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A will, but no Weiwei?
Posted on April 6, 2011	by dalstonliteraryreview
Having an opinion on the arrest of Ai Weiwei is easy. A renowned and respected artist with reformist political views, arrested and detained without trace. And he had his studio demolished . The cultural world can find a common position on something that clearcut.
But Ai's arrest, while disturbing for the man and his coterie, is even more significant for its indication of the broader political climate in China. Arrests, detentions and repression happen all the time in China, and the CCP would have known that its actions against Ai would have created an international media furore, so why now?
Perhaps we should have called this post 'seeds of discontent' instead.
The answer may lie in the near-extreme paranoia Beijing is currently showing to political reformism in the wake of the 'Arab spring'. Amid online calls for a 'jasmine revolution' in China to replicate the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings, the CCP has launched a counter-attack, arresting up to 50 people and placing another 200 under house arrest.
The thing is, the jasmine revolution had been something of a non-starter. The first attempt to gather people together to highlight the revolution occurred on 20 February, with Chinese citizens exhorted to gather in 13 sites, such as outside McDonald's on Wangfujing, Beijing's busiest shopping street. The result was farcical: any protesters were difficult to identify given that the sites were all major thoroughfares and were overwhelmingly outnumbered by uniformed and non-uniformed security forces and international media representatives.
The reaction by the jasmine organisers was to call for weekly 'strolling' protests, whereby reformists can register their discontent by, err, walking past protest sites. Given that they are all shopping streets, cinemas or other pedestrian-heavy sites, it's pretty difficult to tell who's protesting and who's just strolling. This hasn't stopped the authorities from continuing to deploy security forces and closing some sites down for 'cleaning' at the appointed time of gathering.
The CCP's paranoia is not entirely misplaced. There has been a growing reformist movement in China for some years, having been crushed by the Tiananmen Square massacre. Charter '08, a manifesto launched by Chinese intellectuals and activists in December 2008 designed to resemble Charter 77, was the most public demonstration of this movement's growing influence. One of its authors, Liu Xiaobo, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, much to Beijing's chagrin.
Amid rising inflation, which incidentally was one of the prime causes behind the Tiananmen Square unrest, the CCP is nervous. Very nervous. Hence, its somewhat cackhanded response to calls for '茉莉革命', the jasmine revolution.
The irony is that it is just this sort of reaction the jasmine organisers may want. As Beijing reacts to the call for revolution, it looks like a giant blindly swatting anything it mistrusts while missing its intended target. The overly draconian response may only inspire more discontent among the population and fuel support for exactly the kinds of reforms the jasmine movement wants. Even Ai Weiwei admitted on Twitter four days after the first gathering that at first he ignored the jasmine movement, but it slowly gained credibility in his mind.
A jasmine revolution may be a distant goal and the CCP still remains firmly in control. But it is exactly the policies such as the reaction to jasmine and the arrest of Ai and other reformers that could well act as a long-term delegimitising force for the party.
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Just 20 minutes after Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2017, The Washington Post ran a prophetic headline declaring, "The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun."
That headline foretold how, for 30 months, the Democrat Party (with its Leftmedia public relations conglomerates), would collude with deep-state operatives in the CIA and FBI, essentially saboteur holdovers from the Obama administration, to undermine the Trump administration.
The Russian-collusion hoax amounted to, in effect, a coup d'état against the Trump administration. From its outset, we waded through the Mueller investigation that, predictably, failed to provide any shred of evidence of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.
In fact, we learned unequivocally that Hillary Clinton's corrupt campaign had actually colluded with Russia, but the damage had already been done: Democrats seized on the phony "Trump Colluded!" narrative to take control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms,
Control of the House has given them free rein to harass and obstruct the Trump administration via endless subpoenas and witch hunts.
BTW, recall that Ukrainian oligarch, Victor Pinchuk donated more than $10 million to the Clinton Foundation between 2009 and 2013, including when Clinton was secretary of state. Hillary had deep ties to Ukraine. wsj.com/articles/hilla…
It may be too little too late, but the upcoming Justice Department reports from Inspector General Michael Horowitz and U.S. Attorney John Durham will unveil some of this Demo/deep-state criminal conspiracies.
In fact, IG Horowitz is scheduled to testify before the Republican-controlled Senate on December 11, just after the expected release of his report.
Regarding the expected length of the Horowitz report, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), formerly a federal prosecutor, wryly observed, "It doesn't take an inspector general 500 pages to say that everything was done correctly and properly."
But it is Durham's as-yet unfinished report that ultimately matters, because only it can hold deep-state Democrats accountable via criminal referrals. Will the mainstream media give either of these damning reports the attention they deserve? We're not holding our breath.
So, just as your editorial team was ready to take a post-Mueller breather, enter rotten-to-the-core Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who used his office to collude with another Demo deep-state CIA saboteur to once again set up President Trump — this time for impeachment.
It's no coincidence that just days after the aforementioned WaPo inaugural headline the lawyer representing this so-called whistleblower, Mark Zaid, declared on his social-media account, "#coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately."
The identity of this whistleblower is the worst-kept secret in DC. And, judging from this bureaucrat's elitist background and strong ties to Joe Biden, it's easy to why Schiff, who weeks ago promised the whistleblower would testify, is now lying that he doesn't know his name.
Now that the Democrats' Coup d'État 2.0, Schiff's shift from Russia to Ukraine, is underway, in the interest of your time, we've launched a section in The Patriot Post titled "Schiff Show Roundup," under which you'll find only the most significant news on the impeachment charade.
While our Schiff Show coverage is a 30,000-foot overview, let's take a Mach 3 ride up to 80,000 feet for a strategic survey of those overviews. What follows are few of the most important directional indicators in the Democrats' impeachment ruse, Day 1,034.
Off we go.
First, if you want to better understand the whole charade, watch Rep. Devin Nunes's opening statement, which you can view here. Nunes also lists some key questions for the whistleblower.
Second, as the title of this column suggests, Schiff has pivoted from "quid pro quo" to "extortion" to "perjury and bribery," because most Demo constituents have no idea what "quid pro quo" means. And because — we kid you not — "bribery" polled best among their focus groups.
We assumed that Schiff would cast a wide impeachment net in an attempt to catch Trump on something beyond Ukraine — the same model Mueller used to catch Trump associates like Paul Manafort on charges completely unrelated to the Russia investigation.
But with the two aforementioned Justice Department reports coming up, some Demos may get caught in their own net.
And it's precisely this concern about getting caught in his own net that accounts for Schiff's reversing his decision to allow the "whistleblower" to testify.
Why? Because cross-examination by House Republicans would likely reveal Schiff's lies about not having colluded with that witness. outline.com/KrbP9r
As for Schiff's shift from how he initially framed the impeachment inquiry, to "perjury," that was the basis for Bill Clinton's impeachment — and he was clearly and demonstrably guilty. patriotpost.us/alexander/6678…
Who can forget Clinton's contortions in his grand jury testimony — a masterpiece of verbal contortion in which he attempted to defend his lies by insisting, "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is.
Today's Trump-hating Democrats have a far flimsier case, but they hope to use the perjury precedent to snag Trump on some twist of wording in the written responses he supplied during the Mueller investigation they can pass off as lying to federal investigators —a would be felony.
As for "bribery," that of course is one of just two specific crimes mentioned in our Constitution (Article II, Section 4) as grounds for impeachment, i.e., "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Schiff, whose relationship with the truth is, well, complicated, shamelessly invoked the framers in trying to make his case: "Bribery … as the founders understood bribery — it was not as we understand it in law today.
It was much broader. It connoted the breach of the public trust in a way where you're offering official acts for some personal or political reason, not in the nation's interest."
Horse pucky.
The only bribery connection relevant to this case was a Ukrainian company paying Hunter Biden $83,000 a month to influence his then-vice president father, who was at the time the Obama administration's point person on Ukraine.
Recall that it was Joe Biden himself who bragged about his BILLION dollar bribe of the Ukrainian government to fire prosecutor Viktor Shokin before he could fully investigate Hunter Biden.
Until the Demos present solid evidence of perjury or bribery, here's what they have: Among other things, in his phone call with newly elected Ukrainian President Zelensky, Trump wanted the Ukrainian government to announce they were finally going to investigate the Bidens.
I never thought I'd say this, but Trump should have tweeted this request and his reference to Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election instead of broaching these two subjects in the phone call with Zelensky.
The road to Trump's impeachment has more potholes than Detroit. But, as former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy notes, impeachment can be unpredictable, which is to say it can be perilous. And the Democrats have the votes in the House to make the Senate referral,
That being said, a review of the Democrat/deep-state chronology reveals government corruption that is much more serious and consequential than the charges that led to Richard Nixon's impeachment.
This was, in effect, a government conspiracy to overthrow the Trump administration, a coup d'état. And Trump's impeachment is a diversionary political tactic that has trivialized the constitutional impeachment authority of Congress.
And what is the outcome Demos are seeking in this charade? Trump will not be ejected from office, so their objective is to use the Senate impeachment vote exonerating Trump to defeat a few Republican senators in vulnerable states,....
....retake control of the Senate in 2020, and if Trump survives the impeachment smear and is reelected, the Democrat-controlled Senate can block any further conservative appointments to the Supreme Court.
However, Trump's presidency should be decided at ballot box. nationalreview.com/2019/11/decide…
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Fiona Hill: (02:36)
The Russians' interests, frankly, to de-legitimized our entire Presidency. So I want an issue that I do want to raise, and I think that this would resonate with our colleagues on the Committee from the Republican party,....
....is that the goal of the Russians was really to put whoever became the President by trying to tip their hands on one side of the scale under a cloud.
Fiona Hill Worked W/Steele, Wrote 'Russian Interference' Piece In 2016, Has Unusual Connections lidblog.com/fiona-hill/ via @yidwithlid
@yidwithlid Russia expert Fiona Hill, who reportedly left the National Security Council on 19 July 2019 (i.e., six days before the Trump phone call to Ukraine on 25 July), testified in a closed-door hearing to Adam Schiff's House Intelligence Committee this week.
@yidwithlid Hill had been brought to the NSC in the spring of 2017 as one of the staffing decisions in the transition from Michael Flynn to H.R. McMaster.
One might say that the problem with laying out Hill's connections to the usual suspects of Spygate is knowing where to start.
Democrats still haven't delivered 'the goods' on Trump impeachment washex.am/2KCt4fj
People are still waiting for Democrats to deliver on their impeachment "scandal." In week two of the impeachment investigation, the case is firmly closed — Democrats are trying to impeach President Trump for merely doing his job. Here is what we learned:
1. Temporarily holding aid from Ukraine to ensure compliance with anti-corruption standards was wise.
2. Democrats are using career deep-state operatives to pretend they have important witnesses, but even those witnesses failed dramatically.
Dannielle Blumenthal PhD
@DrDannielle
1) Okay. This will be the concluding part of the 3-part thread on the Ukraine whistleblower hoax, centering on the hypothesis that there is no actual whistleblower.
2) The reason why it's important to do this thread, other than truth, is the staggering implications of the assertion that there is no whistleblower after all.
If this is true, every single person who KNOWINGLY facilitated the lie is guilty of trying to overthrow the government.
3) I am not a lawyer but you can read more about this in Chapter 115 of the U.S. Code.
IMPORTANT: All people are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18…
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@TXTrumpette89
Trump's been roasting Congress since 1993 lol
the first half hehe
Trump has been the same person ever since he's been in public eye, and yet, the American people still elected him...
When will the Democrats learn?
1999 - Roger Stone talked about the decision of Donald Trump to form a presidential exploratory committee. He focused on Trump's membership in the Reform party, & Trump's agenda for his campaign.
1) The first #QAnon drop occurred on October 28, 2017.
2) People quickly got to work crowdsourcing the answers to the questions that appeared.
3) Within 1.5 weeks, we already had nearly 400 questions on Google spreadsheets and Smartsheets and Pastebin -- and many answers as well.
If #QAnon is genuine...
@josh_emerson
Based on this nbc data you can still find lots of bot/troll accounts twitter missed.
Search hashtags ON a date.
Search for the actual tweets.
the accounts all "look" the same, low status counts, low follower counts, created at the same tnbcnews.com/tech/social-me…gbquNiCcd2
just using that and a tip from @z3dster gets me 6 accounts to look at.
@MarlonStepherd
@Mich_Heart_Rt
@DannyyyyPayton
@Joe_B_R
@worynynizuzy
@rogyvahumin
those are all troll factory/internet research agency accounts.
so pull the accounts that follow them.
you get all these shady looking accounts with the same stats.
drop the false positives, drop the duplicates. you get about 180 accounts worth looking at.
#SYRIA #AmericaFirst #Gaza #VoteBlue #TrumpGenocide #ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow #September11th #KAG #RuleOfLaw #News #TrumpTrain2020 #DonTheCon #Manafort #AMJoy #TrumpPressuredUkraine #Mustache #water #DC #ThousandOaksShooting #Skripal #trump #NorthKorea #EnoughIsEnough #KevinMcCarthy #Texas

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Balsamo reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Tanya Titova and James Heintz in Moscow contributed to this report.


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Forest Labs., Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.
Nature of the Case and Issue(s) Presented: When the parties addressed issues of claim construction, they disputed the construction of a term appearing, with slight variations, in the claims at issue. That term stated: "change in memantine concentration as a function of time (dC/dT) that is less than 50% that of an immediate release dosage form comprising the same dose of memantine as the composition." Forest proposed that the language either be left unconstrued or be construed to mean a "change in plasma memantine concentration of the extended [sustained] release dosage form as a function of time (dC/dT) that is less than 50% that of an immediate release dosage form comprising the same dose of memantine as the extended [sustained] release dosage form." Teva contended that the claim term was indefinite; it required the comparison of a concentration profile of an immediate-release formulation and a concentration profile of an extended-release formulation, as measured in human pharmacokinetic studies, but the patents were silent about how to conduct the studies to obtain those concentration profiles, and differences in study design led to variable results in the claim-required comparison.
The district court construed the claim to require that the concentration profile of the extended-release formulation and the concentration profile of the immediate-release formulation be measured in human pharmacokinetic studies, and found that the intrinsic evidence did not disclose a specific human-study design or provide guidance as to how to design a human study. The district court also found that the extrinsic evidence of how a person of skill in the art would understand the language at issue showed that measurements from human [pharmacokinetic] studies vary widely in terms of the concentration profiles they generate for any particular memantine formulation. The court entered a final judgment of invalidity based on indefiniteness, and Forest appealed. The Federal Circuit affirmed.
Why Teva Prevailed: The Federal Circuit first addressed the issue of claim construction, and then the issue of whether the correct claim construction were indefinite. Forest argued that the district court erred by construing the claim to require both of the concentration profiles being compared (extended v. immediate release) be derived from measurements in human pharmacokinetic studies. But the specification described Figures 1A and 2D as showing concentration profiles of a 20 mg memantine immediate-release formulation and a 20 mg memantine extended-release formulation. In addition, the figures and the accompanying descriptions supplied the same amount of detail for the immediate-release profile as for the extended-release profile. The Federal Circuit also reasoned that the prosecution history provided no support for Forest's proposed construction. The inventor declaration submitted during prosecution described the results of a human pharmacokinetic study from which both immediate-release and extended-release profiles were derived.
Next, the Federal Circuit found that the district court's indefiniteness ruling was supported by precedents that held claims indefinite in particular circumstances where the claims required measured quantities (absolute or relative), different techniques for such measurements were known in the art and some produced infringing results and others not. In such cases, the intrinsic evidence did not adequately specify the technique or techniques to use, and extrinsic evidence did not show that a relevant skilled artisan would know what technique or techniques to use.


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Astron. Astrophys. 351, 43-46 (1999)
A strong correlation between bar strength and global star forming activity in isolated barred galaxies
J.A.L. Aguerri
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (jalfonso@ll.iac.es)
Received 1 March 1999 / Accepted 26 August 1999
I have studied the relation between the global star formation activity and the bar structure in a sample of isolated barred galaxies. The star formation activity was quantified via the ratio between the IRAS fluxes at 25 µm and 100 µm. Two parameters were chosen to define the bar structure: the strength of the bar and the relative projected bar length. The strength of the bar was defined by , where a and b are the projected semi-major and semi-minor bar axis. The relative bar length was defined as: , where is one half of the projected total bar length and is the diameter of the 25 mag arcsec-2 magnitude isophote in the B band. We found a strong correlation between the star formation activity and . The regression line is given by , with a correlation coefficient of 0.9. The link is not so evident between the relative projected bar length and the star formation activity. But, it is noted that there is enhanced star formation activity in galaxies with strong bars and small relative bar lengths, .
Key words: galaxies: spiral galaxies: stellar content galaxies: statistics
2. The sample of galaxies
3. Star formation
Online publication: November 2, 1999


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UVLD Lighting Designers Gregory Cohen and Matt Webb utilized an extensive automated package provided by PRG to create the illumination required for broadcast as well as a dynamic environment that created a sense of excitement for the evening.
UVLD used over 50 VL 3500 washes to softly treat the space, then a pile of PRG's Best Boy HP lit the stage and scenery. For follow spots, we made use of two PRG Ground Control units to carry the players from the audience up to the stage.
Matching the team branding colors to the room and the TV audience was a major point of focus for the event. The fantastic color range of the Color Force units allowed the presentation of brand matching colors.
UVLD was tasked with providing lighting support to several interview spaces in the room and backstage. Rockstar gaffer Trevor Gooch and his team made use of every LED light panel, Cine unit and Arri Lowcaster we could get our hands on to cover the various needs.
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Is your home and auto insurance up for renewal soon? It might be a good idea to look around online to see what quotes you can get from other companies. I just recently saved almost $900 a year on my combined home and auto insurance just by checking online with my CAA membership (AMA here in Alberta).
Insurance is one of those things that many of us "set and forget." It's easy to just buy a policy and then stick with it indefinitely. Unfortunately, this can result in paying more than you should over time.
Like so many other prices, insurance premium rates go up and down. Home and auto insurance rates (auto rates especially) are often based on your habits. Over time, you can expect these types of rates to drop. This is especially true if your coverage needs change, or if you become more responsible.
Unfortunately, not all insurers will automatically lower your rate. If you want a lower rate you need to ask for it. And it makes sense to shop around at least once a year for a lower rate.
Consider: If you can find a rate that is $20 a month lower, you could save $240 a year. Over time, that can start to add up. So many of us are willing to spend hours look for the best price to save $5 on a single item, but aren't willing to take a few minutes to shop around for better insurance rates… something that can save you money every single month.
Thanks to technology, it's possible to quickly and easily identify the best prices on various insurance policies. Your online insurance quote can provide you with the information you need to make an informed choice about a policy. In many cases, insurance quote web sites provide you with numerous quotes from many different companies. This allows you a wider range to choose from. Don't assume you're stuck with the first quote you are given; an online quote is an awesome place to start.
I've previously tried Kanetix, which will display quotes from many different companies, but in my case the quotes had been no better than my current insurance at the time. Even if you don't end up changing insurance companies, knowing that you have the lowest price can bring peace of mind. You know you are saving as much as you can, and that you probably won't get a better deal elsewhere. But you should keep checking, just in case the situation changes later on.
Below is a small list of websites that I'm aware of where you can get an online quote.
Once you have your online quotes, you might consider showing your current agent. If you can get a lower quote elsewhere, it makes sense to give your current insurer an opportunity to at least match the rate. Unless you are unhappy with the service you are receiving, there is no reason to change things up if your insurer is willing to match an online quote.
When getting your online insurance quote, though, it's important to make sure that you are comparing apples to apples. You need to double-check to make sure you are getting a quote for the same coverage, whether it's a home or a car. Without an accurate quote, it's not fair to ask your insurance agent to reduce your current rate. Look through your policy, and make sure you are getting a quote for comparable policies. I found that having my current insurance details such as driver grid rating and home replacement value helped me complete the form properly for the most accurate quote.
Also, be aware that some of these online insurance quote web sites are lead generators. This means that your information might be shared with an insurance agent. As a result, you might be contacted quickly by email or even by phone. Don't feel pressured to make the switch immediately. Be ready for the annoyance that can come with being pestered, and prepare yourself to let the agent know you are still making a decision.
With a little shopping around, it's probably possible for you to save a great deal on your auto and home insurance, thanks to online insurance quotes.


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Daniel Hashberger was the first official settler within the present city limits of Schuyler in 1856. In 1857, there were fewer than a dozen families in the area, but the spirit of cooperation helped them to survive in this promising but forboding land. The most significant event in the founding of Schuyler, however, was the coming of "The Iron Horse."
Early in 1866, the line reached Schuyler, which at that time was known as Shell Creek Station, and was the property of the Union Pacific Railroad. There was a station, a section house and a few small units.
In 1869, the legislature divided Platte County into three separate counties. The eastern parcel was named Colfax County in honor of Schuyler Colfax, then vice-President, and Shell Creek Station was then re-named "Schuyler," and was designated the County Seat of Colfax County. In April 1869, the town was platted by officials of the Union Pacific Railroad and sold to the Clarkson Bros.
The community continued to grow and on June 7, 1870, the County Commissioners designated that Schuyler be incorporated as a town.
Schuyler had its brief glory as a "trail town." Dissatisfied with marketing and shipping facilities of the Kansas Railroad and its terminal point of Abilene, a number of Texas cattlemen sought another vantage point from which to ship their cattle. In 1869, Union Pacific officials began to woo their trade and the two groups negotiated on freight rates and an agreement was reached. Schuyler was selected as the terminus point because of the rich grazing land on the Platte River bottom, which could be purchased reasonably for stockyards.
A spur track was built in June 1870, and Schuyler was in business. During 1870 the long trail from Texas was beaten barren by the thunder of thousand of hooves of longhorns and between 40,000 and 50,000 head were sold at Schuyler.
The town began to prosper and the population jumped from fewer than 100 to more than 600 in a year. Schuyler's glory was short-lived, however. Homesteaders fenced off the trail - cattle trampled crops and farmers resisted by stampeding the cattle. Laws were enacted protecting the farmers and the trail moved West.
So it was that a city was born, and no longer was it a lawless cowtown.


Program evaluation can provide roadmaps, not destinations. Reformers need to be wary of unrealistic expectations.
Every government employee is also a taxpayer, and so has ample incentive to be a good steward of the resources he or she oversees. Despite that, most government programs have not been evaluated for effectiveness, and three-fourths of those that do get evaluated barely make a difference, according to Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution.
Fortunately, we're seeing a growing number of initiatives to evaluate programs. Unfortunately, elected officials may place unrealistic expectations on what these tools can accomplish.
One of those tools that does seem to be making a difference is Results First, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Designed by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, Results First provides assistance and knowledge at no cost to states whose governors and legislatures agree to provide resources and share data. Seventeen states now work with Results First, and collectively they have redirected more than $40 million in spending from less-effective programs to more-effective ones.
Although the number of affected programs and dollars is currently small, it is good to see any money being redirected to better programs. Without data, as Results First Director Gary van Landingham notes, all we have are stories about every program's version of "Little Timmy," the dead-end kid who is now a Rhodes Scholar and American Idol finalist entirely because of that program.
Shared data on programs can help managers and legislators alike, but data can provide answers only to the questions we ask. It cannot "lay the groundwork for a strong evidence-based approach that will identify the State government's vision, mission, philosophy, priority goals and benchmarks," as proposed legislation in one state suggested.
Vision and philosophy have to come first. GPS, after all, is only helpful if you know your destination. Otherwise, as the Cheshire Cat told Alice, "it doesn't matter which way you go." Too often, however, those of us in government look for data to provide the destination.
I learned that lesson the hard way when trying to take a data-driven approach to government reform in North Carolina. We developed hypotheses to test with a team of consultants. We then worked with other state-government employees to track down related research. That research generally proved ambivalent at best. Prison programs have the potential to reduce recidivism, yes, but we could not determine which programs. Converting failing schools to charter schools could be promising, but the number of schools to attempt that has been limited. Conditional cash grants have shown great promise in developing countries, but have been tried in only two American cities, where the behavioral changes are more difficult to measure.
We set aside these potentially transformative reforms because they would need to start small and would need significant support from leadership to reach the needed scale. Instead, we focused on improving the internal functions of state government, recommending, for instance, allowing agencies to keep a portion of their budget savings as an incentive to save more; improving core financial systems so that agencies could better manage their budgets; and re-allocating facility-maintenance money to consolidate space and provide better working environments.
If we could lay a solid foundation now, we reasoned, the policymakers would have more data to see what works, measure improvements with new programs, and choose among alternatives.
When legislators first heard our proposals, they expressed disappointment that we did not set out bold visions. They have since acknowledged that their hopes for policy-change recommendations had ignored the execution challenges we would have faced. With a narrower vision, the legislature has kept many of our reforms alive in budget negotiations, and executive agencies are actively planning for implementation.
Broader changes are more likely to succeed when built on these foundational reforms and informed by better data. First, though, political leaders need to agree on a vision for state government -- and for the state as a whole.


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Is this funny?
February 26, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has been shocked and horrified by a doctored image published by Honi Soit, the student-run newspaper at the University of Sydney.
From "Honi Soit"
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) is shocked and horrified by a doctored image published by Honi Soit, the student-run newspaper at the University of Sydney, as a "satirical" part of their Welcome Week edition.
The image contained a picture of a blackboard with the words "Should we get the Jews back for what they did to our absolute boy? Yes or No?".
Beside the sign are two containers for voting of which the "Yes" container is full.
"Absolute boy" is a phrase that refers to Jesus in the context of the handout. When AUJS NSW Political Affairs Director Gabi Stricker-Phelps reached out to the Honi Soit Editors for clarification as to who "absolute boy" referred she was answered with "It's Jesus you fucking fool."
"The accusation that Jews killed Jesus is a time-old charge that has been used as a pretext for centuries of discrimination and violence. It's textbook antisemitism", said AUJS Public Affairs Coordinator Daniel Elberg.
"This classic example of antisemitism falls under the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism and is alarming in light of the 59% increase in antisemitic incidents nationally in 2018", he continued.
"This is an instance of a student newspaper openly laughing about taking retribution against Jews.", said Ms Gabi Stricker-Phelps.
"As a student at the University of Sydney I hope that there will be serious consequences for such irresponsible and reckless writing by the editors of our student newspaper" she continued.
We implore Honi Soit to make a fulsome apology for this antisemitic image and outline how it will ensure content of this nature is never published again.
One Response to "Is this funny?"
David Schulberg says:
Honi Soit has a track record of producing material that can be construed to be anti-semitic. However when it comes to anti-Israel invective AUJS and its minders tend to push that under the carpet, only being willing to take on "textbook anti-semitism" publicly as we see in this instance.
Please listen to my last couple of podcasts on my program 'The Israel Connexion' on J-AIR (https://omnystudio.com/p/israel-connexion/clips) where I have tackled the vexing issue of on-campus anti-semitism which is largely of the left-wing anti-Zionist variety.


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HomeAll ArticlesCommentary: Revamping global economic governance in due course
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Commentary: Revamping global economic governance in due course
by Xinhua writer Liu Jie
HANGZHOU, (Xinhua) — When the Group of 20 (G20) leaders gather in China seeking a remedy for sluggish global economic growth, something equally consequential will also be on the table: revamping global economic governance.
While the global economy remains mired in prolonged weakness, advanced economies, intoxicated by "helicopter money" and saddled with secular slow growth and structural problems, are less able than they used to be to act as the world's economic engine.
On the other hand, emerging economies have shown strength and resilience. Based on data collected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Chinese economists found that emerging and developing economies contributed 80.2 percent of global growth annually on average from 2008 to 2015, higher than the 40 percent registered from 2000 to 2007.
In the next five years, their contribution to the world economic growth will ease to 57 percent, but the figure is still more significant than the developed economies.
The changes to the global economic landscape have been too great, while the changes to the global governance framework have been too small.
Since the existing global economic governance architecture was designed by the United States, the world's sole superpower, developing economies are traditionally underrepresented in global economic governance.
This year saw a crucial step forward for global economic governance reform, as IMF quota reform to give emerging markets a bigger say took effect after the United States cleared domestic legislative barriers.
The reform elevated China from sixth to third largest shareholder in the fund. Other emerging markets such as India, Russia and Brazil also gained more shares.
The change was hard won, given the obstinacy and tardiness of the U.S. Congress in responding to the evolving global environment. However, the current structure fails to mirror the global economic status. Reforms of major global multilateral agencies are far from complete.
The views and voices of developing nations should be heard more regularly. The voting shares of developing economies should be increased in proportion to their shares of global growth.
Allowing emerging economies bigger voices is indispensable for a fairer and more reasonable global governance system. More importantly, equal opportunities in global cooperation in terms of rights and rules will allow emerging markets to release more potential and boost their productivity.
Rome was not built in a day. It is unrealistic to expect the old governance architecture to be fixed quickly.
Recognizing the shortcomings of the existing system, China, alongside other developed and developing countries, has launched new multilateral development agencies such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
The AIIB aims to complement, rather than challenge, the existing system. Its inaugural president, Jin Liqun, has compared it to opening a new restaurant on the same street to meet huge additional demands.
With the IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, AIIB and other multilateral development agencies working independently while also in close connection to one another, global economic governance is evolving, being revamped and reshaped.
With a record high number of representatives from developing nations invited to the G20 summit in Hangzhou, the summit could offer the most developing country representativeness in G20 history.
The G20 mechanism is shifting from coping with crisis to long-term governance. Members should take on the historic opportunity in Hangzhou to revamp global governance in due course.
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Houston Maritime Injury Lawyers — Vessel Collisions In Houston Ship Channel Reveal Dangers
August 16th, 2015|Jones Act, Offshore Injury, Personal Injury|
Houston maritime injury lawyers keep abreast of accidents and dangerous conditions in our nation's navigable waterways. This article will discuss recent vessel collisions in the Houston Ship Channel.
Houston Maritime Injury Lawyers Discuss July 2015 Barge Collision
Our Houston Maritime Lawyers closely followed media and United States Coast Guard reports that two barges in the Houston Ship Channel collided on Monday, July 20, 2015 at 1:20 a.m. The collision occurred near the intersection of the Intercoastal Waterway and Houston Ship Channel.
One of the tugboats towing the barges lost power, causing the collision.
One of the barges was carrying 1 million barrels of naptha, a natural gas derivative. That vessel caught fire. After an extended period of time, the Houston Fire Department (HFD) was able to extinguish the vessel fire with a fire boat.
This was the first major barge collision since March 2014, when a barge being towed from Texas City to Bolivar was struck by a ship called the Summer Wind, spilling 168,000 gallons of fuel oil into the Houston Ship Channel.
It is unknown whether any maritime personal injuries were sustained in the vessel collision.
March 2015 Ship Collision In Port Of Houston
Previously, on March 20, 2015 at 12:40 p.m., the 600-foot Danish-flagged chemical tanker Carla Maersk collided with the 623-foot Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Conti Peridot, spilling methyl tertiary-butyl ether ("MTBE") into the Houston Ship Channel.
MTBE is a fuel additive used to raise the oxygen content of gasoline. It is colorless, volatile, and flammable. About 216,000 barrels of MTBE was aboard the chemical tanker at the time of the collision. It is unknown how much was spilled into the Houston Ship Channel.
United States Coast Guard Captain Brian Penoyer, who commands the Houston-Galveston Coast Guard District, confirmed that "this is not a cargo chemical that is easy to clean up."
Foggy conditions appear to have precipitated the vessel collision.
No maritime personal injuries were initially reported, but 350 residents of Morgan Point, Texas were asked to stay inside to avoid toxic fumes.
About The Port Of Houston
The Port of Houston is the busiest seaport in the United States in foreign tonnage, and the second busiest in overall tonnage.
The busiest terminal at the Port of Houston is the Barbours Cut Terminal between La Porte and Morgan's Point, Texas, near the Battleground Industrial District. The terminal has six berths with 6,000 feet of warfs covering 230 acres. Many maritime personal injuries have occurred on vessels traveling to and from the Port of Houston.
Additionally, several personal injury accidents and explosions have occurred at the large petrochemical complex located near the Port of Houston. This complex includes several refineries and plants constructed along the Houston Ship Channel to provide easy access to navigable waterways, along with protection from storm surges and hurricanes that are common in the Gulf of Mexico.
The 1947 Texas City disaster at the nearby Port of Texas Port was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, injuring at least 8,485 victims and killing nearly 600.
Morrow & Sheppard Assist Injured Maritime Workers
Our Houston maritime injury attorneys are privileged to represent injured maritime and offshore workers and crewmen. Many of these injured workers are entitled to compensation under the Jones Act.
We provide 100% free and confidential consultations to all potential clients, and we only get paid when our clients win.
If you or a loved one has been injured in an offshore or maritime accident, or if a loved one has been killed, please contact us now to discuss your legal rights.


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Главная › Journal › LESYA only better — there are no limits to improvement
01 Nana Pipiia. The editors notice.
02 With the right approach, people begin to create, talents are revealed in the most unexpected way — this is the power of the Kaizen approach
03 Hyatt Regency Kyiv. Advertising
04 We expect to have a predictable macroeconomic policy so that business not only survives but also develops in difficult conditions
05 Healthy citizens = healthy economy of Ukraine
06 Those who adapt to the new reality the fastest will be successful
07 The crisis can be overcome if you listen to the needs of your customers and develop new models
08 We observe how quickly people are returning to pre-quarantine habits, so we expect a recovery in demand for our category
09 Crisis: a guideline for publicly exposed companies
10 Atlas Deluxe. Advertising
11 5,000 protective masks for doctors at the very beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak and 2550 food kits for the elderly – this is how Shell helped in the fight against coronavirus in Ukraine
12 Sika and Volkswagen. Advertising
13 Team develepment is what makes it possible to successfully advance on a competitive market
14 LESYA only better — there are no limits to improvement
15 CEO Clubs Network. Advertising
16 The pandemic continues to gain momentum, therefore care and concern for the health of employees have been relevant for us, and still remain
17 Crisis phenomenon: how to deal with it properly and benefits for the company
18 LDaily
19 S&P Agency Investment Risk Management. Advertising
LESYA only better — there are no limits to improvement
Nana Pipiia. The editors notice.
With the right approach, people begin to create, talents are revealed in the most unexpected way — this is the power of the Kaizen approach
Ivan Sarwar, Managing Director of Kaizen Institute Ukraine, a practitioner of cross-cultural communication, based on many years of experience and more than 100 successfully implemented projects in various industries. He is convinced that thanks to Kaizen — a Japanese practice that focuses on the perfection of production, development and management processes - Ukrainian enterprises can not only get out of the current crisis without losses, but also gain significant competitive advantages from authentic source of Kaizen methodology. And no matter how difficult the situation may look, it is important to have the courage to start changes, and the will to follow this Kaizen Way. The KAIZEN system of continuous improvement should become a way of life and work.
Hyatt Regency Kyiv. Advertising
We expect to have a predictable macroeconomic policy so that business not only survives but also develops in difficult conditions
Yevhen Shevchenko, the CEO of Carlsberg Ukraine, who has extensive experience in Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe, Baltics and Central Asia, about the current state of the beer market — the change in its consumer format, the latest trends caused by the pandemic, and the difficulties manufacturers are facing in the industry.
Healthy citizens = healthy economy of Ukraine
Vitaliy Gordienko, the General Director of the global research-driven biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, informed about the latest developments of innovative methods of treating complex diseases, which will soon be available in Ukraine. He also covered pressing issues of the healthcare industry in Ukraine and its reform (especially within the coronavirus crisis). According to the professional manager, the pharmaceutical industry plays one of the key roles in it.
Those who adapt to the new reality the fastest will be successful
David Mohren, the General manager and City Director of Radisson Blu Hotel, Kyiv City Centre, who has extensive experience in the hospitality industry in different countries, is convinced that despite the current situation in the world caused by COVID-19, this industry will recover faster than any other. Nevertheless, it is extremely important to quickly adapt to the changing reality, constantly monitor new guest behaviour trends, and respond to them as quickly as possible.
The crisis can be overcome if you listen to the needs of your customers and develop new models
Sarah Dong, the Executive Director of CEO Clubs UAE, a chapter of the CEO Clubs Network international business organization, drew the attention to the fact that in the difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, active cooperation is extremely important for the business. It is about sharing experiences, establishing business relationships, informing everyone about businesses' capabilities. The CEO Clubs Network, which includes both domestic and international companies, has been such a unifying center for many years.
We observe how quickly people are returning to pre-quarantine habits, so we expect a recovery in demand for our category
Tatiana Lukinyuk, General Manager of Red Bull in Ukraine, shared an opinion on the development of energy drinks, this relatively young category on FMCG market of Ukraine. To survive and prepare for restoring after COVID-19 crisis, according to the General Manager, it is necessary to reconsider strategies and approaches in sales and marketing, so that the business will not only return to its usual levels but also develop in new sales channels.
Crisis: a guideline for publicly exposed companies
Nataliia Osadcha, Co-founder of S&P Agency Investment Risk Management, attorney, PhD, MBA, Risk Advisor.
Atlas Deluxe. Advertising
5,000 protective masks for doctors at the very beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak and 2550 food kits for the elderly – this is how Shell helped in the fight against coronavirus in Ukraine
Peter Kerekgyarto, CEO of Shell Retail in Ukraine.
Sika and Volkswagen. Advertising
Team develepment is what makes it possible to successfully advance on a competitive market
Andriy Samusenko, CEO of Mondelēz Ukraine, described the features of this year's market as well as successes and obstacles in the development of the confectionery industry. After all, this year was marked by a large-scale outbreak of coronavirus, which directly affected this area: on the one hand, despite any crisis, the food sector is always in the category of basic necessity and equally in demand in society, but on the other hand, it is called upon to meet the strictest technological, sanitary and safety requirements, as to no other industry.
Mykola Sychenko, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PrJSC "Lesya", told about the formation of production and the successful application of advanced Japanese business of technology.
CEO Clubs Network. Advertising
The pandemic continues to gain momentum, therefore care and concern for the health of employees have been relevant for us, and still remain
Nina Dombrowska, President of Henkel in Ukraine, shared the secrets of successful work in special product categories — Beauty and Laundry & Home Care. According to an experienced manager, despite the difficult economic situation in which the whole world found itself due to the pandemic, business can not only be saved, but also developed through solidarity, team spirit, corporate culture and maximum care for employees.
Crisis phenomenon: how to deal with it properly and benefits for the company
We are used to considering the crisis as an adverse phenomenon, and our negative beliefs and actions stem from this. In this article, Mykola Siutkin, CEO and Founder of S&P Agency Investment Risk Management, attorney, award winner Best Lawyers 2020-2021 in nominations Mergers and Acquisitions and Case Law provided with not only a deeper understanding of the crisis but also the mechanism of successfully dealing with it.
LDaily
S&P Agency Investment Risk Management. Advertising
23.09.2020 (№ LDaily #15)
Mykola Sychenko, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PrJSC "Lesya", told LDaily about the formation of production and the successful application of advanced Japanese business of technology.
LDaily: Please tell us about the LESYA factory, the staff and working conditions.
M. Sychenko: The company was established in Soviet period — in 1965. Our garment factory, among other things, sewed robes for the needs of the entire Soviet Union: they were sold to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other republics. After the collapse of the USSR, when the planned economy disappeared, the company was in need of looking for other customers under the tolling scheme, among them were the Germans.
I started my journey with the company in 2002 and we immediately reviewed what kind of trends and tendencies in clothing would be relevant. We were convinced that the whole world was moving away from classic clothes towards casual style. There was no enterprise in Ukraine at that time that could provide a quality casual product. We visited a number of exhibitions, talked to potential customers, including HUGO BOSS. In the end, we attracted an investor who built a factory for heat treatment of manufactured products, because the casual style requires not only tailoring, but also additional processing: washing, boiling, painting. In Ukraine then no one was professionally engaged in this, and we directly attracted an investor with extensive experience, who worked in this field for 18 years in Germany and Romania for HUGO BOSS and other well-known brands. Therefore, we revamped the enterprise with a high-performance production line, which can process about 30 thousand products per day.
The global crisis of 2008 caused the loss of markets for many companies and led to a decrease in production, including in Ukraine. However, our main partner, LEINEWEBER, a BRAX brand, not only remained afloat but also increased in sales. Consequently, we have developed very quickly and now produce almost a million products a year. The company has about 550 employees. We see the potential and are planning further growth.
LDaily: Have you reconsidered your development strategy due to the crisis?
M. Sychenko: We perfectly understand that the economic system tends to balance but never actually does it. Therefore, periods of decline in economic activity (recession) is a usual time in the economy, as well as the season in nature when the temperature is below a comfortable level for us. We predicted and expected it. But such phenomena in nature as tornadoes are spontaneous, so they can lead to worsening of conditions. Such a crisis was caused by the corona-storm. It was difficult to predict. We can only talk about the consequences. While the coronavirus is raging, we are careful with activities, including investments. We are thinking about saving jobs, observing the main players and the development of the situation in the fashion industry and fashion retail, we analyze information and constantly learn something new.
LDaily: You recently started implementing a Kaizen strategy in production. How is it performing?
M. Sychenko: First, we organized a book club: twice a month people gather and discuss some interesting business literature. That was when we learned about the Kaizen philosophy upon which Toyota built their success. This inspired us, and we discussed how it could be applied in the enterprise and whether we could implement it on our own factory. We found the Kaizen Institute representative office, and then Ivan Sarwar, the Managing Director of Kaizen Institute Ukraine. He showed one of the most successful enterprises of different profiles in the country where this strategy had already been implemented. We signed an agreement with the Kaizen Institute and started cooperating in November last year. We had very ambitious plans and planned to implement the pilot in six months. Today, eight months have passed since its beginning, but, unfortunately, we have not yet reached halfway. The corona crisis does not allow us to achieve our targets. In addition, not all questions of the Kaizen Approach are resolved. There are industries with clear tools where Kaizen methodologies work easier. However, this is difficult to do in the garment industry because we have to be very flexible. This is a market demand, and we constantly need to readjust. For example, we had trouble implementing this concept in terms of the teams' organization.
We spent a lot of time with the consultants of the Kaizen Institute changing the composition and tasks for the teams several times. Finally, the format that has worked, begins to give the first results. We have done a good, painstaking job and I hope we are on the right track.
Many companies experimenting with Kaizen expect the effect of a magic pill, but fundamentally kaizen is first and foremost a change in thinking style. And this is a long process.
Kaizen is the maximum involvement of the whole team and continuous improvement, and there are no limits to perfection! It is mutual help and support, it is a long-term and careful attitude to resources.
LDaily: Why did you decide to implement lean manufacturing?
M. Sychenko: For several years our company has been winning the championship of Ukraine as a garment company №1. However, we need to constantly improve to stay in this position. We have already reached a high level of productivity in the GRD system. When the Kaizen project started, the average productivity was 102%. The goal is to increase labor productivity by 10%, as well as to improve quality indicators by 10%. It's not that we make low-quality products — our percentage of the second grade does not exceed 1% (0.5-0.6% are second-class products that have minor defects). But to produce such high-quality products, we sometimes spend extra resources, including time. After all, during the control phase, up to 4% of the product returns for re-processing to correct defects.
According to my forecasts, the new Kaizen philosophy will change how our employees approach work. And the model in terms of quality is very simple: I do not take a defective part, do not make a defect and do not pass a defective part — the principle of three "no". This principle in everyone's mind frees up time to produce additional products and makes us more competitive.
LDaily: How did the corona crisis affect the company? Did you cut the staff? How have sales and orders for products changed?
M. Sychenko: The corona crisis has affected many companies, including world leaders. Former volumes are lost. The market is receding. Consumer activity of the population of all countries is declining, especially in fashion. We have a lot of women who have children. When quarantine was announced in Ukraine, it meant that schools and kindergartens would be closed and children would stay at home. We were well aware that the presence of employees would decrease, so we decided to release them on paid leave. After all, our company does it twice a year — in spring and autumn, when moving from one collection to another (spring-summer or autumn-winter) — all our employees have a two-week paid vacation when the company's production line stops. There is only a team working on repairs, maintenance of premises and equipment to prepare for the new season. But due to the force majeure my partners and I decided to postpone the new collection.
LDaily: How do you manage also helping the doctors in these difficult times?
M. Sychenko: In Novohrad-Volynskyi, where our company is located, there is a hospital that serves 105 thousand people. At the time of quarantine it had only three ventilators. Despite the economic "storms", our company is successful, we make a profit. There was no doubt about helping those who needed it the most, so we bought a ventilator.
When the ventilator was transferred at the end of March, the chief doctor reported another problem: there were only 20 overalls and protective suits for the entire hospital. And for one shift for one crew three such sets are required, moreover three crews must work during the day. The sets would last only two working days, and on the third day the doctors would have no protection.
But our entire enterprise was on vacation! Therefore, we informed our employees that those under the age of 35 could join the social project and make masks and protective overalls. A large number of employees responded — about fifty workers came immediately. We urgently started looking for relevant materials around the world, but the largest share of countries banned the export. Eventually, we found everything in Odessa. All authorities contributed to certifying these overalls instantly: the regional state administration, the National Medical Academy, and even the National Security and Defense Council. What usually takes six months, we managed to overcome in 10 days. In late March we donated to our hospital the first batch of 100 sets of overalls.
The next day, as soon as the event appeared on Facebook, our phone was blowing up. All Ukraine appealed to us asking for help. We had to divide the daily production volume between different customers in order to ship something at least partially within 4-5 days from the moment of ordering.
We tried to provide those regions where there were already cases of infection. During the several weeks of March-April, we made almost 100,000 overalls, aprons, boot covers, oversleeves and various kits to enable the protection of our doctors at least in the first stage. This greatly consolidated the team, especially during the first steps, when we worked on a voluntary basis. I realized that these products need to be produced in large quantities, therefore, I encouraged everyone to come back to work. We worked two shifts seven days a week. And we perfectly were aware that the issue was not in business, but in the protection of our medical workers. Eventually, we decided that everyone who worked on a voluntary basis would also be paid for their working days. At the same time, I was very pleased that everyone came to the first call to work for the benefit of society for free!
LDaily: You work with the BRAX brand. How did you start collaborating? Or maybe they were the ones who fond you?
M. Sychenko: In 2003 we visited the Frankfurt exhibition and realized that the market is shifting to the casual segment. As for the classics, there was already a ratio of 55 to 45 and every year casual won 2-3%. The market was growing rapidly, and there was no laundry in Ukraine, so no one worked in this segment due to no possibility of boiling. Something was boiling in some basement or dry cleaners, but had nothing to do with industrial production. Thanks to HUGO BOSS, we found RGT, which already had a certain reputation and technology in this market. Its representatives came to Ukraine, discussed the potential and strategy of cooperation, while being ready to invest. The model of cooperation was as follows: they create a laundry company, we have a garment factory, they bring a customer and we work together.
I met and visited Dr. Dietrich Bock, who owns laundry and sewing companies, and I really liked the high level of organization of work, as well as the technology used there. Now he is my friend and partner. We agreed on the following strategy: I help him build our laundry, and he helps organize the right business processes in my garment factory. Busche became a supplier of equipment for us, and provided credit for it. At the same time, Dr. Dietrich Bock recommended me a customer — BRAX. In such a way we started cooperation in 2004.
Our first step was up to 300 products per week. And now we have reached 4 thousand a day. In 2013, they joined our company as shareholders. There was a period of disappointment when the crisis of 2008 led to the consequences that we suffered for several years afterwards. In addition to the LESYA factory, there were two more, built with Dr. Dietrich Bock for various European customers. I needed to constantly invest in companies to increase the authorized capital and to be able to pay wages, cover costs. And we did it for a few years while we had savings. But it ran out, and I was interested in selling all the businesses. BRAX company was not happy because we cooperated and had reached an amount of 2 thousand products. They offered another format — access to Ukrainian shareholders: they offered to buy back their shares, providing support for me, so that we work together to turn the company from unprofitable to profitable business.
I believed them, and I did not regret it. The negotiations were conducted in 2012, and already in 2013 we completed the process of redistribution of shares. In October 2012, we began consolidated cooperation to increase productivity, optimize costs, and implement German technology for doing business processes.
In 2013, they received their first profit, and during 2014-2015 they made a kind of quantum leap. If in 2012 we produced up to 300 thousand products, in 2015 we reached 700-800 thousand. After two years the production increased more than double.
According to the results of 2019, the company BRAX before the crown crisis produced more than 6 million pants. Last year we sewed 911 thousand pants for them and about 18 thousand for the domestic market. At that time, we were the second largest manufacturing company for them. The largest manufacturer is located in Morocco, and in general in 16 countries. But due to the corona crisis, their volumes also decreased up to 20%, that is about 1 million pieces are not produced. Cooperation with factories in Romania and Bulgaria has been completely suspended and production volumes in other countries — Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey — have been reduced. The only company where they left the whole volume is our LESYA. We do not reduce production by any unit, on the contrary, we are talking about increasing.
Although at the same time we understand perfectly well that there are difficulties, and first of all with the fact that the decrease in sales leads to an expansion of the range of production. If during the season we used to make 15-20 different models, now their number wold double. If the average order, for example, has been 1,000 units and allowed employees to adapt, now the number of products in one order is decreasing, while the number of models is increasing. This requires increasing our flexibility and cohesion. Business of Kaizen-style is very appropriate right now because the model itself provides flexibility. So we can simultaneously produce a large number of different models and at the same time increase efficiency.
LDaily: In the world of the past 15 years the production of clothes has doubled, while at the same time, CO2 emissions from the textile industry have exceeded by using maritime transport and international flights. What does the factory do in order to minimize the damage caused to nature?
M. Sychenko: The world trend today is environmental friendliness and sociality. The textile industry is known to be second (after oil production) in terms of environmental pollution.
For five years now, these two areas — social security and global environmental standards — are trends for us as well.
We live in the center of Europe. In the Western way, we are focused primarily on the result, but at the same time we choose the Eastern philosophy and technology focused on the process and every person in this process. It is clear that the child labor, low pay, overtime work, low level of labor safety and many other things make production cheaper. But people-oriented and future-oriented brands maintain their reputation. We are among them and work with several companies that meet international social standards. Every two years we go through social expertise. Specialists come here, in particular from abroad or from their representative office in Ukraine, evaluate and provide different levels: A, B, C. Level C is also the level of a socially responsible company. According to the last two inspections in four years, we have level A — the highest one.
We received the second certificate after passing an environmental audit, that is, how environmentally friendly the company is. Here, unfortunately, we still have "silver". For the first time we received "bronze" together with recommendations for improvement, and only after that we received "silver". However, we strive for "gold" and know what needs to be done. One of the conditions for the gold level of certification is actually our own source of energy recovery. So now we are talking about solar panels and thinking about collecting rainwater for recycling and use.
In addition, my team and I are very interested in sustainability — a modern trend of recycling. My daughter recently started an interesting startup in Berlin — her own brand of making lingerie from completely recycled raw materials (or with a certain percentage of recycled and organic raw materials). It seriously inspired me. In Ukraine, we also want to introduce such a line of products from completely processed raw materials. There are no prototypes yet, it is still at the level of an idea, but I think we will move on to implementation soon. At least to the model project.
LDaily: What other plans does your factory have right now?
M. Sychenko: The plans are grandiose for the present time. We plan to build 4,000 m2 of production space, which will increase the volume to 1.5 million products per year, and the number of employees — from 500 to 1,000. Scaling will have a serious economic effect for the company: increasing production by 30-40% will reduce administrative costs per unit of output, and this will significantly affect its cost. In addition, the production complex will have an architecturally perfect look. Every craftswoman will feel protected, while style and comfort will become more accessible for every consumer. Would everyone be healthy!
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Q: For loop doesn't print last substring I want to make a program which replaces a series of ascii codes to a string. Example input:
strin1 = "65 66 67 68 69"

But every time I run the program the result of the last ascii number is not produced. It just displays (note the missing 69):
65
66
67
68

This is my code:
cyfry = str(raw_input("put numbers here: "))
str = ""
length1 =  len(cyfry)

for a in range(0,length1,1):
   if (cyfry[a] != " "):
      str += cyfry[a]
   else:
      print str
      str = ""

Why is not the last substring not printed?

A: Your code only prints something when it arrives at a space. As your input does not end in a space, it does not print what str contains when you reach the end of the input.
A simple solution is to add print str at the very end of your program (outside of the loop).
Note that you can use cyfry.split(" ") to get the "words" into a list. And then you can use int() to convert such a word into an integer. chr() can be used to get the character for that numerical code. Finally, you can join those individual characters to a new string with ''.join():
cyfry = raw_input("put numbers here: ")

str = ''.join([chr(int(ch)) for ch in cyfry.split(" ")])
print str

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Growing up as a Catholic, I always hear the phrase "Spread the word of God". Back then, it was just a phrase for me that I usually use in making my reflection for the Sunday Mass in High school. An assignment I need to pass and to conclude everything in my writing, I shamefully addressed it as a simple action. And here I am embarrassed of what I did in my teenage phase. With this in mind, I come to think how the apostles did it. It's amazing how they lack transportation, yet they were able to give catechism and spread the word of God to the world. They walked a thousand miles and put all their efforts to share the good news to those who haven't heard of it yet. They did it using all their capabilities with love.
On the other hand, a question bothered me, why this generation finds it difficult to do what our apostles did? Is it just me who ask this kind of things, or there are others like me?
I would like to emphasize the importance of this matter on my side.
Back in my childhood days, my teachers always ask "What do you want to be when you grow up?" My answers were, I wanted to be a Miss Universe or a Princess. (I know every girl wants this) If both are too impossible to attain I wanted to be a nurse or a doctor. You can say I was a dreamer back then, and I am until now. Certainly, I want to be a Miss Universe because Beauty Queens have their own advocates, Princesses do charity works, and Doctors have their skill to help others in need. Now that I'm recalling it, it amazes me how my classmates and I have different wants, but most of our reason is "I want to help others".
I know that every help is equally important. I've been doing a lot of volunteer work and searching the right group and community to support their vision and mission. It was hard to find it, but I am happy I finally found where I belong. I found Christian Life Movement. It is an ecclesial movement approved by His Holiness St. John Paul II in 1994, which is present around the world. If you'll ask me, why CLM? Because they focus not just on human needs, but also what human souls need. Just like what the apostles did.
Most of the members of CLM are young adults. The community represents our generation of individuals with great power of confidence, with a universal heart, and with a mind creating bigger dreams not only for them but for the future. This future includes sharing the same faith with the world.
Because the human heart is made for love, we seek it tirelessly.
I was pulled by the Title "Why not change the world" to join the College Congress by CLM. Alone, and knew nothing about the whole organization, I went and join the congress for 3 days. The first time I met the CLM members. They are warm, joyful and nice.
At that moment, my CLM journey begins.
I'm not into group prayers, never attracted to those. It bores me to death. Good thing that CLM has a different approach.
I was honestly attracted first to the Mission day.
Let me give you a brief of history. Mission day started in year 2009 at Caohagan Island, Lapu-Lapu. Christian life Movement went there three times in two years. Followed by Pandanon Island, Bohol in the year 2011. Finally, in November 11, 2012 the mission continues in Caubian Island, Lapu-lapu. For a couple of Mission Day held there, it then became a monthly activity starting July 2013.
Philippines is composed of 7107 islands, given it is an archipelago, the movement is aiming to evangelize communities that need help to create a deep relationship with the Lord and build a good foundation of Catholic faith. By this mission, people need to connect with other people. The reason why this mission is not only targeting the people of the island, but also the people outside of it. Giving the Millennials of this generation the opportunity to volunteer and experience what it is like to be a missionary in today's time.
Christmas is Jesus Campaign in Caubian Island just ended. Another fruitful day.
And as a millennial, mission day made me realized a lot of things.
First, I participated in order to help other people and to share my gifts with them. It turned out that the people in the island, including the volunteers gave me more than what I have actually given. They made me realized how easy it was to appreciate, to give, to be humble and to love.
Second, a simple testimony can go a long way. Not just in words, but also in simple actions. If one can just pay attention to every detail of goodness, one can know what great testimony someone can give.
Third, everyone has a role. I learned that there's no such thing as big and small task. Each role, complements one another. I am happy that I am part of this community that encourages one another to make effort using all the powers and capability to fulfill God's plan.
Finally, I learned that in everything I do, it should not compliment me as person, but as a child of God. That being a catholic does not stop from attending the mass, doing missions, doing catechism to others.
Therefore, we should not settle for lukewarmness. We have to show the world what it is like to be a missionary and a good testimony in this lifetime. It may be hard to swim against the current, but I know it will be worth it.
P.S help us make Christmas is Jesus Campaign a success. Join us this whole December!


I'm so depressed by this. But I really have to play it safe on this, since last time I had this sort of injury it degenerated to a an extremely nasty combination or carpal tunnel and tendonitis, which left my right hand a useless claw for over a year and a half.
There is a possibility that this hiatus might last longer than the period of time noted above, but I'm currently being optimistic.


Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 19 at Pilgrim Home Baptist Church in Wicksburg with Rev. Teddy Ward, Rev. Buddy Hood and Minister David Thomley officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory of Slocomb directing.
Ruby was born October 20, 1925 in Houston County to the late James Leon and Vera Bell Greathouse Thomley. She was a member of the first class to graduate from Wicksburg High School and was later employed at the school for 10 years until her retirement. She was a wonderful and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who possessed a caring passion for her family and was a source of inspiration and will be dearly missed.
In addition to her parents, her husband of 62 years, Edker Jones; brothers: Tom, Ray, Ralph, Raymond and Ronnie Thomley preceded her in death.
Survivors include one daughter: Lorinda Jones Moore of Wicksburg; five grandchildren: Velvet Kiley (Marc), Daleville, Chasity Etheredge (Chris),Wicksburg, Jason Moore, Wicksburg, Shannon Wehunt (Robbie), Enterprise and Casey Moore (Starla), Daleville; eleven great-grandchildren; one sister, Maureen Barnes (Charlie), Enterprise; sisters-in-law: Jonnie Thomley, Wicksburg and Margie Thomley, Dothan; several nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.
Sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. May you find comfort in knowing that you took such good care of your mother .


In the thirty-seventh episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I welcome friend of the podcast Jef Burnham of CadaverCast to discuss the classic toy line, Transformers.
In this episode, the three recall with fondness how these toys impacted their lives, but in doing so, they also focus on the relationship between nostaglia and brand longevity. The Transformers franchise has survived for over 30 years by being, like its core toys, able to transform as the market changes. In their conversation about this brand's adaptability, they also consider whether or not fan nostalgia helps or hurts the brand, and to what extent it has hidden its Japanese origins, some of which you can see in this collection of Diaclone commercials.
As always, you are encouraged to become a part of this conversation by visiting any of the podcast's social media sites. You can also talk with Christopher Olson on Twitter (@chrstphrolson) and at his academic blog seemsobvioustome.wordpress.com. And you can talk to CarrieLynn Reinhard on Twitter (@mediaoracle) and at her website www.playingwithresearch.com.


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Professor Steven Sherwood and Dr John Church will attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 Scoping Meeting in Addis Ababa in May.
Our own Dr Melissa Hart has recently been accepted into the global women in STEMM leadership initiative - Homeward Bound.
CCRC staff win Excellence Award for gender equity talks.
Congratulations to Dr. Angela Maharaj, A/Prof Lisa Alexander, Dr.
Climate and weather warming together.
Weatherzone. March 8. (Prof David Karoly, Dr Andrew King, Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick).
Extreme heatwave days already hitting poorer nations more than rich.
Sydney Morning Herald. (Dr Nicholas Herold).
Huge experiment: the continent that climate change has not forgotten.
Sydney Morning Herald. March 4. (Prof Andy Hogg, Peof Matthew England).
Sydney's swelter has a climate change link, scientists say.
New York Times, Gulf News. March 2. (Dr Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Prof David Karoly).
Warming had clear hand in record Australian heat.
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Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue Oct. 23
Soprano Erin Chenard of Bath. Courtesy of Aaron Robinson
Camden native Glenn Jenks: renowned pianist, composer and music historian. Courtesy of Aaron Robinson
Story Location:
6 Central Street
The Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue is back and better than ever!
Premiering in 2019 at the Camden Opera House, the Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue celebrates the life and music of the late composer and pianist Glenn Jenks through music, dance and song from the ragtime and early jazz era. Glenn Jenks was a renowned pianist, composer and music historian from Camden, Maine whose music is still performed and recorded around the world today. Jenks was a founding member and respected figure of several Ragtime Festivals for over three decades and producer of the annual "Harvest Ragtime Revue" at the Camden Opera House in Camden, Maine as well as the "New Vaudeville Revival". A respected ornithologist and celebrated botany specialist of roses, Jenks conducted several tours of local gardens in the Camden area.
This year's Revue is Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Rockport Opera House - 6 Central St., Rockport – at 2 p.m. It features world renowned piano duo and husband and wife team Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi performing 4-hand stride and ragtime piano. Trick and Alderighi have toured the world performing together, presenting master classes and live streaming private concerts. Stephanie Trick is regarded as one of the world's leading stride pianists.
Recipients of the Glenn Jenks "Future in Music" Prize sponsored by the Ragtime Revue Scholarship and presented at the annual Bay Chamber "Young Stars of Maine Prize Program" will also take the stage. Seventeen-year-old 2019 prize recipient and award-winning fiddler Owen Kennedy will perform traditional Scottish selections. Kennedy has performed all over the world from the East Coast to the West Coast to the Shetland Islands and is the 2022 New England Regional Open Scottish Fiddle Champion and the 2021 Junior US National Scottish Fiddle Champion. Eighteen-year- old 2022 prize recipient and internationally award-winning Mavy Le from Gorham will also perform electric violin selections.
This year's Ragtime Revue features the classical ragtime works of Glenn Jenks. The Halcyon String Quartet featuring Sophie and Josie Davis, violin, Nora Willauer, cello and Collin Wheatley, viola will perform Jenks' "String Quartet in Ragtime."
Soprano Erin Chenard from Bath and baritone David Myers, Jr. from Portland will perform selections from Scott Joplin's historic ragtime opera "Treemonisha" along with a 30-member ragtime chorus comprising of professional singers throughout Maine from Bangor to Belfast to Portland.
Award-winning children's book author Steven Costanza from North Haven will perform and also sign his latest book "King of Ragtime - The Story of Scott Joplin," which recently won the Golden Kite Book Award.
Special guest, ragtime historian and scholar, author Edward Berlin will receive the Glenn Jenks Ragtime Emeritus Award and also present a pre-concert lecture about the life and times of Scott Joplin. Edward Berlin has written three books on the subject of Ragtime and its composers: King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era (1994), Reflections and Research on Ragtime (1987), and Ragtime: A Music and Cultural History (1980). He is regarded as the leading researcher on Scott Joplin. Berlin annually helps organize the Scott Joplin Memorial Concert at St. Michael's Cemetery in Queens, New York. For the 100th anniversary of Joplin's death in 2017, Berlin established a fund to place an engraved memorial bench next to Joplin's grave.
This year's Ragtime Revue is dedicated to Glenn Jenk's father Edwin "Ted" Hamilton Jenks who passed away in April at the age of 99 years. Glenn wrote and dedicated his 1993 work "The Old Pink Piano" to his father.
Maine composer and pianist Aaron Robinson will once again host the Revue.
General admission tickets can be purchased at the door. $30 adults / $15 students. Reservations can be made by calling 207-882-6335 or visiting the Rockport Opera House website and Ticketmaster at: https://rockportoperahouse.org/rockportoperahouse or https://rockportoperahouse.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=2853507