bach-huszár"nak titulálta a szerkesztőt.

Saját életútja által is motiválva az 1960-as években bekapcsolódott a hátrányos helyzetű fiatalok egyetemi előkészítését célzó, akkor ellenzékinek számító Studium Generale, (később) FEB munkájába. Újfalusi mindig sok nyelvtanítási anyagot prezentált ehhez a munkához, amely a rendszerváltáshoz közeledve elhalt, majd megszűnt.

A fordító- és tolmácsképzés megszervezése

A rendszerváltás következtében az orosz nyelv kötelező oktatásának megszűnte után megnőtt az érdeklődés a francia nyelv és kultúra iránt, párhuzamos francia tanszék is nyílt a Juhász Gyula Tanárképző Főiskolán, és az ottani oktatás keretében megkezdték az orosz szakosok nyelvi átképzését is. Újfalusi mindkét helyen oktatott. 1993-ban megszervezte a posztgraduális Fordító- és tolmácsképzést  angol, francia, német és orosz szakosok számára, a 2000-es évek elejéig működtette a Bölcsészettudományi Kar számára anyagilag is eredményesen, számos nyertes pályázattal is elősegítette a képzés fenntartását. A tanszékek közötti képzés ma is működik, a hallgatók igénylik. Kiváló munkatársak segítették és segítik a képzést, köztük az úttörők Durham Dávidné angol és francia nyelvből, Farkas Ildikó francia nyelvből, Sándor Claudia német nyelvből.

Alliance Française megalapítása, projektek

Szervezte és megalapította és tíz évig (1991-2001) vezette az Alliance Française Szegedi Francia Kulturális Egyesületet. Sorra menedzselt hazai és európai-uniós pályázatokat, több országgal együttműködve (Franciaország, Lengyelország, Románia, Csehország) állított elő munkatársaival intraneten keresztül DVD-ket, melyek alkalmasak arra, hogy a különböző országok népei megismerjék egymás nyelvét és kultúráját. Az irányítása alatt csapatmunkában készített, s 2009-ben megjelent Hongrie DVD-ROM, a európai unióban tananyag lesz.

Folyamatosan szerepelt és szerepel országos és nemzetközi tudományos konferenciákon, szimpóziumokon még nyugdíjazása (2006) után is. 2006-os nyugdíjazása után még 2014-ig tanított az egyetemen önkéntes munkásként, a 17. századi francia irodalmat ismertette meg hallgatóival.

Hazai és nemzetközi konferenciák, szakmai szimpóziumok

 Littérature hongroise - littératures européennes; problèmes de périodisation, Paris, ADEFO, 1972. nov. 18.
 Magyar iskolarendszer, diákélet, jövőperspektívák. (Système scolaire en Hongrie, vie estudiantine, perspectives après les études). Montbéliard, Fédération Française des Clubs UNESCO, 1973 máj. 8.
 A mai Magyarország. (La Hongrie d'aujourd'hui). Besançon, Fédération Française des Clubs UNEESCO, 1973 máj. 9. Ref.: L'Est Republicain, 1973. május 8. p. 4.
 Corneille Horace c. műve mint a francia reformfeudalizmus lényegének tükrözője. (Horace de Corneille comme expression du réforme-féodalisme français) JATE, BTK. Jubileumi Tudományos Ülésszak, Szeged, 1975 ápr. 18.
 Francia reneszánsz eposzelméletek. (Théories françaises sur le poème héroique) MTA Irodalomtörténeti Intézet Reneszánsz Csoportja, Mátrafüredi Konferencia, 1975. máj. 21
 Társadalmi konfliktusok és műstruktúra (Conflits sociaux-politiques et structures dramatiques: Corneille: Horace). MTA Drámaelméleti Konferencia, Pécs, 1976. szept. 15-18.
 A világ első politikai gazdaságtana: Antoine de Montchrestien Montchrétien Traité de l'economie politique-ja. (Politique économique d'Antoine de Montchrétien) MTA. Irodalomtörténeti Intézet Reneszánsz Csoportja, Visegrád, 1978. május 18.
 Az Ágis tragédiájának ideológiai arculata. Előadás. (Structure idéologique de la Tragedia d'Agis). JATE BTK Magyar Szakcsoport Tudományos ülésszak. Szeged, 1979. május 3.
 Analyse psychosociologique de deux drames: Horace et Suréna. (Pierre Corneille két drámájának Horatius és Suréna pszichoszociológiai elemzése.) Egyetemi előadás az odesszai Francia Tanszéken a IV. évf. számára a 131-es teremben. 1979. május 16.
 Les liens culturels franco-hongrois. (Magyar-francia kulturális kötődések). Egyetemi előadás az odesszai Francia Tanszéken az I., III., IV. évf. számára 131-es teremben. 1979. május 22.
 A modellálás kérdései Corneille drámái kapcsán (Problèmes de modélisation à propos des pices de théâtre de P. Corneille) . MTA Szegedi Csoport, 1980.
 Társadalmi dinamika és műstruktúra viszonya (Corneille: Médée). Előadás. I. Országos Germanisztikai-Romanisztikai Szimpozion, Szeged, 1980. szept. 3-5.
 A modell-reláció problémái P. Corneille drámáiban. (Modèle-relation dans les tragédies de P. Corneille) MTA Irodalomtudományi Intézet. Szimpozion, Kecskemét, 1982. ápr 1.
 Az irodalmi modellálás problémái: prototörténet (mítosz) és történet sajátos kapcsolata Corneille műveiben. Előadás. JATE BTK: "A 80-as évek társadalomtudománya: eredmények és perspektívák" címmel rendezett tudományos ülésszak. Szeged, 1982. ápr. 22.
 Horace de P. Corneille ou la tragédie de la guerre civile. Université de Toulouse, Département de Littérature Comparée, le 15 déc. 1990
 Synthèse de méthodes psychocritique, sémiotique et sociologique dans l'étude du théâtre cornélien. Université de Reims, Société d'Études classiques, le 29 janvier 1992.
 Az Essay on Mantól az Ágis tragédiájáig : egy ideológia transzformációja c. előadásával vett részt 1993-ban Szegeden a Dr. Monok István által szervezett III. Nemzetközi Hungarológiai Kongresszuson.
 Kultúrák kommunikációja, nyelvoktatás és a francia klasszikus irodalom. A nyelvtanárképzés új útjai, Szeged, 1995. november 1-3.
 L'"Essay on Man" hongrois : Pope "Essay on Man" c. írásának fogadtatása. Gödöllő, 1997. június 16. "Magyar felvilágosodás, európai felvilágosodás" c. nemzetközi konferencia.

A 2000-es években is gyakorta konferenciák, szakmai szimpóziumok előadója, ahova meghívják volt tanítványai vagy a társprojektek munkatársai. (Pécs, Párizs Esztergom, Nancy, Ostrava, Varsó, Bukarest, Prága).

Művei (válogatás)

Tanulmányok
 A 17. századi kéziratos költészet és a barokk. (La poésie manuscrite du XVIIe siècle et le baroque) In: Acta Universitatis Szegediensis, Acta Iuvenum, Tome II. Szeged, 1962. pp. 153–168.
 Pour une périodisation relativement nouvelle des littératures européennes. = Acta Universitatis Szegediensis, Acta Romanica, Szeged, 1972. pp. 53–81.
 Réflexions à propos d'un livre de Marcel Raymond. In: Neohelicon, 1-2., Akadémiai Kiadó - Mouton, Paris, 1974. pp. 255–263.
 Analyse de la relation de verbe à objet dans le système verbal hongrois. Essai sémiotique. In Revue des Etudes Finno-Ougriennes, X. 1975. (Paris-Budapest), pp. 231–263.
 L'Ile enchantée chez Le Tasse et Scudéry. Étude comparative. Revue de Littérature Comparée, Paris, Librairie Marcel Didier 15, rue Cujas 75005 Paris. Janvier-Mars 1975. N° 1. pp. 77–92.
 La raison d'être d'un genre "avorté"; Poème héroïque sous l'Ancien Régime. = Acta Universitatis Szegediensis, Acta Romanica, III. 1976. pp. 87–153. (irodalomtörténet, folyóiratcikk)
 Les transformations de la conception fondamentale de l'Essay on Man en Europe du Sud-Est. In Actes du VIIIe Congrés de l'Association Internationale de Litterature Comparée /AILC/, Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó. 1980. pp. 445–453.
 Alexander Pope und György Bessenyei. In. László Sziklay: Aufklärung und Nationen im Osten Europas, Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1983. pp. 270–302.
 Études ronsardiennes en Hongrie. Geneve : Droz, 1988. pp. 201–204.
 Le problème des asymétries structurales dans l'univers d'Horace de Pierre Corneille. In: Acta Universitatis Szegediensis, Acta Romanica, XIII., Szeged, 1988. pp. 45–63.
 La France entre l'Atlantique et la Méditerranée à l'aube de l'économie-monde moderne; Le témoignage d'Antoine de Montchrétien /Franciaország az Atlantikum és a Mediterránum határán a modern világgazdaság hajnalán (La France à l'aube de l'économie-monde moderne) /. In: Mediterrán Tanulmányok - Études sur la Région Méditerranéenne, József Attila Tudományegyetem, Szeged, 1989. pp. 9–29.
 Les relations socio-politiques dans Polyeucte, problème des "motivations". = Annales, Universitatis Scientarum Budapestiensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae, Sectio Philologica Moderna XIX., 1989-1990. pp. 151–161.
 A tolerancia határán (Au seuil de la tolérance) - Étienne de La Boétie.In: Aetas, Szeged, 1991. 2. pp. 106–116.
 Klasszicizmus a barokk égisze alatt : Korstílusproblémák az Ancien Régime irodalmában : Tézisek. Szeged : JATEPress, 1997. 20 p.
 Tibor Fabinyi - Jenő U. Németh: Les histoires tragiques; in Histoire Comparées des Littératures de Langues Européennes; L'époque de la Renaissance IV. Crises et essors noveaux (1560-1610), John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam - Philadelphia, 2000. pp. 579–595.
 Enchassements au service de l'unité du sens dans l'épopée baroque de Georges de Scudéry (La Belle Laponne, l'Ile enchantée et le Sage Vieillard). In L'un et le multiple sous la direction de Zsuzsa Simonffy. Budapest : Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006. pp. 55–67.

Műfordítások

 Étienne de La Boétie: Discours de la servitude volontaire (magyar) Az önkéntes szolgaságról : A zsarnok ellen. Budapest : Helikon, 1990. 55 p. (Ser. Helikon stúdió, 0236-5014 ; 14.)
 Bonaventure Des Périers: Cymbalum Mundi avagy a Nagy Csinnadratta (magyar). 1-2. rész. In Pompeji, 3.1992:4, 94-109. p.; 4.1993:1/2, 164-183. p.
 Adel Hakim: Exécuteur 14 = A 14-es hóhér. Szeged : MASZK Egyesület, 1998. 69 p. ill.  (bilingvis) (Ser. Ariel színházi füzetek , 1417-7072 ; 3.)
 Antoine Furetière: Le roman bourgeois (magyar) A polgárregény. Budapest : Eötvös J. Kvk., 2009. 172 p. ill. (Ser. Eötvös klasszikusok 1219-3062 ; 93.)

Szerkesztések
  Acta Universitatis Szegediensis : Acta Iuvenum : Sectio Philologica et Historica / Szegedi Tudományegyetem Tanácsa és a MKISz Szegedi Tudományegyetemi Bizottsága ; szerk. Mérei Gyula, Ágoston György, Nyíri Antal, Nacsády József, Kovács Sándor Iván, Meggyes Edit, Lendvai Mária, Németh Jenő, Varsányi Péter, Végh József. Szeged : Szegedi Tudományegyetem Tanácsa, 1962-1973.
 Együtt és külön. A József Attila Tudományegyetem Bölcsészettudományi Karának alkotóköri antológiája. /szerk. Szilassy Zoltánnal.:Szeged : JATE soksz, 1976. :143 p.
 A reneszánsz művelődéstörténeti kérdései : az ELTE és a JATE tudományos diákköreinek vitaülése Szegeden, 1975. november 28-29. / szerk. Szilassy Zoltánnal. Szeged : József Attila Tudományegyetem Bölcsészettudományi Karának Tudományos Diákköri Tanácsa, 1976. 140 p. (Ser. Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József Nominatae : Acta Iuvenum : Sectio Philologica ; 8.)
 Régi magyar irodalmunk európai háttere, Acta Universitatis Szegediensis. Acta Juvenum, Section Litteraria. Tomus II. Szeged, 1980.
 Kovács József–Újfalusi Németh Jenő: Grammaire et civilisation françaises; Gradus ad Parnassum, Szeged, 1999 (Készüljünk együtt)

DVD
 Fülhegyező a franciára : Pedagógiai segédeszköz a francia nyelv megértéséhez : a franciaországi Nancy 2 Egyetem és a Szegedi Tudományegyetem közös munkája / Catherine Claus-Demangeon, Nathalie Vaglio, Újfalusi Németh Jenő et al. Adathordozó: DVD, Nancy, 2004.
 Écouter pour comprendre le hongrois : Outil méthodologique pour mieux comprendre le hongrois; Réalisation de l'Université Nancy 2 (France) et de l'Université de Szeged (Hongrie) munkája / Catherine Claus-Demangeon, Nathalie Vaglio, Újfalusi Németh Jenő et al. Adathordozó: DVD, Nancy, 2004.
 Hongrie DVD-ROM : découverte langue et culture : une méthode interactive pour découvrir la Hongrie, s'initier sa langue et se préparer ŕ la mobilité / producteur: Florence Ducreau ; conception pedagogique: Jenő Németh ; coll. Ágoston Nagy, Miklós Nagy, Mme Jenő Németh, Géza Szász; realisation video: Edit Klucsik. Nancy: Université Nancy; Szeged: Université de Szeged, 2009.

Társasági tagság

 Nemzetközi Magyar Filológiai Társaság
 A szegedi Alliance Française (Szegedi Francia Kulturális Egyesület) alapítója és elnöke (1991—2001); 2001 óta örökös tiszteletbeli elnöke

Díjak, elismerések (válogatás)

 FEB kitüntetés (1983)
 Kiváló Munkáért díj (1981, 1988)
 A Francia Akadémia Pálmarend lovagja (2001)
 Pedagógus szolgálati emlékérem (2006)
 XXIX OTDK Elismerő Oklevél témavezetői tevékenységéért (2009)
 Aranydiploma (=Díszoklevél a Szegedi Tudományegyetemtől; 2015. szeptember 19.)

Hobbijai
Virágkertészkedés, horgászat, fényképezés.

Jegyzetek

Források
 A József Attila Tudományegyetem beszámolója : 1948-1967. Szeged : kiad. Márta Ferenc rektor, 1968
 A József Attila Tudományegyetem Évkönyve : 1968-1999. Szeged, 1969-2000. HU ISSN 0133-4468
 A Szegedi Tudományegyetem évkönyve : 2000-2003. Szeged : Dr. Szabó Gábor rektor, 2005. Francia Nyelvi és Irodalmi Tanszék lásd 101-102. p. HU ISSN 0133-4468

Kapcsolódó információk

 Fülhegyező a franciára, 2005
 Újfalusi Németh Jenő honlapja
 Publikációi a SZTE EK gyűjteményében
 Újfalusi Németh Jenő publikációi a SZTE Egyetemi könyvtár elektronikus katalógusban
 A III. Nemzetközi Hungarológiai Kongresszus kiadványai, 1993; Újfalusi az I. kötet szerzői közt)
 A Pompeji szerzőinek névsora, köztük Újfalusi Németh Jenő
 Francia reneszánsz francia irodalom, oktatatói munka, 2012

Magyar irodalomtörténészek
Magyar filológusok
Magyar műfordítók
Szegváriak
Magyar egyetemi, főiskolai oktatók
1941-ben született személyek
Élő személyek


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require 'test_helper'

class Reports::SocialExpenseModelTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase

  def test_get_business_months
    @model = Reports::SocialExpenseModel.new
    @model.company = company
    @model.fiscal_year = company.founded_fiscal_year.fiscal_year

    assert_equal 12, company.start_month_of_fiscal_year
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Questions burn in Capitol over how Wolf will handle deficit
MARC LEVY, Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It's what everyone in the Pennsylvania Capitol is asking: How will Gov. Tom Wolf balance his budget proposal without a major tax increase?
Most details of the Democratic governor's proposal, to be released Feb. 7, are still under wraps. But Wolf says it will be the first he has proposed without a sales or income tax increase that, in his first two years, he viewed as necessary to offset a huge, long-term deficit he inherited and help fix huge disparities between public schools.
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Spending in the fiscal year starting July 1 could exceed $33 billion, and the big problem is this: Analysts are projecting a $2 billion-plus hole in the state's finances.
Without a major tax increase, Wolf insisted he will not resort to the sort of "smoke and mirrors" that the Republican-controlled Legislature has preferred to tax increases to paper over Pennsylvania's persistent post-recession deficit.
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In the past few years, that has meant siphoning one-time cash from off-budget programs, booking revenues or savings that may never materialize and putting off big payments to counties and insurers.
"I'm trying to do this in a responsible way," Wolf said Thursday.
It's also not clear to what extent Wolf will try to boost aid to public schools, perhaps his top priority.
The potential for a lean budget has stoked alarm in some quarters. That includes county governments, which have felt squeezed by the state for more than a decade into footing a larger share of the cost to handle abused and neglected children and services for the addicted, mentally ill and intellectually disabled.
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"When someone says, 'You need to find ways to be more efficient,' there is only a very small margin there, and we are already down to the bone," said Douglas Hill, the executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.
When state aid for those services does not increase, the result is effectively a statewide property tax increase, imposed by county governments, Hill said.
So far, Wolf has given some hints about how he will balance his budget proposal.
For starters, Wolf has announced steps to trim employee complements in executive-branch agencies, consolidate administrative functions and close halfway houses and two prisons. His administration is also working to cut the cost of managing care for the most expensive Medicaid patients, including the elderly in nursing homes.
Those steps, however, are viewed as marginal compared with the deficit.
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Wolf has said he will renew his push for a tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas production, something lawmakers have rejected for nearly a decade now. He could take a swipe at hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits that benefit private schools and companies. He could target some $250 million in slot-machine gambling tax revenue that is pumped into the horse racing industry.
He could try to raise taxes on narrow categories of income, or revive his failed 2015 proposal to restructure how the corporate net income tax is calculated to remove loopholes the administration says allow some profits to go untaxed.
He could look to cash in on one-time license fees by opening up the state-controlled system of wine and liquor wholesaling to private companies. Or he could try to introduce online access to Pennsylvania Lottery games or add keno to its lineup.
Wolf's more conservative fiscal approach comes as budget pressure is growing from new directions.
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The state is on the hook to start paying off a school-construction bond. It is trying to reverse the flow of highway construction dollars to an expanding state police budget. And environmental groups warn that funding is at an all-time low for Growing Greener, a program central to efforts to improve water quality and open space.
It also comes as pressure on Wolf is growing.
His 2018 re-election bid is in sight, and the Legislature returned in 2017 with bigger — and potentially more conservative — Republican majorities than the ones that already fought off billions of dollars in tax increases sought by Wolf.
Top GOP lawmakers call a tax increase a last resort and they have suggested that they will put a budget bill on Wolf's desk by the June 30 fiscal-year deadline — whether Wolf likes their product or not.
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With public schools still absorbing rising costs and the effects of funding cuts in 2011, district officials are concerned about seeing no increase in state aid next year.
"No one has a magic answer, I get that," said Mark DiRocco, the executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators. "But level funding schools is not an appropriate response and it's not responsible. We need to make sure our kids get a quality education."

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I made an impulse buy this morning. And I've bucked all the trends by doing so. I'll explain.
According to research, impulse buys are most likely to happen in large towns and cities, and not in rural areas. I made mine at quiet Boussac's Thursday market.
Young people are the biggest impulse buyers. Up to 90% of under 25s impulse buy, whereas it's only 37% of 50 year olds. I'm not quite 50 yet, so there was, let's say, only around a 38% chance that I would make an achat d'impulsion today. But I did.
Men are more likely to impulse buy than women. It's true. And they spend more. In the UK men spend £25 on impulse buys, against £19 by women. This is a scary amount in both cases and adds up to around £70,000 over an adult's lifetime. Wow! Well, I'm not a guy, but I also didn't spend £19. I'm still not fitting the profile.
The most popular impulse buys are clothes, DVDs, books, booze and magazines. My purchase didn't fall into that category.
So – what was my impulse buy? Two cou-nu chickens, about 5 weeks old! They cost €2.80 each.
It's Chris's fault. He needed to go to the hardware shop for some more plumbing bits and pieces. He persuaded me to come along for the ride, since I'm a bit down in the dumps at the mo. So I did. And after we'd been to Boussac Brico, we decided to stroll round the market. This ended up with us going to the poultry stall to order our turkeys (5 whites, 2 bronzes and 2 blacks this year), and that's when I made my impulse chicken buy.
Now I unexpectedly had my young chickens, I needed food for them. I only have blé at home. So we had to go to Gamm Vert for that. That's a garden centre, so that meant we also ended up buying more seeds, and also 15 lettuces and 12 beetroot seedlings to inspire our struggling ones at home. See what a slippery slope this impulse buying lark is?
Still, that should satisfy my coup de tête retail therapy urges for a while. Chris can breathe easily again!


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Backlash Against AOC for Telling Navy SEAL Veteran to "Go Do Something About Domestic Terrorists"
Faye HigbeeApril 12, 2019
This latest crop of far left radical Democrats elected to Congress have spent an inordinate amount of time disrespecting the United States and those who served. And AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) is a particular case in point. She jumped in to defend her left wing "sister" Ilhan Omar, who trivialized 9-11. But in so doing, she told Rep Dan Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL veteran who lost his eye while fighting terrorism, to "go do something about domestic terrorists."
"First Member of Congress to ever describe terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9/11 as "some people who did something". Unbelievable. " Rep Dan Crenshaw
You refuse to cosponsor the 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund, yet have the audacity to drum resentment towards Ilhan w/completely out-of-context quotes.
In 2018, right-wing extremists were behind almost ALL US domestic terrorist killings. Why don't you go do something about that? https://t.co/rkb92IxkKX
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 11, 2019
The Omar quotes were not "out of context." Those were her exact words: "some people did something." Then there were more lies in her tweet:
The Daily Wire noted:
Ocasio-Cortez did not state that Omar was only one out of 213 cosponsors of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, along with 42 Republican lawmakers.
Ocasio-Cortez's claim that Crenshaw refuses to support the bill is also a lie. The bill has not even been voted on in the House and just because Crenshaw is not a cosponsor does not prevent him from voting in favor of the bill when a vote is held on it.
Ocasio-Cortez's claim that Omar has "done more for 9/11 families than the GOP" is a blatant lie.
The 2019 version of the bill is a bipartisan action. But the backlash against her tweet was severe – and she won't likely apologize or do anything to fix it. She appears to be so egotistical that she has no real respect for anything or anyone. She's also lying about "right wing extremists" being responsible for all domestic terror attacks.
"Right wing terrorism is more deadly for Americans only if you add a number of very limiting parameters (e.g. excluding the victims of 9/11, ignoring "lone wolf" attacks without solid connections to groups like al-Qaeda and their affiliates, etc…). But if you lift those limitations, and apply equal standards, then the raw and unfiltered numbers of deaths of Americans due to Islamic extremism in the United States over the last fifteen years dwarf the numbers attributable to right wing extremism by a ratio of over 62 to 1." Study reported in IJR
"You're a thousand times more likely to be killed by an illegal immigrant than by a right wing terrorist. Why don't you go do something about that?" Mike Brannon tweet
Mr. Crenshaw did so something, he served his country, unlike you who only served watered down drinks to idiots at the bar! Why don't you resign, you're way under qualified and an embarrassment to your constituents! You're as fake as your black accent!
— BMan (@BmanBluez) April 12, 2019
You're the epitome of the "dumbing of America". A man who lost a body part while defending YOURS and everyone's freedom and you tell him to "Do something". What in the hell is wrong with you lady?
— JustaDad (@thrashed78) April 12, 2019
I can't wait until your term is over. You are such a empty headed idiot. Right Wing Extremists? Don't even start with that crap. It's you so called tolerant lib tards that have been responsible for most assassinations and crazed murders in this country.
— Vincent Ioia/[email protected] (@vjioia) April 12, 2019
Were you born an idiot or is it something you work on every day? You have no idea what @DanCrenshawTX has done for America, nor do you have any respect for it. Go stand watch, in harms way, and come back home. You just might learn something about sacrifice! Dips*%t!!!
— Tony Scalone (@tonyscalone) April 12, 2019
Rep Crenshaw retired from the Navy SEALs after 10 years of service. Even after losing his eye from an IED blast in 2012, he deployed twice more to the Middle East and South Korea. He was awarded two Bronze stars, a Purple Heart, and the Navy Commendation Medal with Valor. But he hasn't done anything for 9/11 victims? Even a modicum of respect would have been nice.
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Cecilia is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Coral Bell School. Her work focuses on civilian protection, mass atrocity prevention, and international human protection norms. She has recently won a three-year Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the ARC to study UN human protection practices. Her project, 'United Nations Peace and Security Reform for Human Protection', will investigate how reform of the United Nations peace and security architecture is shaping the organisation's human protection practices in local conflicts. It aims to develop a new framework for studying the international-local interactions that influence global norm-making and implementation, using interdisciplinary methods drawn from sociology, international relations, and international law.
Cecilia has a geographic focus on armed conflict and political violence in South and Southeast Asia, and has conducted extensive overseas field research. Her books include Child Security in Asia: The Impact of Armed Conflict in Cambodia and Myanmar (Routledge, 2014) and (edited with Alistair D. B. Cook) Civilian Protection in the Twenty-First Century: Governance and Responsibility in a Fragmented World (Oxford University Press, 2016). Her research has been published in journals such as Security Dialogue, Global Governance, and Global Responsibility to Protect. Prior to completing her PhD, Cecilia worked for NGOs in France, Thailand and Cambodia, and for the Advisory Group in AusAID, Australia.
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Parable of the Sadhu Essay
The Parable of the Sadhu Bowen H. McCoy Article Review In the Parable of the Sadhu, a group of climbers from different cultures came across a Sadhu, an Indian holy man, who was frozen and barely alive. The members of the party responded accordingly and each played a role in helping the Sadhu out. Both external and internal forces, however, collectively kept the hikers from devoting their full attention to him. The problem seemed, as McCoy later pointed, that once the Sadhu became too much of an inconvenience, he was handed off to someone else.
Consequently, no one knew whether he had lived or died. In essence, no one in the group took ultimate responsibility for the well-being of the man. The decision to leave the Sadhu later left McCoy feeling guilty about his actions. The perspective that McCoy took in his actions on that mountain were Utilitarian at best. At the time the event on that mountain took place, he was interested in doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people involved. He had verified the Sadhu's pulse and even cradled him.
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He wanted to help the Sadhu further, but he was concerned about the group's ability to withstand the heights to come. Also, the climb they were on, for many, represented the chance of a lifetime. He thus left the Sadhu with his partner, Stephen, and the rest of the group. Stephen exerted more energy in ensuring that the Sadhu was, at least, handed down to one of his porters and escorted down the mountain. When he met up with McCoy later on the summit, Stephen rebuked him for potentially contributing to the death of the Sadhu.
In the coming days after the hike, Stephen pointed out how the case of the Sadhu represented a "good example of the breakdown between the individual ethic and the corporate ethic… When (the Sadhu) got to be a problem, everyone just passed the buck to someone else and took off. " (1) While Stephen did not actually know the fate of the Sadhu, his response to the moral dilemma surrounding the ultimate lack of action of the group seemed to display the characteristics of Kantian deontology to, "Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a universal law of nature. (2) Regardless of the risk of failure in reaching the summit, the party had a moral duty in acting to help out the Sadhu. In this light, Stephen's perspective carries a very persuasive point. Jesus Christ once raised similar points to 'a certain lawyer' in relating to him the Parable of the Good Samaritan. (3) What truly would keep us from helping a man who seems to be genuinely in need? President Truman coined the phrase, "The buck stops here," but in the case of morality, each of us may have a different idea of where that 'buck' really is.
How we interpret that idea potentially defines us for who we really are. The basic question in this article was, 'when do we take a stand? ' McCoy later asks, "When do we allow a 'Sadhu' to intrude in our daily lives? " (1) While we have a duty, as Kant argues, to act morally, regardless of the outcome, we truly can't help everyone. The thesis of the article was, "Not every ethical dilemma has a right solution. Reasonable people often disagree; otherwise there would be no dilemma.
In a business context, however, it is essential that managers agree on a process of dealing with dilemmas. " (1) How much do we really need to give in helping out? As an organization, how do we prepare ourselves to respond appropriately in the event of a crisis? We cannot take a Kantian approach to every ethical dilemma; however, if we continually overlook our set of values and find ways of justifying immoral acts, where do we end up and who do we really become? McCoy's perspective, in relating the Parable of the Sadhu must be considered.
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People of other cultures may argue his perspective citing that the actions these Westerners took to save the Sadhu could have been seen as them imposing their values on the Sadhu. Furthermore, he may not even have wanted to be saved. The perspectives offered in the parable, however, are very powerful and the questions asked are empirical in their consideration. In understanding this parable, we should not pass moral responsibility down to someone else and hope it is dealt with. We need to place more emphasis on the morals and values that prompt us to act and just do it.
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The Parable of the Sadhu Bowen H. McCoy Article Review In the Parable of the Sadhu, a group of climbers from different cultures came across a Sadhu, an Indian holy man, who was frozen and barely alive. The members of the party responded accordingly and each played a role in helping the Sadhu out. Both external and internal forces, however, collectively kept the hikers from devoting their full attention to him. The problem seemed, as McCoy later pointed, that once the Sadhu became too much of an


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Being the world's largest non continental glacier, Siachen ice mass is usually termed because the third pole. This large tract of barren land is appalling owing to its scarce population and its treacherous climate. Viewing this a part of geographical region may be a once during a period expertise. within the Karakoram belt of the Himalaya Mountains lies the World's largest 'non polar' mountain ice mass, and is typically noted because the third pole. called Siachen which suggests 'places of the wild roses', it ranges at associate degree perspective of five,753 m and protrudes towards China. Standing close to the India-Tibet border, it's seventy kilometer long, and lies between the Saltro Ridge Line within the west and therefore the Kakakoram point the east.
With quite a pair of trillion cubical feet of ice, Siachen ice mass inside twenty five kms has forty five peaks that get up to a height of 18000 feet. it's the coldest a part of the country wherever the temperature will dip to minus fifty degrees throughout downfall. This space of Jammu and geographical region is therefore desolate that solely sixteen peaks of the large ice mass has been recognized and out of them solely six are mountaineered.The Siachen ice mass may be approached via Skardu in Ladakh. Being to Siachen ice mass may be a reverie of each mountaineer. A step the ice mass is meant to be associate degree action for these mountain savvy trekkers. however as this space lies close to the border of Republic of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan, special permission is needed for admittance during this region. This space has presence of an oversized army that creates it easier for the mountain climbers to uncover the area unitas that are hidden beneath the sheath of the ice. Rimo ice mass cluster, a bunch of 3 glaciers — North, Central associate degreed South — set at an altitude of between six,000 and 7,000 m on top of water level, mislead the east of the Siachen vary. Between them, these glaciers have virtually 700 -sq-kms of ice, that at places is one hundred m deep. Siachen ice mass imperium therefore contains regarding a pair of,000-sq-kms of ice surface and virtually two hundred cubical kilometers of ice.
"Sia" within the Balti language refers to the Rosaceae plant wide spread within the region. "Chun" refers to any object found in abundance. therefore the name Siachen refers to a land with associate degree abundance of roses. The naming of the ice mass itself, or a minimum of its currency, is attributed to Tom Longstaff.
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Siachen ice mass may be a supply to Nubra stream that later joins Shyok stream.The glacier's melting waters area unit the most supply of the Nubra stream within the Indian region of Ladakh, that drains into the Shyok stream. The Shyok successively joins the 3000 kilometre-long Indus that flows through Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Thus, the ice mass may be a major supply of the Indus and feeds the biggest irrigation system within the world.
The ice mass was unpeopled before 1984, and therefore the presence of thousands of troops since then has introduced pollution and melting on the ice mass. To support the troops, glacial ice has been cut and fusible chemically.Dumping of non-biodegradable waste in massive quantities and therefore the use of arms and ammunition have significantly affected the system of the region
Waste dumping
The waste created by the troops stationed there's drop within the crevasses of the ice mass. Mountaineers UN agency visited the realm whereas on rise expeditions witnessed great amount of garbage, empty ammunition shells, parachutes etc. drop on the ice mass, that neither decomposes nor may be burned owing to the intense climate. regarding one thousand kilograms of waste is created and drop in glacial crevasses daily by the Indian forces.
The Indian army is claimed to own planned a "Green Siachen, Clean Siachen" campaign to airlift the rubbish from the ice mass, and to use biodigestors for perishable waste within the absence of chemical element and freeze temperatures. virtually forty % (40%) of the waste left at the ice mass is of plastic and metal composition, as well as toxins like metallic element, Cd and Cr that eventually have an effect on the water of the Shyok stream (which ultimately enters the Indus close to Skardu.) The Indus is employed for drinking and irrigation.Research is being done by scientists of The Energy and Resources Institute, to seek out ways in which for with success disposing the rubbish generated at the ice mass exploitation scientific suggests that.Some scientists of the Defence analysis associate degreed Development Organisation UN agency went on an expedition to Antarctica are operating to provide a bacteria that may thrive in extreme weather and might be useful in rotten the perishable waste naturally.
Adventure at Siachen ice mass :
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The Siachen Conflict :
The Siachen conflict is that the military war between the Republic of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan over the Siachen ice mass. each the perimeters desires to exercise management over the ice mass. As a result each the perimeters the lost significant toll of men and resources. For quite a decade each the countries have fought at altitudes of over twenty two, 000 feet in minus 60ºC temperature. the explanation of conflict over the ice mass exist the non- demarcations on the western facet of the map on the far side NJ9842. in keeping with the 1972 Shimla Agreement and 1949 urban center Agreement it's not possible for human habitation to survive north of NJ9842. Since 1948 neither the Islamic Republic of Pakistan nor Republic of India have permanent presence within the space.The Indian Army have management over the heights of the ice mass. because the Pakistani Army cannot stand up to the ice mass, same the Indian Army cannot attend the down facet. Republic of India managements the Leh Ladakh region whereas the Islamic Republic of Pakistan exercise control over the Gyong La Pass that overlooks the Nubra and Shoyk stream. in keeping with the estimates one Indian soldier is killed over different day, whereas one Pakistani soldier is killed each fourth day. As per the Indian reports, this operation has price quite fifty billion and has taken a large toll of life. however most of the causalities area unit owing to the dangerous extreme weather and natural disasters.
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Leading telco analyst slams outgoing shadow communications minister's policies as "destructive"
The ICT industry couldn't get a worse shadow communications minister than Nick Minchin, according to telecommunications analyst Paul Budde. Minchin confirmed that he has resigned from his role, effective at the end of next week.
The move followed a request from Minchin and shadow health and ageing minister, Tony Abbott, that opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull reconsider the Coalition's policy position on the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme (ETS).
Budde said Minchin had used his policies to undermine the National Broadband Network (NBN) rather than making a constructive contribution to the policy. "Minchin never came up with any constructive contribution to the NBN, his only aim was basically to undermine it, which he did with the ETS," he said.
Minchin was also criticised by Budde for being against the ICT industry and refusing to engage in any discussion with it. "[If Minchin had have] argued the best way forward for the industry that would have been great," Budde said.
Budde fears the same political line of thought may be carried on if "ultraconservative" Abbot wins the battle for Liberal Party leadership.
He cited his "excellent" relationship with former communications minister and Liberal Senator Helen Coonan and said the ICT industry could work with her.
"Coonan and [former shadow communications minister, now communications minister] Stephen Conroy shared the notion of national interest and there was enough common ground between the two parties at the time, that the ICT industry could live with both," Budde said.
However, Budde doesn't believe the resignation of Minchin leaves a big enough window for the Government to pass its controversial Internet content filtering scheme.
"There is widespread industry opposition against this policy and we don't need the liberal party to support the industry there," he said.
Speaking previously to <i>Computerworld</i>, Budde said the Federal Government's lack of communication on its Internet content filtering scheme, and its refusal to set a date for the release of its findings, suggested that the plans had been shelved.


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$client = new Elasticsearch\Client();

// Index Settings
$indexParams['index'] = 'address';

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$myTypeMapping = array(
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            'index' => 'not_analyzed'
        )
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);

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// Create the index
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The error is as follows:

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  'Client error response [status code] 400 [reason phrase] Bad Request
  [url] http://localhost:9200/address' in
  C:\xampp\htdocs\locatr\vendor\guzzle\http\Guzzle\Http\Exception\BadResponseException.php:43
  Stack trace: #0
  C:\xampp\htdocs\locatr\vendor\guzzle\http\Guzzle\Http\Message\Request.php(145):
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  C:\xampp\htdocs\locatr\vendor\symfony\event-dispatcher\Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher.php(164):
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  C:\xampp\htdocs\locatr\vendor\symfony\event-dispatcher\Symfony\Component\Eve
  in
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  on line 266

Are there any changes between these versions that would break the code? There is nothing as far as I could see from the documentation.
Or is there an issue with the code sample? or is something else more likely?

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Participating in the Logistics Roundtable were (from left to right): Mark Giuffré, vice president of state and government affairs (east region) for UPS; John J. Nardi, president of the New York Shipping Association; Thomas W. Connery, president and COO of New England Motor Freight; and Michael G. McGuinness, CEO of NAIOP New Jersey.
Logistics Industry Overcoming Roadblocks
By Anthony Birritteri, Editor-in-Chief On Oct 24, 2016
New Jersey has a robust network of roads, bridges, highways, airports and seaports. The state is also blessed with a dense population, one of the highest median household income rates in the nation and close proximity to the metropolises of New York and Philadelphia. Combine all of these factors and you realize why the logistics industry is and remains vibrant here. However, logistics industry experts reveal, in this final installment of New Jersey Business magazine's 2016 Trade-talk Roundtable series, that all is not smooth sailing, open-road driving or happy landings. On the following pages, we sit down with industry leaders to discover the successes, the challenges and the future of this vital business sector. Increased regulations, a proposed gas tax increase, technology and more are impacting the industry. How will it "Keep on Trucking" to meet the changing buying demands of today's businesses and consumers? Read on for the answers.
Participating in this Roundtable are:
Thomas W. Connery is president and COO of New England Motor Freight (NEMF), a division of the Shevell Group. He joined the company is 2006 as executive vice president and was promoted to COO in 2007. He was named president in October 2014. Prior to joining NEMF, he spent 11 years with Con-Way Transportation, where he was regional sales and operations manager for the company's New England region. He began his career in 1985 with APA Transport. He is a member of the NJ Motor Truck Association and the Association for Corporate Growth, New Jersey chapter. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Machinists National Pension Plan.
Mark Giuffré is vice president of state and government affairs (east region) for UPS, responsible for public policy that affects all UPS entities in the Northeastern United States. He started working at UPS in 1988 as a package car driver. In 1989, he was promoted into management and spent three years supervising on-car and preload operations in the New York City area. From 1992 to 1994, he served as communications/human resources supervisor for the Metro New York District, and then moved to Atlanta, where he spent another two years working in UPS's corporate communications office. In 1996, he was promoted to communications manager for the Northeast Region. In 2001, he served as the UPS Airlines Public Relations manager. He was later promoted to Region Public Affairs manager in 2007. He was promoted to his current assignment in 2013.
Michael G. McGuinness is CEO of NAIOP New Jersey, the commercial real estate development association, which represents some 750 members in the state. In addition to overseeing the daily operations and programs of the chapter, McGuinness directs the government affairs program and manages the Developers Political Action Committee (DPAC). Prior to joining NAIOP in 1997, McGuinness served as Acting Director for Governor Christine Todd Whitman's Office of the Business Ombudsman. McGuinness currently serves as: a member of the Council on Port Performance, administered by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey; a founding member of the Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition; and a trustee and environmental chair of the New Jersey Society for Environmental, Economic Development (NJ SEED). He has also served on the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission from 2002-2004.
John J. Nardi is president of the New York Shipping Association (NYSA). The organization is comprised of ocean cargo carriers, terminal operators, stevedores and marine-related businesses in the New York/New Jersey port area. Before becoming president in 2013, he served as NYSA executive vice president. In 2014, he co-chaired the Port of NY&NJ Port Performance Task Force. Nardi has nearly 30 years of experience in the maritime industry. He began his career with Atlantic Container Line. In 1994, he joined Hapag-Lloyd (America), Inc. where he held a series of management positions, including executive vice president of corporate operations. He assumed full operational responsibility for Latin and South America in July 2009, when the company merged its North America and Latin America operations.
Q: Please describe your organization and the role it plays in the logistics industry.
Giuffré: UPS is the world's largest transportation and logistics company. We are the third largest private employer in New Jersey with about 19,000 workers here. We like to say UPS is a good bellwether of the economy when you look at what goes through our system; about 7 percent of the gross domestic product at any one time. For us, it is a lot more than just package delivery. It is about all the expanded capabilities that we offer customers. It's the information systems and how information is used to help support the supply chain. It's the warehouse management, distribution and return services … so many other aspects of what our business is today.
Nardi: Our members are terminal operators who work in the port, and ocean carriers who bring cargo to the port. Our main responsibility is to negotiate the collective bargaining agreements on behalf of those members with the International Longshoremen's Association in the Port of New York and New Jersey. We get involved in any subject that impacts the flow of cargo because it affects our competitiveness.
Our members moved about 3.4 million containers in and out of the port last year.
Connery: New England Motor Freight (NEMF) is a privately held transportation and logistics company based out of Elizabeth and owned by Myron Shevell, former vice chairman of NJ Transit. He founded the business 40 years ago. We have 40 facilities spread over a 20-state region. We have about 4,000 employees, 2,000 based in New Jersey. We are a member of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association (NJMTA) and work hand-in-hand with the NJMTA to try to advance causes that support not only the industry, but local roads and infrastructure spending.
McGuinness: NAIOP NJ is a commercial real estate development association. We represent developers, owners, investors and asset managers for commercial real estate, which includes industrial, mixed-use and office properties. We have about 750 members in the state and 18,000 throughout North America. We are primarily an advocacy group, but we also conduct research and educate our members and the public. We provide business development and networking opportunities for members.
Q: From your perspectives, what are the positive attributes of the state's network of ports, highways, airports, warehousing and industrial facilities, etc.?
Giuffré: One of the great things is the connectivity of all the different modes of transportation. We have the airport operations, the ports, the railyards, and the connectivity to such a large consumer market. The connectivity to Philadelphia, New York and elsewhere helps make New Jersey one of the hubs of the logistics industry.
Nardi: New Jersey is situated in the most densely populated and affluent consumer market in the world. Ships coming up from the Panama Canal typically call on New York and New Jersey first. This gives us the advantage of moving cargo, which goes beyond the New York/New Jersey area, into the Midwest hinterland.
Q: What are some of the challenges of operating in the state?
Giuffré: The state has done a great job investing in its infrastructure. However, you can widen the Turnpike all you want, but in the end, it funnels into some significant pinch points, whether it is the George Washington Bridge (GWB), the tunnels or elsewhere. This is something that, from a regional perspective, must be looked at; creating freight corridors and eliminating some of the bottlenecks to allow goods to flow seamlessly.
Nardi: New Jersey is a high cost location with tolls that need to be paid, and the tolls are higher than anywhere else that we experience. The cost of living is high, labor costs are high. It is a challenge to be competitive with other ports.
One thing we are trying to overcome is the 8:00 a.m.-to-5:00 p.m. mentality that exists when it comes to the movement of freight. We need to use different parts of the clock to deliver some of the freight and get it off the road during some of the busy times. However, the whole supply chain must evolve around that. It just can't be the marine terminals. It has to be the people accepting the cargo.
Connery: Cost and regulations are the two biggest issues that we face in our business. NEMF is a mid-sized privately held trucking company and, believe it or not, our tolls run in excess of $1 million a month. Eighty-five percent of that cost is in the metro New York/New Jersey corridor. The challenge of absorbing toll cost increases every year, and trying to pass them onto the customer becomes extremely difficult, so the company ends up reducing its margins. That is our biggest hurdle. Then throw on all the regulations hitting the industry and it is tough to make a profit.
McGuinness: Land costs are keeping the supply a bit constrained, certainly for warehouse distribution centers. Southern New Jersey has more affordable land at the moment.
A lot of the road congestion happens after the goods get to the warehouses. From the warehouse to the consumer is another big issue, especially for towns dealing with a 24/7 consumer mentality. We are participating with the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority on a study to look at best management practices for trucks and towns.
Nardi: I'd like to add that one of the choke points that we see in our business is due to a shortage of customs agents. We are investing billions of dollars in infrastructure, but if we don't have customs agents to release the freight, it doesn't do us any good. Some 2,000 customs agents were introduced into the system last year and 10 of them went to the seaports (across the nation) because the focus is on securing our boarders.
Q: Is New Jersey a better place to do business in versus using port and warehouse facilities on the other side of the Hudson River?
Giuffré: The whole region is a very difficult place in which to do business.
Nardi: It is a bit of a different story for the international container business. Ninety percent of the man hours worked for my members is done in New Jersey. This has shifted over the years when the association started in the 1950s, when most of the work was in New York. Now you need massive facilities and space to stage the containers, so the business has evolved from being New York centric to New Jersey centric. The Port of New York and New Jersey, for all practical purposes, is in New Jersey, and we don't see anything changing that in the future.
Q: What is the condition of our roads, bridges and ports?
Connery: I think everyone knows that the infrastructure is lacking, based on the population it serves. When the various pieces of infrastructure were built, they were never expected to handle the current volume of trucks and cars. Unless they undertake more projects like the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York – where they rebuild these things on a massive scale, which takes huge dollars – it will continue to be a struggle because you are just patching and fixing … not solving problems.
For example, the upper lanes of the GWB have been under construction for years, and truck traffic goes down to two or three lanes at night. The cost to our business has just been staggering because of the delays.
Giuffré: And the upper deck of the GWB is the only deck trucks can go on. Work is done at night, but that is our busiest time. We miss 18 to 19 loads every night that we are stuck in that traffic.
Connery: We have taken the step of changing our entire nighttime line haul network to go around the GWB because the tolls are so expensive. The toll for a five-axle tractor trailer to cross the bridge is $105 cash, with the E-Z Pass discount, it is $75 to $80. Our drivers are now going 21 miles and spending 40 minutes going up to the Tappan Zee Bridge where the toll is $35 less than the GWB toll.
Giuffré: On top of that, add your gas taxes. We are putting a lot [of money] into this system, but we feel we are not getting back what we should be getting back.
Q: How will the proposed gas tax increase impact your operations?
Giuffré: Regarding the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF), for years [the state] has had the opportunity to increase the fuel tax. Even if the increases were small – three cents to five cents at a time – it would have filled the gap instead of waiting 10 to 12 years to suddenly impose a 23-cent increase. It is necessary and we are willing to pay that [increase], but the increase could have been done in a way that was gradual, instead of waiting until we were in crisis mode.
McGuinness: Look at the mass-transit riders; half-a-million people take buses and trains every day. Their fares keep going up almost every year, as opposed to people who buy gas. So, I consider [a gas tax increase] to be tax fairness.
Connery: We consume 1.3-million to 1.5-million gallons of diesel fuel a month. Twenty-five percent of that is in New Jersey. So the company would have to absorb that cost increase and, to Mark's point, it would be like flipping the switch overnight and adding millions of dollars to our cost of doing business.
Giuffré: Obviously, that impacts the final mile delivery and the cost of getting goods to consumers. It is going to cost [them] more if it costs us more. For a small trucking company that has a contract based on a fuel rate at one level, and all of a sudden it takes a huge hit because of a significant [gas tax increase], it is going to hurt them.
Nardi: I couldn't agree more. Nobody likes cost increases, and businesses hate cost increases that they can't pass on. They despise cost increases that can't be predicted. To have this tax increase put on businesses midstream is going to hurt a lot of small businesses.
Q: Are there other alternatives available to fund long-term transportation improvement projects?
Giuffré: The gas tax is the easiest to collect, the least expensive to collect, and the hardest to evade. It is a good user-based system.
McGuinness: The TTF has to be part of the mix. We also know there are plenty of other ways to raise revenues. One proposal that I raised years ago to Governor Corzine is to toll Interstates 78, 80 and 295, because you have tons of trucks picking up goods in the port and going to these huge e-commerce distribution centers up in the Lehigh Valley, which is eating our lunch. I have gone on tours of these centers. They are beautiful and [Pennsylvania] is putting a lot of money into infrastructure. So, why are we just penalizing the truckers going into New York City and Long Island?
Giuffré: I would disagree with that because tolls are the least efficient and worst way to try to pay as you go on the roads. The cost of collection is significant. There are better ways to pay for the roads.
Q: From a technology standpoint, how is the industry changing for all of you?
Giuffré: From the UPS perspective, we are investing over $1 billion dollars a year in technology to make us more efficient, reduce mileage and make us greener.
Connery: Technology is significant. If you go back 10 years, we would pay $65,000 for a class A tractor. Because of the technology, we are now paying $105,000. The dashboard in a truck now looks like a 747 with all of the wiring, electronics and the emissions controls that are present. We are now going to have electronic logs that will be required as of Dec. 17. There will be no more paper logs; everything will be electronically tied to the engine. We are in favor of this, but these are costly technologies.
Giuffré: When you look at the future developments, whether it is smart roads, autonomous vehicles or platooning, we see the industry changing. (According to an article on Truckinginfo.com, platooning involves using technologies to create semi-autonomous road trains, where two or more trucks are controlled by a lead vehicle through wireless communications using sensors. Trucks in such a convoy are able to drive close together, reducing aerodynamic drag and increasing fuel-efficiency by as much as 20 percent).
Though we are not at the point where trucks will drive themselves, we see Tesla and Google testing those technologies. Those can be game changers in the way we do things.
Q: When I think of technology, I think of skilled labor. Are you having a difficult time finding qualified workers?
Giuffré: I think the big challenge when you look at workforce development in the trucking industry, nationally, is the aging demographic for Class A commercial licensed drivers. We don't have young people coming into the industry, so we are hitting a critical point where there is a shortage of qualified drivers … also diesel technicians.
We can address some of these issues through technical schools. You might have students coming out of high school who might not be geared towards going to college, and many of these truck-driving jobs are good-paying, career jobs that you can raise a family on. UPS has a training [program] where our delivery drivers have the opportunity to graduate to tractor trailer drivers.
McGuinness: The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has a brochure with dozens of logistics jobs and starting salaries based on high school or college equivalent degrees.
Q: How much does the average truck driver make per hour?
Connery: Ours guys are union members, so they run from $20 to $25 an hour depending on the contract, plus generous fringe benefits and pension payments.
Giuffré: Our average driver at UPS gets about $32 an hour, plus an additional $30 an hour in benefits.
Nardi: For us, the straight time rate is about $33 an hour.
Q: How is the trend of direct-to-consumer impacting your industry?
Connery: It has been a positive for us. Amazon is a very large customer of ours, as it is for UPS. I know these guys bring in a lot of containers and they buy a ton of real estate. I think it has had an impact on everyone sitting at this table. They are single-handedly changing the retail industry. There is greater pressure to deliver in faster time frames at lower costs. As business people, we have to improve our game to be able to compete.
Giuffré: We used to be a business-to-business, wholesale-to-wholesale type of industry. The main focus today is business-to-consumer direct. Technology is changing that, whether it is e-commerce, all the different ways people are buying and getting goods … it is driving the changes in this industry, significantly.
McGuinness: This whole consumer 24/7 online shopping experience is prompting omni-channel retailing, and traditional stores need the "just-in-time" inventory space. Consumers are buying products online and, a few hours later, they go to pick up the items at the store.
Q: Looking at the growth of Amazon in New Jersey, does the state have available land for more warehouse and distribution space?
McGuinness: Definitely. I-295 from Trenton down through southwest Jersey has lots of opportunities. We are seeing this growing demand moving further south. I see that keeping up for a few years.
Q: What legislation from a local, national and global perspective would you consider to be game changers?
Giuffré: The main thing would be the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other trade agreements.
Q: Will the TPP be good or bad for businesses?
Giuffré: One hundred percent good. It means so much more in terms of the benefits, not just for jobs abroad, but the jobs it creates here. We see our business, when a trade lane is open, grow by almost 20 percent immediately into those [partnering] countries. It is not just UPS business, but all of our customers, small-, medium- and large-sized businesses that now have access into new markets where they can sell their goods. UPS is a huge supporter of TPP and trade agreements as a whole. I believe they are vital to health of the US economy.
Q: There is the perception that these agreements aren't a good thing, that they will result in US job losses.
Giuffré: The world is flat today due to e-commerce, and small businesses here in New Jersey are able to sell their goods [globally]. It is no longer the old days of trade where you had to have international lines of credit and you needed someone overseas to help facilitate the transaction. The financial system and everything else is set in a way that makes it simple, and opens markets to people selling goods to expanding markets.
From UPS's perspective, every time we add another 22 export or import packages into our system, it creates another job.
Q: When looking at consumer and business trends, can you give me your 5-to-10-year economic forecast?
McGuinness: New Jersey will remain a very desirable place for companies in the logistics industry for many more years. In the north, you will have smaller distribution centers, while the southern part of the state will continue to have big ones (million square footers) for at least another three years. I wouldn't venture beyond that.
Nardi: It depends on the world economy, the TPP, exchange rates, etc. We have had tremendous growth over the last 20 years, and we expect to continue to grow as long as there aren't restrictions put in place that will make it impossible to ship goods around the world.
Despite the past growth, it also seems like we are in a period where trade is not growing that fast. What is going to be the next driver to push it again? Nobody knows right now. We have always seen growth in the 5 percent to 7 percent range. We are not seeing it now, but there is nothing to say that we are going to see a contraction. We are looking at a 2 percent to 3 percent growth rate every year. We think that will still be the case unless something dramatic happens.
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{
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    {
        public override void EmitCode(AstSubtractionExpression astSubtractionExpression)
        {
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Whether it's "soda lite" or "flagship lite," people are more sensitive of the list of ingredients than ever before. So, what's a Huawei P9 made of and will it taste the same without the secondary black & white camera and with less metal on the body?
The Huawei P9 lite boasts the same design as its pricier sibling, but only the frame is metal this time around, the back is smooth polycarbonate. And yes, the 12.3MP Leica dual camera is gone, replaced by a more casual 13MP shooter. There are some more technical differences which we'll cover later, but if neither camera can record 2160p video, is this a massive downgrade or something you can live with?
Of course, we're not watching our waistline with this diet, but instead our wallet's - specifically, we'd like it to stay nice and full. And a near 40% price cut is just what the doctor ordered.
An untrained eye may miss the differences between the Huawei P9 and P9 Lite specifications. You'll see the chipset still has eight CPU cores, but they are all A53 now, and the GPU has half the cores. Also, there's no 4GB option for RAM and you start at 2GB, while 3GB is extra. Then there's the camera downgrade and also some connectivity has been dropped (e.g. USB Type-C and 5GHz Wi-Fi) and there's no fast charging for the 3,000mAh battery.
Still, battery capacity is unchanged and the FullHD screen seems the same. The 8MP selfie camera actually sounds better as it has a brighter aperture.
We're starting to taste a deal. However, a wise shopper does due diligence first, so let's get on with that - will the Huawei P9 lite pass the Pepsi Challenge or can consumers taste the difference.


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APGA Chieftain Optimistic Of Credible Polls In 2019
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, has expressed optimism that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deliver a clean election in 2019.
Otti who was APGA governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections told newsmen last Saturday in Enugu that INEC has been putting the right measures for a successful election.
He noted that the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration and other measures being taken by INEC was a positive build-up ahead of the general election.
"My message to Ndi Abia and Nigerians in general is for everybody to participate in the electoral process fully.
"First, go and get your voters' cards handy and ready for vote casting proper.
"There is clear evidence that INEC wants to get it right in the 2019 General Elections by starting all their programmes on time as well as releasing the electoral time-table on time too.
"The commission is currently putting all efforts to confront its challenges on time especially those that border on CVR and other salient issues,'' he said.
According to him, recent state governorship elections conducted by the commission in Edo, Ondo and Anambra States had been adjudged hitch-free and successful.
"I sincerely believe that the 2019 general elections will not be an exception too,'' he said.
2019: LG Boss To Mobilise Groups For Wike
Traditional Rulers Pass Confidence Vote On Wike
The Chairman of Oyigbo Local Government Area in Rivers State, Hon. Akara Okechukwu, has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the forthcoming Governorship election in the area, not leaving out other positions down to the last councillor.
He stated that the foundation of victory has been laid by the Governor of the State, Chief Nyesom Wike, following his infrastructural development in the State.
Hon. Okechukwu said this while reacting after the State PDP campaign team visited his area on Saturday, saying that the people of Oyigbo were ready to reciprocate what the present administration had done for the LGA in every aspect.
" I have no fear and I am convinced that the Governorship candidate of PDP Siminialayi Fubara, and other State candidates of the PDP, will win.
"As I speak, 95 percent of people living in the area have their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and this indicates sure victory for our great party. I thank the people for coming out en masse for the campaign. I am really happy," Hon. Okechukwu said.
Also speaking, Chairman Revenue Committee of the LGA, Senibo Daniel Chijindu, described the massive turn out as historic, saying that it was an indication of total victory.
" I will say that the massive turn out of people is historic because this is the first time people came out en masse for campaign. Honestly, this is an indication that Oyigbo is Simplified and totally PDP.
"Governor Wike has given Rivers State a facelift in all ramifications. That is why Oyigbo people said they are for PDP in totality," he said.
The revenue boss advised those who registered for PVCs to go and collect their cards because that is only way to sustain the good governance of PDP.
In his own remarks, former Commissioner for Commerce and Industry in the state and a stakeholder of PDP in Oyigbo, Hon. Nancy Nwankwo, said adequate sensitisation had been done.
According to her , women in Oyigbo were already prepared to celebrate the victory of Siminialayi Fubara come May this year, saying they will come in their numbers to vote for PDP.
" I am convinced that Sim Fubara will do better hence he was a civil servant. He has proven his intellectual capacity faithful and truthful to replace Governor Wike," she said.
No fewer than 26 suspects have been arrested over the recent killings and arsons that took place in Ekoli Edda Community, in the Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Among those arrested were the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Stanley Okoro-Emegha, and a former chairman of the Afikpo South LGA and Federal House of Representatives candidate for Afikpo North/South Constituency in the 2023 general election, Eni Chima.
The police claimed they (the suspects) were responsible for the killings and arson that pervaded the area on December 26, 2022. In the incident, two persons including a Police Inspector, were killed, while two houses were torched.
The Ebonyi State Police Command, during a press conference, stated this in Abakaliki on Monday.
The command, which spoke through its spokesperson, SP Chris Anyanwu, accused the suspects of being behind the dastardly acts, vowing to arraign them in court soonest.
Aside from murder, the command also accused the suspects of arson, conspiracy, armed robbery and illegal possession of firearms.
According to the police, the suspects must face the wrath of the law, in spite of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor David Umahi.
SP Anyanwu said, "The key actors among the suspects arrested, volunteered useful 'confessional statements' that exposed the aggregate of overwhelming findings hereunder outlined:
"The fracas that engulfed Ekoli-Edda on 26/12/2022 ignited at about 1600 hours during a face-off between the security aides of Hon Stanley Okoro Emegha versus a faction of Ekoli-Edda youth believed to be loyalists of Hon Eni Uduma Chima.
"The protracted political rivalry/supremacy struggle between the duo, is the cause of the showdown that took place. Interestingly, the two political stalwarts hail from same community, belong to same political party and even live in close proximity.
"The visit of the APC chairman to his village on the fateful day, with his aides, infuriated the fragment of the youths in the area who are purportedly adherents of Eni Uduma Chima, hence the showdown that ensued.
"The war songs chanted by Egwu Famous Chinedu, the town crier, amidst hitting/blowing of his gong/trumpet, respectively, galvanised the youth into further action, hence, the rampage and escalation of the brouhaha."
He added, "The investigation further revealed that an attempt to arrest one Aruah said to be the leader of the Ekoli-Edda youth warriors, brought in the warriors who were reserved for the purpose of fighting in the boundary dispute between them and a neighbouring community in Cross River State. The said warriors wielded sophisticated prohibited firearms and their actions further degenerated the situation."
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of hoarding permanent voter's cards, PVCs, with the intent to favour a particular political party at the polls.
ADC alleged that the only explanation for the inability of some persons to get their PVCs despite the Commission's promises and show of force was its deliberate strategy to disenfranchise some voters.
The party made its position on the PVC collection known in a statement by Mabel Oboh, the National Diversity and Inclusion Director, and the National Representative of the party in Lagos Campaign Council.
According to the party, "in Lagos for instance, non-indigenes are greatly affected by this deliberate act of disenfranchisement, based on feedback from our supporters."
ADC noted that, "It is becoming more evident that INEC is not prepared to conduct a free and fair election come February, as a good number of registered voters have not been able to collect their PVCs.
"This is a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise willing, but already fed up Nigerians from voting across the country.
"INEC had enough time to prepare for elections but it has shown itself to be partisan by denying people in the stronghold of the opposition their PVCs.
"We consider this action as rigging before elections. This perpetual act should not be condoned by Nigerians
"ADC also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure all eligible voters collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs.
"Our democratic systems and processes must be respected for the betterment of all, especially now that the country needs good leadership.
"As a third-force political party, ADC has worked very hard to ensure that we win a lot of seats and we are not going to fold our arms and watch our hard work go up in flames.
"We are also advising all those that have not got their voter's card to continue to raise alarm.
"This time around, the people should not allow their mandate to be stolen from them."
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