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Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods was originally released in 2001 in both electronic and paper versions (cat. no. 6102.0). The paper publication will not be rereleased. However, the web version (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001) is being updated on an ongoing basis. This chapter was updated on 20 April, 2005.
30.4 Data can also be cross-classified by: state/territory; sector (public, private); level of government (Commonwealth, State, Local); industry (4 digit ANZSIC); employer size; sex; age (under 18 years, 18 to under 21 years, 21 years and over); full-time/part-time; adult/junior; managerial/non-managerial; type of employee (permanent or fixed-term, casual); status of employee (working proprietor, managerial/executive, other employee); and occupation (4 digit ASCO). 30.5 Data on how employees' pay was set in the reference period have been collected in the survey since May 2000. Data are available on: number of, and average weekly total earnings of, employees whose pay is set by each pay setting method. 30.6 Data are compiled according to the concepts and definitions outlined in Chapter 4 (employees), Chapter 12 (earnings) and Chapter 13 (pay setting methods). SCOPE 30.7 For the first-stage sample of employing businesses, the standard scope exclusions for ABS labour-related business surveys (outlined in Chapter 25) apply to this survey. 30.8 The scope of the second-stage sample is restricted to civilian employees based in Australia who received payments during the survey reference period. Self-employed persons (such as proprietors/partners of unincorporated businesses), employees who did not receive pay during the reference period (such as persons on unpaid leave), employees based outside Australia, and members of the Australian permanent defence forces are not in scope of the survey. SURVEY METHODOLOGY 30.9 Detailed information is obtained about a sample of employees from each selected organisation using a mail-out/mail-back collection methodology. 30.10 The survey reference period is the last pay period ending on or before the third Friday in May of the survey year. 30.11 Businesses that do not mail back their completed questionnaire within a reasonable period of time after the survey reference date are followed up by mail and then phone if necessary. SAMPLE DESIGN 30.12 The survey uses a two-stage sample selection approach. The first stage involves selecting a probability sample of employer units from the ABS Business Register. The sampling unit for the first stage comprises all activities of an employer in a particular state or territory based on the Australian Business Number (ABN) unit or Type of Activity Unit (TAU). The collection and reporting units used in the survey usually correspond to the sampling unit. However, where the ABN/TAU unit is unable to provide information required for the survey, it may be split into a number of 'reporting units'. For further information on statistical units used in ABS business surveys refer to Chapter 25. 30.13 In the second stage, businesses selected in the first stage are asked to select a sample of employees from their payrolls using instructions provided by the ABS. FIRST STAGE SAMPLE SELECTION 30.14 A probability sample of employing businesses (ABN/TAU units) is drawn from the ABS Business Register using the process outlined in Chapter 25. Variables used to stratify the survey frame at stage one of the sample selection are:
30.15 Strata on the survey frame that are completely enumerated include those containing selection units with benchmark employment greater than a set cut-off (this cut-off will vary for different states/territories) and strata with a very small number of selection units in the population. 30.16 In addition to constraints outlined in Chapter 25, sample selection is constrained by the need to minimise overlap with the quarterly Survey of Average Weekly Earnings, for businesses with more than 20 employees. SECOND STAGE SAMPLE SELECTION 30.17 Second-stage sampling units (employees) are selected using systematic sampling within selected first-stage units. A random start and a skip are provided to each selected business for use in selecting the second-stage sample from its payroll(s). Businesses with an unknown employment size are given a skip of one. Businesses are not required to order their payroll in any particular way when selecting the sample. SAMPLE SIZE AND ALLOCATION 30.18 For the first-stage sample, approximately 9,000 employer units are selected to yield a live sample of approximately 6,800 units. 30.19 For the second-stage sample, approximately 55,000 employees contribute to the estimates. The maximum number of employees for any reporting unit is 40. SAMPLE RESELECTION 30.20 The ABS reselects the sample for the Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours each time it is conducted. At the same time the overall design of the sample is examined to ensure that it remains efficient. ESTIMATION 30.21 The estimation process occurs in two stages. In the first stage, number raised estimation is used to estimate the number of employees in each business. In the second stage, number raised estimation is again used to estimate the total number of businesses, and therefore employees, in the target population. 30.22 In the sampled strata, the Live Respondent Mean method is used to impute for non-responding businesses. In the completely enumerated strata a ratio imputation model is used. 30.23 Survey outliers are handled using the 'surprise outlier' technique. 30.24 Business Provisions were introduced in the 2000 survey whereby adjustments are made to survey estimates to allow for births and deaths of businesses that have occurred up to the end of the survey reference period but which are not reflected on the survey frame. 30.25 For further information on estimation methods used in ABS Business Surveys, refer to Chapter 25. TIME SERIES ESTIMATES 30.26 Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates are not produced for this survey. RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES 30.27 Estimates from the survey are subject to both sampling and non-sampling error. The standard errors of survey estimates are published in both Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 6305.0.55.001) and Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia (cat. no. 6306.0). 30.28 Both the Ultimate Cluster Variance (UCV) technique and the grouped jack-knife method are used to calculate estimates of variance for this survey. For further information on variance estimation techniques, or on sampling and non-sampling error, refer to Chapter 17. DATA COMPARABILITY OVER TIME 30.29 Although many estimates from previous years or collection cycles are produced on a consistent basis, care should be taken in using data from this survey on a time series basis. The survey is designed to give an accurate 'snapshot' of data rather than an ongoing series of observations over time. Hence the survey methodology and sample design are not specifically set up to provide time series data, i.e. the sample is not set up to have the same employee jobs in it for more than one cycle. Nevertheless, average weekly earnings and hours paid for data at aggregate levels are compiled in a consistent manner over time, although successive estimates would not be strongly correlated because of low sample overlap. 30.30 The following changes have been made to survey methods, survey concepts, data item definitions, and frequency of collection.
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Mexican avocado growers expect US consumers to bear tariffs
URUAPAN, Mexico (AP) - The baby avocados in Enrique Bautista's vast orchard in western Mexico will grow to maturity, eventually, and be shipped out of Mexico.
What remains to be seen is how many of those green gems will reach consumers in the United States if President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to slap duties on Mexican exports should the country fail to stem the tide of immigrants trying to reach the U.S.
The potential Trump tariffs would hit U.S. avocado lovers more than Mexican producers, Bautista said. Demand north of the border for Mexican avocados has proven very static: even when prices expand four-fold during the year, the fruit is still scooped up by U.S. devotees of avocado toast and guacamole.
Producers in Mexico believe a 5% -- or even 25% -- U.S. tariff on avocados will do little to dampen their sales.
"I think the bigger risk is for U.S. consumers" having to pay higher prices, said Bautista, 69, a second-generation avocado grower whose father was an early exporter of the fruit that has become a staple in the diets of millions of Americans.
The popularity of avocados has won the spreadable fruit the nickname "green gold" in Mexico, the world's top producer.
The U.S. is the top export market for Mexican avocados, according to USDA data, consuming more than 74% of total exports. Japan absorbs at least 6% and Canada another 7% of the Mexican crop.
"Fortunately, the avocado is a fruit that's in demand more every day around the world, that's consumed in many other countries," said Bautista, who gave The Associated Press a tour of his orchard in Uruapan in Michoacan state on Saturday. His avocados are shipped entirely to the U.S.
Mexican orchards yield 11 avocados for every one picked in California. Mexico also produces year-round, versus California's usual eight-month season.
Production in California typically covers U.S. demand for avocados this time of year. But the 2019 crop in California was weak, with some growers reporting total failures due to record high temperatures last summer that destroyed much of the young fruit before maturity.
The California avocado season also started late, so Mexican producers have shipped much of their produce north since April in what is considered low season for Mexican avocados.
"We are living in a sellers' market," said Humberto Solorzano, a third-generation avocado producer also in Michoacan, where 80% of Mexican avocados are grown.
A weakening peso will shield U.S. consumers from higher avocado prices in the near-term, Solorzano figured, but eventually the cost of any tariffs would be absorbed throughout the supply chain, landing mostly on U.S. consumers. The peso plunged more than 3% against the dollar on Friday in the wake of Trump's tweet promising tariffs on all Mexican goods.
On Friday, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador dispatched his foreign secretary to Washington to try to negotiate a truce and point out what Mexico has done to stem the flow of migrants. It has stepped up raids on migrant caravans traveling through the southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca this year. It has deported thousands of migrants and frustrated thousands more who wait endlessly for permits that would allow them to travel legally through Mexico.
Trump's tariff threat has also received pushback from U.S. businesses that rely on Mexican production.
Solorzano said exporters are looking for assurance despite the avocado's privileged status as a "super-food."
Frustrated by wild swings in Mexican avocado prices, Solorzano launched a mobile application in September that allows producers to share price information. AvoPrice already has 700 users, between packers and producers.
Producers here say the latest Trump missive has rattled the avocado market less than the president's April threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border entirely -- also because of record numbers of migrants, especially from Central America.
Then, Solorzano recalls, U.S. importers tried to stockpile avocados.
The U.S. consumer needs Mexican avocados, he said: "They don't have another supply option."

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Control.RightToLeft Property
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether control's elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts.
virtual property System::Windows::Forms::RightToLeft RightToLeft { System::Windows::Forms::RightToLeft get(); void set(System::Windows::Forms::RightToLeft value); };
public virtual System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft RightToLeft { get; set; }
member this.RightToLeft : System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft with get, set
Public Overridable Property RightToLeft As RightToLeft
Property Value
One of the RightToLeft values. The default is Inherit.
The assigned value is not one of the RightToLeft values.
The RightToLeft property is an ambient property. An ambient property is a control property that, if not set, is retrieved from the parent control. For example, a Button will have the same BackColor as its parent Form by default. For more information about ambient properties, see the AmbientProperties class or the Control class overview.
The RightToLeft property is used for international applications where the language is written from right to left, such as Hebrew or Arabic. When this property is set to RightToLeft.Yes, control elements that include text are displayed from right to left.
If the value of the RightToLeft property is changed at run time, only raw text without formatting is preserved.
The following are a few examples of how control elements are affected by the RightToLeft property value of RightToLeft.Yes :
Vertical scroll bars are displayed on the left side rather than right side of scrollable controls (for example, Form, Panel, multiline TextBox, and RichTextBox).
Horizontal scroll bars start with the scroll box (thumb) right-aligned.
The check box element alignment, controlled by the
property, is reversed for CheckBox and RadioButton controls.Items in list box, combo box, and up-down controls are right aligned.
Up and down buttons are left-aligned on NumericUpDown and DomainUpDown controls.
Menus (MainMenu, MenuItem, and ContextMenu) are displayed right-aligned.
The alignment of toolbar buttons on a ToolBar control or the alignment of text on a ToolBarButton is not affected by the RightToLeft property.
AxHost supports right-to-left alignment; however, the effect on an ActiveX control depends on the extent to which the control author implemented support for right-to-left display.
Notes to Inheritors
When overriding the RightToLeft property in a derived class, use the base class's RightToLeft property to extend the base implementation. Otherwise, you must provide all the implementation. You are not required to override both the get
and set
accessors of the RightToLeft property; you can override only one if needed.
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Congress has allocated about $425 million in new funding for election security ahead of the 2020 presidential election, a Democratic congressional source confirmed to NPR on Monday.
The funding is part of a spending package expected to be passed by the end of the week.
It also represents a compromise. Democrats in the House had originally hoped for $600 million. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., indicated earlier this year he would support $250 million.
The batch of funding unveiled on Monday was the second tranche to come from Congress since Russia's attack the 2016 election exposed just how vulnerable election systems across the U.S. might be to cyberattacks.
There's no evidence any votes were changed three years ago, but Russian attackers were able to hack into government networks in at least two states, found former Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.
Congress also allocated $380 million toward election security improvements in the spring of 2018. The money, in both instances, is given via grants to the states, which become responsible for deciding how it is spent.
While election security advocates are sure to laud the government for providing more support for states, they are also already worried about how late the money is coming.
"A year late & a billion dollars short on #electionsecurity," tweeted Maurice Turner, a senior technologist with the Center for Democracy & Technology.
Even though the funding is being appropriated in 2019, that's probably too late to have much of an effect on the 2020 election.
By April of this year, a full 13 months after last year's funding was allocated, just 29 percent of the money had been spent according to congressional testimony by the Election Assistance Commission, the federal entity tasked with doling out the grants.
"The thing they want is consistency"
Elections officials and security officials have lamented the sporadic attention and funding from Washington.
Although Congress has agreed to support elections infrastructure around the nation, it does so in large, unpredictable chunks as opposed to predictable year-over-year appropriations — which many election officials would prefer.
One reason for that is partisanship: Many Republicans argue that because states bear the responsibility for running their own elections, that means paying their own way as well.
Many Democrats in Congress say they favor a more federal system that would include more regulation of security, protocols and equipment, as well as annual funding from the federal government.
Chris Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within DHS, said at the time of the McConnell compromise earlier this year that it was "a good start" — but he also said local and state officials need a regular flow of support, not occasional lump sums.
"The thing they want is consistency, something they can set their budget clocks to," said Krebs. "If the federal government is going to play in this space, we have to be dependable partners."
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• Sign up and pay for your drop-in pass here.
• You will then be prompted to schedule your class.
• Arrive a few minutes before and check-in digitally at our front desk.
• Introduce yourself to the coach and jump into a class!
Have a minimum of 1 month of fitness experience.
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The Venus Transit 2004Welcome to the VT-2004 website! showcounter(8,6,2004); The Transit is Over! | |
This is the final view of the front webpage of the VT-2004 programme, dated December 28, 2004 | |
Visibility of Venus Transit 2012 (IMCCE, Paris) Transits of Venus across the solar disk are rare events; only seven have taken place since the beginning of the 17th century. A detailed and accurate calculation by the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides (IMCCE) in Paris shows that there are exactly 82 Venus Transits between the years -3000 (BC) and 3000, that is, over a span of 6 millennia. The first of these took place on November 17, -2970, and the last one will happen on June 14, 2984. If you are interested in more details, you may consult the extensive table ("Canon of Transits") on the comprehensive CD-ROM ( "Les Rendez-Vous de Vénus" ) that was produced by the Paris Observatory and also contains more than 10,000 fascimile pages of historical documents related to transit expeditions and observations. Look here for a brief description (Word) with some examples of the pages. It is on sale at EDP Sciences. The next Venus Transits will take place in June 2012, December 2117, December 2125, June 2247, June 2255, December 2360 and December 2368. While this year's transit was optimally visible in its full duration from most of Europe, it will not be so in 2012. As the map of the visibility (above) indicates, observers in the Pacific region may follow the entire transit (weather permitting), but those in Europe will only be able to enjoy the latter part of the event. The further west they are located on that continent, the shorter will be the time interval between sunrise and the end of the transit. Still, there should be plenty of opportunities to make observations and it is very likely that the public interest will then equal, and quite possibly surpass, the enormous appeal in 2004. Long before that, however, the VT-2004 Final Report will have appeared, summarizing the current pilot programme and providing stimuli for the next one. It will be announced here when it becomes available in early 2005. This is last "VT-2004 Theme of the Week" to be displayed here. The organisers of the VT-2004 programme wish to thank all involved for their great efforts to make this unique public programme such an outstanding success. We hope that our many visitors have enjoyed this website and the voluminous and detailed information stored here. In any case, the statistics for "www.vt-2004.org" are still impressive, e.g., nearly 10,000 sessions during November 2004 alone. |
VT-2004 News December 28, 2004 : The very comprehensive VT-2004 Photo Archive has been updated and is now in its final form, with more than 600 photos. Two more thematic pages were added. December 16, 2004 : The last "Theme of the Week" has been published. November 7, 2004 : The winners of the Video Contest are known!. You will find who they are on the page of the Venus Transit Experience, a conference that summed up the vast experience gained through this unique programme. November 2, 2004 : Today, ESO Press Release 26/04 has been published. In addition to announcing the results of the VT-2004 Observing Campaign , it contains information about the "Venus Transit Experience" conference that will take place in Paris on November 5-7, 2004, bringing together the main participants in this project from many different European countries. A main aim is to discuss the impact of the project, identifying possible differences from country to country and showing how to share good practices in the future. October 29, 2004 : The full report on the determination of the distance from the Earth to the Sun (the Astronomical Unit) by means of observations of the Venus Transit on June 8, 2004, by more than 2500 groups of observers participating in the VT-2004 Observing Campaign, will appear here on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. October 6, 2004 : After viewing all the many entries received for the VT-2004 Video Contest, an international Jury has selected 10 laureate videos. The list is now available on this page. The laureates will be invited to the VT-2004 Final Event where the Jury will announce the winners of the top prizes. Congratulations to all of them! September 28, 2004 : Please note that because of the work on the Final Report about the VT-2004 programme, photos related to Venus and the transit event cannot be accepted for inclusion into the VT-2004 Photo Archive after October 15, 2004 . September 20, 2004 : The deadline for receiving entries to our Video Contest has passed and we are happy to report that many videos entered the contest. An international Jury has been set-up and will deliberate on the entries in early October. We hope to be able to announce the winners by October 15. Earlier news topics are available in the News Archive Images from the transit may now be found in different places, e.g.:
Videos from the transit are available here - more will be added soon. Images from some of the public events are available here. Additional Themes of the Week can be seen on this page. |
Read More in the 33 VT-2004 Info-Sheets Among the topics covered: About Venus | |


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On Wednesday, I had the morning to myself since the kids were in summer camp. I decided not to work since it was my birthday. Most people would probably take the free morning to get a massage, or a pedicure, or go shopping. I chose the later. But, the shopping mall wasn't calling me. My destination was far from the marble floors and glittering displays. I was headed to the industrial part of town where warehouses and construction equipment rental stores reside. I visited my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
I am always amazed by the things that are donated to the ReStore. When I enter those doors, my mind begins to whirr. Before me are shelves and aisles of discarded items. Each one calling to me to transform him or her from an ugly frog into a beautiful prince or princess. I happen to possess the magical powers to do just that! It starts with the ability to see into the future (well, maybe just a vision of what could be.) Then it takes some concentration and before you know it…bippity boppity boo! There before me stands a beautiful object and no one can guess at its humble beginnings.
I'd like to give you a look at some of the visions I had. Won't you join me on my tour?
First I headed down the furniture aisle. This little knotty pine night stand whispered to me, "Psst, look at my beautiful handles!" She had only been at the ReStore for a few days, so her price was a little steep. But, her drawers were solid and on gliders. Structurally she was solid.
I closed my eyes and when I opened them, I saw this beautiful off white dresser. Freshly painted a crisp white and her handles had a satin black finish. Beautiful!
Then I heard the sounds of water splashing on a classic marble sink. I turned the corner and saw this builder's special white vanity with brand new brushed nickel faucet.
It didn't take much to invision this gentleman with a black tuxedo coating of paint and brushed nickle knobs and handles. At $75, he is a diamond in the rough. The sink set alone would cost that!
But, the best is yet to come. Continuing down the cabinet aisle, I see this poor late 70's kitchen cabinet set. Her handles are charming and exotic. She has some nice curves and pretty lines.
I squint my eyes and begin to see a miraculous transformation! Antique gold handles pop out. Legs grow at her base and a table top sprouts on her head. Oh she will be the belle of the ball as a sideboard in anyone's dining room.
The next cabinet can not be ignored with a $5 price tag. He begs for someone to take him home.
Imagine a built in cabinet and window seat in a dormer window. Fresh white paint and slate blue trim with black handles.
It doesn't take too much imagination to see these old newel posts cut down and fitted onto a plain jane desk to add more curvaceous legs:
Now it's your turn. Imagine these items transforming before you very eyes:
I have a friend who has an old set of lockers by her door. It is her upright family organization center. Each child has a locker and he/she can store shoes, book bag, etc. inside.
I can just see this set of red lacquer cabinets in a retro modern dining room or living room:
A little black paint on the shelves and some feet. Maybe a black marble or granite top?
The ReStore has a large selection of donated lights. Chandeliers twinkle in the light above your head. Envision the shiny gold fading to a beautiful oil rubbed bronze. Another friend shared this link with me detailing such a transformation with Krylon spray paint.
The ReStore staff actually has a display model that someone has transformed into a shiny black chandelier with crystals dripping off her arms.
With an $8 price tag, it is hard to walk away from these beauties. But, I'm seeking something in particular. A new hanging fixture for our foyer.
I find these two potential hanging lights.
At $5 a piece I should bring them both home. But, I decided I prefer the one on the right with his open base and seedy glass. Check out the transformation here!
This glass globe used to be a large exterior hanging light fixture!
Can't you just see it as a cloche in your garden? At $35, her price was a bit steep for me, but maybe she will still be there in a few weeks with a lower price tag. (Update: I went back to buy this exterior light and the second lantern above, but they were both gone. My loss, but hopefully someone else's gain.)
As I gather my treasures (the hanging light, an old rickety ladder, some decorative moulding and a copper wall sconce) I am nearly bowled over by the detail on this solid armoire. At $450, it would be a nice addition in someone's bedroom, but alas our rooms are too small for this towering king.
I hope you enjoyed the tour and check back soon to see the magic I am going to perform on the treasures I bought: copper sconce, decorative moulding, ladder, and hanging lantern.
In the meantime, I have a busy weekend ahead building a built in reading bench with storage in my youngest son's extra closet.


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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lay out a plan today to cut the Pentagon's budget as required by the White House and the Congress. He isn't happy about it and has complained bitterly in the media about hollowing out the military, and he has had help from the top generals in the Department of Defense (DoD) to give him backup.
However, studies that I started years ago show that there are way too many generals for troops, planes and ships and these generals also make sure that their turf and positions are protected. They are costing us far more than their high salaries, retirements and perks; they are using their positions to protect the status quo in the military.
Ironically, they are fighting budget cuts that would take them, in constant dollars, back to 2007 levels of spending. To put that in historic perspective, the DoD budget has nearly doubled since 9/11.
So, how many military brass do we have compared to past years? We have the most ever since World War II. In 1982, when I was running the Project on Military Procurement, one of my sources suggested to me that I do research on how many top officers we had for our troops, planes and ships. My report showed a steady increase since World War II, especially since the number of planes and ships were decreasing due to cost, while the number of generals were increasing. Over the years, my former organization, now known as the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) (for full disclosure, I am on POGO's board of directors and serve as treasurer), has redone the report several times, and the brass continues to grow as we get fewer and fewer weapons. The biggest growth was with three- and four-star generals, which POGO has dubbed "star creep." POGO's Ben Freeman recently testified to the Congress in September on how bad the problem had gotten. From his testimony:
The three- and four-star ranks have increased twice as fast as one- and two-star general and flag officers, three times as fast as the increase in all officers and almost ten times as fast as the increase in enlisted personnel. If you imagine it visually, the shape of U.S. military personnel has shifted from looking like a pyramid to beginning to look more like a skyscraper (i.e. higher ranks having fewer lower ranking personnel under them rather than more)….
On average, there are now approximately 185 fewer enlisted personnel per general in the Air Force and 400 fewer enlisted per admiral in the Navy than there were just ten years ago. Similarly, there are more than 40 fewer officers per general or flag officer in both the Air Force and Navy today than there were in 2001.
But this only begins to scratch the surface of this irregularity. During this same time period the Navy and Air Force cut both enlisted personnel (65,205) and officers (5,369), while the Army and Marines added both enlisted personnel (94,401) and officers (23,108). Thus, the Navy and Air Force added more three- and four-stars even as they cut their forces. Meanwhile, the Army and Marines who presided over a growing force increased their three- and four-star billets at a much slower rate.
There has also been a significant reduction in the number of weapons systems utilized by both the Navy and the Air Force. The Navy now has 32 fewer active ships and the Air Force operates 576 fewer aircraft than they did in 2001. [See footnote 24 here.] If the Navy continues to add admirals as it has throughout the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and reduce the total number of ships in its fleet it will, in the very near future, have more admirals than ships for them to command, as shown in Figure 7. By way of comparison, in 1986 during the Reagan Cold War buildup, there were more than two ships per admiral; when the Vietnam War ended in 1969 there were nearly three ships per admiral; and, when World War II ended there were approximately 130 ships per admiral. [See footnote 25 here.]
Although not on pace with the Air Force and Navy, star creep within the Army and Marines is also apparent. The Army has decreased its number of one-star generals, while increasing its higher ranking generals. Specifically, the Army cut 13 brigadier generals between September 2001 and April 2011, but added 11 major generals, 11 lieutenant generals and two four-star generals. Thus, even within the general and flag officer ranks, it is the higher ranks that are being added while only brigadier generals are being cut. The Marines' story is very similar: five brigadier generals were cut during this time period, seven major generals were added and four lieutenant generals were added. Since September 2001, three- and four-star officers in the Army and Marines have increased by 25 and 24 percent, respectively.
So, we are continuing to add three- and four-star generals while our planes and ships shrink. The Pentagon doesn't want to lose these weapons, but it has allowed the prices of these weapons to go out of control. This irony will only get worse if the Pentagon continues to overprice their weapons while increasing their top brass. My column on what to do about the disastrous pricing of weapons shows that this trend will continue unless the Pentagon changes the basis of pricing weapons. Previews of Secretary Panetta's plans suggest that he is planning to retire or eliminate more weapon systems.
Former Secretary Robert Gates had his representatives at the hearing promise that there would be a planned cut in the number of military brass. However, when Secretary Panetta took over, these plans were laid aside as the number of brass actually increased and the reforms were sabotaged. POGO's blog piece by Ben Freeman shows how plans to cut the generals were sabotaged, even as they were telling the Congress that they are fixing the problem:
My fellow witnesses at the hearing – several generals and admirals as well as former Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley – assured the concerned Committee that they had everything under control. They cited Gates' Efficiency Initiatives, which purportedly eliminate 102 general and flag officer positions, as evidence of the DoD's commitment to combating Star Creep. Stanley confirmed to Chairman Jim Webb (D-VA) that Gates' successor – Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta – supported these efforts and, "has accepted the policies and the things put in place by his predecessor." (Stanley tendered his notice of resignation in late October.)
What Senator Webb and I did not know at the time – and perhaps Stanley did – was that Gates' initiative to cut general and flag officers had already come to a screeching halt. Data that were released recently on the DoD personnel office's website tell the tale …
When POGO began its analysis of Star Creep, the most recent data available to the public were from April 2011. Thus, when I presented Chairman Webb our recommendation that Secretary Panetta work to fully enact Gates' Efficiency Initiatives to combat Star Creep and heard the other witnesses declare their support for the initiatives, I had no way of knowing that the DoD had already completely reversed course on Gates' efforts.
Seventeen general and flag officers were scheduled to be eliminated between May and September through Gates' Efficiency Initiatives. But the DoD didn't reduce its top brass at all. Instead, six generals were added from May to September, increasing the number of general and flag officers from 964 to 970. Moreover, from July 1, 2011 – Panetta's first day as Secretary of Defense – to September 30, the Pentagon added three four-star officers. Coincidentally, this is precisely the number of four-star officers Gates cut during his final year as SecDef, from June 2010 to the end of June 2011. Thus, in just three months, Panetta undid a year's worth of Gates' attempts to cut the Pentagon's very top brass. It's doubtful that Gates would consider Panetta's current rate of adding a new four-star officer every month conducive to efficiency.
One of these new four-star officers is Admiral Mark Ferguson, who became vice chief of naval operations and consequently a four-star admiral less than a month before he testified at Senator Webb's hearing. Ironically, this beneficiary of Star Creep wrote in his prepared statement that the "Navy supports these efficiency actions and anticipates additional review to reduce or merge flag officer positions." At the hearing he expanded upon this, stating that "We [the Navy] remain absolutely committed to create a more agile, flexible and effective flag officer staff structure." Apparently, this support and commitment to flag officer efficiencies includes adding admirals.
In his testimony, Freeman also talked about how much these three- and four-star generals cost in salary, housing, retirement etc. While that is important, I am much more concerned about how much this bloated officer corps, especially the top brass, is costing us in their influence and the need for each one of them to have a large staff below them to do less and less work. Their large presence makes it much harder to reform the Pentagon.
I have attended many DoD hearings on Capitol Hill over the years and it has always been darkly humorous to me how the top brass arrive to testify. If the hearing was about a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on problems of a specific weapon system, the GAO officials, usually about two to three of them, would arrive without fanfare. But when the four-star general would arrive to testify, there would be a great flurry of activity as he walked in the room with several three-star generals, three to four one- and two-star generals and a flurry of lower officers scurrying ahead to set up the presentation and charts. They used to take up the whole first and some of the second row behind the witness table with lots of charts and graphs shuffling around as the great man sat down. It was known on the Hill as the flotilla, and it was actually sad to see full-bird colonels masquerading as chart bunnies for the four star.
As silly as it seemed to many of us in the room, it had an effect on the members of Congress. While most of the members from both parties were always happy to horsewhip top officials, including Cabinet members from other government departments, they have, for the most part, seemed hesitant if not reluctant to submit a three- or four-star general to the same treatment. The generals know how to speak Pentagonese ("We are working the problem on a time multiplex basis"), which makes it sound like they have everything under control while the flotilla behind them shuffle ersatz, complex information up to the general to further confuse and intimidate the members of Congress. Even when a member of Congress pushes back, they are probably wondering how this might look on C-SPAN back in their districts and usually don't bore down to the real information. Nobody wants to be seen beating up on a distinguished top officer in uniform, even if, in reality, he is just another obfuscating bureaucrat under those stars on his shoulders. This allows the DoD to get away with more fraud than other agencies.
After these high-ranking generals retire with generous pensions, many of them still seek out lucrative jobs with defense contractors, either as employees or as consultants. This is furthering the corruption of the weapons procurement budget as they work to subtly influence the military brass who used to be at a rank lower than them. Generals don't really retire and separate from the service; they are considered in retired status and can be called back. This is disastrous for the troops below these generals and breeds a cynicism to any of the honest officers below them and encourages others to follow in their footsteps.
In a past column, I suggest some rather strong solutions for retired military generals. To help solve the problem of this undue influence and resistance to desperately needed military reform, I would suggest the president should send a strong message to Secretary Panetta to cut the generals that Secretary Gates suggested and then prepare for more and more cuts, especially at the three- and four-star level. One of the ways to do that is to look at the jobs these three and four stars are doing and buck those jobs down to lower officers, even down to a colonel level so that these huge flotillas can be eliminated without hurting any mission. Many true warriors dread serving a post in the Pentagon because they know that, despite their officer rank, they could be in charge of holding the general's coat. We need to get our military back to doing military things and decrease these star ranks and all they currently represent in the system.
Secretary Gates saw this problem and commented on it in his August 2010 briefing on reforming the Pentagon:
… we have also seen an acceleration of what Senator John Glenn more than 20 years ago called "brass creep," a situation where personnel of higher and higher rank are assigned to do things that could reasonably be handled by personnel of lower rank.
In some cases, this creep is fueled by the desire to increase bureaucratic clout or prestige of a particular service, function or region, rather than reflecting the scope and duties of the job itself. And in a post-9/11 era, when more and more responsibility, including decisions with strategic consequences, is being exercised by more junior officers in theater, the defense department continues to maintain a top-heavy hierarchy that more reflects 20th-century protocols than 21st-century realities.
For example, unlike most other commands, four-star service component headquarters remain in Europe, long after the end of the Cold War and long after the vast majority of their fighting forces have departed.
We need to create a system of fewer, flatter and more agile and responsive structures, where reductions in rank at the top create a virtuous cascading downward and outward. In addition to the number of senior positions, there is also the question of their allocation and whether our distribution of rank by geography or function reflects the mission – missions and realities our military faces today.
Therefore, I am directing a freeze at FY '10 levels on the number of senior civilian – of civilian senior executive, general and flag-officer and PAS positions. Furthermore, a senior task force will assess the number and location of senior positions, be they old or new vintage, as well as the overhead and accoutrements that go with them. I expect the results of this effort by November 1st.
At a minimum, I expect this effort to recommend cutting at least 50 general and flag-officer positions and 150 senior civilian executive positions over the next two years.
Secretary Gates laid out the framework to begin to fix this problem. Now, President Obama needs to tell Secretary Panetta to reverse his position and get on with it.
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Middle Kingdom (China) and Artistic Impact on Japan: Xia Gui and Ma Yuan
Lee Jay Walker
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The Japanese artist Tensho Shubun was inspired by an array of areas related to China. In the realm of art then this notably applies to Xia Gui and Ma Yuan. Other notable areas relate to Confucianism and the natural flows of various Buddhist schools of thought that united many powerful cultural traits in this period of history. Therefore, the world of Tensho Shubun was blessed by the richness of Chinese culture and this is clearly apparent when viewing his art.
Tensho Shubun was born in the late fourteenth century and died in the fifteenth century. However, despite the distance of time, Tensho Shubun focused on two classical artists from China. This applies to Xia Gui and Ma Yuan who both perished in the earlier part of the thirteenth century.
Chinese Art, philosophy, and culture equally blessed the amazing cultural cities of Nara and Kyoto in Japan. At the same time, the indigenous faith and mythology of Shintoism – and variances of Buddhism in Japan – meant that fusions were inevitable in the land of the rising sun.
Naturally, many aspects of Chinese culture were incorporated and altered to suit regional dynamics in cities like Nara and Kyoto. At the same time, powerful Buddhist preachers from Japan visited China and clearly the cultural benefits went both ways in the area of high culture. Despite this, the preeminence of the Middle Kingdom (China) can't be disputed in this period of history. Therefore, Japan gained greatly from the greatness of the Middle Kingdom and the same applies to many other societies within the geopolitical realm of China.
Given this reality, Tensho Shubun was inspired by Xia Gui and Ma Yuan who belong to the Song Dynasty. Indeed, Xia Gui and Ma Yuan were given the name of the Ma-Xia school of painting. Within China, the Zhe School equally admired both artists and obviously the same applies to many other Chinese and Japanese artists. However, in time Song artists like Xia Gui fell out of favor based on internal factors related to power mechanisms.
Despite this, powerful Japanese artists like Sesshu Toyo and Tensho Shubun kept the power of Xia Gui and Ma Yuan alive. In other words, the high culture of Japan initiated fusions and incorporated new ideas in relation to Xia Gui and Ma Yuan. Therefore, despite many Song Dynasty artists falling out of favor in the Middle Kingdom, the same did not apply to powerful Japanese artists who valued the rich traditions of artists like Xia Gui and Ma Yuan.
In another article about Tensho Shubun, I comment "It is known that Tensho Shubun was born in the province of Omi in the late 14th century and died in the middle of the following century. Not surprisingly, the richness of Japanese Zen Buddhism and the splendor of Kyoto and Nara in Japan played a powerful role within his art. Likewise, the power of China that inspired Japan in this period of history certainly emboldened Tensho Shubun. Therefore, it is widely credited to Tensho Shubun that he is the founding father of bringing suiboku ink painting to the fore in Japan based on the rich style of China where this form emanates."
I further state "Alongside Tensho Shubun being inspired by suiboku ink painting emanating from China he also adored Chinese landscape artists including Xia Gui and Ma Yuan. The influence of China was enormous even if many individual Japanese traits would emerge based on different cultural concepts. Indeed, Taiko Josetsu was an immigrant from China and many Japanese artists in this period adored the richness of paintings from the Song Dynasty in China."
Overall, artists like Tensho Shubun gained enormously from pristine Song Dynasty artists including Xia Gui and Ma Yuan. At the same time, Confucianism and Taoism impacted on Japan to varying degrees. Similarly, Buddhism enabled China, Korea, and Japan to interact at levels that befitted all societies even if many different Buddhist thought patterns and schools existed. Therefore, the richness of Chinese art that can be witnessed in the surviving works by Xia Gui and Ma Yuan enabled Tensho Shubun to reach new artistic heights.
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And here are the results of the evening:
- 20 hackers (including two project leads)
- 6 hours of hacking
- 24 bottles of beer drunk
- 6 pizzas eaten
- Half of an Eclipse 10 year birthday cake eaten
- 3 Eclipse-based projects worked on: Mylyn, AJDT, and Groovy-Eclipse
- 12 bugs worked on
- 3 patches submitted
- 2 more patches in process
- Fun had by all
It was encouraging to see the dedication of all the hackers. We will definitely be hosting another one soon. However, we did learn a few things about organizing hackathons that we will do differently next time:
- Make it easy for hackers to set up their dev environments. Put up instructions a few days before so hackers can get ready before the hackathon and they don't have to spend 90 minutes setting up before starting.
- Internet connections can be unreliable and slow. Have USB sticks available with Eclipse SDK tarballs for different environments. Also, have some workspaces set up with the source code of the projects checked out.
- Try to have more projects and more project leads available. This time, we only had three projects and two project leads, but more variety would have been nicer. We were originally expecting more leads to show up, but they had to cancel.
- Have a very concise list of bugs for hackers to work on. Be very specific about how to get started working on them.
Also, a huge thanks to the other co-organizers of this event Ducky Sherwood and Zoe Jong from Tasktop Technologies.
If you want to organize a hackathon in your area, drop me a line and I can help you get started. It is a fun time.


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I love this story, Roxane. Thank you for sending it to me. I have received many compliments on it that you aren't even aware of. It raised the bar early on at LITSNACK, and I appreciate that. Thanks.
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I love this story, Roxane. Thank you for sending it to me. I have received many compliments on it that you aren't even aware of. It raised the bar early on at LITSNACK, and I appreciate that. Thanks.
I am the third of three boys. My aunt had three girls. Each of them was incredibly close with their father. I never understood the uber-close bond some women have with their dads. This piece speaks to that in such a visceral way. I like how the bond is unconditional and how how she supports him regardless if he's been a shit or not.
I enjoyed reading this on a number of levels, fine writing, clean emotional balance, and incredibly tough and touching at the same time. I was reminded of passages in my own family. Thank you.
There is so much determination and a painful love in this story without really mentioning the emotions at all. Beautifully written and in the telling of details that tell more than themselves. Perfect ending--knowing exactly where to stop the telling and let the reader carry the story from there. Nice.
ditto to all of the above. In particular, I'm struck by the pacing and how the sentence structure varies depending on detail and action. Felt very satisfying, this combination in tandum with the overall tone.
Nice, Roxane. And so liltingly sad. I like the ending and the implications in this piece. Always enjoy your work! All warmest, xo! H
The title is great and represents, perhaps, the future present for the girl in the narrative. It suggests that the girl not only discovers how to live in a spider tangle with her mother and romance with her father. She grows up feeling wanted by men and in an emotional way. So yeah.
Thanks so much for your kind and thoughtful words about this story, all. I enjoyed writing it (which I always say but is also always true).
Yes, in addition to all the praise above, I especially enjoyed the pacing.
Great writing, Roxane. The imperfection of all the characters is framed so well against a very stark arc of the story here. Enjoyed this a lot.
wonderful, roxane. i also especially appreciate ann's coment. modern oedipus, but not as modern as to be empty. the line "my mother acted like those fries were something more than they were." is a fav line of mine-reflection of the daughter in the mother, which is important because a mother can only be sacrificed entirely at the expense of a daughter.
what a wonderful piece, Roxane, Unconditional love made more powerful by being secretive. The last sentence was particularly poignant and heartfelt. I loved it.
a heart-tugger. the title works so well with this story. this girl is fiesty, i really like her spirit. the details you use are perfect. the trailer park was so real i felt i was right there with her. very well done!
I really like this. I think most of us can relate to this story, even if our particular life stories have their own distinctive details. I like the snapshot of the day Father left, the way it was distorted by the mother, the way the daughter held on to that memory for so many years. Very poignant and well done, Roxane. It rings a personal bell. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous story, Roxane. Loved it the first time in LITSNACK and even more now. "and she smelled like sex, or what I imagined sex smelled like," so perfect for the age of the protag. ""\I knew my girl would come," he said. "I just knew it."
= heartbreaking. Great stuff.
Thanks so much for reading, Bonnie. You picked up on one of my favorite lines, the father saying he knew his girl would come. I appreciate your kind words.
I really like the character, her love for her father, her toughness. A character to like, a story to love.
Glad to hear the story meant something to you, Alex. Thanks, Chris! Always appreciate hearing what folks think about my stories.
This is a perfect story to me Roxane. The impressions it leaves...thank you for sharing this.


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Black community and political leaders are calling on President Donald Trump to at least change the date of an Oklahoma rally kick-starting his return to public campaigning, saying that holding the event on Juneteenth, the day that marks the end of slavery in America, is a "slap in the face."
Trump campaign officials discussed in advance the possible reaction to the Juneteenth date, but there are no plans to change it despite fierce blowback.
California Sen. Kamala Harris and Tulsa civic officials were among the black leaders who said it was offensive for Trump to pick that day — June 19 — and that place — Tulsa, an Oklahoma city that in 1921 was the site of a fiery and orchestrated white-on-black attack.
"This isn't just a wink to white supremacists — he's throwing them a welcome home party," Harris, a leading contender to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate, tweeted of Trump's rally plans.
"To choose the date, to come to Tulsa, is totally disrespectful and a slap in the face to even happen," said Sherry Gamble Smith, president of Tulsa's Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce, an organization named after the prosperous black community that white Oklahomans burned down in the 1921 attack.
At a minimum, Gamble Smith said, the campaign should "change it to Saturday the 20th, if they're going to have it."
Trump announced the rally plan Wednesday afternoon. It comes as his harsh law-and-order stance appears to fall increasingly out of sync with a growing concern over police abuse of African Americans after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Trump campaign officials defended the rally.
"As the party of Lincoln, Republicans are proud of the history of Juneteenth," said Katrina Pierson, senior adviser to the Trump campaign. "President Trump has built a record of success for Black Americans, including unprecedented low unemployment prior to the global pandemic, all-time high funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and criminal justice reform."
The Trump campaign was aware in advance that the date for the president's return to rallies was Juneteenth, according to two campaign officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly about internal discussions and spoke on condition of anonymity.
When the date was discussed, it was noted that Biden had held a fundraiser a year ago on Juneteenth. Although choosing June 19 was not meant to be incendiary, some blowback was expected, the officials said. But the campaign was caught off guard by the intensity, particularly when some linked the selection to the 1921 massacre.
Scheduling the highly anticipated comeback rally in Oklahoma, a state Trump won easily in 2016, raised eyebrows.
The campaign picked Tulsa's BOK Center, with a listed seat capacity of 19,199. The arena's Facebook page shows organizers calling off shows there by country singer Alan Jackson and other performers into mid-July, citing the coronavirus pandemic.
Arena marketing director Meghan Blood said Thursday that she didn't know yet about any plans for social distancing or other coronavirus precautions for Trump's rally, which would be one of the larger public gatherings in the U.S. at this stage of the outbreak.
Campaign officials said safety decisions would be made in coordination with local authorities. A disclaimer on the ticket registration website said attendees voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold the campaign liable for any illness.
The campaign officials said the Trump campaign picked Oklahoma because arrangements could be made quickly, for a variety of reasons: Oklahoma has a Republican, Trump-friendly governor; the state is not seeing huge numbers of coronavirus cases; and the arena was "turn-key" and could easily be opened for the rally. Moreover, the rally will be held up the turnpike from a district held by Rep. Kendra Horn, one of the Democrats the GOP feels is vulnerable this fall.
Campaign officials also wanted to hold the rally where they could all but guarantee a big crowd despite coronavirus concerns, according to the officials. Oklahoma is one of the most Republican states in the nation and Trump has not held a rally there as president, so it will likely deliver an enthusiastic audience eager to see him, the officials believed.
Tulsa, an oil center along the Arkansas River, has had its own marches, viral videos and troublesome police actions during this month's unrest.
On Tuesday, Tulsa police released video and said they were investigating officers who handcuffed and arrested two black teenagers for jaywalking. Video of the June 4 incident showed officers pinned one of the two unidentified teens stomach-down on the ground.
"Get off me! I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" one teen shouts in the police video.
"You can breathe just fine," the officer replies.
On Monday, a Tulsa police major played down police shootings of African Americans nationally by telling a radio show that statistically, "we're shooting African Americans about 24% less than we probably ought to be, based on the crimes being committed."
And on Wednesday, the same day Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum welcomed news of Trump's rally pick as evidence of the city's progress against COVID-19, Bynum apologized for remarks about a 2016 police killing of a black man. Bynum had said the killing was "more about the really insidious nature of drug utilization than it is about race."
Nationally, as research brings to light more about the 1921 massacre, Tulsa increasingly is associated with the rampage in which white Tulsans razed a thriving black business community, killing as many as 300 people. Long dismissed by generations of white Tulsans as a race "riot," the May 31-June 1 events were marked this year by community memorials.
Oklahoma's black Democratic Party chairwoman also condemned Trump's rally plan. "A day set aside to commemorate the freedom of enslaved people must not be marred by the words or actions of a racist president," Alicia Andrews said.
Community groups had earlier canceled a main Tulsa Juneteenth celebration because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Some black Tulsans said they planned to turn out for public protests of Trump on that day. "There's definitely going to be demonstrating," Gamble Smith said.


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Reddiplex Group Privacy Notice
The Reddiplex Group comprises Reddiplex Group Ltd and its subsidiaries (Reddiplex Ltd, Pyroplex Ltd, Reddiseals Ltd, Plex Display Ltd (all in the UK and registered at companies house) and Reddiplex Asia Ltd (a company registered in Hong Kong)). We take your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Notice, together with our Customer Terms and Conditions and any other documents referred to in this privacy policy, are intended to set out your rights and answer any queries you may have about your personal data. If you need more information, please contact:
- Reddiplex Group Ltd – email@example.com
- Reddiplex Ltd – firstname.lastname@example.com
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- Via telephone on +44(0)1905 795432
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Our personal information handling policy and procedures have been developed in line with the requirements of the 1995 European Union Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC) and the General Data Protection Regulation (in force from 25 May 2018) and applicable national law.
1. What information do we collect?
We collect and process personal data about you when you interact with us and when you purchase goods and services from us. The personal data we process includes:
- your name;
- your username and encrypted password;
- your (delivery, billing, home, or work) addresses, email addresses and phone numbers;
- your job title;
- information related to the browser or device or operating system you use to access our websites;
- and/or any other information you provide;
- we will also process but not retain your credit card details, where you make purchases from us.
We do not knowingly collect information from or direct any of our content specifically to children under 16. If we learn or have reason to suspect that you are a user who is under the age of 16, we will unfortunately have to close your account. Please see our Customer Terms & Conditions for information about account termination.
2. How do we use this information and what is the legal basis for this use?
We process the personal data listed in paragraph 1 above for the following purposes:
- as required to establish and fulfill a contract with you, for example, if you make a purchase from us or enter into an agreement to provide or receive services. This may include verifying your identity, taking payments, communicating with you, providing customer services and arranging the delivery or other provision of products or services. We require this information in order to enter into a contract with you and are unable to do so without it;
- to comply with applicable law and regulation;
- in accordance with our legitimate interests in protecting Reddiplex Group's legitimate business interests and legal rights, including but not limited to, use in connection with legal claims, compliance, regulatory and investigative purposes (including disclosure of such information in connection with legal process or litigation);
- with your express consent to respond to any comments or complaints we may receive from you, and/or in accordance with our legitimate interests including to investigate any complaints received from you or from others, about our websites, or our products or services;
- we may use information you provide to personalise (i) our communications to you; (ii) our websites; and (iii) products or services for you, in accordance with our legitimate interests;
- to monitor use of our websites and online services. We may use your information to help us check, improve and protect our products, content, services and websites, both online and offline, in accordance with our legitimate interests;
- if you provide a credit or debit card, we may also use third parties (such as POS payment providers) to check the validity of the sort code, account number and card number you submit to process a payment, in order to prevent fraud, in accordance with our legitimate interests and those of third parties;
- we may monitor any customer account to prevent, investigate and/or report fraud, terrorism, misrepresentation, security incidents or crime, in accordance with applicable law and our legitimate interests;
- in circumstances where you contact us by telephone, calls may be independently overheard for quality, training and security purposes, in accordance with our legitimate interests; and
- we may use your information to invite you to take part in market research or surveys.
- we may also send you direct marketing information about other goods and services we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or enquired about. Electronic direct marketing will only be sent where you have given your consent to receive it, or (where this is allowed) you have been given an opportunity to opt-out. You will continue to be able to opt-out of electronic direct marketing at any time by following the instructions in the relevant communication.
3. With whom and where will we share your personal data?
- we may share your personal data with our subsidiaries to process it for the purposes of inter-group administration and to deliver products or services where elements of these are provided by group companies other than those with which you have directly contracted.
- any data you share with us may be transferred outside the European Economic Area for use by the Reddiplex Group and its affiliates for any of the purposes described herein. Because the Reddiplex Group operates globally, we may make information we gather available to worldwide business units and affiliates and by providing any data to us, you hereby expressly consent to such transfers.
We may also share your personal data with specific third parties:
- our professional advisors, including our auditors and external legal and financial advisors;
- marketing and communications agencies, where they have agreed to process your personal data in line with this Privacy Notice;
- our suppliers, business partners and sub-contractors;
- search engine and web analytics providers;
- credit reference agencies.
We follow strict guidelines in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access. We comply with the laws of the countries from which we operate. Personal data may be shared with government authorities and/or law enforcement officials if required for the purposes above, if mandated by law or if needed for the legal protection of our legitimate interests in compliance with applicable laws. Personal data may also be shared with third party service providers who will process it on behalf of Reddiplex Group for the purposes above.
We will exchange personal information, where necessary to support a credit account application, with credit reference agencies who will perform credit checks based on the information provided and Reddiplex Group will receive information back in return. The privacy policies of our credit reference agents can be found at:
- Dun and Bradstreet Ltd – dnb.co.uk/utility-pages/privacy-policy.html
- Euler Hermes Services UK Ltd – http://www.eulerhermes.co.uk/Pages/Cookies.aspx
Our website may contain links to and from third party websites of our partners, networks, advertisers and affiliate. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices or content of these websites.
In the event that our business or any part of it is sold or integrated with another business, your details will be disclosed to our advisers and those of any prospective purchaser and will be passed to the new owners of the business.
4. How long will you keep my personal data?
We will not keep your personal information for any purpose for longer than is necessary and will only retain the personal information that is necessary in relation to the purpose. We are also required to retain certain information as required by law or for as long as is reasonably necessary to meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our Customer Terms and Conditions.
Where you are a customer, we will keep your information for the length of any contractual relationship you have with us and after that for a period of 7 years. This will include customer services queries.
Where you are a prospective customer and you have expressly consented to us contacting you, we will only retain your data (a) until you unsubscribe from our communications; or, if you have not unsubscribed, (b) while you interact with us and our content; or (c) for 7 years from when you last interacted with us or our content.
We will retain your data for a short time beyond the specified retention period, to allow for information to be reviewed and any deletion to take place. In some instances, laws may require Reddiplex Group to hold certain information for specific periods other than those listed above.
5. Where is my data stored?
The Internet is a global environment. In order to operate our businesses effectively, we may need to transfer User Data to, or store such User Data in locations outside the jurisdiction in which a visitor is viewing the Site (the User Jurisdiction) and process User Data outside the User Jurisdiction. If the User Jurisdiction is within the European Economic Area (the EEA), please note that such transfers and processing of personal data may be in locations outside the EEA. The level of data protection offered in such jurisdictions may be less than that offered within the User Jurisdiction or (as the case may be) within the EEA. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers, in which case the third country's data protection laws will have been approved as adequate by the European Commission or other applicable safeguards are in place. For further information please contact us, via the details above.
By continuing to use the Site and by providing any personal data (including sensitive personal data) to us via the Site or email addresses provided on the Site, visitors are consenting to such transfers, if they are in accordance with the purposes set out above. Please do not send us any personal data if you do not consent to the transfer of this information to locations outside the User Jurisdiction, including, if applicable, outside the EEA.
6. What are my rights in relation to my personal data?
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by not checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data, clicking the unsubscribe link on any marketing email communication we have sent to you or by contacting us using the methods noted above.
Where you have consented to us using your personal data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
If the information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you can notify us and ask us to correct or supplement it.
You also have the right, with some exceptions and qualifications, to ask us to provide a copy of any personal data we hold about you. To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you account access or making corrections to your information. Where this involves enabling you direct access, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Where you have provided your data to us and it is processed by automated means, you may be able to request that we provide it to you in a structured, machine readable format.
If you have a complaint about how we have handled your personal data, you may be able to ask us to restrict how we use your personal data while your complaint is resolved. In some circumstances you can ask us to erase your personal data (a) by withdrawing your consent for us to use it; (b) if it is no longer necessary for us to use your personal data; (c) if you object to the use of your personal data and we don't have a good reason to continue to use it; or (d) if we haven't handled your personal data in accordance with our obligations.
7. Where can I find more information about Reddiplex Group's handling of my data?
The Reddiplex Group uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. we cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to the Reddiplex Group and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, Reddiplex Group makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If the Reddiplex Group learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. We may post a website notice if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written notice of a security breach you should notify us using the contact methods shown above.
Should you have any further queries regarding this Privacy Notice, about Reddiplex Group's processing of your personal data or wish to exercise your rights you can contact us using the contact methods shown above. If you are not happy with our response, or you are seeking further information about your privacy rights, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at https://ico.org.uk/
8. Changes To This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time and any amended Privacy Policy will be posted on our websites and notified to you by email, where appropriate. This Privacy Policy was last issued in 15th May 2018 and replaces any other Privacy Policy previously applicable from this date.


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Women's volleyball splits against Rustlers on the road
After pulling out an exciting win in five sets on Friday, Briercrest was unable to grasp another victory on Saturday against the Lakeland Rustlers, losing to them in four.
Briercrest won Friday's match 3-2 (24-26, 25-17, 18-25, 25-20, 15-8).
Though both teams consisted of strong attackers, Briercrest dominated the game offensively, outhitting Lakeland by 20 kills for the match.
Player of the Game was Elly Wendel with one service ace, 15 digs, a team high of 21 kills, and three stuff blocks.
Briercrest lost Saturday's match 3-1 (28-26, 25-12, 19-25, 25-22).
Starting off the first set with a tight battle, Lakeland took control of the game with smart attacks and strong defence, leading them to a win over Briercrest.
Player of the Game was Erin Anderson with six kills, two digs, one block, and a 3.0 passing percentage.
Briercrest returns home next weekend, November 22-23, 2013, to battle against the second place Grand Prairie Wolves in the Hangar.
Games will be streamed online at Sportscanada.tv and the Briercrest Volleyball facebook page.


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Democrats in the U.S. Senate this week introduced a bill that would ban the marketing of electronic cigarettes to minors. "We cannot risk undoing decades of progress in reducing youth smoking by allowing e-cigarette makers to target our kids," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., one of the bill's co-sponsors.
E-cigarettes are a burgeoning trend and growing share of the $40 billion U.S. tobacco market. Virtually unknown five years ago, e-cigarette sales could reach $1.5 billion this year, according to industry groups.
Unlike traditional cigarettes, which burn processed tobacco leaves, e-cigarette users inhale and exhale a nicotine-laced vapor. Critics say fruit- or candy-flavored vapors are designed to appeal to kids.
Should the government regulate or even ban e-cigarettes to protect kids? Ben Boychuk and Joel Mathis, the RedBlueAmerica columnists, weigh in.
BEN BOYCHUK Tobacco use – any kind of tobacco use – brings out the Puritan in people who might otherwise espouse a live-and-let-live, "keep-your-laws-off-my-body" philosophy.
For a certain type of busybody, if it looks like a cigarette, smells like a cigarette, tastes like a cigarette, then it must be a cigarette – and therefore it's rotten, no good, probably deadly, and in desperate demand of government regulation as soon as possible. A half-century of public education warning Americans against smoking's dangers is bound to do that.
Without question, cigarette smoking is bad for your health. You shouldn't smoke – even though, despite all of those anti-smoking campaigns, public bans and high taxes, about 18 percent of American adults still smoke.
Fact is, e-cigarettes sort of resemble old-fashioned cigarettes. But they don't taste like cigarettes – in fact, many former smokers who have turned to e-cigs as a way to help kick their nasty old habit quickly realize that traditional cigarettes taste terrible.
And e-cigarettes don't smell like cigarettes, either. Vapor isn't smoke. E-cigarettes don't produce the same nasty byproducts as cigarettes, such as tar. What little research we have suggests e-cigarettes might emit trace amounts of bad stuff – hardly a cause for panic.
But the anti-smoking movement has too much invested to let a new vice that looks like a despised old one gain too much ground.
Several cities and states have already passed bans on "vaping" in the strange belief that old regulations are good enough for new technology. Now Senate Democrats would summon the ghost of Joe Camel to argue that e-cigarettes are just a high-tech version of the same old cancer sticks, using "the children" once again as human shields for their policy preferences.
Although e-cigarette makers don't market the devices as a way to quit smoking, that's how many "vapers" use them. One unintended consequence of regulating e-cigarettes the same as traditional cigarettes may be to discourage people from quitting the more dangerous habit.
Politicians are always in a rush to "do something." But a little less hyperbole, and a great deal more evidence, would do this debate a world of good.
JOEL MATHIS Have e-cigarettes demonstrated enough harm to invite regulation? Probably not yet – the science, as they say, isn't there yet. From that standpoint, anti-smoking advocates and legislators would be wise to keep their powder dry instead of launching a crusade right away.
But there's an ancient principle that suggests e-cigs are deserving, at the very least, of some regulatory scrutiny: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. And e-cigarettes – which are designed to emulate the look and feel of regular cigarettes, right down to the glowing battery-powered tips – sure do quack like a duck, don't they? What's more, they even do a duck's job. (OK, enough of that metaphor.) A cigarette's function, after all, is to deliver a dose of sweet, stimulating nicotine to the smoker's bloodstream – which is exactly the same function of the vapor hits produced by e-cigs.
Now the vapor is probably an improvement over smoke, which contains all kinds of cancerous, unhealthy chemicals. Then again: Nicotine tends to be extremely addictive. Authorities quite rightly take a dim view of any product whose primary purpose is to create a bodily craving to use the product again and again. From that standpoint, the need for regulation starts to look compelling.
The case may become more compelling when you consider this: E-cig critics see the devices as toy versions of the real thing – and thus a gateway drug to real cigarettes. Critics will scoff, but it wouldn't be the first time the tobacco industry has taken a back door to wooing new, younger customers: American society was once awash in candy cigarettes and Joe Camel cartoons designed to lure youngsters into a lifetime of smoking.
Anti-tobacco advocates have been, perhaps, too quick to threaten regulations and possible bans against e-cigarettes. It's tough to blame them, however. Cigarettes have killed millions of Americans. Better to stop the next needless holocaust in its tracks, before it gets started.
Ben Boychuk is associate editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal. Joel Mathis is associate editor for Philadelphia Magazine.


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