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Antonio Guerrero's 15 Prison Paintings for 15 years can now be seen at Auckland University →
GPJA #500: Forum on Hawaii tonight 7pm, Unite Union Office
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 499, April 18, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 7pm, Unite Union, 6A Western Springs Road, Morningside
Film evening with Hawaiian filmmaker Keala Kelly – . Keala will introduce and screen her documentary film "Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawaii" in which the US Military has turned Hawaii into a testing and training ground for its wars in the Middle East. Evening hosted by Global Peace and Justice Auckland with support of several community groups.
April 25-27, Sir Paul Reeves Building, AUT city campus, Auckland
Militarisation in the Pacific: Women, Peace and Security. A regional meeting convened by WILPF Aotearoa. The meeting will comprise two days of information sharing through panels, workshops and presentations, and one day of work on WILPF activity in the region. Women from around the Pacific will be coming to the meeting to share information about issues, such as foreign military bases, being under military occupation, the links between globalization and militarization. It will be a great opportunity to meet our sisters from around the region and learn firsthand about issues of peace and security in the Pacific.
Saturday 26 April 9.00am – 5.00pm. There will be a mixture of workshops, plenary presentations and panel discussions.
Sunday 27 April will focus on WILPF business, in particular, the 100th birthday in 2015 and the possibility of the Asia-Pacific WILPF sections working together as a regional grouping within International WILPF.
For further detail go to www.wilpf.org.nz (The site is being regularly updated).
Registration now open via wilpfaotearoa
Sunday, April 27, 2-4pm, Thorndon School Hall, immediately next door to Thorndon pool, on Murphy Street in Thorndon, Wellington
Memorial Service. Part of the Workers Memorial Day events. We are having three events – the forestry memorial service on 27 April and the collection and procession to Parliament on 28 April to remember all workers killed at work. Plans are shaping up well for the three events to mark workers memorial day but we need some assistance from affiliates to ensure that these Wellington events are great for members from all unions.
Sunday, April 27, 10.30-12.30, Kelly Tarlton's SeaLife Aquarium, 23 Tamaki Dr, Auckland.
You're invited to an Election year Oceans Forum. Hear oceans experts talk about our marine challenges, and hear from political parties what they'll do in response. Register to attend at either mauisandhectorsdolphins or on the fb event, or via 'Eventfinda'. Entry is free but numbers are limited.
Monday, April 28, 12 noon, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny St to Parliament
Workers Memorial Day procession https://www.facebook.com/events/391333954343226/
Thursday, May 1, Blackball, West Coast, South Island
Damien O'Connor MP opens a new public art exhibition. Runanga Miners Hall 4.00pm. Meet and greet Damien O'Connor MP at Runanga Workingmen's Club. Refreshments served. 7.00pm. followed by the inaugural Schools Debate Grey High School versus John Paul II: Voting is no longer relevant. Young people can make change in other ways. Runanga Workingmen's Club 7.30-9.00pm.
Friday, May 2, Blackball
The annual Blackball versus Runanga debate: You can't vote Labour because it means the bloody Greens could be in government. Runanga, current champions, will be arguing the affirmative. Chaired by Denise Roche, MP Green Party. Blackball Workingmen's Club, 7.30pm All welcome.
Saturday, May 3, Blackball
Exhibition Opening, You & the Boss: Employment Relations and the coming election. Blackball Museum 5.00pm. Performance of the play based on the Spring Creek Mine closure and the proposed workers co-operative The Judgement of Ben Alder, script by Paul Maunder, performed by Kiwi/Possum Productions at Blackball Community Centre 6.30pm followed by dinner 7.30pm with keynote speech by Kevin Hague, MP Green Party, on the topic of Just Transition from fossil fuels. There could even be some singing. Dinner and play $20. Please book wkcultur; Play only gold coin/koha at the door.
Saturday, May 3, 7.30pm,Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North
May Day Concert.
Saturday, May 3, 10am-3pm, Corbans Estate, 426 Great North Rd, Auckland
West Fest For A Living Wage
Saturday, May 3, 6:30 for 7pm start. St. Heliers Community Centre, 100 St Heliers Bay Road
Amnesty International Quiz Night. Hosted by the Remuera Group of Amnesty International. Tickets: $25/single or $150/table of 8. Discounted tkt prices for pre-purchase. Food and beverage available for purchase. Raffle and prizes too. Contact Jeanette or Richard at 09-521-2050 for more information.
GPJA Special Forum: Monday 5th May 7.30pm at Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road Grey Lynn.
Guest Speaker Murray Horton from the Christchurch-based CAFCA (Campaign against Foreign Control of Aotearoa) and the ABC (Anti Bases Campaign) Murray will be speaking on: "Who's running the show and in whose interests?" and focusing on: People's Rights before Corporate Profit; Public service, not private profit; An independent foreign policy; No unjust secret treaties. Murray's GPJA forum is part of a nationwide tour. We don't see him often in Auckland so we welcome everyone to what will be an entertaining, amusing and politically important presentation.
Tuesday, May 6, 5.30 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. at WG 126, AUT University, Sir Paul Reeves Building, 2 Governor Fitzroy Place, AUCKLAND.
The New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO in conjunction with the AUT University Pacific Media Centre has great pleasure in inviting you to join us for the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Lecture 2014. The Lecture will be given by Dr Gavin Ellis, senior media lecturer at the University of Auckland and former editor-in-chief of The New Zealand Herald. The title of his lecture will be: "No-one died covering celebrity news." Please feel free to pass this invitation to your colleagues also and ask them to RSVP with their names and contact details when convenient. RSVP to: susan.isaacs by Monday 28 April.
Friday, May 9, 4-6pm, Room WG808 (Level 8), Sir Paul Reeves Building, AUT University
WHAT THE MEDIA DON'T TELL YOU: WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW? AND IN WHOSE INTEREST? "We want an independent Aotearoa, based on policies of economic, military and political self-reliance, using Aotearoa's resources for the benefit of the people of Aotearoa. "This country needs people power to let the world know that Aotearoa is not for sale." – Murray Horton, spokesperson for the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) and the Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC)
Saturday, May 10, 7.30pm, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington.
DREAMS LIE DEEPER – A CONCERT COMMEMORATING MINERS EVERYWHERE. The Orpheus Choir of Wellington, the city's much-acclaimed symphonic choir, has programmed a major concert entitled Dreams Lie Deeper, as a tribute to miners the world over. It brings together three premières of choral music dedicated to miners, inspired by historical events that recall the tragedies, the struggles and also the rejoicing when rescue from a mining disaster was achieved. The theme of the evening will be dedicated to mining communities and a commemoration of events that have irrevocably changed the course of their lives.
The major work in the programme is the New Zealand première of 17 Days, by young UK composer James McCarthy. He was commissioned to compose a piece by Crouch End Festival Chorus, dedicated to the dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners in 2010. The work was premiered in the Barbican Theatre London in 2011 and received a standing ovation; a second performance last year was received with the same acclamation. It is a very moving expression of the tremendous emotion the whole world felt during those 17 days when the miners were underground and no word had yet been heard from them.
At our concert, the award-winning Wellington Brass Band and Wellington Young Voices, a recently established children's choir in the city, join us in this very powerful presentation.
The second première is If Blood Be the Price, a work by New Zealand composer Ross Harris, inspired by the 1912 Waihi Miners' Strike, and is set to a poem by NZ Poet Laureate Vincent O'Sullivan. The significance of the tragic consequence of the industrial action by those Waihi workers is indelibly written into mining history in this country, and the performance will be an evocative reminder of the working life of those who work under the ground.
The final focus of "Dreams Lie Deeper" will be on the tragedy that threw a whole community into turmoil and brought their plight into every New Zealand household overnight – the Pike River Mine disaster. The concert will showcase a new work by high profile and well-loved singer/songwriter, Dave Dobbyn, who has been commissioned to write both the lyrics and music for a tribute to the miners who lost their lives in the tragedy of 2011.
Friday, May 16, 7pm, Thames Sailing Club
May 19, 21, & 23, Fisher Paykell Auditorium of the University of Auckland
Sir Douglas Robb Lectures: The Human Cost of Inequality – Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson. Lecture series to be given by the authors of The Spirit Level. Details: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/news-events-and-notices/events/events-2014/05/sir-douglas-robb-lectures.html
Saturday, May 24, 9:45am – 5:30pm, Cityside Baptist, 8 Mt Eden Road, Newton, Auckland
Amnesty International Annual Meeting & Skillshare 2014. The date is set and the venue booked! Amnesty International is holding its Annual Meeting to celebrate human rights heroes, tell you about our priority campaigns and give you a say on important Amnesty matters. This year's meeting will take place on 24 May and gives you the chance to participate in the direction and decision making your organisation. oin us the following day for a Skillshare where you'll get the opportunity to exchange skills and knowledge with activists from around New Zealand. The day also includes training and more in-depth workshops on our current campaigns. Where: Auckland Venue: TBC hen: 25 May 2014, 10am – 3pm. http://www.amnesty.org.nz/get-involved/annual-meeting-2014
CPAG: SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY 16 MAY
Please save the date for CPAG's annual post budget breakfasts on Friday, May 16. What will the 2014 budget hold for children? Join us for breakfast to hear our analysis of how the 2014 budget affects children and young people. We're holding breakfasts in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch with the possibility of extending events to Whangarei, Hamilton and Dunedin! Watch out for more details soon. http://tinyurl.com/mqakeww
MURRAY HORTON SPEAKING TOUR: MAY 4-29, 2014 – WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW? AND IN WHOSE INTERESTS?
Murray Horton is the long serving Organiser and spokesperson for two Christchurch-based groups, the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) and the Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC). He has been a political activist since the late 1960s and has a national profile as a campaigner, writer, speaker, organiser and researcher. During May he is undertaking an election year North Island speaking tour, from Kaitaia to Wellington, and many places inbetween. He has already toured the South Island, in March and April (he has been doing these election year tours for a couple of decades, most recently in 2011). The full itinerary is at http://2014cafcatour.blogspot.co.nz/p/blog-page.html
JOIN THIS YEAR'S AUSTRALIAN SOLIDARITY DELEGATION TO VENEZUELA DECEMBER 2 – 13, 2014
Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network. Registrations are now open for the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network's 2014 solidarity tour to revolutionary Venezuela. http://links.org.au/node/3700
The drone strike killing of a Kiwi http://thestandard.org.nz/the-drone-strike-killing-of-a-kiwi/
Rachel Smalley: Kiwi killed in drone strike raises more questions than answers http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/opinion/rachel-smalley-17apr2014
Brian Edwards: What ACT's Jamie Whyte could learn from Albert Einstein http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2014/04/what-acts-jamie-whyte-could-learn-from-albert-einstein/
"They Got The TV – We Got The Truth" – Boots Riley Visits NZ http://occupysavvy.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/they-got-the-tv-we-got-the-truth-boots-riley-visits-nz/
Rio Tinto judged worst company of the year http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nz-rio-tinto-judged-worst-company-year-8568
Click here for the full 2013 Roger Award Judges' Report http://canterbury.cyberplace.co.nz/community/CAFCA/publications/Roger/Roger2013.pdf
MPs clash over sick Fijian http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11243000
Bronwyn Pullar: ACC abused claimants' rights with consent form Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/Bronwyn-Pullar-ACC-abused-claimants-rights-with-consent-form/tabid/1771/articleID/341271/Default.aspx#ixzz2zx228ria
POVERTY & INEQUALITY
Dying mother trapped in two-bedroom flat with four sons http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11242343
Why the Labour movement should support a Universal Basic Income By Mike Treen http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/04/18/why-the-labour-movement-whould-support-a-universal-basic-income/
Sympathy For The One Per Cent – The uber-rich have problems, too by Gordon Campbell http://werewolf.co.nz/2014/04/sympathy-for-the-one-per-cent/
NZ – ECONOMY
CTU: Focus on housing costs, raise wages not interest rates http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1404/S00348/focus-on-housing-costs-raise-wages-not-interest-rates.htm
12 Reasons Why New Zealand's Economic Bubble Will End In Disaster http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessecolombo/2014/04/17/12-reasons-why-new-zealands-economic-bubble-will-end-in-disaster/
Forbes 'bubble-ologist' jabs back at Steven Joyce http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/forbes-bubble-jabs-back-steven-joyce-ck-155047
Brian Fallow: Four reasons not to panic about a property bubble http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11242228
Trade and Investment Agreements: Human Rights For Sale By James Ritchie http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/04/22/trade-and-investment-agreements-human-rights-for-sale/
NZ – WORKRIGHTS
Global unions applaud NZ 'slave ships' progress http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1404/S00304/global-unions-applaud-nz-slave-ships-progress.htm
Families before commerce at Easter http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1404/S00303/families-before-commerce-at-easter.htm
Workers support plain packaging of tobacco http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1404/S00261/workers-support-plain-packaging-of-tobacco.htm
Labour backs 'subbies' http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9958017/Labour-backs-subbies
CTU: Focus on housing costs, raise wages not interest rates http://union.org.nz/news/2014/focus-housing-costs-raise-wages-not-interest-rates
Greens: Govt fails Southern Cross Forest workers http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1404/S00386/govt-fails-southern-cross-forest-workers.htm
NZ-HISTORY
Lest We Remember – As millions of dollars are spent on World War I and the Anzacs, the 150th anniversary of the wars at home are getting short shrift by Alison McCulloch http://werewolf.co.nz/2014/04/lest-we-remember/
"To learn to see all the crimes against humanity, all the indignities to which the human body and spirit are subjected, as the twisted outgrowths and expressions of the existing social system, in order to direct all our energies into a collective struggle against this system – that is the direction in which the burning desire for revenge can find its highest moral satisfaction." – Leon Trotsky, "Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism", November 1911
"Humanity faces a crisis of a scale unlike any it has encountered in the past. Those who are alive today have the power to ensure that human beings have a desirable future on this planet. We can accomplish this historic task or we can condemn succeeding generations to utter misery and, ultimately, to nonexistence." – Umair Muhammad in 'Confronting Injustice'
Free Transit:: Three Reasons It Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come by Michael Laxer http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/969.php
Robert Fisk: Do those who flaunt the poppy on their lapels know that they mock the war dead? http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-do-those-who-flaunt-the-poppy-on-their-lapels-know-that-they-mock-the-war-dead-6257416.html
Raising Our Expectations by Sam Gindin https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/04/raising-our-expectations/
"Utopian Potential of the Internet": Astra Taylor on How to Take Back Power & Culture in Digital Age http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/25/utopian_potential_of_the_internet_astra
Internet For The Wealthy On The Way Unless We Stop It: – Take Action Today: Immediate mobilization required to save open Internet
http://www.popularresistance.org/internet-for-the-wealthy/
Brazil's 'Internet Bill of Rights' a Victory for Web Freedom:
"This is a truly historical day for people power, with Brazil now leading the world in keeping the net neutral." http://shamassiah.blogspot.mx/2014/04/brazils-internet-bill-of-rights-victory.html
Brands' commitment to Rana Plaza compensation fund woefully inadequate http://www.industriall-union.org/brands-commitment-to-rana-plaza-compensation-fund-woefully-inadequate
Dean Baker | Economic Policy in a Post-Piketty World http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23205-economic-policy-in-a-post-piketty-world
Time To Rein In Grossly Overpaid Ceos http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/4/ceo-pay-executivecompensationdoddfrank.html
Exposing the ugly truth about Rio Tinto http://www.industriall-union.org/exposing-the-uggly-truth-about-rio-tinto
What's behind the expansion drive of fossil fuel industries across North America? http://www.rogerannis.com/whats-behind-the-expansion-drive-of-canadas-and-north-americas-fossil-fuel-industries/
Earth Day Special: "Fierce Green Fire" Documentary Explores Environmental Movement's Global Rise http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/22/earth_day_special_fierce_green_fire
Gabriel García Márquez in His Own Words on Writing "100 Years of Solitude" http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/18/gabriel_garcia_marquez_in_his_own
"He Gave Us Back Our History": Isabel Allende on Gabriel García Márquez in Exclusive Interview http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/18/he_gave_us_back_our_history
Review: Cesar Chavez Remembered, Warts and All http://labornotes.org/blogs/2014/04/review-cesar-chavez-remembered-warts-and-all
Toms River: How a Small Town Fought Back Against Corporate Giants for Toxic Dumping Linked to Cancer http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/23/toms_river_how_a_small_town
Out Of The Past: In films like A Separation and The Past, Asghar Farhadi has become Iran's most celebrated cultural export. There's a price. by Gordon Campbell http://werewolf.co.nz/2014/04/out-of-the-past/
"Silenced" Film Explores the Human Toll of Obama's Crackdown on National Security Whistleblowers http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/24/silenced_film_explores_the_human_toll
Assault on unions steps up – Govt sends in bailiffs to take workers' homes http://www.cpa.org.au/guardian/2014/1634/01-assault-on-unions-steps-up.html
Coeur Mines Treading in Dangerous Water at San Bartolome Mine in Bolivia
by Kirsten Francescone http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/971.php
Hope in Bosnia-Herzegovina revolt; Graphic new doco on wave of people's power http://links.org.au/node/3809
Striking Burmese Workers at Mae Sot Factory Win Concessions http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/striking-burmese-workers-mae-sot-factory-win-concessions.html
Wife of Canada's prime minister shows callous disregard for missing and murdered women http://www.rogerannis.com/wife-of-canadas-prime-minister-shows-callous-disregard-for-missing-and-murdered-women/
48,000 Chinese Strikers Say, Adidas, Nike, Timberland: You Fix It! – See more at: http://labornotes.org/2014/04/48000-chinese-strikers-say-adidas-nike-timberland-you-fix-it#sthash.UhKlg0dK.dpuf
Statement on large strike at the Yue Yuen shoe factory http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/news/new-482.html
Yue Yuen Drops in Hong Kong as Strike Disrupts Output http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-21/china-strike-at-nike-adidas-factory-extends-to-sixth-day.html
U.N. Struggles to Stem Haiti Cholera Epidemic http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/world/americas/un-struggles-to-stem-haiti-cholera-epidemic.html
Victory against all odds in the MSWU elections! http://marutisuzukiworkersunion.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/victory-against-all-odds-in-the-mswu-elections/
Robert Fisk: Sinister efforts to minimise Japanese war crimes and portray the empire as a victim must be exposed http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/robert-fisk-sinister-efforts-to-minimise-japanese-war-crimes-and-portray-the-empire-as-a-victim-must-be-exposed-9242156.html
South Korean film spotlights claims of sickness linked to Samsung plants http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/05/south-korean-film-claims-sickness-samsung
The Tragedy of Sewol Reveals Structural Problems in South Korean Society http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?code=790101&artid=201404211623357
Mass protests sweep Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan http://links.org.au/node/3815
Marshall Islands Case against the Nuclear-Armed States http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1404/S00365/marshall-islands-case-against-the-nuclear-armed-states.htm
US Pursues 'Peace' on Israel's Terms http://www.palestinechronicle.com/us-pursues-peace-on-israels-terms/
Special Report: Palestinian Prisoners Denied the Right to Education http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1404/S00191/palestinian-prisoners-denied-the-right-to-education.htm
"How and When I Stopped Being Jewish": Shlomo Sand and Demystifying the Myths of Zionist Historiography http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/2fd3c06b-ab8e-41f1-8744-73b83a546252
Israel's War on American Universities http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/israels_war_on_american_universities_20140316/
The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors http://www.juancole.com/2014/04/criticized-submitting-israeli.html
Saudi Arabia jails lawyer and human rights activist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k68rOq24l90&feature=youtu.be
Ronnie Kasrils calls for 'no vote' for African National Congress http://links.org.au/node/3814
How the welfare state was stolen http://links.org.au/node/3813
Rebel In-Fighting Endangers Syrian Civilians in their Territory http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=6705
Thailand's Rich and Powerful Royalists (Trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcX8p-ReCYo&list=TLRJl-eez61NaptdUUArAtWjrZySiDVcq4
(Re)Radicalization of the Working Class in Turkey?: An Appraisal of Recent Workplace Occupations by Mehmet Erman Erol http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/972.php
Cumbrian nuclear dump 'virtually certain' to be eroded by rising sea levels http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/20/choice-cumbria-nuclear-dump-mistake-environment-agency
GCHQ, the Guardian and British political culture: lessons from the Snowden leaks – See more at: http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/opinion/17160-gchq-the-guardian-and-british-political-culture-lessons-from-the-snowden-leaks-
Threats and attacks by NATO and Kiev government against eastern Ukraine http://www.rogerannis.com/threats-by-nato-and-ukraine-against-the-russian-and-ukrainian-people/
The Ukraine Imbroglio and the Decline of the American Empire http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/18/the-ukraine-imbroglio-and-the-decline-of-the-american-empire/
Ukraine, Russia and the miners of the Donbass http://rs21.org.uk/2014/04/16/ukraine-russia-and-the-miners-of-the-donbass/
The Perils of Intervention – Ukraine: From Crisis to Catastrophe http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/22/ukraine-from-crisis-to-catastrophe/
Kshama Sawant — 'Not enough to boo Democrats, we have to pose a real challenge' http://links.org.au/node/3810
An Int'l Trail of Death and Heartbreak: How the Bush Wars came home with the Vets http://www.juancole.com/2014/04/trail-death-heartbreak.html
Too Big to Jail? Why Kidnapping, Torture, Assassination, and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington http://www.juancole.com/2014/04/kidnapping-assassination-washington.html
How the revolving door lets Hollywood shape Obama's trade agenda http://www.vox.com/2014/4/22/5636466/hollywood-just-hired-another-white-house-trade-official
m Crow in the Classroom: New Report Finds Segregation Lives on in U.S. Schools http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/23/resegregation_of_american_students_new_report
USA – WORKERS REVOLT
Auto Parts Workers Strike for Recognition, Strategy Is to Shut Down Assembly Plant – See more at: http://labornotes.org/2014/04/auto-parts-workers-strike-recognition-strategy-shut-down-assembly-plant
Viewpoint: More Seattles, Please http://labornotes.org/2014/04/viewpoint-more-seattles-please
Minimum Wage & McDonald's Spending Journal http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/8fg72p/minimum-wage—mcdonald-s-spending-journal
Why Passengers Cheered a Vermont Bus Strike http://labornotes.org/2014/04/why-passengers-cheered-vermont-bus-strike
Peter Van Buren, I'm a Whistleblower: Want Fries with That? http://www.tomdispatch.com/dialogs/print/?id=175835
Can A Country Have A Revolutionary State and A Capitalist Economy? An Interview with Steve Ellner http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/973.php

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The Last Jedi Director Addresses Fan Backlash
By AJ Caulfield/Dec. 21, 2017 9:14 pm EST
Rian Johnson isn't letting Last Jedi naysayers get him down–but he also isn't letting Last Jedi lovers make him oblivious to the discussion surrounding the latest Star Wars film.
After witnessing almost a week's worth of critical coverage, fan reactions, bouncing review aggregator scores, and plenty of chatter on social media, The Last Jedi writer-director addressed the backlash the film has received, which ranges from viewers finding fault with how certain characters were portrayed to fans pointing out inconsistencies between it and The Force Awakens.
When one fan asked Johnson whether he thinks it's a good thing that The Last Jedi is "polarizing to many," he answered in a manner so calm, you'd swear he closed his eyes and became one with the Force when typing it out.
"The goal is never to divide or make people upset," Johnson wrote. "But I do think the conversations that are happening were going to have to happen at some point if Star Wars is going to grow, move forward, and stay vital."
Johnson's statement here is an fresh extension of what he told Business Insider in a recent interview, during which he explained that he understands why fans would be disheartened with a new Star Wars film if it didn't fully satisfy their expectations.
"I'm aware through my own experience that, first of all, the fans are so passionate, they care so deeply... but it's because they care about these things [that] it hurts when you're expecting something specific and you don't get it from something that you love. It always hurts, so I don't take it personally if a fan reacts negatively and lashes out on me on Twitter. That's fine. It's my job to be there for that," said Johnson. "Every fan has a list of stuff they want a Star Wars movie to be and [what] they don't want a Star Wars movie to be. You're going to find very few fans out there whose lists line up."
Johnson continued, noting that if he wrote The Last Jedi "wondering what the fans would want, as tempting as that is, it wouldn't work." This is down to the fact that he simply wouldn't be able to please everyone. "People would still be shouting at me, 'F*** you, you ruined Star Wars,' and I would make a bad movie. And ultimately, that's the one thing nobody wants," he stated.
The filmmaker was quick to clarify that the majority of responses he's gotten on social media have been "really lovely." Added Johnson, "There's been a lot of joy and love from fans. When I talk about the negative stuff, that's not the full picture of the fans at all."
While fans have been split on The Last Jedi (audiences stamped it with a dismal 54 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes), critics have praised the film for for "honor[ing] the saga's rich legacy while adding some surprising twists" and dishing up "emotion-rich action." The Last Jedi has also performed exceedingly well at the box office, scoring the second biggest opening of all time (just behind its predecessor, The Force Awakens) when it took home $220 million in its first weekend out.
Still, even with Johnson's level-headed response and the critical crowd bolstering the flick, it seems unlikely that the Last Jedi disagreements will die down any time soon. We suppose it's simply comes with the territory.


Mariah Carey's Ringing in the New Year With an Amazing New Body!
Mariah's vanity is legendary. So the performer, 48, hated seeing photos of herself looking sloppy and bloated over the summer. "Jokes about her weight and memes about her backup dancers [including boyfriend Bryan Tanaka, 34] struggling to lift her were a big motivator," the insider said. She decided to make some changes. The biggest: giving up booze. At her Vegas show, Mariah — who normally drinks champagne during performances — announced that she was avoiding alcohol, joking that the lifestyle change was "very boring." But it's paid off.
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A. CURRENT ASSETS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 153,782 140,153 178,829 201,178 208,282
I. Cash and cash equivalents 17,255 13,980 13,568 14,668 22,745
1. Cash 6,255 8,980 8,568 14,668 14,745
2. Cash equivalents 11,000 5,000 5,000 0 8,000
II. Short-term financial investments 3,000 3,000 3,000 5,229 1,587
1. Trading securities 0 0 0 0 0
2. Provision for diminution in value of trading securities 0 0 0 0 0
3. Investments holding until maturity 3,000 3,000 3,000 5,229 1,587
III. Short-term receivables 78,340 64,270 81,344 101,660 95,217
1. Short-term receivables of customers 72,753 62,761 76,876 97,372 94,635
2. Prepayments to suppliers 8,000 4,127 6,431 7,681 3,151
3. Short-term intercompany receivables 0 0 0 0 0
4. Receivables according to the progress of construction contracts 0 0 0 0 0
5. Receivables on short-term loans 0 0 0 0 0
6. Other short-term receivables 918 1,181 730 188 685
7. Provision for doubtful short-term receivables -3,331 -3,799 -2,694 -3,580 -3,254
IV. Inventories 54,824 58,722 79,739 79,466 86,781
1. Inventories 54,824 58,722 79,739 79,466 86,781
2. Provision for decline in value of inventories 0 0 0 0 0
V. Other current assets 363 181 1,178 155 1,952
1. Short-term prepaid expenses 42 181 317 155 29
2. Deductible VAT 0 0 861 0 1,923
3. Taxes and the State Receivables 321 0 0 0 0
4. Repurchasing and reselling transactions in government bonds 0 0 0 0 0
5. Other current assets 0 0 0 0 0
B. FIXED ASSETS AND LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 112,709 128,833 115,253 110,174 100,848
I. Long-term receivables 0 0 0 0 0
1. Long-term customer's receivables 0 0 0 0 0
2. Business capital in the subsidiary units 0 0 0 0 0
3. Internal long-term receivables 0 0 0 0 0
4. Receivables on long-term loans 0 0 0 0 0
5. Other long-term receivables 0 0 0 0 0
6. Provision for doubtful long-term receivables 0 0 0 0 0
II. Fixed assets 107,866 96,672 85,557 81,293 72,978
1. Tangible fixed assets 107,785 96,672 85,557 81,293 72,978
- Cost 233,754 237,009 240,547 250,154 256,587
- Accumulated depreciation -125,969 -140,337 -154,990 -168,861 -183,609
2. Fixed assets of financial leasing 0 0 0 0 0
- Cost 0 0 0 0 0
- Accumulated depreciation 0 0 0 0 0
3. Intangible fixed assets 81 0 0 0 0
- Cost 2,147 0 0 0 0
- Accumulated depreciation -2,066 0 0 0 0
III. Real Estate Investments 0 0 0 0 0
IV. Long-term assets in progress 336 635 0 0 0
1. Costs of long-term production, business in progress 0 0 0 0 0
2. Costs of construction in progress 336 635 0 0 0
IV. Long-term financial investments 2,077 1,141 0 0 0
1. Investment in subsidiaries 0 0 0 0 0
2. Investments in associated companies, joint ventures 0 0 0 0 0
3. Other investments in equity instruments 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000
4. Provision for diminution in value of financial long-term investments -3,923 -4,859 -6,000 -6,000 -6,000
5. Investments holding until maturity 0 0 0 0 0
V. Total other long-term assets 2,431 30,384 29,696 28,881 27,871
1. Long-term prepaid expenses 2,431 30,384 29,696 28,881 27,871
2. Deferred income tax assets 0 0 0 0 0
3. Other long-term assets 0 0 0 0 0
VI. Goodwills 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL ASSETS 266,491 268,985 294,082 311,352 309,130
A. LIABILITIES 67,101 65,141 87,427 99,808 98,748
I. Current liabilities 67,001 65,041 87,427 99,808 98,748
1. Borrowings and short-term financial leased liabilities 32,534 13,311 33,972 46,113 57,507
2. Long-term borrowings are due to pay 0 0 0 0 0
3. Short-term payables to sellers 19,590 34,248 30,440 26,765 24,649
4. Advances from customers 509 1,271 4,044 3,047 845
5. Taxes and other payables to the State Budget 1,045 1,775 984 1,485 934
6. Payables to employees 8,282 10,036 11,629 11,726 6,357
7. Short-term accrued expenses 3,036 325 415 484 485
8. Short-term intercompany payables 0 0 0 0 0
9. Payables to the scheduled progress of construction contracts 0 0 0 0 0
10. Short-term unrealized Revenue 0 0 0 0 0
11. Other short-term payables 1,511 1,608 1,307 3,540 1,699
12. Provision for short term payables 0 0 0 0 0
13. Bonus and welfare fund 495 2,466 4,636 6,650 6,272
14. Price stabilization fund 0 0 0 0 0
15. Repurchasing and reselling transactions in government bonds 0 0 0 0 0
II. Long-term liabilities 100 100 0 0 0
1. Long-term payables to sellers 0 0 0 0 0
2. Long-term accrued expenses 0 0 0 0 0
3. Intercompany payables on business capital 0 0 0 0 0
4. Long-term intra-company payables 0 0 0 0 0
5. Other long-term payables 100 100 0 0 0
6. Borrowings and long-term financial leased liabilities 0 0 0 0 0
7. Convertible bonds 0 0 0 0 0
8. Deferred income tax payables 0 0 0 0 0
9. Provision for job loss allowance 0 0 0 0 0
10. Provision for long-term payables 0 0 0 0 0
11. Long-term unrealized revenue 0 0 0 0 0
12. Development fund of science and technology 0 0 0 0 0
B. OWNER'S EQUITY 199,390 203,844 206,655 211,544 210,382
I. ShareHolder's equity 199,390 203,844 206,655 211,544 210,382
1. Owner's investment capital 123,750 123,750 123,750 123,750 123,750
2. Share capital surplus 26,340 26,340 26,340 26,340 26,340
3. Bond conversion option 0 0 0 0 0
4. Other owner's capital 0 0 0 0 0
5. Treasury shares 0 0 0 0 0
6. Differences upon asset revaluation 0 0 0 0 0
7. Differences upon foreign exchange rate 0 0 0 0 0
8. Investment and development funds 29,227 31,712 31,712 35,937 40,276
9. Financial reserve funds 0 0 0 0 0
10. Other funds belonging to owner's equity 0 0 0 0 0
11. After tax undistributed profit 20,073 22,043 24,854 25,517 20,016
- After tax undistributed profit accumulated to the end of prior period 3,092 2,466 3,729 3,820 1,311
- Profit after tax undistributed this period 16,981 19,576 21,124 21,697 18,706
12. Investment capital resource for basic construction 0 0 0 0 0
13. Assistance fund for arrangement of enterprises 0 0 0 0 0
14. interest of shareholders who not control 0 0 0 0 0
II. Funding resources and other funds 0 0 0 0 0
1. Funding resources 0 0 0 0 0
2. Funding resources that form fixed assets 0 0 0 0 0
3. Retrenchment provision fund 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL CAPITAL RESOURCES 266,491 268,985 294,082 311,352 309,130


Arsenal Agrees New Kit Partnership With Adidas From 2019.
Arsenal have announced a new shirt partnership deal with Adidas to commence from the first day of July 2019.
Unai Emery's men will dump current shirt manufacturer Puma after this season for the deal which will reportedly fetch the Gunners around £60 million per season.
The London side have been in partnership with Puma since 2014 in a deal worth £30 million every year.
The club made the announcement on their social media platforms on Monday morning.
Manchester United currently has the highest figure for shirt partnerships with a £75 million per season deal with Adidas.


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To celebrate my 3 daughter's birthdays during our holiday near Brantome, we think this looks a lovely restaurant. To dine on Saturday 4th August i presume we will need to reserve a table? There are 8 people, will the terrace be big enough for a group of this size? Is the outside terrace recommended or is dining inside better? Thanking you for any advice given.


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The Port Authority of Valencia (La Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia, or APV) has announced the awarding of the contract to draft the Intermodal Development Plan to TRN Taryet, the Spanish consulting company specialized in transport planning and research. With this project, Valencia aims to expand its hinterland and to attract cargo from beyond its area of direct influence. The study is to be completed and delivered by 1 March 2019.
The analysis will allow to define the areas of interest for the three ports managed by APV (Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia), as well as the requirements for establishing regional branches or building an infrastructure in the zones of cargo concentration along the main rail corridors.
At the latest meeting of the Port's Board of Directors, Aurelio Martinez, APV President, highlighted the necessity to search for cargo beyond the port's area of influence, in order to guarantee the port's further growth. "It is a paradigm shift. We have to go and be present where the cargo flow is generated," he said.
Aurelio Martinez has explained that the intermodality – and especially the railway corridors connecting the ports – are strategic elements for expanding the port's hinterland. Once the study is delivered, the Valencia port will be able to start developing this sphere of logistics, with the focus on railway access to its ports.
The scope of the study awarded to TRN Taryet includes, in particular, analysis of those areas where the port's hinterland can be expanded, a qualitative evaluation of the areas of cargo production and consumption to which it would be interesting to provide rail access and finally the identification and analysis of the basic rail corridors connecting these areas. These corridors include the Mediterranean corridor, the line connecting Valencia-Sagunto-Teruel and Zaragoza, the Central corridor and the Andalusian corridor. For each corridor, TRN Taryet will analyse its characteristics and limitations, identifying the circumstances that generate bottlenecks, etc.
The analysis will also provide a qualitative estimation of the future demand generated by both current and potential areas of influence. This includes an estimation of import/export traffic of the hinterland expansion zones, as well as the market share that could be captured by Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia in comparison with the competing ports.
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Today, the area of Valencia's direct influence covers the radius of 350km. The port acts as a prime cargo gate for Madrid connecting the capital by rail corridor. In 2017, Valencia handled on average 75 trains per week working with 6 railway operators.


I had been patiently waiting without making any comments on a number of matters relating to you and to our people. I hasten to write this letter to you to advise you to save your prestige which directly affect our people also. I hope you will agree with me that we have many things in common. We belong to the same ethnic group, speak the same language, profess the Hindu religion and had been in the same political party. I was a founder member of the TULF but you joined in 1977. This is my 49th year in the TULF. But you deserted the TULF at the most crucial time in 2004 and contested the 2004 General Election on the symbol of the Federal party "The House".
As far as I am aware the Federal party was virtually defunct after it merged with the All Ceylon Tamil Congress to form the TULF. But according to Mrs. Amirthalingham, the secretary general of the TULF Mr. Amirthalingham had the registration of the Federal Party in force, to prevent anyone misusing the name and symbol of the party, which was fully committed to Non-Violence. The renowned pro LTTE Journalist Mr. Dharmaratnam Sivaram, popularly known as Taraki had very clearly said, revival of the Federal Party was only on paper. You were trying your best to take the TULF as the political wing of the LTTE to which I disagreed and offered to nominate all our candidates from the LTTE with the view to bring them to the Democratic fold. Being dissatisfied with my suggestion, you quit the TULF without informing anyone and contested on the symbol "The House" of the Federal Party, registration of which was maneuvered by Mavai Senathirajah. Due to your desertion, we had no option other than to contest as independent candidates.
After handing over your nomination to the Returning Officer you made a public announcement to say that you have handed over the nomination on behalf of the LTTE. Subsequently your team visited Vanni and with the full participation of S.P. Thamizhchelvan, the head of LTTEs political section, you drafted the election manifesto acknowledging LTTE as the National Leaders and also Sole Representatives of the Tamil people. Those who were accusing me from various countries that I ran away with the symbol "Rising Sun" should note that it was not I but it was Sampanthan who buried the "Rising Sun" symbol.


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Construction and character, the architecture of Auguste Perret 711 Danced with concrete – the art of Eduardo Torroja 306 Architecture as total structure 252
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The art of construtions. Wood – stone – iron – concrete – structural concrete
Pawlicki, Bonawentura Maciej
Type: Fragment of a book
Abstract: Invented in Assyria, known as Roman concrete during the Roman Empire, concrete was also used in the early Middle Ages. The people behind the 19th century Industrial Revolution took up the idea of using iron and transmutation of concrete as an interpretation of a new form of art. Its latest manifestations include large span bridges, thin-walled coverings, large structures reaching up to several hundred meters. How can one judge the beauty of the engineering structure? Today the questions posed are: How to preserve concrete constructions? While starting a new work today, we want to give the world's most common building material the mysterious power that creates the foundations of the new "wonderful world of concrete". The dream of the transmutation of matterstill inspires minds. The famous 12 principles still give rise to the reflection among contemporary chemists and authors of structural art. The integration of forms and colours of construction materials with nature reveals unexpected associations of arch-holism; it is also linked to the future of the transmutation of structural art integrated with nature – the mother of science and wisdom.
Architecture and its teaching
Monestiroli, Antonio
Abstract: Architecture cannot be the response to a particular demand. Like art in general, architecture has to ask the questions and formulate their answers at the same time. This is its necessary freedom, which does not mean detachment from reality but simply the freedom to know the reality in which it is inserted… to construct a new reality that knows how to interpret the values and aspirations of our time. The ultimate goal of architecture is to "touch the heart. "But what touches the heart in the forms of architecture, if not the recognition of their meaning? The relationship between form and meaning has to be established anew each time, in full awareness of the tradition, but with the freedom of thought that allows us to go beyond any pre-set relationship. Architecture is not superfluous, as many think, but necessary for the wellbeing of us all.
Reinventing Roman concrete to surpass Gothic Cathedrals
Hecker, Zvi
Abstract: The invention of reinforced concrete by Joseph Monier, a French gardener, and the subsequent development by great Swiss engineers and French architects like Anatol de Baudot, Robert Maillart, Gustave and Auguste Perret, Eugène Freyssinet – to mention only some – allowed twenty-century architects to come closer to the achievements of the builders of the Gothic Cathedrals.
Danced with concrete – the art of Eduardo Torroja
Fein, Raimund
Abstract: When new materials and technologies are introduced, it is often the engineers who are interested in exploring and demonstrating the technical and formal potential of this material. Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) was a Spanish engineer who pioneered, in his work, the use of reinforced concrete, connecting structural logic to formal expression. A prominent example of his art is the hippodrome Zarzuela in Madrid (1941) in which he applied simple yet refined principles to create a work of great logic and beauty. It seems that sometimes engineers are the better architects.
From common to special: a matter of design and craftsmanship
Pratelli, Alberto
Abstract: History gave many different shapes to the appearance of concrete. The most important architectural material of the last century is now becoming more discussed, perhaps because its true final quality is quite difficult to control during the construction phase. But being a material, which, at the same time is very new (for its potential) and very old (for the craftsmanship necessary to a perfect result), it is still a very large field of study that can be deepened and thoroughly investigated. Same examples from the older architecture (first half of the 20th century) and from an Italian architect who "imported" into Australia the most up-to-date techniques (second half of the 20th century): both examples to show the extraordinary nature of this material.
The Bauma paving block
Gzell, Sławomir
Abstract: The modernist pursuit of simple designs has had some unfortunate consequences, such as depleted forms. Constantly "refined", thus increasingly primitive although retaining the same cubical shape. This is how the buildings known as "the Polish cubes" were created and this is also how the paving block came to be. Luckily, despite this, we also have examples of the cube form being a symbol of architectural success.
Architecture as total structure
Dal Fabbro, Armando
Abstract: The article reflects on the two architects who played a significant role in building a unique architectural and urban imagination on the world-wide panorama of contemporary architecture. The author refers to the Argentinian architect Amancio Williams (1913–1989) and his design of Casa del Puente in Mar del Plata and the "Umbrellas" – special thin shell structures – and to the Italian-Argentinian architect Clorindo Testa (1923–2013) and his two most representative works, both built in Buenos Aires, the Bank of London and South America and the National Library. The works are analysed according to themes that refer to concrete architecture and its possible linguistic and constructive declinations. Particularly to the meaning of form in the function of the structural-material component, and to the laws governing the relationship between static solids and architectural solutions.
Construction and character, the architecture of Auguste Perret
Malacarne, Gino
Abstract: In the architecture of Perret, characterized by the use of reinforced concrete, the relationship between form and construction is very close. A system of coherence between the constructive system and the architecture, between form and construction, characterizes his work. For Perret "an architecture that does not come from a constructive system is nothing but fashion". His architecture and the forms adopted are coherent with the chosen construction system, in which not only the practical purpose but also the representative one is evident. Some interesting and coherent research is based on the correspondence between the constructive system and the formal-representative system that highlights the character and appropriateness of the building with respect to the theme. Techniques and construction also impose on the form some necessary limits that free the architectural invention.
Frank Lloyd Wright – concrete in a Maestro's hands
Bardzińska-Bonenberg, Teresa
Abstract: Frank Lloyd Wright had many ways of using concrete (and reinforced concrete), creating the spatial forms characteristic of his work. All the structures he designed constitute an aesthetic search for architecture which steers clear of historicism and Art Nouveau and looks towards local tradition for inspiration, whilst taking advantage of new technical opportunities. Gradually, hand in hand with a new way of applying concrete and reinforced concrete in frames, monolithic structures and standard pre-fabricates, Frank Lloyd Wright experimented with new technical solutions. During the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Second World War, he turned to locally available materials in their rawest form, exhibiting the artistic qualities of stones and unformed concrete. In the former case, concrete block and textile block systems were developed, whilst in the latter a technology which he dubbed desert rubble stone was coined and subsequently used for the construction of buildings in the Arizona desert.
Does architectural concrete need a definition?
Kozłowski, Tomasz
Abstract: Nowadays, concrete appears as a material that gives the freedom to shape elements and objects. These words may sound like the obviousness, but there has appeared something new in architecture since modernism – Architectural Concrete. This more and more popular name can become a pretext for further reflections on this common material. Most importantly, Architectural Concrete presents itself as an object of interest not only to professionals. Recognizing this common material as unique is not a new discovery. The novelty consists in discovering its beauty and emancipation from the structural material to the ornament. Contemporary creators accustom us to the new perception of this material. The variety of forms and the impossibility of unambiguous systematization predispose to formulate the thesis of the emergence of a new, difficult to name, trend – Architectural Concrete. It must be stressed that it is detached from all styles of building and creates its own artistic language.
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a. a region of space in which a force acts, as that around a magnet or a charged particle.
b. the quantity defined by the force acting on a given object or particle at each point in such a region.
13. the entire angular expanse visible through an optical instrument at a given time.
14. the structure in a generator or motor that produces a magnetic field around a rotating armature.
15. Math. a number system that has the same properties relative to the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as the number system of all real numbers.
16. the area of a photographic subject that is taken in by a lens at a particular diaphragm opening.
17. the total complex of factors within which a psychological event occurs and is perceived as occurring.
18. a unit of information, as a person's name, that combines with related fields, as an official title or company name, to form one complete record in a computerized database.
a. (in baseball and cricket) to catch or pick up (the ball) in play.
b. to place (a player, group of players, or a team) in the field to play.
20. to answer skillfully: to field a difficult question.
21. to place in competition.
22. to put into action or on duty.
23. to act as a fielder in baseball or cricket.
a. of, taking place, or competed for on the field and not on the track, as the discus throw or shot put.
b. of or pertaining to field events.
25. of or pertaining to active combat service as distinguished from service in rear areas or at headquarters: a field soldier.
26. of or pertaining to a field.
27. working in the fields of a farm.
28. working as a salesperson, representative, etc., in the field: field agents.
29. grown or cultivated in a field.
a. to engage in a broad range of activities.
b. to date a number of persons during the same period of time.
1. Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier.
2. Eugene, 1850–95, U.S. poet and journalist.
1. In photography, the angle between two rays passing through the perspective center (rear nodal point) of a camera lens to the two opposite sides of the format. Not to be confused with "angle of view."
2. The total solid angle available to the gunner when looking through the gunsight. Also called FOV.
However, the combination of these narrow fields of view arranged at different angles provides an overall field of view 404b that is wider than the field of view 404a.
7[degrees] fields of view offering soldier detection capability at a range of over six kilometres.
AFFORDABLE OCULARS Two new eyepieces from SmartAstronomy offer wide, flat fields of view at comfortable prices.
An addition to the company's on-line 360[degrees] profile measurement solution family has a field of view that is 150 mmx 150 mm and compliments earlier released models having fields of view of 25, 50, 75 and 100 mm.
The fields of view on Alvin's three windows barely overlap, so no two occupants can see objects simultaneously.