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New York State
Department of Correctional Services
Eliot Spitzer, Governor
Brian Fischer, Commissioner
Contact: Erik Kriss
Office of Public Information
(518) 457-8182
For immediate release:
Friday, January 11, 2008
Note: The enacted 2008-09 State Budget included $10.7 million to keep Hudson Correctional Facility and Camps Gabriels, McGregor and Pharsalia operating through March 31, 2009.
New York to Close Correctional Facilities as Part of Continuing Effort to Right-Size State Prison System
With a declining state prison population resulting in part from a sustained, overall drop in crime, New York plans to close the Pharsalia and Gabriels correctional camps, the medium security Hudson Correctional Facility and Camp McGregor, the minimum security camp at Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility, in January 2009.
The camps - Pharsalia (Chenango County), Gabriels (Franklin County) and McGregor (Saratoga County) - are each operating at about one-half capacity. Remaining inmates will be transferred to other camps and possibly other minimum security correctional facilities. Remaining inmates from Hudson (Columbia County) will fill vacancies at other medium security prisons. Hudson's Work Release component will remain open.
The closures will save taxpayers $10.4 million in operating costs in 2008-09 and $33.5 million annually in operating costs beginning in 2009-10, plus nearly $30 million by avoiding prison capital expenditures. Those savings will help pay the estimated $20.6 million annual operating cost and $70 million two-year capital project cost to the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) to provide expanded treatment and programs mandated by the State Legislature and the courts for mentally ill inmates and incarcerated sex offenders.
The State will seek to help each impacted community by attempting to find another use for the closed facility, working with local officials. And all of the 584 employees (some part-time) at the four facilities will be offered jobs that become vacant at other correctional facilities as staff there retire or leave, in accordance with Civil Service rules and union contractual agreements. DOCS intends to work with the four labor unions that represent state correctional employees to ensure smooth transitions for affected workers.
DOCS Commissioner Brian Fischer said: "We are entering a new era in New York State corrections where the trends are clear: declining prison population but increasing treatment and services for our mentally ill inmates and sex offenders. The treatment and services mandated by the courts and the State Legislature are both necessary and appropriate. These services, along with the added emphasis on reentry, are all designed to provide for greater public safety. All such efforts are costly. To help pay for them, closing prisons - particularly those with vacant, unstaffed dormitories - is the right thing to do."
Employees will be afforded an opportunity to transfer to other facilities, and DOCS is working with the State Department of Civil Service to ensure affected workers receive all available civil service preferences and services.
Department of Civil Service Commissioner Nancy G. Groenwegen said: "The Department of Civil Service will work closely with the affected employees, DOCS and other State agencies to minimize the impact on staff. Our goal is to ensure continued State employment for every affected worker."
The State Legislature's enactment of the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act and a landmark legal settlement with Disability Advocates Inc., an advocacy group for mentally ill inmates, both took effect in April 2007. They require DOCS to hire 375 additional employees and undertake $70 million in new capital projects to provide vastly enhanced mental health services and sex offender treatment programs. Meantime, the cost of providing medical services to inmates continues to rise, with a projected increase of nearly $4.6 million for 2008-09.
Since late 1999, New York's prison population has dropped by about 13 percent, from a peak of nearly 71,600 inmates to below 62,500 – a decrease of more than 9,000. But during that time, DOCS took down or designated for emergency use only 6,228 beds – far short of the population decline. The population decrease is expected to continue. By the end of the next fiscal year, March 31, 2009, the inmate population is projected to be 300 lower, and by March 31, 2010, about 700 lower.
Besides the drop in crime, the population decline can be attributed to implementation of appropriate early release programs mandated by the Legislature for non-violent offenders, including Shock Incarceration, Work Release, Comprehensive Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment, Willard Drug Treatment programs, Merit Time, and Rockefeller Drug Law reform, which included Supplemental Merit Time. Combined, those legislative changes have resulted in the release of 87,528 inmates through 2007 on average 8.4 months earlier than had the laws remained unchanged.
From 1996 through 2007, the number of inmates at medium security prisons decreased by 18 percent and the number at minimum security facilities dropped by 47 percent. At the same time, the State has cracked down on violent felons; the number of inmates housed at maximum security prisons increased by 19 percent during that time. In 1996, violent felony offenders accounted for 51.3 percent of the system. By the end of 2007, they made up 57.9 percent. Conversely, drug offenders made up 35 percent of the prison population at the end of 1994 and only 21 percent by the end of 2007.
Camps no longer serve the correctional functions they did 20 years ago. By law, only inmates 24 months to release can be placed at camps, and those inmates are typically in need of the kind of reentry services such as educational, vocational, skill building and treatment programs that camps provide only minimally. Also, program requirements for merit time, supplemental merit time and conditional release, as well as medical and mental health services, are not as available at camps. Inmates that would have been placed in camps 20 years ago are now sent to other facilities that offer programs with proven track records of success such as CASAT and Shock. Some minimum security camps, including the ones slated for closure, now have vacant dormitories.
Given DOCS' creation of nearly 5,000 new maximum security beds for violent felons since 1997, the sharp decline in the number of non-violent inmates and the changing nature of camps makes closure of one medium security prison and three minimum security camps the logical management decision.
Cost Savings by Facility to be Closed
- Hudson (422 beds, about 415 inmates in general confinement), annual operating savings of $15.7 million beginning in 2009-10, plus $21,755,000 by avoiding needed five-year capital project costs. The Hudson Work Release Program, which serves inmates in the Capital District, will continue to operate with its current capacity of fifty-five (55).
- Camp McGregor (300 beds, about 150 inmates), annual operating savings of $4.2 million beginning in 2009-10, plus $310,000 in avoiding capital construction costs. The medium security portion of Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility will continue to operate.
- Camp Pharsalia (258 beds, about 165 inmates), annual operating savings of $6 million beginning in 2009-10, plus $2,270,000 in capital-cost avoidance.
- Camp Gabriels (336 beds, about 187 inmates), annual operating savings of $9 million beginning in 2009-10, plus $5,299,000 by averting capital construction needs.
In accordance with Correction Law 79-a and 79-b, DOCS is announcing its intent to close these facilities one year ahead of time to all employee labor organizations and other employees and to the local governments in which the facilities are located. As required by the law, DOCS will confer with the Department of Civil Service, the Governor's Office of Employee Relations and any other appropriate State agencies to develop strategies that attempt to minimize the impact of the closures on the state workforce. And DOCS will consult with local officials, the State Department of Economic Development and other appropriate State agencies to develop strategies to minimize the impact of closure on the local and regional economies.
At least six months before closure, DOCS, again in consultation with the above-listed agencies, will provide a report for a reuse plan for the prison facilities slated for closure. That plan will, in accordance with law, consider the potential to use the facility for another State or local government purpose or to sell it to a private entity for development as a tax-generating business, residential or other purpose.
At a time when program and treatment needs are increasing and the prison population continues to decline, closing these four correctional facilities is the most sensible policy for the taxpayers of New York and the operation and effective management of the Department of Correctional Services.


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Regulation Impact Statement Updates
Official website for publishing regulatory impact analysis information for regulatory decisions announced by the Australian Government, COAG and COAG Councils.
Management plans for 44 Australian Marine Parks
Regulation Impact Statement - Department of the Environment and Energy
On 21 March 2018 the Minister for the Environment and Energy tabled five management plans for 44 Australian Marine Parks in Parliament. The objectives of these plans are to provide for:
- the protection and conservation of biodiversity and other natural, cultural and heritage values of marine parks; and
- ecologically sustainable use and enjoyment of the natural resources within marine parks, where this is consistent with objective (1).
A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was prepared and certified by the Director of National Parks and has been assessed by the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) as compliant with the Government's requirements and consistent with best practice.
The RIS has estimated that these management plans will reduce regulatory burden by $0.137 million per year. OBPR has agreed to this estimate.

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Volleyball New Brunswick is excited to announce that we will be piloting a new program in 2018- the Provincial Excellence Program (PEP). PEP is an initiative developed to facilitate high performance coach and athlete pathways. The objective of PEP is to bridge the gap that currently exists between club and post-secondary volleyball. For these athletes to succeed at the highest level, our high performance athletes need to be training together in partnership with a strong support system to help them achieve their goals.
The number of spots available in the PEP is dependent on each program as well as the determined level of the athlete pool. Athletes will be selected to the program based on their individual birth year and the available age categories offered:
- 18U Male: max 24 spots
- 18U Female: max 24 spots
- 16U Male: max 30 spots
- 16U Female: max 30 spots
A Selection Committee will oversee the identification of athletes, the tryout procedures and determine who will be offered a position in the program. Selected athletes will be identified at the 2017 Provincials in December.
If you are interested in being involved in PEP, please send a copy of your coaching resume to firstname.lastname@example.com by 4:00pm on Monday, Dec 4th 2017. We will be looking for coaches to assist during the following training days:
Sunday, January 7th in Fredericton, NB
Sunday, February 4th in Fredericton, NB
Sunday, March 11th in Miramichi, NB
Sunday, April 29th in Moncton, NB
Please indicate which days you are available with your submission. Mileage and lunch will be provided for selected coaches.
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Karisma Kapoor and husband Sunjay Kapur's divorce saga is getting murkier by the day. The latest development in their much-prolonged divorce has taken everyone by surprise. After Karisma withdrew her consent from the divorce petition almost a month ago, her estranged husband has now filed a fresh petition in the family court claiming that Karisma married him for money.
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According to a report published in Mumbai Mirror, the industrialist has claimed that Karisma married him "in a calculated and clinical manner." The petition suggests Karisma as the culprit for their troubled marriage as the actor married Kapur on the rebound in 2003 after her break-up with Abhishek Bachchan.
Abhishek and Karisma got engaged in 2002, but it was called off a few months later.
The tabloid further quoted the petition, "The respondent [Karisma] has failed not only as a wife and daughter-in-law, but also as a mother."
The estranged couple, who have been staying separately for five years now, have two children, Samaira and Kiaan, whose custody is at the centre of the court battle.
Sunjay has added that Karisma used their young kids as "pawns" and didn't let them meet the Kapur family in order to claim more money. He further claimed that his star wife even "cruelly deprived" his ailing father access to Samaira and Kiaan, and he passed away after six months "while pining for them".
Apart from the custody of their children, a trust fund set up for them is another major issue between the couple. The tabloid further states that Sunjay reluctantly agreed to make Karisma the sole trustee, but she refused to accept terms that would have made her accountable for proper utilisation of the funds meant for Samaira and Kiaan.
"She further insisted that her successor would be her sister, Kareena Kapoor, to the exclusion of the petitioner and his side. Such terms ruled out the possibility of handing over the trust to the respondent," the petition states.
The businessman also claimed that Karisma chose her career over him and refused to return to Delhi even after he pleaded with her a number of times. She used her PR machinery to show him and his family in a bad light by calling him a cheating husband, an alcoholic and a substance abuser.
Karisma's lawyer, Kranti Sathe, termed Sunjay's accusations false. "We will tell the court that he is causing great harm to the children's welfare by spreading false stories. We don't want a trial by media," Sathe said.
Sunjay and Karisma tied the knot in 2003, but things turned sour between the two quite soon. However, the two tried to work things out for a few years, but Karisma moved out of Sunjay's house in 2010 and permanently shifted base to Mumbai. In 2014, the two decided to end their 12-year-long marriage and filed for a divorce through mutual consent.


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1. Smarties - are not sold in the USA 2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp
- are not sold in the USA 3. Baseball is Canadian - 1st game
June 4, 1838 - Ingersoll, Ontario 5. Lacrosse is Canadian 6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian 8. Apple pie is Canadian 9. Mr. Dress-up beats Mr. Rogers 10. Tim Horton's beats Dunkin' Donuts
11. In the war of 1812 was started by America , Canadians pushed the Americans back past the White House. Then we burned it down, and most of Washington too ...We got bored because they ran away. Then, we came home and partied.... Go figure. 12. Canada has the largest French population
that never surrendered to Germany . 13. We have the largest English population
that never surrendered or withdrew
during any war to anyone, anywhere. EVER!
We got clobbered in the odd battle but
prevailed in ALL the wars 14.. Our civil war was fought in a bar and
lasted a little over an hour. 15. The only person who was arrested in our
civil war was an American mercenary, he
slept in and missed the whole thing.
He showed up just in time to get caught. 16. A Canadian invented Standard Time. 17. The Hudson's Bay Company once owned
over 10% of the earth's surface and is still
around as the world's oldest company. 8. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes. That's more information than I need! 19.. We know what to do with the parts of a buffalo.
20.. We don't marry our kin-folk... 21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, Velcro,
zippers, insulin, penicillin and the telephone.
Also short wave radios which save countless
lives each year. 22.. We have ALL frozen our tongues to
something metal and lived to tell about it. 23. A Canadian invented Superman. 24. We have coloured money. 25. The handles on our beer cases are big enough
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I travel a good bit but am back in DC for a while.
I've played at some good courts in the Crystal Park area, as well as over in Shaw. Anywhere that is metro accessible near the city works for me.
I'm just looking to continue to practice/rally. I'm about 3.5-4 player, most comfortable in singles, but doubles works when space is at a premium.
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Gameboy musician Bit Shifter interviewed
By Bob Gourley | Originally published in 2006
Thanks to independently developed software such as Nanoloop and Little Sound DJ, the Nintendo Gameboy has turned into the instrument of choice for a growing number of electronic musicians. While the Gameboy's 8-bit soundchip is somewhat limited, it has a warm, crunchy sound that works well when taken beyond the context of simply supplying video game soundtracks. Musically, Gameboy tracks run the gamut from energetic electronic pop to weird, often scary-sounding experimental stuff. On the more danceable end of the spectrum is New York's Josh Davis, aka Bit Shifter, who will soon embark on a world tour with fellow NY Gameboy artist Nullsleep. In an email interview, Josh explained a bit about what goes into making music on a device only intended to play games.
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A hot crowd and electric main event power Raw before Extreme Rules.
Apologies for missing last week, but apologies for everyone having to endure a porta-potty being the star of Raw last week.
Monday's edition of Raw fared much better, with a super-hot Boston crowd keeping this energized throughout the three-hour show, even some of the lesser contests and segments. As a go-home show before Extreme Rules, Raw was pretty solid, keeping its storylines moving ahead without feeling like a slog.
We saw Seth Rollins take a turn as a mediocre comedian, but then revert back to the Monday Night Rollins we've grown to love. We saw Nia Jax get fired-up and look dominant, which has been lacking at times. We saw Drew McIntyre back up everything he's been saying since returning to Raw. And we saw Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley make their match at the PPV something you want to see.
We also saw Braun Strowman spend another week doing something other than pursuing the WWE Universal Champion because he's in absentia. We saw two top women's wrestlers settling their differences not in the ring, but on a counselor's couch. And we saw a classic wrestling finisher ignored by announcers who trip over each other to declare every historical nugget that has been approved for sharing on the airwaves.
All in all, it was a pretty good episode, and while Extreme Rules itself doesn't look like a very consequential show on paper, it could be pretty good if all the components deliver.
With that said, let's see how things shook out.
Predicting Every Wrestler's Fate In The WWE Superstar Shake-Up 2019
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.


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MediaWorks encompasses the TV channels TV3 and FOUR, plus over 30 radio stations, with a total staff level of approximately 1,400. Recently they implemented Greentree in the TV businesses as part of the CBA Upgrade Plan. The first stage of the project included the core financial modules, plus integrated Fixed Assets and Alerts & Approvals. So far, it has been hugely successful, coming in on time and under budget! Alerts and Approvals are currently being used to control new customer creation and monitor changes to various master file records.
Over the next 3 months we will be rolling out eRequisitions and eApprovals to over 70 users nationwide. This will be a huge undertaking which will allow MediaWorks to monitor and control Purchase Orders through a combination of Advanced Security and Greentree Approvals. This second phase includes a number of customisations to maximize the flexibility of the Requisition>Purchase Order>AP Invoice process.
MediaWorks are focused on analysing and controlling costs to improve profitability. To this end, they implemented an extra level of analysis and reporting above the GL, through Transaction Analysis. Purchase Orders is a key area in which MediaWorks are looking for Greentree to provide both control and flexibility. The control and reporting are required to further analyse costs, but enough flexibility is required to ensure (for example) that the 3News staff can gain access to goods and services they need outside of office hours. They also use e-Requisitions so that a user can raise a Requisition from a web page. Interfaces with other systems were also setup, for example, the automation of import of staff expenses from MS Excel, and AR Invoices from the Advertising Booking system.
It is very useful when receiving AP invoices that contain lines for more than one company, to be able to create an Inter-company transaction. This transaction specifies which GL accounts will receive balancing/clearing entries for inter-company transactions. The Consolidations for GL accounts in each of the source companies are 'pointed at' a destination in a Consolidation company. There was a real flexibility here with the ability to have one-to-one or many-to-one mappings. This speeds up the monthly recharge process as all entries are recorded automatically.
With a focus on creating more efficiency in the organization MediaWorks also took up Greentree Autoscan, so that AP Invoices (and other objects) can be scanned in bulk, and automatically have each scanned image attached to its corresponding Greentree record. This makes approval much easier for users as they can view the original document. Filing of invoices and retaining for tax purposes were also discontinued as the IRD has signed off on soft copy filing for tax purposes.
To remove the time-consuming reporting that needed to be done from the old system generally via excel, Alerts and Business Process Management (BPM) was added to help MediaWorks manage by exception. For example, an alert is generated when a purchase order is raised that will put a GL account above 75% of the months budget. BPM automated of the review and approval process needed when a new customer is created.
This includes emailing alerts to the sales person responsible for the customer advising them when the work has been completed and the new account is active.
The success of this project to date can be directly attributed to the time and effort put in by the Project Team at MediaWorks. This started with an in-depth analysis and comprehensive review of and discussion around the Statement of Work (provided by Endeavour before the project started). Success also came down to strict adherence to project deadlines, as well as the provision of high-quality data for uploading into Greentree – and most importantly, a "no problem – can do" attitude! When timelines became compromised it was important to gauge which elements were critical and which could wait or be de-specced to achieve a similar outcome.
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International Journal of Medical Sciences
Int J Biol Sci 2014; 10(9):1064-1071. doi:10.7150/ijbs.8415
Research Paper
Deletion of Fgfr1 in Osteoblasts Enhances Mobilization of EPCs into Peripheral Blood in a Mouse Endotoxemia Model
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China;
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) contribute to neovascularization and vascular repair, and may exert a beneficial effect on the clinical outcome of sepsis. Osteoblasts act as a component of "niche" in bone marrow, which provides a nest for stem/progenitor cells and are involved in the formation and maintenance of stem/progenitor cells. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) can regulate osteoblast activity and influence bone mass. So we explored the role of FGFR1 in EPC mobilization. Male mice with osteoblast-specific knockout of Fgfr1 (Fgfr1fl/fl;OC-Cre) and its wild-type littermates (Fgfr1fl/fl) were used in this study. Mice intraperitoneally injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were used to measure the number of circulating EPCs in peripheral blood and serum stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α). The circulating EPC number and the serum level of SDF-1α were significantly higher in Fgfr1fl/fl;OC-Cre mice than those in Fgfr1fl/fl mice after LPS injection. In cell culture system, SDF-1α level was also significantly higher in Fgfr1fl/fl;OC-Cre osteoblasts compared with that in Fgfr1fl/fl osteoblasts after LPS treatment. TRAP staining showed that there was no significant difference between the osteoclast activity of septic Fgfr1fl/fl and Fgfr1fl/fl;OC-Cre mice. This study suggests that targeted deletion of Fgfr1 in osteoblasts enhances mobilization of EPCs into peripheral blood through up-regulating SDF-1α secretion from osteoblasts.
Keywords: FGFR1, Endotoxemia, LPS, EPCs, Osteoblast, SDF-1α.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) License. See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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Zhang Y, Su N, Luo F, Wen X, Tang Y, Yang J, Chen S, Jiang W, Du X, Chen L. Deletion of Fgfr1 in Osteoblasts Enhances Mobilization of EPCs into Peripheral Blood in a Mouse Endotoxemia Model. Int J Biol Sci 2014; 10(9):1064-1071. doi:10.7150/ijbs.8415. Available from http://www.ijbs.com/v10p1064.htm


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British stocks fare well
Despite recent market fluctuations, traditional British stocks appear to have weathered the storm as this week's business results were dominated by BT, Rolls Royce, British Land, British Gas and BP.
Nick Raynor, investment adviser at retail stockbroker The Share Centre, said: "Despite a mixed bag of results, investors shouldn't be disheartened and should look towards the future. These traditional British companies are a good stalwart for any investment portfolio, and any value that once existed has only been enhanced by the recent volatility."
The Share Centre says BT's shares are relatively stable, compared to the rest of the market. Raynor said: "For investors wanting a safer bet, offering a solid yield (of approximately 6%) and the prospect of steady dividend increases, BT could be the stock to choose."
Rolls Royce's long-term order book has risen by 76% (£45bn). Its order book for Asia and the Middle East has also done well, having doubled to £20bn and Raynor said expected exposure to the weaker dollar in 2007 will have inevitably affected results, but that given the current market weakness, Rolls Royce could be seen as an ideal long-term opportunity for investors.
Raynor added: "Property sectors have enjoyed a good start to 2008 because they were undervalued at the end of 2007. As a result, British Land's results have also been positive.
"Although British Gas dividends have increased, it is still a growth stock for investors. And despite announcing weaker profits earlier this week, we still view BP as a good long-term stock."


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Canberra Institute of Technology employs almost half a casual workforce. These casual teachers are the most vulnerable to bullying. This site aims to keep the pressure on the bullies.
Friday, November 2, 2012
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Thanks Mark. Yep, it needs some industrial law to tease out these issues and that just may be in the offing.ReplyDelete
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Good to see that you are questioning the exploitation of teachers through casualisation. As the ALP
is failing totally in this regard other political and other forces in society have to expose and challenge this trend. Congratulations, stick with it. You may remember that this was one of the reasons why the Progressive Labour Party was formed in 1996 but of course our political system basically is grossly biased against smaller parties on account of the 1918 and 1924 Commonwealth electoral acts. We need proportional representation to change our political system before we can change anything else of significance.
Dr. Klaas Woldring. A/Prof (ret)
Speaking of OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS Mark, as per your quote from the agreement:ReplyDelete
" "A current casual teacher who has been employed consecutively for a sufficient period of time may request the employer to appropriately advertise the position as either a permanent position or contract position of at least 24 months", but sub-clause 14.2.3 states that "the employer must action the teacher's request subject to operational constraints", so again the casual employee remains at the mercy of the employer without any clear cut rights."
AT CIT 'Operational Constraints' mean whatever CIT wants them to mean at the time and are being used AS AN EXCUSE TO BULLY casuals out of work.
'Operational constraints' are exactly what was used against me by the education manager who had it in for me and made sure my (deserved) contract was not renewed, as did his pet (the current manager) and to top it off so did the two senior people from CIT who represented the above staff member at the Fairwork hearing.
This has been exposed as a lie. After I was given the 'Operational Constraints' bullshit, the current education manager put two NEW casuals into the position I once occupied as well as giving all of the work I usually shared wholly to another casual.
Seems to me even Fairwork Australia were so confused with the use of CIT's weasel words in the 2011 to 2013 Enterprise Agreement that they had the wool soundly pulled over their eyes ...or, didn't care a fig. Seems to me that the language of such agreements have become so cleverly tied up with purposefully ambiguous wording, (AKA weasel words) that it may well take an industrial lawyer to unwrap the unholy package. Our union was certainly not on the ball and as noted by Mark and Klaas neither are our politicians.
What CAN we do to make these parties care?
A pleasure Lorese and thanks and well done again to you too. And great comments both of you Lorese and Klaas. As you know, Klaas, I strongly support the proportional representation voting system, on grounds of fundamental fairness, and this issue of excessive reliance upon casual employees is fundamentally one of fairness and justice, and also of administrative competence, compliance with employment laws, public service quality, but above all of life and death gravity too given how hungry people can soon end up if they don't have a job and face poverty, not to mention the mental health problems and suicide risks associated with insecure employment and unemployment.ReplyDelete
Lorese it's difficult to put into words how great it is to have people like Klaas Woldring on side with us here. Klaas is very modest and humble about his achievements, but I hope Klaas doesn't mind me passing on that, in my view at least, Klaas, for many years now, has been one of the strongest advocates in speech and writing in our country on a range of extremely meritorious progressive causes in support of improved government and social justice. Klaas's incredibly powerful but always gentlemanly and statesmanlike speech style really is a sight to see, and a sound to hear!
On the operational constrains matter, I don't think workplace baddies realise that they are almost certainly committing very very serious offences if they dishonestly come up with false operational constraints reasons in relation to available employment, as I'll now briefly try to explain.
'The Australian Consumer Law' set out in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (see at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/caca2010265/, for example) outlines the prohibition, offence status and penalties for misleading conduct relating to employment (as previously found within the Trade Practices Act 1974 and State and Territory Fair Trading Acts). Section 31 of the Australian Consumer Law, titled "Misleading conduct relating to employment", states that "a person must not, in relation to employment that is to be, or may be, offered by the person or by another person, engage in conduct that is liable to mislead persons seeking the employment as to: (a) the availability, nature, terms or conditions of the employment; or (b) any other matter relating to the employment." Section 153 confirms that a breach of Section 31 is an offence, stating that "(1) A person commits an offence if the person, in relation to employment that is to be, or may be, offered by the person or by another person, engages in conduct that is liable to mislead persons seeking the employment as to: (a) the availability, nature, terms or conditions of the employment; or (b) any other matter relating to the employment." Section 153 also states that "Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability", and sets out the following penalties: "(a) if the person is a body corporate-$1,100,000; or (b) if the person is not a body corporate-$220,000."Replies
Lorese further to my comment as above here, and as a further partial response to your question of "What CAN we do to make these parties care?", well the ACT Criminal Code 2002, at http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2002-51/default.asp,Delete
provides further food for thought.
Sections 332-363 or so of the ACT Criminal Code contain numerous sections (perhaps especially Sections 332-335, 337-339, 351, 359, 361 and 363) which have the potential to apply to some or other situations of workplace dishonesty in which individuals are improperly given employment opportunities or other financial benefits, or others are improperly deprived of employment opportunities or otherwise subjected to financial losses.
Section 334, for example, defining the crime of "Conspiracy to defraud", with a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail, includes as follows, which on the face of it could well apply to a situation where a casual employee, for example, was shut out of an employment opportunity and suffered financial loss by two or more people operating dishonestly together, or where such dishonesty was used to inappropriately give a job to someone in a display of nepotism or cronyism or some other form of improper favouritism:
(1) A person commits an offence if the person conspires with someone else with the intention of dishonestly obtaining a gain from a third person.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person conspires with someone else with the intention of dishonestly causing a loss to a third person.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) conspires with someone else to dishonestly cause a loss, or a risk of loss, to a third person; and
(b) knows or believes that the loss will happen, or that there is a substantial risk of the loss happening.
(4) A person commits an offence if the person conspires with someone else with the intention of dishonestly influencing a public official in the exercise of the official's duty as a public official.
The police commonly attend shoplifting situations involving goods valued in the tens of dollars, and the sections of the Criminal Code I refer to above seem to imply that the police also have a duty to investigate and prosecute white collar crimes which can generate improper gains and losses amounting to thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars over timeframes of weeks, months or years.
Having said all of this, the police and victims of possibly criminal levels of workplace dishonesty would have every right to expect politicians and senior public servants generally, and in the ACT the responsible Ministers and Chief Minister and the ACT Commissioner for Public Administration in particular, to deal with dishonesty in the workplace under the Public Sector Management Act (which prohibits workplace dishonesty, favouritism and so on in relation to employment and otherwise, in sections including 6-9 and 65), before the police should have to become involved. So that brings us back to the hope that politicians – especially the responsible Ministers – and senior public servants take all of this seriously.
I also believe that unions too need to bring their A game into the arena here as well, and I for one would like to see unions cancel the memberships of people whose dishonesty and conduct generally falls to levels such that they obviously don't deserve the protections that union membership can provide them.
The Health Services Union scandal had put all unions on notice about the reputational risks of "union members (especially office holders) behaving badly".
Hi Loresev and Mark,ReplyDelete
The story at universities is similar. I retired at 1st January 1999 and the
trend was already very obvious then but the worst was to come:
growing casualisation and insecurity of employment, commercialisation,
academics who did not speak out anymore when they should, others who were
bullied, a growing emphasis on the power and importance of admin and
executive staff, instances of plainly unethical behaviour by cutting corners
for paying international students. I would say that the quality of tertiary
education has declined in the last decade.
Still, there still remain absolutely dedicated academics, both researchers
and teachers, who wear all this - and report on it as well, but often not
Amazingly, student numbers at universities have grown in spite of all this
and in spite of higher and higher fees for courses. The quality of public services
has also suffered in the period of economic rationalism and the politicisation
of the public services,especially during the Howard years, but even before that
- and after that.
Recent research by the Centre for Public for Policy Development provides
evidence for that. They have a researcher who delves into that especially.
In spite of the prosperity for some sections of the population the problems
flowing from all this could soon be upon us. We do need some real major
changes and senior politicians who have the guts to cut through the culture
of compliance.
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Excellent points and information there Klaas. Related to university casualisation – which indeed rivals that of the TAFE sector as you say Klaas, I've just spotted a great media release from Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon, dated 4 April 2012, atReplyDelete
which has some great lines and information in it, as follows:
Federal Labor are putting too much stock in simplistic league tables to drive quality education and are stalling on a 10 per cent funding increase as the immediate solution to bring down high rates of casualisation, said Greens Senator and higher education spokesperson Lee Rhiannon ("Bare pass mark for uni website's first outing", SMH page 1 today, http://tinyurl.com/cgxlrff).
"Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans needs to have a long hard look at what MyUniversity reveals - ballooning rates of casualisation and disturbingly high staff-student ratios", said Senator Rhiannon.
"Data from MyUniversity shows escalating rates of casual staff across Australian universities. 27 out of the 39 ranked universities have more than 20% of their workforce casualised.
"Six universities have casualisation rates of more than 30%, including RMIT in Victoria and the University of Notre Dame in WA which have as much as 36.3 per cent and 42.2 per cent of their workforce as casual staff.
"Mr Evans says that MyUniversity will drive improvements in quality but how can the quality be improved when a quarter of staff don't know if they'll have a job in six months?
"All the league tables in the world won't improve quality if there is a big chunk of the workforce in precarious employment and the government don't come to the table with an increase in funding for universities.
"The OECD average for public spending on tertiary education is 1% of GDP but Australia trails well behind, spending only 0.7 per cent of GDP.
"The Greens are calling for an immediate 10 per cent increase in public funding per student, to allow universities to accommodate increased student numbers in the coming year and maintain current standards in teaching and learning", said Senator Rhiannon.
Federal Australian Education Union TAFE President Pat Forward gave a fabulous speech titled 'The Casual Crisis in TAFE' way back in 2000 it seems
(see at http://www.aeufederal.org.au/Tafe/documents/casualisation.html), and reading this now I just can't believe that ALP governments in power across the country at national, State and Territory levels since 2000 haven't done more to overturn the casual crisis in TAFEs and universities that is still very real today in 2012.
In recent times, Greens politicians seem to have done much more than those in the ALP to support workers' rights and working conditions generally, and challenge the excessive levels of casualisation in TAFE and university workforces in particular.
Maybe the unions representing TAFE and university workers need to switch allegiances from the ALP to the Greens! I'd add that the Greens have been vastly stronger supporters of public education generally than the ALP have been in recent years.
I should add that in relation to the problems at CIT, ACT Liberal politician Steve Doszpot has been absolutely fabulous. Successive ACT Labor Ministers have done little more than cover up massive levels of illegality and bullying at CIT. ACT Labor have supported, encouraged and rewarded some of the worst of the CIT bullies. The Greens and Liberals alike have challenged the bullying.


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Effects of Fire on Ectomycorrhizal Fungi, Spore Dispersal and Dependent Flora Establishment in Soils
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Movement of ectomycorrhizal fungal propagules by small mammals into burned areas of the Huck fire, John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway, was monitored for a third field season by live-trapping small mammals in burned and unburned forest sites and examining spores contained in their fecal pellets. As in the first two years, three species of small mammals were commonly trapped including the white-footed deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), least chipmunk (Tamias minimus) and southern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi).
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Golf in Poland
Golf is a relatively new sport to Poland, but, is a sport which is increasingly popular among the growing middle classes. Here are details of some of the first golf clubs and courses to emerge in Poland since 1990.
A new 9 hole Pitch and Putt Golf Course and Putting Green in the province of Lubuskie in west of Poland.
Gdansk Golf Club
The Gdansk Golf Club is located in Elganowo, within easy reach of the tri-city, Poland. Nine hole golf course.
Krakow Valley Golf and Country Club
The Krakow Valley Golf & Country Club is located in Paczoltowice, in the south of Poland. 18 hole golf course.
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On another note, I just wanted to share three more layouts that I finished.
I played along with the current Scrapping The Music challenge this week. I really loved what I did with the butterfly trail on this one; I used my Big Bite to create more dimension to the layout. I also really like this paper from Graphic 45. It's so vintage!
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Thus on a Sunday evening in early July, we found ourselves winding down the stunning coastal road towards
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When the light poured in through the circular window on the ceiling the next morning, it looked even more welcoming. We all decided we could spend at least a week here. Unfortunately, we had only booked one night – due to a generous cancellation policy, yurts book up months in advance so you need to check the website frequently and pounce on anything available. There was a rumor that there had been a cancellation for the yurt opposite (there are eight tents in total at
You can pitch your own tent here, too – but for the extra $8, it seemed well worth having all the extra amenities. We stayed another three days, using the yurt as a base to explore the coastline – from the pretty fishing towns to the amazing seal colonies just south of
Farther up the coast, just beyond the seaside town of
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Before continuing our road trip down to
As we turned westwards towards the coast again I was struck by the beauty of the
We reached the
Undeterred, we pressed on – operating on the principle that if you turn up somewhere something will happen. Arriving at the beach campground, the ranger confirmed what we already knew and advised us to return at eight the next morning. We were about to leave to drive 40 miles to the nearest motel when he added: "Have you got a dog?"
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"We'll take it," we said, thrilled.
He gave us a code to unlock the gate into the forest, warned us about bears – one had ripped through a tent a few days earlier – and left us to it. We drove down a long dirt track, parked our car, then hiked 300 yards or so deeper into the forest to find our site. It was beautiful, surrounded by massive ferns and redwood trees reaching up to the sky. But it was far more isolated than we had anticipated. I had envisaged a few tents and a big communal fire, but the other two sites were invisible to us, several hundred yards away. We were enveloped in utter silence, punctuated occasionally by a crack or a crunch of undergrowth that made us jump out of our skins. There was nothing for it but to pitch our tent and cross our fingers.
At the crack of dawn, after a sleepless night, we packed up and hiked out of the forest to try to secure a beach campsite. Nothing would induce us to spend another night in the forest.
I now felt brave enough to ask the ranger which site the bear had targeted. "Site 3" he said – ours of course.
"We think it was a juvenile that has been causing some problems recently," he added. "I suppose," I said hopefully, "it would have fled if it had seen any humans."
"Oh no," said the ranger "it was attracted by human scent."
We cruised around the beach campground, watching people pack up. A couple of other cars were circling, too, and attention was focused on the handful of prime sites actually on the beach. Some deals had been thrashed out the night before and several inland campers were moving up a rung in the property ladder. The ranger tipped us off about one beach site due to become vacant so we hovered nearby, waiting for the tent occupants to emerge. But we were novices at campsite takeover etiquette: another car swooped in and started a two-pronged attack on the same site: a woman lurked at the front of the tent, her partner staked out the back. The moment a head popped out, the woman asked for the tent. We'd been gazumped. "First come, first served," crowed the man. "In which case… ," I said, digging in my heels.
"So sorry," said the man, hauling his tent out of the back of the car.
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READ Famous Pianists from Switzerland
List of notable or famous pianists from Switzerland, with bios and photos, including the top pianists born in Switzerland and even some popular pianists who immigrated to Switzerland. If you're trying to find out the names of famous Swiss pianists then this list is the perfect resource for you. These pianists are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known pianist from Switzerland is included when available.
Patrick Moraz and Frank Martin are included on this list along with many more.
This historic pianists from Switzerland list can help answer the questions "Who are some Swiss pianists of note?" and "Who are the most famous pianists from Switzerland?" These prominent pianists of Switzerland may or may not be currently alive, but what they all have in common is that they're all respected Swiss pianists.Use this list of renowned Swiss pianists to discover some new pianists that you aren't familiar with. Don't forget to share this list by clicking one of the social media icons at the top or bottom of the page. (11 items)
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More than 200 workers at Shinglecom Cambodia garment factory protested yesterday outside the facility in the capital's Dangkor district, demanding that a representative of their newly formed union be rehired.
Yang Thaisan, secretary-general of the Union Federation for Labour Rights at the factory, said union representative Sin Vanhong was fired on Saturday after he was unable to work due to an injury sustained on the job. He burned his leg while welding, Yang Thaisan said.
"We think Sin Vanhong was fired because of his leading role in setting up the union," Yang Thaisan said, adding that it was established early last month.
Employees also called for improved working conditions, benefits and payment and for a Chinese manager to be fired for using obscene language.
Va Yuvavathana, director of the labour dispute resolution office at the labour ministry, spoke to both sides. He said the company refused to rehire Sin Vanhong, but was willing to negotiate other demands, adding that the union's requests were in line with the Labour Law.
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Barney Bentall might have given us something to live for in the 80s, but now, he wants us to dig a little deeper.
The Canadian pop-rock veteran said his forthcoming album, Flesh and Bone, slated for release Nov. 13 via True North Records, is about the idea that "life is vibrant and then it dies. Situations end and we're left with the bones."
It might seem like a morose theme, but Bentall doesn't mean it that way.
In fact, the sunny, upbeat singer sounded incapable of doom and gloom as he paused from tending the animals on his ranch in the Cariboo to talk.
"I'm getting out of work," he laughed, farm animals vying for attention in the backtround. "It's super convenient."
After three decades, several awards, and a pile of albums to his name, Bentall, who plays Millenium Place on Oct. 6 as part of a performance series, reflected on some of the lessons he's learned in the music industry.
Never leave your wallet in the dressing room
"I remember watching Al Green run on stage when I got to see him perform and there was this big, burly organ player — he was almost like an organ player and bodyguard — and he just ran and he threw down this case. You knew it had his valuables. You went, 'Ok, that guy's been around the block.' You just learn. Especially where we used to play, when you play at clubs you just have to be careful in that way."
Make sure your bass player knows the chord changes
"When Dustin (Bentall's son) started to play, I didn't want to be any kind of stage mom or manager. I thought it was really important for him to find his own voice, find what he wanted to do and how he wanted to sound, so I didn't give a lot of advice. But I did tell him, 'When you're putting together a band remember, a guitar player can screw up and you don't hear it, a drummer can (miss) a beat, but if a bass player makes a mistake, everybody knows it.'"
Follow your heart and your muse
"I just think it's so important to follow your instincts. Generally, your gut will tell you something. Ultimately, if you follow that, things might not go well, you might not be successful, but at least you'll know you took a stand. One of the worst times was we went down to record our second record — our first record had gone platinum and it had done so well — we went down to Los Angeles with a big-time producer. I really felt like it was the wrong thing. It wasn't the right combination. I told the record company that and they said, 'No. You good Canadian boys will suck it up.' I didn't stand up for myself."
Don't expect to get rich, but you'll see a lot of the world and meet some great people
"Greenland for instance, the fjord where most of the icebergs are capped off of, I never would've gotten there without music. Or meeting sports heroes I had. Playing hockey with Wayne Gretzky or Guy Lafleur, I mean I never could've done that with my hockey skills. It's been really a charmed life in many ways."
Get a deposit for your gigs
"You still even get burned in that sometimes. If you get a deposit and people decide to pull the plug, at least you get something out of it. Fair is fair."
Work hard and treat people fairly
"I think the working hard part is so basic. I consider myself a bit more of a journeyman. I work hard. And you get better by working hard. I think that's the reason I still have a career. Treating people fairly, I've seen high-profile people treat people unfairly, people they work with, people on their crew, radio station people and when things start going poorly for them, people just walk away. But if you've treated people well, they'll stand by you."
Have fun
"Musicians that I love travelling with, even if things are going south with a string of bad gigs, you can have humour and have fun and it will realign your attitude and make all the difference."


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Choosing the Right Flow Meter Because of the wide range of technologies available in flow meters these days, the job of selecting one for your specific need can be a bit confusing. This even is made more difficult since several other factors come into play and must be considered right before you come up with the best choice. Don't believe people when they say that the price is the only thing that matters, because it never is the only thing you should be looking at. The very first thing you need to figure out if is you're really in need of a flow meter. There are several applications in which the equipment is required, but it also does not mean you need them all the time. A notable example of this is when you actually just need to figure out the rate at which a liquid or gas property is moving through a pipeline. If this is the case, you simply need a basic flow indicator, which incidentally can also be bought in the same supplier that sells flow meters. The difference of a flow indicator is that it is obviously more affordable than the most basic flow meter. Our next tip is this: don't buy the cheapest flow meter you can find. We aren't saying you will be getting a crude, broken, or defective product for a cheap price; it's just that when you opt to go for the cheapest, never expect it to perform the way you want it and never think it's going to last long. For the most part, low-priced flow meters don't come with warranty and technical backup from the supplier.
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Meanwhile, before you start looking at your options, you first must particularly know your flow. In this regard, you need to be completely aware that each kind of liquid or gas will have a different behavior when flowing through a pipeline. The difference in behavior is literally caused by a process called viscosity, which is generally defined as the measurement as to how much fluid will resist the flow. The resistance thereby affects the velocity of the flow in the pipeline.
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One of my clients empowered every manager to consistently ask one question of employees: What did you do, today, to move the organization's goals forward? You can only imagine how accountable every team member became.
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Tom Hanks has a tough choice to make in the new Inferno teaser trailer which heralded the upcoming trailer for the movie.
Now that is how a great teaser works! The teaser trailer for the adapted movie Inferno based on the book by Dan Brown was released on multiple social media sites including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. It is a 30-second teaser which managed to give nothing away while giving the main character a choice that is destructive both ways.
Tom Hanks returns as the Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon in the new adaptation of the fourth book in the Langdon series by Dan Brown, Inferno. Thematically based on Dante's Inferno, the movie will follow Robert Langdon chasing down yet another historical city to put down another plot.
The teaser, short and concise, starts with a church bell, we then see a train piercing across the greenery and we see a historical city while a voce over tells us that there is a switch, we then see Langdon holding a cylinder in his hand which slides open to reveal something elusive and the voiceover tells that if you (Langdon) throws it then half the people on Earth will die.
We see a street full of people empty in a flash. Then the voiceover tells us that if he doesn't while Langdon looks up at something worriedly, the screen shows the Florence landscape, the voice says that in a hundred years, the human race will be extinct. While these words are being said, we see a women in a green dress and a black veil covering her face while the doorways on both her sides are thrust open with blood gushing out. The screen then turns black and the question arises whether we will throw the switch?
The teaser asked the fans to respond on the social media sites about what choice they would make. The end of the trailer announced that the trailer of the movie will be announced tomorrow and hopefully the audience will know more. The movie is due to release on October 14th and stars Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy and Irfan Khan.


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When the K-On!! anime ended last September, the last aired episode finished with the announcement that a K-On! movie would be forthcoming. Now, close to a year later, and less than four months (sixteen weeks, to be exact, according to Azusa) from the premiere; we have finally been given official word about the films plot. SPOILERS ahead!
During the "Come With Me!!" live event in February, director Naoko Yamada made an appearance and revealed that the K-On! movie would take place before Yui and her friends graduate from High School.
When the final Blu-Ray volume of K-On!! was released in March, it contained a brand new, unaired episode in which the Light Music Club members decide to go on an overseas graduation trip, causing many fans to theorize that this trip would be the subject of the film – although the characters never decided in the episode where to travel.
Now, broadcaster TBS has revealed, in a new introduction page on the official website, that the K-On! movie will indeed follow the Light Music Club on their trip – to England. The website has also been updated with new artwork to reflect this.
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Arrival in Moscow, check in to the Hotel
Free time
11:00 Moscow city tour – A brisk tour to see the main attractions of capital of Russia.
This tour will cover all the major significant places of the Russian capital – you visit the Red Square, the so-called heart of the capital, and then pass through the historic Alexander Garden, walk along the Manezh Square and visit the Temple of Christ the Savior. Next, your route will allow you to evaluate the unforgettable views of theMoscow Kremlin from quay – a unique river and majestic monument to Peter the Great by sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. The excursion includes an external examination of the Kremlin.
Also you will see Sparrow Hills (Vorobyovy Gory) and Poklonnaya Hill, the Arc de Triomphe on Kutuzov Avenue, House of the Russian Government
14:00 Kremlin tour (territory + 3 cathedral)
During the tour in the Moscow Kremlin, you will visit the inner territory of the Kremlin, Assumption Cathedral and the Cathedral of the Archangel. Going into the Kremlin through Trinity Kutafya tower and gate, you will see the Arsenal building, built in the time of Peter I, with captured guns of Napoleon's army. Next, you'll continue on to the Ivanovo area, the proverbial, Senate Palace, the famous Tsar Cannon, the largest weapon of its time and the Tsar Bell, which weighs about 200 tons. You will come to the famous Cathedral Square, perhaps the most beautiful square in Moscow and one of the oldest.
Sapsan train to St-Petersburg
St. Petersburg – an extraordinarily beautiful city, built on the banks of the Neva river. One of the most important cultural, industrial cities of the Russian Federation. Its location, architecture, history attracts more than 5 million tourists each season, from around the world. standard sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg begins at the Moscow station – one of the city's oldest station (opened in 1851). It is here that the basic number of guests of St. Petersburg start exploring the city. Sitting in the car, you will pass through the main streets of St. Petersburg. Every part of the city plays an important role in the history of St. Petersburg. On a tour of the St. Petersburg guide will tell you about the history of the main street – Nevsky Prospect. Later you will visit all the major attractions of the northern capital. In addition, during the tour of St. Petersburg you will enjoy the beauty of the Neva River, with its impressive bridges and historic ships. That there is a well-known veteran cruiser Aurora. During a city tour you will see the most important and historically significant attractions: Kazan Cathedral, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Palace Square, Bronze Horseman, Peter and Paul Fortress, Palace square with Winer Palace, Spit of Vasilievsky Island, Cathedral on the spoiled blood
Hermitage museum
It is one of the largest art museums in the world, with its exhibits placed in more than 350 rooms. A special place is occupied by the state rooms of the Palace. St. Petersburg Hermitage entered the top ten most visited museums in the world. Rated by the British publication The Art Newspaper. During 2015 the number of visitors to the Hermitage The State Hermitage Museum – one of the greatest assets of the Russian Federation. It is not only the most important museum in St. Petersburg, but also one of the largest art museums in the world. Hermitage consists of six historic buildings.
Once Peter the Great visited Versailles – the country residence of the French king Louis XIV. He liked it very much: a magnificent palace, a huge formal garden, pavilions, gazebos, sculptures. But most of all liked the Emperor Versailles fountains. So He decided to build not the same, but a better palace at home with parks and fountains. Within two years of founding of the Northern capital, he began to build his dream palace on the southern shore of the Gulf in a place called Peterhof. However, the most surprising thing in the fountains of Peterhof is not just their numbers or beauty, it is the way they work. It does not use water pumps or any electrical aids. The water is carried to the fountains by gravity.
Scheduled Departure
23 April, 01 May, 09 May, 15 May, 04 June*, 18 July*, 11 Aug*, 21 Aug, 08 Sept, 18 Sept, 10 October
Moscow: Best Western Vega 4*
St-Petersburg: Station S13 3*
37 900 INR per person in DBL sharing
* High season dates, price by request
· Accommodation in Double Deluxe room BB
· All airport and Rail Way Stations transfers
· All sightseeing with English speaking guide according to the program
· Train tickets "Sapsan" Moscow – St.Petersburg
· Entry fees for all monuments according to the program
· Russian visa fees
· Breakfast in the hotel
· International Air Tickets: India – Moscow, St.Petersburg – India , starts from 30 000 INR
· Optional Exurcions: • Kremlin + Hermitage + Neva Boat Cruise: 13 300 INR per person
· 5 Indian Dinners Dinners: @5850 INR per person
This Itinerary is made for those who want to visit Europe with Fixed Itinerary Tours. For the best price and tour available dates, get a quote 30-60 days prior to the departure.
The primary means of transportation on this trip will be Air Conditioned Luxury Coach
Visas & Travel Insurance
Visas are the responsibility of the individual Traveller. Visas can take several weeks to process. Our tour consultant will be happy to point to you in the right direction for acquiring visas. Visa process can be done through us on a nominal service fees on case to case basis.
Travel insurance is compulsory for all our trips. Make sure that you are covered for medical expenses, personal liability, cancellations, curtailment and loss of luggage and personal effects.
Payment Policy
Booking Deposit (INR 10,000/-) mandatory to process the visa. 50% of the tour cost required 30 days prior to the departure date or Visa approval whichever is earlier. * Visa sanction depends on respective authority.
100% of the tour cost required 15 days prior to the departure date
Cancellation Policy
If you Cancel your Holiday
10 days or less before departure: 100% of the package cost
11 to 20 days before departure: 30% of the tour cost
21 to 30 days before departure: 25% of the tour cost
31 days or more before departure: Booking Deposit (INR 10,000/-)
As per the Booking Terms & Conditions, we are constrained to levy the aforesaid Cancellation Charges in addition to the actual expenditure incurred towards visa fees , travel insurance charges, retention charges by overseas supplier etc., Company reserves the right to cancel a tour departure without assigning any reason. Under such circumstances amount paid by you will be refunded after deducting the actual expenses incurred by us like visa fees, travel insurance charges etc., but no compensation is payable. All refunds shall be given in Indian Rupees only.
India and Russia enjoy deep friendly relations historically, culturally, and politically.
This not only helps person-to-person relations but contributes to business cooperation across industries, including such strategic spheres as defense and nuclear energy. Around 1468, merchant Afanasi Nikitin became the first Russian to set foot on the Indian soil, initiating relations between two nations that have been growing stronger since then. Around 1949, Dharti-Ke-Lal Directed by K. A. Abbas became the first Indian film to be seen by Russian – then Soviet – audience.
Since then, Russian people have seen more than 300 Indian films while legendary actors like Raj Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty are house hold names in Russia where a 24- hour Indian Movie channel dubbed in Russian language is operating today. Quite a few of our traditional value systems are identical in the Russian way of life. They call tea as 'chai' being the first obvious similarity you will notice.
We all know that Russia – is the country with a great history and rich cultural traditions. And we are glad that you have a desire to learn more about it. Undoubtedly, the way of life in Russia is different from European or Asian – we have something to surprise you! Many of you may think of cold Russia a country where, to keep warm, it is necessary to wear the hat with ear flaps and drink vodka. Yes, winter is really cold, but cold temperatures outside offset by the warmth of communication. Maybe you've heard that Russian women – the most beautiful in the world? Come and make sure that it's true. We would be pleased if you're not scared of complexity of the Russian language and learn a few phrases in it. While you probably already know the word "communism", "Stalin" and "perestroika"
We will be happy to help you to explore this great country!
India and Russia enjoy deep friendly relations historically, culturally, and politically. This not only helps person-to-person relations but contributes to business cooperation across industries, including such strategic spheres as defense and nuclear energy.
Around 1468, merchant Afanasi Nikitin became the first Russian to set foot on the Indian soil, initiating relations between two nations that have been growing stronger since then.
Around 1949, Dharti Ke Lal Directed by K. A. Abbas became the first Indian film to be seen by Russian – then Soviet – audience. Since then, Russian people have seen more than 300 Indian film while legendary actors like Raj Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty are householdnames in Russia where a 24- hour Indian Movie channel dubbed in Russian language is operating today.
Quite a few of our traditional value systems are identical in the Russian way of life. They call tea as 'chai' being the first obvious similarity you will notice. Like Indians, Russians are very loyal and welcoming people. Like India, Russia is a very security conscious country – provided the number of terroristic attacks the country have seen in past two decades. Here are few things every Indian tourist should note about Russia and Russians:
Russia and Russians
Food in Russia
Cities and places
Immigration control
The immigration/passport controls across the globe work almost in a similar manner. The only goal of the immigrations is to secure the borders and the citizens from threats. With Terrorism & Drug Prevention Protocols in place, security controls became stricter around the world.