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Annual Deadline: April 1st
The Conserver Society of Hamilton and District Inc. (the "Conserver Society") was established in 1983 by individuals wanting to improve the quality of life of our community. The Conserver Society's activities include education and outreach on:
conserving energy and other resources;
sustainability and biological diversity;
reduction of toxic chemicals in air, land, and water;
participation in neighbourhood decision making; and
aid for others in achieving goals sympathetic with those of the Conserver Society.
The Betty Blashill Award was established in memory of a passionate Hamilton advocate for a better environment. It is presented annually to a volunteer who exemplifies Betty's approach and commitment. Betty preferred to act quietly and steadily, far from the limelight and never seeking recognition. Her unpretentious nature put her in the background of most heated discussions, but behind the scenes, Betty conscientiously developed and amplified the messages of the environmental community. She did much of the hard work that more vocal folks rely on but often tend to avoid. While the outspoken thrive on the direct contact and associated attention and occasional successes, Betty worked quietly to keep organisations organised and communications communicated. She filled the roles such as of treasurer, membership coordinator, webmaster and more. There are many people like her who form the backbone of the Hamilton environmental movement. They may not be known to the media, but the people they work beside and behind know that their contributions are critical. This award is intended for them.
The annual nomination deadline is April 1. All that is required is a letter or letters describing the nominee and the reasons why she or he should be considered for the award. Letters should be sent to the attention of the Conserver Society.
To view more information on the Betty Blashill Award and download the Nomination Package, click here.
Please consider making an online, tax-receiptable donation to the Conserver Society of Hamilton & District. Click the button at above to be taken to the website of our donations facilitator, CanadaHelps.org. Thank you!
2017 Brian Wylie
2017 Agnes Richard
2016 Bev Wagar
2015 Don Brown
2014 Warren Beacham
2013 Christine Brown
2012 Jim Stollard
2011 Maggie Hughes
2010 John Struger
2009 Peter Hutton
2008 Audrey Gamble


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Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association
Pimfa to bolster investor engagement with listed companies
By Rachel Mortimer
The Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association has moved to "level the playing field" between individual and institutional investors and their advisers by encouraging engagement with the companies they invest in.
The trade association partnered with Investor Meet Company to launch a service which provides members with a means to communicate with the UK listed companies in which their clients are shareholders.
The free service offers direct access to companies via live and interactive management presentations around market announcements, which Pimfa hopes will help individual investors to make more informed investment decisions.
A Pimfa spokesperson said: "Research has shown that 92 per cent of institutional investors found meeting a company 'as important or critical to' their investment process.
"Both IMC and Pimfa believe that all individual investors, and the firms that invest on their behalf, should have the same opportunity to access company management, regardless of the number of shares they own or where they are located."
The service offered as part of the partnership is expected to help members satisfy the Financial Conduct Authority's rules surrounding shareholder engagement and transparency, by encouraging investment firms to demonstrate direct communication with the companies they invest in on behalf of their clients.
Liz Field, chief executive at Pimfa, said: "As outlined in our members manifesto, an important part of our mission is to create the best possible environment so that our member firms can focus on delivering the highest service to clients, and we have been long-time campaigners for the growth of retail participation in shareholding and the need to build a UK culture of saving and investment.
"Our profession is keen to ensure that private investors feel engaged in the companies they own and through our collaboration with Investor Meet Company our members and their clients, can now benefit from an integrated solution that can provide direct engagement with UK listed companies."
Marc Downes, chief executive at Investor Meet Company, said the company hopes to "redefine" the way individual investors and companies engage.
He said: "We believe that all investors should be treated fairly, equally and on a non-discriminatory basis. By providing all investors the same opportunity to get the clarity they need to make a more informed decision, we will enhance trust, confidence and transparency in the market.
"Through our partnership with Pimfa who represent over 200 wealth managers we hope that all wealth mangers from the largest to the smallest, will see the benefits of providing their clients a free integrated engagement solution."
rachel.mortimer@ft.com
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THE ,,Apele Romane" NATIONAL DEPARTMENT named hereafter A.N.,,Apele Romane" representing the unique administrator and manager of the water resources in Romania has the following objectives: using, processing and durably developing the water resources and also the progressive improvement of the relations with the beneficiaries and users of water resources and of their potentials.
For this purpose we have implemented and maintained a Quality Management System according to the ISO 9001 :2000 standard, through which we aim to safely and efficiently conduct the department organization and operational processes for appropriately ensuring the beneficiary requirements, the quality of supplied services and of the contract clauses agreed with him.
Loyalty to the partners and collaborators of A.N. ,,Apele Romane" and to the water management Central Authority.
The protection, conservation and restoration of the surface and underground water resources and water ecosystems, in order to reach a good water status.
Ensuring the safe operation of the works in the Water management system infrastructure, for avoiding the disruption of the specific water management services and of calamities caused by extreme hydro-weather phenomena or accidents to hydro technical works .
Upgrading and developing the water management infrastructure according to the user requirements and the beneficiaries of specific water management services.
Implementing the European Union regulations for the water field, according to the European Union Framework Directive 60/2000.
Increasing the quality level of the water management specific services.
Implementing an Integrated Management System for the entire ANAR organization according to the ISO 9001 :2000/ ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards requirements, until the date of 3112.2008.
To achieve compliance with the principles and objectives mentioned, the management at the highest level is directly involved in ensuring compliance and exceeding expectations of our beneficiaries, compliance with the laws and regulations and continuous improvement of the quality management system.
For this purpose a Quality Management Representative was designated at the SCAR/DA/SGA with responsibilities in ensuring the implementation and improvement of the system. This ensures the top relations with the beneficiaries, suppliers and other interested parties for quality related problems. Also, a Quality Responsible was designated with attributions in ensuring the current system operation.
The current Quality Manual reflects the ,,Apele Romane" National policy, in the quality field and the operation of the Quality Management System implemented in the organization.
According to the activity profile, the SR EN ISO 9001:2001 standard was chosen as a reference for the Quality Management System and for the Quality Manual by default, which is considered appropriate to the main activities which result from this profile.
Represents the presentation document and the business card of Apele Romane NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION for the beneficiaries, and the Quality Management Systems certification organizations.
The scope of the Quality Guide consists of the activities of services in water management; through its application conditions are created for the efficient management of the water resources and for the protection and restoration of the surface and underground water quality, including the related ecosystems .
Ø Acknowledging by each employee of the policy promoted by the management of,,Apele Romane" NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
Ø Periodical analysis, in various coordination and management levels, on the implemented Quality Management System.
Ø Using it as a reference document for the Quality Management System according to the SR EN ISO 9001:2001 standard, expressed both in the manual and in the other system documents (system procedures, specific work procedures and instructions, process file).
Ø MC represents for the beneficiaries the guarantee of seriousness of ,,Apele Romane" NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION as a service provider in the water management field, in an ordinated and controllable system, and well organized.
Ø For the certification organizations, the manual represents, together with the entire SMC documentation, the method in which the organization applies and integrates the requirements of the SR EN ISO 9001:2001 standard.
Justification: There are no special processes which require validation.
2.1.1 Correctional actions: actions for removing the cause of an undetected faults and others unwanted situations.
2.1.2 Preventive actions: actions for removing the causes of potential faults or other possible unwanted situations.
2.1.3 Approval: accepting a document by an organizational entity or person as a result of which the document becomes applicable.
2.1.4 Ensuring quality: part of the quality management concentrated on supplying trust that the quality requirements will be fulfilled.
2.1.5 Auditor: person who has the competence of performing an audit.
2.1.6 Quality audit: systematic activities evaluation process, independent and documented, performed for objectively appreciating the method in which the attributions and responsibilities regulated through the Quality Management.
2.1.7 Quality: the extent to which a group of features meet the requirements.
2.1.8 Requirement: need or expectation which is declare, generally by default or mandatory.
2.1.9 Conformity : the fulfillment of a requirement.
2.1.10 Beneficiary: organization or person which receives a product or service.
2.1.11 Quality control: part of the management concentrated on fulfilling the quality requirements.
2.1.12 Defect: the un-fulfillment of a requirement regarding an intentional or specified use.
2.1.13 Continuous improvement: repeated activity to increase the ability to fulfill the requirements.
2.1.14 Entry : document through which the results obtained are declared or supplied evidence of performed activities.
2.1.15 Inspection: analysis of the conformity through observation and evaluation, accompanied depending on the case, measurement, attempt or comparison with an etalon.
2.1.16 Nonconformity: the un-fulfillment of a requirement.
2.1.17 Quality objectives: what is followed or aimed regarding quality.
2.1.18 Certification organization: organization which is appointed to grant conformity certificates with the requested problem: product certificates, quality and/or personal systems.
2.1.19 Organization: for the current case, ,,Apele Romane" National Administration.
2.1.20 Quality Plan: document which specifies procedures and associated resources which must be applied, by who and when for a certain project, product, process or contract.
2.1.21 Quality policy: intentions and general directions of an organization, regarding quality as they are officially expressed in the Quality Management System which must be applied for a certain project, product, process or contract.
2.1.22 Process : group of correlated or interaction activities which transforms inputs into outputs.
2.1.24 Client satisfaction : beneficiary perception on the extent on which the client requirements have been fulfilled.
2.1.25 Management system: system through which the policy and objectives through which the objectives are achieved is set.
2.1.26 Quality Management System: management system through which an organization is directed and controlled regarding quality.
2.1.27 Specification: document which sets the requirements.
2.1.28 Traceability: ability to find the history, creation or localization of what is taken into consideration.
2.1.29 Verification: confirmation, by supplying objective evidence, that the specified requirements have been fulfilled.
The "organization" replaces the "supplier" used in SR EN ISO 9001: 1995 and designates the unit which applies SR EN ISO 9001:2001, and the "supplier" term replaces the "subcontractor" term.
The "product" term, can signify, depending on the case, "service".
The ISO 9000:2000 family of standards was created to help the organizations, any type of size, to implement and efficiently manage the quality management systems.
3.1 SR EN ISO 9000:2001 standard: Quality management systems. Fundamental and vocabulary principles. Describes the fundamental principles of the quality management systems and specifies the terms used for the quality management systems.
3.2 SR EN ISO 9001:2001 standard: Quality management systems. Requirements. Specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization needs to prove its ability to supply products which meet the client requirements and regulations.
3.3 SR EN ISO 9004:2001: standard: Quality management systems. Direction lines for improving the performance. Supplying directions which take into consideration both the efficacy and the efficiency of the quality management system. The purpose of this standard is to improve the performance of the organization and client satisfaction and other interested parties.
The ISO 9000:2000 series forms a coherent standard group for the quality management system which facilitates the mutual understanding in the national and international commerce.
3.4 ISO 19011 standard: Direction lines for the quality system audit. Supplies guides for auditing the quality and environment management system.
,,Apele Române" National Administration – created through the Government Decision no. 107/2002 , modified and completed through OUG.73/2005 is the National Authority, which has as a purpose the application of the national applicable strategy for the water management and the management of the national hydrological, hydro geological and water resources quality management which belong to the public field.
,,Apele Române" National Administration – with the statute of autonomous national interest , is a Romanian legal entity, is subordinated to the Environment and Water Management Ministry operates based on economic management and financial autonomy and conducts its activity based on the applicable regulations.
,,Apele Române" National Administration – has in its structure 11 Water Departments, organized on hydrological basins and groups of basins, the National Hydrology and Water Management Institute, the Complex Exploitation Stânca Costeşti, Area System Exploitation Prahova SC.
,,Apele Române" National Administration – applies the national strategy and policy for the quality and quantity water resources management, purpose to which it acts for knowing, conserving, rationally using and protecting the water resources against exhaustion and degradations, for ensuring a durable development, preventing the disruptive water effects, ecological reconstruction of the water courses, ensuring the hydrological and hydro geological surveillance, implementing the legal statements according to the European Union directives in the durable management of the water resources field and the conservation of the water ecosystems and moist areas .
In order to achieve this purpose, it coordinates and is responsible for the method for using the surface and underground water resources throughout the country and for the exploitation of the water management works and collaborates with all owners of works built on waters or related to the waters.
"Apele Române" National Administration manages the waters in the public domain and the infrastructure of the National Water Management System, formed by artificial lakes, defense dams against floods, channels, cross-basin derivations, water intakes and other specific works and the infrastructure of the national hydrological, hydro geological and water resources quality monitoring systems, for knowing and managing as a whole on a country level, of the surface and underwater water resources.
any other activities or services necessary for achieving the main activity object.
The process oriented approach represents the identification and systematic management of activities used in an organization and the interactions between such processes. ISO 9001:2000 promotes as a management method for an organization the process oriented approach because, from practice it was acknowledged that an organization, seen as a sum of processes, operates efficiently if each process is efficient, and the correlation between the processes is optimal and managed. For the ,,Apele Romane" NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, the process oriented quality management system is customized for providing services.
Management analysis – the analysis process of the Integrated Management System is a complex analysis process, as a result of which management measures/decisions / preventive actions are taken to continuously improve SMC, process documented in the "Management Analysis" management procedure, code PL-02.
Making decisions – the DECISION initiation, elaboration and issue process, for making them in a unitary system, as well as their monitoring method regarding the traceability over time and the application of their statements. The following are applied during the decision making process – organizational, technical. Commercial, human resources, financial-accounting, creating commissions, etc. – within ANAR and is applicable to all functional departments.
Creating the ANAR Activity Plan – has as purpose the creation of the Annual ANAR Activity Plan for the following year – an overview on all the activities and occupations in the organization.
Creating B.V.C.of ANAR – has as a purpose the elaboration and tracking of the ANAR Annual Income and Expenses Budget as a financial planning tool. The process is a component of the budgetary process of the administration.
The process is documented in code PL-06.
Training – has as the purpose the maintenance of a corresponding level of professional competence and ensuring the quality for the employed personnel and is planned through the "Formal/non-formal personnel training program". The process is documented in the work instruction "Training", code PL-05.
The creation and control of the investment objectives – establishes the method in which the achievement of the investment objectives is conducted and kept under control and is applied to all investment objectives for ANAR to third parties. The process is documented in the procedure PL-22.
Contracting works – the process establishes the method in which all internal works are contracted and orders to third parties. The procedure is applicable to the following types of works: SPF execution, SF, PTh execution, PAC, DL, DE, PTh verification, PAC, DE, executing investment works. The process is documented in the PL-23 procedure.
Creating the documentation for obtaining external financing – establishes the method in which the process for requesting and obtaining the external financing funds process in conducted and kept under control for the modernization and/or upgrading new objectives managed by ANAR. They are applied to all investment objectives created for ANAR to third parties, with funds from external financing obtained through the P.I.U. Service.
Fixed assets management – The purpose is to regulate the method in which they are recorded and the fixed assets management is made within the organization. This process is applied to all departments within the company, which are endowed with equipment, furniture, work and verification equipment which is considered a fixed asset.
Inventory of the organizational patrimony – the purpose is to present all the operations necessary for organizing and conducting the inventory of the organizational patrimony. The inventory of patrimony is aimed at establishing the real situation of the entire organizational patrimony and the assets owned in any title, belonging to other natural persons or legal entities, for creating the accounting balance which must provide an accurate and complete image of the patrimony, of the financial situation and of the results.
· Car park maintenance – defines the mode in which the preventive actions are conducted for avoiding the accidental faults of cars and vehicles, for maintaining them in good operational status, the end result being the assurance of the necessary transport capacity in good conditions for the activities and processes within ANAR. The process is documented in the PL-29 procedure.
- Drafting the annual revisions and repairs plan and tracking its progress.
The procedure is applied to all equipment and tools owned by ANAR, with the exception of means of transport and vehicles.
Ensuring and maintaining the informational structure – the process describes the responsibilities, authorities and mechanisms in order to manage and control the service activities, repairs and inspections of the calculation equipment.
Ensuring the financial resources to support the own activities.
Production processes, created from all processes which ensures the services provided and the responsibilities of ANAR as a unique manager of the water resources.
● The control and verification of conformance of water sues according to the water field law statements and with the regulations issued by ANAR (according to the competences).
● analysis and response to the claims and notifications made by natural persons and legal entities.
● drafting documentations regarding the conformance with the statements of the European Union Directives and Regulations in the water field.
● Drafting the improvement and management directions on basins or catchments.
Measuring the client satisfaction – the continuous monitoring system of the clients for improving their satisfaction, according to the "Measuring the client satisfaction" work procedure. The process is documented in code PL-04.
Internal audit – the process of measuring the Quality Management System progress according to the "Internal audit" system procedure, code PS-03. The results of the internal audit process are input data for the management analysis process.
Tracking the behavior over time of the buildings and installations – has the purpose of drafting, create and track the behavior over time of the hydro-technical buildings, including the ones which were subjected to interventions prior to the moment when the building behavior tracking was triggered, for determining on time the degradation which can lead to a decrease in performance regarding their safety and operation.
Monitoring the physical-chemical, biological and bacteria indices – the process describes the method for tracking and maintaining the physical-chemical indices for the entire technological workflow – caption, adduction, treatment, water distribution and is applied for all organizational objectives to which the evolution of the water quality parameter is tracked over time, through its own laboratories.
Defect control – the process through which all the defects are managed both system defects as well as products or service according to the "Defect control" system procedure, code PS-04.
Correctional actions – the process through which the defect causes are eliminated, according to the "Correctional actions" system procedures, code PS-04.
Managing the claims and petitions – correctional action whose distinct treatment was considered necessary, representing the analysis process for the client claims according to the "Claims management" work procedure, code PL-03.
Preventive actions – the process through which the causes of potential defects are eliminated, according to the "Preventive actions" system procedure, code PS-05.
Tracking the invoiced cash, closures-opens – describes the responsibilities which belong to the departments involved in tracking the cash inflows representing the value of the supplied water services and for recovering the flows through the court, and for stopping these services as a result of suspending the supply contract.
Process (activities) map included in SMC of "APELE ROMANE" NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION is presented in Appendix 2.
Implementing the necessary actions for achieving the planned results and the continuous improvement of these processes.
The organization contains the current Quality Manual.
preventing the unintentional use of outdated documents and applying an appropriate identification if they are maintained for any other purpose.
The functions facilitated with drafting, verifying, approving and withdrawing the documents are clearly stated. In case of document modification, the creation, verification and approval will be made by the same functions and as for the initial document.
The creation of the procedures and instructions is made according to The procedure creation guide, code PL-01, itself assimilated as a work procedure. The procedures contain the purpose and application area of the activity described by the procedure, reference documents, definitions and abbreviations where necessary, the responsibilities of the involved functions, the detailed description of the work stages, of the verifications and of the interfaces involved in conducting the activity; also, the afferent entries are named.
Planning the quality, where necessary; the main processes which are involved in the activity of the organization are planned. They are preset: the method in which each activity is conducted, the functions involved, verifications, method for achieving the traceability, entries and documents involved in each stage, according to the case.
The entries of the processes conducted in the organization are included in the List with applicable entries, code F-SMC-02.
The entries are a special type of documents and must be kept under control, according to the requirements stated by the Entries control procedure, code PS-02, which defines the control necessary for identifying, storing, protecting, finding, storage duration and removing the entries. The entries supply evidence of conformance with the requirements and the efficient operation of SMC and thus must remain readable, identifiable and easily retrievable. Their shape and the method of use are set in procedures, their respective model of forms being presented in their appendices. The types of entries used are contained in the List of applicable list. The list contains data regarding the issuer and the destination of the entries, the number of copies and their format (printed or electronic) and the storage duration.
ensuring the available resources, so that the running processes will be ensured in good condition without any impact to the organization's quality.
Assessing the functioning method of the SMC is planned systematic by analyzing its functions, meetings of the management analysis.
According to requirements of the people with responsibilities in managing the organization, designated by inspection, verification and control activities, the internal auditors have been empowered by the decision signed by the General Manager.
The management must ensure that the requirements are identified and that the organization meets the clients and beneficiaries demands regarding services provided by ANAR in order to increase their satisfaction. To achieve this, the work of employees with direct responsibilities towards quality of service is clearly established through working procedures and rules of the "Romanian Waters" National Administration, and the selection, training and evaluation staff have importance . Oriented needs of the beneficiaries are shown by measuring the degree of the customer satisfaction, along with analysis and resolved complaints.
analyzed for its continuum suitability.
The quality policy statement is documented in the quality policy, signed by the company management.
· are measurable and in line with the quality policy.
The targets set by the organization's management, documented with these requirements, are planned annually and subsequently monitored. Within the management analysis the planned performance indicators are compared and carried out, according to the result of taking improvement decisions. For a clearly demonstration of how to achieve them, the organization has established a series of performance indicators specific to each functional compartment.
to maintain the SMC if any planned changes are implemented.
The main processes that occur in the organization's work are planned. The following are established: the way in which each activity arises, the functions involved, checking, how to achieve traceability, records and documents involved in each stage, if necessary.
internal management decisions, which are called: RMC, persons designated by the inspection activities, verification and control, internal auditors, the ability to introduce / remove components / management of the people who have the right to access storage spaces, etc.
This chapter has listed only the main responsibilities of the staff within the organization. From these responsibilities other are arising, described in detail in each procedure.
ensure awareness within the organization on the requirements of the beneficiaries.
ensure the relationship with external partners (customers, suppliers, consultants) in SMC issues by authorizing its top management to this purpose.
All the administrative, professional, legal, technical or quality assurance consist in a flow of data entry information for the various processes that take place in the organization. The organization has proposed to maintain a framework and an open and cooperative environment, which stimulates the staff to understand better what to do, so that each part together to achieve common objectives. Management at the highest level to ensure that communication is established in international organization and are given to the personnel policy, objectives, requirements and information on the effectiveness of SMC. Communication is done through meetings, working meetings, notes and written decisions, telephone communications, documents and data published in the network, e-mail, etc., as a continuous process.
The analysis made by the highest management level is an important process of the SMC, operating as planed (with a full year or whenever necessary) and documented in accordance with the procedure of analysis of management, code PL-02.
increase customer satisfaction by fulfilling its requirements and overcome.
The staff involved in activities that affect the quality of the product should be responsible for education, training, skills and experience as specified in degrees, certificates of graduation, etc.. Staff selection is based on rigorous criteria established for education, competence and experience. After the event, the candidates skills are tested during the selection process. The process is coordinated by the Human Resources Department.
maintains and updates records on staff: education, training, skills, experience, evaluations.
The organization management identifies, secures and maintains the necessary infrastructure performance in terms of processes effectiveness.
The organization management provides the necessary services to accomplish the tasks according to the requirements specified and set in the contracts. The working environment is limited in the space of the organization, where pollutants / noxious do not occur and maintains a working environment suitable for work.
Ø records required under specific procedures and work instructions and a list of records in force, code-SMC F-02.
Annually the budget needed for the activity is planed. The main exhibition activities and resources are planned with the help of the BVC planning.
Inst Investments, projects and realized programs are initially planned with objectives, documentation, resources and papers, and checking papers.
Ø the organization has the capacity to meet defined (quantities, parameters, execution deadlines for papers, etc).
Ø staff awareness on the changing demands.
Tests are conducted before approving the requests or the decisions regarding the activities will be executed and recorded in the form of: advices, approvals, permits and decisions of the General Manager.
When the execution of the activities change due applicants, beneficiaries or from any other reasons independent from the personnel unfolds a new record and analyze the new decisions or opinions.
Ø feedback from the client (beneficiary), including he's complaints.
Communication with the client is held within ANAR through the Public Relations Bureau from the Human Resources Directorate of the Public Relations officer at the Media Relations.
The design work is not done within the organization but it is outsourced. ANAR only plans and tracks the projects.
Within the SGA the Background Note is drawn. Water directions endorse fundamental notes and prepares the design theme. Headquarters centralize the design themes in a list of investment objectives with full or partial funding from the state budget. This list is approved by MMDD. MMDD approves economic indicators and the technical capacity for studies and feasibility approved by the MMDD, the design services are bought in compliance to the legislation.
The developed project is submitted to CTE DA / Headquarters. The project approved by the DA and Headquarters is transmitted to the MMDD. The project is checked by an authorized auditor.
Validations of the project are done when the objective is implemented.
If changes occur they are treated with the same functions that realized and approved the project.
Ø checking the supplied products in order to ensure their compliance with the command requirements.
On organization level the accepted suppliers list is maintained (separate products and services), which is approved by the General Manager and by the Head of the updated compartment acquisitions whenever necessary. In accordance with the acquisitions law they are through their auction or offer selection..
Information relating to the supply are included in the specifications. This information clearly and directly describe the supplied product / service (where it is applicable it also contains the code), as well as quantities and, if necessary, delivery terms.
Checking the supplied product is done at the reception, a reception committee authorized to make decisions by the General Manager. The supplied product is registered in the NIR. Only products inspected and found in conformity are allowed to be stored and recorded.
The services provided by the ANAR staff are planned and they take place under controlled conditions.
o to achieve a deadline set by regulations.
When necessary, the way of achieving the outcome or the process is approved for legal or compliance requirements.
Ø identification documents and recordings.
These items are recorded in the identification records, opinions and other documents so that at any moment the possibility to establish the traceability of its work and progress towards the requirements will be done(verification, opinions, approvals).
ANAR deals with all the attention the clients property as long as it is used or is under its control. the clients property refers to the technical documentation for the development of the advices, permits, notices and regulations that the customer provide the organization.
If this property is lost or if it is in any other way found inappropriate for use, this will be recorded in minutes and the customer will be promptly informed.
Throughout the exhibition of a work or activity the preservation of their integrity and compliance is important (folders, projects, opinions, permits, material resources involved in the works).
Ø monitor physical-chemical and microbiological parameters, , the water etc.
Monitoring the water quality is done within the representative sections of the National Surveillance System of Water Quality. There are approved by Order 1618/24.10.2000. ANAR does not establish the consumption of the water users. They must install on their own measuring equipments in their facilities.
Ø keeping records that show the state of the metrological verification.
DMM metrological verification plan is done annually. Calibration / metrological verification is done through third parties.
The development process and responsibilities are described within the DMM control - code PL-12.
Ø to continuously improve the effectiveness of the SMC.
Monitoring the customer satisfaction is done by means of collecting and processing information about the provided customer service. The method consists in using a questionnaire, frequent actions of this kind are annual. The questionnaire's content is based on questions relating to customer feedback, on work organization and ask their opinion on the possible orientations in the future. It should be concise, the questions will not be too long, they relate to issues with great impact on the SMC functioning . Quantifying the answers are given by using scores of appreciation. The data collected is analyzed by data analysis, providing the data input in analysis management.
Ø is implemented and maintained effective.
Ø results of previous audits.
The internal audit procedure is documented by the internal audit system, code PS-03. Audit results are recorded. The identified nonconformity is treated in accordance with the procedure system. Corrective actions - code PS-04.
The identified SMC processes within the organization are monitored and measured in accordance with the documents that are described in those processes.
ANAR capabilities aim to demonstrate the processes undertaken to obtain planned results through the application of appropriate methods of control.
- Reviewing periodically by the stage Director the implementation of the SMC and consequently the way in which the processes that take place in the organization are kept under control.
- Statistical data processing and information from the analysis methods and processes.
It also holds verification and control actions for the superiors that have made departmens and public auditors. Monitoring, checking and controls aimed at determining the fairness of their activities against the regulations or planned results.
In case you do not get the results of the planned corrective actions are taken in order to obtain compliance with the requirements of the customer service.
Results of measuring and monitoring the processes are inputs for the analysis of the data and analysis made by the superiors.
The organization monitors and measures the services to check if the requirements for a service are satisfied. This is done in stages corresponding to the process of making the service as planned. The checks used in each case are specified in the documentation specific to processes (file process, working procedures).
The acceptance criteria represents the requirements specified by the customer. Evidence of compliance with the criteria of acceptability are maintained.
The most relevant process for monitoring and measuring the product are indicators that monitor the physical-chemical, biological and bacteriological. The monitoring extends to other equipments (eg monitoring facilities and high pressure checked ISCIR-SGA), to ensure their optimal functioning.
Ø responsibilities and authorities to treat the associated product / service inconsistent.
Ø actions that prevent the implementation of the product intentionally.
Records referring to the identified non-compliance are maintained within the organization and subsequent actions are taken, including derogation, the non-compliance report . After correction, the product / service incompatible will be subject to review and to demonstrate the compliance with the requirements.
There are current analysis phases, such as processing information in the Dispatch, but also analysis, which can materialize the annual report of the ANAR activity or the annual plan of the activity of (ANAR).
Ø analysis made by management.
Ø analysis of the corrective action.
Corrective actions are initiated when the identified nonconformity is found during the measuring and monitoring process or to follow complaints and suggestions from customers.
Preventive actions are recorded in the preventive actions report.


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Q: PHP/MySQL: How to query row data information as column data? I'm trying out the "PHP Login & User Management" plugin, which allows custom fields in a user's profile.However, for some reason, this is implemented on a seperate table, so in order to pull up "Phone Number" for example, I have to get my user_id from login_users, go into the login_profile_fields table, find the correct row, pull id and label, and find the row in login_profiles where id=pfield_id and user_id = user_id.
I'm trying to write an SQL query to display the following information in the end:
name | email | Phone Number | Zip Code | Department | Skills | Manager Email | Company Code | Status
WHERE a chosen value in login_profiles is X
(example: "List the above info for all users who have a Status code of 1")
Is there a way for me to do this?
Alternatively, is there a way I can automatically populate the login_profiles table with values from login_profiles, like so?
login_profiles
p_id | pfield_id | user_id | profile_value | Phone Number | Zip Code | ...
1    | 1         | 1       | 18005551212   | {Select profile_value from login_profiles where user_id=user_id and pfield_id=1} | {Select profile_value from login_profiles where user_id=user_id and pfield_id=2} | ...

Here are my current tables:
login_profile_fields
id | section   |   type     |   label       |
1  | User Info | text_input | Phone Number  |
2  | User Info | text_input | Zip Code      |
3  | Work Info | text_input | Department    |
4  | Work Info | text_input | Skills        |
5  | Work Info | text_input | Manager Email |
6  | Work Info | text_input | Company Code  |
7  | Work Info | checkbox   | Status        |

login_profiles
p_id | pfield_id | user_id | profile_value |
1    | 1         | 1 | 18005551212 |
2    | 2         | 1 | 90210 |
3    | 3         | 1 | Marketing |
4    | 4         | 1 | Segmentations and surveys |
5    | 5         | 1 | theboss@company.com |
6    | 6         | 1 | COMP1 |
7    | 7         | 1 | 1 |
1    | 1         | 2 | 18007771234 |
2    | 2         | 2 | 90218 |
3    | 3         | 2 | CEO |
4    | 4         | 2 | Business strategy |
5    | 5         | 2 | theboard@company.com |
6    | 6         | 2 | COMP1 |
7    | 7         | 2 | 1 |

login_users
user_id| name          | email |
     1 | Michael Bluth | worker@company.com |
     2 | George Bluth  | theboss@company.com |

I'm not a MYSQL person by training, but I'm learning all I can, so any advice is very much appreciated!

A: You are joining to want to JOIN the tables on the foreign keys relationships and then you can use an aggregate function with a CASE expression to convert the rows into columns:
select u.name,
  u.email,
  max(case when f.label = 'Phone Number' then p.profile_value end) PhoneNumber,
  max(case when f.label = 'Zip Code' then p.profile_value end) ZipCode,
  max(case when f.label = 'Department' then p.profile_value end) Department,
  max(case when f.label = 'Skills' then p.profile_value end) Skills,
  max(case when f.label = 'Manager Email' then p.profile_value end) ManagerEmail,
  max(case when f.label = 'Company Code' then p.profile_value end) CompanyCode,
  max(case when f.label = 'Company Code' then p.profile_value end) Status
from login_profile_fields f
left join login_profile p
  on f.id = p.pfield_id
left join login_users u
  on p.user_id = u.user_id
group by u.name, u.email;

See SQL Fiddle with Demo
If you have an unknown number of values, then you might need to use a prepared statement to generate dynamic SQL to execute:
SET @sql = NULL;
SELECT
  GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT
    CONCAT(
      'max(CASE WHEN f.label = ''',
      label,
      ''' THEN p.profile_value END) AS `',
      label, '`'
    )
  ) INTO @sql
FROM login_profile_fields;

SET @sql
  = CONCAT('SELECT u.name,
              u.email, ', @sql, '
            from login_profile_fields f
            left join login_profile p
              on f.id = p.pfield_id
            left join login_users u
              on p.user_id = u.user_id
            group by u.name, u.email');

PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

See SQL Fiddle with Demo

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Doctor Who Thread
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Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Wed 5 Dec 2018 - 11:22
Well this thread died. Certainly not indicative of the season and its quality or ability to engage the viewer.
I've been waiting for other people to comment, because I didn't want to carry on a discussion that only I'm interested in... cricket thread aside.
I actually think it's hit a bit of a stride of late. Episode 4 and its giant spider bobbins was dire, and I'd completely forgotten about General Cicero and the world's most adorable monster; but the partition one was excellent I thought; the 'we can do right-wing episodes too y'know' Kablamm one was pretty good; and the first half of the witchy one was pretty good too, before the most generic villains possible happened.
They still haven't justified Graham's existence, mind, and the show's still weaker for cramming four people into a TARDIS for two. I think I'd be happiest if he and Ryan got their resolution and the Doctor travelled around with Yaz. She's my favourite of the companions.
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Thu 6 Dec 2018 - 14:39
Honestly I was done after the second episode. I was mildly positive about it straight after watching it, but after sitting on it for a few days. . . Yeah, not that good. In fact the first two episodes in any of the other seasons would have been considered the low points of them (remember the episode "42" in series 3? Yeah, my point exactly). They were the worst things a episode of Doctor Who could be: dull and boring to watch.
I might force myself to watch the next two or three episodes soon. But I'm definitely not looking forward to it. Whitaker's doctor feels like a mishmash of Ten and Eleven without the understanding of what made those two Doctors so appealing (Ten was upbeat and energetic to hide the deep sorrow and loneliness in himself, and when that side of him surfaced it was genuinely spine-chilling television. Eleven was a mavarick who would come off as almost immature until he took things seriously,at which point most villains had the decency to realise how screwed they really were). And she hasn't established any real uniqueness to her Doctor.
You know after every regeneration I always watched with a sense of trepidation. I loved every previous incarnation, and there was always this mixture of in-universe fear that the Doctor was no longer the Doctor coupled with the real-world trepidation that the new actor might now have the chops.
And without fail every debut episode left me feeling "yes, that was The Doctor" and excited to see where things would go next.
Two episodes in and Whitaker has yet to do any of that. She has yet to make the role hers, and she hasn't had any moments that have sold me on the casting choice. She seems competent. But that's the thing, The Doctor has always been oh so much more than merely competently acted. He has always been charismatic as all hell, and capable of holding the screen and viewers attention.
To put all of that into perspective, look at Capaldi, the twelfth Doctor. His first series plain sucked for its majority. And yet his acting and dynamic with Clara (until the middle of the series decided to ruin that for a while) made what would have been painful television downright entertaining to watch.
But what has made me not chase the series up until now, on top of all of that, was that I had two suspicions about the choice of making the Doctor. The first was that it was a chance to explore new ideas and concepts, a reinvention of the series that it honestly needed after ten series.
The other was that it was going to be focusing on political agendas galore, and that that and not the storytelling, would be the focus. The first two episodes have made me suspect that is what is going on, but it was hearing the third episode's setting after missing its airing on television that made me dread sitting down and watching it.
Tackling social issues is fine and can lead to amazing television. But with the direction of the first two episodes I had the concern it would be done with all of the subtlety and tact of a Megaton Hammer to the crotch. I still do have that concern, but I'll sit down and watch it. Worst comes to worst I'll just focus on Duel Links and then rewatch some of the earlier Doctor Who on bluray afterwards.
And if I sound extremely cynical towards the episode already the series only has its own opening episodes poor quality to blame. But I'll give it three more episodes tomorrow evening after my first EX Raid. I'll clear my mind and watch them and see what I think. The series lives or dies on those three episodes. I shan't be spending any more time than that unless the series shows me even a shred of the pedigree of the Davis and early-Moffat era remains.
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The series has definitely got better, the rosa parks episode is good but I think the partition of india is probably the best. The opening episode of the series is easily the worst. If you are judging it all on the next three episodes, then you have one good one followed by two bad ones, and then you won't see the better episodes after
OR summed up what I was going to say in a post rivalling Athers' in two lines, thereby stealing some of my thunder. But... pretty much that. 1 and 2 are bobbins, the SJW episodes are some of the better ones to my mind (they're not subtle, this is Doctor Who we're talking about, but they're good), and the Doctor herself is good... but probably needs more development that she just won't get while the TARDIS is so cramped.
Also, since when was a JRPG superfan put off by slow starts?
This is the best doctor who has ever been.
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Fri 7 Dec 2018 - 12:03
Drunkalilly wrote:
Perhaps if all you care about is ticking a box on a agenda list and not a single ounce about acting quality, sure. If you do care about actual performance she's easily the worst Doctor I've seen (and I've seen more than just the modern ones. Pertwee is up there with Capaldi as my favourite Doctor).
Sure, I haven't seen more than two episodes. Maybe she'll grow into the role! That's still two episodes longer than every other actor I've seen needed to make the role their own though. Most people aren't going to give a series that long to find its feet, and indeed if the series wasn't still up on free streaming I certainly wouldn't be giving it or Whitaker's Doctor another chance this year. Those first two episodes were like being tickled by a wet noodle for fifty minutes.
That's the thing. I've seen what good female protagonists look like. What good plots involving these sorts of ideologies and conflicts look like (not three months ago with the Liveship Traders trilogy, one of the best works of fiction regarding women and the struggles they have in a male dominated society, with some genuinely toxic yet well written male antagonists that made you positively want to strangle them. Alongside some great pirate swashbuckling and fantasy scope). And then I see what this series has done. It's basically shitcanned the series that used to be about wacky fun adventures in time and space with a plucky sidekick and a eccentric time travelling alien and replaced it with the sci-fi equivalent of watching paint dry with some very distinct social political undertones (or rather overtones. The term undertone implies some hint of good writing was present) for its first two episodes.
And as far as the series itself is concerned, well. The fact the first two episodes sucked automatically means it cannot ever reach the heights of series 1, 2, 5, or 9. The new companions are so unremarkable that after two episodes I still cannot tell you their names.
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Slow starts either have to show some sort of promise that the investment they are being given (the viewer/reader/players time) will be repaid or have already established a history of trust to work. One of my favourite fantasy authors does this in every book, with slower paced novels that absolutely explode in the final act where everything comes together and concludes in a climax truly worth of the term. So when I slogged through a 1200 page novel that took a solid 600 pages to even get interesting I knew it would be worth my time. Because his prior material had built up that trust. (And hoo boy was it worth the investment. Stormlight Archive is epic fantasy at its best)
Chibnal's Doctor Who contributions do not have such a relationship of trust. His three prior episodes include an episode so bland and generic I suspect nobody here even remembers it ("42" in series 3), a nonsensical episode about dinosaurs on a spaceship (that admittedly was quite fun until the last act where it shat its pants), and Power of Three (which was, again, actually pretty good until its ending decided to go full "oh crap we've only got five minutes to wrap this story up!"). Oh, and that dinosaur people duo in series 5, which was decent until one actually sat down and thought about it and realised that the two episodes had no tension, took every obvious storytelling choice it could, and was extremely bloated.
There's subtlety and there's subtlety. Doctor Who never bashed me over the head with Captain Jack's sexual orientation in a way that made it seem like it was saying "see, look at how diverse and inclusive we are!!!!" No, he was a genuine character. His sexual orientation was a part of him, in the same way it is for everyone. It was not the point of his existence in the story. As a result I warmed to him (as did most people), and didn't view him as a character, but a person, while I was immersed in the story of the episodes he was in.
So far that has not come even close to occurring with the new cast. They still feel like shallow cliches made to conform to a checklist based on the current political climate rather than actual people.
Anyhow that's enough of my basing things on assumptions and repeating points I've already made without much fresh input to add to them. I'm going to have my dinner and then start episode 3.
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sat 8 Dec 2018 - 13:52
Dear oh dear, what a trainwreck of a political message that was.
So. Rosa. Where do I even begin. I know, let's begin with how much of a parody that episode became about genuinely important issues! Literally every white person with more than two lines was portrayed as either evil, a evil racist, a jerk, or an incompetent idiot (and only one person got that glowing characterisation).
Let's start with the "villain". Mister "racist psychopath from the future wanting to create a master-race through timeline alterations". That last half of a sentence is actually a cool concept that could have provided an excellent episode in the hands of a witter with actual talent, and there were glimpses of that cool episode as we had the cat-and-mouse game of the gang trying to keep up with his two-steps-ahead tweaks to history. But alas they had to faff it up with the villain being as predictably horrible and shallow as possible. Not even joking, I could write a better villain for the episode.
But no. His entire character can be summed up as "he likes hurting and killing people, and he hates people of different ethnicities than him".
See this is exactly why I was against this direction for the series. I knew from the first two episodes that the team in charge neither had the right motivations nor the actual skill to handle these sorts of sensitive issues well. And every single episode I've seen thus far only reinforces that impression. There was a decent episode in here somewhere, unfortunately it had its oxygen deprived because the episode spent so much of its runtime being an unintentional parody.
And don't even get me started on how hammy changing the end theme for the episode was.
Meanwhile Whitaker still hasn't done anything to make her Doctor a distinct one. A bit of an attempt at Tennant's gravitas and Matt Smith's flippancy, but that was about it.
I chalk the fact that I sat through the episode mildly engaged up to most of the supporting cast being excellent and the fact I pulled a super rare unit in Dragon Ball Legends during one of the more dull scenes making it hard for me not to sit there with a grin on my face. Four out of ten.
Right. Up next is Arachnids in the UK. Considering how the last attempt at handling a Spider based story went I suppose I should brace myself. But maybe at least this one I'll get a few laughs out of.
Well, I was right on the laughs mark. What on earth did I just watch? The CG was terrible, and every one of my prior complaints only intensified because of the episode. Another episode where the only non-companion white guy is an asshole, portrayed as evil, and is the villain. Shocking. I think the only thing missing was the orange hair and the accent. And I'm starting to detect some anti-American undertones as well.
I think the best scene was definitely when the Doctor got all outraged over the wannabe President shooting the giant spider that was already suffocating from being too large. Remember in the past series when the Doctor's outrage was typically justified or at least understandable? Yeah. I miss those days. But at least these days are good for some laughs!
I suppose I should say at least one positive thing. At least they didn't resort to the cliche "it was aliens" reason for the Spiders going all Australian. Although considering we instead got a very poorly done and shallow message about human waste instead I think I would've preferred an alien conspiracy reveal. Actually nah, this was definitely a damned if they did damned if they didn't situation.
Right, what episode is next? *checks list* Something called The Tsuranga Conundrum. Well, at least this title doesn't spoil the entire episode like Spiders in the UK did.
Well that was an episode. A very boring, slow, bloated episode. I don't think I've seen a monster that unthreatening in this series since... Ever. And yes, I'm including the cuteness that was the Adipose in series 4. Also I'm having actual deja vu right now. Eh, I must just be tired, which this episode didn't help with.
So to keep things concise, the episode was boring, had a monster that couldn't make up its mind whether it wanted to be cute or evil and so was neither. A cast of characters flatter than a piece of paper. A story straight out of Doctor Who 101. And a really stupid attempt at wackiness in a pregnant man handled about as interestingly as you'd expect.
I think I'm reaching the point where anger turns to apathy. The show I once loved is very clearly dead right now and awaits a regeneration. I'm tossing between forcing myself to continue just to have an informed view or calling it quits and just rewatching some actual proper Doctor Who.
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sun 9 Dec 2018 - 18:39
...yeah, perhaps don't carry on. I mean, they start getting better afterwards, but if you didn't think Rosa was any good and you don't see anything at all in the Doctor, well... it's not worth trying on any further. The Doctor herself is pretty good, but her mates remain bleah.
I thought the Norwegian house episode was a bit bobbins. The finale was alright, however. Not violently excellent. The villain was violently excellent.
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Mon 10 Dec 2018 - 13:46
Yeah I think I'll do just that, I just don't think I have the stomach for more of this series. In a vacuum Rosa would have been a decent episode (well, that and if they'd toned down the "all whites in America in the 1960's were racists because they're white" rhetoric), but the other four would all be considered the worst episode in the season if they were in the older seasons (I remember episodes like "Fear Her" more fondly than any of these ones).
Like I get the whole "man is the worst monster of them all" idea they're pushing. However not only is that a concept played out before (in this very franchise no less. Dalek back in series 1 for example. And any episode that featured the Ood being put into slavery. Humanity is a species built upon conquest and conflict, and those traits will always threaten to surface and expose the very worst of the human race from time to time), you cannot largely put one race and gender as the face of that in a diversely cast series and not come off as being accidentally racist.
It's not even that hard. All you have to do is cast a set of diverse people (which they did), and then simply tell good stories (which they didn't), the rest handles itself when you do that.
Instead they put real world politics front and centre. Sure, Doctor Who has tackled these sorts of things many many times before. However in the past the show would have more tact, often choosing to make parables and similes. Here it has instead chosen to lecture the viewer. I don't watch a TV show to be morally lectured, and indeed the more blatant the lecture the more likely I am to turn against it. Conversely the more engaging and immersive a story the more likely I am to actually take on board any of the moral lessons and themes it was trying to convey.
To be clear I didn't go into this series wanting to hate it like I'm sure some sections of the fanbase did. In fact back when everything was announced I was cautiously hopeful. Torchwood series 2 had been fantastic (I am now convinced this was a fluke), and Whitaker seemed a promising choice (nor would she have been the first actor cast that had people doubtful, only to shut them up within the first five minutes).
Alas this series has pissed all of my 12+ years of goodwill down the toilet in the space of just under five hours. I'll skip the next four episodes and watch the finale tomorrow (one of the only good things about not having an overarcing story? I don't have to watch much of the series to watch the finale). After that? Dunno. I honestly never thought I'd say this, but this might be the end of me and Doctor Who. And I cannot express how depressing it is that it's ended this way. I may not have always kept up with the series as it aired in recent times, but it's always been one of my favourite series since the 2005 reboot first aired over a decade ago and catching up with the newest series every year or two has always been a highlight of that year and a genuine joy. Seeing what's been done to it in the space of five episodes is honestly soul-crushing. The series that used to show off the very best of what can be done with sci-fi has become an example of how not to make a TV series.
Actually, wait! I forgot I haven't seen series 10 for a second! There's still good material left before the farewell! Still gut-wrenching to even think this might be the end though, but at least if it is the end I'll have my last memory of new content with Capaldi.
...maybe skip the rest of the series, but it's too early to write off the entire show on the basis of that! Come on, Athers, you're not Mas and they didn't put up a 'sponsored by Konami' sign in the episode (sorry Mas, it's just too easy). By all means give it a break, but 'I'll never watch it again' is a bit much.
I'd actually say 'Kerblamm!' is possibly a better shout for an episode for you than the finale. It looks like it's going to be political, then swerves dramatically away from your expectations.
Athrun888 wrote:
Imagine that from a Doctor Who Villain . . .
I actually hated that episode for the very reason you just recommended it. An episode where Amazon were the villains would have been very apt but then the actual story was . . . workers are bad for wanting more?
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Tue 11 Dec 2018 - 7:52
Yeah, um, sorry, that defence is kinda piss poor. Even the Daleks have more complexity to them. Or rather, they use their simple concept as a means to create incredibly varied stories, have an incredibly long and rich history with the franchise, and because of all of that have complexity.
This pathetic excuse of a villain is the sort of thing I'd expect from a ten year old making a story for an english assignment in school. His motivations are more shallow than a basic Dalek's. His backstory is nonexistent, his motivations are not explored beyond a single simplistically handled sentence, and the fact he didn't actually hurt or kill anybody makes him ineffective as a threat.
And it didn't need to be that way. It would've taken less than two minutes to have him explain his past beyond "I like hurting people", throw in a few reasons for his hatred of non-white races, and in the process both completely demonise him and make him believable as a villain. He could have been a brilliant example of the very worst aspects of the human condition (which was so blatantly what they wanted him to be). Instead he was a parody of the messages the writer was trying to make him a vehicle for.
Psychopaths can make compelling villains. They do, however, require nuanced writing and good acting for them to achieve that effect. You want a good example of both go and rewatch John Simm's Master in series 3's brilliant trilogy of a finale. You want an example of how not to make such a villain simply rewatch Rosa.
To be clear I'm not saying villains that are 2 dimensional are exclusively bad (in fact some of the very best villains in fiction are 2 dimensional). Simply that the villain in the episode was absolute trash, badly done, and a failure on all accounts. The episode was trying to act as if it was a profound statement, and the villain of it was a perfect example of every single issue with said episode, as well as being one of those issues himself.
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Tue 11 Dec 2018 - 20:52
Call it a guilty pleasure on my part. Who's plots are generally pretty left-wing, so when it didn't go the way I thought I was surprised. I appreciated that, even while going, 'Ooh that's an awfully right-wing message for Doctor Who.' I wouldn't have appreciated it if the show in general didn't bend the way it does, though.
I think Athrun will prefer it to some of the others. I still liked Rosa though. The real villain of the episode wasn't the time terrorist, much like the real villain in Demons of the Punjab wasn't the alien assassins: it was humans and their hate.
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Wed 12 Dec 2018 - 11:33
The time traveler villain was underutilised, but that's because the episode wasn't really about him. I really liked how they wrote in a reason for him being unable to outright kill, and his plan to subtly nudge history in a different direction was a good one. The episode should also get praise for avoiding the pitfall of making the Doctor (and her companions) the heroes. They had to act only to ensure things happened as they already did, and it was interesting to see them wanting to intervene but knowing they shouldn't. It was also just a straight up informative episode.
It really does seem like you went in wanting to not like it. Still think you should watch Demons of the Punjab though
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Thu 13 Dec 2018 - 11:29
Okay, I need to get something clear. I may be bashing the villain, that is due to how the villain of the episode was essentially the embodiment of every single issue the episode itself has. He is a cartoonishly simple parody of a racist, an attempt at commentary that falls flat on its face (like the rest of the episode) because it lacks any shred of believability.
Okay, he's a racist from the future. Fine. Why is he a racist? We don't know. How did he get a vortex manipulator? We. Don't. Know.
You see what I'm getting at here? He isn't even two-dimensional. He exists as nothing more than social commentary caricature in a setting that already had more than enough ways to make its points about racism. I'm not saying he needed some sort of uber complex backstory and motivations, but he needed something, because otherwise we're left exactly what we got. A parody of a psychopathic racist.
In fact I could make the episode a thousand times better with a few simple edits. Let's see. The Doctor and co arrive for the same reason as before. However instead of having this villain we never even see the culprit. The episode focuses exclusively on Rosa (remember when episodes centered around historical figures actually had said person interact with the main cast and play a role in the story? I do), and the cat-and-mouse game as the Doctor and co race against time to fix the tiny alterations that would see history altered to an unrecognisable state. A few very small hints are in the episode that a certain tooth fairy of an alien was responsible.
There. The episode is now FAR better than it was. We have the beginnings of a potential overarcing storyline that doesn't detract from the standalone episodic nature of the season, and when said villain returns it's in a final showdown that feels all the more personal because everything has been leading up to it.
Alas this does not fix the rest of the episode, which is beyond saving from a few small rewrites due to how unintentionally satirical it is. From the very first scene when the gang arrives we get an honestly and genuinely hilarious attempt at displaying racism. Ryan gets slapped so fast by the white husband he literally would not have had time to even properly process who he was being addressed by when he turned around (don't get this point wrong, I'm not saying that sort of thing didn't happen. I am criticising the way it happened).
And don't even get me started about the alleyway scene with Ryan and Yaz, you mean to tell me a professional writer actually sat down and parroted real life anecdotes and nothing more? The dialogue in the scene was absolutely dreadful, and instead of leaving me thinking "gee it might be hard to be someone of a different ethnic background" it had me going "did they seriously just say that? Who wrote this script?" If you're going to bring this stuff up explore it. Again, the episode was as shallow as a kiddy pool. It was things like this that made it so.
If the episode had kept its sensationalist dramatisations to the bus scenes and only the bus scenes and truly explored the impacts of racism on those subjected to it they perhaps could have kept the episode on track for good commentary, because those were genuinely good concepts and scenes (until the end one, we saw so little of Rosa that the ending was completely unearned). But no. Instead they portray white people as inherently racist, and drive the point home with a time travelling racist from the future.
This is NOT how you drive home or create a narrative about how humans are the real monsters. In fact in episodes 2, 3, and 4, every antagonist and villain was a white male, and they were often the only white males in the episode (excluding Graham of course, who ironically is the only likeable character in the main cast. Ryan and Yaz would be good too if they had the scripts to back them up, alas). Whether this was intentional or not this is, in fact, racism (oh the irony).
I remember very clearly a time when Doctor Who was actually optimistic, where we would see the very worst of humanity contrasted with the very best in the same episode, and where we would be shown some optimism that felt truly sincere.
I'm honestly astounded that anybody actually thought the episode was anything more than a 3/10. The only good thing about it was the acting. Excluding Whitaker whose portrayal of the Doctor is frankly weak and nothing like the actual character. We went from Capaldi, Smith, Tennant, and Echelston to this. The previous Doctors have been so well acted they could make your very blood freeze in the veins, send chills up your spine, or bring tears to your eyes. They felt alien, they felt like an eccentric god whose good nature is hiding a being capable of scorching the very stars themselves out of the sky. And above all else, they were so good they could outright carry episodes that were medicore, indeed that is exactly what Capaldi did in his first series.
Where is any of that in Whitaker's portrayal? Where is the alien god that could go from peppy to godly and terrifying in the literal blink of an eye? Where is this person? This person? This person? Oh, and this is a very good example of the evils humans can do, by the by. Minus the sanctimonious political lecturing and with a good dose of fantastic dramatic acting.
What, exactly, is Thirteens character beyond some mimicking of Smiths Doctor's childish side with extremely unconvincing attempts at the thunder of Tennant's Doctor?
I will be completely and absolutely blunt. I don't know what else Whitaker has acted in, nor I have not seen it. But based entirely on how she's playing the Time Lord in the episodes I've seen she wouldn't even be companion material, much less has the chops for the titular role (literally any of the companions since the show's revival would've done a better job). There are several possibilities for this. The scripts being rubbish (certainly doesn't help, has this series thrown her a single scene that would require her to reach into herself and bring out her best as a dramatic actor? Certainly nothing in the five episodes I've seen). The directing could be funky. She might simply not have the right skills for the job. Or it could be some mixture of all three.
Could Whitaker do an episode like Midnight or Heaven Sent? Episodes that required exceptional dramatic acting to pull off, and in doing so became some of the most fascinating television in the modern era? No. Not based on what her current performances as The Doctor are.
Doctor Who used to be a showcase of some of the UK's finest acting, wrapped up in a show that was equal amounts horror, quirky humour, whacky sci-fi, and character driven drama, with the occasional poignant social allegory. Now it's a pale imitation of what it was not three years ago.
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It's less that and more that once my suspension of disbelief is shattered I go from a consumer of entertainment that is fairly easy to please to extremely critical. I wanted my suspicions to be wrong. I wanted the first two episodes to simply be missteps as the show under an entirely new and untested creative team found their footing and got to work course-correcting.
Instead I had my concerns proven spot on. Whitaker's Doctor was not the character that so captivated me over a decade ago. The episodes were either being used as vehicles for political messages or some of the most generic and cliche Doctor Who plots imaginable. And then, because I am extremely fond of the franchise, I got slightly more than miffed about it.
Actually that makes me realise another aspect this series fails compared to previous ones. Previous series would mask their flaws through exceptional acting and fast-paced plots that would prevent the mind from wandering. This series goes out of its way to leave the mind with nothing to do but wander.
If I do watch any more of series 11 it's going to be a week or two away. I need time to detox. Maybe rewatch some of the classic NuWho episodes to remind myself why I love the show to begin with. Although at this point I don't see much of a point, while I didn't come into episode 3 4 and 5 looking to criticise, the same cannot be said about any more of the season if I were to watch it.
I think Whitaker is pretty good (you should watch the Black Mirror episode The Entire History of You for some real sci-fi goodness).
Your perceived victimisation of white males I think is somewhat imagined, and the episode certainly doesn't portray all white males as inherently racist. Seems a weird claim to make when a white male is one of the main cast members and most liked by fans.
I also think your complaint about simplistic messaging is forgetting that Doctor Who is a kids show
Subject: Re: Doctor Who Thread Sat 15 Dec 2018 - 17:18
Perhaps I could sit down, turn my brain off, and relax if the show was even remotely entertaining. The scripts are awful, the plots are either thrust into the background for extremely hamfisted political point-making or something even a ten year old could do better, the characters are so flat they barely even feel like characters (much less people), and there isn't even a trace of humour and wit that was positively oozing in both the RTD and Moffat era's.
Calling it a kids show does the franchise a massive disservice. It's a family show, and it's one of the pinnacles of what a fictional work aimed at the family can achieve. It can deliver powerful drama and acting, it can deliver extremely dark themes, and at the same time it can be light and fun and entertaining. Not only that, if it was specifically a kids show spinoffs directly aimed at children such as Sarah Jane Adventures would not exist.
The simple fact of the matter is Doctor Who used to be an incredibly charming, entertaining, enjoyable series that would frequently touch upon a social theme long enough to make a point and then drop it fast enough to prevent it labouring said point. And this series is devoid of literally every single thing that makes it what it used to be. This series has been like being used to a gourmet pizza parlour known for pizza's packed flavour and toppings then going back there after a year away only to be served with a frozen pizza.
As far as being simple goes, yes, that's exactly the problem series 11 has. It has taken a show that typically makes its social commentary without crawling up its own arse and has done exactly that. Series 11 decided it would focus on social politics over storytelling and proper character personalities and arcs. It wants to pretend it's capable of profound messages, and yet every time it focuses on these issues it merely proves it has the knowledge of an idealistic small child.
Meanwhile I'm sitting here, five episodes in, unable to even name a single unique aspect of 13. Because the 13th Doctor has been fleshed out that little. In fact the only character who's stood out is Graham, and I suspect that's entirely down to Bradley Walsh's brilliant performance.
Anyway I'm done on this subject. I'm going to bed, and then tomorrow I might rewatch some actual Doctor Who. And from there I will decide if I give the series enough of a chance to watch Kerblam and the finale and maybe Demons of the Punjab.
Maybe the difference is that I've never rated Doctor Who /that/ much I gave up on Capaldi during his first season so I had regained some resistance to the normal Doctor Who tepidity for this one, and I was drawn back with the promise of a new showrunner (who has turned out to be pretty bad - I'm not sure what it is about Doctor Who and writers turning into bad showrunners)
It's always been a show for me with only a couple of good episodes per series, and where almost every episode could be obviously rewritten to be a lot better than it was. As a sci-fi fan it's the concepts that more often carry my attention.
I think I fall into that bucket too. Never really rated it that highly. A lot of the episodes in any given run tend to be bobbins: it varies around 30-70% good in any given series, and this one's probably been about 40% for me. I think I'm also expecting less subtlety than Athrun is. (And to be honest, much of the time I'm playing Switch at the same time anyway.)
That said I did really like Capaldi's last series, mostly because Capaldi is my favourite Doctor (I've only ever watched NuWho) and was allowed time and space (ha) on-screen to be so.
I was really excited for him, but the first few episodes were written completely ill-fittingly. I think I stopped at the robin hood episode, it was truly dire
That was the worst one though, that's like judging this series on the spiders episode.
Yeah I know, I needed the break though.
Also I think the opening episode was worse than the spiders, even though both had nothing good in them
Just what I needed, spending the Christmas period rewatching the Ninth Doctor and early period of the Tenth Doctor. I'll admit my love for the franchise was fading after series 11's farce, but this stuff hits the spot. It was akin to going out in a 41 degree day and coming back to an air-conditioned home at a nice nippy 23 degrees (if that sounds oddly specific you'd be right in suspecting that).
I was harsh on Series 11 before. I now completely disown it, it doesn't hold even the faintest shred of quality compared to the show that came before it. Actually seeing the older series in contrast really showed how genuinely shoddy series 11 is.
The difference is that when the series was good it was really good. There's a reason the franchise survived 50 years and used to be a cult favourite in the sci-fi community. A reason since its modern reboot it was a worldwide franchise.
True, the franchise has never had brilliance in every episode (cept for series 5), but it always managed to at least produce consistent 8 and 9's for the important episodes in every season.
I stand by my remarks about subtlety. Series 11 was about as subtle as reading a highly politicised opinion piece, the older series are absolutely subtle in comparison. That isn't to say they're subtle, but they don't hammer the viewer over the head with political agenda's, they tell stories first and slip in that stuff every now and again second. Which is how it should be done.
I challenge anyone that thinks series 11 isn't a stain on the franchise to rewatch a crash course of the show since its reboot. Series 1's Rose, Dalek, and The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Series 2's The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit and Army of Ghosts, Series 3's Gridlock, Human Nature/Family of Blood, and Blink. Series 4's Silence in the Library/Forests of the Dead, and Midnight. Series 5's The Eleventh Hour and Vincent and the Doctor, and The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang. Series 6's A Christmas Carol and The Impossible Astronaught/Day of the Moon. Series 7's Day of the Doctor. Series 8's Deep Breath and Dark Water/Death in Heaven. And series 9's The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar and lastly Heaven Sent.
Not a single episode in series 11 comes close to any of those episodes. Hell I could have listed at least another two dozen episodes. Even stinkers like Love and Monsters were more entertaining to watch than anything in series 11.
And with that I can very safely say I'm done with anything past Capaldi. I do not consider series 11 the same franchise (judging by some of the interviews floating around the feeling is mutual anyway. We'll see how long the franchise can survive pandering to certain political factions while disowning its loyal fanbase), and absolutely nothing short of a decent showrunner and very clear attempts to course-correct will bring me back. Indeed if series 11 hadn't been titled Doctor Who I wouldn't have watched past its first episode (and several people I know irl who are far more into social politics than I am didn't even bother returning for the second one). No, that means I won't be returning to see them
New Years spoilers:
basterdise the Daleks. I'd much prefer my cheesy space-bin nazi's to remain gloriously creepy and hammy.
I will however happily continue my rewatch, I'm back on the train now midway through series 3 and I suspect I'll be chipping away at it until I hit series 10 (which will be all-new for me, thanks birthday for the final bluray set for the collection!). It's funny, I used to think of series 2 as the best of Ten's era, but I'm starting to feel like series 3 might actually be the most consistently fantastic of his run. Gridlock was brilliant stuff, Smith and Jones/The Shakespear Code were a ton of fun, and there's at least six more top tier episodes in the season. I just wish the unrequited love subplot had been binned early into the season, it's the only bad thing about it.
Actually I probably lie. I won't be done with the series. I think I'll start chasing down Classic Who instead! Pertwee and Baker were great in the four stories I've seen them in, would love to see their eras more comprehensively.
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Nobody looks happy at all. How did you get to all the action? It must be crazy out there.


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