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To Global or Not to Global, that is the question – Oracle Configuration Owner
There should only be one choice
We would never set up a tax solution using anything other than the Global Configuration Owner, so why are so many companies configuring their oracle ebusiness tax engine with it set to be party specific? By that I mean when setting tax rates and rules up then linking them directly to an operating unit.
So why do people set them up this way? Well the short answer is because they don't know what they are doing. That statement maybe a little harsh so let me justify it.
What is the Tax Configuration Owner?
The following is direct from the Oracle help in R12 but the same is true for Oracle Cloud (Fusion) with a few additional comments by myself; "Your tax setups reflect the tax regulations that a party (thats your legal entities or Operating Units (R12) Business Units in Fusion) is subject to in each separate tax jurisdiction. You can apply the tax setups that you create to the entire company, or you can let individual parties (Operating Unit or Business Unit for example) within the company supplement parts of the tax setup to fulfill specific requirements. You can also let a party create and maintain its own tax setup. When a party supplements tax setup, or creates and maintains tax setup, it becomes a configuration owner of this setup. Otherwise, the party shares the tax setup of the global configuration owner. So, in short, the configuration owner could be an Operating Unit and all the set up to this Operating Unit can only be seen and used by this Operating Unit. The Global Configuration Owner on the other hand can be seen and used by any Operating unit.
E-Business Tax provides the Global Configuration Owner to represent ownership of all tax setups at the company level. The configuration options that you set for each party/regime combination are in relation to the global configuration owner. These options are:
- Common Configuration – The party uses the company tax setups for the applicable regimes. All parties with a Common Configuration option share the same tax setup. When setting up taxes, tax details, and configuration owner tax options, the global configuration owner represents any party with a Common Configuration. Authorized updates to the tax setup affect all users of the Common Configuration.
- Common Configuration with Party Overrides – The party uses the company tax setups for the applicable regimes, but with the ability to change, or override, portions of the company tax setup with tax setup specific to the party's requirements. This is our preferred option as gives best of both worlds and compete flexibility.
- Party-Specific Configuration – A legal entity or operating unit party does not share the company tax setup, but instead creates and maintains its own tax setup for the applicable regimes. In this case, only this party can use the tax setup it creates.
The Oracle help documentation goes on to say "The Common Configuration option provides the maximum sharing of tax setup among the parties in your company with the minimum amount of maintenance." This is the main benefit to using the Global Configuration Owner in that the setup, logic, maintenance and pretty much everything else linked to the tax set up becomes much easier.
So what option should I choose?
The documentation even states "All parties that are subject to the tax regulations of a given tax regime should use the Common Configuration option, unless it is necessary to create party-specific overrides."
So why do we see party linked set up and when would a party-specific override be necessary?
The first and most important thing to realise is that during an 11i to R12 upgrade, Oracle will always use the party configuration owner – it has to. What this means is that every Operating Unit in your 11i solution creates a separate 'Tax' (Tax Regime–> Tax) in R12 and the 'Tax' is always linked to the Operating Unit. All the tax rules are also then created and linked to the Operating Unit. Therefore, many consultants who have started with upgrades would have probably just followed this method thinking it was the easiest option – or in most cases, sticking with the upgraded tax solution is the quickest and therefore most profitable route so they wont challenge you to make their life harder.
But why would you use party specific when the oracle documentation clearly says (as shown above) that global should be used. The one benefit is that when you create a tax rate that comes under a Global Configuration Owner, it is available and therefore visible to everyone in every Operating Unit and therefore becomes a very difficult mess to deal with when manually selecting the tax rates. Setting the rate to have an Operating Unit as the configuration owner means that only that Operating Unit will see the tax rates so it controls the data seen. This is the only argument and justification used to do it this way and before you start nodding your head in agreement thinking that makes a lot of sense – here is why it is not. After you go live and your company starts to grow, you will have more than one entity, more than one Operating Unit in the same country. That means you have to set the same tax solution up completely from scratch again, lots of work, lots of room for error and if you start using the same rate names then you interfaces and reports start to get confused. So any rate change becomes a days work rather than 5 minutes. The other and more important point is that you should not be using the Tax Classification Code to override your tax! Best practice says that users should never select tax rates themselves so stop letting them. Set up can be done to use intended use or other fiscal classification field that are country specific and so automatically filter out the rates to only show those needed.
So the main argument to use party specific tax set up is flawed.
What does this mean to you?
If you are using a Party Specific Configuration Owner then not to worry – your tax will still work, there is no affect tot he logic. It just means you have more maintenance to worry about. The issue is that if you decide to add a new tax regime – you have to also make this Operating Unit Specific as well or any tax rates that are global will show up on very Operating Unit as well as the existing Operating Unit specific rates.
Can I change to Global Configuration Owner?
Short Answer is no – there is no silver bullet to convert an Operating Unit Specific tax configuration to a Global one other than reimplementing.


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Acrylics, oils, canvas, giclées… all seem a very simple nomenclature for someone – like me – that has been in the industry for over 20 years. However, I was recently talking to a friend and she asked me what it all meant. It took me by surprise as I, unfortunately, took for granted that everyone would know those words.
First of all, my sincere apologies. I would like to make it up to you by explaining the Art Vocabulary that you will find over my website, posts, and newsletters.
Let's start with:
MEDIUMS, they are the materials in which a piece of art is built with. Most commons for 2D art (flat, like paintings and drawings) are:
Oils – most classic and widely used medium. Its natural texture compares to butter. You can paint thickly without the need of any added medium.
Acrylics – modern medium, water based, fast drying. Some pigments can be extremely saturated (very strong vibrant colors). Its natural texture compares to yogurt. For a heavy body thickness, it needs some specialty medium added so it can achieve texture.
Watercolors – another classic medium, water-based and mostly done over paper. It is a good travel medium for it can be a quite compact kit. You can find it sold in tubes or blocks. I tiny block of watercolor lasts a lifetime! This medium is mostly known for its transparency. The art is built on layers and it is not forgiven. Once layered down it can't be erased or painted over.
Mixed Media – is a vast term that basically means: any combination of mediums the artist decided to use.
All of these are applied over a SURFACE, those are usually:
Canvas – fabric surface, most commonly cotton or linen. The fabric is primed before it is ready to be painted on.
Paper – I think this one is self-explanatory! Ha-ha! There are many types of paper but at the end of the day, it is all just paper.
Canvas board – canvas fabric glued to a board.
Wood panel – treated wood, primed prior to painting.
Originals and Prints
Original is a piece of art that is one of a kind, done by the artist.
Prints, also known as giclées, are reproductions of an original art. They can be printed on a series of different surfaces. The most common are canvas, paper, metal, and acrylic. A giclée is a guaranteed archival quality print, which means it won't fade over time. All my prints are archival quality.
Limited edition – is a number and signed print. It usually varies from a small edition of only 5 to up to 100.
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Paper – there are many options here. It all depends on preference. You may go for a matt finish (my favorite is the velvet paper), or a more vibrant finish (go with the fine art paper, either flat or textured). There is also the glossy paper and metallic paper. It is all about the style you prefer. The quality is great in whatever choice you decide to go with.
The paper is sold as just the print, matted or mounted on a board. I strongly recommend framing the prints, so you don't really need the mat or a board if you are taking it to be professionally framed.
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Abd Rasid, Anis Raehana (2009) Syntheses and methylations of 2,3-dioxopyrrolidines with different amines / Anis Raehana Bt Abd Rasid. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
In this research, sodium diethyl oxalate that has been used as the starting material was reflux together with amine and 4-methoxy benzaldehyde for 30 minutes via one-pot reaction. Two different amines which is benzyl amine and methyl amine were used for the variation of the result. Then, the products forms via one-pot reaction were being alkylated by using methyl iodide as the alkylating agent. The 2,3- dioxopyrrolidine derivatives in ethanol was refluxed with the methyl iodide and potassium carbonate. The expected alkylation was preferred at C4 position on the pyrrolidine ring because the α-hydrogen is more acidic since it is surrounded by the carbonyl carbon and benzene group. But the result obtained through the characterization of 1H NMR spectrum show that there is O-alkylation instead of Calkylation. The methyl group is attached to the oxygen at C3 position on the pyrrolidine ring system. Chromatography analysis also has been proposed to identify the present of other impurities. On the TLC, several spots were observed represent the major product, some unreacted starting material and impurities product. The desired product has been separated from the others material and product through the column chromatography.
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Theis paper analyses the effectiveness of various seismic retrofitting techniques for the renovation of stone masonry structures. The first part of the paper summarizes the most widely used principles for strengthening of buildings made of natural stone units or a mixture of mortar and natural stone aggregate. In the second part of the paper some selected retrofitting techniques are applied for the structural and seismic renovation of a historical object (church built around 1570 located in Solčava in Slovenia). Before 2006 the church was critically cracked and not unsuitable for use. The retrofitting study made by the authors included the mandatory and recommended measures that should have taken place immediately, to prevent the settling down of the foundations and the increase of seismic resistance of the church. To date only partial strengthening of the foundations has taken place. The behavior of the church in various renewal stages was verified with computer program analysis with a very refined 3D computer model of the church. Three models were analyzed: a) a model of the existing church including the settling down of the SE wall, b) a model of the existing church after the partial retrofitting of the foundations in 2006 and c) a model as b), including the minimum suggested retrofitting proposals. Keywords: stone masonry structures, structural retrofit, seismic retrofit, seismic resistance, historical object, church building. 1 Overview of the methods for seismic retrofit of historical stone masonry structures The cracks, subsiding of foundations and inadequate horizontal stiffness are among the most common causes that call for structural/seismic retrofit of historical buildings. The seismic strengthening of the building requires not only
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
Record number dons Robin Hood tights
A record number of people came together in Nottinghamshire this weekend to dress up as local hero Robin Hood.
Some 1,215 people donned green tights and feathers, amounting to almost 100 more participants than the previous record set by the same group in 2008.
The gathering took place at the Camping and Caravanning Club's National Feast of Lanterns, which brought together outdoor enthusiasts from around the UK.
All participants were required to wear the complete Robin Hood costume, including a feathered hat, green or brown tunic, and appropriate tights and footwear. Prizes were also awarded on the day to the people who were deemed to have made a special effort.
Robin Hood is synonymous with Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor and has become famous worldwide after numerous Hollywood and theatre productions.
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Prior to the interim engagement, Marshall was the mayor of Penetanguishene and warden for the County of Simcoe. He was nearing the end of his second term on Penetanguishene council when he resigned to accept this contract with the Town of Wasaga Beach.
Prior to entering the political realm, Marshall worked in the private sector, having served as vice-president of business development with Globalive Communications, as well as vice-president of operations for Cogeco Cable. He also was a senior director with Look Communications and served in various senior roles with Maclean Hunter Cable TV and Rogers Cablesystems.
"We are fortunate to have someone with Gerry's experience and I hope residents and staff will extend a warm welcome to him over the days and weeks ahead," Smith said.
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Their new album, a self-titled collection of eight songs, is sure-footed where they had earlier feared to tread, and light-headed for a new set of reasons. The album is driven by a dance-pop agenda, hustling its way through upbeat peaks that level out into reflective ballads. While still taking clear cues from a crop of austere synth-pop, Lust for Youth sound brighter than they ever have before, taking tips from some of the flirtiest Eurobeat to aid their new direction.


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FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Three U.S. hostages rescued from leftist guerrillas in Colombia were in good condition, military officials said Thursday.
The military updated reporters Thursday on the condition of contractors Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell. They had been held by rebels since their drug-surveillance plane went down in 2003.
Army Maj. Gen. Keith Huber said the contractors greeted him with "clear eyes and an incredible smile."
The employees of a Northrop Grumman Corp. subsidiary arrived in the U.S. late Wednesday. They were taken to an Army hospital in San Antonio for tests.
Northrop Grumman spokeswoman Katie Lamb said their families were planning to arrive in San Antonio.
The three were rescued when Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing them over along with kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. She was also freed Wednesday, as were 11 Colombian police and soldiers.
Howes is a native of Chatham, Mass.; Gonsalves' father lives in Hebron, Conn.; and Stansell's family lives in Miami.
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Earlier Thursday, Mike Gonsalves said that the news of his brother's rescue was starting to feel more real. "It'll feel me real when I'm able to see my brother," Gonsalves, of Manchester, Conn., told CBS' "Early Show" in a phone interview before going to Texas.
"He looks good," the brother added. "They all look, you know, good for being what they went through — I think they look pretty good."
He said the five years of waiting for news on his brother was hard.
"You just wait and you wait for news," he said. "You wait for a day like yesterday and today, you know, for the end, you. You want it to end."
He said he hasn't been able to talk to his brother. "Today will be the first day," Gonsalves said.
Gonsalves' father, George Gonsalves, was mowing his yard when an excited neighbor relayed the news he had seen on television Wednesday.
"I didn't know how to stop my lawnmower," he said. "I was shocked. I couldn't believe it."
Howes' niece, Amanda Howes, said the rescue "redefines the word miracle."
Stansell's ex-wife, Kelly Coady of Sarasota, Fla., said his two children spent Wednesday packing for a trip to Texas to see their father and waited for hours for a call before Stansell finally called at 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
"He was in a very great state of mind," she said. "He's in a great mood, ready to see his kids."
His daughter, 19-year-old Lauren, and his 16-year-old son Kyle left for Texas on Thursday morning along with Stansell's father and stepmother, Coady said.
Stansell told his son and daughter that he received the radio messages they had sent to him over the years while in the jungle. "He told them that he was proud of them," said Coady. Stansell and his son Kyle "compared their weight and height" during the phone call and made plans for the future.
"They want to go fishing," Coady said.
Hope was failing
Long before their rescue, it seemed that any public efforts to rescue the hostages had disappeared.
While France exhorted the world to care about the plight of Betancourt, who also holds French citizenship, and even sent a humanitarian mission in a failed rescue attempt this year, the U.S. government remained nearly silent about efforts to free the Americans, employees of a Northrop Grumman Corp. subsidiary that has supported Colombia's fight against drugs and rebels.
Their families complained publicly about what seemed to be the U.S. government's failure to act.
"We didn't know what the heck was going on," George Gonsalves told reporters. "I'm getting information from you guys."
The Americans' fate seemed particularly grim after "proof-of-life" images released in November showed them appearing haggard, even haunted, against a deep jungle background.
The contractors and Betancourt were among a group of rebel-designated "political prisoners" whom the FARC planned to release only in exchange for hundreds of imprisoned rebels. But every attempt at talking about a prisoner swap seemed to go nowhere.
Behind the scenes, however, Colombia's armed forces were closing in on the rebels, with the help of billions of dollars in U.S. military support.
Close cooperation
After the men were freed, U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield said U.S. and Colombian forces cooperated closely on the rescue mission, including sharing intelligence, equipment, training advice and operational experience.
The Americans appeared healthy in a video shown on Colombian television, though Brownfield, who met with them at a Colombian military base, said two of the three were suffering from the jungle malady leishmaniasis and "looking forward to modern medical treatment."
Gonsalves' father, who later got a phone call from the FBI confirming his son was free, expected an emotional family reunion, especially for his son's three children, now teenagers. "Think about your children if they don't see you for a week a weekend or a month," he said. "It's five years pulled out of your life."
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down in Big Sur, California…that's me on the far right cliff!
a cool road photo from the time lapse
Yet again, it has been a long while since my last update. But I have been trying to forget about commitments and guidelines that I have previously made for myself: I have been doing a wonderful job of procrastinating— contracts, organizing my summer/schooling/grants/insurance/taxes/fundraisers/housing/everything else that one would innately avoid. What a lovely time I have had! Upon returning home from the Mammoth invitational, my body collapsed and I contracted some sort of freakish flu for a week (this part was not so lovely), which forced me to take an end-of-season weeklong break. In bed. So that was boring, but afterward I was well-rested, and itching to get on the road for an adventure. My friend Jeff and I hopped in his Subaru with our bikes, crash pad and climbing gear, surfboards, diving/spear fishing gear, slack line, camping stuff, instruments, and many more toys strapped to the top/hitched on the back and flying out the windows, and headed south. We drove through Crater Lake on the way down, which still had massive snow banks and ice burgs floating in the vast lake—but we chose the perfect day. The sky was nearly as blue as the water, and the contrasting colors made for some really neat pictures…
Jeffrey looking into the Crater Lake
We headed straight from Crater Lake to Klamath, California for some beach bouldering. This is the same bouldering spot that I climbed at last spring (from which I posted pictures on my blog about a year ago). After our first long morning of climbing, it started raining at about 3 pm. We waited it out for about an hour…and then it started down pouring. So we packed up our tent and sleeping bags and headed down to Humbolt to stay with one of Jeff's friends, Trenton. We spent the night in Arcata and went to a G-Love show, which was a blast. The next day we headed out for a hike and got to climb up some crazy redwood trees! At the top of one of the Redwood climbs there was a hammock made of ropes that somebody had set up between two of the tallest Redwoods in the park. Kind of scary to sit in…but what a neat atmosphere it was up there in the trees…
looking up one of our climbing endeavors-a bit intimidating from the bottom…
following Trenton up an ancient tree
the man-made hammock perched at the top of the forest!
That afternoon wee set off for Timber Cove, where we did some hiking, rock hopping, surf-attempting (paddling and swimming!), played some four-square, and just hung around the ocean. That place is insanely beautiful…such a rare, empty space with amazing coves, cliffs, trees, and a wonderful lack of people. I took many a picture on our rain-hike through the Pygmy forest, which had some crazy-colorful trees and flowers…
rain on a spider web woven through a beautiful Madrone
looking into the Pygmy forest…so green!
boulder hopping…where's waldo?
After three lovely days around Timber Cove, we headed down to Santa Cruz to hang with some of Jeffrey's friends and do some more surfing and exploring. I finally stood up and rode a wave on our first day in Santa Cruz—after some serious frustration with paddling out past the beach break at Scott's (which I could only handle doing twice!). We ventured out for a few more surfing sessions in Santa Cruz (including one in the rain…), rode our bikes around the area, slack lined in the park, played some music and chess, and climbed up at Castle Rock.
driving through the Redwood forest
On our last day in Santa Cruz we headed down to Big Sur and Carmel to do some spear fishing with Jeff's friend Matt. Although I became nauseous and sea-sick, the boys caught three fish, all of which we feasted on that night! It was so neat to be able to catch and eat our own meat…what an eye-opening and delightful experience! I loved being out in the reef with only a spear in hand—intimidating and sickening as it was.
Matt and Jeff scoping out the diving
seals and otters….fun to look at, but make for poor fishing
The next morning we headed up to San Francisco and rode around the Golden Gate Park, to the bridge, and back to the beach on our bikes. We stayed the night in Berkley in preparation for out trip home the next day. It was sad to have to leave the Bay area so soon after arriving, but I was satisfied with our road trip and happy to return home to the mountains. Returning to Northern California will certainly happen some day, and hopefully soon. I actually wouldn't mind spending a couple of years in that area, traveling in the forests and along the peaceful coastline…maybe I'll just drive back now…
Upon returning home from California I skied for a few days at Mt. Bachelor before heading down to L.A. and then Mammoth for ski camp. When I was in L.A. I had the pleasure of listening to the Dalai Lama speak at USC and hanging out with my good friend Kevin. It wasn't long before I headed back to Mammoth for camp, which of course consisted of unpredictable and very sporadic weather, but also some really good training and beautiful sunshine. After Mammoth, Julia, Leanne and I packed up my car and took off for another short road trip through the Tahoe Lake area and back up to Oregon for some skiing, climbing and fun. Now I am back in Bend, working on moving out of our house in Klamath Falls and beginning my workout program. I am going to work on my German, climbing, and maybe even some surfing this summer in Oregon. I leave for my next ski adventure (other than random weekends of skiing at Mt. Hood) in New Zealand on July 24th, so I have about 2 months to enjoy central Oregon and see what comes my way. Play time!
Here are some more pictures–mostly of the trip, but some random ones as well.
Urban knitting in the Golden Gate park! I thought Allana would enjoy this one 🙂
Prairie at the top of the Pygmy Forest hike
a neat road shot-notice the bird!
bench at the park in Santa Cruz
sun setting on a boardwalk in Santa Cruz
hiya! arguably one of the sweetest pictures ever…
Also, check out the time lapse I made while driving down the coast
As I drove down from Sunriver, Oregon through Crater Lake, Lost Rocks, Timber Cove, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Big Sur then back north through Berkley and all the way home, I set my camera on the dashboard of the car and programmed my remote to take one picture every thirty seconds of the drive. This is a time lapse compilation of my drive (with a total of about 3,300 pictures), including some other random time lapses I took along the way. I hope you don't get too car sick…highway 1 is curvy! Enjoy 🙂


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One of the most vulnerable Dream Big Noon-Spirations yet. I could feel my level of uncomfort, and if I were to be honest I really contemplated deleting it. It's one of those times where I just have to trust that my vulnerability is growing me and God is helping me with claiming my voice and stepping forward into my power.
Religion. Oh boy, I went there. Such a hot topic and I'm not sure my view is a popular one. Yet, even writing that I am contemplating the idea about "the popular view", is there really? We want diversity and freedom, yet many resist and fight free thinking. We want exclusivity, yet many make fun of people who are unique. We want to be wealthy, yet many are jealous of those with success. See where I am going with this? It is kind of crazy if you think about it. The level of insanity, the limits that we have put on ourself, mostly because we fear the backlash from others.
When did I put the limits on myself, I have thought about this. When was the time that I began telling myself that it was ok to "settle" without even realizing that I had put those kind of limits on myself? It's like slowly boiling something, once it's in the water and it slowly gets turned up, it's not noticeable because its gradual. Where as if the water was boiling and then you put something in the water it would react faster to the extreme changes in temperatures. I think that's how we have become conditioned. Layer by layer, brick by brick, with each person saying something that has you question your biggest dreams. That's how we build our armor around ourself.
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Entirely student driven, student written, student directed, student everything, startup theater company PVC Pipedream is proud to present their first musical, "Weirder Stuff," parodying the popular Netflix series Stranger Things. Read more here
Silly Bee Songs
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Trajectory (2018)
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After the thirtieth meeting of 'corregidores' [local leaders] of the indigenous territory and Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS) defined the beginning of the ninth indigenous [protest] march for April 20th, the Vice-President of the Confederation of Mojeños Ethnic Peoples of Beni (CPEMB), Miriam Yubánore, asked the social organizations of the nine departments of the country to join in this deployment, it seeks to prevent the construction of the section II of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos road through the heart of this natural reserve.
While it was defined the date of the start of the march [protest walk], it is yet to be defined the starting point of mobilization, the same that will be fixed in the third national meeting of the Central Commission of indigenous peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB), which represents 34 peoples of the East, Chaco and Amazonia of the country, such meeting still has no date.
"This march will determine many things, because it is not only in defense of the TIPNIS, but of all the territories of all the protected areas and of the wildlife of Bolivia, this 9th March will not be only from the 36 indigenous peoples of Bolivia, it will also be the social organizations of the nine departments" There are sometimes people who do not know the TIPNIS, but they are just fighting; "we know that in the cities, many are willing to return to walk with us, we are pleased and congratulate those people," said Yubánore.
The leaders of the CIDOB and Isiboro Sécure National Park and indigenous territory considered to be fundamental that the people of the cities join the new indigenous mobilization, they invited several social and civic organizations of the country and from abroad to join this measure of pressure, they will seek to defend all the protected areas and indigenous territories of Bolivia, and enforce the rights of mother earth.
Another of the conclusions [at their meeting] is the support to indigenous leaders who were summoned by prosecutors to testify about the alleged kidnapping of Chancellor David Choquehuanca on September 24, 2011 in Chaparina Beni. This determination was accepted by 39 'corregidores' of the 64 that exist within the Park.
The meeting also determined to seize vessels and sliders of the Bolivian Navy who were commissioned to transport food and clothing on the part of the Government to encourage villagers to participate in the consultation stipulated by law 222, which said if they agreed with the construction of the road Villa Tunari San Ignacio de Moxos to go by the middle of the TIPNIS.
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Pound the plant to the right of the golden floor plate and a Blast Barrel will emerge. Consider the biology of that! Anyway, the Blast Barrel will shoot you into the background. Hang on the vine then climb the platforms that appear to the new Blast Barrel and fire back to the foreground. Stand on the golden floor plate and roll to the left to collect the first Puzzle Piece (1/5). Quickly jump because the ground under the Puzzle Piece will give way. Now pound the golden floor plate to lower the wall so you can start the level proper.
The first thing you'll see is the first KONG Letter (1/4) floating next to an owl. You can get it by bouncing off the owl or jumping from the platform on the right.
The gimmick of this stage is electrified platforms. See that purple light between those two platforms on the right? When it hits the light bulb beneath on of the platforms, the platform will become electrified. Donkey does not want to stand on electrified platforms because, contrary to popular belief, his fur is not insulated and he will fry.
Continue to the right, doing your best not to turn DK into a crispy critter and eventually you'll come across a large, helmeted owl. Pound the center of the platform immediately to its right and you'll drop into a Secret Room (1/2). Collect all the bananas within 30 seconds and you'll earn a Puzzle Piece (2/5).
Just past the tilting platform with three electrified cages on its right side is an inclined icy platform that will start to crumble the moment you put weight on it. You'll find the secondKONG Letter (2/4) at the far end.
Just past the Checkpoint Pig you'll find a platform swinging back and forth under a line of bananas. Collect all the bananas for a Puzzle Piece (3/5). Do your best not to fry as you gather the fruit, yeah? Donkey would sure appreciate it.
About two platforms over is another tilting platform. If you look down and to the right you'll see the top of a Blast Barrel. Jump to it and it will fire you to a Secret Room (2/2). As always, collect all the bananas within 30 seconds to earn a Puzzle Piece (4/5).
To the left of the next Checkpoint Pig are two hanging vines with a grassy wall to the left. Climb the grassy wall and you'll find a Hidden Cove (1/1) with the final Puzzle Piece (5/5).
On the other side of the Checkpoint Pig you'll find a big walrus guy with a double-ended mace. Floating above him and to the right is a KONG Letter (3/4). Bounce off the nearby owl to reach it. If you don't have Dixie, you may need to bounce off the other walrus guy (the one without the weapon) to reach the owl. If you kill the owl before collecting the Letter 'N', just backtrack a ways and return and the enemies should re-spawn.
Just past that you'll find a few spiky platforms above and to the right of two hanging vines. If you have Cranky with you, cane bounce along those platforms to reach the Secret Exit which will unlock 6-A Dynamite Dash. If you don't have Cranky or you're not interested in the Secret Exit, continue to the right and you'll find the last KONG Letter (4/4) (pictured below). Be quick because the platforms under it crumble.
Continue to the right and as long as you don't fall to your death, you'll reach the Slot Machine Barrel very shortly.


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Has employment growth been driven by a rise in insecure, precarious work?
15th May 2017
At least a large part of growth in employment has been driven by an increase in insecure, precarious work.
That doesn't seem to be the case for the UK jobs market overall. The picture for specific industries, regions and groups might be different and statistics will only ever give a limited insight into questions about job quality.
The employment rate in the UK is high by historic standards. At the beginning of 2017 a larger proportion of working-age people had a job of some description than had ever been recorded before.
But not everyone's convinced that's the whole story and some of our readers have questioned it in the past:
So how much of the rise in employment been driven by a rise in insecure, precarious work?
From the statistics, it doesn't seem like unwanted part-time work or unsatisfactory temporary work has been the major driver behind the growth in employment.
It's a question that's hard to answer with statistics alone, partly because one person's idea of a "good job" won't suit another's. Some people will value secure employment, others flexibility, and presumably most people will want a degree of both. How secure people feel will also depend on things like their relationship with their employer and their own disposition. So questions of job quality are hard to answer satisfactorily with numbers.
The proportion of workers who simply can't find permanent or full-time jobs did increase after the recession but it's been falling for the past few years now.
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The proportion of people who have a job has risen in the past few years to a record high (it's been driven partly by a rise in the proportion of working-age women with a job).
Some of those people have either part-time jobs or temporary work (or both).
Not all of them are happy about it. About 3% of UK workers work part-time mainly because they can't find a full-time job. That is around 12% of the 8.4million part-time workers. Between 1-2% of people in employment have a temporary job mainly because they can't find a permanent one. Around 28% of the 1.6 million temporary workers in the UK.
If we count these people out of the employment figures it makes very little difference to the overall picture. The employment rate for those aged 16+ is still relatively high by historic standards.
We've used the employment rate for everyone over the age of 16 in the graph below so that we're using an age group which is consistent with the over- and underemployment statistics (which we'll get to shortly). The 16+ employment rate is slightly lower than the 16-64 employment rate because it includes people above state pension age, an age group that's less likely to be in work.
The Office for National Statistics also collects data on people who want to work more or fewer hours.
That's a wider group than just the people who are technically "underemployed" or "overemployed".
To count as "underemployed" you need to be seeking more hours, work no more than the maximum weekly working hours already, and be able to make the change within the next two weeks. About 11% of employed people say they'd like to work more hours. But 8% of people in employment meet the criteria and are classed as "underemployed".
You're only classed as "overemployed" if you want to work fewer hours and know you'd be prepared to take a pay cut to do it. About 31% of people with a job would prefer to work fewer hours, but only 10% say they'd definitely take a pay cut to do it.
The proportion of workers who are happy with their hours seems to have been steadily rising over the past fifteen years.
Self-employment has become more common too. There's a fear among some that the economy is headed increasingly away from secure jobs and towards short-term, casual work.
The statistical evidence we've seen suggests that people are generally taking up self-employment happily.
We can also say that industries that make up the 'gig economy' still employ a relatively small proportion of the workforce. If these developments in the jobs market are a worry, it seems to be more of a concern about the direction of travel, rather than about where things are right now for most workers.
As the Institute for Fiscal Studies put it:
"The labour market is changing in interesting ways, but not fundamentally (yet)."
We can also say that the steady increase in self-employment started before the wide use of digital apps to contract piece work, a hallmark of 'gig' industries. The proportion of workers who are self-employed has been rising steadily for about 15 years.
Zero hours contracts
We've written an introduction to zero hours contracts too.
About 2.8% of people with a job don't have a guarantee that they'll work a minimum number of hours. About a third of them want more hours and about a third of them consider themselves to be full-time in practice.
Totals and averages will never give you the whole picture
Many people's perspectives won't match the image of the labour market that comes from looking at national averages, as the chief economist of the Bank of England discussed last June.
But, at the very least, these aggregates give a wider context for debates about how the job market looks in specific industries or regions, as well as for specific genders, ethnicities, and social classes (however you define them).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has also looked at what's been driving employment growth.


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When riding my horse I no longer have my heart in my chest, but between my knees.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Back In The Saddle
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- AnonymousMay 28, 2014
Sounds just lovely - for both of you!ReplyDelete
Dusty looks great and you sure had a good ride! Good for you! Now I have to get going.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful ride, for you & Dusty! Ending on a positive note is always good. I don't unnecessarily "push the envelope" either, it's a delicate balance and whatever feels right usually is. Bet it feels grrreat to be back in the saddle!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 29, 2014
She sure is a pretty girl! I'm delighted you're back in the saddle. Wishing you a happy summer's riding.ReplyDelete
Yay! So glad you had a lovely ride on the beautiful Dusty mare. :)ReplyDelete
I'm in a similar "boat" with Chance's feet, although he's showing a bit of a navicular issue, so he will need an angle adjustment and shoes. No worry for me yet. I'm sure the riding will be no problem, but it's the mounting and dismounting I'm not sure of with my left hip still not free of pain. Otherwise, I'd be on track with you starting back in to riding.ReplyDelete
How good to hear Dusty was such a good girl after the long winter layoff. It proves the validity of all the training you've done with her. Glad you got off while she was being a star. She is the kind of horse who will remember that reward, I'm sure.
Sounds like you had a wonderful ride :) And Dusty looks every inch the beauty she is. Glad the 'problem' turned out to be an easy fix. Looking forward to hearing more horsey adventures.ReplyDelete
Awesome ride and nice quotation.ReplyDelete
Dusty looks great.ReplyDelete
I totally agree with what you said about lunging in your last post. (I read them but don't always comment to save time.)
Don't be surprised. She is simply improving. You've been working on her all these years Now you're making progress.
I would also end on a good note even if it was faster than I expected. That's a good thing!
I rode Harley for the first time too. After lots of lunging. About ten minutes. I think he's headshaking so I'm going to start riding another horse instead. I'm going slow. No rush.
Yipee! What a lovely ride! I think she missed working with you. And, no fuss at the mounting block?! How great is that?ReplyDelete
I really like that your farrier and vet work together. You are very lucky.
Dusty and Dudley sound about the same with their feet! Dudley is going fabulously right now; he just got natural balance shoes put back on him. And speaking of, it's time to go lock him up and give him his soaked hay!ReplyDelete
- The Equestrian Vagabond
Sounds wonderful. Hope the rides are still going well.ReplyDelete
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