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NE window to India's Act East Policy : Swaraj
Imphal, June 22 2017: New Delhi, Jun 22 :India is working with ASEAN to evolve "regional security architecture" in the Asia Pacific with the aim of finding collaborative solutions to emerging and non-traditional challenges, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today .
Discussing various aspects of Indias strategic partnership with the powerful bloc, Swaraj said ASEAN-India trade was back on track after two years of slow growth with an increase of 8 per cent in 2016-17 .
In her address on India-ASEAN partnership at the Research and Information System, a think tank, the Minister listed terror financing, arms smuggling, human trafficking, money laundering and cyber crime as major challenges facing the region.
India and ASEAN, she added, had been working to combat them .
"India has been working with ASEAN towards evolving regional security architecture in the Asia Pacific that hinges on emphasising the peaceful settlement of disputes, finding collaborative solutions to emerging and non-traditional challenges, and support for the centrality of ASEAN."
Enhancing maritime cooperation and security had been an area of focus for both ASEAN and India, she said .
Discussing economic ties, she said the bloc had become India's fourth largest trading partner, accounting for 10 per cent of total trade .
According to Swaraj, India was actively engaged in Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations involving ASEAN and its six FTA partners, which, when finalized, would be the largest regional trading arrangement, accounting for about 40 per cent of world trade .
"After almost two years of slow growth, ASEAN-India trade is now back on track with an increase of 8 per cent in 2016-17 and with India's exports to ASEAN having increased by almost 20 per cent in 2016-17," she said .
Connectivity, the Minister felt, was a "huge enabler" for stimulating trade and investment as well as to ensure peace and stability.
"We recognise that the single most important ingredient that can make a qualitative shift in our economic engagement with ASEAN is a major boost towards infrastructure and connectivity, both within India and in the North East in particular, and with ASEAN." The External Affairs Minister said efforts were on to enhance connectivity by land, air and sea to transform the corridors of connectivity into corridors of economic cooperation .
"For enhancing digital connectivity, specific proposals have been put forward, involving the setting up of a regional high-capacity fibre-optic network, supplemented by national rural broadband networks and digital villages in remote areas."
Highlighting India's Act East policy, she said various communities of the North East share "ties of blood and history" with ASEAN countries.
"The North East is a natural partner in India's Act East Policy." Swaraj also talked about India's cultural links as well as the influence of Hinduism in some ASEAN Nations .
"Thailand incorporates significant elements from Hinduism in its architecture, arts, sculpture dance, drama and literature.
The Cham temple complex of My Son Wat in Vietnam is dedicated to Bhadreshvara, an incarnation of the Lord Shiva .
"The magnificent Angkor Vat in Cambodia was originally built as a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu .
"The Vat Phou temple in Lao PDR, Ananda temple in Bagan, Myanmar and the Borobudur Buddhist temple in Indonesia are examples of the influence of Hindu architectural principles," she said.
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BEGIN the backward stroke, raising your forearm smoothly but keeping your wrist cocked. The rod tip should move straight back, not swing outward in a semicircle. As the rod nears vertical, stop your arm abruptly.
SNAP your wrist rearward and upward forming the loop. The unrolling line should have no waves, and the loop should be narrow. Pause until the line is nearly unrolled, and then begin the forward stroke.
PUSH your arm smoothly toward the target, accelerating gradually. Stop the arm suddenly when your rod reaches the 45-degree position. Your wrist is still bent at the same angle it took at the end of the rearward snap.
SNAP your wrist forward, forming a narrow loop. As before, the snap is very short but powerful. For a soft presentation, the cast should be aimed 2 or 3 feet above the spot where you want the fly to settle.
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Can Mahathir solve Malaysia Airlines' riddle?
New investigation into Flight MH370's tragic disappearance offers few new answers, but hopes are rising the new premier can lift the sunken carrier's fortunes
An investigative report by the Malaysian government into the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) Flight MH370 – which went missing shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014 – offered few new conclusions on the Beijing-bound flight.
But certain hopes are rising that new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad can manufacture a turnaround of the beleaguered national flag carrier. The new report, released earlier this week, said that the Boeing 777-200ER plane was deliberately manipulated off course, but stopped short of apportioning specific blame.
The aircraft's transponders were shut off without a mayday call less than an hour into the ill-fated flight carrying 239 people. As the plane left Malaysian airspace, it was soon thereafter manually turned away from its flight path, veering thousands of miles off course where it is believed to have plunged into the Indian Ocean.
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He lives with his wife Ruth and their two sons, Michael and Ferdia, in Lynwood Park on Singland Hill - the site of William of Orange's encampment.
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Q: Showing Orthogonality How would I do this question..... I'm familiar with Gram-Schmidt and the basics but I have no idea how to do $a$ and $b$ in this question.

Suppose $\{\vec x_1, \vec x_2, \vec x_3\}$ is an orthonormal set of vectors.
a) Show that $\|\vec x_1+\vec x_2+\vec x_3\| = \sqrt{3}$.
b) Suppose that a vector $\vec y$ is orthogonal to each of the vectors $\vec x_1, \vec x_2, \vec x_3$.  Show that $\vec y$ is also orthogonal to $66\vec x_1 - 17\vec x_2 + \vec x_3$.

A: Problem A:
By definition of the norm:
$$\|x_2 + x_2 + x_3\| = \sqrt{\langle x_2 + x_2 + x_3, x_2 + x_2 + x_3\rangle}$$
So, we compute the inner product:
$$\begin{align}
\langle x_2 + x_2 + x_3, x_2 + x_2 + x_3\rangle &= 2(\langle x_2, x_2 \rangle + \langle x_2, x_2 \rangle + \langle x_2, x_3 \rangle)\\& +\langle x_3, x_2 \rangle + \langle x_3, x_2 \rangle + \langle x_3, x_3 \rangle\\
&= 2(1 + 1 + 0) + 0 + 0 + 1\\
&= 5
\end{align}$$
Note that the inner product of two identical members (e.g. $\langle x_2, x_2 \rangle$) is $1$ due to the "normal" part of the orthonormal collection.  Also note that the inner product of two different members (e.g. $\langle x_3, x_2 \rangle$ is $0$ due to the "orthogonal" part of the orthonormal collection.
Our result above implies that the requested norm is $\sqrt{5}$.  Note that this is different than our desired answer.  This is because the problem has a typo; it should request $\|x_1 + x_2 + x_3\|$, not $\|x_2 + x_2 + x_3\|$
Problem B:  I'm just giving a hint here.  Take the inner product of $y$ and each of the vectors, and show that it is $0$ for all three.  Recall that the inner product of two normal vectors is $0$.

A: Recall that a subset $\{v_1,\dotsc,v_n\}$ of an inner product space $V$ is orthonormal if
$$
\langle v_j,v_k\rangle
=
\begin{cases}
1 & j=k \\
0 & j\neq k
\end{cases}\tag{1}
$$
Also recall that the norm of a vector $v\in V$ is defined as
$$
\Vert v\Vert=\sqrt{\langle v,v\rangle}\tag{2}
$$
In this problem we are given that $\{ x_1, x_2, x_3\}$ is an orthonormal subset of an inner product space. To compute $\Vert x_1+ x_2+ x_3\Vert$ we use the equations (1) and (2) above
\begin{align*}
\Vert x_1+ x_2+ x_3\Vert^2
&= \langle  x_1+ x_2+ x_3, x_1+ x_2+ x_3\rangle \\
&= \langle x_1, x_1+ x_2+ x_3\rangle+\langle  x_2, x_1+ x_2+ x_3\rangle+\langle x_3, x_1+ x_2+ x_3\rangle \\
&= \langle x_1 , x_1\rangle
+\langle x_1 , x_2\rangle
+\langle x_1 , x_3\rangle
+\langle x_2 , x_1\rangle
+\langle x_2 , x_2\rangle\\
&\quad
+\langle x_2 , x_3\rangle
+\langle x_3, x_1\rangle
+\langle x_3 , x_2\rangle
+\langle x_3 , x_3\rangle \\
&= 1+0+0+0+1+0+0+0+1 \\
&= 3
\end{align*}
This proves the first part of your question. Can you use similar methods to prove the second part?

A: These two questions both concern the bilinearity of the inner product operator.  This is just a fancy way of saying that the inner product is linear in both arguments.
(Actually, if you have a complex space, the inner product is usually sesquilinear, but that is a matter for another time.)
The other important matter is the relationship between the norm and the inner product: $$\langle \mathbf{u},\mathbf{u}\rangle =\Vert \mathbf{u}\Vert^{2}.$$
So, where does this get us?
Well, suppose that $\mathbf{u}$ and $\mathbf{v}$ are two vectors. Then we get:
\begin{eqnarray}
\Vert \mathbf{u}+\mathbf{v}\Vert^{2} & = & \langle \mathbf{u}+\mathbf{v}, \mathbf{u}+\mathbf{v} \rangle \\
& = & \langle \mathbf{u}, \mathbf{u}+\mathbf{v} \rangle + \langle \mathbf{v}, \mathbf{u}+\mathbf{v} \rangle \\
& = & \langle \mathbf{u}, \mathbf{u} \rangle + \langle \mathbf{v}, \mathbf{u} \rangle + \langle \mathbf{u}, \mathbf{v} \rangle + \langle \mathbf{v}, \mathbf{v} \rangle.
\end{eqnarray}
If $\mathbf{u}$ and $\mathbf{v}$ are orthogonal, then terms like $\langle\mathbf{u},\mathbf{v}\rangle$ (the cross terms) are all zero.  You are left with:
$$
\Vert \mathbf{u}+\mathbf{v}\Vert^{2} = \langle \mathbf{u}, \mathbf{u} \rangle + \langle \mathbf{v}, \mathbf{v} \rangle = \Vert \mathbf{u}\Vert^{2}+\Vert \mathbf{v}\Vert^{2}.$$
(Note that this is Pythagoras' Theorem.)
You should be able to generalize this argument to answer your first question.
The second question can be resolved similarly, by using
$$\langle \mathbf{y},66\mathbf{x}_{1}-17\mathbf{x}_{2}+\mathbf{x}_{3}\rangle=66\langle \mathbf{y},\mathbf{x}_{1}\rangle-17\langle \mathbf{y},\mathbf{x}_{2}\rangle+\langle \mathbf{y},\mathbf{x}_{3}\rangle.$$
However, you should be aware that you are actually proving a special case of a much more general result: if $B$ is a set of vectors, and $\mathbf{y}$ is orthogonal to every element of $B$, then $\mathbf{y}$ is in the orthogonal complement of $\textrm{Span}(B)$.  In other words, $\mathbf{y}$ is orthogonal to every liner combination of elements of $B$.

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import datetime
from typing import Iterator
import uuid

import google.auth
import mock
import pytest

from google.cloud import bigquery

@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
def client() -> bigquery.Client:
    credentials, project = google.auth.default(
        scopes=[
            "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive",
            "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery",
        ]
    )
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    mock_client = mock.create_autospec(bigquery.Client)
    mock_client.return_value = real_client
    bigquery.Client = mock_client  # type: ignore
    return real_client

@pytest.fixture
def random_table_id(dataset_id: str) -> str:
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    random_table_id = "example_table_{}_{}".format(
        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
    )
    return "{}.{}".format(dataset_id, random_table_id)

@pytest.fixture
def random_dataset_id(client: bigquery.Client) -> Iterator[str]:
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    random_dataset_id = "example_dataset_{}_{}".format(
        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
    )
    yield "{}.{}".format(client.project, random_dataset_id)
    client.delete_dataset(random_dataset_id, delete_contents=True, not_found_ok=True)

@pytest.fixture
def random_routine_id(dataset_id: str) -> str:
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    random_routine_id = "example_routine_{}_{}".format(
        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
    )
    return "{}.{}".format(dataset_id, random_routine_id)

@pytest.fixture
def dataset_id(client: bigquery.Client) -> Iterator[str]:
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    dataset_id = "python_dataset_sample_{}_{}".format(
        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
    )
    dataset = client.create_dataset(dataset_id)
    yield "{}.{}".format(dataset.project, dataset.dataset_id)
    client.delete_dataset(dataset, delete_contents=True, not_found_ok=True)

@pytest.fixture
def table_id(client: bigquery.Client, dataset_id: str) -> Iterator[str]:
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    table_id = "python_table_sample_{}_{}".format(
        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
    )

    table = bigquery.Table("{}.{}".format(dataset_id, table_id))
    table = client.create_table(table)
    yield "{}.{}.{}".format(table.project, table.dataset_id, table.table_id)
    client.delete_table(table, not_found_ok=True)

@pytest.fixture
def table_with_schema_id(client: bigquery.Client, dataset_id: str) -> Iterator[str]:
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    table_id = "python_table_with_schema_{}_{}".format(
        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
    )
    schema = [
        bigquery.SchemaField("full_name", "STRING"),
        bigquery.SchemaField("age", "INTEGER"),
    ]
    table = bigquery.Table("{}.{}".format(dataset_id, table_id), schema=schema)
    table = client.create_table(table)
    yield "{}.{}.{}".format(table.project, table.dataset_id, table.table_id)
    client.delete_table(table, not_found_ok=True)

@pytest.fixture
def table_with_data_id() -> str:
    return "bigquery-public-data.samples.shakespeare"

@pytest.fixture
def routine_id(client: bigquery.Client, dataset_id: str) -> Iterator[str]:
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    routine_id = "python_routine_sample_{}_{}".format(
        now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
    )

    routine = bigquery.Routine("{}.{}".format(dataset_id, routine_id))
    routine.type_ = "SCALAR_FUNCTION"
    routine.language = "SQL"
    routine.body = "x * 3"
    routine.arguments = [
        bigquery.RoutineArgument(
            name="x",
            data_type=bigquery.StandardSqlDataType(
                type_kind=bigquery.StandardSqlTypeNames.INT64
            ),
        )
    ]

    routine = client.create_routine(routine)
    yield "{}.{}.{}".format(routine.project, routine.dataset_id, routine.routine_id)
    client.delete_routine(routine, not_found_ok=True)

@pytest.fixture
def model_id(client: bigquery.Client, dataset_id: str) -> str:
    model_id = "{}.{}".format(dataset_id, uuid.uuid4().hex)

    # The only way to create a model resource is via SQL.
    # Use a very small dataset (2 points), to train a model quickly.
    sql = """
    CREATE MODEL `{}`
    OPTIONS (
        model_type='linear_reg',
        max_iteration=1,
        learn_rate=0.4,
        learn_rate_strategy='constant'
    ) AS (
        SELECT 'a' AS f1, 2.0 AS label
        UNION ALL
        SELECT 'b' AS f1, 3.8 AS label
    )
    """.format(
        model_id
    )

    client.query(sql).result()
    return model_id

@pytest.fixture
def kms_key_name() -> str:
    return "projects/cloud-samples-tests/locations/us/keyRings/test/cryptoKeys/test"

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Prior to this, the two companies had inked a partnership deal in 2017, per which Emerson had deployed its DeltaV distributed-control system to control and monitor FIS Termoli manufacturing site. Per the fresh contracts, Emerson will incorporate additional control and measurement instrumentation in FIS Lonigo, Montecchio and Termoli manufacturing sites. Also, the company will also apply its Syncade manufacturing execution system in Termoli and Montecchio manufacturing facilities.
Emerson's new automation technologies will craft a complete electronic manufacturing environment, and enhance the quality, document control, inventory setup, regulatory compliance and efficiency of the three production facilities of FIS.
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In 1720 the kingdom of Sicily was exchanged for that of Sardinia, and the House of Savoy was enabled to call itself royal, as Kings of Sardinia. Although its name was the Kingdom of Sardinia, the main part of the kingdom was Savoy, under which royal house (the House of Savoy) the kingdom resorted. The capital of the kingdom was Turin. In 1743 the kingdom was combined with Piedmont as the Kingdom of Sardinia. When in 1796 Napoleon conquered the kingdom along with the rest of Northern Italy, the king, Charles Emmanuel IV fled to Sardinia.
During the Risorgimento the kingdom expanded to include almost all Italy. Lombardy was added in 1859. In 1860, Parma, Modena, Bologna, Marche, and the Romagna (i.e., the Papal States except Rome and Latium) were annexed by the kingdom. After the annexation (1861) of the Two Sicilies, Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed king of Italy.
French Authorities divided the occupied territories into eight "Département", each of them having its Assay Office and its own code inside the warranty mark (a number or one or two letters).
French hallmarking system was imposed introducing the same marks used in France for its "Département"
In 1809 France revised its hallmarking system and accordingly the marks of French "Département" in Italy were changed.
Also the codes of "Département" were modified.
After the fall of Napoleon the sovereignty of king Vittorio Emanuele I of Savoy House was reinstated in its territories.
After the Congress of Vienna (1815) the Kingdom of Sardinia comprised the Princedom of Piedmont, the Duchy of Savoy, the County of Nizza and the former Republic of Genoa.
These territories became in 1861 part of the Kingdom of Italy (King Vittorio Emanuele II), except the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nizza that had been transferred to France since 1859.
The hallmarking was changed again. The decimal system was abandoned and silver fineness was measured in "denari"
Torino (Turin), Alessandria, Chambery (until 1859), Cuneo, Genova, Nizza (Nice, until 1859), Novara (closed in 1829).


Efforts to reduce speed limits near schools is gaining support from all corners of the borough, as pupils at Brooke Primary School were joined by Caroline Flint MP and Cllr Rachel Hodson to listen to their concerns about road safety and traffic speed near their school.
The Don Valley MP talked to pupils about road safety and to answer questions.
RIGHT: SLOW DOWN NEAR BROOK SCHOOL PLEASE!! Caroline Flint and Cllr Rachel Hodson join pupils at Brooke Primary school Thorne and Vice Chair of Governors, Ivor Ridgill, to show their thoughts on traffic speed near their school. The pupils are, from left to right, Steffi Rogan, Alex Rushworth, Scarlett Marshall, Ellie Chapman, Jessica Redfern, Jack Swannick, Molly Hinchliffe.
Said Caroline: "The pupils had lots of questions about road safety, about when children are most at risk, and about what children could do to be safer on the way to and from school. They had certainly given a lot of thought to the risks they face, even on the short journeys they take every day.".
The pupils then joined the MP to make their views known about traffic speed near their school.


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Labour Perceptions, Labour Reality
by Ed Pypker
January 1 st 1999
In the next decade, labour unions are going to have to change. Like companies, unions operate in a competitive environment. Not only do they compete with each other but also with the growing option of remaining nonunion. In the United States, trade unions have experienced a steady decline in numbers and influence. Here in Canada, union numbers have, by and large, held their own. There are, however, signs that this level of support is under pressure. To flourish, indeed to survive, unions will need to pay more careful attention to a number of studies that suggest there are large gaps between what they are doing and what Canadians are looking for in unions.
At a recent WRF symposium, industrial relations academics, trade unionists, and business leaders considered the current labour relations landscape and explored ways in which the trade union movement could better address the service demands for unions. From the starting proposition that the responsible representation of workers should continue to be a key element of the emerging economy, the discussion also considered how unions can make themselves more attractive and effective with a growing hard-to-organize sector of the economy.
Three studies in particular helped form a backdrop for discussions at the symposium. These studies examined various aspects of industrial relations, the priorities of Canadian union leaders, and what the public believes unions should be focusing on.
Viewpoints '98 survey
The Canadian Labour Market and Productivity Centre, a joint labour-business initiative, recently published the findings of a survey of business, labour, and public sector leaders called Viewpoints '98. In compiling over 500 responses to questions relating to the economy, demographics, alternative work arrangements, and the current state of labour/management relations in Canada, the survey discovered a number of differences in both the perception of what is being done and the priority of what should be done to address issues between the various groups. It was instructive that there were gaps in the perceptions of labour and management of what was occurring in labour relations, particularly within the respondents own organization.
Beliefs about unions
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John Goddard, from the faculty of management at the University of Manitoba, summarized the findings of a survey which looked at five typical roles of unions and how Canadians viewed the effort given by unions in each of these areas, the relative success in the area, and the desired priority given to each. The five main roles discussed included:
the Economic Role—maximising the wage and benefit package;
the Workplace Democratization Role—speaking on behalf of workers in the workplace;
the Integrative Role—the orderly resolution of inherent workplace conflicts;
the Social Democratic Role—the promotion of social goals within society as a whole; and
the Conflict Role—serving as a vehicle for the expression of "class" conflict (e.g., fighting the "corporate" agenda).
While Goddard found that Canadians are highly supportive of unions in general, they nonetheless believe that unions should be putting more effort into democratization and integrative efforts. Such efforts would include "ensuring workers have a say in union affairs, finding positive solutions to conflicts that arise, pursuing grievances, enabling workers to have a say in what happens to them at work, negotiating rights and protections, and representing workers to management."
Goddard further found that "social democratic and conflict issues tend to receive the lowest mean scores. This would suggest that as a whole Canadians believe unions should be focusing more of their efforts into workplace issues rather than broader political social issues."
Merely shifting priorities, however, may not necessarily result in greater union strength. Goddard points out that respondents who favour greater focus on workplace issues are traditionally not the strongest union supporters. Likewise, traditional core union support has often come from within the more militant component of the labour movement.
Perhaps this explains the gap in what the public believes unions should be doing and what the union leadership prioritizes. And it does, in part at least, help explain the gap between business leaders and union leaders perception of what rank and file employees actually think. Clearly, business leaders are more likely to believe that things are quite all right within their own firms. In the same way, we could ask how do the priorities that union leaders focus on effect their own perception of what actually happens on the shop floor?
Canadians and unions
WRF's own Angus Reid survey of 1997, Canadians and Unions: A Survey of Current Attitudes, found agreement with much of what the Goddard and the Viewpoint study revealed. A majority of Canadians (although a shrinking percentage) approved of unions. The WRF-Angus Reid survey asked questions that related specifically to union security issues, restrictive union practises in the construction industry, and the use of dues for non-collective bargaining issues. The survey found that a strong majority of Canadians take a negative view of these practices. Furthermore, Canadians believe labour and management can work cooperatively.
Building positve relations
Can we reach any broad conclusions from this information? While these surveys should be placed in context (their findings at best reveal only general trends), they can still be helpful in confirming certain intuitive ideas and principled theories on what unions, as worker advocates, should be doing.
For years, WRF has been suggesting that the trade union movement would be strengthened if unions were to focus more on workplace issues, especially the fostering of positive, cooperative relations with management based on mutual trust and respect. These three surveys seem to confirm that this is what, in fact, Canadian workers desire. Unions that respond to this expectation will do well.,/p>
Governments and employers should, in turn, take note that the level of discontent within Canadian workplaces is greater than they believe. Furthermore, they should seriously consider amending labour laws to make it easier for workers to join unions, enabling more Canadians to deal collectively with their employer. John Goddard's study determined that "63 percent agree either strongly or somewhat strongly that governments should make it as easy as possible for workers to join unions."
Ed Pypker is a former editor of Comment. He currently serves as Director of HR at ATS (Automation Tooling Systems), and as chair of the board of the Paideia Centre for Public Theology.
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Joyce K. Deardorff
August 1, 1917 ~ August 16, 2018 (age 101)
Joyce K. Deardorff, born August 1, 1917, a resident of The Brethren Home Community in New Oxford, PA and formerly of Hanover, PA, entered into God's Eternal Care on Thursday, August 16, 2018. Mrs. Deardorff celebrated her 101st Birthday on August 1, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Clarence Jacob Nace and Florence Bowman Nace. Her husband Donald R. Deardorff passed away on April 25, 1966.
She is survived by her four children; George B. Deardorff and his wife Rebecca of Dacula, GA, Mark C. Deardorff of Hanover, PA, Randy D. Deardorff and his wife Carla of Dillsburg, PA, and Nancy J. Bross and her husband Michael of York, PA. She was also blessed with seven adoring Grandchildren, Barry Deardorff and his wife, Jana, David Deardorff and his wife Erin, Jeffery Deardorff, Ann Hickman and her husband Matt, Kammie Dunaja and her husband Jason, Nathan Deardorff and Ashley Deardorff. Eight Great Grandchildren, George III, Katherin, Blake, Fallon, Finley, Cora, Ellie and Dillan. One Great Great Grandchild, Grayson. A brother, Clair Nace, a sister Gladys Auchey and a Grandson, Todd Deardorff, preceded her in death.
Joyce was a lifetime member of Grace United Church of Christ in Hanover, PA, and was quite knowledgeable of the contents in the Bible. She enjoyed traveling and saw beauty and innocence in every flower and animal. She could be found reading several newspapers daily catching up on the latest current events throughout the world and a lively discussion of politics was always engaging conversation that she enjoyed immensely. Her delicious cooking and lovely welcoming demeanor as a hostess, was enjoyed by many throughout the years.
A loving Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and Great Great Grandmother who would do anything for her family, taught all those who knew and loved her dearly, how to accept life as it may, to be of strong character and to grow old gracefully and with dignity.
Per Joyce's wishes, a private gravesite service for family members only will be held at Rest Haven Cemetery, in Hanover, PA. Those wishing to honor her remembrance, may do so by making a contribution to the Guthrie Memorial Library – 2 Library Place, Hanover, PA 17331 or to the York County S.P.C.A. – 3159 Susquehanna Trail, York, PA 17406.
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Dskillz Harris x Black Chakra: Liberated Scarfaces
Photo courtesy of DBL
Two members of the Hip-Hop collective Down By Law teamed up for a project that pays homage to 90s Hip-Hop. Emcees Dskillz Harris and Black Chakra released a 13-track album titled "Liberated Scarfaces" that is part Mos Def, part Wu-Tang Clan, part Mobb Deep, and part MF DOOM.
Liberated Scarfaces features appearances by Trai Blessed, Lil Webb, Miclopedia, Snick Foley, Quay TheLyricist, Bito Sureiya, and J. Powell. The album is produced by Trai Blessed, Sav, Rod Da Blizz, D.M.D., The Abstract Beatmaker, Pharwh, and Dskillz Harris himself.
The Real Hip-Hop spoke with Dskillz Harris and Black Chakra about their affinity for 90s Hip-Hop, the friendly competition between the two in the booth, and their new album, Liberated Scarfaces.
TRHH: Why'd you call the new album Liberated Scarfaces?
Black Chakra: The album works as an ode to 90s Hip-Hop. It's basically some of the sounds that built my style, and helped build Skillz' style, and my love and appreciation. So, because of that we wanted a very 90s Hip-Hop title and Incarcerated Scarfaces, which both of us really love that song from off of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx — the purple tape — kind of the thought behind it was like what if the people listening to that who grew up are now Liberated Scarfaces? What if the people who heard that are now free because of the years of listening to Hip-Hop?
So, I always thought that was a great idea like, there's nothing that can hold us now, we're not chained, the scarfaces is free, which is like a much more frightening thought. But also, I think in the album we try to give hella Raekwon/Ghostface energy, hella Mobb Deep energy. We tried to combine every 90s sound we could. A little bit of Mobb Deep on there, it's a little bit of Black Star on it, it's a little bit of Rae and Ghost on there. So, just basically an ode to the 90s and what Hip-Hop was like and our appreciation for it is kind of how we came up with the name.
TRHH: That was definitely something I got listening to Liberated Scarfaces. You guys pay homage to classic Hip-Hop, but was that the plan or did you just start making songs and it turned out that way?
Dskillz Harris: That was definitely the plan.
Black Chakra: That sound is mine and Skillz' sound. Me and Skillz, we are modern boom bap rappers not unlike Griselda is today. It's not like we exist alone, RJ Payne, there are several rappers who still have the boom bap sound. So, for us doing an album that was like a 90s ode it just felt like the most natural thing to do.
TRHH: So, what was the process like recording Liberated Scarfaces?
Dskillz Harris: Basically, the whole idea started after the first DBL. So, we're the Liberated Scarfaces but we're also in the Hip-Hop collective DBL — Down by Law, mainly based in Baltimore, we also have members in New York. The first group album which came out a couple years ago was called "Rappers are in Danger" and the response that people gave us from that, a lot of people liked the album, especially on the east coast. People were like, "Okay, this is dope," but they wanted to see what me and him would do.
It's only right and we record a lot together anyway, so it was like, okay, let's see what we can make together. We of course feature on each other songs, but this is our first tape together and it was just the process of like every time we link let's knock out 2-3 songs. We had a version of the tape that is different from this version and it was very much so complete, but I felt like we could take it higher and we're very much so pleased with how this current version is.
Black Chakra: Yeah, the first version was a decent EP, this version I think is a great Hip-Hop album. The difference; Skillz got mad and got mad skills, so it was ridiculous, it was ridiculous. I went from rapping just going off every song to like fighting for my life track for track. People talk about the quality of music in the 90s, I think that there were still conscious rappers, I think there were still gangster rappers, I think the 90s had all the elements of Hip-Hop that Hip-Hop has today. The difference was it was a competitive time. Remember, every cartoon station like Fox, CW, all them were competing with television shows, cartoons, toy companies were competing, and rappers were the same.
The 90s was a very competitive era and it's just basically whenever somebody picked up a pen they were trying to be nicer than the next nigga. That's what kind of happened on this album, like I found myself reaching deep to pull out certain type verses and of course we were still working with DBL, the bigger group while we were recording the album. So, it's like this consistent competition to be like the best writer which produces something great for the listener.
TRHH: You say Skillz was mad; is that in reference to going in the booth, or was it something else?
Black Chakra: Something happened in his personal life and after that happened, listen, man, I saw the difference. I saw the difference. And the next time I went to record with him I was like, "Oh shit. This ain't an album no more, this is a heavyweight bout." It was fun. It was great writing. He's an incredible lyricist and his ear for Hip-Hop I think is why the album sounds as good as it does.
TRHH: Is that how you feel?
Dskillz Harris: Yeah, I felt like it was like when uncle Ben died. If you read Spider-Man it was like that. So, you can hear the difference, too. Those who know, know but if you really listen to just the difference in certain deliveries and the cadence switches, it's different. But you can tell kind of in the production, too, because I produced the majority of the tape. The first half of the tape it's a point where it's like I'm doing mainly the production and I'm rapping with Chakra, but Chakra is clearly leading the race. Then it gets to a point where it's like I'm going crazy like out of nowhere. I would say that the change starts with my second verse on "In the Heat of the Night." Matter of fact, probably "Makin Money Like Mitch.
Around that time whatever happened clearly put an extra battery in my back. And the reason why this works right is because we're both two very different emcees with two very different voices. We rap, but the thing is that we both love Hip-Hop and we also both want to be the very best. We want to put together the best projects, want to put together the best rhymes. If we're gonna do it we're gonna do it at a high level. But when this thing happened it put a hunger in me I've never had before and it's like I go from a point where I'm rapping, to like I'm rapping like my life's on the line, basically. So, there's like an intensity and like a focus switch that happened that's still going on right now. I got an album coming out in January called Raw Raps.
Black Chakra: I got an album coming out in December because I had to outdo this nigga [laughs].
Dskillz Harris: Basically, Chakra was gone at some poetry events for like a weekend and when he came back we did a photo shoot. After the photo shoot I switched out the CD's for Liberated Scarfaces that was in the car and then I put in the new CD and he's listening to it and he's like, "Yo, what is this?" I'm like, "This is my new album." He's like, "We just did a new album, what you mean you got a new album?" I did this new album in two days basically, and it's just it's ridiculous.
Black Chakra: It's sick! If you could have seen my face, brother, when I was like, "Nigga, what you mean you got a new album? I was gone for two days." He said, "That's when I recorded it," and I was like, "Oh, this nigga is on a different earth than me." We're not on the same planet no more. And like he said with the styles, we definitely bring like two different spectrum's of Hip-Hop lyricism I'm on some like Gravediggaz/Big L type shit. Skillz be on some like Mos Def/Ghostface type shit and it just works.
It just works because what we bring to it is skill, different perspectives, the verbal theatrics and gymnastics that we tend to put on songs. I go back and listen to it and it just makes me a bigger fan of him, really. Listening to the album just makes me more of a fan of him. I think it's actually the best Hip-Hop project I've done. It ain't the best Hip-Hop project that he's done, that's his next album, that shits incredible.
Dskillz Harris: I appreciate you, bro and I feel the same way. That's the thing too, with this style of music that we do people don't really expect certain things, which is why we did a record like Tylenol. There's some sort of belief that primarily boom bap rappers can't rap on trap beats and it's like, if you can rap on a boom bap beat of course you can rap on a trap beat. It's easier to hide behind the beat, but on a boom bap beat things are slower, there's more emphasis on your lyrics. So, if we are in situations where we're constantly put in a place where we have to show whether or not we can spit, when the beat is more so the emphasis now why would we not be able to do that?
Black Chakra: Exactly. They be talking about them bum ass boom bap niggas when they say shit like that. They exist. It's the bum ones and they really just be talking about them like, "Oh, they can't spit over trap beats that's why they do boom bap." I'm like, "Yeah, we not them, bro. Like, we can rap." We choose this sound because when you're doing lyricism the focus is on the writing of this. I could show you off the flow, I could show off my beat maker, I can make you dance, no, the focus of this is lyricism.
Boom Bap and the type of old school 90s style beats, they lend themselves to that style. Because the beat is a simple rhythm, a simple loop for you to just ride on top of. The star is the lyrics and I think that's what me and Skillz are fans of predominantly. That being said, if a nigga call me for a fast rap song I'm not gonna be sitting there like, "Oh no! What do I do now? "It's like no, bro. Yeah, I got you. I got you there, too." It's not hard to rap on a hi-hat/snare it's just multis with less breaths.
Dskillz Harris: We put in those 10,000 hours. I had somebody ask me one time because they work with somebody that's underground but they're in the mainstream, right. So, he was like would I be nervous to rap with that person, I was like, "No," and they were like, "Come on, you wouldn't be nervous?" No. One, I feel like we were born to do this, two it's like yo, do y'all see who I rap with? Yo, I rap with Chakra all the time. Chakra is being extremely modest right now but Chakra is a multi-national champion for poetry. So, if I'm riding with someone who has an undisputed top tier pen and I have to rap with that level of a writer every day, I'm not going to be nervous to rap with anybody. That doesn't mean I'm going to take anybody lightly, but that means I know better than to take someone lightly.
Because me and you both don't want to have a wack verse. Nobody wants to have the wack verse. That's the worst thing in the world when you're on a posse cut or you're just on a song period and people skip past your verse. Or once they get to your verse they don't want to hear it no more. So, if I'm always in a position where I got to bring it every single time, what would make it different then? Definitely, bro, iron sharpens iron. You definitely help me push my pen, bro. A lot. You've helped me push my pen a lot, bro, and I want to thank you again. When that thing happened, yo, it just put a battery in my back and it introduced me to a hunger I didn't know existed verbally.
TRHH: Dskillz, you produced a few songs on Liberated Scarfaces. Is this your first foray into production?
Dskillz Harris: No, I've been producing for a minute. I kind of put it down once I got into college. I jumped in the Baltimore scene around 2016. I produced the majority of the collab project Sketches of Pain that I have with J. Powell. I've produced different singles for Chakra, I've produced a tape basically for Miclopedia. I've been producing for a lot of people in the last two years or so. When I first started rapping I started producing around the same time because it's like you're just a rapper and you're not in a group yet or you're not in the scene, you're probably not gonna know any producers.
So, it's like, alright I might as well get into making beats. But I grew up always around music. I come from a musical family. I'm related to Ms. Tiq who toured for seven years with Vaughan Mason & Crew, so, I've always been around music. My cousin is no longer living, Sir Andre, he used to play with B.B. King and mad other musicians like that. So, music runs in my family, but as far as getting this deep into production, definitely I fine-tuned it more so with this project. I produced the first track No Place Like Home, I produced the second song Tylenol, I produced Shane, RNM, and then the cypher — track 13, 8 is Still Enough, which is a shout out to Big L.
TRHH: What's in your production workstation?
Dskillz Harris: I mainly use FL. I chop in FL. That's what I mainly use. I mean, I have Reason on my laptop also. Back in the day I first started making music on Audacity. That was a very long time ago. I've used Audacity, then after that I was using Cool Edit, which I'm pretty sure is Adobe something now. I think it's called Adobe Premiere. I mainly use FL. My friend EL Summers who did the majority of the mixing and mastering on Liberated Scarfaces, I just came back from Atlanta, while I was down there he gave me a portable turntable. I have over 1000 records upstairs, but basically, I can use this to play 45s, 33s and others. I just gotta plug this into the computer and then I'll be able to sample straight from the records into the computer.
TRHH: Okay, what were you sampling with before? You were just using MP3s?
Dskillz Harris: Yeah.
TRHH: Okay, my favorite joint on the album is "Nas & AZ." Take me into the creation of that song and why did you choose that title?
Black Chakra: Thank you. Skillz and me are very, very much fans of this art form. One of the things we're fans of is letting titles come naturally. We don't usually be like, "Oh, I wanna make a song called this," and then just make the song. The beat had this 90s AZ or Nas feel. We couldn't figure out which one. He was like, "Yeah, this some Nas and AZ type stuff." And once he said it was that, I was like, "Oh yeah, both of us gotta hop on this now." Which is one of the reasons you'll hear my flow is a lot calmer on that song, trying to be as smooth as like an AZ or a Nas because of that concept. When it comes to writing the verses what I've always liked about emcees like AZ and Nas is that you can be conscious, hood, hyper-real, while being hyper-violent at the same time. So, for me, writing my verse was me trying to channel all that — the smoothness, the intellect, and it was fun to write. It was great to record. Listening to it after it was done, it was one of my favorite tracks when we first recorded it.
TRHH: "Love" is a song that had a different vibe from the rest of the album; Why did you choose to speak on love over that beat?
Dskillz Harris: So, we did an interview and part of that interview that we sampled is at the end of Shane. I sampled a part of that interview where I was basically saying that, true story, we were in the car on the way to that interview and I was telling Chakra this album is basically The Infamous mixed with Black on Both Sides. That's another nod to Hip-Hop history — we made that track number three because on Black on Both Sides track 3 is Love. That's one of my favorite Yasiin Bey songs also known as, Mos Def. We were done with the album and I was asking EL Summers, who produces and is from Baltimore, what do you think the album needs? He was like, "Yo, probably some outros and intros," but he was also like, "Yo, y'all need something for the women." And I was like, "Word, you're right." This is like our version of Only Built, right? And that's the basis of it. Our main inspiration for this was Only Built because for me and him Only Built is one of the best Hip-Hop albums ever made. So, I was like all right, what makes it one of the best Hip-Hop albums ever made? It has something for everybody. They did have records for the women, too, they had the Wisdom Body joint and the Ice Cream joint.
As far as that beat goes, Pharwh he produced "Pizza and the Juices" on the first DBL album, produced a couple other cuts on there, too. He had sent me like 40 beats like a day or so before we had the session and when I heard that beat I was here hanging out with Trai Blessed. When I turned the beat on the hook came to me automatically. I was like, "All right, okay. Im'ma lay this hook down." I flipped the original hook by Yasiin Bey, and then I made my verse, put the hook back on it, then Trai put his verse. We was like, "Yo, we gotta push Chakra on it." I was like, "This definitely adds more to the album," and once again we're doing things that people don't really expect people in our genre to do or people that make the type of music we make. Because there's stereotypes about extremely lyrical rappers, they feel like rappers like that don't make hooks. It's quite a few hooks on there. So, it was just another thing to get outside of the box that we're expected to be in, and it's important to show love to the earths, too. So, it was just a lot of different things that went into the creation of that track.
TRHH: What do you hope to achieve with Liberated Scarfaces?
Black Chakra: I've been rapping for a very long time. Spoken Word started paying the bill for me about seven or eight years ago, so I started doing that predominantly, but I've been rapping for a very long time. During quarantine was when I decided I can get back in the booth. I've got the bars, I never lost my ability to rap, I just wanted to do this with a group effort. I've always wanted to move as a group. When I was younger I was in a rap group but we didn't have the notoriety, the understanding, the studio time. Once we started getting all those things it started to crumble. What you often find is there are people who wanna be rappers, but they don't wanna be rappers, you know I'm saying? It's a couple guys that wanna come to the studio, they wanna drink, they wanna smoke, they want to fuck around on a beat or two, but when it comes time to "Yo, y'all ready to book some shows, y'all ready to go perform this, y'all ready to master this song, y'all ready to meet up, practice, and go over all this?" Nah, they not with none of that and I got annoyed by that because this group thing works.
If Wu-Tang shows me anything it works. A simple math equation I do is if there are six of us and six of us sell 10 tickets that's 60 people at one show. And now each one of us have just made 50 new fans and if 10 out of the 50 fans we just made invite two people we can just keep a revenue and a fan base going. I remember watching Straight Outta Compton because I've had this belief for years, when Straight Outta Compton came out I was like, "Exactly!" Boys N the Hood came out, Eazy E blew up, but when it was time to do concerts he wasn't like, "Oh it's me, Eazy," he's like no — Boys N the Hood Eazy E is a product of N.W.A. N.W.A is Eazy E's group.
So, the show is the group, I don't have to perform for myself. Also, it makes writing easier. Where you would write and perform a whole album, all you got to do is memorize like 10 sixteens and let everybody else have verses on the tracks. It's just an easier thing to be in a group. As I'm older I wanted to come back to Hip-Hop with a purpose, so, what I hope for the album is to shake some underground trees. I never cared to be Jay-Z or Eminem or this big rich person, I just wanted to be known as one of the most elite lyricists. So, this is the type of album I'm hoping gets the attention of certain people, scares a couple of rappers, and gets some underground heads listening. I'm very much interested in being Skyzoo as I know Skillz is very much interested in being MF DOOM.
Dskillz Harris: Yeah, you ain't lever lied, yo [laughs]. But yeah, I fully agree with that. I just want to put people on notice, man. This is the shape of things to come as far as the future of DBL, as far as the future of Liberated Scarfaces. I think this is definitely a great first foot forward towards where we're headed with this music thing. I definitely feel like we put a lot of love, time, and effort into this and we're getting a lot of love back. People are definitely rocking with it in Baltimore and outside of Baltimore. So, it's more where that came from, you feel me?
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ItalJet Dragster 125- 2000
ItalJet founder Leopoldo Tartarini was a pilot, and later a factory racer for Ducati. When an injury prevented him from competing in the top ranks, he still had a year on his contract with Ducati; a huge publicity tour was undertaken – the Ducati World Adventure in 1954. This 37,282 mile trip was far more harrowing and adventurous than he had imagined, involving illness, bar fights, robbery, imprisonment under a mistaken identity, and climactic challenges. Upon completion, Tartarini established ItalJet.
Italjet has been making scooters, motorcycles, and now electric bicycles since 1959, with over 150 designs to their credit. Their earmarks include "creativity and innovation, design and technology, eclecticism and discipline, and sophisticated models throughout motorcycle history." The ItalJet philosophy is "to create stylish products with a strong personality; to innovate and anticipate the public's taste and fashion, while staying one step ahead of the competition." In 1980, MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art in NYC) added an ItalJet PACK 2 to their permanent collection – their only motorized two-wheeler, while the Guggenheim included a Formula 50 LC in The Art of the Motorcycle exhibit. The Formula 50 LC has won Scooter of the Year awards 4 times in 3 countries.
The Dragster seen here is a mid-range 125cc model; a 50cc and 180cc were also offered, but differed only in power. All models offered flamboyant styling, a stiff, visible Ducati-like tubular structure, automatic "Twist and Go" transmission, ample storage, BiMota-style hub-center steering with a beefy front swingarm, disc brakes, wide tires, and a water-cooled, electric-start single. Out of production for over a decade, the scooter has a large cult following and substantial aftermarket support. Malossi, in particular, offered many upgrade parts for the 125.
Sr. Tartarini, third generation, was quoted as saying about the bike, "This scooter is not for pragmatists, but is a good choice for exhibitionists!"
Manufacturer: ItalJet Moto
Drivetrain Configuration: Mid-engine, rear-wheel drive
Engine: 123.54cc water-cooled single, 14.5 HP
Transmission: "Twist and Go" automatic
Weight: 120 kg (265 lbs.)
Top Speed: 70 MPH
Number Produced: Unknown
Original Cost: $3900 USD


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Why are the regulations changing?
These standards take effect from 1st January 2016 and are being introduced following a comprehensive review, including a public consultation, undertaken by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) over a prolonged period in 2008-2009 which examined the current legislation, policy and practice relating to the use of agricultural vehicles on public roads.
The current regulations are in place for more than half a century during which time agricultural vehicles have become bigger, faster and more powerful, and their use has been expanded to include a wide variety of tasks outside the scope of the current regulations.
Agricultural vehicles are now widely used on our roads; they are generally constructed to very high standards and it is important that the regulatory regime reflects the developments in agricultural vehicle technology and requires them to comply with recognised vehicle standards in relation to a number of key safety areas, i.e. braking, suspension systems, tyres and lighting as well as the weights for which they are designed.
The majority of correctly maintained tractors already in use comply with the revised standards being introduced. Those that do not comply are likely to need only minor remedial works carried out such as fitment of a flashing amber beacon and/or a replacement manufacturer's plate indicating their design axle weights and maximum permitted towable masses.
Trailers already in service will also be able to continue in use, but, due to varying construction standards, some will need remedial work carried out if they are intended to be used at higher weights and at speeds of more than 40 km/h.
Tractors and trailers operating at higher speeds and weights will also be required to be appropriately plated and speed rated.
A summary of these standards is as follows:
Braking – More powerful braking systems will be required for agricultural vehicles operating at speeds in excess of 40km/h. Most of the correctly maintained tractors which have come into use in the past 30 years already meet these requirements. Detailed information on these new standards can be found on our dedicated agricultural vehicle 'Braking' webpage.
Lighting & Visibility – Agricultural vehicles will need to be equipped with appropriate lighting systems, flashing amber beacons and reflective markings. Detailed information on these new standards can be found on our dedicated agricultural vehicle 'Lighting & Visibility' webpage.
Weights, Dimensions & Coupling – New national weight limits are being introduced. These will enable tractor and trailer combinations which are unplated to continue in use at limits which are safe for such vehicles, i.e. combinations of agricultural tractors and trailers, where either of them is unplated, will have their maximum towable mass capped at 3 times the tractor's unladen weight.
Plated tractors and trailer combinations will benefit from being able to operate at higher weight limits of up to 24 and 34 tonnes for tandem and triaxle agricultural trailers respectively that meet certain additional requirements:, i.e. they must be plated, they must be fitted with a flexible suspension system, they must be fitted with flotation tyres for operation at 10 tonnes per axle in the case of a tandem axle trailer or 9 tonnes per axle in the case of a triaxle trailer, and finally they must be fitted with a steered or steering axles if they have an axle spacing of 1.8 metres or greater.
Exemptions from compliance with the revised national weight limits are being provided for certain types of interchangeable towed equipment such as slurry tankers, manure or fertiliser spreaders and grain chaser bins.
Detailed information on these new standards can be found on our dedicated agricultural vehicle 'Weights, Dimensions & Coupling' webpage.
Plating & Speed Rating – Trailers operating at weights exceeding 19 tonnes or at speeds exceeding 40 km/h will require fitment of both an authorisation (i.e. a national weights and dimensions plate) and a speed disc. Detailed information on these new standards is available on our dedicated agricultural vehicle 'Plating & Speed Rating' webpage.
If you are unsure as to whether your vehicle or vehicles comply with these revised standards, we recommend that you contact the vehicle manufacturer or one of their authorised distributors for advice. A comprehensive booklet entitled "Revised Standards for Agricultural Vehicles" has been prepared which contains practical advice, including tips on achieving compliance with the revised standards. A series of short videos has also been prepared, which bring to life the content of the booklet. These can be viewed by clicking here.
Breach of the new Regulations may result in a direct summons to court, whereby on conviction, courts may impose a class C fine (up to €2,500), a prison sentence or both on both the person who commits the offence and on the owner of the vehicle.
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Student attendance rate by Aboriginality and year level (2012-2019)
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Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments of Aboriginal students by SA4 groupings...
Data Notes: Data is collected mid-year for government schools only. Students in Distance Education and Opportunity Classes (OC) are included with their appropriate grade...
Proportion of NSW Aboriginal students in the top two NAPLAN bands for reading...
The National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests are conducted in May for all students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. NAPLAN results are reported...
Proportion of NSW Aboriginal students at or above the NMS for reading and num...
The National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests are conducted in May for all students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The national minimum standard...
Government school student attendance bulletin (2012-2019)
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The former rectory of the town of Estinnes-au-Mont (pop. 2058) houses today the town museum of Rural Traditions and Early Crafts. According to a symbol at the door, this whitewashed building dates back to 1786. The Museum offers to its curious visitors a remarkable collection where typical furnishings and early crafts rub elbows in an assembly of more than 5000 objects. Tools and utensils, made sacred by the toil and suffering of Man here turn into the useful and essential extension of the hand. Upstairs, one discovers the Danneau Room, dedicated to the hat trade, as well as the "Froissart Area", dedicated to the famous chronicler of the Middle Ages who was the Reverend of Estinnes for 10 years. The structure of the "attic" is also worth a visit. To discover behind the building the "Garden of the Reverend", an open passage onto the airy expanse of "la Muchette", made up of an amphitheatre and two hangars which shelter a typical agricultural cart.


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Edward Harris (7. září 1799 – 8. června 1863) byl americký farmář a ornitolog.

Harris se narodil jako syn farmáře poblíž Philadelphie. V roce 1824 se setkal s ornitologem Johnem Jamesem Audubonem, s kterým se blízce spřátelil. Přispěl mu také finančním obnosem na vydání slavné knihy Birds of America a účastnil se dvou jeho expedic. První se konala na jaře 1837 v Mexickém zálivu, druhá v roce 1843 podél řeky Missouri.

Audubon po něm pojmenoval káni Harrisovu.

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The first step in the systematic study of policy instruments, as in any other similar endeavour in the social sciences, is the establishment of an inventory of the dependent variable. While there were many scholars who had looked at specific tools in the past (such as Cushman's 1941 study of regulatory agencies which was often cited by early students of the field), the first efforts to systematically define the range of possible instruments which could be used in a policy design originated in the post-World War II planning exercises undertaken by the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Europe.
Key figures in this research included Nobel Prize winning development economists such as E. S. (Etienne) Kirschen and Jan Tinbergen, who published groundbreaking studies including Economic Policy in Our Times (1964) dealing with the instruments for economic policy they had viewed in operation in the process of post-war European reconstruction. One of the first inventories of instruments was Kirschen et al.'s (1964) identification of well over forty different types of implementation instruments then prevalent in European economic policy-making activities, ranging from public enterprises to various forms of government procurement and tax incentive and subsidy schemes. Such studies were followed by many others examining the instruments prevalent in other areas, such as banking and foreign policy (Hermann 1982), adding to the list tools such as interest rate determination and other monetary and fiscal tools. These were pathbreaking studies which, although they did not make any distinctions between general implementation preferences, policy mechanisms or calibrations, and very often confused implementation tools and instruments used at other stages of the policy process, laid the groundwork for such future refinements by providing the raw data required for later classification efforts.


On today's podcast, Bronson Jacque of Postville took gold at the Canada Powerlifting Nationals. We'll find out how he's feeling about it all. Nunatsiavut Government has a new program to connect people with lost loved ones who were taken from their homes because of tuberculosis never to return. We'll speak with the province's Environment Minister about why the province still wants more feedback on the idea of a plastic bag ban. We're going to find out why Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador is calling on residents and business to tell the province that single-use plastic bags should be banned once and for all.


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Ultimate Avon Valley family weekender
Only an hour from Perth, the Avon Valley packs the sights and escapism of a country getaway into a single weekend.
By Michael Wayne
Western Australia is the nation's road trip capital. Delights and surprises of every kind are spread across more than 18,500 kilometres (11,500 miles) of carriageway, and some of the state's most charming treasures can be found within easy reach of the capital.
Just an hour east of Perth, the Avon Valley boasts natural beauty, grand history, dynamic art and eye-popping views in a loop you can traverse in a very relaxed two days with the family in tow.
Day 1: Perth to Northam via York
PUBLIC Silo Trail, Northam, Western Australia © Bewley Shaylor, 2015
For a different viewpoint of Northam's silos, take to the skies on one of Windward Balloon Adventures' hot air balloon rides. Even if heights aren't for you, a sky full of colourful balloons set against Northam's bright yellow canola fields is an unforgettable springtime kaleidoscope.
Drive time: about 2 hours
Heading east out of Perth along the Great Southern Highway, it doesn't take long for the cityscape to give way to the vast Western Australia countryside. In an hour and a half, you'll find yourself among prominent, lovingly restored Victorian and Federation-era architecture in York, Western Australia's first inland European town.
The first British settlers arrived in the area in 1831 on a quest for fertile farmland to support the fledgling Swan River Colony. What they found reminded them of the Yorkshire countryside, and today it's not that different. York's lush, scented English gardens, heritage walking trails, and quirky assortment of museums, cafés and antique shops make for a picturesque pit-stop. It's also an ideal weekender in its own right, with a variety of farm stays and elegant bed-and-breakfasts options.
Stock up on lollies for the road at the charmingly rustic Penny Farthing Sweets before heading north. In just 25 minutes you'll reach Northam, Western Australia's largest inland town. Its central location, plentiful accommodation and dining options, and lots to see and do, make Northam the ideal base for exploring the Avon Valley.
Northam is also the gateway to the Western Australian Wheatbelt, where in 2015, a row of eight grain silos on the edge of town became the canvas for Australia's first silo mural. It began a movement that spread across the Wheatbelt, with the PUBLIC Silo Trail now ending in Albany.
If you would like to explore the area by water, the Avon River flows through Northam and offers canoeing and white-water rafting, as well as wildlife like white swans.
Northam contains 185 heritage-listed buildings, some dating back to the pioneer era of the 1830s. One of these, the historic town pub, has been transformed into the Farmers' Home Hotel, an upmarket wine bar, café, and luxury hotel, all wrapped in a heritage frontage meticulously restored to its original 1866 glory. Stop for a drink at the cheekily named Temperance Bar or take a break at the café, which backs onto the Avon River.
Just down the road at the Bilya Koort Boodja Centre, you can also explore the rich, ancient culture of the local Nyoongar people. State-of-the-art interactive and interpretive exhibitions immerse you in the Aboriginal experience pre- and post-European settlement, and have been developed in consultation with the land's traditional custodians.
Stay: Many charming historic cottages in and around Northam have been given new life as stylish holiday rentals, including Salty Cottage, which has ample space for the whole family. Or if you have longer, break up your trip and soak up history with a night in York's most majestic – and eccentric – B&B, the historic Faversham House. A grand nine-bedroom estate that dates back to the town's earliest days, Faversham regularly hosts weddings, parties and even murder mystery dinners.
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Day 2: Northam to Perth via Toodyay and New Norcia
Butterly House, Toodyay, Western Australia © Tourism Western Australia
Wildflower season sees Toodyay in full bloom from September to November.
Drive time: about 30 minutes to Toodyay, 1 hour to New Norcia, and 1.5 hours to Perth
Just half an hour north of Northam, Toodyay is the Avon Valley's picnic basket. Here, you'll find a locally grown assortment of fruit, wines, meats, bread and olive oil. On arrival, head to the Cola Cafe, a '50s-style diner that is home to a staggering collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia – over 6,000 items – gathered over 45 years.
The Newcastle Gaol Museum is a portal to Toodyay's colonial past. Built in 1865, the former prison today tells the stories of its most colourful residents, including notorious bushranger Moondyne Joe. Other historic buildings include Butterly House, which is thought to be the oldest building in Toodyay.
For the kids, there's the all-new Toodyay Fairytale Farm, featuring characters and games from classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, a vintage toy museum, and cute farm animals ready for petting.
Head north and in an hour you'll reach Australia's only monastic town; New Norcia was established in 1847 by Spanish Benedictine monk Bishop Rosendo Salvado. Today, Benedictine monks still live in the town and pray together seven times a day. New Norcia is full of Spanish-inspired architecture, including the monastery, where you can join the monks in prayer, or sample some of their artisanal baked treats.
When you're ready to head back to Perth, jump on the Great Northern Highway heading south. Be sure to stop at Bindoon Bakehaus & Cafe for a Banoffee Éclair, made famous by Prince Harry during his 2015 visit.
At Bullsbrook, just 45 minutes north of Perth, make a pitstop to reward the kids at Perth's Outback Splash, featuring high-speed water slides, giant mazes, mini-golf and an animal park.
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Leasing, sales begin for office, res towers at Kelowna's Bernard Block
Don Wilcox
Reports forecast CRE trends in Canada, major cities: AY
Northview buys six apartment buildings; shifts its focus
RENX Staff
Northview Apartment REIT (NVU-UN–T) says it expects its frenetic pace of acquisitions to slow down in the wake of its announcement this week it will purchase six more Ontario apartment properties for $131.9 million.
171 Kortright Road West in Guelph is one of six apartment buildings acquired by Northview Apartment REIT. (Google Street View image)
The acquisitions, four buildings in Toronto, plus individual properties in Guelph and London, mean Northview has bought $535 million in property since December 2017.
"These transactions provide Northview with opportunities to generate significant income and net asset value growth driven by our high-end renovation program at five of the properties," said Todd Cook, president and CEO of Northview, in a release. "These acquisitions are consistent with Northview's strategy of expanding its high-quality portfolio in strong and growing markets, further expands our presence in Ontario and increases future potential units eligible for our successful high-end renovation program."
The buildings contain a total of 644 units; 418 in London, 145 in Toronto and 81 in Guelph. About 500 of those units are slated for renovations as the opportunities arise.
Five buildings are being acquired from independent sellers, while the sixth is being purchased from affiliates of Starlight Group Property Holdings.
The buildings are 96 per cent occupied and the weighted average cap rate is 4.2 per cent, Northview said.
Northview's latest acquisitions
The properties are: 2 Hill Heights Road and 143 Stephen Drive in Toronto, both built in 1954; 245 Lake Shore Drive in Toronto, built in 1966; 317 Park Lawn Road in Toronto, built in 1953; 171 Kortright Road West in Guelph, a newly completed building; and 520-560 Mornington Ave., in London, built between 1962 and 1969.
The Guelph property is the building acquired from Starlight, for $28.2 million. Starlight acquired the building, known as The Kortyard, in August.
"These acquisitions complete the deployment of the equity raised in June as well as the redeployment of the proceeds from our non-core asset sale in the third quarter," Cook said in the release. "We have completed $535 million of acquisitions over the last 12 months, of which a significant portion were through our strategic relationship with Starlight.
"We have been successful in generating value from our recent transactions, with over $17 million in net asset value created on last December's transactions."
Northview closed on the purchase of 1,250 apartments in 10 buildings, located in four provinces, at the end of 2017. The purchase was valued at just under $200 million.
Cook said although Northview will continue to look for good deals in the multi-family market, the REIT plans to focus on renovations, upgrades and developments for the foreseeable future.
Focus on renovations, development
"We expect the pace of acquisition activity to moderate in 2019," Cook explained in the release. "This will allow us to focus on both delivering on the growth potential from our recently completed acquisitions, and on our development program which will further enhance the quality of our portfolio.
"However, we will remain opportunistic should the right assets become available at the right price."
Northview will finance the most recent purchases through $16.6 million in cash funded from existing credit facilities; the issuance of $35 million in class-B LP Units to one of the independent vendors and Starlight, at a price of $27.00 per unit; and new and assumed mortgage debt of approximately $80.3 million.
Closing costs will be funded from existing credit facilities.
The mortgages have an average interest rate of 3.2 per cent, and an average remaining term of nine years.
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Annalena Schmidt (* 12. Dezember 1951 in Worms) ist eine deutsche Schauspielerin.

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Annalena Schmidt erhielt ihre schauspielerische Ausbildung an der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, die sie von 1975 bis 1979 besuchte. In späteren Jahren belegte sie Workshops am New Yorker Actors Studio. Stationen ihrer Bühnenlaufbahn waren unter anderem 1979 die Städtischen Bühnen Kiel, 1984 das Düsseldorfer Kom(m)ödchen und 1985 die Städtischen Bühnen Krefeld. Von 1986 bis 1988 hatte Schmidt ein Engagement an der Landesbühne Hannover, zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre spielte sie am Theater im Zimmer in Hamburg und am Berliner Hebbel-Theater.

Neben Gastrollen in Serien wie Adelheid und ihre Mörder, Der Landarzt oder SOKO Wismar ist Annalena Schmidt einem breiten Fernsehpublikum insbesondere aus den Ludwigshafener Tatort-Folgen in der Rolle der Sekretärin Edith Keller bekannt, die sie seit 1998 an der Seite von Ulrike Folkerts und Andreas Hoppe (bis 2018) sowie Lisa Bitter verkörpert.

Annalena Schmidt arbeitet daneben auch als Stimm-, Sprech- und Medientrainerin. Sie lebt in Hamburg.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1991: Karniggels
 seit 1998: Tatort (siehe Odenthal und Kopper#Folgen)
 2000: Adelheid und ihre Mörder – Rundum sorglos e. V.
 2007: Der Landarzt – Geschäftsgebaren
 2009: Da kommt Kalle – Teure Ferien
 2010: Vater Morgana
 2012: Ein Jahr nach morgen
 2012: Herzversagen
 2012: Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall – Alte Freunde
 2013: Der Landarzt – Amtshilfe
 2013: Stiller Abschied
 2014: SOKO Wismar – Als er fortging
 2020: Nord bei Nordwest – Ein Killer und ein Halber

 2022: Tatort: Das Verhör
 2023: SOKO Hamburg: Das Leben ist eine Baustelle

Hörspiele
 1987: Wer liebt, der fällt – Autor: Michael Batz – Regie: Hans Rosenhauer
 1987: Der süße Duft des Aufschwungs – Autor und Regie: Aleksandar Obrenović
 2013: Ich nannte ihn Krawatte – Autorin: Milena Michiko Flasar – Regie: Andrea Getto
 2013: Onno Viets und der Irre vom Kiez – Autor: Frank Schulz – Regie: Wolfgang Seesko

Weblinks

 Agenturprofil bei der Agentur Regine Schmitz, abgerufen am 27. August 2020

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Filmschauspieler
Theaterschauspieler
Person (Südwestrundfunk)
Deutscher
Geboren 1951
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