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OAKLAND — The replacement of the Embarcadero bridge over the Lake Merritt Channel in Oakland, after being delayed for more than a year, is expected to cost up to $9.3 million more than what was contracted.
The bridge between Oak Street and Fifth Avenue was contracted to be replaced for seismic safety in January 2015 but delayed 15 months because of the discovery of contaminated water and soil at the job site as well as a dispute between the city and the contractors over permit requirements, according to a report from Oakland's Department of Transportation.
The delay drove up the cost of the project. As of November, 65 percent of the original $23.5 million contract had been spent, though construction was only about 40 percent complete, according to the report. Caltrans is paying 97 percent of the base contract.
The project is expected to be finished by the end of 2018, as long as Caltrans approves the additional funding, the report said. The city is asking Caltrans to fund up to $8.2 million — about 89 percent — of the additional costs. Though the city expects Caltrans to authorize the funding, Caltrans isn't expected to make the approval until March; the funds currently available will run out at the end of January.
Of the potential additional costs, $1.06 million would come from local Measure B and BB funds. The measures increased taxes to Alameda County residents to fund transportation and infrastructure projects.
The delay between when the funds run out and when the Caltrans grant is expected to kick in will "incur significant delay costs," the report said. Just to prepare the site for closure will cost $1.5 million, the report said; it will cost about $500,000 a month to keep the site closed.
"City staff will continue to work with Caltrans to obtain earlier approval of the funding requests and prevent the project from being placed on hold," the report said.
The City Council on Dec. 18 made its first vote to approve the change order, or potential cost increase, in the city's contract with construction company Flatiron West. The original contract allowed for a change order of 25 percent of the original $16.4 million contract; the increased change order would allow for an 80 percent increase of the original contract.
"The scale of these issues encountered is unusual," said Oakland Department of Transportation engineer Mohamed Alaoui at the council meeting. "We don't often come to (the City Council) with a change order of this amount, so we're acknowledging that."
James Vann of the Oakland Tenants Union said this isn't the only case of the city being stuck in a costly contract issue.
"Our city is being taken advantage of, and I hope that we can put some system in place that would do a better job of vetting these contract amounts," Vann said. "I see nothing come before this city that's less than $250,000, and I think my city is being robbed. This is ridiculous; this contract is over the moon."
The council also voted to approve a $150,000 increase in the city's contract with engineering firms T.Y Lin International Group and AECOM for the bridge project. Councilman Abel Guillen, at the meeting, urged city staff to remain conscious of an ordinance passed in November that forbids the city from entering into new or amended contracts with companies that bid on the construction of the U.S./Mexico border wall; Guillen said T.Y. Lin has been mentioned as a potential bidder on the wall.
The council also voted to approve a $75,000 increase in the city's contract with engineering firm Biggs Cardosa Associates for the bridge project.
The change orders are "worst case scenarios" for additional costs to the project, Alaoui said. The city is negotiating with the contractors through an arbitrator to determine how much of the additional cost the city and Caltrans are on the hook for, he said.


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The Apple iPhone XI (or iPhone 2019) is still far from being revealed, however, the first design information has arrived and it looks identical to Huawei Mate 20 Pro. The well-known leaker @OnLeaks has unveiled a video in conjunction with the Indian website " digit "that shows us exactly what to expect.
However, it is still early to tell if this video really shows the true design of the future Apple iPhone XI. The well-known leaker @Onleaks states that it is one of the designs to be evaluated by Apple.
Honestly, I have serious doubts that this may prove to be true. The smartphone that we see in the video below is not very proportional. Something that Apple has already accustomed us with their smartphones.
A video shows us a little worked design and nothing usual from Apple
But let's not forget the bender design of the iPhone 7 Plus that raised a lot of questions but was strongly adopted by the competition.
What to expect more from iPhones XI?
Rumors about the Apple iPhone XI begin to happen. Soon after the Cupertino company reported that sales are not as well as expected (mainly in China), Tim Cook needs to give users something and more lights to investors.
Analysts believe the upcoming iPhone XI will feature a biometric on-screen sensor and a notch reduced. In addition, they believe in the implementation of the USB-C port instead of the known lightning.
New interface and ne voice search for YouTube on Android
If that turns out to be true, the iPhone XI may turn out to be one of the most relevant smartphones to market after the iPhone X. It's time to see USB-C everywhere.
But it will be this design video "there Huawei Mate 20 Pro" what to expect?
I sincerely hope not. Although Huawei was able to implement (and well) the 3 cameras in the center of the smartphone, the alleged iPhone XI seems a bit sloppy. Something I do not believe will ever happen. Incidentally, if I had to bet, I would say that it will follow the design idea of the P20 Pro instead of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
It certainly will not be long before we have more information. Hopefully these images will be disproved. I should not be the only one who does not like the design.

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Warm Butternut and Chickpea Salad with Tahini
It's getting chilly again here at the computer in our spare bedroom, the apple tree loaded with snow, the sky grey, the furnace raging. I'm wearing a fleece and my thickest woolly socks, the ones that I believe helped facilitate my trip down the stairs the day before Christmas. I just can't get into a bowl of spring greens. It turns out I also can't live on toast and coffee, icing and cheese.
I bought a couple cookbooks that I totally didn't need. One is called Casa Moro, and in it is this warm butternut salad with chickpeas and tahini dressing. (You'd think after all that cookbook testing I'd be done with beans – actually I've been craving them more and more.) I'm a fan of all things roasted – the tahini dressing is just a bonus. (Remember the potato salad with kale? And the stir fried brown rice with chickpeas and asparagus?) Who woulda thought tahini dressing would wind up being my thing? Here I grew up thinking it was Twinkies.
And, it turns out, Molly and Deb already knew about this stuff. They are so on the ball, those two.
I've never been that creative when it comes to salads. Which is weird, because really anything goes when you make a salad – it's like the ultimate opportunity to play with your food, with minimal risk of screwing up (unlike baking). But it's exactly the sort of thing I like – that jumble of stuff in a bowl, with sauce, if at all possible. It's exactly the sort of thing W spending his time hoping is not for dinner. He had a bowl of pasta with olive oil.


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This weekend reminds me of being home. A small community coming together in time of need. The Junior Iditarod needed a place to move the trail due to extremely icy conditions. Cantwell did not bat an eye when the start and finish was moved to their community. They offered up their homes, their church, and their school for places of refuge the night before the race. The school held a delicious pancake breakfast this morning for volunteers, mushers, and community members. The banquet will also be held at the school Monday night. The halfway point, Alpine Creek Lodge, has been just as helpful. Without question, the lodge offered its place up for the race. Places to crash, free wifi, an excellent meal, cake, and a spectacular view. Both Cantwell and the Alpine Creek Lodge stepping up and helping out in time of need; what gracious people.
About three miles away from the school out the Denali Highway, the highway closes in the winter. During the winter months the highway is frequented by sled dog teams and snowmachines. The highway will now also be traveled by eleven junior mushers teams. Promptly at noon, the first musher, Dakota Schlesser, pulled his hook and began heading down the trail. Exactly two minutes apart, the rest of the teams began their journey to Alpine Creek Lodge. Lining the chute you could see photographers, family members, volunteers, friends, and community members cheering the juniors on their way.
Now began my journey to the lodge. John Nunnes and I boarded his snowmachine for our 65 mile journey to Alpine Creek Lodge. Last night we had the opportunity to view the beauty of the northern lights. Today, breathtaking views on the way to the lodge. I have never before been on a snowmachine and today my first ride left me speechless. I cannot describe the magnificent scenes we were blessed to observe. We passed many Iditarod mushers still in training on the highway. A lot of mushers have been training on the Denali Highway this year due to lack of snow in the south. Most of the mushers we passed are actually staying at the lodge as well. It's a busy place tonight.
Approximately 6:20 p.m., the first junior musher arrived at the lodge, Kevin Harper. Following closely to Kevin was Jimmy Lanier and then Dakota Schlosser. The young mushers began to take the booties off their dogs. Some mushers began by snacking their dogs, others massaged their dogs, still others began cooking their dogs their meal. Other chores going on around the checkpoint were locating the straw to lay down for their dogs, Heet for their cooker, putting coats on their dogs, and checking in with the Race Marshal. One thing was very consistent at the checkpoint, these kids all have great sportsmanship. They were offering each other straw, their leftover water, and Heet. I heard Kevin telling Jimmy how great of a run he had. As a coach, I love seeing this interaction between young athletes.
As I write this, the northern lights are out and the dog lot below is getting peacefully quiet. The dogs are asleep and the kids are either sitting around the fire or taking a nap in their sleds. The volunteers are visiting up in the lodge and enjoying some spaghetti and hot drinks. After the kids take their 10-hour mandatory layover plus their 2-minute time differential, they will head back towards Cantwell. With the way they came in, it appears we will have a close race; however, anything can happen.


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Registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India under R.N.I 53640/91
Vol. XXVIII No. 13, October 16-31, 2018
The article on deep-sea fishing along theMadras coast that appeared in MM, September 1st and 16th, jogged my memory on fishing and related sectors developing as an industry in the Madras Presidency in the early decades of the 20th Century. Some details, which could interest the readers of MM, are given below.
The Madras Fisheries Department (MFD) was considered a 'model' department for its contemporaries in other Presidencies of India because of the highly advanced methods, the Madras marine fishermen used in drying fish and preparing fish oil and fish manure. Consequently close to 250 small fish-oil factories existed along the Madras coast, run and managed by the fishermen themselves. Commercial production of high-quality tinned and cured fish was regularly demonstrated at MFD.
The Indian Industrial Commission Report (1916-1918) submitted by the Holland Commission (T.H. Holland, A. Chatterton, Fazhulbhoy Currimbhoy Ebrahim, Edward Hopkinson, C.E. Low, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Rajendra Nath Mukherjee, Horace Curzon Plunkett, F.H. Stewart, and Dorabji Jamestji Tata) indicates the following: 'Indian fisheries (especially deep-sea fisheries) have been neglected, except in the case of Madras, and their possibilities should be developed by properly equipped Fisheries Departments; And again "The (Madras) Fisheries Department deserves even fuller support from Government, especially in the further development of deep-sea fishing', wherein the segment"… except in the case of Madras' requires our close attention".
In 1917, the staff at the Madras Fisheries Department (MFD) consisted of two Europeans, marine and piscicultural experts, and three Indians: (1) an oil and soap chemist, (2) an assistant to the piscicultural expert, and (3) an Assistant Director (AD). The AD was a highly educated affluent with European scientific training, who came from a socially marginalised family. MFD was headed by an Honorary Director. I could track down the names of the officers listed above. The Honorary Director was Frederick Nicholson, the piscicultural expert was H.C. Wilson (who died sometime in 1916 or 1917), the marine biology expert was James Hornell, the assistant to H.C. Wilson was B. Sundararaj, the Assistant Director was V. Govindan, and the soap & oil chemist was A.K. Menon.
The Indian Industrial Commission Report (1916-1918) commends the Madras Fisheries Department: 'Scientific ichthyologists should be added to The Zoological Survey.' Very likely this was the stimulus for the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Calcutta to set up the Marine Biological Station (MBS) in San Thomé, Madras, sometime later (1950s?). At this juncture, it is useful to recall the yeoman service done to the science of Southern-Indian fisheries by Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon (popularly known as AGK) and Krishnan C. Jayaram (KCJ), who served the ZSI – MBS for more than two decades.
The MFD included two highly specialist offices (referred as branches) in 1916-1917: Pearl and Chank Branch Office and Tanur Experimental Station (TES). The Pearl and Chank branch was headed by Hornell. Chank harvesting occurred all along the eastern coast from Madras to Cape Comorin (Kanniyakumari), while the pearl harvesting was confined to Tuticorin. TES went through an intense metamorphosis over time. In 19161917 it was an experimental cannery for producing marketable fish. However, by 1940, it transformed into a rigorous research department. During this time, TES collaborated with the Nutrition Research Laboratories (NRL) at Coonoor and investigated the nutritional benefits of fish products. One of their – combined – major findings was the plentiful availability of vitamin A in Indian shark – and sawfish liver oils. This research finding was a breakthrough since at this time, Europe was reeling under the pressure of World War II, which stopped the supply of cod-liver oil from Norway. The finding made at TES in collaboration with NRL Coonoor is remarkable.


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One of the most popular items this holiday season was a set-top box or a streaming stick on Roku or Amazon Fire TV's platform. Which means there are a ton of people out there looking for some new apps to try out on that new device. Well one that you won't want to miss is DIRECTV NOW. It's still a somewhat new service, having just celebrated its first birthday earlier this month, but it allows you to watch live TV on your laptop, smartphone and even your TV without subscribing to a cable service and using a cable box.
DIRECTV NOW is AT&T's streaming TV service, which was launched last year, and has a ton of channels available for you to watch at anytime. There are four channel packages available, starting at just $35 for 60 channels, and going up to $70 for 120 channels. Which is actually a great price for what you're getting here. Think of the entry-level package as basic cable. You get basically all of the same channels that you would get with basic cable, but without the cable box, and without having to watch it only on your TV. There are some channels missing, but the majority of the popular ones are included in that package. If there are others you want, you can upgrade to the other packages pretty quickly. Now as far as local channels go, most markets have at least two of the four major networks (that being CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC). So you'll need to check using your zip code to see if local channels are available for you. The same goes for regional sports networks, but the majority of them are available.
Other than getting rid of the cable box and really cutting the cord, there are a number of other reasons to use DIRECTV NOW. One of those being the fact that you can watch anywhere, on virtually any device. DIRECTV NOW is available on most devices these days, so when you're away, you can watch TV on your smartphone using the DIRECTV NOW app, or on your tablet, even on your PC using its website. Making it easy for you to watch TV when you're home, or or when you're traveling. Now you can watch DIRECTV NOW anywhere in the US, so if you are traveling outside of the US, you won't be able to watch, unfortunately. And if that's not enough for you, most networks that have a TV Anywhere app, work with DIRECTV NOW. Allowing you to go ahead and TV anywhere, with even more content available than what you would find on DIRECTV NOW. Which is really impressive when you think about it.
DIRECTV NOW may not be perfect, but for $35/month, it's pretty darn good. And you can still get a free trial and check it out without paying anything. The free trial is just 7 days, but DIRECTV NOW is currently running a sale where you can get $25 off of your first month. So you can get 60 channels for just $10/month, which is a great deal when you think about it. And it'll give you plenty of time to really check out the service and see how good it is, and if it'll fit your needs.Start a Free Trial of DIRECTV NOW


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A Lipstick Christmas Tree and Paper Angels
'Tis the season to be jolly, but in fact I don't feel like that at all. My kids get very excited about the Herbstmesse (Basel Autumn Fair) and all the money they can spend on the rides. Then there are all of those sweets calling to them from row after row of stands – it's like they're getting you all hyped up and sugar-rushed for the onslaught of festivities: all those dinners, drinks, school and work parties, which lead up to the climax of sugar consumption at Christmas.
Every year it gets me thinking: Wouldn't it be grand to hibernate? (You should see the look of total incomprehension my kids give me when I say this; it's so beyond them that they simply don't respond, but rather ignore me and pretend that I haven't just uttered a sacrilege.) But just think of it – no more organising Santa (whether Dutch, Swiss or English) or presents. No discussions about sweets or the latest iPhone, or endless wish lists featuring Playmobil figures (that make me break out in fits) and Play Station games. Just me in a lovely warm cottage by the sea and my laptop; or, in fact, I'd even be okay with a pen and paper.
Now I'm not sure how this fits into the topic of my column as this sort of transcends culture. Let's say I'd like to start a new tradition. (As I tell myself every year when I'm running around the toy shops at the last minute in order to get that battery-operated horse that neighs and poops for my youngest, and a – useful? – technical gadget that could potentially be educational, a drone, perhaps? – to tickle any photographic talent? – for my teenaged boy; and then, quickly, I need a financially equivalent "something" for my middle daughter who really, really likes "a surprise"). I would like to start a tradition of non-consumer festivities. How about just getting back to the basic Little House on the Prairie style where it's all about the baking and being together and not about Mami running around organising a perfect world for the kids. I'd like to celebrate life and love and enjoy a big family meal that we either all cook together or go out to the restaurant for.
It's then that I often think back to one of my most amazing Christmases as a young adult, when we visited my parents in Peru. They had organised a fantastic trip, where we were to spend Christmas on the road. For Christmas proper we stayed at a lovely hotel, which was practically empty. In fact, we soon found out that the hotel restaurant was closed for the length of our stay, as were most of the restaurants in the small town we were in. We did find some food eventually, but we weren't going to spend all night in an empty bar. Back at the hotel our mood was a bit low. What sort of celebration was this? Is this what being a grown-up was about? No presents, no good food – no presents? Our sister decided to take matters into her own hands. She surprised us with a hand-drawn painting of a red Christmas tree that she scrawled all over the large mirror in our bedroom using all she had with her – namely, lipstick. We just stood there and laughed, told each other stories and even sang, and we had the best Christmas ever.
I have been trying really hard over the past few years to reduce the cash flow (out) and concentrate on the important things. To help to slowly build down the hype, we tried spending Christmas in a REKA holiday village, where I bought a small, portable white Christmas tree and we only had two presents each. The kids loved it. I had a book of paper cut-outs for making your own decorations, so after skiing they decorated the flat with paper chains and paper stars and angels, and it was so relaxing and fun. Indeed, the most interesting thing for me was how happy they all were with this low-key Christmas get together where my father joined us with his guitar and we sang songs, kneeled around the little tree and had some plain, old-fashioned fun together with a simple but gorgeous meal.
This year, though, we'll be at home, and I wonder whether I can pull it off. Being at home, their expectations are bound to be higher, but then again, I think back to last Christmas when they insisted on a real Christmas tree and I agreed on the condition that we all went for it together. We had so much fun and the kids were excited just by the prospect of the tree. So maybe it's not the kids' fault. Maybe the problem lies outside and all those expectations that are thrown at us at every shop window, advertisements that tell us we are only good parents if we strive for perfection in an I-want-everything-I-see kind of way. If that's the case, then it's our job as parents to gently show them that actually we're all happiest when we're together.
By Karin Mohler
Karin Mohler is a former expat having settled down in her native Switzerland after a childhood abroad. She is challenged daily with balancing the peculiarities she picked up on her travels and integrating them in daily life in what is supposed to be her homeland. Her three children aged 15, 13 and 9 help her bridge the gap in understanding the culture she is now living in. Failing that, she gains insight and inspiration from the book Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds by D. C. Pollock and R. v. Reken (2009).
Illustration by Bvisual.
Beth works as special educational needs teacher. She graduated from university after studying visual communication, specialising in illustration, and then went on to do post graduate studies in education. Beth's been working as a freelance creative alongside her teaching, and has undertaken projects involving portraits and editorial illustrations under her artist's name BVisual.


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- Publisher: GameSpire
- Platforms: Android 4.1 or later iOS 8.0 or later
- Price: Free
- File size: 103 MB
- Date Updated: 26/11/2018
World of Warships is a fascinating war game with the naval war theme, PC-based gameplay and lots of positive feedback. Aside from the PC version with attractive content, many mobile game makers have released equally impressive naval war games. GameSpire Ltd. As a game maker with stunning picture quality, they have released many high-quality games. Their latest product and naval war content that you should not miss is Warships Universe. A naval war game on the most impressive mobile platform ever.
Nice naval war game
Warships Universe for iOS is a naval war game, MMO type game with many addictive online battles. By participating in the action-packed world of action, you will have the opportunity to play against other players. Experience the feeling of destructive comfort and fight alongside the powerful army along with many other players. Experience real fighting feelings and support your teammates against dangerous opponents. The main content of the game will revolve around a variety of warships ranging from World War I to World War II. You will unlock and upgrade many types of warships such as frigates, battleships, gunboats, cruisers, carriers, and various types of ships.
True combat features
In the game you will be controlling a real warship, you will move it to various locations on the map of the game to fight and destroy the enemy. With MMO games, you will be able to use the game's intuitive virtual key system. The virtual key system will help you control movement and shooting simply. You will shoot with two virtual keys on the right side of the screen of the device to use cannon and torpedoes. Also, to adjust the direction of the shot and the height of the gun you just touch the right side of the screen of the device. Touch and hold on the screen to make the right adjustments when playing the game. Move your warship with four virtual keys including forward, back, right, left on the screen of the device. Move and adjust the direction of the shot accurately to destroy the opponent and protect the team.
Warship Universe: Naval Battle – Battle warship action game!
All players will be divided into two groups of 6 players in real time. The game has two main tasks for you to play when you play the game is to destroy the entire opponent or control more points in the game than your opponent. The game will have limited time, and the best way to win is to fight and not to step back. Completing the matches in the game will help you gain bonuses and experience points. Experience points will help you learn new details for your warship and unlock a new range of warships. Bonuses will be used to equip new weapons or buy new warships. Complete many excellent battles to give you the chance to own some impressive warships in the history of naval warfare.
You will love this MMO game
Naval Warfare is a very interesting and popular subject. Warships Universe will bring you a series of fierce battles of naval warfare. Games have not only great content and gameplay, but also great image quality. The game has nice 3D graphics with lots of detail and true motion. The game also attracts players with a variety of unique visual effects that make the game even better. You will easily experience this great game using the share link at the bottom of this article.


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Adult Learning Center Uplifts Community
July 9, 2018
Hawkeye Community College has a vision that is coming to life in the form of the new Adult Learning Center currently under construction in downtown Waterloo. Here, urban students will come to start a career path, learn English, and prepare for college. The new facility will double the urban campus capacity to 4,500 and house multiple programs in a state-of-theart facility. But, the real vision is to create an environment in which students will be supported in a holistic way, providing them with all possible services as they start their journey.
"The issues that really become an impediment to success for students are things like homelessness, food insecurity, and health issues," said Dr. Linda Allen, Hawkeye Community College President. "With our new model, we are going to identify those at the start so we can get them the resources they need, making it easier for them to move forward in their education."
Voters passed a bond including the project in 2015 and those dollars focus on the physical building. But, according to Dr. Allen, it's funding like the $200,000 grant from the Community Foundation that allow for the creation of student-focused programs.
"Community partnerships are essential for the College. It's critical our community is able to offer these supports and training opportunities in the urban environment. These are amazing people who are trying to move their life forward or to start a new life, and they are working very hard to become successful," said Dr. Allen.


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Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've been hearing a lot about "digital transformation." Chances are, though, you don't know what exactly it means—or why you should care. You may think it's just about replacing your old software with more modern, digital technologies. That's certainly an important part of going digital, but it's hardly transformative.
CIO defines digital transformation as "the acceleration of business activities, processes, competencies, and models to fully leverage the changes and opportunities of digital technologies and their impact in a strategic and prioritized way."
That's a lot of jargon. But what does it really mean for manufacturers?
At its heart, digital transformation is about more substantive change—how you improve your business with technology. For most manufacturers, the way to bring about the greatest business improvement is by transforming the supply chain.
A recent McKinsey study found that the average supply chain has a digitization level of just around 40%, the lowest of 5 business areas they examined. Less than 5% of executives they surveyed reported that the supply chain is the focus of their digital strategies. This is a major missed opportunity. The same McKinsey research suggests that, on average, companies that aggressively digitize their supply chains can expect to boost annual earnings before interest and taxes by more than 3% and annual revenue by around 2%. This represents the greatest growth potential of any business area.
So how do you transform your supply chain? Start by blurring the lines. Your supply chain likely can't be represented by a straight line from a resource to your customer. Your suppliers may include distributors, wholesalers, customer contacts and competitors. And there is a good chance that your company is a link in someone else's supply chain. It's time to start collaborating up and down your supply chain to cooperatively manage risk, innovate more rapidly, and solve problems creatively. All of which will make your supply chain stronger and more resilient and your business more productive.
Perhaps the easiest way to begin transforming your supply chain is to implement one system of record for all your supplier related data. One system you can trust that's available anytime, from anywhere, to anyone who needs access. You get all that, and more, with LiveSource, a cloud-based, integrated, flexible platform for all supplier-facing interactions.
With a single system of record for collecting and normalizing data and then pushing it down to transactional systems, everyone along your supply chain will be operating from the same set of information. You'll be able to improve quality, while cutting costs and improving innovation.
That's what digital transformation is all about.


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By Roy L Hales
The Southern Cortes Community Association presentation was next. Though we have exchanged emails, Julian Ayers and I have never met and I didn't think to have someone point him out to me. Nor I did not tell him that the little black device on the lectern, that looks virtually identical to a remote, was actually my recorder. Consequently, you will hear a lot of paper shuffling throughout this presentation.
(Audio above is shared by two posts: Cec & Christine Robinson's presentation starts 3:37; Julian Ayers' presentation starts 13:55; Theme song "Old Stone Walls" by Rick Bockner.)
Julian Ayers Presentation
"To the Board of Directors of the Strathcona Regional District:"
"As the president of the Southern Cortes Community Association, I am here today on behalf of the SCCA membership and also speak for the 70% of Area B electors who voted last October in favour of a final referendum on funding for Manson's Hall and the Whaletown Community Club's Gorge Hall."
"I would like to thank the Board for voting at your last meeting to respond publicly to a number of the questions in the 32 individual letters submitted by Cortes Islanders before that meeting. I would especially like to thank your Chair, Michele Babchuk, for taking the time to go to Heriot Bay and be interviewed by Cortes Radio and for working with your Chief Administrative Officer David Leitch to provide written answers to some of the questions raised about what you have done and not done in the process of handling the October referendum issues and the litigation against our elected regional director."
"As you have heard today, there are 10 times as many Cortes Islanders who are upset by what has happened in the last few months as those who wrote to you individually. There are issues that were not adequately addressed in your message to the community, and I would like to present some thoughts about two of them:"
- The relationship of Director Anderson to the community hall service initiative.
- The influence of a determined group of anti-tax lobbyists on other directors.
Director Anderson's Relationship To The Community Hall Service Initiative
"First, in the Chair's message to the community, you mention that the hall tax initiative in 2010 failed to obtain public consent through the alternative approval process. Since it only takes 10% of the registered electors to defeat an AAP proposal, it was easy for the opponents of taxation to get enough signatures and generate enough letters to the board to block that path. Having been through that experience, Director Anderson made it very clear to the SCCA that she would not bring the issue back to the board unless we could show that there was very strong support for it in the community."
"The SCCA membership voted to approach the SRD again in 2017 as a result of the BC Gaming Commission's decision to stop providing grants for operating expenses to BC's non-profit organizations. The SCCA had qualified for gaming grants for those core expenses for many years and the loss of that income prompted members to circulate a petition "in support of funding for Cortes community hall through taxation and to hold a referendum to know the wishes of the Cortes community." In less than a month, 463 residents and/or property owners signed and the SCCA submitted the petition to Director Anderson and to the Regional Board in September."
"The SCCA made a presentation to the Electoral Services Committee at its October 2017 meeting and the petition was received along with a NO petition signed by 212 people."
Director Anderson's Neutrality
"We note that at times it has been implied or openly stated that a core funding service for Cortes Island's community halls was Director Anderson's personal initiative. Nothing could be further from the truth."
"From the outset, in our view, Director Anderson has been careful to maintain neutrality, saying she would follow the will of the community. All of the appeals to the Regional Board for support have come in the form of petitions, delegations and letters from the voters of Cortes Island, not from Director Anderson."
"We believe she has been doing what she was elected to do: Bring her constituency's issues to the board."
"We feel it is critically important not to confuse Director Anderson's support for a referendum with an advocacy position for or against a tax service. Our Director simply wants us to be allowed to have a vote on this issue, as the majority has requested."
"It is noteworthy that the other candidate in the October election, George Sirk, did sign the SCCA's original petition before he became a candidate and pledged in his election campaign to follow through on the outcome of the referendum. In the voting, Director Anderson was re-elected with 353 votes to 286 for Mr. Sirk. The community hall service referendum received 443 YES votes to 191 NO votes. It is clear from these numbers that at least 90 electors who voted for Mr. Sirk voted YES on the community hall question, and a clear 70% majority of voters in favour."
Hidden Lobbying Of SRD Directors
"Our second concern is the hidden lobbying of other Regional Directors."
"In spite of the fact that a significant majority of Area B electors support moving ahead, the fundamentals of democratic process have been and are still being blocked by a small group of anti-taxers who have acted as if the referendum issues were Director Anderson's initiatives and have circumvented our elected director and furthermore lobbied other directors off the public record."
"We feel it is inappropriate to base Directorial votes on our local issues on information that is with-held from public record, leaving us unable to respond."
"We do not understand why Board members from other communities, who are not elected by us, and whose communities are in no way impacted by our strictly local issues, feel that its appropriate to determine if Cortes Island residents should or should not be allowed their democratic right to vote on this or any other matter."
The Legal Petition
"The SCCA cannot comprehend and the Board has not explained how your lack of understanding of the implications of the litigation against Director Anderson justified delaying the community hall service process? "
"We have read the content of the petition to litigate against Director Anderson, and sought legal advice regarding the baseless attack on the integrity of our community organizations. Regardless of the petition's quality or intent, or of any future response to it on our part, it makes no claims related to the October referendum issues."
"We are dismayed that a clearly partisan attack on our Director is considered a good reason to shut down Cortes Island business in progress. As it is, it appears that a mere 14 people can abruptly terminate governance for a thousand people, simply by filing a slipshod petition to litigate."
"The Board of the SCCA is disappointed that the lobbied directors have not reached out and given our community associations the opportunity to present a fair and balanced view, address misconceptions and personal bias, correct incomplete or misleading information, and participate in developing a understanding of the issues for everyone's benefit."
"Thank you to the SRD for your move toward each director having an SRD email address and using those individual accounts for board business rather than their personal emails. We hope that the board will continue to work toward more transparency in how it arrives at decisions and will provide the public with a clear understanding of the legal advice you receive later today in your session about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy."
The Heart Of Community Life
"Our two Cortes Island halls are at the heart of community life on Cortes. They both host cultural events, public meetings, celebrations and memorials, dances and recreational activities, weddings, classes and community services for all ages that bring people together and to help maintain the health and well-being of our residents and visitors."
"Mansons Hall shelters the only licensed playschool, main post office, a café, the Friday Market, Cortes Island Women's Center, pottery studio, yoga studio, thrift store, food bank and land for FOCI's office. We fundraised and purchased to old Quadra Credit Union trailer, it became North Island College, and now home to CKTZ Radio. The SCCA manages the skatepark for SRD Parks, and volunteers maintain Mansons Cemetery."
Expedite The Final Binding Referendum
"The non-binding referendum unsurprisingly confirmed — by 443 to 191 votes — that the Area B electorate still wants the opportunity to finally decide on whether or not to fund our community halls with our property taxes."
"Clearly a significant majority of Area B electors, residents and property owners value the existence of our community centres and want them to be maintained for future generations."
"We appreciate the chair's acknowledgement that the October referendum on the community hall service clearly supports having another referendum on a well-defined bylaw, and we look forward to working with staff to provide up-to-date information that will make it clear to Area B electors what the service will pay for and what it will cost."
"We ask the Board to assure the community that you will lift our tabled business, and move forward immediately with the process to define Bylaw No. 341. Please expedite the final binding referendum, so Area B electors can decide for ourselves whether we wish to support our community institutions in the same way that taxpayers in the overwhelming majority of similar jurisdictions — including Areas and municipalities represented at this table — support their own community centres and recreational facilities."
Thank you.
Julian Ayers, President
Southern Cortes Community Association
Manson's Landing, B.C.
Around Twenty-five people left after the Cortes presentations.
I was among those who stayed on, because another agenda item was connected to fire hall funding. This did not turn out to be the first responders funding, which we have been hoping for. Instead, it was a legislative catch-up to duties that were already being performed.


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Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Michigan Philharmonic / Nan Washburn, conductor
Recorded October 5, 2018 at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Plymouth
Heinrich Marschner: Der Vampyr Overture
Lansing Symphony Orchestra / Timothy Muffitt, conductor
Recorded October 1, 2017 at Wharton Center for Performing Arts, Lansing
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My little pumpkin is three months old today! It feels like I blinked and an entire month went by. This maternity leave is going by a lot faster than it did with Maxton – but I am twice as busy this time around!
Everly is so alert these days and full of smiles! Her smile reminds me a lot of Maxton, but girly (if that makes sense). Steve and I always say her voice sounds so girly and sweet.
– She HATES tummy time, just like her brother did. I really don't give her much tummy time at all…
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– She usually sleeps a 6 hour stretch, sometimes she will go a little longer
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Thanksgiving, the wedding / part on friday. MY wedding - still seems surreal!
I've been driving my fiance crazy this week singing
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Miss Piggy's lines from the wedding at the end of my favorite movie - Muppets Take Manhattan.
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A long-rumoured rival group of northern Manitoba communities keen to take a run at acquiring the Hudson Bay Railway and Port of Churchill from Omnitrax Canada has finally made its presence known publicly.
Unlike the "consortium" that Omnitrax is currently talking to, this new group, called One North, appears to have broad representation from both municipalities and First Nations of northern Manitoba all along the rail line as well as the Kivaliq region of Nunavut.
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Anthem Blue Cross resubmits rate increase to state
Anthem Blue Cross of California announced today that they have resubmitted new rate requests with the California Department of Insurance and Department of Managed Health Care. According to the company the average increase is 14% and, if approved, would be effective on September 1, 2010. The rate action is expected to affect 602,500 Anthem Blue Cross members.
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Since the start of Lady Gaga storming to the top of the charts, 2 years ago, Christina Aguilera has dissed her. First asking if she was a men, then calling Gaga last week a newcomer(after having six number 1's already) and saying she was "fun" to look at. It has also been really obvious Aguilera has been copying styles of Lady Gaga for basically everything she does lately. Now she wants the feud to be over and be good colleagues, a little late after all the digs. I like both, but Lady Gaga obviously more.
Boy George is not happy about a documentary the BBC did on his life called "Worried About the Boy," saying the only good thing was the make-up. He said the TV-movie was poorly written and had no heart. Boy George always criticises everyone and everything so not a surprise. Still think he is fabuloso though.
The whole right-wing media in the US is in a shitstorm after Lebanese immigrant Rima Fakih, a muslim/christian, was named Miss USA yesterday. I can kinda understand the shock about this for some people, but the girl was brought to the US as a baby, lived her NY and went to a catholic school. Her views seem to be pretty open-minded as well, for instance on birth control so I think she has american values. It also proves the US is diverse and she sure is extremely pretty.


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When this woman's son surprised her after two years abroad, she could only curse and embrace him.
Harry McGurk, 25, is quite the traveler.
After the London man spent months on end exploring Southeast Asia and Australia, he noticed the expiration date on his passport drawing near.
Instead of calling his mother to let her know he was on the way back to the family home, McGurk just showed up at her door.
McGurk laughed at the ensuing hysterics, telling the Daily Mail Australia,
It was a great reaction to see from her... I don't know why she called me the c word – it was the first thing that came to her mind but I'm glad I got to surprise her.
If this is how prodigal sons are treated, I'd certainly hate to see how she reacts to an unwelcome visitor.


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Sunday, December 3, 2006
Webb Right - Will Wrong
The valiant soldiers we've put in harm's way deserve better. There are things worth going to war for, but ousting Saddam Hussein was not one of them.
And protecting the Sunni minority that prospered under Hussein from reaping what they've sown is not worth one more American life.
Since our Soldiers, Airmen, Navy and Marines got there, they've been hampered, harrassed, maimed and murdered for political goals that are unacheivable and political figures too stubborn or stupid to recognize their initial error.
The emporor has no clothes, and James Webb has the balls to say so.
The quote below is the lede to a story about Webb in a Washington Post article by Post Staff Writer Michael D. Shear.
"At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential receiving line or to have his picture taken with the man he had often criticized on the stump this fall. But it wasn't long before Bush found him.
"How's your boy?" Bush asked, referring to Webb's son, a Marine serving in Iraq.
"I'd like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President," Webb responded, echoing a campaign theme.
"That's not what I asked you," Bush said. "How's your boy?"
"That's between me and my boy, Mr. President," Webb said coldly, ending the conversation on the State Floor of the East Wing of the White House."
George Will has it exactly wrong. Webb brings to the Senate exactly what Washington needs more of.
In the next six years, I expect him to give liberals like me plenty of heartburn; Webb is no lefty.
But he's served this country admirably, as a warrior, a novelist, a journalist and a Secretary of the Navy.
I'm proud of the way he's representing Virginia, even before being formally sworn in.
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- ANON1 said...
All I heard was..."blah, blah, blah I am a Democrat so all Republicans are wrog." Typical left wing bullshit.
- December 4, 2006 at 7:54:00 AM EST
- David in DC said...
Then you should check your hearing.
Niether party has a monopoly on wisdom, but if you cannot differentiate between Jim Webb and "typical left wing bullshit" you need to see an otolaryngologist.
He's a warrior who wrote what most judge THE best Vietnam novel by a veteran of that conflict. (The only Viet Nam novel on the required reading sylabus at West Point.)
He was Reagan's Navy secretary until he got fed up with bullshit like accommodating Napoleon McCallum's football career and David Robinson's basketball career while they were on active duty.
He beat the shit out of Ollie North when both were officer candidates at the Naval Academy in a boxing match that remains famous to this day.
He crusaded against women at the Naval Academy. He defended the Air Force officers caught up in the Tailhook scandal.
He only ran as a Democrat because he doesn't believe in the war his son (and many other fathers' sons and daughters) have been called to fight.
I'm sure he'd have been happier to run as a Republican, but that slot was filled with the sycophantic and self-destructing George Macacawitz Allen.
Really, if all you hear in Webb's exchange with Dubya is typical left wing bullshit, you're not employing the analytical skills that must reside even in so disturbed a mind as The Mind of ANON1.
- December 4, 2006 at 2:46:00 PM EST
- Rachel said...
I would like to see George W. send his daughters to fight the war in Iraq.
I am sure his opinions would change VERY quickly.
- December 4, 2006 at 7:34:00 PM EST
- ANON1 said...
Why is it that when people join the military and there is no war, everyone is happy with being in the armed forces?
But, when a war does come and people die, it's the President's fault. War+guns+bombs=DEAD PEOPLE. None of the people fighting today were drafted, they enlisted.
- December 5, 2006 at 8:30:00 AM EST
- David in DC said...
Are you missing the point on purpose?
Soldiers in Iraq are doing the duty they signed up for. They are faithfully executing the policy that the dolts in Washington have decreed.
But it is a doltish policy and it's getting them killed, unnecesarily.
Unnecessarily is the key.
They have to go when ordered. And they are. Every credible report says the military men and women with "boots on the ground" are performing admirably.
But we civilians owe them a duty, too.
We have a responsibility to order them to fight and die only when the vital interests of the U.S. are at stake.
They're not at stake here.
So the commanders, and especially the Commander in Chief and Secretary of Defense are failing in their duty to the soldiers.
As I said originally, there are things worth putting the young men and women of the U.S. military in harm's way for.
The Iraq occupation is not one of them, nor is the policing of the Iraqi civil war.
- December 5, 2006 at 12:00:00 PM EST
- ANON1 said...
That is your opinion as a man who does not know what is really going on behind the scenes. You are taking the views of the liberal media and presenting them as facts which they are not.
- December 5, 2006 at 4:31:00 PM EST
- David in DC said...
The critical questions of fact are ones you or I are entirely qualified to determine.
Was regime change in Iraq a vital interest of the United States?
Is policing the Iraqi civil war?
I need neither behind-the-scenes information nor tutoring from any establishment, liberal or otherwise, to make an informed judgment about these questions.
The facts are out there, unvarnished by anyone's spin.
We've put our military in harm's way over things that are not vital interests of the U.S. In that, we've failed them.
- December 6, 2006 at 11:13:00 AM EST
- ANON1 said...
Well once again your complete lack of access to top secret intelligence of the US doesn't leave you with a lot to go on. Most of what you read is not fact. It's left wing hippy bullshit written by some Grateful Dead fan.
- December 6, 2006 at 12:53:00 PM EST
- David in DC said...
Ad hominem attack is not reasoned argument.
You may be prepared to allow the establishment (liberal or conservative) count you out of policy debates by promiscuous use of a Top Secret stamp.
I am not.
Your point proves way too much.
If you're right, democracy is a foolish exercise in leadership by the ignorant and civilian control of the military is a bothersome technicality.
I'm not so pessimistic about the truth, as reported by a free press.
It makes no sense to get all your news from one source, whether it's the conservatives on the Fox News Channel or the liberals at The New Republic.
But if you get your news from a wide variety of sources (I'd advise the Wall Street Journal from the right, the New York Times or Washington Post from the left, The Nation from the far left and the National Review or The Weekly Standard from the far right) you can divine an approximatiopn of the truth.
Well maybe you can't, but one can.
- December 6, 2006 at 3:19:00 PM EST
- ANON1 said...
Who owns most of the media in America? The Jews. Most of the time jewish people are democratic and their view are to the left.
So I don't think the press is as free as you think David.
And stop with the fucking big words and fancy statements. This is not a court.
- December 6, 2006 at 6:05:00 PM EST
- David in DC said...
Personal foul, #Anon1, offensive bigotry.
Fifteen yard penalty plus loss of the down.
- December 7, 2006 at 2:27:00 PM EST


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When you look at your reflection in the river it gives the illusion of another person who looks just like yourself, looking back at you. Who is that person? Is it you? How can it be you, if you are only one, and that which looks back is beyond you? Is that reflection more like the positive side of your shadow? Both follow your every move, even though one is in front of you. Both seem real, yet are what we call an illusion.
Did you ever wonder why the dynamics of shadows and reflections exist at all? Sure, science can define them, but what is the human value of this illusion? When you look at the Milky Way, does it not look like a nebulous river running the entire length of the sky? Yet another mere illusion, soberingly silent, stretching vastly into an infinity of cosmos.
Are illusions real? Well, they are after all, real illusions. When you move, that dark person behind you and the light one in the water reciprocates, too. You can't touch it, but it is real. It does what you do. And the only thing that separates you from it, is a still and thin veil of transparent water. Water that allows you to see through it, yet facilitating a chance for you to look back at yourself. The more the surface is disturbed, the more the image is distorted, until it reachs a point where it totally disappears.
Putting our nose against the illusionary mirrors of nature can bring one a new perception of the world, if we pay attention to such things. And we humans should from time to time. It can bring us face to face with the realization that human nature is just part of the bigger nature of nature. The illusion of human beingness is that it is outside or separate from Nature. Illusion is a perception, and some say perception is reality. Though reality takes many forms and is itself a total of many perceptions that constitute the whole. And it is impossible to become whole, if there are any missing parts.
If you consider that there will always be things that are ungraspable, perhaps we can only fathom the idea of wholeness, when we learn how to fathom the idea of infinity. How can anyone ever appreciate an endless infinity, if there isn't an end ? Rivers are kind of like that. We can float the same river over and over, yet everytime it is always different. The rain cycle between land and sea is endless. It is only an illusion that it is the same river.
I once had a hypnotist on a trip, when he caught site of a turtle on the salmon river, which is not known for turtles (that is another story), and tried to convince me of such. Later, we both questioned its reality. He said: " if one person sees it, it's a illusion. If two people see it, it's a delusion. If three people see it, then it must be." Only two of us saw it, unless I consider my shadow the third observer.
Was that turtle that dove to the depths as we approached and disappeared from our sight, real? Who is that person in the river, loking back at you? It surely is you, even if you are the only one to see yourself in the river exactly as you are. It may only be an illusion, but it really is who you are. That is the beauty of the river, it reflects back to you , whatever you give to it.
Perhaps you are thinking I have fallen off the edge and into the deep with this post. The deep what? Be careful in your judgment, I might land right next to you. Always remember, a river can also be very deep, as well as endless. You are the river, and the river is you.


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When I first heard about this book, it was because a few friends of mine were reading it for school, and I asked them what they were reading. I mean, the title is Slaughterhouse Five. It sounded interesting. When I asked them what it was about, they told me: it's about some dude named Billy who goes to war, survives a bombing, and gets abducted by aliens.
I'm telling you now: after finishing this book, I can gladly tell you that this book is about some dude named Billy who goes to war, survives a bombing, and gets abducted by aliens. Though there's a little more to it than that.
This book is actually an antiwar novel based off of Kurt Vonnegut's life. The first line of the novel is: "All this happened, more or less." Which is an actual truth. Vonnegut really was a POW, and he really did survive the bombing of Dresden by hiding out in a meat locker. So it's an antiwar novel based off his experience during the bombing, and it's also a book about time travel and aliens.
One thing I really liked about this book was the narrative style Vonnegut uses. One of the main things that the book talks about (besides the horrors of war, which I'll get to in a minute) is how death is a natural cycle that we all go through, and how we shouldn't necessarily mourn death, because at some point in time, that person is still alive. The idea comes from the aliens who abduct Billy, called the Tralfamadorians, who believe that time is not linear, like we Earthlings believe. So it would be more accurate to say that a person has died, will die, and will always die, the same way you might say someone has lived, will live, and will always live. The reason I mention this is because Vonnegut's style of writing is, in and of itself, a repetition of this idea. He's so matter of fact with everything that happens, and with his repeated phrases of "So it goes," that it's almost like he's simply recording history–which, in a sense, he is, even when someone dies. Even when scenes get brutal and horrible, he still maintains this matter of fact attitude to the whole thing, which in turn just made it so much more real than if he had bled emotion into the words.
The other thing I really liked was how well the novel worked as an antiwar novel. Vonnegut's scenes are horrific, just absolutely harrowing, and work so well in showing the horrors of war. I cannot even begin to explain how gross some of them were (and yet he kept the same tone, the same matter of fact tone, almost like he was saying, "Yeah, this is war."), and gross might even be too nice of a word here.
(Vonnegut also has the darkest sense of humor. Despite all the awful moments and the gore, I found myself laughing at the jokes thrown in here and there.)
This book actually reminded me a lot of Tim O'brien's The Things They Carried, which is also an amazing antiwar novel. Especially the beginning, which reminded me of O'brien talking about how to tell a good war story, and obviously the horrors of war were equally horrifying between books.
I definitely recommend reading this. It's amazing, wonderfully written, and has amazing characters, though I didn't really talk about them much, mostly because they didn't stand out to me as much as other things. If you like antiwar novels, or read The Things They Carried and are looking for another book that is similar to it and just as good, you should most definitely read this.
I'd say this book should not be read by anyone overly immature or under the age of 13. Just to be on the safe side. It is very horrific (as I've said), and has depictions of sex and descriptions of violence (not just the action within the book, but also in the dialogue), as well as discussions of topics that you may not understand when you're younger. The aliens part, though. I'm pretty sure that that part is okay.
I also have to warn you: this book skips around a lot, since "Billy has become unstuck in time," and therefore may be a little hard to read. I had very little trouble with this, but some other people who I've talked to has had issues following along. If you do have issues following along, my advice would be to just slow down a little more, take the time to figure out where Billy is at that moment. Eventually you'll get the hang of it, just stick it out through the confusion. It is, after all, an amazing book.


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Genres: Action, Adventure, Superhero
Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Andy Hartnell, J. Scott Campbell
Artist: J. Scott Campbell
Publication date: 2005
Status: Completed
Views: 11,184
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Posted by Alex Enumah, Abuja | 6 September 2018 | 869 times
The Federal High Court Abuja will today commence hearing on a suit seeking court's pronouncement on the process of removing presiding officers of the National Assembly.
The suit, filed by a newly registered political party, the United Peoples' Congress (UPC), is specifically seeking a declaratory action to guide the party following, "several confusing interpretations being given to the issues raised for determination".
However, when the matter came up on Tuesday, a vacation judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, after granting the prayers of the plaintiff that the matter be heard during vacation, ordered the plaintiff to serve the court processes on the defendants through substituted service.
Justice Dimgba subsequently adjourned to Thursday for hearing of the originating summons.
The UPC, in the suit dated and filed 31 August by its counsel, Chief M. A. Igwe, among others, is praying the court to determine between members of the National Assembly and political parties who have the power to elect and remove presiding officers of the National Assembly.
The plaintiff, in addition, wants the court to determine whether, by provisions of the constitution, the presiding members can only be removed by a two-thirds majority of the House and not two-thirds of those present at the sitting.
In an 11-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the UPC National Chairman, Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, the plaintiff claimed that the determination of the suit would guide persons seeking election on its platform into the National Assembly as to their rights when elected as legislators as well as the rights of their party.
Ibe-Kalu disclosed that the plaintiff is already planning a retreat, which will be regular, for all its candidates for the 2019 elections, to let the candidates understand their rights and powers, including their rights and powers as sought to be declared by the court.
The deponent averred that: "As a registered political party, the plaintiff has a right to know the true position of the law as provided by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), as the provisions of the Constitution are not self-executory.
"That it is only a court set up under the 1999 Constitution (as amended) as this Honourable Court that has the power to interpret the Constitution".
The plaintiff, in a motion exparte, brought pursuant to the inherent jurisdiction of the court however, prayed for an order of court granting leave/fiat for the hearing of the suit by a vacation judge as well as an order granting leave of the court to abridge the time allowed by the rules for the hearing of the originating summons.
The exparte dated and filed 31 August by the UPC's lawyer, Chief M. A. Igwe, is predicated on three grounds, one of which is that the subject matter of the suit may be defeated if the action is stayed till regular court resumes.
Those sued as defendants are: the Attorney General of the Federation, National Assembly, President of the Senate, Speaker, House of Representatives and Clerk of the National Assembly.
• Sourced from a THISDAY report
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