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Click on the title to this post and read Bill Poole's take on our twin deficits.
Rather optimistic in Econo-Girl's eyes. He cites 'sound' policy as a way for the US to get out of its Federal deficit and trade deficit. Limit inflation, he argues. Take a sensible approach to long-term solvency in the Federal budget.
To limit inflation, the Fed will raise interest rates. That will put a cap on consumer spending as the costs of paying off credit cards will go up. That in turn will limit the growth of our economy, since there is less money to spend. And that, my dear ducklings, is what is called a 'recession.'
Note to Poole: Are you saying that years of sensible policies will erase the damage from years of insensible ones?


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Art: Chan Pisey. Colors: Kim Phally.
Once a year, cartoonists around the world participate in 24 Hour Comics Day! Romeet Gallery will host our Cambodian crew on October 20, 2012 joining cartoonists all over the planet who are attempting to draw 24 pages in 24 hours.
The 24 Hour Comic is a 'free drawing' exercise designed to unlock creativity. Our Books has been developing Project: 24 since October 2008 to gradually introduce Cambodian artists to this unique exercise and the global comics community.
As with prior years, we offer participants a 'Cambodian Variation': One artist — one page — one hour of the day. Many Khmer artists have jobs, school, and family obligations, but all artists who have an hour to spare are welcome to join the fun!
This year marks the fifth time Cambodian comic artists will attempt to a full drawing day (counting participation in Australia's ComiKaze drawing day). Cambodian and overseas artists are welcome to join the drawing marathon at Romeet's space, beginning at 8am SHARP October 20.
Art supplies, paper, and coffee will be provided until 8am the following morning. Artists who would care to share their work can do so live on the web, or via a compilation PDF/ebook assembled the following week
Staff from Cambodia's comics nonprofit Our Books (Nhim Soknea, Kim Phally) will be on hand to scan pages and assist overall documentation of the event.
Artwork can be posted on the Romeet workspace walls during the workshop process. A live webcam linkup and Twitter feed will be accessible via http://SiewPhewYeung.org.kh/24 .
Pages may be sold at the discretion of the artist. We ask that interested visitors please respect the artists' creative process.
'Best of' pages from 2008 and 2009 are being collected in print and have been archived on the web as a 'Who's Who' of contemporary Khmer comic art by Our Books, as well as sent to the permanent 24 Hour Comics archive.
Event Time: 8am Saturday October 20 to 8am Sunday October 21.
Event Location: Street 178, Phnom Penh, Phnum Penh, Cambodia
Romeet on Web, Facebook http://www.phareps.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=65&Itemid=201&lang=en
Event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/100355440121465/
+855 (0)12 526 840 (John, Our Books)
+855 (0)92 95 71 71 (Soknea, Our Books)
+855 (0) 92 953 567 (Kate O'Hara, Romeet Gallery)
Hi, I am a Khmer Animator/ Illustrator living in Canada. I was wondering, when you say Artists Overseas can also participate, do you mean we can participate via the internet or all artist must be there in person?
Sorry, I have never done anything like this before, so I was just wondering. I can't be there in person, and it sounds like fun. But if we have to be there in person, I may have to wait till next year since I plan to visit Cambodia then
Thank you
Hello from the participants in Singapore! We're starting at 11am on 20 Oct 2012 at Bukit Merah Public Library. All the best with the challenge!


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Extraterrestrials & Beyond with Drs. J.J. & Desiree Hurtak and Alan Steinfeld
This workshop is about understanding the cosmology of alien civilizations and our multidimensional awakening. We will look at recent scientific evidence of the "Cosmic Others"– and how 'they' are presently assisting in the upgrade of humanity. As cosmic beings we are entering a new phase of evolution concerning our deeper selves. In this talk, we will lead a practice to experience nonlocality, as we work to activate our Light Bodies in order to become co-creators of new realities.
ALAN STEINFELD is a host and producer of New Realities (www.NewRealities.com), the popular cable and YouTube channel with over 18 million views. The program investigates new ways of looking at UFOs, consciousness, science and the arts. Over the years Alan has formed close alliances to such people as Deepak Chopra, Drs. Hurtaks, Bruce Lipton, Alex Grey, Lynne McTaggart and the late John Mack.
Dr. J. J. HURTAK, Ph.D., Ph.D. & Dr. DESIREE HURTAK, Ph.D., are social scientists, futurists and founders of The Academy For Future Science (www.keysofenoch.org). They have been researchers in the fields of UFO studies, ancient archeology, metaphysics and higher spiritual knowledge for over 40 years. Dr. J.J. Hurtak is the author of thirty books in twenty languages, including The Keys of Enoch®. Together, the Drs. Hurtak have co-written numerous books including The Oversell Awakening, The Pistis Sophia, and Mind Dynamics In Space and Time with physicist, Dr. Elizabeth Rauscher. They are on the Board of Directors with FIONS (Friends of the Institute of Noetics) founded by their colleague, the late Astronaut Edgar Mitchell.


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(actually written in pencil yesterday evening while my computer was away in the Magic Workshop)
I knew this was going to happen: bound to, really, since my computer is one of my three best friends. Correction, only friends. Pathetic. Just pathetic!
When it gets dark outside and it isn't a full moon (everything looks better under a full moon); when the cats are fed and all asleep and therefore I might not exist; when the hedgehog and I have surprised one another at the feeding station yet again (we never seem to learn); when the Evening News is over and there's an hour and a half to go to Stargate: Atlantis; when I need to look up a word or can't remember the name of a song or the next line of a poem; when I've listened to that Jennifer Warnes CD for the third time in a row; when I start thinking about Mum and what away-with-the-fairies disaster she could be involving herself in right now, and I wouldn't know; when I begin to avoid looking in the mirror in case I see some other woman there; when I feel tempted to fetch yet another bowl of Frosted Wheats from the kitchen even though I know they give me indigestion; when I …
I've run out of whens. But whenever any of these 'whens' occur, usually I would hobble upstairs, do that little shimmy thing with Mr Mousie to bring the computer back to life and immerse myself in blogging, Amazon-surfing or clicking through those strings of weird photos of People Who Could Not Possibly Exist, Child Stars Who Grew Up Ugly or Worst Plastic Surgery Disasters Ever, that you know are going to be rubbish and will probably send the Internet Security thingy into a fit of little red Xs but somehow cannot resist. But tonight…
Tonight, I am thwarted. Famous Blue Raincoat remains in the CD player and I just can't seem to get up off the sofa and remove it. She's got to that creepy one about Joan of Arc again;
- Well then fire, make your body cold
- I'm gonna give you mine to hold
- And saying this she climbed inside
- To be his one, to be his only bride
If only I could unglue myself this obsessive-compulsive Jennifer-Warnes-playing thing I could put in something less suicide-inducing like Mary Black or James Taylor. An hour or so of tuneless carolling along to James Taylor would change everything; he's the best possible medicine for attacks of weltschmerz or existential angst. How could you be downhearted whilst singing I fix broken hearts, baby, I'm your handyman or Goodnight you moonlight ladies, rockabye Sweet Baby James to a roomful of sleeping cats?
How loud that central heating sounds. Did the radiators always rattle like something out of A Christmas Carol? Maybe I could wake a cat or two.
Twenty-nine hours. Only twenty-nine hours to wait. What am I going to do?
There's plenty I could be doing. There's a green plastic trayful of blog-post ideas, a stack of green and yellow refill pads for writing on and a Shaun The Sheep mug full of perfectly sharpened pencils. There's that copy of Peter Pan that arrived in the post today, finally. I could be reading that. There's that strange Christian blockbuster novel I downloaded onto my Kindle on a whim and have hardly started. What is this slight obsession with Christianity at the moment? Just a phase, probably. Or second childhood.
There are Christmas presents I could start wrapping but it's hard to get in the mood since we're not even over Halloween yet. If I wanted to I could hoover the living room with my extremely loud, old-fashioned hoover to welcome home my neighbours who – I see from the black hearse parked outside their house – have just returned from their six month sojourn in the South of France either building their dream villa or staying in a friend's caravan, depending which other neighbours you choose to believe. Oh here we go – word association again:
- Je suis un rock star
- Je avais un residence
- Je habiter la
- A la south de France
- Voulez vous
- Partir with me?
- And come and rester la
- With me in France?
- Bill Wyman – (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
I do love Franglais, particularly really determinedly, arrogantly bad Franglais. I believe the French detest it.
My sister just telephoned from Canada. It seems she is suffering a similar sense of dislocation, for different reasons. Her kitchen cabinets have all been ripped out and the fitting of the new ones has been delayed for a day. All she can do is microwave and boil water. All her bits and pieces in cardboard boxes. I keep wandering into my office, seeing screen, keyboard, mouse, printer, router, all in their usual places and wondering vaguely why they won't still work. Could that dull-looking black box-thing really have been the heart of it all. Cables and plug-in thingies trail onto the carpet like severed arteries.
Most of my life I have been typing. Typing and thinking have become one and the same thing to me. Now the pencil looks strange in my hand and my own handwriting – though surprisingly attractive – seems to belong to someone I used to know.
After a few pages your own hand starts to yell at you. Writing hurts!
I could go out. At least in theory. At least tomorrow, when it gets light. Except where? I could try living some sort of real life for a little while, but what would a real, live person do?
Maybe they would decide to attend the Halloween Extravaganza at the one and only pub this Friday. Someone pushed one of those glossy advertising fliers through my letterbox this afternoon, or rather into my letterbox where it got stuck and concertinaed by those twin brush-things. What are the twin brush-things on letterboxes for, does anybody know? Maybe just to frighten postmen.
I could go if I was prepared to dress up as a witch (little make-up required) or a pumpkin-lady in plus-size orange tights and a cardboard pumpkin body; and if I was prepared to go unescorted into a public house; and if I was happy to abandon the twelve cats to the onslaughts of door-rattling, menacing little trick-or-treat-persons. Were I to do so I might enjoy, according to the flier:
- Apple Bobbing (check)
- Mummy Wrap (children permitted to encase female parent in yards of toilet paper, just this once?)
- Zombie Dancing (would they be importing a bona fide Zombie Dancing troupe to give a demonstration, or would they be selecting Michael Jackson on the jukebox and expecting all present to dance along to Thriller, making those fearsome faces?)
- Jelly Bobbing (like Apple Bobbing but substituting jelly for water? Isn't this overkill? I mean, first you get your hair wet then you get a faceful of strawberry jelly)
- Disco (check)
- Balloon Games (oh no. I remember balloon games from my youth. Undignified)
- Beer Pong (Beer Pong? Beer Pong? Like Ping Pong perhaps only with pint mugs flying back and forth?)
Reality makes so very little sense.
Twenty eight hours…
I have become like an owl of the waste places. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalm 102:6


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This blog post is part of Blogathon 2009, in which I am blogging for 24 hours straight in order to raise money for the Vancouver Public Space Network, an entirely volunteer-run organization who do advocacy and education on the public realm in my home of Vancouver, British Columbia. Please consider supporting by sponsoring me with a pledge, leaving a comment or contacting me to contribute a guest post.
About a month ago, I was asked what my plans were for my transit-musings blog, TransLinked. I'm still not entirely clear what those plans are, so I took the fifth on that question and answered along the lines of, that the project is too new for me to know. To some extent, that's still true, but over the course of the Blogathon, I've also come to remember something that I noted during my Honours research which I feel is important for me to remember now.
When I was reading about public consultations in the UK, there was an observation made about the true impact of the input of the public in the course of those sessions. In an off-the-cuff statement, it was stated that the public consultation process may amount more to a form of education for the public, who learn to adopt the language of planning professionals, rather than an opportunity for the public to really have a role in shaping outcomes.
This is on my mind, of course, because I'm on the cusp of becoming one of those planning professionals myself. I remember, when I started my internship in Toronto, one of the members on my team (who eventually became somewhat of a mentor) said that my perspective, as a new member of the company and the team, was a good and important thing to preserve, because it meant I could notice things that had long become standard practice for everyone else.
This is how I feel about TransLinked: that it is preserving, in some ways, my thoughts before I shift to start using the conceptual shorthand of planning language. In some ways, I've probably already started, but likely in a very infinitesimal way compared to what's to come. As a user-centered design advocate, it's always felt important to me that I keep that ability to articulate instead of rationalize close. Even as I have already started to do it, when speaking to people about why certain things about the system are the way they are, it's hard to get away from the fact that I have an idea as to why.
So I'll keep TransLinked around, because I think planning is the sort of large and complicated undertaking that can really wear a person down, and fighting for incremental changes can really take the wind out of one's sails for seeing the big picture; and for me, the big picture is how things are looking like in situations far from my own. It's been a lot of fun to read what other people write on Tumblr about transit, especially since the Tumblr-using crowd is very different from the Skyscraper Forum-using crowd (which I will never be able to connect with because we are separated by technology; I am mentally unable to tolerate phpBB any longer), who are different from the transit-blogging crowd and the Planetizen crowd. They all have their perspectives on transit, however, as well as practices around community building. These groups, varying in size and volume, form an ecosystem of who talks about and thinks about transit, and what potential contributions they might make to a participatory process.


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In 1963, Jaguar planned to build 18 E-Type Lightweight racing coupes, with aluminum bodies and ripping D-Type racing engines. Only 12 were assembled. 50 years later, Jaguar set out to build the rest. And Road & Track got to slip behind the wheel.
Yes, it's a million-dollar, hand-built racer. No, Jaguar didn't update or modernize anything. How does it feel? Let Chris Cantle explain, in words and photos that will set your heart racing.
Robert Sorokanich is the Online News Editor for Road & Track. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram.
Photo by Chris Cantle


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More and more people are turning towards LASIK surgery as a way to rid themselves of their vision problems forever. However, it's no secret that it's not a surgery that comes cheap. Therefore, many people find themselves wondering if it's really worth the cost.
It's a good thing to question whether a purchase is worth it when you're investing a considerable amount of money. The good news is, we've got all of the information that should convince you that getting LASIK surgery is well worth your money. Here are some of the biggest reasons why this popular surgery is worth the cost.
It's Effective
First and foremost, LASIK has an incredibly high success rate. Very rarely are people not satisfied with their results. In fact, as many as 9 out of 10 patients claim to be happy with the results of their surgery.
So, what happens if you're one of the patients who aren't happy with their results? The good news is, many doctors will offer a touch-up procedure so that you get the results you desire.
You Save Money In The Big Picture
Although the upfront cost may cost a lot more than buying a pair of glasses or contacts, over time, LASIK will save you a lot of money in the big picture. LASIK is a one time cost, whereas glasses and contacts require being purchased over and over again during the course of your lifetime.
So, if you're the kind of person who likes to make their decisions based off of saving money, then LASIK is the obvious choice.
It's A Low-Risk Procedure
Just like any surgery, there are always risks involved. However, LASIK is considered one of the safest procedures out there. It's very unlikely that anything will go wrong during LASIK surgery.
So, if you're concerned about undergoing the treatment because of the risks involved, rest assured that you are more than likely going to be okay.
Your Quality of Life Will Improve
Having vision issues can not only be irritating, but it can even be painful. When you can't see properly, it can affect your productivity at work, affect your energy levels, and even lead to migraines.
When you get LASIK surgery, you no longer have to worry about finding your glasses in the dark, or putting your contacts in every morning half asleep.
Suddenly it's possible to get out of bed and go without having to worry about anything for your eyes!
Payment Plans Are Available
Not everyone has enough savings put aside to be able to pay for surgery upfront. Therefore, you'll be happy to know that many surgery centers offer payment plans so you can comfortably pay in installments.


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ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Tyson foods is recalling over 50,000lbs of Buffalo Style Chicken Wing Sections sold in 28-ounce retail bags. Customers complained that the chicken had an, "off odor."
The Any'tizers® Fully Cooked Hot Wings® were sold in stores nationwide. They were produced on October 24-25 at the company's Pine Bluff Arkansas facility.
A statement from the company explains how to tell if you have chicken affected by this recall.
Each 28-ounce bag affected in this recall bears the establishment code P-13456 above the heating instructions on the back of the bag and Product UPC 0 23700 01118 3 as well as date codes including "2975PBF05" or "2985PBF05." Additionally, each bag has a "Best if Used By" date of October 24, 2016 or October 25, 2016.
Consumers with questions should call Tyson Consumer Relations department at 866-328-3156.


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At Prime Meats, Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo aim to evoke the late 19th century with riffs on classic drinks. A Falcinelli favorite: Farmer's Armagnac. Plus: Ultimate Cocktail Guide
How to Make It
Moisten the outer rim of a chilled coupe with the lemon wedge and coat lightly with sugar. Add the remaining ingredients to an ice-filled shaker; shake well. Strain into the coupe.


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This zippered mini padfolio is perfect for your next meeting. The front slip pocket provides quick access storage the full zipper opens to reveal a mini tablet holder on the left and a mini notebad for quick note taking, with an interior pocket.
- Elastic corners to secure Tablet
- Pen loop
- Interior pocket
- Includes 5″w x 8″h writing pad
- 8-5/8″W x 10-1/2″H x 1-1/4″D


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Right now I have done upto TIC TAC TOE game in FCC curriculum path.It has been two and half months following FCC.A little background about me-
I have a computer Engineer degree (4 years[2010-2014]).I was a liitle bit lost in my final year.Putting the story short I get a job in 2015,March in one of the leading Consultancy Companies.There I was trained on C++ for 3 months then I was allotted a project which was on DOT NET. There I was made to focus more on business side and within 5 months in that project I resigned.Again I was lost.I decided to do home business but after 4 months I decided to comeback.So I started learning web development and there I found FCC.
My Question is that I am applying for jobs but I am not getting any calls.Also most of the jobs require experience.Am I on the right track?Is there any body in similar situation?The more time is passing the more pressure is building on me! Should I just focus on FCC curriculum or should I do some more things?
Also some of my friends are suggesting to go for masters for which I need to prepare for GATE(in India) which requires full concentration so I have to stop my learning web development.Also some are suggesting to prepare for GRE and go abroad for MS.
I am not very clear what to do? I will be really thankful if you all suggest me the right path with supporting reasons.
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Jeremy Fraiberg, Desmond Lee, Rob Lando, Craig Wright
Feb 9, 2012
On November 25, 2011, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed changes to the rules on the marketing of prospectus offerings (the proposed rules). We summarized some of the proposals in a previous Osler Update on December 1, 2011.
The market practice in Canada for bought deals, road shows and term sheet usage is long established, so it may come as a surprise to some market participants that there is currently very little law governing these activities. The CSA is therefore proposing rules that it believes codify established market practice and that expand the scope of permissible marketing activities during a prospectus offering in Canada. However, there are a number of possible unintended consequences resulting from some of the proposed rules that, if adopted in their proposed form, could result in significant changes to current Canadian practice. We highlight these issues in this Update and, through the public comment process, will raise these concerns with the CSA.
We encourage others to submit their own comments on the proposed rules to the CSA before the deadline of February 23, 2012.
Bought Deals
1. The conditions for upsizing a bought deal could be difficult to comply with and may preclude upsizing in many situations.
When a bought deal agreement is signed, the underwriters make a firm commitment to purchase a specific number of securities at a specific price. The underwriters are then allowed to solicit expressions of interest from potential investors, provided that the bought deal agreement requires the issuer to obtain a receipt for a preliminary prospectus not more than four business days after the date the bought deal agreement is entered into and certain other conditions are satisfied.
If the offering is oversubscribed after soliciting expressions of interest, issuers and underwriters have on occasion amended their bought deal agreement prior to filing the preliminary prospectus to enlarge or "upsize" the offering. The Canadian rules do not currently contain clearly prescribed requirements for upsizing a bought deal. The Canadian securities regulators have expressed policy concerns about upsizing, as it may provide a means for an underwriter to solicit expressions of interest for an offering that is ultimately significantly larger than the underwriter's original purchase commitment. These concerns have created uncertainty regarding when and how a bought deal can be upsized. The CSA is now attempting to resolve this uncertainty through specific rules prescribing the conditions for an upsizing. The proposed rules will also regulate making other amendments to bought deal agreements, and the termination provisions they may contain.
The CSA is proposing to cap the amount by which a bought deal can be upsized following launch to either 15%, 25%, 50% or some other prescribed percentage of the original size of the offering. (The CSA has requested comments on what the prescribed percentage should be, and we encourage market participants to express their view on the appropriate percentage through the comment process.)
Importantly, the proposed rules would also prohibit a bought deal from being upsized if doing so is "the culmination of a formal or informal plan to offer a larger number of securities under the short form prospectus devised before the execution of the original agreement". This condition is presumably aimed at making sure there is no intention to upsize before launching a bought deal, and that it is only excess demand or over-subscription that results in the upsized offering, rather than using a subsequent upsizing as a means of circumventing the spirit of the bought deal rules by permitting solicitations of expressions of interest in securities for which there is no pre-existing purchase commitment by an underwriter.
However, the wording of this condition is very broad, and may be viewed as applying to the discussions that issuers and underwriters will typically have regarding the interplay of offering price and offering size prior to the launch of an offering, and the impact that market demand will ultimately have on the underwriters' ability to complete a larger offering at a particular price. Further, it is fairly typical for the possibility of upsizing to be discussed as part of the original negotiation of the bought deal terms. It is not at all clear when such discussions amount to a "formal or informal plan".
We believe that this new condition may introduce needless uncertainty regarding the ability to upsize a bought deal, and should not be necessary in light of the proposal to cap increases at a fixed percentage of the original offering size.
2. There are other proposed restrictions on amending and terminating bought deal agreements that may be incompatible with current market practice.
The proposed rules appear to prohibit a bought deal agreement from being terminated unless all parties (including the issuer) decide not to proceed with the prospectus offering or unless a permitted termination event occurs. The proposed rules do not permit a bought deal agreement to contain a "market out" termination right, which is consistent with current market practice. However, bought deal agreements normally do contain other termination rights such as a "disaster out" and a "due diligence out". Additionally, the underwriting commitment in the bought deal agreement is usually subject to the subsequent condition that the issuer and the underwriters execute a mutually satisfactory form of definitive or formal underwriting agreement.
Under the proposed rules, it is not clear whether these types of termination rights and conditions would be prohibited, as they can result in the termination of a bought deal agreement without the consent of the issuer. If this is the intended result, it will require a significant change in current market practice. Further, it is not clear whether these restrictions apply only to the initial bought deal bid letter, or also apply to the definitive or formal underwriting agreement itself (which may unintentionally be captured by the definition of "bought deal agreement" as currently proposed). Finally, the proposed rules would prohibit any amendment to a bought deal agreement in order to add additional representations, warranties, indemnities and conditions, unless the amended agreement is "otherwise on the same terms" as the original agreement. It is not clear what is intended by this requirement. It is also not clear whether this requirement is intended to apply to the definitive or formal underwriting agreement, which by superceding and replacing the bought deal agreement may be considered to constitute an amendment to it.
The proposed rules also prohibit adding a new underwriter to the syndicate if this is "the culmination of a formal or informal plan to add that underwriter devised before the execution of the original agreement", which is not reflective of current market practice. Most bought deal agreements are executed by a single underwriter, in the interests of speed in bringing the offering to market, with the full expectation that other underwriters will subsequently be invited to join an underwriting syndicate. We do not understand the regulatory concerns with the current practice.
3. Term sheets for a bought deal may be sent only to institutional investors before the preliminary prospectus receipt is issued.
Between the launch of a bought deal and when a receipt is issued for the preliminary prospectus, term sheets may only be sent to institutional investors. Retail investors may receive a term sheet after a preliminary prospectus receipt is issued, but this will be of little practical benefit unless a portion of the offering is reserved for retail investors, as bought deals are generally fully allocated well before the preliminary prospectus is filed.
We believe that retail investors should be entitled to receive term sheets. We do not understand the policy rationale for limiting access only to institutional investors, particularly when it is proposed that all information concerning securities in the term sheet must be included in the launch news release or the issuer's continuous disclosure record.
The proposed rules would also require a copy of the preliminary prospectus to be sent to each permitted institutional investor that received the term sheet, whether or not that investor expressed interest in the offering or ultimately purchases securities. This is likely to create an unnecessary compliance burden for underwriters, as no purpose is served by providing further information about an offering to an investor that has already decided not to participate in the offering.
4. The bought deal press release will require more disclosure.
The proposed rules would require all information concerning the securities in the bought deal term sheet to be included in the launch press release, unless that information has been disclosed by the issuer in a previously filed document. For instance, some of the information in a typical bought deal term sheet that would need to be included in the launch press release under the proposed rules would include the stock exchange(s) where the issuer's securities are listed, the termination provisions for the underwriting commitment, the eligibility for investment of the securities for RRSPs, TFSAs and other registered plans and the underwriting fee. Current market practice is to not include this information in the launch press release. It is not clear why this information should be needed in the press release when investors participating in the offering will ultimately receive it through the term sheet or the prospectus.
5. The term sheet must be filed before it can be used.
Under current bought deal rules, the launch press release must be issued and filed on SEDAR prior to the commencement of solicitation activities. For timing reasons, this is typically handled by the lead underwriter on behalf of the issuer. Under the proposed rules, the term sheet would also need to be approved in writing by the issuer and the underwriters and filed on SEDAR before the term sheet is sent to institutional investors. We anticipate that this will result in the lead underwriter also filing the term sheet at the same time as the press release in order to be in a position to be able to distribute the term sheet to institutional investors immediately upon launch.
Road Shows
6. All information in a road show during the waiting period must also be included in the preliminary prospectus.
Under the proposed rules, all information in a road show during the waiting period must also be disclosed in the preliminary prospectus, with the exception of comparable company information, which may only be disclosed to institutional investors. We understand that the CSA believes this is largely consistent with current Canadian road show practice. However, the proposed rules are very restrictive and require that "all information" in the road show also be in the preliminary prospectus, rather than focussing only on material information. Further, the proposed rules do not distinguish between presentation material that is shown or distributed to investors and the statements made by management or others during the presentation itself.
We believe that it is impractical and inconsistent with current market practice to prevent management from being able to answer questions during a road show simply because the answers go beyond what is contained in the preliminary prospectus, or because of uncertainty regarding whether the answer entails providing any information (whether or not material) that is not included in the preliminary prospectus.
The CSA has also asked for comments on whether the use of comparable company information should be more regulated, including through rules aimed at reducing the risk of "cherry picking" comparables.
7. It is unclear whether a slide deck for a road show would always need to be filed on SEDAR and included or incorporated by reference in the prospectus.
For the typical road show that occurs during the waiting period, the proposed rules would prohibit an investment dealer from providing "written material" to an investor attending a road show, other than the preliminary prospectus and any amendment, unless the written material is treated as a term sheet under the proposed rules. This would mean filing the written material on SEDAR and including or incorporating by reference the written material in the prospectus.
It is not clear whether the filing requirement applies when investors are shown the slide deck but are not allowed to keep a copy of it. For example, the slides may be shown on screen during an in-person meeting, or may be handed out for viewing only during the meeting with all copies collected afterwards, or presented though the internet in a format that does not allow printing or downloading. It is unclear why written materials such as a road show slide deck should be filed on SEDAR and otherwise treated like a term sheet if they are being provided in a form that cannot be retained by investors.
8. The new road show requirements will create a significant impediment for Canada / U.S. cross-border IPOs.
The proposed rules would require that road show materials be filed on SEDAR, and the proposed companion policy provisions discussing road shows for cross-border IPOs appear to be premised on the assumption that this means that an electronic road show will constitute "road show materials" that must be filed on SEDAR, even if the content cannot be downloaded or printed. The CSA suggests that cross-border IPO issuers will no longer be required to apply for the type of exemptive relief previously granted in Canada for cross-border IPOs (and such relief will no longer be available absent unusual circumstances) because issuers will be able to file on SEDAR the same road show materials that they are permitted to file on EDGAR. As the CSA points out, for an internet road show for an IPO, the U.S. requirement is that road show materials either be filed on EDGAR or be "made generally available without restriction" through electronic means. The CSA appears to be under the impression that road show materials are typically filed on EDGAR in the United States, and that the need for the previously granted exemptive relief stemmed from a concern that the public availability of the road show materials on EDGAR would violate Canadian marketing restrictions, as the SEC's EDGAR website is available worldwide, including to Canadian investors.
In fact, road show materials are rarely, if ever, filed on EDGAR. U.S. underwriters typically insist on making a bona fide version of the road show available to the public without restriction for the express purpose of avoiding the alternative requirement to file the road show on EDGAR. Although a number of commercial services allow investors in the United States (and elsewhere, including Canada) to view the road show, access is always limited to viewing only, with no capability for investors (or others) to print or download the content, or access it after the permitted viewing period expires. U.S. underwriters are generally concerned that they would be subject to a significantly higher risk of frivolous and ultimately unmeritorious lawsuits being brought against them and the issuer by the active U.S. plaintiff securities litigation bar if a record of the contents of the road show slides and script is made permanently available on EDGAR.
Any road show material that is required to be filed on SEDAR in Canada will also be permanently available to the U.S. securities class action bar, and we anticipate that U.S. underwriters would raise the same concerns about that result in the context of a cross-border IPO. Further, because the proposed Canadian rules will still require restricting access to electronic road shows in Canada (even if only for the purpose of verifying the identity of the viewers), the U.S. rules will require that a bona fide version of the road show must also be filed on EDGAR as well. The result will be a significant change from current U.S. IPO practice.
We are concerned that this change from current practice may create a disincentive for IPOs to be conducted on a cross-border basis. We anticipate that U.S. issuers and underwriters will be reluctant to participate in a cross-border IPO unless road show content which is protected from downloading and printing is exempt from any SEDAR filing requirement, and the CSA continues to provide exemptive relief to allow unrestricted access to such road shows in Canada so that they may continue to be exempt from the SEC's EDGAR filing requirements.
9. The proposed rules do not specifically address confidential marketing in advance of a shelf prospectus take-down.
Confidential marketing in advance of a public offering, where investors agree to be restricted from trading and to keep the transaction confidential until it is announced or abandoned, has become more common in recent years, both in Canada and the United States. Most market participants would consider this type of confidential marketing to be permissible in Canada under current rules, as long as the issuer has a shelf prospectus in place and rules relating to insider trading and tipping are complied with.
A new provision in the proposed rules states that, if an issuer does not issue a news release about a potential drawdown under a shelf prospectus, dealers should consider measures to ensure compliance with applicable securities laws relating to selective disclosure, insider trading and trading by "tippees" (i.e., investors who are told about an offering being confidentially marketed). This would include obtaining confidentiality commitments from potential investors with respect to information about a potential offering.
Although this provision appears to acknowledge that a shelf takedown may be confidentially marketed in Canada, it may be helpful to market participants for the CSA to provide further clarity regarding its expectations for the conduct of such offerings.
10. The proposed rules do not provide guidance on when it is permissible to launch an offering following a "non-deal road show".
The CSA indicates in the proposed rules that it is aware of the practice that has developed for "non-deal road shows", where issuers and dealers will meet with institutional investors to discuss the business and affairs of the issuer. The proposed rules state that, if a non-deal road show was undertaken in anticipation of a prospectus offering, it would be prohibited under securities legislation. However, there is no guidance or prescribed "cooling off period" under the proposed rules regarding when it would be acceptable to launch a public offering following an issuer's non-deal road show.
This would appear to leave the current practice with respect to non-deal road shows unchanged, in that it would still be up to the issuer and dealers to satisfy themselves that a non-deal road show is not undertaken in anticipation of a prospectus offering, either based on the facts or by imposing their own cooling off period between the end of the non-deal road show and launch of a public offering.
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Blake Shelton: country singer, reality show star, Gwen Stefani boyfriend, and now apparently something of a hero. The Voice star helped rescue four men after their truck was stuck in a mudhole near the Washita River in Oklahoma on Friday.
"Me and my buddies were checking out the river, when some of my buddies slid into a big mudhole and got stuck for about two hours," Bryar Blanton, one of the stranded men, told *Entertainment Tonight. *"Me and [my friend] Adrian started walking down the road [looking for help] and Blake and his dog, Betty, stopped and picked us up in his truck."
From there, Shelton tried to tow the truck out with his truck, but it wasn't powerful enough, so he went back to his house—yep, Shelton still lives in Oklahoma—and brought his tractor down the mudhole to finish the job. And, covered with dirt after the job was done, he even posed for pictures with the guys he helped out.
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Loved this thread. Divergent skiing used to be a targeted skill back in the Up, Touch, Turn days. Glad to see the A-frame is making a comeback )))
Loved this thread. Divergent skiing used to be a targeted skill back in the Up, Touch, Turn days. Glad to see the A-frame is making a comeback )))
"If you are lucky enough to be on the mountain.....You are lucky enough"
This thread reminded me of this article I read a couple years ago and is still online -- http://www.youcanski.com/en/coaching/inside_ski.htm
I don't confess to know much about racing but optimum racing technique. But perhaps what racers do in certain situations in certain turns is a bit different than free skiing performance parallel turns. I'm thinking in racing going from slightly converging to slightly diverging may be desirable. But I'm not sure that would be the goal in "PSIA" style skiing. Or at least, divergence could indicate a defect.
I've been doing some in-house level III prep clinics (even though I'm not ready to take an LIII exam I've been told I should be working toward it.) One thing we covered is staying with the skis. If you move inside too quick, which a lot of people in the level 7-8 level (PSIA LII) do on modern carving skis, you have to do one of two things to correct. You can pivot the skis to quickly tighten the turn to catch up with the body, or you can diverge your inside ski. That type of divergence is going to be a determent to performance. You really want that inside ski parallel and at the same edge able and you want to bend it to get the proper radius. So how do you bend the inside ski to match the radius of the outside ski when the inside ski when the outside ski as more force on it? You have to get on the front of the ski with ball of the foot and shin pressure. Simple mechanics would tell you that you wouldn't be bending the whole ski but you'd be bending the tip.
-l2t (feeling like I known just enough to be dangerous.)
The bigger edge angle you employ during a turn, the further the feet have to be apart on the snow to provide room to tip the legs. In a series of high edge angle turns like that, if you want to keep your skis parallel all the time, you have two choices.
1) You can constantly maintain that wide foot separation, and go through your transitions with an exaggeratedly wide stance, or
2) You can narrow them for the transitions, and then widen them again during each turn.
If your choice is #2, how do you make that widening and narrowing happen while keeping your skis always parallel?
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Rick, I think I agree with you on all of that. Looking at the tracks in that article, not only is there change in ski pressure from side to side by the shape of the arc is such that ther has to be a bit of divergence/convergence going on. I think the gist is, modern racing turns do not look like railroad track turns.
I'm curious.
Why would you want to narrow your stance between high edge angle turns?
Isn't that just extra pointless movement?
Because the inside ski will generally be on a slightly lower edge angle, and will be bearing less weight, converging is something that happens rather naturally/automatically, it involves no intentional movements. Keeping it from happening is what would require intention. The move that actually requires the more deliberate movement is found in the stance widening again to allow for the development of a big edge angle in the coming turn following the transition. That was what I was prodding discussion about.
Yes, you could just hold the prior turn separation through the current transition, but it would require effort to maintain through the bottom half of the turn, then would require a contorted stance to continue to maintain it through the transition. And that contortion would affect the ability to move fore for the initiation of the new turn, something racers strive to do, and is a pretty useful thing for recreational skier to do too.
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The boy designated by Chinese authorities as Tibetan Buddhism's second-holiest monk, known as the Panchen Lama, has used his first published interview to praise communist rule in Tibet. The official Xinhua news agency reports that the boy says Tibetan Buddhist temples and religious activities are well-protected, and that the region has made many achievements under the good leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
The 15-year old Gyaltsen Norbu was interviewed during a visit to Xigaze, Tibet's second-largest city and the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama.
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, had selected another boy - Gedhun Choekyi Nyima - as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama in 1995. Chinese authorities ignored the choice and the boy disappeared shortly after his selection was announced.
Chinese officials insist the displaced candidate is an ordinary school boy and is doing well in his studies.
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Ghostface Killah comes back strong after his 2010 studio album Apollo Kids, which was met with critical acclaim, and delivers 12 Reasons To Die. After a brief hiatus from doing solo work, Ghostface crafted an album based around the comic book also titled '12 Reasons To Die.' The Wu-Tang member ensured that his tenth studio album would be finely tuned with the collaboration of producer and composer Adrian Younge and executive producer and narrator RZA. There's no doubt that the chemistry between Younge and Killah is organic and when united they piece together a dark and twisted ride that delivers a ferocious story all in under 40 minutes. For what some might view as intimidating, Younge sets up a Zen garden for Ghostface that allows him to do exactly what he does best.


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Miles Kody, is a documentary filmmaker. Living off a long ago success he's now searching for his "second" break. He finds that in the seedy ...
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Dushanbe (Tajikstan), November 20, 2019-Reigning AFC Asian Cup champions Qatar escaped with a barely deserved 1-0 win on Tuesday as Felix Sanchez's side saw Afghanistan miss a first-half penalty during their Asian Qualifiers Group E.
Akram Afif's penalty 14 minutes from time spared Qatar's blushes and secured all three points, but only after Omran Haydary saw his effort from the spot saved by Saad Al Sheeb in the first half in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 qualifying tie.
As a result, Qatar remain unbeaten in their first five qualifiers and sit on top of Group E with 13 points while Afghanistan remain on four points with three games left in the second phase of qualifying.
Despite the gulf between the teams, the Qataris were never allowed to settle by an Afghan side that pressed the Asian champions from the front, with the tactic frustrating the visitors throughout the 90 minutes.
Playing in front of a sizeable crowd in the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, Afghanistan looked the more likely to score in the early exchanges. Farshad Noor went close to capitalising on a mistake by Tarek Salman, when the defender's clearance was fired back with interest, only to shoot over the bar.
Almoez Ali should have done better seconds later at the other end, only to slice his attempt off target after being played in on goal by his strike partner Yusuf Abdurisag as Sanchez's side laboured.
Salman was again involved in the 29th minute when Milad Intezar's attempt at goal hit the defender on the hand and referee Timur Faizullin had no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot. Haydary' s weak attempt, though, was gathered by Al Sheeb as he dropped to his left.
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ICICI Infotech enters local market with $10 million acquisition
Indian-based financial and IT services player, ICICI Infotech is charging into the region with the acquisition of Insyst Technologies.
Indian-based financial and IT services player, ICICI Infotech is charging into the region with the acquisition of Insyst Technologies. The deal, which is worth approximately $10 million over the next three years, will enable ICICI to leverage on Insyst's local customer base and market knowledge.
"The deal brings together Insyst's product development expertise with ICIC Infotech's established services business," says Hari Padmanabhan, president & CEO, Insyst.
"ICICI is part of the largest financial house in India and they have some very aggressive growth plans, both for the Middle East and globally," he adds.
The deal also transports Insyst's range of products into markets that had previously eluded the local development house. Insyst's three products — the Orion ERP package, Premia insurance software and its Merlin SMB suite — will all continue to be marketed under the same brand both in the region and internationally.
"We're currently working with teams to see how we can take these products aboard," says Padmanabhan. "We're primarily looking at the US and South East Asia markets."
The addition of ICICI's 1400 professionals should also enable the homegrown software house to enhance services to current customers and exploit further opportunities. Up until now services had previously only accounted for 15-to-20% of Insyst's business, and were primarily seen as a way to enhance its technical skill sets in emerging areas such as e-business.
At the local level, Insyst's company make-up isn't going to change in the short-term, with Padmanabhan remaining Insyst's CEO and reporting to the board of ICICI Infotech.
"This will significantly enhance our ability to invest in product development and use technology more effectively in raising our levels of service to our existing customer base and to new customers," says Padmanabhan.
"Insyst will additionally bring to them a wide range of IT services that ICICI Infotech now provides to its global customers," he adds.
Insyst's $10 million price tag will depend on the company achieving certain targets over the next three years. Although those targets were not disclosed Padmanabhan is confident they will be reached.
"We will continue on our ambitious performance and growth targets and with the significantly enhanced financial strength brought by ICICI, we will raise our quality and service bar, bringing our customers greater benefits and more cost effective solutions," predicts Padmanabhan.


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When Conor Maynard isn't turning out some of my favorite pop-house tunes, he's usually putting his own spin on music's biggest tunes, creating cover projects that stand their ground when compared to the original. His latest is no exception.
Joined by YouTube sensations Samantha Harvey and rapper Anth, Maynard takes on Calvin Harris and Rihanna's current chart climber "This Is What You Came For," delivering an inspired acapella cover. The three soloists blend their differing musical styles as well as hot tracks "All My Friends" from Snakehips and "Company" by one Justin Bieber, for one seamlessly resonant re-up. The end result is a more nuanced interpretation, adding in parts melodic harmony and fresh flow, but that works in their favor; they stay true to the original while still offering up an atypical take. Enjoy:


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Whitewash Kitchen Cabinets – Kitchen cabinets come in many types and styles. If you want to redecorate your cabinetry, you may try use the concept of whitewash kitchen cabinets. Countertops go whitewash cabinets are different with the white paint. The former are used in hardwood cabinetries like maple or oak. The cabinet is then tinted using a white stain. The reason why the cabinet is tinted is because you can see the grain of the cabinetry. Contrary to the white painted kitchen, you cannot see the grain. Thus, you will not know the material used on your pained cabinet.
Whitewash kitchen cabinet is suitable for those who like the bright color and the natural materials. Whitewash cabinets technique has been known for ages. This cabinet style does not give the vintage look. It is suitable to be used in temporary or modern themed kitchen. Nevertheless, this kind of cabinetry has been used in traditional kitchen. This cabinet has its own market segment. Whitewash cabinetries are beautiful and adorable. People will choose it because it has white color but it does not lose the characteristic of the wood.
Whitewash kitchen cabinets have more practical function compared to the pure white painting. Bright white surface will get more visible stains and smudges compared to the whitewash cabinet. You will need less cleaning and dusting. The grain on your whitewash can be a focal point to prevent the viewer look on the stains. However, regular cleaning is still needed to create a clean environment in your kitchen. Having this whitewash cabinetry will be a good satisfaction for those who like this cabinetry concept.
Making Your Own Whitewash Kitchen Cabinets
Whitewash kitchen cabinets are good for several cabinetries that are made of pine. The grain will fit perfectly with the whitewashing technique. For oak cabinets, the process of whitewashing the cabinet is called pickling. This review will talk more on the whitewash instead of pickle kitchen cabinets. Sufficient drying time is the thing that needs to be handled to get the perfect whitewashing result. To make your own whitewash cabinet, you need to remove the drawers and the doors. Don't forget to clean your cabinet using rags and a heavy duty degreaser. Keep cleaning and wiping the cabinet after degreasing it to make sure that your cabinets clean enough.
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Traveling Luck for Sinji Vir Serbia (general), Serbia
The timezone in Sinji Vir is Europe/Belgrade
Morning Sunrise at 05:27 and Evening Sunset at 17:23. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 43.8800°, Longitude. 21.3164°
Morning Sunrise at 05:27 and Evening Sunset at 17:23. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 43.8800°, Longitude. 21.3164°
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Geographic features & Photographs around Sinji Vir in Serbia (general), Serbia
populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
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ridge(s) a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.
- Odžinačka Kosa (5.9km)
railroad station a facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight.
- Železnička Stanica Jovac (5.8km)
field(s) an open as opposed to wooded area.
- Petlovac (9.9km)
marsh(es) a wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation.
- Striška Bara (7.8km)
mountains a mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges.
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plain(s) an extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area.
- Zmič (4.8km)
ruin(s) a destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional.
- Jerinin Grad (7.5km)
region an area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics.
- Veliko Pomoravlje (9.6km)
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After the exit point Chiusi – Chianciano Terme of A1 highway, the turist must go away towards S.S. Cassia road . On the Cassia road we must follow the Rome direction and after some Km, we turn to the right towards Abbadia San Salvatore. The hotel is located on the street which is connecting Abbadia San Salvatore with another small city Piancastagnaio.
From Siena or Rome is better to arrive to the SS Cassia road, climbing the Amiata mountain towards Piancastiagnaio for who is arriving from Rome and respectively Abbadia San Salvatore for
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For who is using S.S. Aurelia the exit point is Paganico, and is necessary to go away towards Arcidosso and Piancastagnaio.


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This week sees commemorations of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th century Dorset farm labourers who were arrested and convicted for their membership of a group called the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. It was essentially a forerunner of what we would now think of as a trade union.
How far we've come from that era. How archaic that a society once punished people for pulling together in the interests of improving working conditions, that we actually used the full weight of the law to quash attempts at solidarity amongst the working classes.
Despite historic wins for the working classes, things have reversed considerably in the last 30 years. Ever since Margaret Thatcher began her crusade against the unions, opinions have been steadily shifting. Like much of Thatcher's legacy, she instilled a selfishness amongst the UK electorate, an inability – or unwillingness – to see beyond one's own circumstances. Whether that be the council house they bought, the shares in British Gas, or Telecom – the post-Thatcher war cry has been that most contemptible phrase "what's in it for me?".
I have lost count of the occasions when sensible, ostensibly left wing people complain about unions on the basis that they "already have a good deal". Yes, they probably do get paid more than you, they probably do have more favourable working conditions than you, but that's because their union fought tooth and nail over decades to ensure those things.
Look to those who've secured a better deal for themselves and ask what they did differently; the answer will probably be that they belonged to a union. Just because your employer treats you poorly, and just because you get paid shoddy wages, doesn't mean that the rest of the world ought to be brought down to that level – that selfishness is Thatcher's legacy.
It may well be an inconvenience when workers are striking, especially if those workers provide an essential service. But one of the most fundamental democratic tenets is the right to strike, it is a crucial reminder that no one has a god given right to another person's labour. But that principle only works where there is solidarity, that is the cornerstone of the labour movement. An individual making a fuss about their wages or their workplace will soon be singled out and reasons can always be found to get rid of them, but an entire workforce cannot be ignored.
That is why I would never, ever cross a picket line, regardless of whether I agree with the strike, or the specific dispute which led to it. Solidarity requires that we all have each other's back.
The right to strike though, is in serious danger, the Conservative Party's Trades Union Bill seeks to make it harder for unions to strike, but most worryingly of all it wants to change the rules allowing agency workers to break pickets. This is unfair to both the striking workers and the agency staff, and it could very well spell the final days for trade unions in this country.
Tony Blair's government did absolutely nothing to reverse Thatcher's weakening of the unions, despite the Labour Party having been born from the union movement. As Nye Bevan once put it, Labour "grew out of the bowels of the TUC". But then, it surprises most people to learn that the Labour Party have never in their entire history supported a single strike (so you can add that to the list of "what exactly are Labour for?" questions).
The reality is, that mainstream political parties have no interest in supporting the unions, as there's no easy votes in it. Thatcher's children are more concerned with how a strike will inconvenience them, than understanding that those workers play an essential role in their day-to-day. They are more concerned with an idea of fairness that sees anyone who's doing better than them as someone who ought to be brought down a peg or two: "if I can't get a pay rise why should they?"
Those people should be careful what they wish for. David Cameron is fighting the corner for Thatcher's legacy, and its entirely possible that huge swathes of strike action could be outlawed in a matter of years.
So when we start to see workers being carted away and arrested for striking against unfavourable working conditions in the early days of the 21st century, we would do well to consider just how far we've actually come since the days of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.


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Leaked Apple videos allegedly show internal iPhone repair process
Several videos, apparently made by Apple, offer a peak into the iPhone repair process. They've surfaced on YouTube, meaning you can take a gander at what really happens to your iPhone when you send it back to be fixed.
The details: Eleven videos, each with Apple branding, were originally uploaded to Twitter, according to Motherboard. In each of the videos, you see a different repair process, including how to open the iPhone X and how to replace a Macbook Pros' Touch ID board. The repair staff in the video use Apple proprietary tools while working on the products.
Arman Haji downloaded and re-uploaded them to his YouTube channel, telling Motherboard he wanted users to see them after the Twitter account was suspended.
Is this for real? I mean, I'm sure there's a chance they could be fake, but they look like the real enchilada to me. The test of that, probably, will be how soon the videos are taken down. I can't see Apple being content to see its internal videos publicly available on YouTube, if this is what they are.
These videos might encourage third-party repairs that more closely mimic Apple's official repairs, which would put the company at a bit of a disadvantage. It's traditionally resisted the notion of third-party repairs — last year it fought against a "right to repair" bill in Nebraska that would have granted non-Apple repair services access to diagnostic manuals and other materials.
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Supporting healthy joints and bone cartilage is essential in your overall well-being. Often overlooked in your body' joints and cartilage dictate how you often feel and may be the root of much of the soreness you experience in your body. On the other hand' joints and cartilage are responsible for much of your body's movement and functioning' so it is vitally important you make sure they are in good working order. One way of helping to ensure this is by taking a supplement. Support your musculoskeletal health with a Glucosamine Chondroitin Maximum Potency dietary supplement by Metabolic Maintenance!
Glucosamine is a compound derived naturally from healthy cartilage. It is combined in this supplement with chondroitin' which is a glycosaminoglycan that is derived from articular cartilage. Chondroitin is believed to promote water retention in joint cartilage as well as benefit elasticity. Together' these two compounds also help to maintain cartilage and adding lean body tissue. Studies have shown that the combination of glucosamine and chondroitin can help in promoting relief in areas of pain. This product comes in a vegetarian capsule' and also carries only pure ingredients' with a promise by Metabolic Maintenance not to contain any binders' fillers' or preservatives hidden anywhere in the supplement.
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Senior running back Keenan Hailey has had a huge season for Joliet Catholic, but he knew Hillcrest's defense would be an obstacle to overcome in Saturday's Class 5A state semifinal.
"We saw how physical and fast they were on defense," Hailey said. "We haven't seen that all year. The teams we've played, it's been big versus big. We haven't seen a team with their speed.
"I was really excited to take on this challenge against them."
Hailey passed the test in resounding fashion, running for 220 yards and five touchdowns as the Hilltoppers rolled to a 42-6 win over the previously unbeaten Hawks at Memorial Stadium in Joliet.
Joliet Catholic (9-4) will play for its 14th state championship at 10 a.m. Saturday against archrival Montini (12-1) at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
Mar'Keise Irving ran for 117 yards on 13 carries and caught three passes for 60 yards to lead Hillcrest (12-1).
The Hawks had allowed seven points or less in their last 11 games, but had no answer for Hailey, who scored on TD runs of 6, 4, 4, 41 and 3 yards.
"The motivation of getting to state is all we needed to take it to another level," Hailey said. "It's been fueling us these last few weeks."
Hailey, who went over the 2,500-yard mark for the season, scored four times in the second half as the Hilltoppers pulled away after leading 8-6 at halftime.
"Keenan lost about 10 pounds over the offseason and he added a new dimension with his speed," Joliet Catholic coach Jake Jaworski said. "With his speed and power, he's so tough to stop.
"He's doing the blocking for Nick (Iannantone) on his runs, too, so he's the ultimate warrior."
Iannantone added 106 yards on 16 carries.
Joliet Catholic's defense, meanwhile, came up with big play after big play.
Mundo Meyer made two interceptions, while Matt Yanke, Kurt Weis and Ben Stoner had one each. Two of the interceptions came in the Hilltoppers' end zone, and the Hilltoppers also stopped the Hawks at the 1-yard line on fourth down.
"It's a big energy booster when we make big plays like that, and it's crushing for the other team," Meyer said. "What makes it even sweeter is when the offense then comes out and takes five minutes off the clock and scores."
Hillcrest's lone TD came on a 30-yard pass from Basil Webber to Montez Garrett on the last play of the first half.
Garrett started at quarterback before Webber, the Providence transfer who had missed the last four weeks after breaking his collarbone, came in for the final drive of the first half.
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Hailey, Meyer and several other Joliet Catholic seniors were on the team that went 1-8 in 2016. Now, they'll end their careers playing in a state championship game.
"This has been the accumulation of all we've learned over the years," Meyer said. "It took us a while to get here, but this is JCA football."
Steve Millar is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.


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Talent sourcing
Permanent recruitment
How we source high achievers
A couple of years ago, sourcing candidates was typically confined to posting an ad on SEEK and/or knowing someone with a network. However, talent sourcing and hunting for a High Achiever is much more than this.
Today sourcing is an online marketing exercise and we have built our sourcing strategies around the following eight pillars:
Google - online visibility
At 11 Recruitment, a lot of resources have been invested to ensure visibility online. We aim to be listed at the top of any relevant search results (SERP), and want candidates to come to us before anyone else.
We measure our visibility on an ongoing basis (e.g. 11 Recruitment's Google ads have a "visibility" of 41% in comparison to say Hays's or Robert Half's at 10% and 7% respectively).
Our ranking is important from an SEO perspective as high achieving candidates do not enter the job market often. When they do, they typically are not familiar with all the different agencies in the Perth recruitment space.
First come, first serve is important. We want applicants to choose 11 Recruitment as their first point of call.
Job video advertising
Social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+) favour videos over still content through their various algorithms.
Job video advertising is very effective. It enables us to communicate directly with candidates with the opportunity presenting as professional, unique and personal.
Video job ads increases awareness, generate referrals and raise responsiveness to job listings. On LinkedIn alone, our job video ads are typically viewed more than 1,000 times within 24 hours of posting.
This surpasses even the best performing ads on SEEK.
"The level of professionalism and attention to understanding each candidate's employment requirements, is something I am yet to come across with any other recruitment agency. Christian and his consultants not only assist candidates to align their specific skill-set to opportunities in their desired fields, he also provides mentoring and support from start to finish.
The processes he has implemented as part of the journey with 11 Recruitment empowers each candidate and allows them to have the right tools to make an effective decision regarding their employment prospects. I would certainly recommend 11 Recruitment to any job seeker..."
M. Edwards
Google reviews
Google ratings are important as candidates often study ratings and read reviews to decide who to trust and contact in their search for new employment.
It is our aim to be the best recruitment agency in Western Australia from an applicant's perspective. While it may be a big target, it is our goal.
One key measure is Google Reviews and so far, we have managed to get the highest rating (5.0) among all the 250+ recruitment agencies in Perth.
Lead magnets & drip marketing
People may not be ready to move on the first time we contact them, however, at some stage, they will be. Hence, it is important for us to build long term relationships with potential candidates.
To connect with people, we post "lead magnets" (i.e. free tips, tutorials and job market updates for job seekers) as incentives offered to potential candidates (both passive and active) in exchange for their contact information (name, email, phone number).
This inbound activity triggers email and SMS automation campaigns, which provides candidates with relevant information about the job market, so when they are ready, they can make contact for a confidential conversation.
"Christian and the team bring one of the best services, not only for people like me who are looking to get a job but also to the companies by sharing new insights and trends. For example, the article he wrote about the intrinsic failures of today's Cover Letter and CV management, and the one about references."
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Our strong presence on LinkedIn enables us to reach approximately 95% to 98% of all active LinkedIn users in Australia.
This reach is expanded further through our LinkedIn Recruiter subscription.
CASE STUDY: A client recently gave us a very specific brief:
"We want a new sales rep and the ideal candidate could be a Procurement Manager from one of our potential future customers – e.g. company xx".
We identified ideal prospects that we then reached out, established communications and promoted the opportunity. An application from the ideal candidate was obtained, and two months later, the candidate from the potential future customer company accepted the job offer.
Seek talent search
Seek has its own database with 8,000,000 profiles, which gives us the opportunity to find candidates who may be a perfect fit for your role.
We do not wait for the perfect candidate to come to us. Many candidates are waiting to be invited to apply to your role. We can search for your perfect candidate using advanced sort and filter functions, including salary, industry and location and company for headhunting.
We can review key data such as career history and have access to unique CV data to ensure searches match the most relevant candidates.
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All the jobs a candidate has applied for through our portal are logged.This includes roles they have applied for, each CV and cover letter they have submitted including their answers to their screening questions, and the entire communication history. This provides us with a bigger picture of each applicant, enables the identification of discrepancies and utilises information previously obtained.
We can perform Boolean searches directly on the 110,000+ CVs we have in our database.
Additionally, we can search for keywords listed in CVs. For example, specific software such as MYOB or AutoCAD, or company names to identify candidates who have worked for our client's competitors. This often forms part of a search or headhunting strategy where we can reach out to people via email and SMS who may be a direct target or a secondary target (i.e. someone who may know of and can refer us to someone in their network who may be interested in a vacancy).
Job boards
Ad performance is vital. Hence, we constantly fine tune the performance of our ads against our competitors. We refresh, rewrite and reformat our ads on a constant basis to optimise the quality of job applications.
We are openly aggressive in this space. We post on six different job boards and post around 20 job ads for every permanent job we close.
Despite seeking quality over quantity, our ads clearly outperform other ads on SEEK, even the above market benchmark.


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Thousands of students and government officials gathered at Phnom Penh's Independence monument yesterday to mark the 64th anniversary of Cambodia's independence from France, with the opposition CNRP visibly absent.
King Norodom Sihamoni was greeted by throngs of flag-waving supporters as he made his way to Independence Monument at 8am.
At the monument, the King welcomed officials and lit a ceremonial fire and then shook hands with students, civil servants and armed forces while flanked by Defence Minister Tea Banh and RCAF commander-in-chief Pol Saroeun before heading back to the Royal Palace two hours later.
At the monument, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Interior Minister Sar Kheng, National Assembly President Heng Samrin, and Senate President Say Chhum also greeted the King, whose father, the late king Norodom Sihanouk, secured Cambodia's independence from France on November 9, 1953.
"November 9 is the day that brought independence, land sovereignty, peace and development to Cambodia," said Mr Hun Sen.
Pol Ham, vice-president of the CNRP, said he did not receive an invitation letter when asked why he and other opposition lawmakers did not attend the event.
"Last year, we went to join the ceremony because we received the invitation," Mr Ham said. "I wanted to join in the ceremony but I didn't have the invitation letter."
Chhin Ketana, secretary-general of National Committee of Organising National and International Festivals, declined to comment.
Chheang Vun, spokesman of CPP lawmakers at the National Assembly, said he did not see any opposition lawmakers at the ceremony but could not speculate as to why they did not attend.
"I think that Independence Day is very important for all Cambodian people," Mr Vun said.
"When we join the ceremony, it means that we respect and love the achievements of the late King and we love peace forever."
Sok Pheakna, a Grade 11 student at Chea Sim Boeng Kengkang High School in Phnom Penh, said she was glad to join the ceremony, which was important. "I think that all young Cambodian people must study our history a lot, so we clearly know about our past," she said.
Sieng Seytith, 57, from Daun Penh district's Chaktomuk commune, said he considered the country's sovereignty to be the most important political issue.
"I believe in the current government and in the Cambodian People's Party, because they can protect peace for our country," he said.


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Ever since BPA or Bisphenol A has been linked to being a endocrine disruptor, my family has stopped buying and using plastic for everyday use. Even though manufactures stopped using BPA, and replaced it with other plastic alternatives like BPS (Bisphenol S) I always questioned if these alternatives were any better. BPA has studies to show it causes problems, but the other alternatives that are being used instead of it, have no data to show if it is any better. It's hard to always avoid plastics all together but I threw out all my plastic baby bottles and sippy cups and bought all glass or stainless steel instead. I figured it costs a little more, but just in case it was worth the initial investment. At times I feel like maybe I am being a little paranoid but now it seems my concerns were not unjustified. A new study demonstrates that alternatives to BPA used in the manufacture of BPA-free products are not necessarily safer. The research shows that low levels of BPS had a similar impact on embryos as BPA and that in both cases the embryonic development was accelerated.
Meanwhile, I have many friends and family members that have been using plastic bottles and cups for their children because the advertising that says its "BPA Free". Sometimes its good to trust your own motherly instincts, instead of just doing what they tell us is "safe". For me personally I'd rather use glass or stainless steel because I am just not convinced that plastics are safe for my babies. And really I don't miss using plastics at all! You can read more about the study here or read it in CNN news here.
Here are my families alternatives to Plastics:
Lifefactory Glass Baby Bottle – Although any glass bottle is better than plastic I loved using these because they never broke on me when they fell down as it has a silicon protective sleeve.
THERMOS FOOGO Stainless Steel – We have about 5 of these because we found them so practical for travel, and they keep the liquids nice and cold in the summer. They come in different colors too, so you can keep one just for water and another just for milk.
Cub Cups for Toddlers & Kids. We don't have these yet, but I just saw them online and they look great! At home I let my kids drink from regular porcelain cups and glass, but of course it took a while of me watching and helping before I could feel comfortable letting them use them. But these cups look great because they are kid size and they wont break if they accidentally fall on the floor!
Stainless Steel Utensil Set- Plastic spoons may be cheaper but these are a better alternative and look much nicer.
Children's Stainless Steel Plates – This is a cute alternative to plastic plates, if you don't want to use porcelain plates.
Stainless Steel Food Container – These are great for packing your kids school lunches in or even your lunch!
Glasslock: Many use plastic containers to store their left overs for the next day. These glass containers are a much better alternative, and the price is great too.