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Photo finishes: the Senate
A review of the Senate election results, to be updates as late counting progresses.
Progressive updates of the long and laborious Senate count.
Still in play
Monday 23/9. The ABC computer projection today flipped to show the last two seats going to Louise Pratt and Zhenya Wang at the expense of Scott Ludlam and Wayne Dropulich, the decisive change being that Australian Christians have fallen behind Shooters and Fishers at "Count 21". This deprives Dropulich of the Shooters and Fishers preferences he needs to survive the subsequent counts.
Tuesday 17/9. The most excellent Senate modelling of PB regular Truth Seeker illustrates the delicate balance of the count here, and the stars that need to remain aligned if Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party is indeed to find his way to the Senate off 0.2% of the vote. Key to the outcome is Dropulich remaining ahead of the Rise Up Australia party after distribution of preferences from Australian Voice, after which his snowball builds all the way to a quota. This might yet be undone by a gentle trend towards RUA on late counting, together with the unknown quantity of below-the-line votes. Should Dropulich fall short, not only will his own seat instead go to Zhenya Wong of the Palmer United Party, but the complexion of the race for the final seat between Scott Ludlam of the Greens and Labor's Louise Pratt will change. This is because the comfortable win presently projected for Ludlam is achieved off Palmer preferences, which won't be available to him if the votes are used to elect Wong. Truth Seeker's projection is that Pratt will "almost certainly" defeat Ludlam on a scenario in which Wong is elected.
Monday. Together with the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party in Victoria, the other freak result being projected is that someone called Wayne Dropulich from something called the Australian Sports Party is projected to win off 0.22% of the primary vote. However, there are two points in the projected count where Dropulich narrowly escapes exclusion after finishing slightly ahead of the No Carbon Tax and Rise Up Australia parties. Those hurdles cleared, he harvests almost the entirety of the micro-party vote along with the Liberal Party surplus. If he drops out, it looks like another seat would be in the bag for the Palmer United Party, whose candidate is the little-known Zhenya Wang. The other point at issue is whether the second "left" seat goes to Labor's number two candidate, incumbent Louise Pratt, or Greens Senator Scott Ludlam. If Zhenya Wang drops out, Ludlam looks the certain winner as he stands to receive the Palmer party's preferences. But if the Palmer candidate is elected and has no preferences to spare, the result between Ludlam and Pratt at the final count becomes very close, though with Ludlam still appearing better placed.
Election night. One of a number of freakish outcomes currently projected by the ABC computer is that something called the Australian Sports Party wins a seat off 0.22% of the vote. However, there's a very good chance that they will not in fact make it through the early rounds of the count. It does appear though that a micro-party seat is up for grabs to join the three for the Liberals and the two for Labor and/or Scott Ludlam. As best as I can tell, the only danger to Ludlam is that a share of the Palmer United Party vote might get used to elect one of the micro-parties candidates who are above the Greens on their preference order, which include the Liberal Democrats, the Australian Christians and Family First, perhaps depriving him of the preferences he needs to defeat Louise Pratt at the final count. It is also problematic for him that the PUP, being largely a phenomenon of the late campaign, may fade as pre-poll and postal votes are added.
Tuesday 24/9. The AEC yesterday announced that the computerised preference distribution will be conducted tomorrow, and the result declared on Thursday.
Tuesday 16/9. With two seats each for Labor and Liberal and one for the Greens assured, there are three scenarios for the final seat which could variously see it go to third Liberal candidate Sally Chandler, Jacqui Lambie of the Palmer United Party, or Canberra resident Robbie Swan of the Sex Party. The ABC computer is presently intriguing journalists by giving it to Swan, based on him finishing ahead of Labor at Count 21 by the grand total of 14,275 to 14,274. That sees Swan soak up the Labor/Greens surplus to finish ahead of the Liberal Democrats, whose preferences then put him ahead of Lambie and on to victory with Lambie's preferences. But if the situation at Count 21 was just one vote different, Swan would be excluded and his preferences distributed in such a way as to leave Lambie about 1000 votes behind the Liberal Democrats, and thus be excluded. Lambie's preferences would then flow to the Liberals and deliver the seat to Sally Chandler. A win for Lambie thus looks the least likely of the three possible scenarios, although the high rate of below-the-line voting in Tasmania is such that I don't think it should be entirely ruled out.
Thursday. The ABC projection in Tasmania no longer has Jacqui Lambie of the Palmer United Party winning a seat, as she now finishes behind the Liberal Democrats (28,114 to 27,234) after the Greens surplus is distributed at Count 24. I earlier presumed that this scenario would deliver the seat to the Liberal Democrats, but Palmer preferences are in fact going to the Liberals and, unless Lambie can recover, will deliver the final seat to the third Liberal candidate, Sally Chandler.
Monday. Labor and the Greens have won over three quotas between them, securing two seats for Labor plus the re-election of Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, despite a headlong plunge in the Greens' statewide vote from the historic high of 2010. On the right, the Liberals have won their obligatory two seats, but the last is a close-run thing between the third Liberal, Palmer United Party candidate Jacqui Lambie (who unsuccessfully contested Liberal preselection for Braddon) and Clinton Mead of the Liberal Democrats. All three are between 9% and 10% at the second last exclusion, Mead having preference-harvested off a base of 2.29%, Lambie having received the Labor and Greens surplus, and the Australian Christians and Rise Up Australia feeding preferences to third Liberal candidate Sally Chandler. The high rate of below-the-line voting makes this particularly hard to pick.
Election night. Neither Labor nor Liberal appears to have the firepower to get a third member up, leaving Labor preferences to re-elect Peter Whish-Wilson. The last seat, I believe, is a toss-up between the Palmer United Party, currently projected to win the seat, and those pesky Liberal Democrats.
Monday. David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party is currently on 8.9% of the statewide vote, which is almost certainly an accidental consequence of his party being the first listed on the huge ballot paper, and hence the first most voters encountered with the word "Liberal" in its name. The party also receives the preferences of the Democratic Labour Party, which is on a not insubstantial 1.5%. The DLP too did handily on the ballot paper draw, securing the third position out of 44 groups, and similarly owes some of its vote to those who thought they were voting for the other Labor party. A further 0.4% was funnelled to the party by the snappily named Stop the Greens, Smokers Rights and Australian Republicans, whose links to the LDP have been reviewed by Crikey's Andrew Crook . Other micro-parties feeding Leyonhjelm preferences, either due to their general hostility to larger parties or because they hoped to be the ultimate beneficiary of the preference network, include Katter's Australian Party, Shooters & Fishers, the Fishing & Lifestyle Party, the Christian Democatic Party, One Nation, the Sex Party, Wikileaks, the Animal Justice Party, HEMP and the Drug Law Reform Party and the Stable Population Party. Not too many of these parties' supporters would have cast their vote with the intention of electing a party that trades in Ron Paul-style low-tax libertarianism. When combined, Leyonhjelm emerges with a 14.3% quota with at least 4% to spare, and no need for any surplus from the major parties.
Election night. Notwithstanding a sadly typical flurry of excitement based on a meaningless early projection, Pauline Hanson's chances have been negated by the phenomenon of an accidental 8.9% vote for the Liberal Democrats. This has probably secured a result of three Coalition, two Labor and one Liberal Democrats, although the Greens would be a chance of nabbing one of the Coalition seats if they or Labor improved in late counting for some reason.
Monday. Despite picking up a swing in Victoria, the Coalition has for the second election running failed to achieve a Senate vote sufficient to ensure a third seat. Last time this caused them to lose out on a third seat which instead went to the Democratic Labor Party. However, the DLP's vote in Victoria was well down this time, mostly no doubt due to the proliferation of competition. Based on Antony Green's calculator, Ricky Muir of the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party stands to win the final spot, simply because the Coalition doesn't have three quotas in its own right and very few parties are favouring it ahead of Muir, who fortuitously outperformed other micro-party candidates due to the way preferences were allocated. As far as I can see, the most likely scenario to thwart Muir involves him falling behind Australian Christians and the Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party at a point where one of three must be excluded, though this would be easier to envision if Muir had to fall below two candidates rather than just one. If he does fall short, it appears that the last micro-party standing would be Family First, who would not match Muir's preference firepower owing to the Sex Party (polling close to 2%) putting the Christian parties last. The upshot would be that Liberal incumbent Helen Kroger could get up after all, leaving the Abbott government with one less cross-bencher to worry about.
Election night. The ABC calculator currently projects a win for the Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party off 0.52% of the vote together with two Liberal, two Labor and one Greens, but I wouldn't stake the mortage on that. However, the Coalition has fallen short of a third quota and doesn't get many preferences, helping to explain why the preselection stoush between second placed Scott Ryan and third placed Helen Kroger was so willing. In Kroger's stead, the final seat would go to some or other right-wing micro-party. Unlikely to be in the hunt are the "DLP Democratic Labour Party", whose vote from from 2.33% to (on current numbers) 0.69%. This was no doubt partly due to the greater competition for the micro-party vote, but I also suggest it was a bad idea to subtly rename themselves from "Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia", which I suggest was easier to confuse with the Australian Labor Party.
Monday. Here at least the result is both straightforward, with the Liberal National Party winning three seats, Labor two and the other going to Glenn Lazarus of the Palmer United Party, and inoffensive on a democratic level, since a) Lazarus's 10.3% of the vote is near enough to a full quota in his own right, and b) people were clearly voting for him on purpose.
Election night. I think you can lock in the currently projected result of three Liberal National Party, two Labor and one Glenn Lazarus of the Palmer United Party looks locked in.
Monday. Another of the many extraordinary results was that Nick Xenophon outpolled the Labor Party in South Australia, by 25.88% to 22.78%, and finished only slightly behind the Liberal Party on 26.69%. That looks certain to limit Labor to one seat, Don Farrell's act of altruism in conceding the top position on the ticket to Penny Wong appearing more consequential than he probably realised at the time. That leaves a decisive Labor surplus to pass on to Sarah Hanson-Young, who had wrongly been written off by many who failed to consider the possibility of Xenophon sucking up enough votes to reduce Labor to one seat. Xenophon could probably have won a seat for his running mate if he had been more ready to engage in preference deals, but very few of the minor players have favoured his running mate over Liberal incumbent Simon Birmingham. The remaining seat looks set to go to Family First, whose candidate is housing tycoon and one-time Liberal candidate Bob Day. Day polled a strong 3.77%, and the only potential roadblock on his path to victory is that he finishes only slightly ahead of the Liberal Democrats at the point where they are excluded. South Australia's six Senate seats thus look set to be divided between five different parties.
Election night. I may need a fresh pair of eyes on this one this morning, but I think the present projection of two Liberal and one each for Labor, Nick Xenophon, the Greens and Family First is the likely outcome. The one potential disturbance I see is Count 27, where the Liberal Democrats are excluded on 3.67% only just behind 4.03% for Family First. A reversal would, I presume, give the Liberal Democrats the seat instead. Despite Xenophon's brilliant success in scoring 1.8 quotas, I don't believe he can secure the remaining 0.2 quotas he needs to elect his running mate. Labor's failure to secure a second seat, as looks to have happened in Western Australia in results without historical precedent, looks likely re-elect Sarah Hanson-Young. Now recall that the Labor Party initially proposed to give Don Farrell the only winning spot on the ticket at the expense of Penny Wong.
Monday. The territories have never failed to deliver one seat each to the major parties, but Greens candidate Simon Sheikh has at the very least come extremely close to knocking off Liberal candidate Zed Seselja, the former ACT Opposition Leader making a bid for federal parliament after knocking off incumbent Gary Humphries for preselection. In the Northern Territory, there was talk that Nova Peris's path to the Senate might be blocked by the tightness of preference flows to the indigenous rights party First Nations, but their vote was too low to put them in contention.
Election night. The Greens are making their best fist yet of winning a Senate seat in the ACT, potentially thwarting Zed Seselja's bid to move from territory to federal politics. However, the ABC projects Zeselja holding by 34.05% to 32.62% at the final count, and my instinct is that that's unlikely to be overturned on late counting. In the Northern Territory, the First Nations party doesn't look like it's going to survive the early stages of the count, thwarting a potential threat to Nova Peris's election, which probably would have been averted anyway by a near-quota vote for Labor.
Author William BowePosted on Monday, September 23, 2013 Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Categories Federal Election 2013
191 comments on "Photo finishes: the Senate"
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democracy@work says:
Monday, September 23, 2013 at 4:26 pm
You falsely assume that the ALP will block all legislation. We can expect that electoral reform will receive cross party support locking out the minor parties.
My bet is there will be a 4% representation threshold applied. Question is how will they implement it. I doubt that above the line voting will be removed.
An increase in teh depoist paid to $5,000 per candidate with refunds paid one canidates refund per 4% of the vote. 8% two refunds 12% three 16% four…
This will hopefully limit parties nominating more candidates then they can muster.
4% is half of one 12th (!2 senators elected in a full senate election)
As previously mentioned there are a number of serious flaws in the way teh AEC counts the Senate vote.
1 The calculation of the surplus transfer value
2. The segmentation distribution
Both methods were designed to facilitate a manual count
You could add a third if you wanted to remove the Droop quota (x/(y+1)) and adopt a pure proportional count (y/y)
If you count the currently vote using the registered above-the-line group voting tickets you get the fillwing results
As per current senate rules
LNP 3, ALP 2 PUP 1
Using a weighted Surplus Transfer value count
LNP 3, ALP 1 PUP 1, GRN 1
If you then remove the segmentation distribution and adopt a single transfer reiterative count which reflects more accurately the voters intentions kin the distribution of preferences. One single transaction per candidate only distributed weighted surpluses
What the above analysis shows is that you can not fix the system by just applying a weighted Gregory transfer value. You must also remove the segmentation distribution.
Both are flaws in the method of counting that were introduced to facilitate a manual count. With the use of computer aided counting we can and should adopted a reiterative weighted surplus counting system such as Meek or Wright.
WA Senate
National Party Ticket vote increases in value disproportional to original transfer value when allocated to Linda REYNOLDS and filtered through PUP
Count 27: Linda REYNOLDS (Liberal) elected #4
2,582 (0.20%) votes (64,034 ballot papers at 0.0403 transfer value) originally from The Nationals distributed to Palmer United Party (Zhenya WANG) via preference 15.
Count 29: Zhenya WANG (Palmer United Party) elected #5
2,911 (0.23%) votes (64,034 ballot papers at 0.0455 transfer value) originally from The Nationals distributed to Australian Labor Party (Louise PRATT) via preference 38.
The LNP vote also increased in value when Liberal (Linda REYNOLDS) was elected and her surplus transfer value calculated She absorbed part of the National party and SEP vote which were devalued in the calculation of the Liberal Party Surplus Transfer value. The Liberal Group Ticket increases in value disproportional to its contribution to REYNOLDS surplus
Segmentation allows the vote to skip and jump preferences even though an early preference indicates distribution to a candidate who has not been excluded.
A reiterative count would ensure that the vote is redistributed as if the excluded candidate had not stood. It would form part of the Groups surplus value and be transferred as part of that groups overall surplus at a recalculated transfer value
The point of segmentation plays a significant role in the distortion and allocation of the count
We Should only be distributing surpluses on each iteration/distribution. If a candidate is excluded from the count, the count should be reset and restated ignoring preferences for excluded candidates. This way a vote at full value is always transferred to the first available continuing candidate. Surplus transfers should be weighted to the value of the vote and transferred as a single transaction.
A liner distribution model
Kevin Bonham says:
Sex Party have gained hugely in the last half a percent of counting in Tas and now have a calculator lead (using real quotas) of 795. That might be enough.
http://kevinbonham.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/2013-federal-election-post-counting.html
ltep says:
Very interesting on that Sex Party surge. This might be up there with one of the more interesting PR counts (Molonglo ACT 2008 and Tasmanian Denison election 2010 also leaping to mind).
Mod Lib says:
So, right now, its looking like:
33 LNP
26 ALP
9 Green
2 PUP
Democratic Labour
Aus motoring enthusiasts
Aus sex party
So the LNP needs 6 from the 8 (2 PUPs, and 6 others) to pass legislation*
*or the Greens' support of course!
The AEC tweets:
[AEC @AusElectoralCom 1m
Tasmanian Senate declaration of the poll Thursday, distribution of preferences planned Wednesday morning will tweet who's elected once known]
sprocket_ says:
When was the last time a Senator was elected who did not lived in that State?
Robbie Swan…
truth seeker says:
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 12:13 am
I still think it is more likely that PUP's Lambie will win – I know SXP lead is increasing but doubt it will be enough. Further, I think the current numbers will be as follows:
pic.twitter.com/9IMDTwNNoW
Dare I say, enough to give ALP/GRN/PUP combined enough to block any legislation they want!
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 1:29 am
You need to ask is there a potential for a blocking interest to trigger a double dissolution?
There is no one group that holds the balance of power. Abbott LNP can pick off each senators to secure a majority.
I am more interested in how they will reform the senate voting system, which would need to be in place before the next election.
The Trigger for a DD could be caused before July 1 next year
Mod lib
Its not up to the Greens or other minor micro candidates or the ALP to pass but this only comes into force is the new senators take their seats
You need to list a before July 1 list and a after July 1 list of votes (Dont forget about the Senate President either
The real question is will the various paries want a double dissolution?
If the LNP think they can win a double dissolution then Abbott will call one before July 1. Carbon Tax or Mining Tax could be an issue.
Mind you they only need a trigger they do not have to campaign on the issue used to trigger the election.
National Party and Liberal party Ticket vote increases in value due to weighted Surplus Transfer Calculation
90% Counted at as end of counting on the 23-September
Sorry meant to say due to non weight Surplus transfer calculation (Based on the number of ballot papers not the value of the vote)
Segmentation also plays a role in the outcome. Both need review and should be scraped
Weighted Transfer would elect
LIB 3
ALP 1
PUP 1
A non segmented weighted single transfer reiterative count would elect
KIB 3
I've changed the time stamp on this post to bump it back to near the top of the front page.
edward o says:
sprocket @160 – and the Sex Party aren't the only party with a non-trivial vote whose lead candidate isn't Tasmanian… if I'm not wrong the Tasmanian LDP candidate lives in Campbelltown (not Campbell Town).
JimS says:
Does anyone know if the counting in Tasmania is now complete? They seem to have allocated all the senate votes either to ticket or BTL…..and the vote is up to 95.24%. Seems like that would be about it?
dovif says:
Isn't there more people on the Tasmania senate paper then people who lives in Tasmania?
It is good to see the Australian Christians screwing the Green over by getting themselves behind the Shooters and Fishers
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 3:26 pm
I've gone a bit colder on the Sex Party chances in Tasmania on looking closely at the exact votes – I think they're close but it's still probably not quite enough. I marginally like PUP's chances but I'd put all three parties at between 25% and 50% probability, so no clear favourite and no-one should be confident. Tonight they go to bed with a chance and tomorrow one of the three is a Senator-elect (probably) and the other two are not.
I believe the count is now either complete or very nearly so.
Button is pressed at 10 am. Antony and I are being emailed copies of the preference distribution and I hope to have analysis up within hours.
I will be starting a Senate reform thread on my site once all Senate results are known but there are two things I can guarantee will be top of my wishlist:
1. ATL preferencing must die.
2. Inclusive Gregory must be replaced. (WIG is tolerable to me but vanilla IG is not. It violates one vote, one value.)
Any political party failing to agree to both 1 and 2 should be destroyed. By peaceful if preferably uncivil means. 🙂
triton says:
[Button is pressed at 10 am. ]
I love that they feed everything in and then press a button to work it all out (and nominating a time adds to the tension), rather than have a progressive count as with the HoR.
Mark Duffett says:
Kevin, by 'ATL preferencing' you mean the current, ticket-generated preferencing resulting from voting 1 and only 1 above the line? I'd actually prefer a system that also could be called 'ATL preferencing' i.e. expressing preferences by numbering every box above the line. It makes for a simpler awareness slogan without needing to change the current ballot paper layout: 'EITHER number every box above the line OR number every box below the line'.
Mark Duffett@172
Kevin, by 'ATL preferencing' you mean the current, ticket-generated preferencing resulting from voting 1 and only 1 above the line?
Yes. I think the problem with every voter numbering every box ATL or BTL is the cost involved in staff data entry since every vote would need to be processed into the computer instead of just a small minority. On the other hand many of those who currently vote full BTL might switch to full ATL instead, blunting the cost increase.
I have posted an introduction to the button-press tomorrow, and will post the result and analysis of that result as soon as known here:
http://kevinbonham.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/tasmanian-senate-seat-goes-to-button.html
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 10:36 pm
Kevin Bonham
You have to abolish segmentation as well. Nlo pint in just fixing the weighted surplus and not removing segmentation. Segmentation was introduced to limed the extent of distortion of the non weighted surplus
A reiterative count is the best option and reflects more accurately the voters intentions
One transaction per candidate. Only surpluses distributed in a single iteration. On an exclusion the vote is reset and restarted with votes redistributed as if the excluded candidates had not stood.
look at the WA result This is a text book example of the flaws in the way the vote is counted as it highlights the problem with the weighted surplus and segmentation.
You will not get rid of ATL voting. It is effectively the same as people voting HTV tickets.
The situation that will be adopted will be imposing a 4% threshold. I would like it if they adopted preferential voting above the line. Most people vote for groups not candidates.
if you want to analysis thd count you have to get a copy of the BTL preference data file. Something the AEC is refusing to make available? Wu? I intend to take the AEC to the AAT to ensure that future elections are open and transparent and that they MUST provide copies of the ATL preference data during the count not three moths after the election. This is the weakest link in the Senate counting system and the data recorded could be altered and scrutineers would have no idea.
By publishing the data file progressively there is less chance of the data file being altered as there is a record of the preferences recorded, If the data is changed then any changes would be identifiable and would be subject to an audit trail. There is nothing in the Electoral Act that prevents or denies scrutineers access to this data. T not provide access to copies of the BTL preference data file bring the AEC into disrepute. The data file should be online and in real time similar to the media data feed published by the AEC for the Lower house and Senate Primary votes .
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 9:17 am
Interesting article by Antony Green on Bob Carr's two Senate seats:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/09/how-bob-carr-resigning-would-create-two-senate-vacancies.html
It's a bit like Christmas morning, the anticipation!
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 10:02 am
democracy@work@174
No it's not because HTV tickets have much lower follow rates which makes it much harder for micros to snowball up from nowhere.
Plus in Tas there is a simple solution to HTV tickets: on the day, standing outside booths handing out HTV cards is banned.
Being reported by journo via scrutineers that Lambie (PUP) has provisionally won last Tas seat. The least unexpected outcome if so.
What does winning "provisionally" mean at this stage? Subject to potential re-count?
triton@180
At that stage I was not aware of the margins and whether they might be subject to recount. They are large enough to withstand it but it was very close in the case of the Sex Party/Labor exclusion with the Sex Party missing the seat by 244 in the closest finish in Tas in my memory.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 1:26 pm
This is pretty ridiculous if true, but I can't see how more primary votes can be bad:
[geekLections @geeklections 25m
.@AntonyGreenABC If 854 people had voted Jacqui Lambie instead of voting informal, she would have lost to the Sex Party #ausvotes #democracy ]
It would have increased the quota and therefore decreased the value of Labor's surplus from its 1 and 2 candidates, causing the Sex Party candidate to catch Labor and then snowball in on Labor and other preferences. Actually it's not as simple as that (as PUP could have caught the Sex Party later) but welcome to the wacky world of Senate preferencing.
Likewise the Liberals would have won if more Tasmanian voters had confused them and the Liberal Democrats and voted for the LDP instead of the Liberals.
That's nuts, Kevin. And it sounds as though that problem is unrelated to the absurd consequences of micro-party preference deals and ABL voting.
triton @ 185: It's also possible for a defeated candidate to be elected through the addition to the poll of ballot papers all of which gave him or her a last preference. See Peter C. Fishburn and Steven J Brams "Paradoxes of Preferential Voting", Mathematics Magazine, vol. 56, no. 4, 1983, pp. 207-214.
This kind of thing can happen in preferential elections of many kinds. A good example was the Frome by-election 2009 in which the Liberals would have won had 31 of their voters voted Labor instead of Liberal.
There is actually no perfect glitch-free voting system but the huge number of candidates for the Senate greatly increases the chance of this stuff.
I've updated my coverage (http://kevinbonham.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/tasmanian-senate-seat-goes-to-button.html) with a list of absurdities of the Tassie count though it was a fairly lazy effort as I only found nine of them.
Tasmania missed having a very anti-gay Senator (Madden) elected on the preferences of Bob Brown's old party by only 822 votes. (Had FF got over Sex Party they would then have snowballed in.)
It would have been a terrible outcome and I did my bit to stop it. Others in the Tasmanian left did nothing or actively facilitated it. There is something very complacently wrong with the left in Tasmania, even if they nearly did get a 4-2 split they didn't deserve.
*end pet rant*
Your still missing the influence of the flaws in the way the vote is counted.
If you count the vote using AEC Senate rules with a non-weighted (Surplus Transfer calculated by dividing Surplus value by number of ballot papers) segmented distribution (distributing votes in segments based on their value, stopping mid stream of a exclusion distribution, skipping candidates remaining in the count and transferring the remaining votes at a higher value then would be the case if they were transferred as a single transaction)
PUP and ALP take the last two spots in WA
If you use the Western Australian Weighted (Surplus Transfer Value based on the value of the vote spot the number of ballot papers) with segmented distribution of excluded candidates votes (as described above)
PUP and Greens in the last two spots
"The wright System" If you weight it (Surplus value based on the value of the vote) and apply a reiterative count removing the segmented distribution by resetting and restarting the count on each exclusion only distributing surpluses on each exclusion, one single transaction per candidate.
PUP and ALP win the last two seats.
Model C (Wright System) being the preferred method as it reflects the voters intentions where first preferences form excluded candidates are distributed as if the excluded candidates had not stood
The other alternative model is Meek which in 99.98% of the time produces the same result as the Wright System
It will very interesting to see if the below the line vote will make any difference to the projected outcome. for one there is over 360 votes attributed to One Nation's Robert Farmer (Most of these will be reverse donkey votes.)
When the AEC get around to publishing the BTL preference data files, which copies have been denied to scrutineers as it takes the Big bang away from the AEC pressing of the button show and allows room for any last minute twigging of the votes as no one knows what is contained in the data file, leaving it open to possible corruption. Scrutineers prevented from being able to verify the contents of the data-file during the count.
Some of Clive Palmer's criticism at the way the AEC conducts election are valid. (Do not agree with his comments about pencils though – pencil markings can be used to detect possible fraud as you never completely erase a pencil mark so if there is a change it will show up)
The refusal of the AEC to subject the count to a full open and transparent scrutiny undermines confidence in the overall process.
The preference data-files are eventually published, months after the election has been declared and the crowd and public attention has dissipated. This adds a whole new meaning to "secret ballot" when scrutineers are denied access to copies of crucial computer data-files that are used to determine the results of the election just so the AEC can have maintain an element of surprise and leave open a window for preference data to be tweeked
Now that the Tasmanian Senate count has drawn to conclusion will the AEC publish the below-the-line preference data-file or will it wait for another three months before the results of the election can be independently verified?
If the Australian electoral commission published the data file Antony Greens Senate calculator would be accurate and we would be able to see exactly how the count unfolds and the impact of the distortions in the way the votes is counted.
The AEC has placed more importance in the side show of the "Big Bang Button press" then the need to ensure the proper scrutiny of the ballot itself.
The Senate count will henceforth be followed here, so I'm closing this thread.
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Working The Circuit
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Charity and chatting up occurs. Vincent and Lancaster exist with Peyton while Nadia is recruited.
Upper West Side: The Southern Cross
It's a clear evening out, though snatches of cloud and smog will inevitably trace vagueness over a starry starry night, and the Southern Cross's entire outdoor area has been devoted to the Society of Mental Health Awareness for Evolved, which is a clunky acronym in itself — but they can throw a party, lowkey though it may be. A circular bar sits in the centre of the vast space, with tall wooden tables dotting the area, papered over with flyers about the organisation itself, and young men and women both collect donations in unobtrusive conversation-changers.
Did you know that telepaths, cognitives and memory manipulators are statistically more vulnerable to mental illness? Now you do.
They are not the only pamphlet carriers. Gerald St. James is dressed smartly for the evening, standing with a couple of his friends, all of whom have only just hedged the legal age for the champagne glasses they carry — all of whom sporting Department of Evolved Affairs name badges, although they haven't quite broken in yet. Yet.
And over there, leaning up against the bar, Adrianne Lancaster is smart in professional black and white, leaning an elbow against wood and nursing an oversized martini that seems more or less composed of vodka. "I think it was Charlie Chaplin who took his martinis with two shots of vodka and only let the shadow of the vermouth bottle cross over the glass," she's telling her companion. "Except it may have been Churchill. One of them."
Tonight is a splended night. Nadia gets to dress up a little bit, wearing a pleasant little grey dress and heels. Pleasant, but simple. The only thing that mars her cute little outfit is the thin strip bandage wrapped around her left arm. She's currently wandering the booths with a fancy-looking electric blue martini, which she occasionally takes tiny sips of, just enough to taste it each time.
A small envelop is passed to one of the donation collecters with a smile. Then, the girl is heading toward the bar, a cheerful look upon her face. It's nice to dress up and get out of the house for a while.
More or less stately in matte black and white to match, striped grey tie knotted impeccable and sleek at the crisp crease of his collar, Lancaster's companion at the bar is an average, balding Italian fellow with boot black eyes and a disposition to match. The knit of his brows is stubborn and the salt and pepper in his stubble is as fussily deliberate as the square sit of his coat on his shoulders.
Not quite lax enough to settle for a martini of his own, he's sipping a vodka and sprite that might (under lazy scrutiny) pass for a squat glass of water and frequently checking his watch. Also, the boobies of passers by that have them, however subtly. He's a trained observer, after all.
Rather than reply immediately to Lancaster's (understandable??) confusion between Chaplin and Churchill, he looks hard at the ground for a moment in search of a subject change only Nadia's legs on the approach on his way back to eye level instead. He never makes it back.
To eye level, that is.
"You know," he says at length, "you don't really look like an Adrianne."
Taking a sip from paint removing ratios of vodka, Lancaster raises a blonde eyebrow at this assessment, one hand planted on the hip furthest from the bar, which still gets her elbow planted on its surface at a tilted lean of her long frame. "And you don't look divorced," she flippantly remarks, dropping her gaze along with his to see what snagged his attention, and only twists her mouth in thoughtfulness. "I guess that's not entirely true. But if you want, I'm sure my superiors have a whole lot of names for me they'll gladly let you try on for size."
Vincent isn't the only one. Watching Nadia's legs, that is. And Lancaster stopped that a few seconds ago and for all that her makeup is minimal, her hair is short and she's wearing a powersuit, she's not that keen. But Gerald is, blindly picking out a few pamphlets from his friend's hand, checking himself in their glossy reflective surface, and wandering on overrr.
Blissfully unaware of the attention focused on her legs, Nadia reaches the bar, leaning against it quietly and finishing off the last of her martini. Apparently quite happy with the effects of one alcoholic beverage, she orders herself a bottle of water. Upon recieving it, she twists it open, turning to quietly survey the party and its inhabitants.
A slight blush appears on her face as she notices Lancaster and Vincent's eyes upon her legs. She peeks down at her legs, as if to check to see if she's got something on them. Then, flustered, she turns her attention to her bottled water, smiling to one of the donation collectors instead.
For the past couple of weeks, between stints of organizing and decorating the new Redbird Security offices, Peyton has been slipping back into society slowly, getting her feet wet here and there. It's good for business, perhaps, to mingle with the mucky mucks, some of whom might need the services of the new firm. That's only part of the reason, of course. The other part is that she figures she has a few months to live, she might as well live it up, and enjoy herself. The last year, she disappeared from the social scene because she was afraid. Now she knows she's going to die, why bother fearing it?
It is with this dual mindset that Peyton Whitney steps onto the patio, dressed in a short strapless black cocktail dress, her peep-toe Louis Vuittons, and her hair swooped up so her long hair looks like a short ponytail-bun hybrid that shows off the brand new peacock feather tattoo on the back of her neck, vibrant purple and green and turquoise.
Her eyes fall on those gathered and she chuckles when she sees Lancaster, her "savior" from the gala. "Fuck, I need a drink," she mutters to no one in particular at the sight of the Amazon. Hopefully Danko's nowhere nearby to shove Peyton's face into a wall tonight.
Lazzaro's left hand and ringless fourth finger shift self-consciously around his glass, tracing clear paths in condensation that's only just begun to make a nuisance of itself when he rolls his eyes up into a bleak How do I not look divorced? kind of look. Like he suspects it must be a bad thing. For Lancaster in all her tactlessness to be pointing it out.
For some reason.
"I could see you as a 'Sugartits,'" offered mildly over on a delay while she continues to scope Nadia, Vincent does them both the dubious service of pretending to be Importantly Interested In Other Things Across The Room to lessen the odds of private security being called. That Peyton's peacock catches his eye is probably partially coincidence, partially that she's looking at Lancaster and partially the fact that it's a peacock. On her neck.
"Sounds good, Cinnamon Buns." Forever at war, Lancaster offers a smile— her kind of smile, mind you, a grin that shows teeth and dims like milk curdles if left out too long. Running her tongue over her front teeth, she then neatly tips back the rest of her vodka, and clinks down the martini glass that follows a gesture at the bartender to keep 'em coming. "God I hate these things. These, not these." A gesture of an index finger around the room following by a point at her glass suggests that Lancaster means the event, not the martini.
The donation collector, for his part, is always good for anyone to be making eye contact with him — makes it easier to get money and all, and eye contact is the first weapon. Eye contact is smashed into a million pieces as Gerald St. James cruises into position between Nadia and the bucket holder — not a bad looking twenty something, a young Republican Ohio type, or so he's dressed up to be.
"Good evening," he starts, hooking up an arm on the bar. "My name's Gerald, and I volunteer for the Department of Evolved Affairs — I was wondering if I could interest you in taking home one of these," and he waves the brochures, his weapon of choice, "it's about the upcoming Registration changes." :D?
Picking up her second glass, Lancaster raises her eyebrows when Peyton's familiar visage registers in her perphery too. "I remember that one. She got put through a wall at that thing we went to," she observes, a glance up and down at Peyton, back to Vincent. "Like this one, only worse. And better. The booze was free. Is she walking over here?"
Nadia's eyes switch from the donation collector, to Gerald St. James; quietly, she blinks at the brochures, staring for a moment as if in disbelief or some other emotion. Then, a bright smile suddenly forms upon her face, and she reaches out, taking one of the brocures from the man. "Certainly! Always good to be in the know." She smiles to the the man for a moment, barely looking at the brocure.
Then, that smile on her face and a slight blush on her cheeks, she turns her eyes down to the brochure, quietly looking it over with a curious expression on her face, her tongue clicking on the roof of her mouth as she does so.
The clairvoyant socialite is headed for the bar but not for the happy couple in particular, coming to stand a few feet away, though she offers a slight nod and a smile of acknowledgement. Lancaster might have treated her like a golden retriever, but she was still helpful, at least. Her eyes glance up at the tall Ohio Republican speaking to Nadia, and she manages to keep a neutral expression on her face before turning to the bartender and waiting for his attention.
Once she has it, she smiles toothily. "Champagne, thanks," she murmurs pleasantly, opening her silver clutch purse to find a bill. As it's a charity event, she overpays by a large margin. Once he hands her the champagne flute she holds it by its stem, dark eyes glancing back down the bar's length curiously.
"She is," says Cinnamon Buns through a half a smile that looks at least distantly genuine until it falls flatly away so that he can take a longer swallow of vodka than is strictly necessary. He's still looking at Peyton when he sets his glass down empty after the martini and gestures cleanly, casually, gentlemanly/ for both to be placed on his Lancaster's tab. Having been more involved with the greasy brown paperwork-intensive end of that entire ~ordeal~, he's slower to place her. "I don't think she likes you."
A muffled bzzz bzzz bzzz later, he reaches after his trousers with one hand and takes up a fresh round in the other.
"Awesome," Gerald agrees, and seems prepared to leave it there when holy smokes, his in worked. But maybe his nametag has a little electrode attached beneath his blue button-down, because he starts in remembrance of his job, laying out an extra pamphlet on the bar to gesture to, glancing to Nadia. "By August 31st, the government's taking on an initiative to see that all citizens are Registered under the Linderman Act, instead of discriminating against Evolved by making them the only ones eligible to do so. Inside this thing is a website where you can download your Registration forms early to fill out, and then when it's time, you can take them a local clinic or any one of our Registration facilities around the city to get the test done. I mean— that is if you're Non-Evolved," he flusters to add, with a half-grin that suggests of course she is.
Lancaster glances down at the sound of the bzzz bzzz bzzz, automatic curiousity flaring in blue eyes, but not nosy— or caring— enough to ask after who it is as she moves to lean her back against the high bar. "I saved her life," is more or less a lie, if not entirely untrue either. "Only reason she might not like me is because, morally speaking, she owes me her's." And Lancaster is talking jjjust loud enough for Peyton to pick up on words easily enough, because. That's more or less how she rolls.
Nadia's eyes trail down to the pamphlet, the girl blinking quietly as she peers down at the paperwork. A small smile starts to slowly grown on her face as Gerald begins to explain the new registration processes. She indeed lets him get through the entire thing. "Well, it's good to know that the Government is putting a stop to the discrimination."
She offers the man a lingering smile, before glancing around. After a moment, she levels that smile on him again. "Don't worry about me, though. I've been registered since the Linderman Act passed." She IS, after all, at a charity for the Evolved, so why shouldn't she be honest?
Only 21, it is very hard for Peyton to resist the societally programmed feminine urge to roll her eyes at Gerard, but she has been training herself to have more of a poker face. Lancaster's remark, however, destroys that effort, and her brows shoot upward under her dark mahogany-hued bangs. Saved her life? She was just sipping her champagne and it comes out her nose in a not-very-ladylike little snort. Turning away, she grabs a cocktail napkin and blots her face.
After breathing for a moment, she looks back up and smiles, pushing off from the bar top she leans against, giving Nadia a I'm so sorry you got caught by the walking douchebag sort of look, she steps closer to Lancaster. "Officer Lancaster… or is it Agent… I never know what to call you federal types… It's nice to see you again. I should, of course, thank you for helping me back in… February, was it? For your compassion and help," she murmurs. Maybe, if Peyton were to live past 22, she would have a career in diplomacy.
Wuah wuah wuah wuah, says the voice on the other end of Vincent's line while he sips past fresh ice cubes and draws in a longsuffering breath, more patient than he feels like being. "I see her, Sam," is more cutoff than confirmation parcelled out with a mute shake of his head for Lancaster's glance. Nothing worth being nosy over, evidently. "I think it's fine." Sip. "Uh huh. …Uh huh."
This goes on for some time, with him swinging occasional glances Nadiawards until hhe decides he's had enough and takes a longer pull off his drink to mirror that first one. "I am drinking, yes. It's one of the benefits of being your boss as opposed to the other way around. Sam." A little circle of the glass in question at his side stirs it for whoever (or whatever) happens to be watching. "I have to go. Someone's getting fresh with my B F F." The letters are stated individually at a murmur, as they would be by someone who isn't actually teen literate enough to know what they stand for. So that, as he hangs up, he is just in time to raise his voice for a helpful, "Call her Adrianne."
She loves that.
Gerald St. James' eyebrows go up a little at this flash of honesty, a hint of guardedness straying into his expression — but he reconfigures and nods along. "Cool, cool. Then hey, this is— kind of good news for you. Overhaul of the system and you don't even have to do anything, right?" he stumbles over, obligingly keeping his voice as low as her's and taking up the flyer he'd laid out, nervously fidgeting with it, debating what he might say now before—
"Hey, you know what. Hold on." His wallet is flipped out and thumbed open, a small business card slipped out and placed on the bar.
Which immediately has him going— "This isn't mine, don't worry. I work for Georgia Mayes, she does some media relations stuff for the Department, and there's this casting call going on this weekend for some late campaigning that she's handling because the guy handling it before managed to score this actress who turned up in rehab, Lindsay Lohan style, before they could even get started. Right now they're just looking for any hot girl on the Registry who can talk."
And if that's vaguely offensive, in the same way his automatic hesitation could have been vaguely offensive, Gerald doesn't seem to notice. "Anyway, this is the number for her PA. It's a pretty great opportunity." His glance wanders towards Peyton's trim waist as she crosses by towards Lancaster, but his eyes are mainly on Nadia — on her eyes, even.
Before Lancaster can reply to Peyton, meanwhile, a few feet over, there's Vincent answering for her. She swings a look (down) at the man, mouth pinching into a line, before she squares back on the socialite and her approach. "Or. You can try Lieutenant Colonel, but Agent's dandy," unlike Sugartits, although— no. Lancaster manages to keep this one stray thought to herself, remarkably enough. At a casual lean, she still remains an impressive shape in the tailored lines of her suit. "You can't thank me enough, don't worry about it." …???
An elbow goes out to nudge Vincent as she adds, "Your Department's lackeys don't date rape all that often, do they? I mean, besides you." A jerk of her head gestures to where Nadia and Gerald are bar-perching. "Or is it just for charity."
With that smile still on her face, Nadia's eyebrows go up a fair bit. "This is good news, yeah. I'm glad I don't have to stress out about it at all. And it thrills me to death that it's going to be everyone, and not just Evolveds." A winning smile is offered to the man.
His remarks and the card, however, prompt the girl to blush, lifting a hand to brush her hair away from her face. She takes the card, but it's with a nervous yet flattered smile. "Well, I'm glad you think as much. Thanks, I'll definitely look into this."
"Lieutenant Colonel… Adrienne," Peyton says, smiling brightly, the fake smile she once used for paparazzi. "And Vincent Lazzaro, yes? It's a pleasure to see you again. I didn't know you two were an item. You are a very cute couple." The fact that she's grown a little reckless with the knowledge she's going to die anyway might be get confused for a death wish, as Peyton smirks at the two, before taking another sip of her champagne.
She glances back over her shoulder at Nadia, giving a shake of her head at the DoEA intern type who is talking her up. "Your boys are working the circuit, huh? Can't take a night off and just donate to the charity, gotta talk up the new law. You really should take a night off now and then. Your office works much too hard, Mister Lazzaro."
"My office isn't being funded to determine what constitutes a legal charitable donation," is what Vincent has to say semi-officially and mostly carelessly on the subject. Of date rape.
He does look though, disapproval of the worst kind rife in the black hood of his brow when he gives the interaction over there with Nadia a second glancing over from afar. Like if they were all in a car right now he might reach back there and slap around a little.
But they aren't. And he doesn't. Mainly because Peyton's tone has had a few seconds to permeate the stainless steel polish of his skull and he's turned his head slowly back to regard her anew. Like he's already forgotten who she is again. Or isn't sure he heard her correctly. Or both. "Sorry…Have we met?"
"You should," Gerald encourages, apparently back on the path he deems to be safe territory after his wee trip over, all white teeth in his smile and dumb, easy nod in his neck. That she's responding the way she ought to the Registration pamphlets, too, puts him at ease, but movement out his periphery has him glancing off to the pack of friends he'd been hanging out with before. One of them is waving him over, and it seems like maybe he'll invite the Evo chick over to meet the frat boys, but Vincent's glance is knifing over Nadia's shoulder and it automatically has his spine straightening.
Card left with her, pamphlets left with him, he manages another smile for her. "And hey, if it works out, maybe I'll see you around. I should let you get back in the party," he encourages, neatly gliding back into pamphlet pusher mode. That a CIA agent happens to be blackupping the other DoEA man's glance is a bit of a lit fire too for him to back up and move on, taking a step back to slip into the crowd.
Lancaster simply takes a deep sip of vodka, links her pinkie with Vincent's, and bats her eyes at him. Lovaaah.
"The wicked never rest, Miss Peyton," because maybe she thinks that's the girl's last name.
The girl smiles warmly to Gerald, and holds up the pamphlet and the card for a moment. "Thank you very much for the information. You have a good night, now, okay?" Nadia offers a charming laugh, placing said items in her bag. Without another word, she turns around…just in time to catch the tail end of Vincent's stare. She heasitates for a moment, before quietly returning to the bar. She's way too shy to actually approach anyone, and she's much happier sitting at the bar.
She orders another one of those blue drinks in a martini glass; upon receiving it, she twirls the stirring stick around the beverage, and takes long sip.
"I don't think officially, though almost," Peyton tells Vincent, offering her hand to Vincent in the debutante sort of fashion, palm down rather than sideways — a lady's handshake of days gone by. "Enchante," she adds, smirking just a touch. "I'm Peyton Whitney. Reluctant poster child for Humanis First, and proud drop out of Alcoholics Anonymous." She lifts her champagne glass and takes another sip to punctuate her words, acting every bit the bratty trust-fund baby she used to be. She never was an alcoholic, of course, and didn't finish the required rehab because her parents were killed in the bomb.
Bzzz bzzz bzzz.
For a long beat, Vincent looks dead at Peyton like he would a vacuum cleaner salesman on his stoop. Unsmiling. Eyes black.
Then he lifts his right hand to better expose Lancaster's pinky twined with his own. He would shake — BUT.
He can't.
He probably should not have started drinking.
"Pleasure," he says instead of saying anything that sounds like it might actually be on his mind, dapper suit at even odds with the careful way he sets his glass down once his phone sets to buzzing a third time. He reaches for it, considers the screen and frowns oh-so-gravely in a series so practiced it should leave little doubt in Peyton's mind that someone's calling to tell him his dry cleaning is ready. "I should probably leave you in Agent Lancaster's very capable hands to take this. Her safe word is 'peanut brittle.' Nice meeting you. Again. Almost."
And all it takes is a tip of his head and a merciless glance ~Adrianne's~ way for him to collapse into a tangle of black smoke.
By the time Vincent is disappearing into vapour, Lancaster's hand that had been joined with his, loosely, has already turned into something of a claw as if her nails were seeking flesh and blood no longer there to dig into. She tucks that hand into her pocket instead, and finishes off her vodka unvermouth'd martini with rapid professionalism. "He's just kidding," she tells Peyton, conspirationally and with a smile, "I don't do safewords.
"And now I'm gonna go do something else." And with marginally less grace than whirling vapour, Lancaster simply steps aside, shoulder brushing Peyton's as she darts off for all that a woman of her height can dart.
"Nice to almost meet you too, Agent," Peyton says, dark eyes sparkling a touch as she turns to regard Lancaster. The tall woman's words make her laugh aloud. "Me neither," she calls after the retreating figure. This gala is much more entertaining than the last, she finds, as she has the power to scare away government officials with just a faux-vapid remarks.
She turns to the bartender and tips her glass to him. "I'll have a refill," the socialite says merrily, her dark eyes darting around as she considers playing with some of the DoEA lackies, pretending to find their registration brochures interesting and wasting their time all the while.
There are worst ways to spend the evening.
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Eine reizende Familie ist ein 1944 entstandener, aber erst 1948 erschienener reichsdeutscher Spielfilm von Erich Waschneck. Die Hauptrollen spielen Karin Hardt und Ernst von Klipstein.

Handlung
Seit dem Tode von Professor Holk, eines renommierten Veterinärs, muss sich nun die älteste Tochter der Berliner Familie, Martina Holk, um die zahlreichen Geschwister kümmern. Neben Martina gibt es noch weitere sechs Mädchen und Jungs, alle zwischen zehn und 24 Jahren alt. Unterstützt wird sie dabei vom Vormund der Familie, Professor Sedelmann, einem kauzigen, älteren, freundlichen Herrn, der Martina jedoch in ihren Entscheidungsfindungen weitgehend freie Hand lässt. Eines Tages muss der alte Sedelmann konstatieren, dass die laufenden Kosten der Grunewalder Villa das Vermögen der weitgehend einkommenslosen Familie allmählich auffressen, und so beschließt Martina im Einvernehmen mit dem Vormund, die Praxisräume und die Laboratorien ihres verstorbenen Vaters, die gleichfalls im geräumigen Haus untergebracht sind, an einen anderen Tierarzt zu vermieten, um so die Villa im Besitz der Großfamilie halten zu können.

Die jüngeren Geschwister sind alles andere als sonderlich begeistert, dass nun demnächst ein Fremder in das Haus einziehen wird und beginnen daher zielgerichtet jeden Interessenten zielgerichtet zu vergraulen. Schließlich hat die "reizende" Familie vermeintliches Glück im Unglück. Martinas Chef, der Tierarzt Dr. Eduard Höflin, zeigt sich bereit, die Praxis von Prof. Holk zu übernehmen und zieht daraufhin in der Grunewalder Villa ein. Dr. Höflin freut sich anfänglich sehr über diese Veränderung, hat er doch längst ein Auge auf Martina geworfen, die sich aber bislang spröde und abweisend zeigt, weil die junge Frau angesichts ihrer unruhestiftenden Geschwister nicht den Kopf für eine Romanze frei hat. Dr. Höflin zeigt sich als durchaus resistent gegenüber den Streichen, Turbulenzen und Nervereien von Martinas Brüder und Schwestern, ist er doch selbst mit acht Geschwistern aufgewachsen.

Die Holk'sche Bande will aber partout nicht, dass jemand fremdes in ihr Haus einzieht und beginnt nun einen regelrechten Kleinkrieg gegen den nervenstarken Tierarzt anzuzetteln. Der aber bleibt standhaft bis eines Tages ein Streich das junge Glück tatsächlich vorübergehend auseinander bringt. Die jungen Leute erkennen rasch, dass sie diesmal zu weit gegangen sind, denn die Trennung von Dr. Höflin setzt Martina reichlich zu. Und so beschließen Irmgard, Günther, Otto, Sohni, Babsi und Lauser Holk ihrer Schwester Martina nunmehr eine reizende Familie zu sein und bemühen sich, die Wogen wieder zu glätten und Martina und Eduard wieder miteinander zu versöhnen. Um die beiden vor vollendete Tatsachen zu stellen, wird kurzerhand eine Vermählungsanzeige in die Zeitung gesetzt. Als dann auch noch die acht Geschwister Höflins eintreffen, ist das Durcheinander perfekt. Schließlich kommt es zur großen Versöhnung, und Martina und Dr. Höflin feiern spontan ihre Verlobung.

Produktionsnotizen
Der Film wurde im November 1944 gedreht und befand sich bei Kriegsende in der Musik-Synchronisation. Uraufführung war am 23. Januar 1948 in Ostberlin. Eine bundesdeutsche Premiere kann nicht festgestellt werden. Später wurde dieser Film auch unter dem Titel Danke, es geht mir gut vertrieben.

Herstellungsgruppenleiter Hans von Wolzogen wirkte an diesem Film auch als Produktionsleiter. Alfred Bütow und Heinrich Beisenherz schufen die Filmbauten.

Kritik
Drewniaks Der deutsche Film 1938-1945 nannte den Film "ein Loblied auf die kinderreiche Familie".

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

Filmtitel 1945
Filmdrama
Deutscher Film
Schwarzweißfilm
Literaturverfilmung

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Football is Ethiopia's most popular sport. Ethiopia has produced numerous exceptional clubs and international teams, as well as some talented individual players, despite not being one of Africa's main footballing nations.
Years in the beginning. This is a list of football (soccer) clubs in Ethiopia.
For a complete list see :Category:Football clubs in Ethiopia

A
Adama City FC
Areka City
Ambericho FC
Awassa City FC

B
Banks SC
Bahirdar Ketema Football Club
Beer Bottling Football Club
Boditi City

D
Dashen Beer
Defence
Dire Dawa City
Dedebit F.C.

E
EEPCO
Ethiopian Coffee
Ethiopian Insurance

F
 Fasil Kenema Sport Club

H
Harrar Beer Bottling F.C.

M
Metehara Sugar
Muger Cement
 Mekelle ketema FC

N
Nyala SC

S
Saint-George SA
Sebeta City
Shashemene City
Sidama Coffee
Southern Police
Wolaita Sodo City FC

T
Trans Ethiopia
Tikur Abay Transport

W
Wonji Sugar
 Woldia Sport Club
 Wolaita Dicha

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Football clubs
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Where the business of the company is still operating as a going concern at the time of the Voluntary Administrator's appointment, the Voluntary Administrator will conduct a review of the viability of the business and will decide whether to continue trading the business with a view to achieving a restructure or sale.
The Voluntary Administration process allows for a proposal for a Deed of Company Arrangement to be put to creditors for their consideration, which is, in essence, a contract that outlines what benefit the company will provide to its creditors in exchange for settlement of all debts/claims against it.
Once a company is in Voluntary administration, the future of the company is decided by the company's creditors. Creditors will vote on the company's future at the second meeting of creditors.
How do I appoint a Voluntary Administrator?
Section 436A of the Corporations Act provides that the company may appoint a Voluntary Administrator in writing if the Directors resolve that the company is insolvent, or is likely to become insolvent. Prior to the appointment, the Directors will need to obtain the written consent of a Registered Liquidator to act as Voluntary Administrator of the company.
What happens after a Voluntary Administrator is appointed?
Once the Administrator is appointed, they take control of the company and deal with outstanding creditors. They implement a strategy to maximise the chances of the business continuing if that is not possible, maximise the returns to the company's creditors. They have strict time frames to follow which are mandated by the Corporations Act 2001.
The Administrator must send reports to all known creditors, and convene two meetings of creditors. The first meeting of creditors is to be convened within 8 business days of appointment. The purpose of this meeting is to consider whether to appoint a Committee of Creditors ("Committee") and if so, to determine who are the committee members. The Administrator will send a brief First Report and Notice of Meeting to all known creditors to convene this meeting.
Subsequent to the first meeting, the Voluntary Administrator will conduct detailed investigations into the affairs of the company to enable him/her to prepare a detailed Second Report to Creditors. The Administrator is required to form an opinion and recommend to creditors whether it is in the best interests of creditors for:
The control of the company to revert to the Directors;
The company to execute a Deed of Company Arrangement (if one has been proposed); or
The company to be wound up (i.e. placed into Liquidation).
The Second Report will provide notice of a second meeting of creditors, to be convened generally within 20 business days after the commencement of the Administration. At this meeting, creditors will vote on the future of the company.
Potential outcomes
If the company is trading when a Voluntary Administrator is appointed, the Administrator will conduct a detailed review of the business to determine whether to continue to trade the business or to cease trading. The Administrator may decide to continue trading if it is likely to allow the business to be sold as a going concern or to allow a Deed of Company Arrangement to be proposed which will achieve a greater return to creditors and members than winding up the company.
The Directors of the company, or a third party, may submit a proposal for a Deed of Company Arrangement for creditors to consider. The terms of a Deed Proposal will be varied according to each individual company's circumstances.
The Voluntary Administrator will consider the proposed Deed and potential Liquidation scenarios and provide creditors with a recommendation as to which option in his/her opinion is in the best interests of creditors. The future of the company is then decided by the company's creditors.


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BYNOE – P.C.A.
Peter Bynoe – RCAF – Gunner – Coastal Command
[Source: CMHA, CG]
Mentioned by Ulric Cross
605614 – P.C.A. Bynoe – Trinidad – attestsed 16.6.43 – P/O A/B #2 RC 5.12.44
165745 – P/O – commissioned 14.7.44
Peter Cecil Alexander Bynoe, my father, was born on 16th June, 1918 to Alexander Roland Bynoe (aka "Papio") and his second wife, Tryphena (nee Joseph). He was the fourth surviving son of his father and the third of the second marriage. Quintin was the fifth and last surviving son. I understand that a pair of twin boys who failed to survive were born fourth in that first marriage. I also understand that another pair of twin boys who also failed to survive were the first born to Tryphena.
Daddy said that when he was born his father said to him "These are your brothers". For the rest of his life they were his brothers and he treated them that way and never allowed anything to come between them and himself. They were, (1) Roland Lovelace, father of Annette, Gemma, and Lennard (Bunny), (2) Hugo Alexander, father of Mervyn and Myrna, (3) Hamilton Arnold, father of Patrick, Kenneth (Ken) and Judy (deceased), and Quintin Alexander, father of Adele and Verity.
Daddy also kept extremely good relations with his mother's family, the Josephs of which there is a large representation here today. It was in fact his mother's brother Dr. Cyril Joseph, father of "Ray 'Golden' Appollon" who introduced both Daddy and Quintin to Freemasonry.
Daddy attended Tranquility for a period before he went on to make his name at St. Mary's College where between 1936 and 1938 he won almost everything there was to be won at the school in the area of sport. He was football captain, vice-captain of cricket, Victor Ludorum in athletics, and boxing champion. He won an award for General Merit, was presented with the College Colours and was active in the Cadet Corps. It is reported by George Chambers (better known as Joff Chambers) and Hugh Sealy that Daddy actually started as a goalkeeper for St. Mary's and switched to left wing as there was a shortage of left footers. That is where he stayed.
After school he worked for a time in the oilfields prior to the outbreak of war. During that time he played football for Maple, North Trinidad and Trinidad. He was part of the North Trinidad football team of with Gerry Gomez, Jeff Stollmeyer, Hugo Day and Raffie Knowles. He also became friends with other Trinidad sporting legends. I am speaking of such people as Prior Jones, Andy Ganteaume, and Learie Constantine. In 1940 he left Trinidad to join the Royal Canadian Air Force where he trained and qualified as a navigator before leaving for England. He joined the RAF in 1943 and served for the duration of the hostilities and until 1946 when he was appointed a Liason/Welfare Officer with the Air Ministry and the Colonial Office looking after the Rehabilitation and Repatriation of West Indian Airmen. He worked there with Ulric Cross and Dudley Thompson.
It was during one of the parades at the end of the war that he noticed a pretty black woman marching with one of the Women's Auxiliary groups and enquired after her name. Sometime later he saw her at a party and asked for a dance. According to her she put his name down on her card as usual and he had to wait about five more turns. But he clearly turned out to be unusual because she tore up the card after that dance. That woman was a Grenadian student, Hilda Louisa Gibbs, my mother.
They married in 1947 and would have celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on 3rd September.
Daddy intended to study Dentistry but applied too late to the school. He was, however, accepted to read Architecture at the Brixton School of Building, and the rest, as they say, is history. He also studied Town Planning at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and at the University of Bangor, North Wales. He was later a Research Fellow/Lecturer at the School of Planning and Architecture in the University of New Delhi.
Of course Daddy continued his involvement in sport and he thereby became a very close friend of Frank Worrell. At Brixton he became President of the Students Union, captain of cricket and football, and champion athlete. He also played for the cricket team of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Somewhere he also found time to study. During this period he also became close to Michael and Stella Beaubrun, Bernard and Joy Warner, and Andre and Gloria Valere as well as a young Guyanese lawyer who was nicknamed "Odo". That lawyer, Forbes Burnham, went on to become the first Prime Minister of independent Guyana. Daddy also became fast friends with Harold Forde of Barbados, Julian Marryshow then of Grenada now of Barbados, and Mummy's two cousins, Derek Knight and David Pitt of Grenada. Uncle Julian and Uncle Derek are here today. Uncle Harold's two daughters are here also as is one of Uncle David's daughters. Daddy also met Mummy's sister Rosie and other members of her family.
My mother also bore two sons, myself, in 1952 and my brother, Michael, in 1953.
We returned to the West Indies in late 1953 where Daddy experienced difficulty in obtaining a professional appointment with the civil service. In 1955 he received an invitation from his friend Odo and off we went to the then British Guiana where he did get that professional appointment as Architect to the Government. We stayed there for four years where we became close to Aubrey and Aileen Fraser and the Angoy family and to Cecil Murray and Ovid Johnston both of whom are here today. We have also heard from Howard and Allison Fraser. Daddy also became friendly with Cheddi Jagan even though they were very far apart politically.
We eventually returned to Trinidad in 1958 where Daddy rejoined the Public Service and rose to become the Chief Architect and Director of Construction. He was also, with the late Carlisle Chang, part of the committee which designed our National Flag. During this period he became close to Eldon and Irma Warner and deepened his friendship with his cousin Jack Bynoe.
In 1968 Mummy was offered and accepted, with Daddy's permission and blessing, the post of Governor of Grenada. He resigned from the Trinidad Public Service and cheerfully took the back seat to the Queen's representative. He, however, found much to occupy him. He was Chairman of Grenada's CARIFTA Expo 1969, Chairman of their Development and Planning Authority, and of their Independence Celebration Committee, and a Director of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority (the forerunner of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank). We remained in Grenada until 1974 when we returned to Trinidad where we have stayed. Daddy then went into private practice.
His professional activities have been numerous and intensive. He served as President of the T&T Institute of Architects, President of the Association of Commonwealth Societies of Architects in the Caribbean, Visiting Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering at UWI, St. Augustine, as well as External Examiner at the University of Guyana and at the Caribbean School of Architecture in Jamaica. He was also a Director of the Inter-American Rural Housing Association, Deputy Chairman of the Chaguaramas Development Authority, and a member of the Air Transport Licensing Authority.
During all of the movement Daddy remained active in sport. In Guyana he became a member of the Georgetown Cricket Club, he was an executive member of the Guyana Amateur Athletic and Cycling Association, a vice-president of the old Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Athletic Association, and a member/delegate to the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Association. He attended the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a representative of the AAA and stayed on in the Far East, at the expense of the Trinidad and Tobago government to attend the University of New Delhi. He also attended the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica and was thus privileged to see at first hand two of the greatest sporting moments in the history of this country. He had also previously seen Mannie Ramjohn and McDonald Bailey run at the 1948 London Olympics.
In 1979 Daddy received the Humming Bird Medal, Gold for services to Architecture in Trinidad and Tobago.
In later years, Daddy was very active in the Trinidad and Tobago Institute for the Hearing Impaired (DRETCHI) serving on their board for over twenty years and designing their headquarters.
As Chief Architect, he would have been heavily involved in the design of some of the older public buildings in this country. The John S. Donaldson Technical Institute, for example. Daddy came back from India with some fairly strong ideas about tropical architecture and the use of natural ventilation. This found expression in what became almost the standard for school buildings in Trinidad. I am speaking about the use of what I call "breeze blocks".
In private practice he designed the Sir Hugh Wooding Law School and renovated and restored the Georgetown Hospital together with another good friend, George Henry of Guyana. He went on to serve as assessor in numerous architectural competition throughout the West Indies including the Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and, of course, Trinidad and Tobago.
That was the public man.
Since I have been aware of such things I have never seen Daddy meet someone who knew him previously who was not glad to see him again. He had the ability to inspire friendship while remaining a private person.
I have mentioned Cheddi Jagan. He was very aware that Daddy and Mummy were close personal friends with his arch enemy, but in my presence at Piarco he gave a wide smile and stuck out his hand saying "Peter!"
An extreme example of this involved my mother's father. Papa was a member of the Federal Parliament and had to come over from Grenada often to attend sessions. Mummy invited him to stay with us when he came so that he could save the out-of pocket allowance provided for accommodation. After two visits he said to her that he would not be coming back as Daddy did not like him. She had to explain that he was not making an effort to entertain because he had thoroughly accepted Papa as a member of his family. They became the greatest of friends.
Another anecdote comes from my cousin Mervyn whom Daddy for some strange reason called "Muffit". Some of Mervyn's friends came back to Canada from a holiday in Trinidad and said that on a bus trip from Toronto to New York they met a bus driver who told them that he had known a Trinidadian during training with the RCAF who was so popular that when the news came to Canada that his mother had died the entire camp cried. He commented that what struck him was that no one ever saw him cry. He said that the man's name was Peter Bynoe.
Children loved him. When Nandi, his granddaughter, first came back to Trinidad from the US where she was born she was extremely shy and would not smile or mix with the rest of the family. One day by some happenstance she and Daddy were alone in the drawing room and we heard her burst out laughing. The ice was broken for all of us. Daddy never explained how he did it.
Whenever you met him and asked how he was going he would answer "On my best behaviour". He was. All the time. The strongest language I ever heard him use was "Oh sugar!" I have heard him describe someone as a "Damn Fool" on few occasions. I was very careful around such people. They always proved to be complete idiots.
He was helpful to all who sought his assistance and advice and there were many. The advice was always sound. One cousin, Mandy, Rosie's daughter, says that he was able to make her feel that the outcome was her idea in the first place. A lot of people evidently felt indebted to him. I know of one instance where Daddy took a young relative to a work place asked to see the Chief Executive and after being admitted and exchanging pleasantries said "This is my cousin and I would like you to give him a job". The request was met.
He was what I describe as a "long time cowboy". He rode for the brand. There are a lot of public servants in Trinidad like Daddy. They give truly independent advice when it is asked. On one occasion he was asked by a relative to give evidence on his behalf in a matter. The evidence turned out to be contrary to the good of the relative. They eventually became friends once more.
I would like to hope that it was in recognition of his integrity that he was asked to serve on the Commission of Inquiry into the Piarco Airport Project which was his last service to his country. In the early stages of his last illness he continued to make an effort to follow the proceedings on television.
In latter years Daddy became a member of Queens Park Cricket Club and attended all Test Matches played. I was very happy to be able to bring him up to Antigua last year to see South Africa play.
Adele and Verity are unable to be here with us today. They have asked that their best wishes and condolences be expressed by me. In the interest of brevity we have chosen not to have remembrances from the congregation and I hope that I have done a decent job in representing all of you in that regard.
On behalf of my mother, my brother and myself I would like to thank all of those members of the medical and nursing fraternity who provided care for Daddy in his last days. I would like to make special mention of Alan Patrick, Michael Telemaque, Richard Clarke, and Courtney Bartholomew.
I know that I have failed to mention a host of people and I hope that you will all forgive Mummy and Mickey for that omission as the act is entirely mine but there are just so many of you. I would finally like to thank Fathers Knolly Knox and Father Rochard of the Roman Catholic Church for consenting to participate in this Anglican service.
Thank you all very much.
[Source: Roland Bynoe, Jan. 23, 2012]
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A Reflection on the Life of Peter Cecil Alexander Bynoe
His professional activities have been numerous and intensive. He served as President of the T&T Institute of Architects, President of the Association of Commonwealth Societies of Architects in the Caribbean, Visiting Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering at UWI, St. Augustine, as well as External Examiner at the University of Guyana and at the Caribbean School of Architecture in Jamaica. He was also a Director of the Inter-American Rural Housing Association, Deputy Chairman of the Chaguaramas Development Authority, and a member of the Air Transport Licensing Authority.
Daddy died in August, 2003 and is buried in the Woodbrook Cemetery, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Michael Peter Bynoe adds:
Flew as a navigator on Ansons


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REVIEW: Biffy Clyro – 'Ellipsis' (Warner Bros. / 14th Floor)
by Ollie Rankine
It's slightly amusing to have an external view of the differing blend of continually simmering opinions amongst the ever-growing fan base behind Scottish heavyweights Biffy Clyro. Whilst the battle still rages on between the pre-Puzzle militants and post-Puzzle revolutionaries, the bizarre state of affairs within Biffy-enthusiast civil war may be about to hit overkill with the addition of their seventh studio album, Ellipsis. Having decided to part ways with long-standing producer Garth Richardson and replace him with Rich Costey (Muse, Sigur Rós), Biffy fans are witnessing a sonic transition as the band attempt to progress into a third phase of their twenty-year long career.
During a pre-album NME interview back in January, frontman Simon Neil expressed his intent to reboot their sound through exploring new methods of song writing. "For the first time ever we've been messing around properly with programming, so rather than making the heavy parts heavy with guitars and distortion, we're trying to find different ways to make things intense." In part, Neil stays true to his word as Ellipsis undoubtedly achieves the desired 'intense' factor.
Right from the off, lead single 'Wolves Of Winter' slams into proceedings with a ruthless war cry-like anthem designed to make eardrums tremble. Having said this, however, there's now a degree of predictability about Biffy's histrionics and sonic fireworks at this point, admittedly impressive though they are. Now enjoying their newfound, inflated status as a reoccurring UK festival headline act, the band's intentions to cater to stadium-sized crowds are by no means subtle. The crackling distortion that fuelled earlier Biffy records sits unused on the side lines, however the latent energy still dwells within the jackhammer guitar riffs and thumping percussion – 'Animal Style', for instance, is surely destined to be one of the band's now sizeable arsenal of modern rock classics.
Fourth track 'Re-Arrange' bears the first foreign aspect of Biffy's often-conventional approach. Having named hip-hop artist A$AP Rocky as one of Ellipsis' primary influences, 'Re-Arrange' takes inspiration from Trap beats, although it strips them of their usual aggressive style. 'Small Wishes' also proves to be new territory for Biffy to walk upon. Being Neil's country music led interpretation on the idea of Scottish independence, Biffy looks to appeal to their devoted national fan base through lyrics stating, "I see a land, they'll never show / Cause this is not what we chose / No new tomorrows, no change of roles / We'll never reap what we sow."
Unfortunately this is as far as their originality can travel. Although the intentions for a shake-up were present, Ellipsis has basically regurgitated a handful of similar styles from various sections of their career. Retaining themes of raging drive from earlier material but managing to expose it in a far more commercial light by touching upon previous record Opposites, Biffy Clyro hasn't quite grasped the fresh sound that they perhaps set out to create. Although Ellipsis' stylistically unifying nature may in fact call a truce amongst a small section of the Biffy community, danger of artistic stagnation looms ominously overhead. (5/10)
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George FitzGerald - All That Must Be (CD ALBUM)
UK producer George FitzGerald returns with his second album, All That Must Be. A mesmeric and transportivecollection of songs that firmly establishes him as a preeminent figure in the electronic music world and a rare example of a musician capable of making the transition from club producer to album artist.
Featuring collaborations with Lil Silva, Bonobo, and Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl), All That Must Be is a richly poignant record that plots a route through the mental and physical landscape of its creator over the course of 18 life-changing months, and in doing so illuminates a more universal set of themes.
01. Two Moons Under
02.Frieda
03.Burns
04.Roll Back
05.Siren Calls
06.Nobody But You (feat Hudson Scott)
07.Outgrown
08.Half-Light (feat. Tracey Thorn)
09.The Echo Forgets
10. Passing Trains
All That Must Be
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I've recently been researching the idea of living location independent. I stumbled across this podcast called Zero to Travel before I jetted over here to Korea. This podcast is hosted by Jason Moore, a travel enthusiast, author, and entrepreneur, who has collaborated with fellow podcast dude —Travis Sherry— another experienced traveler/entrepreneur. His website is called Extra Pack of Peanuts , which focuses on budget traveling/airline deals. The duo has teamed up for a joint podcast and online community called Location Indie. In a nutshell, it's a community of people who aim to run location-free businesses. With the seemingly endless possibilities of the Internet these days, this type of work is certainly on the rise, but I would still consider it to be somewhat cutting edge.
Why go for location Independence?
As Jason and Trav can attest to, there are many reasons to strive for this location-independent lifestyle, but the main selling point is the freedom to do what so many of us love— travel. How good does that sound? Work from the road while being inspired by all the beautiful places and people around the world. It sounds too good to be true, huh? The crazy thing is that it's not.
There are many people living this lifestyle. Not only do you have the ability to trek the globe, but you also don't have to work for anyone else. That part is amazing. This concept is something I've heard many times in Jason and Trav's podcast— betting on yourself. It's such an inspiring message. Why answer to someone else when you can design your own lifestyle and be your own boss?
Still sound too good to be possible?
Just because this innovative and unique lifestyle is possible, certainly does not mean it comes without its challenges. Since I began my research about it, I have seen a recurring theme— this is HARD work. If you think about it, how could it not be? Not only are you running a business/providing a service, but you're doing it on the road. The eventual success would be the ultimate reward for not only diving in to this massive undertaking (starting a business), but doing it in an unconventional manner, while being able to see the world on your terms.
The main reason I decided to sign up for the LI community was the honesty of Jason and Trav in their podcast. They don't feed you a bunch of fluff— they tell you it's a grind. They discuss their own struggles and battles with self-doubt during the process of pursuing this lifestyle. They give you exactly what all of us want in our lives—authenticity. Although they mention the difficulties and the realities involved, it always comes back to one central point— this life is worth the effort.
In addition to the inspiration I've received from the LI community, I have been motivated by a podcast by best-selling author and entrepreneur Tim Ferriss. In this particular episode, he interviews successful filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez. In this interview, Rodriguez emphasizes the idea of going against the herd. Instead of going in the same direction, go the opposite way. Although it may be an arduous road, that is where you will find the success and happiness that we all seek.
"IT'S GOOD NOT TO FOLLOW THE HERD. GO THE OTHER WAY. IF EVERYONE IS GOING THAT WAY, GO THIS OTHER WAY."
On a similar note, a short YouTube video from entrepreneur and global businessman, Gary Vaynerchuk, has also motivated me to keep pushing for the life that I want. In this 4-minute motivational rant/speech, he discussed this ever-popular topic— what the hell should I do after graduating college? In his uberly enthusiastic and in-your-face style, Gary Vee urges those who are just graduating (or in their early 20s) to pursue massive risks during this crucial 5-year window of time. He suggests traveling to learn about the world or starting that business that you've always wanted to. This is the time to build the life that you want for yourself. You don't have the excess baggage and responsibility that comes along with a family or children. Even though you may have student loan debt or doubts hanging over you, just attack what you want despite all of that. Do it NOW.
"THIS IS THE TIME TO BE MASSIVELY RISK-ORIENTED"
Listening to people discuss these topics always lights a fire in me. Focusing on taking advice and surrounding yourself with the right people makes all the difference. That's why I decided to join the LI community. It's been liberating just thinking about going all in for this lifestyle. I can only imagine what it will be like when it's a reality. I'm hoping to use this year of teaching in Korea as a springboard to propel me towards my goal of becoming location independent and working from anywhere. I have been working on my website while consistently creating video content on my YouTube channel. I'm excited to see where this thing goes!


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Babbitt Boycotts his Boss
Posted on March 13, 2016 by Art Babbitt
Whether you're loyalist or whether you're on the verge of striking, if you're a Disney employee in early March 1941, you've got to hand it to Babbitt — this man has some serious moxy.
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Babbitt had been frustrated as hell with the FEDERATION OF SCREEN CARTOONISTS, which was the Disney company's attempt at a management-controlled union. First the company refused to negotiate with the Federation, and then the company only wanted to negotiate with the Federation under terms that served its own purposes. At no time did a conversation between the Federation and the management lead to actual negotiations. The Disney workers were not getting what they wanted – which included a clearly-stipulated pay schedule. So Babbitt abdicated his position as Federation chairman and joined the bonafide independent union, THE SCREEN CARTOON[ISTS] GUILD. The GUILD was recently successful with organizing the animators at MGM. Babbitt became the chairman of the Disney unit of the Hollywood-wide GUILD.
Gunther Lessing
Bear in mind that the common thread in all this is NOT Walt Disney himself. Walt left the mantle of these labor relations to his VP and chief attorney, GUNTHER LESSING. It was Lessing who co-formed the Federation with Babbitt. It was Lessing who condoned the suggestion to fire all the cameramen in the IATSE union.
On Wednesday, February 26, Lessing received a letter on his desk from the GUILD, dated the previous day. In summary, this letter threatens Disney with a national boycott. And it's sent directly to – not Walt Disney, and not Roy Disney but – Gunther Lessing.
Lessing immediately called Babbitt into his office looking for an explanation. "Mr. Babbitt stated that neither the Unit nor its officers or executive committee had approved the letter, knew nothing of its issuance, [and] that the letter did not express the sentiments of the Disney Unit of the Guild."
Lessing asked Babbitt if he thought this method of a boycott was fair. Babbitt replied that he didn't know what to say.
Lessing then held a conference on the same day, with other Disney management and Babbitt. And Babbitt told them exactly what he had told Lessing earlier.
Lessing telephoned Howard Painter, the legal counsel for the FEDERATION and member of its administrative committee. Lessing asked Painter what the FEDERATION planned to do "to counteract the effect of these grossly unfair tactics on the part of the Guild…" Painter pointed out that if Babbitt and his committee had nothing to do with this boycott proposal, it appears that the left hand of the GUILD doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Painter began drafting a letter ….
Then on Thursday, February 27, Babbitt told the Disney management a different story — that the boycott resolution was approved by 25 members of the Disney unit of the GUILD before the letter was mailed!
On Saturday, March 1, Painter wrote a letter sharing this exchange with the broader managerial and/or Federation officers.
And shortly thereafter, the posters appear at the Disney studio disparaging the GUILD – and Babbitt in particular. There's this:
And also this:
So now we're getting into the first week of March, 1941, and Babbitt is actively conspiring against his employer. He's a trickster, stirring the pot, and I imagine he's getting a kick out of subverting their authority.
It is reminiscent of the pranks Babbitt used to pull as a teenager in Sioux City. At sixteen, Arthur and his cohort used to sneak into the rich part of town at night and secretly switch the contents of each ice ice box that sat on every back porch. They also climbed the school's fire escape to sneak into an upstairs window, and they placed a single pool of water on every chair in each classroom.
But now that Babbitt is 33, he's trying to cut the Federation down to size through any means necessary. This marks the beginning of the "David and Goliath" story of Babbit v. Disney. It would coalesce in the weeks ahead and into 1942, and it will last the rest of his life.
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