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CMA to investigate billionaire Issa brothers' takeover of Asda
Category: #business By Saipriya Iyer Date: 2020-12-10
The Competition and Markets Authority, UK, has reportedly ordered the investigation of Asda's acquisition by Mohsin and Zuber Issa, the billionaire Blackburn brothers. The supermarket giant was reportedly purchased in October by Issa's EG Group and TDR Capital, Issa's private equity partners, from its U.S. owners Walmart in a deal amounting to nearly £6.8 billion. Now, the CMA has formally initiated its phase one investigation into Asda's acquisition after the transaction was referred to it by the European Commission.
According to an Issa brothers and TDR Capital spokesperson, as expected, the CMA has begun a Phase One investigation into the takeover of Asda after receiving a referral from the European Commission. The partnership is looking ahead towards working constructively with the CMA for addressing any questions that they may ask, added the spokesperson.
As per sources, the Competition and Markets Authority will examine whether the takeover will lead to a considerable lessening of competition, especially in the petrol forecourt market. For the deal, Issa brothers and TDR formed an acquisition vehicle called the Bellis Acquisition Company.
The CMA has a deadline of February 18 for arriving at a decision on the first stage of probe and whether to mount a lengthy and full-blown investigation into the matter. The regulator has also set a deadline of December 22 for comments from interested parties.
The transaction is not likely to encounter the similar fate as the failed attempt by Sainsbury's for the purchase of Asda, which was blocked by the regulator last year, cite sources. However, after having listed decreased competition in fuel retailing among its concerns when it rejected the Sainsbury's tie-up, it is certain that the regulator might order Issa brothers to divest few of their EG Group petrol forecourt sites.
It is anticipated that CMA will require the disposal of a handful of sites, expected to be between 10 and 15.
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As the abortion lobby continues to beat its war drum against pro-life pregnancy help centers, one center in Canada has been vandalized, not once but twice, in incidents the Vancouver Police Department is investigating as hate crimes.
On the morning of July 30, pregnancy center staff first found thick, red paint splashed across the storefront of the Crisis Pregnancy Centre (CPC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Painted profanities accompanied the splatter.
Then, on October 1, a similar incident occurred. This time, "Abortion is normal + ok" was written in red paint on a window.
"The red paint looked like blood," community education coordinator Kelsey Short told The B.C. Catholic, a publication of the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
The online harassment is reminiscent of that provoked by former comedienne Lizz Winstead last summer when she and her group, "Lady Parts Justice League," urged fellow abortion advocates to protest pregnancy centers and leave negative Google business reviews against them.
Earlier this year, Google removed hundreds of reviews from Winstead's campaign, after pro-life groups including Heartbeat International flagged the reviews as false and abusive.
Winstead's efforts, as well as the recent acts of vandalism, are just a small picture of the abuses abortion advocates have lobbed at pregnancy centers over the years.
For decades, the abortion lobby has fanned a flame of animosity against pregnancy help centers, wrongly branding them as "fake clinics" and harassing them with nonsensical and unjust legislation from the U.S. to France.
In Canada, pregnancy centers have had to combat similar attacks, including a 65-page report of pernicious lies, entitled Exposing Crisis Pregnancy Centres in British Columbia, authored by Joyce Arthur, the executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC).
Brian Norton, executive director of the Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver—the organization which runs CPC—published a 56-page response setting the record straight. The report was reviewed by two dozen medical ethicists, family physicians, and professional counselors across Canada.
Despite the antagonism, CPC's neighbors have been immensely supportive following this year's attacks. A local graffiti removal company even offered to clean up the paint for free—a job that would have cost the center thousands of dollars.
Operating for 29 years, CPC is one of two pregnancy centers run by the Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver. Together, the centers have helped 19,000 women experiencing unplanned pregnancies, post-abortion grief, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
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BBC One's This is MY House will return for a second series - and you can be a part of it
Find out how you could take part in the new series
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Contestants from series one of This is MY House (Image: BBC)
BBC One's This is MY House is returning for a second series next year.
The unusual guessing game show will once again see four people try to convince a panel of celebs that they are the homeowner of the property they are filming in.
But three of them will be actors, and it is down to the celebs to suss out which of the contestants is telling the truth.
In the first series, panellists included Emily Atack, Judi Love, Bill Bailey, Rob Rinder and more.
The BBC has said the entertainment show will return for 10 new episodes in 2022 and "in an evolved 30-minute format" instead of the previous 60-minute episodes.
It is not yet confirmed if presenter Stacey Dooley will return for the second viewing.
Last series saw an average of 2.8 million viewers and many took to social media playing along in their own homes trying to guess the true homeowner.
The addictive guessing game was created by Richard Bacon and Nick Weidenfeld, and produced by Expectation.
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"I loved seeing the way the audience responded to the show," Richard Bacon, Creator and Executive Producer said. "Especially on social media as it was happening. It's given me the confidence to lean right into the absurd humour this time. Also, I'm proud of the fact it did so well with young audiences."
Pinki Chambers, Commissioning Editor at the BBC added: "We all loved This is MY House – so it's really exciting that it'll be back on BBC One with a whole new team of imposters and homeowners battling it out to prove that they are as embedded in their surroundings as the crumbs down the back of the sofa. It's the guessing game that promises a lot of head-scratching and humour."
If you would like to apply to be part of the new series, email: myhouse@expectationtv.com
The second series of This Is MY House is set to be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2022.
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The Hypertec Group today announced that it has sold the data hosting division of Hypertec Availability Services to Bell Canada. Hypertec Availability Services shall continue to operate its business continuity and disaster recovery businesses under its former name, Hypertec BCDR. "The key to our success in the last twenty-five years has been our ability to effectively stay ahead of the curve by diversifying into new sectors. This transaction will supply us with resources both to strengthen our existing businesses as well as to finance future projects and endeavours,'' said Robert Ahdoot, President of the Hypertec Group. Hypertec shall work closely with Bell to provide a unified solution to grow and expand its existing businesses. "We anticipate that our newly forged relationship with Bell will go further to enhance our business prospects in all sectors of the organization and we look forward to a brighter future with endless possibilities'' said Mr. Ahdoot.
The Hypertec Group is an integrator, manufacturer and service provider of information technology products and services. Since its inception more than 25 years ago, due to its continuous dedication to innovation, research and development, and long-term collaborative relationships, Hypertec Group is now a global leader in the field of information technology. With operations in nine locations across North America, the Hypertec Group services clients ranging in size from small to Fortune 500 in more than 60 countries. For information on the Hypertec Group's products and services, please visit www.hypertec.com.
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By Damian Duruiheoma, Enugu
The ministerial leader of the World Zionist Union in the Southeast Prophet Godfrey Gbujie has called on the Federal Government to apply restraint over its battle against secessionists to ensure peace and tranquillity in the country.
Prophet Gbujie, who made the call during a chat with reporters in Enugu yesterday, equally appealed to secessionist groups such as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Oduduwa Independence activists, Middle Belt and Niger Delta agitators to apply restraint in their counter-battle operations.
He noted that the country had lost so many lives and property worth several billions of naira due to an upsurge in attacks and counter-attacks by government forces and the agitators.
The prophet also advised the Federal Government to stop blaming the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and the Yoruba Nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and others for pushing for Biafra and Yoruba Nation republics.
He said rather than blame the secessionist agitators; the Federal Government should play the role of a father and call them for dialogue.
Gbujie said the current insecurity crises rocking almost all parts of the country, were the handiwork of God.
The spiritual leader of the World Zionist Union announced a plan by the group to hold a Mega Covenant Convention in Aba, Abia State.
He said: "The date of the mega convention would be unveiled after consultation with political, community and religious leaders in the area."
Gbujie said the aim of the event was to seek the face of God over the mirage of challenges threatening the country.
"God is disgusted with us for the mismanagement of numerous resources He blessed our country with, He is angry with our political leaders for the killings and wrong political and economic programmes," he said.
Gbujie said the union has lined up activities that would stretch for seven months for the spiritual rebirth of the area, saying the activities would take place in the capital of the named states and some selected towns.
He appealed to political, religious and community leaders in Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Delta and Rivers to support and mobilise their people to participate in the event.
The Mbaise-born celibate prophet who traced the history of his divine encounter on socio-political and religious activities in Nigeria to 1995, added that a lot of innocent blood is crying before God.
"With the activities of Boko Haram and other Islamic fanatics in the North and the recent violent turn of agitation in the South, Nigeria is bleeding from all fronts and God is unhappy with the country," he said.


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The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is "an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency" whose "basic authorities come from three federal statutes":[1] the Civil Service Reform Act (web), the Whistleblower Protection Act (web), and the Hatch Act (web).
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7.2.1 Articles by Scott J. Bloch
"OSC's primary mission is to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices, especially reprisal for whistleblowing," according to its website. [2]
Whistleblowing cases
Tania Branigan reported in the July 21, 2003, Washington Post that the backlog of whistleblower cases was growing:
"Hundreds of whistleblower complaints about waste, fraud and abuse in government are going unexamined, with the backlog of cases at the Office of Special Counsel more than doubling in the past 18 months, according to newly obtained figures.
"Former special counsel Elaine Kaplan, who left office last month, said the problem was so intense that she believed only one case had been reviewed within the statutory period of 15 working days during her five years in office. The majority of the reports can take more than six months to resolve.
"Kaplan said the disclosure unit was a victim of its own success, receiving an increasing number of allegations as federal staff became aware of its work. The number of complaints has risen by almost half since October 1991 -- with 555 disclosures of wrongdoing filed in the fiscal year that ended September 2002 -- and staff has been unable to keep up.
"As of June 30, there were 628 cases awaiting review, two-thirds of which had been with the OSC for more than six months, according to figures from the agency's latest annual report and further internal statistics obtained by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which represents workers who have filed disclosures. At the end of 2001, 245 cases were pending.
"Nor does the increase in reports seem to reflect a rise in frivolous or unfounded claims; a greater proportion of disclosures was referred for investigation and fewer closed due to insufficient evidence.
"An OSC spokesman said the agency was aware of the backlog, but he did not provide further comment.
"Kaplan, who now works for the Washington law firm Bernabei and Katz, said the disclosure unit had only two staff members when she became special counsel. It now has eight full-time employees."
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
"OSC protects the reemployment rights of federal employee military veterans and reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)." [3]
Timothy W. Maier, wrote December 27, 2003, for WorldNetDaily that "Pink slips greet returning soldiers. Many U.S. military go from front lines to unemployment line":
"Capt. Sam Wright [ombudsman for the Reserve Officers Association] ... [who] helped draft USERRA, says that ... filing complaints with the Labor Department and relying on the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate the charge, there would not have been a happy ending."
"'In the almost nine years since USERRA was enacted the OSC has brought not one single USERRA case to the MSPB,' Wright charges. He explains that the OSC position has been, 'Congress did not consult us before giving us this additional responsibility, and Congress did not give us any additional resources to do the job, so we just say no.'
"In a letter to Scott J. Bloch, who will take charge of the OSC as soon as the Senate confirms him, Wright suggested that Bloch's top priority should be to correct this problem. 'You should vigorously enforce USERRA, even if it means that you have to cut back on something else,' he wrote. 'The brave young men and women who have left their civilian jobs to serve our country under conditions of physical danger and financial deprivation certainly deserve no less.'
"During hearings before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, Bloch indeed addressed the issue, saying, 'They did their job. Let's give them their job back.' But senior attorneys at the OSC let it be known that they were angered and shocked by Bloch's comments and suggest their new boss has been 'misinformed' and that there is a 'miscommunication problem.' Other senior officials at the OSC were quick to claim that very few of these cases are referred to the office and those that they do receive often are without merit.
"But Insight's analysis of these cases handled by the OSC during the last five years indicates a record that is far from stellar. During fiscal 1998 to fiscal 2002, the OSC handled 55 such cases. Of those, only one was referred to the MSPB (Merits System Protection Board). In two other cases, the OSC obtained some corrective action in favor of the veteran, but 46 other cases were declined outright while six still are pending. Some of the cases, the OSC claims, concern unfounded discrimination complaints. Little wonder that veterans see the OSC as a losing proposition."
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OSC Press Releases.
Articles by Scott J. Bloch
Opinion: "Protecting Whistle-Blowers and the Public," Washington Post, September 23, 2006.
Stefan Styrsky, "Lawmakers Demand Watchdog Resigns. Excluding gays from protections violates established practice say Dems," Gay City News, February 14-20, 2004 (cache file).
Stephen Barr, "Gay Rights Information Taken Off Site. New GOP Head of Agency Says He Is Reviewing Material," Washington Post (Federal GLOBE), February 18, 2004.
"Federal GLOBE Finds OSC Head Scott Bloch's Explanation Implausible," Federal GLOBE, February 19, 2004.
"Joint POGO, PEER & GAP Letter to Office of Special Counsel, Scott Bloch regarding gag order on career staff of the OSC," Project on Government Oversight, April 15, 2004.
"the chopping bloch," elf-reflection, February 12, 2004.
Stephen Barr, "Gay Rights Information Taken Off Site. New GOP Head of Agency Says He Is Reviewing Material," Washington Post, February 18, 2004: "The Web pages at the Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency whose mission is to protect whistleblowers and other federal employees from retribution, has removed references to sexual orientation from a discrimination complaint form, training slides, a brochure titled 'Your Rights as a Federal Employee' and other documents. ... Scott J. Bloch, the agency head, said he ordered the material removed because of uncertainty over whether a provision of civil service law applies to federal workers who claim unfair treatment because they are gay, bisexual or heterosexual."
Amelia Gruber and Chris Strohm, "A New Day," GovExec.com, March 5, 2004.
Paul Johnson, "Gov't stops investigating gay bias claims," 365Gay (Unknown News), March 14, 2004.
Paul Johnson, "Feds can fire gay workers, says Office of Special Counsel," 365Gay (Unknown News), March 17, 2004.
"White House reverses policy: Gays protected from job discrimination (until after the election)," Washington Post (Unknown News), April 4, 2004.
Bill Berkowitz, "Bloch-ing Justice. When Scott Bloch became head of the Office of Special Counsel he declared war on equal protection for gays in federal workplaces," Dissident Voice, October 12, 2004.
"Washington insiders expose own agencies," Christian Science Monitor, October 15, 2004.
"Crony Hiring by Special Counsel Target of Lawsuit — Former Boarding School Headmaster Retained as Consultant," PEER, November 17, 2004.
Bill Berkowitz, "The Chopping Bloch. Running amuck as head of the Office of Special Counsel, Scott Bloch is charged with assembling his own 'palace guard'," Dissident Voice, December 28, 2004.
"Staff 'Purge' at Office of Special Counsel — Whistleblower Staff Claiming Retaliation Forced Moves to New," PEER, January 10, 2005.
"Staff 'Purge' at Office of Special Counsel. Whistleblower Staff Claiming Retaliation. Forced Moves to New 'Midwest Field Office'," Project on Government Oversight, January 10, 2005.
Christopher Lee, "Head of Worker Protection Office Is Accused of Retaliatory Transfers," Washington Post, January 11, 2005.
"Urge Congress to Investigate General Counsel Scott Bloch," Project on Government Oversight, January 11, 2005.
Brian Dominick, "Federal Whistleblower Office Accused of 'Purging' Staff," New Standard News, January 13, 2005.
"Special Counsel Staff Handed Pink Slips; Seven Fired for Refusing Moves to Dallas and Detroit," PEER (Common Dreams), February 8, 2005.
Lou Chibarro Jr., "Gay OSC employee fired for refusing transfer order. Members of Congress call for probe of 'purge' by Bloch," Washington Blade, February 18, 2005.
"More Than a Thousand Whistleblower Cases Dumped — Special Counsel Dismisses Hundreds of Disclosures and Complaints in Past Year," PEER, February 23, 2005.
Paul Singer, "Whistleblower office to be subject of workers' complaint," CongressDaily (GovExec.com), March 3, 2005.
"Whistleblower Staff Blow the Whistle on Special Counsel. OSC Staff Want Independent Investigation of Illegal Personnel Practices," PEER (Freedom of Information Center; Common Dreams), March 3, 2005.
Jerry Seper, "Federal employees file rights complaint," Washington Times, March 4, 2005.
"Call For Independent Investigation Into Anti-Gay Practices Of Bush Appointee," 365Gay.com, March 4, 2005.
Doreen Brandt, "Heat On Bloch Intensifies Over Anti-Gay Practices," 365Gay.com, March 7, 2005.
Andrea Seabrook, "Federal Whistleblower Office Faces Criticism," NPR, March 9, 2005.
Stephen Barr, "Agency's Reorganization Results in Accusations, Employees Leaving," Washington Post, March 18, 2005.
"FBI to Investigate Whistleblower Protection Agency New Complaint Charges Partisanship in Enforcement of Hatch Act," Project on Government Oversight (Common Dreams), March 31, 2005.
"FBI to Investigate Whistleblower Protection Agency Head — New Complaint Alleges Condoleezza Rice Probe Shelved Until After Election," PEER, March 31, 2005.
John R. Wilke, "Crying Foul at Whistle-Blower Protector. Some Staff From U.S. Office of Special Counsel Claim Wrongdoing by the Agency's Chief," Wall Street Journal (Mindfully.org), March 31, 2005.
"FBI to Investigate Whistleblower Protection Agency Head. New Complaint Alleges Condoleezza Rice Probe Shelved Until After Election," PEER (YubaNet.com archive), April 1, 2005.
Daniel Pulliam, "Hatching Bias," GovExec.com, April 1, 2005.
"Special Counsel Hired Son's Boarding School Headmaster; Consultant Deal Worth $112,000 Produces Only a Four-Page Memo," PEER (Common Dreams), April 12, 2005.
Daniel Pulliam, "Backing Whistleblowers," GovExec.com, April 15, 2005.
"Senate backing whistleblowers," Stygius Blog, April 15, 2005.
"Special Counsel Ignores Expensive Advice — Bloch Does the Opposite of Key Recommendations in $140,000 Report," PEER, April 19, 2005.
Daniel Pulliam, "Groups call for whistleblowers to come forward," GovExec.com, April 26, 2005.
"Scott Bloch's wonderland," Stygius Blog, April 30, 2005.
Stefan Styrsky, "US. GAO to Look into Scott Bloch's Methods of Dismissing Cases," San Francisco Bay Times, May 12, 2005.
Christopher Lee, "Official Says Law Doesn't Cover Gays. Counsel Cites Lack of Authority to Enforce Discrimination Ban," Washington Post, May 24, 2005.
Doreen Brandt, "Bush Special Counsel: Gay Federal Workers Have No Protections," 365Gay.com, May 25, 2005.
"PFLAG Joins Log Cabin Republicans in Calling for Bloch Resignation," PFLAG, May 25, 2005.
Yusef Najafi, "Bloch: No protection for gay federal employees. Activists call for special counsel's resignation after testimony," Washington Blade (Unknown News), May 27, 2005.
Doreen Brandt, "Bush Called On To Enforce Gay Civil Service Protections," 365Gay.com, June 7, 2005.
Paul Johnson, "Lawmakers Urge Bush To Enforce Ban On Gay Discrimination," 365Gay.com, June 20, 2005.
"Log Cabin Supports Legislation to Guarantee Fairness for Federal Employees," Log Cabin Republicans, June 30, 2005.
Donna Rose, "Tempest In A Transgender Teacup. The Rest of the Story on HRC Support for HR3128," DonnaRose.com, July 18, 2005.
"Congress Moves To Protect Gay Federal Workers," 365Gay.com, September 15, 2005.
"Workplace Improves For Gays But Most Still Have No Protections," 365Gay.com, September 20, 2005.
Daniel Pulliam, "OPM investigator launches probe of Office of Special Counsel chief," GovExec.com, October 19, 2005.
Doreen Brandt, "Special Counsel Bloch Subject Of Inspector General Probe In Gay Bias Complaint," 365Gay.com, October 19, 2005.
OPM Inspector General to Investigate Allegations of Prohibited Personnel Practices at the Office of Special Counsel, Office of Personnel Management, October 20, 2005.
Michelle Chen, "Federal Employee Rule Change Alarms Gay-Rights Groups," New Standard News, March 17, 2006.
Elizabeth Williamson, "A Published Dress Code Is Dressed Down in Furor. Office of Special Counsel Retreats From Sartorial Rules," Washington Post, September 7, 2006.
"Leave Sharon Stone Look at Home: Govt Sexism Investigator," Project on Government Oversight, September 7, 2006.
Jenny Mandel, "Report shows little progress reducing case backlog at OSC," GovExec.com, November 9, 2006.
"Special Counsel Drops Chokehold on Outside Investigation — Waxman Introduces Major Whistleblower Reform Legislation," PEER, April 1, 2007.
Daniel Schulman, "Office of Special Counsel's War On Whistleblowers," MotherJones, April 24, 2007.
"Office of Special Counsel: Doan Broke the Law," Think Progress, May 22, 2007. re General Services Administration
Daniel Pulliam, "Agencies Asked to Preserve Electronic Info," Tech Insider Blog/GovExec.com, June 15, 2007.
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The Cisco Kid to the internet for free . This is episode 10 season 1 . original air date was October 31 in 1950 . This episode has fallen into public domain and has a great cast including Gail Davis . who later became TVs Annie Oakley .
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Directed by Derwin Abrahams. With Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Gail Davis, Riley Hill. Cisco and Pancho come across Bob Drake being chased by two outlaws. After helping him, Cisco hears his story of being framed for a gold robbery. Cisco believes Bob and decides to investigate. Duncan Renaldo was in his 50s and Leo Carrillo was almost 70 years old when he started playing the part of Pancho in The Cisco KID.


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NUCLIO – Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia (NUCLIO) is a non-profit association of professional astrophysicists, amateur astronomers and teachers devoted to public outreach and education. It is also an official training centre recognized by the Portuguese Ministry of Education. NUCLIO's activities include: training teachers in the use of new technologies, promotion of real research in classroom where students are introduced to the scientific method, in the integration of virtual and remote labs in learning scenarios, data mining experiences, cutting edge tools for inquiry based learning. NUCLIO has been involved in several EC projects as national coordinator for Portugal with the mission to train teacher at a national level to the use of research tools and resources for science teaching using the IBSE methodology. NUCLIO is the coordinator of one of the largest astronomy education efforts in the world, the Galileo Teacher Training Program, a legacy of International Year of Astronomy 2009 endorsed by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO. The program reached since 2009 over 100 nations and 20 000 teachers.
NUCLIO is the coordinator of the Galileo Teacher Training Program, a legacy of the international year of astronomy, established in 100 countries and having trained over 30 000 teachers worldwide. We are also part of the coordination of the Global Hands-on Universe Association, a non profit institution devoted to bring cutting edge research to classrooms.
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Below you will see links to the website's of the schools and a brief summary of each school outlining the school environment, technology usage, issues and successes. These are the schools affiliated with NUCLIO for the DSoE project.
Esc. Básica Via Longa
The group of schools of Vialonga is a group of 9 schools with preschool classes, ages 3-5, primary school 6-10, second and third cycle of basic education – ages 11-15 and vocational secondary – ages 15-18.
It´s public organization and our priority is to promote the educative and social success of our children/student's. Our Educational project has a wide range of educational responses and curriculum, among which artistic music education, alternative and vocational courses, within the special needs we are also a reference school for multiple disabilities and early childhood intervention.
Our schools are located in Vialonga, in the outskirts of Lisbon and our context is characterized by a great cultural, social and linguistic diversity, with students from different origins. We are considered as a Priority Educational Territory, which aims to meet the needs of a great diversity of the school population and multicultural community, aiming their inclusion and successful learning.
We develop our Educational intervention in a multicultural context and we give special emphasis on fighting early school leaving, promoting the Inclusion of all students through good educational practices, since the early years.
We seek continuously to develop innovative practices and improve the teaching/learning methods to meet the identified needs in our schools, promoting a broad development competencies and learning, such as literacy, language and communication skills, the use of ICT in the learning process, the cooperative work, autonomy, responsibility and development of a social and cultural consciousness.
In the latest years, our School has actively been involved in Lifelong Learning Programmes, mainly Comenius and Erasmus+, with focus in preschool education, primary school and secondary school. In these projects students and teachers from different levels of education have been involved and their experiences strongly contributed to improve the learning process and the teacher's personal and professional development.
ICT Implementation
Science teacher's – Experience in in teaching /learning methodologies for STEM. Bloggs, moodle of school, school Facebook and personal one, divulging different activities and environments of scientific work. Collaboration with NUCLIO using the Go-lab platform and ISE. Use of personal smartphones, making films, using them to work on-line (research apps and information). Students age 11-15.
The school doesn't have internet, computers installed in all the classroom, but some of the teacher's use the personal smartphones of students that have internet and use that for the classes.
Teacher's use personal tablets, smartphones, notebook's to 25 or 30 student´s; and personal smartphones of students.
The group of schools of Vialonga is a group of schools with preschool classes, ages 3-5, primary school 6-10, second and third cycle of basic education – ages 11-15 and vocational secondary – ages 15-18.
It´s public organization and our priority is to promote the educative and social success of our children/student's. Our Educational project has a wide range of educational responses and curriculum.
Science teacher's – Experience in in teaching / learning methodologies for STEM. Blogs, Moodle platform of school, school Facebook and School's webpage, divulging different activities and environments of scientific work. Collaboration with NUCLIO using the Go-lab platform and ISE. Use of personal smartphones, making films, using them to work on-line (research apps and information). Students age 11-15.
Agrupamento de Escolas de Miraflores
The group of schools of Miraflores is a group of schools with preschool, basic and secondary schools.
The secondary school has several courses related to arts, science and technology, languages and economics.
Science teacher's use methodologies related to STEM. The school has a webpage divulging different activities.
Bring a collaborative work supported by ICT.
Escola Secundária Adolfo Portela
Escola Dr. Horacio Bento Gouveia
Esc. Sec. D. Manuel Martinga
AEPA
Escola Profissional de Almada
Esc. Sec. Jaime Moniz
Escola Secundaria de Palmela
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Escola Secundária Romeu de Correia
Escola Sec. Dr. Julio Martins
AEsc. Sec . Antero de Quental
Centro Escolar de Vila Verde
Agr. Escolas ponte de Sor
Escla secundária José Saramago
Esc. Sec. Dra. Laura Ayres
Esc. Sec, Maria Lamas
Escola Secundária de Miraflores
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"Yellow Peril"? Australian Academic: "Branding the PRC as Our 'Enemy' is just Plain Crazy"
Will China turn Australia into a "puppet state"? Sensible people might scoff at such a notion. But a professor from Australia wrote a book, detailing the infiltration of Chinese influence into Australia. His hostile remarks on China do not represent the views of all Australians. An Australian scholar has rebutted the claims.
Will China turn Australia into a "puppet state"? Sensible people might scoff at such a notion. But late last year Clive Hamilton, a professor from Australia's Charles Sturt University, wrote a book – Silent Invasion: How China Is Turning Australia into a Puppet State – detailing the infiltration of Chinese influence into Australia.
His hostile remarks on China do not represent the views of all Australians. An Australian scholar has rebutted the claims in Hamilton's book.
Screenshot from The Australian
On February 28th, Graham Richardson, an Australian academic, published an article in The Australian entitled Clive Hamilton is treating us as mugs, where he repudiated the author's opinion and showed that the author was treating his fellow countrymen as "mugs and children". "Branding the PRC as our 'enemy' is just plain crazy," he said.
The following is a re-edited version of the article:
Clive Hamilton is treating us as mugs
Anyone who accuses the likes of Bob Carr and Paul Keating as being akin to Chinese agents of influence knows he is in for a fight. When he has form as an outrageous, outlandish and, worst of all, foolish attention seeker, he really should think better of it and keep his mouth shut and his pen in his desk drawer.
Keating's sin is the fact that he chairs an Australian Chinese Business forum. Trying to facilitate more trade with our biggest trading partner seems to me to be in Australia's best interest.
Carr's attempts to urge Australia to have an independent foreign policy is also sensible. We do not have to slavishly follow the US on absolutely every aspect of foreign policy. When it comes to China any sensible Australian with an IQ above 50 knows that economically now and into the foreseeable future, Australia needs Chinese co-operation.
On page 22 of Silent Invasion: How China Is Turning Australia into a Puppet State, Clive Hamilton writes that "China is using fake history to position itself to make a future claim over Australia". The first time I heard that the yellow peril was sweeping down from China was when I was five. St Raphael's primary school at South Hurstville in Sydney was run by the Sisters of Charity and Sister Annette warned the 2nd class that the Chinese were coming. I did not sleep for a week from fear at the forthcoming invasion. What the nuns could have me think when I was five does not stand up to a further 63 years' experience. Australians can detect hysterical nonsense better than most. Hamilton treats us as mugs and children.
Eschewing all claims to empirical research, Hamilton's Chinese/Australian "friends" have given him enough to assert that there are "more than 100,000 to 200,000 Chinese in Australia who are loyal to the PRC".
When it comes to hypocrisy, Hamilton could give even our Prime Minister a run for his money. Let's examine his views on democracy. He writes on page 213: "As I studied the views of the various 'friends of China' driving the debate in this country, one thing came as a shock to me — how little some value democracy". This patriotic stance stirs the soul and frightens the appropriate forces. Its value, however is somewhat diminished by the fact that on his blog in 2007 he suggested that democracy might have to be suspended over climate change.
For the record I have not spoken to any Chinese government representative or diplomat in over a decade except for a lunch with the bloke running the Beijing Olympics.
The idea that we should run around like chooks with our heads cut off, branding the PRC as our "enemy" is just plain crazy. The good ship Australia should shove Hamilton out the back with the other irritating flotsam and jetsam which pollutes our thinking.
Editor: Cai Hairuo
Tags: #WesternMedia, China, China-Australia, CPC
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FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (2004) MOVIE REVIEW
Sofia Lopez January 24, 2019 No Comments	MOVIE REVIEWS
Title: Flight of the Phoenix
Play time: 1h 53min
Director: John Moore
Screenwriters: Lukas Heller, Scott Frank
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Miranda Otto, Giovanni Ribisi
Flight of the Phoenix, John Moore's remake of the 1965 Jimmy Stewart adventure (that one had a definite article attached), is inadequate in a lot of ways — clumsy, unwieldy, thoughtless, with characterizations rivaling those of Anacondas for pure ludicrousness. The difference between it and the scores of infinitely more craptacular action flicks that emerge from the Hollywood pipeline is that frequently you can feel it trying — to develop an aesthetic, to make us laugh, to do something bizarre. It is not a very good film, but at least there is something going on here, most of the time. Sometimes that's all you can ask.
The plot concerns a ragtag bunch of travelers whose plane crash-lands in the middle of a Mongolian desert after the rugged individualist pilot decides to fly it into a sandstorm. The aircraft, which aside from its passengers is carrying the leftovers of a capped oil well, lands just so, with the wings and one of the engines undamaged and, apparently, plenty of power tools on board. Still, death seems certain and hope wanes as they realize that no one is likely to mount an extensive search. The requisite company man among them (Hugh Laurie) is undaunted, however — patiently rearranging his schedule on his trusty PDA, he insists that "they have a corporate responsibility for all of us." There is a hilarious (or laughable, depending on your point of view) scene where Kelly (Miranda Otto), whose oil well was the reason for the trip, condescendingly uses cost-benefit analysis to demonstrate why the profit-minded won't be too keen on a rescue attempt.
The film has all the trappings of a typical, cheesy adventure flick, with Dennis Quaid playing Harrison Ford, a constant stream of manufactured villains, and at least one scene where a restless character decides to attempt the trek across the desert to the nearest outpost (this one, at least, features an amusing exchange: "I'm an athlete. I ran three marathons." "In a row, I hope!"). But there are times when it, intriguingly, shows hints of something else: a horror movie, perhaps, or at least something considerably more lurid than the rest of Flight of the Phoenix. It begins with a gratuitously graphic shot of a man falling out of an airplane and hitting the ground with a sickening noise; later, there's a startling shot of a corpse eviscerated by a sandstorm and a scene where someone's narration is interrupted with horrific quick cuts of What May Happen; the trend culminates in a climactic stand-up where Moore cuts the background noise to a tuneless hum and cranks up the bass on the screaming main characters' voices, with the result being almost… I don't know… gothic.
I also grooved on Giovanni Ribisi's completely freakin' deranged performance; I'm growing fond of the actor, who can play quiet and subdued with the best of them and then turn in something as unspeakably, hilariously bizarre as this. He plays the megalomaniacal airplane designer who insists that he can construct a new, functioning airplane out of the remnants of the old one; any self-respecting actor would kill for some of the scenes Ribisi gets toward the end of the film. I won't give anything away, but I will say this: "Who's the boss of everyone?"
If the movie had gone all out in this direction, I suspect I would have liked it quite a bit; as is, it's not quite unhinged enough to overcome the parts that are absurd but tedious, and there are plenty of those. There's not much more headway to be made with big inspirational speeches in movies like this, but Moore and his screenwriters (one of whom is none other than Ed Burns) don't seem to realize that; there's also a prominent subplot that goes absolutely nowhere, and is dealt with (or, more accurately, not dealt with) in one of the most abrupt endings in recent memory. The score by Marco Beltrami is way off the mark, sappy when it needs to be rousing; musically, the movie doesn't live down the fairly brilliant use of Johnny Cash's "I've Been Everywhere" in the opening credits.
I think I may have actually made Flight of the Phoenix sound better than it is; I seriously doubt that it's worth your money at Christmastime. A lot of people who see as many movies as I do get grouchy and impatient; I usually at least make a token effort to find something to like. Flight of the Phoenix idly intrigued me with some unexpected flourishes, but for the most part it is a waste of time.
Sofia Lopez
Seeking in movies meaning and reflection in real-time. On the look out for biography, thriller & drama best pieces.
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Article March 24, 1923 ISSUE
Our Periodicals and Their Distribution
WARWICK A. TYLER
If one would impress others with the value of a thing, he himself must first be thoroughly convinced of its intrinsic merit. A salesman's prerequisite to success is his confidence in that which he offers for sale. It is thus with Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy, after the discovery which led to her own healing, did not hesitate to test its efficacy in the broadest possible way. This convinced her that her healing was due to the operation of law; that her discovery was, therefore, not an inexplicable phenomenon; and that there existed a fixed Principle universally available and susceptible of explanation and proof.
In placing Christian Science before the world, our Leader was careful that mankind should not gain the impression that it was cheap and inconsequential. It is true that in the beginning of her own practice of divine, metaphysical healing, she not only made no charge for her services, but frequently shared her own slender finances with those whom she healed. However, experience soon taught her that with Christian Science as with everything else, the human standard of value is money or its equivalent of effort. Mortals value little that which costs them little, and prize most that for which they must sacrifice money, time, and effort. Mrs. Eddy placed a not insignificant value upon her healing and teaching services. Our beloved Leader carried out this thought of value throughout the whole outward manifestation of her health-giving and sin-destroying discovery. In writing and publishing our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," in establishing and building The Mother Church and the Publishing House, in founding and sending forth the Christian Science periodicals,—in fact, in everything she did as the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science,—Mrs. Eddy spared neither thought, energy, nor money. She held the highest sense of the value of her discovery for all mankind.
DAISY BEDFORD
The Chosen Fast
HARRIET KATE HELMAN GRAY
HELEN M. KING
On Climbing
GEORGE DIXON
"Wisdom, economy, and brotherly love"
JOHANNA G. GROSMAN
"Love never faileth"
MABEL M. BRIGGS
Jesus was not popular with the Pharisees, nor with the...
Christian Science is a religious system
Henry Deutsch, Committee on Publication for the State of Minnesota,
From a study of the gospels we may be quite sure of the...
George C. Palmer, Committee on Publication for the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada,
I think it is generally regarded that, in actual practice...
Lester B. McCoun, Committee on Publication for the State of Nebraska,
Christian Science depends on God, Spirit, to heal sickness;...
Willard J. Welch, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
The basis of Christian Science is the perfection and allness...
Frank W. Reed, Committee on Publication for the State of Idaho,
Letters from the Field
Joel H. Benson
Genuine Hospitality
The Brotherhood of Man
God is Unchangeable Principle
Admission to Membership in The Mother Church
with contributions from Benjamin R. Thornbury, John R. Skene
I have often wanted to tell of my healing through Christian Science,...
Edythe Meguire James
With a deep sense of gratitude to God, to Christ Jesus, the...
Jessie Elizabeth Laing
A deep sense of gratitude to God impels me to testify...
Raymond S. Blatchley
For a number of years after coming into Christian Science,...
Beatrice Boucher Brady
It is with a heart overflowing with gratitude that I thank...
J. Chométy
I truly desire to express my appreciation of what Christian Science...
Pearl W. Whitehead
Bertha B. Cossitt with contributions from Franceway M. Cossitt
It is with loving gratitude that I acknowledge the manifold...
F. H. Acfield
Since my wife and I have been studying Christian Science,...
Louis F. Pridemore with contributions from Grace E. Pridemore
The Promises
LAURA LEE RANDALL


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Watch the video from History.com
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade- Command of the Union Army of the Potomac only three days before the Battle of Gettysburg.
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles- He moved his brigade (without orders) to a position where almost all the men would face death and his leg would need to be amputated due to being shot by a cannon.
Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock- The general was everywhere the action was on July 2 and played a prominent role in sending troops to threatened areas.
Confederate Leaders
Gen. Robert E. Lee- The Battle of Gettysburg would prove to be the highlight of his army and the Civil War.
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet- A stubborn, effective fighter, he opposed Lee's battle plan at Gettysburg and his decisions would later haunt him.
Lt. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill- His troops fought on July 2.
Source of text: http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/k/a/kab4/WebPro_Projects/ist6773/index.html
Little Round Top Video
Myths and Facts of Day 2
Myth # 4: The fight for Little Round Top was the most important combat of the battle.
Historians have long written about the disaster that would befall the Union army if Little Round top fell into Confederate hands. But even before the fighting began, Gen. Meade had already ordered more than 10,000 reinforcements to the Union left. Had the Confederates captured Little Round Top, they would have been greatly outnumbered and low on ammunition, with a command structure in complete disarray. With nearly equal numbers, the Confederates almost captured Little Round Top twice during the battle. Why is it difficult to believe that organized and fully-supplied Union troops could not retake it with at least triple the number of troops?
For a more detailed debunking, check out The Myth of Little Round Top by the Civil War Trust's own Garry Adelman.
Source: http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/gettysburg-history-articles/the-world-will-little-note.html
Fact #3: The Second Day's Battle was the largest and costliest of the three days.
The second day's fighting (at Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Ridge, Trostle's Farm, Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill) involved at least 100,000 soldiers of which roughly 20,000 were killed, wounded, captured or missing. The second day in itself ranks as the 10th bloodiest battle of the Civil War—with far more casualties than the much larger Battle of Fredericksburg.
Fact #5: Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill were far more important than Little Round Top.
While Little Round Top is far more popular today, its importance to the Union army is at least debatable. The same cannot be said for Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. The two latter hills formed the center and right of the Union's main position and also protected the Union army's only real lifeline on July 2 and 3—the Baltimore Pike. Had Confederates captured and controlled either of these two hills, the Union army would have had to leave the Gettysburg area. It is as simple as that. Even with its sweeping views and commanding height, the same cannot be said for Little Round Top.
Source: http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/assets/ten-facts-about/ten-facts-about-gettysburg.html
The Battle of Gettysburg Interactive Map
Click the link below to watch the video but STOP before playing July 3 clip.
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/maps/gettysburg-animated-map/


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Je m'appelle Cédric Spalvieri, mais je m'exprime plus souvent sur le net nous le pseudo [skwi](https://twitter.com/le_skwi), et je vis à Lyon.

Aussi loin que je me souvienne, j'ai toujours adoré bidouiller tout ce qui touche à l'informatique et apprendre de nouvelles choses. 🤓

Cette curiosité naturelle m'a conduit de façon assez évidente au développement logiciel, dont j'ai fait mon métier depuis plus de 10 ans.

Ces années à coder dans des équipes aux tailles et aux personnalités différentes m'ont fait réaliser que plus que les principaux facteurs de la qualité du code ne résident pas dans les outils, mais dans les personnes qui les utilisent.

Je suis aujourd'hui CTO chez Novaway. Je ne transforme plus le café en lignes de code, je gère ceux qui les produisent.

Intéressé depuis plusieurs années par la psychologie comportementale, j'essaye d'étudier ses principes et leurs applications dans le monde du développement, pour réfléchir aux process les plus pertinents.

Ma priorité, aider les gens avec lesquels je travaille à tirer le meilleur d'eux même, à être efficaces, en prenant du plaisir dans ce qu'ils et elles font.
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Charlotte Hayes (born 1977) is a British actress known for her TV, film and audio work. She is the daughter of Wendy Padbury and Melvyn Hayes.

She has appeared in several Doctor Who audio dramas, including Master (2003) and Annihilation (2011). In one of them, the 2008 audio adaptation of the stage play Seven Keys to Doomsday, she played Jenny, the part originally played by her mother, whilst she also appeared  alongside her mother in The Memory Cheats (2011), The Uncertainty Principle (2012), and Lords of the Red Planet (2013).

She has also appeared as the recurring characters Ruth Wycliffe in Wycliffe (1996-1998) and Kate in Crossroads (2003). Other notable appearances include Looking for Victoria (2003) and Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013).

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Grenfell Tower fire
The Grenfell Tower fire was the end result of a disdainful housing policy
Pilgrim Tucker
As social housing has been sold off, remaining tenants have come to be viewed as problems to be managed, not human beings owed respect and a voice
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'The residents of Grenfell Tower represented a typical slice of working-class urban London.' Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
The people who lived in Grenfell Tower should be writing this article. But those who died cannot tell their stories, and those who survived are still dealing with their trauma. The residents had tried for so many years but were silenced by a system that prevented them from being heard. The most persistent were threatened with legal action for defamation which had the effect of discrediting their claims of neglect and mismanagement. It's only now that people are listening – when it's too late.
I worked with a group of residents living in Grenfell Tower through my involvement with the Radical Housing Network, a network of housing campaigns across London. The first meeting of tenants in early 2015 was attended by around 100 residents. Each spoke of the historical neglect of the building, of the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) failing to undertake basic but vital maintenance or improvements. Residents recounted incidents such as disturbing power surges in which appliances "blew up".
Look at Grenfell Tower and see the terrible price of Britain's inequality | Lynsey Hanley
I'd been asked to help the residents organise and campaign on the specific issue of a major refurbishment of the building being undertaken by a private contractor. The residents – mainly social tenants but also people renting from private landlords in flats previously purchased under right-to-buy – represented a typical slice of working-class urban London. They were ethnically diverse, and many had brought their children with them to the meeting. Their unequivocal message was one of a failure by KCTMO and the private contractor to respond to their concerns, let alone take any action about them.
This disdain for residents did not surprise me. It was the same story across many of the campaigns I'd worked on: one where private contractors and developers worked with local councils to "regenerate" estates, while systematically ignoring the views and needs of residents.
The recent history of social housing is one of contempt for council tenants and denigration of council housing. The scale of the tragedy at Grenfell is singular, but the underlying causes of the fire are deeply economic and political. This approach to and accompanying narrative about social housing dates back to the 1980s. It is still driving processes of urban gentrification across London.
Council housing was conceived and built in the postwar era as a mainstream way of living – a place "where the doctor, the grocer, the butcher and farm labourer all lived on the same street", in the words of Nye Bevan, the politician most closely associated with the state-managed housing revolution. Primarily for the working class, it also housed many of the more comfortably off as well, and was not a derided way of living. Indeed, in 1979 one in five of the richest tenth of the UK's population lived in social housing. Key aspects of council housing were genuine security and affordability. While far from perfect, it was a standout achievement of the postwar rebuilding of the UK.
The scale of the tragedy at Grenfell is singular, but the underlying causes of the fire are economic and political
Since Margaret Thatcher introduced right-to-buy in 1980, neoliberalism has come to dominate all aspects of economic and social policy. Council housing and its tenants have been undermined and sidelined. Council homes, reduced in number by over 2m, are available only to the most economically dispossessed in society. The Thatcher revolution, continued by New Labour, required that the state and public sector be reduced as much as possible. Regulation and "red tape" were enemies of entrepreneurialism. They were characterised as intrusive and undesirable, while the private sector was hailed as the epitome of efficiency and responsiveness.
In the council housing sector, these changes came together in a drive towards removing housing from local government ownership and control. Council housing was handed over to newly created quasi-private bodies, such as arms-length management organisations and tenant management organisations, or transferred en masse to housing associations. This was justified by claims that management of social housing would improve, bureaucracy would be done away with, and responsiveness to tenants would increase.
Regeneration projects are now invariably delivered through hugely complicated public-private partnerships, with little government funding. Instead, in exchange for their work, private developers receive highly lucrative long-term contracts, such as PFI, and valuable land on which to build homes for private sale. Local government has become distanced from housing provision, central government funding for social housing has been reduced, and the involvement of powerful private companies has increased. As this has happened lines of accountability have become blurred, and social housing tenants have become a "necessary evil", tolerated by the private sector only because they allow lucrative private market housing to be built.
The consequences of these shifts, and of the accompanying decades of disinvestment in housing policy, are now being seen across London. It is not simply the Dickensian levels of inequality we see in the city on a daily basis, or even the atrocity of the Grenfell fire. It is also the way in which tenants of social housing are treated as problems to be managed, with no voice and little respect. The experience of the Grenfell Action Group is not that of an outlier or a cock-up. It is symptomatic of these gradual and systematic changes in the social housing sector, and in society more broadly, over the past 35 years.
Grenfell was a preventable, political tragedy, about which ordinary people have been warning for years. The tragedy happened because ideology and the bottom line have come to matter more than people's lives. If anything positive is to come of this disaster, it must be that we start to value council housing again – and the people who live in it.


Gjestehuset AS,is a small and cosy guesthouse, located in middle of Kristiansund. With walking distance to most restaurants and Cultural attractions.
8 room hotel on the 3rd floor.
A lot better than the price implies!
Very affordable and great location. The rooms are cleaned and the towels are changed daily, there is a kettle and a bathroom in every room. What more do you need? Large windows and clean rooms. I have stayed in room 3 and 5 in two separate occasions, will definitely come back.
Thank you, for the kind words, and welcome back at a later time.
Good to hear that you enjoyed your stay at Gjestehuset. Welcome back at any time! Regards Dag.
Hello! Thank you for your kind words, it was nice having you here. Welcome back some other time.
"Hard to say because the area is not noisy, even it was next to the main road."


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Current: northwest passage aurora expedition
Navigate the legendary Northwest Passage on this fantastic expedition cruise from Toronto to Calgary, on Greg Mortimer
Cruise Only
16 nights from £12505pp
The icy and labyrinthine channels of the legendary Northwest Passage have enchanted explorers and adventurers for centuries.
Get a glimpse into the world that captivated early explorers such as Franklin, Amundsen and Larsen by exploring a portion of the fabled Northwest Passage. Visit the final resting places of some of the heroic explorers to have ventured here and experience the archipelago of islands and channels that form Canada's High Arctic region.
Along the way, we hope to meet local indigenous people who call this remote wilderness home, and encounter enigmatic Arctic wildlife, including walrus, beluga whale, polar bear, musk ox and the elusive narwhal. Pack ice always threatens to halt our voyage through the passage, adding a compelling element of adventure that is integral to any genuine expedition.
AE122 Operated by Aurora Expeditions
Northwest Passage Itinerary
Day 1 - Toronto
Arrive in cosmopolitan Toronto and transfer to our group hotel. At this evening's voyage briefing, enjoy a welcome drink and meet your fellow expeditioners.
Day 2 - Kangerlussuaq
Transfer to the airport to board our charter flight to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, to embark the Greg Mortimer. Enjoy a short tour before embarkation in the afternoon. The sail out of Sondre Stromfjord, with its towering mountains on both sides, is magnificent.
Day 3 - Eternity Fjord
Evighedsfjorden, or Eternity Fjord, is one of the more spectacular fjord complexes in west Greenland due to its forested landscape. Hike through a forested valley, witness hills become towering snow-capped mountains as countless glaciers pour down from sheer cliff walls. Occasionally, the thunderous sound of a calving glacier breaks the silence in a place where you are unlikely to see another soul.
Day 4 - Ilulissat
Known as the 'birthplace of icebergs', this region produces some of the most dazzling icebergs found anywhere on earth. Hike to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Icefjord and stand in awe of its immensity. Sermeq Kujalleq, also known as Jakobshavn Glacier, is the most productive glacier – not only in Greenland but the entire Northern Hemisphere. It produces 20 million tonnes of ice each day, all floating into the Ilulissat Icefjord and Disko Bay. Conditions permitting, enjoy a Zodiac cruise at the mouth of the fjord and kayak through sea ice and icebergs. An optional 90-minute helicopter flight over the icefjord is a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Day 5 - Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island)
This compelling island seems to have more in common with Iceland than Greenland. While most of the interior is mountainous and glaciated, its beautiful shorelines boast black sandy beaches, unusual basalt columns, hot springs and dramatic lava formations. On a guided hike, enjoy a diversity of arctic flora. Zodiac cruise in Disko Bay, a hotspot for marine life including humpback, fin, minke and bowhead whales.
Day 6 - Qikiqtarjuaq - Baffin Island
Our team of experts entertain us with informative talks about wildlife, geology and epic tales of early explorers such as Franklin and Amundsen. Reaching the coast of Baffin Island, we may encounter Greenland's famous icebergs. Keep watch for humpback, sei, sperm and fin whales, as well as various species of seals such as ring and harp seal.
Day 7 - Isabella Bay - Sillem Island
Farther north along the east coast of Baffin Island lies Isabella Bay, an important summer and autumn feeding ground for a large population of bowhead whales. Stacked side-by-side, numerous soaring cliffs of Sam Ford Fjord make for a majestic site as you sail by. One of the most isolated places on the planet, this big-wall playground attracts climbers eager to scale the sheer rock faces that seem to shoot straight out from the sea. In the afternoon, we sail around Sillem Island, with glacial features on all sides. A slow cruise offers the chance to see many glaciers as well as a variety of seals and other arctic wildlife.
Day 8 - Pond Inlet - Bylot Bay
The picturesque hamlet of Pond Inlet, overlooking Eclipse Sound, is surrounded by scenic mountain ranges and numerous glaciers and fjords. Travellers come to marvel at the abundant wildlife hoping to see narwhals, beluga and orca whales, ringed and harp seals, caribou and the occasional polar bear. Explore churches and visit the Natinnak Center to see exhibits showcasing the culture and history of the local Inuit people. In the afternoon, sail along coastline of nearby Bylot Island. Covered with mountains, icefields, steep cliffs, snowfields and glaciers, Bylot provides nesting habitat for large numbers of thick-billed murres and black-legged kittiwakes. A total of 74 unique species of arctic bird thrive on this island. Due to the richness of the wildlife and the beauty and diversity of the landscapes in the area, a large portion of the island was also included in the Sirmilik National Park, established in 2001.
Day 9 - Lancaster Sound
At a latitude almost 75° degrees north, we are now truly in the High Arctic. Here, nutrient-rich waters support an abundance of wildlife, giving the area the moniker 'wildlife super highway' of the Arctic. Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island on earth and features stunning geology, with flat-topped mountains and glacial valleys giving Devon Island its unique character. We may explore Croker Bay or Maxwell Bay, both offering great opportunities for Zodiac cruising. Dundas Harbour offers walks on undulating tundra and the area is great for birdwatching. A dilapidated Royal Canadian Mounted Police outpost and remnants of a Hudson's Bay Company trading post can be found here. In the bay, walruses are often present.
Day 10 - Beechey Island
At the western end of Devon Island lies Beechey Island. Named after Frederick William Beechey, the island is one of Canada's most important arctic sites and is a designated Canadian National Historic Site. During the Franklin expedition of 1845–46, Franklin attempted to sail through the Northwest Passage with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with perilous results – three of his men died here. Roald Amundsen landed at Beechey Island in 1903, during the first successful voyage by ship to fully transit the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Day 11 - 15 - Expedition Cruising
Note: In true expeditionary style, our itinerary for the following days is heavily dependent on unpredictable sea ice. The following places are where we hope to visit:Prince Leopold Island On the southern side of Lancaster Sound from Beechey Island lie the towering bird cliffs of Prince Leopold Island, a historic site where in 1848, English explorer James Clark Ross overwintered during the search for the missing Franklin expedition. Prince Leopold Island is the most important bird sanctuary in the Canadian Arctic, with approximately 500,000 birds nesting here in summer. Ringed seals are often spotted on the sea ice around the island and polar bear often lurk nearby. The shallow gravel beds attract beluga whales, who come to moult in this part of the Arctic each summer. Cunningham Inlet On the north coast of Somerset Island, when factors such as weather and whale behaviour align, you might see the amazing spectacle of hundreds of beluga whales shedding their skin on shallow sandy banks. The local scenery makes for excellent guided walks, where waterway trails lead to waterfalls and higher ground. Prince Regent Inlet, Fort Ross Sailing down the east coast of Somerset Island, you might spot beluga whales and narwhals as they feed on the large numbers of arctic char that enter Creswell Bay in late summer. An important bird area, the bay also attracts such species as black-bellied plovers, king eiders and white-rumped sandpipers. At Fort Ross, see an abandoned Hudson's Bay Company trading outpost founded in 1937, which closed in 1949 because supply ships could not get through the thick sea ice. Enjoy guided walks on the tundra. Bellot Strait A deep and windy waterway bordered by steep slopes, Bellot Strait is characterised by strong, swirling, tidal currents that require navigation to be undertaken close to times of slack water (four times a day). Point Zenith, the most northern continental point of the Americas is located in the strait. Note: Due to swirling currents up to 10 knots, Bellot Strait is better transited during eastbound voyages because if it is blocked, there is the alternative to continue north through Peel Sound. On a westbound voyage, it would be necessary to make a long detour back north through Prince Regent Inlet. Coningham Bay Across from Victoria Strait, Coningham Bay lies on the shores of Prince of Wales Island. This is a polar bear hotspot where the majestic creatures come to feast on beluga whales often trapped in the rocky shallows at the entrance to the bay. It is not unusual to find the shoreline littered with whale skeletons – and very healthy-looking polar bears! King William Island In 1859, a Franklin expedition tent camp was discovered at Cape Felix. Remains attributed to the Franklin expedition have been found at 35 locations on King William Island and on nearby Adelaide Peninsula. South of Cape Felix, in Victoria Strait, we hope to visit Victory Point and get close to where the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were abandoned in 1848.
Day 16 - Cambridge Bay - Calgary
In Cambridge Bay, farewell the crew, expedition team and fellow travellers before a Zodiac shuttle whisks you ashore. Transfer to the airport for a charter flight to Calgary, where you will stay overnight at the Delta Hotel Calgary Airport.
Day 17 - Calgary
Check out of your room and continue your journey.
In the genuine spirit of expedition travel, we encourage exploration and adventure offering flexibility in challenging environments. This itinerary is only a guide and is subject to change due to weather, sea and other conditions beyond our control.
14-night cruise
Charter flight between Toronto and Kangerlussuaq, and Cambridge Bay to Calgary
Overnight pre-cruise accommodation in Toronto and overnight post-cruise accommodation in Calgary
Transfer to the ship on Day 2 and from the Harbour to Airport in Cambridge Bay
Captain's Welcome and Farewell reception including four-course dinner, house cocktails, house beer and wine, non-alcoholic beverages
Beer, house wine and soft drinks with dinner on board
Unlimited tea and coffee on board
All shore excursions and Zodiac cruises
Educational lectures from Expedition Team
Complimentary 3-in-1 waterproof polar expedition jacket
Port surcharges, permits and landing fees
Gratuities for ship crew
International flights – we can arrange these for you
Overseas transfers not mentioned in itinerary
Alcoholic and soft drinks (outside of dinner service)
Optional excursions not included in the itinerary
Optional activity surcharges
Passport, visa, reciprocity and vaccination charges
Airport arrival or departure taxes
Aug 24th - Toronto to Calgary - Sailing on: Greg Mortimer From: £12505
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Balcony Stateroom - C
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Balcony Stateroom Superior
Captains Suite
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If you went to bed early last night, you will want to watch how the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks football game ended. Down five with the clock turning to zero, Seahawks QB Russell Wilson heaves a hail-mary pass into the end zone. Several players from both teams go up for it—although one Seahawks receiver pretty clearly pushes a Packers defender to the ground, which should have resulted in an offensive pass interference call that would have made the ball dead and ended the game with a Packers victory. A Packer seems to catch the ball, while a Seahawk quickly grabs hold of it, so that by the time they hit the ground it appears they both have possession—which, according to NFL rules, means that the pass was an interception, which also would have ended the game with a Packers victory. Instead, the two refs on the scene give opposite calls: an immortal moment that you can see in the above image (the ref on the left is signaling touchback, meaning interception; the ref on the right is is signaling touchdown). Eventually, the play is ruled a touchdown. Seahawks win.
The play came at the end of a game, and a weekend, characterized by increasingly poor officiating by the replacement referees, whom the league hired after it locked out its referees union because they failed to come to a new collective bargaining agreement. The replacements are an embarrassment (we've long known some of them previously served in the Lingerie Football League; we now know some of them were fired by the Lingerie Football League). Though the referees union and the league are only separated by something like $50 million, the league has a point when it asks, for example, that the referees move from a penson to a 401(k) as other league employees have. When I spoke to him yesterday, Peter Carfagna, who lectures on sports law at Harvard Law School, said that he felt both sides had plenty of room for compromise and that a good mediator would be able to broker a deal in very little time. Indeed, a federal mediator is now involved. But all that is secondary to the Great God of Public Opinion, which has just given the professional refs all the leverage it could. After last night's prominent outrage, it beggars belief that the real refs will not be back by Sunday's games.
They, too, will be imperfect. But they will be better, and they will be more professional, and they will possess a certain authority—a kind of charisma, really—that will make the game no longer seem as fifth-rate as it has the past couple of weeks. If they don't reach this deal, then on the grounds of workers' rights as well as quality of the product you're being served, you should strongly consider withholding your viewership.
Before the deal gets done and we stop talking about this and start talking about other things (Matthew Stafford's injured again! Michael Vick might lose the starting job! The Arizona Cardinals are really good!), a few reflections on Refgate.
• Last night's call was not the worst call the replacement refs ("scabs" one wants to call them) have made. Sunday, for example, they permitted the San Francisco 49ers to make two challenges despite the fact that the Niners had no timeouts left, even though one must have a timeout when making a challenge—an inarguable screw-up. And there have been too many instances of phantom interferences, penalties assigned to the wrong players, and just general incompetence to count. Nor was it, necessarily, the only bad call they have made that decided a game—it was just the first to come literally on a decisive final play.
• Typically, the home team wins a little more than 50 percent of the time. This season, the home team is 31-17. In L. Jon Wertheim and Tobias J. Moskowitz' book Scorecasting, the authors study home-field advantage and conclude that it is due almost exclusively to the officiating. Preliminary conclusion: the replacements are intimidated by the fans and giving the home teams more calls. Do I even need to tell you last night's game was in Seattle?
• On Sunday, the players union released a statement calling on the owners to end the lockout. While it focused on player safety and "the integrity of the game," it also included this crucial sentence: "Your actions are looking more and more like simple greed." Solidarity!
• Speaking of player safety: Oakland Raiders receiver Darius Heyward-Bey was briefly hospitalized for a concussion after sustaining an illegal helmet-to-helmet hit that the replacements did not flag. One replacement tripped a player with his hat (a referee throws his hat if he has already thrown his flag). The player safety stuff is not just pious lip service.
• Read the players' statement again. It is addressed to "Owners of NFL Teams" and uses the construction, "allow your Commissioner." Commissioner Roger Goodell, the go-to villain in this saga, is not blameless, but nor is he the main wrongdoer. He, too, is an employee of the owners. Until he or she says otherwise, it is fair to assume that all owners—not just the usual evil suspects—are against restoring the integrity of the game by paying a piddling amount to their unionized employees in favor of hiring scabs to make a hash of their product.
• The players had remained relatively silent—until late last night, when a few took to Twitter (and one, the Pundit Punter Chris Kluwe, took to Deadspin) to express their outrage. The reason for this, Harvard's Carfagna suggested, is that their collective barganing agreement—itself negotiated under the cloud of a lockout—bars them from speaking out. (This is also, he suggested, why they can't threaten a solidarity strike.) A quick look reveals that, in the same paragraph that discusses taking bribes, the CBA stipulates that if a player "is guilty of any other form of conduct reasonably judged by the League Commissioner to be detrimental to the League or professional football, the Commissioner will have the right" to fine, suspend, or expel the player. Goodell rules by fiat.
Last night, Packers guard T.J. Lang tweeted his frustration with the call and then acknowledged he would probably be fined. Please understand that there is little difference between this situation and that of anonymous officeworkers across the country who are similarly denied free speech by their employers, and that if Lang is fined, the league will have demonstrated it is more committed to dividing and conquering its employees than to satisfying its consumers. Which is to say, please understand that this is not just about football.


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Election for Swiss Council of States
Oct. 24, 1999 Held
Registered to Vote
Swiss Confederation
Election for Standerat/Conseil des Etats/ Consiglio degli Stati (Swiss Council of States)
46 seats in the Council of States (Standerat, Conseil des Etats, or Consiglio degli Stati)
Chief of State: President Ruth DREIFUSS *
Head of Government: President Ruth DREIFUSS
Assembly: Switzerland has a bicameral Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung, Assemblée Federale) consisting of the Council of States (Standerat, Conseil des Etats, or Consiglio degli Stati) with 46 seats and the National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil National, or Consiglio Nazionale) with 200 seats.
* President of the Confederation and Head of the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports
The President is elected by the Federal Parliament to serve a 1-year term.
In the Council of States (Standerat, Conseil des Etats, or Consiglio degli Stati) 46 members are to serve 4-year terms*. In the National Council (Nationalrat, Conseil National, or Consiglio Nazionale) 200 members are elected by popular vote via proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.
* The Council of States, consists of 46 members, two elected from each of 20 cantons and one from each of the six half-cantons, according to cantonal procedure.
Party: Social Democrats (SP/PS)
Leader: Ursula KOCH
Seats won in this National Council election: 6
Party: Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)
Leader: Ueli MAURER
Party: Radical-Democratic Party (FDP/PRD)
Leader: Franz STEINEGGER
Seats won in this National Council election: 18
Party: Christian-Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)
Leader: Adalbert DURRER
Last Parliamentary election:
Parliamentary elections were last held on October 22, 1995.
Registered Voters: 4,620,850 (1999)
· Is Switzerland a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (23 January 1987)
· Has Switzerland ratified CEDAW: Yes (27 March 1997)
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 45 (National Council); 9 (Council of States) following the 1999 elections
· Is Switzerland a signatory to CRPD: No
· Has Switzerland ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (15 April 2014)
· Population with a disability: 1,071,598 (est.)
Elections in Switzerland
Switzerland Referendum Nov 2019
Switzerland Referendum Oct 2019
Switzerland Parliament 2019
Switzerland Referendum May 2019
Switzerland Referendum Feb 2019


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Advantage of starting a business in Thailand
Thailand is located in Southeast Asia. Thailand is a country that has never been subjected to any types of foreign rules and the people of Thailand have a strong and independent sense of identity. Currently, Thailand is the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia. The economy of Thailand depends on the tourism industry. Every year huge number of visitor's flock to Thailand to enjoy its beaches and to experience its culture.
People who want to establish a business in Asia finds that Thailand is one of the best countries to start a business. Compared to other places in Asia, Thailand offers many business advantages. Some advantage of starting a business in Thailand are: –
1 Strategic Location
2 Support of Government
3 Cost-Efficient Workforce
4 Ease of Doing Business
5 Thriving Tourism Industry
6 Less Hassle in Setting Up Regional Head Office
7 Pros and Cons of Running Business in Thailand
Strategic Location
The location of Thailand is between India and China. Many foreigners find that the location of Thailand is ideal for penetrating the booming Asian Market. The strategic location of Thailand attracts many foreigners to establish a business in the country and to access the Asian free trade.
Support of Government
The Thai government is very supportive to all business sector in Thailand, including foreign-owned business. The government provides various type of business opportunities to attract more foreign direct investment. Thai government makes the company registration process pretty straight forward. Therefore, foreign investors can easily set up their business without any Hassel. The Tai government also take some initiative to enhance the business environment such as –
Utilization of digital technologies to enhance business environments.
Creating new innovation.
Cost-Efficient Workforce
Thailand has 69 million population (as of 2017), this means there is more workforce available. The literacy rates of Thailand are above 90%, who shows that Thailand has a more educated workforce. The workforce is also cost efficient in terms of daily wage. The average daily wages of Thailand ranges between $6 to $8.
According to the World Bank's annual rating, Thailand current ranked 17th among 190 economies in the world. The rank shows that it's really easy to start a business in Thailand. The ease of doing business in Thailand averaged 25.82 from 2008 to 2018, which is a positive signal for foreign investors.
Thriving Tourism Industry
Thailand is one of the best tourist destinations in the world. It is considered as one of the most visited countries in the world. It's very advantageous to the business that is based on the international customer. Business like- hotel and restaurant are mostly benefited from the tourism industry.
Less Hassle in Setting Up Regional Head Office
Many foreign companies want to move their head office to Thailand because of the following advantages—
The regional head office will be taxed 10% on their income received from their branch office or other international companies.
No Thai corporation tax is charged against dividends received from international businesses.
It is free of any currency controls and overseas remittance restrictions.
Pros and Cons of Running Business in Thailand
American citizen is allowed to register 100% foreign owned companies. Citizen from other countries are not allow to register 100% foreign owned companies.
Available educated and skilled workforce. Registering a private company needs at least three local shareholders.
Company registration process is easy and straight forward. Corporate tax rate 30% on net income.
Thailand is 17 easiest places to start a business. The investment structure of Thailand is complex.
Thailand has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The revenue from Thailand tourism industry helps Thailand become the 2nd largest economy of Southeast Asia. There are lots of foreigners who want to start a business in Thailand because they find Thailand as a profitable business hub. This is details article about the advantages and disadvantages of setting up a business in Thailand.
As a foreigner, you might not be familiar with company requisition process in Thailand. Therefore, to ease the process of company registration, it's better to contact a business consulting firm. S & F Consulting Firm is one of the reputed business consulting firm who is ready to assist you with all the paperwork's required to register a company. Contact us for any business solution.
How to obtain a business license in Thailand?
You can obtain a business license through an application to the Department of Ministry of Commerce in Thailand.
How to obtain a work permit in Thailand?
To obtain work permits, you need to first apply for a non-immigrant visa. Contact us for details.
Can US citizen establish 100% foreign owned in Thailand?
Yes! only US citizen are permitted to establish 100% foreign owned company.
Company registration in Thailand
How to register a company in Thailand
Private Limited Company registration in Thailand
Company Registration Fee in Thailand
Business plan in Thailand
How to start a business in Thailand
Problems of setting up business in Thailand
Problems to Live in Thailand
Visa in Thailand
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How can I get only the scrollbar?

A: You can use the below css class to hide text and get scroll bar element only
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