On October 14, 2009, a new attraction opened in Innoventions East at Epcot (near Electric Umbrella). "Sum of all Thrills," presented by Raytheon, promises to be a real crowd pleaser and I predict long lines as more people discover this innovative ride.
"Sum of all Thrills" allows guests to custom-design their own roller coaster, bobsled, or jet plane experience, then ride it. Some of you might remember a similar attraction at Disney Quest called CyberSpace Mountain, but I can assure you, this is far more elaborate.
Before riding, you might want to check out the warning sign and the test chairs to make sure you'll fit.
Your adventure begins in a briefing room. Here your hosts, Grace and Spencer, provide instructions on how to design your thrill ride. While doing so, they make a strong pitch for studying math and science and how these courses will give you the tools you need to build cool stuff like skyscrapers, high-performance racecars, and especially video games. Parents will appreciate this message that is intended to motivate their young.
After the briefing, a cast member hands everyone a small plastic card and directs you to an electronic drafting board.
The first task, swipe your card. This will associate you and your design so the computer can recreate your ride once you've completed it. After selecting a language on the touch-sensitive screen, you choose what type of thrill ride to develop. The options are Bobsled for a tame encounter, Roller Coaster for a mild ride, and Jet for the intense experience.
The next screen provides track options. Loops, corkscrews, hills, dives, and slaloms are all on the menu. You'll get to select three track layouts in all.
Next you use an electronic ruler and knob to design the intensity of the hills and the speed in which to traverse them.
Once your design is complete, you give it a name (like Winter Avalanche) and then a cast member directs you to a second floor boarding area. Here you are asked to take EVERYTHING out of your pockets and store them in a free locker (key locked).
Now it's time to board. Attached to a significantly impressive robot arm are two seats. After you're seated, the cast member lowers a large apparatus over your head. While doing so you are told that there is an emergency stop button located between you. If at any time the ride becomes too intense, you can slap your hand down on this knob and the ride will immediately stop.
Within each apparatus is a television monitor. Here, an animated video recreates the ride you designed. In the corner of the monitor is a small insert picturing your riding companion. The device even creates "wind" to add to the realism.
I've ridden this twice. Once with my friend Andrea and once with my friend Donald. On both occasions, I let them design the attraction. Being cautious, both of them opted for a tame experience. At the end of the ride, both of them said they would be more daring on their next visit. I will note that my head did bang against the padded head rest during the journey. This was a little uncomfortable. But other than that, I had a great time and can't wait to ride again. I also want a more intense ride.
The Sum of all Thrills only has four robotic arms, each holding two guests. In other words, the attraction has a low capacity. I predict that as word of this attraction spreads, it's going to become extremely popular. I suggest making this one of the first things you do when arriving at Epcot.
You may be wondering why Raytheon, a defense contractor, is sponsoring the Sum of all Thrills. This new attraction will be a core component of their MathMoveU program with an initiative designed to engage middle school students in math and science and help create the next generation of innovators for the United States. Representatives from Walt Disney World and Raytheon have been working to bring this experience to fruition for about 2 1/2 years. The initial sponsorship agreement will last 3 years.
I rode this attraction with my husband in November 2010 and while i really enjoyed it, I must caution curvier ladies to try the test seat before heading in. I am a definate pear shape and at that time I wore a size 18 pant. I barely fit in the seat and had to kind of wedge myself in with an extra push. We're returning to WDW at the end of this month and unfortunately I went up a size so I will definately be avoiding this attraction. I must stress again that I'm hippy – apple shapes will probably have less trouble – but if you're concerned try the test chair – it'll possibly save some potential embarrassment.
I rode "The Sum of All Thrills" for the first time today. It was FUN! I designed a more "wild" coaster (One loop, double hill). One thing I like is that when you design a coaster with a loop, the computer will ask you if you are sure you want to go upside down, and you have to press yes or no. Then, once you get to the simulator, the cast member will again confirm whether or not you really want to go upside down, so they give you a chance to change your mind about the design.
However this ride is not for larger people. I'm just over 5″9, and about 220 pounds last time I checked, and I barely fit. Fortunately, they do have test chairs right beside the line.
I really, really like "The Sum of All Thrills" and recommend it for all thrill seekers.
My husband and I rode this for the first time this past Sunday. Wanting to make sure we got the most intense ride we ended up choosing the roller coaster and went upside down 6 times!! I was a little nervous at first but once they put the screen down in front of my face I was fine. It was a great ride; really fun! However, I don't think I would choose to go upside down again quite so many times because I actually felt a little motion sickness when I got off! Definitely a must do though.
I had read about this attraction prior to its opening, and was bummed it opened the week after our trip in October. So when we returned this past weekend, this was tops on the list. We rode it three times and every time the line nearly encommpassed the entire que area. Even so it took only about 30 minutes to complete the entire experience. My daughter is not much of a thrill ride person, so we started out very mild with the bobsled and eventually progressed to the roller coaster including inversions. She loved the roller coaster, and can't wait to go back and create a completely wild jet ride. I really liked how the training video emphsised all the cool things one can do using math and science. See algebra is important in the real world!
Great article. We just came back from Epcot last week and had a chance to ride this. My 9 year old daughter and I were taking in the Food and Wine Festival when I overheard a couple of people talking about this. I asked a cast member about it and he pointed us in the right direction. However, being later in the day the wait was very long and we decided to come back the following morning when the park first opened and try it then.
The next morning, we got right in (maybe the second or third in line) and tried it out. My daughter (who just made it pass the 54″ height requirement for loops)and I opted to try a couple of mild options mixed in with a more wild one. We had so much fun with this that we went right back in line opting for all of the wildest options. By this time, the rest of our family came in and we tried it a third time, which was enough for me because I was starting to feel a little nauseous.
All in all, it was a great experience. The hands on approach really makes a difference in making each experience unique. I am always a fan of hands on experiences because ther's something great about putting control in your own hands (we're also big fans of the Kim Possible experience and "Where's the Fire?" at Innoventions). I would love to see more similar experiences around the parks.
Is there a weight limit on this? I am so looking forward to this, but am worried for my friend, he was really upset that he was not able to ride on the Segway.
The warning sign mentions nothing about weight. However, it does say that because of the seat's configuration, certain body shapes and sizes may be prohibited from riding. The seats are form-fitting and I suspect that a larger person would not fit. Be sure to have your friend use the seat mockups outside the attraction before getting in line.
Thanks for this update. We don't usually spend a lot of time in innoventions since the kids are older. We loved Cyber Space Mountain. Can't wait to visit this in just 23 days.
Jack: Thanks for another interesting blog and video. Loved the music with the video, too. Very inspiring. You have a real gift when choosing the musical selections to play with your videos. I like that you use music that is not as well known. You must have quite a collection of Disney music!
Just got back from a week in the parks and stumbled across this attraction. It was a lot of fun for my wife and me.
There isn't as much in terms of math and engineering as is suggested in the briefing video, but that's fine.
The experience is VERY smooth (hydraulic robotics, I think). We designed in as many times upside down as we could and it was great fun.
The space is cramped, but that was fine with us. You have NO access to your companion (aside from the small b&w screen you are watching them on), but that's okay too.
Absolutely a 10 on the fun scale.
When I went down to Disney this past weekend, I felt obligated to put Sum of All Thrills on my to do list because my boyfriend's brother works for Raytheon (he had nothing to do with designing the ride). Lucky for me, this obligation turned out to be a really fun attraction!
I designed a roller coaster, and even though it went upside down three times, it was not that intense. I was very restrained with the speed knob, and as someone who loves thrill rides, I would probably be more daring if I did it again. For those worried about the intensity of the ride, I remember being told at least twice that the ride I designed went upside down before being strapped into the robotic arm.
It truly did feel like a roller coaster, because in addition to the movement of the robotic arm,there was a monitor showing the "track" up ahead. I highly recommended it!
I have a Middle-Schooler who is taking Advanced Math, so I was very interested in finding out more about Ratheyon's math program. They have a website, http://www.mathmovesu.com, where kids can solve age-appropriate math and science problems. Once all the problems are solved, you take a ride on a virtual "RollerJetSled." My kids absolutely love it. The only downside is the app takes a long time to load. I have DSL and it took almost 2 full minutes.
Do you know if this ride is open during the Magic Extra Hours in the morning or evening?
I do not know if this is open for Extra Magic Hours, but I suspect it is not. Normally, Innoventions is not open at this time, so unless Disney makes an exception, I wouldn't count on it.
Nice review as always. The pictures and video really help with getting a feel for this attraction. I have a couple of questions about the process of designing and riding it. Since two people ride together, do they design it together as well? Or does one person do the designing and then someone else just joins them on the ride part?
Both participants stand at the "drafting" table. One person can design the entire coaster, but it really should be a collaborative effort. Even though one person might be "pushing the buttons," input from both parties can be considered.
Did this exhibit replace the Waste Management exhibit? I have two little boys who are very much looking forward to the garbage and recycling display. Our trip is 11/30-12/7/09. Thanks.
Good news! Waste Management is still there – right across the aisle way.
Man, I didn't know about this and I can't TELL you how pleased I am, about the ride, and the sponsorship.
Epcot is probably my favorite park, and I've long thought the Innoventions area was neglected and substandard. This attraction and the partnership perfectly captures what I think Walt wanted for this park.
Love it! Thanks Jack – can't wait to try it.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! That is amazing Jack, In 5 Weeks we will be at WDW and I'm sure my Husband and my Nephew will be sure to try this as will I. Thanks for the Video portion of your Blog it was amazing to watch how it all comes to life with the robot Arm. You always have such wonderful and informative blogs to read you are my Favorite. Hope to run into you at WDW 5 Weeks from today we will be Walking Down Main Street U.S.A have a great day Jack.
Thanks for the review! I knew there was a math connection but wasn't sure about the details. Now hold on tight and let those parametric equations rip!!
I cannot wait to ride this in November when I am at WDW with my family. This simulator looks AWESOME!! It will be the first ride we rush to. It's great to watch Epcot expand to provide more "thrill" rides for everyone.
You must be 48″ to ride the ride at all and you must be taller than 54″ to ride any design that is inverted. My children (both 48″)designed a jet ride that did not invert, but really all they could see was sky. They would have preferred a different selection, but liked the ride overall. Also, you get to keep the card as a souvenir! On the back of the card is information about http://www.mathmovesu.com, which gives you additional activities on their website once you're home.
Thanks for the heads up on the new ride! Just wondering if it is a motion simulator ride or if it is actually a moving ride? Thanks!
I'm not exactly sure what your question is. This is a motion simulator. If you watch my video, it will be crystal clear what this ride is all about.
Thanks for the review! I can not wait to experience this on our next trip. What a thrill for my son, who is science and mathematically inclined, to see the cool things you can do with the subjects! I LOVE that Epcot makes learning fun. I have always believed that if we show kids more practical applications of math and science, rather than traditional rote methods, more would enjoy the subjects!
This sounds exactly like the DisneyQuest ride – even down to the screen to develop the ride.
Can you expound on the "more elaborate" ride experience?
This ride is very similar to the Disney Quest ride. But the robot arm has a much larger range of movement. If you watch the video I create, you can see this. Given a choice, the Epcot version of this ride if far superior to the Downtown Disney version.
This ride deinately sounds like it has the potential to attain "E-Ticket" status! With this, Test Track, Crush, Mission Space, Soarin'….It's going to be tuff figuring where to go first!
As always, Jack, keep us posted on all things WDW!!
We were lucky enough to be able to experience this attraction while at Disney. It was awesome and both of my children, ages 10 and 8, fell in love with it.
Definitely will be on our "to do" list for our next visit.
Jack, I am really glad you did this. I usually don't go to this section of Epcot. This will be the first place we stop. Thanks.
You have no idea how much this attraction pleases me. It so totally seems to fit in with Epcot's main mission statement of education mixing with entertainment, and making the whole thing interactive. This seems like Soarin' on steroids!
But a question: if a simulator like Star Tours makes me queasy, will this be okay? I usually do fine on the "mild" version of Mission Space, but I wouldn't mind trying out a slightly intense roller coaster simulation.
Fast Passes? Single Rider Lines? I find it fascinating that we don't know much about this ride yet. Disney really snuck this one under the radar.
When Disney opened Turtle Talk with Crush, they did not promote this new attraction to any extent. They knew the capacity was small so they didn't want to encourage more people than they could handle to seek out this show. I think the same thing is true with the Sum of all Thrills. The capacity is also very small and Disney doesn't want hoards of people cramming into Innoventions East.
There are no Fast Passes or Single Rider lines. This is not a "traditional" Disney attraction. This is more of a demonstration.
jack do you think a old war horse like me could ride it ? i mean goofys barnstormer gets me queasy.
My initial response is to tell you to avoid this ride. However, if you design a mild coaster, you might be okay. Also, the ride does have an emergency STOP button that you can activate if it becomes too rough.
This ride looks pretty cool. My Disney World "to-do" list just got a little bit longer.
– It's "interactive" like all the kids dig these days.
– And for the theme park commandos that are faint of heart (literally) like myself, I get my own emergency stop button?
Dude, you earned you mouse ears long ago, but this fine blog entry ads to your legacy.
Wow, this looks pretty cool. I love the connection to math and science for kids. I wish Expedition: Everest had an emergency stop button for when it gets too intense!


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The Yankees in August – Part Two – The Pitchers
Posted on September 8, 2011 by twilightdawning
Mariano Rivera finished? Well, so they were saying in the first half of August. But in reality the bullpen was probably the Yankees' strongest asset in the dog-days of Summer as unlikely as that seemed just a couple of months ago….. Let's see what the statistics reveal……
New York Yankees – Pitching – Month – August
Name GP GS GF IP H RA ER BB SO W L Sv ERA OBA
Robertson, David 12 0 0 11.0 7 1 1 3 13 0 0 0 0.82 .184
Logan, Boone 10 0 1 7.0 6 1 1 1 11 2 0 0 1.29 .231
Garcia, Freddy 2 2 0 11.0 7 2 2 4 5 1 0 0 1.64 .179
Wade, Cory 11 0 1 11.1 8 3 3 2 8 1 0 0 2.38 .186
Ayala, Luis 9 0 5 13.0 14 7 4 6 10 0 0 0 2.77 .275
Rivera, Mariano 11 0 9 10.2 6 4 4 0 12 0 1 8 3.38 .167
Soriano, Rafael 11 0 3 9.2 6 4 4 3 7 1 1 0 3.72 .176
Nova, Ivan 5 5 0 33.0 32 14 14 7 24 5 0 0 3.82 .262
Noesi, Hector 8 0 7 11.2 10 5 5 5 11 0 0 0 3.86 .233
Sabathia, CC 6 6 0 42.1 56 23 22 5 45 3 2 0 4.68 .331
Colon, Bartolo 5 5 0 29.2 33 16 16 5 18 0 3 0 4.85 .284
Hughes, Phil 6 5 1 28.1 26 16 16 7 21 3 2 0 5.08 .243
Laffey, Aaron 1 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 6.00 .385
Burnett, A.J. 5 5 0 22.2 44 30 30 9 17 1 2 0 11.91 .415
102 28 27 244.1 260 128 124 59 204 17 11 8 4.57 .276
David Robertson. In August, Robertson appeared in more games than any other Yankees pitcher and came out of that intensive spell with an ERA of less than one on the month. Robertson's development has been a crucial part of the Yankees' season so far. He had a good 2009 but somewhat tumbled down the rankings in 2010 and few would have expected him to bounce back to this career best form. He not only bodes well for the rest of this year, but if he can maintain this consistency, for the long term future.
Boone Logan. Logan looked wobbly at the start of the year and as the left-handed relievers headed to the disabled list en masse and it looked likely that he would have to fill that role alone, confidence wasn't exactly high. However, he has grown in stature as the season developed and August was his best month yet. He picked up two wins and only gave up one run in 10 outings.
Freddy Garcia. Garcia was the pick of the starters in August and he only took one win from the month which really emphasises how much we depended on the 'pen. He spent a part of the month on the DL but when he was available we could look to him for 6 innings or so an outing and no problems with keeping us in the game until the runs eventually came.
Cory Wade. It can't be emphasised how much more we got than expected from Wade. Frankly, I expected nothing and I under-rated him and did him a real disservice. Whatever role he has been pressed into he has done more than enough to allow the batters to take charge of the game, safe in the knowledge that their opponents weren't likely to be putting runs on the board.
A.J. Burnett. The Yankees are still trying to turn a six-man rotation into five but don't be fooled into thinking that this is because they have six quality starters. They have four. They simply can't decide whether Burnett or Hughes is worse and the main factor in Burnett's favour is that huge contract that they'll be paying him whether he starts, relieves or goes away. On the month, he had the worst ERA on the team, the worst OBA and averaged a little over 4 innings a start.
Phil Hughes. Hughes wasn't pretty either but he was actually much better than Burnett but lacked consistency. His ERA was less than half of Burnett's figure. He let considerably less batters on to base per innings. He delivered up three wins on the month and gave us an innings more per start. None of this suggests should be read to imply that he was good but there are degrees of bad and the Yankees need to wake up to that before they set that playoff roster.
Bartolo Colon. Three entries on this "Bad" list and three starters. Colon came away from the month with two no decisions and three losses. He allowed more people to get to base than Hughes and he is showing his age. He was never meant to be a long-term fix but we need to find some way to get more out of him than this by the time October comes.
Mariano Rivera. Mariano Rivera led the team in August in OBA. Absorb that fact for a moment. Yes, this is the same Mariano that even some Yankees' fans was saying was done before a third of the month was gone. The same Mariano that had three sub-par outings back at the beginning of the month. But it is also the same Rivera who didn't allow a run in his last six outings in the month and seems to pay no heed to the headlines. He doesn't seem to know it's over.
C.C. Sabathia. Sabathia battled through the month giving the team 7 innings each time he went to the mound and winning more than he lost but this wasn't C.C. at his dominating best. Either this extra days rest isn't working for him or the Yankees ought to really start to worry whether their starting rotation can deliver in the playoffs.
Ivan Nova. Nova is back. He didn't deserve to be sent to the minors but it is interesting that he probably didn't deserve the five wins on five starts he got in August either and that's why I go for Garcia ahead of him as our best starter on the month. Nova got the run support that nobody else did and just occasionally he rode his luck. There were 7 pitchers on the team who allowed less runners per innings to get to base and 7 pitchers who produced a better ERA but none of them collected five wins. Perhaps Nova is our lucky charm and Garcia, Sabathia and he can lead us all the way to the World Series.
Luis Ayala. Like Cory Wade, Ayala has managed to become a vital component of the bullpen almost without anyone noticing. He doesn't get the headlines but he is dependable and resolute and nobody expected nearly as much from him as he has delivered.
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Communities interested in participating in this year's Christmas Nine Mornings light up competition are being urged to get prepared early.
This admonition comes from Tamara Job-Sprott, Communications Officer at the St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited, Vinlec.
Mrs. Job-Sprott said there had been challenges in the past when communities applied late to seek connection to participate in the competition.
She said the communities must first apply to participate in the competition with the National Nine Mornings Committee, and have a certificate from the Electrical Inspectorate Office, before going to Vinlec to get a connection to light up the community as part of the competition.
The Vinlec Communication Officer said participating communities must make a down payment before Vinlec provides electrical connection.
Mrs. Job-Sprott said Vinlec will be contributing EC$20,000 toward the hosting of this year's Christmas Nine Mornings light up competition.


Once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An angel hears his plea and appears to him. "Sorry, but you can't take your wealth with you." The man implores the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules.
Sure enough, St. Peter checks and comes back saying, "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before letting it through." St. Peter opens the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaims, "You brought pavement?!!!"


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Daniel Winterbottom is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington and the founder of the department's design/build program. His firm, Winterbottom Design Inc., focuses their practice on healing/restorative gardens. His research interests include the landscape as a cultural expression, ecological urban design, and the role of restorative/healing landscapes in the built environment. He has been published widely in Northwest Public Health, Places, the New York Times, Seattle Times, Seattle P.I., and Landscape Architecture Magazine. He authored Wood in the Landscape and has contributed to several books on sustainable design, community gardens, therapeutic landscapes, and community service-learning. He has completed projects in Seattle, New York City, Bedford Hills New York, Mexico, Guatemala, Bosnia/Herzegovina, and Croatia. In 2006 he developed the Healing Garden Certificate program at the University of Washington and in 2009 he received the American Society of Landscape Architects Community Service Award.


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1962 & 1964 Proceedings American Philosophical Society
This auction is for two 8"x10 1/2" publications from February 15, 1962-Volume 106, Number 1 and June 22, 1964-Volume 108, Number 3, "Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society"-"Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge".
They are both in Fair condition with spotting on the side edges, upper corner waterstains on each page throughout each publication, tight bindings, and nicely illustrated.
1962 Issue Articles-"European perspectives on the Civil War", "Seashore-Primitive home of man?", "Mitchell's Birds of Plandome, Long Island", "Japanese rule in Korea (1905-1910): A case study", 'Honest heretic: Joseph Priestly in America, 1794-1804", 'benjamin Franklin and the Pennsylvania Gazette", and "Results of the Space Science program".
1964 Issue Articles-'Thomas Jefferson, clock designer", Benjamin Franklin, Lafayette, and the Lafayette", "the effects of decreasing gravitational constant in the interior of the Earth", Morphogenetic classification of Pleistocene Glaciations in the Alaska-Canada Boundary Range", and "Inventory of terminal position changes in Alaskan coastal glaciers since the 1750's".
1977 Spectrum Magazine University of Massachusetts
2 Women's League Outlook Magazine 1965 & 1979 Judaism
The Loyalist Gazette Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Autumn, 1980
The Loyalist Gazette Vol. XXIV, No. 1, June, 1986
The Virginia Quarterly Review Spring, 1939
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine March, 1932


Acting President Kaye Thurlow paid tribute to Mr Wunungmurra noting his significant contribution to not only the residents of the Miwatj Ward, of whom he has served loyally since Council's inception in 2008, but the entire Region.
"It is with great sadness but much respect and admiration, that we announce President Wunungmurra's resignation", said Acting President Thurlow.
Elected in as Councillor during the NT Council Elections in 2008, and voted by as his peers to the position of President, EARC quickly became a recognised leader and progressive council within Northern Territory Local Government landscape, much of this attributed to the leadership from President Wunungmurra.
"On behalf of Council, our 320 strong staff and our Region, I thank Banambi for his loyalty, leadership and ten strong years of dedicated service, and personally, acknowledge the support and friendship which he has extended unequivocally throughout our time serving together on Council.
"We wish Banambi and his family all the very best as he transitions to life after Council and trust he will stop by from time to time to check in on us - but not before taking a well deserved break from the public eye", said A/President Thurlow.
President Wunungmurra's tenure has seen through the amalgamation of the community councils to East Arnhem Shire Council, then transitioning to East Arnhem Regional Council, the design and implementation of the Northern Territory's first stand alone Reconciliation Action Plan, the rebuild from the devastation of Cyclones Nathan and Lam in 2015, and the development of Council's first long term, five year Corporate Plan.
President Wunungmurra's resignation was effective immediately (10 December 2018), with Councillor Kaye Thurlow to continue as Acting President until Council meets to appoint President Wunungmurra's successor. Details of the Miwatj Ward By-Election will be advised in due course.


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Congressional inaction drives LGBT rights case at Supreme Court
Court to hear arguments over whether protections based on 'sex' apply to gay, lesbian and transgender workers
Posted Oct 7, 2019 7:07 AM
Todd Ruger
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A case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday could have sweeping social implications since 28 states have no express protections for LGBT employee rights. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
The Supreme Court confronts a major civil rights issue Tuesday over how broadly the justices should read the word "sex" in a 55-year-old anti-discrimination law — and a key aspect is Congress' current push to clarify that the law covers LGBT individuals.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits private companies from discriminating against employees on the basis of "sex," seen at the time as a historic step for women's rights.
[Supreme Court to hear Louisiana abortion law case]
But in oral argument on a trio of cases, the justices will delve into whether that word — sex — means the law also gives those protections to gay, lesbian and transgender workers.
Democratic lawmakers, who this year advanced legislation to ensure LGBT workplace protections under Title VII no matter how the court rules, told the justices in a brief that "sex" already covers LGBT workers. Republican lawmakers filed a brief in the case to argue that it doesn't.
Beyond those competing interpretations, the justices will grapple with whether they should broaden a law beyond its apparent original intent, particularly when Congress has debated the policy for years and never passed it.
The cases will be the first time the Supreme Court will decide an LGBT rights case since the retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who wrote a series of opinions such as the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 that helped usher in a new era of civil rights.
[Supreme Court term to be punctuated by presidential politics]
And it could have sweeping social implications, since 28 states have no express protections for LGBT employee rights, said Ria Tabacco Mar, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU's LGBT and HIV Project who has worked on two of the cases.
"We're talking about the ability to earn a living, the ability to support our families, the ability to secure a safe place to live. This goes to the very heart of what it is to live and work in this country," Tabacco Mar said.
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Lower court judges who decided the three cases now at the Supreme Court — from a transgender funeral home worker, a gay skydiving instructor and a gay county worker — did not necessarily follow their usual ideological tilt, legal experts said.
The four justices who make up the Supreme Court's liberal wing are expected to interpret the word "sex" more broadly to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The question is whether a conservative justice will join them or say the policy decision is more suited to Congress.
Among those conservative justices, particularly Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., there will be a powerful sense that "if Congress wants to do this, Congress should speak clearly, and we're going to put the ball back into Congress' court," Kannon Shanmugam, veteran Supreme Court advocate at law firm Paul Weiss, said during a panel discussion.
Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington Law, said the five conservative justices will be uncomfortable with too much of a departure from the original intent and moving the court ahead of Congress on the issue.
The House in May passed its bill, 236-173, to prohibit discrimination under Title VII based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Eight Republicans joined all 228 Democrats on that vote. It is likely to stall in the Republican-controlled Senate.
"You have Congress trying to pass a bill as we speak; the justices will be aware of that," Turley said.
A group of eight Republican senators and 33 Republican representatives filed a brief in the case to stress that point. Congress has expressly included sexual orientation as a protected class in other laws, the Republicans wrote, and Title VII does not.
"The legislature has the ability to modify Title VII. If Congress intended to include sexual orientation and gender identity among the protected classes in Title VII, it could have done so," the Republican brief states.
A group of 39 Democratic senators and 114 Democratic representatives, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and bill author Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, filed a brief that argues the plain text of Title VII covers sexual orientation and gender identity even if bills to clarify that have not passed.
"And because Congress's intent in passing Title VII was to prevent invidious workplace discrimination, the statute is entitled to a broad construction and should not be read in an artificially restrictive way that would leave many Americans unprotected from sex-based discrimination," the lawmakers wrote.
The Democratic lawmakers point to the bill, called the Equality Act, and the accompanying House report, to show that it was "designed to make explicit" that sexual orientation and gender identity claims are covered under Title VII.
And they quote previous Supreme Court rulings that have expanded the meaning of Title VII, such as a 1989 ruling that found the law was intended to strike at "the entire spectrum of disparate treatment of men and women resulting from sex stereotypes."
As the House considered the measure, Pelosi said on the floor that the bill is the latest in a history of congressional action to expand LGBT rights, and House Democrats "fought the fight to present the case in the court of public opinion and to bolster the case in the Supreme Court."
The Obama administration interpreted Title VII in the same way as Democratic lawmakers through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. But the Trump administration flipped positions, and cites congressional inaction to make their case.
The Justice Department argued in a brief that Congress did not add those protections when it overhauled Title VII in 1991, and until 2017 every appeals court agreed that Title VII doesn't prohibit sexual-orientation discrimination.
"Congress's consistent refusal to change that aspect of Title VII in the face of that uniform understanding, while at the same time changing other aspects of Title VII and expressly barring sexual-orientation discrimination in other statutes, supports adhering to that understanding now," the DOJ wrote.
The justices will decide the case by the end of the term at the end of June.
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We live in a world with very little conversation about energy and how to move it in the body.
We live in a world that is more stressed with things to do and more complex with opportunity at our fingertips than ever.
worry, with very few tools to slow down and nurture ourselves.
That is why I have created these videos, giving 5 minute clues about how to improve the quality of our lives. This video is all about relieving stress in the neck (which can also keep you from building up energy that creates headaches and migraines).
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It's been a healthy debate throughout the offseason regarding if the Red Sox truly need a defined ace heading into 2015. But shouldn't the most important voice on the matter come from the man who will be charged with guiding the starting staff through the season, with or without that No. 1 guy? Talking on the phone from his home in North Carolina, Red Sox pitching coach Juan Nieves weighed in on what has become one of this winter's weightiest matters. "Other than that first turn through the rotation, whomever goes out there every fifth day, I'm a firm believer, that's my ace," Nieves said. "I also think team generally win without having five aces, but if you have three or four pitchers pitch like a one or a two for two or three months and pitch like a three for the rest of the year, that pitcher is going to win a lot of games. And when that five pitches like a three and gives you some deep innings and some eight-inning outings, and even pitches like a strong No. 2 for a few months, that's when you see teams winning and never go in slumps. I think overall I'm a firm believer that my five guys in the rotation are my five aces. Whomever is out there for me is my ace." Nieves' philosophy has merit, especially considering it was born from what the Red Sox starters accomplished during their World Series run of 2013. While Jon Lester was ultimately identified as the team's no-hold's-barred ace, it would have been difficult to designate him such on Day 1. He was coming off a 2012 season which encompassed a 4.82 ERA. The guy who ended up as the staff's No. 2, John Lackey, hadn't even pitched the year before. Clay Buchholz, who pitched in the No. 2 spot to being the season, had totaled a 4.56 ERA in '12. And, when it all said and done, the inconsistencies of Ryan Dempster and Felix Doubront ultimately forced the Sox go out and get Jake Peavy at the non-waiver trade deadline. But, to Nieves' point, what worked for that group in '13 was that each pitcher went on at least one top-of-the-rotation-type run during that season. Before his injury, Buchholz began the season with a 9-0 mark and 1.71 ERA over 12 starts (in which the Red Sox went 11-1). Doubront rattled off 15 starts in the heart of the season in which he accumulated a 2.55 ERA, while averaging 6 1/3 innings per outing. Dempster managed a pair of runs, one coming to start the '13 season in which he carried a 2.93 ERA over his first seven starts. The other stretching in June and July when he managed a 3.86 ERA over 11 outings, during which the Red Sox went 7-4. Of course, while it is important to find such stretches from those considered in the middle of on the back end of one's rotation, it is equally urgent to get a couple of pitchers who can sustain such excellence for even longer period of time. In that case, that's where Lester and Lackey came in. So, does this group have what it takes to make Nieves' way of thinking hold up? As previously mentioned, Buchholz has gone down this path before. It is also easy to find a similar stretch of dominance from Justin Masterson (although he only went more than two starts in between allowing five or more runs once in '14, and that was a three-start period). Joe Kelly experienced success similar to Buchholz in '13, totaling a 9-3 mark with a 2.28 ERA as a starter in 15 outings. And last season, Rick Porcello's first three months included an 11-4 record and 3.12 ERA in 16 starts. There is also obvious hope when it comes to Wade Miley, as well, with the lefty finishing off a subpar '14 with a 3.43 ERA in his last nine starts. His best stretch? Probably a two-month period in which he managed a 1.96 ERA over 10 starts in the middle of '13. So, if Nieves' theory holds up, there is hope for this current group of Red Sox starters. Now it's just the question of if they can find enough stretches of ace-level pitching from this bunch.


Launches for SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and Windows Server 2008 have started around the nation. They will be going on for the next several months.
There are two kinds of launches.
Hopefully, those in the US can find a launch in their area.
I'll be at the launch hosted by the Oklahoma City Developers Group on April 7, 2008. I am currently President of the OKCDG. As of right now, registration is open at http://heroes.okcpro.net. I'll be there, along with my fiancé, and several others from surrounding areas. We would love to have you come.


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Is Spec Work Evil? 12 Agency Execs Discuss the Unchecked Problem
Jami Oetting
The best agency-client relationships are the result of collaboration, with the agency forming a deep understanding of the brand and its goals.
Now consider how spec work reimagines this phrase: The best agency-client relationships are the result of the agency quickly producing creative without insights into the brand's challenges and its audience, which the brand will use to judge if the agency is the right team to produce more work to solve its challenges and communicate with its audience. And the agency should do this for little to no compensation.
I'm guessing you know which one results in a better outcome.
Spec work has long been a point of controversy between agencies and clients. Beyond whether or not the practice is fair or ethical, it's a growing cost in an industry with shrinking margins. John Gleason of A Better View Consulting told Advertising Age that spec creative accounts for 1% of revenue (The average holding company profit margin was 12% in 2013.).
The practice of asking for spec work is getting worse, as companies try crowdsourcing and online design contests.
We wanted to know why agency executives think spec work is problem. Here's what they had to say:
It's like picking a number between one and ten, guessing, and finding out the answer is a fraction.
Rarely are the spec ideas produced. Why? Because it's an artificial process with guarded, minimal information and little collaboration.
Spec work is like playing the lottery.
- Patrick Scullin | Ames Scullin O'Haire
Spec work is a crap-shoot.
If you put enough time into truly understanding a brand, its challenges, and potential solutions, then you risk a hefty investment; if you don't invest the time to draw informed conclusions, it is presumptuous to even venture to guess at viable solutions.
Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more common. Clients generally know their own brand and the industry far better than a prospective agency can even with a solid amount of time put towards the spec project. It is a pipe dream to think great work will come from a speculative creative exercise.
That said, great opportunities are worth whatever it takes to gain consideration. We do what we need to do in the service space to create meaningful relationships with good partners.
- Scott Watts | Tank Design
In written RFP responses, spec work is a waste of time. The reader may not have any context to what you are showing them. I also think when people ask it in an RFP they don't understand how important developing creative is to us. It's what we do. Asking us to just give it away means they already don't respect you or what you do. To them, it's like hiring somebody to provide them office supplies.
For in-person presentations, it's your chance to show them how you think or how you arrived at your creative approach. 95% of whatever gets done in a spec creative pitch is tossed out because you don't have the background or the relationship with the client to know what they really need, but it shows how you think and it shows them you want their business.
- Dennis Franczak | Fuseideas
In this day and age, spec work is just a necessary evil. It's not the actual creating of the spec work that's bad -- though any agency exec will bend your ear with the associated costs to the business. It's the lack of clarity upfront on how it's being used.
Creating the best work for the business involves so much more than just a bit of research and some amazing guess work. It takes experience with what's worked for the brand, what consumers currently feel for the brand, and also avoiding major hurdles only known by those intimate to the business from the inside. Spec work should be used to see how an agency thinks and applies strategic insights to work. Spec work should be used to see the chemistry of the team presenting. Spec work should be used to see design and taste cues. But most importantly, spec work should be exactly that. SPEC. Buy an agency when you meet them for the first time -- not a campaign.
- Rachel Spiegelman | Pitch
The debate about spec work is like the debate about torture. We argue about whether it is 'good' or 'bad.' But we should look at it in a more cold-blooded way: Does it work?
Torture 'works' in the sense that you can get someone to say whatever you want. So if the mission is to hand over information -- useful or not -- to your superiors, then it will 'work.'
Spec 'works' in a similar way. But the mission is to win the account. So the agency will make whatever they think the client wants -- whether it's informed, original, effective, or not.
Clients will continue to torture -- I mean 'ask for spec' -- from agencies. And while my firm usually passes on those 'opportunities,' I'm sure some tempting account will come along that will get us to do it again.
But all you clients should remember this: You can ask us to do it, just don't expect it to work.
- Alec Beckett | Nail
There's an old Woody Allen joke: A guy walks into a psychiatrist's office and says, 'Doctor, my brother is crazy. He thinks he's a chicken.' The doctor says, 'Why don't you turn him in?' Then the guy says, 'I would, but I need the eggs.'
Ad agencies know that pitching with spec work is expensive, time-consuming, and given the limited time you get to spend with the client, a creative crapshoot. But we still do it for one simple reason: We need the eggs.
- David Bernstein | The Gate
The premise of spec work is logical -- clients want to get a sense for what an agency can do, and they want to take them for a test drive before they decide to make a purchase.
But as a point of general process, Deutsch tends to avoid those situations. While it gives us a chance to flex our creative muscles, it is a process usually done in isolation, and it's not reflective of how we work collaboratively with our clients.
We want to make sure we are doing all we can to give a client a good idea of what it's like to partner with us, but we believe spec work isn't always the best way to do it.
- Jeff White | Deutsch North America
I used to think spec work was bad, until we stopped doing it. Now, after four spec-free years, I think spec work is wonderful. 1) It saves time vetting prospects: When a marketer insists on spec work, they self-identify as someone who is a poor fit for our "flipped agency" business model. 2) It keeps our competitors off-balance: While we focus exclusively on producing results for our clients, competitors have the added distraction of performing free work for prospects. 3) It helps us differentiate: Prospects who seek a long-term relationship appreciate that our refusal to do spec work provides them with greater access to our best people.
Initially, our decision to refuse spec work led to a dip in earnings. But soon, we began attracting a completely different type of client with projects that are more satisfying and profitable.
- Sean Duffy | Duffy Agency
Unless you have a deep insight into the category, the culture that informs it, and the particular business problem at hand, doing spec work is like throwing 'stuff' at the wall and hoping something sticks. If we're in the business of solving problems, we need to know what that problem is before we start working on it. It also supposes that the way to solve the problem is through a piece of advertising, and that's often not the case these days. It depends on how you see the role of advertising.
The pros: It demonstrates hunger and shows initiative -- perhaps. And it's a great way of expressing your passion for a particular brand. My sense is that it's more likely something smaller shops will do to get on the radar. If you think of spec work as a way of marketing the agency, then fine.
The cons: It's an expensive way to get on the radar. I think it's rare for spec work to end up running a client's business.
- Shane Ginsberg/President | EVB
Let's put this this way, is spec work bad for a doctor? Yes, it's ridiculous. We are professionals, and we should always base our creative work on an analysis and strategy worked up in co-operation with the client and their target audience. We should not guess, and that's what happens with spec work. We are here to solve problems, and we are not doing that if we start by creating ads we think are nice. It's naturally OK to be proactive with an incumbent client, but every piece of work should start with a discussion and follow a defined process. So yes, spec work is bad. Furthermore, spec work that exists only to win awards -- that is not even published -- is not only bad, it's illegal.
- Eka Ruola | hasan & partners
Ah spec work! To produce or not to produce? That is the age-old question. For the most part, spec work serves one of two purposes: The first, and perhaps the most obvious, is to sell an idea to a client. If you have the resources and the talent to pull it off and it's on brand (know your client!), then I say go for it.
The other reason would be to keep artists and creatives inspired or to fill a void in your portfolio of work. It's easy to get pigeonholed by a client, and the worst thing in the world is to be passed over for work that you know you can and would love to do just because it isn't in your portfolio. Even if the work is not specific to a brand but rather a style, it's more than possible that it can open the door to future opportunities.
- Jason Mayo | Click 3X
Spec work is rarely effective. You need a long term partnership to truly understand the clients business challenges, which I believe is a prerequisite for success.
- Ann Ystén | Perfect Fools
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The work of the ballistic missile deterrent patrols is the most silent aspect of the Silent Service.
More than 300 deterrent patrols have been conducted by Royal Navy submarines since HMS Resolution headed out on the inaugural one in June 1968.
There is always a British ballistic missile boat on duty, 365 days a year, somewhere beneath the oceans.
It is a burden borne first by the R-boats carrying Polaris nuclear missiles and, since the 1990s, by the current breed of V-boats, known affectionally in the Service as 'bombers'.
To recognise the dedication of the men carrying out these patrols – officially the Continuous At Sea Deterrence – the Navy Board has acceded to the wishes of the bomber community and agreed to award a pin.
The highly-classified nature of these patrols means the men who carry them out are cut off from the outside world; they cannot tell loved ones where they are going – or where they have been – and there's no way they can send outgoing communications to loved ones. In addition, there are the traditional hardships of submarine life – six hours on, six hours off for weeks on end in austere conditions.
The Royal Navy Deterrent Patrol Pin – a 2½in badge which features HMS Resolution with a Polaris missile and electron rings superimposed and a scroll inscribed with the motto 'always ready' – will be issued to serving personnel from this October.
Deeps who've completed between one and 19 patrols – only those of 30 days' duration or more will be counted – will receive a silver pin, while veteran submarines who've taken part in 20 or more patrols will receive an identical pin badge, but in gold.
Although the pin will not be issued to bomber veterans who are no longer serving, it's anticipated that – like submariners' trademark dolphins – demand will provoke naval tailors and memorabilia to produce their own badges.
The Patrol Pin is a two level award, silver and gold. On completion of the initial qualifying patrol, the silver Patrol Pin is to be worn. The silver Patrol Pin recognises that an individual has undertaken between 1 and 19 deterrent patrols. On completion of a 20 th patrol an individual will be eligible to be awarded and wear the gold Patrol Pin. Only patrols in excess of 30 days are to be counted as eligible patrols.
Although the Royal Navy Deterrent Patrol Pin will not be issued on a gratuitous basis to personnel who are no longer serving in the Royal Navy, it is anticipated that, like the "Dolphins", demand from the ex-service community will encourage a non-service provision from Naval Tailors or Memorabilia suppliers. Although the Royal Navy will not be able to authenticate eligibility to wear either silver of gold Patrol Pins, it is expected that the ex-service community will self regulate and authenticate their own eligibility to wear the Patrol Pin and which variant. It is likely that "accounting errors" may provoke discussion at reunions! Details of commercial sources of supply will be passed to the Submarine Association when known.
This award recognises the professionalism, dedication and commitment displayed by submarine crews who have deployed upon United Kingdom Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) patrols, maintaining Continuous At Sea Deterrence, for periods exceeding 30 days.
The assured invulnerability, survivability and delivery capabilities of an operational SSBN enable the UK to maintain a minimum deterrent that can endure through peace, crisis and war. To safeguard these tenets, the deterrent force must be operated in a manner that minimises the risk of counter-detection and attack while ensuring maximum availability of systems in support of the mission aim. Every crew member has a role in sustaining this extremely covert and alert posture over a prolonged period, invariably in excess of two months. Many will be watch-keeping 6 hours on watch followed by 6 hours off repeatedly, on the key sensors and specialist recording equipments required to achieve the mission's objectives, while collecting the necessary data to assess the success of the patrol. Others will be operating machinery and equipment in a manner that preserves the near silent noise signature of the dived submarine platform. Minimising any form of noise or other discharges from the submarine is vital to it remaining safe and undetected, so normal domestic activities can be suspended and signature discipline is paramount. Some will be operating and maintaining a nuclear weapon system within stringent safety and security regulations while sustaining availability that is measured in seconds throughout the patrol. Such a mission cannot be conducted safely and successfully unless every member of the crew plays his part and as such great responsibility is divested in even the most junior crew members. Attention to detail, thorough preparation and precise execution of procedures as well as technical innovation in maintaining and repairing equipments are key components in ensuring mission success. This is a rigorous and arduous activity that requires the fullest concentration for long periods, as well as the ability to react robustly and effectively to events at any moment. The absolute requirement to remain undetected by all forces, even allied or other UK units, combined with slow speeds and depth restrictions in the endeavour to maintain constant communication reception, place additional challenging restrictions on the crew. Operating in an area that includes major shipping lanes, extensive fishing grounds and scientific research areas, as well as other surface and submarine naval units, a missed detection of any threat could compromise this primary objective.
While the individual details of these prolonged and demanding missions must remain classified, each patrol confirms the abilities and resilience of a deterrent force vital to the defence of this nation and our close allies. Such patrols are conducted in complete isolation and usually at long distances from home, without the benefit of any form of external support. The crews are not permitted to tell their families where they are going or where they have been, and deployment and return dates cannot be disclosed. Radio silence means that for the duration of the patrol there is no outgoing communication with the outside world, including families. This discipline means that in addition to separation from their families, those on a deterrent patrol also have to tolerate extreme isolation from their loved ones. This award instead provides recognition of their great endeavours, professional skill, personal sacrifice and exceptional service in the maintenance of CASD.
MEN who bear the nation's greatest burden will finally be recognised for their unique service.


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Former Des Plaines Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Stabbing Former Girlfriend to Death
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Des Plaines man charged with stabbing his former girlfriend to death in 2017 has been sentenced to forty-five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Victor Tornez-Sanchez, 29 (d.o.b. 4/17/1990), formerly of Des Plaines, appeared at his sentencing hearing this morning where Judge John Kinsella handed down the sentence.
On June 18, 2017, at approximately 9:26 p.m., the Bensenville Police Department received a call regarding a stabbing victim at 713 Parkside Lane. Upon their arrival, officers found Olivia Renteria-Bravo, 32, unresponsive and lying in a pool of blood, approximately ten feet away from the building. Renteria-Bravo appeared to have been stabbed at least three times, once in her chest, once in her right side and once in her right bicep. Renteria-Bravo was immediately transported to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital where she passed away as a result of her injuries. An investigation into the murder led authorities to her former boyfriend, Victor Tornez-Sanchez as the murderer. The investigation found that on June 18, 2017, Tornez-Sanchez waited in a vehicle outside Renteria-Bravo's home for her to return from a date with her new boyfriend. After Renteria-Bravo was dropped off in front of her building, Tornez-Sanchez ran towards her, stabbed her three times, ran back to his vehicle and fled the scene. Tornez-Sanchez was taken into custody the following day in Elgin. He has remained in custody at the DuPage County Jail on bond of $2.5 million with 10% to apply. On May 24, 2019, Tornez-Sanchez entered a plea of guilty to one count of First Degree Murder.
"June 18, 2017 is a day I'm sure the family and friends of Olivia Renteria-Bravo will never forget," Berlin said. "That was the day Victor Tornez-Sanchez brutally stabbed to death his former girlfriend and mother of his child. While Mr. Tornez-Sanchez took responsibility for the murder, the fact remains that Olivia is gone forever because of his actions. The hole in the hearts of those who loved Olivia will never be filled but with today's sentence of forty-five years perhaps those who loved Olivia will be able to go on with their lives knowing that the man responsible for her murder will spend the next four and one-half decades behind bars. I would like to thank Assistant State's Attorneys Nicole Wilkes-English and Tom Minser for their efforts in holding Mr. Tornez-Sanchez responsible for the murder of Olivia Renteria-Bravo."


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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1970s → 1974 → March 1974 → 22 March 1974 → Commons Sitting
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT
HC Deb 22 March 1974 vol 870 cc1479-85 1479
§ The Secretary of State for Employment (Mr. Michael Foot)
I will, with permission, Mr. Speaker, make a statement about the Government's plans to repeal the Industrial Relations Act 1971. If there has been any delay in notifying the right hon. Member for Penrith and the Border (Mr. Whitelaw), I apologise in advance.
As I have already made clear, the Government intend to introduce new legislation to replace the Act as quickly as possible. The new legislation will repeal the whole of the 1971 Act except for the provisions on unfair dismissal, which will be retained with some improvements; a more radical revision will be undertaken later. It will abolish the present system of registration of trade unions and employers' associations and replace it with a system of voluntary certification to be temporarily exercised by the Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Tax relief on provident income will be available to all organisations certified, if necessary, as trade unions by the registrar. The legal immunities for trade unions and individuals acting in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute which existed before the 1971 Act will be restored and extended in certain respects. The law will be changed to enable pickets to stop vehicles for the purpose of communicating with people in them, subject to specified conditions. The National Industrial Relations Court will be abolished, and other arrangements will be made for dealing with appeals from industrial tribunals in unfair dismissal and redundancy payments cases.
This first Bill will not provide for the setting up of an independent conciliation and arbitration service. It is proposed to do this in a subsequent Bill, but mean- 1480 while full preparations for the service will be made; the necessary consultations will start as soon as possible. It is intended that later on the service will be given statutory functions, including the certification of trade unions and employers' associations.
My aim is to introduce the Bill in this House on 1st May, if at all possible. I am putting in the OFFICIAL REPORT, today an outline of these proposals. I shall, naturally, welcome the observations of the TUC, the CBI and the other especially interested organisations.
§ Mr. Whitelaw
I am grateful to the Secretary of State for Employment for what he said at the start. I assure him that he has treated me with all possible courtesy, and I am totally relaxed about the situation. I know that no Governments make statements on a Friday if they can avoid it, and I quite understand when they find that they have to do so. I have had sufficient responsibility in this matter for a long time to understand the circumstances.
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Opposition will certainly wish to cooperate when the Bill is produced in seeking to ensure that there is a framework of law for industrial relations in which the rights and obligations of trade unions are fully recognised in the community as a whole, and that we shall certainly do that when we see the Bill? There are many vaguenesses in the statement, and I fully understand why that should be so. We shall wish to examine these matters in great detail when we know more about them.
The right hon. Gentleman said that legal immunities for trade unions and individuals will be restored and extended in certain respects. That is an important statement, and one wishes, naturally, to see what it means. What the right hon. Gentleman says about picketing could mean a lot or nothing, depending upon the specified conditions. Again, we shall wish to know more about that.
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for setting out his intentions. We shall wait to see the Bill, and we shall seek to co-operate on the basis that I have set out.
§ Mr. Foot
I am glad that the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border is 1481 in such a relaxed mood. We shall do everything in our power to keep him in that condition. I am grateful for the way in which the right hon. Gentleman put his remarks. As for the vagueness in my statement, the right hon. Gentleman is correct, but I must tell the House that some of that vagueness is removed in the document which will be published in HANSARD. The matters will be further specified in the Bill when published, but I believe that when the right hon. Gentleman, the House and the country read the further document to be issued today they will have a good basis for the later discussion which will take place in this House.
§ Mr. Atkinson
Is my right hon. Friend aware that virtually every trade unionist in the country will celebrate today as a great landmark in our history? Is he further aware that in the infamous past, resulting from decisions by the National Industrial Relations Court, many thousands of pounds have been legally pilfered from the trade unions? Does my right hon. Friend intend to organise, retrospectively, the repayment of some of this money taken from the trade unions? Secondly, following repeal of this legislation, what are the Government's intentions in respect of outstanding cases still to be heard by the court? Will he give a definitive statement about what will happen to some of those outstanding cases?
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the first part of his remarks, and I agree that our proposals deal with the immediate troubles arising from the 1971 Act. The transitional arrangements involve a different question and are referred to in the document which I have mentioned. At the moment I cannot say anything beyond what my hon. Friend will read in that document this afternoon —and what, possibly, will be read by many others tomorrow morning—about what we propose in dealing with the transitional state of affairs. One of the reasons that we have been so eager to speed up this matter relates to the curtailment of the number of cases that might arise under the legislation, but the question of existing cases is a quite different matter.
§ Mr. Pardoe
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that he will have the support of the Liberal benches in the repeal of 1482 this divisive Act, but that we shall await publication of the Bill before deciding on the details? While welcoming and understanding the Secretary of State's intention to bring the Bill to the House before 1st May, may I ask whether he is aware that there will be wide-spread disappointment that his statement made no mention of any move towards industrial democracy, without which our industrial relations will remain a battlefield?
On the first part of the hon. Gentleman's remarks and his reference to the co-operation which lie and his party are willing to give, I must tell him that there is rejoicing not merely in this House but in much higher quarters at such a conversion. Therefore, we are happy to hear that statement from the hon. Gentleman. As for proposals to extend industrial democracy, we wish to do that by every possible means. Some of these things can be done without legislation, and some will require legislation. It is our intention that a major Bill will be introduced—I trust by the present Government or by its immediate successor—dealing with the whole question of industrial democracy, and certainly we shall be having discussions on the matter. I think it can be said that our Bill has been prepared for quite a long time. However, it is not possible—I am sure that this will be well understood in many quarters in respect of many different matters—for us to put into the Bill not only the question raised by the hon. Gentleman but many other matters which we should like to see it contain. It is our purpose to get the repealing legislation through the House as swiftly as possible because this will contribute to the good industrial relations which I am sure the hon. Gentleman desires.
§ Sir Derek Walker-Smith
Reverting to the point that I put to the Secretary of State for Employment on Tuesday about the revision of the law on picketing, may I ask him to ensure that the conditions to which he referred will not go beyond the communication of information for the purposes of peaceful persuasion, and that in the provisions which he proposes to bring before the House there will be no legalisation of intimidation?
We have no proposals, and have never wished to have any proposals, for the legalisation of intimidation; that 1483 has never been our view about picketing. We have taken the view that some of the rulings or decisions of the House of Lords raise important questions about civil liberties generally. In our Bill we shall seek to try to deal with some of those questions. These are important matters to be debated, but we are not in favour of intimidation. We are in favour of restoring and protecting the rights of trade unionists and the public generally to exercise their proper civil liberties in industrial disputes.
§ Mr. Tomlinson
Is my right hon. Friend aware how warmly his statement will be welcomed in the country as a whole and how gratefully it will be received by those who are concerned to see some sanity restored to our system of industrial relations? Will he give an assurance that he will consult the TUC and CBI and also will take the fullest opportunity to consult this House on the detailed legislation that is to appear?
In my opinion, the most essential consultation of all is with this House, and I do not believe that I should enter into consultations with other people outside it which would inhibit decisions to be made in this House. That is certainly the attitude I take. I believe that this applies even more to the House of Commons in its present situation than it might have applied to any previous Parliament. I have always taken this view in other circumstances and I take it about this Bill and I believe that all people throughout the country whether trade unionists, members of the CBI or whoever they may be will agree with me that the proper people to represent their views in the final resort are their elected spokesmen in the House of Commons.
§ Mr. Bell
Will the right hon. Gentleman tell the House what is the nature of the document which he said is available to us today? Secondly, will he be careful to protect the civil liberties of a driver who does not want to stop and be "peacefully persuaded"?
When the hon. and learned Gentleman and others see what our proposals are in approaching the question of picketing, I think they will see that we are acting in defence of our civil liberties, and indeed, I claim that we are so acting.
1484 As for the nature of the document, it is a fuller statement of the proposals in the Bill which we are to put forward. The proposals are being sent today to the TUC and the CBI and to some other bodies, but I thought that it was only right that the House of Commons should have that document at the same time. It will be printed in HANSARD today. It is not in the Vote Office, since that was not possible under our arrangements, but certainly Members of the House of Commons will be able to read the document almost as speedily as anybody else. Therefore, when we come to discuss these matters, hon. Members will have had the fullest possible opportunity to read all about our proposals.
Mr. W. E. Garrett
Will my right hon. Friend consider delaying any provision in the forthcoming Bill aimed at making a redundancy payment to the infamous president of the Industrial Relations Court? Will he make representations to his right hon. Friend the Prime Minster to ensure that that man is sent to the Cayman Islands?
§ Mr. Speaker
Order. That sort of expression is not permitted.
§ Mr. Fell
I wish to refer to a point put to the right hon. Gentleman by the hon. Member for Meriden (Mr. Tomlinson) in regard to consultation with outside bodies. We all realise that the Secretary of State for Employment is very much a House of Commons man, and we were pleased with his reply, but, nevertheless, he said in his statement that he would consult outside bodies. He later said that he was anxious to get the legislation enacted as quickly as possible and is very much taken with 1st May, which is natural. Will he give an assurance that there will be full consultation with outside bodies, where this is necessary?
When I first saw the CBI and TUC within three or four days of going into the Department, I stressed to both that I believed the period for consultations would be extremely brief—much briefer than in normal circumstances. I shall say why I think that is a perfectly proper approach to this Bill. What we are doing in the main, though not entirely, is to restore the situation that prevailed before 1971. Therefore, 1485 it cannot be said that we are rushing the country into some absolutely new situation. We are restoring, in the main, a situation which existed before. That is one reason why it is valid to say that we do not need consultations on the scale that existed before.
But there has always been great constitutional difficulty about consultations with outside bodies, and, in some respects, the briefer the period for such consultations, the better, except, possibly, on a Bill of such detailed complexity that such consultations have to be gone through in order to prepare a Bill at all. I do not think that that is the case in this matter, since it has been debated extensively over several years. I believe that we are behaving fairly to outside bodies. Above all, we are behaving fairly to the House of Commons.
§ Mr. Bagier
Is my right hon. Friend aware that not only will the trade union movement widely accept the statement but that it will be greeted with great rejoicing by many employers' associations? Does he agree that this is a first-class example of a Government fulfilling their election pledges at the first available moment? Does he agree also that when we talk about a single society, the result of this Bill will be that the trade union movement will be able to unite itself agate following the divisive effects of the 1971 situation which led many of our colleagues to leave the fold of the TUC?
I thank my hon. Friend for his remarks, especially when he tells me that I can expect to have thanks from employers' organisations. I have not yet received a vote of thanks from the CBI and other bodies concerned, but I shall open my post tomorrow with an added sense of expectancy.
§ Several hon. Membersrose——
Order. This is becoming nearly a debate. There is another statement to be made.
§ Following is the information—
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Newly Released Photo of Prince Charles and Princess Anne Proves the Royal Siblings Love a Good Laugh
It's one of a series of family portraits released in honor of Charles's 70th birthday.
By Caroline Hallemann
Prince Charles clearly enjoyed himself at this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting back in April.
Just a few days after a clip of the Prince of Wales pranking his sister Princess Anne at the formal opening surfaced, a new photo, taken by Getty's royal photographer Chris Jackson shows the brother-sister pair having a laugh together before the reception.
Prince Charles sneaks up on Princess Anne. Not something I would recommend! pic.twitter.com/5U9vxUU86c
— Charlie Proctor (@MonarchyUK) November 8, 2018
"This was not just a one-off picture either," Jackson explained in an interview with the Sunday Times. "They were laughing for about five minutes together, really joking around."
As royal reporter Roya Nikkhah notes in the story, the royal siblings' cheerful demeanor contradicts rumors that the pair have a rough relationship, a conflict which allegedly stemmed from their differing views on GMOs. (Ann is for; Charles is against.)
The candid snapshot is part of a larger photo series taken by Jackson over the past year in honor of Prince Charles's 70th birthday, a project clearly aimed at projecting the softer side of the Prince and heir apparent to the British throne as he prepares to become king.
"I've spent much of the last year documenting some intimate and 'behind the scenes' moments with The Prince of Wales to celebrate his 70th Birthday," Jackson wrote of the experience. "It really has been an incredible priviledge to create such a unique set of images and a huge amount of fun at the same time."
Other highlights of the collection include sweet new photos of Charles interacting with his youngest grandchild, Prince Louis, and even scenes of the Prince of Wales feeding his chickens. See a few of those photos below:
This image is part of a set to mark His Royal Highness's 70th birthday.
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Funeral Poems: Death, Grief & Loss Poetry
Inspirational Poetry, Book 1
Autor: Michael Ashby
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One hundred thirty-seven "Celebration of Life" poems; Shakespeare, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Burns, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Dickinson, Browning, Rossetti, Brooke…and modern, global poems: "I Am Not Gone", "My Mum", "Grandpa's Lost His Gr", "Bingo", "The Golf Course in the Sky", "A Cricketer's Last Boundary", "The Passing of A Footballer", "The Rugby Player's Last Try", "Funeralissimo", "A Long Cup of Tea", "Rainbows on the Moon", "Life Goes On", "I want to Be Buried with My Mobile Phone".
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Kelly Residence – Marietta
The right side and rear portion of this Marietta home built in 1988 were settling. Examination of the site revealed that one portion of the site identified by Palmer Engineering for helical pier support was covered with the home's air conditioning unit. The side was blocked by a huge juniper bush and a concrete patio in the back restricted access there.
The remediation plan called for installation of 350 feet of supports. In order to perform the work, the engineer marked a layout that surrounded the air-conditioning units, removing one pile. A portion of the juniper bush was removed and the concrete patio was cut for placement and replaced after installation. Installation was completed in two days.
Piling System
10 remediation Under Pinning Brackets were installed.
Design Load
Full resistance to maximum capacity of the ground.
The goal was to arrest any further sinking and fully stabilize the foundation going forward. At the request of the client, no effort was made to lift foundation out of its current position. The obstacles made full installation a two-day job. At the end, the home was stabilized and the customer was satisfied with the work and guaranteed future stability.