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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 13, 2014) - Tyhee Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TDC) (the "Company" or "Tyhee") is pleased to provide an update on its plans and activities following its previously announced Merger Agreement (see Tyhee news release dated January 23, 2014).
In accordance with the Merger Agreement, Tyhee has entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with RMB Australia Holdings Limited ("RMB Australia"), pursuant to which RMB Australia has provided the Company with a US$5 million loan (the "RMB Note"). The RMB Note has a six-month term and bears interest at 2% per month, all of which was paid on closing. The RMB Note may be repaid at any time, and if it is repaid before maturity, the prepayment will be reduced by the amount of any unearned interests. The RMB Note is guaranteed by Tyhee (NWT) Corp. ("Tyhee NWT"), the Company's wholly owned subsidiary that holds the Yellowknife Gold Project, and is secured by a general security interest registered over all of the assets of Tyhee NWT (other than the Company's interest in the Big Sky Property), and a pledge of the outstanding shares of Tyhee NWT. In connection with the RMB Note, the Company to RMB an aggregate cash commission of up to U.S.$368,000 (the "Arrangement Fee") . The completion of the Offering is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") on such terms as the Exchange may require. Tyhee has agreed to lend Santa Fe US$3 million (the "Bridge Loan") to repay a portion of that company's accounts payable, with the first advance to be made on or before February 15, 2014. Tyhee will use a portion of the proceeds of the RMB Note to make the Bridge Loan advance.
In addition to the foregoing, the Company has entered into an agreement for a non-brokered placement of a $250,000 unsecured demand note (the "Demand Note"). The Demand Note bears interest at 2% per month, with the first month having been prepaid. In connection with the Demand Note, the Company has agreed to issue common share purchase warrants (the "Bonus Warrants") entitling the holder to purchase 250,000 common shares of the Company (the "Bonus Warrant Shares") at a price of $0.25 per Bonus Warrant Share for a period of 24 months following the date of issue of the note. The issue of the Bonus Warrants is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Tyhee is also in advanced discussions with a number of institutional investors regarding its previously announced plans to create a special purpose vehicle (the "SPV"), through which funds of up to US$37.5 million are intended to be raised through an offering of secured, convertible debt (the "SPV Financing"). Closing on a minimum of US$20.0 million in the SPV Financing is a condition to the completion of the merger with Santa Fe. This SPV Financing is expected to fund the proposed cash injection of US$19 million into Santa Fe, primarily for investment in the Summit Mine and Lordsburg Mill complex. This includes the repayment to RMB Australia of the RMB Note.
While Tyhee and Santa Fe are working to advance these various regulatory, administrative and financing activities, the combined management and technical team is advancing preparations for bringing the Summit Mine and Lordsburg Mill complex back into production. Other efforts are focused on permit applications related to building a planned power-line and expansion of the tailings containment area. Also, the Company intends to develop new, independent, National Instrument 43-101-compliant technical reports on both the Summit Mine/Lordsburg Mill Complex and the Ortiz property.
Tyhee CEO, Brian Briggs stated, "Coincident with our efforts to complete this exciting transaction, our combined technical team is aggressively preparing to meet our objective of bringing the Summit mine back into production as quickly as possible."
Added Pierce Carson, Santa Fe's CEO, who is to join Tyhee's Board of Directors and provide technical consulting services to the Company, "We are very pleased with how our teams are able to combine their skills and knowledge to make this somewhat complex transaction work, and I remain confident that it will provide great benefit for all of our shareholders. At the same time, we are aware that there are many more questions to be answered and I will assure investors that we will provide the information on a regular and timely fashion as we move ahead."
Upon completion of this proposed merger, Tyhee's core assets will include the Summit mine and Lordsburg Mill in New Mexico, and the Yellowknife Gold Project ("YGP") in Canada's Northwest Territories, a significant and much larger, but longer term, growth asset.
In connection with the proposed transaction, Tyhee and Santa Fe intend to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the filing by Tyhee with the SEC of a Registration Statement on Form F-4 (the "Registration Statement"), which will include a preliminary prospectus and related materials to register the Tyhee Shares and Tyhee Warrants to be issued in exchange for Santa Fe common shares. The Registration Statement will incorporate a proxy statement/ prospectus (the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus") that Santa Fe plans to mail to its stockholders in connection with obtaining approval to the proposed merger. The Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will contain important information about Santa Fe, Tyhee, the transaction and related matters. Investors and security holders are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully when they are available. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Santa Fe and Tyhee through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
Santa Fe and its directors and executive officers also may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Santa Fe in connection with the transaction described herein. Information regarding the special interests of these directors and executive officers in the transaction described herein will be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus described above. Additional information regarding these directors and executive officers is also included in Santa Fe's annual report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on September 30, 2013. This document is available free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.
Tyhee and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Santa Fe in connection with the transaction described herein. Information regarding the special interests of these directors and executive officers in the transaction described herein will be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus described above.
The RMB Note, Demand Note, Bonus Warrants, Bonus Warrant Shares, and the debt securities to be offered pursuant to the SPV Financing have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from the U.S. registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities for sale, nor a solicitation for offers to buy any securities. Any public offering of securities in the United States must be made by means of a prospectus containing detailed information about the issuer and management, as well as financial statements.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
All statements in this news release that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, other than statements of historical facts, is "forward-looking information." Forward-looking information is necessarily based on estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "expects", "believes", "anticipates", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "plans" and variations of such words and phrases, or by statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "will", "could", "would" or "might", "be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward looking statements made in this news release include all statements related to: the Company's intentions to bring the Summit mine back into production as quickly as possible following the completion of the Company's merger with Santa Fe, to develop new independent National Instrument 43-101-compliant technical reports on both the Summit Mine/Lordsburg Mill Complex and the Ortiz property, to establish a special purpose vehicle to facilitate the SPV Financing; the Company's ability to implement the Company's corporate strategy; and the planned Bridge Loan and cash injection into Santa Fe.
Such forward-looking information may is based on management's reasonable estimates and assumptions, including without limitation, assumptions about: general economic conditions and conditions in the financial markets; limited changes in demand and prices for minerals; the ability of the Company to access sufficient financing as contemplated in this news release; the ability of the Company to identify appropriate merger or acquisition opportunities, or if an opportunity is identified, to conclude a transaction on satisfactory terms or to realize the expected benefits of any transaction; the ability of the Company to satisfy the conditions in any agreement related to such a transaction; the belief that due diligence investigations of any involved party will not identify any materially adverse facts or circumstances; that the required approvals will be obtained from shareholders; that all required third party, regulatory and government approvals will be obtained; and that Tyhee will be able to achieve its operational, production and/or financial objectives in respect of any acquisition and generally.
Factors that could cause future events to differ from those anticipated in forward looking statements include: inability to identify merger or acquisition opportunities, or once identified, negotiate a transaction on terms acceptable to Tyhee; inability to meet the conditions provided for in the Merger Agreement, including obtaining sufficient funding for the Bridge Loan and the proposed cash injection; delays in obtaining approvals for acquisition or merger activity, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and securities regulatory authorities; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and interest rates; inability to achieve operational efficiencies on any acquired property sufficient to overcome the costs of acquisition or merger; discrepancies between actual and estimated reserves and resources or between actual and estimated metallurgical recoveries; costs of production; capital expenditure requirements; the costs and timing of any acquisition or merger, including but not restricted to construction, expansion or enhancement of new or existing operations; the success of exploration and permitting activities; parts, equipment, labor or power shortages or other increases in costs; mining accidents, labour disputes or other adverse events; changes in applicable laws or regulations; that there are no material variations in the current tax and regulatory environment or the tax positions taken by the Company; that the regulatory and political environment within any country where any such targeted entity or project may be located will support the development of environmentally safe mining projects, and any other factors that may cause Tyhee's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information.
In addition to the above, the factors described or referred to under the headings "Financial Risks and Uncertainties" and "Operational Risks and Uncertainties" in Tyhee's Management Discussion and Analysis for the nine months ended August 31, 2013, which is available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com, should be reviewed in conjunction with the information found in this news release.
Although Tyhee has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there can be other factors that cause results, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate or that management's expectations or estimates of future developments, circumstances or results will materialize. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, any proposed transaction could be modified, restricted or not completed, and the results or events predicted in these forward looking statements may differ materially from actual results or events. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
The forward-looking information in this news release is made as of the date of this news release, and Tyhee disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise such information, except as required by applicable law. This news release does not constitute an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities.
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Nothing there? Like the Big Empty? The Sierra Madre? No, the Old World sleeps there, sure as the flag I carry. The Courier knows the way. And at the Divide, he/her and I - there, we'll have an ending to things."— Ulysses Patient log: Y-17.9, Old World Blues
The Divide is a violent land torn apart by quakes and skin-flaying windstorms to the northwest of the Mojave, in southern California. It serves as the game-world for Lonesome Road.
Background[edit | edit source]
Before the Great War, this area was home to Hopeville and Ashton: a missile base and a city under its protection. Apart from being a major element of the ballistic defense matrix, Hopeville was also the subject of a major Big MT research project concerning meteorology; a project that apparently ended in a disaster, spawning the dust storms the Divide is infamous for.[1][2][3] Beside the project, Big MT was also a partner in different enterprises: at one point, the entire local hippie commune that protested outside Hopeville against the ongoing Sino-American War were rounded up by special riot control officers wearing a new model of L.A.P.D. riot armor, the whole regulated by the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment wearing a recognizable helmet and a more advanced riot armor,[4] shipped them off to the Big MT as test subjects.[5]
The Great War apparently took the military here by surprise, as the ICBMs never left their missile silos. It is possible that the aforementioned backfiring meteorological experiment has resulted in the soldiers here dying or fleeing before the American missiles could take flight. A silence fell across the land. For two centuries the soil of the Divide lay undisturbed by human presence.
Close to two centuries later, a small survivalist community emerged near the ruins of Ashton and Hopeville. Though small at first, the willingness of a single Courier to travel the hard road to and from the community kept it alive.[6] Named the Divide, it was a community of hardy folk, building a new future using the Old World as foundation.[7] They adopted the Old World flag of the United States as their symbol, drawing strength from it.[8] It was a new nation, slowly stirring to life, forging new ideals to apply to the new world they were placed in. It thrived, thanks to the Courier paving the way for traders and settlers.[9]
The Death of the Divide[edit | edit source]
The success of the community eventually it drew the attention of the New California Republic, who deployed troops to the area to protect a newly established supply line across the treacherous Divide into the Mojave Wasteland. The Caesar's Legion reacted and attempted to cut the new supply line, sending frumentarii and assassins to explore the area after a sizable force of legionaries struck against the Republic's forces located there.[10] However, this ongoing conflict between states did not destroy the settlement. That was the work of the Courier who, returning to the Divide again, carried a package from Navarro by order of the NCR to the Divide a short time before the NCR and the Legion jumped to each others throat. The package contained an activated ICBM detonator; when this device was close enough it remote linked with the ICBM computers, sending a signal to the dormant nuclear missiles lying in the silos beneath the ground.[11] They then began detonating one after another, splitting the earth with massive earthquakes which cracked and twisted the landscape. Entire companies of NCR soldiers in the Divide were trapped together with their Legion foes. The disaster created the Divide as it exists now: a wind-beaten maze of twisting canyons, skin-flaying dust storms and horrific abominations.[12][13][14][15]
The Divide twisted the surviving NCR and Legion. As the winds flayed their skin and radiation ghoulified them, they became the marked men: skinless horrors fueled by hatred and rage for everything around them. Other inhabitants took a far worse turn, mutating into the Tunnelers, reptilian monsters that fear light. Outside the Divide, the disaster became a blessing in disguise for the Legion: cutting off NCR supply lines along Death Valley Road, it granted Caesar's Legion time to recover after their loss in the First Battle of Hoover Dam.[16] Subsequent attempts to reestablish an NCR route through the Divide proved impossible, as the twisted terrain and extreme radiation levels made passage impossible, not to mention the natives.[17]
However, it also gave birth to the greatest danger to the post-War civilization of the American Southwest: Ulysses. Finding himself as the only physically untainted survivor of the disaster, he was both traumatized and inspired as he learned the impact a single person, the Courier, can have on history. When ED-E neared the Divide on his way to Navarro, the Divide computers remote scanned it then proceeded to manufacture copies of it for maintenance purposes. Ulysses may have inserted the package into one in particular. Ulysses was determined to take revenge and sought to reshape the post-apocalyptic world single handedly, much like the Courier reshaped the Divide by unleashing nuclear fire on it. At some point before the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, Ulysses contacted the Courier via a single message: the coordinates for the canyon wreckage west of Primm, and the words "Courier Six - Ulysses", wanting to destroy their new home in his reshaping process of America before their eyes, as the Courier did for him with the Divide. The Courier answered the call and confronted Ulysses at the Divide. There, under the Old World flag and the torn skies, the two decided the fate of post-nuclear civilization with the spears of Old America.
Layout[edit | edit source]
The Divide is a general term for the entire region, but the actual divide is a massive rift running on a east-west axis, where the detonating missiles caused the earth to collapse, forming a massive canyon with the remnants of the city above buried in it. The former towns of Hopeville and Ashton sit on the surface, on the southern edge of the Divide proper. The massive earthquakes that tore through the region turned most of the area to rubble, though the principal cause was the collapse of the super highway that ran above the city - as it disintegrated during the earthquake, the great chunks of asphalt plummeted on the structures below, bringing ruin to the entire area.
It is notable, however, that reinforced military structures, such as missile silos, survived the disaster more or less in operable condition. However, at the same time, stockpiled nuclear warheads were scattered throughout the Divide.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
The Divide is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas, and all its add-ons (Dead Money, Honest Hearts, and Old World Blues) and its map is shown in Old World Blues. It appears in the add-on Lonesome Road.
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
- Before the release of Lonesome Road, Chris Avellone's Twitter avatar showed the Divide.
- The ruined buildings in the Divide were created by Megan Parks.[18]
- David Lieu handled the propping in the Divide proper In the Cave of the Abaddon he also handled the lighting.[19]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Cave of the Abaddon, an atypical cave created with an accumulation of ruined skyscrapers. Note the swimming pool on the collapsed rooftop.
The Divide map shown in Big MT
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The map of the Divide is located in Big MT in Old World Blues, in the X-17 meteorological station.
- ↑ Ulysses log Y-17.16
- ↑ Y-0 terminal entry, Dispenser Funding Update
- ↑ Advanced riot gear
- ↑ Third Street Municipal building terminals
- ↑ Ulysses: "Never would have known the Divide had it not been for you. The road you made with your tracks, again and again. You were the only one willing to make the journey to and from here... a hard road. Kept the land before the Divide alive through seasons, storms... ...can't have been just a job. Was something more to you. Don't feel for a place that hard unless it's home."
(Ulysses' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "This road leads nowhere. There's nothing in the Divide."
Ulysses: "Many in the Mojave think the Divide's nothing but canyon and storm. Wasn't always. There was life, a town, farther West... not talking about an Old World town like Hopeville... more recent. Something you saw in your lifetime. It had the name "the Divide," too. But rather than cracks in the earth, it was a road from the West into the Mojave, a supply line. Took a Courier to make that road. You. Back then, you saw the road with eyes facing East. This time... the Divide's in the other direction. And if your eyes try to make sense of it when you reach it... home's not what it was."
(Ulysses' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "If you blame me for what happened here at the Divide - why do you care?"
Ulysses: "The community that was once here... and the package you brought... both had markings of the Divide. Markings of America. You've seen the marks, the symbol. As early as the Hopeville silo, maybe. Carried it etched on your weapons. The Divide, its buildings, its people, were built around those same markings, surrounded them here... ...markings like the flag on my back. When I followed your road to the Divide those years ago, I saw the symbol I wore all around me. An Old World symbol. Strong, to survive here - its people, strong. Outlast the Bear, outlast the Bull. Promise of something better. Caesar was right to want it dead. NCR was right to want to rake their claws in it. Seeing it... changed me, just as seeing Hoover Dam changed Caesar and the NCR. Seeing it end changed me, too."
(Ulysses' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "So you believed in this place. What it once was."
Ulysses: "There was hope here, another chance. A new nation, stirring to life. {Beat}A place I could have set my flag. Not the America of old. But something larger than the tribes of the East, something larger than the houses of the West. Something better. The Divide... could have bridged both, like Hoover Dam. Now like the Dam, it's too covered in blood to see what it could have been. You gave life to this place. I followed your road here, saw the Divide. You led me here, so that I could see. Then, you brought it to an end."
(Ulysses' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "On the High Road, you mentioned NCR and Legion fought here... before and after the Divide?"
Ulysses: The two-headed Bear made its claim, dug its claws into the trail you made. For once, it seemed like it might succeed - cut a route to the Mojave. Couldn't let NCR stay in the Divide. Trade route, road the military could use... can't have two roads into the Mojave. Not after the work we'd done to cut off New Canaan, other routes, killing caravans... all we'd done to make the West bleed."
(Ulysses' dialogue)
- ↑ Chris Avellone talks about the package from Lonesome Road
- ↑ The Courier: "The Divide blocked all of their northern land routes?"
Joshua Graham: "Not all of them. But they couldn't take 127 north to get around the mountains. As if Death Valley weren't enough, they had the Divide and Big Empty to deal with. From what the Legion's explorers reported, the Big Empty may as well have been a wall to any living thing approaching it."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "I'm guessing you don't like Caesar very much."
Joshua Graham: "Love the sinner, hate the sin. With Caesar, it's often very difficult to see through all of that sin to the person inside. I can say that we were both lucky that NCR's supply lines and land routes north of Mojave Outpost were destroyed before the Battle of Hoover Dam. Something bad happened near Death Valley, at a place called the Divide. NCR couldn't cut across anymore and it slowed down their reinforcements. Terrible storms ripped entire companies apart before they even got to Nevada soil. The aftermath of Hoover Dam could have been even worse for Caesar."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "What's at the Divide?"
Joshua Graham: "I don't know for certain, and I don't think NCR knows, either. Whatever happened at the Divide was too much for them to handle. Our frumentarii told us what they saw. Only fools and madmen would march into a place like that. All roads wind down to the same spot, the grave. They said all that's left there is a gaping wound cut into the Earth, cursed and damned. No place for God-fearing folk."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "What happened here?"
Ulysses: "You delivered a package. Had markings that matched those in the Divide. Not all... but enough. Military markings, from some place the Bear had savaged in the West. Maybe seeing those markings on it reminded you of home... made you carry it."
The Courier: "You said I brought it from the West?"
Ulysses: "It was a device, a detonator. One I'd never seen before - or heard before. You carried that thing to the Divide. I know because I followed you as you walked the road, watched you do it. You brought it here, to the community you built. And you are responsible for what happened after - when the device opened, started to speak. When it did, the Divide answered back. Those missiles you've seen, buried in their silos. They exploded beneath the ground, cracked the landscape. Sand, ash... the dead... the Divide skies became a graveyard."
(Ulysses' dialogue)
- ↑ Joshua Graham
- ↑ NCR Ranger action reports: "I don't think this will be a suitable route for bringing troops to Hoover Dam. The terrain is a nightmare, we've seen evidence of hostile indigenous life, and the Geiger counters are ticking like a grandfather clock on turbo. Full report when the advance scouts come back at 2300, but as of now I'm recommending we abandon this mission."
- ↑ Megan Parks' portfolio
- ↑ David Lieu's portfolio


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Film review: "Bethlehem" is precise, but reduces reality
It may feel honest, but the celebrated new film Bethlehem fails in matter of scope, writes Katie Gonzalez.
On Friday, I attended the Haifa Film Festival for the Israeli premiere of Bethlehem, an Israfilm directed by Israel's Yuval Adler and co-written by Adler and Arab journalist Ali Waked.
Bethlehem has already been nominated for 12 Ophir awards in Israel, and recently won the FEEDORA award at the Venice Film Festival. Israel's excitement over this film was apparent at the premiere, as the cast and crew were introduced to the rapt audience and a standing ovation post-showing.
Bethlehem highlights the relationship between 17-year-old Bethlehem native Sanfur Sanfur (Shadi Mar'l) and Israeli military intelligence officer Razi (Tsahi Halevy, who actually served in an elite unit of the IDF). Sanfur is the younger brother to Ibrahim (Hisham Suliman), who is being furiously pursued by the Israeli army for recent attacks against Israeli civilians. Unbeknownst to Ibrahim, Sanfur is feeding information to Razi while, unbeknownst to Razi, he is also helping finance his brother's operations.
The Palestinian Authority, in brief appearances, is characterized as corrupt
The film has been regaled as one that successfully shows the conflicts that both Israelis and Palestinians confront within their respective societies. While Adler and Waked reveal the human qualities in Sanfur and Razi, Bethlehem fails in a matter of scope: It lacks a portrayal of Palestinians as individuals other than violent protestors or worse — terrorists and enemies to the Israeli state. The Palestinian foci of the movie are either Hamas or members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The Palestinian Authority, in brief appearances, is characterized as corrupt through Abu Mussa (Karem Shakur), a politico who plots violence with Hamas to further his agenda.
While the scene of Al-Aqsa leader (and Sanfur's older brother) Ibrahim's death reveals a touching show of emotion and expert acting from Tarek Copti, who plays Ibrahim's father, the feeling that the film ignores the daily reality of the majority of Palestinians is apparent. Sanfur, initially portrayed as an innocuous young man who loves Razi as a father, is transformed into a disloyal assailant by the film's end. With the exclusion of less extreme individuals from the plot, some viewers may be left to wonder if this is the fate of all Palestinians.
Sanfur's situation is a sad remark on the pressures and tensions that many Palestinian youth face. Although the capture and assassination of his brother Ibrahim is one of the film's important climaxes, it is the events unfolding after Ibrahim's death — the grief of his father to have lost the family's point of pride, the power vacuum within the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and Razi's desperate attempts to both protect him and use him as a top informant — that lead to Sanfur's moral demise.
Overall, Bethlehem feels honest. Bethlehem shows how intentions and motivations can be muddled and reduced over time. The characters often vacillate uncomfortably between the different roles they must assume while straddling life in Israel and Bethlehem, reminding the viewer that the identities of Palestinians and Israelis can similarly be liminal and changing as a result of the ever-evolving circumstances in the region.
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A look at the album charts might lead you to believe that heavy metal music is officially dead. However, Megadeth proved that the heavy metal genre is still very much alive and well by delivering a blistering performance on the stage of "Late Night With Seth Meyers." The legendary metal band brought down the house by playing two songs that were great examples of their old and new sound. They started out by playing "Dystopia." This song has been nominated for a Grammy and comes from Megadeth's latest release of the same name. Dave Mustaine and company then turned back the clock to 1990 for a rendition of their classic tune "Tornado of Souls."
This was the first time that Megadeth had ever appeared on the Seth Meyers program. The band was formed in 1985 by lead singer and guitarist Dave Mustaine. He was one of the founding members of Metallica. However, he was fired from the band for drug and alcohol abuse before Metallica signed a recording contract. Mustaine still made an impact on his former band because they went on to record six songs that he co-wrote.
It turned out that getting fired from Metallica allowed Mustaine to shine and demonstrate his skills in a way that he never would have if he stayed in the band. He was able to become the lead singer and primary songwriter in Megadeth. These things would obviously have never happened if he was in Metallica. Overall, Megadeth has one double platinum and four platinum albums in their career.


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Posts Tagged 'Unions'
WBI Workplace Bullying University set for May 20
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
The nation's only comprehensive training in the phenomenon of workplace bullying designed for professionals
The next 3-day public session in Boise, Idaho is May 20-21-22.
Visit the WBI Workplace Bullying University website for program details. Taught personally by Dr. Gary Namie & Dr. Ruth Namie.
Designed for professionals in Labor, Healthcare, Mental Health, Counseling, Management, Higher Education, HR, Training, Consulting, and those in life & career transition.
Tags: Gary Namie, healthcare bullying, Ruth Namie, training, Unions, Workplace Bullying Institute, Workplace Bullying University
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With Scalia gone, Unions win in Supreme Court
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Today, well ahead of the expected June decision, the U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 in the decision regarding Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
The SCOTUS is short one member since the passing of Antonin Scalia. The tie vote allows previous appellate court verdicts to stand. As described in earlier posts — here and here, the cocky anti-union plaintiffs were so confident of using SCOTUS to bankrupt public sector unions that they asked both trial and appellate courts to rule against them so they could expedite the process to get to the Supreme Court.
Justice Scalia's death was unexpected. His vote would have delivered an anti-union majority vote. The tie, however, allows the lower court decision (made at plaintiffs' request with no evidence ever presented as in a real trial) to stand. The anti-union plaintiffs lose. Unions win (for now). Here is the entire SCOTUS decision.
Tags: bullying unions, Friedrichs, SCOTUS, Unions
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WBI presents at Oregon Labor Law Conference Jan. 29
Friday, January 22nd, 2016
The goal of the Oregon Labor Law Conference is to help officers and staff of unions serve their members better, be better equipped to organize the unorganized, and get training on how to avoid legal liability.
The program includes a workshop on Unions and Workplace Bullying led by Dr. Gary Namie, WBI Director. This is a return visit by WBI to OCCL; the first appearance was in 2013.
Founded in 1996 by Norman Malbin, the Oregon Labor Law Conference is now also sponsored by IBEW Local 48, Oregon AFL-CIO, Center for Worker Rights, Northwest Oregon Labor Council, Labor Education and Research Center (LERC), Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council and Oregon State Building & Construction Trades Council.
When: Jan. 29, 2016
Where: IBEW Local 48 Meeting Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR
Details: OLLC website
Tags: IBEW Local 48, Norm Malbin, Oregon Labor Law Conference, Unions, workplace bullying
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Audio & transcript of Friedrichs anti-union Supreme Court hearing
Thursday, January 21st, 2016
On January 11, SCOTUS heard oral arguments in a case designed to overturn a 39-yr. precedent involving public sector unions. Since the 1977 Abood decision, government workers had the right to enjoy all the benefits of union membership without paying all of the dues owed to unions. That is, Abood split dues into "fair share" fees and expenses ostensibly not related to collective bargaining and the mere protection of workers' rights. Non-members were to pay only the bargaining-related fees.
The Friedrichs case found 10 California teachers who wanted to claim the right to refuse to pay any dues, even costs associated with protecting their workplace rights. Right-wing, anti-union groups used the case to bring to the pro-corporate/pro-employer Roberts SCOTUS to put what might be the final nail in the coffin of the strongest unions left in the country, public-sector unions.
You can read the NY Times SCOTUS watcher, Linda Greenhouse, as she interprets the oral testimony.
Details of the case can be read here.
You can read the entire transcript here.
Or listen to the audio of the oral arguments.
Decision is expected in June.
Tags: agency fees, collective bargaining, fair share fees, freeriding, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, government workers, public sector, public sector unions, teachers, U.S. Supreme Court, Unions
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American public sector labor unions' future weighed by Supreme Court today
Monday, January 11th, 2016
A most important 80 minutes of oral argument is heard today, Jan. 11 2015 by the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association (CTA), Docket No. 14-915.
The case was brought by a group of California teachers who don't want to pay any fees to unions for anything. Essentially, they want to enjoy benefits of having a contract — wages and other work condition protections (alas, not full protection from bullying yet) that are negotiated — for free. The CTA represents teachers in public schools; public school districts are government employers.
There are 39 years of history dealing with this issue. A May 1977 unanimous U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education [431 U.S. 209 (97 S.Ct. 1782, 52 L.Ed.2d 261)] divided union dues into two parts. One part is costs associated with providing union workers with a contract, the collective bargaining agreement with the employer, and its administration, the subsequent services of representation at adversarial meetings with management, grievances and arbitrations. Fees for those services are called "fair use" or "agency" fees. In other words, Abood said that non-members who benefit from union services have to help cover costs.
The second part of union dues is "expenditures for ideological causes not germane to its duties as a collective-bargaining." This has been dubbed the political activity of the union, including overt politicking, lobbying lawmakers for specific legislation and financial support for political candidates. People who object to this part of union activity can refuse to pay that portion of dues to the union.
In the specific case before SCOTUS today, Friedrichs, plaintiffs are challenging California law. If a teacher wants to protest the political portion of the CTA dues, she or he can give the union a written objection — an "opt out" declaration. That portion of the contested fee is then refunded or a portion is reduced. The anti-union plaintiffs want that teacher to have to "opt in" and agree to the fees. Plaintiffs frame the issue as one of free choice and the First Amendment (whether or not the non-administrative fees constitute speech).
The Case's Strange Origin
The union-busting groups, typically with a libertarian or right-wing political bent, found this case in order to abolish the last bastion of unionization in America — in government. The private sector unionization rate is now under 7%. If government, public sector, unions can be further weakened, the U.S. labor movement will be effectively gutted.
According to Maryann Parker, SEIU Associate General Counsel, speaking at an American Constitution Society expert panel, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association made it to the Supreme Court in two fast years without any facts associated with the case. The reason is that the plaintiffs filed the case in both District and Appellate courts and asked for a verdict against them just so they could take the case to the Supreme Court. Since the union-busting groups are well funded, the case raced to the Roberts pro-employer court. Unlike any other case, no facts have been argued in court before a judge or jury. No discovery of evidence on either side was completed.
The only facts have come via several amicus briefs written by advocates for both sides. The list of briefs filed before the Nov 6, 2015 deadline can be found here. On the anti-union side are organizations such as Pacific Legal Foundation
National Right to Work Legal Defense Fund, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Goldwater Institute, Former California Governor Pete Wilson, Cato Institute and the NFIB. On the defense side, briefs were filed by Kamala Harris, California Attorney General (who also argued the case before SCOTUS today), California State Employees Association, and several California and New York cities that, as government employers, described the benefit of having a unionized workplace.
The other unusual aspect of the origin of the case is that the five majority justices in the 2014 Harris v. Quinn decision called for a reconsideration of Abood. In other words, the doctrine of stare decisis, of letting earlier case decisions stand, is betrayed by calling out for a case to challenge Abood.
The Anti-Union Argument
Here's the argument by the union busters in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. Collective bargaining in the government context is inherently political because government worker wages are public funds. Therefore, if the government compels "fair use" fees collection, it is a violation of a worker's First Amendment rights. It forces an association with a political cause (bargaining with the state) with which a worker might not agree.
Abood had separated the functions of the union, administrative work versus political activity. Fredrichs says that ALL activity of unions is political.
If the Supreme Court decision agrees with Friedrichs, it will overturn Abood. It will end the practice of a "union shop." The absence of any requirement to pay unions for services rendered will make it too easy to be a "free rider." In turn, unions will wither and die from not having a budget.
Remember, even with a negotiated union contract, employers — only governments in this case — are entitled to all rights over workers which are not covered in the contract. With this line of reasoning, without unions, employers will have unchallenged, unbridled control over workers with no ability to contest mistreatment or abuse.
The undermining of unions, the only organizations that advocate for rights of workers, will contribute to the Republican-led state legislatures' move to right to work laws. Currently 25 states have right to work provisions. The RTW advocates characterize states where unions represent government workers as "forced-unionism" states.
Advocates for "free bargaining" states label the right to work as the "right to work for less." The quality of life for workers in RTW states is lower than in public sector union states — lower wages, more low wage jobs, higher rates of workers without health insurance, higher poverty and infant mortality rates. And if working in a RTW state, you have a 54% higher chance of dying at work.
Finally, by gutting union budgets, opponents will also thwart overt political activity by unions. Unions support Democratic candidates. Union-busting groups are partisan. By reversing Abood, the law of the land since 1977, Republicans will be able to reduce funding for Democratic opponents. However, this is not a realistic fear by Republicans. It seems closer to a zero-sum game in which Republicans want to eliminate all opposition. According to the Center for Responsive Government, 2015-16 interest group donations to the upcoming elections finds that labor has given to date a total of $19.2 million compared to $839.6 given by donors other than unions. Non-labor groups outspend unions by 43.7 times. A successful Friedrichs SCOTUS decision would nearly eliminate the influence of unions on candidates. Rights of workers will be driven further underground buried in a corporate post-Citizens United deluge of cash.
If the Court does not overturn Abood, the plaintiffs could still win a partial victory. Its a nuanced part of the practice in California. Contained in the fees charged to non-members are other expenses not involved with the costs of collective bargaining. If a teacher wants to protest that portion of the fee, she or he can give the union written objection — an opt out declaration. That portion of the contested fee is refunded or a portion is reduced. The anti-union plaintiffs in the case also argue that an employee should have to "opt in" and agree to the fees.
Stay tuned. The decision should be announced in June.
You can listen to the oral arguments and read the transcript of Jan. 11 hearing here.
Tags: agency fees, collective bargaining, fair share, free-riding, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, right to work, U.S. Supreme Court, Unions
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A look back at 2012 Freedom Week at the National Press Club: American Unions
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Gary Namie introduction
SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry
NAGE: Nat'l President David Holway & VP Greg Sorozan
AFGE: Local President Charletta McNeill
Tags: abusive conduct, AFGE, Freedom from workplace bullies week, Healthy Workplace Bill, NAGE, seiu, Unions, workplace bullying
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Canadian Govt Union Sets the Standard to Combat Workplace Bullying
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Unions are the only genuine advocates for workers worldwide. They all share the mission of protecting the safety and security of their members at work sites. European, Australian and Canadian unions keenly pay attention to members' "psychological safety." Some smart American unions are following suit (MAPE, UNAC-UHCP, IAM, NAGE). However, many are ambivalent about workplace bullying.
Here's the account of one Canadian union in Nova Scotia, the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) that developed an education program — Bully-Free Workplaces: Shifting Cultures. The union effort begins its fifth year this October and has spread to other provinces.
The program offerings include: 2-hour awareness sessions, 6-hour workshops, and 2-hour, four-module format which increases the options for employers and employees who want more information but with greater flexibility to schedule.
WBI respects this union's program because it does not stop at awareness raising.
The union also offers training for supervisors, managers, human resources, and occupational health professionals who are responsible for policies and procedures, investigations of workplace bullying, and progressive discipline.
The union also strives to heal afflicted work teams, guide bullies through self-reflection, and special assistance for bullied complainant-members.
Hats off to NUPGE/NSGEU which has reached, to date, over 14,000 participants! Read the press release presenting program facts.
All of the services NUPGE provides to its members and host employers can be made possible through the training of key American or Canadian Union leaders at the WBI Workplace Bullying University® by WBI founders, Drs. Ruth and Gary Namie.
Tags: education, NUPGE, shifting cultures, training, Unions, workplace bullying, Workplace Bullying University
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Minnesota Union and State collaboratively create Workplace Bullying policy
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
Minnesota leap frogs Tennessee with respect to having a state policy to thwart workplace bullying. First a bit of background. In 2014, Tennessee passed a law (Public Chapter 997) that assigned policy writing to a state commission (TACIR) comprised of elected officials with technical support from WBI-affiliated professionals. The group did produce a model policy. However, several lawmakers refused to allow the policy's implementation. The workplace psychological safety of public employees in that right-to-work state remains unresolved, treated as a political game.
Thus, the first state to implement a workplace bullying policy for all state workers is Minnesota. The successful story begins with the state employees union MAPE (Minnesota Association of Professional Employees) becoming aware of bullying-related problems for members in January 2012. Discussions of bullying surfaced in contract bargaining sessions. In February 2013, some bullying managers were removed in partnership with the union. Education accelerated in May 2013 when MAPE held a seminar for stewards with lessons gleaned from a public session sponsored by the Minneapolis Bar Association at which Dr. Gary Namie spoke.
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By August 2013, MAPE had produced videos of their bullying experiences. In September, results of a membership survey revealed that 1 out of 4 members were either directly bullied or they had witnessed it. State. The state Department of Human Services Commissioner, Lucinda Jesson, signed an anti-bullying petition to ensure safe, retaliation-free reporting of bullying.
Tags: 2014 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey, abusive conduct, employee advocates, MAPE, Minnesota state, policy & procedures, Unions, workplace bullying policy
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Clubbing unions to death akin to fighting terrorists: president-wanna-be Scott Walker
Friday, February 27th, 2015
"We need a leader who will stand up and say we will take the fight to them and not wait until they take the fight to American soil," declared Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a 2016 presidential hopeful, to the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. This is his reference to ISIS terrorists.
Then he said: "If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same in the rest of the world," a clear reference to both ongoing protests against new anti-worker laws and a historic revolt in 2011 against Walker's push to dismantle collective-bargaining rights for the state's labor unions.
Walker denies he connected the dots but his "dog whistle" points were clearly heard by the radical right wing CPAC audience. He is bragging about busting unions — what he refers to as Democratic special interest groups.
"To compare the hundreds of thousands of teachers, students, grandmothers, veterans, correctional officers, nurses and all the workers who came out to peacefully protest and stand together for their rights as Americans to ISIS terrorists is disgusting and unacceptable," said Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt in a statement. "To compare hard-working men and women who work for a living to terrorists is a disgrace. Coming together to peacefully protest for freedom, to raise your voice for a better Wisconsin, this is not an act of terror."
Let's hope America doesn't make the same mistakes that Wisconsin voters have made in recent elections.
The irony in America that not one word may be spoken against the military or those who serve in it (all are "heroes") but defaming the working women and men who dare to organize to fight against abusive practices by government and corporate employers (who are well organized and funded) can go unpunished is not lost on us.
Tags: CPAC, right wing, Scott Walker, Unions, Wisconsin
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Anti-union advocates pervert notion of bullying in the workplace
Thursday, September 25th, 2014
For 12 years we have led advocacy for state laws to prohibit health-harming abusive conduct (workplace bullying). The bill — the WBI Healthy Workplace Bill — has no hidden agenda. It is straightforward in its purpose and language. We are trying to right a wrong. Opponents are apologists for employer abuse, plain and simple. They choose to protect employers' rights over workers' rights to employment free from abusive interference. When they oppose the HWB, they distort and pervert the terms of the bill. They lie in their testimony without consequences. Lawmakers blindly appease the business lobby.
Michigan, a state dominated by Republicans in recent years, became a right to work state. That means if unions exist, they must serve all workers whether or not they pay union dues. It is a tactic designed to bankrupt unions. Now comes Michigan State Rep. Kevin Daley with an "anti-bullying bill" (HB 5847) that purports to "protect" workers from unions who post names of workers who opt out of union membership.
We are mired in distorted semantics. The moniker "right to work" is promoted as freedom while it actually discourages unions who can bargain with employers for more rights and privileges than workers as individuals can never attain.
Opting out of union membership violates the free market concept of fairness in that one must pay for services received. Benefits of union membership should accrue only to those who belong to unions. If you want the benefits without paying for them, you are a freeloader. So, while proponents of "free markets" and unbridled capitalism feel no sympathy for those lowest on the economic rung, even calling them lazy (as Speaker of the House John Boehner did while on a 7 week vacation), they are the same people who want workers in right to work states to bleed unions dry by forcing services to be provided to non-members.
If Rep. Daley cares about workers not being bullied, then he should introduce the HWB! We dare him.
Tags: freeloading, Healthy Workplace Bill, Kevin Daley, Michigan, right to work, Unions, workplace bullying
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April 3rd: Cadbury Picnic Cookie Crunch
Kcal 220 Fat 10.8g Fat(sats) 4.0g Carbs 27.4g
With all the new Cadbury products being launched here in the UK I seem to have taken my eye off the ball in regards to what they are doing overseas. Luckily my guys and girls @CybercandyLtd came to my rescue earlier this week and sent me a whole load of the latest chocs and treats hailing from the outer shores and beyond. The first I'm going to show you today is this all new limited edition Cadbury Picnic Cookie Crunch. This is a bar from all the way 'Daaaaaaaaaaan Unnnda' (Sorry I love saying that!!) and is the latest addition to the people in purple's product range.
The Cadbury Picnic Cookie Crunch I tried came in a 46.0g size - I'm aware there is a larger sized duo version available on the Cybercandy site for those with larger appetites :-) The bar came described as 'a unique combination of chocolate biscuit pieces, peanuts, wafer and caramel covered in milk chocolate' - basically imagine your standard UK Cadbury Picnic sans the raisins and con some chocolate cookie bits! The packaging and presentation was all rather standard with the usual red secondary colour replaced with a brown theme which I thought reflected the flavour variation nicely.
The one thing I really love about these Cadbury Picnic bars from abroad is how much cooler they look than our UK Cadbury Picnic. Our British one looks a little clumsy and as if it is just all the odds and sods left around the factory thrown together in one bar willy-nilly. As I hope my photo reflects, these Aussie Cadbury Picnics look anything but that. All of the constituents are nicely layered in the bar and I think this definitely helps the taste development as you go from sweet milky chocolate, chewy, buttery caramel, crisp wafer and then lastly the crunchy, salty peanuts. In this particular bar the cookie pieces also added a further crunchy element to the outer chocolate and at some points there was a definite Oreo cookie type influence on the taste which was another welcome addition.
Overall limited editions from abroad can often be a little hit or miss but this is one that definitely falls in the 'hits' section. The usual Cadbury Picnic Australian bar is actually a little different to our UK one in that it doesn't have raisins in the first place, so to comment on there absence here would be misleading. Essentially with this bar you get cookie pieces instead of rice cereal which by my reckoning is a good swap. The cookie bits make the taste a little more chocolatey and succeed in adding a further layer of interest to the overall experience. Another point worth making is that limited editions are usually an excuse for companies to shrink the size of their bars, but it was nice to see that this Cadbury Picnic Cookie Crunch stayed consistent from the main product at a wholly satisfying 46.0g. This bar gets a thumbs up from me - totally worth considering if Cadbury Picnics float your boat.
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Hear it from Minny!!
No I'm not talking about my cousin "Minnie" from the HappySlip fam, but rather Minny Pacquiao - "Manny Pacquiao's shortest and biggest fan". He has some entertaining yet informative factoids to tell us about the Philippines. Congrats to Tim Saguinsin and Ricecooker Studios for creating an adorable and funny little character.


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Leptosure Programmes
Leptosure – more than just vaccination.
Most farmers will know someone who has contracted leptospirosis, either in family, friends or even themselves.
Leptospirosis is easy to catch from an infected animal. For dairy farmers it is usually by way of infected cattle urine through cuts in the skin, or splashes in the eyes or mouth.
Assisting animal birth, handling membranes, kidneys or the bladder from infected animals are other ways of becoming infected. Infected pigs are also a common source of infection for humans because of the exposure to urine, as is exposure to urine from infected rats, mice and hedgehogs, e.g. handling calf feed contaminated by rat urine.
The effect of leptospirosis in humans varies from no apparent effect, to flu-like symptoms or severe illness. If the disease progresses to kidney failure, liver failure or meningitis, then hospitalisation is required. The symptoms are often prolonged and recurrent because the physical damage to the kidney and liver may remain after the infection has cleared. Some farmers who have contracted leptospirosis have ended up on dialysis due to permanent kidney failure.
In the past, the major group affected by leptospirosis has been dairy farmers due the exposure to urine splashes when handling cows. The introduction of a voluntary nationwide cattle vaccination programme in 1979 has however greatly reduced the incidence of leptospirosis in dairy farmers. But cases still occur, even in individuals working with vaccinated stock. There are now still around 100 human cases of leptospirosis annually in New Zealand and the number has been constant in recent years. It is clear that vaccination alone is not enough to prevent the disease.
Leptosure provides a risk management based approach to leptospirosis on dairy farms. Implemented correctly, the Leptosure programme will reduce the risk of contracting leptospirosis to herd owners, their families and workers.
Leptosure involves more than just vaccination. It starts with a consultation between the farmer and a Leptosure registered veterinarian. As well as ensuring an adequate vaccination programme is in place, the veterinarian and farmer together design a risk management plan that assesses and controls the other major risk areas. These include control of livestock movements, personal hygiene, education of employees, effluent management and rodent control. Issues around the management of any pigs on dairy farms are also important. There is a great emphasis on education, as it is easier to understand the control measures if you understand how the disease works.
Once the risk management programme has been implemented, the farm will be assigned a 'Protected Leptosure' status. The status will be recorded on the New Zealand Veterinary Association national database and will be reassessed on an annual basis to ensure ongoing compliance with the programme.
Certificates and gate plates are provided as evidence of Leptosure compliance.
If you would like to discuss the benefits of this programme further, please talk to your veterinarian.
Heifer grazing with VETPlus
At VETPlus we recognise that good heifer grazing can be hard to come by. In co-operation with select graziers we can offer you first class, veterinary monitored, heifer & weaner grazing. Heifers are weighed regularly and you will receive regular written & graphed reports of their progress over the contract period.
Payments are on a weight gain basis and a legal contract ensures the responsibilities of all parties are clearly defined. An animal health package is included to ensure that your animals get the best of veterinary care.
Dairy Farmers and Graziers can contact the Reporoa branch for further information.
In-house Faecal Egg Counting
By counting the eggs produced in the animal's faeces, we gain an indication of the number of worms inside the particular animal. By doing this procedure in our clinic we significantly reduce the turnaround time from getting the samples to reporting the results.
Faecal Egg Counting doesn't tell us the specific worm type (ie Ostertagia (brown stomach worm) vs Haemonchus (barber's pole). This requires the eggs to be incubated, hatched and the larvae counted under a microscope, which takes a period of 12-14 days.
Knowing the level of worms inside an animal or group of animals enables us to diagnose worms as a cause of illthrift. We learn some of the information required to assess whether they need drenching. We can assess how well a drench has worked.
To have a faecal egg count done we require at least a good teaspoon of fresh faeces per animal. These can be collected directly from the animal/s or picked up from the ground after holding a portion of the mob in a yard or corner of a paddock. But the samples must be fresh.
If you cannot get them to the clinic the same day they must be kept in the fridge overnight.


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11 September 2013
First Fassbinder
Over at Press Play, I have a video essay and accompanying text essay on the first films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the best of which were recently released in the US by Criterion as part of the Eclipse series.
It's a great shame that most of Fassbinder's films are not easily available on DVD in the US anymore. Criterion has done great work bringing some of them to us, though they've also had some go out of print. Many are available for streaming at Hulu Plus, thankfully. I'm holding out a bit of optimistic hope for a companion Eclipse set: Late Fassbinder, which could include Lili Marleen and Querelle. Or maybe for a release of Eight Hours Are Not a Day. Or ... well, a boy can dream...
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A warm welcome
Browse a huge selection of original contemporary artworks while enjoying a day out with family and friends. Thousands of original paintings, prints, sculptures and photographs will be on show, all under one roof in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere. Local and international galleries gather at the fair to share contemporary art priced between 600 - 60.000SEK. You will find fresh new talent alongside well known names and our curated recent graduates exhibition makes it easy to spot up and coming stars of the future.


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The countdown has begun, a few more days and then I get the key of my new home. The House is now almost completely ready, the doors are in it, the toilet and the bathroom are tiled (and so so pretty!). I prepared me for the jobs and the move, but first I'll show you how my Palace.
June 21, I get the key of my new House, still four days now I write this. Yesterday I had the preview of my house, which means you for the actual delivery check that everything is correct. Or your additional work has been carried out properly and whether there are flaws or damage are for example. There turned out to be quite a few errors and flaws, I have about 20 found, of which three major errors, I hope so but that this will be resolved before handover. Further it was very fine to look in a House that is almost finished, the toilet and the bathroom are as good as ready and it is so nice! In the meantime enjoy Pip or all cardboard in house, moving boxes are his new favorite place to sleep.
Ground floor: Hall, living room, kitchen and toilet
The House seems much wider and lighter since the last viewing day, now the ceilings are finished (incidentally not at all neat, and here must so something to happen) and the walls are back drop ready made. Everything is almost ready for use, the staircase is finished with a fence and railing, the interior doors are placed, the sockets sit on their place and the connections for the kitchen are also ready. On the lower right picture comes the kitchen, cooking, left a closet wall. I am so curious how this goes! The best was to see the bathroom the toilet downstairs and, now that as good as off. What am I happy with my tiles: D
Floor: bedroom and bathroom
To the bedrooms is not yet so much to see in terms of changes, but check my bathroom! Last time I was pretty worried because the space seemed so small, happy 100% strikes me now all tiled. The bath room is exactly the same as on the first drawing. I find the tiles really stunning, the extra investment well worth it.
And further, preparations
On my days off I visit hardware stores, garden centers and I unpack boxes in. A while back I left make a design for the garden, came here from great ideas, which I would have never figured out. I'm going to take over the drawing not 1 to 1, but the row with pergolas around the width of the garden is definitely a keeper, that is about to look like on the bottom picture. Although the grounds are still a far from bed show is, I find it very nice to totally. I hope the garden quite quick to fit, so I actually in the summer in a garden can be instead of in the development site. But everything is so expensive. At the time my life from lists and schedules. There is still best when painted in house (all frames, the staircase, the walls after the stucen), and everything depends on the companies out there, in succession to stucen first, then let the floor and then the kitchen in it. And then, of course, the move itself! It is now so close, days instead of weeks. The construction of my house took about eight months for my feeling, that time has really flown by. Of course I keep you posted of the odd jobs and move and then the állerleukste part: living shopping and decorate!
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This farm holiday estate is a recently restored antique farmhouse, surrounded by a splendid garden. Guests can enjoy a striking panorama, typical of the hills of Tuscany, including a view of Vallombrosa and its antique abbey.
The style of the farm holiday estate, extremely welcoming but at the same time refined and painstakingly detailed, integrates well with the landscape, producing a charming effect for our visitors: stone walls, exposed wooden beams, beds and railings in wrought iron, fireplace and antique wooden stove in stone, interior and exterior floors in terracotta tiles or pietra serena, all according to the best Tuscan tradition.
At your disposal is also a tennis court with synthetic grass, a swimming pool (6 x 12 meters) surrounded by ample green space, mountain bike, a verandah furnished with tables and chairs, barbecue.
In the interior of the property (227 hectares) there is also a pond where it is possible to fish. Furthermore, the owner would be happy to accompany you on a "nature safari" to discover the local fauna: wild boars, deer, hares, porcupines, wolves
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State is gearing for another round of crisis as a gale of suspension of some members by the Ahmed Makarfi-faction of the party is witnessing a backlash.
The faction on Tuesday suspended 22 members including the Chairman of the Modu Sheriff faction of the party, Biyi Poroye, and the factional deputy governorship candidate in the governorship election, Ebenezer Alabi, for their involvement in anti-party activities.
The other members suspended also belong to the Ali Modu-Sheriff faction of the party, which fielded businessman Jimoh Ibrahim as its candidate for the just concluded Ondo governorship election.
But Mr. Poroye described the suspension as a nullity, as those who carried out the suspension did know understand the procedure for suspending members of the party.
"By the grace of God I am the authentic chairman of the party in Ondo State, those causing trouble are not true members of the party and do not know the procedure for suspending members," he said.
Also suspended was a former Senator, Omololu Meroyi, former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Bakita Bello, and former Deputy Speaker, Dare Emiola.
Others include, former commissioner in governor Olusegun Mimiko's cabinet, Sola Ebiseni; Johnson Alabi, Olu Ogunye, Olabisi Johnson, Yemi Ajonibode, Musa Megida, Issac Alase and Ademola Gentry.
A statement by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Banji Okunomo, which conveyed the suspension of the members, noted that Jimoh Ibrahim was not included in the list of suspended members because he was never a member of the party.
"It will amount to wasted exercise including a non-party member in the suspension list," Mr. Okunomo said.
He said the suspension was in line with Section 57 of the constitution of the party and the powers conferred on the State Working Committee of the party.
He said they were suspended from the party "with immediate effect for gross anti- party activities."
Mr. Okunomo said that the suspension became necessary following the judgement of the Court of Appeal which failed to recognised Biyi Poroye-led executive of the party in the state.
"By virtue of Court of Appeal judgement, Biyi Poroye did not only seize to be Executive member of the party as claimed but they have also turned out to be ordinary member of the party while the
Clement Faboyede led Executive remains the only recognised Executive of the party in the state," he said.
He however called on the affected members to appear before the disciplinary committee of the party on Monday, by10a.m. at the party Secretariat in Akure.
He said the resolution of the SWC of the party was further ratified by the State Executive Committee of the party at a meeting held on Tuesday
The list of suspended members also include the former Deputy National youth leader, Deniss Alonge, Yemisi Akinjomiju, Yemisi Alumnae, Ade Adebaore, Adegboruwa Taiwo Omowole Oluwaghehinmi, Gbamila Ogunji, Abiye Ademoyegun and Dare Akinbo
But Mr. Poroye expressed disappointment that at a time when the party should be reviewing its failure at the governorship polls to see what went wrong, some members were trying to cause problems within the party.
"For the first time, the party is going to the polls in the state and is failing to win an election for the governorship seat," he lamented.
"We have set up a committee to review the election and we are going to sanction those who are found to have worked against the party during the election."
He said the verdict of the Appeal Court did not nullify his leadership of the party in the state, arguing that Governor Olusegun Mimiko brought the problems that rocked the party.
He accused him of being the cause of the loss suffered by the party in Saturday's election, by foisting his own will on the party.
Also Mr. Alabi, who was chairman of the party just before the return of Mr. Mimiko to the party, said his suspension was a joke.
Mr. Alabi said the Mimiko group was transferring the aggression of losing Saturday's election on some people, warning that he would react better after reading the suspension letter.


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The Print Screen button on a Windows PC no longer sends a picture of your screen directly to your printer. Instead, it captures a screenshot that you can save as a file and print.Continue Reading
The Windows button, or home button, has the Windows logo, which looks like four white squares stacked on top of and next to each other. The Print Screen button is usually along the top row on the right and may say PrtSc or PrntScn.
Open the My Documents folder, and click on the Pictures icon. From there, click on the Screenshots icon, and click on the screenshot you want to print.
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If Jennifer Lawrence Really Told Justin Bieber He's Cute, Let's Go Ahead And Throw Out All Faith In Humanity
Earlier this week we heard the report that Jennifer Lawrence had met Justin Bieber at a party during the Cannes Film Festival… on purpose. As in they didn't happen to both reach for the same pizza bagel (what I assume they serve at fancy celebrity parties), bump into each other, and introduce themselves out of politeness. Jennifer apparently requested to meet him. Once again, on purpose. And according to the latest reports about the encounter, things got even worse from there.
The ever-trusty Hollywood Life is reporting that, according to witnesses, Jennifer was "dying to meet" the Biebs during the party. And I'm dying to know how anyone would ever be dying to meet Justin Bieber, for any other reason than to force him to wear a belt. But that's not all. Jennifer also apparently said she was a "big fan" and that she thinks he's "cute." Excuse me while I bleghhh.
Look, I know a lot of us have already become disillusioned with Jennifer Lawrence, and even Jennifer Lawrence has said she's over Jennifer Lawrence. But I still had more confidence in her than to think she'd find Justin Bieber cute, let alone tell him that to his face, let alone want to meet him in the first place. She's always telling stories about being starstruck around her fellow celebrities and trying to impress them (J.Lo, for instance), but you gotta draw the line somewhere. Celebrities are cool and all, but some of them are just the worst. Mostly Justin Bieber. So reign in that in, okay J.Law?
Of course Hollywood Life is taking this a step further and reminding us that wink wink, nudge nudge, Selena Gomez is out of the picture now and Bieber's making his way through the ladies, but we probably shouldn't be worried because Jen and Nicholas Hoult seem really in love, and she wouldn't do anything to compromise that. RIGHT? RIGHT?? Ugh, don't do this to me.
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HEAL welcomes health objective in EU air quality strategy but regrets much else
Update 9 January 2014 - NGO Assessment of the European Year of Air
Brussels, 19 December 2013 – The European Commission's Communication on future air quality strategy, "A clean air programme for Europe", (1) gives a central place to health but no clear roadmap for achieving it.
Launched yesterday, it sets a long-term EU objective of not exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines but offers no timetable for adjusting the law which matters most for health.
"What is particularly worrying is that the Communication's focus is on achieving compliance with existing air quality standards by 2020 rather than setting a date for reopening discussion on the Ambient Air Quality Directive," says Genon K. Jensen, Executive Director, Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). (2)
Although the National Emission Ceilings Directive will be revised as part of the new package, it is the Ambient Air Quality Directive that remains a key policy if future concentrations are to be brought below the WHO guideline values everywhere.
The new package will leave very serious health damage from air pollution for many years to come. The Commission's impact assessment (3) estimates that over 259,000 premature deaths would still occur in 2030 after implementation of the Commission's latest draft laws.
However, HEAL believes both the support shown for the Communication from Health Commissioner Tonio Borg (4) and the strong focus on human health are important. They make clear that the Commission is listening more closely to growing health experts and public concerns about air pollution levels in Europe.
Growing disquiet about poor air quality in Europe is based on firm scientific evidence of harm to health. This month, results of the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) study were published in the Lancet medical journal. The findings, which pool data from more than 360,000 residents of large cities in 13 European countries, showed a 7% rise in the number of deaths with each increase of 5 micrograms/m3 in fine particulate air pollution. (5)
Europeans living in towns are worst affected. This year's assessment of EU air quality by the European Environment Agency (6) showed that more than 90% of European city-dwellers are still exposed to concentrations of particulates well above the levels recommended by the WHO. The EEA also confirmed that 400,000 Europeans die prematurely from the effects of air pollution every year - more than 10 times the deaths from traffic accidents.
Public opinion surveys show a high level of concern. At the beginning of 2013, an EU survey revealed how Europeans rate the seriousness of air-related problems. Some 87% consider respiratory disease, asthma and allergy a serious problem in their country and 92% say they consider cardiovascular disease to be serious. (7)
The European Parliament recognised the important health burden associated with air pollution as a public priority by highlighting the need for clean air in the 7th Environmental Action Plan. In the months since the opinion survey was completed, WHO's cancer agency, IARC, has officially classified air pollution as a carcinogenic substance adding another significant disease group to those already recognised as caused by exposure to polluted air. IARC compared the effect of air pollution to that of secondhand tobacco smoke. (8)
Cost-benefit analyses on improvements in air quality have consistently shown overwhelming benefits for society. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik told the press conference to launch the new strategy that the benefits of the Commission's proposal outweigh the costs by ten to one - even on conservative estimates. (9)
"While Member States complain about the difficulties of delivering better standards on air quality, Europeans are increasingly vocal about wanting the benefits in terms of cleaner air and better health," Ms Jensen adds. "The Commission proposal could have delivered more in the interest of the health of citizens."
1. Communication, 18 December 2013. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air... Extract: The long-term EU objective for air pollution implies no exceedence of the World Health Organisation guideline levels for human health (which may also develop over time) and no exceedence of the critical loads and levels which mark the limits of ecosystem tolerance. The new strategy pursues two priorities in parallel: to achieve full compliance with existing legislation by 2020 at the latest, and to set a pathway for the EU to meet the long-term objective.
2. The Communication also says: "The resulting reductions in background concentrations will in due course enable us to revise ambient concentration standards towards the WHO guidelines."
3. See European Commission Staff Working Document, SWD(2013)531, Table A7.2, page 186 for premature deaths from PM2.5 and from ozone for a slightly more ambitious target (6C scenario) for 2030. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air...
4. Commission Proposal Press Release: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-releas...
5. Lancet, 9 December 2013 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...)62158-3/abstract
6. European Environment Agency (2013): Air quality in Europe – 2013 report. http://www.eea.europa.eu/publicatio...
7. Flash Eurobarometer 360, "Attitudes of Europeans towards air quality", January 2013
8. IARC: Outdoor air pollution a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths, Press release, 17 October 2013
9. Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik response to a journalist's question at press conference to launch the Communication, 18 December 2013.
Génon K. Jensen, Executive Director, Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), E-mail: email@example.com Website: www.env-health.org Tel: + 32 495 80 87 32
Diana Smith, HEAL Communications and Media Adviser, firstname.lastname@example.com, mobile: +33 6 33 04 2943
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Who Needs Acres? This is Economical Brilliance
Now this is lake front living, am I right?
Perhaps you will see this image and say 'This type of living will never happen to me", and perhaps you are right, but maybe not. Maybe you see this and are inspired thinking, how hard can it be to build such a small home for myself? Maybe you have already built your own fence or shed or other small DIY and you can now look at a place like this one and feel that perhaps it is not as hard as it seems to have your tiny dream home.
In order to build a successful cabin, you must focus on the following three things to help you along the way.
1) Make sure that you give yourself enough time for planning, designing and engineering. The devil is in the details, so they say, so be sure to think ahead all the details that will surface as you start building.d
2) If you also have a day job, you will end up taking considerable more time off of your job in order to get this project done. Your evenings will be filled and your weekends will always be planned. You will be building.
3) You probably will need to have professional tradespeople assist you when you close the place in and bring in the electrical and plumbing particularly.
Plan your project on paper first to work out the basic concepts. The detailed planning stage should be the most fun, but may be the most time consuming, of the entire project.
The beautiful thing about building on a dock, is that you do not need to buy acreage to do so. You don't need to a lay a foundation and the project can be done on land before you set off for sail. Maybe this won't be your primary residence, but what an incredible weekend getaway.
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April 24, 2014 14:15 ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 24, 2014) -
Our Government believes Canadian families should be able to choose the combination of television channels they want. In the Speech from the Throne, as a key commitment to protecting Canadian consumers, our Government said we would require TV channels to be unbundled, while protecting Canadian jobs.
With that in mind, on November 7, 2013, the Governor in Council asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to report on how to maximize such choices and the steps the Commission intends to take in that regard.
The CRTC report sets out a roadmap to greater channel choice, which is consistent with our commitment to provide Canadian families with the flexibility and choice they want. I want to thank the CRTC for the work they have done in this area and look forward to the next steps they will take to implement their proposed approach.
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PCA Charge: .00997 per kwh
Total rate including PCA .1215 per kwh
There is a power cost adjustment (PCA)charge on each bill. The power cost adjustment is a variable energy rate that can fluctuate monthly based on the cost of creating electricity and delivering it to PPS. The PCA is used to prevent constant fluctuations in our base rates.
A customer charge appears on the bill each month. The customer charge covers the cost of the minimum amount of equipment, infrastructure and manpower needed to deliver electricity to your home, regardless of how much electricity you use. The current residential customer charge is $14.75 per month.
The preceding list may not include all charges. Other charges may be applied in special situations. Deposits and charges are subject to change.
Net Metering
Paducah Power System has a net metering application and policy for customers choosing to connect to the PPS distribution system while generating their own power through renewable sources such as sun and wind. In short, customers generating less energy than they use must pay PPS for any energy purchased from PPS. Customers generating more than they use will receive a credit on their future bill(s) for the excess energy put into the Paducah Power distribution system. Those interested in net metering should contact our Engineering Department at 270-575-4000.
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