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Now that the holidays are over, another season has arrived. It's time for children to put pen to paper and scratch out thank you letters — all under the watchful eye of their parents.
In a recent piece for The Guardian, Peter Ormerod argues that it's time to do away with that ritual. He writes that thank you letters "represent arguably the first instance in our lives when insincerity is officially sanctioned, which is particularly sad given that the best thing about children is their honesty."
He tells NPR's Arun Rath that he's not at all against gratitude. His argument has more to do with the spirit of the thing. "It's really because gratitude is so important to me. I don't, however, think that forcing children to write what's often quite formulaic letters — I don't think that's necessarily the best way of helping children develop gratitude."
Instead, he thinks the emphasis should be on getting kids to feel and experience gratitude, rather than just make a show of it. And once they feel it, he says, they can express it in fun or creative ways, "ways that feel much less like a chore." That could involve drawing pictures, taking photos or baking. Ormerod says he's even written songs for people.
Another common argument for the thank-you letter is that it's one of the last ways for children to stay connected to the physical world — actually putting pen to paper and letter into mailbox. Ormerod says, "There is something nice about that and, of course, if the children really want to write letters and put their heart into them that's fine."
But he says that wasn't the case when he was growing up.
"It was something sort of tacked on after Christmas or after birthdays and it was 'Oh no, I've got to do that,' " Ormerod recalls, while noting that he doesn't blame his parents for doing what they'd been brought up to do. "I don't think I really appreciated that people had taken the time to think of me and to buy something for me."
A lot of the commenters on his piece in The Guardian shared similar stories of childhood thank-you-letter dread. But some of the most fascinating comments for Ormerod came from older people who say they've actually told family members not to send thank-you notes because they know they're annoying to write. They assume, those commenters say, that their family members are appreciative.
Ormerod does acknowledge that, for now, he's arguing from the perspective of a former child: He's not a parent. "Perhaps I'd feel a bit differently," he says. "I can appreciate there may well be some parental peer pressure. So I hold up my hands if I turn out to be a massive hypocrite on this one."
Now that the holidays are over, another season has arrived. 'Tis the time for children to put pen to paper and scratch out thank you letters under the watchful eye of their parents. In a recent piece for The Guardian, Peter Ormerod writes that it's time to do away with that tradition. Peter Ormerod joins me from his home in Leamington Spa, England. Welcome to the program.
PETER ORMEROD: Thank you very much, Arun.
RATH: So first give us your bid here. Why do you think parents should stop making their kids do this?
ORMEROD: It's really because gratitude is so important to me. I don't however think that forcing children to write what are often quite formulaic letters - I don't think that that's necessarily the best way of helping children develop gratitude.
RATH: Peter, I'm a parent, and it's going to be obvious where I stand on this. I think formulas are bad, but I think it's good to make kids express gratitude.
ORMEROD: I see where you're coming from. I think it's better to get kids to feel gratitude and experience gratitude rather more first. And that can be expressed in a fun way and in a creative way I think. So it could involve something like, you know, drawing pictures. It could involve taking photos. It could involve baking cakes. They could even write little songs for people. I've done that for a couple of people - ways that feel much less like a chore.
RATH: OK, so we agree that you should do something at least.
ORMEROD: Yeah.
RATH: Here's another argument though I'd make for the written note and that's that, you know, my wife and I were talking about this, so much these days is electronic. This is maybe the last thing where kids are actually involved in writing things out by hand and sending them in the mail. There's something nice about that old-school quality.
ORMEROD: There is. There is something nice about that, and, of course, if your children really want to write letters and put their heart into, then that's fine. However, in my experience and evidently in the experience of quite a few people who read my piece in The Guardian, that isn't how you feel when you're writing them.
RATH: So it sounds like you have some unpleasant memories about being compelled to write letters like this when you were a kid.
ORMEROD: Yeah, I have. I mean, I don't really want to blame my parents, because it wasn't their fault. It was what they were brought up doing. But it was something sort of tacked on after Christmas or after birthdays, and it was always oh, now I've got to do that. I don't think that I really appreciated that people had taken the time to think of me and to buy something for me.
RATH: Yeah, but that note meant so much to Auntie Beryl (ph).
ORMEROD: Perhaps so, but the other things might well have meant a lot to Auntie Beryl, too. And actually, one of the fascinating things reading the comments under my Guardian piece - the number of older people, actually, who say, you know, I've actually told my nieces and nephews and grandchildren not to send me thank you letters, because I know that it's a bit of a slog to do them, and I take their appreciation and their gratitude for granted.
RATH: Before I let you go, I've got to ask you, do you have any kids of your own yet?
ORMEROD: I'm afraid I haven't. No, I haven't. And perhaps I'd feel a bit differently. I can appreciate there may well be some parental peer pressure, so I hold it in my hands if I turn out to be a massive hypocrite on this one.
RATH: Journalist Peter Ormerod contributes to The Guardian. Peter, it was great talking with you. You can leave now.
ORMEROD: Thank you, Arun.
RATH: No, I'm just kidding. Thank you. Thank you. That was rude. Great talking with you.
ORMEROD: (Laughter) Good talking with you as well, Arun. Thank you very much.
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- Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:43 am
- Forum: General management
- Topic: Some really bad advice.
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Some really bad advice.
Hi all, It's been a very long time since I have visited this forum, and even longer since I've posted. But a lot of you are going to be seeing a piece of very bad advice in your e-mail in box soon if you haven't already, and I wanted to counter it. Just got the latest e-mail from Premier1 Supplies. ...
- Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:16 pm
- Forum: General management
- Topic: Grazing Question
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Re: Grazing Question
With that restriction, I would guess you're going to be doing some mowing. I'd still make the paddocks as small as you can and move them daily or every other day at the most to keep them on a good plane of nutrition and to provide the best recovery period.
- Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:13 am
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Re: Grazing Question
Oh, and I agree that moving the back fence more often than once a week is crucial, no matter how frequently you're moving them forward. Three days is a good practice, and five days is the outside maximum. You don't want them grazing anything that's trying to regrow.
- Sun Jul 10, 2016 6:37 am
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Re: Grazing Question
Here are some things to try. Tiny paddocks, twice a day moves. This ensures a relatively constant plane of nutrition, and gets the sheep excited about eating what's in front of them. Trying to get sheep to grind through mature pastures by keeping them in one place for a long time a.) doesn't really ...
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:23 am
- Forum: Stock For Sale or Wanted
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Re: Awassi genetics available in USA
Carolyn Davidson of Towri Sheep Cheeses has asked me to post this: Please note; Towri Sheep Cheeses, crossed our original East Fresian Ewes with our Awassi Rams to stop the horrific sun cancer rate of our East Fresians, not the other way round as Mr Larry M. has declared. Towri is situated in the hu...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 2:55 pm
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Re: Selling Lambs around X-Mas Time
Around here if you want animals slaughtered between September and January, you need to have booked your appointments by late April or early May. That means I'm often booking slaughter dates for animals that haven't been born yet. Sometimes if you have one or two, they can slip you in here or there, ...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 4:31 pm
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- Topic: Selling Lambs around X-Mas Time
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Re: Selling Lambs around X-Mas Time
Be thankful you can get a butcher appointment that quickly. One of our shops is already booked for the fall of 2016.
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:29 am
- Forum: Resources
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Re: Farm flock P&L spreadsheet
Hi Linda, The spreadsheet that was linked to at the top of this thread is pretty much a disaster. People have monkeyed around with the formulae rather than just putting in their own numbers, so it no longer works correctly. If you want to e-mail me, I will send you a link to a version of the sheet t...
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- Forum: Breeding and lambing
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Re: using teaser rams
The economic benefits of teasers come in a couple of different situations. First, if you're trying to bring ewes into heat early or late in the breeding season (August or February breeding, for instance). The second is if you want to concentrate your lambing dates to as short a time as possible. Thi...
- Tue Aug 25, 2015 7:20 am
- Forum: Tools of the trade
- Topic: Sheep Handling System
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Re: Sheep Handling System
The advantage of a guillotine gate is that you can operate it from the back of the race, which tends to keep the flow a little more even.
- Thu Aug 20, 2015 4:24 am
- Forum: Tools of the trade
- Topic: Creeping-rooted alfalfa
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Re: Creeping-rooted alfalfa
I have it going strong as part of a pasture mix seven years after seeding. But it's the taproot type. I also let it set seed at least once a year because of the length of my recovery periods so some of the longevity may be self-seeding.
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 5:14 pm
- Forum: Breeding and lambing
- Topic: Late weaning
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Re: Late weaning
When I was weaning on pasture, I usually tried to leave the lambs on the field where they had been with their mothers, and truck or trail the ewes off to poorer quality pasture. Sometimes I would need to move both groups to new locations, but the ewes were always moved to mature or low-quality pastu...
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:55 am
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- Topic: Transporting Lambs
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Re: Transporting Lambs
It's fine if you get paid for it. People have gotten used to "free" shipping on stuff they buy on the internet, so I was suggesting that you do what internet retailers do: increase the price and make shipping free.
- Sat Jun 06, 2015 5:00 am
- Forum: Markets and marketing
- Topic: Transporting Lambs
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Re: Transporting Lambs
You'd be losing money to do it for that price. Raise the price of the lambs by $1,000 and offer free shipping within a 100 mile radius if someone buys the whole group.
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:19 am
- Forum: Tools of the trade
- Topic: Grass seader/fertilizer speader
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Re: Grass seader/fertilizer speader
One tip, since you mentioned fertilizer: get one with a poly hopper. Metal will corrode with exposure to fertilizer.


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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A sheriff's deputy who was videotaped shooting an unarmed Iraq War veteran after a car chase will be charged with attempted voluntary manslaughter, authorities said Tuesday.
The decision to charge Deputy Ivory J. Webb, 45, was announced by San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos.
Sheriff Gary Penrod said Webb will remain on paid administrative leave during the investigation into the shooting of Air Force Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21.
It is the first time the county's prosecutors have filed charges against a lawman for an on-duty shooting.
"I respect the decision of the district attorney's office," Penrod said.
Carrion, an Air Force security officer just back from Iraq, was a passenger in a Corvette that police chased at high speed on the night of Jan. 29 until the Corvette crashed into a wall in Chino, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles.
A grainy videotape shot by a bystander showed Carrion on the ground next to the car with Webb standing and pointing at gun at him.
A voice appears to order Carrion to rise, but when the airman appears to begin complying, the deputy shoots him three times.
Carrion was shot in the chest, shoulder and thigh and was hospitalized for several days.
Authorities found no weapons on Carrion or the driver.
The FBI is investigating possible civil rights violations. The sheriff's department conducted its own probe and gave the results to the district attorney's office.
At the time, the sheriff said the videotape "arouses a lot of suspicion," but he pointed out that it is fuzzy and contains gaps.
Ramos assigned two top attorneys to review the shooting and requested an FBI enhancement of the videotape.
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Storytime with Peter Rabbit
Thu 8 Aug 2019
Visit the exhibition 'Peter Rabbit: Mischief and Mayhem' in the gallery. (there is a small entry fee of £3 per person, under 2s free).
Then join the library crew for a fun storytelling session with Librarian Cath Allan. Cath will take us on an adventure with Peter Rabbit and others too!
Storytime from 12 noon - 1pm.
Storytime is free. No need to book. Just enjoy! Why not dress up as your own Beatrix Potter character too?
Then you move onto the film screening of 'Peter Rabbit' 1 - 3pm - £3 inadvance, £5 on the day.


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As Thailand mourns the death of King Bhumibol, the ninth king of his line, the ruling junta has announced that the crown prince will eventually be enthroned as Rama X. However, it also announced that there will be a transitional period in which the monarchy is run by a regent, rather than the crown prince. The junta has announced that the regent will be 96-year-old former prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda, the head of the former king's council and an archroyalist.
Although the news of the appointment of a regent surprised many Thailand observers, including myself, it should not be shocking that the person chosen was Prem. Prem's time as prime minister is viewed by many Thais as a successful one, since he oversaw high economic growth, was believed to be personally free of corruption, and appointed capable technocrats to head up many ministries. Not a few Bangkok elites yearn to return Thailand to Prem-style rule, in which military and political elites manage the country, allowing a veneer of free elections but keeping most important ministries in the hands of unelected actors. But Prem is also widely disliked by many rural Thais, who view him as committed to maintaining Bangkok's iron grip over the country, even if that means subverting democracy. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, popular among rural Thais, has repeatedly made oblique allegations that Prem played a central role in the 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin's government.
What's more, the period of waiting for a new king, and the prospect of Prem as regent, suggests that there are deep divides within the palace and the military establishment about the next king. Having Prem serve as regent would allow Thais to accept the new king, who is not beloved, and might also allow the military to solidify its control over the next monarch. For a more extensive discussion of the royal succession, and the forces that led up to it, see one of my previous posts, a review of journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall's important book on the Thai monarchy.
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The best walking trousers provide a winning combination of breathable and/or weatherproof tech, comfort and flexibility. Together, they ensure that your legs as protected as possible when out walking, hiking or trekking.
You'll find the best men's and women's hiking trouser designs enable you to handle a variety of outdoor terrain without worrying about the damage to your clothing or the discomfort – for instance, soggy jean legs – that can add a literal dampener to your outdoor pursuits. Pair them with some wellies and your covered from mucky strolls in the country, too.
One of our favourite walking trousers even converts into walking shorts. This is good news for anyone who has a small budget (or wardrobe) yet wants to own a quality pair of hiking trousers and durable outdoors shorts. It also means one item of clothing will take you from spring/summer to autumn/winter without skipping a beat.
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- While any quick-drying walking trouser will let you explore the outdoors safely, there are times when bad weather rolls in, or the sun really starts beating down. During those kinds of scenarios, you'll be glad you've got proper clothing on.
- When it comes to the best walking trousers, the Arc'teryx Creston AR Pant is an excellent autumn/winter choice that'll play nice in the summer months too. With a technical cut but everyday utility, these laugh in the face of UK weather as well as having a pocket for your car keys.
What are the different types of walking trousers?
Also known as trekking trousers, this type of active clothing can be split into sub-categories depending on the fabric they're made from, the fit and the features.
Softshell walking trousers, for example, are commonly made from synthetic fabrics. They're often windproof and rain-resistant, but not fully waterproof. You can buy them with a mesh or fleece lining, and wear them over base layer leggings in winter. People tend to wear softshell trousers during winter walking and hiking.
You can also buy hardshell walking trousers, which are hard-wearing and breathable, providing impressive protection from wind, rain and rough and tumble. These tend to be worn during winter, or in environments when you're susceptible to harsh weather and need a sturdy extra outer layer over your base layers.
The best hikinh trousers are usually made from blended fabrics, and are suited to pursuits such as backpacking, hiking, trekking and robust outdoor walking where you'll be encountering varying terrain and surroundings.
Common materials here include polyester or polyamide and cotton, which are used to construct trousers that are tough yet feel soft against the skin. You can buy walking trousers that are resistant to thorns, brambles and even mosquito bites, while any with a wax coating put in a good water-repellent performance.
Due to their lightweight design, walking trousers can be rolled up and stashed neatly away in backpacks, making them the ideal choice of lightweight clothing for backpacking holidays, hiking trips and general adventuring.
Choosing the best walking trousers for you
From walking trousers with zip off legs that convert longs to shorts in seconds, through to multi-pocket trousers that have a space for every outdoor gadget, this activewear hero is a game changer when it comes to trekking.
When browsing our list below, consider what weather and terrain you want to wear your trousers in. Also, think about how you want them to fit and how important style is to you, as well as how many pockets you need. For example, are you hoping a wealth of pockets will suffice in place of a backpack?
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There's also the question of breathability. Highly breathable hiking trousers are great for keeping you cool when trekking in hot weather or for long periods, but this isn't always necessary. We mention this feature in particular because it can increase the cost of trousers, so you might be spending more than you need to.
Fit and style are down to personal preference, but the majority of walking trousers are styled on the looser side—when striding in the wilds or clambering up hills, you want to feel as comfortable as possible. And remember, you can tighten up the belt fastening on your trousers, but you can't magically make them bigger.
Below we've rounded up the best walking trousers for men and for women, based on durability, performance and their ability to help you feel comfortable in the great outdoors.
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The best walking trousers to buy right now
1. Arc'teryx Creston AR Walking Trousers
The best walking trousers for cooler months
Reasons to buy
For the cooler months it's important to have genuine all-rounder clothing, that'll deal with the more challenging weather. The Creston AR Pant is a great example of fast-drying, breathable and relatively weather-resistant material, brushed on the inside for comfort and extra warmth.
An understated but ingeniously cut style (articulated knees and stretch gusset are present, but invisible) mean that your movement is not restricted on the hill too. Finally, a good range of storage is present, importantly a zippered thigh pocket that's essential when wearing a rucksack, as waist pockets are sometimes hard to access due to the hipbelt.
The understated design but premium finish will serve you well for years to come, wherever and whenever you need them to. In short, these are well worth the investment.
2. Salomon Wayfarer Walking Trousers
The best casual trekking trousers
Reasons to buy
The Salomon Wayfarers are hard to not recommend. A tapered leg minimises material around the ankle - a godsend if you're wearing crampons or cycling - as well as reducing the ability of the trousers to snag on passing rocks/branches. This minimalism extends to flattened seams throughout, as well as neat touches like reflective highlights that add safety without a weight penalty.
The four-way stretch fabric will flex rather than tear in most rough-and-tumble situations, as well as being pretty windproof, while a DWR coating will shrug off light rain and damp in general. In short, the Salomon Wayfarers may not be technical trousers, but they'll do a fine job in most outdoor situations without breaking the bank.
3. Montane Ineo Pro Women's Walking Trousers
The best hiking trousers for women
Reasons to buy
Sometimes simplicity is best, and the Ineo trousers showcase that perfectly. Made from Mala Stretch fabric, these slim fit leg trousers not only offer comfort, durability and weather resistance, but also a practical, streamlined aspect that minimises snagging opportunities and weight.
That streamlining delivers a host of benefits, not only stopping trousers getting wet and muddy, but also keeping the hem out of the way when mountain biking, for example.
Mala Stretch is both wind resistant and water repellent, and comfortable next to the skin, while a pair of zippered hand pockets offer storage opportunities. In short, these are the type of trousers that will deliver the goods in most outdoor environments - from trekking to hiking, these have you covered.
4. Sherpa Khumbu Walking Trousers
Tough, no-nonsense hiking trousers with all the trimmings
Reasons to buy
Reasons to avoid
Proper old-school materials give away the game here, a blend of cotton and nylon delivering durability and reliability for the long haul, with a touch of spandex for flexibility. There are solid design touches too, with a gusseted crotch and articulated knees providing plenty of movement over complex ground, as well as extra reinforcement around the hand pockets and back ankle panel.
In addition, the back of the waistband is seamless to prevent rucksacks from digging in, and the thigh pocket is not only the best place to keep a phone, but has been specifically designed to fit one. Nepal inspired trims soften the tone a little to make these perfect for all-season, all conditions outdoorsing - especially at the harsher end of the spectrum, where the durability here will pay dividends.
5. Mammut Pordoi SO Pants
Durable enough to wear climbing as well as adventuring
Reasons to buy
Pordoi SO Pants won't be for everyone, but if the cut suits, these could be your go-to outdoor trousers for all seasons. Wind-defeating softshell will come in handy all year round, reasonable rain-deflection without wetting out or chafing, and slim cut around the ankles along with a gusseted zip will minimise flapping in hoolies.
Mammut has deployed a technology it calls Mammut Phase Weave, which minimises seams, as well as combining fabrics for the best performance, but without the bulk of layering.
As with the Arc'teryx Russet walking trousers, pockets here are positioned to avoid fouling a climbing harness, and Mammut has added a flat waistband to enhance all-day comfort under a harness or rucksack hipbelt.
6. Fjallraven Vidda Pro
The best walking trousers for Bear Grylls wannabes
Reasons to buy
The key selling point of Fjallraven's Vidda Pro trousers is the G-1000 Original fabric, which offers formidable protection against the elements. It makes this pair of hiking trousers a great choice for those engaging in more serious outdoor activities, like hiking in dense bush.
The Vidda Pro have also been designed with additional bum and knee support. That means slipping and sliding down banks, tripping over tree roots or scrambling around on your knees aren't so much of a rip hazard.
There's a mammoth amount of pockets on these trousers too – seven in total! – all of which have their individual uses and can be securely stuffed with survival gadgets and supplies.
7. Jack Wolfskin Wicken Fen Trousers
Smart-looking water-repellent softshells for day hikes and rambling
Reasons to buy
Reasons to avoid
These Wicken Fen trousers by Jack Wolfskin, released in collaboration with the National Trust, have been crafted from water-repellent and wind-resistant material, so should withstand impromptu showers whilst protecting your legs from biting winds.
They're also breathable, helping you feel comfortable for longer when you're pushing yourself on a trail, and have a decent amount of stretch. That'll come in handy when hiking, where you'll be needing a greater freedom of movement.
We also love how the material features a 100 per cent recycled membrane and 100 per cent PFC free fabrics, making the Wicken Fen an eco-friendly choice.
With some walking trousers there's often a trade-off between technical performance and style. Thankfully, the Wicken Fen, available for both men and women, rock a plain yet smart design that won't make your eyes bleed. Huge bonus: by buying a pair you'll be helping the National Trust protect the natural world.
8. Berghaus Explorer Eco
These rainproof walking trousers magically convert into shorts
Reasons to buy
For those times when comfort and durability takes precedence over everything else, you won't get much better than the Berghaus Exporer Eco. These trousers have a generous fit and a non-elasticated waistband, so no digging into your flesh whenever you move or bend.
The design is minimalist, so they can be paired with pretty much any technical jacket, base layer or summery tee. Speaking of summer, you can zip these hiking trousers off at the knees, transforming them into shorts when you're exploring in hotter climes.
There are five pockets in total, with two designed purposefully for warming your hands during cold weather walks. Add to that the eco-friendly manufacturing process and you can be satisfied that you're doing your bit for the environment, just like with the Jack Wolfskin's further up.
9. Kathmandu Federate
Ideal travelling/trekking pants for big outdoor adventures
Reasons to buy
The rather fetching Kathmandu Federate are not only highly comfortable slim-cut trekking trousers, they have a surprise up their leg... There's a hidden stash pocket, lined with an anti-RFID material, to keep your credit card and passport safe from both real-world and virtual attackers.
A close second in our best walking trousers buyer's guide, the lightweight and slim-cut Kathmandu Federate is arguably the ultimate trekker-traveller's trouser. A water-repellent finish should keep you safe from passing showers, and a sustainable material construction adds a degree of environmental credibility.
10. Mountain Hardwear Chockstone Trousers
Budget walking pants with more stretch than a yoga instructor
Reasons to buy
Looking for durable hiking trousers on a budget? Do you mostly do recreational walking? Then try the Mountain Hardwear Chockstone Trousers.
While they are waterproof and wind-resistant, the Chockstone's aren't the most heavy duty design on the market and therefore work best on day walks rather than multi-day off-road adventures.
That said, for recreational walkers looking for more stretch than their normal trousers offer, these are a great middle weight option that will last a long time.
11. The North Face Women Venture 2
The best walking trousers designed especially for women
Reasons to buy
If you're looking for stronger waterproofing than the Montane Terra Ridge can offer, we'd recommend the North Face Women's Venture 2 walking trousers.
They offer maximum waterproof protection, including a seam-sealed shell and velcro ankle tabs to keep you dry right down to your hiking socks. As well as being waterproof, the fabric is windproof so you'll be fine on blustery, wet weather walks too.
The final word:
We're fans of the Arc'teryx Creston AR Pant. These weather-proof walking trousers help you stay cool in the sun and dry in the rain, and manage to do it whilst looking pretty stylish. Wear them with hiking boots, walking shoes, or, if the sun is out, your favourite walking sandals (just ditch the socks first).
If your budget needs to cover both hiking trousers and durable outdoors shorts, you're in luck with the versatile Berghaus Explorer Eco. They zip off at the knees to be converted into shorts for summer walking and hiking trips.


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For the first time in about 10 years the Twin Cities (Minnesota) will be hosting an event for euphonium-tuba players. I'll be one of the performers, along with Gail Robertson, Deanna Swoboda, Joel Pugh, and Jacob Grewe. There will be a recital Friday evening (May 3) master classes/presentations on Saturday, and a gala concert Saturday night.
Sponsors and onsite vendors include Adams, Besson, Eastman, Tucci Mouthpieces, J.W. Pepper Music, Eckroth Music, Jim Laabs, and Glen Cronkhite Cases.
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This article is a detailed rationale behind the smallcase The GST Opportunity. This smallcase is an equi-weighted portfolio of stocks from sectors that will benefit from GST.
*Update 3 – Government has finally released the rate structure that will be applicable to different goods and services under GST. It has tried to ensure that rates are non-inflationary and there is minimum divergence from the current tax rate faced by the sector. Our May'17 rebalance incorporates all the announcements
*Update 2 – GST council met on 18th Feb'17 to give the final go ahead to all the legislation required for the implementation of GST. While one such legislation pertaining to the compensation of states was passed by the council, three more are yet to be passed and will be taken up again in the meeting scheduled for 3-4 Mar'17. Finance Minister told reporters that once all legislation are passed in the next meeting on 3-4 of March, officers will start the process of fitting goods and services into the four-tier rate structure announced earlier and it will take one more meeting to pass the same. We are not re-balancing the smallcase in Feb, and will do the same as soon as government announces new tax rates for various goods and services. As highlighted in the previous update, current smallcase consists of stocks of organized players in unorganized segments, logistic stocks and FMCG companies which are expected to benefit from the passage of GST law irrespective of the tax structure
*Update 1 – Government announced the new four-tier GST rate structure in the first week of Nov'16. The proposed rate structure is aimed at achieving tax revenue neutrality. The GST committee is yet to announce the final tax rate on individual items and detailed structure. Without knowing the the clear details of the new tax rates for sectors, it would be difficult to identify beneficiaries based on lowering of tax rates. But organized players in unorganized segments, logistic stocks and FMCG companies are still expected to do good under the proposed GST. Our November re-balance represents the same. We will update the blog, once the GST committee announces final rate structure of individual goods and sectors
To understand current indirect tax regime in India and benefits of GST, read our blog here. There are 3 main channels through which Goods and Service Tax (GST) is expected to benefit different sectors:
Lowering of effective tax rate
All sectors which currently face high effective tax rate (tax rate including all different types of taxes like service, sales, VAT, excise etc) and where tax rates are expected to come down to 18-20% levels due to implementation of GST will benefit. At present, companies operating in sectors which pay multiple taxes do not enjoy cross-credit benefits. Following sectors are expected to face lower effective tax rates under GST:
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Benefits to organized players operating in sectors with dominant unorganized segment
GST is expected to ensure level playing field between large and small players in sectors where unorganized segment has a dominant presence. Currently lot of small businesses enjoy tax exemptions by virtue of their size. GST is a consumption based tax applicable on the entire supply chain. Under GST dealers and suppliers will require evidence of compliance by their preceding link to claim tax credit benefit. Hence small businesses which are dependent on tax avoidance for sustenance are expected to lose market share to big organized players with strong brand presence. Following sectors have dominant presence of unorganized segment and it is expected that market share of organized players will increase in these sectors:
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Cost savings on logistics and transportation operations
Under GST regime all different types of taxes imposed by states will be eliminated allowing seamless movement of goods across various states. Hence companies can set up warehouses based on efficiency factors rather than tax considerations. Further GST will eliminate the need for inter state check points reducing haulage time and expense. These factors combined will improve efficiency of operations and allow cost rationalization in areas such as storage and transportation. Sectors like FMCG, Auto and logistics are expected to benefit because of the move


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Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 for the year 2030. The SDGs are part of a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, the 2030 Agenda.
The goals are broad based and interdependent. The 17 sustainable development goals each have a list of targets that are measured with indicators.
Key to making the SDGs successful is to make the data on the 17 goals available and understandable. Various tools exist to track and visualize progress towards the goals.
In 1972, governments met in Stockholm, Sweden for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, to consider the rights of the family to a healthy and productive environment. In September 2011, this idea was picked up by the United Nations Department of Public Information 64th NGO Conference in Bonn, Germany. The outcome document proposed 17 sustainable development goals and associated targets.
In January 2013, the 30-member UN General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals was established to identify specific goals for the SDGs.
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General from 2007 to 2016, has stated in a November 2016 press conference that: "We don't have plan B because there is no planet B! " This thought has guided the development of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Post-2015 Development Agenda was a process from 2012 to 2015 led by the United Nations to define the future global development framework that would succeed the Millennium Development Goals.
The SDGs were developed to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which ended in 2015. The gaps and shortcomings of MDG Goal 8 (To develop a global partnership for development) led to identifying a problematic "donor-recipient" relationship. Instead, the new SDGs favor collective action by all countries.[13]
The UN-led process involved its 193 Member States and global civil society. The resolution is a broad intergovernmental agreement that acts as the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The SDGs build on the principles agreed upon in resolution entitled 'The Future We Want'. This was a non-binding document released as a result of Rio+20 Conference held in 2012.
Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda began in January 2015 and ended in August 2015.
The negotiations ran in parallel to United Nations negotiations on financing for development, which determined the financial means of implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda; those negotiations resulted in adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in July 2015. A final document was adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015 in New York.
On 25 September 2015, the 193 countries of the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Development Agenda titled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In the same vein, the High-level Political Forum, United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, provides for the full and effective participation of all states members of the United Nations and states members of specialized agencies.
The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council.


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Another AlohaCare heathy & affordable eating recipe developed by Carol Nardello from "Sweet Dash of Aloha". These muffins are made with whole wheat pastry flour and nutritious dried fruit and coconut. See how AlohaCare is engaged in the community by visiting http://alohacare.com
A quick and comforting bowl of udon with broth is always a welcomed meal in my home.
You will love this quick throw-together noodle salad made with linguine, sesame dressing, seafood, veggies and Korean taegu.


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It's been another impressive year for nominations and the final 35 women who feature on our 2010 '35 Women Under 35' list, in association with Randstad, are doing UK business proud. The women come from every sector of commercial life, from advertising and banking to music and property. Strongly represented are the creative industries, with 12 women out of 37 (there are two joint-entries) on the list. Entrepreneurs also feature heavily (16 on the list), as does financial services.
The celebrations began yesterday evening at the Haymarket Hotel in central London, with a coup of a speaker – Martha Lane Fox, the internet entrepreneur and government Digital Champion, who also appeared on MT's inaugural '35 Women Under 35' list back in 2001. She spoke of the necessity of being bold in business and of the need to be confident in your own abilities. She cited the German philosopher Goethe as an inspiration: 'Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.'
Some of the women present included Alison Bishop, VP of JP Morgan's private bank; Tamara Rajah from McKinsey & Co; Isabel Garvey from Warner Music International; Lucy Carver from BSkyB; Kristy Goodger from Elemental Herbology; and Rain Newton-Smith from Oxford Economics.
Welcoming the women were Matthew Gwyther, editor of MT, and Emma De Vita, MT's features editor, who masterminded the list. She made the point that despite the women coming from such different sectors, what they had in common was their determination to be true to themselves. 'But what does that mean?', she asked the guests. 'In this context, here to celebrate 35 Under 35, it's partly about being a woman.
'Whether we like it or not, people will still judge you by your gender. If any of you have read Natasha Walters' book Living Dolls, then role models like you are exactly what our society needs - women in economics to prove to that women can do maths; corporate high flyers who can show that women can be ambitious and aggressive, and still be women; and those techies among you are proof that women can do - and enjoy - IT. Shock horror!'
Chris Bernard, senior director at Randstad, was also on hand to congratulate the 2010 women. Needless to say, the party went on until late…
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SVG and PNG Images in UI Should Be Optimized
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While nothing Earth-shattering, perhaps it would be wise to establish a best practice of optimizing images used in the UI of WordPress before committing them?
Using ImageOptim (a GUI wrapper for pngcrush) and svgo I was able to save an average of 8.7% per PNG and an average 15.25% for SVG files.
A 11% decrease in SVG file sizes isn't that bad. Maybe more important for higher-traffic sites, but all users would benefit.
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We have and use a grunt task as a part of precommit for imagemin that handles png/jpg/gif/jpeg in wp-admin/images, wp-includes/images, and our TinyMCE theme. Not sure what bundled themes do, as they are not included here, and if we were to look at SVG optimization, that should also be a part of grunt precommit. We would still exclude changes to external libraries such as MediaElement.js, though, which your screenshots appear to include.
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I think adding in grunt-svgmin or something similar makes sense as a compliment to our current image minification.
If I remember correctly, the reason we don't touch default themes is that we don't want to compress the screenshots. This seems like something we can write a configuration against.
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I think adding in grunt-svgmin or something similar makes sense as a compliment to our current image minification.
Our current
grunt-contrib-imagemin fully supports SVG minification:
If I remember correctly, the reason we don't touch default themes is that we don't want to compress the screenshots. This seems like something we can write a configuration against.
Easy enough, see inline patch: (Edit: Updated to exclude 3rd party Genericons library)
416 416 cwd: SOURCE_DIR, 417 417 src: [ 418 418 'wp-{admin,includes}/images/**/*.{png,jpg,gif,jpeg}', 419 'wp-includes/js/tinymce/skins/wordpress/images/*.{png,jpg,gif,jpeg}' 419 'wp-includes/js/tinymce/skins/wordpress/images/*.{png,jpg,gif,jpeg}', 420 'wp-content/themes/twenty*/**/*.{png,jpg,gif,jpeg,svg}', 421 '!wp-content/themes/twenty*/screenshot.png', 422 '!wp-content/themes/twenty*/**/{Genericons.svg,genericons-regular-webfont.svg}' 420 423 ], 421 424 dest: SOURCE_DIR 422 425 }
With all that said though, all current included themes images are fully optimized with a single exception:
src/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/genericons/Genericons.svg (saved 62 B - 0%)
EDIT: Turns out this is not true, even though running a test of the above patch eight files were actually optimized/minified during the task even though the grunt output stated
(already optimized), the eight files are:
src/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/images/dark.png (already optimized) src/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/images/light.png (already optimized) src/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/images/pattern-dark.svg (already optimized) src/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/images/pattern-light.svg (already optimized) src/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/images/headers/circle-thumbnail.png (already optimized) src/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/genericons/font/genericons-regular-webfont.svg (already optimized) src/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/genericons/font/genericons-regular-webfont.svg (already optimized) src/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/genericons/Genericons.svg (saved 62 B - 0%)
And if I remember correctly before an included theme is shipped/released all images are manually optimized and committed to the repo.
The difference between our current image optimization and the details per the original ticket description is the compression algorithms used by the different programs, we use
Comes bundled with the following optimizers:
gifsicle — Compress GIF images
jpegtran — Compress JPEG images
optipng — Compress PNG images
pngquant — Compress PNG images
svgo — Compress SVG images
At this stage there may be some improvements by switching to another algorithm then we would switch to this algorithm for all images, not just included themes, we would also then replace the current
grunt-contrib-imagemin task with the new replacement or replacements.
Recommending this be closed and resolved as 'worksforme'
Adding a patch per the above to minify bundled theme images excluding Genericons 3rd party external library.
4 years ago
Via https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39471#comment:4
The svg-optimiser tool compresses slightly better than
imagemin, (1.1KB vs 1.3KB on wordpress-logo.svg) but it does so by rounding co-ordinates and path lengths. I really don't like changing the actual image data, and
imagemincan be configured to do that if we really wanted to explore that option.
Tinypng saved 60 bytes over
wordpress-logo.png, which totally isn't worth it.
I'm cool with investigating tweaking the
imageminoptions, but switching to external, manually run tools is not my idea of a fun time.
The best option is to fix #30587, and then see if there are any
imageminoptions we can tweak that don't cause image quality loss.
Here's the list of available imagemin SVG options: https://github.com/svg/svgo#what-it-can-do
Details on how to use SVG options with imagemin: https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-svgo#usage
Anyone have an idea of what SVG imagemin options we should and should not use?
↓ 9
4 years ago
What about the other PNG and GIF images in the image folder of wp-admin, they can be optimized and then it would reduce the total size by 83kb. Which I think is worth the update on those.
in reply to:
↑ 8
4 years ago
Replying to lukecavanagh:
What about the other PNG and GIF images in the image folder of wp-admin, they can be optimized and then it would reduce the total size by 83kb. Which I think is worth the update on those.
Thanks @lukecavanagh they are both covered by the 30587.1.diff patch. That said though, different tools and their settings will often result in differing file sizes, both PNG and Gif also have some options that we could tweak to keep this process an automated one.
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Petition Calls for R. Kelly's Removal From Soulquarius Festival Lineup 2017
Soulquarius Festival 2017 recently announced the lineup with list of artists on the bill, which includes The Internet, Erykah Badu, DMX,The Pharcyde, Too Short, Ja Rule and more. The festival's booking of R. Kelly is already coming under viral. A Change.org petition has been launched in an attempt to remove the controversial singer from the bill.
The petition's creator, Jamie Thompson, says giving R. Kelly such a platform is a mistake. Thompson suggests that it is not possible to separate the man from the music.
"2017 is around the corner and many of us still have to look on in disgust as a proven predator, rapist, and serial abuser of young Black girls and women remains embraced in the world of music,' the petition states. "Stop booking this man. Stop supporting this man. There's great power in having a voice. Let's send a message that the music is not 'separate' and the abuse of girls and women is *never* okay, no matter who you are or how many timeless ballads you've contributed to the world."


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As the west worries about the future of liberal democracy, there is plenty of analysis on how the competing ideologies of fascism, communism and liberal democracy battled it out in the 20th century, leading to what looked like a secure win for liberal democracy. This now looks far less certain in these turbulent times of wealth inequality, neo-nationalism and climate breakdown.
What I haven't been reading about is the political movement that also hallmarked the 20th century, changed the lives of billions, and whose aims and values are the best ally of liberal democracy: feminism.
Last year in the UK we celebrated 100 years of women's suffrage. This was a century in which women in the western world were at last allowed an education on a par with their brothers, to take degrees, to enter the professions, politics and the church.
In the 1970s, sex discrimination became illegal in the UK, and women were, for the first time, allowed credit and mortgages in our own names. We were supposed to be awarded equal pay for equal work too, but more than 40 years later we are still in an almighty row about women's pay as companies are forced to report their gender pay gaps. Those pay gaps are not there because men are worth more than women; they are there because we are still stuck in a system that values men more highly than women.
Education, socialisation, vocation, expectation, risk and reward come with an inbuilt gender bias. The genius of feminism was to call this out. Far from being a loose collective of single-issue campaigns, feminism strikes at the core of the problem — one that Mary Wollstonecraft nailed in 1792 in the pages of A Vindication of the Rights of Women.
The problem is this: why do men discriminate against women simply because they are women?
The subordination of women isn't based on anything real. It is a story we tell. Take one example: in 1911 there were fewer than 500 registered female doctors in England and Wales. Today, 52 per cent of general practitioners in the National Health Service are female. Women's capacities haven't changed. It is the story that has changed.
Exposing the craziness behind discrimination really matters, because once any kind of discrimination is both accepted and acceptable, every other kind gets the run of the road: race, class, colour, creed and sexuality. An end to sexism as the primary practice of discrimination would be the solid foundation on which a society genuinely built on merit could stand.
The world we live in was made by and for men. It has privileged war as a means of acquisition and control, and paid no attention to the environmental cost of economic growth. This world has ignored the ordinary needs of ordinary people to such an extent that nationalism and fundamentalism now look like the only way out to many.
If we don't soon find better models of social organisation that are realistic about work, welfare and reward — models that recognise how important community is, how vital it is to have meaning, and above all, a model that repudiates war — then the civilised life we love will vanish.
Even bankers such as Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, have realised how precarious is the social structure we used to take for granted. "Forty per cent of American workers earn less than $15 an hour," he wrote in a letter to shareholders this year. What he did not say, however, is that the worst paid people in the workforce are women. And he offered no solutions beyond worn-out mantras about competitiveness and growth.
The answer to socially divisive levels of inequality is not growth. The planet can't take it any more. The Swedish teenage climate-change activist Greta Thunberg, like a modern Joan of Arc, is a new example of how women must stand against the madness of a man-made world that is threatening life on earth. Technology alone won't save the planet — our story about the purpose of being human will have to change.
Feminism gets a bad press because it stands up to patriarchy and questions its values and its priorities. Feminism is telling a different set of stories. What else was the #MeToo movement?
Yet I fear that just as female voices are needed more than ever, women may find that the future in waiting is another kind of exclusion zone. The next revolution will occur in artificial intelligence and robotics — and it will be a big one, altering our work life and home life, potentially freeing us or, just as likely, leading to Orwellian despair as humans under constant surveillance are reduced to walking data banks.
Women are not studying IT and computer science in sufficient numbers, or taking jobs in machine learning. And this matters because machines are not neutral — as Amazon discovered when it used an algorithm to sift through job candidates and this resulted in women being ignored. When machine learning is done on historical and existing data, where there are many more men in the workforce in positions of power, the machine discriminates in favour of men. It cannot know this is bias. We can.
And in China, patriarchy at its nastiest is facing the consequences of a one-child policy that has led to a shortfall of about 33m Chinese women. What will the men do? Bring on the sex-bots.
My advice to women? Learn to code.
The writer is the author of the forthcoming novel 'Frankissstein'
Letters in response to this article:
My educated mother had the audacity to work / From Patrick Dransfield, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Feminists need to rely less on vivid assertions / From Andrew Park, Hong Kong
Let's not take the comparison too far / From Joe Keaney, Sale, Cheshire, UK
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We need to stop tobacco expansion
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By Md. Alim Al Razi: Introduction: Bangladesh is going to be the third fastest growing economy in the world in terms of achieving high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019, according to a report of United Nations.
The report indicated Bangladesh economy is also expanding at a fast pace in the coming year, above 7% per year, amid strong fixed investment, vigorous private consumption and accommodative monetary policy.
The report also indicated that Bangladesh economy will grow at 7.2% in 2020, while Indian at 7.4%. Focusing on global economy, the report emphasized undertaking urgent and concrete policy action to reduce risks to the global economy and secure the foundations for stable and sustainable economic growth. Policymakers must work to contain short-term risks from financial vulnerabilities and escalating trade disputes, while advancing a longer-term development strategy towards economic, social and environmental goals. Bangladesh is a developing country with promising economic power in the world and rapidly expanding the areas of manufacturing and industrial sector.
In respect of the report, it is a matter of despair that tobacco industry with full of modern manufacturing equipment and marketing strategies are growing like a monster and simultaneously reproducing large level of profits year after year. Though they pay a large number of taxes and create opportunities to develop a prestigious career for highly professionals, it is merely like a parasite in comparison to the other side of the sector.
On the other hand, according to the recent statistics of the Tobacco Atlas Bangladesh, it is stated that tobacco harms the health, the treasury, and the spirit of Bangladesh. Every year, more than 161200 of its people are killed by tobacco-caused disease. Still, more than 172000 children (10-14 years old) and 24880000 adults (15+ years old) continue to use tobacco each day. Complacency in the face of the tobacco epidemic insulates the tobacco industry in Bangladesh and ensures that tobacco's death toll will grow every year. For male, 39.8% adult 15+ and 1.86% children using tobacco daily (2015) and more men smoke in Bangladesh than on average in medium-HDI countries. For female, 0.7% adult 15+ and 0.2% children using tobacco daily (2015) and still more than 979500 women and 15900 girls who smoke cigarettes each day and obviously making it sign of an ongoing and dire public health threat. And 25.54% male deaths caused by tobacco (2016) and 9.68% female deaths caused by tobacco and more male and female die in Bangladesh than on average in medium-HDI countries.
Tobacco Atlas Bangladesh also brought intentional estimation of harms caused by smoking in their Sixth Edition of Tobacco Atlas Sixth Edition by American Cancer Society, Inc. and Vital Strategies in 2018. Under the societal harms, the economic cost of smoking in Bangladesh amounts to 158578 million taka. This includes direct costs related to healthcare expenditures and indirect costs related to lost productivity due to early mortality and morbidity. A smoker of a poor family in Bangladesh has to spend 15.92% of their average income to smoke daily each year that hindrance the way to the development. To appeal to more customers, the tobacco industry markets its products aggressively to women and children with their co-current varieties and flavor.
Tobacco Industry Interferences and Tactics: There is an important and opposing conflict between the interest of tobacco industry and public health policy. In one side, the tobacco industry produces and promotes a product that has been scientifically proven to be highly addictive, to harm and kill many and to give rise to a variety of social ills, including increased poverty. And in another side, many governments along with public health workers and anti-tobacco activists try to reduce health and environmental hazards and effects by implementing measures protecting tobacco use. The tobacco industry recognizes all those impacts, but actively fights against these efforts because of their business. Frequently, the industries are using their resources to halt TC laws with other policies including public health policies where they can. Here they are using their intellectual interferences and tactics as they have decades of business operational experiences away from the public eyes.
Tobacco Industry Interferences: Tobacco industry interferences and tactics are being witnessed as well as observed all around us now-a-days to expanding Tobacco business especially in large populated and growing economic country of South Asia including India, Lao PDR, Japan, Vietnam and Bangladesh, and. Tobacco Company becomes more aggressive in protecting as well as expanding their business.
According to various reports, in the developed countries smoking is on the declining trend, but due to the socio-economic condition, poor level of governance and transparency. They are continuously carrying out their intellectual interferences in policy-development, TI benefits, governance and transparency, Conflict of Interest and Preventive Measures.
Large level of evidences demonstrates that tobacco companies use a wide range of tactics to interfere with tobacco control policies. Strategies include direct and indirect political lobbying and campaign contributions, financing of research, attempting to affect the course of regulatory and policy machinery and engaging in social responsibility initiatives as part of public relations campaigns. As a large populated county, Bangladesh is also facing the instable and indicative point of stands to implement the TC policies as well as to leave the TIs. Bangladesh earns a huge proportion of national revenue from tobacco industry hence, finds it difficult to take an ultimate step against it concerning health hazards. Bangladesh government holds the share .64% in British American Tobacco (BAT) in 2018 which should be divested immediately.
Types of Interferences: In its efforts to derail or weaken strong tobacco control policies, tobacco industry interference takes many forms. These include:
Maneuvering to skyjacking the political and legislative process involves: Creating and exploiting legislative loopholes; demanding a seat at government decision-making tables; promoting voluntary regulation instead of legislation; and drafting and distributing sample legislation that is favourable to the tobacco industry.
Exaggerating the economic importance of the industry: Boosts its efforts to interfere in the political process by exaggerating its own contribution, expressed in terms of employment, tax contributions and other economic indicators, to the economy of a country, region, province or municipality
Manipulating public opinion to gain the appearance of respectability: Using public relations firms and other groups to concoct and spin the news to promote their harmful business, manipulating media and public opinion about various aspects of tobacco control to gain public the support by showing great contribution to the country economy as well as highlighting their social invest as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity.
Fabricating support through front groups: Using third party groups to serve the interests of the industries and sometimes obscuring or concealing the connection in-between them. The industries are also using smokers' rights groups, citizens' rights groups and business groups to give impressions of social supports for their own interests.
Discrediting proven science: Weakening tobacco control legislation and policies disregarding the harm caused by tobacco and secondhand smoking and trying to create establish doubt, dilemma and disputes.
Intimidating governments with litigation or the threat of litigation: Threatening of legal retaliation against a specific policy or set of policies, legal action against governments by groups of lawyers and also threatening to lose of huge amount of taxation and employment benefits.
Regardless its shape or form, tobacco industry interference is always designed to thwart attempts to curb the tobacco epidemic and its negative social, economic, environmental and health consequences. While there is a growing awareness of the tobacco industry's unceasing attempts to sabotage public health, it is less well known that tobacco companies often work hand in glove with their commercial competitors to keep regulation to a minimum and obtain advantageous conditions from the government to help them run their businesses. The tobacco industry's interferences are covered into the vague and away from the areas of tobacco control and health. Tobacco industry interference is a threat to public health, whether the industry is private or state-owned. So all countries need to be aware and take action against tobacco industry interference.
Tobacco Industry's Tactics: The tobacco industry uses a variety of unethical, often illegal tactics to undermine implementation of life-saving tobacco control policies. Although tobacco companies compete for market share, they often conspire to counter government tobacco control efforts, or support front groups to do the job for them. Other strategies involve openly misrepresenting scientific evidence to confuse the public.
Undermining Science: The tobacco industry has long denied established scientific knowledge which is being popularized falsehoods, from deliberately clouding the links between smoking and lung cancer decades ago to misrepresenting the effects of plain packaging regulations now. They effectively utilized a small number of scientists in the US to sow doubt about the hazards of smoking among policymakers and the public. The industry has promoted general mistrust toward science is a phenomenon that cripples global progress.
Media Manipulation: The industry uses media to influence attitudes on a massive scale, often without disclosing funding, sponsorship, or authorship of content presented as objective "news". The industry secures content consistent with their interests by using advertising dollars to control media messages, by manufacturing information sources, or by ghostwriting pro-tobacco content. These messages underplay the benefits of proposed policies, exaggerate their costs, and overstate the industry's contribution to the economy and government revenue.
Public Relations: Tobacco companies use philanthropy to link their public image with positive causes and build support among more credible groups, including local communities, organizations, artistic and athletic organizations, academic institutions, or even governments and development agencies in exchange of high level recompenses by their own interests.
Seizing the agenda: The industries declare themselves as part of the solution but which are ineffective voluntary measures cloud the regulatory space, often preventing or delaying implementation of effective policies. They previously launched campaigns to supposedly prevent youth smoking superficially appeared to warn against smoking, but were ultimately found to encourage kids to start smoking. The industry now proposes to "solve" challenges with illicit cigarettes via an industry-controlled tracking system, shifting power from governments to the industry. The industry also demands a voice in harm-reduction policy-making by claiming a commitment to producing less-harmful products. For example, Philip Morris International recently created a Foundation for a Smoke-Free World while continuing to actively promote their same lethal products.
Creating illusion of support: Front groups appear to serve a public cause but actually serve as the voice of the tobacco industry. These groups amplify industry messages by disguising the messenger, frequently giving policymakers the illusion of a broader coalition. The tobacco industry funds groups ranging from restaurant associations opposed to smoke-free laws, to large international think tanks against tax hikes. These groups repeatedly fail to disclose their funding and sponsorship, deceiving policymakers and the public about their true origin and intentions.
Lobbying and hijacking legislative processes: The industry uses political contributions and front groups to gain access to policymakers, and does not hesitate to provide ready-to-use legislative proposals. Governments determined to control tobacco use are being intimidated by messages misusing scientific evidence and misrepresenting effects of proposed regulations. In a particularly egregious example in 2017, the UK Serious Fraud Office opened an investigation into British American Tobacco involvement in bribing policymakers in at least four African countries: Burundi, Comoros, Kenya, and Rwanda.
Tax Evasion: Once tobacco control legislation is passed, the industry often decides to deliberately circumvent or disobey the rules. One of the most damaging is the industry's involvement in the illicit cigarette trade, dodging tobacco taxes and supplying large quantities of their products through illegal channels.
Litigation: Litigation has become one of the industry's deadliest weapons. The battles are fought at every level from domestic courts to international arbitration, where the vast legal resources of the large tobacco firms are commonly pitted against the often-limited legal resources of low- and medium-HDI countries. When the companies cannot directly bring a case, they use countries with lower public-policy standards to file formal disputes for them. The industry has been actively litigating tobacco control regulations in dozens of countries, while litigation threats "chill" similar measures in other countries, such as plain-packaging laws in New Zealand.
Saint like dialogues and misinterpretation: "We support sensible legislation, and we're here to help" The industries offer to help for developing a national tobacco control policy or to draft tobacco control legislation for you. They assure that its supports 'sensible' and 'effective' policy and legislation but all those are loopholes and full of falseness.
New lobby group out of the blue-Department of ministry of health is proposing new legislation to restrict smoking in public places and work places. A new, previously unheard of lobby group for hospitality venue owners is suddenly established and runs a well-funded campaign against the legislation.
The invisible editing hand-with no warning or notification, there have been suddenly directed to change draft tobacco policies or legislation by senior managers or ministers. Later it find out that they have been meeting regularly with senior industry officials.
We strongly support youth prevention programs: Tobacco Company offers funding for youth smoking prevention programs, claiming they are very concerned that young people should not smoke. These campaigns, if accepted, turn out to be ineffective and raise concerns that they may even increase awareness about tobacco among young people. The industry's emphasis that "tobacco is for adults" may actually have the opposite effect sparking young people's interest in using tobacco.
The never-ending committee process-misapprehension to establish a tobacco control committee, or asks to join an existing one. The participation of the tobacco executive on that committee is strongly recommended by the executive because this person "can bring insights into tobacco use that could be helpful for government agencies in setting tobacco controls." However, for some reason, the committee never agrees on implementing those measures that international health agencies recommend such as strict legislation and increased tobacco taxation.
Besides these, they have more tactics and strategies for the sake of their own interests. These are includes as Money Talks:
Political Donations: It is being head that Tobacco industries provide large campaign donations to a political party that opposes certain tobacco control measures.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Substantial donations are made to environmental or social causes in your country. Considerable publicity coverage is given to the fact that tobacco companies provided the funding, and you are surprised about how much this increases people's acceptance of the tobacco industry as a caring industry and a normal part of society. It seems that people have forgotten, or perhaps don't want to think about, the fact that thousands of people die each year from the products the tobacco industry promotes.
Conclusion: The wide range of tobacco industry interferences and tactics are being embraced to undermine effective tobacco control and its allies to thwart effective tobacco control through direct lobbying and the use of third parties, academics and researchers. And it is a matter of great regret, regardless the importance of the Article 5.3 of FCTC is the least effectively implemented or strangely overlooked by the government. There are guidelines noticeably offering required steps for the governments to undertake. But it seems that, governments are less active in putting protective actions to prevent unnecessary TI interactions, are unwanted silence in setting up confession measures to protect public health policies. About 11% of government share with BATB is a sheer violation of FCTC 5.3. That ultimately pave the way the TI interfere directly to the policy makers creating gaps and making slower pace in implementing of Article 5.3. The scenario came out from the survey ASEAN TI interference carried out January to December 2017 based on publicly available evidence to support choice of scores. Overall findings indicate that most countries are moving at a freezing pace in implementing Article 5.3. While some countries have made progress in reducing interference from the industry, others have remained stagnant. There still remains much room for improvement in the implementation of Article 5.3 and its guidelines. It's time to undertake comprehensive action to combat the interference and tactics of Tobacco Industries in Bangladesh as well as to stop the expansion of their aggressive business for the broader interests of our generation. Finally, we like to proclaim our slogan again and again in solidarity with World health Organization (WHO)-Stop tobacco industry interference in tobacco control and we need to stop the expansion of tobacco business in our country.
The writer is the media manager of SUPRO
risingbd/Dhaka/March 12, 2019/Mukul


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