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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75525420936217268282018-08-28T07:12:48.692-07:00i will do needfulroseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-774299868462199792012-10-13T22:26:00.001-07:002012-10-13T22:26:47.108-07:00UncharitableAt home on a Sunday, planning to watch Happily Never After on DVD with a young relative who's spending the day here.

Within a minute we've been taken hostage by the evil fairy who's decided that we need to watch several full minutes of the Starlight Children's Foundation's marketing schlubble whether we like it or not.

Scene after scene of sick children - burns to their faces, bodies in casts, scenes from hospital wards. Aw shucks. Sick cute kids. What's not to love? Where's my wallet?

Frankly it sickened me and made me utterly furious. We were unable to proceed to the movie (a kid's movie) and I ended up turning the television off with the DVD rolling until it was over. Which took several minutes. I kept checking from time to time, only to be confronted with more images before the screen mercifully offered to 'play movie'.

I don't like having horrible scenarios in full colour video forced down my throat when I'm innocently sitting at home schlepping around on a relaxed afternoon with my favourite kid. I particularly don't like the thought of this young child, who owns the DVD, being forced to watch these advertisements every single time she watches her cartoon.

I was almost reluctant to write this post thinking "ooh - sick children - I shouldn't feel like this" but at a gut level I know there's absolutely nothing wrong about my reaction. How dare they FORCE us to watch their advertisement? How dare they sell these DVDs without advising the buyer that the viewer will not be able to watch the movie without watching the commercial. Every. Single. Time.

Once the movie is rolling, I go to my laptop to read the newspaper. The top right corner has a child with a disfigured face, the advertisement headline screaming at me to do something about it. Once again my reaction is visceral - shock; distress. The ads where they show pictures of poor, abused bears, dogs, cats are just as bad. It's relentless and utterly uncalled for.

It makes me less likely to donate or respond positively to the cheap marketing ploy and even more cynical about fund raising in general, which I already find unimpressive with their backpacker representatives on each corner, lunging when they see you, trying to make you guilty before you have the chance to back away or think of a suitable response. The fact that there's a whole industry out there of fund raising companies who are contracted by the charities makes it even less likely that I'll find the milk of human kindness within me on this particular day. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-42876637982378202272012-09-25T02:32:00.003-07:002012-09-25T02:32:31.506-07:00Emergency calls

Sitting at home watching A Current Affair which is on after the local news as I check email, Twitter etc. (Blushing. I can't believe I'm admitting to watching this dreck).

There's a story on prank callers to emergency services - ie "000" - which is the number you call, in Australia, for emergency access to police, fire and ambulance services.

And yes, of course the people who ring up when they're drunk, or stupid, or kids having a lark should be punished for tying up the lines, however one example caught my ear tonight - a lady (clearly drunk) ringing up to say that the local Dominos pizza place wouldn't give her a small pizza until she handed over $30 (which is much more than a small pizza should cost).

Which got me thinking. Why is it legal for Dominos (or any business) to ring 000 if the lady walks out without paying for a pizza whereas people (who pay for emergency services) don't seem to have the right when they've got the same grievance against a business?

Photo: Dunechaser

roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-50856776810416601252012-09-19T05:56:00.001-07:002012-09-19T05:56:02.464-07:00Babble

Midweek, sitting in my pyjamas, watching (the rather execrable) Big Brother on television and waiting for inspiration to strike. The inmates are dressed in Hawaiian shirts having one of their theme dinners and someone is calling out questions from a sheet; "What song could you listen to over and over and over again". Camera pans to various inmates who sincerely name their faves "Here comes the sun"... "The Prayer. Reminds me of me mum"... and so on.

The reason I'm actually paying attention is that I've lost interest in Twitter tonight, which is twitching with outrage at the suggestion by the recently departed Cory Bernardi that the gay marriage issue will open the floodgates to other minority groups wanting equal marriage; namely polyamourists and bestialists. (Is that how you spell it? I'm reluctant to consult the Great God Google for obvious reasons...). (Ok ok - it's zoophilia. I'm such a pedant I just couldn't proceed until I knew. So I searched and now we know).

Normally I'd just have a bit of a chuckle about this but I'm feeling a bit perplexed. Normally I'd think that people with liberal values are more evolved than conservatives but tonight I wonder. Twitter was aglow with indignation at Bernardi's comments, cheering at his resignation and rubbing it in his face. If I didn't know the context, I'd think they were nutjobs.

Bernardi is saying that it's just a matter of time before the polyamourists start clamouring for the same rights. I have no trouble agreeing with this. Of course they will. Why wouldn't they? Parts of the world have accepted polygamy for millenia. It's not as if it's a new lifestyle choice, apart from the recent development that women can love as freely as men. If enough polyamourists want to take this step they will try to get it legalised. Just like pot smokers, people who want to walk dogs on beaches and anyone else who wants to have a crack at doing what they enjoy.

The zoophilia thing is likely to be tried sooner or later as well. This wouldn't be *because* of the gay marriage debate, it would just be a group of opportunists trying to push their barrow, just like always. In my lifetime I've seen so much shift that I have no trouble believing that this group may even succeed, especially in this era where "experts" on just about anything abound and critical reasoning or informed public debate is almost non-existent.

So I wouldn't "blame" gay marriage for this; if anything I would blame the Internet. After all, if there's anything that desensitises us to things that would have been unthinkable a decade ago, it's the Internet. Youtube alone is full of content that I can't even bear to think about let alone watch, including material that once upon a time would have been called snuff and was most definitely illegal.

My personal thoughts on gay marriage are that it's really none of my business however if it comes down to voting on it I'd happily vote "yes".

But it's not gay marriage I'm interested in tonight. (I can't believe anyone is interested in gay marriage other than gay people who want to marry, frankly). I'm more concerned about the lack of discourse in public life; the overreaction/outrage when someone expresses an opinion that's in contrast to one's own; the failure to engage with those opinions and explore the issues at a more deep level.

The housemates on Big Brother are moronic. They have all day, all week, more than a month now to get to know each other, get past the personas, think of things to talk about yet they need scripted parlour games at dinner time in order to have something to talk about. Watching them converse is like being in the waiting room at the end of the world. Not one interesting idea, not one thought that is worth pursuing, no apparent big questions or small intimacies (other than the inevitable clumsy stumblings in the dark while the infrared cameras roll). It's like watching monkeys at the zoo only not nearly as interesting.

I'd rather spend time with people who I utterly disagree with, who can explain their ideas and engage in debate, than any person who has similar views to mine but cannot defend or challenge them. It really bothers me that even "liberal minded" people seem willing to force others to censor their opinions at the same time they expect others to accommodate theirs. Both groups are disinclined to engage or enter a genuine dialogue and we're all the poorer for it.

The final thought I'll add is that there's a "teachable moment" here that has been missed; always gets missed. Unlike the older, more experienced and more cynical politicians who are running loose in public life in Australia at the moment, Bernardi is sincerely confused. Sincerely doesn't think straight. Speaks from a position of emotion and reactivity and, in fact, represents the views of lots of people who are confused and concerned at the complexity of the world around them. Wouldn't it be much more constructive for us all to engage in some genuine discussions and debates around this stuff? Explore the issues? Help people work their way through a process where they can find and defend their opinions?

Nope. Thought not.

Images: Nuria Fatych

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(Just heard the announcement that the proposal to legalise gay marriage in Australia has been defeated in Parliament. For now.)roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-58496529409075306872012-09-12T03:42:00.000-07:002012-09-12T03:42:32.836-07:00Cobwebs

Dang. Another year; good intentions; couch potato; you get the drift.

I remember back to 1995 or so when my organisation finally decided to upgrade my PC from a 386 to a 486. For about 2 weeks I was happy - everything worked faster - I could finally get some work done. Until about a fortnight later when I felt the old frustration. This computer had to go. And so it went until about 2005 when computers finally caught up with what I pretty much needed. Nowadays I don't care. They do what I need them to do and I don't complain anymore. Much.

With the blogging, I have fantasies about software/hardware that writes directly from my brain. I have no trouble believing that we'll see the tools in my lifetime. I've seen so much invented even in the last decade that I no longer disbelieve anything. And anyway - this software/hardware would be able to capture my ramblings and observations, allowing me to edit on the go; take notes; earmark pictures and so on. Because I actually blog all the time. You probably do too. Once upon a time I talked to myself but since the internet I definitely blog instead. In my head. All the time. Sitting down at a computer is the hard part.

I have nothing in particular to say today. I just wanted to stretch my fingers; feel the satisfaction of having written something instead of just tweeting or grazing. I love Twitter - it's my favourite social media application - just the right balance of closeness/distance - yet it's pretty much destroyed online culture as far as I'm concerned. Almost no-one I know creates anymore. And the ones that are the most in denial about it are the ones who say they curate; facilitate; whatever.

Doug Rushkoff says we all should code. Andrew Keen is warning us to go back the way we came. They're both right. What do you do?

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-66465397447913142552011-08-03T23:03:00.000-07:002012-09-14T03:59:22.366-07:00Shop 'til you stopLots of gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands in the media on the question of why people have stopped spending.

It's simple. We've got enough stuff.

I've spent the last decade staring at people in shopping malls. Every weekend I would see them. Droves. Carrying lots of bags. Just like the Christmas crowds used to be for the first three quarters of my life.

"What are they buying?", I'd wonder. I kept waiting for it to stop or slow down, thinking that it was a response to the cheap imports from China - a binge that would slow down to a trickle once people accumulated enough trinkets.

Then I started telling myself that it must be people who were moving into Sydney - the newspapers were full of stories about the people squashing into the city, driving up rents and house prices and so on.

But in the end it's even simpler than that. The shoppers were you and me and now we've got enough stuff.

My cupboards are full. I've got enough sheets, blankets, clothes, crockery, shoes, furniture, Xmas wrapping paper, socks, glasses and appliances to last me for many years.

At my local shopping mall the shops are almost exclusively full of clothes for young women. No supermarket. No food shops. Not much really. Just lots and lots and lot of clothes shops. And the clothes are crappily made. I wouldn't buy them, even allowing for my middle-aged cluelessness about what's fashionable at the moment. And yet, those shops are empty.

It had to happen sooner or later.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-60936546114389248002011-08-03T02:56:00.000-07:002011-08-03T03:35:34.298-07:00Martin Place on a Tuesday in AugustI walked through the city last night after attending a talk at Parliament House.

Walking through Martin Place on my way to Wynyard I noticed the St Vinnies van serving food to a large number of people. At first I thought there must be a festival event on or something. As I got closer I saw that it was homeless people lining up for sandwiches and coffee. Yet they didn't look "homeless" (I worked with homeless people many years ago - I'm not making a fatuous or naive statement). Most of them looked like anyone else you'd see walking down the street on a Tuesday night. Maybe not Martin Place per se given its demographic, but certainly the sort of people you'd see at a suburban mall.

I tried not to stare, but my shock was visceral. So many people. It reminded me of the tent cities I'd read about in the US following the GFC. Why isn't this covered in the papers? Why do we keep reading about how great we've got it here in Australia? Great for whom?

And who are these people? Where the hell will they be sleeping tonight?

Walking towards Wynyard I passed a number of bars and swanky restaurants where well dressed people were dining and drinking cocktails looking like extras in a Sex and the City shoot. The juxtaposition really troubled me. Walking behind a couple of young women in suits teetering from one bar to another on 6 inch heels I wondered whether they'd even seen the van, the hungry people, the scattered belongings on the ground. I didn't judge them though. What does one know really about homelessness when one is well insulated from the problem?

Today I notice the Mission Australia press release about a $2.7m project that will provide housing and support for 70 of the neediest people. Peanuts. Our New Years Eve fireworks usually cost twice that. The stupid Breakfast on the Bridge that inconveniences thousands of motorists and startles the poor cows (literal) - who are brought in as props - costs half that.

Today I'm still haunted by the image. So many people getting their nightly meal from a St Vinnies van on a cold Tuesday night. Yet as an issue it seems to be wallpaper. Like Patrick McGorrie's mental health issue prior to his prominence, it's not sexy. Intractable. A bit anxiety provoking - there but for the love of God and all that...

That's all. Not a great post. But I just had to write it down to try get the image out of my head. We'll see how that goes.

Photo: Sweet One

roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-53094663106081317832010-06-21T19:48:00.000-07:002010-06-21T20:05:18.200-07:00HubrisI've been too busy to post a running commentary on the crocodile-teared billionaires who are trying to save the country from the resources tax that will destroy those eternally suffering "working families" that constantly seem on the brink of destitution but today's article with Twiggy Forrest announcing the end of the tax (without any evidence or announcement from the Government) takes the cake.

The fact that these billionaires have made it clear that they expect to be consulted on any significant announcement from the Government has shown me the degree to which the tail is already wagging the dog. That they are willing to spend multi-millions on advertising tells me alot about how much spare cash they seem to have lying around. And any Australian who continues to fall for this scare-mongering re superannuation and so on deserves the feudal system they're heading for.

I don't know what else to say. I'm just astonished.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-63222525415175171632010-06-07T22:20:00.000-07:002010-06-07T22:27:08.981-07:00Evaluate thisInteresting to see teachourkids.com.au undertaking what seem to be genuine public consultations into draft curriculum in kindergarten - year 12 English, maths, science and history.

The television advertisement for the consultations has a bunch of kids on the bus dreaming of what they're going to be when they grow up including a couple of girls who want to "be a writer" and "help people" and boys who want to "invent things", "build bridges" and "save the world".

Here's my feedback/suggestion:

Get rid of the advertising agency who writes this sexist crap. What is this, the 1950s?roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-84030624625877493222010-05-07T04:39:00.000-07:002010-05-07T05:02:21.295-07:00PorkersI was gonna tell you something really important today, but my fat finger slipped and wiped out $10 billion worth of insights.

But don't worry - I'll send you an invoice.

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roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-83747435062610186022010-05-03T05:06:00.000-07:002010-05-03T06:18:26.951-07:00What the hell is a liberal education and where do I get one?From the preface of A General Introduction to the Great Books and to a Liberal Education 1959:

What is a liberal education? It is easy to say what it is not. It is not specialized education, not vocational, avocational, professional or preprofessional. It is not an education that teaches a man to do any specific thing.

I am tempted to say that it is the education that no American gets in an educational institution nowadays. We are all specialists now. Even early in high school we are told that we must begin to think how we are going to earn a living, and the prerequisites that are supposed to prepare us for that activity become more and more the ingredients of our educational diet. I am afraid we shall have to admit that the educational process in America is either a rather pleasant way of passing the time until we are ready to go to work, or a way of getting ready for some occupation, or a combination of the two. What is missing is education to be human beings, education to make the most of our human powers, education for our responsibilities as members of a democratic society, education for freedom.

This is what liberal education is. It is the education that prepares us to be free men. You have to have this education if you are going to be happy; for happiness consists in making the most of yourself. You have to have this education if you are going to be a member of the community; for membership in the community implies the ability to communicate with others. You have to have this education if you are going to be an effective citizen of a democracy; for citizenship requires that you understand the world in which you live and that you do not leave your duties to be performed by others, living vicariously and vacuously on their virtue and intelligence. A free society is a society composed of free men. To be free you have to be educated for freedom. This means that you have to think; for the free man is one who thinks for himself. It means that you have to think, for example, about the aims of life and of organized society.

Fast forward 50 years or so:

Most colleges are organized to give an average education to average students.

And what are we doing in Australia at the moment? Reforming higher education, introducing compulsory testing in schools around the country, assembling expert panels to review schools funding - read the press releases - there's very little about education per se - it's all training, economics, countless committees and interest groups.

I'm quite fond of La Gillardine, especially after Heffernan gave her a hard time for being "deliberately barren". She's easily the smartest crayon in the (very clever) Labor box but I can't help feeling glum nonetheless. Mabye I'll be able to tell you why once I've done the 1959 DIY course.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-64994589854780577272010-04-28T06:18:00.000-07:002010-04-28T06:34:37.969-07:00Peas be with youHear ye, hear ye.

I have seen the light.

Quantum chrystal ascention can be yours NOW. Keys to the secret mysteries will be given to those of pure heart and compassionate intention. Access your theta energetic prana shaman light-body self. Activate the animal dreaming of cosmic consciousness and pagan healing that will repattern your neurobiology and astral self through timeless algorithms, lost by the Aztecs during the vibration of the seventh sostice of the Aryan year in Atlantis - hearth of the pagan Excalibur, archangel Gabriel and the goddess Aknetulaanaiiaiiaii - a time of transformative warrior spirit providing alternative modalities in the metaphysical universe.

Break through the limitations, take control of the seven chakras, your hidden third eye and the divine energies that are only revealed to the chosen who will know wholeness.

Find joy, freedom, tantric ecstasy and a deep deep knowing of the minds of others. Be part of the inner sanctum. Health, wealth and happiness is guaranteed.

Just send this goddess your filthy earthly money immediately and all this and more will be yours.

Om.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-74535644264780619212010-04-28T02:27:00.000-07:002010-04-28T02:54:10.187-07:00Mug's gameOne unexpected consequence of the Rudd government's rise to power has been the quiet equilibrium I've settled into where I pretty much equally dislike both major parties. This has allowed me to occupy my time with other important pursuits like watching paint dry, musing on the random workings of the universe that periodically spawn phenomena like the Bieberbub and wondering who had the pleasure of naming the latest horticultural pest that's assailing inland NSW.

But nothing lasts forever, so it's no surprise that my attention is being drawn back to the ugly game. And no wonder when our new Liberal leader, who was propelled into power through his party's refusal to accept the need for a new "great big tax", (ousting the equally eccentric Turnbull, who was more partial to the idea) is now crowing from the rooftops accusing Rudd of not being able to push through what the Liberal party would prevent if they had the opportunity.

Given that Abbott seems to spend half his life prancing about in leisure gear and the rest carping at people, I reckon it's time the Liberal party got themselves a leader who'll do some real work.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-44016513393492777512010-04-23T06:18:00.000-07:002010-04-23T23:08:08.242-07:00Storm in a teacupLet me see if I've got this right...

We live in a society where you can almost depend on a sportsman scandal every season without any real damage to teams or careers;

it's perfectly legal to give politicians lots and LOTS of money for no apparent reason;

we get most of our information from actors pretending to be doctors, pharmacists, mom, the plumber... in expensive "little lies" paid for by the organisation taking your money;

our politicians - the 3rd least trusted group in the country - to whom we entrust our money, our laws, our environment, our children's education, our military decisions and our health - behave appallingly and no-one seems to do anything about it;

and even when we like them, they're still a bit pathetic;

unlike our captains of industry, who we cheer as heroes, who so often draw on the labour of those who would need "around 11,000 years to earn the $109m banked last year by Yahoo chief Terry Semel" - and if visuals are more your thing, try this.

But you can't pay footballers more than a certain amount so that people don't buy all the best players, thus ending the competition.

And now at least one group has.

And apparently it's the most disgraceful thing that's ever happened. So important that there's been almost nothing else on Australian media all day.

Go figure.

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roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-42801500216671758472010-04-20T21:44:00.000-07:002010-04-23T23:38:04.779-07:00Glacial informationInteresting post a coupla days ago from David Weinberger on the poor information and comunication flow during the recent Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption.

Was it because it wasn't an "emergency" per se, such as the unfortunate journalist who found himself stuck in Paris? Or is it simply revealing the degree to which organisations aren't particularly competent at using information technologies?

In all the examples I can think of (Katrina, London bombings, Mumbai etc) it was the work of the few that galvanised the many.

I'd like to see the budgets for the organisations Weinberger refers to - I bet they've spent quite tidy sums in recent years on social media "experts" and other technology implementation. Yet they've clearly learned little.

Update 24 April 2010:
Slideshare presso on those airlines who did use social media during the period.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-39784177438753265692010-04-20T01:30:00.000-07:002010-04-20T01:46:05.169-07:00Day 2 and already I feel like CinderellaSo it's day 2 and instead of going home from work I'm thinking about blogging and if I don't today I prolly won't tomorrow so then I feel like I ought to do at least something and then I get all flustered cos what I really want to do is go buy some indian (food) and just get out of here and you know what, most people don't even really post anything interesting on their blogs except warmed up left-overs from somewhere else so here goes for day 2:

1. Factory Joe is one of life's geniiii - I always meant to mention that but was reminded today when I came across this.

2. Leonard Low is an amazing photographer and yesterday took this.

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roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-78213749997688253172010-04-19T05:02:00.001-07:002010-04-19T05:37:53.642-07:00Here we go again
OK. I'm back.

I gave up blogging more than 2 years ago for lots of reasons.

Just spent 40 minutes explaining why, reading and rereading and editing and eventually deleting the whole thing.

Yeah. Now I remember. Shit. I used to hate this.

Anyway here I am. Please bear with me while I get my chops back.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-57768177180208787832009-07-02T03:47:00.000-07:002012-09-12T03:47:55.101-07:00Bucketty Firemans Ball<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="346" id="soundslider" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://roseg.webng.com/bucketty_fireman_final/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed src="http://roseg.webng.com/bucketty_fireman_final/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="425" height="346" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-89077097156175988832009-06-16T00:42:00.000-07:002011-05-19T06:30:13.121-07:00Course reflection - assignment 4<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/su2TaVLzr6k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/su2TaVLzr6k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-85622873127259711182009-06-12T03:43:00.000-07:002012-09-12T03:46:06.608-07:00I will do needfulAfter giving up blogging a couple of years ago it turns out that I do need somewhere to publish stuff, whether it's for uni assignments or the occasional rant when thumping someone isn't an option so here we are, again.

The title, "I will do needful" comes from an angry email exchange shared on Boing Boing a few years back. It's a shame I can't access the full transcript - it was hilarious and there was something very poignant and breathtaking about it. Something about how malleable and powerful language is, especially when improvised.

In the meantime, it's that time of semester and I, too, am trying to do needful. Wish me luck.

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roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-8947790604802188352006-10-12T22:49:00.000-07:002010-04-23T22:59:19.503-07:00Wag the doggerelDid any of you (three faithful readers) happen to catch The Unit last night on telly? I kept on looking up and behind me to make sure I wasn't on Candid Camera.

It's a show about a bunch of special fighters - secret soldiers, whatever - who have Boys' Own adventures each day and then get home in time for dinner. One of the characters last night even said something along the lines of "where else do you get to jump out of planes all day and go home to a warm bed at night?" or something like that - a variation on the classic army poster: Travel the world; Meet interesting people; Kill them...

I only caught bits and pieces while I was channel surfing, landing lightly on each channel for a minute or three until the continual stream of images of forensics, crime, despair, conflict and squalour drove me to the next channel. Honestly, it's gotten to the stage where I'm starting to prefer the ads.

But I did manage to pick up a few things that had me entertained. Firstly the alpha male is a black guy, which sticks out like a dog's proverbial. Then there was the independent 30-something with the lesbian haircut who is married to the young white guy (who has just joined the unit). She's the token rebel, the eduated shrew who could use some taming, demanding to find her own housing until the black guy's (black, Oprah-ish) wife convinces her to join the community - in one fabulous speech she says something about how being a woman, looking after your children, waiting for your maaaan to come home from fighting the enemy is "the history of the wooorld!!" (dramatic music, close-up of chastened young wife looking astonished - I like to think she was thinking "Frickin' Küche, Kirche, Kinder again?!"). Later she passes out or faints (or just isn't wearing makeup - I lost interest regularly, you must remember) when she sees something on the news that makes it apparent what the boys are up to that day. That I managed to make any sense of it at all is just a testament to the relentless crap on the other channels.

Anyway - later in the piece, after they've managed to rescue a bunch of hostages, killing all the "terrorists" and none of the passengers, there's a kind of horizon shot of the three of them walking back along the tarmac - guns tied to their legs with leather holsters, the sillouette reminiscent of those cowboys of old, swaggering towards the camera with their horsey gait, I swear they're chewing wheat, where's my freaking banjo when I need it?

And like all good little soldiers, Whiteboy gets home in one piece, goes to the fridge (as yer do when you're a hungry adolescent), finds a baseball mitt with a note in it saying "It's a boy". I was so overcome by all the testosterone references on the show that I'm having a pregnancy test myself on the weekend just to be on the safe side.

Reflecting on it today I can't help wondering how much of the storyline is influenced by wagging tails - could the universal unconscious be that cliche? Naaa.

And with today's announcement about the changes in Australia's media ownership laws one can only wonder what sorts of local tales will be wagging in the days and years to come.

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roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-69693220348398481822006-08-23T22:35:00.000-07:002010-04-23T22:36:16.912-07:00Tomorrow's cat litter linerPity that crikey.com.au has decided not to allow free access to its story on the quashing of Jack Thomas' conviction. Did The Australian newspaper today really carry the headline
"Legal system releases the enemy" ? Isn't that illegal or something? Can you imagine if one of us took out an advertisement in the paper saying the same thing about any court case where someone was exonerated or found not guilty? Sheesh.

At least they got one thing right with their cartoon about the Centrelink sackings today.roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-31673858975520285922006-06-27T22:34:00.000-07:002010-04-23T22:35:08.874-07:00HeartbreakA bunch of Italians kick a ball into a net and our prime minister is "brokenhearted" yet he "regrets" the friendly fire that killed an Iraqi bodyguard and tugs at his forelock about the hypocrisy of the Japanese who will happily decimate our largest mammals yet become grief-stricken about the fate of a goddam turnip. (Won't even bother digging up the bone with "saying sorry to the Aboriginals" on it...).

I'm feeling pretty heartbroken too. Must be that kind of a day.

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Praying for: The souls of all miners in third world countries who have been trapped or killed in the two weeks we waited for our own lucky two to be rescued in Tasmania.

Also for the family of that Bosnian guy who mistakenly got sent here instead of our soldier. Only took 3 weeks for someone to name him/seem to remember that he had a family too...

Bewildered about: How Kim Beazley's advisors could let him announce a future policy that aims to put a computer on every child's desk. Hasn't anyone told him the future is mobile?

Sending Mother's Day kisses to: Mums everywhere, including all those wonderful Dads who are doing both jobs.

OK. Back to whatever you were doing. Will blog again soon.roseghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-12164031084729781972006-03-31T22:32:00.000-08:002010-04-23T23:04:23.914-07:00Stone the crowI'm not sure how long Sharon Stone has been providing unsolicited advice about "safe sex" to adolescents in public changerooms but someone really should lock her up. Especially when she comes out with gems like this:
"Young people talk to me about what to do if they're being pressed for sex? I tell them (what I believe): oral sex is a hundred times safer than vaginal or anal sex. If you're in a situation where you cannot get out of sex, offer a blow job."

Remember that next time you're "pressed" by your boss or best friend's boyfriend, eh? ('Specially if you're a bloke!)roseghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552542093621726828.post-89507740616349343732006-02-26T22:10:00.000-08:002010-04-23T23:09:29.830-07:00And so it begins
REDUCE workers' conditions if you want to stay competitive — that is the stark choice employers face under the new federal industrial relations laws that come into effect next month, according to the [Victorian] State Government.

Attorney-General Rob Hulls has warned employers could be forced to cut the pay and conditions of workers if their competitors slashed conditions under the new laws.  (Link)

Australia's new industrial relations legislation, the same legislation that's going to be providing us with all those"choices", that won't result in an "overall" reduction in wages, that cost up to $60 million dollars in advertising to inform us about the benefits, obviously hasn't sunk in and people are already getting confused about how good it is.

Such as the 2,500 slackarse Qantas workers who don't seem to understand the "engineering transformation" that's being planned in their workplace. Management from "the spirit of Australia" won't confirm where the jobs will be going but noted that costs in China are 20% lower. Which is no surprise when factory workers there can expect to be paid as much as $US625 a year if they play their cards right.

Prime Minister Howard was happy to share his views on this matter, defending Qantas' decision and saying that job cuts often reflect the commercial realities of competing internationally. However Mr Howard's views on the recent decision by his Government to again reject Singapore Airlines' decade-long bid to compete with Qantas on the highly sought-after Sydney-Los Angeles route because it was "not in the national interest" are currently either unknown or unreported.

In the meantime, the blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony is reporting that a car parts factory in Melbourne is "negotiating" a 5% drop in pay for current workers, 20% pay cut for new workers, removal of rostered days off and restrictions on sick day and overtime entitlements. And given that the company only made $25 million in net profit last year, who can blame them?

Closer to home the iconic Sydney Opera House (SOH) is currently is in a spot of bother for sub contracting an American-based multinational to undertake its building maintenance and inspection services. Employees are complaining about unfair work practices but management has made it perfectly clear that no-one is issuing threats or terminating positions - "All employees who are working for Lucas Stuart at SOH have been given the opportunity to apply for work with the new contractor if they wish to stay on site at SOH," said a representative from the SOH. The new sub contractor must know a thing or two given that they already enjoy other "Australian" clients such as Sydney Airport, AMP and Telstra. Better still, they're currently enjoying some pretty healthy profits too - 125.8% at last count.

Anyway, getting thousands of kilograms of metal to stay up in the sky is a bit like - er - rocket science so I guess I should just take people's word for the need to buy these specialist skills from somewhere else. After all, we wouldn't want to compromise safety or anything. So I must admit I was a tad surprised when I discovered that the "clever country" is needing to bring in all manner of 21st century expertise in order to keep the colony running.

Did you know that we're so unskilled that we're facing a national shortage of bakers, requiring us to import some from Vietnam? Vietnam was "influenced" by the French which is why they've got so many skilled bakers but if wages wasn't the core issue and French baking skills was the thing they wanted, you'd have to wonder why they didn't import the bakers from France? But hey - what would I know - I'm just another unskilled blight on the national landscape.

Meanwhile, Aussie icon Holden is relying on the specialist skills of welders and grinders from Croatia and Slovenia - this time through a German company who is subcontracting these services - in spite of the 1000+ workers that were laid off from company at the end of last year who are presumably willing and available to undertake these roles. There is also some contention about the wages being paid to the specialist workers.

A Holden spokesman said last night that any dispute about workers' entitlements was out of the carmaker's control because they were not Holden employees.

Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars - Oi, Oi, Oi!

But the spokesman said Holden had been assisting the AMWU with inquiries.

("Assisting with inquiries"? Isn't that the sort of thing they say on CSI? But I digress...)

Given the shocking levels of ineptitude in this unclever country it should then be no surprise to read Road to Surfdom's post about Indonesian workers digging ditches in South Australia for $40 a day, which "equates to about 272,000 Indonesian rupiah and would be more than double what most Indonesians earn in a month".

Thank God they're being so amply rewarded for their contributions to this wide brown land. Clearly we're so clueless that pretty soon we'll soon be needing to import all sorts of specialist services into the country.

And with the world containing 6.5 billion people as of today, most of whom live in the charmingly named "developing world", I don't think we'll be running short on suitable employees in a hurry. In fact, at 272.000 rupiah per day, pretty soon we'll be able to hire as many servants - er - employees as we want. Assuming we're employed too, that is.

THE nation's employers have scored a big win in a battle to stop unions escaping the Howard Government's new workplace laws, after a group of Boeing employees were refused the right to seek refuge in the NSW system.

A full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission yesterday overturned a decision by its NSW counterpart that had forced Boeing to accept the state tribunal's authority.

The Australian Workers Union is now blocked from trying to use the NSW labour system to have non-union individual employment contracts at Boeing replaced with a collective union wage agreement for 22 of the company's maintenance workers. (Link)

Remember Howard *insisting* that no-one on existing awards would be forced to give those up?

The great God Google tells me that the Australian Industrial Relations Commission is "the Commission that deals with industrial relations matters". But if people who have signed Australian Workplace Agreements are beyond their jurisdiction and everyone's going to be forced to "choose" to work under Australian Workplace Agreements sooner or later, then what the hell are the AIRC funded to do and who the hell will be protecting us all from being exploited by unscrupulous employers?

Makes me wish we had a body of people we could pay to look after our interests. Like a government or something.

And if you're still not disturbed, consider this:

The new industrial relations laws haven't even come into effect yet.

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And like fishermen flocking to a fertile pond, city inspectors make many of their illegal-dumping busts in Bushwick and nearby poverty-stricken areas along the Brooklyn-Queens border.
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A Post analysis of Sanitation Department databases found that 70 of the 474 individuals or businesses found guilty of illegal dumping citywide from 2003 through the end of last year were nabbed in Bushwick – a whopping 15 percent.
By comparison, there were only 30 such cases in Staten Island and Manhattan in both years combined.
Basil Seggos, chief investigator for the environmental watchdog group Riverkeeper, said he's not surprised by the numbers because the Brooklyn-Queens border lies along one of America's most polluted waterways, Newtown Creek.
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The Bushwick-Maspeth shorelines are filled with dead end streets where construction debris, wood chips, tires and other waste are regularly dumped. The creek itself is filled with sewage, oil, dozens of stripped vehicles and other debris.
Robert D'Angelo, who heads the Sanitation Department's illegal-dumping task force, said his staff monitors the Brooklyn-Queens border very closely.
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Councilman Erik Martin Dilan – whose district includes the illegal dumping hot spots of East New York, Bushwick and Cypress Hills – said the city should consider installing video cameras along the hardest-hit streets.
He also said the Sanitation Department does a good job cleaning the city, but it could use a bigger budget to expand the task force and to reopen public drop-off centers for household bulk.
The city last year impounded 202 vehicles that authorities said were used to illegally dump debris on The Big Apple – about 50 percent less than the 301 collected in 2003, records show.
Anyone who witnesses illegal dumping in progress should call 911. To leave tips, call 311.
Tipsters collect up to 50 percent of any fine collected, and fines range up to $40,000.
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Authorities are cracking down on the illegal dumping of garbage and building waste across the city. A Post investigation has found:
Worst areas:*
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Worst areas:*
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Worst areas:*
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Corona 5
Worst areas:*
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Williamsburg 3
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Staten Island
Worst areas:*
St. George 2
Mariners Harbor 2
New Dorp 2
* By number of violations
202 drivers or businesses were issued summonses in 2004 for illegal dumping. ONE was found not guilty.
Source: NYC Department of Sanitation

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Now, some people who read this will find my language sarcastic, somewhat emotional and totally offensive hence if there are any SPUBS fanatics out there who read my posts I recommend that you shy away from the following poem below.
It is entitled: Dammaj without the "Hajawirah" according to SPUBS. (Adapted and taken from their many posts on Manhaj.com regarding Sh. Yahya Al Haajoori)
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His words so holy and his demenour sublime
As good as the Salaf, possibly even the Sahabah
Dammaj to them is similar to Makkah
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Now 'Adeni and friends need not have any fear
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Many moons ago I was an HR generalist in the fastest growing manufacturing start-up in history. Things moved fast… really fast. Until you experience growing from $100 in revenue to $1.3 billion in revenue in 3 years, you really don't know the meaning of the phrase "just get it done." I was responsible for workforce planning, which (and this is not a joke) was adjusted every 6 hours based on what orders were coming in from Compaq computer. Our long-range plan covered two weeks.
Then I took a break from the helter-skelter world of start-up HR and started my own companies. When you are the CEO of a start-up you don't have much time to think: everything is a panicked reaction to some angry customer or some new sales opportunity. You put your head down and you pray that you make it through the week.
After a couple of CEO rounds, I needed a break. So I started my own consulting firm. I worked with customers who were trying to develop and ship new products, or package themselves for a fire sale. Sometimes I would fly into a city in the morning and have a new product design late that evening. I once lead a team of 6 people that created, shipped and sold an entirely new product set in just 3 months. I always seemed to be on the hook for some fantastic, impossible new deliverable.
In short, I was always getting shit done.
And then I went back to HR. I have to be honest… part of the reason I did it was that I needed a break. Hyper-fast start-ups, CEO gigs where you sweat making payroll twice a month and harried customers demanding the impossible was starting to get to me. Not understanding what "take a break" really meant, I went to a fast moving video game company going through a major technology overhaul.
Then a couple of years ago I made a new friend. She had worked for some of the toughest CEO's in Silicon Valley. She forgets more about HR every day than I could learn in a lifetime. But that didn't stop me from giving her my opinion. Thinking I was pretty smart, I would tell her my latest theory about HR (many of which I have blathered on about in this blog). And she would just smile at me and say "That's nice Jeff, but you just don't understand. HR is about getting shit done."
Getting shit done? At first I was insulted. "Hey!" I would think to myself "I fly all over the world and talk to people about HR and tell them its strategic and important and they listen and tell me I'm great! What the hell is this 'Getting shit done' stuff?"
Then, after a couple of months, as I started to read more David Ulrich and other leading-edge HR thinkers, I thought to myself "Getting shit done is just the way that HR justifies its existence – CEO's don't know what they really want so they send the CHRO on all these fool's errands to make the board think that they get the whole 'talent is important' crap that everyone espouses and nobody believes."
I stuck with that thought a long time. It made me feel better as I moved through various HR jobs (first Talent Acquisition, then HR Services and now Talent Management and L&D), smug and superior. "I am better than this shit" I would think to myself.
But today I had an epiphany. I think I get what my friend has been saying all along.
Strategies and missions and visions and grand pronouncements are all well and good. Sometimes they work; most of the time they mean shit. But it really doesn't matter. Because business is people: customers, employees, vendors, shareholders. And people change every day. Some days they need more money to pay the bills; some days they need an emotional pick-me-up; other days they need to know where to get a question answered so they can get their job done; most of the time they just want to know how to deal with constant, never-ending change that seems to turn their life upside-down every day. It doesn't matter: when the shit counts, they turn to HR.
Some people think that the daily tactical "shit" that happens when people change is frivolous and without value. I was one of those people. But getting that shit done is where the rubber hits the road. It is where employees feel better and decide to come back to work the next day. It is where managers learn to chill-out and think of their employees before they go on another pointless tirade. It is where someone goes home and looks their kids in the eyes and thinks "I got paid today." It is where the board of directors says "This place is going to be all right, because we have the right people and they can make this happen." It is where HR works.
Getting shit done is not only what HR is about. Getting shit done is what HR SHOULD be about. My friend is right.
Now I still fancy myself a big thinker, and I still like my big ideas and my lofty ambitions. Everyone needs their illusions of importance. But hopefully my friend has taught me the humility to realize that in these troubled times, when people need our support and our craft more than ever, sometimes my big ideas don't mean shit.


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Trolling Albacore Rods
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Leather handle.
Alutecnos removable aluminium butt in curved short and straight short version.
Alutecnos removable rollers.
Triple binding for rollers and guides.
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Ambul Thiyal (Tuna) – Garcinia Cambogia Recipe- This is a dried fish curry with a sour taste popular in Sri Lanka. The dish can be stored for days at room temperature without spoiling. Garcinia cambogia helps to preserve the fish and gives it a sour flavor.
Place the fish cubes on the rampe/banana leaves inside the clay pot and set aside. Add garcinia cambogia pieces, green chilies, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, curry powder, chili powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, fenugreek seeds and salt into the grinder to make a paste. Remove and place in a bowl. Add ½ cup water to the bowl and mix the water and paste until fully combined. Pour over the fish.
Cook fish on medium low heat until gravy simmers. Gently shake the pot from time to time to mix the ingredients. Do not use a spoon as this can cause the fish to break. Serve with white rice, dhal curry and coconut sambol (pol sambol).
1 inch piece fresh ginger
Leaves taken from 3 stems of curry
1 1/2 tsp raw/unroasted curry powder
1 tsp chili powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
½ tsp salt
medium sized clay pot lined with rampe or banana leaves
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It is important in our business that finished goods are serialized for traceability, quality assurance and inventory management reasons.
Currently within assembly orders this is not easy to do. It seems to need to create a new assembly order per serialised finished product and use the 'batch field'
Or use inventory adjustments.
It would be great to have a better way.
To be clear this is for serial numbers I wish to define vs system generated ones.
yes please! We have to do complicated stock adjustments everytime we manufacture something!


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This is my demo for Datablaze! After holding an interview with them,
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It's been awhile since we have heard Lisa Vanderpump speak of her nemesis and former RHOBH co-star Brandi Glanville, but ahead of the season eight premiere, Vanderpump is sharing her thoughts about her former friend.
Lisa was asked about Brandi. "If there is any chance that you and Brandi would ever repair your guys' relationship?" Vanderpump threw some shade at Glanville and responded with "Who? Okay, moving on."
Vanderpump told E!, "You know the answer to that question."
"Like you just said: there are certain people you butt heads with, there's certain people you can have conflict with," E!'s Catt Sadler told Lisa. "Why is she the exception?"
In Lisa's eyes, Glanville "takes it to a whole other level and I don't even want to kind of dignify that with an answer."
But she joked that she "can rescue some dogs, but I can't rescue all my friends."
Season 8 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills premieres December 19th at 9 PM ET on Bravo. Will you be watching?
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The HCUK has secured eight tickets to the AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS on Friday, 23 June, 2017. They will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis to HCUK members.
Held at The Queen's Club in central London, "the Aegon Championship has been voted ATP World Tour 500 Tournament of the Year. It is the third successive year that the Aegon Championships has received an ATP Tournament of the Year award, and comes after the event's first year as an ATP 500 event.
Featuring the world's best men's singles and doubles players, it's the first chance of the season for most players to switch from clay to grass courts. The tournament is also keenly watched as it's known as a key indicator for Wimbledon - with 25 of the last 27 Wimbledon champions having played in it." (aegontennis.co.uk)
This is a special opportunity for HCUK members to purchase tickets in prime viewing locations!
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Our UAE Businessman Hussain al Nowais
When you will look for the richest business tycoons from all over the world then you will simply find many of them are from the United Arab Emirates.
It was noted that among these richest people, seven of them are locally UAE grown businessmen who are great stakeholders of hospitals, high rise buildings, banks and mega shopping malls.
It's no wonder then that business people from UAE are more successful and shows more profit compared to other countries. In fact, as confirmed by Forbes' in 2018, among the list of 2,200 billionaires around the world the wealthiest individual and families are from UAE.
Even then those that are in business about health care, money exchange, and property have continued to prosper and gain, but those that ventured in banking investments, automobiles and other industries showed a challenge by a notable decrease in profit.
Hussain Al Nowais is a native of Abu Dhabi, UAE and is one of those seven billionaires mentioned earlier. His education background is impressive in the sense that he graduated in Portland, France, and London.
Not surprising that he is very good in business since he graduated with a degree in Business Administration in 1979. His self-made wealth is only an indication that he was a determined businessman.
Hussain Al Nowais managed his family business at first with only a few staff. On the record today, he now has over 6,000 employees and still growing to this date, which is inspiring.
Facing challenges, where he thought he can't get over with, are not new to him as he experiences this like many others but he made sure that he is not disheartened and used these challenges to give him room for greater growth.
With over 30 years of experience in banking, finance, investments and project developments are only a few to mention of his achievements. All these led to what he have now.
Having great responsibilities as a successful businessman, Hussain Al Nowais have chaired several companies. Senaat, Al Nowais Investments, LLC Khalifa Fund, Emirates Steel and National Petroleum Construction Company are only a few of those that he had chaired.
Now with 12 Board Members in connection with 12 organizations in 11 different industries across the globe. Hussain Al Nowais have invested in industries like Oil and Gas Petrochemicals, Energy, Engineering and Construction, Real Estate and Hospitality, healthcare, Information, Communication, and Technology.
Hence, it is no wonder that Hussain Al Nowais profits and wealth increase because his investments covers almost everything of necessity and importance to people.
One noticeable trait and a good example that he displays is his long-standing partnerships with leading players in the industry.


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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 4, 2016) - Ready Capital Structured Finance, a nationwide commercial real estate bridge and mezzanine lender, announces the closing of DFW Airport office portfolio for the approximate funding of $10.5 million.
The Dallas, Texas loan for a funding of $10.5 million is for the refinance and stabilization of an office portfolio located at DFW Airport. The properties were recently acquired under a long-term ground lease from the DFW Airport Authority. The portfolio is comprised of two office buildings totaling 188,600 square feet on 17.5 acres; the DFW Business Center (North and South Towers), two class B, four-story office buildings totaling 115,440 square feet and a 950 space garage deck, located between the north and south bound lanes on international Parkway near Terminal B of DFW Airport, and 3200 East Airfield, the Airport's 73,155 square foot, two-story former executive office building on 14.3 acres located at 3200 East Airfield Drive, across from the Flight Safety pilot training facility.
The buildings had historically been used to accommodate the Airport's business operations and executive offices. The Sponsors business plan is to start the exterior renovation of the properties, improving landscaping and upgrading the properties common area with plans to complete interior upgrades upon procuring leases for the buildings. The nonrecourse loan features release provisions and flexible pre-payment with a three-year term and one one-year extension option, inclusive of a facility to provide for interest and carry and future fundings including tenant improvements, leasing commissions and capital expenditures.
Ready Capital Structured Finance originates, manages and finances non-recourse floating and fixed rate loans of up to five years on transitional, value-add and event-driven commercial and multifamily real estate opportunities. Senior loan amounts are up to $25 million, larger on a case-by-case basis, to middle-market and institutional commercial real estate sponsors. Ready Capital Structured Finance offers short-term, interest-only loans with advances up to 80 percent, for cash flowing and non-cash flowing properties, with flexible prepayment schedules and customized structuring.
For more information, contact Managing Director, David Cohen, at email@example.com.
About Ready Capital Structured Finance
Ready Capital Structured Finance, headquartered in New York City, is a nationwide commercial real estate bridge and mezzanine lender offering non-recourse financing on transitional, value-add and event-driven commercial and multifamily real estate opportunities. Led by a veteran team of industry professionals, Ready Capital Structured Finance is a division of a subsidiary of Sutherland Asset Management Corporation, a full-service real estate finance company managed by Waterfall Asset Management. Sutherland, a commercial mortgage REIT, is a real estate finance company that acquires, originates, manages and finances commercial real estate loans and real estate-related securities.
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Miba is one of the leading strategic partners in the international engine and automotive industry. Their product portfolio includes sintered components, engine bearings, friction materials, power electronics components and coatings. Miba products make motor vehicles, trains, ships, aircraft and power plants more efficient, more reliable and (more) environmentally friendly.
Convoi was asked to unload, provide internal transportation and position a new press into the Miba plant in Slovakia – Dolný Kubín. Although Convoi has installed many presses in the past, this project had challenges of its own.In this case Miba choose to have all presses in one enormous pit.. Normally we can run the lift systems alongside the pit to position and lower the press but that was not possible in this case.During the site visit by our project manager, all challenges were noted and at the office a solution was worked out for every possible obstacle that could arise. The result was a detailed plan on how to install the press into the pit including rotating the press.
The best solution was to use the so called 'elephant feet' which allowed Convoi to run the rails of the lift system 'over' the pit as you can see in the pictures. Using these, Convoi was able to manoeuvre, rotate and position the press into its final position in a safe and controlled way.
The project was carried out in cooperation with the OEM of the press and to full satisfaction of Miba; completing the works within the agreed time frame and ensuring safe workings practices throughout the duration of the project.


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How to Write Essays Faster
Writing an essay fast is a daunting task for many people because it takes special skills and enough practice. If you're organized and have a detailed plan, this assignment can be completed faster and successfully. If this type of writing is stressful, have a system on how to write essays faster or turn to experts.
The Importance of Being Well-Organized
Ensure that you're ready to write to complete this task quickly. Your surroundings should be convenient and the necessary tools must be easily accessible.
- Choose your topic because successful papers must have a clear focus and it's easier to write about something interesting, so tailor the chosen topic to something appealing to your curiosity;
- Know the chosen subject because if any extra research must be done, it takes some time;
- Organize all materials and notes, so put them in the right order to find any information easily and fast;
- Organize your ideas to focus and concentrate the whole paper while saving time.
Tips on Drafting Essays
Brainstorm a thesis statement by using a few effective tactics to formulate it:
- Try questioning and answer basic questions to get started successfully;
- Branching also helps students create the best thesis, so imagine the chosen topic as a tree;
- Brainstorming requires you to write down everything you know about a specific subject.
A thesis is important for any paper because it tells others what you want to argue. It concisely and clearly explains the points that you make in all paragraphs. Your essay will be overly general and vague if you fail to build a strong thesis.
How to Put All Ideas on Paper
A thorough and detailed outline makes your essay writing process much easier and faster. It's a good way to get all ideas down on paper without worrying about perfecting it. Make a list-type outline to put all relevant thoughts can help you define a central theme. Once you have all ideas to support a thesis, you'll get a better sense of their efficient organization.
Any successful essay includes body paragraphs, a conclusion, and an introduction. List strong examples in an outline to define the evidence presented for each major point. This step shows whether you have any imbalances or gaps in the chosen writing approach.
Cite all sources in an outline to save more time and learn how to write essays faster. Define the right citation style, such as APA, Chicago, or anything else. Sometimes, students are asked to use endnotes and footnotes, and they demand more information to be included.
How to Complete a Writing Process Fast
When you're well-organized, write body paragraphs and use your outline. They must relate to a thesis and their basic purpose is to support it.
- Each paragraph should contain a topic sentence to inform people what it's all about;
- Include supporting examples in each essay section.
Writing a Conclusion and a Strong Introduction
These paragraphs are often time-consuming and hard. The introduction is a road map of the whole essay and its purpose is to make everyone want to read other sections. The conclusion wraps us this paper and remind of the main argument.
- Write concluding and introductory paragraphs after the body to get a sense of your full argument;
- Start with a broader contextual statement;
- Think of the introduction as some inverted pyramid;
- Restate a thesis in the conclusion;
- Focus on the first sentence as it should be engaging and interesting;
- Use the conclusion to tie everything together.
Use Your Concise and Clear Language
Your essay shouldn't sound too fancy, so make clear statements as all points must be easily understood. Watch out for any passive voice and avoid wordy or complex constructions. Communicate all ideas more concisely and logically.


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Type: Rehab + Isometrics
I hate to get injured. It takes me out of my training rhythm and when I get back to exercising, I've lost all my gains.
Recently I've gotten a case of clicking and clacking in my right knee as I climbed steps or slopes. Oddly enough, it wasn't a trauma-type injury (e.g. when you get hit by someone else). It was simply wear and tear.
So I shut down for 3 weeks to give it rest.
That's 3 weeks of binging on food and drink. Ugh… I'm looking a little whale-like.
But there's good news: my knee's a lot better now, and I'm back to light training. To get up to speed, I'm using a mixture of isometric and body-weight exercises (particularly core work).
Hopefully, I'll get back to what I was in a couple of weeks' time.
Exercises for the day
Set 1 (3 sets each):
- Planks (50sec; 40 sec; 30 sec; all 4 sides)
- Turn and twist (10X)
- Push ups (15X)
- Shadow boxing; see video below (10X mostly jabs & knees)
- Kettlebell raises (6X 12.5kg per arm)
- Isometric Squats (30 sec)
- Skipping (1 min)
Set 2 (3 sets each):
- Deadlifts (10X 12.5kg per side)
- Arnold Presses (10X 12.5kg per side)
- Push ups (10X Wide)
- Squats (10X 12.5kg; hold for 2 counts at lowest position)
- Bent over rows (10X 12.5kg per side)