Really tired of explaining why I cost more than others!
Discussion in 'Lawn Mowing' started by KirbysLawn, Jul 19, 2000.
I coudn't have said it better.
If you don't mind, I'm gonna copy that and use it.
Thanks Ray.
Great letter Kirby.
and no, I don't think $140 a month for an 8000ft.2 plot is too much.
You don't have to take on every yard at any price. Ijust take the jobs that pay my minimum (35$) or greater. Leave the scraps for the lowballers. If you question what i charge then you can't afford me or you are a tightwad. Driving to and unloading for just one yard that pays 22 to 25$ is just a complete waste of time. Unless you have a cluster of yards at that one stop. Customers will be happy to pay these low prices forever if we let them. Kirby, just take the yards that pay a profitable rate that you can live with and don't worry about the rest. Plenty of customers out there that will pay what you are worth.
Kirby $20 a mow and blow is the going rate in fly over country for a 8k homesite.
YOUR problem is that you have WAY to much overhead to be fooling with such small potatoes.
If you did not have a NEW 30k truck, 5K trailer that weights 4500 lbs loaded, and
all new equipment you too would be able to
make money doing small residentials.
For about $8k total investment I can put a
used truck, trailer, 3 walk behinds (44,52,21)trimmer, edger, and blower on the street.
With a 2 man crew one can do 40 $25 small
residentials in one day.
Ray,
I love your letter. But I have to agree with the naysayers on this one. I would use that letter for potential customers that are looking for a full service program. With insurance & licenses etc., I'm still able to make money charging the market rate in my area for mow & blow, which is generally $25.00mow & blow for 5,000 - 8,000 sf. Now, my full service customers are paying more for my expertise and the market allows for that pricing. I find that those customers are more educated (about business in general, value, landscaping) & care more about how their yards look. When doing mow & blow we boogy through the yards ASAP and make money; and when we're at full service customer we look at those brown spots in the lawn and address them, we keep everything pruned nice, etc., etc. and those customers pay fairly for that kind of service. I would say Stone is right, you're not looking for those mow & go customers, they're not your niche market, so don't waste your time with them.
KIRBY ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT WHEN A PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE SERVICES A PROPERTY THAT THEY ARE COMPARED TO A MOW,BLOW AND GO LAWN MOWER PERSON. THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE ALL TOGETHER. I AM IMPRESSED WITH YOUR OUTFIT FROM WHAT I SEE IN YOUR PICTURES AND POSTS. THE PRIDE AND PLANNING THAT GOES INTO A PROFESSIONAL IMAGE AND NICE EQUIPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN NEVER BE COMPARED TO A GUY THAT HAS A RAGGED OUT TRUCK AND SORRY EQUIPMENT. I HAVE SEEN POSTS WHERE PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT FOR OVER TWO SEASONS AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IMAGE OR THEY ARE JUST SATISFIED WITH MAKING A LIVING DAY BY DAY. I MADE THE MISTAKE TO POST THAT I WAS UPSET THAT THE MARKET IN FLORIDA IS SO CHEAP. I DO OVER $ 30,000.00 A MONTH IN LAWN MOWING A MONTH. I SAW IN THE PAPER ABOUT A KID WHO DID $ 320,000. LAST YEAR AND GROSSED $ 80,000. BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE PICTURE OF HIS OLD EQUIPMENT. IF I DIDN'T RE-INVEST MY MONEY BACK IN MY BUSINESS I GUESS I WOULDN'T BE ABOUT TO BUY MY 5TH AND 6TH TRUCK. AND THESE ARE NEW FORD F-150S. NOT AS NICE AS YOURS BUT FROM YOUR POSTS I SEE YOUR ALSO A EMT/MEDIC . HELL YOU GUYS DESERVE EVERYTHING NICE IN THE WORLD FOR SAVING LIVES EVERY DAY. I WAS A GREEN BERET MEDIC AND SERVED IN COMBAT FOR MY COUNTRY SO MY ATTITUDE IS I'M WORTH WHAT EVER I WANT TO CHARGE A CUSTOMER. I DON'T CARE WHAT GO BLOW JOE IS CHARGING BECAUSE HE ISN'T THE SAME CALIBRE. E-MAIL IF YOU WANT TO TALK ANY TIME BRET.


But if the weather continues I will have to add the live music on deck and have Music Unlimited play there.
As requested by many, here is the dining room wine list. Let me know if you have any questions.
Just before starting with the Q & A, I wanted to talk about me – yes me. I think I need to start adding some of the " not so good " comments I get now and then. When I started this blog thingy I wanted to make sure that it was not scripted but off the cuff and that would include the good and the bad times I have as a Cruise Director.
So, here is a bad taken from the log of comments taken from yesterday " April 12th ".I have taken the name away as I do not have the permission of the guest to blog him!
6305 – Do not like T.V.
" *Less than satisfied*. . Better free TV programs and movies. Where is NBC and CBS – expect to see American Programs. Would not have cruised if I had known.
Less" John Show" – tired of having him around the clock on T.V. – his British accent gets on my nerves, he sounds like a poor man's Robin Leach.
I did speak to the guest and advised him that there was not direct satellite coverage in Europe for the stations he wanted and apologized for sounding like Robin Leach – I have no idea how he sounds as I have never heard of him. Still, it is better than being called Sperm Of the Devil. I offered my apologies and also asked if he wanted to borrow some of my DVD's which he declined.
So, as you see, in this business it really is hard to please all the people all of the time, but the day I stop trying will be the day I start selling herbal tea for a living.
OK, here is today's Q & A.
RICHARD – The doors are aluminum ( or aluminum as the Americans would say ) and you can tape a sign to the door if you wish – depending on the sign of course. Do not worri abourt yor spalling, mime iz baad ars wall.
TERRI910 – Great follow up and you are so correct about John and Diane, they are great musicians and great people. Most of the acts that are here now will also be here for the crossing. We have 7 days at sea together,. I am going to teach basket weaving and how to make herbal tea.
WWWWWWW – Sounds like you need me to send some Med sunshine to the big apple. As requested, here are some of my favorite not to be missed things to eat while in Europe AND ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
5. CHABAT CHE CHE – NOT THE CORRECT SPELLING I AM SURE – A SPICY SAUSAGE FROM CROATIA.
OK, typing all of this has made me hungry so I am going for dinner.
Back from dinner, not that anyone cares but I had two fried eggs on toast and a Cesar's salad.
On we go with the Q & A.
KEN C IN PHOENIX – Thanks for acknowledging Todd. He is a great C.D. and a good mate. The earliest we start debarkation is 6:00am. This means you can book a flight from 9:00am or after and have plenty of time to make it. Please let me know if I can help further.
KENA – I am sure as an Oncology nurse you must have many stress filled days so I promise you that when you cruise I will do my best to de stress you through fun and laughter. As you are an Oncology Nurse I wonder if you can have a look at my feet:) HERE IS A SAMPLE OF THE Sea day Carnival Capers for the Grand med Cruise which I am still planning so you are the first to see it.
RENEE – First of all I assure you that your kids will have plenty of new friends to play with. We do not have as many kids as our sister ships in the Caribbean but we do have at least 100 plus of your families age. As for allowing your youngest into the next age group that is a tough one. We are very strict about this however you can ask the Youth Director once onboard who judges each situation on its own merit so hopefully all will be well. Regardless I promise the kids will have a great time.
Our shows in the evening are considered family shows although some of the dancers do wear " showgirl " style costumes but they will see much worse on Libido Deck. See you very soon and thanks for reading the blog thingy.
STORMIN NORMAN – How are you mate. How is the family and how are you. I am so sorry we have been out of touch but I will rectify that ASAP. The boomerang joke worked well but would have been funnier if you were there to throw it back to me. I miss seeing you in the audience mate. Write soon and enjoy your 33rd cruise. you are one of a kind.
GEORGE AND LINDA – I apologize that you have been given the wrong information when you called. The dining room is open every night. Here is the first day's menu and I to look forward to June 8th and a chance to wish you happy anniversary.
BELLA – Thank you for your request to play Ocean's Thirteen on the big screen. Because this movie is rated P.G.17 I will have to play it as a T.V. movie. We do have many other great movies which I know you will enjoy. See you soon and let me know if there any others you may wish to see. Write to me the cruise before you sail and let me know what day and time you want and I will gladly book a massage for you.
Yesterday I wrote a little about the Caribbean and suggested I organize a BLOGGERS CRUISE. I hope it happens. Anyway, I want to add that I realize ( as one comment suggested ) that some people to do have the time to take a 12 day European cruise, so Smooth sailing ( I love these chat names ) here is a recommendation to you from me of my favorite short cruise.
It is on the Imagination which has always been one of my favorite ships out of the nine I have delivered from new. Heidi and I got engaged on the ship ( that's a story for another time ) and the ship has always had a special something about it. The Imagination is part of the Fantasy class of ships and as of August 2007 it will be sailing on this excellent 5 day cruise.
Imagination (five-day from Miami) – Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk and Nassau. Begins Aug. 13, 2007. Give this a try and then you will be ready for a seven, eight or 12 day cruise.
So, what about today. Well this morning I started at 9:30am with my morning show. One of the letters I received was from a soldier, from Canada, serving in Afghanistan who has been reading this blog thingy during her downtime . Her name is Katherine. Katherine is a very brave young lady and we spoke on the show about her job and how much she misses her dog called BooBoo. I miss my dog who is called Kodak so called because he snaps at everybody. My dog also has no legs, every morning I get up and take him for a drag. Do you know where you find a dog with no legs? Right where you left it. I feed my dog on EXLAX, why? Because it is a Shitsu.
Sorry about that, I lost my mind in blog dog heaven there.
Back to Katherine. I asked Katherine what she missed the most apart from BooBoo and she said that she missed getting mail. It appears she gets very little so here is a kind request from me to my blog champions. If you find it in your hearts how about we all write a letter to her, while we have been blooging from the comforts of home she has been blogging from one of the most dangerous parts of the world ( and I don't mean my bathroom ). I mentioned I would be doing this and it made her day.
So, here is her address.
Heidi has to go home in Livorno this cruise and I will be on my own for seven days. I get very sad when she is not with me but at least I can put anything on the bathroom floor I want to. With your kind permission I will leave this blog now and come back later and write more………..BRB.
Ok, it is now just before midnight and the ship is really quiet. It is usually at this point, mid way through the cruise that people start to get tired and with the Acropolis waiting to be conquered as many guests are already tucked up in their Carnival Comfort bed ( remind me to write about that on another blogging day ).
I just finished my walk around the deck with Heidi. Once again many people seem to be walking as well before bed and most are holding hands. I have seen many 'sights" whilst walking the decks over the years including ' the obvious " as the night air causes passion to take over. I have seen people praying, I have seen people lying flat on their backs star gazing and yes, honestly, yes, I have even seen someone with a fishing pole trying to fish from the top deck – he was immediately asked to stop of course.
Tonight, however we did not see anything unusual although I was asked a wonderful question as Heidi and I took our stroll……..a guest asked…………do you know which way New Jersey is ? Sometimes the comedian in me takes over and I say something which I think is funny when it would be better to pause and think, I did not this time and my instant reply was " what exit ". I expected a chuckle or even a laugh as most people form Jersey seem to know their exit but I was met by a wall of silence and a look that said, I do not find you funny at all.
I quickly went into " But seriously, let me call the bridge. So I did, and thanks to Luigi on the bridge I was able to tell the guest where the U.S was. He left happy but probably thinking what an idiot I was…hopefully he excepted my apology and left happy……………….but I doubt it!
My problem is I shall be thinking all night that I may have upset this guest……..it is something that I always do and is part of being in the hospitality business but it still bothers me and I am angry at myself tonight for trying to be a smart %$#@.
So on this blog I have told you of two people who I have not adhered myself to. I wanted to share this with you as criticism is as much a part of the job as praise. It is only 2 people but for me, that's two people too many and I shall be annoyed at myself all night.
Actually. make that 3 people I have annoyed…..the toilet seat is in the up position…….oh well.


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Kat's Korner: Why Does Music Suck So Bad? Part II
Why does music suck so bad?
I dealt with when the problem is you and me in part one. Now we're going to talk about the hacks.
You probably think I mean performers but I'm talking about critics.
Dumb asses with the space to discuss an album that can't or won't because they lack the brains to. They think they're there to give a history lesson (one they don't really understand) and then find a few sentences to talk about the current album.
Prissy (Priscilla) Becker is one of those (she writes for Tracks) but there are many, many more.
Take The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones for instance. I'm looking at The New Yorker's January 17, 2005 issue. The "review" is "When I'm Sixty-Four: Aging Rockers Onstage."
The author is Sasha and he's completely useless.
If there's any life left in music, Sasha's lifeless prose will drain it out. Like Prissy, Sashie is all about "I know everything." Like Prissy, he's more interested in giving us a history lesson (which, by the very nature of a history lesson, removes us further from the reality of the music).
And like Prissy, Sashie doesn't know crap.
Now he runs a blog, Sashie does. And if he made a mistake there, who cares? Seriously. But The New Yorker is infamous for their fact checking. The fact that they let Sashie slide demonstrates that they don't care a damn about music.
Sashie has so many howlers we'll just focus on one:
In 1992, "Everybody Hurts," a dismayingly obvious but affecting ballad, found its way onto the television show "My So-Called Life," and made the band's music ubiquitous.
Sashie's words kill any interest in music. (And wake up if he put you to sleep.) But you have to write in such a self-important manner when you're desperate to pass yourself off as an expert.
Maybe his writing put the fact checker to sleep?
R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" (a great song) did come out in 1992. But it didn't find it's way onto "My So-Called Life" in 1992! It couldn't. My So-Called Life didn't come on until 1994!
Sashie the blowhard wants you to think him an expert (as opposed to someone passionate about music) but he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. And a fact checker should have damn well caught his mistake.
For the record, My So-Called Life did use "Everybody Hurts" in 1994. As did some films that year (1994) (When a Man Loves a Woman, Radio Inside would be two) and other TV shows (including Friends and Party of Five -- both of which have more viewers -- therefore more impact and reach -- than did My So-Called Life).
It's a stupid mistake by a stupid man. That the infamous fact checkers at The New Yorker didn't catch it is embarrassing.
But maybe if Sashie was interested in reviewing and not lecturing, he could tell us something. Instead he wants to present himself as an expert. An "expert" who defended Justin Timberlake's solo album as music!
When trying to justify Justin, Sashie falls into the same trap the New York Times' Kelefa Sanneh fell into: "Critics of this crap are just falling into out-moded thinking that just because they don't make music, these 'artists' aren't artists."
Hey Kelefa and Sashie, if you want to drool over Justin's abs, do so honestly. Don't try to justify the freeze dried crap as music. Music means making music.
Kelefa, to her credit, was trying to address a sexist, racist and homophobic attitude that keeps many real musicians from entering the inner critical circle. But she screws up her argument when she tries to justify mechanical "music" (samples, synthesizers) as real music. I think Kelefa fell into the "I am an expert" trap which led her to believe she understood an argument she went on to bastardize.
It doesn't matter. She's too distant and removed from music (any music) to ever convey to a listener why they should listen to something.
Sashie's the same way.
What's killing music? How about the people who can't write about it. People who think that it's more important to give a history lesson than to weigh in on what they're hearing.
See, they've either lost their enthusiasm for music or they're publications won't let them show enthusiasm. They want distant voices, not passionate ones. (Has the Times ever welcomed passion?)
When you read Ellen Willis (or more recently Ann Powers), you knew what they were feeling.
You understood when they walked you through a song or an album because they cared and they were given the room to discuss.
Over at Rolling Stone, Ed Needham is thankfully gone; however, the change he imposed on album reviews remains. In the latest issue (with Gwen Stefani, looking better than she ever has, on the cover), Rob Sheffield manages to perfectly capture the latest stink bomb from Ashanti. But it's amazing that he's able to do so in what is basically a single paragraph.
Reading the issue, I was happy to see that online voters in the readers' poll were "weighted." Thank you, Jann Wenner. From the bottom of my heart, sincerely. It's a blessing to go through the readers' top ten picks and not feel like I've picked up Tiger Beat by mistake.
But if you want to help a little more, Wenner, how about dropping the Needham instigated Blender-type reviews? Want to help Save the Music without writing a check or showing up at a dinner? Then extend the reviews.
And if a David Wild wants to write a clincial, cold review, ditch it, don't run it. Scheffield can be a real smart ass, no argument here. But he's bringing an attitude and an excitement to his writing that the cold eyes of the Wild will never reflect.
Give the guys and gals room to get exicted in the review section. That'll help music more than any charity event, Jann Wenner.
But the rest of you, the Prissys, the Sashies, the Kelefas, do us all a favor and find something you're interested in to write about. All you do is bore us and make music boring. Start writing about Broadway, maybe, but quit inflicting your boredom upon us. And stop thinking that because you grabbed a few facts online, you're now an "expert" or at least we'll mistake you for one.
Sashie, My So-Called Life had a cult following on ABC. (On MTV, it had a larger cult following.) It wasn't on in 1992. It had nothing to do with the success of "Everybody Hurts." Even if you want to now try to argue that it furthered the song, Party of Five and Friends had more viewers the same year that all three used the song. (And again, in 1994, movies were also using the song.)
You don't know what you are talking about Sashie. You're trying to come off as an expert on things you honestly know nothing about. Why even bother? Your piece ran under "pop music,"
not "histories of human kind." Drop the self-important voice and the random facts you've rushed to find so that you could present yourself as an expert. Instead, why don't you write about the music? If that task is too much for you, or for any of you lame asses writing about music, do music a favor and find something else to write about.
You're lifeless prose drains all the energy out of music. You're killing it and it's time you stopped. Jon Stewart said similar words to the people at Crossfire, I'm saying them to you.
We, as music lovers, aren't blameless (see part one), but you critics that write in a detached manner are sapping the music. Your "history lessons" and presenting yourselves as "experts" does nothing to tell us about the music. Your detachment and distance helps no one.
Self-check and change or, do us all a favor, stop writing about music releases.
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Various government organisations have increased activities to stop the use of single-use plastic. The Solid Waste Management Act 2021 has already been passed. Besides, a new law for medical waste management will be introduced in 2023, said the DoE director at the launching event of a report on "Managing Our Waste 2021: A View from the Global South", organised by Practical Action-Bangladesh with the support of GreenTech Foundation Bangladesh, in the capital on Tuesday.
Habibun Nahar, deputy minister for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who attended the event as chief guest, emphasised the necessity of waste management and the role of the government in Bangladesh.
"More waste is generated than before as a result of the rapid and continuous increase in population, which affects the lives of many people, especially those with low-incomes. So, when we think of efficient waste management we must think about the health hazards of workers involved in garbage collection and disposal stages," she added.
At the event, there was an open discussion session to draw engagement from different sectors – local administration, waste collectors and their associations, the planning department. Participants emphasised community participation, building knowledge,e and gathering skills for developing integrated and sustainable waste management.
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A Picture Of Peace?
Noseweek|September 2020
Beware: Appearances can be deceptive
Susan Puren
HEROLD, A RURAL HAMLET NESTLING in a valley at the top of the historical Montagu pass in the mountains above George is a picture of peace and tranquility.
But, as the saying goes, the devil is in the detail.
A simple brick gate pillar at the entrance of the Franken Primary School has become the focus of a bitter contest between parents, teachers and the Herold community on the one side, and the local church minister and a property developer on the other.
The offending pillar stands half a brick over the boundary of servitude, a non-descript 5-metre wide gravel path that runs uphill from the main road, ironically allowing access to both the school and the hall of the United Reformed Church (URC).
Herold has fewer than twenty inhabited cottages, but 330 learners – most bussed in from nearby farms – attend the Franken school that teaches up to Grade 9. Thereafter the children go to boarding school in George.
The school was established in 1933 on a portion of farmland donated to the church by a local farmer. The original title deed for the 1670-hectare property specified that the land may only be used for school, church and residential purposes. Endorsements were added in 1936 and 1937, each granting certain water rights to the owner.
According to members of the community, the school has given them a sense of dignity and pride because they literally built it themselves, brick by brick over time. Three years ago they added yet another feature, an imposing entrance gate, which they proudly funded themselves. But to their surprise their church pastor, Reverend David Elias, suddenly became obsessed with rulers and yardstick, finding fault with whatever the school was doing to improve its facilities and surroundings.
The reverend has allegedly used the building infringement on the servitude as a bargaining tool in rental negotiations with the Western Cape Education Department, making the deal he has with the department conditional on the removal of the pillar. While Elias denies this in a statement sent to Noseweek by his lawyer, he is at pains to point out that the Franken school did not submit building plans to the George municipality. "The buildings are therefore illegal," he insists.
Documents show, however, that not that long ago Elias was happily trying to sell the school and gave the first option to the Western Cape provincial education department. The department could not afford to pay the price he was asking and instead offered to continue paying rent, which in fact makes up most of the pastor's salary.
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Everybody needs directions, (almost) everyone is on Facebook, chances are you are looking or searching for a cute cat video, and Google+ is somehow crucial to your dreams of achieving webwide fame…but the number 5 most used Smartphone App in the world may surprise you—and its neither Twitter or Instagram.
Leading the pack of social messaging apps is WeChat– yup that catchy sweet advert that stars showbiz couple Iya and Drew Arellano.
The prevalence of technology in our lives is undeniable—especially in a world where morning coffee is accompanied by social media feeds instead of daily newspapers, exchanges are done via voice messages instead of snail mails, and milestones are shared to the world and not limited to just friends who browse photo albums when visiting your house.
Social messaging has definitely become the next big thing in communications, as it lets you do a lot more than just send texts or make calls. And though there are several choices out there, the thing I like most about WeChat is that the fun begins as soon as you add…or look for new contacts!
At a blogger event held last week at Mango Tree Bistro at Bonifacio Global City, WeChat reintroduced itself to the online media by showcasing some of its unique features and why it has become the app of choice for with almost 300 million active users worldwide.
I have to admit, I've had WeChat for quite a while but haven't been able to use because most of my contacts were using other social messaging apps, but after the demos I've been telling my friends to make the switch!
Like I mentioned the fun begins as soon as you start adding contacts; you can use the usual Search by ID; scanning the QR code or through your contact list. But the most fun ways is by using the "Shake" "Hold Together" "Look Around" or even the "Drift Bottle" features to find new friends.
Shake is a two-way function, once you use it, others use it can also find you. To find it go to Social–>Shake, and it leads you to the "Shake" page, just hold your phone and shake, seconds later it will recommend you someone shake the phone at the same time, then you can add him/her.
Hold together is another similar option as those who use the Hold Together button will be able to find and add one another.
The fourth and probably the most interesting way is by Drift Bottle. Its just like sending a message in a bottle out to see– or finding one. Write something or say something something and then toss it out to the sea and it could randomly be picked up by anyone in the world. You can also "pick" bottles and add them to your contacts or throw it back out.
Everybody loves emoticons, but the newest craze has to be the Stickers! and WeChat actually allows you to create stickers from your any of your photos!
1. Talk digitally the same way you do personally.
Gone are the days when you need to hop on a plane to talk to a family member face-to-face or drive miles to catch up with friends. WeChat lets you do both wherever you are with a video call function that works over WiFi or 3G networks, and a group messaging feature that lets you chat up a storm with up to 40 people in your list. It also allows for an easy shift from typing to talking when you press the "Hold to Talk" button, which records and sends your messages in an instant.
Remember when making friends in new places started with small talks? Well, WeChat allows you to do the same, but in a quicker (and not to mention easier) way. The "People Nearby" feature pinpoints other WeChat users in the area and lets you start conversations with them in an instant. Meanwhile, the "Shake" feature—activated by literally shaking your phone—connects you to anyone in the world who is also shaking their phones at the same time.
3. Bring on the moments.
Just like a public album, WeChat allows you share with the world photos, videos, recordings, and comments all in one platform called "Moments." You can even choose to customize them using photo filters and personalized emoticons, which you can create by converting and saving image.
4. Shift platforms in a snap.
While it's true that going mobile makes connections easier, quicker, and more fun, it also gets harder when you have to go from one gadget to another or handle multiple screens. WeChat makes shifting more seamless for you as it also has a PC version where you can log into and continue your conversations. Plus point: you can access it with one QR code scan generated by . No need to download the software! The app also supports social network integration—allowing you to easily link WeChat to your Facebook profile.
Last but definitely not the least, there is no need for you to worry about your files getting corrupted or your conversations being forgotten. WeChat protects your data by on-demand data backup and retrieval to/from its cloud based server.
As more and more people secure their daily activities for the mobile ride, WeChat ensures all 100 million users in its international community of a clean, simple, and multisensory platform that covers all possible areas of human communication.


text:
package cmdutil

import (
	"strings"
	"testing"
)

func TestRunCommandArgs(t *testing.T) {
	testCases := []struct {
		Name          string
		CommandArgs   []string
		CommandOption CommandOption

		Stdout, Stderr string
		ExitCode       int
		Err            string
	}{
		{
			Name:          "signal trapped",
			CommandArgs:   []string{stubcmd, "-trap=SIGTERM", "-trap-exit=23", "-sleep=10s"},
			CommandOption: testCmdOpt,
			Stdout:        "signal received",
			ExitCode:      23,
		},
		{
			Name:        "command not found",
			CommandArgs: []string{"notfound"},
			ExitCode:    127,
			Err:         `exec: "notfound": executable file not found`,
		},
		{
			Name:        "directory",
			CommandArgs: []string{"./testdata"},
			ExitCode:    126,
			Err:         `exit code: 126`,
		},
	}
	for _, tc := range testCases {
		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
			stdout, stderr, exitCode, err := RunCommandArgs(tc.CommandArgs, tc.CommandOption)
			stdout = strings.TrimSpace(stdout)
			stderr = strings.TrimSpace(stderr)
			if stdout != tc.Stdout {
				t.Errorf("invalid stdout. out=%q, expect=%q", stdout, tc.Stdout)
			}
			if stderr != tc.Stderr {
				t.Errorf("invalid stderr. out=%q, expect=%q", stderr, tc.Stderr)
			}
			if exitCode != tc.ExitCode {
				t.Errorf("exitCode should be %d, but: %d", tc.ExitCode, exitCode)
			}
			if tc.Err == "" {
				if err != nil {
					t.Errorf("error should be nil, but: %s", err)
				}
			} else {
				if err == nil {
					t.Error("error should be occurred but nil")
				} else if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.Err) {
					t.Errorf("error should be contained string %q, but: %q", tc.Err, err)
				}
			}
		})
	}
}

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text:
<?php

/** PHPExcel root directory */
if (!defined('PHPEXCEL_ROOT')) {
	/**
	 * @ignore
	 */
	define('PHPEXCEL_ROOT', dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../');
	require(PHPEXCEL_ROOT . 'PHPExcel/Autoloader.php');
}

/**
 * PHPExcel_Calculation_Database
 *
 * @category	PHPExcel
 * @package		PHPExcel_Calculation
 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2006 - 2011 PHPExcel (http://www.codeplex.com/PHPExcel)
 */
class PHPExcel_Calculation_Database {

	private static function __fieldExtract($database,$field) {
		$field = strtoupper(PHPExcel_Calculation_Functions::flattenSingleValue($field));
		$fieldNames = array_map('strtoupper',array_shift($database));

		if (is_numeric($field)) {
			$keys = array_keys($fieldNames);
			return $keys[$field-1];
		}
		$key = array_search($field,$fieldNames);
		return ($key) ? $key : null;
	}

	private static function __filter($database,$criteria) {
		$fieldNames = array_shift($database);
		$criteriaNames = array_shift($criteria);

		//	Convert the criteria into a set of AND/OR conditions with [:placeholders]
		$testConditions = $testValues = array();
		$testConditionsCount = 0;
		foreach($criteriaNames as $key => $criteriaName) {
			$testCondition = array();
			$testConditionCount = 0;
			foreach($criteria as $row => $criterion) {
				if ($criterion[$key] > '') {
					$testCondition[] = '[:'.$criteriaName.']'.PHPExcel_Calculation_Functions::_ifCondition($criterion[$key]);
					$testConditionCount++;
				}
			}
			if ($testConditionCount > 1) {
				$testConditions[] = 'OR('.implode(',',$testCondition).')';
				$testConditionsCount++;
			} elseif($testConditionCount == 1) {
				$testConditions[] = $testCondition[0];
				$testConditionsCount++;
			}
		}
		if ($testConditionsCount > 1) {
			$testConditionSet = 'AND('.implode(',',$testConditions).')';
		} elseif($testConditionsCount == 1) {
			$testConditionSet = $testConditions[0];
		}

		//	Loop through each row of the database
		foreach($database as $dataRow => $dataValues) {
			//	Substitute actual values from the database row for our [:placeholders]
			$testConditionList = $testConditionSet;
			foreach($criteriaNames as $key => $criteriaName) {
				$k = array_search($criteriaName,$fieldNames);
				if (isset($dataValues[$k])) {
					$dataValue = $dataValues[$k];
					$dataValue = (is_string($dataValue)) ? PHPExcel_Calculation::_wrapResult(strtoupper($dataValue)) : $dataValue;
					$testConditionList = str_replace('[:'.$criteriaName.']',$dataValue,$testConditionList);
				}
			}
			//	evaluate the criteria against the row data
			$result = PHPExcel_Calculation::getInstance()->_calculateFormulaValue('='.$testConditionList);
			//	If the row failed to meet the criteria, remove it from the database
			if (!$result) {
				unset($database[$dataRow]);
			}
		}

		return $database;
	}

	/**
	 *	DAVERAGE
	 *
	 */
	public static function DAVERAGE($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::AVERAGE($colData);
	}	//	function DAVERAGE()

	/**
	 *	DCOUNT
	 *
	 */
	public static function DCOUNT($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::COUNT($colData);
	}	//	function DCOUNT()

	/**
	 *	DCOUNTA
	 *
	 */
	public static function DCOUNTA($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::COUNTA($colData);
	}	//	function DCOUNTA()

	/**
	 *	DGET
	 *
	 */
	public static function DGET($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		if (count($colData) > 1) {
			return PHPExcel_Calculation_Functions::NaN();
		}

		return $colData[0];
	}	//	function DGET()

	/**
	 *	DMAX
	 *
	 */
	public static function DMAX($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::MAX($colData);
	}	//	function DMAX()

	/**
	 *	DMIN
	 *
	 */
	public static function DMIN($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::MIN($colData);
	}	//	function DMIN()

	/**
	 *	DPRODUCT
	 *
	 */
	public static function DPRODUCT($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_MathTrig::PRODUCT($colData);
	}	//	function DPRODUCT()

	/**
	 *	DSTDEV
	 *
	 */
	public static function DSTDEV($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::STDEV($colData);
	}	//	function DSTDEV()

	/**
	 *	DSTDEVP
	 *
	 */
	public static function DSTDEVP($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::STDEVP($colData);
	}	//	function DSTDEVP()

	/**
	 *	DSUM
	 *
	 */
	public static function DSUM($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_MathTrig::SUM($colData);
	}	//	function DSUM()

	/**
	 *	DVAR
	 *
	 */
	public static function DVAR($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::VARFunc($colData);
	}	//	function DVAR()

	/**
	 *	DVARP
	 *
	 */
	public static function DVARP($database,$field,$criteria) {
		$field = self::__fieldExtract($database,$field);
		if (is_null($field)) {
			return NULL;
		}

		//	reduce the database to a set of rows that match all the criteria
		$database = self::__filter($database,$criteria);
		//	extract an array of values for the requested column
		$colData = array();
		foreach($database as $row) {
			$colData[] = $row[$field];
		}

		// Return
		return PHPExcel_Calculation_Statistical::VARP($colData);
	}	//	function DVARP()

}	//	class PHPExcel_Calculation_Database


Evidence refers to the information you need to provide to convince the Commissioner that the employee is guilty of what you are claiming he/she is guilty of. Remember that in Labour Law you only need to prove that the employee is guilty on what is known as a the "balance of probability" not "beyond a reasonable doubt "as is required by the normal court of law. It a court of law you need to prove that it definitely was a particular person who committed the crime ( beyond a doubt). In any Labour proceedings, you just need to show that it was " most probably " the employee who committed the act.
WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPES OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW PROBABILITY?
There are different types of evidence and certain types of evidence carries more weight than other types of evidence when being assessed by a Commissioner. The most important type of evidence is known as direct evidence. This refers to the evidence provided by a witness who actually saw the event. So if you are claiming that an employee removed company property then the most sure way of proving his/her guilt is to have the person who witnessed the incident confirm the act.
Unfortunately, most employees who are prone to this type of behavior, wait until there are no witnesses who can provide such evidence. The rule of evidence is to then look for circumstantial evidence. This refers to the evidence surrounding the incident. For example, if you can prove that the employee was the only one who had access to the product or was the last one seen with and accountable for the product then you may be able to build your case based upon " circumstantial evidence. This means that even though no one actually witnessed the employee taking the product, the evidence shows that it could not have been anybody else.
Documentary evidence is also very valuable. This refers to document which prove that the employee was on the premises or had had access. For example you could use attendance registers, record of clocking times etc.
The Resource Remedy provides an affordable and practical training course on what evidence is required for your disciplinary enquiry and Arbitration and how to collect and present this evidence. If you would like to obtain more information on this training course click on the following link ; Resource Remedy Training. Training course are provided as one –on –one or to a group of delegates. The course is practical and the delegate is able to apply the skills learnt immediately on return to the business. Store Managers and Supervisors performance will be greatly enhanced by this training.


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Razor Tag: Key Cuts EP es una selección de algunas de las canciones contenidas en el álbum Razor Tag del grupo de hip hop underground Styles of Beyond en colaboración con Dj Green Lantern.
Este EP vio la luz tan solo en formato digital a través de la página www.HipHopSite.com  y contiene pistas originales de Razor Tag sin ningún tipo de efectos de sonido o transiciones, es decir, tan solo con algunas de las canciones del disco original. El disco salió a la venta en septiembre de 2007.

Lista de canciones
 01 "World Famous" - 02:53
 02 "It's Us" - 02:22
 03 "Bring It Back" (con Demigodz) - 03:26
 04 "Live At BBQ" (con Demigodz) - 03:08
 05 "Godz In The Front" (con Demigodz) - 04:53
 06 "Savin' L.A." (con Bishop Lamont) - 04:08
 07 "Razor Tag Full Mix (Bonus Track)" - 62:52 (solo disponible si se compra todo el EP)

Álbumes de 2007
Álbumes en inglés

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After the long wait for DoView 3.0 and DoView for Mac 3.0 we are planning to release them in the next few days. If you buy a license to DoView now ($39.95) you will get a free upgrade to DoView 3.0 and you will be able to use your license with DoView for Mac 3.0 when it is released. We apologize for the delay in getting DoView 3.0 out, but we have had to ensure that all of the technical issues which arose in Beta testing were ironed out before we released it. DoView for PC 3.0 will work with Windows 7 Service Pack 1.


text:
Anna Cecilia Lindqvist (* 4. Juni 1932 in Lund als Anna Cecilia Norman; chinesisches Pseudonym Lin Xili ; † 27. September 2021) war eine schwedische Sinologin, Schriftstellerin und Fotografin.

Leben
Lindqvist war Schülerin des bedeutenden Sinologen Bernhard Karlgren, der als Erster die Methoden der europäischen historischen Sprachwissenschaft auf das Chinesische anwandte.
Sie studierte chinesische Sprache, Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte sowie das Musikinstrument Guqin.

Von 1956 bis 1986 war sie mit dem schwedischen Schriftsteller Sven Lindqvist verheiratet, der 1960 und 1961 als Kulturattaché an der schwedischen Botschaft in Peking tätig war.

Nach ihrer Rückkehr aus China ging sie zusammen mit ihrem Mann nach Lateinamerika, wo sie als Journalistin tätig war. 1970 kehrten sie nach Schweden zurück und von 1971 an lehrte Cecilia Lindqvist an Gymnasien in Stockholm. Als einige Schüler sie darum baten, Chinesisch lernen zu dürfen, holte sie vom damaligen schwedischen Kultusminister Ingvar Carlsson die Erlaubnis ein und unterrichtete 21 Schüler zwei Jahre lang in Chinesisch. Anschließend fuhr sie mit diesen mit der Transsibirischen Eisenbahn nach Peking. Fast alle diese Schüler arbeiten jetzt in China.

Von 1974 bis 1989 schrieb Cecilia Lindqvist an ihrem Buch Hanzi Wangguo or the Kingdom of Characters, das auf Deutsch unter dem Titel Eine Welt aus Zeichen erschien ().

Im Jahr 1994 begann Lindqvist ihre 12 Jahre währende Arbeit an Qin, einem Buch über die Guqin ().

Nach ihrem Magister der Philosophie wurde Lindqvist im Jahr 1989 Professorin für Sinologie, bis sie 1997 emeritierte.
2003 wurde sie als Gastprofessorin an die Universität für Sprache und Kultur Peking (Beijing Language and Culture University BLCU; ) berufen.

Cecilia Lindqvist starb im September 2021 im Alter von 89 Jahren.

Bibliografie (Auswahl)
 China von innen. 1963 (mit Sven Lindqvist; schwedisch: Kina inifrån)
 Asiatische Erfahrung. 1964 (mit Sven Lindqvist; Asiatisk erfarenhet)
 Reise mit Aron. 1969 (Resa med Aron)
 Was würde Mao gesagt haben? 1979 (mit Sven Lindqvist; Vad skulle Mao ha sagt?)
 China jetzt. 1980 (mit Sven Lindqvist; Kina nu)
 Reich der Zeichen, Bonniers, 1989. ISBN 91-34-50857-0 (Tecknens rike)
 Qin. Albert Bonniers Publishing, 2006. ISBN 91-0-010580-5
 Eine Welt aus Zeichen – über die Chinesen und ihre Schrift. Droemer Knaur, 1990. ISBN 3-426-26482-X

Auszeichnungen
 1989 August-Preis für Tecknens Rike (Eine Welt aus Zeichen)
 2004 Längmanska Fondens großer Kulturpreis
 2006 August-Preis für Qin
 2006 Lotten-von-Kræmer-Preis
 2015 Kellgren-Preis

Weblinks

 Cecilia Lindqvist, "ambassador" of Chinese culture (Interview in der Renmin Ribao)

Sinologe
Autor
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Schwedisch)
Person (Lund)
August-Preisträger
Schwede
Geboren 1932
Gestorben 2021
Frau


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Rihanna Is The World's Richest Female Musician
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Rihanna Is Officially The World's Richest Female Musician
Anabel Pasarow
Photo: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images.
Today, Forbes reported that Rihanna is worth $600 million dollars, placing her at #37 on this year's Richest Self-Made Women list. In case you're wondering, $600 million is basically 10,000,000 bottles of Fenty Trophy Wife Body Lava, or 30,000,000 Fenty satin lipsticks. Rihanna is now a full-fledged beauty mogul on top of her prolific music career — and she's become the first Black woman to run a major luxury fashion house. Ahead, we break down just how much she's earned throughout her triple-threat career.
Fenty Beauty, which is co-owned by Rihanna and French luxury conglomerate LVMH, reportedly earned $100 million in sales just in its first few weeks and $570 million last year. And according to Forbes, Rihanna owns about 15% of its $3 billion worth. The brand debuted in 2017 with an unprecedented 40-shade foundation range, subsequently launching a "Fenty Effect" that influenced other beauty names to prioritize inclusivity. And apparently there's a Fenty skin-care line in our future. Rihanna has since parlayed the success of Fenty Beauty into a size-inclusive lingerie line, Savage x Fenty, which she co-owns with TechStyle Fashion Group.
Just last month, Rihanna announced Fenty, her new fashion house with LVMH, which includes a range of ready-to-wear, accessories, sunglasses, and jewelry. This line will also embody the inclusive ethos of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty, with a size range of up to 14. But this isn't Rihanna's first foray into fashion — before launching her own lines, she partnered with Puma for a rumored $1 million deal, as well as designed collections for Manolo Blahnik.
Rihanna Sent Trump A Message With Her T-Shirt
The Best Items To Shop From Rihanna's Second Drop
Rihanna Handpicked This 67-Year-Old Fenty Model
But before there was Fenty, there was Bad Gal Ri Ri, who has made millions from her music and tours. In 2013, her Diamonds world tour raked in $137 million, and in 2016 she earned $22.3 million from streaming (her music was streamed 3.3 billion times), sales, touring, and publishing. She's also a part owner of Tidal.
So basically, there's a reason we haven't seen new music from her in a while. She's been busy. But if the rumors are to be believed, Ri Ri is away at work on a new album, on the island she may or may not have rented. No big deal.
Rihanna Net Worth 2019: Richest Female Singer Worldwide
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Cërrik város Albánia középső részén, a Shkumbin folyó völgyében, Elbasantól légvonalban 13 kilométerre délnyugati irányban. Elbasan megyén belül Cërrik község, valamint Cërrik alközség központja, egyúttal ez utóbbi közigazgatási egység egyetlen települése. A 2011-es népszámlálás alapján az alközség, vagyis Cërrik népessége .

Fekvése
Cërrik az Albániát kettéosztó Shkumbin elszélesedő, kelet–nyugati irányú völgyében, a folyó bal partján fekszik. A keletről és nyugatról alacsony dombok közé ékelődő város dél felé a Devoll medencéjére nyitott. Az Elbasant Rrogozhinával összekötő SH7-es jelű főút a Shkumbin túlpartján fut, amellyel az SH59-es jelű főút kb. 4 kilométeres szakasza köti össze Cërriket.

Történelme
Cërrik a 20. század közepéig jelentéktelen település volt. A kommunizmus évtizedeiben, a második ötéves tervidőszak (1956–1960) elején helyezték üzembe a cërriki olajfinomítót, amelyet csővezeték kötött össze a 25 kilométerre lévő Sztálinváros (ma Kuçova) környéki olajkutakkal. A ma ismert város ekkor alakult ki a finomító 500 munkásának, valamint az ahhoz kapcsolódó áramtermelő állomás dolgozóinak otthont adó lakótelepek felépülésével. Mások mellett itt kezdte karrierjét az 1960-as évek elején Hekuran Isai, az Albán Munkapárt későbbi prominens politikusa. Az üzem éves termelőkapacitása az 1960-as években 150 ezer megatonna volt, ez azonban a sztálinvárosi olajkutak részleges kiapadásával az 1980-as évekre visszaesett . A finomító a rendszerváltás után, 1992-ben bezárt, s bár 2013-ban az albán kormány pályázatot hirdetett koncessziós üzemeltetésére, a termelés még 2015-ben sem indult újra.

Az 1970-es évek elején ide internálták Liri Belishova (1926–2018) kegyvesztett kommunista politikust, aki 1991-ig élt a városban.

Az országot a polgárháború szélére sodró piramisjáték-válság idején, 1997 májusában fegyveres bandák vették át az uralmat Cërrikben is. A rend helyreállítása érdekében a belügyminisztérium egy speciális egységét vezényelték a városba. A rebellisek felvették velük a harcot, amelynek következményeként a speciális egység öt tagja életét vesztette, legalább nyolcan pedig megsebesültek. A kormány a rendet csak egy hónap elteltével, június 9-én tudta helyreállítani a városban.

Nevezetességei
Cërrik tipikus kommunista évtizedekbeli iparváros munkáslakótömbökkel, látnivalók nélkül. A várostól délre tárták fel a bronzkor és a vaskor időszakában használt pazhoki halomsírokat.

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The Atacama Desert is a highlight of many holidays to Chile, stretching 600 miles from the Pacific Coast to the Andes Mountains. Although it is often referred to as the driest desert on Earth, you can also visit beautiful lagoons, hot springs and geysers, as well as fascinating rock formations, salt lakes and impressive volcanoes on our Atacama tours.
There's a lot to be explored here, and most tourists choose San Pedro de Atacama as their base. The town is truly unique, and is an attraction in its own right, but there are also countless tours on offer which allow to you to see the best of the magnificent Atacama Desert.
Atacama's salt flat is the third largest in the world, and sits at 2,300 meters above sea level.
The Death and Moon Valleys are fascinating landscapes of bizarre rock formations, and are particularly impressive at sunset.
El Tatio is the highest geyser field in the world at over 4,300m. It has over 80 active geysers and the biggest one shoots clouds of steam over 6m high!
Puritama hot springs consists of 8 geothermal pools in the middle of the desert. It is a good place to relax after visiting El Tatio.
The village of Tocanoa and the pre-Colombian ruins of Tulor (pictured) are a great tour option to see more than just the beautiful landscapes of Atacama.
The Atacama Desert is on of the best places on Earth to stargaze, as the night skies are not polluted by light, and the altitude makes for a clearer, brighter view.
If you're going to do one hot air balloon ride in your life do it in San Pedro! The Moon Valley (pictured) is particularly impressive from a birds eye perspective.
A tour to Los Flamencos National Reserve will allow you to experience the diversity of the Atacama Desert, taking in a number of completely different landscapes in one day.
For more information about trips to the Atacama Desert and Chile, check out our holidays.


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Senate wrangling as the budget gets mangled
July 14, 2014 Brian	21 Comments
Palmer spoiling Abbott's party
That was the headline of the sensible Dennis Atkins' opinion piece in the Courier Mail on Saturday.
Abbott now has to wait until next week and cede the centre stage in the House of Representatives to Clive Palmer, the pest who has become a nemesis while also being the guy the PM cannot ignore.
Tony Wright in the SMH describes Palmer as the emperor in the check shirt holding court upon a leather chaise longue at the entrance to the Senate chamber. There "the formerly mighty paid obeisance, begging his mercy":
Here came Eric Abetz, leader of the government in the Senate; Mitch Fifield, manager of government business in the Senate; Simon Birmingham, parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Environment; all of them very nearly falling to their knees. A swirl of harried government advisers circled and whispered, knowing there was no escape for their masters.
Clive Palmer had no pity to dispense.
His eyes were dead to the presence of the supplicants, his ears closed to their pleading.
Repeal the carbon tax today? No chance.
He drew around him his little band of senators, instructing them on their duty.
There is plenty at stake. Atkins article identifies the following:
Stopping Newstart for the young for 6 months – $2.1b
Changes to family tax benefit B – $1.9b
Axing seniors supplement $1.2b
Co-payment for pharmaceuticals – $1.2b
Higher education cuts – $5b
CPI petrol excise rise $4.1b
Medicare co-payments $3.6b
Freezing family tax benefit indexation – $2.6b
Axing family tax supplements $1.2b
Other measures – at least $2b.
Right there is $25 billion I assume over forward estimates. Surely Hockey will need a mini-budget to effect repairs, but I hate to think what he might cut in the process assuming he won't increase taxes.
It's important to remember, however, that Palmer only becomes potent when Labor and the Greens line up in opposition to the Abbottistas.
And then Palmer only controls three votes whereas Abbott needs six of the eight cross-benchers to line up.
Ricky Muir is stressing his autonomy. Again from the SMH:
Ricky Muir is moving out of the shadow of Clive Palmer, describing his agreement with the Palmer United Party as nothing more than a "loose alliance" and warning the government not to assume he will vote with PUP.
Senator Muir stressed his agreement with the bloc boiled down to being "together but autonomous".
"The memorandum of understanding [signed with PUP] did say, and I stand by it, we will work together where practical. But we're going to need to do our own research on every different topic and then work together where practical."
Topics that interest Muir are:
The so-called "rev-head senator" outlined personal passions that include organic food, which he grows and eats from his garden in rural Victoria, preventive healthcare, which he is interested in championing at a political level, and renewable energy, following his surprise intervention last week to protect the Australian Renewable Energy Agency from the government's budget knife.
Giles Parkinson says Muir decided to make his mark in rescuing ARENA after the famous 'brain freeze' interview with Mike Willisee.
We'll have to see whether that means the Government will stop playing hardball. The Guardian reported earlier that industry minister, Ian MacFarlane, had been refusing to renew the contracts of ARENA board members meaning that within a few weeks the secretary of the industry department would be the only remaining board member of the authority. Parkinson emphasises that no investment will flow until confidence is restored.
In this as with the senate generally the Government is struggling to appear in control. Abbott assured the faithful in Brisbane that all was "normal" which Shorten thought delusional. Greg Hunt huffed and puffed and said:
he was "sending a very, very, very clear message" to any crossbenchers who voted against repeal that they would have to "explain themselves" to the Australian people, saying he was "firming up [his] approach from diplomacy to send a very clear message".
He only said that because he thinks he has PUP, Muir, David Leyonhjelm and Bob Day on board. There's just one small problem. Clive has been relaxing in New Zealand:
The PUP leader, Clive Palmer, told Guardian Australia that he was on holidays and "oblivious" to any deal, the PUP senators are not scheduled to meet to consider any changes until Monday morning, and four other Senate crossbenchers refuse to guarantee their vote until they see the final form of the agreement.
Still the Government says they are going to call Palmer's bluff and bring on the vote. I thought that was where they went wrong last week. That included them accepting Palmer's amendment with all of 15 minutes consideration. Then it all fell apart again. Xenephon:
"I think if the government was asked to put red underpants on their heads in the Senate chamber, I reckon they probably would have done it."
Still it might all go smoothly and the Government will succeed in stripping another $9 billion off the bottom line!
Last week Tony Wright says:
It was as if Labor's 36 faceless men of 1963 had been revisited in reverse.
And while all around wore serious suits and smart little business frocks, the big man lounged in chinos and a checked shirt unbuttoned halfway to his belly. An emperor in clothes of his own choosing.
Here's Palmer at a press conference looking relaxed:
We wait to see whether the soapie continues!
Se also Disorder in the house.
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Palmer has given a tick to the amendment others slaved over during the weekend while he was relaxing in NZ.
So it's RIP to the ETS, but it will rise again according to Palmer:
Mr Palmer also told Parliament that PUP senators would move later this week to set up the framework of an emissions trading scheme, that would come into effect only when Australia's major trading partners put an ETS in place.
"Our senators plan to move in the Senate an ETS dependent upon our trading partners also acting in that regard," he said.
"We must stand on the right side of history."
Labor leader Bill Shorten has pointed out it is seven years – almost to the day – since former Liberal prime minister John Howard announced his plans to introduced an emissions trading scheme.
"But this Liberal Party, this once great party of the free market and free enterprise, wants no part of this market solution," he said.
"They want to tear everything down that has been built. They want to replace it with an amateur, ill-conceived, centralist, Soviet-style voucher system that will give the nation's biggest polluters great wads of taxpayer money to keep polluting." (Emphasis added)
University funding cuts cause severe indigestion for government.
In a robo-poll taken one month after the budget:
Education Minister Christopher Pyne appears to have taken much of the blame and would currently lose his electorate of Sturt in Adelaide's eastern suburbs in a 15 per cent swing away from him, propelled by a disastrous approval rating of minus 14 per cent.
He retained the seat easily at the 2013 election securing 54 per cent of the primary vote for a two-party-preferred result of 60 per cent.
Now, his primary support has dropped to 41 per cent – a 13 per cent slump or a 15 per cent drop after preferences.
Assuming that it all goes through the Senate, who are the winners and losers?
PUP. They will be seen as the group with the real power who have struck a blow for the ordinary person by ensuring that some of the savings will be passed on. They have also demonstrated that they can stay united and will negotiate in good faith.
Labor: They have fought the good fight and ended up with the opportunity to come up with something more sensible like a contract based system that cant be easily torn down by the next Tea Party. Also gives them the opportunity to concentrate the debate on the government's direct action lite policy.
Losers:
LNP. They have lost the easily attacked carbon tax while having to explain why the drop in power and gas bills have been are so low. They have also lst a useful source of revenue.
Not sure:
The Greens. Need to forget about the carbon price and start demanding real direct action.
The other X benchers. Need to unite to do something like blocking the gag. Need to avoid perception that PUP can deliver on its own.
Abbott is claiming that households will be $500 pa better off. I think Palmer says about half that for electricity and gas alone.
It's small when you compare what the budget hits everyone for.
Palmer has added India to China, the USA, Europe, Japan and Korea as countries that must implement an ETS before we move.
Paul Burns says:
We ain't going to get an ETS. Not that I ever expected Palmer to ever really go for it.
Suspect the Left's delight in him and the PUPs will be the amount of damage they can cause Abbott.
A key question is how much Palmer will save if the carbon tax goes.
A while ago our per capita power consumption was 10,000 kWh/yr. At 2 cents/kWh carbon tax that is $200/yr or $600/yr for a 3 person household. The 10,000 includes power used for manufacturing, exports etc., not just the household power bill.
Abbot's $500 looks as though it is close to the mark. However, keep in mind that the household power bill saving will be much lower.
People will have their new power bills well before the next election.
Also keep in mind that the loss in revenue will have to be replaced by something else or even further budget cutting.
Well the PPL and Direct Action won't happen so there's a substantial " saving " right there.
He's also ( or was, ya never can tell ) adamant that FBT be abolished.
Like it or loath it there's a $bill p/a to find if it goes.
But fortunately, for him, he's got at least 3 years ( and many more if the polls are correct ) to " bargain " with that.
As Paul @6 pointed out;
The left are so blinded by their hate for Abbott they can't see Clive in the light.
Abbott is a wet by comparison.
Palmer's ideas on budgeting are seriously weird!
Jumpy Xenephon says he's been talking to Hunt about how to improve Direct Action. According to him Hunt was listening!
From a comment made to a Guardian post.
For goodness sake, haven't you worked Palmer out yet, it's not like he's hiding anything. Palmer came to politics for four reasons, the Carbon Tax, Cheaper Electricity, whatever else can make him a fortune and to get re-elected to ensure that he controls legislation that will make more money in his business. Everything Clive does means he makes a shitload more money out of his business interests. It's as plain as the nose on your face, I don't know how you can miss it. So far, he's been in the Senate about a fortnight, got everything he wanted and paid off all the costs associated with getting elected about 5 times over and managed to confuse every journalist in Australia. Not one article have I seen mentioning how Clive will benefit from these decisions. From now on in, he will be going a mix of populist crap to get re-elected and ensuring he makes even more money from his business. Time for some intelligent journalism to show Australia just how much money Palmer puts in his pocket for each of the decisions he supports. At the moment, he's making fools of the Australian people and particularly our journalists.
I think this bloke might have hit it on the head.
Paul, Lenore Taylor, also in The Guardian, reckons she's worked out the Palmer pattern:
After six days of the new Senate a "Palmer pattern" is emerging and it looks like this – cause maximum drama and disruption and then support the government after extracting minimal cobbled-together concessions during chaotic backroom meetings from which all stakeholders are excluded.
It makes the government look like donkeys being led by the nose, but much worse than that spectacle, it is a terrible way to run the lawmaking process.
I think it's a bit early to say, and I do think he has his idea of the public good in mind.
In his early life he was involved in the Liberal Party. Then, already having made a mozza out of real estate on the Gold Coast, he became media director for the Nationals. He's had a consistent involvement in politics which seems to go beyond self interest.
"The Palmer United Party has stood tall to ensure that not only big business won but all of Australia," he said.
PUP media release yesterday.
Well, jumpy, we know he's not a lefty.
Yes, we do, but apparently the left are " delighted " with him as long as he damages Abbott.
I suspect that " delight " will turn to anguish reeeeaaal soon.
That said, PUPs rise can be laid solely at ALPs feet if the election results are any indication, and they are.
The government of Australia (shouldn't that be the Kleptocracy of Soviet Australia?) seems to be backing over a precipice. Nobody in Parliament and none of the politically-active corporations want that to happen, of course, but I think it is nevitable. There will have to be a double-dissolution election fairly soon; dozens of prominent politicians will be turned into feather-dusters …. and none of the current problems will be resolved by that. They won't be resolved because nobody in the parliament nor among the corporate decision-makers at present has the courage or the vision to take us all in new direction …. we will have to endure yet another Alpha-Mule or Great Leader as we continue reversing over a social and economic precipice.
I think Abbott will avoid a double dissolution, because the quota for a senate seat halves and we could end up with a real infestation of PUP. He'd also need to be ahead in the polls.
I suspect that " delight " [with Palmer] will turn to anguish reeeeaaal soon.
Possibly. Certainly he'd be as big a pain in the posterior to a future Labor government.
Brian: I don't think Abbott – or his replacement – will have any choice at all about having a double dissolution. Nor will the Governor-General have too many choice either; if he tries to resolve all the crises by martial law or any other military means, he will be out of a job that day.
Listened to a Coalition wallah just now whinging about how Labor, Greens and cross-benchers want to continue playing Santa Claus and so crush us with a half-trillion deficit.
Well, that's poetic justice. The Coalition and its puppeteers invented the Bludget Blowout Boogeyman and now it has turned on its makers and is biting them. Yes, the balance-of-trade, the budget overruns and the debt problems all need intelligent and innovative attention but the faux-conservative mob we elected are sure as hell incapable of doing that …. and all the blaming of the current Senate is only confirming their foolishness.
As for the Santa Claus syndrome: wasn't Prime Minister Robert Menzies, the Santa Claus in Chief, the boss-cocky of the LIBERAL Party? I rest my case.
You don't need to go back as far as Menzies Graham. John Winston Howard was was the most recent Santa Claus, buying election after election.
John Winston Howard was was the most recent Santa Claus, buying election after election.
That is the reason we are in trouble at the moment. Santa clause used unusually friendly economic were used to cut taxes to the point where they were unsustainable by the time he was kicked out. Unfortunately Labor lacked the guts to make sensible tax decisions and the Greens arent helping in their decisin to oppose indexing the fuel tax.
John, I keep waiting for Labor to find a spine, and the Liberals to find a brain. I fear I will die waiting.


If you've ever spent an afternoon in the sun at a pool party, you're probably familiar with sunscreen. Or at least, you should be. We've all heard how important it is to wear sunscreen, but most of us don't really understand why. To help clear things up, here are some common myths and misconceptions about sunscreen explained.
Family time in the water is so fun! Your pool is now open (or almost open!), the sun is out and I'm sure you'll agree there's nothing better than seeing kids splashing around, having the time of their lives. Not only is swimming enjoyable; it also has so many health benefits!


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