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Domestic Worker Anti-Discrimination, Retaliation, and Harassment Legislation; Move Levy Resolution to Address Implementation Challenges; King County Hotel-Motel Tax Legislation Update; August Break
Domestic Worker Anti-Discrimination, Retaliation, and Harassment Legislation
On Tuesday August 14th in my Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development and Arts (CRUEDA) Committee we heard a briefing on a necessary legislative fix to Chapter 14.04, the Fair Employment Practices section of the Seattle Municipal Code. This change would protect domestic workers who are independent contractors from harassment and discrimination.
The Fair Employment Practices section (Chapter 14.04) of the municipal code currently only covers employees, not independent contractors. This section of the municipal code is enforced by the Office of Civil Rights (SOCR). You can watch the full briefing here. You can find a draft of the legislation as discussed in briefings here.
The reason this change is necessary is related to a bill recently passed by the Council, under the leadership of Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, the Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights legislation. This historic legislation guarantees that domestic workers earn minimum wage, rest and meal breaks and protects workers from both wage theft and from having their documents withheld.
As a part of the stakeholder engagement and listening sessions led by Councilmember Mosqueda, many domestic workers shared their experiences of harassment and discrimination they are subject to while working.
In exploring how to address the issue of harassment, retaliation, and discrimination legislatively it was discovered that making a change to the Fair Employment Practices section (Chapter 14.04) of the municipal code, enforced by SOCR would be important. Since my committee has legislative jurisdiction over SOCR, Councilmember Mosqueda reached out to my office asking us to collaborate.
In order to ensure that all workers exercising the rights under the new Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights will not be discriminated against, harassed, or retaliated against, we will work to amend this section of the municipal code. We will continue discussing the legislation with interested stakeholders. A vote on the proposed legislation is scheduled for my committee on Tuesday September 11th. To track this issue please sign up to receive CRUEDA meeting agendas.
Move Levy Resolution to Address Implementation Challenges
SDOT announced earlier this year that it was reevaluating implementation of the Move Seattle levy. In April, SDOT published a Work Plan Assessment Report. The report noted that of 31 program areas, 23 were on track, while 8 areas needed "further review and adjustment," meaning potential reductions or downsizing of projects.
This appears to be due to rising construction costs, the reduced opportunity for federal funding under the Trump administration, and overestimation of how much outside funding was realistic. I appreciate the willingness of Interim Director Sparrman to initiate this work, and speak candidly about it.
SDOT plans to propose next steps on August 23 for public comment for the 8 program areas under review, and publish an updated workplan later this year.
SDOT presented an update in the Sustainabilty and Transportation committee August 7, with information about the timeline, process, and recommendations of the Levy Oversight Committee. Also linked on the agenda are reports the Council required re: bridge safety and major corridors.
On August 13 the Council adopted a resolution establishing principles for the revised work plan, to ensure transparency, accountability, and community outreach. The resolution calls for using value engineering to reduce costs, and clear documentation and explanation for any project changes.
As Chair of the committee overseeing Seattle Public Utilities, I believe it's important to coordinate this work with SPU's Strategic Business Plan; at times SDOT projects can require or intersect with utility work. The recent SPU Strategic Business Plan included significant rate increases for $201 million in SPU projects related to the Move Levy. Changes in Move Levy projects could result in changes to the SPU projects related to the Move Levy, and potentially SPU rates as a consequence. For this reason, I introduced an amendment requiring SDOT to coordinate this work with SPU, specifying and documenting any potential impact on SPU's rate path, and report to the Sustainability and Transportation committee, and the Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development and Arts Committee, with an initial assessment due to December 1, and a final report by March 1, 2019.
King County Hotel-Motel Tax Legislation Update
In late June, I wrote about the deliberations at the King County Council regarding the amount of hotel-motel tax that should be devoted toward funding for affordable housing. The bill as introduced would dedicate the legally required minimum of 37.5% toward affordable housing, with $190 million going toward Safeco Field.
In late July, CM Jeanne Kohl-Welles instead proposed to increase the proposal's investment in affordable housing by $184 million, and reduce the amount of funding directed toward Safeco field to $25 million.
Seattle City Councilmembers Mosqueda, Gonzalez, O'Brien, Harrell and myself recently sent this letter thanking King County Councilmember's Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Dave Upthegrove, & Rod Dembowski for supporting more of these funds devoted to build affordable housing.
As the letter states, "The investment in affordable housing would mark a major step toward addressing the growing crisis in Seattle and King County and demonstrate the region's real commitment to the issue."
The next King County Council hearing on the proposal is scheduled for Wednesday August 29th at 9:30am in which there may be a vote.
August Break
The Council is on break through the day after Labor Day, so this newsletter will be taking a break for the next couple of weeks.
Posted on 08/20/2018 Author Joseph PehaCategories TransportationTags Councilmember Herbold, Housing
Housing for Tenants with Disabilities; Delridge Multimodal Corridor; One Center City Bike Network; Bike Share Program & Fees; July Constituent Email Report
Amending the Open Housing Ordinance for Tenants with Disabilities
On Monday July 30, 2018 the Seattle City Council passed CB 119309 amending the Open Housing Ordinance in Chapter 14.08 of the Seattle Municipal Code to increase the types of entities with an obligation to provide reasonable accommodations to tenants with disabilities.
This issue was brought to my attention as an area needing new legislation after litigation and a decision from the Washington State Court where a Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) voucher recipient requested a change in her voucher from a studio apartment to one bedroom as a disability related accommodation. SHA refused to grant her request. As a result, she brought her complaint to the Seattle Office for Civil Rights (SOCR). Here's what happened next:
SOCR issued a finding that SHA had unlawfully denied the voucher recipient a reasonable accommodation and the case was sent to the City Attorney's office for prosecution.
The complaint was filed in the Hearing Examiner's (HE) office and the HE also issued a finding that SHA unlawfully denied the accommodation request. SHA was then ordered to issue the voucher recipient a one-bedroom section 8 voucher and to pay her $1,500.
SHA filed a writ of review at the county level, and moved to dismiss. The judge denied this motion and ultimately affirmed the HE's decision.
SHA then appealed to the Washington State Court of Appeals who reversed the lower court's decision. The Washington Appeals court decided that based on a plain reading of the language in the Seattle Municipal Code and the statutory context supporting legislative intent to cover only the landlord-tenant relationship and did not apply to SHA in its role as a voucher administrator in those cases that SHA isn't also the landlord.
In its ruling. the Washington Appeals court noted that "if the City wishes to extend the unfair practice requirement of SMC 14.08.040.D to include a requirement that Section 8 program administrators like SHA make reasonable accommodation….it can amend the SMC accordingly." This legislation is in direct response to this case and amends the SMC accordingly.
This bill makes several changes to the Seattle Municipal Code including:
Separating the obligation to provide reasonable accommodations from the obligation to provide reasonable modifications. These requirements were previously combined in the SMC and in separating the two it is intended to clarify the different responsibilities associated with each definition.
Revising the party for permitting reasonable modifications from "landlord" to "person" and including a Section 8 or other subsidy program administrator in the definition of "person."
Defining "Section 8 or other subsidy program administrator" to explicitly ensure the SMC applies in the case of parties who are administrators but not landlords or a party such as SHA who is both landlord and administrator.
Adding the term "prospective tenant" to any references to "tenant" to clarify that those applying for units and trying to obtain reasonable modifications are also protected. The Office for Civil Rights currently enforces this law protecting prospective tenants, and this bill will make that protection explicit.
Transportation Actions
The City Council approved three actions on at Monday's Full Council meeting. Below is a brief summary of each one; I sponsored amendments focused on accountability and oversight.
Delridge Multimodal Corridor
During the 2018 budget process, the Council adopted a restriction on spending on the Delridge Multimodal Project. The proviso required Council approval for any SDOT spending beyond 10% design. I sponsored this spending restriction to begin use of the "stage-gating" process for large capital projects. Stage-gating requires regular check-ins with the Council on project status, funding, and public engagement before proceeding.
The Delridge Multimodal Corridor includes improvement to Delridge Avenue SW designed to increase transit speed and access, in coordination with King County's planned transition to convert Bus 120 into the RapidRide H line in 2021.
The Sustainability and Transportation Committee received a presentation on the 10% design, and on Monday the Council voted to authorize additional spending, with a an amendment I sponsored.
My amendment requires a report to the Sustainability and Transportation Committee on 30% design, and Council approval, before spending additional funds. After getting input from community stakeholders, I included language in the amendment expressing an expectation the Council will receive from SDOT "a clear definition of the sidewalk and bicycle infrastructure improvements in the project scope," and anticipating that the 30% design package "will reflect continued community engagement and input in the project development."
This is a good example of how the enhanced oversight and accountability of the "stage-gating" process for construction projects should work, requiring regular check ins on progress and budget status. This also has the benefit of allowing residents and advocates to get their questions answered, and ensure Council hears their concerns early on.
Work on revising Capital Project Oversight began in 2016 with the North Precinct project cost increases. It started by first getting several departments to adopt common project terminology and defining approval phases, and quarterly updates to the Council to identify problems early. The enhanced quarterly reports will begin in the 3rd quarter of 2018.
One Center City/ Center City Bike Network
In anticipation of the "period of maximum constraint" Downtown, SDOT has partnered with King County Metro, Sound Transit, and the Downtown Seattle Association in the One Center City group. They have been meeting since 2016 to develop a series of planned actions to move people safely and efficiently through the center city from later this year until 2021, when light rail will arrive at Northgate, though a variety of planned actions.
In 2017, only 25% of trips Downtown were in single-occupancy vehicles. The period of maximum constraint will further stress the system, requiring alternative access to Downtown.
Downtown faces a high volume of projects: removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, opening of the SR 99 tunnel, reconstruction of Alaskan Way, all buses vacating the Downtown tunnel for expansion of light rail and expansion of the Washington State Convention Center. The Center City Streetcar project is currently on hold as the study ordered by the Mayor on construction and operations costs is completed.
Last week Mayor Durkan announced some of the early actions to implement the One Center City program. Transit enhancements planned before March 2019, when buses will exit the tunnel, include adding bus stops, adding ORCA car readers to allow for pre-paying on all routes, adding real-time arrival signs at all stops, and adding additional bus-only hours on 3rd Avenue. Signal enhancements are planned by March 2019 on 2nd and 4th Avenues, and transit pathway enhancements on 5th and 6th.
In June the Council adopted a resolution directing SDOT to provide quarterly reporting on: a. implementation of the One Center City program, b. the performance of the transportation system with these projects, and c. SDOT's intended actions to manage for the subsequent quarter. This came after the Council majority unfortunately voted against a motion to not allow buses to leave the tunnel, as necessary for the Convention Center expansion, until September 2019. I supported not allowing buses to vacate the tunnel until September 2019 as one way to reduce the combined impacts of these projects on commuters.
The success of the One Center City program is especially important for West Seattle commuters. The removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct will require buses that access Downtown on the Viaduct to find another way into Downtown until Alaskan Way is re-built. Eventually, buses will access Alaskan Way just before the entrance to the tunnel, then turn right onto Columbia onto 3rd Avenue. During the interim period, buses such as the C Line will access Downtown via 3rd Avenue at first, then later on 1st Avenue. More specifics will be available on this later when WSDOT announces their timeline for Viaduct removal.
I've also heard frustration from West Seattle bike commuters about the lack of access across Downtown. Without dedicated access through Downtown, reaching areas to the north of Downtown, such as employment centers in South Lake Union, is difficult, and often unsafe. The Downtown bike network is designed to help provide this kind of access to bike commuters.
One result of the One Center City program is that the implementation of the Center City Bike Network included in the Bicycle Master Plan has been delayed. SDOT announced that the 4th Avenue two-way protected bike lane, for example, has been delayed from 2018 until 2021. While noting this, the Council passed a resolution in support of a Center City bike network.
Among other amendments to this resolution, I proposed an amendment to this resolution to clarify the broader context of the One Center City program. Bike network implementation must not compromise the One Center City goal of moving people safely and efficiently through the Center City.
With all the planning to date, we can't fully know what will happen when tolling begins on the tunnel next year. For this reason, some flexibility in implementation and scheduling of actions relate to the Downtown Bike Network may be necessary.
New Fees Passed to Support Free Floating Bike Share Program
After the demise of the ill-fated Pronto system that used fixed bicycle parking docks, Seattle became a focus for "free-floating" privately-funded bike share companies, since Seattle was one of only a few of the 50 biggest cities in the USA without a fixed dock system. Last year SDOT adopted a one-year pilot program under its existing street use authority, and charged the private-sector companies for use of city streets.
The use of these bikes has been much broader than the Pronto system, and the demographics of use have been reflective of the City's population; a survey found that 36% of Latino and African-Americans have tried the system, along with 32% of Asian and White respondents.
The Council approved fees for use of public right of way for what SDOT terms "free-floating bike share" bicycles. The legislation sets a fee of $250,000 each for up to four companies to provide bike-share bicycles, a similar fee to that the City charges Car2Go and other car-share companies for use of city streets.
Given SDOT's existing Street Use authority, the legislation by the Council is limited to setting fees. Some of the funds will be used to construct designated bike share parking. Bike parking will be developed in areas where car parking is currently prohibited, such as the 30-foot zone from stop signs. This is to ensure both that existing car parking isn't removed and ensure that bike parking doesn't block driver's views. Some of the funds will be used for enforcement of parking regulations
While the system is providing better citywide access than Pronto, and operates with no public subsidy, I do have concerns about "free floating" bikes blocking sidewalks, with impacts to pedestrians, especially to disabled and elderly persons.
In this spirit, I sponsored amendments to the legislation that:
1) limit the fee approval to bicycles and adaptive cycles to accommodate disabled riders, so that approval will not include other devices such as electric scooters (other devices would have been allowed in the original version);
2) request quarterly updates from SDOT about installation of designated bike parking associated with the free-floating bike share program;
3) request SDOT provide a written plan for sidewalk management and safety, addressing the increasing use of fast-moving electric-motor devices on sidewalks by December 31, 2018. Former WSDOT Director MacDonald has emphasized the need for a clear plan to address pedestrian safety on sidewalks with the rise in electric devices such as electric skateboards, hoverboards and uniwheels.
I strongly believe we need much greater clarity about sidewalk safety before considering approval for other electronic devices.
July Constituent Email Report
Constituent correspondence is a very important task in my office. My staff and I spend time every day helping you improve our community, whether that's through getting you help from a city department with our constituent case management services or giving you information about legislation that the Council is considering. The unshaded categories and numbers are problem-solving emails answered in July, what I refer to above as "case management services." The shaded categories and numbers are emails answered in June related to policy or legislation the Council is considering.
Creating a Roadmap to Becoming a 100% Renewable Energy and Carbon Neutral City
OSE is embarking on funded 100% Renewable Cities Project, a three-year effort to develop equity-centered climate strategies with members of the Environmental Justice Committee and the community. OSE is partnering with Puget Sound Sage, SDOT and City Light in this work. Actions will focus on reducing climate emissions by transitioning to fossil fuel-free heating & hot water, increasing efficiency, electrifying transportation & reducing VMT, and expanding solar and other renewables. A potential initial priority for the group is developing a residential roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality in residential buildings by 2050.
With a generous grant from the Kresge Foundation, Puget Sound Sage is partnering with the City to work with the community to co-create a roadmap to become a 100% renewable energy and carbon neutral city. The City/Community collaboration will work to 1) embed equity in the policies and programs developed to implement the Mayor's climate agenda and 2) design a roadmap to fully transition Seattle to an equitable, renewable, and carbon-neutral energy future.
Mayor Durkan recently released an updated Climate Action Strategy, a suite of actions designed to significantly reduce GHG emissions from the buildings and transportation sectors, Seattle's largest sources of emissions. The overarching strategy is to transition these sectors to Seattle City Light's clean and carbon neutral electricity. The Equity and Environment Agenda includes a suite of process and outcome recommendations to embed equity in the city's environmental work and creates the foundation for advancing equity through climate action.
Posted on 06/21/2018 Author WysockSCategories TransportationTags Climate change, equity, Greenspace, Renewable Energy
South Park; Second West Seattle Tree Cutting Settlement; Amazon Meeting; How Will Sound Transit Develop a Preferred Alternative for West Seattle Light Rail?
Like you, I was shocked, saddened, outraged, and worried for the safety of my neighbors when we learned about the shooting of one of our South Park children.
Wednesday evening, I was at the Denny/Sealth PTSA Safety meeting at Neighborhood House in High Point when the officers that were the presenting guests were called away to respond. Many of you were much closer to this event. Maybe you, like I, felt a sense of helplessness in the face of such a needless tragedy.
When a teenager or any child in our community is shot we all feel that pain in different ways. It is my greatest hope that the child involved can recover fully, and that family and community members are there to offer support every step of the way.
As a parent and grandparent this is the worst of our fears. But I need you to not feel helplessness. I need you to keep raising your voices to demand more from City Hall.
I know that South Park will not be defined by this incident, but instead by the strength and pride of this community who, every opportunity, rallies to the aid of others who are suffering.
While it's too early to know specifically what could have been done to prevent this senseless shooting, what we do know is it is past time for City Hall to really rally its support for South Park. What I do is commit to you in my capacity as representative of our community to continue to keep the health, safety and welfare of my South Park constituents at the forefront. As a Councilmember, the formal scope of my powers doesn't necessarily extend beyond legislation and budget decisions. But it does afford me a chance to secure resources and services for all of us, and to advocate for the community.
I've been able to advocate for the residents of South Park, only because of the efforts that many of you have made to engage with my office. Over the last two years my staff and I have worked on South Park issues ranging from:
Securing a dedicated SPD bike beat
Securing a mobile precinct unit for South Park
Closing several residential and commercial nuisance property cases while continuing to work on others
Advocating for the clients of the South Park Information and Referral Center
Supporting efforts to do community-based planning for the South Park Neighborhood Center
Supporting superfund remediation efforts for the Duwamish
Pushing to break ground on the long-delayed SPU Pump Station project to improve the environment where you live
Working to improve the lighting on the streets, in alleys, and recreation areas
Helping the Duwamish Valley Affordable Housing Coalition, to support their capacity building to undertake anti-displacement work in the Duwamish Valley
Proposed and secured funding for the South Park Family Service Center
Helped ensure the future of Duwamish Waterway Park and the continued development into a park space
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South Park Public Safety Task Force (see below)
Let's continue our efforts to work with the precinct officers to maintain their presence, engaging the crime prevention coordinators to help SPD to be more proactive, fighting for greater support for youth engagement and violence prevention services, mental health funding, and other services that help the people that need it most, and implementing and funding the recommendations from the community-driven South Park Public Safety Task Force. The Council, in the budget process, secured $600,000 for implementation. The Executive has committed to reprioritizing funds to help implement some others.
Over the last couple of days, I've been in touch with the Mayor's Office, Chief Carmen Best, and City departments. Below is an update on the City's work to implement the recommendations of the South Park Public Safety Task Force. Please click here for an update on the City's work to implement the recommendations of the South Park Public Safety Task Force. Thanks to the Mayor's Office and the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) for their work in coordinating this update; DON is assigning a point person to make sure these items keep moving forward.
I'll see you at the vigil tonight.
Second West Seattle Tree Cutting Settlement
On Monday, the City Attorney announced a settlement of $360,000 for a second tree cutting lawsuit stemming from the illegal cutting of 153 trees on public property in the East Admiral area in early 2016. The first lawsuit was settled in 2017 for $440,000. Remediation work is underway, including saplings that were planted within the last week.
Saplings now adorn a hillside where the trees once stood, though it will be decades before our West Seattle greenbelt is truly restored. Thank you to City Attorney Holmes and his team for securing this $360,000 settlement, in addition to the $440,000 settlement from last spring; I expect these clear consequences will make someone think twice before considering arboricide in the future. I'm glad the funds will be going to restore this greenbelt, and other greenbelts in Seattle.
Here's a link to the City Attorney's announcement. Parks and Recreation Interim Superintendent Williams notes that over 620 trees have been planted, and over 5,500 native plants overall.
Trees in our greenbelts are precious natural resources that maintain soil stability, thus lessening the risk of landslides, and maintain air quality by absorbing carbon.
Earlier, the King County Prosecutor opted not to file felony criminal changes; the City Attorney has jurisdiction over lesser charges, i.e. misdemeanors.
Today's Amazon Meeting
Later today some of my colleagues and I are attending what has been referred to as the "Amazon Reset Meeting," along with a number of other policy makers and opinion leaders in Seattle. I think of it as an opportunity for King County Councilmembers, State Legislators, Governor's staff, School Board members, Seattle College Presidents, and other attendees to set the terms for what we as a City believe is important for a good corporate partner that is employing a larger and larger portion of our workforce.
I've not been shy about calling for Amazon to pay more attention to its labor practices. I sent this letter last year and worked to get the famous "reset letter" to also include these same critical issues.
These are the topics on Amazon's agenda today:
Providing Affordability and Opportunity in Seattle
Seattle Business Environment
Education and the Future of Work
It's important for Amazon to understand the elected leaders in this region highly value workers' rights, and that in seeking a better relationship with Amazon will not look the other way when workers are misclassified as contract employees and labor rights are denied. I also want to ensure that union represented workers in markets that Amazon has and is acquiring are secure in their employment futures.
With that in mind I will continue to advocate for many of the issues important to Amazon workers: not receiving minimum wage, overtime, rest breaks, paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, and other benefits. Resolving these problems for the workers who keep Amazon running – and others struggling to make it in our City — is critical for the high cost of living in Seattle.
Finally, I want to ensure the understanding that preemption bills in the State Legislature that would limit Seattle's ability to enact strong labor laws are not acceptable to many City of Seattle lawmakers.
How Will Sound Transit Develop a Preferred Alternative for West Seattle Light Rail?
Next Tuesday, February 13th Sound Transit will host the first open house for light rail to West Seattle. This is part of the "early scoping" period from February 2 to March 5, which starts the formal process to develop the route light rail will travel from Downtown to West Seattle.
It's vital to get involved and put forward proposals for the light rail route as early as possible. Suggestions from the public will inform what gets considered through the three-tiered formal decision making process for developing the preferred alternative for the light rail route for the West Seattle and Ballard extensions.
The first layer is the Stakeholder Advisory Group, which began meeting on February 8; the full membership roster was announced earlier this week. They will make recommendations for alternatives to study, and for a preferred alternative. They are advisory to the Elected Leadership Group.
The Elected Leadership Group will recommend a preferred alternative for consideration by the Sound Transit Board of Directors based on input of the Stakeholder Advisory Group, the public, and the voter-approved project scope, schedule and budget. The first meeting was in January.
Members of the Stakeholder Advisory Group come from neighborhoods along the entire line, from West Seattle, SODO, Downtown, South Lake Union, Uptown (Lower Queen Anne), Interbay, and Ballard. Members of the Elected Leadership Group represent all those areas as well (I serve on it as the Councilmember representing West Seattle); Snohomish County Executive Somers, Chair of the Sound Transit Board, is also a member.
The Sound Transit Board will make the final decision to adopt a preferred alternative. This board consists of elected officials from throughout the Sound Transit district in Snohomish, King and Pierce Counties.
Proposals from the public will inform the decisions made by each of the three layers of decision making. Here's Sound Transit's Community Engagement Guide, which includes additional information about how to get involved. More information is available at the Sound Transit document archive and the project website.
Here's a link to a document that shows the decision making process and the schedule flow; I've asked Sound Transit to update the document to clarify that the Neighborhood Forums listed in the schedule are tied to the recommendations schedule of the three formal groups.
Posted on 02/09/2018 Author Newell AldrichCategories TransportationTags Councilmember Herbold, West Seattle


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How do people experience this in the life of the church?
Every worship service at Grace now includes a time for worshippers to respond to a specific mission opportunity.


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Ramaphosa retrenches workers on his farm
By Mandla Khoza - 27 November 2019 - 07:47
President Cyril Ramaphosa has had to retrench over 20 workers in one of his farms due to foot-and-mouth disease and bad trading conditions.
Ramaphosa drove to his Ntabanyoni farm in Badplaas, Mpumalanga, himself last month to deliver the bad news to the workers. He told them that 22 out of 46 full-time employees at the farm were to lose their jobs.
The news, which Ramaphosa delivered on the morning of October 25, left many of the workers devastated. Some of them are now appealing on the president "to find ways" to help them feed their families.
The job losses came at a time when Ramaphosa is on a drive to attract investment and create jobs for millions of unemployed South Africans. Reducing unemployment has become one of the key priorities of his administration.
But for Aaron Mokoena and many of his retrenched colleagues, unemployment is now a reality.
Mokoena told Sowetan that the move came as a shock to them and things were going to be harder going into the festive season.
"This is the worst Christmas ever where one will have to live as an unemployed person.
"You know the President came himself, he told us all that we are going to be retrenched and that was a shock as names were called. For me it's hard because there are 11 people who depend on me, it was very hard to go home and tell my family that I'm jobless," said Mokoena.
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"I so wish he can reverse that decision. We understand the business is not making money but what about our families? "Maybe we can work on contract just to buy food..."
In Ntabanyoni, Ramaphosa farms a rare breed of cattle known as Ankole. He first imported the breed from Uganda and is regarded as the biggest Ankole farmer in the country.
Ntabanyoni's operations manager, Ben Molotsi, confirmed the retrenchments.
He said they were mainly as a result of a foot-and-mouth outbreak that caused major losses for the farm.
The farm, he added, had only two option: reduce the number of staff or face liquidation.
"We know it's not nice to retrench people, but this was a business decision... Actually the employees themselves wrote their names and submitted that it's better we retrench because when the business is doing good and back on track they will get first preference as former employees whom we have invested a lot experience on them," Molotsi said.
Responding to complains from some of the retrenched workers, Molotsi said no one was treated unfairly.
"We understand the President is involved but people have responsibility to tell the truth. Yes the President came and spoke to them in person, as he didn't want anyone in the management to speak to them. He let them ask questions and they were settled and understood. We have done all processes for retrenchment, they were alerted earlier, they got their 13th Cheque and we have paid them retrenchment severance up to 18 days and they were also paid their day offs too."
He said the company has also agreed to pay half of the former employees' fees towards skills development courses.
"We also promised that if one needs to study, to maybe start a business, the company will pay half of their skills development courses," he added.
Another affected employee, Mhlonipheni Nkosi, said he wished Ramaphosa could find ways to let them return to work.
"We understand the situation, but you know the President is so big to fail. I wish he can find ways to give us back our jobs because we are young and we need to feed our families," said Nkosi.
Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko declined to comment, referring enquiries to Molotsi.
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Popis
Ochmety jsou opadavé nebo stálezelené (L. odoratus), poloparazitické, lysé, dvoudomé keře s jednoduchými téměř až zcela vstřícnými listy se zpeřenou žilnatinou. Květy jsou jednopohlavné, zpravidla pěti nebo šestičetné, přisedlé, uložené v prohlubních vřetene úžlabního nebo vrcholového hroznu. Každý květ je podepřen drobným listenem. Kalich je vejcovitý, bez laloků. Koruna je bílá, nažloutlá nebo zelenavá, tvořena 4 nebo 6 drobnými, volnými korunními lístky. Tyčinky jsou přirostlé ke korunním lístkům. Semeník obsahuje jedinou komůrku a nese válcovitou čnělku zakončenou hlavatou až uťatou bliznou. Plodem je kulovitá až vejcovitá, hladká bobule.

Rozšíření
Rod ochmet zahrnuje v závislosti na taxonomickém pojetí 2 až 10 druhů. Je rozšířen od střední a jihovýchodní Evropy přes jihozápadní a Střední Asii, Himálaj, Mongolsko a Čínu po Japonsko a jihovýchodní Asii. Ochmet evropský (v úzkém taxonomickém pojetí) je rozšířen ve střední a jihovýchodní Evropě, izolovaně také v jižním Turecku a na Krymu. V České republice roste poměrně hojně až roztroušeně v teplejších oblastech. Druh Loranthus odoratus se vyskytuje v tropické jihovýchodní Asii na ostrovech Sumatra a Sulawesi.

Ekologické interakce
Ochmety jsou poloparazitické keře, rostoucí na kmenech a větvích jiných dřevin. Nejčastěji rostou na různých druzích dubů. Ochmet evropský je vzácně nacházen i na jiných listnatých dřevinách, jako je habr obecný, trnka obecná nebo javor babyka, mimo území ČR i na kaštanovníku, buku lesním nebo lípě. Může být naopak hostitelem jmelí bílého. Některé asijské taxony rostou i na jiných zástupcích čeledi bukovité, na meruňce, hrušních, břízách, jilmech, olších nebo platykaryji z čeledi ořešákovité. Tchajwanský druh Loranthus kaoi parazituje na jiných poloparazitických zástupcích čeledi ochmetovité, zejména na rodu Taxillus.

Ochmet proniká haustorii do dřeva hostitelské dřeviny a připojuje se přímo k cévám xylému, z nichž čerpá vodu a minerální látky jdoucí od kořenů do koruny stromu. Rostlina provozuje vlastní fotosyntézu a nedochází k výměně asimilátů s hostitelem.

Taxonomie
Taxonomie rodu Loranthus je dosud velmi nesjednocená. V minulosti do něj byly řazeny stovky druhů (Květena České republiky uvádí 450 až 500 druhů), které byly s nástupem molekulárních metod postupně rozřazeny do jiných rodů této taxonomicky komplikované čeledi. K. Kubitzki uvádí v díle vydaném v roce 2015 pouze 2 druhy: Loranthus europaeus a L. odoratus. Druh L. europaeus je zde pojat široce, s rozšířením sahajícím od Evropy až po Japonsko, a jsou do něj zahrnuty asijské druhy (L. tanakae, L. lambertianus, L. delavayi, L. kaoi aj.), v některých starších zdrojích řazené do samostatného rodu Hyphear.
Podle výsledků molekulárních studií je nejblíže příbuzným rodem monotypický rod Cecarria, zastoupený jediným druhem v oblasti od Malých Sund po Austrálii.

Zástupci
 ochmet evropský (Loranthus europaeus)

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Flóra Mongolska
Flóra Střední Asie
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Home » IANS » Charlie Sheen's parents found after going missing in wildfire
Charlie Sheen's parents found after going missing in wildfire
Published on : Sat 10th November 2018, 06:14 PM
Los Angeles, Nov 10 (IANS) Veteran actor Martin Sheen and his wife Janet were found safe and "fine" after their actor son Charlie Sheen took to social media saying he could not get a hold of his parents who may have been caught in the California wildfire.
Charlie had on Friday tweeted: "I cannot get a hold of my parents, Martin and Janet Sheen… If anyone has eyes on them, please let me know that they are safe and sound in the middle of this horrific scenario."
The message was widely shared, according to hollywoodreporter.com.
Later, a news reporter caught up with Martin at Zuma Beach, where he had evacuated Friday morning and stayed all day. The journalist informed him of Charlie's tweet that his parents were missing.
Martin took the opportunity to send a message to his son and other children: "Emilio, Ramon, Renee, Charlie, we're fine, we're at Zuma Beach and we're probably going to sleep in the car tonight. We're just fine. We hope you are, too, and thank this good man, fellow Screen Actors' Guild member for giving this opportunity to make contact with you guys."
Janet did not make an appearance on-camera, but the journalist mentioned she was present, hollywoodreporter.com reported.
As per Martin, "this is the worst (fire)" he has seen seen" in the 48 years he has lived in Malibu, which was evacuated early Friday due to the fire.
"I've never seen one with this intensity, for this long, that took out so much property and caused such havoc," he said of the situation, which has forced thousands of people, including Hollywood celebrities like Rainn Wilson, Kim Kardashian West and Lady Gaga, to evacuate their homes.
During the interview with Fox 11, Martin said he just took things to eat from his house but didn't save anything else. He said the one thing he always thought he would pack would be his passports, but he forgot them "so we won't be travelling, at least overseas, for a while".
"We're just going to have to reconnect and rebuild and rethink what we're doing with our lives."
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Write once, run anywhere – this is the preferred strategy for developers today, as it is more economical. This is why cross-platform app development is very popular today.
Cross platform app development allows enterprises to create popular mobile apps that run smoothly on Android and iOS devices. Developing native apps separately in these two operating systems can prove to be much more expensive, time consuming, and cumbersome. The rising popularity of cross platform apps in the post-pandemic era has led to a demand for cross platform app developers across the world.
Now let us check out the most popular cross platform app development tools:
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This tool facilitates swift prototyping, and high early velocity, and yet is intuitive and user friendly. If you are familiar with JS, you can quickly master React Native. It is ideal for agile development, as it uses much less memory for tasks that need a lot of calculation when compared to JS.
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Texas Hold Em
3 Poker Strategy
4 Playing Your Holecards
5 How To Play The Flop
6 How to put your opponents on tilt
7 Other Poker Games
8 Glossary
Example of a cheating hand. Always count the cards.
Texas Hold 'Em is far and away the most popular form of poker in the world today, played badly by millions of people. There are, in fact, only 24 good poker players in the world, and the rest of us are just moving the money around for them. The Fundamental Theorem of Poker states (roughly) that when your opponents give you money, you gain, and when they don't, you go bust. Texas Hold 'Em is all about smart people tricking stupid people into giving them all their money. If you're a stupid person, please come play. If you're a smart person, you may want to consider a nice hobby such as crochet or underwater basket weaving.
Texas hold 'em was invented by Michalis Michalidis (also known as shylife or miioouu) in 2005 while a student at Maradonas Sandwich Bus in Larnaca, Cyprus (Opposite Fantasia strip club). His name for the game was Tennessee Two Card in honor of his home state. It was a very popular game at his dorms Friday night poker games with future Oscar winning actor Tommy Lee Jones and other dorm mates. Most Harvard alum from this time period still reffer to the game by it original name. In 2006 however, in a sign of things to come, the detailed game rule book written by Al Gore was stolen by future political opponent George W Bush during a botched panty raid where Bush along with his Skull and Bones buddies(including future US Senator John Kerry) accidentally went to a male dorm instead of a female one. Bush didn't leave empty handed however, returning to Yale with Al Gore's Tennessee two card rule book. Taking it with him to Texas he would rename the game in honor of that state. Many claim an alleged addiction to the former 'Tennessee Two Card,' now 'texas hold em' in the strip poker medium, led to a compromising experience by William Clinton as he found himself naked with a white house intern.
Texas Hold Em is characterized by a particular set of jargon that uniquely identifies the game, such as small blind, big blind, puck, flop, turn, river, nuts, American Airlines and Big Slick. Therefore, you can identify a game of Texas Hold 'Em by the confusing conversations that occur around the table, such as:
"I flopped the nut straight with Ken Warren, but up came running Bitches and this other guy won because he had Four Tits in his pocket".
Translated roughly into the English language, this sentence becomes
"Some idiot who doesn't know how to play poker beat me".
This statement is also known as a bad beat story. Texas Hold 'em players are strongly encouraged to constantly tell each other their bad beat stories, as they are sometimes more entertaining and unique than the game itself.
Poker Strategy[edit]
The most important strategy is being DRUNK - That's it! If your horoscope or fortune cookie says today is your lucky day, play Texas Hold Em! If you're a new poker player then you have beginner's luck. If you are a female over the age of 21, then you're a lucky girl. If you have a lucky charm, talisman or orange, bring it along to play poker. Even if you just have a lucky feeling, today is the best day to play poker. Or unless ur my friend Kiet then everyday is a good day to play poker!
When you're in the fish tank, be the shark: don't be the fish.
Learn all of the dialogue from Michael Moore's movie Rounders. It is physically impossible to have a successful game of Texas Hold Em without someone eventually imitating John Malkovich.
Don't play against MIIOUUUU who DRINKS J&B at the table.
Wear a CONDOM and sunglasses ON YOUR HEAD. All the Pros wear them because of the bright lights in a poker room. There's nothing worse than glare off the cards. If you don't have a baseball cap wear a sun visor, it's just as good. Don't wear a tuque unless you're cold or in CYPRUS.
Common wisdom is to develop an unemotional "poker face" while playing. This is a poor strategy as any variation in the poker face is an instant tell. Instead yell "IM ALL IN!!!!!" and do SPIT ON THE FLOOR when your hand is dealt, the flop is revealed and the river card comes up. If possible, pee yourself a little. If SPITING consistently your opponent will have no way of knowing if your hand is good or bad.
If you are ever put in a position where you are asked to take off your pants at the table, get up and run, because it is the code word known around the table except for you that your house is being raided by a group of Vietnamese ninjas dressed in polka dotted capes.
Ancient Egyptian proverbs must be spoken out loud when dealing, this is a ritual for all players regardless of religion or nationality.
Beware of the Weak means strong and strong means weak tell. When someone bets aggressively, loudly saying, "ALL IN" and VOMITING WHISKEY AT the table with his bet, that means he's bluffing. He's got the best hand when he bets quietly or says, "ESHI TRIA XRONIA POU PAIZO REEEE MIOUU".
Just in case also beware of the tricky player that does the Reverse Weak means strong and strong means weak tell.
Only the Top Pros use the Maxwell Smart, Double Reverse weak means strong and strong means weak tell.
If you are dealt pocket aces and decide to raise before the flop, then everyone will assume you have a strong hand and fold, thus you do not make the most of a good hand. If you merely call, then your opponents will realise that you're betting slowly to sucker them in to making a large bet themselves, and will again fold meaning you don't make the most of a good hand. Therefore, if you are dealt pocket aces, the best strategy is to spit on the floor and they whill take you home because your drunk and then faint on the toilet only to be awaken by your father the next day kicking your ass and yelling SIKOU RE KOUNOSHILE KAME KAMIA DOULIA.
Playing Your Holecards[edit]
Everybody gets two cards delt face down and looks at them. Good players can bend their cards just enough so they alone can see them; bad players can't and flash their cards to nearby players or a strategically-placed camera. The player left of the big blind is first to act and can call, raise or fold. Tip: before you act, take a look at the player to your left. If he looks to be over 60 years old and maybe 300 pounds, that's Doyle Brunson. He's a much better player than you are, and you should fold; then go play at another table.
On those rare occasions where you don't have a big old guy to your left, take another look at your holecards and decide if they constitute a good Blackjack hand (Should you have A-10, resist the urge to turn them over and declare "Blackjack!": raise instead). Good Blackjack hands tend to be good Hold'Em hands and vice versa: except for those cases where you would double down in Blackjack, like 8-3: those would be really bad Hold 'Em hands you would fold. Otherwise you call or raise depending on how lucky you feel.
If somebody raises you, take a good long look at him. Stare him down and tell him that you are not a fish and have been playing for 3 years. Make the rest of the table wait. At this point the outcome of the hand is irrelevant. What's really important is who can intimidate the other the most. This is called "Playing the player, not the hand" and is an essential component of the game. Keep staring until the second time somebody reminds you it's your bet. Then innocently drink J&B AND SPIT AND ASK "What's the bet?" and call, raise or fold depending on how lucky you feel. Keep staring at the guy who raised you. If it's a good game, the guy who raised you will be a good-looking gal, and you get to stare at her free of the normal social prohibitions against doing so. You should take advantage of such opportunities since she'll probably be taking your money that hand SO JUST FAINT FROM THEOVERDOSE OF WHISKEY.
How To Play The Flop[edit]
You have the Nuts Check Raise
You have a draw to the Nuts Check Raise
You have a drawer on your Nuts Check Nuts
You are winning Bet or Raise
You are losing Bet or Raise (bluff)
You have cards Call
You don't have position Check raise, and only play with AA
You lose your cards Splash the pot. When you retrieve your bet, grab extra chips
You realize that you forgot to wear trousers Immediatly go all in, even if you have folded
You're hungry Fold, so you can piss off to get some chips
You are sure you are beat and you are facing a large bet Bluff call
Your opponent won with two Aces Say: "Fucking Bullshit!"
You've just lost with two Aces Smash the fucking place up
How to put your opponents on tilt[edit]
Card play
Deal everyone's cards out of order.
Slowroll your winning cards when your opponent thinks he has the best hand.
Wait 10 seconds before folding even when you knew you were going to fold 3 minutes ago.
Always look at your hole cards at least 3 times before deciding what to do.
Go to the toilet every 10 minutes, and always fold when you return.
Miscall everyone's hands at showdown so that the winner folds his hand.
Look carefully at your cards. Make sure you have at least two. Ace and King is a 'Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova': looks pretty but never wins, always fold this hand. a two seven [unsuited] is the best hand in the deck.
After players fold ahead of you, pick through all the cards in the muck, looking for some to improve your hand.
Always raise his blinds, splash the pot, string raise.
Slowly count out the chips when betting, calling or raising.
Whenever anyone starts to place a bet, yell loudly that its an obvious bluff.
When calling his bet, always do the fake raise move.
When playing a no limit Holdem tournament, always bet all in.
Constantly whisper to the dealer that he/she should go all in.
As soon as it is his turn, ask him "What are you waiting for, Christmas?"
Take the chips from the pot, even if you lost the showdown.
Everytime a player puts chips into the pot take them out and give them back and say, "your chips aren't wanted here."
When your hand selection is called into question by an opponent, simply state "But they were suited! I HAD to play them!".
Constantly say in a loud, sarcastic voice "I wonder what (so-and-so) has?!" whenever someone bets.
Continuously ask players who have been knocked out how many chips they have left.
Eat doritos at the table in the messiest way possible, getting crumbs everywhere.
Whenever someone tells the table that you are big and someone is small, say "Yeah...in the pants!"
Ask to see his cards at showdown even when you're not in the hand.
Keep all your chips in a big pile in front of you, never stack them neatly.
Always suggest that the next time you play, it should be in the nude.
No matter how big the blinds are, always ask if you can raise 10.
Always fiddle with your chips and loudly click them together. A proper poker table should sound like somebody is carrying a box of marraccas down a staircase.
Have some kind of object sit on your hole cards to guard them, even after you've folded. Possibly a small hedgehog or vial of [[Uranium]
After a hand where you have folded before the flop it is always appreciated by other players that you declare that you would have won that hand if you stayed in.
Other Poker Games[edit]
While Texas Hold Em is far and away the most popular version of Poker in the world today, there are other forms of Poker being played. These variants are usually for the freaks, and include: jkgjk
High Chicago
In The Back (Poker In The Back, get it?! Get it?! Anyway ...)
Glossary[edit]
American Airlines (AA). The best starting cards possible. Note that even AA can be beaten by other starting hands, depending on how the rest of the cards fall. So don't bet the farm on the Airline -- unless you also have a condo in Manhattan.
Bad Beat: The only reason other people ever win. If you followed the odds and still lost, you just suffered a bad beat.
Bet: The amount of money thrown or splashed into the pot after the player or bettor shouts "I bet".
Big Blind: A forced bet, double the size of the Small Blind, made in the dark or while the bettor wears a blind. Also see Small Blind.
Blinds: Forced bets made by blind people. The amount depends on the type of game, limit and no-limit, and the size of bets. Usually $1 and $2, $2 and $4, $3 and $6, (you get it). Since they can't tell what chips they have, blind people are normal big losers at poker.
Bluff: Another name for a cliff. What a losing poker player jumps off.
Bluff Call: All great players play their opponents by calling big bets, on the river, with losing hands. This way their opponents will jump off a cliff.
Check Raise: Raising your hand in the air and making that check motion in the air to signal to the waitress that you want to pay your tab.
Chips: Deep fried thinly sliced potatoes often eaten during poker games.
Fold: What you do when a Rock raises. See also Origami.
"In the Dark": If the player so desires, the casino can turn the lights off for him/her and the player dances naked because no one can see, possibly knocking his or her chips into the pot (called Raising in the Dark). If the player can put his clothes on before the lights turn back on he automatically wins the pot. Otherwise the opponent captures the scene on video and sells it on Ebay.
Muck: n. The pile of dead (discarded) cards near the pot. v. To throw one's cards into the muck, possibly thereby creating same, see Muck. Also, a fun word for pre-teens to use, e.g., saying "muck you" to one's cards, when mucking them.
Nuts: A hand so good that I have your nuts in a vice and can slowly squeeze. Metaphorically speaking, you can also have the nuts against a woman, but that's generally not so good because the woman will suck out and crack your nuts. Be warned that some experienced and highly perceptive players may notice the vice and fold which has led to some professional players such as Ill Phivey wearing gloves in an attempt to better conceal their hands when they have the aforementioned nuts. Beware of flopping the nuts in public; it's a maneuver that's still illegal in 27 states and the District of Columbia.
Pot: Black object in the middle of the table that players throw their chips into. The winning player drags the pot in front of him.
Pot Odds: The chances your dealer will show with the goods before the game is over.
Presto: Rec.Gambling.Poker's Nickname for Pocket pair of 5's
Rock: An old (over 20) player that is trying to earn a living playing low limit poker. A Rock's strategy is to play very, very, very tight and only raise with the nuts. Then everyone else at the table folds, and the Rock responds by grumbling to himself about young whippersnappers. Famous Rocks include Rock Hudson, Chris Rock, Rock of Gilbraltar, Plymouth Rock, and Rocksteady (from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
Rock Garden: More then one Rock at the same end of the table. The chips tend to fall to their side because the table is now tilted down with the weight of multiple Rocks on one side.
Siegfried & Roy: Nickname for a starting hand of QQ.
Slowplay: When on top, taking the pace down a notch or two to draw things out and make them take longer so you'll have more fun. Just don't let anyone else caress your nuts or you will be mucked.
Small Blind: A forced bet, half the size of the Big Blind, made in the dark. Also see Big Blind.
Splashing the Pot: Throwing bets directly into the pot so that you cheat by shortchanging the bet. This is also your best opportunity to use that knowledge of Rounders dialogue by saying "Don't splash the pot".
Straddle: In some games, an optional blind bet, double the Big Blind, made by the player to the left of the Big Blind. In return for this raise "in the dark" the player making the straddle will be the last to act in the first betting round, instead of the first.
String Bet: As anyone who has watched the ESPN reality series "Tilt" knows, only bitches actually string bet.
String Raise: Making an illegal raise made of strings rather than chips. Doyle Brunson writes about this in his chapter on string theory.
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Singapore, November 2, 2012 – Caltex's latest social investment initiative, Driving Change with Caltex, embarks on a regional effort spanning five Caltex markets from October 5 to November 4, 2012. This initiative sees Caltex partnering with FOX International Channels (FIC) to create a first-of-its-kind reality community project, highlighting social efforts in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore.
Hosted by TV presenter Henry Golding, 25, who was recently on 'Without Boundaries: Islands and Beaches' and 'The Rail World', Driving Change with Caltex will have Henry pair up with a local celebrity from each market as they attempt to gather volunteers and carry out a socially initiated mission.
In Singapore, Henry will be Driving Change with Caltex from November 2 to 4, 2012 and will be assisted by Singapore's favourite mum, Irene Ang, 43, best known for her role as Rosie Phua in the longest-running local sitcom, Phua Chu Kang. They will team up with youths from the 'Caltex PAssion for Kids' programme, an ongoing Caltex initiative with People's Association, aimed at providing education and life-skills for children from low-income families.
"Chevron believes that helping those that reside in the communities we work and live in is one of the most important things that we can do as members of the community. Everyone can make a difference, no matter their age and their social circumstances. Learning to give back is one of the most important and valuable experiences the youth can learn from. We hope they become inspired through Driving Change with Caltex as they join Henry and Irene to complete their tasks" said Jeremy Oh, General Manager for Products – Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia, Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd.
The Singapore mission will challenge Henry and Irene to take the youth on a journey to support and give back to underprivileged elderly. They will be tasked to prepare and package 5,000 hampers, consisting of a selection of staple foods, which will be donated to the elderly.
The two celebrities and their teams will then attempt to sell as many food hampers as they can, travelling around popular areas and landmarks in Singapore.
The Singapore mission will conclude on November 4, 2012 with a special lunch party prepared for 100 elderly beneficiaries. As a conclusion to their enrichment and the mission, the youth will take part in a specially choreographed performance directed by Irene.
For more details on the Singapore mission, visit the Driving Change with Caltex microsite at www.drivingchangewithcaltex.com. Motorists can participate by purchasing a $10 food hamper, available at 29 Caltex stations nationwide, from November 2 to 30, 2012. Caltex partnered with Goh Joo Hin Pte Ltd for the food hampers.
"Our Caltex Star stands for quality, value and service, and similarly we believe in giving back to the communities we do business in through meaningful social investment initiatives focused on economic development, health or education. The projects chosen were specially selected for their relevance to local market needs. Through Driving Change with Caltex, we hope to rally the support of drivers and the local community to help those in need enjoy their lives' journeys," said Dorothy Cheong, Regional Integrated Marketing Manager, Chevron International Pte Ltd.
The Singapore episode will be broadcast online after the mission, at the project's microsite. The three-minute episode will also be broadcast on two of FIC's leading general entertainment and factal channels, National Geographic Channel (NGC) and Star World. These clips will eventually culminate in a 22-minute segment scheduled for broadcast on StarWorld in January 2013.
• Project Microsite: Wednesday 7th November, 2012 – 1:30pm
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For more information on Caltex, visit http://www.caltex.com/sg. Join Caltex as it gives back to its community with its Driving Change with Caltex project!
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In Singapore, Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd markets the Caltex brand, which is Chevron's customer-facing brand in Asia Pacific and parts of the Middle East and Africa. The Caltex retail network in Singapore consists of 30 Caltex service stations, 26 StarMarts and three mini marts. Products such as Caltex with Techron petrol, Caltex Diesel with Techron D and Havoline® motor oil are also available at all Caltex service stations. Through Caltex Energy for Learning, our signature social investment programme focused on education, Caltex supports learning-based projects, which create opportunities for individuals to acquire new knowledge, gain new skills or be exposed to different ways of thinking.
About Driving Change with Caltex
Driving Change with Caltex is a bespoke branded content program which centers around Caltex's social investment activities in Asia. It is a first-of-its-kind TV feature program that aims to highlight Caltex's efforts in the communities where they have a presence in. Driving Change with Caltex will be tailored into a full 22-minute program featuring Caltex's missions in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore on Star World. Each mission will be featured on special three-minute webisode format, shown on Caltex's Driving Change microsite at www.drivingchangewithcaltex.com.
About 'Caltex PAssion for Kids' Programme
Chevron Singapore has joined forces with the People Association (PA), through its exclusive membership card, PAssion Card to launch 'Caltex PAssion for Kids', a new enrichment programme targeted at children from low-income families. This new initiative has been designed to inspire learning and give underprivileged children, from primary to secondary school, the opportunity to gain knowledge, develop new skills and be exposed to new ways of learning. Through the partnership with PA, Caltex hopes to support Singapore's continued focus on education.
About FOX International Channels
FOX International Channels (FIC) is News Corporation's international multi-media business. We develop, produce and distribute 350 wholly and majority-owned entertainment, factual, sports and movie channels across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, in 37 languages. These networks and their related mobile, non-linear and high-definition extensions reach over 1.1 billion households worldwide. We also operate a global online advertising unit. FOX ("dot-fox") specialized in online video and display, and four TV production houses.
In Asia, FIC operates or distributes 33 channel brands, including the FOX, STAR and National Geographic brands, with over 100 feeds across 14 markets, As the leading pay-TV network in the region, FIC reaches more than 550 million cumulative subscribers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East with offices in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Australia, New Zealand and the UAE. For more information, please visit www.foxinternationalchannels.com.
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Joci Pápai, the Hungarian Eurovision entrant in 2017 who finished 8th in Ukraine with "Origo" has released a new song, titled "Látomás" (eng. "Vision") with an accompanying video.
His new song's lyrics are written by Szabolcs Hujber and Joci himself, the music was written completely by Joci.
The video surprisingly features a new dancer instead of the famous "Mulan" aka Alexandra Virág, who took a huge part in Origo's success and also performed with Joci in Kiev. Joci featured Alexandra in the videos following "Origo", including "Özönvíz" (eng. "Flood") and "Távol" (eng. "Far Away"), so now some fans are complaining, demanding Mulan back.
"I met the new dancer, Kitti Hajszán in the show "A Nagy Duett". I was very much surprised by fan reactions, getting all jealous,demanding my previous dancer back. I never imagined this would cause such a stir. I enjoyed the video shoot, we clicked with Kitti instantly. Of course the fact that I worked with her now, doesn't mean my previous dancer can't return in the future. So there's no reason to be jealous." – Joci commented.
I became a fan of Eurovision in 1994, when Hungary first took part. I was ecstatic by our fourth place then, hoping for an even better position ever since.
Through the years I got more and more hooked on Eurovision and the national finals. I love the idea of nations coming together to have a good time and it's also fantastic to get to know artists and pop music from other countries.
My favourite Eurovision winner is "1944" by Jamala, one of my favorite Eurovision songs is "Warrior" by Nina Sublatti.
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For this challenge, you will have to find six Dahl ECHO logs, which has Zarpedon talking about events. As long as you know where they are located, they are somewhat easy to find because of the small white pillar of light coming off of them, similar to when a common rarity item drops.
This one is in an encampment on the north side of the bridge leading to the main excavation site you traverse in The Beginning of the End. From the bridge, go north to where you see the Air Dome Generator. The ECHO will be on the ground next to a crate that's next to a small building.
Cross the same bridge as before, going south, and you'll see a small building with oxygen that you can enter straight ahead. Go inside and the ECHO will be on a box to the left.
Go into the compound and straight from the entrance will be a building with oxygen you can enter. Do that and you'll find the ECHO on a console in the back.
On the west end of the console, you will see some stairs you can ascend near where you were first introduced to Guardians. As soon as you go up the stairs, you'll find the ECHO on a table to your left.
As you make your way to Outfall Pumping Station, you'll come to a big room with some ladders in it. Climb the ladder and you'll find the ECHO on the ground opposite some ammo crates.
To finish this challenge, you will have to hunt down and find five pieces of Eridian artifacts, which look like little shields with six red lights on them.
Go to the northwest corner of the map and find the road that curves east before ending. The artifact will be on a crate where the road ends.
This is located a little south of the northwesternmost Air Dome Generator, on some rocks overlooking it. There's also a jump pad and telescope for the Vorago's Dig Site challenge in the same area.
Slightly south of the previous one, there's a spot where you find a pavilion of sorts covering a room you can drop down into with some oxygen. The artifact will be on a computer console in the southeast corner.
Found on a crate where Sterwin was located for the **Guardian Hunter** optional mission, as well as the Master Poacher.
Southeast of the previous one, there will be a few buildings located just outside of the west end of the main excavation site. The artifact will be on a crate in the middle vicinity of those buildings.
There's a large gap that runs through the map, which has jump pads on either side to allow you to safely get across. However, for this challenge, you will need to jump across the gap without using those jump pads. Now, there are multiple spots where this can be done, so try and find those spots where the land is higher on one side than the other.
Your goal for this challenge is to find and use four telescopes hidden in the area. When you use them, you'll view what it's looking at for a few seconds, then you'll regain control of your character.
Right by the fast travel station in the area. It's right on the cliff ledge just west of the fast travel.
Go to the southeast corner of the map, near where you started the **These Are the Bots** optional mission. Slightly southwest of that is a small building, where you'll find the telescope at the top of the stairs.
At the southwest corner of the map, you'll find a spot where you can drop down into a room with oxygen. The telescope is right outside of that room, along the southern ledge.
For the final one, it's in the west-central area of the map. You want to look for an ice pond of sorts, which is right next to the northwesternmost Air Dome Generator. If you look south of that, you'll see a large crane overlooking the area, with some rocks underneath it. Jump on those rocks to find a jump pad, with the telescope right next to it.


Hollywood, CA May 22, 2012; Steve McQueen is beloved by Car and Motorcycle Collectors and Enthusiasts the world over. They buy up any collector motorcycle, car or movie memorabilia that they can get their hands on. His ex-wife Barbara McQueen has many unseen memories and pictures from their days together in this one-of-a-kind car collector's house. She even told the editor of CarProperty.com how much she would like to buy the property back, but now it's being sold (finally).
For some reason people did not take to bidding on this piece of celebrity real estate with the same enthusiasm as they do for other things he owned. According to Robert Cross, Broker and Owner of Rare Realty in Beverly Hills, California, his company had at least 10 very interested buyers over the last 2 years who were very interested. At least half of them even presented all of the required documentation showing their financial ability to buy at price close to $1 million dollars.
Why did it take 990 days to sell this property with so much Steve McQueen celebrity car and motorcycle racing and collecting history provenance? According to Cross, at Rare Realty, his buyers ran into several obstacles, most of which were brought on by the recession and overall real estate depression that was in full swing when this house first went on the market in September 2009. The other major obstacle was the fact that the house had 3 loans against it for a total of close to $2 million dollars, but the property was not worth anywhere close to that when it went on the market. It was originally listed at $1,950,000 and maybe at that time it could fetch about $999,000 at the most. So, this type of price strategy was geared towards getting the sellers out of debt one hundred percent, rather than pricing it so buyers could properly see the deal as a value that made sense, even with the entire celebrity and car collector provenance attached to it.
Steve McQueen's "Escape from Hollywood" House where he kept his car and motorcycle collection in a 4,200 s.f. airplane hangar garageIt is reported that during the first few months the house did not see any offers and after about one year on the market the sellers were in full default on the loan and repossession efforts by the 3 lenders had started. According to Cross, "that is when most of his first wave of buyers became interested because all of a sudden an effort was made to generate multiple offers by lowering the asking price to $799,000. This was late February 2011 and by the time most people realized it the sellers had many offers flying in because it looked like such a good price. The comparative valuation was about $999,000 at that time."
Sadly, even that effort, which generated a "short sale in-contract" situation, was not enough to get the place sold. Eventually after more than one year of being in Escrow, the note holder on the first trust deed (mortgage) foreclosed putting the mother and her small children who had been living there out on the street. This mother was also in the middle of a nasty divorce which she says was brought on by their high level of debt on this house and some other things. Sadly for them, it did not end well.
As in most situations like this, as soon as the bank that foreclosed was sure the house was vacated and somewhat presentable it got put back on the market at an even lower asking price of $724,900, but this is closer to what the market for this place is really at as it continued to lose value over the last 3 years. Another sad truth to this once high flying celebrity property is that the condition of the property has declined so much that the REO bank had to suggest that it might be a tear down. Steve McQueen would have been disgusted by that, and according to Barbara McQueen, "this whole situation really breaks my heart for both the mother who was evicted and because this place was once such a vibrant and beautiful home for our family."
Once again, it was played up in the marketing of this Celebrity REO that the buyers would not want to ignore the Steve McQueen provenance of previous ownership and that fact that he kept his beloved car and motorcycle collection in the 4,200 sf airplane hangar garage on this property. It did not take long for this very low priced place with such star power to get offers and now it is scheduled to close escrow on Friday, May 25, 2012. It would be awesome if it could be restored to its former glory.