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Canada's Sea King helicopters mark their fiftieth anniversary today. For the Sea King community, there is much cause for celebration- today marks fifty years of developing and maintaining a remarkable set of skills, both in anti-submarine warfare and in everything that it takes to operate a fairly heavy helicopter from tiny frigate and destroyer decks. On the other hand, the heroism of the last couple of decades has been in keeping the ageing machines airworthy at all amidst a series of accidents. The replacement, notionally Sikorsky's CH-148 Cyclone, is years late and far from seeing active service.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Leadership Video
Retired US Navy Captain Michael Abrashoff, in his book It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, describes how he got command of a ship which was just about on the verge of mutiny because of its previous commander's poor leadership. Abrashoff turned this around through a number of means, one of the most important being to reward the crew for good suggestions, a policy which ultimately made the ship the most efficient in the Navy. Beyond that, he gave them a sense of purpose, of importance and responsibility.
In the News
The perhaps inaptly-named Global Force 2012/2013 reports on the operational readiness of a Royal Navy that has been rapidly shedding key elements of its expeditionary capability for several years. Nevertheless, for anyone interested in the state of key Royal Navy capital programs, this is an essential and fairly comprehensive source.
Russia's massive Eastern exercise concluded last week, the final numbers are out, and a number of key problems ranging from technical difficulties to marksmanship have emerged. Just what the exercise was preparing for remains a mystery.
Indian Think Tank IDSA writes with understandable concern about the rise of both Chinese and Japanese nationalism and its implications for the region.
The US Air Force is diversifying its basing options and increasing its presence around China's periphery. Given that a RAND Corporation report (later disavowed by the company despite being impeccably reasoned) several years ago showed that the US would lose an air war with China over Taiwan even in perfect conditions, partly due to limited basing options, this is a reasonable move. Japan may also be feeling the heat from a PLAAF that is approaching parity in quality of equipment and already outnumbers the Air Self Defense Force by a considerable margin. On the other hand, the risk of provoking an arms race in a region that has so far avoided anything that could justifiably use that label should be taken seriously.
A prison break in Pakistan frees 248 Taliban– bad news for a country in which some regions are at the mercy of jihadist groups, and a further bad sign for Afghanistan, which waits for the final withdrawals of Western forces with understandable apprehension.
Sequestration, Star Inflation and the Modern Military
While passing a DoD spending bill that would allow the sequestration-beleaguered Pentagon to fund such key programs as ten new Arleigh Burke class destroyers, new Virginia class submarines and the Joint Strike Fighter, the Senate subcommittee sharply limited the money that would put toward ramping up F-35 production in FY 2015. According to the chairman, "Aggressive overlap in designing, testing and procuring this aircraft earlier in its history got us into serious trouble, and this committee is eager to avoid a repeat of these problems." Wisdom, they say, is a resource that becomes available after you need it.
Sequestration has also apparently given the Senate the gumption to take on some of the more ridiculous manifestations of Pentagon extravagance, in this case, star inflation. "According to a recent analysis, the US military is 30 percent smaller than it was at the end of the Cold War, but it has almost 20 percent more three- and four-star officers," in the words of the Chairman. Funding for these positions has been reduced by $8 billion.
The Project On Government Oversight published a paper on officer inflation back in 1998 that is still worth the read- because nothing has changed, at least for the better. To quote:
"In 1945, the number of Army generals per active Army division was 14. In 1986, at the height of the Cold War, the army had 24 generals per division. Now, as we face no major threat, there are 30 generals per division. At the end of WWII there were 130 Navy ships per admiral. In 1986, at the height of the Cold War, there were 2.2 ships per admiral. Now, as we face no major threat, there is an average of only 1.6 ships per admiral."
A more recent (2011) report from POGO highlights that even during the decade of the Iraq and Afghan wars, the percentage increase in enlisted personnel was the smallest of any rank category (under 5%), while 3 and 4 star flag officers experienced a nearly 25% increase.
The costs of star creep continue well beyond the retirement of the officers, as well.
Of course, the United States is not alone in this regard- Canada, with a force smaller than the US Marine Corps, had around one general or admiral per 1000 members as of 2012.
Some of this is understandable- after all, a high-tech, modern military does need more highly skilled people- but if you believe that explains what all those senior officers are doing, I have an island in Indonesia I'd like to sell you.
Neither, as a number of service members have pointed out, does this preponderance of highly-polished brass mean that the military as an institution, is any good at retaining talent.
Why Canada cannot sustain a naval shipbuilding industry
When the Harper government embarked on the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy, which included 15 surface combatants, support ships and arctic patrol ships, they chose, like so many Canadian and foreign governments before them, to use the procurement for political capital by giving the jobs to Canadian shipyards- the combat ships to Irving Shipbuilding and the non-combat ships to Seaspan Marine.
Canada, like many countries, has a long tradition of using defence procurement programs for pork-barrel politics. Where this involves developing indigenous construction capacity, it can even sound patriotic- on top of job creation, there is an old idea that the ability of a country to make the arms with which it fights is a key element of national security. The only problem is that for a country like Canada, this is an unsustainable and uneconomical aspiration.
What Military Shipbuilding Industries Need
Above anything else, a military shipyard needs a steady, predictable stream of orders. Without this assurance of employment, the shipyard will not be able to train new talent or retain experienced workers. It will not remain current in naval design and construction techniques or the state of naval technology more generally. If a country is in the habit of ordering a block of 12-15 ships every two decades, as is the case with Canada, the yard will need foreign orders to sustain itself in the interim. Without that, it will find itself having to completely regenerate its lost expertise every time a new class is ordered. Let's look at a recent case.
Both the United States and the United Kingdom are in the midst of procuring new classes of nuclear-powered attack submarines, but the contrast between the programs could not be greater. While the US Virginia class suffered some initial setbacks, including problems with the program used to design the boat, it has for some time been moving along in a fiscally admirable fashion. The first Block II boat came in months early and $54 million under budget due to new construction techniques and cost-saving measures. But then, Electric Boat, which designed the Virginias, had no chance to lose people- it knew that submarine production would continue after the cancellation of the Seawolf class.
The Astute's story is very different. Design work ran into major problems and was completed only with the help of Electric Boat. Severe problems, both budgetary and construction-related, have dogged the class. The combination of a reactor intended for the slow and stealthy Vanguard class missile boats and a drive shaft from the old Trafalgar class has left the boat unable to reach its announced 30-knot speed, a severe handicap in certain key roles such as carrier escort. HMS Astute has experienced flooding due to insufficient quality control, worn and unsafely-installed circuitry, and most worryingly, some of its reactor monitoring equipment is itself unsafe due to the use of poor-quality lead.
But all of this is understandable. The United Kingdom had not built a nuclear-powered attack submarine since 1986, and the last Vanguard-class missile sub finished up in 1998.
A Workable Model
The key to a workable procurement model capable of sustaining a national shipbuilding industry is to avoid batch orders. This doesn't mean that a very high volume of orders is needed, just that the government in question resolve to keep a constant and predictable tempo of orders rather than ordering in batches every fifteen to twenty years. Ideally for a force the size of the RCN, this would mean one surface combatant or one support vessel every 1-2 years.
While this may seem a financially burdensome commitment, there are definite compensating factors. First of all, there is always a platform on the go with a complete complement of technologies. Upgrades, redesigns and even new classes are therefore not starting from scratch, reducing development costs. The yard will be current in design tools, construction methods and safety features. With increased numbers, unit cost will go down as well. The cost of keeping old vessels in service while new units undergo prolonged testing would no longer be an issue, and the cost of fixing design and production problems discovered after launch will go down.
The Royal Navy used just such a procurement practice with their line of postwar frigates. From the Whitby class which began construction in 1951 through to the tremendously adaptable Leander class which concluded production in 1969, there was both regular construction and a clear trajectory of design improvement. Construction was relatively cheap and capabilities were consistently improved throughout the program.
As a more current example, Japan, which owns the finest conventional submarine force in the Pacific, has had a very consistent submarine construction schedule for decades. The design lineage of Japanese submarines goes back to the US Barbel class conventional submarines of the 1950s, but slow and steady improvement on that outline has generated quite impressive platforms. Most recently, the Soryu class is a fully modern Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) submarine. While the 20-year replacement cycle of Japanese subs may be a trifle brisk, it is also a sign of efficiency.
Canada's Dilemma
Canadian governments and military planners have not demonstrated anything like the foresight such an approach would require. Canadian governments prefer the one big order which allows them to parcel out substantial contracts to the provinces and talk about their commitment to defence when they are ordering, and then talk about how much they're saving between orders.
This being the case, what happens to our newly rebuilt shipbuilding industry once it finishes the current orders? It would have to sustain itself on foreign orders for around two decades, or else simply evaporate. The trouble is, the surface combatant and support ship markets are both crowded. Europe alone can offer at least seven different multirole frigate designs that have already seen service with European navies, with others tailored specifically for export.
And Canada's product will likely have nothing to distinguish it from at least three of these, if we don't use a European design outright. The Canadian frigate will likely use APAR and Smart-L radars as well as Harpoon, Standard SM-2/6 and Enhanced Sea Sparrow missiles, just like the German, Dutch and Danish ships.
The Problem with Importing Production
The simplest approach to generating a national shipbuilding industry is to buy a design from abroad and have the designing company help you create the capability to build it. Unfortunately, this approach has a very mixed record.
Australia partnered with Sweden to create the Collins class submarine, which, while very effective when it works, has a long history of being plagued by technical problems. To illustrate that the failure lies with the do-it-yourself approach, the Collins' Swedish-built predecessors the Vastergotland (20 years old) and Sjoorman (40 years old) classes are still serving with very few problems in the Swedish and Singaporean navies.
The counterexample is South Korea, which has generated world-class shipyards using imported designs. However, this was a multistep, sustained process, which built capabilities slowly from less advanced designs through to more advanced, and continues to sustain low-rate warship production.
As for Canada, the cracks are already starting to show. Canada has already paid $288 million to Irving for design work on an Arctic Patrol Ship- based on a Norwegian design that already exists, and which cost $5 million for Canada to buy and just $100 million for the Norwegians to design and produce. To top it off, the final blueprints will in any case be subcontracted to a Danish company. The tortured and long-running Joint Support Ship program's problems are also well-known.
According to figures in the Canadian-American Strategic Review, the most economical European frigates, the modular Iver Huitfeld class from Denmark, cost $333 million apiece. The high end of the European market is the German Sachsen class, at $1.12 billion. The Canadian Surface Combatant was initially allotted a $26 billion budget- divided by 15 vessels, that's already 1.73 billion per copy, and very few naval shipbuilding programs come in under budget.
It is a perfectly reasonable expectation that defence procurement should benefit the national economy. There are, however, alternatives to doing it all ourselves. Canadian companies would certainly contribute to any ships we chose to order, and Canadian expertise in military electronics is of particular value. It is even possible to have some sections of a ship built in Canada and taken abroad for final assembly, or vice-versa. Industrial offset agreements, recouping the cost of procurement through contracts for Canadian companies are also useful, and could even be targeted to the shipbuilding industry.
A targeted rejuvenation of the Canadian shipbuilding industry is actually a very good idea- but this is not what the NSPS is. Canada has significant potential in commercial shipbuilding- but the skills and technologies are only compatible with military shipbuilding to a certain extent.
A future post will examine the alternative designs available, but suffice it to say that purchasing from a foreign yard would almost certainly represent substantial savings to the taxpayer, which could perhaps be invested in more sustainable economic activity. Equally important, it would provide a precedent that says that Canada does not need to recreate its military shipbuilding capacity whenever it wants a new class of vessels.
China: The struggle for coherent leadership (and other news)
Francois Godement's paper for the European Council on Foreign Relations on the new Chinese party leadership argues that Xi Jinping has accumulated substantial personal power in excess of his predecessors, albeit at the cost of catering to the interests of Party elders. Worth a read for anyone interested in China's internal politics.
Interestingly, former president Jiang Zemin, widely seen as the leader of the Party's conservative wing, recently publicly endorsed Xi, a clear call for Party unity that has suggested to some that Xi's authority is not all that it could be.
It is worth remembering, however, that Hu Jintao's tenure as president was always limited by the fact that he was a compromise candidate from Jiang's perspective, with the result that Jiang kept behind-the-scenes control of his faction of the Party. Hu and his premier Wen Jiabao spoke often about Party reform, but never seemed able to accomplish it. Xi, by contrast, was Jiang's hand-picked successor. Jiang's pronouncement may be seen as a call for unity around Xi's energetic if not yet effective approach to tackling Party corruption.
Meanwhile, former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai, once at the pinnacle of populist politics, is to face trial on charges of graft and abuse of power.
Vice President Li Yuanchao is headed to Pyongyang to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the Korean War. This will likely be one more forlorn call to North Korea to embark on the path of reform and opening- a longstanding Chinese agenda whenever state visits occur between the two countries.
A mass protest was held today outside the Chinese consulate in Manila against Chinese aggression in territorial disputes with the Philippines. The protesters rightly point out that such disputes tarnish China's image as a benevolent power.
In other news, Defense Industry Daily reports the possibility of a submarine deal between Poland and Germany. Germany may lease two of its U212s to Poland, allowing Poland's old ex-Norwegian Kobben class subs to retire. If completed, the deal would also provide for a joint submarine operating authority, a sensible move for both Baltic countries. A letter of intent between the two defence ministers also includes cooperation in logistics vessel procurement, good news for Poland's waning shipbuilding industry.
Transparency Inhibits Defence Procurement Stupidity, and other news
The Canadian Department of National Defence has stopped releasing full Statements of Operational Requirements for ongoing procurement programs. These were formerly made available online. To quote Embassy News, "The move seems to be an expansion of an earlier switch in 2011, when DND refused to release the version of the document detailing requirements for new F-35 fighter jets, claiming it was classified—even though DND's own website at the time hosted many of those same types of documents for public downloading."
The stated reason according to a spokesperson is "to ensure that planning projections which may change do not influence the formal acquisition process." In other words, no one but DND should be allowed to logically evaluate a procurement program according to the requirements laid out by the military. In a country plagued by procurement incompetence, trying to build a military shipbuilding industry from scratch, with helicopters falling out the sky with no replacements in sight, with submarines that still don't work and a hotly debated fighter acquisition program, it is certainly understandable that whoever is responsible for damaging the defence of Canada on this scale doesn't want their work evaluated by outside experts who may possibly have a passing familiarity with common sense.
In other news, Poland has just acquired a coastal defence battalion of Norwegian-built NSM anti-ship missiles. The missiles are stealthy and designed to function in crowded littoral conditions.
A Panzerhowitzer 2000 has successfully tested Oto Melara's 155mm Vulcano guided ammunition on a target 33 kilometres away. The Vulcano family significantly boosts the range and accuracy of ammunition and has both naval and land-based applications.
The F-35 draws criticism once again, this time for the poor gun system on the F-35A and the lack of any guns on the B and C models, as well as a flawed helmet-mounted sight.


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The National Assembly hall on Thursday echoed doubts over claims made by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif pertaining to the sit-in staged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2014.
Addressing the 56th Parliament session, PTI vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Nawaz claimed he was disqualified because of the treason case against General (retd) Pervez Musharraf yet it was his interior minister [Chaudhry Nisar] who removed former presidents name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
Responding to the allegation that an intelligence chief asked him for resignation, Qureshi asked why the former premier did not take Army chief into confidence over it. Why did he remain silent until now?
Responding to Qureshis speech, PML-N leader Saad Rafique said: We restricted Musharraf as much as the democratic system allowed. We are not in favour of anyones disqualification, we get no pleasure from it.
Recalling that the protest ended with demonstrators breaking the fence of the august house, vandalising state-owned TV channel PTV and manhandling of police officials, Rafique accused Imran Khan of facilitating Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Tahirul Qadri.
Reiterating Rafique, Daniyal Aziz also crititcised PTI and called Imran and Jahangir Tareen tax thieves. Tareen is a certified robber. They do not even apologise.
Nawazs statement
The deposed prime minister on Wednesday told the accountability court that the National Accountability Bureaus (NAB) corruption references against him are a punishment for going ahead with treason case against former dictator Musharraf among other things.
While recording his statement under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code, he said the references and the 2014 sit-ins against his government were a punishment for him as he dared to take legal action against the former military ruler despite being warned not to do so.
In yet another startling claim, Sharif said the head of an intelligence agency had given him a message to either resign or go on a long leave.
The spy agency head believed that the case against Musharraf could easily be wrapped up once he got out of the way, he said.
The message caused immense pain. I felt pain thinking what has happened to Pakistan where an elected prime minister has become so worthless that a subordinate to the head of the government is giving [him] message to resign or go on a long leave, he said, adding that such a terrible situation might not even be prevailing in any Third World country.
A dictator must be punished because the dictatorships have wounded the existence of Pakistan, Sharif said, adding that only a handful of the generals ruled the country but the entire institution has to pay the cost.
Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1717925/1-shah-mehmood-qureshi-responds-nawazs-allegation-pti-sit/

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Your round-up of the stories that you should discuss at interview this week:
- Employment Law
Reported by Radhika Morally
UK Employment levels at record high
The UK's unemployment rate is at a four-decade low of 4.3%. Sterling has recently reached $1.41, its highest level against the dollar since the 2016 referendum which has triggered Brexit. Any concern gathered in the few months that employment fell slightly in 2017 has been alleviated by the recent figures given by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), which has reported that the number of people in employment rose by 102,000 between September and November.
The current employment figures are said to indicate by James Athey, senior investment manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments, that 'the UK economy is on a firmer footing than many had anticipated following the EU referendum vote.' Still, the Bank of England may be concerned by the fact that the hike in interest rates for the first time in a decade in November failed to have the desired effect of increasing wages as hoped.
It should therefore be noted that despite high employment levels, the real value of earnings continues to decline. According to ONS statistician David Freeman, this is due to the fact that 'inflation continues to remain higher than pay growth.' Ben Brettell, an economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, believes that the fall in real wages could 'feed through into lower economic growth.'
Furthermore, most of the increase in employment came from a rise in full-time employment to the detriment of part-time employment. The ONS have said that 2017 marked a turning point in self-employment, since it fell slightly for the first time since 2000.
For more information, see Reuters, the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the Independent.
- Human Rights Law
Reported by Sara Saquib
Regression and Political Oppression: A case for the UN
Ever since the Spanish referendum last year the situation in Catalonia has remained hostile.
Recently, three leaders of the Catalan independence movement were arrested by the Spanish government and held in pre-trial detention. They were arrested under accusations of sedition, a charge which has been applied arbitrarily and controversially in many cases.
Leading British human rights lawyer, Ben Emmerson, who has taken this case to the United Nations, argued that the Spanish government has unlawfully arrested these men. The lawyer stated that because of the non-violent nature of their actions, the government have no right to punish these men in such a severe way and with such a potentially long sentence of up to 30 years in prison. This is not the first time that the Spanish government have dealt with Catalonian supporters in this way, as in the past they have accused many other Catalan politicians of sedition and rebellion.
The current political climate in Spain and the way the government are fighting opposition has been said to be anything but democratic. Emmerson describes the ordeal as a regression that is strikingly similar to the "bygone era in Spain's history" referring to when Spain was ruled by the dictator General Francisco Franco.
Although a judgement from the UN would not be legally binding. The three Catalonian leaders as well as Emmerson hope that it will put sufficient pressure on the Spanish government to change the way they are currently treating those in support of Catalonia's independence.
For more information, see Reuters and The Telegraph.
- Criminal Law
Reported by Sarah Mullane
Tesco Fraud Trial
The trial of former Tesco directors Chris Bush, John Scouler and Carl Rogberg has been abandoned after one of the defendants suffered a heart attack.
After more than four months of trial, Judge Deborah Taylor discharged the jury, stating that it would not be "right and proper" to continue in light of the recent event. Though she sympathised with the jury's frustration in not reaching a conclusion, the judge went on to explain that whatever was told to the jurors at such a critical stage in the trial was "likely to influence the decision that they made."
The three defendants, who formerly held the positions of commercial food director, UK finance boss and UK boss, were on trial for fraud by abuse of position and of false accounting. It is alleged that they had dishonestly falsified the digital accounting records of Tesco by relying on incorrect commercial income figures, giving a false account of Tesco's financial position.
Representation for Carl Rogberg, the defendant who suffered the heart attack, stated that the client had been "very anxious that [the] jury should be allowed to reach its verdict and is desperately sorry that they were prevented from doing so." Rogberg is currently in hospital awaiting surgery.
Despite the hope that it would be summed up by Christmas, the lengthy trial, which began in September 2017, had been fraught with delays. The judge had fallen ill during her summing up, and there was an additional pause when a juror went on a two-week holiday. At this point, one juror had already been discharged due to an operation. It is believed that the cost of this trial has ranged in the millions.
It is now for the Serious Fraud Office to decide whether or not to pursue a re-trial, they are due to make a decision at the beginning of March. A provisional date has been set for 3rd September.
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Banks ban use of credit cards to purchase cryptocurrency
Following the suit of Lloyds Banking Group's actions on Monday, many other intuitions – including Bank of Scotland, Halifax, MBNA and Virgin Money – have announced similar policies, preventing customers from using credit cards to purchase digital currencies. The value of Bitcoin fell by 30% this week, the worst since 2013.
Banks are concerned, not only about customers building up debt, but also about the steep fall in the value of digital currencies – especially Bitcoin. Having said this, the ban only concerns credit cards, not debit cards.
Lloyds stated that this change in their policy will not be sent to every customer, but only those who perform such transactions.
The spokesman said that, "We continually review our products and procedures, and this is part of that".
The Prime Minister supported the policy, saying that such regulation may be required and that the government will take this matter seriously "precisely because of the way they are used, particularly by criminals".
The European Commission also launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum to "highlight key developments of the blockchain technology, promote European actors and reinforce European engagement with multiple stakeholders involved in blockchain activities".
Following this trend, Facebook also has recently announced that it would block any advertising that promotes crypto-currency products and services.
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I was chatting with a lovely couple on Thursday night at a dinner function. He was joking with me about how many kids do you have now? and she rolled her eyes at him. They commented about how it must be crazy at home with all those kids and I nodded in agreement. Then he looked at me and asked if there was joy in craziness. I slumped a bit as I leaned toward them, shook my head and said no, not really. And, because verbalizing that truth made me feel terrible, I cushioned it by saying we have many joyful moments and that I'm looking forward to moving from this stage of chasing babies and changing diapers to one with more permanent joy. We joked together about the freedom that comes when the kids don't need sippy cups anymore and how great it is when they can buckle themselves in to the car.
I left the conversation sort of sad. Not sad about my life nor our conversation, but by the reality of the joylessness I've succumbed to.
Yesterday we went for a short drive up the hill to play in the snow with the kids. For two hours no one fought, no one cried, and we enjoyed each others company and non-stop smiles. So many smiles beckoned for my camera to record them. I will, for as long as my fleeting mind will allow, cling to my memories of that afternoon and trust the flat snapshots to trigger the accompanying emotions of intense delight in a palpable, soul-stirring way. Irresistible laughter and tender spirits made it difficult to leave even when the four year olds' shoe slipped off his foot and he stepped in the cold snow with just his sock on. If I could have stayed in those moments of sledding and laughing and snow ball throwing for a year, I would have.
After a spectacular day I asked Ryan on the drive home if he thought that maybe this was the beginning of us being more adventurous again. Having small kids has left us nap-trapped (confined within our home for the sake of napping children) for at least half of a decade. He looked at me and grinned and talked about what a great day it was and how everyone seemed to have a fantastic time and he said, "yes, maybe, i think this just might be the beginning of us being adventurous again".
The car in front of us on our way home had snow stacked on its roof. As we came down the hill and the temperature rose, and as I watched that snow fall in chunks and dissolve in an instant on the ground, I realized there is magnificent joy in my life. Even right now.
I found joy yesterday in the snow with my family. Or maybe joy found me. Either way, I suppose, is fine.


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As a Peace-loving Global Citizen is the autobiography of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Movement. It was published in 2009 in both Korean and English by Gimm-Young Publishers of Seoul, South Korea. The book was released in South Korea on March 9, 2009 and debuted at #3 on the Businesss bestseller's list. It has ranked in various bestseller lists since then and was ranked 15th on the General bestseller's list as of October 14, 2009.
The River Does Not Reject the Waters that Flow into It
It is easy to talk about peace. But to bring peace is not easy. This is because people push aside the most elemental truth needed to bring about a world of peace. They pretend not to know this truth is there. Before we talk about peace among individuals or among nations, we must talk about peace between ourselves and God.
Each religion today thinks of itself as the highest, rejecting and looking down on other religions. It is not right to build fences against other religions and denominations.
A religion is like a wide river flowing toward an ideal, peaceful world. The river flows for long distances before it comes to the wide expanse of peace. On its way, many streams flow into it. The streams cease to be streams from the point they meet the river. From that point, they, too, become part of the river. In this way, they become one.
The river does not reject any of the streams that flow into it. It accepts them all. It embraces all the streams and forms a single flow as it continues toward the ocean. People in the world today do not understand this simple truth. The streams that seek out the river and flow into it are the numerous religions and denominations of today. Each stream traces its origin to a different spring, but they are all going to the same destination. They are seeking the ideal world overflowing with peace.
Peace will never come to this earth unless we first tear down the walls between religions. For thousands of years, religions have grown in alliance with particular ethnic groups, and so they are surrounded by high cultural walls. Tearing these down is an extremely difficult task. For thousands of years, each religion has surrounded itself with such high walls, insisting that it is the only correct religion. In some cases, religions have expanded their influence and entered into conflicts and fights with other religions, using God's name in places that had nothing to do with His will.
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The River Does Not Reject the Waters that Flow into It part2
- CHAPTER ONE - Food is Love
- CHAPTER TWO - A River of Heart Flows with Tears
- CHAPTER THREE - The Man with the Fullest Stomach
- CHAPTER FOUR - Why We Work Globally
- CHAPTER FIVE - True Families Create True People
- CHAPTER SIX - Love Will Bring Unification
- CHAPTER SEVEN - Future of Korea, Future of the Wor...
- CHAPTER EIGHT - Message for Young People


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To start off 2015, we'll be taking a journey through Paul's letter to the Philippians. Through this beloved epistle, we will unpack the truth that living for Jesus and being with Jesus is entirely "Worth It."
In Philippians, Paul often uses the value and worth of living for Christ (and of Christ Himself) to motivate the Philippians towards lives of holiness, obedience, and impact. Thus JOY and TREASURING CHRIST are essential to FAITH and GROWTH. Following Christ alone is worth it, and results in joy, even in situations of imprisonment (Phil. 1:7, 1:12-14), rivalry/competition (Phil. 1:18), death (Phil. 1:21), suffering (Phil. 1:29), crooked/perverse cultures (Phil. 2:15), sacrificial living (Phil. 2:17), risking one's life (Phil. 2:29-30), fleshly reasons for boasting (Phil. 3:2-11), anxiety (Phil. 4:6-7), or plenty or little materially (Phil. 4:10-13).
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Bitcoin is the chief cryptocurrency of the web: a digital money standard by which all other coins are compared to. Cryptocurrencies are distributed, world-wide, and decentralized. Unlike conventional fiat currencies, there is no governments, banks, or any other regulatory agencies. As such, it is more resistant to crazy inflation and tainted banks. The advantages of using cryptocurrencies as your method of transacting cash online outweigh the protection and privacy threats. Security and seclusion can readily be reached by simply being smart, and following some basic guidelines. You'dn't put your entire bank ledger online for the word to see, but my nature, your cryptocurrency ledger is publicized. This can be fixed by removing any identity of ownership in the wallets and thus keeping you anonymous.
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Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, LiteCoin, Ether, YOCoin, and many others have been designed as a non-fiat currency. Quite simply, its backers contend that there's real value, even through there isn't any physical representation of that value. The value climbs due to computing power, that is, is the only way to create new coins distributed by allocating CPU electricity via computer programs called miners. Miners create a block after a time frame that is worth an ever diminishing amount of currency or some kind of wages to be able to ensure the deficit. Each coin consists of many smaller units. For Bitcoin, each unit is called a satoshi. Operations that take place during mining are exactly to authenticate other transactions, such that both creates and authenticates itself, a simple and elegant alternative, which will be one of the appealing aspects of the coin. Once created, each Bitcoin (or 100 million satoshis) exists as a cipher, which is part of the block that gave rise to it. The blockchain is where the public record of trades lives.
The fact that there's little evidence of any growth in using virtual money as a currency may be the reason there are minimal efforts to control it. The reason for this could be simply that the market is too little for cryptocurrencies to warrant any regulatory effort. It is also possible the regulators just don't understand the technology and its consequences, expecting any developments to act.
Here is the coolest thing about cryptocurrencies; they usually do not physically exist everywhere, not even on a hard drive. When you take a look at a unique address for a wallet containing a cryptocurrency, there is absolutely no digital information held in it, like in precisely the same way a bank could hold dollars in a bank account. It is nothing more than a representation of worth, but there isn't any real palpable form of that worth. Cryptocurrency wallets may not be seized or frozen or audited by the banks and the law. They would not have spending limits and withdrawal restrictions imposed on them. No one but the owner of the crypto wallet can determine how their riches will be managed.
In the case of the fully-functioning cryptocurrency, it may even be traded like a commodity. Supporters of cryptocurrencies say this type of virtual income is not manipulated by way of a key bank system and it is not thus susceptible to the vagaries of its inflation. Since there are always a restricted amount of products, this cash's benefit is dependant on market forces, allowing entrepreneurs to deal over cryptocurrency deals.
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Ethereum is an incredible cryptocurrency platform, however, if growth is too quickly, there may be some problems. If the platform is adopted immediately, Ethereum requests could rise dramatically, and at a rate that surpasses the rate with which the miners can create new coins. Under such a scenario, the whole stage of Ethereum could become destabilized because of the raising costs of running distributed programs. In turn, this could dampen interest Ethereum stage and ether. Uncertainty of demand for ether may result in a negative change in the economical parameters of an Ethereum based business which could result in business being unable to continue to run or to discontinue operation.
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Eight high school field hockey programs from Mt. Ararat, Morse in Bath, Boothbay, Brunswick, Lisbon, Freeport, Maranacook, and Lincoln Academy will compete in the third annual Drive Out Cancer Field Hockey Tournament on Aug. 26, at Mt. Ararat Middle School in Topsham. The teams work together collectively to raise money for the Maine Children's Cancer Program, which serves children across Maine and beyond. Each team chooses family members or friends who have been impacted by cancer to serve as honorary team captains. There is a mid-morning ceremony featuring a biodegradable balloon release to honor loved ones. According to Mt. Ararat field hockey coach and event coordinator Krista Chase, as a service project, the tournament has raised $18,000 in the past three years, last year alone raising close to $11,000. Anyone who wishes to donate to the Maine Children's Cancer Program through the event may do so at http://bit.ly/2ujfGBJ.
Maine students are invited to participate in the 2017 Congressional App Challenge, during which they have until Nov. 1 to develop and submit their own desktop, web-based or mobile app – a winning app from each of Maine's two U.S. House of Representatives districts will be chosen to receive national recognition.
Students can participate as individuals or in a team of up to four. The apps can cover any topic. In addition to the app, students must submit a short video explaining their app and how it works.
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By MARK MERUEÑAS, GMA NEWSMay 29, 2013 10:57pm
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Senator-elect Cynthia Villar on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeals to overturn its earlier ruling denying her plea to stop a P14-billion Manila Bay reclamation project. In a motion for reconsideration, Villar cited a recent international declaration listing the surrounding area as of "significant value and international importance."
Villar quoted the international treaty Ramsar Convention's "List of Wetlands of International Importance" which officially included the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) last March 15, 2013.
According to the treaty group, all sites included on its list "acquire a new status at the national level and are recognized by the international community as being of significant value not only for the country, or the countries, in which they are located, but for humanity as a whole."
"For an international treaty organization to recognize LPPCHEA's global importance to biodiversity proves that the area is indeed a critical habitat and needs special protection from threats, including reclamation," Villar said.
In its earlier decision, the CA Third Division denied Villar's plea against the Las Piñas-Parañaque Coastal Bay project for lack of merit and for failing to prove the reclamation project would trigger massive environmental damage.
"No credible, competent, and reliable evidence had been presented to support the allegations that the proposed coastal bay project would cause environmental damage of such magnitude as to prejudice the lives, health or properties of the residents of Parañaque and Las Piñas. These apprehensions had been disproved by objective, expert and scientific studies of reputable entities with vast international experience," the CA Division said.
'Irreparable' damage
Villar, wife of Sen. Manny Villar, filed her original petition with the Supreme Court in March 2012, which in turn issued a writ of kalikasan the following month. The high court then remanded the case to the Court of Appeals for hearing.
In her petition seeking the issuance of a writ of kalikasan (writ of nature), Cynthia Villar said the government and AllTech Contractors Inc. project would cause "irreparable" damage and would have an impact on more or less 1.5 million residents in Las Piñas and Parañaque Cities, as well as Bacoor town in Cavite.
Villar claimed to have obtained the support of some 315,000 residents of Las Piñas for her SC petition.
Her petition also claimed that the project – which aims to convert the area into a commercial-residential-industrial district – would block the natural flow of the Las Pinas, Parañaque, and Zapote Rivers, and cause immense flooding.
"Such project is not only replete with procedural shortcomings, worse, it is clearly damaging to the environment... and would place [affected residents] at great risk of losing their lives and properties to catastrophic flooding," the petitioner said.
A former Las Piñas congresswoman, Mrs. Villar cited a study conducted by the private firm Tricore Solutions Inc. (Tricore), predicting that if the project pushes through, days of heavy rain might cause five-meter deep floods in 65 barangays.
In addition, Mrs. Villar said the reclamation project would cut off the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat from Manila Bay. The habitat is home to over 195 bird species and over eight mangrove varieties and the project would lead to the "breakdown of bio diverse ecosystem and consequent demise of its thriving wildlife." — DVM, GMA News
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A Little Sparkle
This week, I added a little twist to my standard manicure. I dusted the tip of my ring fingertip with glitter. It's a fun way to embellish your ring finger (or any finger of your choice) with just a hint … Continue reading
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Summer Beauty Survival Guide 2011
Summer is a tough season for looking your best. Although (fake) tans and natural sun-kissed highlights are super flattering, dealing with woes like frizzy hair and suburn can really bring you down. Not to mention heatwaves that make you sweat … Continue reading
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A New Twist on the Summer Manicure
Photo courtesy Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Summer is a great time to experiment with nailpolish you'd normally be too timid to try. Vibrant tropical-inspired hues and electric hues are perfect for lazy summer days. And if you hate it, just swipe … Continue reading
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New Obsession: Calgel Nails
When I saw the ridiculously sparkly gold nails in the photo above on Cupcakes & Cashmere, I contacted blogger Emily right away to ask her what polish she used. Turns out it wasn't a polish at all, but Calgel, a … Continue reading
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I have experienced my first RoR application used to Dreamhost and it is using Passenger. The main one note on Dreamhost's wiki about slow response pointed out altering a RewriteRules line within the public/.htaccess file to make use of FastCGI. However I assume this can don't have any effect if I am using Passenger, is the fact that right?
I have checked out the logs and in comparison these to my local logs, also it appears like there's a wider range on Dreamhost. Some reactions are similar to the fast local ones, others may take a couple of seconds.
I am utilizing a Flex front-end with HTTPServices towards the rails after sales, and i believe I should also add logging around my services to determine what type of network delay I am getting and then try to isolate in which the delays are.
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You have to be running in Development mode. Try running in Production mode to ascertain if it's still slow.
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New Relic is really a Rails performance monitoring application. I've not personally tried on the extender, however i hear their title a great deal also it appears like there is a free lite version you could try. From my experience profiling other programs, something such as this may be worth using since the slow areas of the application are frequently in places that you did not expect.


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10 May 2016
BSP launches Gum Health Awareness Day: 12 May 2016
'If left untreated, gum disease will wipe the smile off your face'
BSP President Phil Ower with a "mouthie" card
On Thursday 12 May this year, for the first time in its 67-year history, the British Society of Periodontology is taking the bold step of launching an innovative UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of gum disease and its far-reaching impact on general health.
"As gum disease is a serious public health issue, affecting the quality of life of over half the population, we felt it was time to shout a little louder" explained BSP President Dr Phil Ower. "We have been met with fantastic support from a variety of organisations including Public Health England, British Association of Dental Nurses, British Society of Dental Hygienists and Therapists and our strategic partners who are backing us unreservedly."
The BSP is using the power of social media and some eye-opening face cards to show how you could look with gum disease – providing a fun way to draw attention to gum health. A selection of cards is available and being distributed via dental practices, pubs, universities and an event at London's Westfield Centre this Thursday. They can also be requested by post via the campaign website: howsyoursmile.co.uk. Dental nurses are invited to send selfies of themselves with a mouth card to BADN for publication on our website and/or in the BDNJ.
To download flyers promoting Gum Health Awareness Day, please click A5 flyer BSP campaign, A1 flyer x 4 or BSP single campaign slide
The proposed campaign is a new departure for the BSP as it is aimed at the whole country – primarily the public, but health and dental professionals too. The message of the campaign is 'If left untreated, gum disease will wipe the smile off your face'.
There are several aims for the campaign, which will kick-start on 12 May 2016, European Gum Health Awareness Day, and will continue for a few weeks afterwards:
- To raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of gum disease
- To jolt people into realising that gum disease should not be ignored
- To drive action and encourage people to see a dental professional to have their gum health checked and improve their gum health
- To encourage people to participate in the campaign and help spread our message
The ultimate aim is to encourage people to visit their dentist if they suspect they may have any of the symptoms of gum disease and to visit the campaign website: www.howsyoursmile.co.uk for more information.
This initiative is part of the European Federation of Periodontology's campaign to raise awareness across Europe.


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By: Bradford T Hammock and WAKEUP CALL
OSHA has made huge improvements in the way they handle Whistleblowing claims. It will no longer take months at a time to resolve an employee/employer dispute. For more about the modifications OSHA has made, read Bradford T Hammock's summary below.
Looking to shorten from months to weeks the time needed to settle whistleblower complaints, OSHA is expanding use of an alternative dispute resolution process that has been judged a success in two of its regions.
In October 2012, the agency announced it would devote at least a year to testing a pilot program to settle whistleblower claims. Region 5, in the upper Midwest, and Region 9, which covers three Western states, Hawaii, American Samoa and Guam, were selected. During fiscal year 2013, 289 requests were made by employers or employees in those regions to attempt a settlement through alternative dispute resolution. Both parties consented in 87 of those cases, and 54 settlements resulted.
That data was reason enough for OSHA to expand the alternative dispute resolution process into other regions, starting with Region 2, in the Northeast, Richard Mendelson, acting director of OSHA's Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs, told a whistleblower advisory committee in March, as reported by Bloomberg BNA.
The OSHA regional office plays a central role in the dispute resolution process. Once a complaint is filed, the office writes the worker and employer to offer to facilitate a settlement, according to the program's directive. If both parties agree, the regional coordinator contacts them to determine if there is common ground.
If there is, the coordinator then writes a proposed settlement and assists the parties in reaching an accord.
The goal is to reach a settlement within 20 days of receipt of OSHA's initial letter. If there is no agreement, OSHA's investigation into the complaint continues.
A second pilot program involving mediation using the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was deemed less successful and has ended, Mendelson said. In that program, the goal was for the mediator to help negotiate a settlement during a day-long session.
Other than making contact with the parties, OSHA's whistleblower staff played no significant role in the mediation process, which may have led to disappointing results, Mendelson speculated.
The agency also has tested the idea of designating an assistant administrator for whistleblower protection. After testing in Region 5 and in Region 4, in the Southeast, last year, the change is being implemented in all 10 OSHA regions, the acting director said. The purpose of designating administrators is to ensure consistency in policies throughout OSHA. Mendelson noted that administrators will have no direct oversight of field investigators.
Finally, Mendelson reported that 742 complaints were filed in the three months since OSHA began accepting whistleblower complaints online in December 2013.


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he beginning of Final Decree takes us back to the 1940s and the village of Bugyi in the Carpathian mountains. It is here we learn of the legendary Uncle Harcsa and his reputation for strength and cunning. This background introduces us to Kazmer Harcsa, his nephew, and carries us through rough political and social times, leading us to Kazmer's arrival in Canada.
Although Kazmer has a beautiful (and much younger) wife Petrona, and two young children with her, their marriage ends up falling apart. The problem between them is an issue which rests at the core of this novel - the class between traditional and modern values and morals. Kazmer, not surprisingly, still holds to his old world ways and has difficulty adjusting to his new life with Petrona. She is too modern for Kazmer's liking, and problems soon erupt.
That doesn't give away the book at all, though. The plot surrounds Kazmer and Petrona's divorce and we are made privy to Kazmer's reflections on life as he faces the past, or is reminded of it. We are constantly shown exactly how old world Kazmer is through these flashbacks, and George Jonas has done an excellent job getting us inside this complex character's head. Although Kazmer initially appears to be a fairly simple character, a naive peasant immigrant, we quickly realize how insightful and wily Kazmer really is.
Final Decree was first published in 1981, but the year doesn't play a crucial role to the plot. The story Final Decree tells is one that covers decades, probes deeply into morality, and explores the way we approach relationships with others. George Jonas is skilled at telling a simple story which is rich in detail and history. As well, Jonas presents the reader with seemingly simple-minded characters whose emotional and psychological complexities unravel throughout the narrative to produce a compelling read.
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"I'm from Alberta," Jason Kenney told a meeting of the provincial Progressive Conservative party.
"I see all of these wonderful young Nova Scotians who've come down there to work hard and make good money and, heaven forbid, you know what they're doing? They're drilling for oil and gas. They're actually drilling fracking wells."
Nova Scotia introduced legislation last fall banning high-volume hydraulic fracturing for onshore oil and gas. The province already had a moratorium on the practice, also known as fracking, for two years before putting the ban into legislation.
Provincial Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie has said he does not support the ban, adding that it prevents the creation of new jobs in the province.
When the legislation was introduced, Energy Minister Andrew Younger said the province would not look at lifting the ban without evidence that fracking can be done safely under new rules and regulations.
Nova Scotia is not alone in Atlantic Canada in its stance on fracking.
New Brunswick introduced its own moratorium in December that Premier Brian Gallant said will not be lifted until concerns the province has on health, water and the environment are dealt with. The province is also promising to get input from First Nations on fracking.
A recent poll suggested New Brunswickers were almost evenly divided on the issue of the development of a shale gas industry in the province when the survey was done by Corporate Research Associates in November.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, fracking is temporarily banned while an independent panel reviews the issue. P.E.I. is waiting for the results of studies in other jurisdictions before it takes a position on fracking.
Kenney said fracking in the western provinces is done safely.
"It makes no sense to me as an Albertan that we should take many of your best and brightest to fuel Alberta's prosperity," said Kenney, who wasn't available for comment after his speech. "They should be here in Nova Scotia fuelling your prosperity."
Fracking is a process that forces pressurized water and chemicals into layers of rock to release trapped oil and natural gas.


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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
Description of problem:
When selecting packages in anaconda, there is an option to select the
MySQL database, which says that the database server will be installed.
When the installation is complete, the mysql client packages are
installed, but the mysql-server package is not installed.
The installer is misleading, and it is difficult to get the MySQL
package from the Red Hat Network as well.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Shipping version with 3.0 ES edition
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Anaconda installer
2. Select MySQL packages in package selection dialog
3. Complete install
4. Attempt to use MySQL database--it isn't installed.
Actual Results: No database server is installed.
Expected Results: From the on-line information in the anaconda
screens I would expect mysql-server to be installed.
Additional info:
The description was explicitly changed to state "This package group
contains packages useful for use with MySQL." to explicitly not
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'Vybz Kartel is dancehall's best seller' ...says Johnny Wonder
Veteran music consultant and distributor at 21st Hapilos, Johnny Wonder, says Vybz Kartel remains one of dancehall's top selling acts for his singles.
According to Wonder, Vybz Kartel's incredible sales are not only based on the popularity of some of his songs, but also on the large body of work he releases which exceeds that of his competitors.
Wonder also listed Spice, Popcaan, Dexta Daps and Alkaline as some of the artistes who are raking in decent numbers for their popular songs.
"The top selling act, I would definitely say is Vybz Kartel, but it depends on the song and of course it fluctuates. But Kartel definitely has a lot of songs out there.
good fan base
So, put it this way, he has more songs out there, plus a good fan base and a following. He puts out his work and they support it, and that is what it's all about. It depends on your fans," he said in an interview with THE STAR recently at King Jammy's Recording Studio in Waterhouse, St Andrew.
The dancehall-reggae music mogul also provided a suitable reason behind dancehall and reggae's failure to climb the Billboard Hot 100 chart consistently. According to Wonder, Jamaican acts need to get their music on to international playlists, instead of channelling their energy into only the Jamaican market. He also believes the visa issues continue to hold back Jamaican music.
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"I talk to radio people in foreign all the time. The thing about that is for a song to get added to a Hot 97 or a Power 105, the artiste has to be able to travel to the US and promote the song for the station. They are going to expect you to do jingles and perform at their events, but the artistes cannot travel, so that is one of the reasons some of our top artistes don't get added because they cannot support their songs," Wonder said.
"If you are not being played on these stations, where are they going to chart you from? Because Billboard utilises an airplay chart and of course sales, but our sales aren't like Taylor Swift's sales."
Promoting songs at popular dancehall parties like Weddy Weddy Wednesdays, Uptown Mondays and Gyalis Wednesdays are not fruitful, Wonder also pointed out.
"A lot of people say my song is hot in the dance, but I don't see no sales. I know that everybody wants to promote in Jamaica because it's the core of it, but I don't think you get the return from the consumer," Wonder said.


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4 Strategies to Grow Enrollments through Community College Partnerships
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In this webinar, Doug Simmons, Director of Field Operations at Learning House, and TJ Cafferty, Partnership Liaison with Concordia University, St. Paul, share how institutions like yours can leverage strategic partnerships with community colleges. Learn what to do, and how to avoid common pitfalls, to tap into this valuable market.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- How to make the most of community college partnerships
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Doug Simmons is the Director of Field Operations at Learning House. He leads a team of Education Sales Representatives focused on helping universities grow their enrollment through effective partnerships. Doug has over 13 years of experience within the higher education sector and specializes in developing university partnerships with community colleges, government agencies and military organizations. Doug is an accomplished leader in the business development field, building professional sales teams to maximize results within an organization. He is committed to developing and training individuals at a high level to reach their highest potential. Doug has a master's in management with an emphasis in higher education leadership from Kaplan University.


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On the day we went to the Taj Mahal, our guide brought us for lunch at this tourist restaurant relatively near the Taj. Remarkably, though this restaurant did not look as clean, none of us got sick from eating here. It was the classy restaurant we went to the following night which made us all got food poisoning. So, I have decided to share with you guys how a normal Indian meal is served in India (based on my experience in this restaurant). Apart from the dirty utensils, spicy food overload and expired coke, it was a good experience and their service was impeccable. The waiter said "please" after every sentence...he even said please after saying thank you!
|New Riao Restaurant in Agra (seems like a tourist restaurant because we spotted a couple of western tourists dining here)
|Vegetable soup which was really peppery
|Platter of tandoori chicken and other fried food
|Butter rice which tasted like chlorine. Btw, they serve all their food in stainless steel cutlery.
|Butter Chicken - one of India's specialty
|Spicy veggies which I quite like
|My favourite! Curry potatoes
|Green curry? Did not try this because it looks weird..
|More curry chicken
|Paratha bread which I ate ALOT since the rice tasted like chlorine
|Finally, a dessert which I did not try either because it looked EXACTLY like a sponge soaked in condensed milk.


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Specification: MIFAB® Series SD7000-S4 Shower Drain with ABS, or lacquered cast iron body, membrane clamp, and adjustable 4" x 4" square strainer with stainless steel, light duty,stamped grate.
Function: Recommended for molded shower stalls where the drain body is placed on the pipe before the shower unit is installed. 4" x 4" square top strainer is ideal when installing in a tile floor in order to align the square strainer with the square tiles.


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Bethalto moving ahead quickly on storm and wastewater issues
BETHALTO — Spring has sprung, and when April showers bring May flowers there will surely be some Bethalto residents reminded of particularly memorable rain events in recent months.
When unusually heavy rains hit Bethalto in December 2015 and then again last July, large-scale flooding created a lot of problems for residents, which were recounted during a public meeting in August.
Since then, the village has re-prioritized both manpower and money to deal with the issue, and Mayor Alan Winslow said they are making a great deal of progress.
The issue is two-fold – groundwater is seeping into the village's sanitary sewers and causing backups and damaging sewer lines. There are also problems with the village's storm sewers.
To deal with the sanitary sewers, Winslow said they are cleaning out sewer lines and then running a camera "manhole to manhole" to look for leaks or other issues. Then a contractor comes in and inserts an epoxy-coated fabric lining. The line is then charged with pressurized steam, which expands the lining and seals the pipe.
So far they have examined about 15,000 feet of sanitary sewers, and have repaired about 5,000 feet.
"We've made some really good headway with the sanitary sewers," Winslow said. "We are already well past what we had anticipated the time frame would be for the first phase, and the guys are well into the second phase."
Work on the sanitary sewers started near St. Louis Regional Airport, and is moving eastward.
"It just made sense that we've got to address the problem first where it starts," Winslow said.
Stormwater issues are concentrated in an area between Illinois Route 140 and Erwin Plegge Boulevard, although there are other low spots throughout the village.
Juneau Associates has done a stormwater study, which showed a need for some additional detention basins as well as the need for many of the village's ditches to be cleaned out.
In August, village officials said it could take 8-10 years to fix the problems.
Winslow said right after that meeting the Village Board told the administration that time needed to be cut in half. He said they will do better than that.
"We're very confident we can get it done in three years," Winslow said.
As part of that, the village rearranged its budget. The village budgeted about $250,000 for sewer work this year, not counting village labor. He said about half of that has been used to reline the sanitary sewers, much of the rest was to purchase the camera used to examine the sewers.
Manpower was also shifted. The village had already started a program to update its meter reading system.
"We were pretty antiquated and had several guys tied up manually reading water meters every month," he said.
That is about 80 percent complete, allowing the village to move those workers over to sewer projects.
The village and Bethalto School District also worked out a deal for maintenance on the village's sports complex. When it was built the school district was supposed to take care of maintenance, but that was never enforced. Now that it is Winslow said they have been able to move 2.5 men over to sewer work.
The emphasis on dealing with flooding has had other results.
"A few months ago the board passed a new ordinance under our zoning code that requires when new developments are being put up, we've really tightened up on the rules on the site plans and specifically the stormwater plans," Winslow said. "Once a site plan is submitted, we will not issue any permits until our engineering firm has gone over the entire process and all of their concerns are being addressed by the developer."
"They're making really good headway on it, and we're optimistic that in three years we're going to resolve this backup issue," Winslow said.
He added that they have been lucky not to have any storms as large as the July and December 2015 storms.
"But I've got to tell you, every time we get a rain that last for more than an hour or an hour-and-a-half, things get real tense around here," he said.