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Tagged With "airlines"
Re: Spirit's New Plan: Higher 'Rush Hour' Bag Fees!
New Yorker cartoon, flight attendant announcing, "In case of a loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down in front of you for two dollars".
Re: Spirit's New Plan: Higher 'Rush Hour' Bag Fees!
Thanks...that's definitely the "spirit!"
Re: Mediation for AA/US Airways Merger
This case seems very peculiar to me. I have never understood why what is acceptable for some large airlines - Delta and United - is considered unfair competition for others. The airlines have been growing and merging since the Pan Am Clipper days. Why is this transaction any different ?
Re: Mediation for AA/US Airways Merger
In a nutshell: AA and USAir are making exactly the argument you are, and the Justice Dept. is saying, in effect, "We shoulda stopped them, too." Obviously a lot of issues (both in terms of fares and of maintaining service to smaller cities), but not clear why the line's been drawn here. Meanwhile, Texas pulled out of the suit, Florida may follow, mayors of cities with AA and USAir hubs have backed the merger, airport operators are chiming in...so the mediation may end up being Justice's way...
Re: Emirates Adds a 3rd US Frequent Flier Partner
There are a lot of possibilities with these airlines to both have budget flights and earn lots of miles. The combined route maps must be interesting.
Re: Mediation for AA/US Airways Merger
the Justice Dept. is saying, in effect, "We shoulda stopped them, too." A stronger, healthier Delta and United is a bad thing because ?
Re: Mediation for AA/US Airways Merger
Anti-merger views generally argue that the mergers reduce competition, raise fares, and cut service to smaller cities. Others might reply that the key to these new large carriers' survival is not so much that they got larger as that all of the carriers involved passed through bankruptcy, shedding workers, benefits, contracts and perhaps maintenance standards as they went...
Re: TSA: More lines, delayed flights
European airlines have taken a big hit this year with Europeans staying home more. It was because of terrorism before airport security and also in public places in Brussels and Paris. Isn't that more of a risk now? We have accepted that minor risk on other forms of transportation and still go about our lives. I'd vote to cut back on scanning 100% of the people in airports to occasionally, like we did a few years ago. We can still walk through metal detectors. I guess the added carry-on bags...
Re: TSA: More lines, delayed flights
Several Senators suggested last week that the airlines kill the bag fees to speed up the lines, but there was an audible silence on that... Meanwhile, in Paris the lines have been growing, too, and causing delays at CDG; the airport authority is calling for more staff to speed up border controls.
Re: TSA: More lines, delayed flights
I hate the bag fees, but they're not the problem. The TSA is. Everyone would still have a carry-on bag, albeit a smaller one if they could check a suitcase for free. My experiences in Calgary, Frankfurt and Spain in the past month. Waiting times were never more than 10 minutes and usually less than 5 minutes to be screened. You just need enough of and a motivated staff that gets people through quickly
Re: New routes give Denmark big tourism boost
It's good news for travelers and for Denmark. It shows budget travelers do contribute too. I haven't been to Denmark yet but I thought Sweden was very reasonable. Now Norway is pricey, but its so well worth seeing.
Re: TSA strands 450 overnight: could it get worse?
What a mess. The very agency that is to protect citizens from terrorist activity is creating an environment wherein "tent communities" are springing up at America's airports. How embarrassing is that. Talk about a target rich environment for the bad guys. The TSA's funding, even with "cuts", is about US$ 7.3 billion for 2016. In contrast, Canada, which has 1/10th the population of the USA, has an airport screening budget of about CDN $0.56 billion, and Transport Canada acknowledges it has...
Re: TSA strands 450 overnight: could it get worse?
Most countries around the world exchange ideas and processes to fulfil the common good. But some countries refuse to enter into a dialogue and share ideas. Russia is another one.
Re: TSA strands 450 overnight: could it get worse?
To be fair to the TSA (which I find hard to do), the $7.3 billion is not all for screening, only about half is. That said, while airports are looking to outsource the screening, maybe they should hire Transport Canada! As for the PreCheck point: TSA can't seem to make up its mind. When it started, they semi-randomly selected 'extra' people to go through it, on the theory that they would like it enough to buy it—and some did, but not enough. Then the people who had paid for it started to...
Re: TSA strands 450 overnight: could it get worse?
The few US airports that have private security companies handling the screening are reporting good results and I think that's a good option for the airports. My guess is for liability reasons, airports are scared to dump the TSA. After seeing the comments by DrFumblinger and PHeymont, I do think we can learn from Canada on this. I did a little more reading on Canada's airport security. It seems all major airports in Canada have private screening. The airports give out three year contracts.
Re: Delta likes its 'basic economy,' will expand it
I like choice, so this is overall good news for consumers. On a somewhat unrelated topic, we've covered Canadian jet manufacturer Bombardier on our pages. It seems the company is very near agreement with Delta to sell it 125 of its new C series jets. It would be a big boost to Bombardier and might allow Delta extra basic economy seats and new routes on which to sell them. More on that story at this link .
Re: Delta likes its 'basic economy,' will expand it
I'm excited to fly in a C-Series and will go out of my way to buy a ticket when they start appearing! I also like the trend of one way tickets being less because that opens up lot's a route opportunities
Re: Norwegian Air to finally get U.S. license
This is great news! And this license should really have an impact on trans-Atlantic prices.
Re: United Campaign: Enforce carry-on limits, reduce complaints and crowding
I hope this effort is a real and continuing one and that other companies follow. Carrying everything onto the plane, to my way of thinking, is like any trend where if enough people say it's a good idea, even when it's not, hoards fall right into step, like lemmings. If I was offered valet service for a nominal fee to have someone carry my suitcase for me and I wouldn't have to touch it from the time I arrived at the airport until the time I was leaving at my destination, I'd jump at the...
Re: One year into merger, AA is optimistic
I guess the question for me is the merger good for consumers? From my own searches, I haven't seen as many good sales on the USAir old routes that I used to see.
Re: Will JetBlue Change Its Colors?
I can't see why they would change if their stock is up already 49% this year. Airlines are making record profits in the US now and that's mainly been because of higher fares and fees for the consumer. There's not too many true budget airlines left in the US.
Re: One year into merger, AA is optimistic
Update: American and the flight attendants have just settled the contract through arbitration. A number of other contracts must be reached in the coming year.
Re: JAL reduces seats, adds space on 787s
It would be nice if this were the start of a trend...
Re: Scotland's vote may help ax high flying tax
UK Air passenger duty for under 12's will be abolished from May 2015. Under 16's will have to wait until 2016.
Re: Why tickets stay high while fuel prices drop
I think I'm seeing better ticket prices than I have for several years now, so I'm not sure if this is completely true. But it could just represent a biased sampling (Canada, more than US flights).
Re: Why tickets stay high while fuel prices drop
Overall, for U.S. airlines, the trend is up; last month all the majors went along with a $2 average increase on almost all fares. Those fares, of course, are subject to competitive discounting on specific flights or routes; Alaska and Delta have been battling over the Seattle market all year, for example, affecting prices on those routes.
Re: Why tickets stay high while fuel prices drop
With Airline consolidation the last few years and some budget airlines changing their image and prices, there doesn't seem to be that downword pressure for most prices in the US
Re: Why tickets stay high while fuel prices drop
The cost of an Airline Ticket has little to do with the cost of a barrel of oil. That's why I can fly to Sydney Australia for the same price as I can to New York. That's 3500 miles to New York or 10,500 miles to Sydney. Same price. It's solely based on the principle of how much juice you can squeeze from an orange.
Re: Why tickets stay high while fuel prices drop
While it's true that competition and cupidity rather than cost are the basis of pricing, fuel does factor in: when fuel is high, the airlines add surcharges, and when fuel costs drop, they seldom remove them!
Re: Why tickets stay high while fuel prices drop
Airlines and many other companies are determined to squeeze the public to the last drop of juice. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing_cases and see that there's no honour amongst thieves. Steal from one man and its theft. Steal from a thousand and its Corporate Policy.
Re: What if the exit row weren't a row?
Maybe the overhead bins have, as they say, been binned. Back to the days when it was considered a luxury to let someone else handle one's luggage. I still think it is.
Re: What if the exit row weren't a row?
I think that seating arrangement would work well in zero gravity. Think of the PanAm space cruises in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Unless planes will be designed in a flying saucer shape, I can't envision what the Europeans are planning.
Re: AA gets its first Dreamliner
I like the image of Boeing handing over a set of keys to AA executives for a jumbo jet. I'm glad to see more of these planes come in to service and hope within the next year or so to have the opportunity to fly one.
Re: AA gets its first Dreamliner
I'm flying on a 787 late May!Glad to see AA starting to get theirs!
Re: AA gets its first Dreamliner
Looking forward to a 787 blog from you, Rob! That should be fun.
Re: Is it time to regulate airplane seats? Chris Elliott thinks so!
I'm not sure if "mandating" certain seat sizes would do anything but raise prices, but it might be nice if they introduced a simple grading system. "A" for business/first class, "F" for the sardine can seating in the most cramped airlines. If I was less than 5 ft tall and weighed less than 100 lbs the current seating system would work fine for me. For most folks it's much too crowded, especially on long flights. All the worse if you have to have your bag under the seat in front of you. Let's...
Re: Is it time to regulate airplane seats? Chris Elliott thinks so!
I'm not sure it's the case that mandating a decent space would raise fares...in the past, we've certainly seen that fares have a resistance point, and airlines have backed down from increases at times. Also worth noting that fares seem largely based on competition rather than actual expense involved; that's why it's often cheaper to fly NY to LA than NY to Kansas City! And, as Chris Elliott points out, having people fighting over seat space has led to expensive consequences, too...
Re: Is it time to regulate airplane seats? Chris Elliott thinks so!
The trouble with a mandate is that it has deadlines and airlines who fly to the US would have to go through an expensive seat replacement program. That cost is one we share, or that puts the airlines in the red and in jeopardy. Makes sense to pressure them to improve, but that's just my opinion. But I do like the idea of "grading" seats. Helps me know what I'm buying. For example, Canadian airlines definitely have larger seats that American carriers. I'll preferentially fly Air Canada to...
Re: Is it time to regulate airplane seats? Chris Elliott thinks so!
This debate seems to accept that the profit margins of Trans-Atlantic Flights are squeezed by costs outside the carriers control. The only solution they have is squeeze more seats in to control income. Last month I paid £759 ($1245) for 1 seat UK to Philadelphia - Return - with an American Airline. 7 hours in the sky. Each way. My £759 will also get me a flight to the Caribbean from the UK. 10 hours in the sky. 14 nights in a hotel. Food and drink included. And flight back. The Caribbean...
Re: Seat Wars break out in the air...
The Daily Telegraph conducted a poll after the first 2 incidents on "Should Reclining Seats be Banned" and 70% of the respondents said yes. The lack of leg space is a big issue and I hope airlines enact more reasonable legroom space for coach. If the reported stories are true though, some passengers weren't acting mature or reasonable at all and really should face stiff penalties for their actions http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra...seats-be-banned.html
Re: Seat Wars break out in the air...
I think on short domestic flights (let's say 3 hours or less), we could do away with the reclining seats. For longer duration flights, more legroom would be a great addition and keep the reclining seats. But I can't see the airlines going this route. Space is so tight I can't even see the screen of my netbook if the traveler in front of me reclines their seat.
Re: Coming soon: Adjustable-width airline seats?
Looking at the picture, it appears to me that the business class option is a far cry from the direction upper class has been going of late, more and more comfort. Does this mean it will be more comfortable than currently is the case for economy passengers or less comfortable for business class? Maybe the arc has peaked for upper class comfort and this indicates the start of a slide down the other side.
Re: Coming soon: Adjustable-width airline seats?
I would presume the wider seat arrangement would more likely be "Economy Plus" rather than business class. Say two large people buying a 3 row seat and the third seat would get squeeze down by the wider adjustment of the above. International business class nowadays is almost universally lie flat bed seats. To not have these would mean a loss of this lucrative market for the airlines.
Re: Coming soon: Adjustable-width airline seats?
Maybe the trend will be to 3, rather than 4 classes, with econ+ going by the wayside and the flat bed option called first. Who knows. Business started out looking something like econ+ does now. Four options seems like about 1 too many to me.
Re: Coming soon: Adjustable-width airline seats?
Keep in mind that the picture is the patent model...tricked out with real upholstery it may look very different. Other than fitting big people better, I think this may mainly be used on smaller airliners that fly as one- or two-class, as British Air does on a lot of European flights....business class there is pretty much just empty middle. This would allow flexibility. Be my guess...
Re: Up, Up and Away: Airline miles cards with big bonuses
I LOVE my airline credit card, but it's great to have all this information in one place to see if I could do better. Probably not without some whopping fees, but whopping bonuses, too. Thank you sir, for showing us all these choices!
Re: Up, Up and Away: Airline miles cards with big bonuses
I have a Delta American Express Platinum card that has served us well. The fee is higher than the gold card, but we can check two bags free, priority boarding, and a free companion pass yearly. We fly two or three times a year and the value of the waived baggage fee and the companion pass far exceed the $150 annual fee. The card also accrues one mile for each dollar spent and lately has offered cash back incentives. For example: spend $15 at Panera's using the card and receive $5 credit on...
Re: Please Don't Squeeze the Passengers: Airbus
Airbus has taken a major step in passenger comfort with the introduction of the new Airbus 380, their new double-deck airliner. Just as a large cruise ship will sail choppy seas in much greater comfort due to its size and sophistication, the new 380 is so much more smooth, quiet and comfortable up in the skies. Sure seat sizes and configuration will vary between operators but certainly the overall 'environment experience' is so much nicer
Re: Please Don't Squeeze the Passengers: Airbus
Interesting point, Mac. Large planes with bright decor somehow seem to me roomier, even if the seat is the same size. I think there's a balance between physical comfort and "feel" that airlines may not always recognize. On the other hand, I've been on 777s that had so little division of space that my mental image was sitting in a huge concert hall...and felt a bit uncomfortable from that!
Re: Please Don't Squeeze the Passengers: Airbus
I've never flown an A380, Mac. They still haven't caught on in North America, where Boeing clearly dominates the market. One thing that I've wonder about is with all those people to board (somewhere over 500), is the process of getting on and off the plane very slow or have they figured out how to make this move along with reasonable efficiency?


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This Bill will allow the police to apply for a UK court order to get stored electronic data directly from a company or person based outside the UK.
Electronic information is increasingly important for the investigation and prosecution of criminal offences. The companies providing services which generate and store electronic data, such as internet service providers, are often located outside the UK. This puts this type of data beyond the current reach of existing UK court orders. This Bill would enable law enforcers in the UK to obtain data from foreign service providers in countries with which the UK already has judicial cooperation.
This Bill is being introduced in the House of Lords by Baroness Williams of Trafford from the Home Office.
Other Arguments
It will be interesting to see some of the details of this Bill debated, as although the main clauses of the Bill will probably get cross party support, some of the technical details - such as how encrypted data will be analysed - will need to be scrutinised.
How to get involved
You can contact the Home Office, or your own MP.
If I don't act, will it go through?
As a Government Bill it is likely to go through.


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Taiwan Shuffles Cabinet Amid Frosty Cross-Strait Relations
Taiwan inaugurated a new Cabinet on February 26, 2018 after a major reshuffle in key national security, diplomatic, and cross-strait posts was announced three days prior. The replacement of several important Cabinet ministers comes amid extremely strained tensions between Taipei and Beijing and impending local elections, not unlike "midterm elections" in the United States, scheduled for November 2018.
Taiwan's executive branch spokesman announced to reporters at a press conference on Feb. 23 that new ministers would be appointed to head the two ministries of Foreign Affairs and National Defense; and the Mainland Affairs and National Security Councils.
Yen Teh-fa, head of the National Security Council and a retired three-star Army general, was tapped to replace Feng Shih-kuan as Minister of National Defense, who stepped down to lead a government-funded national security think-tank. Secretary-General of the Presidential Office and former envoy to the United States Joseph Wu was appointed to replace David Lee as Minister of Foreign Affairs; Lee will succeed Yen as head of the National Security Council.
With regards to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) — Taipei's main government body handling relations across the Taiwan Strait — former MAC Minister Chen Ming-tong was re-appointed to head the MAC, replacing Chang Hsiao-yueh.
The appointment of Chen, who is associated with pro-independence politics and served as MAC Minister in 2007 to 2008 under staunchly pro-independence former President Chen Shui-bian, has led to much speculation about the Taipei's future stance regarding cross-strait relations and the "one China consensus," with certain analysts suggesting Taiwan, under current President Tsai Ing-wen, is pursuing a more assertive stance as relations with Beijing continue to deteriorate.
Remaining personnel changes on the ministerial level include the Veterans Affairs Council, which saw former chief of staff of the armed forces Chiu Kuo-cheng tapped to replace Lee Hsiang-jow. Minister of Labor Lin Mei-chu submitted her resignation for health reasons and was succeeded by deputy mayor of Kaohsiung Hsu Ming-chun.
This Cabinet shuffle is the second major shuffle for the incumbent administration of President Tsai Ing-wen.
Elected in 2016 alongside a commanding majority for her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan's unicameral legislature, President Tsai's administration became embroiled in a series of political battles — including a protracted battle over amending labor standards; controversy over DPP legislation regarding transitional justice issues during the Nationalist (Kuomintang, KMT) era; and a stalled attempt at pension reform — which sapped public support and saw approval ratings dip significantly since her inauguration in May 2016.
In the realm of international diplomacy, Taiwan suffered a series of setbacks since Tsai assumed office, with two diplomatic allies (Sao Tome and Principe in Dec. 2016, followed by Panama in June 2017) switching recognition from Taipei to Beijing and attempts by Taiwan to participate in international organizations (including the World Health Assembly and the International Civil Aviation Organization) stymied by a campaign by China to diplomatically isolate the self-governing island.
President Tsai's first Premier, Lin Chuan, announced his resignation on Sept. 4, 2017, a little over a year after taking up the post. Citing the passage of several pieces of legislation crucial to Tsai's agenda, Lin stated that he never had the intent to stay long as Premier and wanted to give his successor time to prepare prior to local elections in 2018. As the Premier appoints most of the Cabinet, Lin's departure paved the way for the Tsai administration's first full Cabinet reshuffle and the appointment of pro-independence William Lai to head the Cabinet as Premier.
The upcoming Nov. 2018 elections will be the Tsai Administration's first electoral test. While President Tsai has received a bump in approval ratings with regards to her government's handling of the recent earthquakes in Hualien, polling by several groups suggests that the gap between the governing DPP and the main opposition KMT has narrowed to a nearly negligible difference as voters feel increasingly disillusioned with either major party.
Continued deteriorating cross-strait relations between Taipei and Beijing are exacerbated by Chinese military drills, a Taiwanese investigation into an alleged Chinese spy ring, and a spat over airspace and airline routes in the Taiwan Strait that weighs down public perception of the Tsai administration while certain vocal DPP members have criticized ministerial incompetence and the government's unclear China policy (especially regarding Tsai's stance on Taiwanese independence).
This new Cabinet shuffle, with several longtime close allies of Tsai appointed to head key ministries, was read by several analysts as a response to "Taiwan sovereignty supporters" and a sign that Tsai may be seeking to play a more active role in foreign policy decision-making.


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SAFE financing documents became viral when Paul Graham from Y Combinator tweeted: 'Convertible notes have won. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.
Benefits of using a SAFE
SAFE docs are very short, 5 page documents, with very little to negotiate (just the valuation caps). Therefore, startups and investors won't have to spend a lot of time and legal fees on hammering out the details of a SAFE. An outstanding SAFE would be referenced on the company's cap table like any other convertible security (such as a warrant or an option).
Drawbacks of using a SAFE
A SAFE doc is not a debt instrument, so it doesn't accrue interest or have a maturity date (so it might not convert to equity at all). SAFE requires a company to be incorporated, not an LLC, like many early stage startups are. If a company is in the form of an LLC, it may have to pay legal fees to consult with a lawyer to convert to a C-Corp. SAFES are also only about 2 years old, created by Y Combinator in Dec. 2013. (So angel investors, VC's and attorneys often have less experience and trust in using a safe over something more established, like a convertible note.)
The jury's still out on whether convertible notes or safes are better for startups. If you have questions about whether your startup should use a convertible note or a SAFE, feel free to shoot me a message or check out LawTrades.


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Greenville has had civic-minded transportation initiatives going back to the 1880s, when they built a railway from Greenville to Traveler's Rest, in the northeastern part of the county. Now, it is a popular trail linking neighborhoods and communities. There are a growing number of properties with trail access.
If you need me to focus on a property with Swamp Rabbit Trail or other trail access? Do you need a place to walk outside for yourself or with your pets? I will be happy to walk your new neighborhood with you. I can help you find bike paths. Together, we can find exactly the home you need for your active lifestyle.


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Mejdulene B. Shomali | COMING OF AGE IN ARABISH
an excerpt & interview
reasons i do not like to be touched
a friend looks at me, exclaims you're so tiny! & the idea makes me laugh & food doesn't do what it should anymore & everything in my mouth leaves a tinny taste behind & i clean my tongue with my toothbrush, so far back it leaves me gagging & i only want coffee, bananas, cigarettes & you look like you've lost weight! & my teeth feel fragile & my stretch marks are rivers, deep and wide for drowning & my sister used to be fat & food doesn't do what it could still & you look like you've gained weight! & i dreamt my teeth turned to kindling & my stretch marks are paint strokes, red and flaring like fire
Originally published in The Pinch
The forms in coming of age in arabish are indicative of a desire to chart the page as territory, the page as chronological mapping. How do you conceive of time and place as a means of form building?
The page has always been a place where I reclaim time and territory. If the page is place then form provides topography while rhythms and sound mark the passage of time. So, a poem narrates history as it creates it. I also think time and place are inherent in form. Line breaks, stanzas, spacing, use of white space: these are all modes of place and placement, often displacement. Cadence, pacing, rhythm, rhyme: these are all modes of time and create synchrony, dyssynchrony, and asynchrony. For example, in "here, now" the poem alternates between left and right alignment to create a sense of movement in the here and now of the poem, to help convey that the here and now is fraught and unstable, and that here and now is itself a movement. It also reflects the content of the poem—the back and forth migration of the speaker between geographic locales. Between the alternating alignment and content, I like to imagine the poem creates the movement in the experience of the reader that the speaker narrates.
Can you talk a bit about your processes for braiding Arabic, English, and transliterated Arabic words throughout the book?
I grew up speaking Arabic and English and completed schooling in the US and Palestine. This has meant that some of the things I know, I know in one language or the other. There are times where I can only summon a word, idea, or concept in Arabic, or times where English is occupies my imaginary. To disrupt that occupation, I like toying with translating things back and forth. I love transliteration because it reflects the processing of language with and through translation. Transliteration allows variances, inaccuracies, and absurdities to flourish. I also appreciate how transliteration marks an impasse or invitation for different readers. It can produce welcome for a reader or alternately a sense of alienation. Even for those uncertain of the meaning, transliterated words contribute to the sound and visual scape of the poem.
Coming of Age in Arabish houses many assertive voices. Do you write with a particular audience in mind?
Yes, I am writing for my communities, families, and kin. I'm writing for people who feel hailed by or seen in the content of the work: Palestinians and Arabs in the homelands or diaspora, other Arabic and English code switchers, queers of color, fat femmes, people whose realities are informed by im/migration, people who experience non-belonging in its many forms, people who are sad or depressed, people who are looking for a good cry. To be completely honest, I am also writing for myself, a sort of dialogue with the difficult and treasured aspects of my identity and personality. Very occasionally, I am writing to hegemonic or dominant audiences. More often, I welcome those communities as listeners and readers but they are not the first or target audience.
Poems like "watching cnn during the first intifada" utilize frequent repetition. What roles do litany and repetition play in your work?
In that particular poem, repetition is about an unwavering assertion of Palestinian life in the face of the relentless assault on our survival. In general, repetition enacts traditions of call and response in Palestinian folk songs and poetry, where it establishes rhythm, and helps the singer or reciter with recall. Repetition is also a hallmark of prayer, something that was very much a part of my childhood and something that echoes in my life now. I am so comforted by repetition as song, as prayer, as chant. I am excited by how repetition builds momentum. Repetition and litany have done the most for my poems when they implore the reader in prayer or crescendo with readers in song.
What elements of poetry feel crucial to you when writing a poem that engages with displacement?
I think this depends on the poem at hand, though I've discussed some of my strategies above: repetition for placement and insistence, transliteration to invite intimacy or create distance, use of the form and rhythm to map time and space. I think it's tied up with what the poem sets out to achieve, and the audience receiving it. If I am narrating displacement and seeking to recreate it in the reader, uncommon forms and structures can sometimes achieve that. By the same token, witnessing or experiencing the displacement could feel like recognition or an affirmation of the reader's experiences. In that way, the poem might be a source of comfort and solace—a togetherness in the margins. I do think, reflecting again on the question of audience from earlier, that overall I intend and write for togetherness in the margins instead of an instructional or empathetic exercise for those unfamiliar with the narrated experiences.
Mejdulene B. Shomali is a Palestinian American poet and Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender + Women's Studies at University of Maryland Baltimore County. Her creative and scholarly work centers on femininity, queerness, and Arab cultural production in a transnational perspective. Mejdulene is a 2018 VONA fellow; her poems can be read or are forthcoming in Copper Nickel, The Shade Journal, Tinderbox, Diode Press, The Pinch Literary Journal Online, and Mizna, among others. She currently lives in Baltimore, MD.


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Last Friday, I bemoaned President Obama's latest executive order assigning a "task force" to oversee the domestic development of natural gas. It's a crafty little piece of strategery designed to make it appear as if his administration is encouraging the possibilities of natural gas, but also throwing a bone to the environmentalist lobby by promising to strictly regulate the "fracking" technique they insist causes all manner of public-health and environmental ills. And, in typical Obama-fashion, it won't actually accomplish anything except to retard the growth of a promising industry and prevent the creation of real, private-sector, productive jobs and wealth.
The only problem with environmentalists' tireless complaints against natural gas, however, is that they are all egregiously trumped-up. The EPA hasn't been able to conclusively find fault with the several suits it brought against private companies and the decades-old fracking technique, and, thanks to the innovation and ingenuity of the private sector, natural gas is experiencing an investment boom on already delivering returns on its incredible potential -- no government interference or taxpayer expense necessary (I'm looking at you, solar!).
In a stellar piece published yesterday, Exxon Mobil's CEO Rex Tillerson granted Forbes a rare interview that provides some fascinating insight into just how much eeeevil big oil companies like Exxon have contributed to America's prosperity and technological superiority, why marvelous life-bettering inventions (like "Google and Facebook," hem hem) are due to free enterprise and not the magnanimity of the federal government, how and why fracking works, and why Obama's EPA is such a phenomenal drag on our economy. I highly recommend the entire piece if you have a few moments:
For Rex Tillerson fracking is more than a revolutionary approach to drilling oil and gas -- it's part of his personal history. Simply mention the word to the CEO of Exxon Mobil (XOM) and he starts reminiscing about his days as a young engineer. It was 1976, and Tillerson had been sent to East Texas for his second assignment at the company. His job was to follow around rigs drilling for natural gas and "complete" the wells. That meant experimenting with a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. By pumping water, sand, and chemicals down into a well at high pressure, he could cause cracks in the stone where the gas was trapped and allow more of it to flow. ...
This shale gas boom has turned assumptions about the future of the U.S. and global energy picture upside down. Less than a decade ago the consensus was that America was beginning to run out of economically recoverable natural gas and that the country would need to import vast quantities of it from overseas. Now we're awash in natural gas. U.S. production has increased 28% since 2005. In 2011 about a third of that production was from shale gas, up from just 11% in 2008. By 2035, according to a study by the research firm IHS Global Insight, shale gas will account for 60% of U.S. production.
It is widely thought that the U.S. now has 100 years or more of domestic gas supply at current consumption rates. Already there has been a frenzy of exploration. The shale gas industry employed more than 600,000 workers in the U.S. in 2010, according to IHS, and by 2015 it will contribute some $118 billion to the U.S. economy. ...
Still, if there is a single factor that could slow shale gas development, it's environmental backlash. Already New York (which potentially has a lot of Marcellus Shale gas) and New Jersey (which probably doesn't) have temporarily banned fracking. Both France and Germany have imposed moratoriums on shale gas drilling. And in November, the Environmental Protection Agency released a 190-page report explaining how it plans to conduct a study of the impact of shale gas on drinking water that should be ready by 2014. ...
"I think we have to deal in facts," [Tillerson] says, his voice rising. "The assertions that our opponents make -- why don't you ask them to produce some facts, produce something? I mean, prove it."
Tillerson believes the discourse about shale has been hijacked and distorted. He says that Exxon is transparent about its practices and points out, for instance, that the company was an early proponent of disclosing the chemicals that it uses in fracking. He argues that shale drillers are being held to an unrealistic safety standard. "What's happened is the tables have been turned around now to where we have to prove it's not going to happen," he says. "Well, that is a very dangerous exchange to get into because where it leads you from a regulatory and policy standpoint is to govern by the precautionary principle. And the precautionary principle will absolutely undermine the economy." He adds, "If you want to live by the precautionary principle, then crawl up in a ball and live in a cave."
Ahh, environmentalists: providing the federal government with excuses to grab ever more power and damn the economy, one figmental public-health apocalypse at a time.


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Several slices of thick, country style bread (about 6 ounces) for croutons
2 Tbsp (or more) olive oil
1/4 tsp smokey paprika or other seasonings of your choice
1/4 tsp sea salt
pepper to taste
1 lb cooked, shredded chicken (approx. 2 large boneless breasts)
2 Tbsp olive oil (optional)*
1 Tbsp Herbes de Provence (optional)*
3-4 cups mixed salad greens
2 peaches, sliced
1 avocado, peeled and cubed
1/2 cup (packed) basil leaves
1/3 cup lime juice
1 garlic clove, grated
1 Tbsp honey
3/4 cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Tear bread into 1-2 inch croutons. In a medium bowl, toss croutons with olive oil and sprinkle with smokey paprika, salt and pepper. Spread out into a single layer on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown, approx 4-8 minutes. (To maintain a chewy interior, avoid toasting too dark). Remove from oven and allow to cool.
*If you plan to cook the chicken yourself, combine boneless breasts with olive oil and Herbes de Provence. Season with salt and pepper. Place on baking sheet and cook approximately 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool, then shred and toss with pan juices. (Alternately, you may choose to grill the chicken. If so, add the peaches to the grill too!)
Assemble remaining salad ingredients in a large bowl.
To make vinaigrette, combine basil leaves, lime juice, garlic and honey in a blender. Puree for about 1 minute until the basil is finely chopped. With motor running, slowly add the oil in a stream and blend for about about 30 seconds, or until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the cooled croutons and chicken to the salad ingredients. Just prior to serving, drizzle with about half of the vinaigrette and toss gently to coat the ingredients. Add more if necessary or reserve remaining vinaigrette for another use. Toss peaches and avocado in a little dressing if preparing ingredients more than two hours prior to serving.
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Autodesk's New Infrastructure Portfolio Additions
October 8th, 2011 by Susan Smith
Autodesk announced recently their Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012 software for conceptual design and AutoCAD Utility Design 2012 software for electric utility design, two new additions to the Autodesk Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Infrastructure portfolio for planning, designing, building, and managing more sustainable infrastructure. These new products complement the Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2012, and are designed to help professionals address the failing infrastructure crisis.
For those in the GIS industry unfamiliar with building information modeling (BIM), it is a technology designed to build a model to collect and manage all the data that goes into an infrastructure project. As projects become larger and encompass more data, the need to have a centralized repository of all associated project data from concept through to building, operations and maintenance becomes more critical. Paul McRoberts, vice president of the Infrastructure Product Line Group AEC Solutions, was formerly the head of Autodesk's GIS division, which they rolled into the Infrastructure division in the past two years. The reason for this is that the company at its roots is focused on infrastructure, and their GIS products are best suited as complements to their other infrastructure products. Most of their customers use GIS as part of a whole in initial site planning, digital cities, building design, utility design and other infrastructure related tasks. Their GIS products are now part of Autodesk's Civil 3D and AutoCAD Utility Design for Electrical Utility Distribution.
GIS becoming part of model-based design is another way in which GIS is becoming invisible as it becomes ubiquitous and powers various consumer, location, tracking, real estate, imagery and other applications. The convergence of design and geospatial is cutting edge and worthy of note. Autodesk presented at the 2010 Esri GeoDesign conference in Redlands, offering an interesting perspective to geodesign by way of their architectural and engineering background.
McRoberts noted that there is a $41 trillion problem with infrastructure and about $22 trillion available to fix this situation.
The Infrastructure Design Suite released earlier this year introduced the whole gamut of plan, design, construct and manage as part of the infrastructure lifecycle. "We called it our BIM for Infrastructure," said McRoberts. "At that time we really focused on how information was leveraged throughout the entire lifecycle and took things from Map 3D in our GIS environment and moved them to Civil 3D for purposes of construction. We moved into construction and the construction phase using NavisWorks. We were moving a lot of information back and forth between these products that looked at how a project is delivered from the early stages of planning all the way through to the design build and manage environment."
"Today we are showing how ideas are being passed through structural design and ultimately utility design as well," said McRoberts.
What defines Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler is the expansion of Autodesk's BIM portfolio, to be geared around the idea of being able to leverage existing information such as GIS data and any kind of disparate data: lidar data, Pictometry and photogrammetry. Users want to be able to layer this information in and to create a representation of existing conditions. "We wanted to be able to create new proposals that are very quick to help customers understand what the future BIM structure is going to look like and to move the process along that much faster," explained McRoberts.
The next product introduced was BIM for Infrastructure for the Utility Industry. McRoberts described this product as Civil 3D for the utility design industry – with all the data and intelligence at the core, really being able to leverage everything from GIS data, network data, analysis configuration and move it quicker through the design process.
Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012
McRoberts said Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012 helps get the public, government officials and corporate stakeholders involved at the earliest stages of the project. "What we decided to do two or three years ago was to be able to visualize all this data- GIS, lidar and infrastructure information at an early stage in the process for those not familiar with the design and construction world."
In one of the videos McRoberts showed, a Russian design firm working on a project in the Middle East proposed a roundabout in the middle of the city. They wanted to lay simulation around the roundabout for traffic, just to understand what things might look like in this inner city area. One video shows the power of Infrastructure Modeler in that you can not only look above ground but under ground as well. A South American company is addressing the large urban environment and stressing the utilities underground, for which they need networks and right fixes. How do they start expanding in this large urban environment, share with utility companies with government officials and start looking at the next generation of urbanization for really moving a million more people into a city?
"The power of Infrastructure Modeler is in being able to leverage existing data, being able to sketch in new information and create proposals around what you might be looking at a very early stage in the process," said McRoberts.
Technical marketing manager Linda Sharkey gave a demonstration of Infrastructure Modeler and suggested where you might start creating a model. "You can use the data you already own and manage as part of the planning and design process to create your model, and then more details from the Infrastructure Design Suite software or Navisworks or Revit can be incorporated," said Sharkey.
AEC firms maintain a lot of CAD, GIS and design data. Map engineers work with data including surface data in raster form, road center lines, land use, parcels and building footprints. This same data can be used to create an infrastructure model. Raster data or AutoCAD 3D surfaces can be used to create terrain and make the terrains more realistic and informative by tracing aerial photography or site plans or topographic maps on top of them.
With Infrastructure Modeler, you can connect to data from relational databases, flat files, as well AutoCAD DWG. You can make full use of the CAD and GIS data that you already have to display 3D representations grown from 3D data both above and below the ground. You can connect to these different data formats and then configure them to become different feature types such as buildings, trees or roads, or in this case, some land coverages. Infrastructure Modeler comes with a large number of out of the box style catalogs that allow you to change road styles, simply by dragging and dropping these styles onto the feature. This allows you to tailor to the different needs of clients or stakeholders and you can change and enhance the model as you get more detailed data.
Because style models are customizable, you're able to add these to the catalogs and use to enhance your model. The same goes for more detailed models from other software including Civil 3D, 3ds Max, Navisworks or Revit, all Autodesk products.
Another way of enhancing the model is incorporating time into it. Actions can be given start and termination dates. If you set the model date and time the model will update to only show assets valid for that time frame.
You can use conceptual design as a basis for detailed design, according to Sharkey. You can use AutoCAD Map 3D to perform a buffer analysis on the conceptual design road to find out what underground utilities are within a hundred feet of the building or asset and which needs to be considered when you start to dig. Results can be brought into the infrastructure model.
"We were able to create a project proposal in only two hours with Infrastructure Modeler, and that same process would've taken two weeks or more using traditional practices," said Sharkey.
AutoCAD Utility Design for Electrical Utility Distribution
McRoberts talked about the need for a SmartGrid and how it requires smart design. There is a lot of technology being developed for location based sensors and to turn grids on and off, and the ability to manage utilities more efficiently. "What does a model based design product look like, how do we know where something is, how was it intended to be used, what the materials are, what's configured, how is it set up and configured as part of a network?" he asked. "The SmartGrid revolution requires a new way to think about design and our BIM approach for AutoCAD Utility Design does just that."
Getting power from a windfarm generation operation to the location where power can be consumed is not being accomplished because there is not the grid in place to make this happen. The aging infrastructure is not designed to support this and to support existing customers. Smart Grid demands are getting greater, and creation and distribution of power are on the minds of all utilities professionals.
Sharkey talked about model based design for electric utility distribution networks. which makes it possible to "drive consistency and productivity with model based design." The goal of this product is to analyze these designs, optimize them and enhance reliability, and deliver more consistent and coordinated design models automatically.
AutoCAD Utility Design for Electrical Utility Distribution addresses three main areas: design, analysis and automated processes.
Design –
One of biggest benefits of AUD would be the ability to set up templates. An experienced designer can set up a number of templates for use by the entire team, complete with coordinate system information and document properties.
You can pull GIS information into your template to better inform your design, you can use building and parcel data from AutoCAD 3D.
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Automated processes –
Top of the News
Mobile phones and tablet PCs could soon join the humble bike pump as an Australian cycling essential if a plan for an online map of the nation's bike and hiking trails gains traction.
The concept, devised by the nation's leading location intelligence specialists Esri Australia, would show riders the most scenic track to take, where they could undertake emergency repairs, or even help them locate the nearest pub for those with a hard-earned thirst.
Esri Australia's Professional Services Manager for South Australia and self-confessed cycling tragic Andrew Fellows peddled the innovative concept at the national Tracks and Trails conference in Sydney as a response to the huge growth in recreational cycling.
Blom and Cyclomedia have signed an exclusive franchise agreement to produce BlomSTREET in the territories of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, and are currently investigating similar agreements for other territories in Southern Europe.
Cyclomedia's well-known family of data models will be distributed by Blom as part of the brand BlomSTREET, adding to Blom's vast European collection of geographical Data Models such as BlomOBLIQUE and BlomORTHO. All of Blom's street level imagery will be viewable in Blom's GIS Viewing applications BlomWEB Viewer and BlomDESKTOP Viewer – giving fast and easy access to the product.
RapidEye Canada Ltd., an affiliate of Iunctus Geomatics Corp., the leading supplier of optical satellite imagery in Canada, announced that it has acquired the assets RapidEye AG of Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, a global provider of high-resolution imagery and geospatial solutions. The purchase was finalized on Monday, August 29, 2011 in Potsdam, Germany.
1Spatial has been appointed as UK and Ireland distributor for Latitude Geographics and is pleased to offer Geocortex Essentials to organisations who want to get more from their investment in ArcGIS Server.
Geocortex Essentials provides a framework of highly functional web mapping components designed to fast-track the development of ArcGIS Server based applications. The powerful integration capabilities and use of workflow technology allow organizations to realize their vision for GIS by providing highly efficient, business function specific applications, whilst minimising development effort. Geocortex Essentials includes:
Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies is proud to announce that Geograma is appointed as Orbit GT Reseller for theSpanish market.
Geograma will adapt the Orbit GT portfolio for the Spanish market and represent Orbit GT solutions in Spain. This partnership will have a primary focus towards the emerging business of mobile mapping and integration with Spanish partnering software vendors, bringing this innovative technology to local and national administrations and industries.
Position Partners Pty Ltd., has joined the Pointools Partner Program in Australia. Pointools software streamlines scan-to-model workflows by enabling project teams to reference and reuse the largest point cloud models – the billions of measurement points taken by 3D laser scanners – inside the broadest range of applications.
GITA has entered into an agreement with the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) to explore a partnership to design, develop and conduct educational events to raise awareness of the use of geospatial technologies in the public safety/emergency response sectors and to provide first responders and others with enhanced capabilities for applying geospatial information technologies to emergency/disaster planning, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Valtus Imagery Services, a division of North West Geomatics Ltd. and Surdex Corporation announced that they have entered into a partnership whereby Surdex will both supply as well as distribute data through the Valtus delivery system.
As with all other datasets contained within the Valtus library, data supplied by Surdex will be accessible through Valtus' Views: Spatial Data Access Subscription, an ArcXML and WMS service, allowing for real-time streaming of the imagery directly to the user's desktop, as well as a static download from the Spatial Data Store.
DigitalGlobe announced that it has activated its fourth new remote ground terminal (RGT) this year, completing the first phase of its RGT expansion initiative on-plan and on-schedule. The initiative, begun in 2010, calls for the construction and activation of seven new RGTs by mid-2012.
Pitney Bowes Business Insight announced it will be the first organization in Australia to provide an address validation and geocoding solution with verified National Address Management Framework (NAMF) certification.
Governed by ANZLIC – The Spatial Information Council – NAMF provides an overarching set of standards for the process of verifying an address and exchanging digital address data between government departments and organizations. The stated overall aim of the NAMF is to provide a unique address where one address equals one location.
New Products
Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce the new version 4.1 of its Leica Spider software suite including Leica GNSS Spider, Leica SpiderWeb and Leica SpiderQC. The market leading software introduces full GPS & GLONASS satellite correction signals support in accordance with the recently amended RTCM v3 international standard for network RTK (MAC).
NAVIGON AG announced the second generation of its award-winning navigation apps for Android devices and the iPhone will be available this fall. The new versions redefine core elements of smartphone navigation, including an industry first approach to map management and updates, an even more effortless and intuitive user interface, and new features not found in any other navigation app. Current Android and iPhone users are eligible for free upgrades to the new versions. In addition, NAVIGON is making its successful navigation app available for Windows Phone 7 later this year.
Extending Oracle's smart grid capabilities, Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities.
The new modeling enhancements provide real-time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand. Understanding potential outcomes under multiple possible conditions, such as storms, extreme temperatures and fluctuations in commercial and consumer usage, helps utilities improve contingency plans to maintain continuous operations through events that previously resulted in outages.
Trimble announced its 80 megapixel Trimble Aerial Camera (TAC 80MP), extending the range of applications for today's medium-format aerial cameras.
Trimble announced the release of its Inpho 5.4 software suite. Inpho software is specifically engineered to meet the rigorous standards of digital photogrammetry and laser scanning data production. With the release, Trimble has significantly improved Inpho's performance, workflow integration and result quality.
GISi launched its GIS HealthCheck campaign. Local government organizations are dealing with reduced budgets and need to do more with less! To help them maximize their GIS investments, GISi has sprung into action and built a GIS HealthCheck toolkit and SWAT team of consultants that have worked in the GIS sector of local government for years.
TomTom announced the launch of the portable navigation device with a suite of popular travel apps. The connected TomTom GO LIVE 1535M device will combine the most comprehensive road and traffic information from TomTom HD Traffic, with the insight of travel-related apps. These new features will give people in cars the information they need on a dedicated device designed to offer the best navigation experience.
Accela, Inc. formally launched Accela Mobile 311, a native iPhone and iPad app that enables residents, businesses and other members of the public to take an active role in their community by requesting services from or reporting incidents to their local government agency, whenever and wherever convenient. Local governments using Accela Automation software license Accela Mobile 311 based on a community's population. Governments can then brand the app, using their own name and logo, and offer it to their local constituents via Apple's App Store.
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Rugby World Cup
Fly-half variety gives England edge at World Cup
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August 6, 2015
Stuart Lancaster's fly-half conundrum could give England the edge in their quest to win the World Cup this summer, according to former Scotland and British & Irish Lions coach Sir Ian McGeechan.
George Ford and Owen Farrell are both in the running to start the tournament in the No. 10 jersey with Lancaster set to hand Farrell the chance to impress in a trio of warm-up games later this month.
Many see it as a straight choice between Ford's creativity and Farrell's reliability but McGeechan is convinced both men can have a major part to play in any prospective England triumph.
"I think it is a great problem for Stuart to have because he has two players who can run the game in not quite the same way," McGeechan said.
"That variety could give England an edge because Stuart can set up the game slightly differently - some games will suit one and some the other."
McGeechan pointed out New Zealand's fly-half issues in their ultimately successful 2011 campaign when Stephen Donald - effectively the team's fourth choice - stepped in to play a vital role in repelling the French.
"New Zealand came in four years ago and they were looking for a fly-half, then Donald came in and won it for them," added McGeechan. "It is important for both players to be competing well because we have seen that anything can happen."
Meanwhile McGeechan cast doubts on the wisdom a World Cup seeding system which means at least one of England, Australia and Wales is guaranteed to exit the tournament at the group stage. But he is convinced that the successful side in the so-called 'group of death' will be in a much better place to make an impression once the first phase is out of the way.
"Which ever team misses out will probably say it wasn't a good idea and I think it would have been better to split the group if I'm honest," McGeechan added.
"But now it has given us another mini-tournament within the tournament. Whoever comes out of the group will be in a really good position - coming through such a competitive environment to get to the knockout stages will make them one of the teams to beat."
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'National disaster'
The collapse of Carillion in January left half constructed buildings and disrupted public services up and down the country, causing misery for thousands of workers and costing the taxpayers millions.
Nowhere is the damage the mismanagement of the outsourcing giant caused more evident than Tameside in Greater Manchester.
Here the scandal has endangered a disturbing number of services and projects, an investigation by the Manchester Evening News has found.
These include plans to refurbish Tameside's playgrounds, libraries, an indoor market, leisure facilities, pedestrian crossings, CCTV system, town hall and other council owned buildings.
The future of a proposed £1m children's home is at risk, while a public private partnership between Tameside's council and Carillion to provide meals for the boroughs schools has been thrown into chaos.
In fact, the council was forced to pause 18 major investment projects because it had to unexpectedly shell out an extra £9.4m for new builders to complete construction on the local authority's headquarters, which had been left half built by Carillion.
On top of the £9.4m, the council is also on the hook to pay at least £1m to PricewaterhouseCoopers to clean up the fallout from Carillion.
The extra costs means the council has had to "re-prioritise their plans for future investment and regeneration".
Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said other local authorities were facing similar choices after being left in the lurch by Carillion.
"The collapse of Carillion is nothing short of a national disaster. The havoc left in its wake at Tameside – with a host of vital public services and projects now facing the axe and the council forced to fork out millions of pounds – is being replayed up and down the country," Cartmail said.
"Taxpayers, workers and service users – in other words regular working people – are the ones paying the price for the government's obsession with doling out public contracts to privateers who are more interested in filling their pockets than doing their jobs.
"Greed was what motivated Carillion's board and it was greed that brought the whole sorry fiasco crashing down on everybody else's heads."
Calling for a public inquiry and criminal investigations "at the very least", Cartmail said that if what happened at Carillion "wasn't illegal it should be".
She added, "But unfortunately we can't expect the Tories to learn any lessons from Carillion when bandit capitalism is their modus operandi.
"We need a Labour government who will regulate to ensure another Carillion can never happen again and make sure public money is spent for the public good."


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How Finlay Wilson's Kilted Yoga became a global sensation
Immediately after Scottish Yoga teacher Finlay Wilson uploaded a video of his 'Kilted Yoga' to YouTube he went to teach a class. When he emerged an hour later the video had reached a million views.
"It was 17 million by the time I went to bed." Says Wilson.
The video stars Wilson and a male student doing a sequence of yoga poses in the great outdoors of the Hermitage Forest, Perthshire. So far nothing too unusual. The big USP is, of course, the kilts, and the final pose is, predictably, a headstand where the kilts flap over the yogis' heads.
"It turns out everyone loves ass," says Wilson. "I should have got my bum out sooner."
The 'Kilted Yoga' video became an instant global sensation, notching over 43 million views in just five days. There may be countless different types of yoga out there, but it turns out that yoga plus kilts in a Perthshire forest was just what the world was waiting for.
Wilson appeared on talk shows around the globe, includingThe Today Show in America and in news broadcasts in China and Australia.
Now, Wilson, 30, has released his debut book, Kilted Yoga: Yoga Laid Bare, which he refers to as "a manual for how to get started in yoga." It guides you through a huge range of poses and breathing exercises, accompanied by shots of Wilson at his bendy best.
Wilson started doing yoga when he was 19, following surgical procedures on both of his legs. He found yoga to be the best way to rebuild his strength, and soon after became a qualified yoga instructor, bringing his own modern take to the ancient practice.
Along with the positive effects on physical health, Wilson praises yoga for its mental health benefits.
"Yoga is self-care. There's this idea that you should get in a private victory before a public victory every day. So do yoga before leaving the house. You've achieved something, you're leaving on a high," he says.
Next, Wilson will continue to curate his YouTube channel, where he's building a library of moves. He's been roving the globe teaching yoga and is about to begin another tour of classes in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. (Texas, Minnesota, New York).
Perhaps the real appeal of Kilted Yoga lies in the chance to lose yourself in the wilds of Scottish countryside and reconnect with the natural world; it certainly beats a sterile yoga studio. Whatever it is, Wilson is proof that yoga really can be eccentric, humorous and motivational – kilt optional!
Kilted Yoga: Yoga Laid Bare is out now. For more information visit www.finlay-wilson.com
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Leadership Stories of our 2019 Finalists
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Learn more about best practices in volunteer recruitment and engagement, and how to get the results you need...
Build Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement
Often one of the biggest challenges to a new model of volunteer engagement is the resistance of paid staff. Often attitudes and fears of our co-workers prevent us from expanding the work that volunteers do. But, if you've never worked with volunteers before, it can be scary. In this webinar we'll discuss strategies for working with paid staff to engage volunteers in libraries.
Building Capacity: Strategic Volunteer Engagement
In this Points of Light blog post, the point is made that organizations that build a culture of volunteerism, and purposefully embed volunteerism into their strategy, experience stronger retention rates, increased volunteer engagement and higher return on volunteer investment.
Building Inclusive Bridges: A Guide to Facilitating Inclusive Referrals
Volunteer involving organisations generally lack resources, both human and financial, and this can inhibit their ability to engage volunteers with barriers (e.g. people with a disability, people with language barriers). This resource, developed by VolunteerACT (Australia) should assist in engaging and supporting volunteers with barriers.
Can We Reject a Volunteer?
What do you do when someone applies to volunteer and you realize they will not work out? How can we justify rejecting anyone who steps forward and raises their hand? Because, as much as we want every person who even mutters the word "volunteering" to succeed, we need volunteers who will make a positive impact on our missions. Here's a quick read with some great ideas and guidance on this topic.
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Capacity Building in Volunteer Engagement- Jill Friedman Fixler
As part of a day-long training, Jill Friedman Fixler presents fundamentals for building and expanding organizational capacity to engage skilled volunteers. Search for other training videos from the day on this site.
Changing Organizational Culture to Engage Volunteers
This thoughtful article from the Minnesota Children's Museum suggests ways to engage staff and volunteers together more effectively by answering commonly asked questions.
Keywords: Capacity Building, Engaging Staff and Unions, Staff Training
Checklist to Minimize the Most Common Volunteer Risks
A good basic list of issues to consider and how to approach them.
Collaborating with Unions to Engage Volunteers - San Jose
Tips for collaborating with the union for volunteer engagement developed and used successfully by San Jose Public Library.
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Compassion to Action
Solano County Library's Book to Action project was based upon Karen Armstrong's book, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. It partnered with the United Way and other community agencies in an Opportunity Conference designed to help people move out of poverty.
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For grades 4 through 12
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The Young Composer's Workshop aims to fill a gap in students' music education that is too often overlooked: the ability to write, notate, record, and perform one's own music. Within a friendly and supportive atmosphere, students will learn a variety of compositional technics including writing short pieces using short harmonic progressions, form, melody and voice leading, as well as orchestration. Students will have their pieces critiqued and the workshop will culminate in a composition project that can be submitted to the Young Composers' Festival in the spring. Students will also be invited to perform their pieces at the DAC Holiday Recital. Prerequisites include some level of proficiency with an instrument and reading notated music.
Eight Saturdays from noon-1:30 p.m., October 13th through December 8th.
There is no class on November 24th.
Fee for the Young Composers' Workshop is $300.
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Received this Learning Lab Kit on a Shield for Arduino from Programming Electronics Academy today and am very pleased.
The Learning Lab Kit on a Shield for Arduino is meant to help you save time – it basically pre-populates common circuits for you.
Circuits that you might already have learned quite well – like LED, potentiometer, or push buttons.
Instead of searching your shag carpet for the 220 ohm resistor that dropped last week, you simply use the Basic Electronics Arduino Shield – and it connects everything up for you. No need to breadboard the circuits out.
So when you sit down for 20-30 minutes to practice coding on Arduino – then you spend the majority of the time getting to try new things, and less time repeating something you already know.
I couldn't wait to play with mine today
// place pins of leds in an array for easy indexing int ledPins[] = {6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13}; // how long to hold pattern for visibility #define BLINKDELAY 140 int blinkDelay = BLINKDELAY; // amount to decrrease delay on while progressing through pattern giving // the effect of momentum picking up int blinkIncrement = 20; // number of leds int leds = 8; void setup() { // Set pins used for leds to output mode. for(int i = 0; i < sizeof(ledPins); i++) { pinMode(ledPins[i], OUTPUT); } } void loop() { //turn each led on and off in order starting from ledPins[0] // and finishing on ledPins[7] blinkDelay = BLINKDELAY; for (int i = 0; i < leds; i++) { digitalWrite(ledPins[i], HIGH); if (i!=0) { digitalWrite(ledPins[i-1], LOW); } delay(blinkDelay); blinkDelay = blinkDelay - blinkIncrement; } blinkDelay = BLINKDELAY; //turn each of the pins on and off in order starting from ledPins[7] // and finishing on ledPins[0] for (int i = leds-1; i > -1; i--) { digitalWrite(ledPins[i], HIGH); if (i!=leds-1) { digitalWrite(ledPins[i+1], LOW); } delay(blinkDelay); blinkDelay = blinkDelay - blinkIncrement; } }


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I have postponed this post which about the first competition of the year which was back in early February(3rd). This was because I had to push our new meeting venue until now.
So back to the results and pictures. I am posting this with the captions not complete as I have left the club notebook at the new venue, so will be updated when I can get to Abingdon.
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Perry Farrell admits the reformed band are bickering
Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell has admitted that he and bassist Eric Avery, who originally left the band in 1991 and has rejoined the band to tour later this year, have been "butting heads".
The frontman explained that Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor had attempted to act as a "referee" between the two band members, although he had not been wholly successful.
Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails are set to play tour dates and festival appearances together later in 2009.
"I'm not going to tell you it's been all smooches and hugs," Farrell told Reuters. "But it shouldn't be because that would be a bore."
He added: "I just talked to Eric man-to-man. We're different people, that's okay. I'm overjoyed that we're working together. I don't care that we butt heads as long as when we hit the stage we blast on people."
Speaking about Reznor's mediating attempts, he added: "He did his best to be both producer and psychologist. I wish he would've produced a little more, but he was a little gun shy after seeing us explode on each other in the studio. He became the referee for a day and after that day I think he was done."
He the explained that the band would release a new single, 'Embrace The Darkness', free on the internet.
"We don't have a record label to have to worry about putting together something that they can charge for," he said. "I think we should put the songs out and keep writing and be creative."
Jane's Addiction reformed to play at the NME Awards USA last year, then played at the Playboy party at Austin's South By Southwest festival last month.


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In John 6:5-9, Jesus tests the faith of his disciples by issuing a question, and their response is very telling:
Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little." One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?"
Clearly though they had walked with Jesus for some time, they had very little of an idea what he was truly capable of. Not only was Jesus able to provide, he was able to provide in great abundance so that all had eaten their fill, with much left over.
The disciple's responses highlighted what they perceived they were lacking: not enough money to buy food, and when they found food, not enough food to feed these people. Proper prudence and stewardship will often lead us to this train of thought. We budget and manage the resources which God has given us so that we can honor him with them. It's only natural to believe that lacking in a resource represents an inability to do something. However, Jesus shows us that he can operate well in the areas we lack.
This isn't exclusive to physical provisions, either.
"But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong". - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
In our weakness, he is strong. He is plentiful in our lack. He has gifted us with the Holy Spirt that we may be able to do the work of ministry. Working in unison with the Holy Spirit, we get to see the miracle of salvation happen frequently, and we even get to take part in it!
The way God has designed his church is to compliment one another in what we lack, both spiritually and financially. As we care for one another, we get to see God's miraculous provision come through us.
The best way to experience God's provision through his body of believers at the District Church is through groups. Groups will launch for the fall on September 9th, and we are already beginning signups! Find a group for you and join is today!
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Appunti sui brevia di XI e XII secolo
Among the early middle ages documentary heritage, really poor is the quantity of brevia we can examine; but it doesn't mean this kind of record was unusual, as is shown by some formulae of Chartularium langobardicum (10th century). Nevertheless, they begun to frequently appear since mid 11th Century, in order to resolve new claims that changes in politics and social relations brought out (feudal relations as well as, later, legal activity of cities government, and overall extra-judicial settlement of disputes). This survey has the purpose to analyze summarily the phase, between XIth and XIIth Century, in wich recording per breve became a normal option in these circumstances, when a clean pattern was developed by notarial culture - also provided of courts experience - giving breve a form that remind, in some respects, the previous pleas writing schemes.
diplomatics; medieval documentary sources; brevia; Northern Italy
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Global Professor of Drama, Art, Social and Cultural Analysis. Curator of Visual and Performing Arts. Awam Amkpa is a dramatist, documentary filmmaker, scholar of theatre and film and a curator of art and cultural practices. He is Global Network Professor of Drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and Africana Studies and Social and Cultural Analysis in NYU's College of Arts and Sciences.
Bärbel Mauch has an extensive network of contacts thanks to her considerable experience in production, distribution and as publicist with ISKRA in Paris as well as many film festivals and with her own company, Bärbel Mauch Film. For over thirty years now, she has worked for Fimtage Tübingen as a programmer and coordinator of the African Section.
Brian Larkin is Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University and Co-Director there of the Center for Comparative Media. His research examines the introduction of media into Nigeria—cinema, radio, digital media—and the religious, political, and cultural changes they bring about.
Caroline was born in 1985 in Marl North Rhine-Westphalia. After graduation from high school in 2006, she began training as a media designer Image & Sound and worked in various film and television productions. From 2010 to 2016, Caroline studied documentary film at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, where she graduated with a diploma.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gabonese Institute of Image and sound (IGIS), since 2016, Imunga Ivanga is a graduate of the Fondation Européenne des Métiers de l
Jonathan Haynes is Professor, English Department, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York. For two decades he has been closely following the growth of the Nigerian film industry, Nollywood. He spent three years in Nigeria as a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Nigeria-Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, and the University of Ibadan.
Martin Prinoth is a filmmaker, writer and cinematographer based in Hamburg Germany. After his BA degree in communication sciences at the University in Salzburg Austria, he studied Film at the Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg.
Meg McLagan is a documentary filmmaker and anthropologist. Imagination and persistence in the face of social forces outside one's control are frequent themes in her work. She recently collaborated on Half Truths and Full Lies, a multichannel video installation that depicts, through documentation and reenactment, the case of a Latinx man who was sentenced to life without parole at age fifteen for a murder he claims he did not commit.
Currently, Director of the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at the San Diego State University, 'Niyi Coker, Jr., is the Founding Director of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival, (AWDFF) which is presently in its 12th season. The festival shows in the USA, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, and most recently in Thailand.
Tunde Kelani popularly known as TK, is a Nigerian filmmaker, storyteller, director, photographer, cinematographer and producer. In a career spanning more than four decades, TK specialises in producing movies that promote Nigeria
Tolu is an accomplished and knowledgeable creative professional with a wealth of experience in advertising, broadcast production and film making. He began his journey into creativity as a young intern cartoonist at Vanguard Newspapers at the age of 16, which has evolved into a career that is both of heartfelt passion and professional achievement.
With her current research interest on Nigerian cinema culture of the 70s, Sarah Marx wrote her Master of Arts in African History thesis on "The Cinema House as a Palace of Socialbility in Lagos (1940-1970)" at the IMAF in the 2018/2019 session. In 2017, she volunteered at Ecrans Voisins, a community based cinema house located in a vacant lot in the centre of Paris.
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Sony is playing the same game as with the Sony DSC-T1 by announcing a black version of the DSC-T3 in Japan only.
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The Sony DSC-T3 is selling currently as low as $469.99. Compare Prices now!
This time the new Sony DSC-T3 was introduced first in the USA.
Today Sony announced the DSC-T3, the DSC-L1 and the DSC-V3. In Japan the Sony DSC-T3 will be available in black and silver. The DSC-T3 will go mid October on Sale in Japan. Same time as in the USA. Last time around the DSC-T1 was available earlier than in the USA.
The Sony DSC-T3 is faster and thinner than the DSC-T1. Read the Sony DSC-T3 specification for more technical details.
More details in the Sony Press-Release (Japanese).