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Milbank Announces New Utility Representative
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Milbank Manufacturing is restructuring its sales representative coverage to support the company's long-term growth strategy. Effective August 1, Milbank Manufacturing has named Bell & McCoy Power Solutions the new utility representative for its Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi territories.
"Bell & McCoy Companies has been a Milbank partner for more than 20 years. Over the last several years, they have made tremendous investments in their agency to pursue new markets and channels, and we feel their new Power Solutions utility division will serve our growth strategy well into the future," said Chris Buelow, VP Sales and Marketing, Milbank.
Bell & McCoy, headquartered in Houston, Texas, has represented Milbank in the electrical distribution channel for more than 20 years, covering Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, as well as the Memphis area. Included in the tremendous investments was a new headquarters in Houston that increased Bell & McCoy warehouse space to more than 192,000 square feet.
"Our new utility division seemed like a natural progression based on our current book of business," said Chris Coursey, President, Bell & McCoy. "The relationship we have formed with Milbank over the past 20 years has set the foundation for future, mutual growth in the utility industry."
Bell & McCoy Power Solutions is a new utility division within the agency, to be based in Houston, Texas. This new division is something that was discussed for many years, while representing several manufacturers in the utility market. Sales teams from both companies will be working with internal departments and customers to ensure a smooth transition over the next 30 days.
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The land of Frazzledom is probably familiar territory for the best of us. Everyday stresses are a constant companion, and In this semi-autobiography slash self-help guide, Ruby Wax attempts help us de-frazzle with an introduction to mindful psychology.
With a masters degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, Wax certainly knows what she's talking about. In this book, she delves into the science behind mindfulness, the interesting tidbits of neurobiology and how our brains have evolved (or entirely failed to). It was refreshing to learn about the science behind the mind in an accessible way, mixed in with Wax's little analogies and honest humour.
This book definitely taught me a lot about my own silly little brain, and though I'm well-versed in mindfulness ideology and techniques, I still appreciated the reminders and the handy little exercises Wax provides for adults and children to try. Though I didn't respond to Wax's writing style (she writes, ironically, like she's still frazzled), the content is all there. She breaks down exactly why mindfulness or cognitive therapy is beneficial, using her own life story as an example, and handily backs herself up with handfuls of scientific evidence.
Wax relates that embracing consciousness, mindfulness, self-awareness and slowing down every day to take care of our minds and body is not only fantastic for your health, but it also makes you better at life. It helps you be more productive, more motivated, more sociable and happier. It's about the importance of taking time out of our day to do something I'm sure we all want to be doing anyway: just spending time with ourselves, being ourselves and being aware of ourselves.
A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled is a very decent beginner's book for those new to the game, especially for the skeptics among us.


In this paper, a new zero voltage switching isolated buck-boost DC-DC converter with active clamp circuit is proposed. The active clamp circuit in this converter not only absorbs voltage spikes across the main switch but also provides soft switching conditions for all switches. All switches are PWM controlled which simplifies the control implementation. One of the main advantages of this converter is the that it operating can operate at high power levels while soft switching conditions exist in both buck and boost modes of converter operation. Since this converter can operate over a wide input voltage range, it can be employed in power factor correction. The experimental results obtained from a 150W prototype circuit operating at 100KHz are presented to confirm the integrity of the proposed circuit.


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EmpLaw Newsletter May 2021
The content of this newsletter is provided for general information purposes only and it is not intended to be legal or other professional advice. It should not be considered a substitute for taking professional advice in relation to specific circumstances. No responsibility can be accepted by Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. for any action taken as a result of the information provided.
Introduction – Worker status
The Uber v Aslam domino rally has begun. In Addison Lee v Lange, the Court of Appeal has refused the employer permission to appeal the EAT's decision that Addison Lee drivers are workers. Addison Lee provided private hire and courier services. Drivers were formally recruited and given training. They had guidelines on how to do the job. They leased branded cars. Each driver had a handheld computer from which jobs would be allocated. They could log on and off the system when they wanted. However, when logged on they were deemed ready to work and expected to accept jobs. The drivers' contractual paperwork said they were independent contractors, but drivers brought claims saying they were workers and entitled to holiday pay and the national minimum wage.
The employment tribunal and EAT said the drivers were workers. By signing up to the contract and hiring the car, the drivers were undertaking to do some work for Addison Lee. They remained subject to Addison Lee rules in between shifts: they couldn't alter the car branding, no one else could drive the car and they paid ongoing vehicle charges. As a result, there was an implied overarching contract between 'logging on' sessions. Even without the overarching contract, the 'worker' definition was satisfied each time the individuals logged into the app. This was because they were undertaking to accept jobs allocated to them (even though the contracts said they didn't have to). They were not running small businesses on their own account. Addison Lee appealed but were told that they would have to wait until after the Supreme Court judgment in Uber v Aslam.
Preventing the employer from arguing the point further, the Court of Appeal said that there was a contract in place every time a driver logged onto the Addison Lee app. Like Uber drivers, Addison Lee drivers are workers and entitled to holiday pay and the national minimum wage. This is the end of the road for Addison Lee and a first domino down for the gig economy fight for worker status. The courts will be hoping this decision dissuades employers from arguing the point unnecessarily and avoids the need for a costly and time-consuming caselaw domino rally.
Discrimination - compensation
Unfair dismissal – Covid-19
And finally ..
The Supreme Court handed down a final judgment in the Asda equal pay saga. In Asda v Brierley, a predominantly female group of Asda store workers are saying they should be paid the same as a group of predominantly male distribution depot workers who are paid more than them. The proposed comparators work at different 'establishments' – the claimants work in Asda stores and the comparators in Asda distribution depots. Section 79(4)(c) Equality Act 2010 says that if equal pay comparators do not work at the same workplace, then the employees must be on 'common terms' of employment to bring an equal pay claim. 'Common terms' isn't defined in law, but case law has shown that the 'common terms' test is met where:
The worker and comparator are on broadly the same (or 'common') terms of employment.
Common terms apply in general for employees across the employer's sites.
Individuals employed to do the kind of work as the comparator does, but at the claimant's workplace, are on broadly the same (or 'common') terms as the comparator.
No work similar to the comparator takes place at the claimant's workplace but, if it did, those workers would be on broadly the same terms as the comparator.
In Asda v Brierley, the 35,000 store workers were on retail terms and the distribution workers on distribution terms. Although these terms were set by different management bodies, all management was ultimately controlled by Asda's executive board, and (as was the case then) Wal-Mart governance. The store workers terms were not collectively negotiated by a trade union, but the distribution workers were represented by recognised trade union GMB in pay bargaining.
The employment tribunal said the women could compare themselves to the distribution workers on various bases, including that there was a single source of all the employees' terms – Asda's executive board – which could have introduced equality. The tribunal said their terms were similar enough to be 'common', having been set within the same employer. The tribunal also said that the comparators would have been paid on distribution terms had they been employed at store locations. The Employment Appeal Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and now the Supreme Court agreed. With no comparator class of employees at the stores, the Supreme Court said the question was whether the comparators would have been paid in the same way had they been employed in their roles at Asda stores. The Court found that the comparators would have been on distribution terms rather than retail terms. That satisfied the 'common terms' test. In future, all an employment tribunal needs to do is ask whether the comparators would be employed on the same (or substantially the same) terms if they were employed at the site where the claimants worked. If the claimants and comparators are already on broadly the same terms, wherever they work, then the common terms test will already be met.
This doesn't mean that Asda has lost the equal pay case. The claimants must now show that that they do work of equal value to the comparators and Asda can defend the claims by showing there is a genuine material factor that justifies the difference in pay. [back to top]
If an employee wins a discrimination claim, an employment tribunal will award compensation for injury to feelings, designed to compensate the employee for the hurt and embarrassment caused by the discrimination. This is on top of any financial losses that flow from the discriminatory treatment. Although Section 119 and 124 Equality Act 2010 set out that damages can include an injury to feelings award, the guidance on how to value those hurt feelings was originally set out by the Court of Appeal in a case called Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police.
The Vento case established three bands: a lower band for less serious cases, including one-off acts; a middle band for serious cases that don't justify a top band award and a top band for the most serious cases such as a lengthy campaign of discrimination. Only in exceptional cases will injury to feelings exceed the top band or fall below the bottom band. The award is compensatory rather than punitive, so its value is based on how the discrimination has affected the individual employee, rather than a judgement on the employer's behaviour.
The 'Vento' bands adjusted each year to take account of inflation. The new rates set out below will apply to claims brought on or after 6 April 2021:
Bottom band - £900 -£9,100
Middle band – £9,100 – £27,400
Top band – £27,400 to £45,600
Claims that were brought before 6 April 2021 will still have the old rates applied: lower band £900 - £8,800; middle band £8,800 to £26,300 and top band £26,300 to £44,000. [back to top]
Direct discrimination happens if an employer treats an employee less favourably than it treats others because of sex. A female employee would need to show that she has been treated less favourably than a real or hypothetical comparator of the opposite sex whose circumstances are not materially different to hers. In Ali v Capita Management, the Court of Appeal decided that a man on shared parental leave could not compare himself to a woman on maternity leave who was paid more than him. The Court of Appeal said that the purpose of maternity leave goes beyond childcare and centres around the health and wellbeing of the pregnant and birth mother. Mr Ali's claim failed because his circumstances were materially different to his comparator's. The correct comparator was a woman on shared parental leave. The EAT has recently considered a similar case, this time involving a man on shared parental leave and a woman on adoption leave.
In Price v Powys County Council, a male employee wanted to take shared parental leave so his wife could return to work. He was told he would be paid shared parental leave pay, which was the same as statutory maternity pay. Under Council policies, employees on statutory maternity leave or statutory adoption leave were entitled to enhanced maternity or adoption pay. Mr Price decided not to take the leave and brought a claim for direct discrimination, comparing himself with a female employee on statutory maternity leave and a female employee receiving adoption pay, both of whom were paid at the enhanced rates.
The employment tribunal applied Ali and said the comparators' circumstances were materially different. The purpose of statutory maternity leave was different to shared parental leave, as Ali had clearly set out. The circumstances of someone on adoption leave were also different. Adoption leave goes well beyond facilitating childcare and is designed to allow parents to take steps to prepare and maintain a safe environment for the child and time to form a parental bond. Adoption leave begins at the latest on the day of adoption, which was a material difference to shared parental leave and underlined the need for the adopter to prepare a safe environment and develop a bond with the child. The flexibility in relation to shared parental leave – which can move back and forth between parents – showed that it was designed to give parents greater choice about childcare responsibilities. Ordinary maternity and adoption leave can only be taken in one continuous block of 26 weeks which, the EAT said, showed that its purpose went beyond childcare. The EAT said the correct comparator was a woman on shared parental leave, who would receive the same pay as Mr Price.
This decision isn't surprising and follows the reasoning in Ali, applying it to adoption leave. It is welcome clarification for employers. However, it is clear that the demand for parental leave is increasing, but the lack of enhanced pay, often in the face of enhanced schemes for maternity and adoption leave in the same employer, is stopping them. This decision doesn't deal with the wider societal issue of how you create more equality between the sexes – and less assumption that women will bear the brunt of childcare - if payment for men taking parental leave is not equal to women taking other kinds of child-related leave. Food for thought. [back to top]
Reinstatement and re-engagement are potential remedies in an unfair dismissal claim. Reinstatement means the employee is put back into the job from which they were dismissed. Re-engagement means that an employee is taken back on by the business in comparable employment to the job from which they were dismissed, or other suitable employment. An employment tribunal must consider reinstatement first, and then if it decides not to reinstate the employee, go on to consider re-engagement. At each stage, the tribunal must consider whether taking the employee back on, in their previous or another role, is practicable. Practicable means re-employment is more than just possible - it means that re-employment is capable of being carried into effect with success. The Court of Appeal has looked recently at the practicability test in Kelly v PGA European Tour.
The employee had worked for the employer for 26 years, latterly as Group Marketing Director. In 2015, the employer took on a new Chief Executive Officer. Within the first couple of months, the new CEO had concerns about the employee's performance and his ability to 'buy in' to his new vision for the business. The CEO tried to negotiate the employee's exit. During this process, the employee secretly recorded meetings. When negotiations failed, the employee was dismissed without following a fair procedure. He brought claims for unfair dismissal. The employer conceded his dismissal had been unfair due to the lack of procedure. The employee sought reinstatement or re-engagement to the business.
The employment tribunal decided the employee should be re-engaged into the role of Commercial Director, China. Speaking Mandarin was an essential criterion for the role. The employer objected to this because the employee couldn't speak Mandarin and they felt trust and confidence had broken down. The tribunal noted that the employee was willing to learn and adept at languages. The trust and confidence issues weren't so serious and concerns about his performance and integrity (about the recordings) could be overcome. Reengagement to this role was practicable. The EAT disagreed and allowed the company's appeal, so the employee appealed to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal agreed with the EAT. An employer's genuine belief in an employee's lack of capability in relation to a role, or a genuine belief that trust and confidence has broken down, can mean re-engagement is not practicable. The tribunal here had substituted its own view rather than considering whether the employer's doubts about integrity and capability were genuine and rational. Reengagement to a job where the employee didn't meet the essential criteria was perverse.
Employers will be heartened by confirmation at this level that re-engagement to a role where an employee lacks essential skills, or where trust and confidence has been destroyed, is not reasonable or practicable. The Court also noted that the rules didn't require an employer to consider vacancies that had been filled by the time the remedies hearing took place, just vacancies that existed at the time of the hearing. Reemployment remedies are tricky as they necessarily follow a dismissal which is unfair. That will always have an impact on relationships. This case shows that the re-engagement remedy is limited, and in some cases, an employer can avoid it. [back to top]
Sections 100(1)(d) and (e) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 provides employees with protection from dismissal if they exercise their rights to leave the workplace or take other steps to protect themselves if they reasonably believe there is serious and imminent danger. There have been murmurings about employees using these provisions to justify refusing to work during the Covid-19 pandemic. Employers are nervous - if the mere existence of the virus creates a serious and imminent danger, regardless of safety measures taken, what is to stop all and any employees refusing to work? An employment tribunal has now handed down a judgment on this topic in Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting, giving insight into how these claims will be dealt with.
The employee had less than two years' service as a laser operator. He was one of around five employees who worked at any one time in a large warehouse-type building. A colleague developed Covid-19 symptoms and went off work. The employee developed a cough and decided to self-isolate. At this point, the employer had already put some measures in place including social distancing, extra cleaning and staggered breaks. They reiterated government advice to staff. On 29 March 2020, the employee sent a text message to his manager that he would not be coming to work until lockdown eased because he was worried about bringing the virus home to his vulnerable child who had sickle cell anaemia. He was dismissed a month later. The employee didn't have enough service to bring an ordinary unfair dismissal claim so he brought claims for automatic unfair dismissal under s100(d) and (e) Employment Rights Act which don't require two years' service.
The employment tribunal said that a reasonable belief in serious and imminent danger should be judged on what was known at the time the actions were taken. On the facts, the tribunal found that the employee didn't believe there was serious and imminent danger in the workplace – he believed there was serious and imminent danger everywhere. That said, his evidence about his fear was undermined by his decision to drive a friend to hospital the day after he left work. The message to his manager referred to coming back when the pandemic eased, not when the workplace had been made safe. The size of the workplace and real ability to socially distance also meant that objectively such a belief was not reasonable. He could have averted danger by following the safety measures and refusing to do the occasional task that overstepped them. It wasn't reasonable for him to absent himself from work when it was possible to socially distance. Nor had he taken appropriate steps to communicate his fears of imminent danger to his employer. Most interestingly, the tribunal rejected the employee's assertion that Covid-19 presents serious and imminent danger regardless of what steps an employer takes to mitigate the risk. To do otherwise would mean that any employee could rely on these provisions to 'down tools' (as the judge put it) during the pandemic. However, the judge did say that these provisions can apply to situations arising from the pandemic and every case will have to be decided on its facts.
This case isn't binding on other tribunals but gives welcome insight into how employment tribunals may construe these provisions in relation to the pandemic. The employee, in this case, gave contradictory and confusing evidence which undermined his evidence about workplace danger. The workplace was large, social distancing was possible and safety measures were already in place even in March 2020. This case shows that implementing safety measures is vitally important – it will significantly reduce the risk of 'danger' posed to staff by the virus in the workplace and therefore the risk of tribunal claims. [back to top]
The definition of disability is contained in s6 Equality Act 2010. A person is disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities. Substantial means more than minor or trivial. In Elliott v Dorset County Council, the EAT has looked at the test in relation to an employee who was only diagnosed with autism because of difficulties he was having at work.
The employee had worked for the Council for 34 years. He had agreed with a previous manager to record working hours as 9am – 5pm regardless of the hours he worked. A new manager started, with whom the employee had problems communicating. The manager started disciplinary proceedings for falsifying his hours of work. In reality, the employee was obsessive in the way he worked, habitually working late into the night. Whilst helping the employee with his disciplinary, his union representative recommended he have an autism assessment. It confirmed autism and Asperger's. Whilst he was being disciplined, a restructure was announced and the employee chose to leave employment with a redundancy package in order to avoid the proceedings. He brought a claim for disability discrimination. An employment tribunal decided that he was not disabled because the impact of his autism on day-to-day activities was only trivial.
The EAT disagreed. The tribunal had set out the law correctly but applied it incorrectly. They didn't properly identify the relevant day to day activities in the case and decide whether the disability had a substantial adverse effect on them. They focussed on what the employee could do rather than what he couldn't do or could only do with difficulty. In considering whether the effect of the disability was substantial, the tribunal had looked at what the employee could do compared with other people, rather than what he could have done had he not had autism and Asperger's. The EAT also said that a coping strategy doesn't prevent an effect from being substantial unless the strategy will always work and never break down, for example, if the employee is under stress. The EAT confirmed that the test is not a spectrum – if the employee can show that the adverse effect is more than minor or trivial then the effect is substantial. There is no need to look at the Equality Act guidance for further help if the answer is clear.
This is a case where an employee was only diagnosed with autism precisely because of the difficulties he was having at work. He left employment because of those difficulties. The EAT judge remitted the case to a fresh tribunal to decide whether he was disabled but gave a big hint that determining disability at a preliminary hearing may not be the best way forward. This case may make it harder for employers to argue that impairments don't have a substantial adverse effect. Tactically, it may be better to argue disability as a preliminary point in cases where the employee has less than two years' service and where a negative finding will knock out of the whole case. [back to top]
Directors are governed by the Companies Act 2006, which requires them to act in good faith in the best interests of the company, taking into account the interests of employees. Directors must also exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence in their duties. A director will not be liable for a breach of contract if they are acting in good faith and within the scope of their authority.
In Antuzis v DJ Houghton, the employees were chicken catchers on a farm. They worked extremely long hours and were regularly underpaid. They were not paid holiday pay and underpaid in relation to overtime. Pay was sometimes withheld as a punishment. In 2019, the High Court found that the directors were liable for those breaches of contract, as well as the company. The directors had known about the breaches of contract and had not complied with their general duties under the Companies Act. They were not acting in good faith or in the best interests of the company and induced the breaches of contract purely for financial gain.
The remedy hearing took place recently. The High Court awarded the employees the full amounts claimed for overtime, holiday pay and wages. The employees also asked the Court to award aggravated and exemplary damages. Aggravated damages are compensatory, exemplary damages are punitive. The Court said the contractual payments would not compensate the employees for the exploitation and abuse they had suffered. They awarded aggravated damages of 20 per cent of the sums awarded to the employees. They didn't award exemplary damages because of the high sums awarded in aggravated damages and the fact that there was no evidence that the directors had made more money than this by exploiting their staff.
This case is an example of how employees can use a variety of claims to seek financial compensation that is greater than the sums owed. This case was an extreme one, where the employees were treated very badly. Although aggravated damages may be rare in such cases, it is a shot across the bows for directors who flout their duties under the Companies Act. [back to top]
The silver linings to the Covid-19 cloud often involve a new sourdough habit or less time commuting. The Office for National Statistics has done a study of working patterns during the pandemic which may show some more unexpected silver linings. Unsurprisingly, the study (which looked at working patterns over the last 10 years) showed that more of us are working at home, rising to more than a third of the population during the pandemic.
Far from showing homeworking meant slacking off, the survey showed that there was an unpaid overtime boom in favour of employers during the pandemic. Full-time homeworkers did the most unpaid overtime in 2020, with an average of 6 hours a week of unpaid overtime compared to 3.6 hours a week for non-homeworkers. The study also showed that sickness levels for homeworkers actually fell during the pandemic, albeit at just under 1 per cent. There is a suggestion that this may mean people are working through periods of illness rather than taking time off, which may not always be a good thing.
Andrew Mawson of Advanced Workplace Associates has said that the data shows how much employees have embraced home working during lockdown with many wanting to retain this kind of flexibility in future. He said surveys suggest that only five per cent of employees are now happy to work five days a week in the office, from 45 per cent before lockdown. If employers can come to some sort of compromise with employees, a hybrid model of home and office working, the advantages may go further than overtime and sickness. Whether employees spend the freed-up commuting time on the sourdough starter or making an early start on work so they can do the school run, it's easy to see how a better work-life balance is much more easily achieved. Happy employees are invariably more productive, and flexibility creates loyalty. Win-win. [back to top]

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The 6 Best Heated Blankets For Your Car
By Maria Cassano
Cold commutes, overnight road trips, lunch-break naps — there are so many situations in which the best heated blankets for your car come in handy. Since they're portable and way less expensive than heated seats, you can upgrade just about any ride with cozy, body-encompassing warmth; but do yourself a favor and do some research first. Not all heated throw blankets are created equal, and not all of them are made for your car.
Whenever you're dealing with technology, the possibility of error is amplified — both on your end and on the part of the manufacturer. First thing's first: Check to make sure that your car has a 12-volt accessory socket (also known as a "cigarette lighter"), as most portable heated blankets utilize these types of ports. If not, you can find options that use USBs or no power sources at all, though those are significantly harder to find.
Next, it's really important to read through the reviews and see what past buyers have to say. All electronics are prone to burn-outs, frayed wires, and even dangerous short-circuiting, but heated blankets are known for their mishaps. The best way to avoid the aforementioned? Check to see that real customers are happy with the durability and safety features.
To make the shopping experience a little easier, I've picked out six of the best-rated heated blankets made specifically for your car — so whether you're an avid traveler, an early-morning commuter, or someone who's always cold, you can stay warm and cozy on the go.
1. The Overall Best Heated Blanket For Your Car
Trillium Worldwide Car Cozy Travel Blanket
Thanks to its soft material and automatic shut-off feature, this well-rated pick keeps you both warm and safe.
Pros: With well over a thousand reviews, the Trillium Worldwide Car Cozy blanket is definitely popular — but what makes it the best pick? For one, it's made from super soft polyester fleece, and for another, it has a timer that automatically turns off after 45 minutes for your safety. Still, reviewers' favorite feature is that it plugs directly into your car's 12-volt DC port in order to provide "nice, cozy warmth" while you're on the road. Reviewers also say it's a good investment, since it heats better and lasts longer than other blankets on the market: "So far it has lasted through two winters in Minnesota," one says.
Cons: Some find the 45-minute timer to be an inconvenience, since you have to restart the heat.
Dimensions: 58 by 42 inches
Available Colors: Red plaid, navy blue, camouflage
2. The Most Budget-Friendly Heated Blanket — And It's A Number-One Best-Seller
Stalwart Electric Car Blanket
Even though it's the best-selling option in automotive electric blankets, this pick is just $27.
Pros: If you're looking for a bargain, the Stalwart electric car blanket is it — and it also happens to be the number-one best-seller in automotive electric blankets. It plugs into any cigarette lighter (whether it's in your car, truck, or RV) and stays warm until you unplug it. Thanks to its 96-inch cord, even those in the back seat can stay cozy, and the thin-but-warm material folds up into a compact square for easy storage. According to reviewers, it "heats [up] fast and stays hot without getting too hot for comfort."
Cons: This one doesn't have a safety mechanism in place, so be sure to unplug it when it's not in use.
Available Colors: Red plaid, green plaid, black and white checkered, navy blue
3. Another Affordable Choice With Intelligent Temperature Controls
Sojoy iHealthComfort Heated Travel Blanket
Thanks to its multiple temperature options and its intelligent heating sensor, this blanket allows you to personalize your warmth.
Pros: Because most options use only 12 volts, they don't get — or stay — very warm. That said, Sojoy created the iHealthComfort blanket with multiple temperature choices, as well as an intelligent sensor for consistent warmth. It also has three possible timer options and a convenient control right on the car-adapter cord, all despite the reasonable price. "Love this blanket," one reviewer says, while another raves that it makes a huge difference when you have a "long drive to work in the early morning hours."
Cons: None yet (buyers have given this one a 4.7-star rating), but there isn't too much customer feedback as of right now.
Available Colors: Navy blue, black and white plaid, red and black plaid, brown and cream plaid
4. A Weatherproof Pick With Heat-Reflective Lining For Emergencies
Mambe Extreme Weather Blanket
Since it doesn't utilize a power source, this heat-reflective blanket is great for camping, sporting events, emergencies, and napping with the car off.
Pros: Blankets with DC-port plugs are a wonderful idea when your car is running — but what about when it's not? The Mambe extreme weather blanket has a 4.6-star rating because it keeps you warm without the need for a power source. Instead, it utilizes a heat-reflective lining to trap your body heat under the surface, which is a life-saver for emergencies, camping, sporting events, or napping in the car while it's off. Even more impressive, this blanket is 100 percent waterproof and resistant to wind, rain, and other elements. "Warm to the max and zero wind will break through," one reviewer raves. "This blanket has made all outdoor sporting events a true pleasure."
Cons: This pick doesn't utilize a power source and is a lot more expensive than most other blankets. That said, you're paying for quality and longevity, so most reviewers say it's well worth the investment.
Available Colors: Black, burgundy, charcoal, brown, forest green, navy blue, red, royal blue, plum, spice orange
5. A Set of Two Blankets For The Best Value
VaygWay Heated Car Blankets (Pack of 2)
Get two heated blankets for the price of one with this set from VaygWay.
Pros: Whether you've got two cars, two kids, or two people on your gift list who hate being cold, the VaygWay heated blanket comes in a double pack for just $50. They plug into your car's DC power outlet and are made from soft fleece that resists pilling, felting, and flames. "I often take my grandchildren to school," says one reviewer. "In the mornings it can be chilly. Children are not supposed to wear their coats while in a car seat, so I put these little blankets on the kids to keep them warm on the journey. One blanket is plenty wide enough to cover them both in their seats. I sometimes use the second one myself."
Cons: There aren't any heat dials, so you can't personalize the temperature.
Available Colors: Black
6. A USB-Heated Shawl That Isn't Just Limited To The Car
GMAYOO Heated Shawl And Pillowcase
This machine-washable shawl plugs into any USB port — and it transforms into a heated pillow in seconds.
Pros: Unlike most other portable options, the GMAYOO heated shawl uses a USB instead of a car adapter. That means you can plug it into your car's phone-charging port, but you can also power it using your laptop, charging brick, or even an external battery pack. Among its many brilliant features, this pick has a convenient zipper, a built-in timer with three options, a machine-washable flannel fabric, and a soft included case so you can transform it into a heated pillow within seconds.
Cons: This is a newer product with minimal reviews so far, so it's hard to tell how durable it'll be.
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François Hollande's last, lonely months at the Élysée
With his poll numbers at historic lows, a man who prefers campaigning to governing weighs his options for the future.
As François Hollande walks out the door of his office while | Jean-Claude Coutausse
By Pierre Briançon
October 13, 2016 5:30 am CET
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PARIS — When the president feels lonely and bored in the Élysée Palace on a Sunday afternoon, he might text a friend: "Passe me voir" — Come see me.
It's hard to turn down such an invitation. But in recent months, at least one of the recipients, a well-known figure of the French arts world, confesses he has been tempted to ignore the message.
Only reluctantly did he pay a visit to the official residence of the President of the French Republic on Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, where François Hollande had summoned him. "The atmosphere there is really gloomy," he said, asking to keep his identity private. "And it has become hard to tell him what you really think, because he seems so detached from the real world."
There are only eight months left in Hollande's first presidential term. Polls show that, should he choose to run again, he wouldn't make it to the second-round runoff in the presidential election next spring. He may not even win his Socialist Party's primary election.
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The mood at the Élysée Palace reflects his gloomy prospects. Aides are scrambling for the exit in sometimes desperate searches for more permanent jobs. At times, the Élysée blues become so unbearable that some of the president's associates help themselves through the day with short bursts of half-convinced hope that maybe — just maybe — the boss stands a chance of pulling off an upset.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who lunches with the president every Monday, seems to have no idea whether Hollande has decided if he will run. Nor do any of the ministers who have weekly one-on-one meetings with him (Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Tuesdays, Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian on Wednesday afternoons).
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The president's aides also seem similarly clueless of their boss's intentions. "Whenever we mention multi-year programs or dates beyond May 2017, there's always a slight pause that everyone around the table understands," said one. "It's the big unknown, the big untold."
Regular outside visitors are no more enlightened. Guests visiting the "Golden Salon" — the gaudily decorated room on the Palace's first floor that has served the office of every president but one since Charles de Gaulle in 1958 — on a Sunday afternoon are often peppered with questions.
They may be asked about their particular line of work, or what they think of Valls or another minister. Hollande may be interested in their opinion on one of his recent speeches, or they could be asked for their thoughts on the man the president has long considered a personal rival: his predecessor and now would-be successor, Nicolas Sarkozy.
Hollande, for his part, speaks about his presidency with the aloofness of a distant editorialist, reinforcing the impression that he is content to remain, in the words of the French academic Michel Schneider, a "disengaged spectator."
The president might think aloud, weighing the pros and cons of a possible candidacy, the opportunities and the obstacles, the hits and misses of his potential adversaries — but the ultimate impression is of a man who has yet to make up his mind. "Whenever he talks about the election, it is to comment on hypothetical scenarios in which he doesn't seem to be a participant" said a recent caller from the business world.
After an hour or so in the gold-paneled office decorated with Gobelins tapestry and lit by a 19th-century 56-lamp chandelier, the president's friends leave with a feeling they all seem to share. "When the conversation is over, you realize you have no idea what he thinks," said the caller.
Lame duck blues
Hollande has always seemed more comfortable managing an election campaign than governing. He never held executive office before becoming president in 2012 — other than a seven-year stint as mayor of Tulle, a small town of 14,000 in southwestern France. He was first and foremost a party apparatchik. After working as a junior aide to then President François Mitterrand in the early 1980s, Hollande was elected to parliament and went on to spend the bulk of his career as head of the French Socialist Party.
That's where he earned a reputation for talent at forging compromises between the party's ever-warring factions. Largely dismissed by the Socialist grandees of the Mitterrand era, he became a presidential candidate by chance, after the party favorite, Dominique Strauss Kahn, ended his career in disgrace in a New York hotel room in 2011.
In office, Hollande's performance has been widely panned as lackluster. His popularity is the lowest of any French president since polling began in the late 1950s. One of his ministers noted a few months ago, with a touch of fatalism in his voice, that "the election game and conquering power is more fun to him than exercising it."
The president wouldn't have much to exercise in the next few months in any case, as his policy agenda — at least on the domestic front — is nearly empty. The government plans no major reforms during the remainder of the president's term.
François Hollande at his desk in the Élysée Palace | Photo by Jean-Claude Coutausse
Hollande and Valls believe they "exhausted their political capital" with last spring's controversial labor law reform, said an aide. Parliament reconvened in late September, but it won't have much to do before it adjourns for its own elections in June: a bill on corruption here, a treaty ratification there, "brushing the giraffe's hair" — doing nothing — is how Roger-Gérard Schwarzenberg, the head of a centrist parliamentary group, described the MPs' agenda for the next months.
Gaspard Gantzer, Hollande's top communication guru, refutes the notion of a lame-duck president and insists that Hollande remains engaged in running the country. "Action is still the order of the day," he insisted. "The fight against terrorism, unemployment and the actual implementation of the reforms, because that's where things frequently go awry, Europe, and the fallout from Brexit, not to mention the 2017 budget, we don't lack work."
And yet, the loneliness at the top that is part of every president's job has become literal in Hollande's presidential palace. Talent is fleeing the Élysée at a higher rate than at similar moments of previous presidencies — a sign of pessimism regarding the president's political future and a reflection of his inability to inspire loyalty. "He is a cynic who doesn't show any to anyone, so why should he expect it from others?" said one disenchanted former associate.
Staff members skeptical of his reelection chances have left in droves, and Hollande has done little to retain them, seeming to accept that talent flight is part of the game, according to one aide who left recently.
The president is using his last months in power to help his advisers find new jobs, juggling appointments, arbitrating conflicting requests, and helping his ministers find good positions for their aides.
"Whenever we mention multi-year programs or dates beyond May 2017, there's always a slight pause … It's the big unknown, the big untold" — An aide to Hollande
For Hollande, politics is a world of favor-trading, noted a Socialist Party official. Asked a few years ago whether he had a position in mind for a former Mitterrand minister in search of a job, he answered with a question, according to an Élysée source who was present: "What do we owe him?" The answer was "nothing." The man is still in limbo.
Hollande's administrative Chief of Staff Thierry Lataste has become the French government's envoy in New Caledonia. His top adviser on intelligence matters Didier Le Bret has resigned to run for parliament. His economic adviser Laurence Boone left a year ago to join insurance giant AXA. The president's top military aides have also gone. Not all those who leave are being replaced, and new recruits assume that theirs will be a temporary job.
Making the case
With so little on the presidential agenda, even the hint of an electoral opening seems to have awakened the vote hunter in Hollande, who already seems to be campaigning for an election in which he may not run.
The groundwork began in the last week of September, during which Hollande gave a speech every day to diverse constituencies, hammering at the conservative candidates' ideas. In Calais that Monday, Hollande reminded his audience that, in marked contrast to Sarkozy, he had increased the number of policemen. He also promised to "definitely" dismantle the makeshift migrant camp known as "the Jungle."
On Tuesday, he gave a speech on the sciences. On Wednesday, he gave another, commemorating a 1948 mining strike. On Thursday, he addressed students and the youth. On Friday, he offered a few words on the car industry. On Saturday, he rested, but he returned to the stump on Sunday to offer a commemoration of French writer Emile Zola.
It was an effort, his aides acknowledge, that could serve as a template for the coming months. "Yes, we are going out more," Gantzer said. But Hollande's advisers are quick to dismiss any suggestion that it could be the start of a campaign. The point, for now, said one of his aides, is to highlight "the president's record."
"We're at the end of the five-year term," the aide said. "Now is the time for making our case. We did things, we reformed France, we steered it through incredible trials, and here are the results." Another member of the presidential staff is more candid: "Even if he only decides in December whether to run, it would be idiotic to wait until December to start campaigning."
When Hollande does make a decision, he won't lack for friends who "owe him" help in a campaign — even if another run at the presidency seems to be a lost cause.
Keeping his options open includes making sure the Socialist Party — or at least those in the party who still support him — slaps down would-be rivals. When former Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron was slated to deliver the keynote speech in a meeting of the so-called "European reformists" organized by his long-time ally, the Socialist Mayor of Lyon Gérard Collomb, the Élysée weighed heavily on the party's luminaries not to participate, according to Le Monde.
European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, who cancelled his participation, also called his colleague Margrethe Vestager to urge her not to go to Lyon, the paper reported.
Cloak of secrecy
Hollande himself has only hinted that he wants to run. In a speech to the Socialist faithful at the beginning of September, he talked about his plans "in the years to come." In his speech in Calais, he promised that "the Jungle" would be gone in the summer of 2017, well after his term would be over.
Last year, he asked Alastair Campbell, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's spin master, for a reelection campaign strategy and then confided to Le Monde that the campaign's main theme would emerge late, so there was no need for him to try and define it too soon.
When Hollande does make a decision, he won't lack for friends who "owe him" help in a campaign — even if another run at the presidency seems to be a lost cause. A handful of ministers — among them Environment Minister Ségolène Royal, Hollande's former partner — and a small cadre of aides, including Gantzer, have begun thinking about a possible reelection strategy, according to a person familiar with the group's work. Everything is kept under a cloak of secrecy to avoid the perception that public money is being unduly diverted to a reelection effort.
Every morning at 8:30, except when he is away, a small cadre of eight aides gathers with Hollande in the Élysée's "Green salon," next to his office, for a review of the coming day. The participants are the hardcore of the president's staff, the commando of the faithful. They include the communications chief Gantzer, Hollande's Chief of Staff Jean-Pierre Jouyet, a friend since his school days, and Jouyet's deputy, Boris Vallaud.
The participants would never admit it publicly, but these are the meetings where Hollande's political future is ironed out — where his ever more frequent speeches and appearances are weighed for their political and media impact. There is agreement that the president's public appearances must contribute to his possible campaign. The understanding is that the president's indestructible faith in his political star must not be contradicted, according to one attendee.
Hollande's hopes depend on two scenarios that are, at best, highly uncertain. First, Sarkozy must emerge as the weakened winner of a bruising primary battle to become the conservative party's candidate. Second, Hollande must win the Socialist primary, and then go on into the general election benefiting from the momentum of victory.
Of course, the opposite could happen. Sarkozy could lose to his seasoned conservative rival Alain Juppé. Similarly, Hollande could fail to clinch his party's support or a strong showing by his left-wing rivals could send him limping into the general election.
The French president, his aides report, does not seem to think these outcomes are likely. Even on this, he is alone.
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Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 2
Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 2
Reprints Wonder Woman v2 #206-217 & Flash v2 #219
Written by Greg Rucka with Geoff Johns
Art by Drew Johnson, Rags Morales
This is an odd one because it shifts away from many of the storylines centered around Veronica Cale, Doctor Psycho, and Vanessa Kapetelis. Those stories sort of fade into the background as the action here is centered all around the conflict between Wonder Woman the Olympian Gods. The story is very good, and Rucka proves he's a worthy successor to George Perez's legendary opening run. I think he actually balances Man's World and the mythological elements a little better than Perez. There's time spent on both old villains and introducing new ones in the context of this run of Wonder Woman, Diana acting as a United Nations ambassador.
For the first couple of issues, Wonder Woman deals with various problems left over from the last volume. In the background, Circe aids the Gorgons and Medusa, who wants her revenge on Wonder Woman. That first attack is a fantastic moment at the White House, where Diana happens to run into Steve Trevor. Diana is bitten by the snakes that make up Medusa's hair resulting in her losing her eyesight for the rest of this volume. All the while, Athena plots in Olympus and manages to enlist Ares into her plan to overthrow the triad of main gods: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Medusa eventually attacks the embassy, which leads to another amazing fight moment that ends in tragedy. Ultimately, there is one final battle with Medusa that leads Diana into a deal with Athena.
One giant flaw in Rucka's run, especially in this volume, is the artwork. I do not know why they gave him the artists and fill-in artists they did, but some of these issues are remarkably ugly. The artists don't seem to understand female anatomy in the slightest resulting in some comically amateurish work. The expected cheesecake poses don't come from Diana, but Circe is definitely presented as a sex object. This really isn't Rucka's doing because the writing doesn't make this a necessity. It's the artists thinking they are being cute or something? I just wish they had paired Rucka with an artist that matched the quality of his writing. Thankfully, he'd get to work with Nicola Scott when he returned to the book about a decade later, and those issues are so much better.
I think it's always more interesting for Circe to be in a position where she has lost her status. Having her slightly under the thumb of the Gorgongs makes her situation dramatically better. Especially when she's dealing with someone as volatile as Medusa, you're not sure where things are headed for her. There's also some genuine pathos given to the character as she desperately wants her daughter Lyta. I love that Rucka carries over storylines from past writers like William Messner-Loebs & Phil Jimenez. I think when a writer comes onto a long-running character and tries to start from scratch, it's a bad idea. Take the good stuff from previous runs and build on it.
Ferdinand the Kithotaur (not Minotaur because he's not from Minos) gets a fantastic storyline where he develops feelings for Dr. Leslie Anderson. When Ferdinand was initially introduced, it was a sort of a quirky joke element. But Rucka certainly had plans to humanize him and develop a fully dimensional character. His heartbreak at seeing Anderson withdraw from his flirtation reveals this isn't the first time he's experienced this. He reflects back on being considered a monster and becomes almost suicidal, volunteering to go with Diana into the Underworld because what does he have to lose at this point?
Then you have the tragic story of Peter Garabaldi, Diana's media director at the embassy. Rucka manages to make the battle with Medusa that happens there meaningful beyond just a brawl. There are consequences to this fight and Diana's prominence as a public figure, making her a target. That risk put non-powered civilians in the line of danger, and you can see her guilt in the fallout from this storyline. Rucka would have one more volume's worth of stories. I am worried that the looming Infinite Crisis event put out some of the storylines he had planned and will result in a rushed product.
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I'm autistic. I still stumble every time I say it.
A friend of mine who has known he is autistic for years has recently begun teaching me the difference between saying I am autistic, and I have autism. The latter suggests my autism is something wrong that needs to be fixed; the former reminds me that it's just part of me, one that doesn't need to be fixed or changed. I'm just fine the way I am.
I'm one of the 0.2% of women in England on the spectrum. It isn't surprising that it took years to get a diagnosis.
According to The National Autistic Society, many women and girls are never referred, as we are often able to imitate social cues, masking the problems we have in recognising them in the first place. I had never considered the possibility of being autistic before university. I had always been a shy, quiet child. I preferred to be socially-adjacent; wanting to join in and play, but not quite sure how.
During my first year of university, one lecturer tactfully tried asking if I needed any extra assistance or help getting to know my coursemates. It wasn't until a friend told me he was autistic and he thought I shared a lot of the same traits that I thought to look into it. The more I read, the more it sounded like me. Things that had been dismissed as just the typical shy behaviour of a quiet child, then teen, then adult. Still, I hesitated. What if I was just over reading into things? I first went to my mum. A mental health nurse, I thought that if anyone would know, she would. Surprisingly, a lot of things just seemed to click into place for both of us. She agreed it sounded just like me, and was surprised she hadn't thought of it sooner.
In 2011 together with my mum I approached our long-time GP with information I'd found on the NHS website, and how I met the criteria. She agreed completely, but didn't know any way for an adult to be diagnosed through the NHS and wasn't sure if there would be any benefit now I was in my 20s.
Trying to verbalise why knowing, one way or the other, if I was autistic, was one of the hardest things I've done. Inside, I knew exactly why. I just couldn't translate those feelings into words.
It took me a while, but once I was able to write down the main reasons why, my GP agreed to look into it. Around 6-8 months passed without any news. Just before the year mark, she found a potential solution, and passed along a number for us to call. Unfortunately, the practice had closed months earlier. The only alternative my GP could suggest was going private. As a recent graduate mere months into an internship, there was no way I could afford the £500+ I was quoted. Over two years since the start of my search, and I couldn't see a way to move forward. There was no NHS pathway for adults in my area, and I couldn't afford to go private. There was nothing more I could do.
A year later, my GP contacted me. A new clinical pathway had become available. She warned it could be a long, slow process, but if I provided a letter explaining why a diagnosis would be beneficial, and my reasons were deemed suitable, I could join the waiting list.
18 months later, I finally received a letter for an appointment. It was late 2016, almost 5 years since I first went to my GP.
Along with my appointment, there were several questionnaires for myself and a close relative to complete. Many of the questions were clearly aimed at children rather than adults, focusing on early development. The assessment itself took just three hours with a psychologist whose expertise lay in autism. By the end of our single session, she was able to tell me that she believed I fell on the spectrum, but I would have to wait another four to six weeks for the official written diagnosis. After almost 5 years of chasing, I felt pretty numb.
It didn't really sink in for weeks. It's a big relief to finally know some things aren't my fault; I'm not just shy or awkward or not trying hard enough. It hasn't fixed things, but it has helped lessen my own feelings of frustration with myself.