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Home > Latest News and Research > Publications > Annual Report 2019
1. Introductions
Darren Hughes, Chief Executive
Jon Walsh, Chair
2. Campaigns
The need for a better, fairer, more representative democracy
Undermining First Past the Post: The 2019 Local Elections
Westminster System Dysfunction
Opposing Voter ID
3. Scotland
Citizens' Assembly
Collaborative Working and Publications
4. Wales
Electoral Reform in Wales
Votes at 16
5. Members, Supporters and the Wider Public
Lakeman Fellowship
Party Conferences
ERS in the Press: 2019
6. Staff
7. Governance
Diversifying our income
Our new, permanent home
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The curtain has well and truly been lifted on Westminster's crumbling structures this year. We've played a key role in explaining the driving forces behind Westminster's dysfunction – from the polarisation behind the Brexit stalemate, to the growing disconnect between voters and politicians.
We've defended democratic rights while standing up for reform. That means rejecting First Past the Post in our 'Democracy Denied' report on the 2019 elections, while highlighting the positive alternative shown by Scotland. We've done it through opposing the undemocratic voter ID policy, while calling for a 'registration revolution'.
We've worked collaboratively with other organisations, building coalitions around all of our campaigns. And we're deepening political relationships, working with politicians across the spectrum, from Labour politicians on the Lords, Conservatives on electoral campaign rules, the SNP on citizens' assemblies and the Lib Dems on voter ID. We've seen Conservative voices come out for PR this year – from MPs Amber Rudd and Derek Thomas, to commentators like Hugo Rifkind and Dan Hannan, and seen Labour shift on the issue of Lords reform. All the while, we've been a go-to commentator on all things constitutional.
One thing is clear for all to see. We cannot keep doing the same thing again and again, and expecting different results. This system cannot be made to work. On this, we've got more people than ever agreeing with us. Our challenge is that the 'entry points' for decision-making and achieving change are still very narrow.
At the time of writing, the general election presents a big opportunity to change that. Whether we have a hung parliament or a majority government, it's clear the voting system cannot be made to work in our fragmented and volatile political age.
Amid the anger at politics, there's an appetite for fair representation and change. The way forward is pluralism and cooperation – not the vindictive polarisation of the past. That's why our campaigns not just for fair votes for the Commons but for a PR-elected second chamber and a deeper democracy through citizens' assemblies are so important.
Our Welsh and Scottish offices have been a beacon showing what can be done when power is dispersed, not hoarded. The success of ERS Cymru's campaigning can be seen with not one but two political reform bills, including votes at 16 and modernising electoral processes. In Scotland, the government-backed citizens' assembly – on which we have led the debate as a civil society supporter – again shows what opportunities there are for another way of doing politics.
In all our campaigning – whether in London, Wales or Scotland – we are immensely privileged to have secured our future through our permanent Trust. With a fantastic team, a new council, and, in the new year, a proper home for our Society, we're in an excellent position to fight for real democracy.
A year ago, I wrote in our report that debates about 'democracy' had dominated the political landscape in 2018. This year has proved to be just as constitutionally chaotic.
The past year has offered many reasons for doubt and despair over the state of our democracy – but the ERS has held the flame for not just defending democracy as it is, but fighting for something better.
The shortcomings of our creaking constitution are clearer than ever. We've seen the illegal prorogation of parliament, with parties still locked in the outdated 'winner-takes-all' mindset – despite politics changing hugely this past decade.
From highlighting the absurdity of people feeling obliged to vote 'tactically', to condemning the government's dangerous plans for mandatory voter ID, the ERS has stood at the front of calls for a fair and open democracy where everyone's voice is heard.
We've shone a light on the scandal of hereditary peers in the House of Lords and the dangerous loopholes that exist in our current campaigning laws and regulations.
And of course, the ERS has continued to lead the case for electoral reform, through research, lobbying and working with our thousands of members to make the case for change. We are campaigning hard for this to be the last election ever under Westminster's broken First Past the Post system.
I've been proud to chair the Society through this period. I want particularly to thank our departing Council members. They worked tirelessly to secure the ERS' future and a stable funding base through the ERSL sale, while also guiding vital policy and strategic discussions.
It has been a pleasure to work with you and your commitment to the work of the Society has been inspiring. I look forward to our new Council members joining and bringing their enthusiasm and passion to the Society for the years ahead.
I also want to thank Darren and the rest of the staff at the Society for putting political reform on the agenda. As we near 2020, I know the need for reform is greater than ever. Thankfully, the Society is more than up to the challenge.
This year has been another tumultuous year in politics, in which the need for a better, fairer, more representative democracy has become ever more apparent. We have used this focus on the state of Westminster democracy to press for systematic change using original research and extensive media coverage to further our campaign aims.
The biggest set of English local elections since 2015 gave us the perfect opportunity to highlight the anomalies created by First Past the Post (FPTP) at local government level. We produced a report Democracy Denied: The 2019 Election Audit, which contrasted the democratic options and outcomes for voters in English local elections, under FPTP, with those enjoyed by their Scottish counterparts under the Single Transferable Vote (STV).
The report included in-depth analysis of the results from all 248 local authority elections held in England in May 2019. We partnered with Democracy Club, a non-partisan organisation that is seeking to improve access to quality information on elections. The work of Democracy Club's volunteers meant that it was possible for us to download (and contribute to) a high-quality dataset with the results from every local authority, just two weeks after election day, which enabled us to highlight the outcomes of the election in a timely way.
We presented stark evidence of the failure of FPTP to give many voters in England a proper democratic choice. Around 150 councillors were elected unopposed, without any voting taking place, while a further 150 seats were guaranteed for one party or another due to the lack of competition in multi-member wards. In contrast, since the introduction of STV for Scottish local elections in 2007, there have been only three wards that have had uncontested seats.
In addition, in nearly half of English councils where elections took place, one party was able to win a majority of seats up for election, with fewer than half the votes. This did not happen in any Scottish local authority at the 2017 local elections.
With talk of an imminent general election over the summer, the report provided a timely reminder of the potential for FPTP to deliver random results and constrain voters' choices at the ballot box.
In May this year we released Westminster Beyond Brexit: Ending the Politics of Division – a review of Westminster's broken political system and how to reform it. Like the Palace of Westminster itself, the Westminster system appears to be crumbling before our eyes. But as reformers know, this system has not been fit for purpose for a long time. Our report highlighted how the majoritarian culture created by FPTP has hampered parliamentarians' ability to work together. The culture of this oppositional system is not designed for building support and finding areas of agreement – and the Brexit crisis starkly revealed this deficit for all to see. We know from the polling that accompanied this report that three in five respondents (61%) to our survey felt that the current political system discourages cooperation and compromise between political parties, while roughly the same number (64%) think that our system should be fostering these values. Clearly voters want something better.
By autumn, the cracks that were appearing during the spring had turned into a full-scale flood. The problems we highlighted of executive dominance in the system were brought into the public eye when the Prime Minister prorogued parliament – a decision then overturned by the Supreme Court. As MPs returned to parliament after the Supreme Court decision, we renewed our call for a Constitutional Convention to overhaul this out of date and damaging political system. MPs supported that call with an open letter in the Financial Times.
Whilst politics remains highly charged, we have continued to highlight how it is the system that is letting voters down and used this as a reminder that the form of politics we get is greatly shaped by the structures underpinning it.
2019 has been another bad year for the House of Lords – and a boost for the ERS' campaign to replace this 'private members club' with a proportionally-elected chamber.
As well as launching our 'Westminster Beyond Brexit' report which sets out clearly the need for a fairly elected Lords, alongside PR for the Commons, we have drawn attention to the scandal of hereditary peerages in a year that's seen yet more hereditary peer by-elections. We blew the whistle on attempts to filibuster even minor reform and we continued to highlight the injustice of peers claiming huge expenses, while failing to properly contribute to our democracy.
We have also worked to shine a light on a loophole that lets unelected peers use their titles while failing to even show up, and worked with the Guardian, who directly followed up our 2017 analysis on Lords' expenses with their own analysis – making the front page.
But whilst parties suggest 'taking back control', the majority of our parliament remains in the hands of unelected Lords – something we pointed out in the press throughout the year and in our September briefing on the 'rotten' state of the House of Lords.
Amid calls for 'restraint' in Theresa May's resignation honours, we noted it is absurd to rely on a former PM's own whims when it comes to the make-up of our parliament. Instead, we need a fairly-elected Lords as a stepping stone to a fully PR-elected parliament. Thankfully, from the Conservatives' own benches to commitments for change in the Labour Party, our campaign is only getting stronger.
Politics for the Many is a campaign backed by the Electoral Reform Society. The campaign is guided by a steering group of active trade unionists with the objective of helping unions develop policy on constitutional reform. The campaign was established with leading figures from across the labour and trade union movement because the most likely route to constitutional and democratic reform is through a Labour-led government in Westminster – a government in which the trade unions will play a key role in shaping Labour's policies and priorities.
The campaign is shaped by advice from senior people within the labour and trade union movement. The main approach of the campaign is to follow a well-researched and intelligence-led roadmap to electoral and democratic reform. This is a highly strategic approach that draws upon the limited progress achieved in the past from relying mainly on democratic arguments and an inability to fully map and understand the power relationships and power interest that might both resist and assist us along the road to PR.
The 'ask' for Labour and trade unions' policy is for a rapid reform of the Lords to a senate of the nations and regions elected through PR. This both gives experience of a PR system and contrast in legitimacy to a Commons elected under First Past the Post. This process should be paralleled by a citizen-led constitutional convention whose goal would be to advise that PR should be used for elections to the Commons.
Key activities of the campaign over the past year have been:
Establishing the steering group which meets quarterly and includes representation from: PCS, Unite, TSSA, CWU, Aslef, and LCER.
Placing opinion pieces and news in trade union and Labour publications.
Organising a major conference in Manchester in commemoration of the Peterloo Massacre attended by over 100 people, which included speeches from Jon Trickett MP, the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, and other key people from the Labour Party and movement.
Influencing lobbying meetings with trade union policy departments.
Developing relationships with key Labour officials and shadow cabinet members to influence manifesto formation.
Building online and social media support for the campaign.
Supporting trade union activists willing to put forward motions to their policy conferences.
Holding stalls and fringe meetings at trade union and Labour Party Conferences.
The May 2019 local elections in England saw the government once again trial voter ID, after an initial set of pilots in 2018. In ten local authorities, voters were required to present some form of photo or non-photo identification in order to vote. Across the ten councils, almost 2,000 people were turned away for not having the required ID and, of these, over 700 did not return to vote – showing just how dangerous for democracy this policy is.
Building on the work conducted in 2018, we continued to campaign against the introduction of mandatory voter ID throughout the year. We highlighted the disproportionate impact such requirements would have on voters' participation if introduced at the UK level, especially when compared to the extremely rare incidence of personation at the polling station.
After the trials, we responded to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs select committee's inquiry into electoral law, arguing against the introduction of voter ID, and gave oral evidence to the committee. Following the publication of the Cabinet Office and Electoral Commission's assessments of the pilots, we published our own evaluation of the 2019 trials.
When voter ID was announced in the Queen's Speech, the ERS led the way in campaigning against the policy, with our work being covered by a variety of news outlets and quoted by parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Our petition against voter ID was signed by over 10,000 people in less than a week, and more than 1,000 people joined our mailing list as a result.
We also submitted evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 on both voter ID and voter registration, arguing that, rather than preventing voters from exercising their democratic right to vote, we should be working towards a 'registration revolution' so that everyone is able to fully participate in our democratic processes.
Echoing concerns we have been raising since 2018, in September this year the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee called for emergency legislation to update electoral law and safeguard democracy.
There has been a growing consensus around the need to act on online campaigning but little action. So at the start of the year we published Reining in the Political 'Wild West': Campaign Rules for the 21st Century – a collection of pieces by academics, politicians, campaigning groups, think tanks and the regulators (Electoral Commission and Information Commissioner), all highlighting the need to act to protect our democracy. We may differ slightly in our suggested solutions but we are all in agreement on the urgency of the issue.
Spending on digital campaigns has increased significantly. Political parties spent around £1.3 million on Facebook adverts during the 2015 general election. This more than doubled two years later, with parties spending around £3.2 million on Facebook in the 2017 campaign. Yet our election regulations have not kept up with this shift, and online campaigning remains almost entirely unregulated. This creates serious problems for ensuring fairness and transparency in elections.
We have been working with organisations such as Fair Vote and Transparency International to highlight the loopholes in existing electoral law. To take this forward we supported the establishment of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Electoral Campaigning Transparency with Fair Vote and chaired by Stephen Kinnock MP. Over the summer the group took evidence and have now assembled a framework for updating our electoral laws in this area. We have taken this campaign to parties and parliamentarians during party conference season with successful events on this issue at Liberal Democrat and Conservative Party conferences. We continue to work cross-party to highlight the need to bring new legislation to parliament.
The Scottish Government's announcement to hold the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland came at the same SNP conference where we hosted a packed-out fringe event to discuss the merits of such deliberative processes. ERS Scotland has been working on deliberative models of decision-making for almost a decade. So we were delighted by the announcement of the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland, though we also cautioned that the effectiveness of the process would depend on the detail. Fortunately we are in a position to help oversee how it will function, as we are on the expert advisory panel and have been having regular meetings with the politicians and civil servants who have been tasked with developing the Assembly.
At the start of July we convened a roundtable, featuring a wide range of academics, media, civil servants, politicians, and representatives from civil society organisations, which was followed by a public panel featuring the co-chair of the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland. It shows the appetite for new ways of doing democracy in Scotland that we had to move the event to a larger venue after 150 tickets sold out in less than three days! We plan to continue holding events like these throughout Scotland as the Citizens' Assembly begins in earnest.
Deliberative and local democracy are part of the same future – a vital way to upgrade and return legitimacy to our broken politics. We have had our submission to the Scottish Government's Democracy Matters consultation worked up into a pamphlet to stimulate ideas for the future of Scottish democracy. Our response draws from working with people across Scotland who are trying out different ways of making decisions, and proposes a genuinely democratic local government for Scotland, shaped from the bottom up.
We are also bringing together a broad network to ensure the bill on local democracy is as ambitious as possible. We are working with MSPs to set up a Cross Party Group on Local Democracy and are also visiting councils across Scotland to build support for our work. To date we have met with six local authorities, two of which are keen to trial some of our ideas on bringing people closer to decision-making.
As always, we try to work as collaboratively as possible. This year we have co-hosted events with the likes of Scottish Fabians and Tory Reform Group, Our Democracy, UNISON, Red Paper Collective.We will also soon be launching a publication detailing the extensive project on which we collaborated with Coalfields Regeneration Trust – Reclaiming Our Coalfield Communities – which saw us lead from the front on the community place-planning processes that we want to see rolled out across Scotland.
However, it is not good enough to try to democratise Scotland project by project: we need a culture shift. There are hopeful signs this is starting to happen.
There has been significant progress this year on electoral reform in Wales. We are seeing legislation going through for the first time, and plans to reform the assembly in terms of its numbers and the electoral system are also developing.
In early 2019, the National Assembly for Wales introduced the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill, which – when passed – will see the extension of the right to vote in Assembly elections to 16 and 17 year olds. We have been working closely with the Assembly on this bill, giving evidence to the committee examining it and meeting with AMs to ensure they back the legislation.
We have also been developing a new project with the Assembly to go into schools to work with young people who will be voting for the first time to increase political education, following on from our 'Our Voices Heard' project last year.
In addition, the Welsh Government are introducing a Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill, which will extend the vote to 16 and 17 year olds in local government elections. We have been working with the Welsh Government as part of a stakeholder group advising on how Votes at 16 is best introduced to young people in Wales.
As well as extending the vote to 16 and 17 year olds, the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill intends to introduce permissive PR, giving councils the choice to move to STV for local elections. This is the first time we have seen legislation on PR in a devolved Wales and, while not the full move to PR we advocate, it is a promising initial step.
There have also been developments at an Assembly level on voting system reform. Following the publication of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform's report in 2017, we have been working on a fundamental change to the Assembly; to increase the number of Assembly Members and change the electoral system for Assembly elections to STV.
This July we formed a group of AMs, former AMs and civil society organisations backing an increase in the size of the Assembly and calling for solid commitments to reform in the next manifestos. That same day the Assembly also backed an increase in its size by a majority of 35–15. Since then a new committee has been established looking at how to implement reform ahead of the next elections in 2021. We will be working closely with the committee and other Assembly Members to keep on pushing reform up the agenda.
Members, Supporters and the Wider Public
Our paying membership now sits at approximately 3,200 members. The number of our registered subscribers now stands at 56,400.
This year our supporters remained active in championing our campaigns work. We received over 33,000 new signatures this year on our petition calling for a fairly elected second chamber, and over 10,000 supported our petition to stop the government's dangerous plans to introduce mandatory photographic ID at the polls.
In response to the Supreme Court ruling that parliamentary prorogation was unlawful this year, over 4,000 of our supporters signed our petition calling for a UK-wide constitutional convention.
We have also kept our supporters engaged with our key issues by regularly posting up-to-date comment pieces and articles on our ERS Blog. This is supported by a blog roundup by email, keeping our supporters updated with our work. Over 50,000 of our members and supporters have signed up to receive this regular bulletin.
We have had a good year for campaigns-based fundraising. For our upcoming general election online results tool, our supporters have so far helped us raise over £4,700. Towards funding our reports, our supporters donated over £2,000 for Reining in the Political 'Wild West': Campaign Rules for the 21st Century and over £2,700 for our report Democracy Denied: The 2019 Election Audit.
We also continued our fundraising efforts through the Electoral Reform Society online shop. At the end of last year we asked our members and supporters to get involved and create their own 'Democracy Designs', with the winning entry being printed and sold on a mug. We had so many brilliant designs, we ended up choosing three winners. You can now purchase the winning designs on the Electoral Reform Shop.
A huge 'thank you' to all of our members and supporters who have donated to our campaign asks or taken actions on our campaigns
This year, we launched the Lakeman Fellowship and in July were delighted to welcome our first Fellow, Tash Fodil. Funded by our members and supporters, the Lakeman Fellowship gives someone the opportunity to work in politics who may never have done so otherwise – while supporting the work of the Electoral Reform Society at the same time.
A message from Tash Fodil, Lakeman Fellow:
After accepting that politics simply wasn't for someone like me, it's hard to overstate how grateful I am to be the ERS' Lakeman Fellow. The position is a unique and very special one, and representative of what the Society is all about: making things fairer and striving towards every voice being heard and valued equally.
Getting to see how such a small team packs such a hefty punch – not least at such an important and chaotic time – has already taught me a great deal. I hope that I can offer something, too, and further challenge the notion that change should only be shaped by certain people.
It feels important that the Fellowship continues to have a future and broaden the conversation. A heartfelt 'thank you' also to those who have pledged their support, without which it wouldn't exist.
This autumn we held events at all major political party conferences to engage with MPs, academics, journalists and party members and to promote the ERS' many campaigns.
We attended the Liberal Democrats Conference to discuss campaign regulations in collaboration with the Social Liberal Forum and Wera Hobhouse MP.
At Labour Party Conference, the ERS held a taster session of a Citizens' Assembly at The World Transformed that included Irish Assembly Member Louise Caldwell, Jon Trickett MP and David Martin Co-Convenor of the Scottish Citizens' Assembly. We also held a Politics for the Many event at Labour Conference with Jon Trickett MP and Christine Berry to discuss reforming the House of Lords. Moreover, in collaboration with The Fabian Society the ERS facilitated a fringe event to discuss the importance of improving the Westminster system with Lisa Nandy MP and the Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz.
At Conservative Party Conference we held an event to discuss the importance of campaign regulations in partnership with Bright Blue, including Damian Collins MP and Hugo Rifkind. We have received positive feedback from speakers and audience members from all conference events.
2019 has seen a surge in press attention on Westminster's broken system – in part spurred on by the deadlock in parliament.
As the figures below show, we've seen a rise in coverage of electoral reform, with our messages relentlessly highlighting the problems and solutions to the UK's centralised political set-up.
Our analysis of this year's local elections drew attention to the hundreds of uncontested seats and 'two party stitch-ups'. We hit out at 'democracy deserts', while our report on the failure of First Past the Post in 2019's English local elections went far and wide.
We published regular polling showing the downsides of First Past the Post – from tactical voting to anti-choice pacts – stories which took us beyond the 'usual suspects' to the red-top tabloids.
As well as setting the agenda with proactive work, we led the response to attacks on democratic rights. When announced in the Queen's Speech, we challenged voter ID as the wrong priority for our democracy, with our work frequently cited in comment pieces and stories. We set the narrative over this 'show your papers' policy, with interviews across broadcast outlets and several mentions in parliament.
Throughout the year we affirmed our role as a leading voice in the campaign for updating our election laws, whether through our 'Reining in the Wild West' report (featured in the Sunday Times), or regular briefings such as our campaigns 'loophole list' through BuzzFeed. With this, we have helped change the debate with warnings over 'dark ads, dodgy donations and disinformation.
Our commentary on the House of Lords has continued to pitch the Lords as a 'private members' club' that must be replaced with a PR-elected chamber. Once again, we have been the go-to spokespeople on the need to reform the second chamber, with Darren Hughes slating the unelected Lords on Channel 4 and close work with outlets from the Guardian to the Daily Mail.
In Scotland, we set the agenda on Citizens' Assembly, adding vital nuance to a polarised debate, while in Wales we've been the go-to commentators on Assembly and local government reform.
Prior to the announcement of the general election, we sounded the alarm about the crisis of under-registration in the UK – with up to 9.4m people missing from the electoral roll. Our promotion of these Electoral Commission figures has led to calls for reform of the system.
Global media exposure. Note significant surges during local elections. Voter ID work in October significantly increased our coverage for the year.
Potential Reach. Larger publications covered our voter ID work – hence the enormous potential reach (measured by coverage outlets' collective total reach).
Key Themes for ERS Coverage
The Electoral Reform Society received nearly 1,700 pieces of coverage in the media from January to late October 2019.
(In 2018, the figure was around 1,900, bolstered through our extremely high level of coverage surrounding the centenary of women's suffrage.)
Approximate print/online media hits per campaign/issue referenced (% of total) 2019
Voting systems* / PR – 43%
Voter ID – 35%
Voter registration* – 33%
Diversity (inc. mentions of BME & women's representation) – 33%
Brexit** – 25%
House of Lords*** – 22%
Campaign regulation – 4%
Votes at 16 – 1%
Our Facebook audience now stands at 42,500. An ERS blog written by Caroline Lucas on the importance of a fairer voting system reached over 42,000 people on Facebook.
Our Twitter feed is followed by 38,600. Topics that gave our tweets the best responses were around the disproportionate results of the local elections in England and the government's voter ID policy. Our tweet showing how results can change under First Past the Post when boundaries change, reached just under 140,000 people and was retweeted over 1,000 times.
The Society's staff are based in our offices in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
We were pleased to welcome several new team members this year. Ian Simpson, Research Officer, and Jon Narcross, Communications Officer, joined us in March. Natasha Fox, Public Affairs and Campaigns Officer, joined us in April. In July this year, we welcomed our inaugural Lakeman Fellow, Tash Fodil, to the team. Thanks to all current staff for their hard work and dedication.
Thanks also to Rob Cox, Communications Assistant, who left us at the end of 2018 after a year at the Society.
See the current staff team.
The Council is the Electoral Reform Society's governing body. It is made up of 15 members who are elected by our membership every other year and serve for a two-year term. Elections took place in 2017. Following governance changes approved by members at the 2017 AGM to change the structure of Council to 12 elected and 3 co-opted vacancies, a new Council of 12 elected members will take office after the AGM on 30th November 2019.
Between 1 December 2018 and 30 November 2019, the following members served on the Society's Council:
Justina Cruickshank, Vice Chair (Management)
Ruth Kelly, Deputy Chair (Campaigns and Research)
Andrea Marcelli (Treasurer)
Philip Cole
Abigail Emery
Victor Chamberlain
Lisa French
Kerri Prince
Chris Finlayson
Andrew Copson
Ken Ritchie
Keith Sharp
Joe Sousek
Owen Winter
Income (2018)
£45.7m
Expenditure (2018)
Campaigns, research and conferences breakdown (2018)
Early in 2018, we were presented with an opportunity to further diversify our investments. Following a long period of careful consideration and negotiation, the Council agreed that it would be in the Society's best interests to sell its shares in Electoral Reform Services Limited, which was started as a balloting services company by the Society. In November 2018 we received a total of £45 million for the Society's shares and secured what the Council believes is a truly momentous and prosperous deal for the Society.
On 20 July 2016 we used the proceeds from the sale of our building in Chancel Street, Southwark, London to purchase a new building in Borough, near London Bridge, just off the highly desirable Bermondsey Street in SE1.
Work began on the new five-storey building in November 2018, with a proposed completion date for the Society to move into its new permanent home in January 2020. The ERS will occupy the first floor of the building and sublet the rest of the space as part of our strategy to diversify our future income sources.
Westminster Beyond Brexit: Ending the Politics of Division
An elected second chamber and deliberative democratic processes can ensure that citizens can make decisions that have real impact.


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Can You Trust the Police? Police Excessive Force and the Dallas D.A. List of Names
Much of the news this week revolves around aspects of the rioting in Baltimore, Maryland, which began on the afternoon of Freddie Gray's funeral, a man who died while in police custody and whom many believe was another victim of police excessive force. The death of Freddie Gray comes not so long after the Ferguson riots which were in protest of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a local police officer. Disturbing stories, right?
Many people across the country and here in the Dallas area are wondering about what happened to Freddie Gray. Lots of people are concerned, worried, even afraid of an individual police officer's ability to use force against someone anytime they decide to do so.
Can we trust the police? That's the real question here.
Perfectly understandable, particularly when the smartphone film of the South Carolina police officer shooting a man in the back and killing him is still fresh in many minds — and still getting lots of hits on YouTube. For more on what happened, read our earlier post, "Police Cameras: Things To Know Before Filming Texas Police In Action."
Or check out the recent video of a U.S. Marshall grabbing a bystander's phone as she tries to film the federal officers in action:
Police Excessive Force Videos
Police using excessive force on men and women in this country isn't news — it isn't really debatable at this point. Just surf YouTube to find all sorts of dashcam videos and smartphone captures of police officers doing bad things, sometimes fatal things, to citizens. I've been monitoring police excessive force videos here on the blog for years now (click on the categories "Corrupt Cops" or "Cop Watch" in the right sidebar). I've also begun sharing them on Google Plus (under the hashtag #policevideo).
Police Excessive Force in Dallas
In North Texas, the idea that a police officer may be dangerous and willing to exert excessive force, or even fatal force, on someone isn't just water cooler chat. Here in Dallas, we all know that excessive force is a real and present danger in our community and has been a serious problem — a very serious problem with lots of controversy in the past couple of years.
See, "Dallas Police Excessive Force: 16 Officer Involved Shootings In 2012 – Over 1 Each Month And 50% Are Fatal."
Things are done in the Dallas Police Department to combat the problem. The Dallas PD will fire an officer for excessive force: just consider the incident last fall, where video captured a Dallas police officer using excessive force in the arrest of a homeless man — the officer was fired and was also charged with official oppression (a Class A misdemeanor).
Here's the November 2014 video of the Dallas officer using excessive force:
What Protects You Against Excessive Force by Police Officer?
The fact that the Dallas Police Department not only fired an officer but also arrested him after an incident of excessive force hopefully sends a message to local law enforcement that there are consequences to using excessive force on citizens here in Dallas.
However, when you are pulled over in a traffic stop by a police officer here in North Texas — or if your child is stopped by cops while on their way back to college or while walking home from a friend's house — what are your protections against excessive force?
Well, in these scenarios it's just you and the officer and the law. That's it. That's why bodycams and dashcams are so important because they bring a third-party witness to the scene in the form of a lens.
Until police officers are wearing body cams, it's the law that is at work to keep citizens safe from excessive force. If that officer abides by that law, which he or she should know and understand, then the citizen is safe. If the officer doesn't abide by that law, then he or she becomes a criminal themselves.
Excessive force is illegal.
Of course, in these situations it is only by challenging bad acts and seeking justice that excessive force cases can be addressed. Victims must file their own charges, seek their own claims, when a police officer crosses the line.
Fourth Amendment and Excessive Force
Victims of excessive force may have a civil rights case to file under the federal Civil Rights Act as a "section 1983 claim" where they argue that their constitutional rights were violated by the officer.
That's because using excessive force by law enforcement is considered in violation of the Fourth Amendment prohibition against "unreasonable seizures."
The Fourth Amendment limits the ability of the police power in this country. It's still used today: for example, just this month the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on police being able to use dogs in a routine traffic stop. In Rodriguez v. U.S., it was held that the police cannot hold someone pulled over in a traffic stop just to bide time to get a dog on the scene for drug sniffing the vehicle.
However, remember that the police did use the dog in this search and seizure case and that the challenge had to go all the way to the High Court in Washington before the police were told No.
Do You Trust The Police? List of Dallas Police Officers the Prosecutors Don't Trust to Testify
Police know the Fourth Amendment and the limits on what they should and should not do regarding physical force and any citizen. The question is how to keep police officers from disregarding that law in the first place.
Filing an action after someone is hurt is seeking justice for a bad thing. The real issue is how to stop the bad thing from happening in the first place.
This is a national problem and it's a Dallas problem. Do you trust the police? CAN you trust the police?
Before you answer, consider this — recently, the full list of names of Dallas Police Department officers that the prosecutors will NOT put on the witness stand because the Office of the Dallas County District Attorney's Office does not trust them to testify truthfully and accurately in court was published. Dallas DA Susan Hawk describes them as officers they will not "sponsor for testimony."
Here's the question: if the Dallas DA doesn't trust these Dallas police officers on the witness stand, what does say about trusting these officers out on the streets?
You can read the list here:
DA's list of officers with infractions (obtained by Austin American-Statesman)
Posted on April 29, 2015 by Michael Lowe , on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops, Orwellian Threats to Rights, Search and Seizures

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Dear Awesome Champion! Thank you for helping us fundraise for our 200 Miles For War-Torn Kids athletic challenge event. Here is what you need to know for setting up your personalized fundraising page with us. Enter your name and email address down below and signup for GroupRev. GroupRev is the fundraising service that hosts all our secure fundraising pages. If you have fundraised using GroupRev before, you can login.
Our big campaign goal is $50,000 and our campaign ends April 7, 2018.
In creating your personal page, be sure to make it as personal as possible and include 1 or more photos of your smiling face and eyes, and any stories or comments you have for why this campaign is meaningful to you. When you are done, view your page and the instructions you will receive as an e-mail. A key thing to accomplish is to have the first few donations be from your larger sponsors, setting the tone for other looking at your page to give generously. If visitors see $10 and $20 donations as normal, they will give the same. If they see $200 - $300 donations or more preceding them, they will often respond with a more generous donation. Some of our athletes choose to give generously themselves as a first gift. Others contact their closest connections to help get them started on the right foot.
Copy and paste your fundraising page link to Facebook and other social media platforms. and send it with a very personal note to friends one at a time as an email and text message. Be sure also to check out some of the promotion ideas that GroupRev has to offer. And don't be afraid to ask for advice or help!


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Pat McLarnon Biography
Pat McLarnon was born and raised in Boston MA
Pat worked for over 25 years as a commercial underwriter before meeting Dennis Genovese. Attracted to her warm presentation speaking voice, Dennis asked her to narrate a documentary he was working on. So you could say Pat narrated her first documentary in 2007. It was a dual narration with Fran Webster also part of the team. The story "Ziggy on the Run" premiered in New York City at the New Filmmakers Festival. In 2010 she narrated "Hard Love, CFAR's Journey" depicting the struggle to raise funds for the Central Florida Animal Reserve's relocation of 51 big cats. The goal has been finally reached and the cats are free from the possibility of euthanasia.
Her latest documentary put her behind the camera and in the editor's seat while narrating the story. "Treat me like a Dog" was released in 2014 and is available on Amazon Instant Video along with "Ziggy on the Run".
Pat has narrated dozens of trailers and commercial ads in the past 8 years. Some of her work can be seen on her website:
You may contact her at: pat@orlandovoiceoverservices.com or fill out the Contact form.
Orlando Voice Over Services 941.661-5616 Oviedo, FL
©Copyright McLarnon & Genovese 2009


In our latest release of Spindle Document Management, there is support for Sage 200c and Sage 50 v24 in Spindle Document Distribution and support for Sage 200c in Spindle Document Capture.
Traditional business-to-business (B2B) interactions are becoming a thing of the past. Do customers prefer self-service over speaking to customer service staff?
Draycir is pleased to announce the latest addition to Draycir's range of document management and credit control solutions, Spindle Self Serve. It's yet another way to help businesses to increase customer satisfaction, automate document management processes and work more efficiently.


Text: Its south side are some gardens and the beginning of the port, and the west side the old city walls and the entrance to de Madinah. Its name of Green, should come for the Libyan Revolution.
Text: Daily needs have forced the place architecture.
Text: There are still some abandoned clay pots .
Text: In south of the built in clay brick, city of Ghadames, near the Algerian border, starts the Libyan desert.
Text: One treasure in this oasis at the desert end, full just after spring time.
Text: Whitewashed walls and arches, decorated whit complicated drawing patterns in deep red.
Text: Geometric pattern drawings, mirrors, and brass objects, cover mostly all the walls.


Use a professional call answering service to prevent poor call answering at your company.
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression, and if someone is calling your business for the first time, then that call is the first impression. If that call doesn't go well, such as the receptionist is rude or unenthusiastic, or the caller doesn't get to talk to anyone, or if the call quality isn't good, then you've lost the opportunity for your business to make a good first impression with that caller. That person isn't going to call back to try again, and will instead call your competitor.
With a professional call answering service, you can ensure that callers don't have to deal with an automated menu, or don't end up in circles trying to find the right person. Menus and circles only leave callers frustrated, giving up before they are able to get what they need. It makes your business look disorganized, or ambivalent toward customers and potential customers. Poor call answering isn't just leaving calls unanswered or not being polite on the phone; it's the whole calling process, from dialing the phone until the person hangs up. This would also include taking a while to answer a call. Most people hang up after six rings, but will find that three or four rings is too much.
Granted, the right person to talk to isn't always available. If this is the case, then you want to have a working, customized voicemail message ready to go. Callers like knowing they are leaving a message for the right person, or even that the number went to a person who could get back to them or forward their message. Customers don't like going to voicemails that aren't setup yet, or are the default message that doesn't reveal any information about the person, so they'll be discouraged to leave a message or even to call back another time.
With cell phones and online technology such as Skype and Google Voice, it's much easier than ever to reach someone. However, technology isn't always our friend, and a whole array of problems can show up with these options. Calls are dropped, calls break up, calls are missed all together because there's no signal, calls come at the most inopportune times. We may all be busy and have things to do, and sometimes technology doesn't always help, but customers want quick service and want to know that they have you're full attention. Poor call quality can make a customer feel otherwise.
With all the professional call answering services out there, plus a common sense attitude about working with customers over the phone, there's no excuse for poor call answering and for leaving customers hanging. At the very least, calls should be answered quickly and customers should be helped as much as possible, whether that's answering their question or directing them to the right person, or even taking a message for them. Not treating these calls a priority is poor call answering in and of itself.


With an area of some 550 hectares, Stade is the largest German production site of global chemical group Dow. Every year, around 1300 in-house staff and several hundred contractors produce some three million tonnes of basic and specialty chemicals including propylene oxide, propylene glycol, solvents for paints, perchloroethylene, raw materials for polyurethanes, cellulose ethers, chlorine, sodium hydroxide solution and hydrogen in ten plants. Personal protective equipment (PPE), including chemical protection garments, is vital for reliably protecting staff from hazardous liquids and solids. For over a decade now, Dow workers have been using garments made by DuPont Personal Protection, Luxembourg (ipp.dupont.com). Dow has plans to roll this out in future to other German sites too. Not only will the resultant synergies reduce costs but, most importantly, staff safety will be still further improved thanks to the harmonization of the products used.
To provide protection from liquid chemicals, Dow makes use of Tychem® 2000 C (previously: Tychem® C) and Tychem® 6000 F (previously: Tychem® F) coveralls. Typical applications are material transfers or inspection tasks in which lines are opened and there is a risk of personnel being contaminated with the hazardous substance. These garments are also used during the emptying and cleaning of pipework which is required for regular official TÜV1 inspections.
Key to the decision were the comprehensive permeation data DuPont was able to supply to Dow's safety professionals. As Jens Thiede, SHE Specialist at Dow in Stade with responsibility for the selection and use of PPE, explains: "We have around 2000 different chemicals on our plant here and cannot purchase a dedicated garment for each product. We need products that reliably protect our staff from as many substances as possible. So we had a good look around on the market and shortlisted a range of products. The permeation data DuPont supplied for numerous organic and inorganic chemicals were very helpful and convinced us that the two Tychem® garments were the best ones to choose for our staff."
However, Dow has also been using DuPont coveralls for many years in areas where staff are exposed to hazards arising from solids and dusts. The suits involved here are primarily those from the Tyvek® product line, such as Tyvek® 600 Plus (previously: Tyvek® Classic Plus), for instance in the production of cellulose ethers which are used as fillers and binders in construction materials, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
Before purchasing new or updated models, Dow carries out comprehensive wear tests lasting several weeks or even months with its front-line staff. These tests are a useful factor in coming to a decision about which product is most suitable for staff and their specific working conditions and whether it can prove its worth under practical conditions. Thiede explains, "DuPont assists us with these tests by supplying sample garments in various sizes. Our staff enter their ratings on questionnaires covering criteria such as wearer comfort, fit, freedom of movement, handling, size range and, of course, the wearer's subjective feeling of safety. We then jointly evaluate these questionnaires with DuPont. Sometimes there are also criticisms of the garments which may then possibly be fed into further product development."
As Thiede also comments, Dow's standard practice was originally to keep stocks of the garments in sizes M to XXL. But over the course of time, the wear tests have increasingly revealed demand for very small and very large sizes as well. This demonstrates a further advantage of working with DuPont because they can offer a wide range of different sizes which are available from stock or made to order.
Dow and DuPont have been working together for over ten years on the selection and use of suitable protective garment solutions for specific hazards and applications. The aim is to ensure ongoing, continuous improvement in staff safety on the Stade site. This is why the companies carry out joint workshops informing heads of department, H&S coordinators, staff from partner companies and apprentices about protective clothing in general, the characteristics of Tychem® and Tyvek® chemical protective clothing, the correct way to donning and doffing and proper disposal after possible contamination. As Thiede says, "Training workshop participants pass on their knowledge in their departments and workshops and among their shift colleagues. Our aim is to make sure this knowledge is put into practice and widely disseminated so our staff can work safely." DuPont has helped by providing training videos and step-by-step instructions which Dow staff can access via an intranet platform.
Custom solutions were required for some areas of use, e.g. protective suits with reinforcement at specific points subjected to particular mechanical stress or specific details such as attached heat-sealed gloves or boot cuffs. "In such cases, DuPont put us in contact with a company which has been able to finish the garments in line with our requirements", explains Thiede. "Also, we regularly collaborate on optimizing and further developing the products with the aim of continually improving staff protection."
Since Stade manufactures basic chemicals, the insights gained there can also be transferred to other Dow sites in Germany and Europe. This firstly generates cost savings, since there is no longer any need to select and assess various chemical protection garments and carry out wear tests at each site. Secondly, the resultant synergies can ensure greater harmonization of PPE between sites and so enable uniformly high occupational safety standards across Germany. "This obviously also makes things simpler and more efficient for both parties. DuPont has a single point of contact on the customer side and we are able to take delivery of larger quantities, making it a win-win situation for everyone", concludes Thiede.


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Karlikowo is een plaats in het Poolse district Puck, woiwodschap Pommeren. De plaats maakt deel uit van de gemeente Krokowa en telt 290 inwoners.

Plaats in Pommeren

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More than 50 people were killed in the troubled north-eastern states of India at the weekend in a wave of shootings and bombings by separatist rebels.
The attacks on soft civilian targets such as markets took place in Assam and Nagaland, where insurgents have fought the Indian government almost continuously since independence in 1947.
Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary-general, condemned the violence which occurred on a national holiday celebrating the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, India's independence leader and preacher of non-violence.
The bloodletting began on Saturday in Dimapur, the commercial centre of Nagaland. Three bombs exploded almost simultaneously.
Yesterday rebels threw a grenade into a market in Dhekiagula in northern Assam, wounding 15 people.
Rebel groups have accused the federal government of unfairly exploiting the region's oil, gas and minerals.


Scenic Rim's Lost World is a photographer's paradise, only 90 minutes from Brisbane and the Gold Coast – a place where rugged mountains and crystal-clear rainforest waterways blend with charming farm communities and the characters who live them.
What better location to participate in Queensland's 'Best Instameet in the World' event on October 4, 2014 – even with your family.
Instameets are gatherings of professional photographers, hobbyists and those who just enjoy snapping away and posting their images to the social media app Instagram.
Instameets are a world-wide social media phenomenon – a great way to meet other like-minded people at captivating locations. They're also an opportunity to learn and be inspired by how others might photograph the same place at the same time.
The Lost World's event is just one of many simultaneous gatherings across the state on October 4, as part of @Queensland's 'Best Instameet in the World'. Organisers hope the combined attendance will outdo the world record for the biggest Instameet.
The Lost World Instameet Journey is a roving event designed for for photographers and their families.
Spend the day with us or drop-in to a snippet of our Instameet Journey, which includes spots for byo morning tea, lunch and a swim.
Remember to bring a hat, sunscreen, a drink and possibly morning tea and lunch (there are no nearby shops/cafes).
** Please only attend the venues at the times below. Closed shoes are compulsory for those attending the milking and animal feeding events.
2 to 2.45pm -- Drop into nightfall camp for a sneak-peek at the luxury tents of Queensland's newest 'glamping' experience Light afternoon tea and internet for those who want to upload. Location - 3009 Christmas Creek Road (number 11 on the Lost World Tourist Drive Map) instagram @nightfallcamp www.nightfallcamp.com.au Visit Tamborine Mountain's sunset instameet on the way home -- why not top-off the day with one of their stunning sunsets, possibly including a paraglider or two if conditions are favourable.


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Aldyr Garcia Schlee (Jaguarão (RS), November 22, 1934 – Pelotas (RS), November 15, 2018) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, translator, illustrator and professor.

Biography
Schlee had two main areas of expertise: Brazilian – Uruguayan international relations and the literature of Uruguay and of Brazil, with further specialty in works produced by authors from the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

He wrote various short stories and his work has been included in a number of anthologies.

Some of his books first appeared in Spanish and were published in Uruguay. Personally fluent to the highest levels both in Portuguese and Spanish, he also grew up with and around his family who spoke German, historically a strong regional language (see Riograndenser Hunsrückisch) and the second most widely spoken language in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

In 1953 Schlee designed the world-famous Brazil national football team jersey Camisa Canarinho. Schlee died on November 15, 2018, a week before his 84th birthday, and on the eve of a Brazil vs. Uruguay friendly match in London.

Prizes received
Schlee twice received the prestigious Bienal Nestlé de Literatura Brasileira literary prize; and he also granted the Prêmio Açorianos de Literatura prize, five times.

Witness to regional language repression by the State during World War II
In a 2011 interview Schlee said that during World War II he personally witnessed German-Brazilian farmers in a chain gang, arrested because they had been caught speaking their native language when the Brazilian Vargas government had summarily prohibited anyone from speaking it; the author explained how it shocked him and caused a lifelong impression on him, to see those men being paraded single file through the city of Santa Cruz do Sul where he lived at that time.

Bibliography
 2014 "Memórias de o que já não será", Ed ArdoTEmpo
 2013 "Contos da Vida Difícil", Ed ARdoTEmmpo
 2010: "Don Frutos", EdARdoTEmpo
 2009: "Glossário de Simões Lopes Neto" – São Paulo
 2009: "Os limites do impossível – os contos gardelianos" Ed ARdoTEmpo, Porto Alegre.
 2007: "Contos gauchescos e Lendas do Sul", de JSLN, edição crítica com estabelecimento da linguagem. IEL/Unisinos.
 2000: "Contos de Verdades", contos (ed. Mercado Aberto)
 1998: "Linha Divisória" (contos, ed. Melhoramentos)
 1997: "Contos de Futebol" (contos, ed. Mercado Aberto)
 1991: "El dia en que el papa fue a Melo" (contos, ed. de la Banda Oriental) (republished in Portuguese as "O Dia em que o Papa foi a Melo", ed. Mercado Aberto, 1999)
 1984: "Uma Terra Só" (contos, ed. Melhoramentos)
 1983: "Contos de Sempre" (contos, ed. Mercado Aberto)

Anthologies
 2003: "Melhores Contos do Rio Grande do Sul" (contos, ed. IEL)
 1999: "Para Ler os Gaúchos" (contos, ed. Novo Século)
 1996: "Nós os Teuto-gaúchos" (ensaios, ed. da Universidade/UFRGS)
 1994: "Nós os Gaúchos 2" (ensaios, ed. da Universidade/UFRGS)
 1988: "Autores Gaúchos 20: Aldyr Garcia Schlee" (antologia, ed. IEL)
 1977: "Histórias Ordinárias" (contos, ed. Documento)

Translations from Spanish to Portuguese
 1990 Para Sempre Uruguai (Antologia de contos). Tradução de Sérgio Faraco e Aldyr Garcia Schlee. Porto Alegre: Instituto Estadual do Livro.
 1996 Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino. Facundo: civilização e barbárie no pampa argentino. Tradução, notas e estudo crítico de Aldyr Garcia Schlee. Porto Alegre: Editora da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / Editora da Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
 1997 Acevedo Díaz, Eduardo. Pátria Uruguaia. Antologia. Seleção, tradução e notas de Aldyr Garcia Schlee. Porto Alegre: Instituto Estadual do Livro.
 1997 Güiraldes, Ricardo. Don Segundo Sombra. Tradução de Augusto Meyer, revisão da tradução por Aldyr  Garcia Schlee. Porto Alegre: LP&M.

Translations from Portuguese to Spanish
 1991 Lopes Neto, João Simões. La salamanca del Jarau. Porto Alegre:IEL-IGEL.
 2000 Martins, Cyro. Campo afora/Campo afuera. Edição bilíngue português/espanhol. Tradução para o espanhol de Aldyr Garcia Schlee. Porto Alegre, IEL/CELPCYRO.

References

External links
 IstoÉ Gente online

1934 births
2018 deaths
Brazilian people of German descent
Brazilian male short story writers
Brazilian translators
Brazil national football team
People from Jaguarão
Portuguese–Spanish translators
Spanish–Portuguese translators
20th-century Brazilian short story writers
20th-century Brazilian male writers
21st-century Brazilian short story writers
21st-century Brazilian male writers
20th-century translators
Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)


At the end of each Yoga class, we lie flat on our backs, close our eyes, relax our bodies and give our fingers and toes a wiggle. All tension is supposed to be released, and the lights become dim. Tenille will play the Longtime Sunshine song, and complete relaxation is encouraged. When I first heard this song, I was intrigued with the hauntingly beautiful voice of the songstress, as well as the lyrics. I felt as a baby may feel from the comforting voice of a mother's lullaby and at times had to do everything I could to prevent myself from falling asleep right then and there. It is a mantra so moving, and so intoxicating, I wanted to share it with you. After doing some research, I discovered the singer's name is Snatam Kaur, a new age artist and Kundalini Yoga practitioner who studied in India.
When feeling stressed, or you simply want to wind down after a hectic day, take a few minutes to be lulled by Snatam's soothing voice, the exotic sounds of the sitar and uplifted by her positive message. This is my wish to you.


1. Accepting underpaid / no-paid work on the promise of 'it will lead to more paid work'.
You, as a freelancer, will invariably be tempted to take a punt on these plucky underdogs. After all, everyone has to start somewhere, right? You just gotta back the right horse. And maybe you will. Alternatively, maybe this client will quaff up all your earnest generosity/tolerance for being exploited, and then just find another freelancer/sucker once you twig what their game is. And then, if they do ever make it, they'll immediately go and hire a freelancer charging the rate you quoted initially. That could happen.
2. Being extremely bad at knowing your own worth and negotiating a rate accordingly.
We all know what rate we'd like to charge. We all google what the standard freelancing rate is for our field. And then we find that there is a devilish combination of us not quite having the balls to ask for that number and clients completely hoping to pay significantly less than that number.
3. Not getting your invoices paid.
When you finally deliver that precious mana-from-heaven invoice via the magic bullet of email, you now have the thrill of not knowing if that invoice will get paid in three days or three months. Or never. As the standard 20-30 day time frame elapses, you'll be wracked with wondering if they hated your work, if they lost business because of your work, if they had to wind up their business as a going concern because of your work. Why don't they pay? And you'll send polite and wimpy emails chasing up the invoice, wondering at what point and how to crack the whip. And you'll never figure it out.
4. Getting upset when you do bad work.
A happy client fulsomely praising the work you did for them rocks. It's a really great feeling of validation and vindication and serves to banish the long-term deep-deep-seated doubts you have about taking the freelance path less trodden.
But sometimes they won't be happy with your work. They'll be disappointed. This could be for a number of reasons. Maybe they'll just be douches with ridiculous expectations relative to the budget and you did as good as you could. Maybe you really did a bad job. Either way, the worst thing you can do is to become engulfed in guilt and self-doubt about your worth as a human being. Don't beat yourself up. The important thing is to figure out what went wrong, learn from it, and forget about it (the bad job, not the lesson).
5. Being crap at marketing and self-promotion.
This one is tricky in the same way that it's tricky to give yourself good advice. It's easy to look at someone else's life and see how they're boning it up and tell them to stop it. Not so easy to apply this ability to yourself.
You spend years learning your craft, honing it, getting good at it, and then you find that it isn't much good if no one knows about it. You've got to tell people how great you are.
So now you have to learn an entirely new and equally large discipline called 'marketing'. It involves telling people about yourself and what you can offer and how good you are at doing it. The kind of bragging and blow-harding that most likeable people don't do; you now have to do it and do it to as large an audience as possible. No more being modest and self-effacing, kiddo. That won't pay your council tax. Not only do you have to master social media, online marketing and manage your own elegant and professional website, but you've also got to overcome your natural aversion to blowing your own trumpet and fear that everyone's going to see your self-promotion and think 'look at this douchebag'. But you've got to do it.
Being a freelancer is legitimately great. But it ain't easy. There are lots of lessons you need to learn, and the best teacher is the school of getting f***ed over. Reading advice articles or other people's experiences can give you an idea of what to expect, but in the end, it's hard to learn from others' mistakes. There's nothing quite like the sense of outrage at being exploited that teaches you to never let it happen again. There's nothing like smiling producers screwing you over to give you the backbone to negotiate aggressively, and with a very hard ball. Now, go get 'em!
After a nomadic early life wandering across the face of the world, Walter is now settled in London working as a freelance photographer and video producer.


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#include "DOMSVGNumberList.h"
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ALL Members and guests (ages 13+) are required to bring their nametags/tickets to ALL services. No exceptions. Due to security and availability, tickets may only be purchased in advance by Wednesday, September, 25th.
Register for babysitting by emailing Lisa Kaufman, Administrative Assistant.
7:00 pm — Erev Rosh HaShanah Service (Main Sanctuary)
6:45 pm — Babysitting (ages 2+, Preschool)
Morning Services
9:00 am — Conservative Service (Mountainview Sanctuary)
9:00 am — Babysitting (ages 2+, Preschool)
9:30 am — Reform Service (Main Sanctuary)
10:30 am — Joint Torah Service (Main Sanctuary)
10:30 am — Youth Services (grades 3rd – 8th, Room 1)
11:30 am — Family Service (Room 4)
1:30 pm — Neighborhood Potluck Luncheons
Afternoon Service
5:00 pm — Tashlich (Sugar House Park)
7:00 pm — Erev Rosh HaShanah Second Evening Service (Pepper Chapel)
Tuesday, October 1st
9:00 am — Rosh HaShanah Second Day Morning Service (Main Sanctuary)
6:30 pm — Kol Nidre Service (Main Sanctuary)
8:45 am — Conservative Service (Main Sanctuary)
9:30 am — Reform Service (Mountainview Sanctuary)
1:30 pm — Afternoon Mid-day Breakout Sessions (Room 1, Mountainview Sanctuary, Vivian Shapiro Library)
5:30 pm — Mincha Services (Main Sanctuary)
6:30 pm — Yizkor Service (Main Sanctuary)
7:00 pm — Ne'ilah Service (Main Sanctuary)
8:00 pm — Concluding Service, Flashlight Parade, and Havdalah (Main Sanctuary)
8:15 pm — Break-the-Fast at the Synagogue (South Multi-Purpose Room)


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Patrick brings 30 years of advertising and marketing experience to h&b. He has participated in every aspect of advertising, marketing, development, digital/new media and traditional media, from working as a local radio disc jockey to producing and marketing television shows for Pay-Per-View. He has worked in TV, radio, print and advertising and been involved in countless major (and minor) memorable (and forgotten) advertising and marketing campaigns in the islands and beyond the shores of Hawaii. He is an award-winning writer, producer, director and creative collaborator and has a passion for taking the very best care of clients with top notch account service. His wealth of experience ranges from the travel industry to retail, from real estate to food and beverage, and anything and everything in between. Patrick is very active in the community with many professional and non-profit organizations and serves on various committees and boards. He grew up in Kailua, Hawaii, attended Saint Louis High School and the University of Hawaii, and now lives in Honolulu with his wife and family. He enjoys music, cooking, wine and traveling (not necessarily in that order).
Katie has over 15 years of advertising and marketing experience on both the client and agency side. Her acumen in strategic planning, research, account management, media buying, public relations and the digital arena have lead to many integrated and award-winning campaigns. With a passion for people, Katie always seeks results and her experiences cover the gambit of industry - from tourism, health care and real estate to food & beverage, retail, QSR and technology.
Katie holds a Bachelors of Science in Marketing from Loyola University of New Orleans and a Masters in Business from Hawaii Pacific University. She lives in Kaneohe with her husband, daughter and Labrador named Koa. She enjoys movies, wine and traveling.
Faye has enjoyed working in marketing, advertising and communications for more than 30 years. Her early career started in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, after graduating from the University of Oregon. She worked in advertising and promotions for a restaurant franchise and later at KMTR-TV (NBC). Then it was back to her home state of Hawaii where she thrived at a local ad agency and in cable, television, hospitality and newspaper industries. A keen sense of adventure brought Faye to Las Vegas where she spent several years in advertising and PR for a casino hotel. Now back in Hawaii for good, Faye brings her award-winning experience in creative selling, media planning and buying, event marketing and communications to contribute to clients' success.
Kainoa has over 7 years of marketing experience in consulting, advertising, public relations and digital. Prior to joining h&b he worked as a Marketing Manager focusing on developing brand identity, coordinating marketing campaigns, managing client relations and obtaining new business. Kainoa has a passion for helping people, problem solving and enjoys a challenge.
He grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and attended Moanalua High School. Kainoa holds Bachelor's degrees in Marketing and International Business from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He loves learning new languages and cultures, having visited various places throughout the U.S, Europe, Polynesia and Asia.
Daniella has over 10 years of marketing and communication experience with a background focused in press and corporate communication. She holds Bachelor's degrees in Journalism and Public Relations from Pontifical Catholic University and has coordinated several editorial projects for some of the largest Brazilian companies.
Born in Brazil, love brought her to Hawaii in 2013, where she began work in the travel and events industry. In 2017, she joined the h&b team as the Office Administrator and Accounting Coordinator. She tries to be involved with activities and events related to her culture and appreciates time spent with her family and friends the most, especially when it involves BBQ's, trips and laughs!
Robert blends 16 years of marketing and advertising experience to deliver a cross-channel experience on all client initiatives. He leads engagements that are proven to be customer focused, results oriented and award winning. Following graduation from the UCLA School of Design, Robert worked for Hal Riney & Partners for 10 years on a wide variety of consumer brands, including Sprint, Hewlett-Packard, Aspen, The North Face and Marmot. After stints at TBWA Chiat Day on Panera Bread and M&C Saatchi on First National Bank, Robert also directed creative solutions for Walmart, Home Depot, Walt Disney, Dell, San Diego Zoo and Getty Museum, as well as a multitude of other brands.
Dane has been a production artist and graphic designer in Denver since beginning his degree in Advanced Graphic Design for Print at Platt College in 2004. He previously received an education in art foundation and design at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design from 2000–02, and high school training at Warren Tech Center in Multimedia Communications. Outside of graphic design, Dane also enjoys recording and collecting music.
Erika brings a depth and breadth of understanding of the entire print process to her role as Print Production Manager. She began her career as a production artist and subsequently taught desktop publishing. During her seven years at Quark, she worked in creative production before moving into print production management. Our clients benefit from Erika's ability to understand the creation of printed pieces from start to finish.


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The Rotary Club of Toronto (RCT) founded YES in 1968 and remains a strong supporter of YES both with financial support and by providing members for the YES Board of Directors. In 2012, RCT celebrated their 100th Anniversary and made a million dollar investment into six charities across the GTA. YES is a proud recipient of this RCT funding and we received $100,000 for YES' Job Camp program.
The Rotary Club of Toronto West awarded its prestigious 2016 Community Service Award to YES for "Meritorious Service to Youth" at the 17th Annual Awards Gala on Friday, Jan. 29 at the Old Mill Inn in Etobicoke.


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Teddi Mellencamp Celebrates Her Birthday By Looking Back On Fitness Journey
The 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star celebrates her 38th birthday with a motivating Instagram post.
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Teddi Mellencamp of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills celebrated growing up and glowing up in her latest Instagram post. In the poignant post, the reality star and accountability coach commemorated her 38th birthday by looking back at her fitness journey. The before and after photo shows Mellencamp's dramatic weight loss.
In the birthday post, Teddi recounts crying in the doctor's office after stepping on the scale. At 5'3″, she weighed over 200 pounds. Mellencamp noted she fell victim to a continuous cycle of going on extreme fad diets, losing weight, and gaining it back again. That is until four years ago, when she had a shift in mindset. Teddi attributes being consistent in her commitment to a healthier life as the reason she is able to maintain her slim figure.
As fans of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are well aware, Mellencamp has been open about her struggles with her weight. The reality star and accountability coach has yo-yo dieted throughout the years until becoming fully dedicated to a healthy lifestyle.
In an exclusive with NBC News, the Bravo star revealed she gained 80 pounds during each one of her pregnancies. After her first pregnancy, Teddi managed to lose weight relatively quickly. Dropping pounds after her second child, however, proved to be difficult.
Today I turn 38-years-old. Photo on the left: my birthday during one of the many years I was truly struggling with taking care of myself when it came to health and fitness. I remember having to step on the scale at the doctor— and the tears when the doc said, "Teddi, you're 5'3" and over 200lbs." The me in that picture would do extreme fad diets, lose a bunch of weight and then gain it all back again. Picture on the right: Now, going into my 38th year with four years of consistent commitment to my lifestyle. Four years years I have been All IN— no yo-yo. And even when I do get a little "wild" (for instance, you may have seen me on #RHOBH in Provence ????), I have the tools to reel it back in rather than letting myself unravel for week's worth of choices that don't work for me. I am grateful that at this age of 38 I now know that healthy living isn't a diet— it's a lifestyle. I am so blessed to be surrounded by an amazing team @goallinbyteddi who have also changed their lives and continue to help me stay committed to feeling my best. This support network is invaluable and one of the best gifts I could ask for. Thank you to my team of coaches, clients, family and friends who have gone All IN with me. 38 is gonna be the best year yet. #thebestisyettocome #allinbyteddi #healthy #committed
A post shared by Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave (@teddimellencamp) on Jul 1, 2019 at 5:19am PDT
"I truthfully thought, it's going to fall off this time. I'm going to workout hard, and it's just going to happen. And then it didn't," Teddi explained to NBC.
Despite setbacks, Teddi powered through and changed what she viewed to be destructive behavior. After years of working out regularly, she met her goal of a 100-pound weight loss.
The health and fitness guru disclosed to Hollywood Life that she feels more confident since losing weight.
"I used to be over 200 pounds. It's crazy. You kind of almost block out some of [it out]. It was painful at times! There are things that I didn't do because I didn't feel comfortable in my own skin and I'm just glad that I'm in a place where I'm doing it the right way and I'm being healthy," she said.
Teddi has transformed her own success story into a lucrative business. According to E! News, as of last year, her accountability program, All in by Teddi Mellencamp, has over 500 clients with more on the waitlist. For the program, Teddi, along with additional lifestyle coaches, hold clients accountable for their diet and exercise.
Caption this. Mine is, "Watching the internet sleuths try to figure out those texts…" #rhobh
A post shared by Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave (@teddimellencamp) on Dec 21, 2018 at 8:04am PST
With so many accomplishments, it makes sense why Teddi is in the mood to celebrate.
For even more motivation, be sure to follow Teddi's Instagram account and watch The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on Bravo.


During a coaching session with a client a few days ago I said something that I don't believe I have ever said before. I am certain I have had several discussions similar but this discussion took hold and really got my client going. If I could go back in time, I would like to invite you to listen in on the conversation.
I asked my client if he had ever seen the movie, "City Slickers?" He said he had. I asked if he remembered the part where Curley told the young buck (Mitch) what the most important thing in life was. With great anticipation the young buck was so eager to hear the wisdom from this old prospector. And then Curley came out with it. The most important thing in life is, "One thing." That was it. One thing. Really???
This led me to help my client think through this deep thought. I started with this question, "What is one thing that you want to get accomplished this year?" Just one thing. Not two, ten or a bunch. I wanted him to focus, with laser power. He gave me his answer and then I asked him to do something just as genius as Curley's answer. I asked him to do just one thing each day, something that he can document that will move him towards accomplishing this goal. Just one thing.
I must say I was proud. Not because I was able to communicate a very basic idea in a powerful way. Not because I even came up with it. No, I was proud because my client took the concept, made it his own and began using it to make a difference in his life and business.
So… what "ONE THING" do you want to accomplish this year. Be very specific when you answer this question. Your answer needs to be: Measurable, Achievable and Require Action. Then each morning write down ONE THING that you will do to accomplish this. Something that is documentable. Then end your day with writing down what you did that day. At the end of 2017 you will have taken over 300 actions, powerful and documentable actions that moved you closer to accomplishing the ONE THING you wanted to accomplish this year. And if you do accomplish it before year-end then dream up a new goal and start again.
Don't get greedy and make a long list. Just ONE THING will do.


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The Roast of Bryce Hall and Jeff Wittek
August 14, 2022 August 14, 2022 - by Muhammad Waleed
This article will discuss the events surrounding the Roast of Bryce Hall, including the cancellation of Jeff Wittek's appearance. Dobrik reportedly injured Wittek during a fight last week. In the video Jason Nash posted about the incident, he said that Dobrik wasn't the main reason for Jeff Wittek's withdrawal. While he doesn't deny that it was the main reason for Wittek's non-attendance, he does state that other circumstances were a big factor.
Jeff Wittek pulled out
In a series of vlogs, Wittek appeared regularly. He gained popularity when he suffered an eye injury in Utah while attempting a stunt where he was thrown over a rope from an excavator. However, his stunt backfired, and he lost his eye. In an Instagram livestream, Wittek said he was so embarrassed by the incident that he had unfollowed Dobrik. Since then, Wittek and Dobrik have continued to criticize each other's appearance.
After being pulled out of the roast, however, the other two performers made their own videos. In addition to being a comedian, Bryce Hall's roast of Jason Nash had several guest appearances by well-known celebrities. He also appeared in a 2016 comedy video with Anwar Jibawi. Jeff Wittek has a YouTube account with over three million subscribers, but he was not part of the roast.
Josh Richards replaced him
On The Roast of Bryce Hall, host Jason Nash roasted YouTuber Bryce Hall. His performance was a mixed bag. Many viewers took offense to his jokes about being fat or his sexual preference. Because of this, the video became viral for the wrong reasons. It has now been viewed over 769,300 times. Be sure to skip over the controversial parts if you're sensitive about this.
After the roast ended, the host asked Josh Richards to stand in for him. The new roaster revealed that he had no idea if the entire set would make the cut. The improvised set was sloppy, but the original jokes were good. The improv comedy star still has the original video footage and hinted that he would share it with the world one day.
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Olivia Jade and Tanya Mongeau attended
On June 24, 2018, two of Hollywood's hottest ladies, Olivia Jade and Tanya Mongea, attended the Roast of Bryce Hall hosted by Jason Nash. The event brought together Hall, Josh Richards, and Tanya Mongeau, as well as celebrities from other industries. The video is currently circulating online, and has already received 769,300 views. However, it contains scenes that may upset some viewers.
After the event, the actresses apologized to the audience for having to attend the 'big' party. In a Twitter post, Mongeau explained that she was taken for a coronavirus test on June 30, a few weeks before the big bash. She then explained that she would stay home until her test results were back.
Jason Nash's jokes were removed from the roast
Jason Nash is an American actor, comedian, and YouTube sensation. He is best known for his performance on the show Last Comic Standing and has written and directed two movies. In 2016, he appeared on David Dobrik's Youtube Vlogs. The episode also featured jokes by Jeff Wittek and Jonah 'Nick Antonyan'. Nash's main YouTube channel has more than 3 million subscribers, so there is no way he won't be a star in the near future.
Afterwards, fans complained about some of the jokes. Many fans objected to jokes about Hall's weight, while others took offense at remarks about sexuality. Many people took offense at these remarks, which caused the video to become viral. While it is not a perfect video, it has garnered over 769,300 views on Jason's YouTube channel. Some fans, however, found the roast hilarious.
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It is unacceptable that anyone living in Canada should not be able to safely drink the water that comes out of their taps. No person should be forced to live in overcrowded and unsafe homes, and no young person should have to move far from home to get a good education. Yet, all over Canada, these are exactly the challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Peoples, non-Indigenous Canadians and the Government agree that this must change. Together, Canada and Indigenous Peoples are forging a new relationship, based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership.
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Blue Heron Orchard Collective
The Blue Heron Orchard Collective is based on a working certified organic apple and vegetable farm located between Canton and LaGrange, Missouri on a Mississippi River bluff. The farm has been in operation since 1990 and was the first certified organic apple orchard in the state of Missouri. The collective currently consists of environmental artist, Cherie Sampson and her husband Dan Kelly, the founder and proprietor of Blue Heron Orchard. Dan has been a steward of the 26- acre property in which the farm and orchard is set since he began homesteading in the 1980's. Cherie and Dan met in 2003 while Cherie was living and teaching in Iowa, bringing two very different life paths together. The other two members of the collective so far are our dedicated part-time employee, Nellie Robertson and Illinois-based glass-artist, Jim Topic. Over the years, Blue Heron Orchard has hosted a variety of events such as field days, university and public school visits and educational programs, internships, fund-raisers, performances, seasonal festivities and many parties in which we feed our friends with food right out of the ground and off the trees. We are a newly formed AgArts Collective with a vision to expand our farm–hosted events and to establish a new series of farm-to-table and community-based "progressive dinners" in which arts, culture and ethnic flavors (sensorially and metaphorically) will be featured! Longer-term goals of the collective are to create a three-pronged public & community outreach integrating art, agriculture and education. We also hope to one day establish a one to two week summer artist-residency program on the farm.
Blue Heron Orchard Collective Kick-off Event on the farm:
"Hands to Earth" to premiere August 5, 2017.
In American environmentalist Wendell Berry's book, The Unsettling of America, he quotes: "Find the shortest, simplest way between the earth, the hands and the mouth." The small-scale farmer engages direct physical contact with the land – seed, soil and plants – with the hands being integral to the labor as well as the fundamental link between "earth" and "mouth" in an ecologically healthy system. This new work will utilize the language of classical Indian dance to illustrate laboring bodies involved in the small-scale agricultural spectrum from planting of the seed to the harvest. "Abhinaya" or the expressive vocabulary of the dance, integrates intricate facial and hand gestures with rhythmic footwork. In our experimentation with the form, symbiotic relationships between humans, physical work and the land will be the physical movement that inspires the piece. Observation of the activities and labor on small farms in several Midwestern states during site visits will be documented through video-audio recordings, interviews, etc., capturing different phases of the agricultural season. The collected material will be interpreted through dance and the performance will incorporate video and audio material collected during the farm visits as an interactive component. This will be a collaborative work with Kansas City-based dancer & choreographer, Anjali Tata-Hudson.
("HAnds to Earth" Photographs: Lisa Wigoda. Farm in video image: Sandhill Farm, Rutledge, MO)
About the BHO Collective Members:
AgArts Media Director, Cherie Sampson, received her MFA in Intermedia & Video Art from the University of Iowa in 1997 with a minor in Sculpture. She has been a working environmental and performance artist for over 25 years, is a two-time Fulbright grantee and has exhibited and performed internationally in the U.S., Finland, Norway, France, Spain, Cuba, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, South Korea and other countries. She divides her time between Blue Heron Orchard and the farm that she calls home and the University of Missouri where she is an Associate Professor of Art. She is a bureau member of Artists-in-Nature International Network (AiNIN) and at the same time is being called to create culture and art-happenings in her own back yard. Dan Kelly has owned and operated Blue Heron Orchard since 1990 when the apple trees first went into the ground. In addition to the fresh apples and a variety of organic vegetables, Blue Heron Orchard processes many value-added products including apple cider, butter, sauce, syrup, apple-wood smoked fire roasted peppers and fruit leather. Dan received a USDA VAP (value-added product) grant in 2015 to expand the operation. He is the current president of the Midwest Organic Fruit Grower's Association. Nellie Robertson, born and raised in Hungary, has been regularly employed at our farm since August 2013 and is involved with many aspects of orchard and farm work as well as production of our value-added products. She is a translator and co-directs the Cognitive Achievement Center's local facility in Canton, Missouri with her husband, Scott. Jim Topic is a long-time friend and glass-artist with a studio and retail shop just up the river in Nauvoo, Illinois. He was raised on a farm in Minnesota, continues to grow many vegetables there and in his present home in Nauvoo. Jim has contributed countless hours of work in our orchard, gardens, production kitchen and at the cider press!
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Still image from "Dissecting the Blossom" dance-film by Cherie Sampson
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Blue Heron Orchardist, Dan Kelly
sampsonch@missouri.edu
blueheronorchard@centurytel.net
(Please note: Our new orchard website is under construction.)


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