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Export earnings drop by 10pc in September
Published: October 08, 2017 21:49:59 | Updated: October 25, 2017 02:54:29
Export earnings of Bangladesh dropped to $2.03 billion last month, which is around 10 per cent less than the same month last year.
It also missed the target by 28 per cent, the Export Promotion Bureau revealed the data on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.
After publishing the data, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association's Senior Vice-President Faruque Hasan said that the exports dropped in September because the factories were closed for eight to 10 days during Eid-ul-Azha.
He fears more drop in export earnings in October.
"Our competitors like India, Vietnam, and Cambodia are giving many incentives to the garment sector for raising exports. Our government should also pay more attention to this sector," he said.
The BGMEA leader added it would be 'challenging' to maintain growth as garment prices were dropping in the global market.
The rise in exports in July and August helped Bangladesh post a 7.23 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2017-18 fiscal year, but missed the target by around 3 per cent.
Bangladesh exported goods worth $8.66 billion in July and August.
In the first quarter, readymade garment sector contributed to around 82.5 per cent of total exports, with a nearly 10 per cent growth.
The government has set a target to export goods worth $37.5 billion in 2017-18 fiscal year.
Exports in the last financial year amounted to $34.59 billion, which was 3.39 per cent more than the previous year, but against a target of $37 billion.
In September, remittance also dropped 39 per cent to $853 million, which is the lowest in five and a half years, after starting the fiscal year with rises in July and August.
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As a tourist destination, South Africa has suffered a public relations disaster during most of our lifetimes. However, if one can look past the negativity then the intrepid traveller can find delight around every corner and there some very good reasons to visit South Africa, particularly for Australians.
It's practically next door, especially for West Aussies making it very achievable to use frequent flyer points for all of part of the journey. I used Qantas frequent flyer points to get the family to Johannesburg (via Sydney as South African Airways no longer code share with Qantas and there's no direct Qantas flight to Africa). We made our way overland to Cape Town where we flew back home to Perth via Dubai with an amazing stopover experience for no extra charge with Emirates. I booked direct on Emirate's website and paid in Dirham with a credit card that does not charge conversion fees for AUD$640 per person. The timings of the flights weren't fantastic but if you look up different options on Google's flight matrix you can see where the cheapest flights are for dates and times. Even on special you will not find a fare from Perth for under $1000.
It's very cheap in South Africa and most Aussies love to save a dollar where the conversion rate with the Rand will get you more bang for your buck. We ate out for at least one main meal a day and for our family of four, including two very hungry teen boy caterpillars, the bill was always around AUD$40 including drinks but no dessert. Sometimes we even had to get a doggy bag. We don't drink beer but if you do then it's practically free. My liqueur of choice, Amarula, is very cheap. We hired a Toyota Avanza for 17 days for $1130. Petrol and Diesel prices are on a par with Australia. Visas for up to 90 days are free fro Australians.
With 1% of our population now being from South Africa, an expat will be more than happy to pass on advice about what to see and do when visiting South Africa or even give you a relative's address for a homestay as South African's are the most hospitable people I have ever met. In case you don't know any South Africans, then please read on.
Contrary to popular belief, visiting South Africa it is not as unsafe as people think. If I had a dollar for every time someone asked "wasn't it dangerous there?", I'd be able to fund another one way trip back. However, I'm not going to gloss over South Africa's problems. Appallingly too many farmers are targeted and become victims of horrendous crimes but I don't want this to deter you from having the time of your life as a tourist. After still heeding some basic safety principles as a tourist, as mentioned in my blog on personal safety, you'll be fine. The only time I ever actually felt unsafe was from the wildlife but that is a whole other story.
Tick the Big Five off your bucket list when visiting South Africa. There are numerous wildlife parks but none other than Kruger National Park should be number one on your hit list as not only is it one of the largest and popular game reserves in Africa, but there is a big chance of seeing the Big Five after only a four hour easy drive from Johannesburg. The cost of organised safaris and lodges can be out of reach for most people, especially families. Unless you are rich or have just won lotto, self-driving is the way to go inside the game parks. Accommodation is cheaper outside the park but there is nothing like waking up to a lion tearing up a baby giraffe just outside your window, much more interesting than having a kookaburra laughing outside . As a result, staying inside the park can be more expensive, but on a par with what you'd pay for Australian holiday accommodation in general. You can book and pay online through SAN Park's website but get in early. Bookings open a year ahead.
It's a great a history lesson. Whether you're into the Boer War, Cape Dutch architecture or getting to the grubby heart of Apartheid, you're in the right place when visiting South Africa. Visiting battlegrounds or a trip into the Townships as well as visiting Apartheid Museums are essential for history buffs or showing your children valuable lessons from the tragic past.
Aussies love their BBQs but South Africans love them even more. Outside every accommodation you come across there is a Braai (BBQ) so you can cook up your own steak, boerewors, zebra or ostrich. I do not have a picture of a big sizzling impala steak as I don't eat red meat so that is why the Braai is empty. You have to admit this is definitely more exciting than a snag on a sanger. Buy some firewood at the local servo or the accommodation itself and you're set for the evening's meal.
On the subject of food and drink, as a tourist the food options can be very Western (burgers, pizzas, steak etc.) so if you don't like to be too experimental, this will be perfect for you. However, some places will also offer more traditional dishes such as Bobotie, Pap en Sous, Milk Tart and Malva Pudding. You will need to look a bit harder if you want to try your palate on game meats in restaurants. Water is safe to drink.
South Africans are mostly, a mob of friendly bastards. Once you get talking to them and they find out you're Australian, they just want to chat and chat and it can be difficult to get away and continue with your trip. Invariably, they all have a relative or friend living over here and chances are there will be 6 degrees of separation between you and them. The friendliness just doesn't extend to friendly banter. If you keep talking, the next thing you know, you are practically a celebrity or they are giving you their address to call on them next time you are passing through. I thought one guy we met at a servo just outside Kruger National Park was going to follow us in and camp next to us! We also got a bit lost looking for our Airbnb accommodation on a long rambling gravel road so we popped into another person's place to ask for directions as we were unable to contact the accommodation via phone after leaving messages. The husband and wife invited us into their home for drinks while the husband attempted to make some investigative calls about the Airbnb guy as he thought he might know him. Meanwhile, I'm explaining to the wife that I hoped we weren't scammed and the only reason I chose this place is because it had a washing machine and dryer and we really needed to do our washing. She offered for us to chuck a load in there and then! By the way, it all worked out in the end and we didn't need to take her up on her offer.
Friendly chap from an antique shop we stopped at.
Aussies love a good road trip, often with vast distances involved, so you will feel right at home here, especially when South Africans also drive on the left. Travelling through eucalypt plantations, windmills on farms or vast arid areas with the occasional stray cow will sometimes have you wondering if you ever left home. The baboons however, will have you stopping every five minutes to take pictures of them when you first get there and will make you late for your next destination until one tries to get in your window and steal all your snacks. All of a sudden that troop in the middle of the road picking out fleas from each other isn't so cute anymore.
Still too nervous to go it alone, then book with a tour group, G Adventures specialises in family travel.
If I still haven't convinced you, then read my recommendations below to get more inspiration!
101 Kruger Tales: Extraordinary stories from ordinary visitors to the Kruger National Park: this book will have you booking your ticket to South Africa in an instant or scare you off forever.


Milan Talkies, which is set in Uttar Pradesh' is about the character played by Ali who falls in love with the character of Shraddha in a filmy style in the film. The character of Ali in the film aspires to become a topmost director in the film industry. The Tigmanshu Dhulia directorial stars Ali Fazal and Shraddha Srinath in lead roles.


The INCRA Miter 3000SE as all the great features of the standard 3000, such as angle stops every 1/2° and the super repeatable Flip Shop Stop, but the fence telescopes from 27" 49" for more range when setting crosscut lengths. Made in U.S.A. Use the option selector below to choose between inches and metric.
The Miter 3000 Special Edition builds on the outstanding platform provided by the Miter 3000. The Incra exclusive AngleLOCK Indexing System delivers 364 lock solid angle stops in 5°, 1° and 1/2° increments over a full 180° range with continuous adjustability between all 1/2° settings. Combine this with the included GlideLOCK Miter Bar, Telescoping IncraLOCK Cuto-off Fence and the Incra Flip Shop Stop, and you'll easily achieve mitering accuracy that you never thought possible. The Miter 3000SE by Incra delivers perfect, repeatable accuracy.... First time, Every time, Any angle.
Six expansion disks adjust both sides of the bar for ZERO side play, anti-friction travel on all table saws with standard miter gauge channels, including Delta, Craftsman, imports, etc. This means that all of INCRA's incredible precision will actually show up in your work because the bar CAN'T wiggle around in the miter slot. The Miter 3000's adjustable miter bar will fit square-sided miter slots measuring 3/4" wide, 3/8" deep, and with or without a 15/16" T-slot at the bottom. The miter bar's adjustment range accommodates actual slot widths between 0.740" and 0.765".
This Special Edition Miter Fence telescopes from 27" to a full 49" length and features a front T-slot for adding a wooden zero-clearance sub fence.
The Miter 3000SE's Flip Shop Stop is equipped with INCRA's patented incremental positioning racks for incredible cut-length accuracy and 100% day-to-day repeatability.
New extender-bar fence telescopes from 27" to 49"


root tags. The first character of a root tag is the '/'. The debian team decides which root tags should exist. There should not be more than 40 root tags. They should be categorizable. (e.g. you could group /c++ /c /perl together into the development group and make choosing the tags easier for the user of debiantags) They shall be very highlevel and abstract. /fun /toy /games or /gnome would be good examples. The idea of the root tags is that you see a list of them, select some of them and get what you want without doing micro management. You can fine tune your selections using package tags. But for a start of your search, the root tags shall eliminate maybe 90% of all the packages you did NOT want.
package tags. The first character of a package tag is the '$'. Then follows the name of the package that owns the tag (This means the maintainer of a package may define whatever package tag he wants to define). Then follows a '_'. Then follows a description. For example the emacs20 package could have a $emacs20_lispplugins tag. all the small emacs lisp plugin packages could then also use the $emacs20_lispplugins tag. The idea of the package tags is that you can now do micro management. And the package maintainers have the possibility to introduce more tags. You can fine tune your selections using the very many package tags.
For example: Once you broke down the huge list of packages using the root tags, you can now look at some packages in the list, see their package tags and eliminate all other packages that do not have that tags.
package uses a package tag of another package that does not use the tag. For example: xeyes uses the $emacs20_notexist tag, which the emacs20 package does not use.
.oO( I want to write documentation using the docbook format.
and i want to convert it to html.
# debian-tags --selectionfile mysel --tags_keeponly "(/development or /documentation) and not /non-free"
# debian-tags --selectionfile mysel --tags_eraseall "$emacs20_lispplugins"
documentation, that is, user manuals and programming references.
It has emerged as a standard DTD in the software industry.
vi Vi is the original screen based text editor for Unix systems.
currently generate SGML, RTF, and TeX.
Debian potato consists of over 600 packages. If you are looking for something special, you can not view the description of each of the packages anymore, because they are far too many. Therefore the packages are put into a tree structure and divided into sections. Sections are base, doc, editors, libs, mail, etc. But what if the tree structure does not reflect the way you are thinking ? You are lost. You will have to read the description of package after package until you find what you are looking for.
THE WORLD IS NOT A TREE!
small,medium sized,tall are mutually exclusive.
lightweight, mediumweight,fat are mutually exclusive.
So both of them are ok for a tree structure.
As you see, Madame Number 10 is more than once in the tree. This is not possible in the debian package database. But if we put her into the tree only once, you will not find her in the other place anymore.
What if a package uses plain X11 but has also a KDE version inside?
What if a package converts docbook but is also a generic SGML parser?
What if you want a list of all FTP clients no matter if they are X11 or GNOME or KDE or console?
There is only one answer: The current system cannot deal with this problems.
Once i wanted to do some DocBook texts. So i scanned for all debian packages that have the string docbook in their name. I found all of them already installed. I wanted to convert docbook to html. None of the installed packages could do this. It was luck that i found the "jade" package. The name "jade" has nothing to do with docbook. There is no way to search for docbook related packages, wich of course would find the jade package!
I know my explanations maybe terrible english etc. but I hope you understand why we think that we really need some other way of displaying and searching the list of available packages.
The changes must be possible without changing EVERYTHING at the same time. So each package that has no Tags: field (initially that's every package) will implicitly get a Tags: field dependent on it's dependencies. i.e. every package that needs xlib will implicitly get a /x11 tag. we can also hack together a file implicitly assigning some tags to some packages. this way we can have a useful tool without changing a bit of debian.
We have parser sources from Marcus Schommer !
please help the project with code, not flame.


The	New	Titleist	AVX	golf	ball	utilizes	breakthrough	core,	cover	and	aerodynamic	technology.	AVX	is	a	premium	performance	golf	ball	for	golfers	who	prioritize	distance	and	extremely	soft	feel	with	a	piercing,	low	ball	flight.	It	has	been	engineered	to	be	the	lowest	flying,	lowest	spinning	and	softest	feeling	high	performance	golf	ball	in	the	Titleist	line.
Great ball off the tee for me. I find it rolls out a little more around the green though. I like the look and feel though and play this over any other ball.
Played these late last year. Good ball. Was a little surprised that it wasn't a tad softer than it is, but softness/feel is all objective. Good distance, really good greenside spin and control. Will give them another try this year.
A bit longer than the other premium golfs. Solid feel. Takes a bit to adjust.
Durable, long and holds the green.
ProsDistance and spin around the green.
This ball just wants to go straight. It refuses to spin off of the driver. Had a hard time making it draw or fade. Other than that....it is long off the tee but does not respond as well, as the Pro V1, around the green.
Performance and feel are great! You get what you pay for with Titleist's newest ball.
This is a different golf ball.
I Marshall at my home course and find lots of pellets, been trying an endless variety of balls for years. AVX is something different. This IS a premium golf ball. Love the feel!
Cons4 bucks per ball, OBs start to sting a little more.


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In the aftermath of an accident, probably the most helpful investigative tool is the witness. If you think anybody witnessed your accident, you should try to get a name address and telephone number. Do not simply assume that the police will do this! I cannot count the number of clients who have told me that the police took the witness information on the police report. Later, when we receive the report, there is no witness listed and the information is possibly lost forever. It only takes a moment to get a name, phone number or even e-mail address. In certain situations, we place signs at or near the scene of an accident or advertise in the paper for witnesses but as a practical matter it is simply much more expedient to get the witness information at the scene.
Believe it or not, statements that you make at the time of the accident can come back to haunt you years later. If you are experiencing pain at the accident scene, tell the truth when asked. Don't think that you are being a burden or that if you complain you will be hauled off in an ambulance. Take stock of yourself and assess whether you are achy in any part of your body and then respond accordingly if questioned by police or ambulance personnel. You should assume by this time that you will probably not make it to your intended destination and you will need to make arrangements for someone to communicate with the place or person you were on your way to when you got into the accident. Somebody may have to call your home, your office or your kid's school and tell them that you were in an accident and you may not be coming. The standard police report has a notation of whether there was a complaint of pain and to which part of the body. It is very helpful in establishing a crucial element of your case later on if you have given early information regarding your complaints.
If you are within earshot of the other driver or their passengers and you clearly hear them giving a differing version of the accident, do not engage in a shouting match in front of the police! But you should be given an opportunity to dispute the opposing version of the facts on the police report. Make sure the police know your version and tell them you are disputing the opposing version if it is different. Of course, this is a good time to start finding that crucial eyewitness.
These were not available until a few years ago and now they are indispensable in aiding accident investigations. Camera phones make it possible to record events practically in real time. If you have the presence of mind, or if someone else nearby can help, have pictures taken of the scene, of the cars showing their relative positions, of roadway debris, traffic lights, signs, skid marks and the like. Any or all of these pictures could be vital to the success of your case.
The Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance Reparations Act, more commonly known as the New York No-Fault Law, became effective on February 1, 1974. This all-important law made it easier for accident victims to obtain economic compensation for injuries sustained in car accidents. Prior to 1974, when you were in a car accident, you would have to track down the other driver's insurance company and make a claim for your medical bills and other economic loss.
Since this law came into effect, this is no longer the case. Now, you use the insurance for the car you occupy when you are in the accident, whether you are the driver or a passenger. This makes it much easier to get medical care following an automobile accident. In fact, in most cases, when you arrive at the emergency room, you are asked whether your injury was caused by an automobile accident and if you respond affirmatively, you will be presented with a form for you to pass along the automobile insurance information to the hospital. Hospital billing then usually sends the initial bill to your automobile insurance company for payment. This is important because it constitutes notice to your insurance company within the required period of time, which, as of 2002 was amended to require that the initial notice of economic loss from an auto accident claim must be made within 30 days of the accident! If you cannot locate this information because, for instance, you were a pedestrian, you must contact a lawyer immediately to make sure you don't lose important economic benefits.
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When you have been in an automobile accident, chances are you will be experiencing some form of after-affects for a long time to come. You may have been told that you sustained herniated discs or bulging discs, or even disc protrusions. You may hear terms like spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease. You may have sustained tears to some of the smaller muscles in the body called menisci and may have been referred to an orthopedic surgeon for surgery.
You may be in pain and you may have limitations in your activities of daily living. Your relationships, home life, work life, and recreational life may all be affected. You may need to have wages paid or you may have to change to a different type of job entirely. You might never be able to return to work ending up on Social Security Disability. Although most people heal up substantially within the first year, it is nevertheless a year of struggle and inconvenience for which they deserve to be compensated. It is not enough to just have their medical bills paid.
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To be clear... most of these we haven't actually tried, but would like to. We have no affiliation with these companies... no monetary kick-backs. (But if somebody does want to send us something to review, we'd be more than happy to oblige and provide a completely biased review!) We're also more than open to reader-submitted product suggestions. It would actually be a relief not to go hunting for this stuff. So, if you have something you'd like us to see... just shoot us an email at info@runawaybike.com.
They only look like side-burns. A product that I never knew that I needed until now. You attach these little guys to the helmet strap in front of your ears, thus reducing wind-noise. I shouldn't admit it, but i'd love to try these with my ear-buds while listening to podcasts on the bike trail.
I've been watching for the release of this product for a while now and it looks like my wait is over. My old helmet looks similar, but doesn't have the visor, large ventilation, or awesome styling. Good job, Nutcase!
Yes, it looks like an old ab-roller infomercial product... but this little device is a "muscle recovery roller". You roll and press it on your body where you're ailing. I'm on the lookout for a shin-splint miracle cure. Perhaps this is it. Their web-site also has an impressive archive of articles and videos on bouncing back from common exercise pains and injuries.
I'm not really a customer for this product that is now being offered on Kickstarter... but I am looking forward to the series of inevitable YouTube mishap videos that are sure to be right around the corner.
These are trail running shoes, not biking shoes. I've worn Brooks shoes for years... and now their corporate headquarters has moved less than a mile from our own corporate headquarters. I love these handsome kicks. Nice job, neighbor!
Has Chrome actually created the holy grail of bike pants? Waterproof pants that don't look like waterproof pants? These look great... but WAIT! OUT OF STOCK!? C'mon, Chrome.... why must I forever be tormented?
Notice a theme? We get wet in Seattle. This jacket looks great. Waterproof and breathable without looking like a goofy spandex bike shirt covered with NASCAR patches.
Just look at these beauties! Hand Cut Elkhide bike grips that you sew on yourself. They come with waxed thread and sailmakers needles. Sign me up! I also really love the inverse brake levers in the photo too (maybe they make the list next month).
From their Kickstarter description: "Discreetly store drink, banknotes or even a ready-rolled cigarette in your bicycle's handlebars."
Sadly, this project looks to be a couple years old with no way to make a purchase.
It's tradition now, okay? We have to throw our own latest/greatest product on this list. Almost every bike wash product claims that it has "fizz" or "foam"... but we must have a different definition of the words. Give us a try.


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Waves of a Sea Battle
In June 1943, a British submarine, the United, attacked an Italian supply ship in Mediterranean waters. This encounter was recorded in a dramatic aerial photo that reveals not only details of the ensuing battle but also a fascinating array of wave patterns.
Surface water waves from a World War II sea battle. Courtesy of A.D. Kirwan, University of Delaware.
In the photo, the United is at point A. Some of its torpedoes missed, passing the Italian ship. Their wakes are visible, leaving the photo's frame at D. Some torpedoes, however, struck the freighter (B). The ship apparently lost control of its rudder and began steaming erratically before finally sinking at C. In the meantime, an Italian airplane attempted to sink the submarine, dropping a bomb and setting off an explosion at E.
"This photograph is fascinating for scientific as well as historical reasons," Katherine Socha of St. Mary's College of Maryland writes in the March American Mathematical Monthly. "Its most striking features are the patterns of circular wavefronts visible at the edges of the frame and around point E. The motion of such water waves has been the subject of scientific and mathematical study for years."
Socha notes that the battle photo reveals a distinctive circular wave pattern surrounding the point of impact at E: The separation between wavefronts increases with distance from the explosion. This observation suggests that the outer waves, with longer wavelengths, traveled away from the impact point faster than did the inner waves, with shorter wavelengths. The dependence of wave speed on wavelength is known as dispersion.
In contrast, ripples created by raindrops falling on the surface of a shallow pool show the opposite effect. In this case, longer wavelengths travel more slowly than do shorter wavelengths, so the pattern is reversed.
"It is fascinating that the same physical impetus (an object striking the water surface) can generate qualitatively opposite behavior," Socha says.
A simple mathematical model of surface water waves reveals that water's surface tension is the dominant factor when the water is shallow (as in a pond or pool) and the wavelengths are relatively short. On certain other scales (as on the open sea), the effect of surface tension is negligible and gravity is the dominant factor.
In these two situations, dispersion relations giving wave speed as a function of wavelength lead to opposite results. For ocean waves, the speed of the waves is proportional to the square root of the wavelength. For pond waves, the speed is inversely proportional to the square root of the wavelength.
In the gravity wave case, the wave speed, cg is given approximately by the following formula, where g is the gravitational constant and lambda is the wavelength.
"Even fairly crude models may capture essential features of a physical situation, at least qualitatively," Socha says. "It is also surprising that, despite the many simplifying approximations, the model describes this qualitative difference in enough detail to be measured convincingly."
In the battle scene, under the assumption that the freighter at point C is about 100 meters long, you can establish a length scale for the photo and estimate the wavelength of the leading (longest) wave and the distance from the impact point to the leading edge of the wavefront generated by the explosion. This distance measurement, together with the approximate wave speed, allows you to determine the lag in time between the explosion and when the photo was taken.
Socha first encountered this remarkable photo when she was taking a graduate course in fluid dynamics given by Tom Dillon (now retired) of Oregon State University. The photo and a question about the lag between time of impact and time of photograph were a final exam puzzle.
Dillon had obtained a copy of the photo from A.D. Kirwan, now a professor of physical ocean science and engineering at the University of Delaware. Kirwan notes that the photo has a long history of use in oceanography circles, though exactly who took it and under what circumstances isn't known.
Socha, K. 2007. Circles in circles: Creating a mathematical model of surface water waves. American Mathematical Monthly 114(March):202-216.
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Welcome to an occasional series devoted to "cool stuff" that I encounter while browsing the world of mathematics and computer science. I'll peek at new developments in math and its applications, and I'll revisit old puzzles, famous problems, and historic events—anything mathematical that happens to catch my eye. I hope you'll find something of value in these brief, informal forays into the world of math.
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i On the Market: Navigating the Asphalt Jungle
All the commerce in the world isn't commerce at all if it's not picked up from, and delivered to, the appropriate location. Transportation is a huge industry that is getting bigger by the minute, and the good news is that technology is increasing its efficiency.
[From iSource Business, November 2001] The concrete won't hide you any longer. Nor will the asphalt. Time was, the great American highway system was a collection of arteries that connected this far-flung country of ours, as well as some darned-good hiding places. Leaving the office for a vacation meant disconnecting from the incessant demands on your time and accessing some splendid isolation. It was just you, the wheel and the highway, with intermittent stops at tourist traps.
But, no more. Now, thanks to computers, satellites and semiconductors, you're as connected in Waycross Ga. as you are in Washington, D.C. Which is actually a good thing, if you're one of the many responsible for transporting goods across the fruited plain. Better connections mean better productivity and efficiency, no small consideration in a low-margin industry in which keeping wheels rolling, and rolling at optimum capacity, is crucial. So is aggregating spend and leveraging buying power, all of which can be helped by connectivity.
Transportation is indeed a huge business. According to Bob Costello, chief economist for the American Trucking Association, in 1998 the transportation industry hauled some 57 million tons of B2B freight. By 2008, that total is supposed to be over 2 billion tons. That's a lot of CDs, file folders, bearings or whatever the B2B community needs hauled. While that figure includes the entire transportation industry, for purposes of brevity, we'll focus largely on the trucking aspect in this column.
Given that so many trucking companies are small (some 80 percent have 20 or fewer trucks, according to Costello), the Internet offers evident utility in the form of leverage for those smaller companies, once they can aggregate their spend into a formidable amount. And that's exactly what's happening. Costello says, "[Smaller companies] are setting up Web sites, and they're getting deals with fuel companies and tire companies. So, instead of Costello Trucking buying tires and fuel by itself, it's in a group of 200 other carriers, and the next thing you know, it carries some weight."
The Internet may well be where the smaller players' e-commerce efforts stay, since Web-hosted efforts are much less expensive than setting up hosting solutions in-house. Logging on to an exchange and placing an order requires only a browser and a PC. Hosting an extensive supply chain solution however, is an entirely different proposition. And while smaller companies might benefit from a lack of bureaucracy, they also lack the deep pockets of the trucking behemoths.
Costello gives the example of onboard computers that can provide the connectivity spoken of earlier. For all their utility, they're still used mainly by large companies. As he explains, "The small carriers have to wait for technology to become less expensive before they can implement it." Costello says the others will implement such technology once prices come down and they experience enough pressure from their customers. As much as cell phones went from being high-tech toys for the bored rich to everyday gewgaws dispensed to teenagers from mall kiosks, electronic trickledown eventually reaches all areas of business.
Sell You Some Visibility, Mister?
All this satellite connectivity leads to visibility, and that visibility will eventually become a commodity, according to Scott Rosenberger, managing director, Industrial/ Automotive/Transportation unit at KPMG Consulting. Rosenberger says that, while many companies promise such capabilities as stock alerts and the ability to scan data at the stock keeping unit level, it's the integration of all this connected information that will prove to be the true value.
He gives the example of APL Logististics, which is a roughly billion-dollar company that has Toyota as one of its clients. A company that's as big and widespread as Toyota 9 with plants in Japan and America, a network of dealers and a myriad of suppliers 9 has a truly intimidating supply chain. As Rosenberger puts it, "Managing Toyota's supply chain from manufacturing source all the way through to moving small parts onto an assembly line is really an art." That art has to have a large amount of technology behind it, giving Toyota demand, inventory data, and all the various and sundry metrics that makes up modern commerce.
If a company like APL is able to bring together the disparate pieces of data, manage it and present it in a workable form to a Toyota, it will drive down Totyota's costs and, in so doing, expand both its profit margin and its value proposition. As all the parts that make up a Camry are brought to the Camry plant, who better to keep Toyota apprised of the location of all those parts than its transportation provider? That transportation provider is also less likely to be pushed out the door by a bid from a competing company that is only able to deliver a lower price, but not visibility.
Providing this visibility is even more complex when you consider international trade. Not every country is as e-savvy as America. As Rosenberger says, the ability to provide "harmonized data, harmonized formats, data collection, and data access" will take some time. The companies that bite the electronic bullet and make the commitment to provide this visibility will benefit greatly in the end, however. Rosenberger adds, "Visibility for international data becomes not only a big challenge but also the stickiness that allows a low-margin business to be able to attract, maintain and grow the business that they have with their prized customers."
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In 2010, UniSA released Horizon 2020 – a high-level aspirations document to guide UniSA over a ten‐year period. With the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor, Professor David Lloyd, the challenge was to identify the immediate and longer-term strategic actions that UniSA would need to take if it was to deliver the broad vision that had been set out in Horizon 2020.
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by Deb Wellwood | posted in: Bears, Bicycle Touring, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Integrative Problem Solving, Planetary Boundaries | 0
On November 9, 2022, I leapt into a presentation for the Bulkley Valley Research Centre Seminar Series. I talked about a career long journey that began as a quest to conserve species and ecosystems within the context of sustainable development and later transformed into a quest to find a better future, not just for me, but for all humanity.
Why did I do this? And why now?
I departed my comfort zone because my life and the lives of those I love depend on whether or not people around the world can successfully nurture, recover and renew relationships with the natural world that sustains us and enables us to thrive. We—the global we—need to figure out how to secure good qualities of life that align with the capacities of earth to sustain civilization as we know it. The timing of my leap was as intentional as the combined forces of inward reflections, gathered knowledge and emerging insights, along with global momentum to empower indigenous and local communities to innovate and co-create solutions that work for us—the community us.
This presentation is the culmination of much of what I've learned, thus far, about surviving and thriving in a complex and uncertain world. It's a story for community-rooted, future-oriented travelers: seasoned wayfinders, intrepid explorers, tour-guide adventurers and curious armchair travelers. Here you can find the link to my presentation Community Matters: On the Public Interest in a Complex and Uncertain World, on the Bulkley Valley Research Centre YouTube channel.
How can we (Smithereens) strengthen our capacity to cope and thrive in a time of unprecedented ecological and social change?
I see the community I live in, Smithers, as an untapped source of empowerment for those of us being tossed around in the stormy seas of globalized, interconnecting, vulnerable human-built systems (food, transportation, energy, healthcare and more). Our community matters because we need each other to most effectively navigate the challenges we face. Together, we can reconnect people and nature in ways that produce restorative and regenerative effects greater than the sum of us. This is good news! This is an epic journey for humanity that we can firmly attach to home and share with and learn from our neighbours.
Self-propelled epic journeys that start from home are great for slowing life down to a human pace and opening up time and space to reflect, learn and grow en route.
Where to from here?
My epic journey to a safe place for me and the rest of humanity began at the Spokane World's Fair in 19974. I was 11 years old. On the outside entrance of the first IMAX Theatre ever built, I read a quote attributed to Chief Dan George, "The Earth does not belong to Man, Man belongs to the Earth." With the airsickness bag in hand that they provided, I donned 3-D glasses to watch Man Belongs to Earth. And then we flew down the Grand Canyon and on to bear witness to the loss of wild creatures and landscapes and American ways of life.
Now I'm writing a book Looking Glass Revolutions: an Ecologist's Epic Journey Home via the Americas, from which the themes of my presentation Community Matters: On the Public in a Complex and Uncertain World emerged. Epic journeys, like riding my bicycle through the Americas, preparing this presentation and writing this book, are the kinds of travels that pose extraordinarily challenges over an abyss of uncertainty about if or how one might arrive to their destination. In my view, my presentation for the Bulkley Valley Research Centre was the toughest I've ever attempted, complete with emotions of exhaustion. I'm gaining insights and bolstering my resilience for further travels.
From a community-rooted, future-oriented problem solving perspective, I'm keen to explore concepts, thoughts and ideas further with others in our community. I don't have any preconceived notions about where to go next. I have lots of loosely formed ideas. And I see many potential linkages—including the Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board and Wetzin'kwa Community Forest Corporation, Smithers Climate Action, among others—to seed conversations, to gain insights and to find synergies that matter for the resilience of our community. I'm convinced the most successful and rewarding problem solving explorations will emerge when we learn to draw from the full spectrum of wisdom, knowledge, experiences and skills that we collectively hold in our community.
The following sections provide additional information for people interested in learning more about concepts, issues and ideas that I referred to in my presentation.
Some Resources to Support Community-Rooted, Future-Oriented Problem Solving
Planetary Boundaries, Global Context
Find the Planetary Boundaries Research Publications (2009-2022) posted on the Stockholm Resilience Institute Website here.
Credit: Azote for Stockholm Resilience Centre, based on analysis in Wang-Erlandsson et al 2022. Licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Report Links
UN general Assembly. 2007. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Available at: United Nations website: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf
Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 2015. Truth and reconciliation commission: Calls to action. Winnipeg: Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Available at: https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
British Columbia Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act 2019. SBC, C.14. Available at BC laws website: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/19044
British Columbia Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan: 2022-2027. n.d. Province of B.C. Available at Province of B.C. website: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/government/ministries-organizations/ministries/indigenous-relations-reconciliation/declaration_act_action_plan.pdf
Local First Nations and Shared Histories, Books
Daly, R. 2005. Our box was full: An ethnography for the Delgamuukw plaintiffs. UBC Press.
Harris, D.C. 2001. Fish, law, and colonialism: The legal capture of salmon in British Columbia. University of Toronto Press.
Morin, M. 2016. Niwhts'ide'nï Hibi'it'en: The Ways of Our Ancestors (2nd edition, School District #54 2016).
McCreary, T. 2020. Shared Histories: Witsuwit'en-Settler Relations in Smithers, British Columbia, 1913-1973. BC Studies, (205), pp.124-126.
Additional Indigenous Resources
Smithers Public Library, Indigenous Resources, Including the Smithers Bridging Committee
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Websites
If you haven't been following the IPCC reporting, the most recent "Summary for Policy Makers" reports are a good place to start:
IPCC, 2021: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3?32, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.001. Available at: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change website: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
IPCC, 2022: Summary for Policymakers [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, M. Tignor, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem (eds.)]. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3–33, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.001. Available at: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change website: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
IPCC, 2022: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, R. Slade, A. Al Khourdajie, R. van Diemen, D. McCollum, M. Pathak, S. Some, P. Vyas, R. Fradera, M. Belkacemi, A. Hasija, G. Lisboa, S. Luz, J. Malley, (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA. doi: 10.1017/9781009157926.001 Available at: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change website: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
The IPBES Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Americas
IPBES. 2018. The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for the Americas. Rice, J., Seixas, C. S., Zaccagnini, M. E., Bedoya-Gaitán, M., and Valderrama N. (eds.). Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Bonn, Germany. 656 pages. Available at: https://ipbes.net/assessment-reports/americas
Making peace with nature: a scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies.
Baste, I.A., Watson, R.T., Brauman, K.I., Samper, C. and Walzer, C. 2021. Making peace with nature: a scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies. Available at: https://www.unep.org/resources/making-peace-nature
Intergovernmental Science-Policy on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES)–Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chance (IPCC)
IPBES-IPCC Co-sponsored Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Climate Change
Pörtner, H.O., Scholes, R.J., Agard, J., Archer, E., Arneth, A., Bai, X., Barnes, D., Burrows, M., Chan, L., Cheung, W.L., Diamond, S., Donatti, C., Duarte, C., Eisenhauer, N., Foden, W., Gasalla, M. A., Handa, C., Hickler, T., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ichii, K., Jacob, U., Insarov, G., Kiessling, W., Leadley, P., Leemans, R., Levin, L., Lim, M., Maharaj, S., Managi, S., Marquet, P. A., McElwee, P., Midgley, G., Oberdorff, T., Obura, D., Osman, E., Pandit, R., Pascual, U., Pires, A. P. F., Popp, A., Reyes-García, V., Sankaran, M., Settele, J., Shin, Y. J., Sintayehu, D. W., Smith, P., Steiner, N., Strassburg, B., Sukumar, R., Trisos, C., Val, A.L., Wu, J., Aldrian, E., Parmesan, C., Pichs-Madruga, R., Roberts, D.C., Rogers, A.D., Díaz, S., Fischer, M., Hashimoto, S., Lavorel, S., Wu, N., Ngo, H.T. 2021. IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change; IPBES and IPCC, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4782538 Available at the IPBES website: https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2021-06/20210609_workshop_report_embargo_3pm_CEST_10_june_0.pdf
Babine Watershed Monitoring Trust
Cascade Institute, Royal Roads University, University of Waterloo (collaborating institution)
Morice Watershed Monitoring Trust
Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research
Retooling for Climate Change, website hosted by Fraser Basin Council in partnership with BC Ministry of Environment
Skeena Knowledge Trust
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
What Matters in Our Valley
Clark, T.W. and Clark, S.G., 2002. The policy process: a practical guide for natural resources professionals. Yale University Press.
Meadows, D.H. 2008. Thinking in systems: A primer. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Haidt, J. 2012. The righteous mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion. Vintage.
Klein, G. 2013. Seeing what others don't: The remarkable ways we gain insights. Public Affairs.
Raworth, K. 2017. Doughnut economics: seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Homer-Dixon, T. 2020. Commanding hope: The power we have to renew a world in peril. Knopf Canada.
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Raworth, Kate. 2018. A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
Rockström, Johan. 2020. 10 years to transform the future of humanity — or destabilize the planet


Kuwait on October, 2017 - In its on-going efforts to advancing science, technology, and innovation in Kuwait, the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) concluded today an enhanced Research Publication Workshop organized in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and Kuwait University. Conducted at KFAS' headquarters in Kuwait City and spanning for two days, the workshop was made possible through KFAS' ongoing framework agreement with UCB to enhance scholarship and research capabilities in Kuwait.
The workshop, which aimed to develop research publication capacity of academic faculty at Kuwait University, tackled key issues and challenges faced by KU's faculty in publishing their research. The faculty were presented with the general themes in the scientific publication process and looked into best practices in research manuscript preparation for submission to a scientific journal. The workshop explored factors influencing where researchers choose to submit their scientific research for publication consideration, as well as looking at different ways to make a solid argument such as creating illustrations that successfully present evidence or communicate research ideas. The participants also took time to dive into some more focused discipline-specific topics.
"We're excited to be working with KFAS and Kuwait University on such an integral part of scientific advancement where we work with our colleagues in deciphering how to get their scientific ideas and argument out to the world", said Professor Nezar AlSayyad, senior faculty member at UCB and one of the coordinators of the workshop, adding "events such as this are not only important for science but for the Kuwaiti society as a whole, fostering a culture of scientific research and production and where published researchers can set a bright example for aspiring students who want to take part in the scientific and research advancements in the world".
In addition to Professor AlSayyad, the workshop was also conducted by Professor Vincent Resh, who is also a senior faculty member at UCB. Both him and AlSayyad have extensive expertise in scientific publishing at refereed journals. The workshop also included speakers from the publishing world providing another perspective to scientific publishing, the presenters included Dr. Noha Nasser, co-Editor of Urban Design International, a leading journal in the field, and Dr. Sharmila Sen, Executive Editor-at-Large at Harvard University Press.
The UCB agreement was signed in January 2015 and is funded by KFAS, part of its role as a catalyst in advancing science and research in Kuwait. KFAS has initiated the agreement on behalf of Kuwait University. The agreement aims to enable shared research on cultural and urban development between UCB and Kuwait University, while focusing on four main components; a teaching excellence program, a research program, a publication program, and a professional program. The agreement is administered by the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), a research unit of UCB.


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Built in 1878 the theatre is well equipped with up-to-date sound and lighting facilities, yet retains the wonderful atmosphere of its Victorian origins. Having undergone refurbishment the stalls are now removable, providing space for a dance hall, thus enabling the theatre to be used as it was in the 1940's.
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With the most up to date technology now available to us, we are now screening some of the biggest new blockbusters and also some great cinematic classics.
The Northern Lights Suite -
This light and airy room has spectacular sea views, one of the finest dance floors in the region and an integral bar. With its own stage, sound and lighting system and access to modern dressing room facilities, this is Whitby's largest function venue accommodating up to a thousand people for entertainment events. Regular weekly events run throughout the year including Ballroom and Sequence Dancing, Classical Music, Brass Band and Choir concerts and children's theatre workshops. Entertainments are provided by the Pavilion and also outside promoters who hire the venue.
The flexibility of this room is endless. With the use of different seating styles and table layouts a formal dinner can be set for 400 people, a concert for 700 people and an informal concert with a dance floor and cabaret style seating for a maximum of 600 people. Minimal seating enables the capacity of 1000 people to be reached for large entertainments events. Alternative layouts are also used for exhibitions and trade fairs, dance festivals and children's events.
The catering facilities available alongside the Northern Lights suite offer menus suitable for, conferences and meetings, wedding receptions and dinner functions, evening buffets and hot food for late night events. Recently licensed for civil ceremonies you can now marry and hold your wedding breakfast and evening reception all under one roof, with stunning sea views for the backdrop, the Northern Lights suite is the perfect wedding venue.
Complementing the two main areas, the Pavilion Theatre and the Northern Lights suite; the versatility of the Pavilion is further enhanced through the undercroft area. An adaptable space that is situated directly below the Northern Lights suite it has its own self contained access and is also accessible from the main complex. With a capacity of 360 people the undercroft can be used in conjunction with other parts of the complex or in its own right for sports activities, craft fairs, exhibitions or anything else you can think of, and with its sports flooring is the ideal place for children's parties.
Regular mid-week events run throughout the year including Fit Tots and Art Tots; parent and toddler groups run by InterActive, and also the Whitby Whalers University of the Third Age hold fitness classes weekly in term time.
Pavilion Café
The glass atrium at the Pavilion, which houses the permanent café area, has stunning panoramic sea views from Sandsend Nab through due North to Whitby's east and west piers.
Prices vary dependant on event.
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Friday, 18th December 2020 - Sunday, 31st January 2021
Cinderella Live - World's First Interactive Live Stream PantomimeCinderella Live - World's First Interactive Live Stream Pantomime Sadly we can't bring you a Pantomime this Christmas but we have teamed up with Panto Live to bring you Cinderella Live, the World's first Interactive Live Stream Pantomime - bringing the Ultimate Pantomime Experience into your own…
Saturday, 17th April 2021 - Saturday, 17th April 2021
Big CountryThis show has been rescheduled from Friday, 12 June 2020, which itself had been rescheduled from Friday 27 March 2020. All original tickets remain valid for the new date of Saturday 17 April 2021.
Sunday, 25th April 2021 - Sunday, 25th April 2021
Sleeping with Beauty: The Adult PantoSleeping with Beauty: The Adult Panto We are delighted to have LCM Management back to present Sleeping with Beauty. Suitable for 16+
Sunday, 2nd May 2021 - Sunday, 2nd May 2021
Thank ABBA For The Music *New Date*Grab your platforms and flares for a journey back in time to when ABBA dominated the charts and ruled the airwaves.
Friday, 7th May 2021 - Sunday, 9th May 2021
Whitby Gospel Music Convention 2021Whitby Gospel Music Convention will return to Whitby Pavilion!
Friday, 14th May 2021 - Sunday, 16th May 2021
American Line & Western Dance WeekendWhitby's 23rd American Line & Western Dance Weekend will take place across the weekend of 14-16 May 2021 at Whitby Pavilion.
Sunday, 16th May 2021 - Sunday, 16th May 2021
Hello Again - A Tribute to Neil DiamondThe World's Greatest Celebration of The Life & Work of NEIL DIAMOND…
Friday, 21st May 2021 - Friday, 21st May 2021
Whitby Rocks Festival 2021The rearranged Whitby Rocks Festival will now take place on Friday 21 May 2021 (original tickets remain valid)
Saturday, 22nd May 2021 - Saturday, 22nd May 2021
Whitby Blues, Rhythm & Rock FestivalThe rearranged Whitby Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival will now take place on Saturday 20 February 2021 (2pm-10pm). All original tickets remain valid.
Saturday, 29th May 2021 - Sunday, 30th May 2021
Whitby Art Fair 20213 fine artists from most areas of the East Coast, who work in a wide range of media and styles, including painting, ceramics, art glass, photography and metal work.
Friday, 4th June 2021 - Sunday, 6th June 2021
Whitby 60s FestivalWhitby 60s Weekends will be back in 2021!
Saturday, 12th June 2021 - Saturday, 12th June 2021
The Real Thing - The Greatest Hits TourMulti-million selling soul band The Real Thing are ready to give their much loved disco inspired hits a new lease of life with an extensive UK tour.
Thursday, 17th June 2021 - Thursday, 17th June 2021
Focus - plus Special GuestThis iconic Dutch music masters are back with their tenth album, which is guaranteed to please their legions of fans!
Friday, 18th June 2021 - Friday, 18th June 2021
Clearwater Creedence Revival (+ Support from The Songs of James Taylor)Live in Concert- Clearwater Creedence Revival-the finest tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Friday, 2nd July 2021 - Monday, 5th July 2021
Whitby Northern Soul Weekender 2021Annual music festival featuring the best in Northern Soul, Motown and Modern Soul with the North's best loved DJ's. Yorkshire's original since 2002.
Saturday, 10th July 2021 - Saturday, 10th July 2021
Acoustic Mac and Acoustic Eagles2 brilliant Acoustic tributes in one night!
Saturday, 17th July 2021 - Sunday, 18th July 2021
Saturday, 2nd October 2021 - Sunday, 3rd October 2021
The Great Seaside Vintage FairThe Great Seaside Vintage Fair will be back with a vengeance in 2021!
Wednesday, 21st July 2021 - Wednesday, 21st July 2021
The Doctor Will See You Now | (Doctor and the Medics)The Doctor Will See You Now-Life as a one hit wonder!
Saturday, 31st July 2021 - Saturday, 31st July 2021
Full NelsonFive piece tribute band celebrating sixty years of Willie
Saturday, 7th August 2021 - Saturday, 7th August 2021
Limehouse LizzyLimehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide.
Friday, 20th August 2021 - Friday, 20th August 2021
The Tina Turner Experience *New Date*This fully live energetic show charts the life and career of one of the worlds iconic performers.
Saturday, 21st August 2021 - Friday, 27th August 2021
Whitby Folk Week 2021Whitby Folk Week is a long-standing celebration of the traditional music, dance and song of the British Isles has taken on the trappings of a tradition in its own right.
Friday, 3rd September 2021 - Saturday, 4th September 2021
Whitby Country Music Weekend 2021Great atmosphere and great music from a cross section of some of the UK's best country artists.
Saturday, 4th September 2021 - Saturday, 4th September 2021
The South *New Date*A new incarnation of 'The Beautiful South' is back on a national UK tour and will play their rescheduled show at Whitby Pavilion on Saturday 4 September 2021.
Friday, 10th September 2021 - Sunday, 12th September 2021
The Whitby Motown Weekender 2021For those looking for a lighter Weekender with more familiar favourites from the World Of Motown and Soul's Golden Era (60's-80's), Whitby Pavilion Is The Perfect Venue.
Saturday, 18th September 2021 - Saturday, 18th September 2021
Icons of Darts
Saturday, 2nd October 2021 - Saturday, 2nd October 2021
Roy Chubby Brown *New Date*This is a rescheduled show from October 2020. Original Tickets Remain Valid and will be automatically transferred to the new date. The legendary Chubby Brown may not be everyone's cup of tea but a lot of people like tea!
Thursday, 14th October 2021 - Saturday, 16th October 2021
The Vicar of Dibley *New Date*This is a rescheduled show from Thursday 24th-26th September 2020. Original Tickets for this date remain valid for the performance on 14th-16th October 2021. When the ancient Vicar of Dibley dies suddenly, the parishioners are surprised to find that the Bishop has appointed a woman in his place.
Friday, 29th October 2021 - Sunday, 31st October 2021
*New Date* Tomorrow's Ghosts Festival: October 2021The rearranged Tomorrow's Ghosts Festival is scheduled to take place over the weekend of: 29th–31st October 2021.
Friday, 19th November 2021 - Friday, 19th November 2021
Bootleg BlondieBOOTLEG BLONDIE is the world's No. 1 official Debbie Harry & Blondie tribute band
Sunday, 21st November 2021 - Sunday, 21st November 2021
Circus of HorrorsThe new Circus of Horrors show will be an immersive celebration of it's astounding 25 years.
Whitby Unleashed: The Comic-Con by the SeaAn abundance of traders flock to Whitby pavilion to sell amazing Comics, Graphic Novels, Books, T-Shirts, Toys, Collectables, Art, Jewellery, Props, Autographs, Gaming, Funko Pops, Action Figures and so much more.
Saturday, 11th December 2021 - Sunday, 12th December 2021
AladdinDust off your flying carpet and take a trip to Twankey's Laundry at The Whitby Pavilion.
Booking & Payment Details
Credit cards accepted (with charge)
On-site catering
On-site light refreshments
Meeting, Conference & Wedding Facilities
Facilities for corporate hospitality
Parking with charge
Telephone (public)
Regional Tourist Board Member
Accepts groups
Coach parties accepted
By Road:From A1(M)/M1 jct 45 take A64 east (York ring road south). Follow A169 from Malton through Pickering over the moors to A171 jct. Turn right to Whitby and follow West Cliff signs. Other routes, A171 from Middlesbrough or from Scarborough.Access road to theatre descends from Cook Memorial at eastern end of West Cliff. Car parking (Pay and Display) on access road or West Cliff, or seafront (free). Public Transport DetailsBus - Access road to theatre from Cook Memorial may be reached via circular routes of town Tour Buses from many points of Whitby.Accessible by Public Transport: Whitby station is 0 miles away.
Whitby Pavilion
Type:Theatre
West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3EN
Tel01947 824760
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* The vast majority of shows have been postponed or cancelled for 2020. Please check the Pavilion's website for up to date information on current bookings and future dates.
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According to the most recent forecasting models developed by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital Philadelphia, the U.S. will experience significant growth in COVID-19 patients over the next four weeks.
Large metropolitan areas, specifically in the Northeast are already seeing an rise in cases after Thanksgiving. This trend is expected to continue.
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The number of cases in New York City are expected to double in December, according to forecasters. Similar growth is possible in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston.
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A Tribute To The Greatest Of All Men - Clarence H. JOHNSON Passed Away
A strong unity between past and present
IWF Activities of Clarence H. Johnson
26.08.1953 Vice President
22.11.1956 First Vice President, Member of the Technical Committee
06.09.1960 President
15.10.1964 re-elected President
15.07.1976 re-elected Vice President
15.11.1992 Honorary Life President
It was end of May, 1998, in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital city, at what turned out to be the last IWF meeting Clarence H. Johnson was attending. The Executive Board members were invited to their colleague's, two-times Olympic champion Norair Nourikian's Armenian Restaurant and all had good food, good drinks and fun. Clarence was in a mood for anecdotes. He told jokes, but, as always with him, these were no mere funny stories but had a touch of emotion and a moral lecture in them. The kind of stories that make you smile but also induce you to pause for a moment and look inside yourself.
The one joke Clarence said was like this: There are three guys who are very good friends. Two of them are believers and church-goers, the third one does not believe in God. One day, the third one who is no believer dies. His friends gather around his coffin and look at the dead neatly dressed. Then one asks his friend: 'I don't know what he is so dressed up for – he has got nowhere to go...'
Well, being one of the best and most noble-thinking men we have ever known, and a strong believer, Clarence certainly did have somewhere to go. We are certain it was heaven.
Another thing that sticks clearly in our mind is the speech Clarence delivered the following day at the IWF's Congress, still in Sofia. It was a powerful speech, commanding attention from all delegates, oriented at – what else at an age of 92 and a half? – the future. Once the President of this Federation himself, he did not spare words to congratulate, praise and encourage the present leaders of the IWF, including his own successor, Gottfried Schödl. Only the greatest of men are capable of pushing aside personal pride, accepting defeat by a competitor (when Schödl was elected President in 1972), what is more, continuing activity in "lower" positions keeping in sight only the very benefit of the sport he loves, its progress and prosperity. In all his years since he stepped down as President, Clarence was ready to give advice, act as peacemaker sometimes and his wisdom was appreciated by all.
May you rest in peace in heaven, Clarence, Father of the IWF.
The passing of a giant
On July 22, 1998, Clarence Johnson aged ninty two and a half passed away quietly in his sleep at his home in Royal Oak, Michigan.
I have been asked to write some words in his behalf for those who did not know him so well, but also for those who knew him for many years in our sport. I suddenly realized that to recount all the memories of trips and meetings we had during the many years we travelled together and bunked together, would fill a volume, so I will only stay with some highlights of this remarkable man's life.
His civic life achievements were incredible:
City of Royal Oak Man of the Year 1988;
Michigan Sports Hall of Fame YMCA Detroit;
Man of the Year AAU Hall of Fame... and many others.
He served on many organizations and foundations as president, treasurer, board member for more than 50 years. He was a pillar of strength in his church and at times when the pastor was ill acutely gave the sermons and invocations in his place. His profession was accounting, having been in this field for 72 years...
He raised huge sums of monies for hispitals, religious organizations and churches... and did the auditing for the US Weightlifting Foundation for free all the years of its existence. His role in international weightlifting was even more spectacular – I do not dwell on this now. He would sit in on the Executive Board meetings, having no voice nor vote, but wished to be involved to the end of his days.
Last December, approaching 92 years of age, when most men are either in rocking chairs, retirement homes, etc., this man travelled to Chiang Mai, Thailand, with me on one of the longest trips I ever made, just to sit in on a six hour Executive Board meeting of weightlifting. Talk about dedication and love for our sport... On the way home, we stayed all night at Bangkok airport waiting for our flight back to the States. He refused to go to sleep, but spoke freely of his life and past experiences. I then asked him a question which had been on my mind for many years. How many countries had he visited during his lifetime? The answer: 140 countries. Almost as many as there are in the world, and I do not know of anyone who could match this.
Several anecdotes are worth telling about this remarkable man.
In 1980, the State Department agreed to let us take a weightlifting team to Shanghai, China. Much of this was due to the efforts of Jim Fox who negotiated a further trip to Beijing and the Great Wall. Upon landing in Tokyo, they promptly lost my luggage with my heavy winter clothes, and so I stayed several weeks with the same suit and flimsy raincoat. Arriving in Beijing after the meet in Shanghai, I noted how cold it was, being end of November. We stayed at the Sports Academy, where there was no heating. One night it was so cold that I slept with all my clothes on including the raincoat. Clarence, as usual, shared the room with me. He always slept in the nude... At about three in the morning it grew so cold, I awoke with my teeth chattering. Clarence was not in the room. Thinking he may have had a problem, I ran into the hallway looking for him. It was a long hallway about two hundred feet long leading to the showers. There he was stark naked, walking down the hall on the way to the showers...
It was also noticed that at the age of 75 he ran up and down the Great Wall like a lizard, while most of us were out of breath... Much has been said of his great capacity for Coca Cola. We both shared this liking not only for Cola but for Vitamine E as well. Each of us took 1500 units a day when the average person was taking 20 units.
In 1987, at the Pan Am Games in Indianapolis, Clarence shared a room with myself and Rafael Guerrero. He started his day at 6 a.m. reaching in for a cold Coca Cola followed by at least 7 or 8 more during the day. He said the fizz would wake him up and get him going...
In 1996 at the Atlanta Games, he was introduced to Newt Gingrich, Republican Speaker of the House. Clarence was age 90 and had a long talk with Newt.
Earlier in that year, Clarence had fallen on the ice while carrying two cases of Coca Cola. Unfortunately, he broke his jaw in the process. Friends and relatives have all agreed that this shortaged his life as he could no longer eat solid food but only drank liquids to sustain himself.
This was the only time to my knowledge he missed an IWF meeting except when his wife was ill 10 years earlier. This wonderful man touched many lives during his own lifetime. At the funeral, when I looked down at him in his casket, I noticed he was wearing his IWF jacket... He now rests in heaven, with his wife whom he loved so dearly and old friend John Terpak. He decdicated much of his life to the sport and I will miss him ver much. He was a dear friend.
Murray Levin
From the condolences received at the IWF:
"I Lost a friend, and weightliftint lost a symbol." - Malih Alaywan, Lebanon
"Clarence H. Johnson became an integral part of the world history of weightlifting. On July 22nd, 1998 we witnessed how one form of life vanished. We shall all remember Clarence's always cheerful, smiling face, his untiring kindness and readiness to help, to assist everybody in every possible way." – Sabah Abdi Abdulla, Iraq
Further condolences were offered by: Finnish Weightlifting Federation (Esa Lomma, President, Pekka Kare Honorary President, Anne Hoikkala, Office Manager) and the National Olympic Committee of Turkey (Sinan Erdem, President and Togay Bayatli, Secretary General)
1998/3 - 1998/4
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