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The Madisonian during WWI
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German armies continued their advance into Soviet Russia and occupied Minsk on Feb. 21, 1918. Soviet leader Leon Trotsky announced that Russia would come to terms with the Germans, which culminated in a peace treaty signed at Brest-Litovsk on March 3. Political purges within the Soviet military had reduced the gigantic nation's army to ineffectiveness.


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Macro Art moves with Durst into new quality markets
Colin Gillman
Publisher & Editor of The Gill,
a font of printing knowledge
Little more than four years after a management buyout, business turnover at Macro Art has shot up from £6m to £11m. Now, new contract gains are being secured on the back of two new investments in Durst wide format printers.
Following the 185sqm factory extension which was completed in early summer at the company's site in Cambridgeshire, the new Durst Rho P10 250 HS-Plus UV hybrid system and Durst Rho 512R-Plus roll-to-roll UV printer were installed and are already delivering high quality print to the company's increasing portfolio of customers.
The Rho 512R, which includes fine art mode, enables the firm to produce fine quality, backlit work. The two new machines combined means the company can now produce backlit and rigid signage for an exhibition client. The new printers will be used across core areas of the business, including the event, exhibition and retail sectors where ever-shorter lead times and higher print quality are demanded by customers.
The new Durst's Rho P10 250 HS Plus is a UV flatbed that can print up to 400sqm/hr continuous roll with a maximum print width of 2.5m at a resolution of 1,000dpi. Using Durst's flexible inks also allows the company to reduce its environmental impact.
According to Michael Green, Macro Art's commercial director, Durst kit has revolutionised the company's business.
"The investments have enabled us to step into quality markets that were unobtainable before. We would not be where we are today without the Durst equipment. No argument. We could not have done without them.
"As one example, the investments will help with backlit work commissioned by a major new retail client that requires top quality print in a very short lead time. And in another we could never have created 60% of the exterior printing for an international air show within the agreed timeframe without our 5m Rho. Print requirements and delivery, even to Europe, are now as little as 48 hours. With the new investments, we are incredibly excited about the potential opportunities ahead."
The company plans to utilise the two new Durst printers alongside a portfolio of wide format machines including a 5m-wide EFI and two Durst 3.2m-wide textile printers.

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What does access to justice in environmental matters mean?
Why access to justice in environmental matters is important?
What's the role of access to justice in environmental law?
What are the main obstacles to access to justice in environmental matters and how can they be overcome?
What can each country do to eliminate the barriers to access to justice?
Access to justice – the so-called third pillar of the Aarhus Convention* – is widely acknowledged as being by far the weakest, least implemented part of the Convention. This is not just a problem in and of itself, but undercuts the implementation of the other two pillars, namely access to information and public participation. Where there is no legal recourse to challenge violations of these provisions, they can easily become meaningless, pure paper promises. But the access to justice pillar goes further than these two pillars – and should allow members of the public to also challenge acts and omissions by private persons and public authorities which contravene provisions of national law relating to the environment.
It is about whether NGOs or individuals can make the government live up to its promises to clean the air so that people's health isn't damaged; to ensure that traffic and waste don't overwhelm cities; to ensure that polluters have to pay for the damage they caused.
*The Aarhus Convention, which was signed in 1998 and entered into force in 2001, has represented something quite incredible from its very first inception, namely an instrument linking environmental rights and human rights. The Convention is essentially built on three pillars: (1) access to information; (2) public participation in decisions on specific activities; and (3) access to justice.


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Say Hello to 2015
England's game against Australia will make for intriguing viewing this weekend, not least because of the age profile of the side England have selected. The team has an average age of sub-25 and there's no one in the entire matchday panel older than 28. The average number of caps is 14. Neutrals should probably hope for an Australia win, because if this England team wins the hype will be unbearable. World Cup Glory beckons! Bring on the Kiwis! SWING LOW!
Having said that, if this England team does beat an admittedly patchy Australia side, they can afford a little cautious optimism. This is a side built with 2015 in mind. For anyone who hasn't seen it, it looks like this:
M Brown (Harlequins); C Ashton (Saracens), J Tomkins (Saracens), B Twelvetrees (Gloucester), M Yarde (London Irish); O Farrell (Saracens), L Dickson (Northampton), M Vunipola (Saracens), T Youngs (Leicester), D Cole (Leicester), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton), T Wood (Northampton), C Robshaw (Harlequins, capt), B Vunipola (Saracens).
Excitement abounds around the two Vunipolas. As George Hamilton might say, the Vunipola brothers are not related. Billy is a livewire carrier, possibly the No.8 England have been looking for since Nick Easter, er, got ignored for some reason. And in the scrummaging merry-go-round it appears that Mako has benefitted from the new laws. A liability at set piece in the Lions tour, if indeed he can show this to no longer be the case in the New Scrummaging World, then he can have a long test career. Or up until the scrum engagement changes again, at least.
They'll miss the unflappable Geoff Parling at lineout time for sure, but the second row combination of Launchbury and Lawes is bound to generate excitement. There will be no quicker, more athletic second row in the November series, but are they men of substance? Lawes is a product of massive overhype, but has spoken of maturing and no longer looking to make rugbydump hits, but play for the team. The jury's still out.
On the flanks, we'd still prefer to see a little more specialisation. Robshaw and Wood are grafters. Both will make some yards, slow down some ball, make some tackles. Wood will take a few lineouts. Fine men and good players they undoubtedly are, but neither is outstanding at any one facet of the game. He may have his detractors, but Tom Croft will be missed. He gives England an explosive running threat out wide and coupling his absence with that of Manu Tuilagi, there's a massive line-breaking threat removed from the side.
In the back division, England have been scratching around for years for a top class 12 (since Greenwood retired, arguably) – Stontayne Hapless never really ticked the boxes. Billy Twelvetrees is big and strong, but also a smart footballer and a good offloader. He could be that man. Joel Tomkins plays outside him, and Marland Yarde is the latest speedster off the rank to be given a go on the wing. A new one seems to explode on the scene every year before their form goes into a tailspin and disappear from view. Will he be the new Tom Varndell/Paul Sackey/Ugo Monye/David Strettle/Topsy Ojo/Christian Wade?
With all the youthful verve on display, the key question might be: are Lee Dickson and Owen Farrell the men to put them into space? Dickson is keeping Fotuali'i on the bench at Northampton, which counts for a huge amount, but we have never been especially impressed by him. He tends to do a lot of flapping around the base, and can be seen waving his arms for eons before passing the ball. Better than Ben Youngs? Really? Owen Farrell is a hardy competitor, but the feeling remains that until Freddie Burns makes an unarguable case for selection, England still lack a real playmaker for the role.
Anyway, the future starts here. Possibly. Maybe. England have prematurely celebrated any number of false dawns since 2003. Remember when they won in Paris with a very youthful Toby Flood and – brace yourself – Shane Geraghty cutting the French to ribbons? The press corps got very excited. It didn't last.
by whiffofcordite on November 1, 2013 • Permalink
Posted in England, England's missing heroes, Oooooooooooohhh, RWC15, Uncategorized
Posted by whiffofcordite on November 1, 2013
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Eight Games That Defined Irish Rugby: Match Three
The Game: England 13 Ireland 19, 6th March 2004
What it Defined: The emergence of a consistently successful Ireland side
The State of Play
After the Night of the Long Knives following the All Blacks defeat in 2001, Eddie was always going to get some time to get things right – and he needed it. In the 2002 Six Nations, Ireland mixed the sublime with the ridiculous – veering from feeding Wales a painful 50-burger to being on the end of two shellackings in Twickers and Paris. The inconsistency that had been Gatty's downfall wasn't going to go away quickly.
Next season, it looked like they had begun to sort themselves out. After being unable to beat Scotland for a decade, suddenly Ireland were finding it very easy – a 3rd win in 4 years got them off to a great start, and it was followed up by a routine win in Rome. The character of the next two wins had the Irish public sensing something different – a tough grinding win over France in Lansdowne Road was followed up with a last gasp one point win in Cardiff (shurely shome mishtake Mish Moneypenny). The mental toughness we had been looking for seemed within reach … as did a Grand Slam as England came to town.
Until, of course, it was slapped down in spectacular fashion by Johnno and co. at Lansdowne Road. The game will be remembered for the English captain's perceived snub of Mary McAleese, but that preceded a right beating from the English, who were thoroughly sick of being denied Grand Slams by Celtic upstarts. A 5-try 42-6 demolishing was the result, but Ireland were quietly pleased with progress, and this was one hell of an England side.
The World Cup in Oz that autumn was about one thing in the minds of the Irish rugby public – atonement for Lens. Ireland had been drawn with Argentina again, as well as the hosts, and someone was going to bite the bullet. In the event, Ireland staggered past an obdurate Pumas side in a stinking game – Quinny's try-scoring injury put him out for a long time, and both Argentinian props were accused of gouging in the aftermath.
The newly carefree Irish almost caught the Wallabies napping in the final pool game, but a last minute Humph drop goal sailing left meant it was the French instead of the Scots, and after 30 minutes Ireland were whacked and bagged at 24-0 down, eventually losing 43-21 – a defeat which prompted the retirement of all-time legend Woody. It was about par for Ireland World Cups, but the players had a ball in a terrific base. Shane Horgan rated it as a career highlight, but lamented that it came a year too soon for what was a young team.
The following years' Six Nations started with defeat to France, but that was followed up by another handsome victory over Wales. Despite the loss of Wood, the trip to Twickenham was crucial for Ireland – another defeat and they were essentially back where they were after 2000 – some pretty wins, but no cigars.
England themselves were reigning world champions and at the peak of their powers – they had scored 11 tries against the concession of one in their first two games – we tend to associate the 2004 England side with their shambolic 2006-10 cousins, not the powerful machine which won a series in New Zealand and the World Cup in the nine months preceding this game – make no mistake, this was a formidable team, one of the best (if not the best) of the professional era.
This was the first Great Eddie Performance – a ruthless and well-executed devastation of the opposition's weak point: the lineout. Thommo had the worst day of his career, and Mal O'Kelly the best, in tandem with the incredible Paul O'Connell. The English set pieces never got going, and Ireland kept them under incredible pressure throughout the first half. Despite an opportunist try from Matt Dawson, Ireland went in 12-10 in front thanks to four Ronan O'Gara penalties.
England came out flying after the break, with a Ben Cohen try in the corner ruled out by the TMO for a double movement. It was a tight call, but probably correct. Ireland responded with one of the memorable moments of the last decade, and another Eddie Classic – an all-singing backline move started by a sublime step-and-go from Gordon D'arcy – suddenly playing to his great potential – and finished by Girvan Dempsey. Every step was training ground rehearsed. Egg can recall the dirty Vinnie Jones-esque tackle on Dempsey by Cohen as much as the try itself, but it was beautiful to behold (although look how deep the whole line stands!).
Ireland closed it out after that with the sort of tough hard-nosed performance they needed to produce – it was a display full of grit, desire and marked confidence in their gameplan. Gordon D'Arcy and Paul O'Connell were excellent in their first games in Twickers and would be mainstays of the team for years to come. The England team they beat were missing Johnson and Wilko, but had a plethora of World Cup winners, and were led by Lawrence Dallaglio.
The teams that day were:
England: Balshaw; Lewsey, Robinson, Greenwood, Cohen; Grayson, Dawson; Woodman, Thompson, Vickery; Borthwick, Kay; Worsley, Hill, Dallaglio.
Ireland: Dempsey; Horgan, O'Driscoll, D'Arcy, Howe; O'Gara, Stringer; Corrigan, Byrne, Hayes; O'Kelly, O'Connell; Easterby, Gleeson, Foley.
The game was the catalyst for Ireland to win three Triple Crowns in four seasons – their most consistent period of success in history. The first was secured three weeks later at home to Scotland and prompted wild celebrations. The team of 2004 was largely the team that played for this entire World Cup cycle and through to France 2007, missing only the silky-haired Jirry Flannery – at that point just back in Munster after a sojourn in Connacht – and the soon-to-re-emerge David Wallace.
The following season, it was Wales' turn, and they won a rather fortuitous Grand Slam, but this was the catalyst for Eddie's best years – a Triple Crown followed in 2006 (as did a horror beating in Paris – something which was becoming a familiar marker), and that Autumn, Ireland beat both South Africa and Australia, and reached the heady heights of 3rd in the world rankings. The South Africa and Australia teams were somewhat developmental in nature, but that was lost on a public giddy with excitement over Ireland's form. Ronan O'Gara surely never played flatter than in that series, and two new stars from Ulster emerged: powerful winger Andrew Trimble and wrecking-ball blindside, Neil Best.
The peak of the side was due to be in 2007, and it corresponded with the knocking down of decrepit old Lansdowne Road in favour of the sparkling new Palindrome – Ireland were to play their home game from 2007-2010 in Croke Park, the 80,000 seater occasionally atmospheric home of the GAA. The emotion and unfamiliarity of it all were undoubtedly contributors to a slightly off-key performance in the first game of the series, against France. Ireland were but a lucky bounce away from a home win that would likely have led to a Grand Slam. As a fan, there are some defeats you never quite get over, and for Palla Ovale this is one – he simply sat, motionless in Croke Park with his head in his scarf for an extended period of time, before going straight home to bed.
The team were more proactive however – they were primed against England in their next home game. The emotional peak and nationalistic fervour conspired to inspire Ireland to their most complete performance to date – a 43-13 pummeling of a shell-shocked England. The momentum took them to a 50 point win in Rome, which would surely have been good enough for the Championship had France played Scotland simultaneously. In the event, it was another Triple Crown, and this one was greeted rather less positively than the previous two – it was, quite rightly, perceived as a chance of a lifetime having been missed, and Ireland felt short-changed. They hadn't climbed their mountain yet, but the mentality was one of winners. A Triple Crown was no longer good enough.
After the physical and mental peaks of the Six Nations, surely Ireland would be firing on all cylinders again for the World Cup in October?
by whiffofcordite on July 24, 2012 • Permalink
Posted in Eddie O'Sullivan, Eight Games, England, England's missing heroes, Ireland, Uncategorized, Wazza
Posted by whiffofcordite on July 24, 2012
https://whiffofcordite.com/2012/07/24/eight-games-that-defined-irish-rugby-match-three/
Six Nations: Round Three Preview
Ireland v Italy
This is a game Ireland should really win, and win comfortably. Italy may have given England a fright a fortnight ago, but they are no great shakes on the road, and until they find a fly-half from somewhere they're not going to trouble teams outside their home ground. The trouble is that Ireland tend to give them a bit too much respect. Last season – admittedly in the Flaminio, Deccie picked a horrendously out-of-form Tomas O'Leary at scrum-half, seemingly in a bid to counter the Italian forwards. The result was that Ireland almost lost – Italy were a restart away from winning. Ireland need to be bullish here and go wide early and often. They should forget about nonsense like 'earning the right to go wide' and simply play the game at the highest pace they can. Get Sexto flat on the gainline and put the ball through the hands. Do that and Italy will start to fall off tackles, and tries will come.
A more likely outcome is that Ireland start slowly, butcher a couple of chances and get sucked in to a war of attrition. Ireland will probably grind Italy down by a score or two but they should be looking to put this team away.
Verdict: Ireland to win by around 10-12 points.
Judging by the tone of some of the previews of this game, you would be expecting Wales to win by 2 scores or more – Barnesy has said England should be fearful, and the Grauniad were running pieces from the Welsh team of the mid-1980s boasting about how they didn't respect any of the English players, with a clear line running through to today's callow and ordinary Red Rose side.
Still, this is Twickers, and England don't lose by much here – save for the Boks the November before last, they haven't been far behind on the scoreboard in a long time.
All that said, the Welsh team look far too strong, a combative and skillful pack are getting ball to the destructive backs, which eventually leads to scores. The key to stopping Wales is to slow down the ball and get Mike Philips in a dogfight – this ensures the centres get the ball while static instead of going forward. And the key to beating them is to use their strength against them – have their relatively immobile backs turning around and drifting across by aggressive rucking and carrying then varying the attack with kicking behind, skip passes and hard lines.
Do England have the tools for this? Yes, in the form of Lawes, Wood, Morgan, Dickson, Cipriani, Tuilagi and an intelligent ball-playing 12. Lancaster's team, however, is unlikely to contain any of those.
Verdict: Wales by 3-5 if Morgan plays and 7-10 if Dowson plays.
Scotland v France
An admirable ballsy selection by Robbo here – teenager Stuart Hogg is rewarded for his entertaining and effective cameo against Wales. John Barclay is back and with 2 genuine opensides in the team, expect Scotland to try and make this a dogfight at ruck time.
Mini Greig Laidlaw holds the 10 jersey and concerns about his defence against the giant French backrow and centres might have led to the re-instatement of Ooooooooooooooohhh Graeme Morrison – its hard to think of any other reason to pick him to be brutally honest.
Even if France do manage to be dragged down to Scotland's level, its difficult to see them not prevailing. France have quality everywhere and a bench packed with high-class operators and Julien Dupuy. In the unlikely event of them finding themselves in trouble, the replacements will make the difference.
Verdict: We'll be surprised if France need to go higher than third gear, and certainly don't expect them to if they are in front. France by 9ish.
by whiffofcordite on February 23, 2012 • Permalink
Posted in England's missing heroes, Ooooooooh Graeme Morrison, Six Nations, Wales are overrated
Posted by whiffofcordite on February 23, 2012
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the man behind the curtain
tags: history of woman suffrage, l frank baum, wounded knee massacre
Let's wrap up the week and the thread on Oz with a peek at the man behind the
curtain, its author L. Frank Baum. He was born into wealth in 1856, a sickly kid
who got interested in writing when his father bought him a printing press. His
first professional publication was a trade journal about poultry. His first book
was about Hamburg chickens.
In 1880, Baum's father built a theatre for him. Baum wrote, produced, directed
and acted in productions there. Two years later he married Maud Gage. Gage was
the daughter of Matilda Joslyn Gage, who co-wrote History of Woman Suffrage
with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Frank became an ardent supporter of women's rights. His second Oz book is
about a revolution in the Emerald Kingdom in which knitting-needle-wielding
females take over and force their men to do the housework. Princess Ozma,
rightful ruler of the fairyland, ascends to the throne and reigns with compassion
and benevolence. She lets the guys go back to whatever it was they were doing.
The Baums moved to Aberdeen in Dakota Territory in 1888. He opened a store
"Baum's Bazaar". It went bankrupt due to his liberal credit policy, so he began
editing the town newspaper. On December 20, 1890, Baum wrote a column ad-
vocating annihilation of Native Americans. After the Wounded Knee Massacre
nine days later, in which at least 153 Lakota Sioux were killed by the U.S. Cavalry,
Baum opined:
"Having wronged (Native Americans) for centuries,we had better,
in order to protect our civilization, follow it up with one more
wrong and wipe these untamed and untameable creatures from
the face of the earth."
In 1891 the Baum family, now with four sons, moved to Chicago when the paper
ceased publication. Frank worked as a reporter, then started editing a magazine
for ad agencies that centered on window displays for department stores. In 1897
he wrote and published his first children's book, which set Mother Goose rhymes
to prose. Maxfield Parrish illustrated it.
It did well enough for Baum to quit his door-to-door sales job. He teamed with
illustrator W. W. Denslow in 1899 to produce Father Goose: His Book. This col-
lection of nonsense poems became the best-selling children's book for the year.
Now we're on the yellow brick road. Baum and Denslow created The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz in 1900. It was the best-selling kids' book for two years. A successful
stage version was produced in 1901, though it was quite different from the 1939
film. Instead of Toto, Trixie the Cow was whirled off to Oz with Dorothy, along
with the waitress Tryxie Tryfle and Pastoria, the streetcar operator.
Frank wrote several theatrical variations on the Oz theme, but none of them
made it to Broadway.
Baum and Denslow collaborated a third time on Dot and Tot of Merryland. It failed
and the two never worked together again. Frank wrote 15 more Oz books and many
other fantasy novels, 55 in all. He also wrote 82 short stories and more than 200
poems. He wrote some of his work under pseudonyms, including women's names.
His Aunt Jane's Nieces series, written for adolescent girls, was penned under the
nom de plume Edith van Dyne.
After the inital success of Oz, Baum announced that he had bought Pedloe Island
off the coast of California, and would build "a fairy paradise for children" there.
He planned to live there. A princess and other children would run it. Problem
was, Pedloe Island was no more real than Oz.
In his later years, Baum moved to Hollywood. He started a movie company to
produce children's fantasy films. It failed, but it gave early career boosts to
Harold Lloyd and Hal Roach. Richard Rosson, who was in one of Baum's films,
was the older brother of Harold Rosson, cinematographer of the famed 1939
production.
Frank died from a stroke in 1919. His last words were "now we can cross the
shifting sands". His legacy includes a wealth of literature and promotion of
feminist issues . . . and a plea for genocide. All this from a man who named
his most famous work after his "O" to "Z" file cabinet.
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Great finish to the OZ series. I learn new stuff all the time from Anchor Struck. That talk of Pedloe Island and a "paradise for children", started me thinking it may have been appropriate that Michael Jackson got his turn at Oz with the Wiz. At least Micheal's paradise was real, if lacking a princess.
Too bad about Baum's Native American sentiments though. There's a temptation to want to excuse him because of the "times" and think it quaint. But there were plenty of people on the right side of that issue even earlier in the 1800's. If anything, Baum seems to have come late to his racism. Ironic that he could be progressive on women's issues while genocidal about Native Americans. Or maybe he was just an early compassionate conservative: "We've wronged poor people for so long, to protect society, we might as well follow it up with one more wrong and just kill 'em" I can almost hear someone saying. I'll still enjoy the movie (except for the wicked witch flying on the broom during the tornado who has been giving me the creeps for the last 60+ years) but I'll never think of Baum the same.
I agree to take caution in looking at the past through our historical prism, but I was struck that two views that seem so strikingly antithetical could have rattled around in the same brain. Thanks for your observations, young fellow, and stay in school.


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Why Labor Supports Trade
Author: Penny Wong is Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Trade
It's an honour for me to speak at the opening of this Fabian Forum on progressive reform ideas for Labor's 2015 National Conference.
The Australian Fabians have a long and proud history of promoting progressive thinking inside and outside the Labor Party.
A feature of Fabianism is its focus on promoting change through ideas – not slogans.
That's Labor's way, too.
And the reason Bill Shorten has described 2015 as Labor's year of ideas.
This year Labor has challenged Australians to join us as we:
Embrace constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians;
Confront domestic violence;
Promote inclusive growth;
Crackdown on multinationals not paying their fair share of tax in Australia;
Plan to build, maintain and sustain Australia's future submarines in Australia;
Make the superannuation system fairer and more sustainable;
Protect our renewable energy sector and tackle climate change;
Reinvigorate the movement for an Australian republic;
Achieve marriage equality.
We have done that while fighting the most regressive Budget program brought down since Stanley Melbourne Bruce lost his seat trying to do over Australian workers.
Labor's National Conference will, of course, be a contest of ideas.
Ideas about how we achieve a fair, inclusive and prosperous Australia.
Ideas that will shape the national debate all the way to the next federal election, and help shape a Shorten Labor Government too.
Today, as Shadow Minister for Trade and Investment, I want to put to you the progressive case for trade.
It can be summed up in a simple proposition: trade benefits working people.
Trade benefits working people by contributing to economic growth.
Trade benefits working people by improving productivity.
It benefits working people by creating better-paid, more rewarding and more secure jobs.
And it benefits working people by delivering lower prices and greater choice for consumers.
Labor has deep roots in Australia's traded goods industries.
The Australian Workers Union organised the shearers in the 1880s – not to oppose international trade in Australia's then biggest export industry, but to press for fair wages and conditions.
One of Labor's greatest Prime Ministers, Ben Chifley, worked as an engine driver before entering Parliament.
The trains Chifley steered between Bathurst and Sydney carried goods from western New South Wales that were destined for export markets.
On the return journeys, they brought back imported goods – everything from pianos and sewing machines to Irish whiskey and corned beef.
Just as hundreds of thousands of train and truck drivers today move exports and imports around Australia.
As Prime Minister in 1948, Chifley took Australia into the new multilateral trading system negotiated as part of the Bretton Woods post-war international economic architecture.
His vision for post-war economic reconstruction was to develop manufacturing industry and new export markets – initially in America and, over the longer-term, in Asia.
The three most substantial decisions to reduce Australia's trade barriers – in 1973, 1988 and 1991 – were all made by Labor Governments.
In 1973, the Whitlam Government cut tariffs by 25 per cent.
Gough has said that the short-term aim of the tariff cut was to reduce inflation while its longer term aim was to improve efficiency.
A more efficient economy was the primary motivation for the 1988 and 1991 tariff cuts by the Hawke-Keating Governments.
But Hawke and Keating also recognised that tariffs were pushing up the prices of clothing, whitegoods, cars and other basic consumer items.
They recognised that there was nothing progressive about a policy which meant working people struggled to afford decent school shoes for their children.
It has been estimated that the Hawke-Keating tariff cuts have put nearly $4000 a year into the pockets of the average Australian household.
They also drove the modernisation of Australian industry in the 1980s and 1990s.
This was one of the reforms which have contributed to Australia enjoying nearly a quarter of a century of uninterrupted economic growth.
Labor's commitment to trade liberalisation was continued by the Rudd and Gillard Governments.
Under Rudd and Gillard, Labor:
finalised Free Trade Agreements with Chile, Malaysia, ASEAN and New Zealand;
launched negotiations for a global Trade in Services Agreement;
and contributed to the World Trade Organisation's Trade Facilitation Agreement which was concluded in Bali in 2013.
Exports and imports account for around 40 per cent of Australia's GDP – that means trade is inextricably tied up with Australian jobs.
Jobs producing goods and services for export markets.
And jobs producing goods and services which use imported inputs.
Industries strongly engaged in trade include agriculture, mining, oil and gas, manufacturing, transport, storage and distribution, tertiary education and wholesale and retail trade.
These industries account for more than 3.7 million jobs.
Miners, manufacturing workers, food processing workers, truck drivers, wharfies, warehousing workers, shop assistants – their jobs all depend on exports and imports.
The jobs of workers in the hospitality sector are supported by Australia's tourism exports.
And the jobs of higher education workers are supported by our exports of education services.
Exporting doesn't only mean more jobs – it means better jobs.
Austrade research shows that, on average, exporters pay higher wages than companies operating only in the domestic market.
It shows that exporters also:
provide more secure jobs;
are more likely to provide employees with training;
are more likely to negotiate wages through enterprise bargaining, and;
are more committed to safety in the workplace.
And exporters are twice as likely to engage in innovation as non-exporters.
As the Labor Party's National Platform puts it: "More trade is a pathway to a high-skill, high-wage future for Australians."
Expanding trade contributes to economic growth.
Trade is especially important for growth at the moment, when the economy faces headwinds.
Domestic demand has been weak in the last 18 months, which is one of the reasons unemployment has been rising under the Abbott Government.
Australia can never rely solely upon our domestic economy to generate the growth we need to create jobs – not today, not ever.
Trade agreements open up world markets for Australian businesses, allowing them to find new sources of demand for the goods and services that Australian workers produce.
Some in our movement hanker for the days of protectionism, imagining that tariffs on imports support local jobs.
Protectionism is a false panacea.
Tariffs push up prices for local consumers and producers.
They lead to uncompetitive industries, an inefficient economy and, ultimately, jobs that are not sustainable.
Sitting on the sidelines while other countries negotiate trade agreements is also a false panacea.
Refusing to enter trade agreements will allow our competitors to gain market share at Australia's expense.
That will reduce export growth for our businesses, potentially leading to job losses for our workers.
Take the recent Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
Korea is an important market for Australian beef exports.
In recent years, our beef producers have been losing market share to American competitors in Korea.
One reason for this is that Korea and the United States signed a free trade agreement in 2011 which cut tariffs on American beef, putting Australia at a competitive disadvantage.
Under the Korea-Australia FTA which was finalised last year, Korea agreed to extend the same tariff cuts to Australian beef.
Without these tariff cuts, Australian beef exports to Korea would have declined over the next few years as US beef gained an ever-greater competitive advantage.
With the tariff cuts, however, beef exports to Korea are projected to increase by 57 per cent in real terms by 2029.
Labor believes the Abbott Government should have secured a better agreement with Korea.
However, we recognised that KAFTA will benefit Australia's agricultural industry and the hundreds of thousands of jobs the industry supports – including in the food processing sector of manufacturing.
That is why Labor concluded that KAFTA was in Australia's national interest.
We need to approach the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement in the same way – assessing whether it will support jobs and whether it is in Australia's national interest.
I have always argued that Australia's prosperity demands deeper integration with the economies of our region.
Labor people have always sought to build a better future for our children – and it is clear that the future lies in our region.
Twenty years ago, Paul Keating said free trade in the Asia-Pacific:
"[C]an underwrite Australia's future. It can give us sustainable growth, employment, a role in technological innovation, cultural stimulation and enrichment. It can substantially underwrite the democratic, rich and dynamic nation we want to be in the 21st century."
Our economic welfare, our strategic opportunities, our national security and our cultural dynamism will all depend on how deeply we integrate with the fast-growing economies of Asia.
Not only in traditional goods trade, but also in investment, tourism, services, supply chains, and people to people links.
We need to continue the Labor mission of trade liberalisation to ensure Australia can take advantage of the changes that will unfold in coming years.
Changes like the growth of the Asian middle class, the emergence of global value chains and the rise of services.
Asia's middle class now comprises around 500 million people.
It is expected to increase more than six-fold in the next 15 years.
That will be 3.2 billion middle-class consumers – or two-thirds of the world's middle class – in Asia by 2030.
This will translate into rising demand for a range of goods and services, including those where Australia has a strong track record – like food, education, tourism, health and aged care, and financial and professional services.
There will also be opportunities for Australia in global value chains.
Manufactured goods are now increasingly "made in the world" rather than made in Australia, made in the USA or made in China.
This has seen the emergence of a new type of trade – global value chain trade – where materials and components are imported, processed, transformed, and then exported on to the next link in the chain.
Boeing passenger jets may roll off the production line in Seattle.
Yet they include flaps, ailerons and rudders made at Fishermans Bend here in Melbourne – along with components from hundreds of suppliers around the world.
An Apple iPhone includes components manufactured in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and several other countries.
Yet the lion's share of the value embodied in the iPhone is captured by Apple, reflecting its role in innovation, design and marketing rather than in the physical production of the device.
In a world of global value chains, domestic trade barriers are a recipe for the demise of local industry.
Jobs for Australian manufacturing workers will increasingly depend on whether our businesses can break into global value chains.
And this will depend on the skills of our workers, the ease of moving goods across borders, the quality of our infrastructure, the ability of our businesses to innovate, and the extent to which they forge connections with partners overseas.
For Labor, global value chains must be a key focus for trade, investment, innovation and industry policy.
The shift of economic activity towards services also creates new opportunities.
In high-income OECD economies, services now account for 75 per cent of GDP.
By contrast, in East Asia's developing economies, services account for less than half of GDP.
As these economies develop, their demand for services like education, tourism, healthcare, aged care, and financial and professional services will expand.
Gaining access for services in export markets presents challenges for trade policy.
It requires more than reducing barriers at the border.
It requires deeper economic integration and tackling behind-the-border regulations which prevent services firms from entering new markets.
Trade agreements should not undermine domestic regulations that deliver legitimate public policy goals.
But they should increase international trade in services, because this will drive economic growth just as trade in goods drives economic growth.
While globalisation brings great benefits, it can also unleash rapid, unpredictable and unsettling change.
We must ensure our citizens benefit from globalisation, rather than being left behind.
We are committed to giving people the tools they need to participate in the global economy.
Tools like a quality education, mastery of workplace skills, an understanding of technology, and the ability to adapt to change and learn new skills.
In a globalised economy, these attributes are critical to people's ability to succeed in the workplace and to cope with economic change.
People will increasingly need to navigate changes in their occupations and careers during their working lives.
This will require investment, reinvestment and renewal of human capital, just as the economy requires constant retooling and upgrading of physical capital.
Unlike our opponents, Labor understands that trade policy must be complemented by investments in education, skills, infrastructure, innovation and research.
In a globalised economy, it would be daft to halve the ratio of schools spending to GDP by 2055; to abandon Trades Training Centres in schools; or to make it harder to for people to go to university.
And yet that's just what the Abbott Government has proposed.
Labor does not pursue trade liberalisation out of blind adherence to abstract theories.
We pursue trade liberalisation because it delivers concrete benefits for the people we represent.
Trade raises average living standards.
Because I am a progressive, I support free trade.
But trade also places uneven pressures on our society.
So because I support free trade, I also believe we must have proper social democratic institutions and progressive policies.
That means insisting on high quality trade agreements that maximise local employment.
It means trade agreements that do not undermine public policy in healthcare, the environment or labour rights.
And it means trade agreements supported by policies which have at their heart the expansion of opportunity – investments in education, innovation and infrastructure to ensure people prosper in the globalised economy.
It does not mean pulling down the shutters.
We have already experienced the closed economy model.
As Paul Keating says, by the 1970s it had turned Australia into an industrial museum.
By contrast, the open economy model Labor embraced in the 1980s has powered us through one of the longest periods of uninterrupted growth of any advanced economy in the world.
Back in 1948, Ben Chifley could see that it was in the interests of Australian workers to foster new industries at home, to find new export markets abroad, and to engage with Asia.
As his successors, we have a responsibility to continue pursuing this vision in the 21st century.


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Canadian researchers have reported a new twist on the spate of deaths and lung damage from vaping in the United States.
A 17-year-old boy may well be the first case of a novel type of lung injury from vaping. The condition is similar to "popcorn lung", which is seen in workers exposed to the chemical flavouring diacetyl, an ingredient used to produce microwave popcorn, researchers said.
Several toxic compounds
When inhaled, the chemical causes inflammation and obstruction of the small airways in the lungs.
"The type of lung injury our patient suffered is different from the pattern of injury seen in the outbreak of cases in the US, meaning that there is more than one way vaping can harm the lungs," said lead researcher Dr Karen Bosma, an associate scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ontario.
"We don't know for certain what chemical or ingredient is causing the problem, but we do know that several compounds found in e-liquids can be toxic when inhaled, so no vaping products can be considered free of risk," she said.
In this Canadian case, the teen came down with a life-threatening case of bronchiolitis after a week of persistent coughing. The boy was hospitalised and put on life support.
Bosma's team suspected that the problem was related to flavoured e-cigarettes. Indeed, the family said their son had regularly used flavoured e-liquids including those that contained THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
The boy's condition was so serious that his doctors referred him to a lung transplant centre.
A warning to others
Although the teen avoided needing a lung transplant, his lungs were permanently damaged. He continues to recover and has sworn off e-cigarettes, marijuana and tobacco, the researchers said.
Vaping has health risks and the potential short and long-term effects of vaping remain unknown, Bosma said. Non-smokers, pregnant women and young people should not vape, she cautioned.
"The patient, his family and his health care team want to use his case as a warning to others," Bosma said. "What happened to our patient could happen to anyone."
The report was published in the journal CMAJ.
In the United States, the number of those stricken with a severe lung illness tied to vaping has reached 2 172, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cases have now been reported in every state except Alaska, the agency noted.
In September, President Donald Trump pledged to ban sale of most flavoured e-cigarettes in the United States. But the New York Times reported this week that under pressure from lobbyists and political advisers, Trump has not yet taken action, saying only that he wants to study the issue.
Unregulated products
Meanwhile, the US death toll from vaping-related lung illness stands at 42, spread across 24 states and the District of Columbia. Deaths have involved patients ranging from the ages of 17 to 75, with a median age of 52.
The CDC noted that more than 85% of cases involved products that contained THC.
Experts said an oily chemical known as vitamin E acetate appears to be involved, which is used in a variety of products, but when heated and inhaled it can cause severe lung damage.
"These are products that are not regulated with regards to the substances being inhaled," explained Dr Albert Rizzo, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association.
While these compounds may be safe to swallow, they can become toxic and cause lung damage when they're heated and inhaled as a vapour, he said.
People shouldn't vape, Rizzo said. "If they don't, they shouldn't start. If they are vaping, they should stop because these products have not been evaluated by any regulatory agency in this country and there's no evidence as to their safety or efficacy," he said.
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Marc Garneau is clearly not a guy who is used to losing.
For several weeks, Canada's first astronaut, a retired navy captain, former president of the Canadian Space Agency and a former university chancellor, has refused to shy away from pointing out the weaknesses of his fellow Liberal leadership competitor, Justin Trudeau's candidacy.
These days, Garneau, however, is striking a more conciliatory tone.
The two-time Montreal MP visited The Huffington Post Canada's head office last Friday to discuss his campaign for the Liberals' top job and explain why he feels he is helping his party by challenging the perceived front-runner.
"Very simply, this is a competition," Garneau said. "Anything I've ever entered… I've entered to win."
Too many times Liberals have taken a hit at the polls because they failed to ask "tough questions" when choosing their previous leaders, Garneau said. "And the result? We all saw that result."
He now believes three things need to come out of the Liberal leadership race. First, the winning candidate needs to draw more people into the party. "Justin does that extremely well. I commend him for it...I concede the fact that he has a huge amount of appeal and has brought in a lot of people. There's two other things, however, that are part of it," Garneau said. " One is leadership experience, demonstrated leadership. And finally, what are you putting on the table? What are you offering to Liberals and what are you offering to Canadians? "
Garneau said he's raised alarm bells several times over Trudeau's record but now he's ready to turn the page.
"I've made my point and I did it over a period of time. I'm now going to move on," he told HuffPost.
Garneau first arrived on the political scene in 2006 after stepping down as president of the Canadian Space Agency. Though considered a star candidate, he ran and lost the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges to the Bloc incumbent by more than 9,000 votes as the sponsorship scandal drained Grit fortunes in Quebec and beyond.
"You could say my timing sucked," he joked.
But Garneau won the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie handily in 2008 and narrowly escaped the so-called NDP "orange crush" of 2011. Now, the battle-tested 64-year-old believes he has the right stuff to bring the once-mighty party back. And, what's more, the man with two schools named after him thinks he can stand up to the "Conservative attack machine."
It starts, he believes, with taking a hard look at what's gone wrong.
"We've made mistakes in the past by not asking tough questions and by pinning all our hopes on a saviour," he said.
Garneau has perhaps been the most vocal critic of 41-year-old Trudeau, who he sees as light on policy.
"I think it's important to give some sense, not a detailed one, but some sense of where you would focus, where you would take the party, where you would take the country if you were in charge," he said.
Garneau has used the campaign to propose a number of ideas. He has pushed for greater foreign competition in Canada's wireless market, more breathing room for students paying back record debt loads and a desire to shift Canada's focus to the knowledge-based economy.
But it was his challenge to debate Trudeau one-on-one — an offer promptly rejected by the Papineau MP and called "a bit desperate" by rival leadership contender Martin Cauchon — that may have garnered the biggest headlines.
Although Trudeau has suggested Garneau's team is running a "negative campaign," Canada's first man in space is convinced he has forced the front-runner to present more policies. He said Trudeau recently came out in support of his plan to defer student loan repayments.
"I've heard more from him since I started to do that," he said of his public challenges. "So I'm achieving some of the things I was hoping would happen. The more people put out, the better."
And to those who suggest the exercise is a foregone conclusion, Garneau believes he can and will grow from his "solid second place" position in the final stretch.
"The feedback I'm getting from a lot of people is: 'Good for you Marc.' You know, this can't be a coronation," he said. "It's got to be a vigorous race and so I'm actually helping the party here."
Garneau also answered questions on marijuana, how he believes he's better equipped to handle economic challenges than Stephen Harper and what's missing from the Liberal leadership race.
You can read the highlights from his meeting with the HuffPost editorial board below.
On what he has accomplished in the race already
"I think that, in an interesting way what I have helped to achieve is to perhaps make people think a little more carefully about what is they're going to be voting on. The person we choose is the person who, on the 15th of April, has to replace (interim leader) Bob Rae and really has to take us on a two and a half year journey towards the next election. And that's going to be a journey where you're confronting some adults – I'm talking about Stephen Harper and Thomas Mulcair."
On whether he will run again if he loses the Grit battle
"Yes, absolutely. I love being in the Liberal party. I've got a long way to go and I intend to continue. I'm in this for the long run and I've got a lot to contribute to the party."
On why he wanted to debate Trudeau alone
Reader question from ProgressiveCDN
"Even though we're all in the same party, we're all going to work together, it doesn't matter. There's nothing wrong with having a vigorous exchange and trying to make yourself look better and obviously trying to distinguish yourself from your opponents. We shouldn't be afraid of those things."
On the dig that he was getting 'a bit desperate' by asking for a one-one-one debate
"Nothing desperate about it at all. It's constructive. It's important for the party that we get it right."
"I think I've been respectful. I don't think I've gotten personal. So, I think it's fine."
On whether he would legalize marijuana
Reader question from Rony Demers
"Definitely, immediate decriminalization. We're wasting a lot of resources on this at the moment that we don't need to waste."
"If our neighbours to the south — if they end up thickening the border as a result of this, then there's a price to pay that has to be taken into account...we do about a billion dollars in trade plus everyday with the United States. There could be an unintended consequence if the United States says, okay we're going to get tough here because we're afraid you're going to flood us with marijuana."
"Ultimately, I want to legalize it, yes, and, of course, regulate it. It is a substance that can't be abused by young people because all the scientific evidence points to the fact that it will impair your cognitive development, possibly permanently, if you smoke too much of this stuff when you're young."
On how his economic message differs from Harper
"This government has put too much focus on the economy being based on natural resource development in this country."
"My focus is on diversifying the economy by focusing on the knowledge-based economy. If we put all of our eggs in one basket with our natural resources and prices, commodity prices fluctuate, we end up with some unfortunate circumstances and that's what's happening at the moment."
"I think having all those natural resources makes us a bit lazy in this country. If you look at a country like Israel, they have no natural resources and they put 4.7 per cent of their GDP into R&D (research and development). And it shows. We put about 2 per cent. We do quite well on the public side of R&D but we do quite poorly on the private side and that's what I'm trying to stimulate is the private side."
"We are we're the luckiest country on Earth. We're the second largest country on the planet. We're brimming with natural resources. We feel fortunate and we feel that the future is bright, so it's a little harder to get that sort of culture change that is needed in this country."
On his push to get Canadians to more risks
"One of the first things we need to do is drive more capital into start-ups and I've talked about capital gains exemptions and angel investor tax credits for those who are willing to take their money and put it in startups."
"Canadians are more risk averse in terms of investing than are some of our competitors and so I think the federal measure that I'm proposing will lower their risk and I think it will drive capital in. There's no question in this country that we have the ideas. It's that challenge of turning those ideas into commercial successes and part of what's required here is capital."
"I think we have the talent in this country. The raw material is there. We need to take a little more risk."
On what he would do to promote skills training
"I would give a tax credit to employers who are willing to invest in upgrading skills of their employees. We don't do it as much as in the United States, only one in three (individuals) get skills upgrading and we spend less money than our American counterparts. That's why our productivity is low."
On what's missing from the Liberal leadership race
"In the best of all worlds, in the final few weeks, it would be great if we had a vigorous and long debate between the front runners so that we can really show Canadians what each of us is able to do, our leadership qualities. It hasn't worked out that way because we started out with nine candidates and I don't blame anyone for that. The nine candidates all followed the rules. They all put up their $75,000. It's not an easy thing to jump into a race and participate. But perhaps for future leadership races… we should find a way to narrow the field as we go along. …Maybe we've learned some things for next time."
On whether Trudeau's reported 150,000 plus supporters mean the race is over
"I'm confident that I'm in a solid second place. I can't tell you exactly how many people (I've signed up) but I'm confident that I'm in a competitive position and that in the next four or five weeks, I will continue to build on that support. I think it's going to be a very interesting final week. I think It's premature for the media to speculate (that) because of numbers like 150,000 that it's a foregone conclusion."
"I'm trying to make it a race," he later added. "I'm trying not to make it a coronation."
This interview has been edited and condensed.
Editor's note: Garneau has blogged for HuffPost Canada.
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Liberal leadership hopeful Marc Garneau will visit The Huffington Post Canada's offices on Friday morning to answer your questions.
The Montreal MP, first elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2011, was Canada's first astronaut, president of the Canadian Space Agency and an officer in the Canadian Navy.
Garneau has pledged that if he's elected prime minister he will allow greater foreign competition in Canada's wireless market, give students more time to pay back record debt loads and 'ungag' federal scientists.
He has made waves during the campaign by questioning the experience of front-runner Justin Trudeau and challenging the son of former PM Pierre Trudeau to a one-on-one debate. The offer was promptly rejected and led Liberal rival Martin Cauchon to suggest he was getting "a bit desperate."
Other ideas for questions include:
What will it take for Liberals to win the support of Quebec federalists once again?
How can Liberals tighten gun control without sacrificing votes in rural Canada?
How can you convince Canadians that you are better equipped to deal with economic challenges than Stephen Harper?
While we expect tough questions, you'll be more likely to get an answer if you keep things respectful.
Leave your questions in the comments below or reach out to us on Facebook or Twitter. And don't forget to check back here to read his answers.
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He then became a senior partner in a Harrisburg firm in which he developed and directed an eminent domain practice for property owners. While there, he directed eminent domain services and law firm marketing while he oversaw ethics compliance.
Mike continued to be active in support of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, the Pennsylvania Association of approximately 1,000 attorneys and insurance executives. He was the longstanding editor of PDI News and served as President of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute in 2003-2004. He also served as the Pennsylvania delegate to the Defense Research Institute, a national association of leading attorneys.
In 2009, Mike was honored to be elected to serve as the first, and only, Pennsylvania member of the Owners' Counsel of America. The Owners' Counsel of America is a non-profit organization comprised of the most experienced eminent domain and property rights attorneys from across the country. The members serve to advance, preserve, and defend the rights of private property owners locally and nationally. The Owners' Counsel has used its members' combined knowledge and experience as a resource in the defense of private property ownership. Mike continues to be the only Pennsylvania attorney to be honored as a member of the Owners' Counsel.
In 2016 Mike began service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Owners Counsel of America. In 2017 he was elected to serve as the vice chairman of the Board of Directors. In 2018 he was reelected to serve as Vice Chairman.
Mike has regularly challenged eminent domain abuse via writings, lectures, and litigation. In 2014, his preliminary objections led to the York County landmark eminent domain decision in Sunoco Pipeline v. Loper, No. 2013-SU- 4518-05. The Judge determined that Sunoco Pipeline was not a public utility corporation with eminent domain power with regard to the Mariner East 2 pipeline. Mike went on to represent Mariner East 2 property owners across all of Pennsylvania and obtained several millions of dollars of compensation for those property owners. Mike regularly negotiates and litigates property value issues. He has obtained multiple Board of View and jury verdicts exactly on the figure Mike presented in evidence. In 2018, Mike negotiated the resolution of a condemnation by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The Turnpike paid $1,750,000 in property damages but offered no funds for relocation benefits. Mike presented support for additional property damages and extensive relocation benefits. The parties agreed to the payment of an additional $5,000,000. He has served as an expert witness on eminent domain in Pennsylvania. He has been honored as a "SUPER LAWYER" for eminent domain in Pennsylvania.
Mike is a Scranton native and a graduate of Scranton Preparatory School. He wrestled and played football at Lebanon Valley College before graduating with honors. He was President of the Psychology Club and Social Chairman of the Knights of the Valley fraternity. From 1980 to 1982 he served on the faculty of the University of Akron where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in Life Span Development and Gerontology. He became a member of Psi Chi, the national honor society of psychology. He is a graduate of Rutgers School of Law – Newark where he served on the Women's Rights Law Reporter.
He was an employee of the Boy Scouts of America in New York City from 1983-1989. There, he developed and directed training programs for disadvantaged youth. He designed and directed the Work Orientation and Remedial Knowledge program which served as a model for the national City Works program. Mike was promoted into fundraising and obtained unprecedented results in corporate fundraising for the New York City scouts. In 2018, the Lancaster Counsel of Boy Scouts awarded the "Ideal Scout" award to Mike, an Eagle Scout, based on his volunteer services to the scouts in an eminent domain case which took land from a camp. Mike was able to reduce the land taken and significantly increase the compensation.
He provides additional pro bono services to the Institute for Justice which protects private property rights and other vital liberties to protect constitutional limits on the power of government. Mike has been a volunteer for: Dauphin County Bar Association, Big Brothers, Communities That Care and Saint Joan of Arc Church. He has been a chairman and a champion of the Harrisburg Claims Association Golf League. Twice yearly he leads golf group adventures to destinations in eastern United States and abroad. He has been a frequent competitor in the Harrisburg Mile race.
Attorney Michael F. Faherty and Faherty Law Firm have provided eminent domain representation to over 1,000 property owners. Faherty Law Firm handles cases in state courts throughout Pennsylvania and in each of the three Pennsylvania federal district courts. Representation has involved: industrial, commercial, farm, residential and preserved property. Representation has been provided to property owners threatened by: PennDOT, Pennsylvania Department of General Services, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, public utility companies, electric utilities, pipeline companies, oil and gas companies, counties, cities, townships, boroughs, sewer authorities, municipal authorities, school districts, hospitals, and airports. Some case results may be reviewed via the Faherty Law Firm webpage here.
Licenses to Practice Law
U.S. District Court – Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court – Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals – Third Circuit
Dauphin County Bar Association
Eminent Domain Lectures
American Law Institute
National Business Institute
Lebanon Pipeline Awareness
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Eminent Domain Publications
Mike is the author of Eminent Domain Litigation
Lexis Nexis Practice Guide
Pennsylvania Real Estate Litigation, 2017
Mike is a contributing author to the Pipeline Safety Trust publication Landowner's Guide to Pipelines.
Mike has been the author of the prominent blog on Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Law for many years.
The blog may be viewed via the Faherty Law Firm webpage here.
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ONTD Original: Y2K, A year of one hit wonders
Previous Posts: 2001-2009
There was hardly a more confusing era in music than the early part of the 21st century. As the 90's passed and we moved into Y2K, music didn't have a big boom period for any one genre. So we were briefly bombarded with a horde of one-hit wonders. 16 years ago, artists like Sonique, Ruff Endz and Eiffel 65 were topping the charts. These artists who created their major year 2000 hits were never able to replicate the success. However, their songs always bring back the nostalgia. 2000 begins our 1990's One hit wonder series, so let's take a look at some of the best one hit wonders of the year!
The Product G&B - Maria Maria
The Product G&B owes all their success to Santana, who featured them on his mega-hit album, Supernatural. The duo sang the vocals on "Maria Maria." The song peaked at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the 2000 Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. This was of course a mega hit for Santana, but this duo who wasn't honored with any awards, hasn't released an album nor any thing near a hit since.
Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You
Samantha Mumba's TRL-friendly debut single peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also a huge international hit. She had another bop, "Lately" but nothing topped her debut and soon she faded away.
Macy Gray - I Try
Gray wrote the lyrics to this song. It was produced shortly after her split from her husband and father of her three children and exposed the pain she felt doing it alone. This was her only appearance on the Hot 100 in America, peaking at no. 5 on the Hot 100 and earning her a "Best New Artist" VMA. However, she did attain more than one-hit-wonder status in Europe and Australia.
Ruff Endz - No More
Baltimore R&B duo Ruff Endz went all the way to No. 5 with "No More" in September 2000. But the group never saw the top 10 again after that; they only reached No. 49 with "Someone to Love You" in June 2002.
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Italian dance trio Eiffel 65, whose name was generated at random by a computer program, peaked at No. 6 with the über-catchy "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" in January 2000. They've been blue ever since, as they did not see the Hot 100 for the rest of the decade.
Nine Days - Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
You can't list 2000 one-hit wonders without mentioning this song. Nine days peaked at no. 6 on the Hot 100 with this smash off of their third album. Despite the teenage girls who adored this song, this band never made it past "Absolutely."
Sonique The- It Feels So Good
In April 2000, Sonique went to No. 8 with her upbeat jam, "It Feels So Good." But the British pop diva hasn't felt so great since; nearly 16 years later, she has yet to appear on the chart again.
Filter - Take A Picture
Released in 1999, Filter's iconic "Take a Picture" peaked at no. 12 on the Hot 100 in February of 2000. The group had all the tools to become a consistently good band, and then they didn't. Much like their long line of one-hit wonder predecessors, filter neglected their hard rock roots to make a radio-friendly pop hit.
BBMak - Back Here
You weren't watching TRL in 2000 if you haven't heard this song at least once. It's one of the catchiest songs of the year 2000, tbqmfh. After peaking at no. 13 on the Hot 100, the boy band split up in 2003 to pursue failed solo careers.
Carl Thomas - I Wish
Carl slayed lives with his #1 R&B hit "I Wish." It peaked at no. 20 on the Hot 100. While he had a second top 10 hit and two more top 20s on R&B, he never returned to the pop top 40.
Alice DeeJay - Better Off Alone
This is a pop-trance classic with maybe the catchiest synth riff. There weren't a ton of lyrics, but that undeniable synth riff provided just about all the juice the song would need, and it became a worldwide crossover hit. The song peaked at no. 25 on the Hot 100 and topped numerous dance charts.
Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
WLTDO was a big hit initially in many Caribbean countries. The prominent Calypso rhythm and lyrics were toned down for American listeners. "Who Let the Dogs Out" was a huge hit in the UK peaking at no. 2. Thankfully, this Top 40 hit only peaked at no. 40 on the U.S. Hot 100 but became an overplayed song in it's own right.
What were you doing and bopping to in 2000, ONTD?
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Al-Qaeda Announces Its Presence in Gaza
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - It's official: al-Qaeda has begun operating in Gaza. A video posted on YouTube this week showed terrorists belonging to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), announcing plans to wage jihad against the "infidels, traitors and Crusaders." The video features 10 heavily-armed, masked terrorists declaring allegiance to ISIS, whose men are responsible for most of the atrocities in Syria and Iraq over the past few years. In the video, a spokesman for the group announces that it now has "lions and armies in the environs of Jerusalem." "The presence of al-Qaeda in Gaza is bad news not only for Hamas, but for all Palestinians," said a Palestinian journalist from Gaza City. "Palestinians see the crimes and massacres perpetrated by al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria and fear that they could be repeated in the West Bank and Gaza."
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AirlinesSingapore
SIA places huge aircraft order
By Mark Elliott	 On May 31, 2013
The A350 will commence its first test flight this summer
Singapore Airlines has placed major new aircraft orders with Airbus and Boeing, which will see it significantly expand its long-haul fleet.
The airline has sealed a deal with Airbus to purchase up to 50 more Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, while an agreement with Boeing will see SIA receive 30 B787-10X aircraft – the longest version of its fuel-efficient Dreamliner.
The two deals have a combined value of more than US$17 billion, at current list prices.
"Today's aircraft orders are among the biggest in Singapore Airlines' history, helping to ensure that we retain our industry leading position. They demonstrate our commitment to the Singapore hub and our confidence in the future for premium full-service travel," said SIA's CEO, Goh Choon Phong.
"These new aircraft will provide opportunities to grow and renew our fleet and enhance our network; benefiting customers by offering more travel options and the latest in-flight cabin products."
The Airbus deal includes a firm order for 30 more A350-900s plus options for a further 20 aircraft, which can either be the standard -900 model or the larger A350-1000.
The arrangement with Boeing meanwhile, is dependent on the US planemaker actually putting the B787-10 X aircraft into production. The original B787-8 Dreamliner was launched in 2011 and Boeing plans to roll-out the longer B787-9 in 2014, with Air New Zealand as its launch customer. Work has still not started on the B787-10, although Boeing has previously suggested that it plans to launch the aircraft before the end of the decade.
Along with the B787-10Xs and A350s, SIA also has outstanding orders for 15 A330-300s, five A380s and eight B777-300ERs.
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Air China places order for 20 Airbus A350-900s
Flynas Airbus deal to open global routes
Cebu Pacific renews fleet with order of 31 brand-new Airbus NEO aircraft
Japan Airlines takes delivery of first A350 XWB


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EA Study Programs
PassKey Learning Systems
Enrolled agent termination letters
The IRS Return Preparer Office has begun sending letters to enrolled agents (EA) with Social Security numbers (SSNs) ending in 7, 8, 9, or no SSN, who did not renew during this year's renewal cycle. Those who did not renew during the 2018 and 2021 cycles will be moved to terminated status.
Those who did not renew during the 2021 cycle will be moved to inactive status. Anyone in inactive status can still submit a late renewal for approval with proof of CE. Anyone in terminated status must re-take the Special Enrollment Examination (SEE) to apply for re-enrollment.
If an EA disagrees and has a record of previously renewing their EA status, they should contact the number on the letter, which is 855-472-5540.
The following are sample images of these letters (Letter 5507 and Letter 5508):
IRS Letter 5507
Tax Pro News and IRS Information for Professionals.


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Die Route 45 oder R45 ist eine Fernstraße im Sultanat Oman. Die Fernstraße führt von der Kleinstadt Thumrait durch die Rub al-Chali bis zur Kreuzung mit der Route 47 im Wilaya Rachyut.

Literatur
 Kirstin Kabasci, Peter Franzisky: Oman. Reiseführer. 9. Auflage, 2015. ISBN 978-3-8317-2543-4.
 Henning Neuschäffer: Oman & Vereinigte Arabische Emirate. Polyglott "Apa Guide", 2012. ISBN 978-3-86459-038-2.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Fernstraßen in Oman

Weblinks
 Routenverlauf beim Routenplaner von Google Maps

Fernstraße in Oman
Dhofar
Route Oman045

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OTTAWA (AP) -Zdeno Chara delivered the game-winner against his former team, even though it doesn't change the fact the Ottawa Senators are heading to the playoffs again while Chara's season is likely coming to an end.
Chara, who left the Senators for Boston in the offseason, scored the deciding goal Tuesday night as the Bruins beat Ottawa 3-2.
But the star defenseman admitted that he wished he was gearing up for the playoffs this year, as he had with past Senators teams.
"It's different that's for sure," Chara said. "You would like things to be different, but you have to deal with it."
Chara has scored two game-winners against his former teammates this season, but says all that really counts is the two points.
"As a team we're happy with the win," he said. "It doesn't matter who scores."
Patrice Bergeron and Petr Kalus also scored for Boston. Joey MacDonald stopped 32 shots for his third win of the year.
The victory ended the Bruins' five-game losing streak.
Dany Heatley and Mike Fisher scored for the Senators (45-24-8). Ray Emery made 14 saves.
After playing the past four games on the road where Ottawa picked up seven of a possible eight points, the Senators returned home with a lackluster effort.
"We played so damn well on the road," said Ottawa coach Bryan Murray. "The first and second period we just didn't have that attitude. I thought we were careless and had a lot of turnovers."
The Senators also failed to make the most of the man advantage going 1-for-7 on the power play. Ottawa is 4-for-47 against Boston this season.
"I'm not sure what it is against the Bruins," said Senators defenseman Joe Corvo. "We just can't seem to click. It's weird."
Lawrence Nycholat, a defenseman acquired at the trade deadline, played his first game as a Senator as Wade Redden had the night off with what Ottawa described as a lower-body injury.
"Wade just felt a little tight in the groin and with the ice being a little rough we thought it was better to be careful," said Murray. "It was a last-minute decision."
Ottawa opened the scoring in the first minute as Heatley scored his 46th goal of the season for his 200th career point as a Senator.
The Bruins tied the game at 7:40 as Bergeron scored on a two-man advantage with Boston's first goal in four road games.
Boston had been looking to bounce back following a 5-0 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday.
"We had a tough one against Pittsburgh and I think the guys responded well (Tuesday)," said MacDonald. "I thought our defense played pretty well and the guys let me see the puck."
Fisher put Ottawa back ahead at 1:49 of the second with a power-play goal, his 20th of the season.
Boston regained the lead, scoring two goals 47 seconds apart. Kalus scored his first of the season as he took advantage of an Ottawa turnover before Chara beat Emery with a point shot to give Boston a 3-2 lead.
"They capitalized on the chances they got," said Fisher. "We got power plays early on and didn't take advantage. We need to be better, more hungry and bury those chances."
The Senators lost forward Patrick Eaves late in the second after it appeared he took a shot off the ankle.
Notes: LW Oleg Saprykin and RW Brian McGrattan were healthy scratches for Ottawa. The Bruins were without LW P.J. Axelsson (wrist, out for season), RW Glen Murray (groin, indefinite) while D Jason York, D Bobby Allen and RW Chuck Kobasew were healthy scratches.


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Q: Perl running two while loop subroutines in parallel I am looking to run two subroutines in parallel, where both perform the same task on an android handset using ADB commands.  With help from SO and other research I have produced the following code below, however I am new to multithreading and I get an error of 'Free to wrong pool' during execution.  I am assuming I get this as I am using the $_ variable in both threads, is this correct?  I am using Windows7 to run this, but my Perl interpreter crashes on running this script.  Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
use strict;
use Win32::OLE;
use EFS_Handle;
use HelperFunctions;
use threads;

#### Various ADB command sequences follow ####
#### Start of multithread to run the same function on different android handsets ####

my @jobs;

push @jobs, threads->create(
    sub {
        print "\n\t" . curTime() . " :\t DUT Time at start of MPLMN search";

        open my $fh1, '>', "output.txt" or die "Cannot open output.txt: $!";
        my $pid1 = open my $log1, "-|", "adb -s 42d8d7dd logcat";

        system('adb -s 42d8d7dd shell input keyevent KEYCODE_ENTER');

        while (<$log1>) {
            $fh1->print($_);
            last if m/Sorted scan results/;
        }
        kill "TERM", $pid1;
        close $log1;
        print "\n\t" . curTime() . " :\t DUT Time at End of MPLMN search\n";
    }
);

push @jobs, threads->create(
    sub {
        print "\n\t" . curTime() . " :\t REF Time at start of MPLMN search";

        open my $fh, '>', "output.txt" or die "Cannot open output.txt: $!";
        my $pid = open my $log, "-|", "adb -s 0123456789ABCDEF logcat";

        system('adb -s 0123456789ABCDEF shell input keyevent KEYCODE_ENTER');

        while (<$log>) {
            $fh->print($_);
            last if m/EVENT_NETWORK_SCAN_COMPLETED/;
        }
        kill "TERM", $pid;
        close $log;
        print "\n\t" . curTime() . " :\t REF Time at End of MPLMN search\n";

    }
);

$_->join for @jobs;

A: The Win32::OLE module is famously not thread-safe
If you remove use Win32::OLE (you don't seem to use it) then your code will run fine
If have my doubts about adb cooperating with multiple simultaneous commands, but that is a different matter

A: I think the problem could be related to the fact you are writing from both threads to the same file "output.txt" with ">". Try opening them with ">>".
Also remember to close that file.

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"I am assuming I get this as I am using the $_ variable in both threads..."

If you use strict, and $_ is in separate methods/subroutines, then there should be no global-access problems.

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