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NOTE: If you are not into a lengthy (3300 words) discourse and reminiscence about industrial relations, past and present – go no further. You have been warned …
I switched on Newsnight last night, a reflex action, forgetting that there was a strike in progress, and was faced with Have I Got News For You.
This morning I read that the Beeb have been drafting in all sorts of unlikely people to cover news broadcasts, and was shocked to see that Stephen Duffy, of The Jazz House on radio, was one of them. I am a fan of Stephen Duffy and The Jazz House, and I do not doubt this fine broadcaster's competence to at least read a news bulletin. What shook me was that somehow I have always associated jazz aficionados with liberal values, perhaps even left of centre values, and my instant reaction was that he was blacklegging.
A moment's reflection brought me to a more considered view. I was showing my age, and harking back to a lost time when jazz was somehow a protest music, anti-establishment, the music of Ban the Bomb, the voice against racism and inequality. In my teenage, I felt it was impossible to like jazz and be racist, since the great geniuses of the music were almost all American blacks – Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, Johnny Dodds, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie.
Of course there were mild to overt racist exceptions – Nick La Rocca's insistence that The Original Dixieland Jazzband – all white – had invented jazz, and an uncharacteristic lapse by my old musical colleague and friend, Alex Harvey, on a YouTube video interview, asserting that "Darkies never invented jazz …" Alex didn't have a racist bone in his body, and in fact acknowledged readily that jazz and rock and roll both sprang from the black community in America, but he exhibited the Glasgow tendency to take contrary positions in argument just for the hell of it, and was always happy to shock and challenge established views.
And the reality has always been that jazz appreciation embraces all political viewpoints, except perhaps the redneck racists of America's deep South, whose natural home was country and blue grass. (I love country music and don't damn its many adherents who don't fit that bill.) But Hitler didn't like jazz – Stalin didn't like jazz, and both went out of their way to denounce the music. I rest my case …
Back to the BBC strike and Stephen Duffy. My initial reaction was quickly dismissed as almost certainly unjustified and unfair. I have been on both sides of the argument over the years, and have myself been a strikebreaker of sorts, as well as a striker: unless you have done both, your understanding of the arcane principles and practices of industrial relations is not yet complete.
If you haven't been on a picket line or walked through a picket line, then you haven't made your bones, mate!
In the middle 1960s, the Goodyear Tyre plant at Garscadden (Donald Dewar's old constituency) was a thriving but troubled employer of around 800 people on the western limits of Glasgow, near Drumchapel. An archetypal American company, and the largest rubber company in the world back then, it was unionised on the shop floor – rubber workers in the T&GWU and craftsmen in the various craft unions of the time, but non-unionised on the staff and managerial side.
American companies were basically anti-union in their instincts, but had long since accepted the reality of the powerful shop floor unions back home in the States, and had sophisticated procedures to deal with them, based on the US model of business unionism, i.e. simple economic self-interest. The company was wedded to the piecework system – payment by results – and felt that it was a complete answer to motivation of workers. Not for them the sophisticated theories of man-management and human relations – the model was naked employer self-interest balanced by naked employee self-interest.
But staff unions were anathema to them, especially if they involved the lower levels of management – the supervisor and foreman structure. The idea of a manager above that level being in a union was inconceivable to them. Their chosen modes of keeping such horrors at bay were the staff association – a tame, management-controlled representative body – and support for junior management clubs, e.g. the foremans' club.
Them and Us was the principle they fostered zealously – once you moved up from the shop floor into management - as many able workers did - you underwent a sea change, passed through an invisible, but formidable wall.
There were staff dances, but no workers' dances supported by management. The workers were paid by hourly rate and piecework earnings, and weekly in cash, the staff paid monthly. There were pension differences, benefit differences – harmonisation of terms and conditions an unknown and alien concept, far in the future. There was quite simply, a class divide, although the American managers were horrified if you made that observation.
In the eight or nine year life of the plant up to that point, this industrial philosophy had produced many unforeseen consequences – unforeseen by the Americans, that is. Some local managers understood only too well where the problem lay – the British Trades Union movement was just that – a movement, with ideals, social objectives, even an international perspective. It was not business unionism. (Remember, back then, the Labour Party was truly the People's Party, not the awful thing it has since become.)
The unions, faced with a rejection of their wider role by the company, adopted the naked capitalist ethic with a vengeance. If it was going to be class war, so be it – they could play hardball as well as the company. The result, over the nine year life of the plant up to that point, had been a series of what Goodyear called wildcat strikes – short strikes of one or two day duration, not officially sanctioned by the union, in pursuit of short-term objectives and dispute outcomes - strikes over piecework prices, over disciplinary issues, over safety issues, over terms and conditions.
In virtually every case, management backed down and conceded, and the lesson was learned by the union – strikes worked. Management had forced them into accepting the payment by results system, and now they seemed to accept a concession by force principle as well. But not only the shop floor workers learned a lesson – the non-unionised staff had begun to learn another salutary lesson – unionism worked, non-unionism didn't. And the craft unions – skilled men who expected to be top of the earnings league of hourly-paid workers – realised that moderate unionism didn't work either.
Because of the piecework system – in its basic operation a brutal and dehumanising process – the earning of hourly-paid workers skyrocketed, overtaking the craftsmen and lower-level staff, and approaching, and eventually exceeding some middle management salaries. Staff members could be dismissed with impunity by the company, with effectively no redress except a feeble grievance appeal process which always vindicated the management decision. Staff conditions could be changed unilaterally by management with no appeal process. The hourly-paid unions bargained collectively – the staff had no bargaining rights.
(It must be remembered that employment law at this time had nothing like the breadth and scope of present legislation and employee protection law – it rested solely on the contract of employment and significantly on ancient common law principles. There was no such concept as unfair dismissal, no reinstatement rights – the only question asked by the law was - had the contract been ended with or without due notice?)
My career – if it can be called that – was just starting. I had left school at fifteen with no qualifications, bounced around a series of dead-end jobs until National Service kept me more or less out-of-mischief (that's another story!) for two years, then a spell as a wages clerk, then a production control clerk in the building industry. This ended with me going off with the original Alex Harvey band, The Kansas City Counts for a few months, then a spell in variety theatre with the Johnny Kildare Quartet, and a year with the Union Cold Storage.
Joining Goodyear in 1958, a year after the plant had opened began some sort of career movement. By 1964, I was in charge of the Production Control Department and in early 1966 joined the Industrial Engineering (time and motion) department, which was part of the Personnel function.
From the early 1960s, I had become involved in the attempts of supervisory and junior management staff to gain recognition for our union, ASTMS, which we pursued through the feeble staff association consultative mechanism. It had become increasingly evident that the company had no intention of granting recognition, and were simply blocking us, and I had got to the point, on behalf of ASTMS, of threatening industrial action.
The company took this seriously enough to decide to promote me, by moving me from production control into the Personnel/Industrial Engineering Department. Since all unions, including ASTMS, accepted that members of the personnel department were exempted from union membership (they thought we would spy on them for management!), I reluctantly terminated my membership of ASTMS and my role on its committee, just at the point they were about to go on strike for recognition – spectacularly bad timing for me.
Shortly thereafter my union colleagues went on strike, with assurances from ASTMS that it was about to be made official. I arrived on the first morning of the strike, no longer a union member, talked to the picket, who were good-natured and understanding about my new situation, went into the plant, sat down at my desk near to tears, then went out and joined the picket line. I was now in the worst possible situation – a non-union member, whom the union accepted shouldn't be a member, on a strike that was not yet official. I had a young family to support, and no income except for occasional musical work at the nearby Cameron House in Hardgate.
We constructed and painted our placards and banners, went off to picket the Motor Show at Kelvin Hall where Goodyear was exhibiting, and mounted a picket outside the plant. We got no support from the hourly-paid workers, since the T&GWU didn't favour ASTMS as a union, but their own clerical arm, ASSET. We were greeted each morning by the workers going through the picket line offering good-natured banter, with gems such as "You bunch of f****** w******!" and "Stay out till hell freezes over – we can run the plant without you …"
ASTMS officials then met privately with Goodyear senior management in Wolverhampton, and sold us down the river, telling us that our strike was not official and we should resumes work. We returned with our tails between our legs, humiliated. (The membership of ASTMS collapsed soon after.) I thought, with good reason that my nascent career was in ruins. Two things saved me – one, my boss, a hard-headed, but very human Scottish Personnel Manager, Donald MacDonald who seemed to understand and respect what had motivated my apparent career lunacy, and secondly, a kind of respect from some shop floor union members and shop stewards for what I had foolishly done. One in particular, Ian Moore, then of the T&GWU, went on to a stellar career in management, winding up as a European Vice-President of what was then SmithKline Beecham.
That was my moment as union activist and striker. By 1970, I rejoiced in the odd - and lengthy – title of Manager of Industrial Engineering and Salary Administration, which was really an industrial relations and personnel post: I was in effect deputy to the Personnel Manager, Clarence Adkins Junior, a lovable American who had been President of his Union local in Akron, Ohio and had been promoted directly in the Scottish Plant personnel role. The plant manager was Don Wolfe, the previous personnel manager.
The staff union demanding recognition was now the T&GWU staff branch, ASSET, representing clerical staff but not managers, and they were poised to strike for recognition, having arrived at precisely the point I was at four years earlier. I found myself on the other side of the table from colleagues arguing for what I believed in but could not support because of company policy, and because ASSET would not accept me or any of my Personnel staff as members of their union. Such were the multiple ironies and paradoxes of 1979s industrial relations …
The ASSET staff representatives were confident on two fronts – one, that as a sister union of the T&GWU, the rubber workers would support them in their industrial action, and two, that the plant could not run effectively without them. Out of a total staff complement of about 150 or so, 130 were going on strike, leaving about 20 managers.
They were proved wrong on both assumptions.
The rubber workers happily crossed the picket line, and the 20 managers ran the plant with no loss of output, and a considerable gain in productivity, with an unprecedented level of goodwill and cooperation from the rubber workers and engineers, who were anxious not to lose money.
Such was the legendary solidarity of the working classes.
I made a point of entering the plant on foot, in spite of offers of lifts from other managers: I have never subsequently driven through a picket line (and there have been many in my career) but have always walked though, and engaged in dialogue with the picket if they wanted it. This got me in trouble with my superiors on many occasions, but I just couldn't do it, and it any case it made good employee relations sense.
So there ended my first experience as a strikebreaker, but not a blackleg. Technically, a blackleg (or scab, to use the more emotive term) is someone who is part of the same workgroup as the strikers, often a union member but at least eligible for union membership, but who, for whatever reason doesn't support the strike decision.
All blacklegs are strikebreakers, but not all strikebreakers are blacklegs – anyone who carries out the work of the strikers, but is not a normal member of their workgroup or union is a strikebreaker. So the BBC staff who cover the news outlets during the new strike may or may not be blacklegs, but they are undoubtedly strikebreakers. Before either applauding them or condemning them, consider the pressures that may be placed on them.
The primary considerations are contractual: they may in fact have no choice under the terms of their contract, which may demand flexibility for emergency cover. This leaves a stark choice – resign (or be fired) or do as you are asked. This is a much harder choice than the one facing the strikers, who in normal circumstances are only placing their contract in temporary suspension, except in the very rare cases where the employer fires the strikers.
The secondary considerations involve practical self-interest in many cases, e.g. if the strike which you were not a part of - and perhaps don't agree with - threatens your livelihood.
And perhaps the most complex factors involve moral and professional judgements on the impact of the strike on others. As we have seen most recently firemen, like most essential service providers, find it difficult and sometimes impossible to ignore or suspend their duty to the recipients of the service, even at the cost of union loyalty and self-interest.
The shameful fact is that this high principle is often shamelessly exploited by their employers.
My last act of career lunacy occurred in the late 1970s with Scottish & Newcastle, as they then were styled, in the Newcastle Breweries, home of the legendary Broon – Newcastle Brown Ale. I was the Distribution Personnel Manager, a role that was predominantly an industrial relations one, and the local union branch (8/223 branch of the T&GWU) representing the draymen, was notoriously litigious. The district office of the T&G had little control over this branch, even though the Regional Secretary, Joe Mills, had been a former draymen and branch secretary of 8/223.
(Joe, a wonderfully influential and pragmatic man, and a superb negotiator, was effectively the man who brought one Tony Blair, an ambitious young lawyer, to the attention of the Labour Party in Sedgefield as a prospective Parliamentary candidate. Joe died a few years back, but I like to think that he would have repudiated with disgust and horror most of what his protégé subsequently did.)
At this time, the industrial relations in the Newcastle Breweries were the worst – and most bizarre – in the Scottish & Newcastle Group, and they were complicated by criminal activity among a minority that resulted in some draymen being detained in Durham Jail at Her Majesty's pleasure. At one point, in negotiations over the buyout by management of an ill-fated productivity deal, which was yielding megabucks to the draymen but actually inhibiting productivity and the move to containerisation of long-haul deliveries, a serious suggestion was tabled by 8/223 branch that the company either purchase on their behalf Red Rum, the racehorse, or alternatively, buy them their own tanker vehicle.
This was compounded by the company's plan to break up the old city centre complex into decentralised depots throughout the North East. Managers trying to stay afloat in this maelstrom were being threatened by 8/223 branch with legal action for libel, notably the Distribution Manager, Fred Barber, a formidable East Londoner, and myself. The early stages of litigation seemed imminent (the branch had a very capable legal firm representing them) and Fred and I went to top management, to be told that effectively we were on our own in the face of such litigation, and would receive no company support or funding to fight it.
We were both senior managers, but promptly joined yet another nascent management union, this time ASSET, which was part of the T&GWU, with the same district secretary, Joe Mills. It was a short-lived membership – senior Board members were first incredulous, then furious. My functional boss, John Benson, said I had gone off my head: the draymen, meanwhile were convulsed with laughter, and Joe Mills rolled his eyes heavenwards when told who his new members were. It all was quietly forgotten as Maggie came to power and the reorganisation, with consequential redundancies, broke the power of 8/223 branch.
So, if you ever think that industrial relations is a simple matter of common sense and justice and equality, think again … The Byzantine Empire could not have rivalled the contradictions, moral dilemmas, realpolitik and expediency of the real thing.
Good luck, strikers of the BBC. I'm on your side. And good luck to the Stephen Duffys and others who are covering the news – I'm not quite on your side, but I do understand, and above all, I don't judge you – I've been there, mate!


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Windham store owner charged with arson in court
Donato Corsetti pleaded not guilty
A Windham store owner accused of burning down an apartment building he owns made his first court appearance on Friday.
Donato Corsetti, 67, of Windham entered a not guilty plea during a court hearing Friday afternoon in Portland District Court.
Corsetti is charged with two counts of arson related to a Dec. 7 fire at an apartment building he owned behind Corsetti's Market in Windham.
Prosecutors said the apartment house had just been foreclosed on.
They said Corsetti set fire to one of the apartment units, while he was inside and staged it to look like an attack by tying himself up with a lamp cord.
Prosecutors said he was trying to collect insurance money.
The judge set bail at $25,000 cash. His lawyer argued for $5,000.
Prosecutors told the judge Corsetti had made comments saying he would rather flee to Italy or do harm to himself, than spend another day in jail.


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London promoters Bad Vibrations join forces with the excellent Fuzz Club Records this weekend (4th, 5th, 6th October) for the second Reverb Conspiracy Festival. Taking place at the Shacklewell Arms in Dalston over the aforementioned three days, the line up features a host of names from both the psychedelic scene's new and back pages including legendary former Can frontman Damo Suzuki, one-time Creation Records stalwarts The Telescopes and Bernard Butler's latest project Trans.
Tickets can be purchased here or on the door priced £26 for the weekend or £8 Friday and £14 each Saturday and Sunday.
Approximate start times for each band are as follows:-
Friday 4th
The Woken Trees - 11:15pm
Trans - 10:15pm
The Wands - 9:15pm
Sudden Death Of Stars - 8:15pm Pomponette Recordings DJs until 3am
Saturday 5th
Damo Suzuki w/ Trans & Special Guests - 8:30pm
Secret Guests - 7:00pm
The Cosmic Dead - 5:45pm
The Janitors - 4:45pm
Mugstar - 3:30pm
Desert Mountain Tribe - 2:30pm
Sunday 6th
Indian Jewelry - 9:30pm
The Telescopes - 8:20pm
The Black Tambourines - 7:30pm
The Cult Of Dom Keller - 6:25pm
Tales Of Murder And Dust - 5:15pm
Whistlejacket - 4:20pm
Happy Families - 3:30pm
Coxcombs - 2:30pm
A Reverb Conspiracy compilation album featuring many of the bands playing here and more will follow in the coming weeks.


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In today's changing marketplace, Cisco continues to invest in an aggressive plan to become the #1 vendor in contact center. In the last year, we've made huge gains toward this milestone, with Cisco ranked as the #1 worldwide IVR vendor by a wide margin. And in the last four years, Cisco has closed the market share gap on Avaya/Nortel by nearly 23 points worldwide and by over 33 points in North America.
On our march towards #1, our valued partner ecosystem plays a crucial role. When customers choose Cisco Customer Collaboration solutions, they base their choice not only on our innovative products, but also on their ability to collaborate with established Cisco partners who have a wealth of experience in the contact center market and our solutions. By partnering with Cisco, Cisco channel partners are able to provide customers tremendous value add services, including sales and technical support.
Cisco is continuing to invest heavily in training, supporting and growing our partner ecosystem. And the investment is clearly paying off. For the last 3 years, Cisco has hosted the annual Cisco Americas Customer Collaboration Partner Sales Summit, with the most recent one held on October 2-4 in Colorado. During this Summit, more than 400 channel partners and Cisco sales professionals gathered under one roof to participate in networking and learning opportunities while sharing best practices with their peers. There were informative sessions tailored for every audience, including Contact Center Enterprise and Express sales tracks, deep dives for the more technical attendees, as well as general sessions for a full house audience. The expo floor was jam-packed with 21 sponsors demonstrating complementary solutions. There were plenty of networking opportunities for attendees to meet new business contacts as well as catch up with old friends.
Cisco even hosted a contact center industry mixer, where we invited all local contact center experts and even our competition from "down the road", to meet and mingle with attendees. This year's event attendance and program activities doubled in numbers, and near perfect evaluation scores from attendees validated the success.
As our momentum continues in the Customer Collaboration market, collaboration with our partner ecosystem will be vital in our quest to become the #1 supplier in the market. And I couldn't be more excited to accomplish this significant milestone with our valued partners.
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Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. She was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski. After losing a Republican primary in 2010, she became the second person ever to win a U.S. Senate election through write-in votes.
Born in Ketchikan, Alaska, she is the daughter of former U.S. Senator and Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski. She graduated from Georgetown University and received her law degree from Willamette University College of Law. After working as an attorney in the 1980s and 1990s, she was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998. Shortly after being elected House Majority Leader in 2002, she was appointed to the United States Senate by her father.
Murkowski was re-elected to a full term in 2004. Her 2010 re-election grew turbulent when former magistrate judge Joe Miller defeated her in the Republican primary. Murkowski mounted a write-in campaign, winning the general election. The long-shot campaign made national headlines: the only other Senate candidate to win a write-in vote was Strom Thurmond in 1954. Murkowski, generally considered a moderate conservative, is the only current Republican Senator from any West Coast state.


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PHOENIX — Mike Shanahan learned his lesson the hard way.
When it comes to quarterback Robert Griffin III convincing the Washington Redskins head coach whether he's healthy enough to go back into a game again, as Griffin did last season to his own detriment, Shanahan is going to be far more skeptical and vows to err on the side of caution going forward.
"It's part of the evaluation of people: When people say they're ready to go and maybe they're not, do you keep that in the back of your head? Sure," Shanahan said during Wednesday's NFC coaches breakfast at the NFL owners meetings.
Griffin III, last season's offensive rookie of the year, remains ahead of schedule in his recovery from January surgery to repair tears of the anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments in his right knee. RGIII worsened his late-season knee injury during the playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Redskins' first postseason appearance since the 2007 season.
Griffin III has been logging up to eight hours daily while attacking his rehabilitation.
"I've never seen a guy work that hard in his rehab," Shanahan said. "He's got great strength, he's got great flexibility. And that hopefully gives him a chance to be ready for the season.
"The doctors feel great about where he's at."
Shanahan did not talk to team doctors when Griffin initially re-injured his sprained knee early in the Seattle game, instead relying on the quarterback himself, who told Shanahan, "I'm fine," when the coach asked if he was OK to continue.
Playing with a bulky black brace in his third game after spraining the LCL in a December game against the Baltimore Ravens, Griffin aggravated the injury when he fell awkwardly throwing a first-quarter pass during the 24-14 loss to Seattle. He remained in the game, but he was clearly hobbled and unable to rely on the sprinter's speed that defined his dynamic debut season running the read-option offense.
Shanahan said at the time he thought he made the "right decision" to keep RGIII in the game. But Griffin's knee buckled in grotesque fashion when he tried to field a bad shotgun snap.
Shanahan said after Griffin first hurt the knee in December, he was told by team orthopedist James Andrews on the sideline that Griffin was cleared to return to the game. But Andrews told USA TODAY Sports' Robert Klemko that he didn't get a chance to examine the knee during the one play Griffin sat out before returning for three more snaps.
For now, Shanahan is keeping his fingers crossed that his best player will remain on a fast-track return.
"In talking to the doctors and the trainers, I just know he's ahead of schedule," Shanahan said. "What does that mean? I don't know.
"Anybody who tells you that they know where he's going to be as of right now, people don't know, doctors don't know."
Is RGIII running yet? Shanahan said it all depends on how you would define the "running" but revealed that Griffin is working on a treadmill submerged in a pool to reduce stress on the knee.
"I just don't want him to go too quick," Shanahan said.
Asked about the quarterback's potential availability for training camp, Shanahan offered: "I'm hoping he'll be ready to go. We'll find out in July. For me to tell you anything at this time is kind of ludicrous.
"I'm going to let the doctors tell me when the knee is ready to go. ... Everybody will see when he's ready to go full speed."
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Moyes gets perfect Goodison send-off
Striker Kevin Mirallas ensured David Moyes departed Goodison Park for the final time as Everton manager in perfect circumstances.
The Belgium striker scored both goals to provide a fitting send-off for the Toffees boss - heading for Manchester United in the summer - after he has stood on the touchline in the blue corner of Merseyside for 11 years.
The sixth successive home league victory against a West Ham side who seemed to have no intention of spoiling the party also guaranteed Everton finished above Liverpool for the second successive season in and the first time in the top flight since 1937.
In his programme notes, club captain Phil Neville, who is leaving Everton as a player this summer, said he had never met a harder working man than Moyes - which is some tribute from a man who spent 11 years with Sir Alex Ferguson at United.
And the players started as if they wanted to give their manager the performance his excellent long-term work deserved, taking only six minutes to break the deadlock.
It came from a move which would not have been out of place at Old Trafford - and involved two of players who have already been heavily linked with following their departing manager down the M62.
In a crisp passing move, the ball was moved in from the left touchline from Leighton Baines to Marouane Fellaini, the two players most likely to be coveted by Moyes for his new dawn at United, and then on to Steven Pienaar who teed up Mirallas to drill home from the edge of the area.
That kicked off Moyes' farewell party, with the manager joining in himself by showing his appreciation on the touchline.
Everton, as has so often been the story this season, should have capitalised on their advantage as a Darron Gibson chest-trap and volley dipped onto the roof of the net while Victor Anichebe fired straight into the groin of goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen from close range.
West Ham fans taunted their hosts with a chant of 'Where's your Moysey gone?'.
Everton supporters' response of 'You've got Sam Allardyce, You've got Sam Allardyce' suggest that whoever the identity of Moyes' successor is they do not want anyone in the mould of the Hammers boss.
As the entertainment on the pitch waned, the Gwladys Street End took up the baton with an ironic chant asking about the identity of 'Man United' in less-than-complimentary terms which brought a collective chuckle from Goodison Park.
The visitors looked like a side safe in mid-table as their only two chances came from captain Kevin Nolan in the last 15 minutes of the first half.
Firstly he drew goalkeeper Tim Howard into a low save to his left with a left-foot volley before hooking across goal from close in.
Goodison turned up the volume in the second half to give Moyes an idea of what he was leaving behind but the manager was more concerned with no-one following in Leon Osman's cross-shot through the six-yard box from Baines' delivery.
But the Scot was all smiles and double fist-pumps on the hour when Pienaar released Mirallas to run at the defence and his shot deflected up off James Collins and past Jaaskelainen.
The Hammers goalkeeper denied Osman's first-time strike to prevent a third, Collins deflected Pienaar's goalbound shot wide and Anichebe headed off-target as the Toffees threatened to romp home.
Even West Ham's on-loan Liverpool striker Andy Carroll could not but a dampener on proceedings, hitting the post with a late header.
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Turning Over a New Leaf in the New Year
Happy New Year! New Year's is a time for reflection and introspection about years past and anticipation of years to come - a time we wish to change the way we feel, act, interact, and believe. In essence, many of us desire change in how we live the one life with which we are gifted. Yet there are limited sources of good information and advice on how to live healthful lives. Do you refer to the newest diet book? The most recent expert opinion? The most recent research? Advice from friends and family? If I want to make changes, which are the most important? I hope this article helps decipher the basics about diabetes and helps you prioritize making changes you are considering. Remember you are the master at the switch, so choosing to live differently is something only you can do - and this gives you a lot of power!
Diabetes Basics
What is diabetes?
Diabetes, whether type 1 or type 2, is a condition of long term elevations in blood sugar far above the normal level. About 80% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, a condition associated more strongly with lifestyle than type 1. Type 1 diabetes has been historically considered a disease of the young, while type 2 diabetes was thought to be a disease of adults. This is changing now - young people are developing type 2 diabetes at alarming rates and some adults with diabetes are now known to develop some signs of type 1 diabetes.
What causes diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes is less associated with antibodies and is more associated with the development of resistance to insulin.
Diabetes is caused by a combination of factors including genetics and lifestyle. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the body makes antibodies against its own insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Insulin is a hormone required to move sugar from the blood stream and into the body organs and muscles; without insulin blood sugar stays very high.
Type 2 diabetes is less associated with antibodies and is more associated with the development of resistance to insulin. Visualize a locked door with sugar on one side (in your bloodstream), trying to get through (into your cells). Normally you can put a key (insulin) into the lock (insulin receptor) and go right through. But with insulin resistance is it as though someone put chewing gum in the lock! In addition to insulin resistance, a reduction in insulin production and release also occurs in type 2 diabetes. There is still controversy in the medical community regarding which comes first, the chicken or the egg, or in this case insulin resistance or reduced insulin secretion. Regardless the end result is the same: blood sugar that is too high!
What can I do to improve my health with diabetes?
One of the first things I recommend to people with diabetes is to learn about diabetes and understand the condition well. Then focus on all the things you can do at home to improve your health. In the medical literature this is referred to as self-management but I prefer self-care.
Important elements of self-care:
1. Exercise
Why should I exercise?
What if one change would reduce your risk for heart disease, stroke, and cancer, reduce your blood sugar, elevate your mood, improve your self-esteem, make you stronger, and help you feel younger? How much would you pay for it? Sound like a miracle supplement? The supplement is exercise and it can be free.
Everyone with (and without) diabetes should be active and exercise frequently.Exercise is truly a miracle cure. If we go back to the image of the locked door - imagine suddenly new doors without locks emerging on the wall between your blood stream and your cells. This is what happens when you exercise: suddenly your body needs less insulin to move sugar from your blood stream to your tissues.
Everyone with (and without) diabetes should be active and exercise frequently.
All exercise is beneficial, including active work around the house or in the yard, however some people benefit from rigorous aerobic exercise that raises the heart rate. The heart is a muscle and, just like the muscles in your arm, without work the muscle gets lazy. Resistance exercise like strength training is also beneficial and appears to especially improve the way your body lowers blood sugar after you eat.
Tips for activity and exercise
Find activities you enjoy. Spend time to try new classes at local community centers or gyms. Enjoying exercise is critical to staying with it.
Use a personal trainer, physical therapist, exercise physiologist, your doctor, or trained health coach to help design a program that will help you meet your goals- including reducing pain if this is an issue for you- and to keep you on track to reaching your goals.
When you can't get out to exercise, find ways to stay active. Walking a few blocks to work or to the store, standing instead of sitting, take the stairs instead of the elevator, getting up to stretch and move all count toward activity.
Try to get 30 minutes of exercise per day as a starting goal.
Consider starting a walking club, find a weight training partner or checking out local community centers to build community while getting exercise.
Talk to your employer about starting an exercise program at work or allowing time for exercise in the workday. Many companies are starting exercise at work programs because they are paying a fortune for health insurance for their employees. If your company hasn't started a program they are behind the times! In the long run, not having an exercise program will cost them more money!
Incorporate exercise at home between innings or at commercial breaks (if you have to watch TV). How many sit-ups can you do in a two-minute commercial break?
2. Diet
What about my diet?
Almost everyone I meet can improve some element of their diet and the New Year is the perfect time to make these changes! There is so much dietary advice available, but what should you believe? What is a carbohydrate anyway? Is plant fat the same as animal fat? What is the glycemic index and should I care? The "best" diet for someone with diabetes is still an area of intense research and therefore the medical community does the best it can to deliver the best advice while making it easy for people to understand. However, the diet plan that works for one person does not work for everyone.
First let's talk about some basic nutrition:
1. Carbohydrates are one type of basic nutrient. Starchy foods like potatoes, rice and pasta, and also sweet foods like sugar and honey, are high in carbohydrates. Carbs come in two basic varieties: simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates are sugars and refined flours, while complex carbohydrates consist of starches and fiber. Fiber is a special form of carbohydrate because we don't digest fiber and therefore it binds fat and sugar, slowing or blocking absorption of some fat and carbohydrate from our food. Carbohydrates, except the fibers that we cannot digest, are used in our body for energy and are stored in our liver and muscles for times when food becomes scarce.
2. Protein is another basic nutrient. Animal foods like meat, eggs and cheese are high in protein as are beans, nuts and whole grains. Protein is a building block of our muscle tissue and is required for essentially every biologic process in the human body. Our bodies are designed to also get energy from protein, i.e. we use it for fuel when carbohydrates are limited.
3. Fat is the third basic nutrient. Cooking oils, butter, animal fat on meat. and oils in nuts are typical sources of fat in the diet. Fat has more calories per gram than carbohydrates or protein, which is why fats are to be eaten sparingly.
The mistake most people make with weight loss is they go on a diet rather than fundamentally changing the way they eat.
Recently there has been a lot of attention on both low fat and low carbohydrate diets, but which is better? The answer may not be the same for everyone. Low carbohydrate diets can help with weight loss, but because the carbohydrates in the diet tend to get replaced with fat there is concern that over time the high fat diet will cause heart disease and possibly kidney damage. Low fat diets tend to be higher in carbohydrate, and therefore can cause blood sugar to rise. However recent studies suggest a low-fat vegan (no animal products) diet may be superior to conventional diet advice in diabetes. More research is needed.
So what should you do? The mistake most people make with weight loss is they go on a diet rather than fundamentally changing the way they eat. This is why most people regain the weight they lost very quickly once they stop the diet; they have not made lasting changes and the weight quickly returns. So my recommendation is to make lasting changes by doing the following:
Diet Tips
Read labels and eliminate trans or partially hydrogenated oils.
Read labels and eliminate high fructose corn syrup.
Eat 6-8 servings of vegetables and fruit per day.
Learn to prepare whole grains and legumes by buying a Mediterranean diet cookbook or by subscribing to a whole foods cooking magazine (there are a few in print!)
Replace foods in a box with fresh foods purchased in the fresh foods section including the butchery, bakery, produce section, and local markets. Processed foods tend to be higher in salt, fat, and preservatives (can anything that comes in little colored packets really be called food?)
Replace red meat with cold-water fish and lean poultry (i.e. white meat); limit red meat consumption to once every two weeks (start with once a week and then reduce ideally to once a month!)
Replace fried, broiled or oven fried foods with steamed, poached, boiled, or baked foods.
Replace fatty spreads like mayonnaise, butter, and cream cheese with a little olive oil, avocado, or plant-sterol enriched spread.
Eliminate or limit refined sugars like white sugar, brown sugar, and honey
When you buy dairy products, choose low-fat dairy.
Nutrition is not just about food. Nutrition is also about your nourishment- your relationship with food and community. Starting a community potluck or a support group to help make diet changes can be a really helpful way to make diet changes that last - and create new community in the process. Eating is a sensuous experience to be enjoyed and savored with friends and family, adding to the nourishment of your body and your community.
3. Stress Management
What about my stress?
Some of you are probably thinking this article is causing stress because I am suggesting changes that are difficult to consider making and you are not sure when you will find the time. Time is one of the most stress-inducing elements of our day. Along with money, time moves by us quickly often leaving us feeling like we are left behind. So when we approach a stress management plan, it is important to first reflect on the sources of stress in our lives and visualize making active choices to change our situation.
When I am discussing stress reduction with patients, many say they do not have the time. Yet with further questioning they realize they have hidden pockets of time they don't use well. Stress reduction is not necessarily an activity, but a state of mind. For example, commuting to work in the morning can be a time for stress reduction rather than causing stress. Instead of listening to the traffic report and the world news, classical music or inspirational CDs can be listened to instead. Driving can be a time to focus intention on breathing, being present with yourself and your surroundings - if you make it so!
For people with diabetes, making choices to not exercise, not eat well, or not focus on rest and relaxation may reduce more joyful experiences.
Similarly people spend many hours watching television, playing video games and watching movies. I often ask patients to think critically about these activities and ask themselves whether these activities are really what they enjoy in life. In my conversations with friends, colleagues, and patients, I frequently discuss the joy I receive from my community - sharing food, being outside observing nature, spending time with family sharing stories and memories - these experiences are joyful and bring enrichment to life. Does television bring more of these experiences into life or take them away? For people with diabetes, making choices to not exercise, not eat well, or not focus on rest and relaxation may reduce more joyful experiences.
Take a few moments and think about when you are the happiest. Are these times with friends and family? When you are healthy and full of energy? When you share conversation or experiences with new people? When you feel rewarded for hard work you have done? When you have time to dive deeply into a book or into an activity you enjoy? These times are critical for health in life. Spend time in reflection to find moments in life that are filled with joy. Be present with this joy, let it fill you and then begin to think about how you can make active choices to bring more of it into your life!
Tips for easy stress reduction
Be present. Face decisions one by one when you can do something about them. The mental "hamster wheel" will occupy your thoughts and distract you from important decisions at hand. Try to calm it down by asking yourself if you can change the situation at this very moment. If the answer is no, your mental energy is being wasted on a situation out of your control.
Be mindful. Thinking about how your actions and decisions help or hinder those around you can help reduce tensions and ease decision-making.
Be patient. Urgency is a state-of-mind that can be eased by efficiency.
Spend time in Nature. Nature has lessons to teach all of us. This may sound flaky, yet there is a harmony in nature that we can learn from. Nature regenerates and recovers, adapts and blends, suffers and heals. Flow, harmony and beauty abound in the natural world and it is our choice to be a part of it or separate ourselves from it.
Breathe. An old mantra I teach to patients is "The Mind controls the Body, and the Breath controls the Mind". Breath is considered the universal life force in some cultures. Filling your lungs and exhaling deeply helps ease anxiety, internal tension, lowers blood pressure, regulates heart rhythm, and increases mental alertness.
Ask for help. Your friends, family, faith community, and health care team can help you by listening and identifying resources in the community. Sometimes life is hard yet there really is no need to shoulder the whole burden yourself.
4. Self-monitoring of Blood Sugar
Knowledge is power. Self-monitoring of your blood sugars leads to knowledge about how different foods, food combinations, exercise, and stress influence your blood sugar. Frequent monitoring helps identify patterns and then gives you power to make changes to improve your health. Combining self-monitoring with a diary of food choices, stress, and exercise can lead to quicker identification of your patterns!
I recommend three daily checks as a minimum including a first morning fasting, two hours after a large meal and right before bedtime. More frequent checking based on your doctor's recommendations may be necessary especially if you take extra insulin with your meals.
There are elements of our health that we have no control over. Yet in diabetes there are many elements of your health that you control, including your diet, your exercise, your stress management, and your blood sugar monitoring. Altering your diet instead of dieting, identifying and acting on opportunities to be more active, being present in life prioritizing joyful activities, and learning how your choices impact your blood sugar are all achievable steps to bring more wellness into your life, allowing you to bring more wellness into the lives of others. Happy New Year.
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EnvieSunSpa necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 282 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
Need a logo and business cards designed for start up airbrush tanning company. Simple, classy, elegant, sophisticated are all words that will help describe my logo while also being something that is eye catching and memorable. This award is for a logo AND business card design.
Will need design in a vector format, preferably Adobe Illustrator. Also please submit a front and back design of the business card in addition to a black and white version and if possible a letterhead format.
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I need a logo with matching business cards designed. If successful, I may also pay an additional fee as a third party transaction to have you design our brochures.
I'm a 23 year old starting an airbrush tanning company. I'm focusing on trying to contract my services into gyms such as LA Fitness, Bally's, and high end Sports Clubs. Starting in Los Angeles and later branching into Seattle. I need a logo and business card that shows that my service is a HIGH END service. Our solution IS better than most of the solutions out there. If you want a cheap fake tan, go somewhere else because it's NOT Envie Sun Spa.
- Classy, sophisticated, elegant, possibly modern or edgy
- Business cards: prefer to be black background or mostly black with a gold, possibly silver logo. Two sided with nothing but the logo on one side and additional information on the back side. I am open to other ideas though so don't be afraid!
- Logo must look good in gold, silver AND black so please keep this in mind when designing.
- Creativity! I'm open to many ideas right now and will do my best to give feedback as to what styles I like and what styles I don't. Don't be afraid to try something new. If I absolutely don't like a logo I'll let you know so you have the chance to try again.
- All work needs to be done in a vector format, preferably Adobe.
- Cheesy, clip art style logos. If you google things like Planet Sun Tanning, etc that is NOT the style I'm going for. This isn't just another tanning salon, it is an exclusive, custom service.
- Suns are typical of tanning salon logos and I'm not opposed to this but if you use it, please make sure that it doesn't reflect the above note. I'm young but I'm not targeting the young crowd. This is my career, not just another job.
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Barre Fluid (intermediate level)
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Beauty and the Beast's Catherine was given an ultimatum, but it seems she won't stay away from Vincent very long.
At the end of last week's episode, Gabe (Sendhil Ramamurthy) told Cat (Kristin Kreuk) that if their relationship was going to work, she'd have to cut Vincent (Jay Ryan) from her life — even as a friend. But they have an even bigger problem on their hands with Sam (Tom Everett Scott), who's on the hunt to find other people from Gabe's orphanage and inject them with the J.T.'s beast serum.
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I've just arrived back in Melbourne, and I am due back at work tomorrow. I've got Donna's permission to lie low for a few weeks, and the only exercise I plan to do this weekend is some cross-country skiing up at Lake Mountain in Vic. I'll write a Euro wrap-up soon, but for the moment I'm looking forward to having a complete break from the bike.
I could not, however, let this week go past without a mention of The Wager. The night before I left for Australia, all the girls went out for pizza at Della Monte restaurant in Varese, to celebrate the end of the Giro. Della Monte is famous for its 'Ballun' pizzas (see above), and I have attempted 3 times now to finish one off. That night marked my 3rd attempt. I had been confident, after 10 days of racing the Giro, that a Ballun would be no match for me. I may or may not have expressed this confidence to the other girls. I was wrong.
The girls did not let this failure go unnoticed. In fact, I think the whole restaurant heard all about it. To cut a long story short, a gauntlet was thrown down and The Great Ballun Challenge of 2010 was born.
The challenge is thus:
- Madames Kirsty Broun, Amanda Spratt and Carly Light will attend Della Monte Pizza Restaurant at some date before the end of July 2010 (This date has been set as Sunday July 18);
- Each will order and receive one Ballun pizza;
- Each must consume said Ballun wholly, without interference or assistance from each other or any third party. There is no time limit for eating;
- If all 3 girls successfully finish their Ballun, they will receive, from Emma Mackie and myself
- 1x case of beer
- 100 euro
- and will have the pleasure of seeing Mackie and I ride the 2011 road nationals with streamers attached to our handlebars.
- If K.Bru, Spratty and Barky fail to complete their Balluns, it's reversed - i.e Mackie and I get 100E + a case of beer, and they have to put streamers on their bikes at nationals.
The trash-talking has started, and both teams are confident of winning. I have to say, I thought we were pretty safe until I saw that crazy look in Spratty's eyes. Now I'm not so sure. Either way, I'm disappointed to be missing the action - although I'm confident Chief Commissaires Carlee Taylor, Lauren Kitchen and Shara Gillow will oversee proceedings in our absence. It's not about the money, it's not about the beer, it's not even about the pizza... it's all about the streamers.
Stay tuned for results... or just rock up to Buninyong in January and see who's wearing the streamers.
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Prof. Meinhard Doelle, a specialist in international and domestic law relating to climate change, has joined the staff of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre for five months to work on linkages between biodiversity and climate change.
Meinhard is currently the Associate Director of the Marine and Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, in Canada and a member of the IUCN CEL Specialist Group on Energy. During his stay in Bonn from January to May, 2008, he will collaborate with the ELC in developing a project involving research on linkages between the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements. A project on law and policy approaches to offshore renewable energies such as offshore wind, tidal and wave energy is also underway.


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You will be transferred from Split's airport or your Split hotel to harbour, where embarkation begins at 13:00h.
Get settled in your cabin before attending a welcome reception followed by dinner this evening.
Meals on board: dinner.
Day 2: SPLIT – KRKA NATIONAL PARK – SIBENIK, Sunday
Depart from Split early in the morning towards Šibenik. After lunch disembark in Sibenik and take the bus to visit Krka National Park. It's magnificent waterfalls, including the famous waterfall Skradinski Buk, are one of Croatia's most famous sights. After the sightseeing tour, we will return to Šibenik, a city of exceptional history and rich cultural heritage. Set out on a walking tour of Šibenik historical center and visit one of the most beautiful Renaissance Cathedrals of the Adriatic. Your night is at leisure in town.
Meals on board: Breakfast and lunch
Day 3: SIBENIK –GALESNJAK – ZADAR, Monday
Leaving Sibenik early in the morning we set sail for Galesnjak, a typical small Dalmatian island, where you can enjoy a swim stop in one of secluded bays. Enjoy lunch while we cruise into Zadar harbour in the afternoon. Set out on a walking tour of Zadar historical center and admire the old walls and Port Gate built in 16th century. Visit the Square of the Five Wells, the Church of St. Donat, the Roman Forum and the largest Cathedral in Dalmatia, St. Anastasia.
If there is a breeze, start at the sea organ, an amazing art installation. Overnight in Zadar.
Meals on board: Breakfast and lunch
Day 4: ZADAR- SALI (Fish tasting)- KORNATI NATIONAL PARK - PRIMOSTEN, Tuesday
( Morning departure for Sali, a place of a thousand-years-old fishing tradition. Enjoy a visit to one of the farming locations, which are chosen for their exceptional sea purity and quality which is a basic precondition for quality fish farming.
Learn about this fishing farm and enjoy a delicious fish tasting. We set sail for the National Park Kornati, comprised of 89 unforgettable islands, islets and reefs. The Kornati National Park is often mentioned as a "nautical paradise" and a rich marine eco-system. Afterwards we continue to Primošten built on a hill and dominated by the parish Church of St. George which was built in 1485. Your evening is at leisure in town.
Meals on board: Breakfast, lunch and tasting
Day 5: PRIMOSTEN –BISEVO (BLUE CAVE) – VIS, Wednesday
We will have an early morning cruise towards small island of Bisevo to visit the Blue cave, a magnificent natural phenomenon. As sometimes weather conditions can be very unpredictable, the possibility of our visit will depend on those conditions, however you will be notified of this on time.
Leaving Bisevo we will have an early morning cruise towards the island of Vis, once a strategic naval Yugoslav base and closed to the public. Due to this isolation, Vis has a special charm – "the Mediterranean as it once was" making it really interesting to visit.
Upon arrival in town of Vis join the walking tour to visit the remains of the Roman thermal place and views of the beautiful Villae Rusticae situated along the waterfront. Tonight, enjoy Captain's dinner onboard.
Meals on board: Breakfast, lunch and Captain`s dinner
Day 6: VIS - HVAR – BOL, Thursday
Enjoy a relaxing cruise as we sail towards the island of Hvar, with swim stop in one of the secluded bays. Hvar is a favourite holiday destination for international celebrities, but it's also a charming seaside town with 8 centuries of architecture waiting to be explored. On a walking tour visit the old town with the picturesque little streets and the first public theatre in Europe. We will continue towards our final island destination - the island of Bra? where swimming is planned at the most famous beach in Dalmatia – Zlatni Rat near Bol – whose pebbles shifts from side to side as the wind and waves constantly change in shape. The island of Bra? is famous for its native Mediterranean pine trees and beautiful secluded bays. You'll spend your afternoon swimming and relaxing, with the evening reserved to experience a local restaurant.
Meals on board: Breakfast and lunch
Day 7: BOL – SPLIT, Friday (
Embrace your last morning cruising the Dalmatian coast as we make our way back to Split. Enjoy your final swim stop in one of Brac island`s secluded bays and then have a lunch while we cruise into Split harbour in the afternoon. This UNESCO World Heritage city bases the city centre in and around the stunning Diocletian's Palace, the Roman emperor Diocletian's retirement palace from 295-305 AD. Stroll through the palace basement filled with market stalls and outside experience the historical architecture of this beautiful palace. See the remnants of Split`s Roman heritage, it`s Renaissance and Gothic structures, Jupiter`s temple, the Peristyle and many other unique sites. Overnight in Split.
Meals on board: Breakfast and lunch
Day 8: SPLIT, Saturday
Disembark after breakfast. You will be transferred to Split airport or your Split hotel.
Cruise Rates per person based on double-occupancy.
|Public fares
|Bonus fares
|Lower Deck
|Main Deck
|Upper Deck
Additional charges
|Charge type
|Single supplement - Upper Deck
|3rd pax reduction
|Single supplement - Lower Deck
|Single supplement - Main Deck
Other notices
• Accommodation in a chosen cabin category on 7 night /8 day cruise with ship's facilities at your disposal
• Breakfast daily, welcome dinner and 6 lunches (4 course menu)
• Captain`s dinner
• Water 0.5l bottle per person per day
• Daily fresh fruit served in the main lounge
• Service of 6 crew members including a cruise manager
• Usage of the ship's equipment
• Whisper technology enhanced touring
• Free Wi-Fi on board
• Luggage handling
• City tours at Krka National Park, Sibenik, Zadar, Kornati National Park,Vis, Hvar and Split
• Fish tasting in Sali included in price
• Drinks/ beverages from the ship's bar
• Pre/post cruise accommodation ( organized on request )
• Entry fee to Blue Cave, €15,00 per person payable on the spot
• Taxes and fees, € 35,00 per person to be paid on board in cash
• Tips or any other items of personal nature
Every effort will be made to adhere to the scheduled itinerary ; however, due to the schedule changes beyond organizer's control, we reserve the right, without prior notice, to change routing or alter shore excursions.
* DELECTA Ltd.reserves the right to change the vessel provider in case of the contracted services are not supplied according to the previously agreed standards.
Bookings are on request and need to be confirmed.
30 % reservation deposit per person based on the total cost of the cruise should be paid within 7 days from our written confirmation.
Deposit is non refundable.
In some ports of call the ship may be moored sideways to other boats. Passengers would need to walk through another boat to reach pier. Assistance will be provided to the passengers with walking difficulties.
All the swim breaks are weather permitting.
Final payment is due 50 days prior to departure.
* up to 50 days prior to the cruise commencement - loss of deposit
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Re (tilly) 2: Frivolous function namesby tilly (Archbishop)
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I think that expectations are strongly shaped by what we have around us.
I have dealt with a lot of code with get methods that issue no complaint if you try to get what isn't there. None of it will autocreate just to succeed. So for me a get method that creates is very surprising.
As for which is stronger, well the fantasy connection is one reason I think in terms of summoning being stronger. The next image that comes to mind is comparing getting a person, when that person can just say, "Sorry, I'm busy" versus issuing a legal summons where if you don't show up, you can go to jail.
But still, if your expectations are opposite, the name is unclear. I should therefore change it... *sigh*
As for your class, I would have named it something like WaitingFor (or with the captitalization I use, waiting_for). But then again naming things is my least favorite part of programming...
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Massage can provide us with a means to counteract the relentless surge of work and domestic pressures. For all too many of us, stiffness and pain are a way of life to which we have become habituated, and it is often not until we receive massage that we realize that our muscles are tight, or come to see how much of our energy is consumed by tension.
Massage can be voyage of self-discovery, revealing how it feels to be more relaxed and in tune with ourselves, to experience the pleasure of body that can breathe, stand and move freely.
Most people feel refreshed and relaxed after a massage. Occasionally, some people experience post massage soreness the day after their massage. This is nothing to worry about. Most people feel a great reduction of their original muscle tightness and pain after the delayed soreness resolves itself.
There are several theories, none of them yet have universal support, about the exact physiological cause of this delayed onset muscle soreness. More research must be conducted before the exact cause mechanisms can be determined. What is commonly believed in relation to massage is that this soreness is a sign that tight muscles were stretched and realigned, adhesion and scar tissue were broken apart so new tissue could form and lay down correctly, or even simply that deep pressure was applied to an injured muscle to release tissue. The above procedures all help your muscles to relax and heal. However, it is these forceful actions to your muscles that can cause soreness the next day. This delayed onset muscle soreness is not unlike what a person experiences after intense exercise.
An old theory suggests that excess lactic acid in the muscle is the cause of this soreness. However, studies conducted by exercise physiologist, Dr. George A. Brooks, have concluded "lactic acid does not cause muscle soreness, fatigue or the "burn" of intense exercise." Nor does it cause post massage soreness. While excess lactic acid is typically present in sore muscles, it is not the cause of the soreness itself.
Any time muscle tenderness occurs, place ½ cup of Epsom salt in hot bath water. Soak for 20 minutes and follow with a cool shower. This soak/bath is contraindicated for anyone with cardiovascular problems, or any other conditions that might respond negatively to forms of heat therapy.
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Over the past 30 years, business has been pushing labor for concessions on wages and workplace flexibility. While wages stagnated and benefits were reduced, profits as a share of GDP rose to an all-time high. This is no doubt the reason why, despite a sluggish economic recovery, major Wall Street indices have been setting records. However, impending immigration reform may be the first step toward reversing this trend.
Power Balance
The history of capitalism has been characterized by a constant tug-of-war between labor and employers. It has not been a zero-sum game; business thrives when labor is cheap and flexible, but demand also increases when workers can buy more. Nevertheless, at any time there have always been losers along with winners.
When modern capitalism first emerged in Europe and North America early in the 19th century, employers enjoyed a decisive advantage. They could pay subsistence wages, set arbitrarily long hours and routinely use child labor. Safety and other workplace rules barely existed, nor were there any fringe benefits, even though some paternalistic bosses, of their own free will, provided housing, healthcare, education and even pensions to their workers.
The second half of the 19th century was marked by political and economic strife as workers demanded better conditions and higher wages. By the start of the 20th century the balance of power began to shift away from employers and toward labor. While there were various theories why this was so—the threat of leftist ideologies, the spread of representative democracy and the rise of trade unions—the more likely explanation was the changing relationship between supply and demand for labor. The rapid pace of industrialization and the emergence of large, labor-intensive industrial plants operated by tens of thousands of workers created huge demand for labor. Immigration and migration from countryside to cities could no longer satisfy this demand adequately, especially since urbanization also reduced fertility rates.
The first decades after the end of World War II were the high point for labor. The workforce became heavily unionized and blue-collar wages, both union and not, afforded single-breadwinner households middle-class lifestyles, complete with private homes and luxuries, such as several private cars. Not only did a 35-40 hour workweek become the norm, but employers paid for a variety of generous, and costly, benefits.
While it is true that more opulent workers provided higher demand for goods and services produced by companies, labor markets of the 1960s and 1970s became inflexible and cut into corporate profits. Profits before taxes as a share of GDP fell in the early 1950s and stayed low until the early 1980s, bottoming at around 6%.
However, the underlying supply and demand relationship in the labor market began to shift again around 1980. Technology enabled more production to move overseas, such that American workers were forced to compete head-on with much less costly and more flexible labor in poorer countries. This, plus growing illegal immigration in the century's final decades, shifted power to employers and put downward pressure on wages.
Battered Labor
Consensus estimates put the number of undocumented aliens in the United States at 10-12 million. A higher proportion of them are in the workforce compared to overall population, which means that there are some 7-8 million illegal workers. They make up a solid 5% of the workforce, but their impact on wages and workplace flexibility is even greater than their numbers suggest. Illegal immigrants take less prestigious jobs—such as working in a slaughterhouse, bussing tables at restaurants or cleaning houses. To attract legal employees to such vital occupations, wages would have had to go up, setting off a chain reaction of higher wages across the boards, higher prices and lower profits.
The economic crisis of 2008-09 has had a pivotal aftermath for labor. The economy has recovered relatively quickly, and by most important measures—including GDP, personal incomes, consumer spending and stock prices—pre-crisis peaks have been surpassed. But that's not so in labor markets. Employment has lagged far behind the rest of the economy.
Moreover, the headline unemployment rate, which fell to 7.5% in April, grossly understates the problem. The ratio of employment to population, which averaged at over 63% over the past 20 years, has declined to 58.5%. The number of long-term unemployed, those out of work for 27 weeks or more, remains at around 4.5 million, or more than a third of all unemployed. Underemployment, the so-called U6 rate, comprised of workers who would like to work more hours but can't, is at around 14%.
Underemployment may even be getting worse. In April, while the U.S. economy created 165,000 new jobs, hours worked were cut by 0.4%. It may have been a statistical glitch, but it fits a longer-term pattern, which has been exacerbated by the impending introduction of Obamacare at the start of 2014. Employers not only remain reluctant to hire new employees, but are shifting their existing workforces to a part-time basis. This allows them to avoid providing health insurance, pensions and other benefits. At the same time, the seemingly inexhaustible pool of unemployed or underemployed workers affords businesses plenty of flexibility to use their workforces more creatively.
All of a sudden, American workers are playing the same role in the labor market as undocumented aliens. They are working irregular shifts for relatively little pay and no benefits. It may not have been good for working families, but the corporate sector has prospered. Profits as a share of GDP have been around 12%, an all-time high and double what they were back in the early 1980s.
Meanwhile, illegal immigration may be on its last legs. Since 2008, the number of people crossing the U.S. border illegally has fallen sharply, as have remittances to Mexico from Mexicans working in the U.S. The crisis in the construction industry in California, Arizona, Nevada and elsewhere has undoubtedly played a role, as has a recent economic upswing in Mexico, but U.S. government policies should not be discounted as well. Border patrols have been beefed up, deportations have increased sharply and enforcement against businesses employing illegal aliens has tightened.
These measures have been implemented as an immigration reform bill makes its way through Congress. Whatever its final shape, immigration reform will disrupt the status quo in the labor market. Some—or even most—illegal aliens may be forced to return to their native countries, at last for a brief time period and maybe for much longer.
Meanwhile, the U.S. labor force is shrinking. The percentage of Americans in the workforce has fallen since the economic crisis and, while the population continues to grow, the number of people willing to work has been stagnant. The situation is much worse among younger workers, both the 25-to-34 and under-25 age groups. Their official jobless rate is more than twice the national average and, worse, their workforce participation has shrunk dramatically over the past five years. It is a classic "lost generation," a large proportion of whom could become unemployable over the longer term.
Business Impact
These trends suggest a possible labor shortage in the U.S. in coming years, especially if the economy gathers steam. Labor shortages can develop quickly; one did, albeit briefly, during the tech boom in the second half of the 1990s. Employers will then start to compete for workers, bidding up wages and giving up much of the flexibility at the workplace they have acquired in recent years. And, unlike previous periods of full employment, there may not be the safety valve of illegal immigration to take pressure off employers.
From the point of view of the stock market, it should be kept in mind that profits as a share of GDP dropped sharply in 1997-1999, the worst years of the labor shortage, even though the U.S. economy was growing strongly at the time.


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Kim Kardashian is turning up her nose at a report she recently stunk up a flight by bringing some foul-smelling food on-board the airplane.
A recent story by the National Enquirer claimed the reality starlet recently hopped on a flight at LAX with a "giant burrito that smelled more like a giant burro," causing passengers to gag.
However, this is one tabloid report Kim isn't willing to stomach.
"This is by far the funniest story I've ever read!" she wrote on her blog on Thursday. "First of all, I absolutely hate burritos! Secondly, I have never brought Mexican food on a plane. This never happened."
The article even went so far as to quote Kim as apologizing to her fellow passengers for the stench.
"I'm so sorry… it's my burrito! I was starving and had to have something to eat. But you're right, it smells terrible," the Enquirer quoted her as saying on the flight.
Not so, says Kim.
"These quotes made me laugh so much… This is just hysterical," Kim continued on her blog, shooting down the report. "It baffles me that someone actually came up with this, quotes and all.
"Gave me a good laugh, so thanks," she concluded.
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All day October baseball! At 12:07, the A's—who took a punch from the Tigers in chilly Detroit last night—have a chance to even the series. At 3:07, the Nationals get their first look at the postseason since the franchise was—holy shit, since 1981? Woah. 6:07, Orioles-Yankees, in what's sure to be a pleasant affair, with fans of both teams staying respectful and magnanimous. Last on the docket is Reds against the Giants: The Reds hopes to get more than one batter out of Bronson Arroyo, the Giants hope not to lose their second straight at home. Work through your anxieties with group discussion, and we'll link back so no one forgets where we're yakking.
Make note, in case you plan on marathon-watching these games—the weather report for the Bronx says "rain early" tonight. Maybe get something to eat around 6 p.m. [CORRECTION: Commenter "rspigler" accurately notes the Yankees-Orioles tilt will take place in Baltimore, not the Bronx. The weather in Baltimore? Rain in the early evening.]


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Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (DVD)
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The Cylons began as humanity's robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destory the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attacks leaves humans survivors, the Cylons have to improvise. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan tells the story of two powerful Cylon leaders, working separately, and their determination to finish the task.
Product Details
- Starring: Edward James Olmos, Dean Stockwell, Tricia Helfer, Callum Keith Rennie, Kate Vernon, Grace Park, Michael Hogan
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Universal Studios
- Run Time: 112 minutes
- Catalogue #: 61107967
Special Features
- Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes: From Admiral to Director: Edward James Olmos and The Plan, The Cylons of The Plan and The Cylon Attack
- Visual Effects: The Magic Behind The Plan
- Commentary with Director/Actor Edward James Olmos and Executive Producer/Writer Jane Espenson
- Deleted Scenes
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Continuing their series of Project Cosplay videos, Firefall developers Red 5 present this short film documenting the process by which "professional" cosplayer Crystal Graziano (note: sponsored by Red 5) transformed herself from regular human into Commander Shepard.
It's a really interesting video; you normally only see cosplay at the very end of the process, but learning what goes into building an outfit, how the materials are chosen and cast, etc, is great.
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Is the future of college online?
We shop, bank and make friends online, so why not go to college online too? The University of Phoenix has been offering online bachelor's degrees for years at a steep price, but now some of the big-name schools, including Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are offering their classes online for free.
How will online universities change the way we learn, and can we really expect them to replace a traditional college experience?
Kanyi Maqubela, Collaborative Fund entrepreneur in residence, will join The Daily Circuit to discuss the future of online learning.
"There is research that suggests that in-person learning is more effective and I'm not sure what to think about that," he said. "The truth is that the research done on online learning happened when Gmail was in its infancy... The world is changing and our resources are going to have to adapt to that. Our culture is being led by our technology for the first time in a while."
Andrew Ng , computer science professor at Stanford and co-founder of Coursera, will also join the discussion. Coursera is offering the free classes online.
More from Newsweek:
"Coursera grew out of an experiment Ng and [Daphne] Koller carried out last fall, when each made a class available at no cost online. Ng's class in machine learning drew more than 100,000 enrolled students, 13,000 of whom completed the course. The huge interest convinced Ng and Koller they were onto something. Others agreed, including two of the best venture-capital firms in the valley, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and New Enterprise Associates, which have invested $16 million combined in Coursera.
Coursera doesn't pay its professors, and it has yet to dream up a way to generate revenue, though as Ng says, 'If you're changing the lives of millions of people, there will be a way to make money from that at some point.' One possibility involves charging companies for helping them find qualified job applicants.