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Le mont Hood est un stratovolcan situé dans le nord de l'État américain de l'Oregon. La montagne est localisée à environ  à l'est de Portland. Ses pics couverts de neige marquent la frontière entre les comtés de Clackamas et de Hood River. C'est le plus haut sommet de l'Oregon et le  de la chaîne des Cascades. On peut voir facilement la montagne depuis Portland et Vancouver, ville de l'État de Washington. La montagne se trouve dans la forêt nationale du même nom.

Toponymie
Le nom amérindien (tribu des Multnomah, langue ) pour le mont Hood est Wy'East. Selon la légende, il provient d'un chef indien de la tribu Multnomah, tribu qui a également donné son nom au comté de Multnomah. Le chef était en compétition avec un autre chef de la tribu Klickitat pour l'amour d'une femme. La tension que la compétition provoqua les conduisit à être changés tous les trois en volcans : le chef Klickitat devint le tout proche mont Adams et la belle, le mont Saint Helens.

Son nom actuel lui fut décerné le  par Lt. William Broughton, un membre de l'expédition d'exploration du capitaine George Vancouver. Il fut nommé d'après un amiral britannique, Samuel Hood.

Activité volcanique

Histoire
Le mont Hood a plus de . Le volcan a connu des périodes d'activités de dizaines ou des centaines d'années, séparées par des périodes calmes ayant duré entre des centaines d'années et .

Des effondrements au Pléistocène produisirent des avalanches et des lahars (coulées de boue) qui se propagèrent le long du fleuve Columbia vers le nord.

Le volcan a connu au moins quatre périodes éruptives majeures depuis , dont trois depuis  ans :
 Polallie (entre  et )
 Timberline (entre  et )
 Zigzag (entre 600 et 400 ans)
 Oldmaid (entre 250 et 180 ans)

Les trois dernières produisirent des dépôts qui furent distribués principalement au sud et à l'ouest le long des rivières Sandy et Zigzag. La dernière période éruptive eut lieu entre environ 1780 et 1830, quand des dômes de lave dacitique, des coulées pyroclastiques et des coulées de boue furent produits sans éruption explosive majeure.

La dernière éruption majeure eut lieu en 1781-1782 et la dernière manifestation d'activité s'est produite peu avant l'arrivée de Lewis et Clark en 1805 (expédition Lewis et Clark). Le mont Hood est considéré comme étant potentiellement actif, mais aucune activité n'a été remarquée depuis que l'observation systématique des volcans commença dans les années 1820. La zone du sommet, qui fut érodée par les glaciers, est constituée de plusieurs dômes de lave andésitique ou dacitique.

Le volcan de nos jours

La zone du sommet, qui fut érodée par les glaciers, est constituée de plusieurs dômes de lave andésitique ou dacitique. Certaines fumerolles sont encore actives, notamment sur la partie supérieure sud-ouest de la montagne. Onze glaciers couvrent les pentes rocheuses de la montagne. Lors de la prochaine éruption, ils pourraient être à l'origine de lahars dangereux.

Activités

L'hôtel Timberline, sur le mont Hood, a servi au tournage du chef-d'œuvre Shining, de Stanley Kubrick, sous le nom d'Overlook Hotel.

Alpinisme
Le mont Hood est le second sommet par le nombre de personnes réussissant l'ascension chaque année, seulement devancé par le mont Fuji, au Japon. Il est protégé par la forêt nationale du Mont Hood, d'une superficie de , qui comporte quatre zones sauvages et plus de  de sentiers.

La première ascension du volcan a été faite par Sam Barlow en 1845.

L'ascension du sommet se fait habituellement par la face sud, l'approche étant notamment facilitée par une remontée mécanique allant de Timberline Lodge jusqu'à environ  (). La remontée fonctionne toute l'année mais démarre trop tard le matin pour les alpinistes qui cherchent de bonnes conditions sur le glacier.

Après la remontée mécanique, le chemin continue à travers de larges pentes enneigées jusqu'à une arête appelée Hogsback. La partie supérieure de l'arête est coupée par un rimaye, la seule crevasse sur le parcours. Une fois cet obstacle passé, un court passage exposé (les Pearly Gates), enneigé ou glacé, mène directement au sommet.

En hiver et au printemps, les pentes du volcan se prêtent très bien au ski de randonnée.

Randonnée et camping
Un sentier fait le tour du volcan. C'est un lieu de randonnée et de camping assez couru.

Ski alpin
La montagne possède cinq stations de ski, y compris la seule station américaine ouverte toute l'année. Timberline Lodge est un National Historic Landmark situé sur le flanc méridional du mont Hood.

Dans la culture populaire
Le mont Hood est mentionné tout au long du roman L'Autre Côté du rêve, par Ursula K. Le Guin. Dans ce roman qui se déroule à Portland, la réalité est perpétuellement façonnée par un rêveur, George Orr, et les états du mont Hood reflètent les états de la réalité : avec ou sans neige (le livre traite de réchauffement climatique), en éruption ou calme, etc.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Chaîne des Cascades
 Mont Rainier
 Mont Saint Helens
 Mont Adams
 Mont Shasta

Liens externes

  Histoire du mont Hood
  Le mont Hood sur USGS

Sommet des Cascades
Volcan en Oregon
Volcan sous-glaciaire
Arc volcanique des Cascades
Sommet en Oregon
Comté de Clackamas
Comté de Hood River
Point culminant d'un État aux États-Unis
Forêt nationale du Mont Hood

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I started by applying 3 coats of NYC Taxi Yellow Creme. This is probably the worst yellow that I have ever worked with! It applied horribly and was very streaky.
For the next step, I used Color Club Art Club in White to outline my egg shells.
Using the same polish I filled in my egg shells.
I added the details to my chicks using my dotting tools and AC White, China Glaze Liquid Leather and Sally Hansen Sun Kissed.
I topped it all off with 2 coats of SV.
Don't forget to check out what these ladies have done!
The middle chick look sooo cute! Really sweet!
This is super cute!!! Yellow looks awesome on you.
The smaller chicken on the right is cute! Jup, have to remember this for Easter for sure!
aww the little chicks are so cute!


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Response to assassination of nuclear scientist? Iranian hackers strike Israeli air industries
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) – On Sunday, Iranian hackers announced that they had breached the computers of the Elta company, affiliated with the Israeli military's air industries.
The hackers, who call themselves Pay2Key Group, have published a list of users of the Elta system as proof of their access to the company's computers.
One of the listings showed the name of the company's head of cyber projects, Camilla Adre.
The Iranian hacker attack targeted this important aerospace defense industry, which is state-owned, in what is believed to be a two-day operation.
During the past two days, Pay2Key Group published a question to rank the level of cyber defense in the aviation industries and the ministries of transportation and health, and attached the question, leaving the impression that it will announce the penetration of one of the companies when the count ends.
Last Sunday, the Israeli logistics and mission services company, Orian, confirmed that it had been affected by a cyber attack, and said it was one of 40 companies affected by the breach, which Israeli media said came from Iran.
This latest influx in cyber attacks by Iranian hackers comes just weeks after the assassination of nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, near Tehran.
Iran accused Israel of playing a role in this assassination and vowed to respond in series of attacks at their own choosing.
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A long time ago, there is a kind of door design named suicide doors. It is a slang term for an automobile door hinged at its rear rather than the front. Such doors were originally used on horse-drawn carriages, but are rarely found on modern vehicles due primarily to safety concerns. In the era before seat belts, the accidental opening of such doors meant that there was a greater risk of falling out of the vehicle compared to front-hinged doors, where airflow pushed the doors closed rather than opening them further.
But with the progress of the times, car safety technology has been very mature. So like Rolls-Royce and other models with suicide doors design are very safe now. But because of high cost, many manufacturers have abandoned this way to open the door, so that this "elegant" doors can only become a minority model design.
Today we share with you this "Porsche" will be retrofit to this rear-hinged door. Look at here, do not know if you have found flaws, that is the car seen from the front turned out to be Panamera, but also a two-seater!
We know that in the Porsche family, the engine of 911 model is put on the back. Panamera, Macan and Cayenne use the front engine design. So on this modification, the owner has purpose to choose Panamera's front face, because Nissan 350Z has long front body and front engine layout. This design is quite similar to Panamera's but different to 911 model.
And in the rear and front body modification, it needs to cut and shape. As the Porsche models in the body is wider than the 350Z, the modified technician customized a wide body kit for this car.
In the "speed and passion 8" movie, we can see the led accent light on chassis, this lights are used on this vehicle. Moreover, the designer install led accent light on the wheels too.
Next , owner replace the leather packaging on the interior part, red wine color is also very Porsche style.
Let's take a look at the video shot by the photographer. Nissan 350Z uses 3.5-liter V6 engine.
After the modification, the owner often drive the " Porsche" to attend parties. Once time he met another 350Z modified the rear-hinged door too. Which one is cooler? What do you think?
The car owner now has modified another Black " Porsche". Daytime he run the white one and nighttime he run the black one.
Finally, let's take a look at the "black Porsche" at late night!


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St. John Chrysostom (c.347–407), Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking. John's homilies have been one of his greatest lasting legacies.
What shall I say to you; what shall I tell you? I behold a mother who has brought forth new life; I see a child come to this light by birth. The manner of his conception I cannot comprehend. Nature here is overcome, the boundaries of the established order set aside, where God so wills. For not according to nature has this thing come to pass. Nature here has rested, while the will of God labored. O, ineffable grace!
The only begotten One, who is before all ages, who cannot be touched or be perceived, who is simple, without body, has now put on my body, which is visible and liable to corruption. For what reason? That coming amongst us he may teach us, and teaching, lead us by the hand to the things that we mortals cannot see. For since we believe that the eyes are more trustworthy than the ears, we doubt that which they do not see, and so he has deigned to show himself in bodily presence, that he may remove all doubt.
And he was born from a virgin, who knew not his purpose; neither had she labored with him to bring it to pass, nor contributed to that which he had done, but was the simple instrument of his hidden power. That alone she knew which she had learned by her question to Gabriel: "How shall this be done, because I know not a man?" Then said he: "The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee."
What shall I say! And how shall I describe this birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has become an infant. He who sits upon the sublime and heavenly throne now lies in a manger. And he who cannot be touched, who is without complexity, incorporeal, now lies subject to human hands. He who has broken the bonds of sinners is now bound by an infant's bands.
But he has decreed that ignominy shall become honor, infamy be clothed with glory, and abject humiliation the measure of his goodness. For this he assumed my body, that I may become capable of his word; taking my flesh, he gives me his spirit; and so he bestowing and I receiving, he prepares for me the treasure of life. He takes my flesh to sanctify me; he gives me his Spirit, that he may save me.
Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the nativity. For this day the ancient slavery is ended, the devil confounded, the demons take to flight, the power of death is broken. For this day paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is removed, error driven out, truth has been brought back, the speech of kindliness diffused and spread on every side – a heavenly way of life has been implanted on the earth, angels communicate with men without fear, and we now hold speech with angels.
What shall I say? What shall I utter? "Behold an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger." Mary is present, who is both virgin and mother. Joseph is present, who is called father. He is called husband, she is called wife. The names indeed are lawful, but there is no other bond. We speak here of words, not of "realities."


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How potent are North Korea's threats?
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Since the last round of UN sanctions in 2013, North Korea has unleashed a series of threats against the US and South Korea. The BBC examines how much of a threat North Korea really poses.
North Korea's threats
North Korea has frequently employed bellicose rhetoric towards its perceived enemies.
In 1994 South Koreans stocked up on essentials in panic after a threat by a North Korean negotiator to turn Seoul into "a sea of fire" - one which has been repeated several times since.
After US President George W Bush labelled it part of the "axis of evil" in 2002, Pyongyang said it would "mercilessly wipe out the aggressors".
In June 2012 the army warned that artillery was aimed at seven South Korean media groups and threatened a "merciless sacred war".
There is also a pattern of escalating threats whenever South Korea gets a new leader, with misogynist rhetoric directed at South Korea's first female President Park Geun-hye after she was elected in 2013.
While many observers dismiss the rhetoric as bluster, others warn of "the tyranny of low expectations" when it comes to understanding North Korea, because there have been a number of serious regional confrontations.
North Korea expert Aidan Foster-Carter says that we may be witnessing true leadership character of Kim Jong-un
"If you follow North Korean media you constantly see bellicose language directed against the US and South Korea and occasionally Japan is thrown in there, and it's hard to know what to take seriously. But then when you look at occasions where something really did happen, such as the artillery attack on a South Korean island in 2010, you see there were very clear warnings," Professor John Delury at South Korea's Yonsei university told the BBC.
The North consistently warned that military exercises being conducted in the area would spark a retaliation.
Mr Delury argues that misreading Pyongyang's intentions and misunderstanding its capabilities has kept the US and South Korea stuck in a North Korean quagmire.
Picking apart the bluster
In recent years, the North has warned of a pre-emptive nuclear attack on the US in response to the prospect of joint military exercises between South Korea and the US.
"Any time a nation threatens pre-emptive nuclear war, there is cause for concern. North Korea is no exception, with its... shift in rhetoric from accusing the US of imagining a North Korean ballistic missile threat, to vowing to use its ballistic missile capabilities to strike the continental US," says Andrea Berger, from the Royal United Services Institute in London.
Former leader Kim Jong-il in friendlier times between the US and North Korea
But many experts believe these threats come from the North's desire for a peace treaty with the US.
"It seems to believe that it will not be taken seriously until it can enter talks on this issue with sizeable military strength. This is in line with Pyongyang's historic military-first policy," Ms Berger says.
The US is often centre-stage. "There are cases where the threats are geared towards getting on the radar particularly of the White House, which tries to ignore North Korea as a matter of policy. Pyongyang's message is - you cannot break us, we will not go away, you have to deal with us," Mr Delury said.
While some worry that the North may provoke a conventional forces border clash with South Korea, threats to launch a nuclear strike are often seen as a bluff because it is thought that a nuclear attack would be suicidal for the regime.
Reactor restart
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The reactor provided plutonium for Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme
But worries that it may be serious will have been boosted by the news that North Korea says it has restarted its main nuclear complex at Yongbyon.
The facility is at the centre of its nuclear weapons programme and is thought to be the country's main source of weapons-grade plutonium.
North Korea suspended activity at the reactor in 2007 under an aid-for-disarmament deal, but began renovating it after its last nuclear test in 2013.
Analysts suggest it is capable of producing around six kilograms of plutonium a year - enough for one nuclear bomb.
In a statement carried by North Korea's official KCNA news agency on 15 September 2015, the director of the country's atomic energy institute said that it was working to improve its nuclear weapons in quality and quantity.
It said North Korea was ready to respond to what it called US hostility with nuclear weapons. The announcement is likely to raise tensions significantly.
The announcement comes a day after the country said it would proceed with more rocket launches, promising to launch "satellites'' aboard long-range rockets.
It put its first satellite into space with a long-range rocket in late 2012, in what the UN said was a banned test of ballistic missile technology and imposed sanctions.
The US is concerned that such long-range rockets could eventually threaten its mainland with atomic bombs.
Is the US a real target?
South Korean tests carried out on fragments of the rocket fired in December 2012 indicated it would have had a range of more than 10,000km (6,200 miles), putting the US well within striking distance.
However, there is little evidence that North Korea has yet developed a guidance system to ensure an accurate strike, or the re-entry technology to bring an intercontinental ballistic missile back down to hit its target.
North Korea successfully launched a rocket in December 2012
Pyongyang's ability to carry out a nuclear strike on the US is even less certain, as analysts say it is difficult to assess the North's claims to have managed to create a small enough nuclear device to be mounted on a warhead.
December 2012's missile launch, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said, proved that North Korea has something that can hit American shores but it said that any "functioning nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile is still at least several years away".
But the first indication of a more concerning assessment came in a US intelligence report leaked in April 2013 which said the North may now be capable of firing a nuclear-armed missile, though with "low reliability".
The Pentagon later denied the report, stating it would be "inaccurate to suggest that the North Korean regime has fully tested, developed or demonstrated those kinds of nuclear capabilities".
Nevertheless North Korea has shown it is determined to pursue this technology. Its February 2013 underground nuclear test was double the size of the previous one in 2009.
The North claimed that test detonated "an atomic warhead that is lighter and miniaturised but with a big explosive charge".
But while the North might struggle to hit the US, it could target US interests in the region. There are more than 28,000 US military personnel based in South Korea, another 40,000 in Japan and a large military base in Guam, a US territory off the Philippines.
The US is also obliged to defend Japan if it is attacked under the terms of the post-World War II security alliance between Washington and Tokyo.
Even if a missile is launched from the North, Washington has insisted it is "fully capable" of blocking any attack against it or its allies.
It is also worth noting that the only US Navy ship being held by a foreign power is in Pyongyang.
The USS Pueblo was captured while on a surveillance mission in 1968. It was in international waters during its mission and nobody imagined that the North Koreans might capture it - so the crew were unprepared.
One crew member died and 82 were taken to North Korean prison camps, where they were held for 11 months, accused of spying. They were released once the US apologised and insisted the ship had not been spying - later retracting both statements.
North Korea's neighbours
Since the Korean War ended, Pyongyang has repeatedly shown its ability to strike neighbours and foreign interests in the region, often in response to what it sees as provocation.
In 1967, it attacked and sank South Korea's vessel the Dangpo as it patrolled in the Yellow Sea, killing 39 of the crew.
There followed a period of relative calm - though sabre-rattling continued - as South Korea pursued its "Sunshine Policy", an attempt to steadily build closer relations and reduce tensions between 1998 and 2008.
But in March 2010, the South Korean warship Cheonan travelling close to the disputed maritime border - known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL) - was split in half by an explosion, leaving 46 sailors dead. South Korea said the only "plausible explanation" was that it had been hit by a North Korean torpedo. Pyongyang denied this.
The wreckage of the Cheonan was salvaged from the sea bed
In November of that year, North Korean troops launched an artillery strike on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, just south of the NLL. Two South Korean marines and two civilians were killed. Pyongyang said the clash was provoked by a South Korean military drill being conducted near the island.
North Korea has a conventional army of more than 1.1m, but its equipment is thought to be Soviet-era and in poor condition.
However it still has a vast amount of artillery lined up along the demilitarised zone, and the South Korean capital Seoul is within its reach.
According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies' military balance, approximately 65% of North Korea's military units, and up to 80% of its estimated aggregate firepower are within 100km of the DMZ.
North Korea's missile programme
How advanced is North Korea's nuclear programme?
What did N Korea's nuclear tests achieve?
N Korea: Will sanctions persuade or provoke?


In an earlier blog I mentioned I have the Language Construction Kit and was creating a language, and I've been doing stuff with it.
Well make that two languages. There is Alahithian (alahitiano in Spanish and Alahitien in French), and now there is Gnoughish. There a third without a name that I've experimented with a bit, but want to concentrate on Alahithian and Gnoughish.
Alahithian looks quite foreign with a spelling system unlike West European languages, whereas Gnoughish I've made by copying any Modern English with Old English roots, though with a made-up vocabulary. A lot of the grammar, such as word order, is the same, at least until I've experimented a bit more with it.
Chin frold eampt Gnoughish – this language (lit. speech) is Gnoughish.
*notice the similarity between alahep (tongue) and alahith (Alahithian), which both share the same root.
I have in my hand The Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder, and already I have figured out a few basic rules to my language. I could get carried away with this.
I've created the personal pronouns, and started on other pronouns, I've created forms for verbs and nouns, and created a few of each (mostly verbs), I have tenses (though still trying to work out verb aspects), a negative suffix, singular and plural, and I've still got to get my head around all the grammatical terms! How many times do I have to look up the term "aspects"???
In Alahithian it is know as alahith, which also means "the speech" and is derived from the verb alahir, "to speak". Language is alahish and languages, alahizh.
And then there's The Planet Construction Kit by the same author… Om onedoy thefiw (I'm going to think).


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Vote for a Philly Teacher on May 21st!
Posted by Caucus of Working Educators · May 12, 2019 6:25 PM
This past year we have witnessed thousands of teachers across the country regain their voice in the fight to save public education. Teachers have started using some of the strongest tools we have to regain power: striking, media campaigns, and of course, running for office.
Not only are teachers running for office in record numbers- they are winning. The public trusts teachers to make strong decisions that will better both our schools and our communities.
In the Democratic Primary next Tuesday May 21st, we have the chance to vote a teacher, PFT member, and education activist into Philadelphia city politics: Luigi Borda, a middle school history teacher and WE member, is running for Philly City Commissioner.
Push Button #37 on May 21st to Vote for Luigi Borda for City Commissioner!
What is the Philly City Commissioner? Commissioners make the elections happen, ensure that they are fair, and support voter turnout. Luigi Borda has spent the last ten years demonstrating a single minded determination to increase Philadelphia voter turn-out. How? Just a few of Luigi's strategies include:
Educate and energize students and voters of all ages, races and parts of the city to turn Philadelphia into a voting Powerhouse
Bombard our schools with resources to get young people to vote. He wants to visit every neighborhood block party this summer with a mobile "voting van" to teach everyone the process of how to register, understand a ballot, and vote.
Make sure that every local ward leader has the machines, people and energy they need to increase their own local turn-out, and he plans to hold them accountable for their numbers.
Politicians and the public must see that teachers are serious about doing whatever it takes to save public education in Philadelphia. They must see that we are a powerful voting bloc, and we will come together to put our strongest advocates into office. We hope you will join Luigi's teacher's campaign by doing the following four things:
What are Philly educators doing on Election Day?
Working Educators believes in grassroots organizing to get politicians in office that will support public education. The outcome of tomorrow's election will have an enormous impact on Philadelphia's public schools, and on PFT members. Pennsylvania's future governor and state legislature will be making big decisions about our ability to organize as a union and collectively bargain. They will make decisions about school privatization and whether or not to give away precious education dollars in the form of vouchers to private schools. And most importantly, they will make decisions about school funding!
Pennsylvania is 49th in the country for the percentage of school funding that comes from the state. To make it even worse, the money that is being distributed is going at a LOWER rate to students of color across the state of Pennsylvania. We must vote for legislators who will increase funding for education and demand that ALL funding go through PA's fair funding formula. WE hope you will cast your vote for Senator Bob Casey, Governor Tom Wolf and Lt. Governor John Fetterman in order to ensure more equitable funding for our schools and to protect our rights to unionize.
There are many other amazing candidates to vote for in this electoral cycle, including many new candidates that are trying to flip PA state legislative seats blue for the first time in years! The educators and parents on WE's Political Committee sat down to talk to many of them about their political beliefs concerning education, and we are happy to ask you to vote for the following candidates:
-Mike Doyle (170th Pennsylvania House District)
-Elizabeth Fiedler (184th Pennsylvania House District)
-Joe Hohenstein (177th Pennsylvania House District)
-Mary Isaacson (175th Pennsylvania House District)
-Chris Rabb (200th Pennsylvania House District)
-James Roebuck (188th Pennsylvania House District)
-Kristin Seale (168th Pennsylvania House District)
Want to see how Philly educators will be spending their time to get out the vote? Last year we encouraged PFT members and our allies to run to be committee people, the very backbone of the Philadelphia Democratic establishment. Committee people are responsible for turning out the vote, but that also means they have the power to vote for candidates that are committed to public education. And WE won big!
Here is how some of our members are flexing their newfound political muscle:
Why Would the GOP Attack A Philly Teacher?
Two weeks ago, the chair of the Pennsylvania Republican Party made an unsubstantiated attack on Central High School History Teacher Tom Quinn.
His claim? That Tom was attempting the "liberal indoctrination" of his students.
The evidence? A grainy single photograph of a flyer that Quinn was accused of distributing.
The district did its due diligence investigating the "incident," and now Quinn is finally free to set the record straight. In his opinion piece for the Inquirer, he sets the record straight about that supposed flyer and gets to the heart of the attack:
Philly Youth Vote! Let's get every eligible high school senior to the polls!
Posted by Caucus of Working Educators · August 29, 2018 6:57 PM
Philly needs to vote! Only 16.74% of eligible city residents showed up at the polls in the last election. A strong turnout of Philly youth and families on Election Day can have a great impact on our city and the state, especially during midterm and primary elections when so few people vote. On November 6th, we will cast ballots for US Congress, Governor, PA Legislators, and other offices. Teachers need to make sure every eligible senior registers to vote AND shows up to the polls. The best civics education is one that shows students they CAN make a difference!
Here's the lesson plan:
NOW - Early September: SIGN UP HERE to spearhead the registration and get-out-the-vote drive at your high school!
We'll send you instructions and voter registration forms to GET EVERY SENIOR TO VOTE!
We'll also connect you with INSPIRE U.S. to facilitate a student leader training with voting pledge cards, stickers, get-out-the-vote (GOTV) mobilizing, and the opportunity for your school to win the Governor's Award for Civic Engagement (Silver for schools that register over 65%, and Gold for over 85% of eligible seniors).
September 1st - 14th: Register High School Seniors to Vote!
Recruit a team of student leaders. Have them sign with the citywide youth voting campaign Vote That Jawn!
Download a student spreadsheet from SchoolNet and sort by birth date. See download instructions here.
If students will be 18 by November 6th, get them to register now. You can download paper registration forms, or we can pony-mail them to your school. Sign up here with the number of forms you need for your students.
OR, they can register online, but there's an extra step: If they do not have a driver's license or state ID, they must take a photo of their signature and upload it.
If students don't have a driver's license they can use the last 4 digits of their Social Security Number.
IMPORTANT: Collect the cell phone numbers of students that register. This will be critical for student-led GOTV text messages on Election Day. Bring along these Voter Pledge Cards for students to sign and record contact info. Studies have shown that making a pledge and a plan for voting dramatically increases the likelihood that a voter will turn out.
Discuss the political parties that students can choose to join (or not). A good classroom conversation starter is the I Side With quiz. Make sure students understand how their choice will affect whether they can vote in Pennsylvania's closed primary elections or not.
Registered Republicans and Democrats can vote for their party's candidates in the primary.
"No affiliation" or "Other" (minor party) registrants cannot vote for candidates in the primary, only ballot questions.
See if Parents and Families Need to Register too. Here are downloadable paper forms in 12 languages you can send home with students:
English Application
Bengali Application
Chinese Application
French Application
Hindi Application
Japanese Application
Khmer Application
Korean Application
Russian Application
Tagalog Application
Vietnamese Application
September 15th-October 1st: Hand Deliver or Mail Paper Registration Forms
Deadline Alert: Registration forms must be received by the Voter Registration Office by October 9th, so mail in plenty of time to get there.
Forms can be hand delivered from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday:
The Philadelphia Voter Registration Office, 520 N. Columbus Blvd, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19123
The Philadelphia County Board of Elections, Room 142 City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107
It takes about 2 weeks for the City Commissioners office to process registrations forms. Have students confirm their voter application status to make sure their registration is complete and correct.
October: Research the ballot and candidates with your students.
Start with these nonpartisan resources:
Committee of Seventy
Philadelphia City Commissioners
Then research media coverage and endorsements from a range of organizations.
October 29th - November 5th: Have Students Find Their Polling Places.
If a student knows they cannot make it to their polling place, they must apply for an absentee ballot before Election Day. This is especially important for students that go away to college in the fall, but beware of the deadlines.
November 6th: Election Day - Get Out The Vote!
Remind students to get to the polls and to go as a family! One proven way to improve voter turnout is to send students a text message on election day!
First-time voters must show a photo or non-photo ID at the polling place. Acceptable forms of ID.
November 7th - Look at the election returns with your students!
Did we make a difference?
Philly Returns
Pennsylvania Returns
National Returns
Other contacts to help with Voter Registration in Schools:
City Commissioners Lisa Deeley and Al Schmidt will both come to schools with voting booths for nonpartisan assemblies about elections and voting. They'll even run your student council elections!
Inspire U.S. - Working in schools to develop student-led teams to register their peers and get them to vote. Participating students and schools are eligible to win the Governor's Civic Engagement Award.
SEAMAAC Hip Hip Heritage program will visit high schools does voter registration and GOTV assemblies. Contact Andy Toy.
State Representative Chris Rabb has offered to visit schools for nonpartisan voter advocacy. He's also proposed a voting rights bill that would allow 16 & 17 year-olds to preregister! Call or text his cell: 717-512-5310
Youth United for Change VOTA! registration campaign
Vote That Jawn! - A citywide teen voter registration campaign. Form teams and register for the September 22nd 2-4pm kickoff event! Contact Lorene Cary.
Committee of Seventy Election Ambassador Corps recruits high school students to volunteer as nonpartisan poll watchers on Election Day. Students can earn community service hours and learn about the electoral process.
Just Act, Go Vote: A People's Jam on Justice - An arts event to register young people to vote: September 17, 6:30pm. Register Here.
Do you have other ideas or resources to get the student and family vote out? Send an email to Tom Quinn.
Philly Educators On Your Ballot: Vote for Committee Person!
Posted by Caucus of Working Educators · May 15, 2018 11:27 AM
All over Philadelphia today, educators, parents, and public education supporters are on the ballot running for local committee person positions. These positions help run elections, turn out neighbors to vote, and endorse candidates- but they often go unfilled. We vote for Committee Person every four years, and this year is one of them!
Over the last year (and more), the Caucus of Working Educators has worked alongside other organizations in the Democratize Philly Coalition to encourage and supported public education educators, parents, and supporters to run for these important local positions.
"Educators like me are getting involved in all levels of government to ensure fair and full funding for all Philadelphia public schools, and a moratorium on budget-draining charter school expansion," explains Dan Symonds, a teacher running in South Philadelphia. "It's our turn to make decisions about the schools we all rely on." (Philadelphia Weekly)
Is there an educator or public education supporter on your ballot? Check out out list below! (This is a growing list- check back later for updates. If we missed you, please let us know ASAP!)
WE Endorsements for 2018 May Primaries
Posted by Caucus of Working Educators · April 30, 2018 5:32 PM
The Caucus of Working Educators is pleased to endorse the following candidates for election on May 15th:
JOHN FETTERMAN (Lt. Governor)
KEVIN JOHNSON (3rd Congressional District)
RICH LAZER (5th Congressional District)
MIKE O'BRIEN (175th Pennsylvania House District)
ALEX DEERING (181st Pennsylvania House District)
ELIZABETH FIEDLER (184th Pennsylvania House District)
JAMES ROEBUCK (188th Pennsylvania House District)
These candidates have shown that they are not only staunch public school advocates, but are also committed to the labor movement, full funding for our schools, and societal reforms that promote social and racial justice.
WE's Political Committee held two open Meet-the-Candidates events where all PFT members and our allies were able to conduct interviews with potential endorsees. Candidates also submitted detailed questionnaires, which can be viewed by clicking here or the links above. Finally, the Political Committee made suggestions to the WE Caucus' Steering Committee, who voted on those final endorsement recommendations.
The Caucus of Working Educators encourages our members and allies to help elect these candidates into office. We look forward to working with them in order to ensure our shared goals are well represented both in Washington and Harrisburg.
We need as many of our allies to help volunteer get these candidates elected through phone banking, canvassing, etc. Please reach out the current WE Political Secretary, George Bezanis, at gbezanis@gmail.com to find out how!
Meet the Public Education Candidates this Friday!
Last Friday, Working Educators' Political Committee hosted the first of two "Meet the Candidates" Happy Hours. Primary Candidates from across the city were invited to come talk with educators and community members- and face the tough questions about how they will fight for our schools and communities.
Do you want a chance to talk to politicians one-on-one about the needs of Philly's public schools? This Friday, April 20th you'll have another opportunity!
All PFT Members, WE Members, and WE Supporting Members are welcome to participate in the interviews- especially if you live in the candidate's district...
Working Educators Meet-the-Candidates!
Friday, April 20th 2018 / 4-6pm
1701 Green St, Philadelphia PA 19130
Candidates RSVP'd for this Friday: Brendan Boyle, Kevin Johnson, Michael Doyle, Malcolm Kenyatta, Alex Deering, JR Rowan, Tom Wyatt, Jeff Curry, Jim Roebuck, Mike O'Brien's Chief of Staff Mary Issacson
Candidates who attended last week's event: Michele Lawrence, Richie Lazer, Larry Arata, Nina Ahmad, Joe Hohenstein, Sean Kilkenny, Lewis Thomas, Gilberto Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Fiedler.
Want to get involved in political organizing or planning more events like this? Email contact@workingeducators.org to join WE's Political Committee. All PFT Members and WE members are welcome to join.
WE Endorsement Process for 2018 Primaries
Posted by Caucus of Working Educators · March 24, 2018 8:42 PM
The Political Committee of the Caucus of Working Educators will be embarking upon its endorsement process for the upcoming May 2018 Primary Elections.
All members of the Caucus and PFT are welcome to participate in the process and sit on the interview committees, especially if they live in a candidate's respective district, in an effort to keep everything as transparent as possible.
Our two Meet-the-Candidate interview events are scheduled for April 13th and 20th (Fridays) from 4pm to 6pm at St. Stephen's Green (1701 Green St.), so please plan on attending! All are welcome!
All interested candidates should complete one of the questionnaires below (click link for survey) and RSVP for one of the dates above:
PA State Legislature
PA Lieutenant Governor
Contact: WE Political Secretary, George Bezanis, at gbezanis@gmail.com or 267-625-0616
Calling for Statewide Organizing!
Posted by Caucus of Working Educators · July 27, 2017 12:11 AM
Are you from outside Philadelphia County?
We need you to join the statewide movement to make sure our schools have all the money they need and to keep our local schools under our own local control.
The only way we will win full funding and local control for all of our schools is when we build a coalition of advocates across the state. As Pennsylvanians, it's the politicians in Harrisburg who decide our children's future. When it comes to funding, high-stakes testing, graduation requirements, teacher quality, special education, arts, music, class size, career and technical education, we are all in this together.
Working Educators will do whatever it takes to create top-notch public schools statewide, and we believe that students, families, and educators deserve far more funding, support, and opportunities than are currently provided.
What's the big deal about schools in Pennsylvania?
Public schools in PA are criminally underfunded and under the control of anti-student politicians. Harrisburg's neglect of PA public schools is a national embarrassment.
Pennsylvania is ranked 49th in the country when it comes to state funding for schools. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have denied students in all counties their basic right to fully-funded schools, and allowed outside companies to come into our districts and take over our public schools. Because the state refuses to pay its fair share for public schools, homeowners in PA pay more and more in local property taxes every year. The state wants us to be responsible for fully funding our own local schools, but then wants to take away our say in what happens in our own local school districts. How is that fair?
How can we fix PA schools?
Plain and simple: the PA legislature must pass legislation that guarantees full funding and genuine local control for every district in the state.
If we move just a fraction of the taxpayer money that currently pays for corporate taxbreaks and kickbacks to the 1%, Pennsylvania schools could be fully funded, providing all students with the education they deserve. We are ready to solve the Keystone educational crisis--and to push out any politician who stands in our way. There's no time to lose.
Because you love your family, your neighbors, and your public schools!
Our movement for fully funded and locally-controlled schools is non-partisan and all-policy. Strong schools help build strong economies, for everyone. A system of funded public schools is the backbone of a functional democracy that works for all. And we will win this fight--if good people like you step up and join us.
Call Mayor Kenney: Add Funding for Public Education in Thursday's Budget!
Mayor Kenney is scheduled to release his budget on Thursday morning. While our schools continue to be drastically underfunded and understaffed, the educators of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers have gone without a contract since 2013-- including 5 years without raises for cost-of-living, years of experience, or advanced degrees. Students' opportunities to explore arts, music, and many extracurriculars continue to wither, and parents are forced to find new ways to give time and money to support their children's education.
Through all of this, Philly's educators and parents continue to scrape together what little we have to buy supplies and support our chronically underfunded schools so our city's most vulnerable children do not continue to suffer because of the inaction of our political leaders.
Mayor Kenney promised significant increases in funding for public education during his campaign, but has yet to deliver.
As he prepares to issue his second annual budget proposal to City Council this Thursday morning, those of us who have sacrificed for far too long are asking the mayor to live up to his campaign promises. It's time to put words into action.
Call Mayor Kenney today and demand that he fully fund our schools in Thursday's budget proposal. Use the following phone script and make your voice heard:


I now crave carving. When I look at things and shapes and designs and food, I think, "Can I carve that?" Doesn't take much to create a full on obsession.
This week I looked for something detailed and curvy. Something that would look nice stamped onto fabric. This little design seemed to fit the bill.
52 Weeks of Print: 10/52 (woo hoo!) Click here to see week's 1-9.
It looks great! Your drawing and the stamp look identical, not easy with all those curves. Your stamp works so well as a card.
I loved this when I "saw" you carving it on IG.
Was so excited to see it when you printed with it.
It is just beautiful, Lori!
You're really blowing my mind ... how did you manage to get such intricate details, and with such clean lines, wow. I'm loving to see your stamps everytime to share them with us !
Thanks guys. Sonia, I'll be honest, it wasn't easy. I think the soft carve is for simpler designs so next time I get detailed I'll use a harder surface.


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Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment – inquiry into the mental health of first responders
Crowley-Cyr, Lynda and Hevers, James (2018) Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment – inquiry into the mental health of first responders. Other monograph. Parliament of Australia , Canberra, Australia. [Report]
Official URL: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Comm...
The mental health of employees within Australia's law enforcement agencies has proven to be challenging a challenging problem for organisational leaders to tackle. With one in four officers found to be experiencing moderate to high psychological distress at any one time, and the death of four Australian Federal Police officers by suicide with their firearms inside their workplaces in two years, this submission argues that the workplace health and safety regulatory schemes are failing to protect the health and safety of federal and state police as first responders. In doing so, it refers to two major reports in 2017-2018 (a report from post-traumatic mental health support group Phoenix Australia and an ANAO report on how the AFP is managing the mental health of its employees) that found problems like poor understanding of mental health issues in management, and officers reluctant to self-report struggles for fear of being bullied and other repercussions for speaking up. In addition, concerns about confidentiality, the impact on their pay and career prospects and the aggravated harm caused by applying for workers compensation, have all been disclosed repeatedly in police reports and in news reports. The submission concludes with a range of recommendations to mainly the workplace health and safety laws but also it calls for the reporting of suicides, and the rates of bullying in compensation claims by police and other first responders, to be made publicly available.
Report (Other monograph)
Permanent restricted access to Accepted Version.
Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Law and Justice
mental health; law enforcement officers; Australia
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17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology


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SPEA Pension Plan
Strike 2012
About SPEA
The Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA) is an independent union representing engineers, scientists, technicians, technologists, skilled tradespersons, drafters, designers and other specialists employed by Candu Energy Inc. (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited). SPEA members play an integral role in new nuclear reactor builds. They have helped design and build new reactors in South Korea, China, and Romania. They have also participated in refurbishing reactors in Ontario (Bruce Power) and, Korea (Wolsong), Quebec (Gentilly-2), New Brunswick (Pt. Lepreau) and Argentina (Embalse).
Formed in 1974, SPEA is one of the oldest professional unions in Canada. Collectively we represent most of Canada's nuclear power reactor design expertise. SPEA represents all technical employees at Candu, in three separate bargaining units (the "SE" bargaining unit is comprised of scientists, engineers and other professionals, the "TT" bargaining unit consists of technicians, technologists and trades, and the "PD" bargaining unit consists of drafters and designers). Each bargaining unit has a separate collective agreement with the same employer.
What SPEA does
SPEA representatives support our members by answering any and all questions regarding the Collective Agreement or employment in general. SPEA advocates for members in their employment relationship.
SPEA also actively promotes nuclear power in the public sphere. SPEA participates in lobbying activities to promote the Canadian Nuclear Industry and nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes. We meet with federal and provincial politicians to share facts about our industry and to listen to their questions and concerns. We strive to educate politicians and the public about the benefits of nuclear technology for our economy and for the environment.
Who SPEA is
SPEA is run by an Executive Board. Executive Board members are elected from with in the membership. All SPEA Executive members are full time Candu employees and we spend the majority of our time performing technical work at Candu. We are a highly democratic and participatory union; and our members are active and involved. The SPEA Executive consists of five Officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Chair) and Members-at-Large (M-a-Ls). We employ two Labour Relations Staff Representatives who support the Executive and are also available to assist members directly
SPEA, A Strong, Proactive, Effective Association committed to building respect for our members.
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A 42 year old single mother based in Port-Harcourt has been arrested by the NDLEA for the possession of 1kg of a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine.
"I agreed to smuggle the drugs because they promised to pay me $3,000. I blame myself because I wanted quick money. To me the money was an additional profit to my trading business. I was given the drug to swallow, but I could not ingest it for fear that it may burst so I hid it in my underwear.


Abstract: Using the right mouse (read comfortable) for long stretches at the computer can help alleviate hand cramping, and other unpleasant side effects of the dot com world.
There aren't many of us out there who can really, and I mean really, justify buying a $80 CDN mouse. For any mouse that is a heck of a lot of money, especially if you think about all those white box computer retailers who get their mice-keyboard combos from the distributor for $10 - total.
So what would anyone in their right mind have to do with a super-expensive, metallic blue glowing optical mouse? Two words, comfort and reliability. There is a growing number of us who work on computers all day, and sometimes all night. Using the ergonomic gear is not just a sign of forward thinking, but of necessity. Jump a head 30 years and tunnel carpal syndrome will probably be more common then lung cancer!!
Putting that thought aside for the moment, having the right mouse (read comfortable) for long stretches at the computer can help alleviate hand cramping, and other unpleasant side effects of the dot com world. If you've ever tried to clean a mouse ball then you instantly understand the convenience of the optical system.
That's not to say optical mice are totally infallible, I've seen my share of dead optical mice around here. After all, if the mouse ball can't kill the mouse, the buttons and rolly-wheel sure can.
The Logitech Mouseman Wheel comes with a CD-ROM full of drives, some very brief instructions and a USB-to-PS/2 adapter. The mouse is of the four-button variety.
Installing the mouse is as simple as plugging it in, turning on the computer and dropping in the CD-ROM when prompted. If you don't have a USB port on your computer, or one that is available, the adapter will come in quite handy.
The optical mouse works by reflecting a red light off the surface the mouse rests on. A very small optical device picks up the reflection of that light and uses the information to calculate where the mouse is moving and how fast. All this is done rather quickly, and there really is no difference except for the lack of the mouse ball. Skipping mouse balls are among the most annoying of all problems - next to keyboards with broken keys.
When that mouse ball skips it just slows things down, and can be very frustrating, especially when working in programs like PhotoShop.
All in all the mouse is a very comfortable device that fits easily in any right-handed persons hand. Lefties are just plain out of luck with this mouse. The rolly-wheel has a nice amount of resistance, and like all Logitech mice I've seen in the past the buttons are nice and fast, and don't stick. On the downside, this is one expensive bit of computer hardware, but if you work more than 10 hours a day on the computer it's surely worth while in the long run.


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import os
import sys
import time
import stat
import termcolor
import cPickle as pickle

from argparse   import ArgumentParser
from subprocess import Popen

__version__ = "1.0.1"
__author__ = "Alice1017 <https://github.com/alice1017>"

WATCH_LIST_FILE = os.environ["HOME"]+"/.psdwatcher.rc"

parser = ArgumentParser(
    prog="psdwatcher",
    version=__version__,
    description="You can watch the change log of psd file using git.")

subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subcmd")

cmd_add = subparsers.add_parser("add", help="Add PSD file at watch list.")
cmd_add.add_argument("psd_file", action="store", help="The PSD file name.")

cmd_watch = subparsers.add_parser("run", help="Start watching.")
cmd_watch.add_argument("-o", action="store", dest="log_file", help="Write out log to other file.")
cmd_watch.add_argument("--no-output-log", action="store_true", dest="not_output", help="use this option, psdwatcher don't output log.")
cmd_watch.add_argument("--dev", action="store_true", dest="dev", help="Write out development log")

cmd_list = subparsers.add_parser("list", help="Show the files that was contained watch-list")

class GitError(BaseException): pass

def git(cmd, *args, **kwargs):
    input=None

    if "input" in kwargs:
        input = kwargs["input"]
    else:
        input = ""

    proc = Popen(
        ("git", cmd) + args, stdin=-1, stdout=-1, stderr=-1)
    out, err = proc.communicate(input)

    if len(err) == 0:
        return out[:-1]
    else:
        raise GitError(err)

def is_exist_listfile():
    return os.access(WATCH_LIST_FILE, os.F_OK)

def get_watch_list():
    return pickle.load(open(WATCH_LIST_FILE))

def update_list(obj):
    pickle.dump(obj, open(WATCH_LIST_FILE,"w"))
    return

def is_in_gitrepo():
    boolean = git("rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree")
    if boolean == "true":
        return True
    else:
        return False

class Logger(object):

    def __init__(self, log_file=None, not_output=None):
        if log_file:
            if not os.access(log_file, os.F_OK):
                self.logfile = open(log_file, "w+")
            else:
                raise IOError("%s log file is already exist." % log_file)
        else:
            self.logfile = None

        if not_output:
            self.not_output = True
        else:
            self.not_output = False

    def log(self, string, color=None, conma=None):
        log_content = ""

        if color:
            log_content = termcolor.colored(string, color)
        else:
            log_content = string

        if self.logfile:
            self.logfile.write(log_content)

        if self.not_output:
            return

        if conma:
            print log_content,
        else:
            print log_content

        return

def add_file(namespace):
    file_name = namespace.psd_file.split("/")[-1]
    file_ext = file_name.split(".")[-1]
    file_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), namespace.psd_file))
    file_dir = os.path.dirname(file_path)

    # check file can access
    if not os.access(file_path, os.F_OK):
        raise IOError("%s file does not found." % file_path)

    # check file is psd file
    if file_ext != "psd":
        raise IOError("fatal: '%s' this file is not PSD file!!" % file_name)

    # check whether there is git repository
    os.chdir(file_dir)
    if not is_in_gitrepo():
        raise IOError("fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git")

    # get watch list
    if is_exist_listfile():
        watch_list = get_watch_list()
    else:
        watch_list = []

    # append file to watch list
    if file_name not in [n for n,d,p in watch_list]:
        watch_list.append( (file_name, file_dir, file_path) )
        update_list(watch_list)

    else:
        raise KeyError("'%s' file is already added." % file_name)

def watch_starter(namespace):
    if is_exist_listfile():
        watch_list = get_watch_list()
    else:
        raise IOError("You doesn't add psd file to watch list yet!")

    # define the logger
    logger_opts = {
        "log_file": None,
        "not_output": None }

    if namespace.log_file:
        logger_opts["log_file"] = namespace.log_file

    if namespace.not_output:
        logger_opts["not_output"] = namespace.not_output

    logger = Logger(**logger_opts)
    log = logger.log

    # initialize default value
    counter = 0
    timestamp_register = {}
    binary_content = {}
    watch_list_files_length = len(watch_list)

    print "Start watching........"

    while 1:
        for file_name, file_dir, file_path in watch_list:
            try:
                if namespace.dev:
                    log("="*80)
                    log("Now watching file : %s" % termcolor.colored(file_name, "red"))

                # move dir
                if namespace.dev: log("Moving Directory to %s" % termcolor.colored(file_dir, "blue"))
                os.chdir(file_dir)

                # register original timestamp
                if counter <= watch_list_files_length:
                    if namespace.dev: log("Registring file's original timestamp: %s" % os.stat(file_path)[stat.ST_MTIME])

                    timestamp_register[file_name] = os.stat(file_path)[stat.ST_MTIME]

                    if namespace.dev: log("Registering psd file's binary content")

                    binary_content[file_name] = open(file_name).read()

                    counter += 1
                    continue

                # take a timestamp
                old_timestamp = timestamp_register[file_name]
                now_timestamp = os.stat(file_path)[stat.ST_MTIME]

                if namespace.dev:
                    log("Taking a timestamp:")
                    log("\told: %s" % timestamp_register[file_name])
                    log("\tnew: %s" % os.stat(file_path)[stat.ST_MTIME])

                # check timestamp difficult
                if old_timestamp != now_timestamp:
                    # get the binary content
                    old_bincontent = binary_content[file_name]
                    now_bincontent = open(file_name).read()

                    if namespace.dev: log("Getting the psd file's binary content")

                    # check whether psd file's binary content was changed
                    if old_bincontent != now_bincontent:
                        # the file was overwritten

                        # write log
                        log("Catch the '%s' file's change!" % file_name, color="yellow")
                        log("timestamp : %s -> %s" % (old_timestamp, now_timestamp))

                        # git staging
                        log("Staging using git...", conma=True)
                        git("add", file_name)
                        log("done", "blue")

                        # git commit
                        log("Commiting using git...", conma=True)
                        commit_msg = "The '%s' file was changed. This commited by psdwatcher. Timestamp : %s -> %s" % (file_name, old_timestamp, now_timestamp)
                        git("commit", "--author", "psdwatcher <https://github.com/alice1017/psdwatcher/>",  "-m", commit_msg)
                        log("done", color="blue")

                        # update registered content
                        log("%s file's new timestamp: %s" % (termcolor.colored("Updating", "yellow"), termcolor.colored(now_timestamp, "blue")))
                        timestamp_register[file_name] = now_timestamp

                        log("%s psd file's new binary content" % termcolor.colored("Updating", "yellow"))
                        binary_content[file_name] = open(file_name).read()

                time.sleep(0.01)

            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                print "\n"
                print termcolor.colored("Caught KeyboardInterrupt!\npsdwatcher has terminated.", "yellow")
                sys.exit(0)

def show_watch_list(namespace):
    if is_exist_listfile():
        watch_list = get_watch_list()

        for file_name, file_dir, file_path in watch_list:
            print file_path

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
        parser.parse_args(["-h"])

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One of the easiest ways to update a room is to update the accessories. So today I have 5 great lamp updates to show you! Most only require a little bit of paint!
I love this lamp from BHG that has been colored on with a white oil based sharpie! Great detailing.
I love that this lamp doubles as a message board! I think this would be adorable for a kids room too!
I see brass lamps all the time at the thrift store for only a few dollars. Love how pretty this brass lamp turned out that Brittany painted with some white paint.
I really like this aqua lamp from Davis Day by Day. It's a basic glass lamp and painted on the inside, so smart!
How cute is this animal lamp? Would be perfect in the nursery. It was a basic plastic nursery lamp painted white! Go check it out at Project Nursery.


Greta Solomon (BA Psychology 1996-99) is a writing coach and author with a background in journalism and PR. Currently based in Norway, Greta has taught writing skills to clients as diverse as charities and media conglomerates as well as those for whom English is a second language. Her coaching focuses on bringing out people's latent abilities, to produce agile, skilled, whole-brained writing.
From a young age, I wanted to be a journalist but I didn't think I was hard-nosed enough to sniff out stories at any costs. And as much as I loved psychology, I found the emphasis on maths and hard science off-putting.
So after graduating, I just sat-tight. A few months later, I read an amazing book called Get the Job You Want in 30 Days, which spurred me on to land a job at a fashion PR consultancy.
While I was there I realised that my strengths lay in writing, and that I needed to grow a thick skin, and become a journalist. I left and did work experience at a businesswomen's magazine. This enabled me to forge a career writing for women's magazines. I then spent several years working as a freelance journalist for national magazines and newspapers, writing mostly about health, travel and lifestyle.
In 2006, I did a short stint as a PR for an educational company, who had created a successful method of teaching maths. I decided that I wanted to do the same for writing. So I started tutoring students of all ages in writing skills, cementing my skills by training as a life coach, writing coach and teacher.
In 2009, I started working at an international business-to-business PR consultancy, spending 18 months there, and rising to director level, working with high-profile international clients.
After taking a sabbatical working for Save the Children in Ethiopia and moving from London to Oslo (with my Norwegian husband), I went full-time as a writing coach in 2012. My book Just Write It! outlining my writing skills training method was published by McGraw-Hill in 2013.
How does your psychology background help with your coaching?
Psychology has influenced all my work. It has shaped my brand, as unlike many other coaches I focus on the mental blocks that people face when they write, and have developed creative exercises to combat these. I've also adapted personality models from psychology, to help people understand their behaviour around writing and take positive steps to transform it.
Why is it important to write well?
In this digital age, I believe that if you cannot write well, then you'll get left behind. The internet and social networking are now woven into the fabric of our lives. Almost everything we do – personally and professionally – involves writing. But what many people don't realise is that writing is a tool you can use to get what you want.
Take job-hunting, for instance. You often hear of talented graduates sending out hundreds of applications and not hearing anything back. Of course, there is high unemployment and fierce competition for jobs, but I believe that if you can write well, you can rise to the top in any economic climate. When I coach people in writing cover letters and CVs, their interview success rate always increases.
I work primarily with employees at large multi-national companies, mainly in the technical industries. These types of people often have great knowledge about their company's products and services but sometimes struggle to express themselves in a way that connects with their customers, colleagues and clients.
What kinds of things do your clients want help with?
My clients usually have a specific business goal they want to address through writing. For example, one company had a product catalogue full of excellent products that they could sell to their existing customers. But the trouble was that these customers could easily get these products elsewhere, and they didn't want to compete on price. So I developed a bespoke training course that enabled them to write about their products in a commercial way that really extolled the benefits to the users and persuaded them to buy.
I find that my clients want to empower their employees to write well, rather than hiring in professional writers. The benefit is that their employees have insider knowledge, passion and drive – they just need to acquire (easily taught) writing skills. I also give one-to-one coaching to all course participants to ensure that everyone's individual needs are addressed.
What are the common writing mistakes that people make?
Using lots of complicated words, long sentences, management-speak (such as 'getting your ducks in a row') and jargon. Another big mistake is overuse of the passive voice, when the active voice would be much more effective. It also still surprises me that people adopt a stilted, pompous tone in their writing when they wouldn't dream of doing so when speaking.
Do you have any particular memories of your time at Warwick?
Top Banana on a Monday night! Also, making great friends, drinking cheap plonk and the camaraderie and sense of adventure we had. I also left all my essays to the last-minute and gave myself just two weeks to complete the bulk of my dissertation. It was a nightmare. I was what I call a 'last-minute Lorraine', and there are strategies in my book to combat such behaviour.
Do you have any tips to help alumni improve their writing skills?
All writers say this – but read as much as you can, especially magazines. Then look at the techniques that the writers use and copy them. Look at the headline, the introduction, the structure and what it is that hooks you in. Don't be afraid to steal the techniques and use them in your writing.
For more resources on writing skills visit gretasolomon.com. Just Write It! is available from all good bookshops priced £11.99.


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I. GENERAL OPERATIONS:
A. Background:
The Fulton County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) was created in 1970 by an act of the New York State Legislature as a corporate governmental agency constituting a public benefit corporation. The purpose of an Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is:
"to promote, develop, encourage and assist in the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping and furnishing industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial and research facilities and thereby advance the job opportunities, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the state of New York and to improve their standard of living."
B. Mission Statement:
The IDA's Mission Statement is as follows:
"The IDA's mission is to create and promote economic growth and prosperity for both residents and entrepreneurs in Fulton County. The IDA's role in Fulton County's Economic Development Program is to develop and maintain an inventory of shovel-ready sites for new and expanding businesses, offer financial incentives, as may be required, to encourage the creation of new and retention of existing jobs and expand the County's tax base. In doing so, the IDA strives to make Fulton County a desirable place to live and do business."
C. Tax Exemptions:
The New York State Legislature authorizes IDAs to offer three (3) types of tax exemptions to stimulate private sector investment and create jobs:
1. Property Tax:
New York State Law designates IDA's as tax exempt entities. When an IDA holds title to real property, New York State Law says all improvements on the property are exempt from real property taxes. However, the land that the improvements are located on remain taxable.
However, for projects the IDA is involved with, the IDA requires companies to enter into a Payment In Lieu Of Tax Agreement (PILOT). A PILOT is a contractual agreement between the IDA and a company that states that even though the project is tax exempt due to IDA ownership, the company shall make PILOT payments to local taxing jurisdictions in lieu of paying taxes. PILOT Agreements stipulate that companies make PILOT payments to local taxing jurisdictions that are based upon a percentage of the property tax that would otherwise be due on the property was not owned by the IDA. PILOTs are developed in accordance with the IDA's Uniform Tax Exemption Policy. Once a PILOT is executed, the company makes the required annual PILOT payments to local taxing jurisdictions in accordance with the PILOT. It is the responsibility of the local taxing jurisdictions to issue annual invoices under a PILOT to the company and to ensure that payments are received in a timely manner.
2. Sales Tax:
IDA's can offer companies an exemption from New York State and local sales taxes on eligible construction materials and equipment for a project. The exemption is generally limited to the construction, reconstruction or installation period and cannot cover ongoing operational costs. When the lease or installation sale agreement expires, the IDA transfers any personal property that is involved in the project to the company without the payment of any sales or use tax.
3. Mortgage Recording Tax:
If a project involves a mortgage, a company that receives IDA assistance is exempt from New York State's mortgage recording tax which is currently 1% in Fulton County.
D. Financing:
IDA's can also provide various forms of bond financing for a project. Financial institutions, such as banks, insurance companies or private individuals purchase these bonds as an investment similar to an individual purchasing a U.S. Government Savings Bond. By purchasing a bond, a private investor lends its funds to a business. The business commits to repay the principal and interest, if the bonds are taxable, to the investor. The business and the financial institution, independent of the IDA, negotiate the terms, interest rate and other conditions of the transaction. The IDA acts as an intermediary for this private transaction. There are no IDA or public funds involved in an IDA bond transaction.
The IDA does not have a loan fund or pool of money to use to help finance projects. The financing referred to here is private funds coming from banks, financial institutions or private investors.
The IDA, Fulton County Government or Fulton County taxpayers do not lend any public money nor do they assume any responsibility for repaying bonds if a company defaults on any payment. There is also no financial liability on the IDA, Fulton County or taxpayers. Bond payments are solely the responsibility of the company borrowing the money.
E. Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreements (PILOTS):
The IDA provides Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreements in accordance with its Uniform Tax Exemption Policy. The IDA's current policy states that it will provide PILOT's modeled after Section 485-b of NYS's Real Property Tax Law. Section 485-b states that a company can receive a 50% exemption on its assessed valuation in year 1. The exemption then decreases 5% a year for 10 years. After ten (10) years, the company would make a PILOT payment equivalent to 100% of the amount it would be paying in real property taxes if it owned the property. During that 10-year period, the company would be making "PILOT payments" to local taxing jurisdictions and not "property tax payments." Once the Lease and PILOT Agreement the IDA has with a company expires, the property would then return to the tax rolls. At that time, the company would be making "property tax payments" to local taxing jurisdictions and no longer be making "PILOT payments."
2. IDA Projects with PILOT's:
The following IDA Projects have active PILOT's as of December 31, 2015:
Owner: IDA
Lessee: CIC
Address: 160 Enterprise
Occupant: Yusen
Lessee: Swany
Address: 115 Corporate Drive
Occupant: Swany
Lessee: CG Roxane
Address: 1 Old Sweet Road, Johnstown
F. IDA Projects:
The following is a list of all active IDA projects:
Landlord: IDA*
Tennant: CIC
Address: 4104 State Highway 30, Perth, NY
Occupant: NLH's Perth Primary Care Clinic
* IDA bonds were issued.
Landlord: NLH Association*
Tennant: IDA
Address: 99 E. State St., Gloversville, NY
Occupant: NLH's HVAC System Project
Owner: Citi Mortgage*
Lessee: IDA
Occupant: NLH's Surgical Suite Project
Owner: IDA*
Lessee: YMCA
Address: 213 Harrison Street, Gloversville, NY
Occupant: YMCA
II. SUMMARY OF 2015 ACTIVITIES:
The IDA Board met eight (8) times in 2015. The following is a summary of the key activities addressed by the IDA Board in 2015:
1. TRYON TECHNOLOGY PARK PROJECT:
2015 was another very busy year for the IDA with respect to the Tryon Technology Park Project. The IDA Board, in partnership with the Fulton County Board of Supervisors, continued work on transforming the former Tryon Juvenile Detention Facility into shovel-ready sites for new businesses. The following is a summary of the activities that took place in 2015:
Phase I Infrastructure Improvement Project:
The Phase I Project, undertaken by the Fulton County Board of Supervisors, involved constructing a new internal access road and installing and relocating new water and sewer infrastructure. This project started in 2014 and completed in 2015. This Phase I Project was funded by a $2 million grant Fulton County obtained from Empire State Development.
Phase II Infrastructure Improvement Project:
The Phase II Project, also undertaken by the Fulton County Board of Supervisors, involved disconnecting the water service to Tryon from the Hale Creek Correctional Facility. This was done at the request of the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision who operates the Hale Creek Facility. This project involves constructing a new water pumping station and a new 300,000 gallon elevated water storage tank at Tryon. The County awarded a construction contract to W.M.
Entrance Sign/Logo:
The IDA Board partnered with the Fulton County Board of Supervisors in hiring Adirondack Signs of Saratoga, New York to construct an attractive entrance sign for the Tryon Technology Park. Design work on the sign commenced in 2015. The sign will actually be completed and installed in early 2016.In addition, a logo for the Tryon Technology Park is also being proposed that will be incorporated into the new sign. This logo will be based upon the Regional Economic Development Brand Fulton and Montgomery Counties unveiled in 2015.
Lot Sale Price:
The IDA Board established the lot sale price for all land in the Tryon Technology Park at $20,000 per acre. This price is consistent with what is charged at the IDA;s other industrial parks.
Design Standards:
The IDA Board, in 2015, adopted Design Standards that would be applied to any new project coming into the Tryon Technology Park. The goal of these Design Standards is to establish building quality and aesthetics standards for buildings that will be constructed in the Tryon Technology Park.
Northern Borders Regional Commission Grant:
The IDA and Fulton County applied for a grant from the Northern Borders Regional Commission to use to restart the HVAC system in Building 3 at the Tryon Technology Park. Building 3 is the former Educational/Recreational Center that is intended to be repurposed into a Business Training and Incubator Center. The Building's HVAC System has been shut down since Tryon was closed in 2011. In order to repurpose this building, its HVAC System needs to be restarted and made operational. The Northern Borders Regional Commission awarded a grant in the amount of $184,153. This grant will be matched by $65,847 from the IDA. Fulton County will also be contributing a $150,000 towards this project. This project will be commenced in 2016.
Wastewater Pump Station:
The IDA Board agreed to retain Fulton County's Facilities staff to operate and maintain the Wastewater Pump Station that services Tryon. Facilities staff has experience operating and maintaining wastewater pump stations. The Facilities staff commenced its duties at Tryon in 2015 when the pump station was restarted.
Evaluation of Solar Energy at Tryon:
The IDA Board met with C.T. Male to hear a presentation on the potential for developing a solar array at Tryon. IDA Board members expressed an interest in conducting an engineering evaluation on the feasibility of developing a solar array on approximately 30 acres of land at the western side of the Tryon Technology Park. The IDA Board entered into an Agreement with C.T. Male to have this engineering evaluation prepared. This evaluation will be completed in 2016.
NYS Police:
The IDA Board continued its relationship with the NYS Police by allowing the State police to utilize existing buildings at Tryon for various training exercises.
2. EMPIRE STATE HEALTH SOLUTIONS' PROJECT:
The IDA Board spent a great deal of time in 2015 facilitating the first project in the Tryon Technology Park. Empire State Health Solutions (ESHS) approached the IDA Board in 2015 with a proposal to purchase a parcel of land in the Tryon Technology Park to utilize to establish a pharmaceutical manufacturing business. ESHS was one of the five (5) companies granted a license by New York State to grow medical cannabis and manufacture medicines. This license was granted at the end of June. Initially, the IDA Board approved a Purchase and Sale Agreement with ESHS that would result in the eventual sale of approximately a 20-acre parcel of land to ESHS for their project. On this parcel was an existing 20,000+/- sf building. The IDA Board then executed a License Agreement with ESHS to allow the company to start work renovating this existing building prior to them taking title to the property. ESHS commenced work on this building in June. This allowed ESHS to comply with the State' requirement that medicines be available around January 1, 2016. IDA members toured the facility in December of 2015 to see the status of the project.
ESHS' project represented a perfect fit for the Tryon Technology Park. The Targeted Industry Analysis Fulton County had prepared by DCG Corplan identified, as the #1 Industry Cluster that Tryon should be marketed for, would be Biomedical Research and Development companies. The manufacturing of medicines is a subcomponent of Biomedical Research and Development. As a manufacturer of medicines, the ESHS' project is a Biomedical Research and Development Project. As such, it represented a perfect fit for Tryon. It is hoped that this project will help attract a cluster of Biomedical Research and Development companies at Tryon.
In late 2015, ESHS announced that it changed its name from ESHS to Vireo Health of New York, LLC. This change was made to have the company's name consistent with its parent company, Vireo Health. Vireo Health had created over 20 new jobs at its facility by the end of 2015. Additional jobs will hopefully be created in the future as the company grows at its location in the Tryon Technology Park.
3. REGIONAL BUSINESS PARK PROJECT:
In 2015, the Fulton County Board of Supervisors, in conjunction with the Montgomery County Industrial Development Agency, completed work on a series of background studies necessary to obtain certification from Empire State Development (ESD) of the 263+/- acre Regional Business Park site as a certified shovel-ready site. An application was submitted in 2015 to ESD for this State certification.
The property owners who own the properties comprising the Regional Business Park site filed petitions in late 2015 with the Town of Mohawk, Montgomery County, City of Johnstown in Fulton County to have their properties annexed from the Town of Mohawk in Montgomery County into the City of Johnstown in Fulton County. The Petitioners asked for this annexation so that their properties could gain access to City of Johnstown's water and sewer systems so that their properties could be developed. A public hearing on the Petitions for Annexations was held on December 28, 2015. The annexation process should be completed in 2016.
4. EARLY TERMINATIONS OF LEASE:
In 2015, the IDA completed an early lease termination with the Euphrates Project in the Johnstown Industrial Park.
As a result, the Euphrates lease and PILOT Agreements were terminated in 2015, the property was returned to the tax rolls and is now fully taxable.
5. NYS COMPTROLLER'S AUDIT:
In 2015, the NYS Comptroller issued its Audit Report. The Audit evaluated the internal controls over project monitoring. The IDA Board responded to the findings of that Report.
6. RESIGNATIONS/NEW APPOINTEES:
In 2015, David D'Amore was appointed to the IDA Board by the Board of Supervisors to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Len House. Tim Munn was appointed in 2015 by the Board of Supervisors to replace George Bevington who resigned from the Board.
The IDA Board appreciates the strong partnership it has with the Fulton County Board of Supervisors on the Tryon Technology Park and looks forward to bringing more businesses and new jobs to this Park.


Are you looking for something exciting to do this Cinco De Mayo? Head down to Alosta Brewing Co. for the release of Macho Ancho and some wrestling on the side! Ticket holders are able to enter at 2PM to grab some tacos and a pint of Macho Ancho to wash it all down! There will be six matches for the evening from various EWF stars, and as an added bonus, the first 50 people to purchase tickets will receive a commemorative Macho Ancho pint glass. Tickets for the even are $25, and a portion of the events proceeds will benefit The Neighborhood Homework House in Azusa, whose mission is to partner with parents of at risk Azusa students to provide the tools to thrive academically and socially.
Cupcakes by Leanne and Rev Wines are coming together this May to bring you a spectacular event! Do you enjoy the sweet, mouth-watering taste of cupcakes and the variety of flavors that wine brings to the table? Then this is an event you won't want to miss. Tickets are $25 and will get you five two-ounce wine pours along with scrumptious cupcake samples, and to top it all off there will be a lecture by the winemaker on proper pairing technique. Spots are limited and tickets will not be sold at the door, so make sure you get yours while you have the chance! You'll definitely have a reason to w(h)ine if you miss this!
Do you enjoy DIY activities? Then come down to the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden to learn about making shelf stable Strawberry Lemon Marmalade! The class that you take will include a discussion on food preservation and food safety practices, and you will be hands-on throughout the marmalade making process. At the end of this class its participants will receive a recipe along with a jar of marmalade to take home and enjoy on their own. The cost of the class will also include admission to the Arboretum for the day. The cost for this sweet, creative event is only $40. Treat yourself and learn how to create something new this coming May! You deserve it.
There are a lot of food-related events this May, but who doesn't enjoy a good meal? In recent years the Glendora County Club has taken the participants in this event to Paris, Wonderland and Under the Big Top. This year they are planning to take you on a journey under the sea, to the depths of the ocean where there will be an evening filled with live music, delicious food, fine wines, local craft beers and more! You're sure to enjoy a tasty treat and a whimsical night by attending this event. Pre-sale tickets are $30 and will be available for $40 at the door. You must be 21 and over to attend this event. For more information on Cuisines of the Foothills contact the Glendora Chamber at (626) 963-4128 or visit the Chamber office at 224 N. Glendora Ave. Glendora. See you there!
Are you a fan of golfing and a fan of enjoying a good brew every now and again? This might be the event for you. Head down to Arcadia Golf Course on May 25th to enjoy a round of golf, but that's not the only thing you'll be able to enjoy during your time there. There will be prizes, dinner, music and so much more! The registration and featured beer tastings will be at 2:30PM and tickets to attend range from $32-$140. Don't fret if you miss this one, there are plenty of other opportunities to join the festivities throughout the months to come!


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We Will Resist Fuel Price Increase In the Name Of Subsidy – NLC
By Motoring World
The Nigeria Labour Congress says any effort made by the Federal Government to increase the price of fuel in the name of subsidy removal would be resisted.
The President, Nigria Labour Congress made this known on Monday during the 18th edition opening ceremony of Harmathan School in Kwara State capital, Ilorin.
Speaking on a theme: Expanding Nigeria's Democratic Space for Trade Unions Organizing In the World of Work, he said, '' Nigeria Labour Congress would not hesitate to counter the action of the government on the removal of subsidy because as far we are concerned subsidy is inefficiency, our inability to refine products.''
He said, '' we will not discuss anything subsidy. What they told us is that the refineries will be up and running in 2023. So, once we start production, we can now come to the table and discuss the issue of subsidy. I think that is how to start the conversation and we are taking this issue very serious.
Although, in his view, there is nothing bad about subsidy, but he believes, in Nigeria's case, it is shrouded in secrecy.
"It is not a transparent process," he alleged, adding, "the consumption and all details are shrouded. This is typical of a capitalist economy."
He, therefore, advised the government to find a way of refining petrol and also put transparent structures in place to address the issue.
He stated: "Many countries had done it and are running those enterprises as enterprise of government and that the transparent process is working for them.
"If you privatize without transparent process like we have seen in the banks, which government has supported with public funds, but failed because they lack transparency and good governance templates, it will not work.
"This is what we have been arguing. Nigerians should reflect on this. Once you say you remove subsidy and you follow the trend of the diesel, it means it will be out of reach.
"The very important question that we need to interrogate the government on is: if they want the price of PMS to be like diesel which is almost N850 to N860 per litre. So, we are not running away from and we have never run away or shy away from discussing the issue of subsidy. Whether there is or not, we can discuss it."
Also speaking, NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja warned that his union would in no way accept price increase in the name of subsidy removal.
He said: ''we have an existing understanding with the Federal Government. We will resist subsidy removal whether now or in 2023. We still have our PVCs. We will not vote for any subsidy removal.
"We shall work against any candidate that plans to remove subsidy and inflict more pains on us. We should be talking about refining product and local production not about subsidy removal."
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