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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Admits Disney's Streaming Platform Will Do Well
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Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings went as far as to say he plans to subscribe to Disney's (NYSE:DIS) over-the-top (OTT) streaming service when it comes out.
"I know I'll be a subscriber of it for my own personal watching in the same way and as many Disney and Fox executives also subscribe to Netflix and watch our shows," Hastings said on the company's 2017 fourth-quarter earnings call on Jan. 22.
Hastings said that as the competition heats up in the streaming space, each player will need to create its own unique path and learn from each other's mistakes and successes.
Netflix acknowledges Disney's potential as a streaming site but maintains that it's not scared. Image source: Netflix.
Netflix on Disney's future OTT services
Disney plans to hit the ground running with its OTT services in mid-2018.
The media and entertainment company is reportedly working on a sports service, a family-friendly service aimed at kids, as well as a more adult service. With three streaming sites in the works, Disney seems to be taking its uphill battle to gain market share against Netflix seriously.
The sports site will launch in 2018, while the two movie-centered sites will launch in 2019. Not only will Netflix need to stay ahead of yet another competitor when Disney launches, it will also have to adjust to Disney not renewing its Netflix distribution agreement.
Hastings says he thinks Disney's venture into the streaming space is bound to work due to its strong relationship with its consumers. "We think [it] will be very successful because Disney has super strong brands," he said on the earnings call.
Netflix on the potential Disney-Fox merger
On Dec. 14, 2017, Disney announced plans to acquire Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOX) (NASDAQ:FOXA) in a deal valued at $52.4 billion. This would double Disney's stake in Netflix competitor Hulu and give it control of a host of new intellectual property to use on its sites.
Hastings said he was just as surprised as anyone else when Disney made the announcement but said he understood the attractiveness of it.
While it's possible this deal could start a domino effect in terms of consolidation in the space, Hastings says Netflix tries to stay out of those discussions and focus on what it does best. "You wouldn't expect us to be very involved in that," he said about the potential wave of consolidations.
Why isn't Netflix worried about Disney?
For Netflix, Disney is just another competitor in the already increasingly full video streaming market. "We don't see it as a threat to us any more than Hulu has been, but it's a great opportunity for them," Hastings said.
He went on to talk about how each streaming player will need to come up with its own strategy that works, and Netflix will observe and learn from them. He says that's always been its strategy, and Disney entering the game doesn't change it.
While some investors have voiced concerns about Netflix missing out on Disney's content come 2019, Netflix CFO Ted Sarandos tried to reassure them on the earnings call by claiming it would be a smooth transition.
"You shouldn't think of it as a risk," Sarandos claimed. "I think we have strategically and they have strategically been moving in this direction for a long time."
Netflix has been making more of its own content precisely because it anticipated Disney and other brands one day cutting ties to start their own competing businesses. Netflix can't blame Disney for wanting to get the full benefits of the internet TV boom.
Should Netflix be concerned?
Netflix says it doesn't want to be distracted by competition, especially since overall streaming revenue will go up as more players enter the market. The company has also used its recent impressive subscriber growth to argue that its subscribers don't care if it loses Disney's content.
But is there really room for everyone, or is that just talk to calm investors' concerns? And wouldn't the negative effects of Disney's new sites not take place until after the sites were up and running?
I think it's safe to say a Disney-branded family friendly site could be a big draw for parents, particularly millennial parents who grew up with a strong attachment to the brand. But I don't see why these same parents wouldn't also want to pay the relatively low fee to have access to Netflix's high-quality content for themselves as well.
Even Hastings said he will watch both Netflix's content and Disney's content. As bigger and better players enter the streaming game, including Disney and Apple, I think we will see more and more people opting to have more than one subscription.
You have to remember that Disney's movies on Netflix are hardly what people are talking about when it comes to new and exciting content or why Netflix is such a great value. Everyone is talking about Netflix's original shows like Stranger Things and The End of the F***ing World.
Netflix has set a high bar for Disney and Apple. And according to its blowout quarter, Netflix has pretty much perfected its strategy, so it's really Disney and Apple that should be worried.
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There's no peace on demand in a functioning community
The author's father (left) takes delivery of his new plane in the mid 1960s. The hillside in the background is now adorned with new houses. Photo: Supplied
The idea rural locations are by default peaceful places is a flawed one, writes Kate Scott.
A recent ODT opinion piece asks if the peace of Glenorchy will soon be gone — that horse is long since down the driveway and dodging the tourist traffic on the main road as it bolts for the hills, as far as long-term residents can tell. If, in fact, it ever really existed to start with; it's hard to imagine we were very peaceful in the gold-rush era or during the scheelite booms.
The idea that rural locations are by default peaceful places is a flawed one, dreamt up by dissatisfied urbanites longing for some kind of opposite existence where they can get their weekend sleep-in without being bothered by proximate neighbours who like to mow the lawn unfeasibly early or practise their drums into the wee small hours.
For those of us who have lived our entire lives in places like Glenorchy, the influx of new residents with a different world view brings both benefits and challenges. The expectation that we rustics just need to lean on the gate chewing a straw and making obscure pronouncements about the weather in impenetrable accents for picturesque effect is entertaining until it dawns on you that your role apparently really is just to provide background local colour and not disturb the peace too much. Rural places are workplaces — stuff happens down on the farm and that stuff can be noisy. And not just on the farm — gravel quarries, jet-boat companies and the construction sites of all those new houses that didn't used to be there.
The frequently repeated assertion of people who move to a place like Glenorchy that they liked it just the way it was when they arrived and that they deplore the changes since that watershed moment when they set up house in the neighbourhood displays a spectacular lack of rationality. If you come to a rural community and build a dwelling where formerly there wasn't one, you have irrevocably changed an aspect of the place yourself and to deride those who follow you for ruining the serenity dishonours the welcome extended to you by the existing community you chose to join. Change is inevitable and stagnation is deadly for small towns.
The daunting exponential growth of tourist numbers in our small corner of the world certainly threatens what peace may still be available and we all need to think very hard about what level of increase is feasible and, indeed, desirable. Towns like Glenorchy that are within a 50km radius of Queenstown and its international airport are fairly obviously more likely to be swept up in the tourism tsunami and it is a bit disingenuous to expect no effects so close to such a hub.
True peace is probably not that hard to come by if you travel a bit further from the amenities of a major centre — but then you lose the benefits of that proximity that for many ex-suburbanites make our area so attractive. Great rural vistas — yet also sealed roads and an hour to the airport when the rural lifestyle palls and you need a city fix or to reconnect with family and friends left behind. You could live very quietly in many other deeply rural parts of the country but not that many people really want to be that remote, peaceful though it may be.
Glenorchy may no longer qualify as remote but we are still potentially much more isolated than many other locations with a single road in — and out. Events that close the road, such as fires or floods, highlight our vulnerability and it is at these times that local aircraft can make a huge difference. Glenorchy has a perfectly good and long-established airstrip but that grass runway now has new neighbours in the form of a gated subdivision where houses are valued in the tens of millions of dollars. These part-time residents apparently share the delusion that the countryside should always operate at a hush so they park their private jets in Queenstown and make life hard for Glenorchy-based aviation businesses, leading them to look elsewhere for a secure base. The community needs these businesses to provide jobs and bring high-value tourists to contribute more than the mattress-van occupants and cheap backpackers, but also their on-site ability to fight fires or carry out search and rescue is an enormous bonus when every minute can be vital in emergency situations. Those without a longstanding affiliation with the high country may fail to appreciate the massive benefits helicopter operators bring to farming, conservation and scientific research, as well as tourism.
Glenorchy has benefited enormously from an increased population and wider spread of skills over the past couple of decades. But moving to any mountain town in this country that relies on tourism as its main source of income and objecting to aircraft noise indicates a fundamental failure to grasp how such a community functions. Glenorchy lies under the Queenstown to Milford flight path so even in the absence of any local operator we cannot escape the impact of aircraft, particularly when commercial jets also approach Queenstown airport directly overhead at times.
Rose-tinted nostalgia strikes us all from time to time, but when it comes with a side of imported urban world view where non-working weekends and the notion of property values is accorded more worth than building community resilience, I begin to feel resentful of the twittering worries of suburbia intruding on my bucolic peace with its soothing soundtrack of barking huntaways, topdressing planes and chainsaws.
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Tomlinson Gift to Help Name Baseball Coach's Office
by Arkansas State University | Apr 20, 2019 | Local & Regional, News | 0 comments
JONESBORO — The head baseball coach's office at Arkansas State University will get a familiar name, thanks to a $50,000 donation from family members of A-State's first baseball coach and athletics legend, J.A. "Ike" Tomlinson.
Joe (Joe T) Tomlinson and wife Donna of Champaign, Ill., have made a gift to the university in honor of his uncle, "Coach Ike." The Board of Trustees recently approved a resolution for Arkansas State to name Room 102 in the baseball complex at Tomlinson Stadium/Kell Field the Ike Tomlinson Head Coach's Office.
"Coach Ike and Lois (Coach Ike's wife) were big influences in my life and I'm sure many other players and students as well," said Joe T. "There was never an occasion he didn't have time for his players, and he was respected by all. We hope the baseball offices represent a great example of who he was."
Joe T, a 1966 graduate of Arkansas State, played baseball for Coach Ike and basketball. He went on to a career in education, including high school English teacher, coach, athletic director, school administrator, and assistant superintendent of human resources, and then became the owner of HRC Consulting where he has worked for the last 19 years in the Urbana-Champaign, Ill., area.
Coach Ike came to Arkansas State in 1943 as a physical training instructor for the Army Air Corps pilot training program on campus. Following World War II, he resurrected the athletics program as returning veterans arrived at A-State to pursue a college education on the GI Bill. He coached five sports — football, basketball, wrestling, track and field, and baseball (for 33 years). He served as the director of athletics for several years and was the dean of men.
He preferred baseball and, under his leadership, his 1968 team competed in the College World Series and finished in the top three with a record of 26-8-1. In 1967, Coach Ike was named the Associated Press National Coach of the Year. In 1970, he was elected to the College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. He was also welcomed into the Arkansas State University Hall of Honor in 1996.
In 1993, A-State's new baseball complex, Tomlinson Stadium, was named in his honor.
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bitmap_bit_p (const_sbitmap map, int bitno)
{
  size_t i = bitno / SBITMAP_ELT_BITS;
  unsigned int s = bitno % SBITMAP_ELT_BITS;
  return (map->elms[i] >> s) & (SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE) 1;
}

/* Set bit number BITNO in the sbitmap MAP.  */

static inline void
bitmap_set_bit (sbitmap map, int bitno)
{
  gcc_checking_assert (! map->popcount);
  map->elms[bitno / SBITMAP_ELT_BITS]
    |= (SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE) 1 << (bitno) % SBITMAP_ELT_BITS;
}

/* Reset bit number BITNO in the sbitmap MAP.  */

static inline void
bitmap_clear_bit (sbitmap map, int bitno)
{
  gcc_checking_assert (! map->popcount);
  map->elms[bitno / SBITMAP_ELT_BITS]
    &= ~((SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE) 1 << (bitno) % SBITMAP_ELT_BITS);
}

/* The iterator for sbitmap.  */
struct sbitmap_iterator {
  /* The pointer to the first word of the bitmap.  */
  const SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE *ptr;

  /* The size of the bitmap.  */
  unsigned int size;

  /* The current word index.  */
  unsigned int word_num;

  /* The current bit index (not modulo SBITMAP_ELT_BITS).  */
  unsigned int bit_num;

  /* The words currently visited.  */
  SBITMAP_ELT_TYPE word;
};

/* Initialize the iterator I with sbitmap BMP and the initial index
   MIN.  */

static inline void
bmp_iter_set_init (sbitmap_iterator *i, const_sbitmap bmp,
		   unsigned int min, unsigned *bit_no ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
{
  i->word_num = min / (unsigned int) SBITMAP_ELT_BITS;
  i->bit_num = min;
  i->size = bmp->size;
  i->ptr = bmp->elms;

  if (i->word_num >= i->size)
    i->word = 0;
  else
    i->word = (i->ptr[i->word_num]
	       >> (i->bit_num % (unsigned int) SBITMAP_ELT_BITS));
}

/* Return true if we have more bits to visit, in which case *N is set
   to the index of the bit to be visited.  Otherwise, return
   false.  */

static inline bool
bmp_iter_set (sbitmap_iterator *i, unsigned int *n)
{
  /* Skip words that are zeros.  */
  for (; i->word == 0; i->word = i->ptr[i->word_num])
    {
      i->word_num++;

      /* If we have reached the end, break.  */
      if (i->word_num >= i->size)
	return false;

      i->bit_num = i->word_num * SBITMAP_ELT_BITS;
    }

  /* Skip bits that are zero.  */
  for (; (i->word & 1) == 0; i->word >>= 1)
    i->bit_num++;

  *n = i->bit_num;

  return true;
}

/* Advance to the next bit.  */

static inline void
bmp_iter_next (sbitmap_iterator *i, unsigned *bit_no ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
{
  i->word >>= 1;
  i->bit_num++;
}

/* Loop over all elements of SBITMAP, starting with MIN.  In each
   iteration, N is set to the index of the bit being visited.  ITER is
   an instance of sbitmap_iterator used to iterate the bitmap.  */

#ifndef EXECUTE_IF_SET_IN_BITMAP
/* See bitmap.h for the other definition of EXECUTE_IF_SET_IN_BITMAP.  */
#define EXECUTE_IF_SET_IN_BITMAP(BITMAP, MIN, BITNUM, ITER)	\
  for (bmp_iter_set_init (&(ITER), (BITMAP), (MIN), &(BITNUM));	\
       bmp_iter_set (&(ITER), &(BITNUM));			\
       bmp_iter_next (&(ITER), &(BITNUM)))
#endif

inline void sbitmap_free (sbitmap map)
{
  free (map->popcount);
  free (map);
}

inline void sbitmap_vector_free (sbitmap * vec)
{
  free (vec);
}

extern void dump_bitmap (FILE *, const_sbitmap);
extern void debug_raw (const simple_bitmap_def &ref);
extern void debug_raw (const simple_bitmap_def *ptr);
extern void dump_bitmap_file (FILE *, const_sbitmap);
extern void debug (const simple_bitmap_def &ref);
extern void debug (const simple_bitmap_def *ptr);
extern void dump_bitmap_vector (FILE *, const char *, const char *, sbitmap *,
				 int);
extern sbitmap sbitmap_alloc (unsigned int);
extern sbitmap sbitmap_alloc_with_popcount (unsigned int);
extern sbitmap *sbitmap_vector_alloc (unsigned int, unsigned int);
extern sbitmap sbitmap_resize (sbitmap, unsigned int, int);
extern void bitmap_copy (sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern int bitmap_equal_p (const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_empty_p (const_sbitmap);
extern void bitmap_clear (sbitmap);
extern void bitmap_ones (sbitmap);
extern void bitmap_vector_clear (sbitmap *, unsigned int);
extern void bitmap_vector_ones (sbitmap *, unsigned int);

extern bool bitmap_ior_and_compl (sbitmap, const_sbitmap,
				      const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern void bitmap_and_compl (sbitmap, const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern void bitmap_not (sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_or_and (sbitmap, const_sbitmap,
				     const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_and_or (sbitmap, const_sbitmap,
				     const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_intersect_p (const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_and (sbitmap, const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_ior (sbitmap, const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_xor (sbitmap, const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);
extern bool bitmap_subset_p (const_sbitmap, const_sbitmap);

extern int bitmap_first_set_bit (const_sbitmap);
extern int bitmap_last_set_bit (const_sbitmap);

extern void debug_bitmap (const_sbitmap);
extern sbitmap sbitmap_realloc (sbitmap, unsigned int);
extern unsigned long sbitmap_popcount (const_sbitmap, unsigned long);
#endif /* ! GCC_SBITMAP_H */

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Presidential campaign keeps Washington governor out of state
Published: August 5, 2019, 12:54pm
Gov. Jay Inslee D-Wash.
OLYMPIA — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has spent more than half his days traveling out of state on the campaign trail in the five months since declaring his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Seattle Times and Northwest News Network report that between March 1 and the end of July, Inslee was on the road for all or parts of 90 days out of 153, or nearly 60 percent of the time.
Inslee — who has made climate policy the focus of his campaign — has been crisscrossing the county, touring flooded towns in Iowa and solar installations in California. He's also been a regular guest in New York and Washington, D.C., cable news studios.
New figures released by the Washington State Patrol show that the governor's security detail has cost taxpayers more than $580,000 between March and June in travel and overtime expenses.
Montana's Gov. Steve Bullock, the only other current Democratic governor running for president, recently agreed to have his campaign pay for travel, lodging and meals of his state security detail when it accompanies him on out-of-state campaign trips, according to Montana Public Radio.
Inslee has declined calls to follow suit, pointing to a state law requiring the patrol to provide security to every governor. His campaign has reimbursed the state about $9,000 for costs of some security-related car rentals, as required by federal election rules.
Several U.S. senators are among the presidential hopefuls, and John Weingart, director of the Eagleton Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University, said politicians who run for president often face questions back home, but it's "particularly true" for governors.
"It could be seen as flattering that your governor is being considered by at least some people as possible president, but it seems to be more often seen as a something negative," he said.
David Postman, Inslee's chief of staff, said the governor's absences have not impaired his office's operations.
"The fact of the matter is the decision-making chain hasn't changed because of his travel," Postman said. Over more than six years in office, the governor's staff has learned his priorities and is able to reach him when a top-level decision is required, he said.
In an email blast last month, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) said taxpayers have "unwillingly become the largest contributors to Inslee's failing campaign."
It's not clear how much longer Inslee's intense travel schedule will continue. He campaigned in Nevada over the weekend and is scheduled to attend the Iowa State Fair this week.
To qualify for the next presidential debate in September, Inslee must show he has attracted 130,000 donors and hit 2 percent support in four qualifying polls. His campaign says has surpassed 100,000 donors, but to date he has not hit the polling target in any survey.
Inslee is the first Washington politician to run for the presidency since Sen. Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson sought the Democratic nomination in 1976, losing to former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter.
"People want a candidate in this race that takes the climate crisis seriously and has a plan to move our nation off fossil fuels and on to clean energy," Inslee campaign spokesman Jamal Raad said.
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It's over: Court finally divides Dalip Singh Danji's Sh15b estate
By Kamau Muthoni | Dec 04, 2022
The battle between Singh's daughter and his son started in 2020. [iStockphoto]
The Family Court has finally settled a nine-year-old succession battle of a multi-billion-shilling estate owned by the late Mombasa tycoon Dalip Singh Dhanjal.
In a verdict that now puts his daughter Jaswinder Kaur Koundu, his son Nirmal Singh Danjal and his grandson into the billionaire's league, Justice John Onyiego ordered that the mogul's wealth, which can be ascertained, should equally be distributed between the three.
The wealth in Kenya and UK is estimated to be worth over Sh15 billion.
"Having gone through the ownership documents in support of the assets listed under category A and items 20-23 in category B, I am satisfied that the identified assets whose ownership is clear from the annexed documents are to be shared out between the three beneficiaries in equal shares," Justice Onyiego directed.
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The battle between Singh's daughter and his son started in 2020.
The tycoon died intestate on July 15, 2010.
Following his death, Nirmal filed for succession claiming to be the sole heir to the estate. He was given the authority to administer the estate by the court on December 19, 2013. The same was confirmed by the court on February 14, 2014.
But his sister Jaswinder filed an objection against the orders issued by the court. She informed the court that Nirmal was not alone.
The court revoked the grant it issued to Nirmal on November 26, 2018, following a mutual agreement between him and Jaswinder.
The two were then allowed to manage the estate jointly. Nirmal was however ordered to provide a full list and accurate account of the estate from December 19, 2012, until the date he alongside his sister filed a consent in court.
He was also to file a written indemnity in favour of his sister against any third party who he had dealt with at the time he was managing the estate alone.
Meanwhile, their cousins Sukhwant Kaur Dhanjal and Joginder Singh, filed an application to join the succession case.
According to the two, they were representing the interest of their late father Jaswant Singh Boor Singh Dhanjal. Jaswant and Singh were brothers.
They told the court that some of the properties that had been listed in the succession were co-owned and developed by the two deceased brothers. They informed the judge that they had their own separate succession case to share Jaswant's estate filed in 2006.
At the same time, they also told the court that Singh had a third child Kirpal Singh Danjal who was also called Rajpal.
Rajpal, according to his cousins died in 2006 but left a widow named Inderpal Dhanjal and a son code-named J.S.D.
However, the court two years ago dismissed Sukhwan and Joginder's application after finding that they were not beneficiaries in Singh's estate.
Inderpal filed a fresh application to be enjoined as a beneficiary in the estate alongside her son.
Nirmar and Jaswinder agreed to have their nephew listed as an heir to the estate. Meanwhile, Inderpal withdrew her interest in the estate.
Subsequently, Jaswinder filed court papers on January 19, 2021, seeking the court's authority to distribute the estate. She alleged that her brother had failed to cooperate and participate in the process. In her court papers, she listed Singh's wealth in three categories. The first was his assets that could be confirmed. The second and third lists contained assets that were not ascertainable.
She listed three blocks of properties in that Singh had shared ownership. At the same time, Jaswinder told the court that he also had 18750 shares in Dhanjal Investments Limited.
Dhanjal Investments is said to own Travelers Beach Hotel in Mombasa.
At the same time, according to Jaswinder, Dhanjal also had six plots, four bank accounts at Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), and other two accounts at Bank of India and at Spire Bank.
She also listed 125 shares in Dhanjal Properties Limited adding that it had one plot under it.
At the same time, she listed one share in Jaypee and Sons Limited and which owned eight properties in Mombasa.
Singh, according to his daughter also held 1250 shares in Express Holdings Limited, one share in Chania Estuary Developers Limited, one share in Pesce Enterprises Limited, one share in Chempac Limited, and one share in Whitehart Holdings Limited.
The assets she claimed could not be ascertained includes 11 plots, shares in Dhanjal Brothers Limited, Merryfield Limited UK, and Water Beach Investments Limited.
Meanwhile, she also listed an account at the Bank of Baroda as among the assets that could not be ascertained.
Nirmal filed his opposition to Jaswinder's application. According to him, she did not reveal that the properties and companies had other persons who had an interest.
The man argued that his late father owned properties alongside his brothers Jaswant, Baldev Singh Dhanjal, and Narinder Dhanjal. According to him, the deceased magnate had tangled interests and was a co-director of the companies with his brothers.
According to him, the brothers had agreed that upon their death, all the properties were to be shared according to the family's memorandum of agreement.
Nirmal told the court that several properties had shifted ownership.
He argued that unless the properties that changed hands are returned to the original owners, then the assets in dispute should not be distributed.
Inderpal supported her sister-in-law Jaswinder. She argued that her brother-in-law could not hide behind the settlement agreement between his late father and his brothers as the court had dismissed the same in 2020.
Meanwhile, Jaswinder told the court that none of her late father's siblings had raised a claim in the estate. She argued that her brother could not, therefore, plead their case.
Justice Onyiego agreed with Jaswinder and Inderpal that the issue of the agreement between Singh and his brothers could not be re-opened by his son.
"He (Nirmal) generally dismissed the application for confirmation and hence stuck in muddy waters in trying to defend an agreement which is long dead and buried. He should accept the reality that all the deceased's assets must be identified as they were when he died without incorporating the elements of the settlement agreement. The state cannot remain undistributed forever while still crying over a non-existent settlement agreement," said Justice Onyiego.
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UN World Youth Skills Day: Estimating the returns to apprenticeship
Steve McIntosh, from the Department of Economics at the University of Sheffield, is an applied labour economist, with a particular focus on education issues and how they relate to labour market outcomes. Here he asks why the focus on apprenticeships in the recent election, and what are their apparent benefits?
A previous post in this blog series, by Gavan Conlon, discussed the wage and employment returns to vocational education and training in general. In this new entry, we focus more specifically on apprenticeships. During the recent General Election, all of the major parties promised to prioritise apprenticeships and increase their numbers. Why was there such focus on apprenticeships? Do the apparent benefits of apprenticeships justify this attention? This is an area in which CVER researchers have previously worked extensively, and I summarise some of that previous work in this post.
The basic methodology shared by all research in this area looks at the wages and employment rates of those who complete an apprenticeship, compared to the same outcomes for a comparison group, controlling for as many other wage-deterrmining characteristics of the two groups as possible. Where different studies vary is in their choice of comparison group. Those studies that use survey data, such as the Labour Force Survey, typically compare apprentices to those who have not undertaken an apprenticeship, and whose highest qualification is one level below. For example, for advanced (level 3) apprentices, the outcomes of those with a level 2 qualification as their highest is taken as the estimate of what would have happened to the apprentices if they had not undertaken their apprenticeship. Those studies that use administrative data often compare the outcomes of those who complete an apprenticeship to those who undertake an apprenticeship but do not complete.
The headline figures for the estimated returns are encouraging, and justify the attention given to apprenticeships by the political parties. Before I present the results, however, it is important to recognise that they could be over-estimates of the true effect of apprenticeship training. Because many apprenticeship programmes are oversubscribed, employers can choose from the list of applicants, and are likely to select the best candidates in terms of ability and motivation. The individuals we observe undertaking an apprenticeship might therefore be the sort of people who would have done well in the labour market anyway. Similarly, when comparing those who complete an apprenticeship to those who begin an apprenticeship but do not complete, the completers are likely to be of higher ability, and so again would likely have earned more even without the apprenticeship. In both cases, some of the observed wage differential could therefore be due to the characteristics of the apprentices, rather than the apprenticeship training itself. Future CVER work will investigate ways to control for any such biases. For now, though, we can say that the estimated returns, below, are probably large enough to accommodate partly being due to favourable learner characteristics, and still yield a worthwhile return to training.
What the results say
The earlier studies were more likely to be ones that use survey data. For example, McIntosh (2007) used the Labour Force Survey for 2004-5, and found individuals whose highest qualification was an apprenticeship at Level 3 earned on average 18% more than those who highest qualification was at Level 2, while for a Level 2 apprenticeship, the wage premium was 16% compared to individuals whose highest qualification was at Level 1 or 2. Summing over the working lifetime, taking into account the probability of being in employment at each age, and also the costs of apprenticeship training, the net value of obtaining an apprenticeship in current monetary terms was found to be £105,000 for Level 3 apprenticeships and £73,000 for Level 2 apprenticeships.
This research was updated by London Economics (2011), using Labour Force Survey data for 2004-9, with very similar results. The observed wage premia were 22% for a Level 3 apprenticeship and 12% for an apprenticeship at Level 2. This produced net present value results for the lifetime benefits of between £77,000 and £117,000 for Level 3 Apprenticeships and between £48,000 and £74,000 for Level 2.
More recent estimates of the labour market benefits of apprenticeships have used administrative data, matching data from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) to wage information from HRMC. The results obtained are reassuringly similar to those produced when using survey data such as the LFS. London Economics (2013) report one such analysis, estimating wage premia in the years following completion of an apprenticeship. They find that an individual who obtains a Level 3 apprenticeship earns 15-20% in each of the first six years following the completion of the qualification, relative to an individual who fails to complete. At Level 2, the wage premium to an apprenticeship is around 10-15% in each year following completion, except for the first year when the initial return is much higher. A similar analysis of apprenticeship completers versus non-completers at the same level was undertaken by Bibby et al. (2014), using a similar matched data set covering the period 2002-2012. They report a 16% wage premium for Level 3 apprenticeship completers and an 11% wage premium for Level 2 apprenticeship completers, averaged over the period 3-5 years following the completion of the apprenticeship.
Variation in returns
Studies therefore suggest large individual wage benefits to undertaking and completing an apprenticeship, irrespective of which data set, methodology and time period are studied. It is such results that have been used to justify the extension of the apprenticeship programme. However, it must be noted that these results do not mean that all apprenticeships have high payoffs to the individuals and to the exchequer. We must recognise that these figures are averages, and that there will be variation around these averages. Further analysis has investigated the characteristics of apprenticeships that are associated with high and low returns. The framework area of an apprenticeship has been shown by a number of the studies mentioned above to be strongly associated with the estimated wage premium. Construction and engineering apprenticeships have consistently been shown to have higher wage premia, though their relative strength is slightly lower in a full cost-benefit analysis, once the higher cost of provision of such apprenticeships is also taken into account. At the other end, apprenticeships in the areas of retail, hospitality and tourism are often observed to yield small and insignificant returns. In addition, though not studied specifically with respect to apprenticeships, previous studies such as Bibby et al. (2014) show higher returns to vocational qualifications at all levels when they consider 18-24 year olds than for 25+ year olds. It is therefore of some concern that the big increase in apprenticeship numbers since 2010 is for the 25+ age group, with a smaller increase for the 19-24 age group, and no increase at all for the 16-18 year old age group (see Figure 1). Similarly, data by sector subject area show that the areas seeing the largest increases in apprenticeship numbers over the previous decade have been retail and caring, together with business administration. Engineering apprenticeship numbers have seen a much smaller increase, while numbers in construction are falling. We therefore cannot assume that the average wage returns observed in earlier periods, as described above, will be earned by many of the additional apprenticeships that have been observed in the recent growth period.
Therefore, while the benefits to apprenticeships are, on average, very pleasing, reflecting the value of the training received, and the growth in apprenticeship numbers is also a good sign, it is important that apprenticeship quality is maintained or even enhanced, that attention should be prioritised where value is greatest, and that in the efforts to increase apprenticeship numbers, the brand is not diluted by classifying ongoing training, specifically of older workers who are already employees, as apprenticeships. Apprenticeships must remain an intensive training experience, of significant duration, and providing the apprentice with a new set of skills with which to practise in their chosen profession, and not become just a validation of existing skills.
Figure 1: Apprenticeship numbers over time by age
Source: SFA, Statistical First Release SFA/SFR29
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With a Japanese-style garden, a large play area, hands-on workshop programs, steam locomotives running through the park, and zones modeled after townscapes in the U.K. and Canada, Shuzenji Nijino Sato is a popular spot in the Shuzenji area where you can enjoy the abundant nature however your heart desires. The park also features a forest of maple trees in the extensive premises. The leaves of about 2,000 trees of Japanese and Western origins—including Japanese maples planted in the Japanese Garden and Takumi Village, and bald cypresses and American sweetgums in the Canadian Village and Fairy Garden—turn to yellow and red in fall, capturing the eyes of the visitors with their colorful autumn glow. From mid-November, the maple forest is lit up for a limited period of time.
* Open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. during the lighting-up event.
Holidays * There are scheduled holidays every month.
Access Take the Izu Hakone Railway "Mishima Station" of JR Tokaido Shinkansen for approx. 35 minutes, and alight at "Shuzenji Station". Take the Tokai Bus bound for Nijino Sato for approx. 20 minutes, and alight at "Nijino Sato".


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William Speed (fl. 1384–1395) was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Hereford in November 1384, 1385 and 1395.

References

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Züblin traditionally invests in office real estate, concentrating on core markets in German-speaking Europe. Following the restructuring process, the company aims at a stronger presence in Switzerland, but at the same time explores ways to expand into other investment segments and/or markets to improve its market positioning.
Currently, Züblin's real estate portfolio is focused on its home market Switzerland. The portfolio is characterized by its good locations, high build and structural quality – criteria that form the basis of Züblin's investment objectives and decisions.
Hardturmstrasse 76
Utilization: Office
First built: 1967
Year of acquisition: 2000
Refurbishment: 2010
GLA: 3'707 m2
Tenants: Multi-tenant Structure (architects, advertising agency, service and technology companies and others)
Located in the heart of the emerging new business district Zurich-West, the building faces Hardturmstrasse at its front and offers a stunning view of the river Limmat at the back of the property. Easy access is granted by both public and private transportation. The 6-storey property is fully leased to tenants from different business sectors. After total refurbishment in 2010 the building meets state-of-the-art energy-efficiency standards.
Thank you very much for your interest. Currently there are no vacancies in the building; however, we will be happy to provide you with more detailed information on the propert.
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Hofwiesenstrasse 360
Type of use: Office/Gastronomy
First creation: 1972
GLA: 3'243 m2 (34% co-ownership share Züblin)
Tenant: City/canton of Zurich, retailer
The Zurich-Oerlikon located property is situated in ultimate proximity to the railway station. With a total GLA of 10,000 m2, the fully let mixed-use property comprises a retail section on the ground floor, a restaurant area as well as office space on the upper floors.
GLA of Züblin's co-ownership share is 34% and mainly consists of office space (2,407 m2), a restaurant area (234 m2) and 40 of a total of 143 underground parking spaces. The tenants are municipal/cantonal public institutions as well as a leading retail provider.
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Holbeinstrasse 22/30
First built: 1961/1973
Tenants: Law Firm / Business Consultants
Located in one of Zurich's most prestigious CBD business districts the building is a true landmark in the Seefeld area. The property consists of two adjacent five storey buildings with full attic and underground parking level, initially built in 1961 and 1973. After an overall refurbishment undertaken in 2010 (incl. implementation of Minergy-standard for heating/cooling system), the modern high-quality property headquarters both a leading law firm and renowned business consultants.
Gewerbestrasse 12/12a
Tenants: Multi-tenant structure (healthcare, advisory, NGO and others)
Located around 17 km from the Zurich City, the suburb Egg is easy accessible by both public and private transportation. The two neighbouring buildings were initially developed in 1982 and 1986. In an overall refurbishment both infrastructure (Minergy standard) and floor layouts were improved, offering today attractive high-quality office space for small and mid-size companies in the area.
Currently the following areas are available for rent:
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Rütistrasse 3/3a
Utilization: Office/Restaurant/Administration
Tenants: Multi-tenant Structure (district administration, advisory & consulting, services, restaurant)
Baden is both, a traditional cultural and international economic hub. Among others, industrial multinationals like ABB and Alstom operate headquarters from this lively town only 30km away from Zurich-City, Zurich-Nord or the Airport. The three- rand ten-storey building is located in the very heart of Baden, offering attractive office space. After the comprehensive refurbishment, the space programme includes a well balanced mix of small to larger scale offices. The attic is leased to the well-known Torre Restaurant Bar & Grill offering spectacular views over the city from its roof-top terrace.
https://www.homegate.ch/2148038823
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With a forward by Anthony Bourdain and recipes by Emeril Lagasse, Donald Link.
Lolis Eric Elie, a Times-Picayune alumnus and the official blogger for the HBO original series, has written a Treme cookbook which includes recipes by noteworthy New Orleans chefs like Emeril Lagasse, Susan Spicer, Alon Shaya, and Donald Link. The cookbook—which we at First We Feast cannot wait to get our paws on—also includes recipes by David Chang and Eric Ripert, who have both made appearances on the show. Anthony Bourdain, who wrote for Treme, penned the forward for the cookbook. Eater has its hands on a copy of the tome, officially titled Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans. Their thoughts? "Treme rises above the standard fanboy/girl cookbook by being an actually useful text on Cajun and Creole cuisine," reports Eater National editor Paula Forbes.


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Interview with Pakistani American actress Aizzah Fatima
"Human, flawed and funny"
Actor and writer Aizzah Fatima made waves in 2014 with her provocative play "Dirty Paki Lingerie" which explored what it meant to be a Muslim in the post 9/11 world. Fatima spoke to Roma Rajpal Weiss on her upcoming work – "The Art of Hijab, Kohl Black and The Right Way To Pray", a play that engages with the stigmatisation of hijab-wearing Muslim women in the Western world
What was it like growing up as a Muslim post 9/11 in New York?
Aizzah Fatima: Being a Muslim in pre 9/11 and post 9/11 America are two very different things. Before 9/11, no one really knew what a Muslim was or what it meant. After 9/11, images of men in long beards threatening the U.S. became equated with Muslims. Obviously this is far from the reality of what a Muslim looks like and, more specifically, what a Muslim American looks like. I do think, however, that I grew up in something of a bubble: after all, since I don't cover my hair, I'm not visibly Muslim. My experience was very different to those who faced persecution and bullying at school.
How did you come up with "Dirty Paki Lingerie"?
Fatima: I developed "Dirty Paki Lingerie" during a solo-show writing class with Matt Hoverman. My classmates were all writing autobiographical pieces and I didn't think my life was interesting enough to make an entire solo play out of. So instead I decided to bring in characters based on people I knew within the Pakistani community in the New York area. People were fascinated by the characters. So I began researching and interviewing women about their experiences. Through the interview process, I realised just how many interesting women there are out there with remarkable stories to share – stories that I never saw reflected in theatre, film, or TV. No community is a monolith in thought or practice, yet the kind of stories that circulate about Muslim-American women in the Western media always seem to be the same. With "Dirty Paki Lingerie", I wanted to present a different, more nuanced perspective – a more human, funny and flawed take on the Muslim-American female experience.
How, as a Pakistani woman, did you end up in such an unusual profession?
Fatima: It would be difficult to pinpoint one instance that led to my career as an actor and writer. Storytelling was a big part of the way I grew up and my parents certainly encouraged me to express myself through stories as a child. I also have to say, had I not ended up working at Google, I probably wouldn't have had the courage to take the leap into an artistic career. I met so many fellow hyphenates while I was there. Everyone had a day job at Google, plus a side gig that they were passionate about, or another life they had lived – be it as a professional chef, published author, or running a tech startup of their own. It became easier to be a Googler-actor in this environment. It was also the place where I learned to take risks and not be afraid to try something new. In fact, my former teammates were very supportive of each other's work outside of Google. Acting and writing started off as a hobby that I dabbled in while I still worked full-time at Google. When things began to take off, I had to make a decision to pursue it full-time or let go of opportunities.
How do people react to your work? Are people offended?
Fatima: The response to my work has been largely positive. I have never had a person see the play and tell me they didn't relate to it or see themselves reflected in the stories. In fact, I've had Hispanic, Black, White and Asian people all tell me how these are their stories. A sense of universality can also be present in art that is very specific. In terms of programming the work, especially "Dirty Paki Lingerie", I've had pushback from Christians, Muslims and Hindus equally on the word 'Paki' or the word 'lingerie'. The former being a racial slur in Europe and the latter I assume because people aren't comfortable with women's sexuality. What I love about performing this play for audiences around the world is the opportunity to have a dialogue about the various themes the play touches on – sexuality, identity, racial profiling, bullying and issues of religion vs. culture. Whenever possible we put together talkbacks and panel discussions following a performance.
Offering a glimpse into the world of Muslim women in America: 'The Art of Hijab, Kohl Black and The Right Way To Pray' investigates what it is like to be a young woman coming to terms with the ideas of feminism, freedom and oppression in Islam and in the United States, engages with the stigmatisation of hijab-wearing Muslim women in the Western world, while questioning beauty norms and gender roles in the United States
How does your family react to your work?
Fatima: They are incredibly supportive: I wouldn′t be able to pursue a career like this if they weren't. There is so much uncertainty in this profession that you need supportive friends and family to keep you sane.
Tell us about your role in "The Art of Hijab".
Fatima: In "The Art of Hijab", written by Sarah Sakaan and directed by Jessica Brater, I play Aziza who is exploring what it means to be a Muslim American feminist through her YouTube channel. What I love about this play is the relationship between two sisters who are obviously very different, they are both Muslim-American and feminism means something very different to each of them. The play also takes place in the South. Growing up in the Bible belt in Mississippi, I really relate to the whole American experience and what being Muslim means in that environment. I used to go to my best friend's church youth group because they would do fun things like scavenger hunts, movie night and play games together. Our mosque didn't have any such programmes. Right now I think the world needs to hear from a diverse group of Muslim women about what their identity means to them. This play tackles that and gives us a real glimpse into their world.
Interview conducted by Roma Rajpal Weiss
"The Art of Hijab" website''Love, InshAllah'': Muslim American women tell their own stories about loveMuslim youth in America: The "mipster" phenomenon
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Last weekend saw the East Fremantle Sharks overcome a 5 goal deficit at quarter time to eventually overrun the East Perth Royals in the final quarter.
Sports photography offers a wide gamut of photographic opportunites if look at the game from a different angle. Normally sports photographers are concerned with whats going on between the start and the end whistle on the pitch, court of field of play. Its true that this offer great opportunities to capture athletes at the peak of physical activity, tackling, shooting, running in what ever the sport may be. However if you confine youself to this your missing out on some great opportunities in other facets of the game.
One of my favourite places for excellent sports portrait photography is in the team huddles between quarters. It's here where a lot of emotion can be picked up on the faces of players and in particular coaches. In the photos above i have included a picture of both the East Perth Royals coach Tony Micale and the East Fremantle Sharks Coach Steve Malaxos. The photograph of the East Perth Royals huddle is taken by putting a fish eye lens on the top of my monopod and raising over the huddle on the timer setting. I particularly like this shot with Tony looking towards the playing group and his players circled around him.
The photo if Steve Malaxos was taken with him addressing his troops at three quarter time just before the fightback to overrun the Royals in the last quarter. In this shot Steve was adjusting the matchups on the whiteboard. The intensity in his eyes makes for a strong "action" portrait.
Finally I also like to photograph the crowd if i get the opportunity in a match. The shot of this passionate sharks fan is one of my favourites and i love his expression jumping out of his chair after another goal.


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Q: jQuery animate problem I am using jQuery to give my navigation button a colour change animation on hover.
I have .menu-horizontal and .menu-vertical. But for some reason, the animate function works well with .menu-horizontal but not for .menu-vertical.
The colour doesn't change for the vertical menu.
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$(document).ready(function () {
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        $(this).stop().animate({ height: "31px", backgroundColor: "#3185b7" }, 600);
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    $(".menu-vertical ul li a").hover(function() {
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});
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A: You cannot animate background-color with jQuery alone.

(For example, width, height, or left can be animated but background-color cannot be.)

Source: http://api.jquery.com/animate/#animation-properties
Option 1: Set the background-color first using .css() and then animate the height.
Option 2: Use a plugin to facilitate background-color animation.

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Meanwhile in Australia#297944
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:32 pm #297944
Labour Party with fairly insignificant ideological divide tears itself apart.
It seems a bit like the Blairite/Brownite divide on steroids. Can't really work out why the ALP is so unpopular though given that the Australian economy seems to be doing reasonably well, and that Tony Abbott is an absolute wanker. Admittedly, my knowledge of Australian politics isn't particularly extensive.
Me neither but I believe Lynton Crosby used the quirks of the electoral system to maximise seats without their being any popular vote landslide for John Howard.
Also think Paul Keating is one of the most interesting statesmen from any western country post cold war. Thought very hard about how the tectonic plates shifted and what Australia's place is in the Asian economy. The Australian Tories were to paraphase Keating still doffing their caps to the Queen and waiting for their OBEs.
Before Tony Abbott, the right were led by Malcolm Turnbull, of Spycatcher trial fame.
The 182nd richest Australian, apparently. Looks considerably less of a wanker than Abbott though.
By spoonman
Turnbell, on the face of it, doesn't seem to be too bad of a bloke, one of a few people in the Australian Liberal party that could be fairly called a liberal rather than a populist conservative. His downfall was when he asked Liberal MPs in Canberra to back Labors Carbon Trading scheme, a leadership vote was called for and Turnbell lost to Abbot by one vote. Abbot hasn't had his leadership called into question yet, but he does come across as an arsehole quite a lot.
I reckon if Labor were not in a minority government depending on a independents and smaller parties in both houses, along with better poll ratings, they likely wouldn't be tearing each other apart. The wheels have been slowly falling off. When Labor got back into power at Federal level in 2007, they held all six state parliaments and both territories either on their own or the major coalition party meaning at the time the Liberal's most powerful politician was Brisbane mayor Campbell Newman (now Queensland Premier), but the Liberal/National coalition has been fighting back since. I don't think Labor hold a majority of seats in any state or territory parliament at present and in the last state elections they were well routed in Queensland and New South Wales. Arguably a factor in that was that the Labor parties in both state governments were in power for quite a long time fatigue set in.
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By Big Rob
- Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:51 am #300349
Australia targets tax avoidance by multinationals
Yes there is a borderless global economy when it comes to money. That's the problem.
Big Rob
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:51 pm #305596
Crosby-style dog-whistle bollocks from the Liberals.
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By Timbo
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:13 pm #305636
If they look like the guy on the left, they're welcome to divert a few to North Wales
Soppy anti-British, pro-crime, anti-education, pro-immigration, anti-family nonentity
Location: N Wales Compound, EUKSSR
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:53 pm #305887
More on Abbott from the NS. The more I read about him, the more I realise what an absolute thundercunt this bloke is.
As he praised Murdoch in his IPA speech, itself weighty with Biblical references, the tradition of politics Tony Abbott has embraced was clear – that of obstinacy, demagoguery, and dogmatism.
Reforms promised by Abbott during the speech included privatizing Medibank; the state-owned private health insurer for over three million Australians, and repealing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. This latter policy is justified ostensibly in the name of free speech and the recognition of Australia's Western heritage; something Abbott called "the new Great Australian silence", absurdly comparing it to the disregard with which Australia treats its history of violence against Aboriginal people. If Section 18C is repealed, racial hatred will effectively be sanctioned by law.
As well as this, Abbott wishes to cut back public spending, regressively reduce personal and corporate taxes, and strengthen Australia's borders to create a country "where the boats are stopped – with tough and proven measures."
It is worth noting that Australia rode out the global financial crisis relatively unscathed. Abbott voted against the AU$42bn stimulus that helped keep Australia out of recession, but despite his convictions, today the country's government debt as a percentage of GDP is a mere 27 per cent – lower than that of Sweden, Norway, and Qatar – and it enjoys a triple-A credit rating from all three of the main ratings agencies. It is also experiencing a sustained mining boom along with steady GDP growth, fuelled largely by Chinese consumption. This has meant that the average household income in Australia has become much higher than the equivalent in the UK or the US – roughly AU$64,168 per year, equivalent to £43,590 in the UK or $66,765 in the US.
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- Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:10 pm #305893
christ I'm grateful I don't live in Australia
- Tue May 28, 2013 9:05 am #314179
The ongoing march for privatisation does not stop here. Rightwing thinktanks in Australia, such as the Centre for Independent Studies and the Institute of Public Affairs (a group that refuses to release a list of its financial donors), regularly call for the mass privatisation of state services. This includes the ABC, despite consistent public polling finding huge support for the broadcaster.
Australia is the most tightly controlled media environment in the western world, with over 70% of print publication owned by US citizen Rupert Murdoch; in the words of John Pilger, "Australia is the world's first murdochracy". Indeed, charges against the ABC mirror the comments by James Murdoch about the BBC in 2009: "The expansion of state-sponsored journalism is a threat to the plurality and independence of news provision."
Imagining a different Australia is possible, but the challenges are great.
The corporate media deliberately conflates "privatisation" with "reform", and neoliberal ideology is accepted as fact. Even the Greens have embraced a market mechanism to reduce climate change, despite vast evidence questioning for-profit companies being the most appropriate way to do so. Canadian writer Naomi Klein is currently working on a book that will argue that capitalism is inherently incapable of reforming itself to tackle catastrophic changes to our climate.
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I suspect none of this sounds unfamiliar to British ears, either.
By davidjay
- Tue May 28, 2013 10:38 pm #314316
new puritan wrote: Crosby-style dog-whistle bollocks from the Liberals.
Excuse my possible stupidity, but does Australia have any borders?
We've got democracy! Who needs solidarity?
davidjay wrote:
Well, yes. The entire perimeter of its coastline. A rather humungous natural border which to be fair to the Labor Party, must be fucking difficult to retain control of. But that won't stop Lynton Crosby.
Abernathy wrote:
That's what I mean, sort of. Is an island's border its coastline?
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Don't ignore safety risks of on-the-job fatigue: NSC
March 04, 2021 Reprints
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To reduce workplace injuries companies should tackle on-the-job fatigue, experts said Wednesday at the virtual 2021 National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo.
When most people think about impairment, they focus on substance abuse rather than fatigue, said Claire Stroer, impairment program manager for the National Safety Council, during an educational session.
The NSC recently redefined its definition of impairment to include the impact of fatigue on workplace safety, with a recent survey conducted by the Itasca, Illinois-based council showing that 13% of work injuries are attributed to fatigue and that 77% of employers have expressed concern about fatigue's impact on their workforce's fitness for duty.
"It's a complex issue. When we do measure alertness … at what point do we take action?" said Daniel Mollicone, Seattle-based CEO of Pulsar Informatics Inc., which has created psychomotor tests for the aviation and transportation industries to help employers identify fitness for duty deficits. "(Fatigue) is a risk factor that isn't fully visible."
While employers might have an impression there is a risk of impairment from fatigue among employees, there haven't been systems to quantitatively monitor for it, as compared with substance abuse, he said.
Joe Gallagher, director of health, safety and environmental quality for PHI Health LLC, part of Phoenix-based PHI Air Medical LLC, an air ambulance provider, said fatigue is a difficult issue to address in a 24/7 operation.
"We know with our clinician schedules … that they were facing fatigue," he said. "Pilots were working 12-hour shifts, and we knew they were working against their circadian clocks. That's what made us start to reach out and look for solutions when it came to fatigue."
The company created a fatigue working group to come up with ways to ensure fitness for duty and identify impairments that could be caused by fatigue. PHI eventually settled on the psychomotor vigilance test offered by Pulsar to identify signs of fatigue in pilots, mechanics and clinicians, launching the program in January 2019.
PHI now requires those workers to take the one-minute test, which measures alertness with a quantitative result, at the start of each shift on their iPads or smartphones. Any worker who scores higher than 12 on the alertness test is required to retake the test and then, if they fail again, take a one-hour nap, Mr. Gallagher said.
"When an individual is doing poorly on (a psychomotor vigilance test), their performance at their task is also compromised. … Errors of omission go way up," Mr. Mollicone said. "When measuring alertness (the test) is looking for millisecond rate changes to your alertness pattern."
While the program is still too new to have data on injury rates, PHI has seen a reduced need for interventions due to an unacceptably high score. With the additional pressures of COVID-19, the test has become even more important, Mr. Gallagher said.
"When you have back-to-back flights, get into (personal protective equipment), get to the hospital, transport the patient, have to take off PPE, decontaminate the aircraft — that takes a lot of time," he said. "We were getting a lot of fatigue from that. They understand why the need to do this."
Seasonal workers, fatigue contribute to fulfillment injuries
The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and the influx of inexperienced seasonal workers, an avalanche of orders and tight delivery timelines can make fulfillment centers a more precarious and tiring environment for workers this time of year, experts say.
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Les Miserables – splendid cinema if you like that kind of thing
January 12, 2013 By Ellen 5 Comments
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It's 24 hours since I went to see Les Miserables and the songs are still marching around my head which must go to show something.
I can't remember being this excited about a film in a mighty long time, if not ever. I love Les Mis and have seen it on stage a few times and often listen to the soundtrack when no one's looking. I'm not one of your Johnny-Come-Latelys who found it after Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream an international hit.
It's a long old movie – three hours from billed start time to the end including Kevin Bacon ads – but I didn't get restless, not one bit. And once it was finished there was a gasp from the audience and spontaneous applause. I'm sure – numb bumbs aside – quite a few of us would have been happy to stay for a second showing.
The movie version milked every bit of emotional intensity from an already full-on musical. Close ups and lots of very realistic poverty and filth added to the mix. Oddly, seeing huge faces singing at you from a middle row of an auditorium create a very intimate experience.
Hugh Jackman is a revelation. By his own admission not the best singer, he powers through as Jean Valjean. Believable as convict, desperate former convict, redeemed former convict and, eventually, old man. You do need to forgive him a dodgy David Essex-style 'do' in his middle years.
Russell Crowe's Javert is on the button except in the big singy numbers. Crowe's voice is surprisingly soft and sweet, at odds with the dogged plod he plays.
Anne Hathaway is as fantastic as anticipated, it's a shame she has to expire before the thing properly gets going.
Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) is a bit meh, but it's not really her fault. Whatever version you choose she's a fairly pointless bit of froth. She does cry prettily though. If I was in charge I'd find some way to get her out of the big frocks and up onto the barricades, or at any rate somewhere useful.
Anyhow, I was determined not to bang on, so if you're a Glums fan – go and see this now. You won't regret it. But you do have to be prepared to make allowances for moments of (usually Cosette-related) cheesiness and some utterly bewildering vocals from Sacha Baron Cohen. In Thenardier, SBC has been handed one of the best parts in the history of musical theatre yet he manages to make a bit of a pig's ear of it. I know it's a long film, but the rule of pick an accent and stick to it still applies.
Take Kleenex, and don't forget to go for a wee before it starts. Let me know what you think.
Filed Under: Anne Hathaway, cinema, film, Hugh Jackman, Les Mis, Les Miserables, review, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen., Victor Hugo
Jennifer Jain says
I saw this last night, loved it! I first discovered Les Miserables as a teenager about 20 years ago so I'm very familiar with the songs and I was worried about how the film would turn out, but I needn't have been.The only bit I wasn't sure about was Russell Crowe, I thought he didn't put as much passion or emotion into the singing as he could have, although at least he was in tune. I thought that I Dreamed a Dream was fantastic, and seemed to be all shot in one take! I don't know if you've read the book, I struggled through it (although must admit I skipped a few bits). I thought that the film worked really well as an adaptation of the book too, there were a few extras added in from the stage show that explained relationships between characters and filled out the story a bit.
Jacq says
Do you think you could take kids to see it? H(11)would like to come with me but I@m not sure it's suitable…
Ellen Arnison says
Jacq, I went with Boy 1 who is 13 and he said he enjoyed it. He did get a bit wriggly in the middle.
The prostitute scene might be a bit near the knuckle. It's not explicit but the suggestion is fairly frank.
I agree I think RC isn't really much of a singer – I would rather have had a bit more guts to his songs even if he did lose the tune.
I did wonder how easy it would be to follow this if you didn't know the show. My 13YO came with me and he seemed to have no trouble.
Emma Lee-Potter says
I loved it too, Ellen, but I reckon it is too long. I was completely gripped during the first half, but didn't think the second half was so brilliant.
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June 13, 2018 News & Opinion » News
Mt. Hope braces for big build
By Tim Louis Macaluso
IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF ROCHESTER
The developer's renderings of the proposed Gold Street Lofts.
City Council is expected to vote on legislation that would change the zoning code by limiting the height of new buildings along a stretch of Mt. Hope Avenue that is mostly residential, with the exception of a chiropractor office.
But even if Council approves the measure, it won't stop a highly controversial project from being built that could change the character of the neighborhood. The five-story, 63,500 square foot, mixed-use building called the Lofts on Gold Street would be built at 1176 Mt. Hope Avenue and 10 Gold Street, a site that's on the edge of a quiet neighborhood of single family and small multi-family homes.
The developer, 10 Gold Street Properties, LLC, is planning to build 2,100 square feet of commercial space on the first floor and a 20-space parking area. Floors two through five would have 32 residential units with a total of 92 bedrooms.
Residents are extremely concerned about the size and height of the building, which they say doesn't fit in with the neighborhood. And they're concerned about parking, which they say is already in short supply because of the neighborhood's proximity to the University of Rochester.
The project has caused such an outcry that it prompted Adam McFadden, City Councilmember for the south district, to submit the new legislation. He also wrote a letter to Richard Feldman, president of the University of Rochester, in an attempt to get him to stand with neighbors against the project. But nothing came of it, McFadden says.
"It's too big for that location," McFadden says. "It just doesn't fit in. Imagine being in your home and living near something like that."
Under current zoning regulations, the five-story building is permitted. If Council approves the change, the height of future construction would be limited to three stories on the east side of Mt. Hope Avenue between May and Gold Streets. The Planning Commission has unanimously recommended that Council approve the measure at its June 19 meeting.
"It won't stop the project," says Lagonegro. "The plans were in before this legislation." And the developer made some changes to the plans to make the project compliant with current zoning codes, she says. The developer has already demolished a two-story building at the site.
Dan Hurley, president of the Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association isn't so sure that the project has cleared all the hurdles for approval. He says residents in the area have been fighting the project for about two years. At that time, their attorney managed to stop the developer's original plan to construct two buildings on the site. Parking was a problem in the earlier proposal, and it's still a problem, he says.
"Our concern is that this is essentially 92 rentals, they're going to be renting out rooms and there's still not going to be enough parking," Hurley says. Residents have again hired an attorney, this time to review the project to be sure the city has evaluated the project correctly.
If the project is approved, Hurley says it will change Mt. Hope dramatically over the next decade. He's not convinced city officials will enforce zoning codes and they'll cave to developers' requests for variances.
"We were under the impression that the city was supporting the neighborhood and protecting the historical assets in this area," Hurley says. The neighborhood is across the street from Mt. Hope Cemetery. "They talk about protecting neighborhoods, but there's no good plan for doing so."
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