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The $500,000 New Year's Award
Multi-millionaire expat New Zealander Owen Glenn has been made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year's Honours list. (The "pretend" awards New Zealand gives out, since they dumped knighthoods, damehoods, and other such titles of distinction.)
Mr Glenn's place of residence is listed as "Monaco" on the official New Year's Honours roll. He made his fortune through founding the freight company OTS Logistics Group, which now operates around the world.
During Select Committee deliberations on the Electoral Finance Act, Labour introduced late changes to allow Mr Glenn to continue making political donations as an "ex-pat New Zealander".
News reports note he hasn't actually lived in New Zealand since 1996. Other "foreigners" are now officially banned from supporting political parties in New Zealand.
* NZ Herald: New Year award for Labour's big donor
* 3/1 - UPDATE: NZOM Recipient Owen Glenn has been upgraded to an expatriate "billionaire" in today's NZ Herald... It must have been a good year ;-)
* NZ Herald: Billionaire 'unlikely to give money to Labour'
Posted at 2:03 pm Wednesday, 26 December 2007
One week until Ron Paul's first test
The race for the American presidency is about to heat up, with the first Presidential primary elections and caucuses in Iowa and New Hampshire early next month.
Texan congressman Ron Paul seems to be the most interesting of the candidates vying for the nomination for either the Republican or Democratic parties in the United States.
His supporters say the "mainstream media" have been doing everything they can to block coverage about Ron Paul. However the Texan has created quite a buzz online, consistently rating highly in a range of internet polls, and is one of the most searched for '08 candidates for either party.
Paul notes that the United States is a whopping $9 trillion (!?!) in debt, thanks to out-of-control spending by successive administrations... and points out that America's independence (along with other countries) is increasingly at risk because they are relying on the likes of China's Central banks to finance their spending.
Paul is a strong opponent of what's called "fractional-reserve banking", which is basically the flawed theory which allows central banks like the US Federal Reserve to increase the money supply at will by "creating money out of thin air", essentially making every dollar already in circulation worth less.
Trading banks are able to follow a similar practice, lending out "money" which amounts to just a fraction of what they have taken in as deposits. Critics describe this common modern-day practice by banks as a "swindle" and "no better than counterfeiters."
He is certainly an "out there" candidate for the Republicans (some party members aren't happy about him being on their ballot, given how often he differs from the official party line), but it will be interesting to see what level of support Paul receives over the next few weeks, with a third party run also a possibility...
* Official website: Ron Paul 2008 - Hope for America
* ajc.com: Ron Paul's followers aim to stun the pundits
* Nolanchart.com: Ron Paul's support in Iowa: Why to take the Button Poll seriously
* AHN: Ron Paul Keeps Possibility Of Running As Third-Party, Libertarian Open
Posted at 8:34 pm Sunday, 23 December 2007
Stupid person wins 'Burger King' complaint
This is why "Standards Authorities" (both Advertising and Broadcasting) need to be Banned...
New Zealand's ASA has upheld a complaint from a very stupid person, who was devastated that their takeaway coffee bought at Burger King did not come in a porcelain cup like in the pretty picture.
B. Hay was outraged when his/her coffee was served in a "horrible paper cup", and demanded a "decent cup to drink the coffee from". (Thankfully, his/her demands were politely ignored by the Burger King staff!)
The dim/precious complainant told the Advertising Standards Authority they felt it was "grossly misleading advertising", and said they would "certainly not have contemplated even going into the outlet if I had known the coffee was not to be served in a porcelain cup and saucer as on their advertisements."
Duh. This is the same type of person that sits up until 11pm to watch a tv show called something like "Extreme Fighting", just so they can lodge a complaint about seeing an incidence of "violence" on television.
The BK grump is stupid enough, but the ASA showed what little sense they have by upholding (?!?) this bizarre complaint in their recent run of decisions.
As Clint Heine's post label correctly notes, "Stupid Stupid Stupid"!!!
* Stuff: Burger King burned over coffee advertisement
Posted at 10:38 pm Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Free Speech banned in New Zealand
It is a sad time for the people of New Zealand, with the Labour Party (together with their mates in the Greens and NZ First) succeeding in their anti-democratic moves to ban free speech.
Labour's 'Electoral Finance Act' was only marginally changed during the last Select Committee process, with sensible suggestions from independent bodies about levels of funding/donations and appropriate time frames being rejected.
The final vote was 63 for the bill (Labour, NZ First, Greens, Anderton), and 57 against (National, Maori, Act, United Future, and Taito). Peter Dunne's United Future changed sides at the last minute, after months of supporting the bill.
John Key didn't mince his words in Parliament. He noted, "History will mark this day. This is the day that Helen Clark arrogantly inflicted upon the people of New Zealand an anti-democratic piece of legislation and the collective focus of New Zealand knew once and for all, it's time for a change."
Key said the bill was being passed solely "so Helen Clark can try to cling onto power", and said a National-led Government would repeal the law.
National's deputy leader Bill English described the law as "all about entrenching the right of Government and the political establishment to use big public money to buy elections and no one will be able to stop them."
The Maori Party's Hone Harawira reflected common public opinion, saying that "despite what Helen Clark might argue, the bill is actually being opposed by people other than those who have millions of dollars to donate to parties."
* NZ Herald: Controversial electoral law passed in heated debate
* NZ Herald: Blow by blow debate on the electoral bill
The Free Speech Coalition have agreed with the NZ Herald's description of the Electoral Finance as an "Attack on Democracy". The group are planning a major advertising campaign against the parties and MPs which supported the bill, and launched a billboard campaign this morning...
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt is also keen to test the new law next year, with a major battle planned by Southland interests against the massive budget cuts to the Southern Institute of Technology announced by the TEC.
Meanwhile, Libertarianz Party leader Bernard Darnton has offered his party as a "flag of convenience" for free speech.
Because the Libertarianz are a registered political party, they can legally authorise spending of up to $2.4 million dollars (20 times what third parties will now be allowed to spend). Brilliant idea!
* Not PC: Darnton offers Libz political party as 'flag of convenience' for free speech
* The Free Speech Coalition website
* Excellent coverage also at Kiwiblog and Whale Oil
Posted at 9:10 pm Tuesday, 18 December 2007
MP Mallard pleads guilty, convicted in court
Leader Labour bovver boy Trevor Mallard has pleaded guilty in the Wellington District Court to 'fighting in a public place', in an attempt to stop the media focus on his bad behaviour.
Mallard was convicted and ordered to make a $500 donation to the Salvation Army's drug and alcohol programme. The guilty plea followed a compromise where the original charge of assault was downgraded, and other court proceedings against him were dropped.
Mallard then returned to Parliament after his court hearing, where he formally apologised to Erin Leigh (a former employee at the Environment Ministry) for questioning her competence and work ethics.
(It's since been revealed Curran also won a healthy quarter of a million dollars in contracts for the Otago District Health Board... Former Health Minister Pete Hodgson also happened to be the local MP for Dunedin North.
It's understood Curran's communication company has since been awarded another Government contract, to undertake work for the Corrections Department. Curran is seeking the Labour Party nomination for Dunedin South, the seat currently held by embattled MP David Benson-Pope.)
* NZ Herald: Mallard pleads guilty to fighting, says sorry to consultant
* Stuff: Cabinet minister's day of shame
Posted at 9:37 pm
Opinion Polls punish Labour and its mates
Two political opinion polls released on Sunday night by the two major TV networks reveal how the public feels about having draconian new laws rail-roaded through Parliament, with little concern for public opinion.
Both the 3News-TNS poll and One News-Colmar Brunton polls put the National Party firmly ahead of Labour, and also showed crucial dips for Labour's coalition and support partners. The result was 51-31% in the 3News poll, and 54-35% in the One News survey.
National leader John Key pointed to the poll results as evidence that New Zealand people want a change of government. He says they perceive the current regime as "arrogant" and holding "no answers on the big issues such as improving people's wages and income."
Crucially for National, Labour's allies who have been towing the party line on the anti-free speech "Electoral Finance Bill" also saw their poll support eaten away.
The Greens have been a willing "support partner" for Labour, and have staunchly backed (despite protests from some of their members) the moves by Hillin Cluck and co. to introduce a bill which even former Labour PM Mike Moore describes as "without precedent in the free world".
NZ First is also in danger of exiting Parliament in less than a year, after leader Winston Peters lost his previously safe seat of Tauranga to National's Bob Clarkson at the last election. (Peters is still to announce whether he'll try again in Tauranga, or try his luck elsewhere.)
Other minor parties are polling low, but ACT's Rodney Hide and United Future's Peter Dunne both have the relative security of electorate seats, so will be able to sell their parties as viable options for voters, given that a vote for them is unlikely to be a wasted vote (as could be the case with the Greens & NZ First).
New Zealand's 2005 election campaign was very presidential in style, which cost the minor parties a lot of support. Look for the smaller parties to try and bolster their stakes over the next six months or so, and seek out points of difference to attract voters back.
* NZ Herald: Government thrashed in two new polls
* NZ Herald: Moore continues attack on controversial Electoral Finance Bill
Posted at 12:32 pm Monday, 17 December 2007
UN talks a lot of hot air in Bali on Climate Change
Politicians and scientists are attempting to promote the new Bali agreement on "climate change" as a major win, and a big step forward for the world.
Unfortunately the mainstream media long ago bought into the claptrap about so-called "man-made global warming", and few reported the strong opposition at the conference by a team of over 100 international scientists (including many current and former UN "IPCC" scientists - the 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change' bunch that publish those big reports).
In an open letter to the UN Secretary-General, the scientists questioned "the scientific basis for climate fears, and the UN's so-called solutions".
The group labelled attempts to prevent global climate change from occurring as "ultimately futile", and a "tragic misallocation of resources that would be better spent on humanity's real and pressing problems".
The leading scientists (which included NZ UN scientist Dr Vincent Gray, and the "Father of Meterology" Dr Reid Bryson) told the conference, "It is not possible to stop climate change, a natural phenomenon that has affected humanity through the ages."
"In stark contrast to the often repeated assertion that the science of climate change is 'settled,' significant new peer-reviewed research has cast even more doubt on the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused global warming," they noted.
The left wing media and "politically correct" greenies have fallen right into the UN's trap, and seem keen to help the United Nations fulfil its plan of introducing a Global tax to "redistribute" wealth between countries, and ultimately create a one world Goverment.
New Zealander Dr Vincent Gray has published a very interesting report on his visit to the Bali Climate Conference, which should be required reading for the country's journalists, many of whom are unable to understand any story or point of view that hasn't been handed to them on a press release.
Dr Gray writes, "It is still amazing to me, though, why so many people believe in this greenhouse myth, for which there is no sound scientific foundation."
The earth's temperature is not increasing, and is currently falling (as we all know in New Zealand). Sea Levels are not increasing, as shown by the recent Australian study on Pacific Islands. Malaria is not a tropical disease. Polar Bears and penguins are not "endangered". Carbon dioxide is not a "pollutant" but the very stuff of all life.
* DailyTech: 100 Prominent Scientists Warn UN: Attempting to Control Climate Futile
* NZ Climate Science Coalition: A Climate Sceptic in Bali (Dr Vincent Gray)
* TBR.cc: What was really agreed to in Bali?
Posted at 9:11 pm
"Jingle Cats & Dogs" sing White Christmas
Here's a little clip to either get you into the Christmas spirit, or drive you and everyone in your office slightly mad!... ;-)
The Jingle Cats & Dogs orchestra "singing" the Bing Crosby classic song, White Christmas...
And some Christmas-flavoured "Lolcats"... If you haven't discovered the craze that is Lolcats, there's plenty more funny pictures to check out at the original and best site, I Can Haz Cheezburger?
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Posted at 12:48 pm Sunday, 9 December 2007
Christmas Joke: What If It Had Been 3 Wise Women?
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if it had been three 'Wise Women' instead of three Wise Men that night in Bethlehem?
Women would say... They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts.
Men's rebuttal... Yeah, and do you know what they said would have said when they left?
"Did you see the sandals Mary was wearing with that gown?"
"That baby doesn't look anything like Joseph!"
"Can you believe they let all of those disgusting animals in the house?"
"I heard that Joseph isn't even working right now!"
"Want to bet how long it will take to get your casserole dish back?"
** Lots more Christmas Jokes to check out here... **
Posted at 8:50 pm Friday, 7 December 2007
Millions sample 'Flight of the Conchords'
The stocks of kiwi comedy/music duo Flight of the Conchords are on the rise, with a clip from their reality/sitcom tv show being listed as one of YouTube's top-rated videos.
The song "If You're Into It" (from Episode 4, Season 1 of their HBO TV series) sees Bret singing a unique love song to his girlfriend Coco, with the help of his friend Jermaine. The YouTube clip's scored over 2 million views (at the time of writing), and intrigued many people.
The duo's HBO show has been recommissioned for a second series, although Flight of the Conchords is by no means the "smash hit US show" the New Zealand media has tried to claim.
Reviews meanwhile have ranged from "may well be the funniest thing you've seen in ages" (San Francisco Chronicle) to "feels less like a sitcom than a Saturday Night Live sketch stretched out to about six times its shelf-life" (Miami Herald).
I think the video comments are just as amusing as the clip itself, especially those relating to the kiwi/NZ accent (apparently some US fans think their accent is "made up"! ;-)
- "I've wroten you a song, Coco."
Wroten? Just thought I'd get that out of my system.
- Oh my gosh wroten was getting on my nerves too! Finally someone brave enough to say it lol
- It's "written", but with a Kiwi accent.
We tend to sound like we're saying "fush and chups" when we mean "fish and chips". Same thing.
- lol i remember when i was in fiji how kiwi dudes asked me for a pen ... they said: "hey can i borrow u a pin" lol kiwi accent is cool, but the best is the french one!!
Posted at 2:23 pm Thursday, 6 December 2007
New paper to shake up Dunedin market
Two South Island newspaper publishers are joining forces to launch a new weekly paper in Dunedin - the home turf of Allied Press newspapers the Otago Daily Times and The Star.
The new Dunedin paper is being launched early next year by Scene Media - a joint venture between Queenstown-based Mountain Scene and the Ashburton Guardian.
Allied Press has held a cosy near-monopoly in Dunedin for many years, and seems privately to be a little concerned about the upstart challenger.
The first major story about the new entrant was published in a Christchurch paper The Press, while Dunedin's local television station Channel 9 (also owned by Allied Press) was banned from running a story on Scene Media's venture.
Scene Media insist they're not aiming to go head-to-head with the ODT, but admit they are prepared for competitive tactics by Allied Press.
Two newspapers attempted to break into the Dunedin market in the mid-90's - Inside Otago and The Exchange - but both folded after coming under financial pressure, following aggressive behaviour by Allied Press.
It's understood companies who advertised in the rival newspapers were given stern warnings by Allied Press sales staff, who threatened to withdraw any discounted rates treatment, while offering generous advertising deals if companies switched back to the ODT.
Around twenty staff will be employed at the new paper, which is sure to be welcomed by Dunedin residents looking for an edgier and more challenging read.
* The Press: Newspaper set to enter Dunedin market
Posted at 9:04 pm Sunday, 2 December 2007
Dave's Vacation Part 3: Still NYC
Yeh, I know I got home in November, but I'm still working through all my photos ;-)
Here's a few more good ones from our time in New York (some photos thanks to Anne)...
Rachael & Anne seeing the sights of Manhattan
from the top of a double decker tour bus (Thanks Robbie!)
Posted at 10:22 pm
New York catch up time
One of the best parts of visiting New York is catching up with some of my old campers and staff from Stagedoor Manor summer camp days...
The talented Skylar Astin gave us a quick peek backstage, after we
caught his Broadway hit musical, Spring Awakening.
(He's just returned to the show, after the recent Broadway stagehand
strikes, and taking a break to shoot the movie Hamlet 2)
Catching up with jack-of-all-trades Robbie Owens,
during the Feast of San Gennaro festival in Little Italy
Posted at 10:14 pm
Cheers, New York!
A visit to Queens to catch up with Radek and Dorota, and their
super-cute daughter Agnes (who did smile after this photo!)
Posted at 10:07 pm
Air New Zealand aims to cut queues
I'm pleased to see Air New Zealand is aiming to speed up the flying process - particularly for domestic passengers - by automating much of their check-in procedures.
Passengers will then be able to drop their baggage straight onto a conveyor belt, which will go through an automatic turnstile to their scheduled flight.
Air New Zealand also want to make more use of mobile phones, with the ability to send boarding information to passenger phones (in barcode form), which can then be scanned at the departure gates.
The airline believes their advanced e-ticketing programme will help keep them ahead of their competition, and should mean passengers can walk in 10 minutes before their flight departs, rather than waiting around at the airport.
Airlines around the world are looking at ways of trimming the time passengers have to spend at airports before their flights, but say they have little control over security procedures, which have added considerable time to the journeys of frequent fliers since 9/11.
(Air New Zealand have also been looking at the long range Boeing 777-200LR aeroplane for a new Auckland to New York route. However, those plans may now be on hold, with the airline confirming it has purchased a further 8 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, and 3 more Boeing 777-300ER planes.)
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'Teen Mom 3' Star Mackenzie Douthit Getting Married August 17 — Report
It's almost wedding time for Mackenzie Douthit and fiancé Josh McKee! The 'Teen Mom 3' stars are taking a big step for their family — congrats!
While the trailer for Teen Mom 3 season one is already gearing us up for the most dramatic season of Teen Mom yet, mom Mackenzie Douthit is getting ready for a much happier moment — her wedding day! The competitive cheerleader has had a rocky on-again off-again relationship with her bull-riding fiancé Josh McKee, but wedding plans seem to be all systems go.
'Teen Mom 3': Mackenzie Douthit Wedding Date Set
Mackenzie, 18, is getting all set to marry her long-term high school boyfriend, Josh. According to The Ashley's Reality Roundup, the date is set for August 17. The ceremony will take place at a venue in Kansas — not their home state of Oklahoma. The couple have been dating since 2010, and have one son together, Gannon, who turns 2 on September 12. We wonder if the adorable Gannon will get to play a role in his parents' ceremony!
Josh McKee & Mackenzie Douthit's Relationship
The new season of Teen Mom will definitely reveal the couple's relationship as a rocky one: the pair have been previously engaged and they called off the wedding after a few months of being engaged, back in March. After only a few days of being broken up, Mackenzie and Josh got back together — and will hopefully make it to the big day this time!
'Teen Mom 3' Star Mackenzie Douthit's Wedding Shower
Mackenzie took to Twitter to thank everyone who came out to her wedding shower, meaning that the wedding plans are going well so far. "Had an amazing wedding shower thank you everyone who came it meant a lot to me," Mackenzie tweeted on July 13.
What do YOU think, HollyMoms? Are you excited for Mackenzie and Josh's wedding?
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The Online Press Finds Its Political Voice
Slate, the Industry Standard, and washingtonpost.com join forces to examine the effect of the Internet on Campaign 2000.
Give Jake Tapper credit: He wanted to follow Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign.
Not many reporters do these days. Eight long years after Buchanan first rattled George Bush and four years after stealing New Hampshire from Bob Dole, Buchanan's current ambitions are far more modest: Grab the Reform Party nomination and maybe steal some votes from George W. Bush.
Last week, Tapper, a political correspondent at Salon.com, tried to attend two Buchanan fund-raising events, only to be informed by Buchanan fund-raiser John O'Kelly that he wasn't welcome.
"We've had enough coverage from Salon.com," Tapper says he was told by O'Kelly, who was listed on Buchanan's GoPatGo2000 Web site as a contact. Tapper says O'Kelly told him, "I checked out the Web site, and I wasn't impressed."
The incident, which Tapper recounted in Salon under the headline "Salon Banned by Buchananite" on June 13, seemed to resurrect the problems that online publications have faced in establishing their journalistic credentials. And even though a cluster of stand-alone Internet publications—Slate, Voter.com, and Salon among them—are covering the political season, Tapper's shutout harked back to the troubles Web publications have had getting a seat on the bus.
But does the Tapper incident suggest persistent bias against the online media, or could it be just another growing pain in the development of a new form of political reporting?
Web coverage is very different from what political campaigns are used to. It's often caustic, unbridled, and intentionally nonconformist. Sure, there have always been feisty newspaper columnists, and the National Review and The Nation trade in polemics. But the unchecked new agenda—Dan Savage trying to infect Gary Bauer with a cold—has made gonzo part of the story.
That's what Tapper figures scared off O'Kelly. "I don't think it had anything to do with us being online," he says. "I think it's because we write tough stuff on Buchanan."
Buchanan press spokesman Brian Doherty—whose former job was working at Fox News for Matt Drudge's now-canceled show—agrees that he has no problem with Salon, per se. Although he says he is mystified as to why Salon "insists on writing coverage like that," Doherty says he's happy to take Tapper's calls. Fund-raisers aside, Salon "has not been shut out," he insists.
Indeed, as the Net news outfits try to define their role, the major campaigns are welcoming them. Both the Gore and Bush campaigns issue a daily barrage of e-mail messages to reporters and have no problem allotting seats on their planes for Web reporters.
As Slate's Jeremy Derfner noted this week, this year's national party conventions are embracing the Internet like never before. Much of this comes across as mere novelty; Internet Alley—where the online press will be sequestered on the floor at both the GOP and Democratic conventions—might house more Web journalists than ever before, but this smacks of a one-time indulgence.
Some outfits have already broken away from the pack. America Online, which boasts 14 million monthly visitors to its news channel, will have a skybox next to the major TV networks. So will Pseudo.com, which is otherwise known for founder Josh Harris' high-art Viagra parties. Not that Harris has suckered the parties into bringing some performance art into their midst: Pseudo CEO David Bohrman has handled floor coverage for ABC at four conventions.
Those credentials—and the fact that PseudoPolitics had covered the primaries with the Hotline and Voter.com—helped Pseudo, but they didn't guarantee anything. Bohrman still had to convince both parties that Pseudo could pull off real—if altogether different—coverage. Bohrman is still working on Pseudo's lineup; he talks about letting viewers choose "what you see and what you hear and how you see it and how you hear it," but says he won't give specifics for competitive reasons. But he does offer this: "We are well equipped to help define the role of the Internet in politics. And if we do traditional TV coverage on the Internet, that's a waste."
That the major parties are letting the Internet media find their voice at the parties' big show is pretty remarkable—especially because, by Bohrman's own admission, "it's probably six months or a year too early to do this. But the next convention," he adds, "will be three years too late."
Buchanan's fund-raiser might be ignorant of that—but that'll just hurt his candidate's reputation, not the Internet's.


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Steve Walker '08 had a simple plan. He wanted to alter the misperceptions some Union students harbored about Schenectady. He hoped to persuade more students to venture downtown. Ultimately, he wants to boost the social and economic fortunes of a city that has seen its share of tough times.
The plan gets its first test Saturday, April 26, when local restaurants, shops and cultural attractions host "Show Me Schenectady," a daylong event for students to sample city life.
It's the first major event organized by the Union-Schenectady Alliance, a group created by Walker and Josh DeBartolo '08 to improve relationships between the College and the city.
Working with organizations like the Chamber of Schenectady County, the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp. and Proctors Theatre, the alliance hopes to lure hundreds of students downtown Saturday.
From noon to 5 p.m., students can dine on specially priced entrees, enjoy discounts on merchandise and participate in other games and activities, including a scavenger hunt. Students can also register for a poker run, which allows them to collect cards from select businesses throughout the afternoon. Students with the best poker hands will win prizes.
At 5 p.m., the College's a cappella groups will provide entertainment at Jay and State streets, weather permitting. During the evening, some restaurants will offer specials for those with Union IDs. Proctors will also offer Union students half-price tickets to the New Plays Festival performance of "Battles of the Bands" at Upstairs, 440 State Street; and a free performance of "Barrage" on the main stage at 8 p.m. In addition, Iwerks movies at Proctors that day will be half price for Union students.
Trolley service will be available to shuttle students between the campus and downtown.
"We want to show everybody what Schenectady has to offer," said Walker, a Political Science/Economics major from Wolfeboro, N.H.
Since January, the Union-Schenectady Alliance, which numbers about two dozen students, has met weekly in Wold House to promote its mission. Students have joined numerous committees and boards in the Schenectady community as non-voting members to engage local leaders in working together.
"We wanted to connect the brightest people on campus with the most influential people downtown," said Walker.
The alliance evolved from a project Walker and DeBartolo, an Economics/Psychology major from Middleburgh, N.Y., did last fall for Hal Fried, the David L. '39 and Beverly B. Yunich Professor of Business Ethics. Told to ignore practical considerations and rely instead on their creativity and imagination, the pair was asked to create a vision of a Schenectady that young people would be reluctant to leave. Their resulting study was presented at a regional economic conference, where it was greeted enthusiastically by area business and civic leaders.
"The Union-Schenectady Alliance is a remarkable student-driven initiative," said Fried. "It is based upon the premise that the College can benefit from a richer connection to Schenectady and vice versa. The concept is working in Schenectady, and it's certainly scalable to other communities with educational institutions."
One of the alliance's biggest supporters is Proctors Theatre CEO Philip Morris. He envisions a downtown filled with Union students, starting with Saturday's event.
"It's the beginning of making Schenectady a college town," said Morris. "You look at old pictures and see all the people downtown. We can have that again, because the energy of these students is incredible. They made this happen."


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#Review — Choices and Changes (An All Cocks Story) T.M Smith
Title: Choices and Changes
Author: T.M. Smith
Publisher: Self
Publication Date: April 24, 2017
Page Count: 200
Genre: Contemporary
There comes a time in every man's life where he has to make a choice between what is right and what is easy.
Born and raised in Fort Worth Texas by open-minded parents, Dean Anderson realized early in life he was attracted to both sexes. Equal opportunity, he picked his lovers based on personality and common interests. He met Maggie in college, fell in love, got married and started a family. And they were happy…until they weren't.
Adam Chase's mother is South African, his father American military working at the US Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. His parents' positions in the South African and American governments awarded Adam dual citizenship, and he attended University in America, at Berkley. In America, Adam is lives openly as a gay man, something that could get him killed in his mother's home country. He met his husband, Patrick Carter, at college and they too were happy…until Patrick died.
Two lives converge, and it would seem fate is giving them each a second chance at happiness, together. Dean stays in New York and moves into the apartment his son, Dusty, shares with his boyfriend David. He and Adam are quickly welcomed into All Cocks' vastly growing family. And then one phone call changes everything.
The men of All Cocks learn that death is just another part of life, a road everyone travels eventually. Choices are made, decisions that change their lives irrevocably. They rally together, drawing strength from each other as their close-knit family experiences the best and worst life has to offer. But that's what families do, right?
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Choices and Changes, book seven, in the All Cocks series, is about second chances and not taking life for granted because, in the blink of an eye, it can change...drastically—potentially tilting your world upside down.
Adam Chase and Dean Anderson know all too well how life can alter their entire existence and it's up to them if they want to continue to just be in the moment or take life by the reins and live it up.
Book seven can be read as a standalone, however, my advice would be to read the entire series, in order, because the back history and characters from each book carry over. All the pertinent details from past are relevant to the present giving the reader a feeling of family and contentment as each book adds more to the fold.
We met Adam, Beau's doctor, previously, and Dean, Dusty's father, as well. Both of these men are around the 50-year age mark, and both have been married, previously. Adam now widowed, and Dean divorced.
It's been ten years since Adam has been interested in anyone seriously and Dean is slowly learning to live his life as a newly divorced bisexual man. Their attraction was instant...their chemistry—hot, passionate, and sizzling.
What I loved about this story...the acceptance, the angst-free drama. Adam and Dean, have loved and loved well and are/were loved in return, but they still have a lot of years left and they want to live those years, happily and sharing each and every day with the love of their life.
Whether it was fate or just circumstance, they belong together and the know it. They also know time is sometimes unkind so to deny what they have is futile.
They have fun together and are eager to explore life and even though Adam may not have been looking for a ready-made family it feels right and he accepts it, and is accepted in return, with open arms.
"This is fine, Dean. I haven't been on a double date since college. It'll be fun."
"I hadn't been on a date since Ronald Regan was president until last week, so I've got you beat."
I, also, love the open and carefree relationship Dean and now ex, Maggie, have together. Regardless of their own journey together, not working as husband and wife, they are best friends and stay true to that fact and can easily joke and tease about the men in their lives, yet switch over to parent mode if necessary.
As the blurb states, tragic events take place and even though Adam and Dean's relationship is angst-free, the story itself is far from it. There are a lot of characters that make up the All Cocks family and they prove time after time why they are a close knit group.
As they stand together in solidarity, protecting each other, in love and comfort, you will cry for what they've lost but in the next breath, you can't help but smile for what they have gained.
Another great addition to the All Cocks series expanding family, friends, and new generations.
4.5 Stars
* Thank you to the author for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review *
about the author
A military brat born and raised at Ft. Benning Georgia; TM Smith is an avid reader, reviewer and writer. A Texas transplant, she now calls DFW her home. Most days she can be found curled up with a good book, or ticking away on her next novel.
Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, she is passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights. Because, seriously people, Love is Love!
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Welcome to Singleton Health Center and Medical Center of Santee. We want to extend a special thank you for choosing us as your provider for primary medical care. Our main goal is to provide you with quality medical care. Our staff includes a comprehensive team of professionals who consistently strive to exceed your expectations to ensure that your experience with us is as comfortable and stress free as possible.
We Are A Patient Centered Medical Home
As a patient centered Medical Home, our approach is to provide our patients with comprehensive health care, which is focused on all aspects of your health and overall well-being. Our providers and health care team are here to assist you, but know that you are the most important person in managing your health. We are here to prescribe treatments and medicines for your condition, but it is up to you to follow through with the health care plan developed specifically for you.
How You Can Help
- Talk to your primary care provider and team about any questions you may have.
- Take care of your health by following the plan recommended by your provider.
- Always let us know how we are doing and how we can improve.
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Medical Records electronically disperses and receives patients' records consisting of vital information in their chart. It consists of physician's findings, procedures, and treatments. The medical history may include labs, immunizations, office visits, and hospital notes to name a few.
Patients can fill out an Authorization to Release Form if our providers need any other medical information from other offices. Also, if other health facilities are in need of records they can send over their Release Forms and we can fax or over the records. Our charge for a patient to obtain a copy of their medical records is a fee of $25.00.
From the Desk of the Nursing Supervisor
Here at Singleton Health Center/Medical Center of Santee we are committed to providing you with the highest quality and most compassionate care, in a family atmosphere. We are part of your health care team so if you call with medical questions or needing refills ask for one of the nurses.
Many medications require ongoing refill, however, it is possible to run out of your medications prior to your next appointment. Please call during our normal business hours for a refill when you have at least 5 days of medication remaining. Also, please remember to bring all medications to every doctor's visit.
You may be referred to a specialist for additional care. Please allow the referral coordinator at least 7 business days to secure this appointment for you. Keep in mind we are doing all we can to provide you with the best continued care. However, it is the specialty office that schedules your appointment then informs us.
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What is the Executive Council?
SAITSA exists to improve the lives of SAIT students through various operations, services, programs and advocacy efforts. The President, VP External, VP Academic and VP Student Life (Executive Council) work together with SAITSA staff to implement the strategic vision and goals set out by SAITSA's Board of Directors (BOD).
Whereas the BOD are full-time students who volunteer their time to serve the student body, the Executive Council (EC) are full-time staff who work everyday in the SAITSA office and take one course per semester. Both the Board and the EC are elected by the students and dedicate their time and energy to improving the SAIT student experience.
Each EC position has a different set of responsibilities, but in general each position is expected to:
- Attend and participate in regular BOD meetings, professional development training and goal-setting retreats
- Sit on and participate in a variety of committees with SAIT and SAITSA
- Travel when required, and attend evening, weekend and after-hours events
- Communicate with students to ensure they are represented fairly and advocate on their behalf
- Represent students in a noble and professional manner
Executive Council Positions
There are four positions on the Executive Council that you can choose to run for: the President, the VP External, the VP Academic and the VP Student Life. All of these positions are full time, exciting and hands on, and require a great deal of passion and dedication to helping students.
Full job descriptions for each Executive Council position can be found here.
What are the benefits of being on the Executive Council?
In addition to be an amazing professional development, networking and portfolio building opportunity, all EC positions are full-time and are compensated in the following ways:
- Salary: +$40,000/year (May 2018 – May 2019)
- 15 days paid vacation (+2 weeks at Christmas)
- Health and dental benefits and RRSP contributions
Important Election Dates
Nomination Period #1
Deadline: 12 noon – February 28, 2018
If you submit by this date, you will be able to promote your campaign for election from March 1 – March 15, 2018.
Nomination Period #2
Deadline: 12 noon – March 7, 2018
If you submit by this date, you will be able to promote your campaign for election from March 8 – March 15, 2018.
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March 14 & 15
SAITSA's Election Standards
SAITSA recognizes the need to hold open and fair elections and makes efforts to ensure all SAITSA members have the opportunity to participate in the election process. All individuals working for SAITSA are required to remain impartial while on duty. SAITSA implemented a Political Committee, led by the Chief Returning Officer (CRO), to carry out objective and rational decision during elections.
In pursuit of the objective to achieve fairness and openness, SAITSA requires candidates, campaign managers/teams and volunteers to demonstrate respect for others and engage in fair competition. Campaign activities must be in compliance with SAIT's code of conduct and SAITSA's bylaws, policies and procedures. SAITSA welcomes healthy debate and opposition; however, campaign activities shall not harm the reputation of any individual.
To run for the Executive Council, you must submit a completed nomination package to the SAITSA Main Office (V204) before the nomination period deadline.
Regarding Election Process (campaigning, expenses, rulings, etc.):
Jennifer Dotchin
Chief Returning Officer, Chair of Political Committee
Regarding Executive Council positions, dates, or general information regarding Elections:
Rachel Paris
Manager, Governance & Advocacy
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August 29, 2014 15:45 ET
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Aug. 29, 2014) - Sanction Capital Corp. ("Sanction") (TSX VENTURE:SRP.H) is pleased to report that Marsa Energy Inc.'s ("Marsa") wholly owned subsidiary, Marsa Turkey BV, has finished drilling the first well, Poyraz N3-1, in its current three well drilling program on the Ortakoy Block in the Republic of Turkey.
Poyraz N3-1 spud August 15, 2014 and was directionally drilled, as planned, to a total measured depth of 1,000 metres and a total vertical depth of 976 metres. The well was cased on August 26, 2014 to a measured depth of 467 metres with a plugged back total depth of 457 metres. Poyraz N3-1 mud logs and open hole logs indicate the potential presence of gas which will need to be confirmed by production testing which will commence once all three wells in the current drilling program have been drilled.
The Viking International I-7 drilling rig was released on August 28, 2014 and is mobilizing from Poyraz N3-1 to the Poyraz W-1 location, which is the next well in Marsa's three well program. Marsa Turkey BV holds a 100% working interest in, and is the operator of, the Ortakoy Block.
Sanction and Marsa entered into an arm's length amalgamation agreement effective July 30, 2014 (the "Amalgamation Agreement") with respect to the amalgamation of Sanction and Marsa (the "Amalgamation") details of which were previously announced on July 31, 2014 and August 22, 2014. The Amalgamation is expected to constitute the Qualifying Transaction (as such term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV")) of Sanction.
About Marsa Energy Inc.
Marsa is a junior oil and gas company focused on the Middle East, North Africa and Mediterranean regions. Marsa is engaged in the exploration for and development and production of oil and natural gas. Marsa is active (through its subsidiaries) in Turkey and has offices in Calgary, Canada, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Ankara, Turkey.
Trading Halt
Trading in Sanction's shares was voluntarily halted on July 31, 2014 and will remain halted until the documentation required by the TSXV in connection with the Qualifying Transaction has been reviewed and accepted by the TSXV.
Subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent referred to in the Amalgamation Agreement, the parties anticipate the proposed Amalgamation will be completed on or about September 11, 2014.
All information contained in this press release with respect to Sanction and Marsa was supplied by Sanction and Marsa, respectively, for inclusion herein. Sanction and its directors and officers have relied exclusively on Marsa for any information concerning Marsa including, without limitation, all information concerning Marsa's drilling program.
ADVISORY: This press release may contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein may be forward-looking information. Generally, forward-looking information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", " expects" or "does not expect", "proposed", "is expected", "budgets", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. This forward-looking information reflects Sanction's or Marsa's, as the case may be, current beliefs and is based on information currently available to Sanction and Marsa, respectively, and on assumptions Sanction or Marsa, as the case may be, believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, details regarding Marsa's assumptions with respect to the potential presence of gas at its Poyraz N3-1 well. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Marsa to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; commodity prices; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; changes in legislation, including environmental legislation affecting Marsa; timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms and the drilling and completion of future wells. Although Sanction and Marsa have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release represent the expectations of Sanction and Marsa as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. However, Sanction and Marsa each expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities law.
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Sanction Capital Corp.Leif SnethunPresident, Chief Executive Officer andChief Financial Officer(403) 617-6808
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An innovative program is bringing together staff at the University of Southern Mississippi with a targeted group of women living in the Delta region of Mississippi.
Southern Miss student, faculty and staff participate in the Fall 2011 Convocation at Bennett Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.
This retrospective of the past year was included as part of the Fall Convocation ceremony held Thursday, Sept. 8 on the Hattiesburg campus.


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Telangana region has been ruled by many great dynasties like Sathavahanas, Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, Mughals, Qutubshahis, and asafjahis. Of which the Kakathiyas impressions on architecture are found more in these days too. Sathavahanas ruled over the Telangana for about 400 years from the 2nd century B.C. to beyond the 2nd century A.D. Sathavahanas were also called Salivahanas and Satakarnis. In the 3rd century B.C., Simukha, the founder of the Sathavahana dynasty, unified the various Andhra principalities into one kingdom and became its ruler (271 B.C. -- 248 B.C.). Satakarni II, the sixth ruler of the dynasty (184 B.C.) was an able ruler who extended his kingdom to the west. He ruled for a period of 56 years. Pulumavi I has brought renewed strength and glory to their kingdom. The only silver lining in this dynasty was the excellent literary work, Gathasaptasati, of Hala, the 17th Satavahana king. Dharmapuri in Karimnagar was the capital city for many years.
Among Kakathiyas, Prataparudra, grandson of Rudramamba was great ruler who succeeded his grandmother in A.D.1295 and ruled till A.D.1323. He pushed the western border of his kingdom up to Raichur. He introduced many administrative reforms. He divided the kingdom into 75 Nayakships, which was later adopted and developed by the Vijayanagara Rayas.
During the reign of Bahamani sultan Mohd Shah III, one sultan Quli Qutub, who was born at Hamadan in Persia, came to Deccan and started his career as a bodyguard of Mohd Shah. With his ability and courage he rose from one position to another till he became the Governor of Telangana, the eastern province of Bahmani kingdom.
When the Bahamani sultanate became weak, Quli Qutub became independent and formed his Qutubshahi Dynasty in 1518. From then, he devoted most of his energies in extending his frontiers of his kingdom. He took possession of part of Berar in the north, Rajkonda, Deverkonda, Gahanpura, Kovilakonda and Panagal thus brought much of Telugu speaking areas in to his possession. He defeated Sitapati of Bhogikala, and captured Bellamkonda, Indrakonda, Khammam, Warangal etc. in 1543 Jamsheed assassinated Quli Qutub.
The Golkonda fort was built by Quliqutub. His son Jamsheed became the King who was succeeded by his brother Ibrahim in 1550 .During his reign, trade and commerce flourished enormously. Telangana, like Egypt, became the Mart of the whole world. Merchants from Turkistan, Arabia and Persia used to frequent Telangana and found their trade attractive and prosperous. In his reign two tanks namely Ibrahim Pantam tank and Hussainsagar were built. He also built a bridge on river Musi, which is known as Puranapul. The Hindus of Telangana remember him for his patronage of Telugu literature. Many Telugu poets like Addanki Gangadher Kavi, Panuganti Telanganarya, Kandukuri Rudra Kavi flourished in his court. He gained goodwill among his Hindu subjects. He died in 1580, and was succeeded by his son Quli Qutub Shah.
Qutubshah shifted his capital from Golkonda to Hyderabad on the river Musi. He built the Jamia mosque at Charminar. He died in 1611. He was succeeded by his nephew Mohd. Qutubshah as he had no sons. Mohd Qutub Shah joined the confederation of Deccani powers against Moughals to stop their advance towards Deccan/South. He was a scholar and composed gazals, tarki, bunds and rubaya. He died in 1662, and was succeeded by his son-in-law Sayyed Ahmed in 1667.
At this time the Moghals annexed Ahmednagar and marched towards Golkonda. Sayyed Ahmed signed the treaty, and accepted the suzerainty of Moghal emperor Shah Jahan and agreed to pay 8 lakhs of rupees as tribute to Moghals.
With the connivance of mirjumla the Moghal Emperor Aurgangzeb sent his son Mohd. Sultan in 1656, who besieged Golkonda and occupied Hyderabad. However on intervention of Darashekou and Jahanara from Delhi, Aurangazeb was compelled to raise the seize on payment of one crore and to surrender Chinnoor. Later Mohd Sultan married the second daughter of Abdullah. Abdullah died in 1672 and his son-in-law Abul Hassan succeeded him. He appointed Madanna as his Prime Minister and his brother Akkanna as commander in chief. In 1687 Auragazeb again attacked Golkonda which successfully resisted -his advance. But due to treachery of Sardar Khan a high officer in the Army who opened the gate of Golkonda fort, captured the fort in 1687 and Abul Hassan was made captive. They looted the city in every street and market place where lakhs worth in cash, property, chinaware and costly carpets of aristocracy was available.
The State of Hyderabad was founded by Mir Qamruddin Chin Qilich Khan. He was the son of Aurangzeb's general . Ghazi-ud-din Khan Feroz Jang, who traced his ancestry to Abu Bakr, the first Khalifa. In 1713, six years after Aurangzeb's death, emperor Farrukhsiyar made Mir Qamruddin Viceroy of the Deccan, with the title of Nizam-ul-Mulk Feroz Jang. Later, emperor Muhammad Shah conferred on him the title of Asaf Jah, by which title the dynasty is still known. By 1724, Mir Qamruddin had made himself virtually independent of Delhi, although he and his successors continued to profess a nominal allegiance to the Moghul emperor right up to 1858, when the British Crown assumed the governance of India.
In 1799 the Nizam aided the East India Company in the war with Tippu Sultan and after the latters defeat and death, the British gave a part of his territories to the Nizam.
The death of Nizam All Khan and the succession of his eldest surviving son, Sikander Jah, occured on 7 August 1803.
Sikander Jah died on 21 May 1829, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, nasir-ud-Daula. By the Treaty of 1853, the province of Berar, along with certain districits in the Raichur Doab and on the wertern frontier of Hyderabad, were assigned for this purpose, their administration being taken over by British officers under the control of the Resident at Hyderabad.
By the Treaty of 1860, except for Berar, all the other districts assigned in 1853 were restored.
Mir Mahbub Ali Khan was a minor when he succeeded his father afzal-ud-Daula on 26 February 1869.
The Hyderabad contingent with the exception of the artillery which was disbanded, was delocalized and incorporated in the Indian Army, with provision for the protection of the Nizam's dominion.
Nizam Mir Usman Ali Khan Bahadur is the seventh in the line. He succeeded to the gaddi on 29 August 1911. In 1918 the title of "is Exalted Highness" was conferred on him as a hereditary distinction. Shortly thereafter, by an autograph letter from the King, he was granted the title of 'Faithful Ally of the British Government.'
Geographically, Hyderabad occupies a pivotal position in the heart of the country. In population, revenue and importance it was the premier State in the country. The population was nearly sixteen million and the annual revenue Rs. 26 crores. Its area was over 82,000 square miles. Hyderabad had its own coinage, paper currency and stamps. Hyderabad was treated by the British no differently from other Indian States. The right of intervention in internal affairs was repeatedly asserted and exercised.
In 1985 Reading, then Viceroy, ascertained that the sovereignty of the British Crown was supreme in India. The Viceroy pointed out that it was the right of the British Government to intervene in the internal affairs of Indian States, and that the Nizam did not stand in a category separate from that of rulers of the other Indian states.
In March 1946 the cabinet mission advised the princely states regarding the future of their merger after the formation of independent India, and separate Pakistan for Indian Muslims. This was further clarified in May 1946 referring to the lapse of paramountency and formation of federation. The congress opposed the Independent states outside the Federal Union, but the Muslim league was encouraging the states to remain Independent. Nizam of Hyderabad was under the influence of a fanatical body called Ittehadul Musulmin under Kasim Razvi, declared his intention to remain as independent state.
Soon after the announcement of His Majesty's Government's plan of 3 June 1947, the Nizam issued a firman declaring his intention not to send representatives to the Constituent Assembly of either Pakistan or India, and making it clear that on 15 August he would be entitled to resume the status of an independent sovereign. It had been his ambition to secure Dominion Status for his State, on the withdrawal of the British and treatment then henceforth as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. When he saw that clause 7 of the Indian Independence Bill did not permit that grant of Dominion Status to an Indian State. The Nizam sent a delegation to Delhi on 11 July headed by the Nawab of Chhatari, President of the Executive Council, to meet Lord Mountbatten.
Meanwhile Laik Ali was pressing that the Hyderabad issue should be taken to the United Nations Organization. On 17 August, he wrote to Nehru that Hyderabad had decided to solicit the good offices of the United Nations Organization in order that the dispute between Hyderabad and India might be resolved and a peaceful and enduring settlement arrived at.
The Indian Government did not agree that Hyderabad had any right in international law to seek the intervention of the United Nations Organization or any other outside body for the settlement of the issue. And that as the Government of India regarded the Indo-Hyderabad dispute as a purely domestic one, they did not recognize the Nizam's claim to invoke the good offices of the United Nations in that connation.


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Something I learned in Tree Pose this week: if you take the time you need getting there, ya might stay longer. Applicable, no?
Speaking of taking our time, please expect a new post on how my dietetic internship ended up with my School Nutrition Management rotation, and take a peak into the uncertainty and excitement that comes with the life of an internship grad as I job hunt and study for my RD exam! Hope you lovely readers are having a beautiful day. Stay grounded ;-).
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Work-life balance issues is taking a personal toll on Canadians. It's also costing Corporate Canada millions of dollars. Part 2 of a six-part series
Ottawa high-tech entrepreneur Rick Escher thinks of himself as a typical "9-to-5" guy.
But the routine looks a lot closer to 24/7 for the 50-year-old president of financial software maker Recognia. His Blackberry is always on. He logs onto his laptop from home - in the morning, and again in the evening after his two toddlers are in bed. Then, he'll often make late-night phone calls to his company's representative in Asia.
It's a familiar reality for millions of Canadians. Technology has blurred the lines between work and home life - for better and for worse.
Many of us are also just doing more work, period. Look at a successful professional - a manager, teacher or health-care worker - and you're likely to see someone working long hours: In 2008, even before the recession had hit, close to two million Canadians were working 50-plus hour a week, up 23 per cent from a decade earlier.
And, as we struggle with crushing demands of work and family, we're more stressed and more likely to miss work or seek medical help than ever before.
The toll isn't just a personal one.
Our inability to balance our jobs and our home life is costing corporate Canada as much as $10-billion a year in rising absenteeism, lost output, lower productivity, missed deadlines and grumpy customers, according to estimates by business professors Linda Duxbury of Carleton University and Christopher Higgins of the University of Western Ontario.
In many ways, the recession is making the crisis worse. Layoffs and downsizing means whatever our hours are, fewer of us are doing more.
"Companies are getting rid of people, but they're not getting rid of work. It's work intensification," explains Prof. Duxbury, who along with Prof. Higgins, is conducting a third major national study of work-life balance involving as many as 100,000 workers.
"So you download clerical work on your managers and professionals, and you tell them to 'suck it up and deal with it, and be grateful' because they're lucky to be still working."
It isn't that your boss isn't aware of the problem. A recent poll of Canadian CEOs for The Globe suggests a vast majority agree work-life balance is a major concern. But more than half of those surveyed also agreed that it's a personal, not a corporate responsibility.
What they might be missing is this: Companies pay a steep price when employees are overworked, stressed and unhappy - maybe not today, but next month or next year when they walk out the door.
When disgruntled workers quit, it hits the bottom line in higher turnover and recruitment costs. A 2000 study of Canadian lawyers by Toronto-based Catalyst estimated that the constant churn costs law firms $315,000 per employee (including finding and training replacements).
The upside is that creating a better work environment may actually save money, if it means talent is easier to find and keep. One study of flexible work hours at Hydro-Québec, for example, showed that the company got a better than four-to-one payback for every extra dollar it spent on the benefit due to lower turnover. A 2008 survey of U.S. technology companies similarly found that giving workers the option of working from home improved retention, cut costs and increased productivity.
But in a slow economy, keeping workers is a relatively low priority for most companies. Your employer isn't likely to feel the need to create a happier or healthier workplace because a long line of people will take your job if you falter.
What is more, in this environment, it can be a lot tougher to say "no" to extra assignments or unpaid overtime.
That attitude is painfully short-sighted, according to Prof. Duxbury. She says employers are losing the loyalty of their best employees at the worst possible time. Like most other industrialized countries, Canada is on the cusp of an era with far fewer workers - particularly those with the most skills and education - as the population grows older.
The economy will eventually recover. But the broad demographic shifts shaping Canadian society are immovable. And it's unclear employers are ready for what's coming.
"We're moving into a sellers' market for labour," Prof. Duxbury explains. And in this new era, the most skilled, talented and educated will have the leverage to negotiate almost anything they want.
"I don't think businesses are ready for this at all," she says. "They've been spoiled by having an oversupply of labour. They've become lazy and very focused on the short-term. They've taken their human capital for granted because they could."
Women, in particular, will soon be top of mind for recruiters. For decades now, companies have benefited from the growing pool of women entering the labour market. But that trend is now reversing itself, according to recent projections by Toronto-Dominion Bank economist Beata Caranci. She estimates that the participation rate of women in the work force will drop from nearly 62.8 per cent today to 56 per cent in 2030, and 53 per cent by 2050.
To counter the declining participation of women, employers will need to get a lot more creative about enticing mothers to stay in the labour force, and to return after they have children. That means they'll have to offer more flexible benefits, including heavily subsidized daycare and extended leaves of absence during child-rearing years.
"Re-engineering jobs to provide flexible work options is a necessary next step," Ms. Caranci says.
There are already clear signs of growing strain in the workforce. Canadians are taking 21 per cent more unscheduled days off to deal with personal issues than they did a decade ago. And if you and your mate are feeling incrementally more squeezed for time together, it's probably because you are: Couples are working 7 hours more a week than in 1976. Add in the problem of eldercare - workers in their prime having to care for aging parents, and sometimes young children as well - and the picture starts to look grim.
Our attitudes about work are about as sunny: In a recent Florida State University study on the impact of the recession, 40 per cent of American workers said their jobs were not as important to them as they once were - tied, perhaps, to the fact that 70 per cent of those surveyed said most days at work felt like they would never end.
Experts say the key to dealing with the looming demographic crunch is to make it easier for workers to balance their jobs and their lives.
One way to do that is what those in the benefits business call "total rewards."
Forget a take-or-leave-it salary, three weeks off and a pension. In the future, workers may get an envelope with $100,000, along with the freedom to spend the cash virtually any way they want on an array of benefits, including buying or selling their time off.
Two months off and no corporate pension. Fine. All cash and no vacation. That's okay, too.
A clutch of companies in other countries, including the Bank of Scotland, already offer that kind of complete flexibility. But no major Canadian company is ready to go that far yet, according to Bob McKay, a senior benefits consultant with Aon Hewitt Canada in Toronto.
About a quarter of Canadian companies currently allow their employees to move some cash around between various offerings in their compensation package, such as buying a bigger pension, more holidays, better health care or health club memberships, according to a 2009 Aon Hewitt survey of more than 200 organizations. Most, however, offer relatively little choice.
So when will your boss show you she cares?
It's comes back to supply and demand.
At the height of the oil sands boom in 2008, one large Alberta company explored the idea of giving workers complete control of their compensation packages as a means of standing out in a tight labour market. Then, "the bottom fell out" of the boom and the project was quietly shelved, according to Mr. McKay, who was a consultant on the project.
Change is coming, but slowly. The aging population and the looming skills shortage will eventually force companies to offer workers unfettered choice. "The only question is when that will happen," said Mr. McKay, pointing out that different industries and professions may be pressured to change at vastly different paces.
For now, forcing people to shut off their Blackberries at home might be a simpler way to ease work-life stress.
Just don't tell Mr. Escher, the high-Stech entrepreneur. "I would have a hard time dealing with things without my Blackberry," he says.Report Typo/Error


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