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Used-Car Prices Expected to Drop Up to 20% in 2023
January 4, 2023 | by: AER Marketing Team
Car prices have recently been reaching all-time highs due to low inventory and high demand. However, experts are predicting that inventory will stabilize and prices will decline in 2023 for all vehicles, but especially used-vehicles.
In response to widespread production issues and supply shortages, vehicle demand and prices have surged over the past couple years. As a result of such high prices on all cars, there has been essentially no financial benefit to buying a used car over a new one. The only difference was that new cars took much longer to build. However, industry experts are now saying that these price bubbles are beginning to pop in 2023. Estimates say "prices could drop up to 5% for new vehicles and 10% to 20% for used vehicles, according to a report in November from the bank J.P. Morgan" (USA Today).
Although production shutdowns and microchip shortages will likely not be fully eliminated in 2023, analysts still "agree that used-car prices have most likely peaked after climbing 43% from February 2020 to September 2022. As new-car production improves, demand for used-cars will ease up and prices will continue to fall in the new year" (Cars.com). Average prices have already been slowly on the decline and consumers can expect this trend to continue. Up until this point, used-cars and new-cars have been about the same price, but soon there will be a more normal balance as used-cars return to having a lower price tag.
How This Changes The Market
As these changes take place, automotive industry players will need to adapt to the trends once again and dealers may face some growing pains as things revert to pre-pandemic norms. Companies who had high demand and raised prices, are now suddenly losing serious ground as production speeds up and demand softens. According to CNBC, "retail prices for consumers traditionally follow changes in wholesale prices. That's good news for potential car buyers, however not great for companies... that purchased vehicles at record highs and are now trying to sell them at a profit." Companies selling used cars may have to decide if they wish to drop their prices to match the market and think of long-term success, or if they would rather try to stick with the raised prices and try to sell enough of the vehicles to cover short-term costs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2022/12/22/car-prices-drop-2023/10943873002/
https://www.cars.com/articles/used-car-prices-are-finally-dropping-heres-what-to-expect-in-2023-460678/
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/07/used-vehicle-demand-and-prices-continue-to-decline-from-record-highs.html


For the past four weeks I have been in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand, where I have the extraordinary privilege of participating in "Entrenchments 2015", a commemorative project at Victoria University of Wellington. "Entrenchments" is an initiative of Dr. Marco Sonzogni, the Director of the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation, and of Dr. Sydney Shep, Director of the University's Wai-te-Ata Press. Along with the New Zealand author and graphic artist Sarah Laing, I was invited to create visual responses to texts originating from or dealing with the First and Second World Wars. My residency here (funded by the Canadian High Commission of New Zealand) includes the creation of comic-strip versions of John McCrae's celebrated 1915 poem "In Flanders Fields" and of a poem by New Zealand's current Poet Laureate, Vincent O'Sullivan, specially written for "Entrenchments", which offers a poignant and witty reflection on the commemorative rhetoric surrounding WWI. A few days ago, Marco, Sydney, Sarah and I were interviewed by Sonia Sly of Radio New Zealand on the subject of this exciting project, which you can listen to here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/201752020/entrenchments-2015 In addition to the comic adaptations, I am also involved in the creation of the "daily dispatches", a fifteen-minute live "visual response" to a daily twitter feed associated with New Zealand's WW100 project which tweets out entries from the wartime diary of Lt. Col. William George Malone, the commander of the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. Below are some examples of these daily drawings, which I have about an hour to conceive and prepare, and which are then drawn in whiteboard marker on a glass panel in front of a live audience and a stop motion camera. Don't judge me too harshly on them -They're drawn under high pressure conditions! But it's great fun. You can see all the drawings on twitter at #joinjulian.
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Today marks the shift from the full bloom of summer to the gradual inward presence of autumn. A golden harvest moon shimmers full in the midnight starry heaven. It is the Equinox, which represents the balance between day and night where the sun and moon share equal passage in the sky.
Alchemically speaking, the moon represents silver and is potentized when joined with the sun or gold. The moon symbolizes fertility and intuition. It is feminine in nature and alchemists would incorporate it with the sun (gold) to assure balance.
I find balance by living in constant fascination and wonder with the beauty and mystery of nature that surrounds me inside and out. I have a particular affinity for the transformative powers of the moon.
Last month's full moon found me in Colorado, where I immersed myself in the teachings of Yogarupa Rod Stryker. A most auspicious grand gathering of soulful friends converged under what became fondly known as the "Big Moon," to perform puja, a fire ceremony where offerings were made to awaken the light of the Inner Teacher; to bring out the fire, the truth that burns bright in each one of us. We were invited to wake up to that flame of spiritual discrimination and to increase our sensitivity in order to hear Divine Guidance, which is always present.
This is Living Tantra in practice, the theme of Pandit Rajmani's recent visit to Phoenix. He stressed the importance of understanding the purpose of Tantric practices: Creating a world where personal power and trustful surrender, sensory pleasure and spiritual freedom, immersion in the sacred and the securing of our material well-being go hand in hand.
If you were unable to attend this event there is still time to register for Yoga of Fulfillment with Rod Stryker next month, October 13-17, where we will expand on this process of looking at life in all of its fullness whereby the ultimate practice of yoga is to let the light of your soul guide you to achieve the life you are meant to live. The alchemy of Tantra is to take that which is inside you to make the world outside more beautiful, and that which is outside you to make yourself more beautiful, healthy, prosperous and happy.
Join us on the joy-driven Path of Tantra where the living equinox of moon and sun within your mind and body thrive and resonate in harmony.
I hope to see you at one of the many upcoming events designed to rekindle the creative spark that lives within your heart!
"…And there's Fire on the Mountain, lightnin' in the air, Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there… waitin' for me there."


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HYUNDAI AND KIA INITIATE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM TO ADJUST FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS ON SELECT VEHICLES
Automakers' Average Fuel Economy Rating Reduced 3 Percent;
Affected Vehicle Owners to be Compensated
ORANGE COUNTY, Nov. 2 – Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America today announced that, following discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), they are voluntarily adjusting the fuel economy ratings for approximately 900,000, or 35 percent of, 2011-13 model year vehicles sold through October 31, 2012.
Procedural errors at the automakers' joint testing operations in Korea led to incorrect fuel economy ratings for select vehicle lines. As part of Hyundai/Kia's corrective actions, the fuel economy ratings for vehicles currently in showrooms are being voluntarily relabeled. With these changes, the 2012 Hyundai/Kia fleet fuel economy level is reduced by an average of 3 percent – from 27 to 26 MPG.
"I sincerely apologize to all affected Hyundai and Kia customers, and I regret these errors occurred," said Dr. W. C. Yang, chief technology officer of Hyundai/Kia research and development. "Following up on the EPA's audit results, we have taken immediate action to make the necessary rating changes and process corrections."
Both companies are putting in place a comprehensive reimbursement program for affected current and former vehicle owners to cover the additional fuel costs associated with the fuel economy rating change. Customers will receive a personalized debit card that will reimburse them for their difference in the EPA combined fuel economy rating, based on the fuel price in their area and their own actual miles driven. In addition, as an acknowledgement of the inconvenience this may cause, we will add an extra 15 percent to the reimbursement amount. Current owners will be able to refresh their debit card for as long as they own the vehicle. Prior owners of affected vehicles who have already sold their cars will also be reimbursed using the same formula. For more information about reimbursement and a complete list of eligible vehicles, customers can visit www.HyundaiMPGinfo.com and www.KiaMPGinfo.com.
The fuel economy rating discrepancies resulted from procedural errors during a process called "coastdown" testing at the companies' joint testing operations in Korea. Coastdown testing simulates aerodynamic drag, tire rolling resistance and drivetrain frictional losses and provides the technical data used to program the test dynamometers that generate EPA fuel economy ratings. Affected vehicles and their before-and-after EPA estimates are shown in the attachment.
Hyundai and Kia will continue to advance improvements in fuel efficiency through technology and innovation, and continue to fully support the recent rulemaking issued by EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"Given the importance of fuel efficiency to all of us, we're extremely sorry about these errors," said John Krafcik, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America. "When we say to Hyundai owners, 'We've got your back,' that's an assurance we don't take lightly. We're going to make this right for everyone, and we'll be more driven than ever to ensure our vehicles deliver outstanding fuel economy."
"As a customer-focused organization, we are fully committed to providing consumers with complete and accurate information, and deeply regret the errors were made," said Byung Mo Ahn, group president and CEO, Kia Motors America and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia. "Our reimbursement program is intended to ensure that all affected Kia customers quickly receive fair compensation."
HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more than 800 dealerships nationwide. All Hyundai vehicles sold in the U.S. are covered by the Hyundai Assurance program, which includes the 5-year/60,000-mile fully transferable new vehicle warranty, Hyundai's 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, and five years of complimentary Roadside Assistance. Information about Hyundai Motor America and its full vehicle line-up is available at its website – www.hyundai.com. For media information, including photography, visit www.hyundainews.com.
KIA MOTORS AMERICA
Kia Motors America is the marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corporation based in Seoul, South Korea. KMA offers a complete line of vehicles through more than 755 dealers throughout the United States and serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and LPGA. In 2011, KMA recorded its best-ever annual sales total and became one of the fastest growing car companies1 in the U.S. Kia is poised to continue its momentum and will continue to build the brand through design innovation, quality, value, advanced safety features and new technologies.
Information about Kia Motors America and its full vehicle line-up is available at its website – www.kia.com. For media information, including photography, visit www.kiamedia.com.
1 Based on 5-year cumulative growth between 12-month retail sales for periods ending September 2007 and September 2012 of all U.S. automotive brands.
2 MSRP includes $775 destination and handling fee, but not title, taxes, license, options and dealer charges. Actual prices set by dealer and may vary.
3 EPA fuel economy estimates 22 mpg/city and 34 mpg/hwy for 2013 Optima SX. Actual mileage will vary.
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HYUNDAI FUEL ECONOMY ESTIMATES
Current Fuel Economy Label Modified Fuel Economy Label
(MPG) (MPG)
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This January marks five years since I arrived in London on a grey, wintery day. As I first stepped out of the car and found the ex-council building I would be calling home towering in front of me, I felt underwhelmed and wondered what had possessed me to move halfway across the world to a city I had never visited where I knew a total of 4 people (brand new husband included).
If first impressions lasted that much, I might have found myself packing my bags and on a plane to sunny South South Africa soon after. Instead, it didn't take long for me to warm up to the city, it's hidden gems and endearing quirks.
Moving to a brand new continent is not for everyone but if you've ever had the opportunity to have a stint in London, you will understand its magnetic charm. These are some of my favourite things about living in London.
London is the definition of cosmopolitan evidenced by the diversity of its residents. In a given day, I hear chatter in a multitude of different languages and accents and at times it can be hard to believe you are in the Capital of England. Everyone from the cashier at the supermarket to cabbies and office workers seem to have originated from somewhere else. It makes London the ideal melting pot of cultures to really broaden your horizons.
Having not travelled very much before, I found that changed once I moved to London and acquired my very first Schengen visa. With its close proximity to most continental European destinations and reasonable airfares offered by budget airlines, London is great for planning weekend city getaways and seeing an entirely different country in just a couple days. If you are an avid traveler, all you need in London is your passport, maybe a Schengen visa and a great travel companion, and the world (or at least Europe) is your oyster.
Coming from a country with very few public transport options, I am amazed at how well the tube system operates. Even with all its strikes, delays, hotter-than-hell central line, people getting ill on the train and sometimes inconveniently jumping in front of the tracks at rush hour, commuting to work is pretty fast, efficient and for the most part painless (not including the occasional smelly armpit you might find yourself wedged under).
Prior to moving here, I pretty much drove everywhere I needed to go. Once I settled here, I found myself reliant on public transport and by extension ended up waking a lot more than I was used to. I soon realised that London is a city built for walking. Not only is it very scenic (think long walks on the Southbank on a summer's night), your calf muscles will thank you later. I love walking along London Bridge on my way home from work most evenings and even five years later, I metaphorically pinch myself when I realise how lucky I am to have postcard pretty views every single day!
The diversity of people in London means that you find yourself spoilt for choice when it comes to dining out. Like most big cities, London has a large selection on offer but what makes it unique is that it's easy to find authentic food in your cuisine of choice that will rival the best in the world. From curries to sushi, the options are endless and you can find yourself trying out new places more often than your wallet would like. If you like eating good food, London is a great place to be; however, I am yet to find junk food that can rival the options in South Africa.
While the cost of living in London is infamously high and living anywhere near the centre of the City comes at a price, London offers so much that comes at no cost at all. From the Royal Parks to the many markets and museums, a fantastic day out can easily cost next to nothing. If you are anything like me, just marvelling at the architecture in the city, walking along the river and finding oddly named streets is entertainment enough.
There are so many more bits about London I love and sometimes hate (every real Londoner has a love-hate relationship with the city) but for the most part, I love how it never gets old. I'm surprised that even after living here for five years, I routinely stumble across little cobblestoned alleyways I love, learn a new fact about the city or visit an area I've never been to before and it feels like I could never tire of it. Sometimes it's easy to take it for granted and I realise there are so many things I've not done in London because I think there will always be another opportunity to do it so this year, I have promised myself to spend more time exploring London. Watch this space for more of my living and loving London adventures!


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Te Mahere Haere Ake 2021-2031: Tō Tātau Tairāwhiti
2021-2031 Long Term Plan: Our Tairāwhiti
On 30 June 2021 Gisborne District Council adopted its plan for the next 10 years - Our Tairawhiti 2021-2031 Long Term Plan.
This plan sets out our commitment to delivering the activities, services and infrastructure our region needs. What we're planning to do, how we'll pay for it and what it means for rates and debt. It also includes measures to monitor and evaluate our progress.
Every 3 years we're required to review and prepare a new long term by engaging with our community. This is to ensure you contribute to setting our future direction.
2021-2031 Long Term Plan - Vol 1
Download PDF File (25.9 MB)
The big consultation issues and our response
We informed our community that to help us finish the work we've already started, we've set a 6.5% plus growth* maximum cap rates increase for the first 3 years of our plan. Then from 2025, we'll go back to a maximum annual increase of 5% plus growth*.
We'll also be lifting our debt cap to allow us to borrow up to 130% of revenue.
* Plus growth refers to growth in the number of rateable properties. It's assumed 0.5% growth per annum will occur throughout the LTP. Refer to Financial Strategy for more details.
We had 6 key options for consultation:
1. Improving our climate change resilience through flood protection
We need flood protection to keep our people and community safe from our rivers breaking their banks in heavy rain. We also need to ensure that our important horticulture, viticulture and farming assets are protected from the effects of climate change.
The Waipaoa River Flood Control Climate Change Resilience project started in 2019 and involves upgrading 64km of stop banks along the Waipaoa River. When we last talked to the community, nearly 60% said we should stick to delivering the project as planned. Since then, experts have told us higher and wider stop banks are needed to provide the full level of protection. This means increased costs of $13.2m.
For this LTP we asked if we should spend this extra money and finish the project in the same timeframe, or extend it to allow the costs to be absorbed over a longer timeframe.
We received 186 submission points on flood protection, with 61% supporting Council's preferred option - to complete the project as planned by 2030.
Due to this support, Council resolved to continue as planned, giving communities within the floodplain a higher level of protection from the effects of climate change as soon as possible.
For more information see page 54 of LTP Vol 1 - Major Capital Investment Projects.
2. Renewing our water pipes
Some of our most important responsibilities are managing our drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. These have direct consequences for the health and wellbeing of our people and land. Maintaining the quality of our water and replacing hundreds of kilometres of pipes is what we need to plan for and deliver.
Stormwater is still getting into our wastewater network during heavy rain. This causes wastewater (sewage) overflows into our rivers and the sea. The main cause of the problem is illegal spouting connections and broken gully traps on private properties. We've made progress, but we still need to do more to stop the overflows. When we last talked to the community, 66% said we should spend more on renewing our pipes.
For this LTP, we asked whether we should focus on spending more over the next three years or should we extend that increased investment over ten years.
We received 200 submission points on our water pipes, with 55% supporting Council's preferred option - to spend more from 2021-2024 to upgrade pipes that are at the end of their useful life.
Due to this support, Council resolved to spend more in the first three years to improve the overall resilience of our water networks and reduce sewage discharges into our rivers and the bay.
For more information see page 78-87 of LTP Vol 1 - Three Waters Activity Summaries.
3. Building wastewater wetlands
Our wastewater goes to the wastewater treatment plant in Awapuni, where it's processed, filtered, treated and pumped to the outfall pipe in the bay. This year we'll start construction on the wastewater UV disinfection plant to make the water cleaner. While this is excellent news, our long term goal is to remove all household wastewater from the bay. Building a wetland is the best way to do this.
A wetland is a natural ecosystem that will treat and remove contaminants from the water. In the future this water could even be stored and used sustainably for farming and horticulture. In 2032 we're proposing to build a wetland at our City's wastewater treatment plant to remove household waste from the bay.
For this LTP, we asked if we should bring this project forward, or stick to the timeline identified in the 2018-2028 LTP.
We received 198 submission points on our city wastewater wetlands, with 55% supporting Council's preferred option of sticking to the planned timeframe.
Due to this support, Council will continue with its plan to start investigation and a detailed design of the wetlands, followed by the purchase of land in 2030, with building commencing in 2032 and a target of completing the project in 2035.
4. Opportunities for increasing our biodiversity activities
When we talk about biodiversity, we mean the actions we're taking to restore plant life, animal life and ecological values.
As our climate continues to change and erosion occurs at an increased rate, we need to protect our natural landscape. Our
biodiversity projects, such as the Waingake Transformation programme, aim to reduce the effects of climate change.
Alongside partners Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Maraetaha Incorporated, we're replanting thousands of native plants in the Waingake Bush, where we get most of our drinking water. The cost of this project is $18m over the next ten years and another $9.4m from 2032–2052. When we last talked to you, over 90% thought we should continue spending the same amount on biodiversity and restoration projects, or even increase investment.
For this LTP, we asked if we should spend the same amount as planned on biodiversity projects like Waingake Transformation programme as well as dune and wildlife protection, planting on Titirangi, and indigenous planting along Waiapu River, or increase our funding to deliver additional biodiversity benefits.
We received 200 submission points on improving our biodiversity, with 45% supporting Council's preferred option to spend the same amount. However 48% of submitters either supported our second option of "spending more and doing more" or proposed additional initiatives that would result in an increased spend on biodiversity.
Due to this strong support for an increased focus on biodiversity, Council resolved to boost the spend on biodiversity projects by an additional $1.2m. This will mean we are able to provide additional support to a number of important biodiversity initiatives.
For more information see page 88 of LTP Vol 1 - Liveable Communities Activity.
5. Increasing investment on road maintenance
The condition of our roads is important for our wellbeing, they connect us to each other and affect the economic growth of our region.
Our roads are expected to deteriorate due to climate change bringing more frequent flooding and the forecasted increase in forestry production.
Thanks to Government investment of over $84m in the last 3 years, we've lifted the overall state of our roads, but we still face great challenges to keep them to a good standard.
With no additional Government funding expected for our roads, our investment levels will be significantly lower, so we have to make tough decisions.
When we heard from the community in October 2020, over 50% wanted to keep the same levels of investment into our roads, and 45% wanted to
spend more.
For this LTP, we asked if we should maintain existing budgets, ie. spend an average of $16m per year over the next ten years on maintaining roads, or from 2025, increase our budgets for renewals and maintenance resulting in an average annual spend of around $17.5m over the ten years, in order to reduce the risk of road-closures or restrictions and to maintain the same level of service.
We received 216 submission points on maintaining our roads, with 47% supporting Council's preferred option - to maintain existing budgets.
Due to this support, Council resolved to continue as planned to spend an average of $16m per year over the next 10 years to maintain our roads.
We also plan to spend $9m on priority safety improvements, eg. speed reduction and $18m on making the network more resilient and adapting to climate change.
Overall, this may mean we'll need to change how we maintain some roads and in Year 1 of the LTP we will finalise a detailed plan for roading maintenance priorities.
For more information see page 73 of LTP Vol 1 - Roads and Footpaths.
6. Township upgrades
Working with communities on improvements in our smaller townships is an important part of our mahi. We work with one township every year on upgrades like:
new and improved playgrounds
streetscape improvements
street plantings
welcome, cultural and historic signage.
This work makes a big difference to our small communities, but it's sometimes not enough to meet their goals and aspirations. During the early engagement, 74% said that we should spend the same or increase spending on community spaces and facilities.
For this LTP, we asked whether we should continue as planned by working with communities to spend $5.1m in the townships over 10 years, or whether we should spend more to help communities reach their goals sooner.
We received 187 submission points on our township upgrades, with 53% supporting Council's preferred to continue as planned. However 39% (including a number of stakeholder groups, in particular our Iwi partners), either supported our second option of doing more, or proposed additional initiatives that would result in an increased spend in townships.
Given the strength of requests from submitter groups, Council resolved to provide $7m of funding to our township upgrades over the next 10 years, allowing us to do more work with our smaller communities to help them reach their goals sooner.
For more information see page 44 of LTP Vol 1.
Other key consultation issues
Besides our 6 big consultation questions, which dominated the bulk of submissions received, a number of issues important to our community were considered during the consultation period.
From the 351 formal submissions received as well as the informal feedback from social media and community meetings 5 key themes emerged:
Rates affordability and equity
Submitters sought to ensure rates are sustainable for our population and there were concerns from a number of rural ratepayers around rates equity in relation to services received
Council's approach to affordability was to support and balance the needs of our current community without overly burdening future generations and managing an appropriate level of debt. A number of mechanisms were used to reduce and smooth rates to make them as affordable as possible, including:
debt funding the costs of significant new legislative requirements (TRMP and Freshwater Plan)
partnering with our CCO, Gisborne Holdings Ltd with the use of dividends to smooth rates impacts
focusing on delivering critical activities and infrastructure
managing debt prudently, keeping it at a responsible level
funding the depreciation of new projects over time.
For more information on our Financial Strategy, see Our Tairāwhiti 2021-2031 Long Term Plan pg 40.
Planning for water management
This included concerns around water security and our planning for freshwater as well as rural and communities seeking support for clean, affordable and reliable drinking water and wastewater services.
We will develop a regional water security and resilience programme for Tairāwhiti.
This will focus on demand for freshwater and how much is currently available and options to increase water security, alongside sustaining the mauri of our awa and Te Mana o te Wai.
It will consider issues raised by submitters, such as the use of water tanks and the alternate use disposal of wastewater for irrigation. We will also be working closely with central government on the Three Waters Reform Programme to ensure the water security needs of our community are met.
For more information see page 78-87 of Our Tairāwhiti 2021-2031 Long Term Plan.
Resource management planning and the challenge of housing supply
A number of submitters sought to ensure that our upcoming work to update the Tairāwhiti Resource Management Plan (TRMP) appropriately addresses the issue of housing supply and affordability.
Addressing housing supply and affordability will be a key component of the upcoming TRMP review.
Growth area planning will be a priority over the first 4 years of the review and will be aligned to future infrastructure needs, including transport planning.
Council also resolved to undertake a review of the management of Council and CCTO owned land and housing.
For more information see page 44 of Our Tairāwhiti 2021-2031 Long Term Plan.
Ensuring Māori and Iwi involvement in decision-making
Our Iwi partners were clear in expressing support for increased consultation with mana whenua leading to a greater role for them in decision-making.
Council is continuing to enhance its engagement and consultation practices to ensure that it's responsive to how our community wishes to engage, including engagement and consultation with Māori and Iwi.
Council also resolved to initiate governance-level meetings with mana whenua to discuss how we can better work together in partnership to deliver on the desired outcomes expressed by Iwi during LTP consultation.
Approach to low carbon transport, in particular our walking and cycleways
There was clear community support for Council to increase its support to enable proposed additions to our network of walking and cycleways both for community wellbeing and to enhance climate change mitigation efforts.
Council acknowledges the significant climate change mitigation and recreational benefits of an enhanced walk and cycleways network.
Due to the wealth of support for increasing the region's network of walk and cycleways, Council resolved to fund the local share of the Taruheru walking and cycling project and to provide funding for the Ūawa walking and cycling project.
Mayor Rehette Stoltz said "we're proud to finalise our vision for the district for the next 10 years, developed in collaboration with the people of Tairāwhiti.
Submitters said we need to do more to protect the region's biodiversity, improve the infrastructure of our smaller communities and encourage low carbon transport by increasing the region's network of walk and cycleways.
Through this plan we've increased our support for these important projects, as we look to balance the needs and aspirations of our people with sound fiscal management to ensure we minimise the impacts on future generations."
Council has set a 6.5 percent maximum cap on total rates revenue for the first 3 years, and no more than 5 percent from year 4 onwards.
Your feedback helped shape this joint vision for Tairāwhiti
We look forward to working on building a better place for generations to come.
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2021 - 2031 Long Term Plan Consultation Document
2018-2028 Long Term Plan pdf19.1 MB


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The fee scam
PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI
Print edition : July 08, 2016 T+ T-
Parents protest against the fee hike by Delhi Public School in New Delhi on May 5. Photo: R.V. Moorthy
Unaided private schools in Delhi charge excess fees under various heads despite having sufficient funds to meet their expenses, including teachers' salaries in accordance with the Pay Commission recommendation.
Angry parents protested in front of the prestigious Pathways International School on Noida-Greater Noida Expressway in the National Capital Region in the sweltering May heat demanding rollback of the recent hike in the quarterly fee from Rs.90,000 to Rs.99,000. The school management did not relent. In fact, it levied an additional Rs.20,000 as information technology fee. The parents said the school had been increasing the fees almost every year and also levying other charges from time to time.
Thousands of parents from 18 States gathered in New Delhi in March under the aegis of the All India Parents Association to demand a Central legislation regulating the fee structure of private schools. They also demanded that education be made compulsory under the Right to Education (RTE) Act up to Class XII as against Class VIII, extension of the benefit of reservation to students belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS), and free school education.
In Hyderabad and Bengaluru, parents approached the High Courts in their respective States to demand regulation of private school fee structure.
PRIVATE unaided schools, which have emerged as an alternative to government-funded schools, flout rules with impunity. Their managements fleece parents, who are eager to give their wards good English medium education, by arbitrarily hiking the fees every year and charging for non-existent facilities. They do not pay the teachers their full salaries and increase their workload with non-teaching work even during vacations. The school managements get away with all this because the laws are not adequate to restrain them.
If the contents of the 10 interim reports submitted by the committee headed by Justice Anil Dev Singh, which was constituted by the Delhi High Court in 2011 to review private school fee structure, are any indication, the state of education in private schools in Delhi is indeed grim. The committee scrutinised the accounts of 1,092 schools and submitted its findings and recommendations since 2012. It has identified 535 unaided schools overcharging parents to meet the expenses of incremental salaries to teachers recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission. It recommended refund of excess fee taken under various heads with interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum, besides the excess fee taken from parents every year, amounting to Rs.300 crore.
In its ninth interim report submitted on December 30, 2015, the committee ordered 53 private schools in Delhi to refund the excess fees they had collected since 2011 despite having sufficient funds to meet expenses. The report said the additional revenue generated on account of fee hike was in excess of their requirement and that the development fee charged by them was not in accordance with the criteria laid down earlier.
In its 10th interim report submitted on April 25, the committee dealt with 26 Delhi schools, 18 of them run by the DAV College Managing Committee (DAVCMC) and recommended special inspection of their accounts to ascertain their true financial status. The committee pointed out that among the accounts scrutinised were those of 18 schools run by the DAVCMC in Delhi which it said were found to be unjustifiably recovering development fees and building funds, and transferring the funds to DAVCMC. The report said: "A peculiar practice being followed by the schools run by this body is that the fees received from the students are transferred to DAVCMC in the first instance. The amounts required by the schools to meet their expenses are then transferred back to the school. The surplus, if any, is thus retained by the DAVCMC. The schools themselves are holding bare minimum funds."
In some renowned schools in Delhi, teachers are forced to sign papers showing salary amounts higher than what they are actually paid. Some of the managements do pay them what is shown on paper but ask the teachers to pay back the "excess" amount either in cash or by "self" cheque. In fact, the managements do not pay heed to even court orders. The Delhi High Court in November 2015 ordered the prestigious Guru Harkishan Public School Society, which runs 12 schools, to pay all its teachers salaries on the pay scales recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission, but the management chose to look the other way. This despite the fact that the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC), which runs the society, had committed itself in an affidavit to the court in May 2015 to paying the salaries with arrears. The teachers have been running from pillar to post to get their dues and even approached the Delhi government to intervene in the matter.
The principal of a prominent private school in west Delhi said: "This is a vicious cycle. There are not enough good government schools so parents are forced to go to private schools, which in turn have their own arbitrary rules, regulations and fee structure. They promise the moon by way of facilities, but provide nothing. Pay a pittance to teachers, so they do not get qualified teachers. The schools have become money-minting shops with scant regard for quality education or the future of children." What was even worse, she said, was that neither the Delhi government nor the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) nor the Indian Council of Secondary Education (ICSE) had taken note of the situation.
A senior teacher at Vasant Valley School in Delhi rues the fact that instead of improving the system the government is adding to the trouble. "Take the example of the previous government's decision to introduce a no-detention policy until Class IX and the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation [CCE] system. The no-detention policy has meant that children and parents do not pay attention to studies resulting in a weak foundational education." The CCE, she said, was an eyewash because the schools would inflate the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) to paint a good picture of the educational standards of their schools. "A CGPA of 9.6 and above is the norm, rather than an exception," she said.
Such cosmetic surgery of the education system, teachers said, had done more harm than good for the students because they were growing up as confused and as non-competitive individuals. "We approached the Delhi government and the CBSE, with proof, but nothing happened," a teacher working in a prominent private school in Dwarka area of Delhi said. "Taking money from students to give them good grades, charging them for non-existent facilities like computer education or swimming pool when the computer lab remains locked most of the time and the swimming pool is functional only occasionally, are common practices," she said. Parents were helpless because they feared that complaining to the authorities would put their child's future in jeopardy.
The EWS scam
Yet another malpractice in private schools, which has come to light, is with regard to the adherence to the 25 per cent reservation for students in the EWS category. "This is a huge scam. On paper, children of guards, gardeners, and maids are given admission but they are paid money to leave the school after sometime. Even genuine EWS students are forced to leave before Class VIII on some pretext or the other. Besides, non-EWS students are given admission for huge sums of money," a teacher in a high-profile school said. "The education system has become a huge show without any substance. You show air-conditioned campuses, A/C buses, swimming pools, a couple of good English-speaking teachers and students to parents and they are satisfied. They don't mind shelling out money, without realising that they are being taken for a ride," said a teacher with 30 years of experience in reputed schools in Delhi.
According to a teacher with 17 years' experience in the Delhi Public School, the level of corruption in private schools is mind-boggling. "Everything is on paper, nothing on the ground. It is all a big tamasha. Education is only rote learning, smart classes are only in concept. Teachers are treated like slaves, made to do non-teaching work even during vacations and not compensated adequately. We met the Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia in the hope that he will correct the system since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government claimed to be different. But nothing happened."
Payment of arrears
The exploitation of teachers got highlighted at a recent press conference in Delhi by teachers of the 12 Guru Harkishan Public Schools. The teachers of these schools, who have not been paid the salaries recommended by the Pay Commission and the arrears, filed a writ petition in the High Court. The court delivered a favourable judgement in March 2013, yet the schools did not pay the teachers their dues. The teachers filed contempt cases against the schools, which forced the DSGMC to submit an affidavit, tendering an unconditional apology for the delay and committing to pay the dues in five instalments beginning July 2015. However, it defaulted on the payment.
The teachers alleged that they were not intimated about the statement of computation of arrears due to them. "We did get some paltry sums as dues in September and November last year, but nothing came after that," they said.
Rajni Naik, one of the petitioners in the case, said it was ironic that they were fighting for the salaries recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission while others elsewhere were waiting for the Seventh Pay Commission salaries. "If this is the state of affairs in prestigious schools, one can imagine the situation facing the teaching staff in lesser known schools," she said.
Three Bills
The Delhi government is not moved by the plight of teachers or students. According to Ashok Agrawal, Supreme Court lawyer and activist, who is also the president of All India Parents Association, the government has in fact passed Bills which are likely to have a long-term impact on the education system in Delhi. The Bills seek to do away with the no-detention policy, abolish the right of teachers in private schools to be paid on a par with those in government schools, and give the government the right to verify fees (the government merely checks whether the hiked fee is used for the stated purpose). "Fee verification means private schools will be free to loot. Besides, there is a proposal to take away the teachers' right to equal pay, which will make them bonded labourers in the long run," Agrawal said. The three Bills are pending with the Central government.
Agrawal, who has left the AAP after involving himself with it at the time of its inception, said he requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take five steps to put the education system on the right track: extend reservation for the EWS up to Class XII, bring minority institutions under the ambit of the RTE, make it mandatory for public servants to send their children to government schools, enact a Central legislation for fee regulation, and make it mandatory for private schools to pay their teachers salary on a par with government schools. Obviously, Agrawal has not received a reply.
"It is surprising that the Delhi government and the Centre are silent on a matter that concerns the future of India," Agrawal said. He rues the fact that despite the High Court-mandated committee ordering 535 schools in Delhi to refund Rs.300 crore to parents, the Delhi government had taken no initiative to ensure the implementation of the order.
"I have been fighting this battle since 1997 and will continue to do so," he said. Agrawal played a major role in the drafting of the RTE Bill, besides ensuring reservation in schools for children of the economically weaker sections.
He said following the pressure created by their campaign in 2009, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India conducted an audit of the top 25 private schools in Delhi and exposed their looting. The report criticised the schools for manipulating the accounts to earn money. The CAG said 25 elite private schools had passed on the burden of implementing the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission to parents, without drawing on the cash reserves they had.
The Anil Dev Singh committee also held similar views on the question of whether schools needed to raise the fees to meet their additional liabilities.
"The building fee charged by the schools at the time of admission is clearly prohibited by law as it amounts to charging a capitation fee. The same charged by the schools ought to be refunded along with interest at 9 per cent per annum from the date of collection to the date of refund," it said.
Similarly, the committee took exception to charging development fees. "The statute governing private unaided schools in Delhi did not provide for charging any development fee by the unaided recognised private schools in Delhi," it said. Citing the pre-conditions laid down by the Supreme Court, the committee said that development fee could be charged only if it was utilised for meeting capital expenditure for purchase, upgradation and replacement of furniture, fixtures and equipment and if the school maintained a specified amount of money earmarked for development fund and the overall cap of the charge of development fee was 15 per cent of the tuition fee.
Hyundai Motor India


Thanks for all for the comments on the previous post of the Leadership Journal interview. I too thought that the quote lifted concerning sacrificing family for ministry or ministry for family was misguided and disturbing. The second half of the sentence about the former pastor's concern that this generation was sacrificing ministry on the altar of family rang hollow and seemed like something that only someone guilty of the reverse was likely to think of.
If you didn't check out the pingback from my friend Rick's blog, check out his commentary there too.
Hitting on several of the concerns raised here… I think some (even many) of us are thinking about two main things in our efforts to conceive of and set healthy boundaries concerning our faithfulness to Christ regarding our families and our ministries. One is that we've heard plenty of commentary from folks at or after retirement who say something like, "No one looks back and wishes they'd attended more meetings or spent less time with their families." Well, we're trying to take that very good point into consideration on the front end.
Another is that, as Songbird mentioned, part of ministry is modeling healthy stewardship of one's relationships and responsibilities in life. Pastors (and others in ministry leadership) do not get it right all the time, but if they are not on a journey of meaningfully endeavoring to get it right as much as possible, that's not a good thing. Plenty of folks are not being faithful stewards of the relationships and work in their life. A significant part of ministry is not just what we do but who we are. We dare not reject modelling another way to be simply to keep up with the rat race around us.
Finally, I am still waiting for the book on planting a church or renewing a church and experiencing exceptional growth in both numbers and mission and discipleship, etc, that does not have to either recommend unhealthy (thus non-gospel?) work/family habits or that does not include an apology or admission of neglect of healthy boundaries and relationships. Not to slam on persons who have contributed much to us from sharing their leadership gifts and experiences openly, but I think it worth mentioning that we don't have a lot of models of doing this with the same excellence in attention to family and relational health as is given to quality programming and experiences of persons newly encountering the church.
Thanks for chiming in on the first post… More thoughts?
AN ADDITION: I do know at least one pastor in our conference who planted and grew a large church (a couple thousand in worship attendance) who has a reputation for his diligence in setting strong boundaries concerning family and ministry, or rather, family and work. Part of that, he has said, involves shaping healthier, more balanced expectations from the outset.
I'm going to the UCC's New Church Leadership Institute in Atlanta next month, and the question of how you manage your time in a new church plant has definitely been on my mind. In our denomination, the money is not as available as in others, so there seems to be an expectation that I would plant a church "part-time" which means holding a second job in ministry to earn a full salary and benefits (which in my case my family depends on, since my husband has salary without benefits). Realistically, church planting has to be fulltime and is often more than, as you point out in your post. Add in the need for care of self to the priority of care for family, and there are clearly not enough hours in the day! Something has to give. And I'm sure you see, as I do, that what "gives" will be the pastor's physical health, or a pastor's marriage or parenting, long before the ministry goes. I think the burnout model comes from an apocalyptic sense of self-importance. I want to think the parable for this week, the wheat and the weeds, encourages us to take the long view: don't get in their and start yanking willy-nilly; wait and see what is there when the plants are full-grown and the harvest is complete. Hard for us in this impatient 21st century!
I agree completely with the concern for balance in one's life.
I was reminded by this post of an previous acquiantance of mine. She was a single mother in seminary, and on one particular day was interrupted by a phone call while we were volunteering together at a Habitat for Humanity build. After the call she related to me that she was getting an updated from her mentally handicapped son's nanny, who had just taken her son to his first t-ball game.
While I greatly appreciate the work of Habitat for Humanity, and I have some respect for this individual's commitment to a cause, the fact that she missed something as big in her son's life as his first t-ball game for volunteer work struck me as a little backwards.
I belief that part of every parent's mission in life to raise good, Christian children. And that takes time and commitment, sometimes at the detriment of other priorities. But we can't prioritize children last and then expect them to look a the church with love and not contempt.
Thanks for this. The United Methodists in many regions are, thankfully, putting resources into church planting. But a continuing concern is finding a way for the pastor (and for that matter, the lay persons on the launch team) to plant the church while living a balanced, healthy life that one could faithfully recommend to others.
Yes. This is really good and a good reminder of the lay side of things. The commitment to service and mission is good, but raising our children to share that value would sure seem to look differently than that. Do the volunteer work at a different time.
The issue here is stewardship and balancing stewardship of one's family joys and responsibilities, one's work, one's service to others/ministry, etc.


While on a writing retreat in the sleepy southern town of Benton, Mississippi, the members of New York's Ava Luna came across an abandoned house while on a walk through the woods. Overgrown, rotting, and littered with evidence of its past inhabitants, the maze-like dwelling would haunt their psyches throughout the writing and recording of their third full-length Infinite House. Like Borges' "Library of Babel", the seemingly endless rooms and hallways in the old house felt like a metaphor for the invisible, internal labyrinths, which the band explores lyrically and sonically on their new album.


Strona 337 - The result naturally is, that the public service suffers both in internal efficiency and in public estimation. The character of the individuals influences the mass, and it is thus that we often hear complaints of official delays, official evasions of difficulty, and official indisposition to improvement.
Strona 156 - I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th ult.
Strona 335 - It may safely be asserted that, as matters now stand, the Government of the country could not be carried on without the aid of an efficient body of permanent officers, occupying a position duly subordinate to that of the Ministers who are directly responsible to the Crown and to Parliament, yet possessing sufficient independence, character, ability, and experience to be able to advise, assist, and, to some extent, influence, those who are from time to time set over them.
Strona 339 - State, as a slight, or a discouragement to themselves ; but the case is otherwise when someone who has failed in other professions, and who has no recommendation but that of family or political interest, is appointed to a Librarianship, or some other such office, the duties of which would have been far better discharged by one who had been long in the department, and to whom the increased salary attached to the appointment would have been a fair reward for years of faithful service.
Strona 356 - For the moral character of the candidates I should trust partly to the examination itself. University experience abundantly shows that in more than nineteen cases out of twenty, men of attainments are also men of character. The perseverance and self-discipline necessary for the acquirement of any considerable amount of knowledge are a great security that a young man has not led a dissolute life.


On the 15th of each month I participate in a gardening blog hop called Garden Bloggers Bloom Day where garden bloggers all over the world share what is currently blooming in their garden.
So what's blooming in Piglet's plot?
The temperatures here in the Western Algarve have not dipped below 3C at night and have hovered well over 12C during the day. In fact last night it was 18C. We've had lots of rain as well as sunshine so the perfect combination for hungry mosquitos as well as a variety of plants.
What beautiful flowers and nice temperatures!!!
ouch mosquitos! Yuck! Here is about 9° and raining.
I enjoy dropping by and gazing at pictures of your garden. Your favorite nameless plant is gorgeous. And I share you love of gazanias.
gazanias and hibiscus are my favourite flowers. they give blooms all the year round!
Blooming and December do not occur together here. Unless you count the geraniums in my window–inside the house. or the mold in my refrigerator. Your garden is a delight!
Here in upstate New York, we must wait until spring for outdoor blooms. I love seeing flowers from "the other side of the world" – it helps to keep me patient while I count the days until the crocuses start to break ground. Your blooms are lovely, not at all what one would find growing in my area outdoors Glad to find another NaNoWriMo participating in GBBD!
Loved NaNoWriMo it was great fun and it taught me to discipline myself on Time management. If you are doing it next year we should become buddies!
I've not tried growing in towers…just a mxture of containers. What is reveillon?
Your part of Portugal and my part of Down Under are bosom buddies as far as temps go in winter. Simply cannot believe that hibiscus tho' – can't get them to stay alive thru' our occasional minus days: lucky duck you 🙂 ! And those strawberry blossoms: hope they bear fruit!! On the other hand: had my first four small tomatoes of the season today: oh my, had forgotten the depth of flavour after all those bought at the supermarket!!!!
Love the blooms . . . especially the No Name Favorite and the Poinsettia. Thanks, PiP.
We are lucky to ahve so many plants in bloom here during December. NEver noticed it before until I joined bloggers bloom day.
Hi Sami, thanks for Christening the no name. We now have lots of these in our garden as they produce lots of babies 🙂 I grow lots of money plants and I live in hope….
Hi steph it was only when I started the bloggers bloom day blog hop that I realsied how many flowers there are n bloom this time of year!
I have a hibiscus still flowering in my small garden, although there have been unusually cold temperatures at night. Your garden photos are lovely!
Hi 24/7 gardening here is a pleasure. Where we are we rarely get frosts and tonight the temp is 18C again.
Gorgeous .- and you have a poinsettia, how wonderful!
Hi Chica…it is about 6yrs old now and can be rather temperamental. Once when it dropped all its leaves I cut all the branches off, stuck it in the corner of the garden and tole it that it had two chances…and it grew like mad….
You have some lovely blooms in your garden PiP! The one with no name (5th one down) is an agave; they are very striking, and grow really big. They grow 'babies' from the stems which can be broken off and cultivated to make more!
I love the idea of a garden bloggers' bloom day! Your poinsettia is lovely. We used to have them in our garden in North Queensland in Australia in the winter (July & August), but I have to buy them in pots in France, but I always get one at Christmas.
Hi Aussie and welcome! Why don't you join in?


Lizards seat belt covers. Car accessory. 8 1/2 inch. Colorful lizard reptile car decor.
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* Two pieces of cotton fabric, lined with fusible polar fleece for added thickness. Hook and loop tape keeps your seat belt cover in place with enough room to slide to where you need it while driving.
*Finished measurements are approximately 8 1/2 inches long.
Care instructions - Machine wash and dry.
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Maggie Reilly at the Limelight Festival
As many of you know I spent last week up in Glasgow with the Maggie Reilly band. We played two shows at the Tron Theatre on Friday and Saturday as part of the first ever Limelight Festival.
Limelight is Scotland's first professional music production company run by people with impairments and the UK's leading producer of high quality inclusive music. The company specialises in raising the profile of disabled artists in the mainstream music and theatre industries. It was set up originally in 1989 as Sounds of Progress by Gordon Dougal (who plays keyboards and guitar with Maggie) with the main aim to bring professional musicians with impairments into the mainstream. Gordon stated in an interview with the Herald Scotland
"part of that challenge is to do with getting the mainstream to look beyond their prejudices and preconceptions about performers with disabilities. That's why, when we changed the name to Limelight and decided to have a music festival as a launch event, we wanted our artists playing alongside mainstream names, proving to audiences – and to themselves – that they have the talent, the professionalism, the high performance standards to be out there."
We spent Wednesday and Thursday rehearsing in Glasgow and then played on the Friday and Saturday. This time we had Tony Soave from The Silencers on drums alongside the usual lineup of myself, Davie Dunsmuir, Stuart MacKillop and Gordon. We also had a couple of special guests from previous lineups; on Friday we were joined by guitarist Morph and Saturday featured Brian McNeill.
These were to be the first UK shows Maggie has played for almost twenty years. Mainly she tours around Europe; more recently concentrating on Germany and Scandinavia. We added a few of the old Cado Belle songs to the set including Airport Shutdown, Got To Love and Stone's Throw From Nowhere. Both nights were recorded and Saturday's show was filmed so hopefully I'll have some footage to show you sometime in the near future when it's been edited. There is talk of a possible live album but I guess it all depends on what the recordings came out like…
Hopefully these shows will be the beginning of Maggie's return to UK touring. I'm hoping we'll actually play in London so people I know will actually see me play with Maggie!! Both nights at the Tron were a resounding success and I'm looking forward to getting back on the road..
Incidentally, the one place I have to go whenever in Glasgow is the fantastic Trans-Europe Cafe behind the Tron. They do the best breakfast anywhere and I highly recommend you check it out next time you're in the general vicinity… I went there three days on the trot and it kept me going through the long days of hanging about 🙂
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I must admit I like it a lot because it sums up everything we have been through in the last few decades. It also talks to the challenges we face for the future such as the relentless drive to lower costs, rapidly changing demographics, shifting geo-politics and an overwhelming myriad of game-changing technologies. All of this is presenting businesses with new challenges about how to anticipate, adapt, manoeuvre, make decisions, and change course in this new "VUCA" world.
One thing we know for sure is that the way we used to plan and budget can no longer cope. The days when financial budgeting was a calendar-driven process of issuing templates to collect revenue forecasts and departmental line item expenses should have ended decades ago. However, they are still with us because, until recently, there were no planning and budgeting solutions capable of supporting anything other than that traditional approach. Thankfully, that has now changed with the advent of user-friendly, real-time planning solutions that give us the opportunity to make planning and budgeting fit for purpose.
To describe what I – and others – see as the FP&A operating model that we should be working towards, allow me to continue with the word games. There is another type of aide-mémoire in common usage that relies on alliteration. These are simply lists of things that all begin with the same letter, such as the traditional 4 P's of the marketing mix, (Product, Price, Promotion, and Place), or, more recently, the 7 V's of big data, (Volume, Velocity, Variety, Variability, Veracity, Visualization, and Value).
1. Continual – rather than calendar-driven, planning and budgeting needs to be event-driven.
2. Comprehensive – instead of just encompassing all financial line items, all aspects of planning in every line of business should be included.
3. Correct – with all users sharing the same robust and reliable data – and none of the error-prone spreadsheet nightmares of the past.
4. Connected – so that even the smallest amendment ripples through to others in real time to keep all data up-to-date.
5. Collaborative – with users sharing plans in a secure environment.
6. Community-owned – so that business users can manage all aspects of the process rather than having to rely on IT specialists or external expertise.
This is most definitely work in progress, so please feel free to add any suggestions and refinements in the comments box below.


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Q: Android webview issues in Xamarin. pageYOffset, window.innerHeight, scroll I'm debugging a WebView in Android 4.4.2 in a Xamarin app.
The WebView is "Version/4.0 Chrome/30.0.0.0".
My Javascript code isn't running well there since several properties have false values.
I get pageYOffset as 0 even after scroll, the "scroll" event won't even fire and window.innerHeight returns the total height of the DOC rather than the visible pixel dependant height.
I have no control over the native code, can modify the script only.
Is this a Xamarin issue? A WebView issue?
Is this somehow can be resolved?


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namespace Rcm\Route;

use Doctrine\Common\Proxy\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
use Zend\Http\Request;
use Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\RouteMatch;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;
use Zend\Stdlib\ArrayUtils;
use Zend\Stdlib\RequestInterface;

class Cms implements RcmRouteInterface, ServiceLocatorAwareInterface
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    protected $controller = 'Rcm\Controller\CmsController';
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    protected $action = 'index';
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     * @var
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    protected $pageRepo;
    /**
     * @var array
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    protected $assembledParams = array();
    /**
     * @var null
     */
    protected $routePluginManager = null;
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     * @var array
     */
    protected $options = array();

    /**
     * Cms constructor.
     *
     * @param $options
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    public function __construct($options)
    {
        $this->options = $options;
    }

    /**
     * match
     *
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     * @param int              $pathOffset
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    public function match(RequestInterface $request, $pathOffset = 0)
    {
        if (!$request instanceof Request) {
            return null;
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        $type = $this->getPageType();

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        if (empty($pageParams)) {
            return null;
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            'controller' => $this->getController($type),
            'action' => $this->getAction($type),
            'revision' => $pageParams['revision']
        );

        return new RouteMatch($cms_params, strlen($pageUrl));
    }

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     * parseUrl
     *
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     */
    protected function parseUrl($url)
    {
        $parsed = array(
            'pageName' => 'index',
            'revision' => null
        );

        $options = $this->getOptions();
        $path = substr($url, strlen($options['route']));

        $path = ltrim($path, '/');
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        if (empty($splitPath[0])) {
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            $revision = $splitPath[1];
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            'pageName' => $pageName,
            'revision' => $revision
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        if (!empty($options['defaults']['controller'])) {
            return $options['defaults']['controller'];
        }

        $config = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('Config');

        if (!empty($config['rcm']['pageTypes'][$type]['controller'])) {
            return $config['rcm']['pageTypes'][$type]['controller'];
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        return $pageRepo->getPageByName(
            $currentSite,
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    protected function getAction($type)
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        $options = $this->getOptions();

        if (!empty($options['defaults']['action'])) {
            return $options['defaults']['action'];
        }

        $config = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('Config');

        if (!empty($config['rcm']['pageTypes'][$type]['action'])) {
            return $config['rcm']['pageTypes'][$type]['action'];
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            $options = ArrayUtils::iteratorToArray($options);
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    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>3D 2048</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/docs.css"/>
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Yanone+Kaffeesatz:700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

User Manual

The goal of this game is to join all the numbers and reach 2048.

You move all the squares at once. When two squares with the same number collide,

they merge into one, producing a square with their values added!

The game is over when no new number is able to spawn.

You begin with two squares. When making a move,

a new square with a value of either two or four spawns randomly.

You have two options of moving the squares:

1. Left-click:

Pushes the squares away from the cursor (if possible)

2. Right-Click:

Pulls the squares towards the cursor (if possible)

You are able to control your position by using the arrow-keys and the pace with the scrollbar in the lower right corner.

    PLAY

Tips:

1. Don't rush

 In this game time doesn't have any impact on your score.

 So take your time to think through your moves.

 Keep in mind that every move spawns another number.

 2. Create Rows

 You want the big numbers as close as possible.Keep in mind:

 most of the times you still have a chance to bring the numbers together,

 even when they are all over the place.

 3. Anti-Claustrophobic

 Empty squares are the be all and end all of the game.

They can either help you achieve your personal goal….or make your life hell.

Whilst it makes sense to collect large numbers in one row,

an empty square in between them could mess with your progress,

 if a new number happens to spawn there.

This game is the result of the annual IT-Camp 2014 JavaScript project,

supported by the University of Trier and the Max-Planck Gymnasium.

This game was designed and implemented by Benedikt Boßmann, Edgar Geier, Noah Percifull, Lisa Reudelsterz and Tobias Zimmermann.

(The original game in 2D was developed by Gabrielle Cirulli.)

    We hope you have a great time playing this game…
    Please try and prevent addiction as we don't take responsibility for psychological damage.

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Free daily Metro will launch 26 new local web sites, one for each municipality in the Stockholm region. 50-60 volunteers will be recruited to write short articles and take photos from their area. Sakari Pitkänen, editor-in-chief at Metro, expects to fill the void from larger Stockholm-based newspapers that are not reporting from the suburbs.
The "citizen reporters" will get paid depending on how high in the hierarchy an article will make it, the highest level being the "dead-tree version" of Metro.
Pitkänen tells Dagens Media that the new reporters will get a crash course in journalism and that he is not afraid of the quality because he hopes the collective will monitor itself.
The project will start recruiting next week and launch in the beginning of May.
Tags: metro, citizen journalism, ohmynews.