This budget, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison's first, is a massive let-down for the people of Australia. Just as they have been let down by Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister, the people of Australia have been let down by this budget. It is a budget that does not properly address the fact that we have a revenue problem. It is a problem that was brought to us by John Howard and Peter Costello when they wasted the rivers of gold from the resources boom through round, after round, after round of tax cuts. It is a budget that hands out corporate tax cuts while locking in cuts to hospitals. It is a budget that hands over money to the highest income earners but cuts support to the most vulnerable families. It is a budget that spends billions harming people by locking them up on Nauru and Manus Island. It is a budget that continues to subsidise fossil fuels but rips funding away from clean energy. And it is the Treasurer who cannot even mouth the words 'global warming'—the biggest economic and environmental challenge of our generation. Australia needs and deserves better. It deserves some courage and vision.
The budget projections in the Treasurer's speech are heroic; some would say fanciful. While revising near-term growth figures down to 2.5 per cent, the government banks on them magically rebounding to three per cent in 2017-18. Consider the context: we have low commodity prices, we have a slowdown in housing construction, we have wages that are flat and we have low inflation. Worse still, the government banks on investment in the non-mining sector growing to 3.5 per cent in 2016-17 and a magical 4.5 per cent by 2017-18—all this on the same day that the Reserve Bank cut the interest rate in an effort to stimulate lending. I know whose projections I trust, whose advice I trust, and it is not this government's. The growth forecast is magical thinking. The fairies do not live at the bottom of the garden anymore; they live at the top end of town in Liberal Party headquarters.
Australians deserve an honest budget, a fairer budget, a better budget, and that is what the Greens would deliver. Malcolm Turnbull promised that he would lead a transition to a new economy. He likes talking about the new economy a lot, does Malcolm Turnbull. He says that this budget is a plan for jobs and for growth. Well, at the heart of a transition to a new economy is the need to move away from those polluting sources of power to clean, cheap renewable power. We need steelworkers and manufacturers to make the blades and turbines that will capture the energy from the wind. We need tradespeople to install those turbines and the solar panels that capture energy from the sun. We need scientists to continue to work and develop concentrated solar, thermal and wave technology. We need to be installing batteries to bring on the energy storage revolution. We need workers to manufacture the electric cars and the electric buses and trucks of the future. We need people to maintain this infrastructure to keep things humming along. And we need to ensure that workers, their families and communities are not left behind as coal goes into terminal decline. But this budget has no plan for that transition. It is completely silent.
The Greens have a plan. We have a detailed plan to renew Australia—a plan that would see 15,000 jobs across Australia in the design and construction of clean renewable energy projects right out to 2030. It is in line with global trends, which saw clean energy employ more than 7.7 million people across the world in 2014, according to the figures published by the International Renewable Energy Agency. The rest of the world knows that this future is coming and that this century belongs to those nations that embrace this challenge, that embrace the transition, but our Prime Minister and Treasurer are stuck in the last century. Scott Morrison's budget uses the language of transitioning but it leaves huge fossil fuel subsidies for dirty, polluting industries intact and it shovels more money into the exploration for more mining, more drilling and more fracking right across northern and southern Australia.
Following the signing of the Paris agreement, as we experience the shattering of records for global temperatures and witness the bleaching of our reefs and the burning of those ancient forests, a better budget would transition away from those old polluting industries to bright, new, clean renewable energy. And we have choices. We do not have to rely on an arbitrary two per cent of GDP defence spending target or $30 billion on armaments to support jobs in manufacturing. We can be building turbines rather than tanks. We can be building solar cities rather than strike fighters.
Given this government's track record, it is hardly surprising that they are not up to the task, but I have to say that Labor's position is disappointing. They express concern for global warming but their clean energy and emissions reduction targets take us to the brink of two degrees and possibly beyond, triggering catastrophic global warming. We had both the government and the Labor Party on a unity ticket slashing the renewable energy target and we have them on a unity ticket when it comes to expanding our coal export industry. I call on Bill Shorten, tomorrow night in his budget reply speech, to categorically rule out any support for Malcolm Turnbull's slashing of $1.3 billion from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency—funding that has helped create renewable energy technologies that are so vital for job creation, and investment that Australia so desperately needs. I commit the Greens to fighting tooth and nail so that we have a better budget that ensures that we have renewable energy to create a better, jobs-rich future.
The Australian Greens will stand up for a fairer Australia. This budget should have been about reducing income inequality and securing the government's revenue base to fund schools, hospitals and other vital infrastructure. But instead, what did we get? We got growing inequality by providing huge corporate tax cuts and income tax cuts for people on high wages. We have our schools and hospitals desperately in need of investment. We have economic challenges ahead. Now is not the time for unaffordable and unfair tax cuts that are effectively election bribes. The government is ripping $4 billion out of schools and hospitals for a $6-a-week tax cut for people on above the average wages—offering them the old sandwich-and-a-milkshake tax cut without the milkshake. The budget flagged $3.3 billion for schools and hospitals, but that does not come close to bridging that huge hole, that $80 billion that was ripped out of health and education.
I ask the Prime Minister and the Treasurer: how can you look Australians in the eye and rip $6 billion out of universities, out of social support, out of Medicare and out of public sector jobs when you are giving more than $12 billion in tax cuts and tax breaks to businesses, to high-income earners and to the super wealthy?
The Greens welcome the government's very small steps towards cracking down on multinational tax avoidance, including the Google tax, the beneficial owners register and the whistleblower protections. They have taken some of the ideas that the Greens released only two weeks ago in our comprehensive 18-point tax plan. That is a good thing.
I have to tell you that I am really proud to be leading this team; a team of people who are, in fact, at the forefront of the economic debate in this country. Whether it be on tax avoidance, whether it be on reform to superannuation or whether it be negative gearing, the Greens have been leading the economic debate in this country.
We welcome the one-off injection to the Australian Taxation Office for their crack team of specialists, but let us also look closely at the budget papers and realise that what we see is a continued reduction of the resources to the ATO. We know that the ATO has suffered from huge cuts over time, allowing those companies and individuals to avoid paying their fair share of tax. We think more needs to be done. There need to be more efforts in diplomacy to force tax havens to share information, greater penalties for companies that use secrecy jurisdictions and real, genuine support for whistleblowers.
The change to superannuation is welcome, but it is also a missed opportunity for much bolder and much fairer reform in the super system. Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison had the support and goodwill of business groups, civil society, the unions and indeed the whole parliament to clamp down on those unfair tax breaks in the super system and to raise the money we desperately need to fund schools and hospitals. They were not up for it.
Just think about this: someone on $250,000 continues to pay the same 15 per cent tax rate on their contributions as someone on $60,000. That is not fair, yet we have the two old parties in this place who continue to support it. Genuine reform of our super system would have brought in four times as much revenue, made the system fairer and ensured that super worked in the way that it was intended.
Schools, vocational education, higher education and research sectors should be the engine room for ideas, for innovation and for growth in the new economy that the Prime Minister just loves to spruik. But this budget starves all of these sectors, all for that tax cut worth a sandwich a week. High income earners, like those of us who are politicians in this place, get two tax cuts out of this budget—two of them! We get the removal of the deficit levy and we get the change in the marginal rate from $80,000 to $87,000. I can tell you, we do not need it. Our colleagues: we do not want it. We think that those people, the average Australians—three-quarters of them on less than that $80,000 figure—deserve something under this plan, and yet they get nothing. They get absolutely nothing. This government is the very epitome of an unfair budget.
Consider those people who receive income support. They will get less money because of the removal of the Clean Energy Supplement. How is it that it is morally right to be reducing the income of people already on very low incomes and raising the incomes of people like us—those of us on higher incomes—with a double tax cut? That is not right; it is not fair.
The Treasurer talked a lot in his budget about growth. The IMF actually tell us that if we are concerned about growth, then the most effective strategy is to reduce inequality and raise incomes at the bottom end of the income scale, yet this government has none of it. It is a budget that pays no heed to the advice of the IMF, or to other leading economists, to reduce that income inequality, because we have a Prime Minister and a Treasurer who just do not care.
As a result of this budget, large corporations will benefit from a lower company tax rate. It is a tax cut that is purported to target small business, but let us look a little closer. Over the next four years the government is proposing to increase the turnover threshold to $100 million. That is a weekly turnover of close to $2 million. Within eight years the threshold will increase to a billion dollars—a weekly turnover of $19 million a week. Tell me how many small businesses turnover $1.9 million every week, let alone $19 million every week? That is not a small business. The government's company tax cuts are simply Liberal corporate welfare for big business disguised as support for small business. What do they do? Of course, they disadvantage small businesses because they lose the tax advantage that they have compared to medium and large companies.
The Greens will not support these tax cuts at a time when so many Australians are doing it tough and we do not have the revenue to fund schools and hospitals.
We call on the Labor Party to change their position and reject this government's tax cuts.
Also, one of the centrepieces of the Treasurer's economic plan is a new initiative for youth employment. We welcome the government finally recognising that Work for the Dole has been an expensive experiment, one that has failed to provide meaningful employment for young people. It is overdue, but it is a welcome development.
But we have very, very serious concerns about the internships proposed by the government in an attempt to reduce youth unemployment. It is open to young people being exploited and it will deliver very dubious long-term employment outcomes.
Our proposition is very simple: surely if a job exists, a young person deserves to be paid a decent wage for it. It also raises some serious questions about people already in employment losing their jobs to make way for a young person who comes with a subsidy for an employer. This has the potential for some very serious unintended consequences.
This budget is yet another attack on the higher education sector, cutting 20 per cent of funding from the university sector in the 2017 forward estimates and beyond. The government keeps saying that deregulation is off the table, that deregulation is gone, that it is dead. We think it is simply hibernating until after the next election.
The budget confirms that the government has abandoned the Gonski needs-based funding formula as well. We know that it has only restored $1.2 billion of the $30 billion that Tony Abbott ripped out of schools over the next decade.
Sadly, students with disabilities have been treated under this budget with complete contempt. The paltry additional funding of $118 million is a shortfall of $2.3 billion over what we know is required for the next two years. It is a massive underfunding in the future potential of this nation and it lets down students and their families.
The Greens have a fully costed plan to assist young students who have disabilities. It is a plan that is costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office at $4.8 billion and, again, we call on the Labor Party to support it where the government has failed.
The government's stubborn refusal to act on evidence that negative gearing is forcing people out of the housing market shows just how out of touch they are. Negative gearing has created a housing market dominated by speculative investors, a housing market where first-time buyers are increasingly shut out. We are one of the few countries that make it easier for someone to buy their second, third, fourth and fifth property than to buy their first.
The current capital gains tax discount encourages negative gearing and speculation in the property market. It drives up housing prices, it locks out first home buyers as well as creating a rental market that is stacked in the favour of investors rather than tenants.
The Greens have long argued for the removal of negative gearing and capital gains tax to end that subsidy for property investors and help ease the way for renters and new buyers.
This budget also ignores the needs of social housing supply and, indeed, homelessness. We have annual funding for homelessness services worth $115 million ending next year, creating massive uncertainty for vulnerable people.
We have a budget that locks in Tony Abbott's harsh cuts of $600 million to the affordable rental and housing programs, and we have an extension of Tony Abbott's asset divestment program, selling off hundreds of government-owned buildings and land that could have been used for affordable housing. We believe that much more needs to be done in this space.
In addition to the Greens policies on negative gearing and capital gains tax, we agree with the majority of economists that stamp duty should be abolished and replaced by a much fairer and more efficient land tax. Land tax is economically efficient, it is progressive, it cannot be avoided by fancy accountants and, importantly, it is a potential mechanism to generate greater public investment in infrastructure. That is what real reform looks like. It just takes a bit of courage and a bit of vision.
On the question of infrastructure, let me turn to the Governor of the Reserve Bank, who recently said, 'We are reaching the limits of monetary policy.' The budget papers do show that investment in the mining sector and the non-mining sector went backwards last year, and they project a big slowdown in housing construction.
Against that backdrop, the Greens have a plan for the government to borrow and invest in productivity-enhancing infrastructure. It is a common-sense position. It is a position that is held by most economists and, indeed, by the International Monetary Fund.
The Prime Minister himself has said that infrastructure is absolutely critical to Australia's future. A lot like the Prime Minister's words, if only this budget was true to his word. The budget includes only $1.2 billion in new money for infrastructure.
The Greens would get the Australian Infrastructure Bank established to get money flowing where we need it—into clean energy projects, into public transport projects and into the import local government projects.
The Greens welcome the funding to progress the east coast inland freight rail link, but this is one bright spot on an otherwise very, very gloomy landscape. The government has stuck with its misguided toll road agenda, continuing to support traffic-inducing projects—projects like WestConnex in Sydney for goodness sake, what a lemon; and the Perth freight link in Western Australia, another dud.
They have included a nod to the East West Link in Melbourne, despite the fact that Victorian voters have said, 'We don't want it.' Building these mega roads to fix congestion is fixing obesity by loosening our bowels.
The budget extends the freeze on Medicare. This is a freeze that has been going so long it is now more of an ice age. We have a GP co-payment being introduced by stealth, by freezing the indexation on Medicare. What is does is that it forces GPs to charge higher out-of-pocket costs to stay afloat, passing those costs on to patients, making it harder for them to see the doctor.
We have got the government's dental plan, which rips over a billion dollars out of the system. It abolishes Medicare funded dental care, which should be built up rather than torn down.
This is a budget that locks in the $50 billion of cuts to health. We have seen $180 million cut from front-line health services through reductions in the flexible funds program, which provides money for drug and alcohol treatment and illness prevention—those cuts building on a billion already gone. There is now tripartisan support for an increase in the tobacco tax. That is a good thing. But let's now turn our attention to other areas, like alcohol taxation for the same reason.
The Treasurer used the word 'Indigenous' just once in his budget speech. When you consider that Aboriginal life expectancy and incarceration rates remain a source of national shame and for all the fine rhetoric on closing the gap, there is still no funding for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Implementation Plan. We have to do better. The budget also leaves women and children in danger, because it fails to reverse the harsh cuts to front-line domestic violence services and leaves other crucial Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services underfunded and facing an uncertain future. Crucial specialist homelessness services for women fleeing domestic violence have again been left in limbo.
Despite the community—and, indeed, the Senate—rejecting cuts to family tax benefit B, it remains on the government's agenda. The budget also reveals plans to drop more people off the disability support pension to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Why is that we feel the need to hurt one vulnerable group in order to help another one?
After the gutting of Australia's foreign aid budget by over $11 billion since 2013, the government has savaged it by a further $224 million, plunging our aid investment to a shameful 0.22 per cent of GNI. This is the lowest level of Australian aid since records began over 50 years ago. It is an indictment of the coalition. One of those submarines—just one of them—at the cost of $4.17 billion, is more than our foreign aid will be in 2016-17. The government talks a lot about national security. The best investment in our national security is poverty alleviation in the region and around the world.
Billions of dollars continue to be spent on keeping people in offshore detention centres, despite the fact the Nauru and Manus Island camps are in crisis. Next year the government is planning to spend approximately $400,000 to detain each man, woman and child in Nauru. There is no increase next year to Australia's humanitarian intake, despite the biggest global flow of refugees since World War II. A better budget, a more decent budget, would close Manus and Nauru and invest in safer pathways for asylum seekers.
Last week the Greens Treasury spokesperson, Adam Bandt, and our finance spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, released the party's Budget Principles for the 2016 Budget and Federal Election. They are very simple and very straightforward. We will raise the revenue we need so that everyone can get world-class public health care, education and other services. We will increase GDP, by growing the new, clean economy. We will get money moving from unproductive areas—like those unfair tax breaks and the huge fossil fuel subsidies—and we will get that money working in the new economy. We will grow the new economy and restore revenue before returning to surplus. We will bring forward budgets that promote sustainability and wellbeing that reduce inequality.
The Greens' statement of economic principles represents a coherent, progressive and responsible approach to economic management. We are the ideas boom in Australian politics. We are the disruptors. We are the innovators. We have led the way for the other parties to follow, where we chip away at those sacred cows of public policy long before it is popular. We have already announced fully costed policies by the Parliamentary Budget Office: let's make the deficit levy permanent—worth $1.5 billion; the removal of fossil fuel subsidies—$21 billion; the Buffet Rule for a high-income tax guarantee so that people pay their fair share—$7 billion; the removal of negative gearing and the capital gains tax—another $7 billion; the most comprehensive tax avoidance plan this country has seen to raise a minimum of $5 billion; and an infrastructure bank to release up to $75 billion into nation-building projects over 10 years. Those policies are fully costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office.
If we had a government with courage and vision, we would be able to enact this plan. If we had a government with courage and vision, we would see some leadership and work to establish a financial transactions tax, sometimes called a Tobin tax or a Robin Hood tax, at an international level. Putting a tiny levy on financial transactions would discourage those high-frequency transactions that add no benefit to the economy—pure speculation for no-one's benefit—and help stabilise our financial system by pricing the risk that financial transactions pose to the broader economy. It would bring in billions.
I call on the government to reconsider its budget priorities and bring forward programs that fast-track vital renewable energy investment. Let's bring the clean energy generation online. Let's phase out coal-fired power. And let's also recognise that battery storage is where the future lies. Tomorrow the Greens will announce a plan to drive the uptake of batteries for households and businesses at a cost of approximately $2.8 billion. How will we pay for it? It will be completely offset by removing accelerated asset depreciation for aircraft in the oil and gas industry. Now is the time to jump-start the battery industry, to encourage the uptake of storage technologies and to help make Australia a leader.
I will finish by saying that the Turnbull budget fails the challenge to transition our economy to the jobs-rich, clean energy economy. It starves our schools and hospitals of funding. It chokes our cities with traffic. It prices young people out of the housing market. It wastes money on the brutal and harmful policy of offshore detention.
I call on the Labor Party: please join us in ruling out a tax cut arms race and oppose cutting corporate and income taxes in the upcoming budget and election. This is a budget that lets Australia down. It is not a credible or fair plan for our future. The Greens will stand up for a better budget, one that takes us into a fairer, more decent, clean energy and jobs-rich future.
"If the contribution from wind turbines and solar energy to global energy production is to rise from the current 400 TWh to 12,000 TWh in 2035 and 25,000 TWh in 2050...about 3,200 million tonnes of steel, 310 million tonnes of aluminium and 40 million tonnes of copper will be required...This corresponds to a 5 to 18% annual increase in the global production of these metals for the next 40 years...This rise in production will be added to the accelerating global demand for ferrous, base and minor metals, from both developing and developed countries, which inflates currently by about 5% per year"
That last growth estimate has probably come back a bit since that forecast was made (2013), but not that much.
The Tobin tax is a good idea, though.


"I like big walls and I cannot lie"
I really enjoy painting letters with a brush.
Normally muted tones with a fleshed out gingerbreading of the form and presentation of such letter.
Threedee is also a fun game.
Sometimes i also try to paint realistic looking things with spraypaint.
In an over saturated worldof corporate logos, adverts and latest sales of imported low quality goods, I regain public spaces by painting imagery for the public to engage with on a more personal level. Lately my imagery has shifted to a more organic,symmetrical and almost mandala like objects that still retain the eyes from the original "Ghøstie characters"


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What is VCSEL in the chip Burn-in Test? What effect does temperature have on it?
The full name of VCSEL is Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Laser, the Chinese name is vertical cavity surface emitting laser. It is a kind of semiconductor laser.
Semiconductor lasers are lasers manufactured using semiconductor manufacturing technology. Like all semiconductor-manufactured devices, semiconductor lasers have smaller size, lighter weight, lower power consumption, higher reliability, and longer lifespan than solid, gas, and liquid lasers. Features. Semiconductor lasers are divided into edge emitting lasers (EEL) and vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL) according to their laser chip structures.
Temperature has a significant effect on the threshold current of the laser. Similarly, the output characteristics of the laser vary significantly with temperature. Therefore, temperature is one of the important considerations when designing laser control circuits.
The increase in temperature has a significant adverse effect on the performance of the laser. The main performance is as follows: 1) The threshold current of the laser increases significantly as the temperature increases; 2) The higher the temperature, the smaller the modulation bandwidth of the laser, the lower the center frequency of the modulation, and the lower the output optical power; 3) For the same For pulse modulation, the higher the temperature, the lower the output power of the laser, and the longer the delay time; 4) The higher the temperature, the greater the transient chirp of the laser. By introducing the temperature factor in the rate equation, the effect of temperature on the output characteristics and modulation characteristics of the laser is simulated, and it can be seen that the temperature change will have a significant impact on the characteristics of the laser.
The manufacturing process of VCSEL is very complicated, especially relying on MOCVD (metal organic vapor deposition) process. Mark McKee, director of product marketing at Veeco, said: "The development of VCSEL technology requires the purchase of more metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems to ensure that the manufacturing capacity accelerates to keep up with the demand of lidar systems. The question now is how to achieve the highest performance And the highest yield to meet market demand. And this needs to be based on industry-leading MOCVD technology. "
It can be seen that the importance of MOCVD technology for the development of VCSEL. So, what is MOCVD? MOCVD is a new technology proposed by manasevit et al. Of Rockwell Corporation in 1968 to prepare chemical single-crystal thin films, and was put into practical use in the early 1980s. From a definition point of view, MOCVD is a new type of vapor phase epitaxy technology developed on the basis of vapor phase epitaxy (VPE).
In metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technology, the reaction gases are combined in the reactor at an elevated temperature to cause chemical interactions and deposit the material on the substrate. In MOCVD, ultrapure gas is injected into the reactor and finely metered to deposit a very thin atomic layer onto the semiconductor wafer. The surface reaction of organic compounds or metal organics and hydrides containing the desired chemical elements creates conditions for crystal growth, forming the epitaxy of materials and compound semiconductors. Unlike conventional silicon semiconductors, these semiconductors may contain elements that combine Group III and Group V, Group II and Group VI, Group IV or Group IV, and Group V and VI.
After nearly 20 years of rapid development, MOCVD has become one of the key technologies for the preparation of semiconductor materials. Widely used in the preparation of various thin film materials including semiconductor devices, optical devices, gas sensing elements, superconducting thin film materials, ferroelectric / ferromagnetic thin films, high dielectric materials, etc.
According to Wikipedia data, reactors performing MOCVD must withstand high temperatures. The reaction chamber is composed of the reactor wall, liner, base, gas injection unit and temperature control unit. Generally, the reactor wall is made of stainless steel or quartz. Ceramic or special glass, such as quartz, is commonly used as a lining in the reaction chamber between the reactor wall and the base. To prevent overheating, cooling water must flow through the channels in the reactor wall. The substrate is located on a controlled temperature base. The susceptor is made of materials resistant to the metal organic compounds used.
The MOCVD reactor mentioned here needs to withstand high temperature, and in order to prevent the reactor wall from overheating, and requires cooling water to cool, the temperature control unit is very important. Similarly, temperature also has an effect on VCSEL. The SUNDI series cooling and heating system independently developed and developed by LNEYA can control the temperature range from -120 ℃ to 350 ℃. The cooling and heating cycles are carried out. For the high-power operation procedures, the SUNDI series dynamic temperature control system is undoubtedly a good choice.
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EU Cohesion Policy and European Integration. The Dynamics of EU Budget and Regional Policy Reform
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Bachtler, John, Méndez, Carlos
Ashgate Publishing
Textbook | Monograph
EU Cohesion policy accounts for a major share of the EU budget and is central to economic and social development in many European countries. This book provides a comprehensive and theoretically-informed analysis of how Cohesion policy has evolved over time, in particular the budgetary and policy dynamics of the 2007–13 reform.
In the context of the budgetary politics of the EU, the book examines the process by which the reform of Cohesion policy has been shaped; it identifies the key factors that explain the allocation of funding, assesses the roles of the Member States, European Commission and European Parliament, and tests whether the process and outcome are consistent with the expectations of EU decision-making and integration theories.
Based on EU-wide research over a ten-year period, the book provides new insights into both the process and outcomes of EU policy reform. This book will be of interest to scholars as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of European integration and policy studies.
Part I The Theoretical and Policy Context:
+ Introduction: analysing the reform of EU cohesion policy
+ Understanding EU cohesion policy
+ The European regional development fund: a political history. 1958-1985
+ The institutionalisation of EU cohesion policy: from the Single European Act to Agenda 2000
+ Budgetary politics: how much, who pays and who gains?
+ From doubling to capping: cohesion policy allocations 1989-1999
Part II Pressures for Reform:
+ EU enlargement and cohesion policy
+ The added value of cohesion policy
Part III Reform Proposals, Interests and Negotiations:
+ Preparing the ground for reform: the European Commission's proposals
+ National interests in cohesion policy and the positions of member states
+ Charting the negotiations on the reform of cohesion policy; Negotiating the legislative package
Part IV Conclusions and Policy Implications:
+ Conclusions: the past, present and future of cohesion policy
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Post Secondary Education: Should It Be Free?
MGTOW Monk - Post secondary education (college) is a SCAM!! Don't fall for it.
"Post-Secondary Education is the Answer"
On February 27, 2015, Public Interest Alberta launched the \"Post-Secondary Education is the Answer\" campaign to call for increased government investment in post-secondary education. Go to www.pialberta.org/PSEistheAnswer for more information.
The recent announcement of changes to OSAP funding and a 10 per cent tuition cut to Ontario\'s colleges and universities has been the latest in the Tories\' efforts to rewrite government policy on post-secondary education. Tonight, The Agenda grades their work so far.
This debate was held by the International Economics and Finance program on November 24, 2016, at Ryerson University.
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Egyptian army renounces use of force, officials offer talks
By David D. Kirkpatrick Feb. 1, 2011
CAIRO — The government of Egypt's authoritarian president, Hosni Mubarak, shook Monday night, first as the Egyptian Army declared that it would not use force against protesters demanding his ouster, and then as Mubarak's most trusted adviser offered to talk with the political opposition.
The two statements, along with the damage to Egypt's economy, appeared to weaken Mubarak's grip on power just two weeks after a group of young political organizers posted an appeal on a Facebook page, calling for a day of protest in emulation of the revolution that pushed out another Arab strongman in Tunisia.
Hundreds of thousands have turned out into the streets over the last six days, and organizers called on millions of Egyptians to protest on Tuesday.
Within hours on Monday, the political landscape of the country shifted as decisively as it had at any moment in Mubarak's three decades in power. The military seemed to aggressively assert itself as an arbiter between two irreconcilable forces: a popular uprising demanding Mubarak's fall and his tenacious refusal to relinquish power.
How far Mubarak is offering to bend in negotiations remains to be seen, and given the potential ambiguities of both statements it is too soon to write off the survival of his government.
The dramatic turn of events began at about 9 p.m. when a uniformed military spokesman declared on state television that "The armed forces will not resort to use of force against our great people." Addressing the throngs who took to the streets, he declared that the military understood "the legitimacy of your demands" and "affirms that freedom of expression through peaceful means is guaranteed to everybody."
A roar of celebration rose up immediately from the crowd of thousands of protesters still lingering in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square, where a television displayed the news. Opposition leaders argued that the phrase "the legitimacy of your demands" could only refer to the protests' central request — Mubarak's departure to make way for free elections.
About an hour later, Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's right-hand man and newly named vice president, delivered another address, lasting just two minutes.
"I was assigned by the president today to contact all the political forces to start a dialogue about all the raised issues concerning constitutional and legislative reform," he said, "and to find a way to clearly identify the proposed amendments and specific timings for implementing them."
The protesters in the streets took Suleiman's speech as essentially a capitulation to the army's refusal to use force against them. "The army and the people want the collapse of the government," they chanted in celebration.
"The army is not a puppet in the hands of anybody," said Mahmoud Shokry, a former Egyptian diplomat and a friend of Suleiman. "It is not a puppet in the hands of Mubarak. It is not a puppet in the hands of Omar Suleiman. It is not a puppet in the hands of the defense secretary."
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Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable, (born 1750?, St. Marc, Sainte-Domingue [now Haiti]—died Aug. 28, 1818, St. Charles, Mo., U.S.), black pioneer trader and founder of the settlement that later became the city of Chicago.
Du Sable, whose French father had moved to Haiti and married a black woman there, is believed to have been a freeborn. At some time in the 1770s he went to the Great Lakes area of North America, settling on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Chicago River, with his Potawatomi wife, Kittihawa (Catherine). His loyalty to the French and the Americans led to his arrest in 1779 by the British, who took him to Fort Mackinac. From 1780 to 1783 or 1784 he managed for his captors a trading post called the Pinery on the St. Clair River in present-day Michigan, after which he returned to the site of Chicago. By 1790 Du Sable's establishment there had become an important link in the region's fur and grain trade.
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Vancouver Canucks trade tiers: Who on the roster carries trade value and who's a cap dump?
November 26, 2020, 8:00 AM | David Quadrelli
The Vancouver Canucks lost some valuable pieces this offseason via free agency. Tyler Toffoli, Chris Tanev, and Jacob Markstrom were the three most significant assets lost in the process.
With training camp just around the corner, understanding what kind of value each player on the roster carries is important to understand. Whether the Canucks are looking to improve or be sellers at the trade deadline remains to be seen, we can start to get an idea of what kind of value each player holds by ranking them in different tiers.
With that in mind, let's look at the Canucks' tiers of players in terms of their potential trade value.
Off-limits, unless part of a blockbuster
Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson
Adding "unless part of a blockbuster" seems almost silly, because if either of these players were traded, there would be angry fans like you've never seen before, likely regardless of whatever the return is.
Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson are two young fan favourites both on the last year of their ELCs. They'll both need big new contracts at the end of this season, but the Canucks management group wouldn't dream of trading either of these players.
They're the cornerstones of the franchise and showed extremely well in their first taste of NHL playoff experience. These type of players don't grow on trees, which is exactly why the Canucks won't be trading them anytime soon.
Valuable return, but close to being off-limits
These are the players who could either fetch a high draft pick, or a quality roster player or prospect in return. They're all extremely unlikely to be traded for various reasons, but these are undoubtedly the Canucks' most valuable assets not named Elias Pettersson or Quinn Hughes.
Bo Horvat
Once they named him captain of the team, it was all but guaranteed that Bo Horvat wouldn't be getting traded anytime soon. Another player who showed well in the playoffs, Horvat is an important voice in the locker room and is a good second-line center capable of playing match up minutes. He'd have value, but the Canucks won't be looking to trade their young captain anytime soon.
JT Miller
JT Miller's trade value has arguably never been higher than it is right now, coming off of a 27 goal, 72 point campaign in 2019-20. Miller's excellent fit with the Canucks — more precisely, with Elias Pettersson — has been a pleasant sight for the management group that paid a first and third-round pick to get him during day two of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
He'd have even more value now than he did at the time they traded for him, but he's also a major part of the Canucks' first line going forward. Chemistry and morale matters, and trading Miller is certainly one of the best ways to make the morale of their core players drop significantly, so, like Horvat, the Canucks won't be looking to trade Miller anytime soon, despite his high value.
Brock Boeser
Out of all of the players mentioned so far, Brock Boeser is likely the one the Canucks would be most willing to trade. Additionally, he likely carries the most trade value of anybody in this tier.
When Jim Benning was asked about trading Boeser, he was adamant that he has no intention of trading the sharpshooting winger.
"It's hard to find guys who can shoot the puck and score like he can," said the Canucks' general manager in July. "You can find other pieces as you rebuild your team, but guys that are natural goal scorers… I have no intention of trading Brock Boeser."
While all three of these players are among the least likely to be traded on the Canucks, they undoubtedly carry the most value and could fetch the best return on the trade market among all players currently on the roster.
Nate Schmidt
This one shouldn't take too long, it's simple, really. The Canucks brought in Nate Schmidt to shore up their top four and they got him at a steal of a price. The chances of the Canucks trading him are almost non-existent, at least for the duration of this upcoming season.
Valuable return
These are the players with the most trade value that the team likely wouldn't be strongly against trading if the pieces coming back made sense.
Adam Gaudette
The 2018 Hobey Baker Award Winner is coming off a successful season from an offensive standpoint. He tallied 33 points in 59 games played, and was a mainstay as the team's third-line center, feasting on weaker matchups.
There have been talks about potentially moving him to the wing, where he could really show off his full offensive capabilities. Ideally, Gaudette improves his defensive game to the point where its solid enough to deploy him in a third-line matchup role, but if that's just not working out, moving him to the wing where the defensive responsibilities are less vital than at center could be the best option.
If he explodes offensively there, he could improve his trade value even more, but he will also need a contract at the end of this season, which is something to keep in mind when deciding how to best deploy him this upcoming season.
Signed this offseason to a somewhat reasonable contract for a player who likely would have reached the 20 goal mark had the season not been postponed, Jake Virtanen carries value and could be someone the Canucks trade in order to get another NHL player back who fills a need elsewhere.
20 goal scoring wingers don't grow on trees, but teams would certainly have reservations when trading for the 24-year-old Abbotsford native. This would bring down his value a bit, but if he can continue to show off his goal-scoring prowess and some more commitment to his play away from the puck, there could be some teams interested in striking a deal with the Canucks to bring Virtanen to their club.
Thatcher Demko
Long known as the goalie of the future, Thatcher Demko is someone the Canucks believe they can win with for a long time. Demko was dominant in his three playoff performances against the Vegas Golden Knights, and the Canucks felt confident enough in his abilities to let Markstrom walk in free agency. They signed Braden Holtby — more on him later — just in case Demko isn't quite ready, but it's still a major vote of confidence that the Canucks want Demko long term.
He holds the most value of any of their goaltenders, no doubt, but it would almost be safe to move Demko into a tier above this one, as it's hard to picture a trade that makes sense for the Canucks to walk away from a 24 year old goaltender who they're banking on becoming a legit number one goaltender long term.
Although it's far more likely he's selected by Seattle in the expansion draft after the conclusion of the 2020-21 season, Braden Holtby could be a player a contending team inquires about, should there be uncertainty with their goaltending situation heading into the playoffs.
If the Canucks are in a playoff position at the time of the trade deadline, it's hard to imagine a world where they deal Holtby, as you don't have to look far to see how important having two good goalies is in the playoffs.
Adds Value
These are the players who will add value to a trade, but likely won't bring back anything significant when traded on their own.
Zack MacEwen
On a team friendly deal for the next two seasons, Zack MacEwen will add value to any trade he's a part of. He's got a real bite to his game, some real offensive abilities, and appears close to blossoming into a legitimate bottom-6 forward. At 24, he's still considered young and could still have plenty of room to grow his game at both ends of the ice.
Tyler Motte
Speaking of legit fourth line wingers, if Tyler Motte were to be traded, it would be in a similar fashion than the first two trades of his career: to be a smaller, less talked about piece of a trade.
Remember when Jussi Jokinen was a Canuck?
His contract isn't particularly ideal — remember, he was swapped one-for-one for Erik Gudbranson's contract — but there could be a team interested in adding Pearson to their team at the deadline, should he find offensive success similar to that of the 2019-20 campaign.
Pearson reached a career-high 45 points in the shortened season, and with his contract set to expire at the end of the season, he could be a cheap rental option at the deadline.
Much like Pearson, Myers' contract could limit his trade value a bit, which could make him a borderline candidate to go into the last trade tier, but he's still got some value for sure. Despite their resemblance, gigantic smooth-skating right-handed defencemen don't just grow on trees, and a team may very well want to target Myers in a trade, especially if the Canucks are willing to retain some salary.
Antoine Roussel
Similar to Myers, it's hard to call Antoine Roussel a "cap dump" because even at $3 million for the next two seasons, he certainly has some value. He can play up and down a lineup, can kill penalties, and can impact a game with his on-ice antics. They wouldn't get much, but Roussel would most likely add value to whatever trade he's included in.
Cap Dumps
These are the players who — thanks to their failures to live up to their contracts for the most part — aren't going to move the needle on any trades. In fact, the Canucks would likely have to pair some sort of additional asset in order to make any team give them anything of value in return.
Note: All players with full no-movement clauses (ie. Alex Edler and Micheal Ferland), haven't been included in this list.
Sven Baertschi
There's a world somewhere out there where Sven Baertschi shows up to camp and makes it impossible for the coaching staff to cut him for a second straight year. There should be little to no concern about his concussion history after his successful season down in Utica last season. After all, he constantly initiated contact and even after taking a huge hit, always popped right back up right away. If he can come in and show a commitment to his play away from the puck, he might just make the team.
That being said, his trade value is still extremely low, and the Canucks are going to be hard-pressed to move him if they're not willing to retain some of his salary.
Loui Eriksson
You knew he'd be on the list, and you knew he'd be toward the bottom, too. The fact of the matter is, no team in their right mind is trading for Loui Eriksson unless they're forcing the Canucks to attach another asset along with his anchor of a contract.
Brandon Sutter
A healthy Brandon Sutter and a banged up Brandon Sutter are two entirely different players. You never know which you're going to get, but for the majority of his Canucks' tenure, it's been the latter.
When healthy, Sutter is a solid veteran fourth line player who can kill penalties at a high rate. The reason he's a cap dump rather than a value adder is because his contract is less than ideal. To put it in perspective, teams want to pay Sutter similar to what the Leafs are paying Jason Spezza and Joe Thornton, not $3.75 million.
At 35 years old and two years left on his contract with a cap hit of $3 million per year, Jay Beagle isn't someone teams are going to be calling the Canucks inquiring about the availability of. You knew this before clicking on the article, and you know it now if you didn't already. Carry on.
Jordie Benn
As we near the end of this exercise, I realize now that it may have been advantageous to create a graphic line that has these players at different plot points, with the far-right being off-limits players like Pettersson and Hughes, and the far-left being the cap dump players. If that were the case, Jordie Benn would be a player who falls near the border of being a cap-dump and being somebody teams actually value.
He had a tough first year as a Canuck, no doubt, but perhaps playing on the right side as he did in Montreal could help Benn get back to what made him so successful the year before he signed in Vancouver. It would certainly help the Canucks, and it would certainly raise his trade value.
Note: Minor league players and non-roster players were intentionally left off this list.
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Today I received your letter, for which many thanks. Bitterly though I regret that your letter of November 9 and the enclosed banknote got lost, I was glad there was no other reason for your letter's failure to arrive. For I can assure you, I was awfully anxious. I at once notified the post office of the loss of the letter, but they could give little hope, and the inquiries must be made in Paris. Meanwhile, they will also investigate. Let us hope it will be found, but I dare not count on it, and I fear the 50 francs are damn well lost, just at the moment when they are almost indispensable to me. In the first place, to make progress in the experiments with lithography. I am very glad that you liked those which I sent first; by the same mail you will receive the very first print of "Sorrow." I added another one with a larger margin for Heyerdahl, and another one for Buhot, but as they are larger, I do not know if the post office will accept them.
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Kalmykia
Derivative work by john2690. Other authors listed on source image page.
Kalmykia is a republic in Southern Russia and is the only Tibetan Buddhist area of Europe. 20% of the Kalmykia's land is national reserves, parks and hunting plots. Kalmykia borders Astrakhan Oblast to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the east, Dagestan to the south, Stavropol Krai to the southwest, Rostov Oblast to the west and Volgograd Oblast to the north.
Buzava
— the capital and Kalmykia's only "city"
— located near the Caspian Sea.
— located on the Volga River, Tsagan Aman is a popular fishing area and a fast developing spa-resort
Yashalta Salt Lake — located between Berezovoe and Solenoye villages of Yashalta district, it is known in Kalmykia for its therapeutic values. The administration of Yashalta district and republican authorities are planning to open a balneo-resort on Yashalta Salt Lake. Yashalta was founded by Estonia settlers in 1877.
Chess-City — an administrative unit within Elista, it often serves as a venue for multiple international chess events. The Chess-City complex also hosts meetings of Russian state officials as well as Russian school olympiads.
"Black Lands" Biosphere Reserve — a nature reserve situated on the territory of Chernozemelsky and Yashkulsky districts. It is a refuge for ancient saiga antelopes.
Lola Horse Farm — situated not far from Elista in the quiet village of Lola — produces kumys (see Drink). During the Soviet era, this horse farm and adjoining clinic for respiratory treatment was very popular among communist party bosses, who visited from Moscow, Saint Petersburg and from other faraway places in Soviet Union.
The Golden Abode of the Buddha Shakyamuni — a Buddhist Temple finished in 2005, located in the centre of Elista with the biggest statue of Buddha in Europe.
Säküsn-Süme (Хурул «Сәкүсн-сүме») — the second largest but oldest khurul in Kalmykia, located 6 km north of the capital (closed for visitors most of time).
The Ergeni Hills are located in the northern part of Kalmykia. Different from the sandy dunes and steppe regions of central and eastern part, the Ergeni Hills are the only placew to find some woods in the republic. Ergeni landscape area is filled with numerous heights, ravines, spring streams, and water-bearing sands. Popular for its mineral medicinal and fresh sobsoil waters, the Ergeni Hills are also home to endangered fish species and Kalmyk medicinal plants. In addition, it is the highest point in the republic which rises to 218 metres above the sea level.
The Sarpa Lakes — right next to the Ergeni Hills, in the north-central part of Kalmykia freshwater lakes called the Sarpa are dispersed. The Sarpa Lakes include lake of Sarpa 42,6 sq.km, lake Barmanzak 25,8 sq.km, lake Tsagan-Nur 23,5 sq.km, and lake Batur-Mala 21,9 sq.km. Not only it is a picturesque wild scenery of Kalmyk flora and fauna, but also a perfect place for hunting and fishing.
Buddhist temples and monasteries - There are 30 khuruls in the republic. The smaller sacred memorials or stupa are dedicated to good events.
Bamb-TseTsg (Tullip) - National Nature Park. Founded in 1991 it includes over 500 hectares of grass and tullip fields of red (mostly), white, yellow and violet colour.
In antiquity the region was home to nomadic tribes, including Khazars, and later was the north-western corner of the Mongol Empire. Being a historical crossroads on the steppe route to Asia, one branch of the Silk Road, the region had its section east to the Caspian coast.
The Western Mongol Kalmyk tribes, also called Oirats, migrated across Central Asia from an ancestral home around Xinjiang, China and southeastern Kazakhstan and eventually arrived in Southern Russia, displacing the Tatars of the Astrakhan Khanate. Originally an independent khanate, Kalmykia's independence was slowly chipped away and it was eventually assimilated into the Russian Empire.
As more than half of Kalmyks are followers of Tibetan Buddhism, the country is often referred to as the only Buddhist country in Europe. Sadly, nearly all of Kalmykia's beautiful khuruls (Kalmyk Buddhist temples) as well as all Christian churches were demolished under Stalin's massive campaign of cultural vandalism. Under German occupation all Jews of Elista were exterminated. Later in 1943 Stalin deported the entire population of Kalmyks to Kazakhstan and Siberia. The inappropriate agriculture along with previous collectivization caused erosion and desertification. Those Kalmyks who survived the brutal deportation and exile were finally allowed to return home in 1957, under Khruschev. But despite these hardships, Kalmykia's khuruls are being rebuilt, and the people remain, and merit a visit.
Present day Kalmykia garnered some press attention for the excesses of its former flamboyant and dictatorial president Ilyumzhinov. Ilyumzhinov, a former Kalmyk statesman in the USSR and president of the World Chess Federation, led Kalmykia since the break up of the Soviet Union, but failed to deliver on rather grandiose promises to turn Kalmykia into a "Caspian Kuwait" in which there would be "a mobile phone for every shepherd." He, however, turned Elista into the claimed chess capital of the world by building a small district of Elista known as "City Chess" and by hosting successive chess championships in the capital.
One of Europe's poorest and most underdeveloped regions, and with one of the highest birthrates in Russia. It has a growing private food production sector. Livestock raising and processing remains the main economic activity and there is also some fishing and arable farming. Oil-production contributed significantly to the economic revival. The official GDP growth in the republic was 2% in 2010.
Besides Buddhists and Orthodox Christians, there are smaller communities of Muslims, Catholics and Protestants.
Although the traditional language of the Kalmyk majority is Kalmyk, it is mainly older people who speak it natively, while younger people usually speak Russian as their native language (although they are taught Kalmyk in school). Nowadays just a few villages are mainly Kalmyk-speaking by all generations. Russian is spoken and understood everywhere - although not by some of the very oldest Kalmyks.
The Republic of Kalmykia is a part of the Russian Federation. Therefore, when planning your trip to Kalmykia, you should apply for Russian visa.
Elista AirportIt receives flights from Moscow by RusLine and Saint Petersburg by Ural Airlines.
All train connections to Elista have been cancelled. If once resumed, the only way to get there by train is through Stavropol, thence it would take a lot of time. The most convenient way is travel to Volgograd by train then on to Elista by an express minibus (marshrutka), which are cheap.
Several private companies operate a daily bus service between Moscow and Elista. The pickup point in Moscow is Luzhniki Stadium. A one-way ticket costs about 1000RUR.
In addition to the sights within the present boundaries of the Republic of Kalmykia, worth visiting in Astrakhan oblast is one of the few remaining pre-revolutionary Buddhist Temples (under restoration but disused so far) in the village of Rechnoe on the left (east) bank of the Volga. It was founded in honour of Kalmyks fought against Napoleon and later was visited by novelist Alexander Dumas. To its north is Mount Bogdo (Great), revered by Buddhist Kalmyks, and with many fossils in its rocks. To its south the sacred lotus of the Buddhist Kalmyks can be seen growing in the waters of the Volga delta. These objects are inside the Nature reserve.
In Rostov Oblast here are some settlements previously occupied mainly by the newer Buzaf clan of traditionally more russified and christianised Kalmyks who were also Cossacks. They were not allowed to reoccupy this area after their return from deportation.
In Stavropol krai to the south lies the spa resort of Yessentuki (Kalmyk: "Ten Flags") in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, near Europe's highest peak, Mont Elbrus. In the European part of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the town of Kalmykovo, looking across the Ural River at Asia.
And if you cross Kazakhstan to its border with China, you can meet the Oirats, living in Dzhungaria, part of Xingjiang province. They are those Kalmyks who did not wish to remain in Kalmykia when it was incorporated into the Russian Empire, so they returned home. All these places occupy a small part of the former Kalmyk Empire that stretched from the Great Wall of China to the River Don in Europe, and from the forests of Siberia in the north to Tibet and the Himalayas in the south.
The republic's national sport is, by the will of the former President Ilyumzhinov, chess and locals play throughout school. It is relatively easy to join a game in the parks.
Fishing, hunting.
Attend a performance of traditional Kalmyk dance
Tullip-watching lasts from the end of April till the first week of May, when the steppes is being covered with wild red flowers
Berk — Kalmyk traditional dumplings are larger and contain more meat than your average meat dumplings
Bortsg — Kalmyk traditional frybread
Makahan — Kalmyk dry horse meat sausage
Makhan sheltagan — Kalmyk traditional soup, contains a lot of meat and potato.
Kuyr
Dotur - lamb meat and haslet
Bortsoki - cookies
Traditional Kalmyk drinks bear some similarity to those found in Mongolia, but are unique to the region. Try:
Dzhomba — milk tea with salt (the so called Kalmyk tea served and drank in a certain ceremony)
Kumys — a sour horse milk that is considered a cure for respiratory diseases like tuberculosis, asthma, etc.
Araka — a milk vodka
With tourism on the rise, travellers will have no difficulty finding good accommodation in Elista, although accommodations outside of the capital may be scarce or of lesser quality. It may be possible (and extremely rewarding) to arrange homestays in rural areas by asking around town or village centres.
Kalmykia is known for its sunny weather and fresh air. However, visitors are advised not to drink tap water due to the high content of minerals and salt. Otherwise, Kalmykia offers a healthy environment, and delicious and fresh food — mutton and beef being specialties, also Caspian caviar, prized as far away as Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
From April till October stay sun-protected.
Swimming in the salt lake is prohibited for more than 20 min. because of the risks of skin problems.


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Omar Khir Alanam (* 13. Mai 1991 in Ost-Ghouta) ist ein syrischer Autor und Poetry-Slammer, der in Österreich lebt und in deutscher Sprache publiziert.

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Aufgewachsen in seinem Geburtsort, studierte Omar Khir Alanam BWL in Damaskus und Latakia. Nach Ausbruch des syrischen Bürgerkrieges brach er das Studium ab. Er floh zunächst in den Libanon, dann in die Türkei. Über die Balkanroute gelangte er im Jahr 2014 nach Österreich, wo er die deutsche Sprache erlernte und eine Ausbildung zum Fachsozialbetreuer mit Schwerpunkt Kulturvermittlung absolvierte. Im Rahmen eines Schreibworkshops kam er mit der Poetry-Slam-Szene in Berührung und machte sich bald durch eigene Auftritte einen Namen.

Als Autor verfasst er Lyrik- und Prosatexte, die zunächst im Internet und in Magazinen veröffentlicht wurden. Darin beschäftigt er sich mit Themen wie "Liebe, Exil, Revolution, Flucht, Ausgrenzung, Heimat, Hoffnung und Identität". Sein Erstlingswerk als Buchautor (Danke! Wie Österreich meine Heimat wurde) erschien 2018 und erreichte in der Morawa-Bestsellerliste den zweiten Platz in der Kategorie Sachbuch. 2020 folgten ein Gedichtband (Auf der Reise im Dazwischen) und das Buch Sisi, Sex und Semmelknödel, in dem er erzählt, wie er die Österreicher und ihre Eigenarten erlebt.

Neben seiner literarischen Laufbahn bietet Omar Khir Alanam auch Integrations- und Schreibworkshops an und tritt als Interviewpartner in Print- und Rundfunkmedien in Erscheinung.

Bücher
 2022: Feig, faul und frauenfeindlich – Was an euren Vorurteilen stimmt und was nicht. edition a, Wien, ISBN 978-3-990-01548-3.
 2020: Sisi, Sex und Semmelknödel – Ein Araber ergründet die österreichische Seele. edition a, Wien, ISBN 978-3-990-01381-6.
 2020: Auf der Reise im Dazwischen. Edition Thanhäuser, Ottensheim, ISBN 978-3-900-98699-5.
 2018: Danke! Wie Österreich meine Heimat wurde. edition a, Wien, ISBN 978-3-990-01268-0.

Auszeichnungen
 2018: Platz 2 in der Morawa-Bestsellerliste, Kategorie Sachbuch, für Danke! Wie Österreich meine Heimat wurde
 2017: Platz 3 bei der österreichischen Poetry-Slam-Meisterschaft
 2017: Platz 3 bei der steirisch-kärntnerischen Poetry-Slam-Landesmeisterschaft

Weblinks

 Website von Omar Khir Alanam
 Claudia Gschweitl: Ich bin der, den jeder Politiker kennt. In: oe1.orf.at. 7. November 2019.
 Thomas Beck: Omar Khir Alanam im Interview. In: kennedeinerechte.at. 5. April 2018.

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Autor
Slam-Poet
Teilnehmer bei Dancing Stars
Künstler (Graz)
Syrer
Geboren 1991
Mann

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Bakersfield provides a wide variety of arts and culture.

Film and television
Bakersfield and surrounding Kern County have long been used as a major "on-site" filming location. Starting with Opportunity and a Million Acres, in 1913, hundreds of movies, and countless television shows and commercials, have been at least partly filmed in the county. The lure to the area is the diverse landscape. These include: agricultural land, flat valley, rolling hills, steep mountains, deserts, and rural communities. Some tourists visit the area to see where their favorite movies were made.

Although Bakersfield (and the surrounding area) has long been a draw for movie filming, the city has often been portrayed humorously or negatively in motion pictures. Some think the trend started with Johnny Carson while he hosted The Tonight Show. Some examples include the failed TV series Bakersfield PD (1993), which aired on Fox and Baskets (2016), a series about a rodeo clown and his relationships with his fellow Bakersfield natives.
Bakersfield is also mentioned in The Running Man (1987 film) as massacre in Bakersfield with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Music
Bakersfield has its share of notable "native-born" musicians, including Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard, renowned jazz pianist David Benoit, Hall of Fame guitarist Bill Aken (one of the founding members of 'The Wrecking Crew' inducted into the Musician's Hall of Fame in 2008), country music artist Buck Owens, and American Latin jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran.

Country

In the 1950s and 1960s, local musicians such as Bill Woods, Tommy Collins, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Wynn Stewart developed a streamlined country music style called the Bakersfield sound, which emphasized pedal steel guitar, the Fender Telecaster electric guitar and intense vocals. Bakersfield country was considered a spinoff of the honky-tonk style of country music that emerged from Texas, appropriate since many musicians there hailed from either Texas or surrounding states. Today, Bakersfield is third only to Nashville, Tennessee and Texas in country music fame, and Bakersfield continues to produce famous country music artists. The Buck Owens Crystal Palace is a respected concert venue, regularly featuring new recording artists as well as established country music stars. Buddy Alan (Buck's eldest son) performs with The Buckaroos (Doyle Curtsinger, Jim Shaw, Terry Christoffersen and David Wulfekuehler) regularly. Country music artist Gary Allan bases his music on the Bakersfield sound.

Rock
In 1972, Bob Weir released the song "Mexicali Blues" on his first solo album, Ace. Not only does the sound of the song pay tribute to the Bakersfield sound, the name of the city is referenced in the lyrics.

In 1978, The Rolling Stones released the song "Far Away Eyes" on the album Some Girls. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards collaborated extensively on writing the song and it was recorded in late 1977. The Rolling Stones, longtime country music fans, incorporated many aspects of "Bakersfield sound" country music into this song. Bakersfield is mentioned in the first line of the song.

In the early 1990s, a group of friends from the lower and middle-class parts of Northeast and East Bakersfield formed the band Korn. The members of the band attended Highland High School (Jonathan Davis and Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu), East High School (James "Munky" Shaffer and former lead guitarist Brian "Head" Welch) and South High School (David Silveria). The band has gone on to write nine full-length albums (with a 10th in production). They have also achieved multi-platinum success and won two Grammys.

Venues

Music is performed in a variety of locations throughout the city. The Buck Owens Crystal Palace, which symbolizes Bakersfield's country western music heritage, is a venue for that type of music. Other major theater locations include Rabobank Theater, Rabobank Arena, and the Fox Theater. There are also a variety of outdoor amphitheaters. They include: Brighthouse Amphitheater at The Park at River Walk, Outdoor Theater at Bakersfield College and Amphitheater at Cal State Bakersfield. There are additional outdoor amphitheaters (although much smaller) at Beale Park, Jastro Park, and Jefferson Park. In addition, several bars and restaurants also have space for musicians. The largest is the Nile Bar and Grill, which occupies the former Nile Theater in the Arts District, downtown.

In addition to these venues, two others were proposed but were never built. For years, the Bakersfield Symphony has wanted a "home theater" to perform their music. Currently, they share the Rabobank Theater. It has been suggest that the complex be a performing arts center, with multiple theaters of varying sizes similar to the Lincoln Center in New York City or the Music Center in Los Angeles. However, the proposal has never evolved beyond the conceptual phase. Hart Park in Northeast Bakersfield was the site for a proposed 20,000-seat amphitheater, referred to as the Kern County Bowl. The theater was proposed during the Great Depression, and would have used WPA funds for construction. However, the start of World War II in 1939 removed the funding source and the project was shelved.

Art

Visual art
The region surrounding Bakersfield has historically been used as subjects in artwork. The lure is the variety of terrain in a relatively small area. It includes: flat land, rolling hills, steep mountains, and deserts (the same draw for the motion picture industry). Within the city, there are also a variety of scenes. Most people, however, choice one of the recognizable local landmarks for subjects. They include: Beale Memorial Clock Tower, Bakersfield Sign, Mill Creek covered bridge, Buck Owens Crystal Palace, and the Fox Theater.

The Arts District in downtown has become the center of Bakersfield's arts scene. It is also downtown's largest district. Dozens of art galleries and art related stores are located in the district; most centered around the intersection of 19th St. and Eye St. The district is also filled with public sculptures and murals. Also, most of the traffic light utility boxes have been painted, each with a unique design. In addition, the Bakersfield Museum of Art is located in neighboring Mill Creek, which is the city's only art museum.

Performing arts
Bakersfield is one of the more active communities in the San Joaquin Valley for the performing arts. Currently, there are six local theatre venues, each offering a different type of theater experience. The Bakersfield Music Theatre, also known as Stars Theatre, performs musical theatre productions at Harvey Auditorium. Stars Theatre is a dinner theatre which performs a variety of stage productions (although their theater does not have a scenery loft) in the Arts District, downtown. They also have a venue that do plays called Stars Playhouse. The Ovation Theatre performs small, intimate productions, also located in the Arts District, downtown. Typically, only a few actors are used and no sets, except for possibly a table, chair, etc. The Empty Space Theatre performs shows performed by local actors, producers, directors and stagehands. They used to do shows for free with people donating after the show is done, but they went to a more traditional payment structure. They still keep a minimum of ten seats available on donation to remember their past. Bakersfield Community Theatre is the longest continually running community theatre in California. It also has the only free summer youth theatre program in Bakersfield. Gaslight Melodrama performs melodramatic locally produced productions which typically require audience participation. Their theatre is located in Rosedale, Northwest Bakersfield.

In addition, Bakersfield hosts traveling productions. Most are performed at the Rabobank Theater in the Civic Center, downtown, or the Fox Theater in the Arts District, downtown. Sometimes (although rarely), traveling productions are also held at Harvey Auditorium.

Museums

There are currently four museums based in Bakersfield. The oldest and largest is the Kern County Museum. Its purpose is the history of the county, and contains over 1,000,000 artifacts and 50 historic buildings moved there from around the county. The Bakersfield Museum of Art is an art museum located in Mill Creek, downtown. It hosts traveling shows, as well as a permanent collection of artwork. There is also an outdoor sculpture garden on the premise. The Buena Vista Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located in the Arts District, downtown. Primarily it focuses on local geology, paleontology, and archeology, although there are some artifacts from other parts of the world. The Bakersfield Country Music Museum focuses on the history of country western music in Bakersfield. The smallest museum of the four, it is currently housed in a portion of the Kern County Museum.

In addition, there is a zoo and living museum called the California Living Museum (CALM). It is located in the Kern River County Park in Northeast Bakersfield. Its primary focus are local plants and animals.

Architecture

Most of Bakersfield's historic architecture are centered in Central and East Bakersfield, which are also the oldest sections of the city. In the commercial areas, popular styles include: Second Renaissance, Mission, Art Deco, and Spanish Revival. Historically, government buildings were constructed in the Beaux-arts style, but most were destroyed in the 1952 earthquake, or heavily remolded in the mid 20th Century. More recently, modern architecture has become more popular, with an emphasis on water features.

Cuisine
Bakersfield is home to the Dewars Chew. In addition, the city has a wide variety of restaurants of different types. The region's large Basque population has resulted in one of the few areas of California to have Basque restaurants. Other ethnic populations have resulted in a large collection of Mexican, and Asian restaurants (including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean).

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September 29, 2015 by Laura McDowell
Contact: Laura McDowell, 360-704-4310, lmcdowell@sbctc.edu
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges has awarded $1.75 million in matching grants for customized employee training programs for local businesses. The grants were awarded through the Job Skills Training Program, a dollar-for-dollar matching grant program. Community and technical colleges deliver training to new or current employees at the work site or in a classroom. Businesses contribute at least 50 percent of training expenses through cash, in-kind payments or a combination of both.
Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies, through Cascadia College — $52,050 for training in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and in Microsoft Excel. Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies manufactures structural parts for businesses in the jet market.
Aerojet Rocketdyne, through Cascadia College — $217,626 for training to improve efficiency in multiple areas including engineering, assembly and supply chain management. Aerojet Rocketdyne in Redmond manufactures small liquid engines and develops liquid propulsion systems.
AvTechTyee, through Green River College — $123,600 for training in electronic soldering and machine operation, project management, computer skills and leadership skills. AvTechTyee designs, develops and manufactures electronic systems for the aerospace industry.
Bellmont Cabinets, through Green River College — $88,700 to train employees in Lean management principles and supervisory skills. Bellmont Cabinets is a manufacturer and wholesaler of cabinetry.
BodyPoint, through South Seattle College — $108,913 for training in quality-control compliance standards, computer skills, English as a Second Language, and measurement and blueprint reading. BodyPoint manufactures posture-supporting devices for wheelchairs.
Cascade Gasket, through Green River College — $63,000 to develop a training program in the Training Within Industry (TWI) model, an approach aimed at improving employee problem-solving and productivity. Training will also be provided in drafting, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, customer service, Microsoft Excel, project management and supervisory skills. Cascade Gasket specializes in nonmetallic seal, gasket and clamp block parts for the aerospace industry.
EKOS Corporation, through Green River College — $89,700 for Six Sigma training, which seeks to improve efficiency and manufacturing capabilities. EKOS Corporation pioneered the development and clinical application of ultrasound infusion technologies in medicine, used for the treatment of vascular thrombosis.
Genie-Terex, through Cascadia College — $150,780 for training in project management, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and English as a Second Language for manufacturing. Genie-Terex manufactures small portable material lifts, including work lifts and platforms.
HySecurity, through Green River College — $118,800 for Lean training and courses in leadership and Microsoft SharePoint and Excel. HySecurity designs and manufactures gate operators and accessories.
Himalayan Dog Chew, through Green River College and Everett Community College — $49,500 for Six Sigma training to improve efficiency and manufacturing capabilities. Training will also be provided in supervisory skills, statistics, project management and English as a Second Language.
Northwest Hospital and Medical Center, through South Seattle College — $28,181 for training that integrates English as a Second Language with computer training.
Northwest Motor Service, through Lower Columbia College — $55,000 for Lean training to prepare for a business expansion. Northwest Motor Service provides motor, pump and generator service and repair.
Property Management Consortium, through Everett Community College — $26,850 for property-management training for unemployed adults living in transitional housing. Credits will apply toward an associate degree. Upon completion, participants will be employed by the participating businesses and provided with housing. This project is a partnership between Coast Real Estate Services and Quantum Management Services.
REC Silicon, through Big Bend Community College — $142,165 for Lean training and for training in electrical energy basics, project management, Microsoft Visio and other topics. REC produces silicon materials for the solar and electronics industries.
SeaPort Steel, through Community Colleges of Spokane — $98,471 for training in metallurgy, Microsoft products, soft skills, ISO standards and equipment use, including laser-cutting and HEM saw machinery. SeaPort Steel provides steel manufacturing and services for a variety of industries.
Six Sigma Consortium, through Green River College — $52,800 for five companies to provide Six Sigma training and related training in Microsoft Excel. Six Sigma training is designed to improve efficiency and manufacturing capabilities. The five companies are: A&G Machine, Inc. (aerospace supplier), Graphic Packaging International (paperboard packaging), Schwartz Brothers Restaurants, Starbucks Coffee, and Toray Composites (composites manufacturing).
Spectralux, through Cascadia College — $60,504 for Six Sigma training, designed to improve efficiency and manufacturing capabilities. Training will also be provided in English as a Second Language for manufacturing, statistics and project management. Spectralux manufactures flight deck electronics and data communications for airplane manufacturers.
Samaritan Healthcare, through Big Bend Community College — $140,541 for a comprehensive training program for 472 full and part-time employees. The training will include nursing skills, patient safety, honoring end-of-life choices, Lean management principles and leadership topics.
T&A Supply Company, through Green River College — $84,900 to train employees in Lean value stream mapping, a management technique aimed at reducing waste as goods move through production. Training will also be provided in Microsoft Excel and Outlook, workplace Spanish and for forklift certification. T&A Supply Company markets and distributes flooring and floor installation accessories to dealers, lumber yards, home improvement retailers, designers and other customers.
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