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Joseph Smith - Seer
Don't be misled, a seer is not "greater" than a prophet; that statement was a question by King Limhi, followed by an answer by Ammon:
15 And the king [Limhi] saith That a seer is greater than a prophet.
16 And Ammon saith That a seer is a revelator and a prophet also. (Mosiah 8)
On this and other sites, we explain that Joseph Smith was only called to bring forth The Holy Book of Mormon and not to start a church. The revelations which speak of him starting a church were changed by Joseph to say so. His purpose, according to prophecy and David Whitmer, was to convince the Christian world of The Holy Book of Mormon.
Had he done so, Christians would have accepted The Holy Book of Mormon (with no strings attached, i.e., no need to join a particular church), and the reforming that began with Martin Luther would have swept through all of Christianity.
Joseph Fielding Smith said:
If Joseph was a deceiver, who willfully attempted to mislead people, then he should be exposed, his claims should be refuted, and his doctrines shown to be false (Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 1, pp. 188-189).
Our approach is very simple – we detail the mandate Joseph was given in the Bible, then look at how he did to fulfill that. We discuss Twelve Doctrines that his followers adhere to and compare those with the purpose of his mandate – The Holy Book of Mormon.
On your left are the Topics. They flow from the top down. Please begin at the top and work your way down.
A Note to LDS, RLDS, COJC, and Other Restoration Groups:
To show his humanness here is proof that Joseph changed revelations:
1. Joseph was originally called to transcribe the Book of Mormon and nothing more. He had to modify this revelation to avoid condemnation for doing more than he was called to do.
And you have a gift to translate the plates; and this is the first gift that I bestowed upon you; and I have commanded that you should pretend to no other gift until my purpose is fulfilled in this; for I will grant unto you no other gift until it is finished (D&C 5:2 compared with Book of Commandments IV:2; emphasized words were added later by Joseph).
2. Joseph added the word ordain. Jesus never said that to him because Jesus never called him to start a church.
Verily, I say unto you, that woe shall come unto the inhabitants of the earth if they will not hearken unto my words; For hereafter you shall be ordained and go forth and deliver my words unto the children of men (D&C 5:5-6 compared with Book of Commandments IV:3; emphasized words were added later by Joseph).
And in addition to your testimony, the testimony of three of my servants, whom I shall call and ordain, unto whom I will show these things, and they shall go forth with my words that are given through you (D&C 5:11 compared with Book of Commandments IV:4; emphasized words were added later by Joseph).
4. Jesus never said anything to Joseph about starting a church. Joseph had to add that.
And to none else will I grant this power, to receive this same testimony among this generation, in this the beginning of the rising up and the coming forth of my church out of the wilderness — clear as the moon, and fair as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners (D&C 5:14 compared with Book of Commandments IV:4; emphasized words were added later by Joseph).
5. A formal church required formal ordinations. Joseph added both of which.
And behold, whosoever believeth on my words, them will I visit with the manifestation of my Spirit; and they shall be born of me, even of water and of the Spirit — And you must wait yet a little while, for ye are not yet ordained — (D&C 5:16-17 compared with Book of Commandments IV:4; emphasized words were added later by Joseph).
6. A reformation is not the same as starting a church, so Joseph had to remove the words of Jesus.
And thus, if the people of this generation harden not their hearts, I will work a reformation among them, and I will put down all lyings, and deceivings, and priestcrafts, and envyings, and strifes, and idolatries, and sorceries, and all manner of iniquities, and I will establish my church, like unto the church which was taught by my disciples in the days of old. And now if this generation do harden their hearts against my word, behold I will deliver them up unto Satan, for he reigneth and hath power at this time, for he hath got great hold upon the hearts of the people of this generation; and not far from the iniquities of Sodom and Gomorrah, do they come at this time: and behold the sword of justice hangeth over their heads, and if they persist in the hardness of their hearts, the time cometh that it must fall upon them. Behold I tell you these things even as I also told the people of the destruction of Jerusalem, and my word shall be verified at this time as it hath hitherto been verified (D&C 5:20 compared with Book of Commandments IV:5; emphasized words were later removed by Joseph).
Finally, the changes Joseph made are now publicly available in the newly released Joseph Smith Papers project.
The Prophet did not believe that revelations, once recorded, could not be changed by further revelation (Elder Marlin K. Jensen, "The Joseph Smith Papers: The Manuscript Revelation Books," Ensign, March 09; July 09).
"The revelations…did not force themselves on the early saints, rather only as the Church leaders were ready and asking did they move into new periods of ecclesiastical development and understanding. So looking back we should expect that the development of Church government, as a process, WAS MORE ROOTED IN HUMAN AGENCY, more drawn out, and more dynamic THEN SOME OF US IMAGINE" (Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Joseph Smith's Prophetic Ministry: A Year-by-Year Look at His Life and Teachings, J. Spencer Fluhman, "1835: Priesthood and Church Government," Deseret Book, 2009, CD 8, track 3).
"Joseph Smith was given revelation, and at times I believe that revelation was word for word. But at other times, it was concept perhaps. We don't really know, …" Turley said. "But it appears that as Joseph received revelations and then reviewed the way they had been written down, he would sometimes make refinements to capture the sense of what God gave him, better than perhaps on the original dictation. And I think that's one thing that people will see."
Robert J. Woodford, one of the volume's three editors, echoed that sentiment, saying that it was up to Joseph Smith to put God's words into the vocabulary of his day.
"He did have a vision now and again. He did have dreams. He did have words dictated to him on occasion, but for the most part these represent the inspiration of the Holy Ghost to him. So he would get the concept, and then, as Section 1 of the Doctrine and Covenants says, put it in a language that we could understand," Woodford said (Molly Farmer, "New volume shows when Prophet prayed, he received revelations," Mormon Times, Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2009. Url=http://mormontimes.com/studies_doctrine/research_discoveries/?id=10950).
This view assumes God does not know how to communicate effectively to His children. Anyone who has had "word-for-word" answers to prayer, promptings, or warnings knows this is a lame attempt to justify the changes Joseph made and is contrary to scripture:
But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. (Mark 13:11)
And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach unto the Lamanites with such great power and authority, for they had power and authority given unto them that they might speak, and they also had what they should speak given unto them (Helaman 5:18)
And it shall be given thee in the very moment what thou shalt speak AND WRITE (D&C 24:6)
The error, of course, is the apathy that LDS have for the changes Joseph made. The implication that Jesus misspoke, and Joseph corrected Him is ridiculous. Thankfully, we know when Jesus spoke, what he said, and why Joseph changed the words of Jesus Christ.
Now the world knows that Joseph Smith was an unbaptized sinner; he was a Gentile, fulfilling Book of Mormon prophecy. The revelations he received about The Holy Book of Mormon while under the anointing of that book were inspired.
Why Joseph made the changes mentioned above should cause all believers to think and ponder. As we detail on this website, Joseph was not called to start a church, but to "reform" the existing churches through The Most Holy Book of Mormon.
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Q: at command: Exec failed for mail command: No such file or directory I got to run a task today at midnight on a debian system.
As I never did anything with atd I wanted to try first, if it works as expected.
I got a test.sh in folder /usr/local/dump/
which contains the following:
#!/bin/sh
echo "xyz" > out.file

I try to execute the shell script by the following:
/usr/local/ecs_dump$ at 12:46
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> test.sh
at> <EOT>
job 20 at Tue Jun  7 12:46:00 2016

When I check the syslog, I keep getting:
Exec failed for mail command: No such file or directory

Can anyone explain me, what I did wrong here? Thank you in advance.

A: You need mail command. It is used to send mails with the output of the at scripts. You can install s-nail package which provides this command:
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Wells Haslem client Lifestyle Solutions was founded in Newcastle in 2001 and provides a diverse range of supports to more than 1,000 people living with disability throughout Australia, as well as 300 children and young people in Out-of-Home care and Foster Care.
As part of its work with children and families, Lifestyle Solutions runs a program called Camp to Belong, which reunites siblings who, through no fault of their own, are not able to live together for a variety of reasons.
Camp to Belong was founded in Las Vegas in 1995 and is an international non-profit organisation. Lifestyle Solutions is the only Australian provider of this unique service.
The program takes place over a week, giving siblings the chance to establish and nurture their powerful bond in a safe and supportive environment.
Through Camp to Belong, children take part in a range of outdoor adventures, sports, life-planning exercises and social activities. The week's program is designed to promote positive family contact and provide each sibling with an enjoyable and memorable experience.
This year's Camp to Belong program will be held September 21-24 at Tea Gardens in New South Wales and Lifestyle Solutions' Managing Director, David Hogg, recently announced Wendell Sailor as its 2015 Ambassador.
Wendell is a former Australian professional rugby football player who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union. He is an indigenous Australian Torres Strait Islander.
Wendell shared his story with the Lifestyle Solutions team and talked about the individual challenges he faced as a child. Wendell also shared his understanding of some of the real issues Lifestyle Solutions deals with every day, particularly in relation to foster care.
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Marine Management
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Conservation, protection and sustainable management to all corners of the Earth
BLUE SANCTUARY
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Blue Sanctuary is a group of people, scientific researchers and humanitarians that share a strong passion for the oceans while furthering their understanding and support for these places by participatory research and environmental projects. Blue Sanctuary has a history of 30 years in protecting the marine parks in Cuba, but the mission of the organization is to spread this model of conservation, protection and sustainable management to all corners of the Earth.
Blue Sanctuary has a history of 30 years in protecting vulnerable and important marine areas in the world.
All our work is based in the next principles: Conservation, Protection and Enforcement,Sustainable Use, Community Benefits.
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Expert and professional fly fishermen from around the world take part in investigative research methods gathering data to assist in strengthening the first Fly Fishing Only sanctuary environmental project. Accumulated data is used to continue to improve the quality of the marine wildlife and supporting ecosystems through project implementation and sustainable methods.
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After being absent for a month, I can finally do another Top 5 Wednesday! This topic is actually last week's, but I kind of forgot so I decided to write it for this week. We're halfway through 2014, and it is time to choose Top 5 Books You Read So Far This Year (2014). I read quite a lot of good books so far this year, so I'll try my best to choose my top 5 read in the first-half of 2014. Hopefully I'll discover more amazing books in the second-half of this year. So here's the list!
5. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Memoar Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Out of the four Sherlock Holmes I've read so far, I think I enjoyed this one best - because I thoroughly enjoyed all the cases, nothing is boring, and there's a lot of variation to the way the cases are solved. Super fun and enjoyable read.
My favorite non-fiction read so far! This one is a spiritual/christian book that also talks about self-development. I absolutely love this because it kind of fits the situation I'm facing. Reading this book gives me some sort of healing and also relief.
I finally had the chance to read this phenomenal book and I'm blown away! It's a historical fiction book set in Nazi Germany. And this book gives me a lot of feels. The best part about this book for me are the characters. I think that's why I was able to engage to the story emotionally. A really heartwarming yet bittersweet story.
This is the only local/Indonesian book that managed to get on this list, because I still can't get over how beautiful this book is. Windry Ramadhina has always been my favorite author, because she writes things in a poetic way that's really soothing and calm. I stayed up all night just to finish this book, so I guess it deserves to be on this list.
That's it for this weeks' Top 5 Wednesday.
which is to choose Top Cover Buys (Books you bought solely for the cover).
I think I will be able to list a lot of books in that category.


In our 2018 Year in Review, Rob looks back at what 2018 has been like for him and for woodworking.
Rob reminds you of a winning opportunity and extends wishes for happy holidays.
Rob's holiday gift projects this year are more theoretical than corporeal.
Do you see all the tiny errors in your woodworking? No one else does.
In the spirit of the season, Rob expresses thankfulness.
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MPI: More than 10 Million Foreign Nationals Receive Taxpayer-funded Welfare Benefits
Thu, Jun 14th 2018 @ 5:40 pm EDT
A recent report by the Migration Policy Institute, entitled Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families' Public Benefits Use, revealed that 10.3 million out of the 22 million foreign nationals in the U.S. receive benefits from at least one welfare program funded by taxpayer dollars. Additionally, 54.2% of foreign national children, age 17 and younger, are granted welfare benefits. The data also showed that 46.3% of foreign national welfare recipients are adults, age 18 to 54, and 47.8% are older than 54.
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House GOP Leadership Announces DACA Vote, Delaying Amnesty Discharge Petition
Wed, Jun 13th 2018 @ 7:01 pm EDT
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced that he will bring two immigration bills to the floor next week for a vote. The move managed to persuade two Republicans not to sign a discharge petition that would have forced several no-strings amnesty votes in the House.
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D.C. Circuit Reverses District Court's Dismissal of Case Challenging OPT
Tue, Jun 12th 2018 @ 3:35 pm EDT
The D.C. Circuit reversed the dismissal of a case challenging whether or not the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was authorized to create the Optional Practical Training program (OPT) and remanded the case back to the D.C. District Court last Friday. The court ruled against the agency's argument that the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), suing on behalf of American workers harmed by OPT, did not have standing to bring the suit. The court ruled that American workers do not have to prove they were rejected, after applying for a specific job that was later filled bya foreign national with OPT status.
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Poll: Voters Dissatisfied with Immigration System Before Midterms
Fri, Jun 8th 2018 @ 2:50 pm EDT
A recent poll was conducted by CBS News/YouGov of registered voters in so-called "battleground" Congressional Districts, or midterm elections for seats in the House of Representatives that the pollsters identified as "competitive" or "likely competitive."
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Oppose DHS's Approval of 15,000 More H-2B Guest Workers
Thu, Jun 7th 2018 @ 9:54 am EDT
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) requested in a letter addressed to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and DOL Secretary Alex Acosta that both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) provide a written report, explaining in detail their departments' decision to expand the H-2B program.
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Six Georgia Counties Sign 287(g) Agreements With ICE
Wed, Jun 6th 2018 @ 2:34 pm EDT
Six Georgia counties have recently signed 287(g) agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today, bringing the total number of agreements to 66.
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ICE Targets Ohio-based Landscaping Company for Hiring Illegal Aliens
Tue, Jun 5th 2018 @ 1:28 pm EDT
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 114 illegal aliens during raids today at Corso's Flower & Garden Center, an Ohio-based landscaping company. ICE agents raided two of the landscaping business' locations -- one in the city of Sandusky and the other in the city of Castilia -- where ICE Spokesperson Khaalid Walls said that agents seized "a large volume of business documents" as part of the investigation.
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Employment Grows Twice as Fast for Foreign Nationals Than American Workers
Mon, Jun 4th 2018 @ 4:24 pm EDT
A recent 2018 jobs report, released by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), shows that employment for all foreign workers in the U.S. increased by 3%, while employment for all American workers increased a little less than 1.5%. The data also shows a much higher growth rate of employment for foreign national men -- an increase of 2.7% -- compared to employment for American-born men -- a 1.7% increase.
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Rep. Curbelo Files Discharge Petition for Rep. Denham's 'Queen of the Hill' Resolution
Wed, Jun 13th 2018 @ 11:34 am EDT
Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) filed a Discharge Petition on May 9 for Rep. Jeff Denham's (R-Calif.) resolution (H.Res. 774) that will force a series of votes in the House on several DACA amnesty proposals. Twenty-three other House Republicans have signed the Petition in addition to Rep. Curbelo. So far, 193 Democrats have signed the petition bringing the total number of signers to 216 out of the 218 needed for the Petition to succeed.
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Trump Admin. Receives More Than 5,000 Tips on H-1B Visa Fraud Hotline in First Year
Fri, Jun 1st 2018 @ 10:21 am EDT
According to Newsweek, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that the agency's helpline, set up by the Trump Administration, received more than 5,000 tips, reporting H-1B visa fraud and abuse, between April 3, 2017 and May 21, 2018.
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PayNearMe, an alternative payments product from the company formerly known as Kwedit, provides a compelling way for the 'unbanked' to use cash payments for online goods. The "unbanked" refers to consumers who don't have traditional bank accounts or cannot qualify for credit cards. PayNearMe allows people who don't have or don't want to use credit or debit cards to purchase products, pay for bills and more with cash at thousands of 7-Eleven stores in the continental U.S. And today, PayNearMe is announcing it's first implementation of its utility bill product the City of Fairfield, Calif.
Here's how PayNearMe works. With participating partners, e-commerce or merchant sites, consumers can use the PayNearMe option to pay for purchases or debts owed. You simply place your order with PayNearMe and print out the given receipt. You then take that receipt into a 7-Eleven and they scan it and you pay in cash. Once you pay, your order with the retailer or merchant will be fulfilled.
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PayNearMe says that because 7-Eleven stores are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Fairfield customers gain greater flexibility in how and when they pay their utility bills. And InfoSend works with 200 other utility partners, and PayNearMe plans to provide this cash payment option to these cities as well.
PayNearMe has steadily expanded the use cases for the cash payments product, recently announcing the ability for consumers to pay bills, transfer money, and even pay for a bus ticket using its payment option. And the startup says that 60 million consumers in the U.S. don't have debit or credit cards, which is a huge market to serve.


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To celebrate Sir Nicholas Winton rescuing 669 Jewish children before the Second World War and how we, too, can be secret heroes.
Preparation and materials
You will need an image of Sir Nicholas Winton and the means to display it during the assembly.
Have available the YouTube video, Sir Nicholas Winton: The man who saved 669 children from the Nazis, Channel 4 News, and the means to show it during the assembly (available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxkCeVtwHl8). It is 3.02 minutes long, but you may want to start it 30 seconds in from the beginning.
Display the image of Sir Nicholas Winton.
Today, I want you to take a look at this man. I wonder if you can guess how old he might be? I wonder if anyone can tell us who he is?
This man is 105 years old. You probably don't know who he is.
When he was 29 years old, he did something very brave and very heroic, but he didn't tell anybody about it afterwards. He didn't show off or draw a lot of attention to himself. He has been on the television once or twice since, but he isn't very famous, even though he did something incredible; something heroic. Because of his humility – which means not thinking of yourself as an important person – we don't get to hear about his story very much. It is a story that I think we should remember, however, so I'm going to share it with you today.
This man is Sir Nicholas Winton. He was born in England in 1909. His mother and father had come from Germany a couple of years before and were Jewish, though they converted to Christianity and changed their name to enable them to integrate more easily into their new country.
When he was 29 years old, he saw that the Nazi regime, which was running Germany at the time, was treating Jewish people very badly. At this stage, Jewish people had been stopped from having certain jobs or having access to books to study. They were kept separately from the rest of the people in their community.
Sir Nicholas Winton saw that the Jewish people in Czechoslovakia, where the Nazis had invaded, were in even greater danger, so he did everything he could to help. He organized transport for 669 Jewish children to get them safely out of Czechoslovakia to England. He arranged new homes for them where they could live safely, get an education, be cared for and grow up away from the dangers of their home country.
This all took place just before the start of the Second World War, when Great Britain, along with other countries, fought against Germany to stop the Nazis from trying to take over other countries around Germany and treating Jewish people so badly.
Many, many Jews were taken to concentration camps and killed by the Nazis.
You could elaborate on this or not, as you feel is appropriate for the children attending the assembly.
Thanks to his bravery, 669 children were saved from this fate and given a brand new chance in England.
Often, when someone does something brave like this, we call them a hero and rightly so! What Sir Nicholas Winton did was incredible, very brave and very heroic, but something even more incredible happened. He rarely spoke of what he had done as he thought it unremarkable. He did not show off about it, he didn't boast or tell other people that he was a hero, he just got on with his life, helping many other people, too, in many different ways.
It was years and years later that a family friend passed his scrapbook to a newspaper and the story was taken up by the That's Life! TV programme. The scrapbook contained pictures, documents, letters and photos relating to the mission and a list of the names of all the children who had been rescued, a bit like a register. The programme managed to find quite a few of the children, then adults, of course, and gave them a chance to say thank you for rescuing them.
When Sir Nicholas Winton's story finally came out, he was honoured with awards for his bravery and thanked for the way he had cared for these children. Even then, he did not show off about it – instead, he tried to play down what he had done, thanking the children instead!
Let's watch this video about Sir Nicholas Winton and you will see what I mean.
Play the YouTube video Sir Nicholas Winton: The man who saved 669 children from the Nazis.
Jesus talked about the way that some people show off when they are doing things for charity or giving money to the poor. He said that, instead, if we give money with our right hand, not even our left hand should know about it. It was a funny way to make sure that people understood what he meant, which is that, when we give to others, it should be done in absolute secrecy, just as Sir Nicholas Winton secretly rescued all the children.
It's very unlikely that any of us will ever have the opportunity to rescue 669 children, but, every day, we can be secret heroes in tiny ways. Perhaps we could pick up some litter and put it in the bin or perhaps we could share what we have with people who need it more. Remember to not boast or show off, but keep your heroic deeds a secret.
Thank you for Sir Nicholas Winton, for the way that he rescued all of those children from danger and for his humble attitude, never showing off or trying to grab attention for himself. Help us to find ways this week to follow his example, to be secret heroes.
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Publication date: February 2015 (Vol.17 No.2) Published by SPCK, London, UK.
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A Tribuna de Alagoas foi um periódico que circulou no estado de Alagoas, no Brasil.

Surgiu em 1997, fruto de um projeto de Paulo César Farias, ex-tesoureiro do ex-presidente Fernando Collor de Mello. O jornal passou por diversas crises ao longo de sua história. Algumas semanas antes da inauguração, PC Farias apareceu morto.

Como órgão jornalístico, este jornal mostrou-se um completo fracasso de vendas. Por sinal, este jornal faliu duas vezes. A primeira, de maneira suave, sob o controle da família Farias. A segunda e definitiva falência ocorreu sob o controle do então governador de Alagoas Ronaldo Lessa. Esta segunda falência deu em greve e atraso de salários. O site http://portalimprensa.uol.com.br/portal/sindical/2007/04/27/imprensa5108.shtml fala sobre este assunto.

Jornalistas da antiga Tribuna de Alagoas reuniram-se na cooperativa Jorgraf (Cooperativa dos Jornalistas e Gráficos do Estado de Alagoas), primeira iniciativa do gêneno no Mundo. No dia 10 de julho estava nas bancas o mais novo jornal diário de Alagoas, intitulado Tribuna Independente'. O jornal, ao contrário do que muitos pensam, não é uma continuidade da antiga Tribuna de Alagoas. Hoje, um ano depois, os jornalistas que ainda lutam na justiça para receber os direitos trabalhistas da empresa falida, trabalham com total independência e submetendo-se aos mesmos trâmites do mercado editoral que os demais periódicos alagoanos.

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Logan Property Holdings Company Limited
Credit Opinion: Logan Property Holdings Company Limited: Update following revision of outlook to positive
Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Logan Property Holdings Company Limited
Announcement: Moody's: Chinese developers' offshore issuance surges in November, but will slow again in H1 2020
Announcement: Moody's: Chinese non-financial companies' credit conditions will be negative in 2020
Announcement: Moody's 2020 outlook for China's property sector is stable, but risks are building amid slowing sales and tight funding
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Moody's revises Logan Property's outlook to positive
Hong Kong, September 05, 2019 -- Moody's Investors Service has revised to positive from stable the rating outlook of Logan Property Holdings Company Limited.
At the same time, Moody's has affirmed Logan Property's Ba3 corporate family rating and B1 senior unsecured debt rating.
RATINGS RATIONALE
"The change in outlook to positive reflects our expectation that Logan's credit metrics will improve over the next 12-18 months, driven by strong revenue growth and good profit margins," says Cedric Lai, a Moody's Vice President and Senior Analyst.
"We also expect Logan's strong brand and leading market position in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area (Greater Bay Area) will enable the company to deliver strong contracted sales growth over the next 12-18 months," adds Lai.
Logan's contracted sales grew 25% year-on-year to RMB54.6 billion in the first seven months of 2019, after recording robust 65% year-on-year growth to RMB71.8 billion for the full year 2018.
Moody's believes Logan's sizable salable resources, strong sales execution and solid housing demand in the company's core markets in the Greater Bay Area will enable the company to further grow its contracted sales to RMB85-RMB90 billion in 2019.
Such strong contracted sales will help fund the company's business expansion and will support revenue growth and liquidity over the next 12-18 months.
Moody's expects Logan will continue to grow its presence in the Greater Bay Area over the next few years. At the end of June 2019, around 60% of its total land bank by gross floor area was located in the Greater Bay Area, providing the company with sufficient salable resources to maintain its strong market position in the region.
At the same time, the company has demonstrated discipline in its land acquisitions and business expansion.
Logan has kept its share of annual land acquisitions below 50% of contracted sales over the past 2-3 years. Moody's expects the company will maintain this disciplined approach to expansion, which will in turn keep debt growth at a moderate level.
Moody's further estimates that the company's gross profit margin will remain at 31%-32% over the coming 12-18 months because of its low-cost land bank. Its low land costs also provide the company with pricing flexibility should China's property market become more challenging over the next 6-12 months.
Consequently, Moody's expects Logan's debt leverage -- as measured by revenue/adjusted debt - will improve to 75%-80% over the next 12-18 months from 75% in the 12 months ended June 2019. Similarly, Moody's expects adjusted EBIT/interest will remain strong at 4.0x-4.5x from 4.6x over the same period.
Logan's Ba3 corporate family rating continues to reflect its (1) proven track record of developing mass-market residential properties in the Greater Bay Area; and (2) position as a leading developer in Shantou and Nanning. The company's focus on mass-market products supports sales growth and generates good presales cash flow, lowering its reliance on debt funding.
On the other hand, the rating is constrained by Logan's high geographic concentration in southern China.
Logan's liquidity position is good. The company's cash balance of RMB37.8 billion at the end of June 2019 covered 173% of its short-term debt. Such cash holdings, together with the company's operating cash flow, should be sufficient to cover its short-term debt and estimated committed land payments over the next 12-18 months.
With respect to governance risks, Moody's has considered the risk associated with the concentration of the company's ownership in its controlling shareholders, Mr. Kei Hoi Pang, who held a 62.05% stake in the company at 30 June 2019.
The financial risk associated with this ownership concentration is partly mitigated by (1) the presence of three independent non-executive directors on a board of seven directors, while two independent non-executive directors chaired the audit and remuneration committees, and (2) the application of the Listing Rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Securities and Futures Ordinance in Hong Kong.
The B1 senior unsecured debt rating is one notch lower than the corporate family rating due to structural subordination risk.
This subordination risk refers to the fact that the majority of Logan's claims are at its operating subsidiaries and have priority over claims at the holding company in a bankruptcy scenario. In addition, the holding company lacks significant mitigating factors for structural subordination. Consequently, the expected recovery rate for claims at the holding company will be lower.
Upward ratings pressure could emerge if Logan: (1) establishes a track record of stable contracted sales growth while maintaining good liquidity and profit margins; (2) grows in scale and improves geographic diversification; and (3) improves debt leverage. Credit metrics indicative of upward rating pressure include homebuilding EBIT/interest coverage in excess of 3.5x-4.0x and revenue/adjusted debt in excess of 80%-85% on a sustained basis.
On the other hand, Moody's could change the outlook to stable if the company's performance and credit metrics are unlikely to fall within the parameters required for a ratings upgrade over the next 12-18 months.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was Homebuilding And Property Development Industry published in January 2018. Please see the Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.
Established in 1996, Logan Property Holdings Company Limited is a property developer based in Shenzhen. The company's principal focus is on residential projects in Shenzhen, Shantou, Nanning and Huizhou.
The company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2013. At the end of June 2019, the company's land bank totaled 35.9 million square meters in gross floor area in different cities in China, including Shenzhen, Shantou, Nanning, Hong Kong and other cities in the Greater Bay Area, and in Singapore.
For ratings issued on a program, series, category/class of debt or security this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series, category/class of debt, security or pursuant to a program for which the ratings are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider, this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation to the credit rating action on the support provider and in relation to each particular credit rating action for securities that derive their credit ratings from the support provider's credit rating. For provisional ratings, this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation to the provisional rating assigned, and in relation to a definitive rating that may be assigned subsequent to the final issuance of the debt, in each case where the transaction structure and terms have not changed prior to the assignment of the definitive rating in a manner that would have affected the rating. For further information please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit support from the primary entity(ies) of this credit rating action, and whose ratings may change as a result of this credit rating action, the associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity. Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures, if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
Moody's considers a rated entity or its agent(s) to be participating when it maintains an overall relationship with Moody's. Unless noted in the Regulatory Disclosures as a Non-Participating Entity, the rated entity is participating and the rated entity or its agent(s) generally provides Moody's with information for the purposes of its ratings process. Please refer to www.moodys.com for the Regulatory Disclosures for each credit rating action under the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page and for details of Moody's Policy for Designating Non-Participating Rated Entities.
Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating review.
Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued the rating.
Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
The first name below is the lead rating analyst for this Credit Rating and the last name below is the person primarily responsible for approving this Credit Rating.
Cedric Lai
Moody's Investors Service Hong Kong Ltd.
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Local time: 19:45 ABDI IPEKCI ARENA
Fenerbahce Ulker outlasted SLUC Nancy 90-86
A convenient 11-0 run at the start of the second period was all that Fenerbahce Ulker needed to take its first win of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague season at home against SLUC Nancy, 90-86. The guests started well in the game, but Fenerbahce managed to shut Nico Batum down and got Thabo Sefolosha and Bojan Bogdanovic on fire. However, in the second half Nancy regrouped and by the last minutes of the last quarter it even had solid chances to cmplete a 23-point comeback, but in the end a free throw by Omer Onan sealed the deal. Now, Fener is 1-2 in Group A, while Nancy also drops to 1-2 to tie with the Turksih team. Sefolosha led the winners with 19 points, Onan, James Gist and Oguz Savas posted 13 apiece Bogdanovic had 11 and Kaya Peker nailed 10. Emir Preldzic dished 12 assists. For Nancy, John Linehan had the all-time record in assists as he dished 15 of them, beating the previous record of 14 shared by Theo Papaloukas and Tyus Edney since 2009 and 2004 respectively. Victor Samnick had the best scoring night of his career with his 24 points to lead the losers. Batum added 22, Jamal Shuler 13 and Adrien Moerman had a double-double of 11 points and 15 rebounds. It was also only the second game ever in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague to feature more than oneplayer with 10 or more assists. The other game in which this happened was the Third Place game at the 2008 Final Four in Madrid between Montepaschi Siena and Tau Ceramica. Terrell McIntyre dished 12 for the Italian team and Pablo Prigioni 11 for the Spanish side.
After tip-off, SLUC Nancy quickly looked to Nico Batum and he obliged with five quick points that were putting the guests ahead, 2-7. Luckily for Fenerbahce Ulker though, Thabo Sefolosha was on fire and exploded for six points in a row to tie the game in the blink of an eye, 8-8. Soon after, Gasper Vidmar hit one from the line for the first FB Ulker lead of the game, 9-8. Batum stepped up again but Sefolosha then started a festival of threes for both sides as soon the score escalated to 15-13. Nancy was looking for the quick passes in offense trying to find the fast circulation of the ball, and it succeeded when John Linehan fed Victor Samnick for a slam to tie, 15-15. With defense focused on Batum however, Fenerbahce managed to maim the guests' options in offense and as a result got offensive chances as Sefolosha slammed for his 11th point in the quarter, 19-17. With a couple straight offenses finding the net including Oguz Savas' layup, the hosts went up by 6 as the game reached the end of the first quarter, 23-17.
A whole different game started in the second quarter, especially with the appearance of Bojan Bogdanovic for Fenerbahce. His first three sparked an 11-0 run that included two more threes, another by him and one by Sefolosha to set the stands on fire and put a 34-17 on the scoreboard in the blink of an eye. With fast offense and great defense, the hosts were breaking the game. It had to be Batum who stopped the bleeding with a three-point play for Nancy's first points after almost three minutes into the quarter. Nancy called for a timeout but few things changed because the hosts were able to run in offense and together with the accuracy of Bogdanovic, who was up to 10 points in the period, Fenerbahce rocketed to a 41-22 lead. Samnick tried to keep Nancy alive but the atmosphere was against the guests as Savas and Omer Onan chained more baskets to make it a 21-point game, 45-24. Nancy managed to score a 0-4 thanks to Adrien Moerman's putback, and in defense the guests tried to switch to a zone, but Kaya Peker broke it with two more points entering the last minute, 51-29. The connection between Linehan and samnick was working for Nancy now in offense, but there was little else going on for the guests and Peker scored to close the first half with 55-34 for the hosts.
Savas opened fire in the second half for the hosts, but Samnick appeared for four straight points that made it 57-40. Sefolosha appeared again at this stage but Samnick was huge for Nancy and he was scoring from everywhere inside. The guests were now finding some more open spots to find the rim but Emir Preldzic soon fed Gist for a monster alley-oop that put things back in place. Nancy was far from done however, as Batum's steal allowed Jamal Shuler to score and draw the foul from Sefolosha for a three-point play that made it 63-52. On the other side, Nancy was also regrouping and Fenerbahce was finding it more difficult to find the basket. Shuler appeared again for five straight points including a three for the 67-57, as the game went on at its frantic pace. Nancy was definitely dominating nou as Moussa Badiane scored again on a Nancy third option to make it an 8-point game, as Curtis Jerrells had to drive in traffic to stop the bleeding. The end of the third quarter allowed the hosts to catch some air as the score showed a 70-61 after 30 minutes.
When Badiane hit a three-point play to start the last period and made it a 70-64 game, the stands at Abdi Ipekci couldn't believe their eyes. Preldzic scored for the hosts but Pape Amagou insistde: Nancy was back for real. Fortunately for the hosts, a three by Onan and Roko Ukic's layup quickly restored an 11-point lead so Fenerbahce could breathe. Amagou charged again with a triple of his own but Savas replied with a basket plus foul. The crowd at the arena couldn't believe their eyes when Samnick, back on court after rest, slammed the ball and later hit from 6 meters for his 20th point, to make it 80-73. Onan and Gist teamed up to keep Fener out of danger with buckets as the clock kept advancing. A technical foul called on Preldzic with 4 minutes to go allowed Batum to hit four free throws and the possession was in Nancy's fans again. Batum missed the three this time however and he score stayed at 84-79. Great defense by Nancy was allowing them to maintain their options, but Onan pulled up for a providential three with 3:15 to go that made it 87-79 again. After a Fener steal, Gist slammed for the offensive rebound making it clear that it was now or never for Nancy, 89-79. The guests started the final attack with a midcourt alley-oop from Batum to Moerman and after forcing a bad shot on Fener, Linehan fed Samnick for a driving slam, 89-83 with a little over one minute to go. However, despite the hosts losing the ball, Linehan tripped and gave the ball away this time and despitemissing a couple of shots, Fenerbahce secured thewin as there was no more time left and Onan sealed it from the line.
Referees: SUTULOVIC, ZORAN; DOZAI, SRDAN; MIKHAYLOV, SERGEY
Fenerbahce Ulker 23 32 15 20
SLUC Nancy 17 17 27 25
Fenerbahce Ulker
4 UKIC, ROKO 25:24 2 1/4 0/2 1 1 6 5 3 1 -3
5 JERRELLS, CURTIS 14:36 2 1/3 0/3 2 2 2 1 3 1 -2
7 ONAN, OMER 24:27 13 2/5 2/5 3/4 1 2 3 1 1 2 4 9
10 ATSUR, ENGIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 VIDMAR, GASPER 5:05 3 1/1 1/2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
14 PEKER, KAYA 13:32 10 5/6 2 2 4 3 1 4 13
15 GIST, JAMES 25:01 13 3/3 1/1 4/4 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 20
21 SAVAS, OGUZ 23:50 13 6/7 1/1 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 18
23 DEMIREL, HAKAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 SEFOLOSHA, THABO 24:11 19 5/6 2/4 3/6 5 5 1 2 4 19
44 BOGDANOVIC, BOJAN 14:59 11 2/2 2/5 1/1 1 1 1 1 2 11
55 PRELDZIC, EMIR 28:55 4 2/4 0/2 1 3 4 12 1 2 2 4 17
Team 4 4 1 3
Totals 200:00 90 28/41 7/22 13/18 7 26 33 27 7 14 1 2 22 20 107
Head coach: SPAHIJA, NEVEN
5 AKINGBALA, AKIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 GRANT, KENNETH 5:50 1 -1
7 BADIANE, MOUSSA 10:54 6 2/5 2/3 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 2
8 SHULER, JAMAL 23:36 13 3/4 2/2 1/1 1 1 1 1 1 14
11 LINEHAN, JOHN 33:05 5 2/9 0/1 1/2 3 3 15 3 3 1 15
13 SAMNICK, VICTOR 31:00 24 12/16 2 2 4 5 3 1 17
14 PINDA, KINGSLEY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 AMAGOU, PAPE-PHILIPPE 18:23 5 1/2 1/3 1 1 2 3 3
18 MOERMAN, ADRIEN 38:06 11 3/9 1/4 2/2 2 13 15 1 4 1 3 1 21
55 BATUM, NICOLAS 39:06 22 5/11 1/3 9/10 1 5 6 6 4 9 1 3 11 29
Totals 200:00 86 28/56 5/13 15/18 8 24 32 23 13 16 2 1 20 21 101
50% 38.5% 83.3%
Head coach: MONSCHAU, JEAN-LUC
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New York - Porsche will begin an app-based subscription service next month, joining the ranks of automakers experimenting with more flexible ownership models as ride hailing and smartphones upend traditional auto sales.
The length of the pilot, called Porsche Passport, is open-ended and initially will be limited to just 50 people in Atlanta, according to Klaus Zellmer, president of North America for the Volkswagen AG unit.
The first subscription tier starts at $2 000 (R27 300) a month and allows users to summon a 718 Boxster, Cayman S, Macan S or Cayenne on demand.
For $3 000 (R41 000) a month, drivers get access to 22 different Porsche models. Registration, insurance and maintenance costs are covered, though subscribers still have to pick up the tab for petrol.
They can swap for as many different models as desired during the month.
Porsche is looking for a way to reach younger consumers whose shopping and transportation habits have been shaped by Silicon Valley giants like Uber and Airbnb.
It's following in the footsteps of GM's Cadillac, which launched its Book subscription service in the US in January, and Care by Volvo, which combines lease, insurance and maintenance into one monthly payment.
Porsche is partnering with Atlanta-based startup Clutch Technologies, which sells analytics software that can predict which models will be in demand based on past customer behavior, weather conditions, and other factors.
The brand's two Atlanta-area dealerships will provide service and maintenance for the fleet of cars used through the service, he said.


Alarmed by plunging television ratings for the Academy Awards, the organization behind the Oscars said it would add a category for blockbuster films and shorten the telecast.
In a series of moves that could shake up the nature of the Oscars, including the types of films nominated and the length of the telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday announced sweeping changes that are among the most dramatic in the tradition-bound group's more than 90-year history.
Among the three changes — approved by the 54-member board of governors late Tuesday and announced to the organization's members in a letter Wednesday — the most consequential and potentially controversial one is a new category for "outstanding achievement in popular film" that would stand apart from the traditional best picture award.
The announcement comes as the academy struggles with declining ratings for its Oscars telecast, which plummeted to an all-time low this year. The changes represent a clear effort to address perennial criticism, which has become a kind of annual social-media blood sport, that the show itself has grown too bloated, tedious and out-of-touch with the interests and tastes of many mainstream moviegoers.
Although the academy since its inception has held itself up as the standard-bearer for cinematic excellence regardless of box-office performance, the new category represents an effort to recognize commercial blockbusters with broad appeal — including movies like "The Dark Knight" and "Wonder Woman" — that have often failed to make the cut, even with the expansion of the best picture category to include up to 10 films.
Among many longtime Oscar watchers, the announcement of the new category sparked immediate criticism on social media, with many calling it an act of pandering in search of ratings that will water down the significance of the awards.
While massive hits like "Titanic," "The Lord of the Rings" and "Get Out" have occasionally earned best picture nominations or wins, the race in recent years has often been dominated by smaller films such as "Moonlight" and "The Shape of Water," ones that took the top prize the past two years.
Responding to years of criticism that the telecast frequently runs too long — often pushing well past three hours — the academy also said it will limit the show to three hours and move the presentation of certain awards to commercial breaks during the show. "The winning moments will then be edited and aired later in the broadcast," the academy noted, without specifying which categories this change would apply to.
Although many viewers have long complained about the number of less widely accessible awards in the show, including those for sound editing, sound mixing and short films, their inclusion has been important to members of the academy's below-the-line branches who have resisted suggestions over the years that they be moved to a separate ceremony.
Lastly, the academy said it is moving up the date of the 92nd Oscars telecast by two weeks, from the previously announced Feb. 23, 2020, to Feb. 9, 2020.
The move presumably represents an effort to address the awards fatigue that can set in over a prolonged Oscar season, sapping audiences' interest in the Academy Awards.
The alterations to the show come against the backdrop of years of unprecedented change — and frequent tumult — at the academy, which after weathering two years of #OscarsSoWhite controversy has vastly swelled its membership in an effort to diversify its historically overwhelmingly white and male ranks. The academy is also continuing an ambitious and expensive effort to build a museum in the heart of Los Angeles that has placed new pressures on its finances.
The changes raise as many — or more — questions than they answer, but the academy's leadership promised clarity will be forthcoming.
Mechanic applauded the changes in an email Wednesday.


It's that time of year when everyone begins to obsess over what Apple will be releasing at their upcoming September 9th event. Could it be an iPhone? 2 iPhones? 3 IPHONES?? AN IPAD???!!?? AN APPLE TV??!!????!!! Well, just to pile on with all the #hype and excitement, here's what you can expect to see at Apple's fall event.
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Yes, it's true. Apple's planning on releasing the new refreshed Apple TV, something that hasn't been updated since 2012.
The new multimedia set-top-box is rumored to include a new design (possibly something similar to the picture on the left), a new remote control with a touch-based-interface and Siri voice commands, a dedicated App Store, more on-board storage, a faster processor, and a refresh user interface all together.
It's a bit tricky to tell whether Apple will certainly announce a new Apple TV at this year's Fall event, however Apple is said that they pulled all plans from WWDC to announce the new set-top-box, so they could of done so because they simply wanted to release it at this year's Fall event.
While there's a pretty strong possibility Apple will release a new Apple TV, there's no question that the iPhone 6S will be the star of the show. We reported last week that you can expect to see a new iPhone called the 6S complete with a Force Touch and sturdier design. You can view that Story here. Apple's also reportedly going to release their much-anticipated iPad Pro and mini 4, but with Apple having a history of releasing new iPads in October, this is pretty unlikely unless Apple throws a major curveball.
It's hard to tell whether Apple will make their TV "part of the show" or as a famous "One more thing...". There's plenty of hype about it, so we could even see it announced in similar fashion to the Apple Watch (as a "One more thing...").
There's plenty of reasons why Apple should release their new Apple TV this Fall (in our opinion, as long as they make it a "One more thing"), so you can feel safe if you think Apple will in fact announce it to the public.
Apple has been rumored to expand their iPad lineup and release a huge iPad possibly called "iPad Pro". The big screen tablet is rumored to feature a 12.9 inch 2732 x 2048 display with 265 pixels-per-inch (ppi), a similar body to the iPad Air, Touch ID, and Force Touch technology, the same found on the Apple Watch and new MacBooks.
It's unclear at this time when this new iPad will be available to us, but rumors suggest we could see it this fall with Apple rumored to enter production of the tablet in September or October, so we can expect it to come some time in October or November, possibly alongside iOS 9.1. Rumors also suggest that Apple will announce it during their iPhone event this year in September, hence the iPad Pro being part of "What to Expect", but for now this is just a wildcard, meaning Apple may or may nor throw their new tablet in to the mix in September.
Another rumor states the the new iPad Pro will ship with Apple's A9 chip, rumored to be placed inside their next-gen iPhones and iPads. While earlier rumors suggest that Apple will be using their A8X chip found in the iPad Air 2, this is very unlikely now that we have more information on both the tablet and processor thanks to leaks.
If you'd like to learn more about Apple's large tablet, check out MacRumor's dedicated page. They go over all the rumors and details that have leaked.
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NSW report finds commuters left waiting at bus stops
A NSW Auditor-General's report, released today, slated the State Transit Authority for leaving people standing at bus stops
NSW report finds commuters left waiting
By David Goeldner | November 30, 2011
NSW Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat has recommended the State Transit Authority – operator of Sydney Buses – evaluates its bus services after finding 22 percent of commuters were left at bus stops in the past year.
"There are more buses and more services, but 22 per cent of passengers with key operators have been left standing at bus stops because buses are too full, did not stop or do not turn up," Achterstraat says.
Achterstraat tabled his 160 page report on Transport and Ports in NSW Parliament today, drawing on research conducted by the Independent Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator (ITSRR) which unearthed the previously unreported 'bus stop' statistic.
ITSRR surveyed 2,344 customers from the 15 bus contract regions across metropolitan Sydney, analysing five bus operators; Busways, Hillsbus, Sydney Buses (STA), Veolia and Westbus.
The report says that as STA operates the largest and busiest contract regions in Sydney, the proportion of Sydney Buses customers surveyed represented 60 per cent of the total population surveyed.
The ITSRR reported that crowding at peak commuting times was the aspect of service delivery with highest level of dissatisfaction in the survey.
It makes mention of 17 percent of passengers experiencing difficulties getting on and off buses, of which nine percent was due to overcrowding.
And there was the uncomfortable statistic of 22 percent of survey respondents attempting to travel between home and work left standing at bus stops.
Acherstraat's report gives STA some space in reply, stating it has strict limits on the maximum capacity of passengers a bus can carry to ensure bus drivers can operate vehicles safely, and that it has introduced an additional 150 high capacity articulated buses into its fleet to increase passenger capacity.
STA say in the report it has introduced the Metrobus services, thereby increasing service availability, but there are high frequency services provided at peaks where customers may not be able to get on the first bus.
"As a result, customers' wait times are minimised," STA claim in the Auditor-General's report.
Achterstraat also noted the slowing of Sydney's road travel speeds during morning peak periods.
He says road users in the Sydney morning peak period are taking longer to get to work, while the afternoon peak remains largely unchanged.
"Morning peak travel speeds have worsened on six of the seven major Sydney roads," Achterstraat says.
"The morning peak's average speed decreased from 31 to 29 km/h (while) the afternoon peak's overall average speed remained unchanged at 42 km/h."
He says in 2010-11, the slowest major Sydney road was Victoria Road, in Sydney's inner-west, with an average morning peak speed of 24 km/h and 31 km/h in the afternoon peak.
NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian and Roads and Ports Minister Duncan Gay issued a joint statement today in response to Achterstraat's report, welcoming it's tabling in state Parliament, but concerned about the findings.
They say the report highlighted the community's concern with slow travel speeds for motorists and overcrowded buses, as well as overcrowded peak hour trains and freight bottlenecks, which were also highlight in the report.
Berejiklian says, however, the findings of the NSW Auditor-General's report are not news to the community.
"We know our transport system does not work as it should which is why we have established the new integrated transport authority, Transport for NSW," she says.
"One of its six new divisions is dedicated to improving the customer experience and another is dedicated to improving our freight network."
Berejiklian responded to the implied criticism of the bus network by highlighting an extra 91 NightRide bus services having been added in the past year.
"But we know there is a long way to go," she says.


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Bobby Ross Jr., Immigration, Journalism, Politics, Social Issues
This is what happens when a small-town church embraces an immigrant facing deportation
In a small-town Colorado church, an immigrant facing deportation finds sanctuary and friendship https://t.co/X8rnP4Fn9F pic.twitter.com/OIlIGcaDDa
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 4, 2017
The Los Angeles Times has a nice feature this week on a United Methodist Church in small-town Colorado embracing an immigrant facing deportation.
Overall, I really enjoyed the piece.
The writer does a terrific job of using simple language and precise details to tell a real-life story.
Let's start at the top:
MANCOS, Colo. — A small piece of paper hangs above a bed in the pastor's office at the Mancos United Methodist Church.
It's a sign-up sheet with the names of local residents committed to watching over Rosa Sabido, a Mexican national who has found sanctuary from deportation in the Colorado church. The residents sleep in the church office, while Sabido rests in a separate room normally used as a children's nursery.
"We are here in case someone should show up at night or just to comfort her," Joanie Trussel, a local resident whose name was on the list of volunteers, said recently. "We don't want her to be alone."
For the last 30 years, Sabido has lived in the U.S. on visitor visas or by receiving stays of deportation, but she was denied a stay in May and became eligible for immediate deportation.
She is the latest in a series of immigrants whom the government suspects of entering the country illegally or overstaying their visas to seek refuge in a church to avoid deportation. Many others have found sanctuary in big cities like Denver, Phoenix and Chicago.
Mancos, a town of about 1,300 in rural southwest Colorado, is an island of diversity in a largely Republican sea with the motto "Where the West Still Lives." It's an eclectic place of cattle drives, art galleries, cafes and coffee roasters.
"People think independently here," said Silvia Fleitz, lay leader of the church. "You think they are one thing and they do something that totally surprises you."
I'm not a big fan of the "island of diversity in a largely Republican sea" description. Showing readers — as opposed to telling them — that it's an island of diversity would be preferable. Also, if the Republican Party is going to be made a part of the story, a local party official probably deserves an opportunity to speak.
But that political detour aside, I appreciate how the Times quotes a variety of local sources and lets them explain — in their own words — their thinking on joining Sabido's cause.
Later in the story, readers learn this:
After her request was denied, Sabido approached the Mancos United Methodist Church. It had voted a few months earlier to become a sanctuary church; the roughly 60-member congregation was eager to put its faith into action.
Many already knew Sabido. She lived in Cortez but shopped in the local grocery store, worked at the Catholic Church and sold tamales every week at the farmers market.
"Rosa is one of us; she is our sister," Paschal said.
And later, there's this detail:
The other night, gospel singers performed for Sabido in the church's Fellowship Hall. She's taking piano lessons and yoga classes. And people routinely drop by to keep her company.
That's good stuff.
But (you knew a "but" was coming, didn't you?) here's my constructive criticism from a GetReligion perspective: Given that the story is about a church, I wish the Times had developed the religion angle just a little bit more.
The story says that the congregation wanted to put its faith into action. Great, but how exactly does helping Sabido do that? Are there specific doctrines or beliefs that come into play in deciding to become a sanctuary church? Note: I'm not asking for a long sermon on such questions, just a little insight.
Moreover, I'd just love to see a little detail that makes it clear we're talking about a religious body — perhaps a prayer, perhaps a Scripture, perhaps even a lyric or two from the hymns that the gospel singers performed.
As I said at the beginning, I really enjoyed the piece. I just think — with a few tweaks here and there — it could have been even better.
Tagged: Sanctuary Movement, United Methodist Church, Colorado, Los Angeles Times, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, rural churches
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