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Egypt's opposition is considering calling for mass civil disobedience to protest against Mursi's latest power grab, propped up by a proposed constitution drafted by a nearly exclusively Islamist constituent assembly.
Opposition leader and former presidential contender Hamadeen Sabbahi will likely make the move, which may include nation-wide strikes, on Tuesday, according to an Al-Akhbar correspondent.
Islamist crowds demonstrated in Cairo on Saturday in support of President Mohamed Mursi, waving Egyptian flags and green Islamist emblems to show their backing for the president and the constitution he is promoting.
The mass demonstrations follow week-long protests against Mursi, which culminated in a tens of thousands-strong protest in the iconic Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo Friday.
Mursi was expected later in the day to set a date for a referendum on the constitution hastily approved by an Islamist-dominated drafting assembly on Friday after a 19-hour session.
Mohamed Ibrahim, a hardline Salafi Islamist scholar and a member of the constituent assembly, said secular-minded Egyptians had been in a losing battle from the start.
«They will be sure of complete popular defeat today in a mass Egyptian protest that says 'no to the conspiratorial minority, no to destructive directions and yes for stability and sharia (Islamic law)',» he told Reuters.
Demonstrators, many of them bussed in from the countryside, held pro-constitution banners. Some read «Islam is coming», «Yes to stability» and «No to corruption».
Tens of thousands of Egyptians had protested against Mursi on Friday and rival demonstrators threw stones after dark in Alexandria and the Nile Delta town of Al-Mahalla Al-Kobra.
«The people want to bring down the regime,» they chanted in Cairo's Tahrir Square, echoing the slogan that rang out there less than two years ago and brought down Hosni Mubarak.
Mursi plunged Egypt into a new crisis last week when he gave himself extensive powers and put his decisions beyond judicial challenge, saying this was a temporary measure to speed Egypt's democratic transition until the new constitution is in place.
His assertion of authority in a decree issued on Nov. 22, a day after he won world praise for brokering a Gaza truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, dismayed his opponents and widened divisions among Egypt's 83 million people.
Two people have been killed and hundreds wounded in protests by disparate opposition forces drawn together and re-energized by a decree they see as a dictatorial power grab.
Egypt opposition may call for «civil disobedience» | Al Akhbar English.


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By Steve Baltimore / October 23rd, 2019
|Code Vein
|BANDAI NAMCO Studios
|BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
|Release Date
|September 26th, 2019
|Action RPG
|PC, PS4, Xbox One
|Age Rating
|M for Mature
|Official Website
I've never been a huge fan of Souls games. Not necessarily because of the difficulty, but I like games with more of a focus on characters than lore. When BANDAI NAMCO announced Code Vein it got my attention. A Souls type game with a story focus and an anime aesthetic? Sign me up for that! I finally got my hands on it, and it was quite a ride indeed. Let's see if it was a ride to hell or a joyride.
The story takes place is a post apocalyptic world where some humans have changed into weaponized blood seeking Revenants. This was done in order to defend the world from the "Great Collapse." Unfortunately, this approach failed. There are some drawbacks to gaining near immorality. When you reincarnate, parts of your memory may be lost. Revenants that don't consume enough blood will be mutated into creatures called The Lost. There is no way to bring someone back once they are lost. Most of this blood is obtained from a fruit called Blood Beads. These are produced from Bloodspring plants which have began to dry up.
You awaken to find yourself in the city ruins known as Vein. A girl in white that calls herself IO guides you to a dried up Bloodspring Plant which you are able to revive. You soon meet a man named Louis that helps you in a battle with a dangerous Lost. He is in shock when you make contact with a Vestige of a Lost and do not frenzy. This allows you to gain the Lost's Blood Code. He runs some tests on you and finds you're a Void type Revenant. This means you are damaged but can take on the Blood Codes of others. You decide to join Louis and the rest of the members of his group to find an answer to the Blood Bead shortage and figure out what exactly happened to this world.
I have to say I found the story here very interesting. I was always excited to find the next Vestige to see whose memories it contained as I pieced together not only my allies' pasts, but how the world came to be in this state. I really grew to love a lot of the characters, and having seen all of their backstories. Murasame and Yakumo were my favorites here, but I don't feel like any of them were bad in the least. The game has three different endings depending on if you complete certain tasks during the story. There is nothing convoluted here, so most folks will be able to get any ending they wish easily. The game offers a New Game+ when you complete it with a harder difficulty for those that like the abuse.
Code Vein plays like your typical Souls style game, except you can have an AI partner to help you out. Each partner brings different skills to the table, so you want to experiment with each to see which one compliments your current build. Players will want to match equipment and skills based on their stats in various attributes. Each weapon and Blood Veil (armor) will either hinder or enhance each of these, and players can learn passive skills and buffs to pad these out. These skills are learned by spending Haze acquired from enemies at Mistles. These are checkpoint that work like campfires in Dark Souls. You can unlock skills from any Blood Code you've obtained and mix and match them however you wish to create your ultimate class. You will have to spend some awakening items and Haze to unlock these for use outside of the Code they come in. You can just equip that Code and kill enemies while the skill is equipped if you wish.
I personally went with a tank style build that had very high strength scaling and a ton of balance. The more balance you have the less likely it is an enemy can stagger you out of an attack. You can basically buff and just tank through their blows with a huge two handed sword! While this was my favorite, the tools here would allow you to customize a build to any play style you wanted. Magic builds are very powerful in this game with great range, speed builds allow you to gain buffs as you dodge and many other possibilities. The game offers a very in-depth explanation in the hints section, and if you've never played a Souls style game I would recommend checking it out.
Once you've gathered your gear at home base you're ready to head out into the wilds of Vein to explore. Most of the maps here are pretty straightforward. You go from point A to B slaying all the baddies in your path. There are some maps that do have a puzzles to solve, switches to find and doors to open. The Cathedral is one of the most confusing stages in the game. There are tons of places where you have to drop down onto hidden paths, lots of dead ends and the level is freaking huge! I didn't mind this in the least since I wanted to explore every level as much as possible and find all of the goodies contained there. Some maps will have NPCs that will give you quests. Completing these will grant you various rewards including maps for The Depths. These extra levels have some of the best materials for weapon level ups and loot in general. Just be careful exploring these areas, as some of the bosses here can be quite powerful.
Speaking of bosses, what would a Souls game be without bad ass bosses? Well Code Vein certainly has you covered here. Each boss in the game is very unique and you will have to use all of your skills and reflexes to overcome their onslaughts. I didn't really get hung up too badly on most of them. A few deaths and I could figure out how to dodge or block their attacks pretty well. There are a couple of fights however that had me in fits, but with a little perseverance I was able to get through them. New players that need a little help can always play online and ask for assistance from a kind random soul if they are stuck too badly.
Graphically Code Vein is very impressive. I played the PC version with the framerate locked at 60 FPS and had no issues whatsoever. Even during crazy fights with tons of particle effects flying the game stayed at a steady 60 FPS. The character models look amazing in this game, and the character customization is fantastic. You can customize your character's look and outfits in an almost infinite number of ways. I do wish there were more body shape options, but hopefully some of those get added down the line. The enemy models looks great as well, especially the bosses. They are highly detailed and give off the feel of sheer terror when you face them. The environments look nice, but they are a bit bland at times. A little more detail in areas wouldn't have hurt this one bit.
In the audio department Code Vein absolutely excels. This is one of my favorite soundtracks of this year by far. There are tons of epic orchestral tunes that hype you up for combat and add a ton of emotion to the cut scenes. A couple of great metal tracks from the band Vamps are here. Their song "Underworld" plays during one scene making it one of the best fight scenes I've experienced in a long time. I played with English audio and the voice actors do a great job of bringing the characters to life. The game is dual audio if you prefer the Japanese cast instead.
I enjoyed Code Vein a lot more than I thought I would going into it. The combat is challenging without being frustrating most of the time, the Code system allows you to mix and match jobs to your liking and the overall look of the game is outstanding. The maps could've used a little more detail in certain areas and some variety would've been welcomed. That's honestly a very minor complaint, since of the game looks great. The music is outstanding and with three different endings and New Game+ there is a decent amount of replay value here for the 60 buck price tag. If you are a fan of Souls games, this is a must have title, and folks that wanted try out a Souls game but wanted something with a bit more story and character should definitely pick this up. You will be glad you did!
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Enduring ties: half of PNG's visitors are still Australian
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Two-thirds of PNG businesses employ security guards: World Bank
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Challenges and opportunities for women in Papua New Guinea
Friday 18 July 12.30 – 1.30pm Speakers: Avia Koisen Principal, Koisen Lawyers Emma Wurr Principal Legal Officer for Human Rights, PNG Office of the Public Solicitor Location: Brindabella Theatre Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132 Lennox Crossing, ANU Women in … Continue reading
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Strengthening health information: a pressing need for the Pacific
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
A research article just published by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease reiterates the pressing need to strengthen health information in the Pacific, particularly in relation to data analysis, use and sharing.
The article focused on the findings and implications for the Pacific Islands of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study.
The Pacific estimates in this important study show that lower respiratory infections, diabetes, and diarrhoea cause the greatest overall burden and mortality, and depression, low back pain, and anaemia cause the greatest disability in the region.
These results are likely to be a useful tool for assessing health priorities and informing policy and programming in the Pacific, but lead author, Dr Damian Hoy from SPC, states that 'they need to be interpreted with some caution given that the estimates for the Pacific are derived from models built with very limited data'.
The authors explain in their paper that the greatest challenge in making the Pacific estimates is the paucity of data in the region 'that have been analysed, synthesised and made publicly available'.
Pacific health ministers are aware of the need to strengthen data analysis and use in the region. In 2011, they recommended the 'development of comprehensive training programmes to develop core competencies in 'data techs', 'epi techs' and epidemiologists'.
The article presents and discusses the work currently carried out by several networks and partners in the region to address this issue: the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) Data for Decision Making training course, various operational research courses and initiatives, the Brisbane Accord Group initiative to strengthen vital statistics systems and the Pacific Health Information Network training activities.
Another PPHSN training programme led by SPC, not listed in the article because it is still under development, focuses on Strengthening Health Interventions in the Pacific (SHIP). This new initiative received the support of Directors of Health at the end of April and it will be presented to Pacific Ministers of Health in July.
Altogether, the article stresses that all these initiatives have great potential to contribute to rapidly strengthening data analysis and ensuring that good quality health data are available in the region.
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From floods to flames in Honiara
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Pacific partnerships to strengthen gender, climate change response and sustainable development
Monday, 19 May 2014
An innovative Pacific regional meeting to be held from 9 to 13 June in Nadi, Fiji, aims to advance the region's interests in global United Nations bodies in key areas such as gender equality and climate change.
The meeting will bring together representatives of national, regional and global women-led civil society organisations (CSOs) and networks, national women's machineries (NWMs) and high-level state representatives from New York missions and capitals to discuss, strategise and agree on priorities and political partnerships to advance gender, climate change and disaster risk reduction positions in the global sustainable development, post-2015 development and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change multilateral agendas. The high-level meeting on 13 June will be chaired by the Honourable Enele Sopoaga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
This initiative is co-convened by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and Diverse Voices and Action for Equality and the Pacific Youth Council. Other partners include Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office, the Fiji Women's Rights Movement, The Women's Major Group on Sustainable Development, the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, the Global Fund for Women, the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA), with many others providing expertise, and financial and other resources.
With the Pacific Plan review underway as well as global processes such as preparation for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, Beijing+20 (the upcoming review of progress made in the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, and discussions on the post-2015 development agenda, this is a timely opportunity to strengthen partnerships and engagement for implementation of regional and global priorities on gender, climate change and sustainable development, with the aim of demonstrating concrete policy results, and also increasing support for women-led civil society groups and national women's machineries in the Pacific region.
The process adopted in the meeting aims to accomplish the following objectives. Firstly, to strategise and agree on urgent and long-term Pacific priorities and state and civil society partnerships to advance transformative gender, climate change and DRR positions into the global sustainable development agenda. Secondly, participants will also identify how CSOs and NWMs can support negotiators from Pacific missions and capital as they position Pacific priorities in global advocacy tracks. Thirdly, participants will discuss how to strengthen mechanisms to monitor implementation of policies, promote transparency, accountability and dialogue throughout the global gender, sustainable development and climate change agendas.
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New Zealand Tops New Ranking For Assistance To Pacific
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
The Alfred Deakin Research Institute-Sustineo Pacific Index was launched in Canberra yesterday. It ranks and assesses 27 OECD countries on aid, trade, migration, finance, security, the creation and dissemination of new technologies and the promotion of environmental sustainability. New Zealand index score ranks nearly twice that of Australia — primarily because of its aid, migration and security efforts.
The top five donor countries in the Pacific region are: New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, Finland and Portugal. However, it does not measure the aid given by China because of a lack of data. The authors say the index will be used for advocacy to get all rich countries to do more in the Pacific, and not just by increasing their aid.
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Reflections on how the Manus Island detention centre promotes gender-based violence
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The day after Stephen Harper finally agreed (Jan. 4, 2013) to meet with First Nations leaders, alert readers of the National Post's on-line edition for Jan. 5 may have experienced a moment of cognitive dissonance. The headline stated: "Idle No More's Vague Demands Clashing with PM's Pragmatism," but the accompanying photo showed an Idle No More protestor carrying a sign that was anything but vague: "Harper: Stop Bill C-45."
In fact, First Nations activists and protestors have been attempting to alert Canadians to the dangers (to all of us) that are inherent in both Bill C-45 and the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPPA). But you'd likely not know that from mainstream coverage, which has largely depicted the Idle No More movement as "vague" in its goals.
As Dr. Pamela Palmater, chair of indigenous governance at Ryerson University and spokeswoman for the Idle No More movement, has stated (Watershed Sentinel Jan.-Feb. 2013), "Many Canadians don't realize First Nations are the last best hope of protecting lands for food and clean water for the future – not just for our people, but for Canadians as well, because we have constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights that they don't have. They need to stand with us to protect what is essential."
Much effort and ink has been spent in preventing that solidarity from happening.
Bill C-45
The Harper government's second omnibus bill, introduced in October and passed on Dec. 14, changes some 60 pieces of legislation, including dismantling the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA). As a result, in a country with millions of lakes and rivers, only 97 lakes and 62 rivers will continue to have federal protection.
In a piece for the Huffington Post (Dec. 26, 2012), Canadian journalist/photographer Robin Rowland wrote that the media's "most blatant" failure of 2012 was the lack of adequate coverage of the "gutting" of the NWPA. He pointed out that, of the many issues raised by Idle No More, the one "that has the greatest potential to expand across much of non-urban Canada, uniting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, and crossing the political spectrum from the green left to the small-c conservative right, is protecting Canada's lakes, streams, and rivers," now under threat by the passage of Bill C-45.
I agree, but I suspect that it was less a media failure than a decision by vested interests to keep the public in the dark – thereby preventing a larger groundswell of opposition.
Last November, for example, 18 environmental groups and First Nations organizations (including Idle No More) jointly issued an Open Letter to Harper and all Members of Parliament, expressing strong opposition to Bill C-45. "Simply put, lakes, rivers, and streams often stand in the path of large industrial development, particularly pipelines," said Devon Page, executive director of Ecojustice, in the press release. "This bill, combined with last spring's changes [Bill C-38], hands oil, gas, and other natural resource extraction industries a free pass to degrade Canada's rich natural legacy."
Their Open Letter was basically ignored by the media.
On Dec. 31 – in the midst of cross-country Idle No More protests and actions -- the Toronto Star ran a lengthy editorial entitled "2012: A Bleak Year for Environmental Policy," which actually managed to avoid mentioning either Bill C-45 or the gutting of the NWPA.
Canada-China FIPPA
The media were also largely silent during weeks of First Nations opposition to the Canada-China FIPPA, until January 4, 2013, when the Toronto Star reported that the Chiefs of Ontario (representing 133 First Nations in Ontario), the Union of B.C Indian Chiefs, and the Hupacasath First Nation have notified the Harper government that they are going to court to seek an injunction preventing ratification of the Canada-China FIPPA until consultation with First Nations on the foreign investment treaty has taken place.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, has been speaking out against the FIPPA for months. In a Dec. 31Statement published in The Georgia Straight, he wrote: "As designed, many believe that [through] the ratification of this FIPPA, China's investors and state-owned enterprises will be granted protection and would thus greatly increase their investment in the development of the tar sands, expansion of pipelines, mining projects. and possibly future offshore drilling projects. We believe the agreement would enable Chinese investors to challenge the already weakened federal environment regulations, policies, and legislation."
As Scott Sinclair, the CCPA's senior trade policy researcher, wrote about the Canada-China FIPPA (Dec. 2012-Jan. 2013 CCPA Monitor), because of the treaty's investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, "If an established Chinese investor objects to stronger environmental regulation over the tar sands or shale gas fracking, it could be left up to an unaccountable arbitration tribunal – not to Canadian legislatures or the Canadian courts – to decide if these new measures are 'necessary' or applied in an 'arbitrary' or 'unjustifiable' manner."
He also wrote, "This powerful investor right continues to be abused under NAFTA" – likely a reference to Lone Pine Resources.
Lone Pine Resources
After months of massive protests against fracking in Quebec, the Liberal government of then-Premier Jean Charest in June 2011 issued a moratorium on fracking, cancelled exploration permits without compensation, banned drilling beneath the St. Lawrence River, and created a panel of experts to study environmental risks of fracking.
More than a year later (and following the election of the provincial Parti Quebecois government), Lone Pine Resources – which has its headquarters in Calgary but is incorporated in Delaware – on Nov. 8, 2012 filed a notice of intent to sue the Canadian government for a minimum $250 million under NAFTA's controversial Chapter 11 provisions, which allow U.S. and Mexican companies to sue Ottawa if they feel that they have been wronged by a government policy or action.
Lone Pine Resources had held an oil and gas exploration permit covering 33,460 acres of land beneath the St. Lawrence River east of Trois-Rivieres.
The Financial Post (Nov. 24, 2012) reported that Lone Pine Resources "is claiming a minimum of $250 million in damages, representing the estimated economic value of the lost resource. Lone Pine is not contesting Quebec's right to restrict oil and gas activity, but the fact the province stripped exploration licence holders of their permits without compensation. Under NAFTA rules, governments are free to expropriate, but can only do so for public purpose, with due process and paying full and fair market value for the permit, said Milos Barutciski, a Toronto lawyer with [law firm] Bennett Jones, which is representing the company. Barutciski said the government's move, enacted by the former Liberal government of Jean Charest through Quebec's Bill 18, was made for 'political reasons,' without any basis in science."
Lone Pine Resources was spun off from Denver-based Forest Oil Corp. in 2010. Its board of directors includes Dale J. Hohm, Chief Financial Officer of MEG Energy Corp. – one of the 10 "secret" backers of Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline (who each provided Enbridge with $10 million in funding to go through the regulatory process). MEG Energy is 16.9% owned by China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC).
Another Lone Pine Resources director is Loyola G. Keough, a partner with Bennett Jones and chair of the law firm's regulatory department, who has been representing MEG Energy at the Joint Review Panel hearings on Northern Gateway.
According to The Asian Lawyer (Dec. 14, 2012), Bennett Jones's Calgary partners Donald Greenfield and Patrick Maquire are advising PetroChina Co. on a $2.2 billion joint venture between PetroChina and Encana Corp., involving a Duvernay shale gas reserve in Alberta.
Bennett Jones's senior advisor for Governmental Affairs and Public Policy is David A. Dodge, former Governor of the Bank of Canada (2001-2008), who is now a director of Canadian Utilities Ltd., the Bank of Nova Scotia, and the C.D. Howe Institute. Bennett Jones lawyer Eddie Goldenberg has been pushing for West-to-East tar sands pipelines (see CCPA Monitor Dec. 2012-Jan. 2013).
As well, Milos Barutciski and another Bennett Jones lawyer, Matthew Kronby, have been publicly advocating for the Canada-China FIPPA trade deal in op-eds in mainstream media.
Investment Arbitration
For example, in a pro-FIPPA piece for the Financial Post (Nov. 16, 2012), Barutciski and Kronby argue that the monetary damages for breaches of such foreign investment agreements haven't been costly to Canada: "The contention that the scale of these damage awards will be large ignores 18 years of Canadian experience with investor-state dispute settlement under the NAFTA. The very few claims against Canada that have been decided in favour of the investors have resulted in awards totalling about $8 million. Canada has also chosen to settle two other cases for a total of about $150 million, most of that sum relating to the expropriation of AbitibiBowater's assets by Newfoundland."
Such corporate spin neatly ignores the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that Canada has had to pay out over the years to lawyers and arbitration judges to handle dozens of such investor arbitration disputes under NAFTA.
The Tyee (Nov. 30) called Bennett Jones LLP "a firm that proudly offers its investor-state arbitration services to corporate clients who want to sue governments... [I]nvestor arbitration has boomed [globally] in recent years, from 38 cases in 1996 to 450 known cases last year [2011]. A small group of élite firms with for-profit arbitrators and lawyers are getting rich from these deals."
A Nov. 2012 report called Profiting From Injustice blew the lid off the secrecy surrounding investor-state arbitration. Jointly published by Corporate Europe Observatory and the Transnational Institute, the report details how the proliferation of investor-state disputes under bilateral investment treaties has created "bonanza profits" for a small global coterie of 15 lawyers and arbitrators, including three Canadians: L. Yves Fortier – formerly with top investment arbitration firm Norton Rose (where Brian Mulroney resides); Marc Lalonde – a former federal minister of health, justice, energy and finance; and Henry Alvarez – member of global law firm Fasken Martineau.
The Sierra Club's Ilana Solomon recently stated (Nov. 16): "By the end of 2011, corporations such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, Dow Chemical, and Cargill had launched 450 investor-state cases against 89 governments," with "about 70%" of those cases based on "challenges to natural resource and environment policies... This case, however [Lone Pine Resources], is the first to directly threaten the obligation of governments to protect its people from the destructive effects of fracking."
So Bennett Jones LLP appears to be breaking new ground in the investor-state arbitration services industry just in time for the pending Canada-China FIPPA, which would allow Chinese multinationals like Sinopec, PetroChina, and CNOOC to enter the legal game.
Widespread support for First Nations' opposition to Bill C-45 and the Canada-China FIPPA could be a literal game-changer.
(Joyce Nelson is an award-winning freelance writer/researcher and the author of five books.)


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On Oct. 4, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the labor organization that represents a majority of the craft-driven workers in Hollywood, announced the results of its vote for a strike authorization. IATSE (pronounced "eye-yahtzee") has been in a prolonged and arduous negotiation period for a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) since the summer over issues of work hours and fair compensation.
To move from negotiations to a strike, IATSE needed the approval of its members. These votes are often controversial; workers might prefer the status quo over the risk of a strike. But among the local IATSE chapters, representing 60,000 members, the vote results were strikingly clear: 89 percent of the ballots were returned, with 98 percent authorizing a strike. IATSE has announced it will only strike if the union can come to an agreement with AMPTP before Monday, Oct. 18. But what's already been made clear from the authorization vote is that the workers have reached a boiling point.
For those not familiar with the industry, it's vital to understand IATSE's purpose, and how the negotiations — and potential strike — might change the way that film and television is made in the future.
The work that matters most
In the 1890s, stage performance was the equivalent of popular media production today. Audiences flocked to theaters, whether large Broadway shows or simple vaudeville houses that cost a nickel. Actors, writers, and directors could sometimes manage a decent wage, but the same wasn't true for the dozens of people who made the stage actually run — whether doing costumes, lighting, or set design.
In 1893, theater workers from 11 different cities formed the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada to help negotiate fair wages for those workers. Nicknamed IATSE, the union grew throughout the 20th century as it expanded to represent the workers that populated film, television, and now streaming.
Although groups like Screen Actors Guild (SAG) as well as the Writers and Directors Guilds of America (WGA and DGA, respectively) get more press thanks to representing top talent, IATSE is fundamentally the life blood of the industry, performing what is referred to as "below the line" work. These include a number of chapters that each focus on a different aspect of production — from craft positions such as camera operators, editors, hair, and production designers to script coordinators and some production assistants. Each "Local" chapter negotiates its own contracts and determines its own dues based on a structure appropriate for its members. Not every member on a set is covered under IATSE — workers have to perform a certain number of hours to qualify for the union — but it provides an important umbrella for those who have been part of the lifeblood of this industry for decades.
IATSE remains critically important because of the way it structures workers' time off the clock. The union creates a community that can help members find work by providing lists and invitations to new productions through a roster system, and supports them when they can't immediately book a job. Rather than receive healthcare and a pension through employers (which might switch numerous times throughout the year as they move studio productions), members receive it through IATSE's Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plan. The plan has been financed through a combination of dues, financial investments, and residuals on home video and foreign distribution.
IATSE makes its Basic Agreement and the Area Agreements (for work outside of Los Angeles) with the AMPTP, a trade organization representing the major studios and numerous production companies. New players in the field like Amazon and Apple are not signatories (Netflix only joined earlier this year), but most of the production companies financed by these streamers make them de facto members that must abide by its practices. These agreements are renegotiated every three years. The 2021 contract has already expired, thus putting IATSE on a course for either a new contract or a strike.
Why IATSE may strike
Though the various unions representing writers, actors, and directors have all gone on strike or come close to it, this is the first time IATSE has even come close to striking since World War II. The problem, as everything in the industry seemingly comes down to these days, is the future of the streaming market.
Streaming has become a boom for Hollywood, as there is more production occurring throughout the industry, which should translate to more jobs. But for IATSE members, this has often meant that the general work load times that rise and fall throughout the year, usually dependent on television's fall and spring premiere basis, have now become steady enough to feel like a full-time position. It is often hard to say no to work, so members are finding themselves overworked.
Because Hollywood budgeting is often designed by the day (one extra day of shooting can add thousands in production costs), producers are often incentivized to squeeze as much as possible into a single day of work. This often means not only going into 14-hour days, but having crew skip meals, or forcing weekend work. Those decisions require penalties paid out to members, but often production companies budget those decisions in, and accept the extra cost as a small tax.
These working conditions, only exacerbated by the new rules and regulations of the post-pandemic era, have reached a precipice. Talk to any person in Hollywood who has worked on a film or television show, and you'll likely be regaled with stories of dozen-hour days without breaks. The Instagram feed, IATSE stories, has been filled with horror stories from anonymized sources explaining the frustration and pain they have felt for years of work with little to show for it.
IATSE's main goals are thus pretty simple for a strike: more regulations protecting hours and weekends, and better pay to match it for everyone involved on set.
Why the disruption of streaming matters
According to John Loeb, director of communications at IATSE, who responded to Polygon's inquiries via email, "The primary focus is on right vs. wrong, human-necessities issues like living wages, reasonable rest, and sustainable benefits." That last part has become particularly tricky with streaming.
Since the union's 2009 contract, which first tackled payment structures and regulations for productions for streaming, IATSE has allowed the AMPTP to be flexible in its definitions given what was considered an unclear market until its profit structures might be clearer. Now that streaming is a multibillion-dollar industry, IATSE members feel a cut of those earnings for what they are calling "Not-So-New Media" are overdue. These past issues, only exacerbated by the pandemic, have thus put the IATSE pension and healthcare fund at a "dangerous low level," according to one union member of a local chapter who spoke to Polygon under anonymity. While there are plans to bring it back to sustainability, this will require a different way of calculating how studios pay in based on streaming production.
Although studios do currently pay into the pension for streaming content, the nature of the business means they pay out quite differently from traditional film and television releases. Under its previous agreements, feature films and television programs are subject to a tax at each level of their release — home video, licensing to foreign markets, and syndication, among others — and paid into the pension at a percentage of the profits each makes. Streaming properties often have little to no licensing, so production companies instead pay a flat fee based on the production budget. However, the determination for the scale for the fee (not to mention the actual wage per hours) was based on an earlier version of the market: $25,000 over or under per minute of television, or $30 million for a feature film.
At the time of the 2018 agreement, Local 700 noted that Netflix's fantasy action film Bright was one of the few properties to qualify for a larger percentage. Now with Amazon's Lord of the Rings program sporting a reported budget of $400 million, it is hard to think that this budget-level distinction might be capturing the true value of streaming for IATSE members. Moreover, if a streaming service has less than 20 million subscribers (such as Apple Plus and Paramount Plus), the contract allows for these giants to underpay workers while requiring the same hours.
The DGA, WGA, and SAG won better agreements on most of these issues in 2020 just as the pandemic hit, and IATSE's goals are repeatedly meant to match this. But as some have reported, the AMPTP remains nervous about this agreement's financial ramifications when it comes to renegotiating with these more powerful unions in 2023, and are trying to find a way out. One of the rumored AMPTP proposals is to remove members from the funds if they do not work double the amount of time a year they are now required to do, creating a mass of new precarious workers.
The AMPTP's friction-filled battle with IATSE may ultimately come down to the impossibility of the streaming market as a financial winner. In the last decade, streaming has shifted the economics of the industry where the success of studios and the success of creative workers are no longer in lockstep. As I have argued before, films and television that play by the older rules are often still winners, while streaming properties do better in terms only in terms of shareholder value, a process more reflective of Silicon Valley startups than traditional Hollywood studios. These issues have been present in the WGA's fight with talent agencies, as well as the now-settled lawsuit against Disney by Scarlett Johannsson. AMPTP members are notably nervous because the bounties of streaming may once again settle into the periods of booms and busts that have defined the industry since the 1940s.
What the IATSE strike means for the industry
Right now, IATSE president Matthew Loeb has acted rather pessimistically about the negotiations. As he told the Los Angeles Times at the end of September, "The time has come. It's unsustainable for people to work under these conditions."
Needless to say, production cannot function without IATSE. Unlike the Writers Guild Strike of 2006, when production could continue as long as scripts were kept word-for-word the same, the major studios and other assignees of IATSE's agreements would be unable to complete their work. Films made for under $15 million are not covered by the agreement, and thus might continue to shoot — and some HBO and Starz programs in New York operate under a different agreement for pay-TV.
But live-production programs like Saturday Night Live would immediately halt work. The long line of production means that any delays might not be significantly felt for months to up to a year. Depending where films or television shows are in the production process, many might proceed quite normally — season 4 of Stranger Things for example, might be either "locked" or close to it, meaning that the kind of production issues presented by a strike wouldn't come into play. But many actors and other local guilds have said they may act in solidarity with IATSE workers, creating a huge issue for the studios.
Given Hollywood's outsized role in American media, it would also shine a light on the industry. Striking workers in the food and coal industries this year have only gotten a sliver of attention. The very public nature of the industry may work in IATSE's favor.
Why any moviegoer or TV-watcher should care
Of the many IATSE member horror stories, the worst are those who recall trying to drive home at night after double-length work days. Multiple nights of little to no sleep, due to 14-hour work days, has a punishing effect on the body, and some have described it similar to the experience of driving while intoxicated.
Deciding what to watch often feels like a harmless choice, but all of our decisions are built on moral decisions. If you knew that your favorite show was directly responsible for killing a crew member, would it change the way you watch it? If you knew that dozens had suffered while making your favorite show, might you feel differently about hitting play? Would you at least be more interested in supporting work that compensated its workers better?
One might suggest that these people get to live the dream of working in Hollywood. But the very existence of IATSE is a reminder that the industry is a reality for many people, and that, first and foremost, making movies and television shows is work that requires skills and commitment beyond the traditional 9-to-5 job. That effort deserves the same kind of protections and compensation as any kind of work.
Ted Lasso might provide lessons on how to live a good life, but the context of its actual production demonstrates that the powers behind it felt no reason to treat its employees in accordance with those lessons. The truth is, without the often-invisible work of below-the-lines craftspeople, there would be no Hollywood. Supporting the IATSE strike would create better conditions and lead to better content.
As Loeb wrote to me, the streaming fight with IATSE might seem like a new horizon, but fighting for fair compensation of workers has always been their mission. "We've been doing it ever since they invented silent films in the early 20th century, we're just continuing with the torch we've been passed."


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Stakeholders' primacy: paradigm shift confirmed
Sep 30, 2019
In September 2019, Norton Rose Fulbright released a summary of Bill C-97, which stipulates that when acting in the best interests of the corporation, directors and officers may consider, but are not limited to the interests of shareholders and certain other stakeholders.
At first glance, the new provision appears consistent with the Supreme Court's reasoning in cases on director liability, but, given a heightened climate for director accountability and recent focus on stakeholder interests in Canada and abroad, it is imperative to review the potential implications of these changes for corporate leaders.
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- From shareholder's to stakeholder's primacy?
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Review Bill C-97 on the Parliament of Canada's website and the summary on Norton Rose Fulbright's website.


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Kitchen and bath remodels are complicated projects that require good up front planning and experience. Zayne and his crew have delivered excellent projects for me on repeated occasions. Each time the work has been completed on the agreed schedule and above my expectations. Most importantly it is critical to work with someone you trust and that has the knowledge and experience required – Lifestyle truly fits this description.
How To Clean Kitchen Cabinets
How To Clean Kitchen Cabinets
Your kitchen cabinets take up a large part of your kitchen space, which means that they will no doubt get dirty, whether it's the result of the food kept in the cabinets or the constant exposure to smoke, moisture, heat, and grease that all kitchens produce. You'll want to make sure that you clean your cabinets regularly in order to keep up appearances. However, different types of kitchen cabinets require different cleaning methods.
Cleaning Different Types of Kitchen Cabinets
The following are a few methods for cleaning different types of kitchen cabinets:
- Stained wood cabinets – Your stained wood cabinets should be cleaned roughly every six months. The most effective way to clean them is by creating a cleaning solution consisting of one part rubbing alcohol and seven parts distilled white vinegar. The rubbing alcohol should help remove grease and oil, while the vinegar will help remove any food particles that have collected. Add a few drops of dish soap and then use a cloth to wipe down your cabinets. Rinse the cabinets using warm water then seal the finish using a furniture oil.
- Painted cabinets – When cleaning painted cabinets, you'll want to be careful not to strip or damage the paint job, which means you'll want to avoid using cleaning solutions containing alcohol. Use distilled white vinegar with the addition of a couple drops of dish soap. Use a spray bottle to spray the cabinets, wiping them down using a microfiber cloth. Dry the cabinets using a dry cloth.
- Black and white cabinets – Because dirt, grease spots and water spots will show up more visibly on black and white cabinets, you'll want to make sure that you wipe them down on a weekly basis. Simply wiping the cabinets with a damp cloth should help prevent the buildup of grime. You may want to touch up your white cabinets once in a while using white paint since any chips or scrapes will be very visible on white paint.
- Laminate cabinets – Laminate cabinets are very maintenance friendly due to the fact that they are not porous. This means that they do not absorb grease and dirt like other types of cabinets often do. You can just wipe down your laminate cabinets using a damp cloth on a weekly basis. If your laminate cabinets look like they are in need of a deeper clean, then just use the same cleaning solution used for stained wood cabinets.
Additional Cabinet Cleaning Tips
The following are some helpful tips for cleaning the more tricky areas of your kitchen cabinets:
- Cabinet handles – The handles on your cabinets can get quite dirty due to the constant contact with dirty hands. The oils that collect on the handles can affect the surrounding finish. Combine a few drops of dish soap with a little bit of rubbing alcohol and use a damp cloth to clean the handles. You may want to remove the handles from the cabinet doors and clean them individually once a year.
- Hard-to-reach spaces – Wrap a cloth around table knife to get into the nooks and crannies in and around your cabinets to remove built-up dirt, dust, and grease.
- Near the stove – Cabinets near your stove are more exposed to smoke, grease, and oils. Spray down these cabinets using a solution consisting of vodka and a few drops of dish soap, then wipe them down with a damp cloth.
Use these cleaning tips to keep your kitchen cabinets looking their best. For more advice regarding cabinet care or for information about RTA cabinets in general, contact us at Lifestyles Cabinetry and Millwork.


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The American Saddlebred Association of Maine invites you to join them at the 36th Annual ASAM Summer Spectacular! The show is July 9, 10 & 11, 2010 at the Skowhegan Maine Fairgrounds. They welcome USEF Judge Gaye Lampe back to Maine. The ASAM Summer Spectacular Prize List is available by following this link: http://mainesaddlebredhorse.com/2010ASAMSummerSpectacular.doc
If you are not already registered for the Saddle Horse Report, you can register here.


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A French court convicted former President Nicolas Sarkozy of corruption and influence peddling, suspending part of his sentence and recommending he serve only one year under house arrest. What do you think?
"That's too bad, I've heard French prisons are beautiful this time of year."
Carson Bendler, Bull Handler
Congress Placed On Lockdown After Deranged Man Enters Senate With Gun Control Measures
"You really have no business being president if you don't know how to get away with a little corruption."
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In an apparent reference to the farmers stir against the Centre's new farm laws, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that one has the freedom to agitate, but not to spread anarchy.
In his Republic Day address after hoisting the tricolour during a function in Panchkula, Khattar said the Constitution talks about rights, but these rights do not give us the "freedom to do anything".
All citizens have to abide by the Constitution, he said.
Without directly mentioning the farmers' protest, the chief minister said, "We are a democracy… On Republic Day, we got our Constitution. The Constitution makers talked about various rights with which we can make our lives happier. But I want to remind one thing that under the Constitution, both our rights and duties have been mentioned.
"... Our rights do not mean that we can do anything, there are some limits. And through these limits, we should remember that the Constitution which we have accepted, it becomes our responsibility to abide by it," he said.
Khattar also cautioned against exercising the fundamental rights without taking into account the duties that come with them.
"We have the right to freedom of speech and expression and we must use it, but that does not mean we will use it to abuse anyone. We should not hurt anyone's sentiments or insult anyone. We have the freedom to live our lives, but this does not mean we will do any such act which causes harm to anyone else's life.
"Therefore, while we have the freedom to do agitation, it does not mean we have the freedom to take this agitation to anarchy," he asserted.
Notably, the Haryana CM has been targeted by farmer unions for supporting the new farm laws enacted by the Centre in September last year.
Earlier this month, protesters had vandalised the venue of the kisan mahapanchayat the chief minister had planned to address in support of the laws in Karnal.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at several Delhi border points since November 28, demanding a complete repeal of the three farm laws and a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.
During his Republic Day address, Khattar touched upon several "pro-farmer" initiatives taken by the BJP-led state government over the past six years.
"As far as procurement is concerned, Haryana is one such state which is procuring nine crops on its own at MSP. No other state has done so. In addition to wheat and paddy, be it cotton, bajra, maize, groundnut or moong, we are procuring these crops at MSP," he said.
Under the 'Mera Pani Meri Virasat' crop diversification scheme, the CM said 80,000 acres of land under paddy cultivation have been given up and farmers were now sowing other crops.
He said the state has taken several steps to ensure that farmers get payment of their crops directly into their bank accounts, adding that 50 per cent of peasants were availing this benefit.


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Skyworth launches official store on LAZADA
Skyworth, one of the world's leading television brands, is officially launching its official store on e-commerce platform LAZADA this October 2020.
"As the COVID pandemic persists, e-commerce will continue to play a big role in the lives of many Filipinos, especially since most will refrain from going outside," said Martin Han, President of Skyworth Philippines. "This growth in e-commerce is what is driving our decision to launch at one of the main e-commerce platforms in the Philippines."
Beyond its e-commerce launch, Skyworth has nine new products set to launch this 2020. This includes a product range that spans from the simple smart 32-inch to the high end smart 55-inch TV—a frameless Ultra HD (4K) LED flat screen powered by an Android 10 operating system.
Filipino consumers can expect free shipping for Skyworth TVs for GMA and Luzon after the LAZADA launch. What's more, Skyworth will begin offering more than TVs at the beginning of next year to including air conditioner and washing machines among others. "The goal is to make the new LAZADA store a Skyworth flagship store for all categories," said Han.
The television brand will be hosting a live-streaming event on LAZADA on October 12, and then officially launch a 3-day campaign on the e-commerce platform beginning October 15. In those three days, Skyworth will be offering free shipping and vouchers to LAZADA buyers. Additionally, consumers can get up to 50% cash back for the 1st, 11th, 111th, 1111th orders placed on the Skyworth official store on LAZADA.
Visit the Skyworth official store on LAZADA here.


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2009 Wine List (Big)
La Famiglia
Seeing as Italian-everything is the new French, La Famiglia's expertly procured, extensive, Italian-focused wine list really caught our eye. With more than 1,200 selections, there are plenty of bottles at moderate prices, all of which pair well with the classic-but-light Italian fare.
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