MTWC hosted this webinar on December 8, 2016. What follows is the transcript of that webinar. The full webinar recording may also be viewed at the link below. Additionally, the slides are available for download.
ADAMS: Hello and welcome to our webinar on accelerating apprenticeship in the transportation sector. This is Teresa Adams speaking. I'm Director of the Midwest Transportation Workforce Center at the University of Wisconsin. For this first webinar on apprenticeship, we have over 100 registrants representing community-based and regional workforce development organizations, state workforce investment boards, state and department of labor apprenticeship directors, economic development organizations, state departments of transportation, industry representatives from trucking and rail, and educators with participants representing high school, community, technical colleges including tribal colleges and four-year universities. I want to extend a special welcome to members of the MTWC advisory board and those who participated in our regional summit last year. For those who are not familiar with the MTWC, we are one of five centers funded by the Federal Highway Administration to facilitate innovation and strategic partnership approaches to transportation workforce development. The five centers work together as the National Network for the Transportation Workforce. MTWC has partnered with Harper College to develop this webinar series. Harper College is recognized pioneer in developing best practices for community colleges as the sponsor of Registered Apprenticeships. We have Dr. Rebecca Lake, the Dean of Workforce & Economic Development joining us today. She will say a few words later.
Today's webinar is an introduction to Registered Apprenticeships. The purpose is to educate the audience about the benefits and opportunities for apprenticeship programs and then connect you with the experts, resources, and community of practice for apprenticeship programs in the transportation sector.
Or second and third webinars will get into more detail. In February we'll focus on community colleges and how they can become Registered Apprenticeship sponsors. In March, our third webinar focuses on the role of industry and best practices for partnering with industry.
The agenda for today's webinar. We'll hear from four apprenticeship program experts. First you'll hear about initiatives at the department of labor including the TransPORTS and FASTPORT grants for intermediaries to expand and advance apprenticeship in the transportation & logistics centers of excellence. We'll have time for questions and then we'll give you a brief overview of what to expect in webinar number two. As a reminder please enter your questions in the chat area. We'll try to get to all the questions but even if we don't get to all the questions, there will be a follow-up teleconference on Monday.
So without further delay it is my pleasure to welcome Bill Kraus from the U.S. Department of Labor as our speaker. Bill is the point of contact for accelerating apprenticeship in the TD&L sector. He is also the Director for the Office of Apprenticeship for the state of Georgia.
KRAUS: Good afternoon everyone. It is an absolute pleasure to be here. Teresa, thank you for inviting us. Rebecca, I want to thank you for being such a pioneer in getting technical, community and neighborhood colleges to understand apprenticeship and move forward with the sponsorship of programs. You lead by example and we thank you for that.
KRAUS: Today we are going to cover a lot of ground in 20 minutes. There are some areas that we won't be discussing in great depth. I invite everyone to write their questions or come to the session on Monday and we'll answer individual questions. I work closely with the Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce in every sector you can imagine. I am an intermodal guy. In addition, I do bring about 20 years in the Navy as a Supply and Transportation Officer with me. I understand the most important person in this picture is the consumer and the producer and we need to be able to serve that train of workforce for tomorrow. We are looking at workforce shortages. We are looking at growth and at attrition. So, apprenticeship can be your answer. How familiar are you with Registered Apprenticeship? What is it? It's a time-proven system that goes way back to the guilds when you had a mentor and a junior learning. It's not just about construction. It's about all occupations. We cover a lot of transportation occupations. We do have occupations like violin maker, and baker, and able-bodied seamen and xylophone repair. We cover a lot of areas. There are 1,000 occupations that we work with. We are expanding out. I know there are a lot of folks on the call who are in the high school and technical college area. You are primed for this. We are looking at this transitional program from high school to college to work. It's not either or anymore, it's both.
What is Registered Apprenticeship? We always talk about it but this really sums it up nicely. You have to have the employer. Someone has to pay. Someone has to be employed, you have to be able to support your family on your paycheck. What are you going to be doing? You are going to be working for an employer while you are learning. What does it include? Structured, on the job learning. Every occupation has a curriculum. Industry standard. It can be customized, make it able for the individual apprentice to become expert in that occupation. What we do is also going to school. You need to know why you are doing something, not just how to do it. And that is the theoretical piece that many of the participants on this call are involved in. It's learning why you are doing something. How did you get there? So, it's very important that we know why and we know how. And what happens as the employer – two years, three years, whatever the program may be – your wages increase commensurate with your abilities. Your employer is going to pay you more because your productivity is going up and your knowledge of the industry is going up. This is a great way to achieve stackable credentials. It's not just the OSHA 10 card or the CPR card. It's the school becoming accredited as a Registered Apprenticeship sponsor. This means you meet the requirements of being a participant in the Registered Apprenticeship system. Additionally, we credential the apprentice as he or she completes the program. Makes it so their diploma that says they are a truck driver or diesel mechanic has tremendous value in the industry. That means you met the requirements to be called that occupation and there's no question about the standardization and excellence of the degree.
Who are the key role players? The employer. Without the employer there is no program. The employer is paying the wages and provides the on the job learning piece. Sponsors. In the State of Georgia, I have eight of my technical colleges now who are Registered Apprenticeship sponsors. FASTPORT–you'll hear from Dave later on–is a Registered Apprenticeship sponsor. TransPORT is going to be a Registered Apprenticeship sponsor. There are many ways you can do this. You can use the intermediaries, you can use the employers, you can use not for profits, you can use technical colleges. And one of the questions was, Can the Transportation Department in my state do it? Yes they can. Government can sponsor programs also. And everybody comes together in a supportive nature. When we talk about a Registered Apprenticeship we talk about the connection between the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act. We look at the Workforce Development Boards. We look at out of school youth funding. We look at abilities to use some funding to take individuals who have barriers to employment and overcome those. This is a great way to bring everything together.
There it is, that's what happens when you finish your credentialing, you get a certificate from the U.S. Department of Labor signed by the Secretary stating that you are an expert in this occupation. Is it portable? Yes. Is it national? Yes. Is it industry recognized? Yes. Because industry has helped set the standards of the excellence that has to be achieved.
There are more than a thousand occupations. In transportation there are many many occupations. It's not just the person who is driving a truck. It is also people who are working on the rail systems. It's people who are working on the ports. It's aerospace. It's the supportive services around those occupations. The link that you have there is a listing of the occupations. We have about 2,000 work processes which define what you have to learn.
Are we expanding? Boy are we expanding. Since 2013 we have jumped to over 500 thousand apprentices. Our goal is to go to 750 thousand. We are well on our way. We are doing well. When we started going into this, the Secretary did travel around the world and learned how things are happening in the U.K., Germany, and Switzerland. These countries have used, and continue to use, registered apprenticeship as a way to to train their workforce to move forward. These are really good programs that do great work. So, we've copied some of their programs.
For the first time ever, we have actually put money behind these programs. We a quarter of a billion dollars of dedicated funds for Registered Apprenticeship. There is money out there in the AAI grants.
In addition, there is $90 million that has been put out there for programs such as the expansion program, the diversity program, the industry partnerships and so on. We're lucky we have two of the contractors on the phone call today and they're going to go through a little bit with you how we all work together. We're not just saying do it, we're investing in it and we're augmenting the cost.
Another point I want to touch on briefly is the Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium. Many of the schools that are on this call are part of this. What does that mean? Well there are about 300 registered so far and almost 1000 training centers and national organizations. We basically come together to talk about what do we do? How do we make things work? How do we work with education? How do we do the college and career centers? There are a lot of pieces and the RACC is very good at putting that together. Laura Ginsberg is doing a lot of this work. In addition, Amy Firestone, who will be on the Monday call, is our resident expert and will answer any questions that you have regarding the role of the education community in Registered Apprenticeship.
Another piece that is important is you have to find resources that can be used. Yes there are apprenticeship grants out there. However, it's Pell Grants. These programs can be used to augment and supplement the cost of Registered Apprenticeship. And this works very well. Also in each state there may be different programs that may be available such as tax break programs. Our goal as a consortium is to help identify where this money is and how it can be used.
Who wins? Its win-win-win-win. The apprentice wins because they get their associates degree or their diploma or their certification. The educational institution wins because they become closer to their community. They also increase their enrollment. Businesses, employers, unions increase effort to bring quality people in. State and federal government benefit because we're in this period of growth. If you read the papers you'll see there's going to be an investment in infrastructure. This will increase productivity. Will increase the use of technology.
What does that mean? More transportation needs. Better rails, roads, highways, and airports.
We have so many resources out there. This is just a piece of it. We'll share this with Teresa and Maria. These are online also. Feel free to use them, customize them, make them relevant to your employers.
Moving forward we're going to look at these resources. We're going to try to put together some materials that will cover the different types of incentive programs that are out there. I would encourage you to contact your state director. There are a lot of great state directors out there and they will be able to assist you with this process. Join the RACC. Talk to us. Use the power and expertise of FASTPORT, of TRANSPORT. Barabara and Dave bring lots of years into this enterprise, into transportation. They've seen almost everything and their goal is to help develop programs in your area. They can do it in many ways. They can do it through consortia. They can do it through individual employers. They can do it through self sponsorship. There are a lot of great things happening. One thing that I never thought I would being a federal employee. Is that this program has increased flexibility. This is being driven by employers. They are hungry for talented individuals who can be trained in the occupation that they need whether it be sea, land, or rail. There is so much growth happening at the same time that we are having tremendous attrition. Our numbers are going to be really big, important. We need to move quickly to make sure we meet the needs of the economy as it grows.
I am very proud to introduce a friend and colleague of mine, Baraba Murray for the program TransPORTs.
MURRAY: Good afternoon. This is Barbara Murray, I'm the subject matter expert, or better known as the director of the TransPORTs program. TransPORTs is a national collaborative of experts in apprenticeship whose work is increasing more the partnerships we have, creating new partnerships with employers and colleges all with the goal to increase the number of Registered Apprenticeship programs and the number of transportation apprentices nationwide.
TransPORTs is the collaboration of many, many years of experience. I teach people who are based out of Louisiana but we are serving nationally. And the Department of Labor shoes us as one of the intermediaries to work directly in developing RA programs and expanding the number of apprentices in the transportation industry.
The approach that we use is muli-modal. All modes including air, rail, waterways, roads. Ways of looking at logistics and how we work with that in expanding apprenticeship.
Looking at the national scope, TransPORTs has partners in each of these areas. They are all pointing towards Louisiana. What is happening nationally in transportation and logistics. Myself and Alan Walker who will be canvasing across the nation working in each of those areas. We have various consortia.
The process we're working with is taking it from a regional approach and having the employers work together in groups identifying who needs to be there, identifying champions, and what the employer needs. And then we identify the education providers, the actual national programs we're looking at so it makes it simpler for small employers to also take apprentices.
We're now setting up and over the next two months on two-day workshops. One day the apprenticeship workshop with a focus group on the other day. What those needs are and then rank what those occupational pieces are that we are focusing on now and what else is out there and being sure we can make it simplest for the employer and the apprentice.
Our program development is sponsorship that we're working with the Department of Labor and the funding that we have. We're able to incentivize companies and help out where before there was a problem. These are some of the options we are able to offer. Consortium meetings. We'll gather those leaders together so we can craft best practices. We'll take the best of everybody. We'll develop it further and then work with those other areas that have also been funded in this initiative.
There is our contact information. Myself, I've worked with this for almost 20 years in building new apprenticeship programs regionally and I've been working with this nationally. Walker is my colleague who has many years of actually he is a journeyman himself and he will be helping with canvasing the country. Now I'd like to introduce Dave Harrison.
HARRISON: Hello and thank you very much. I've been in transportation for 20 years. I've designed the program in the initial national apprenticeship pilot program for J.B. Hunt TransPORT. Then FASTPORT was awarded the contract to expand nationally in the transportation sector and I got asked to join that effort and my principal role is to expand apprenticeship, build apprenticeships where there are none, and then help those either develop self-perpetuating programs and help them find funding as well. That's my mission in life and it's a five-year mission. We're boldly going where no man has gone before.
If you are an employer or you have a connection with an employer that seeks to have an apprenticeship but doesn't have one, or has one and wants to expand it in the transportation sector. Currently, we have a national standard for truck driver in place. In a matter of days that employer can be an apprenticeship provider for truck drivers. We will have one for brokerage finished by the end of this month. We will have one for diesel mechanic and some technical related fields to include trailer tech and some other nuanced elements within that sector to follow. Eventually, there will be Management Trainee as well all for the transportation industry.
Anyone who has some ideas or a severe need for another position, please get in contact with me and we will build a standard for it. We will make that happen. So essentially if an employer wants to become and apprenticeship provider that can do it in a matter of days. And as we finish the standards for the other positions, it will be just that easy as well.
The flexibility that Bill referred to is designed not to change the business model for businesses. So, if one carrier want to join in and their particular set of hours is different, the system that we have built in allows for that kind of flexibility. So we can plug and play this in the matter of days. Along with that, if someone is trying to build a program from scratch from a training outline and they have not been training drivers. I did that with J.B. Hunt. That was my role and function as well as building the military program. So, that is part of the deal. We are here to help not only the expansion of apprenticeship. But those who have never done it before, we can walk them through some of the pitfalls and past those obstacles that we all hit when we do that.
Also, if you are training provider or school of any type along those lines (truck driver or diesel mechanic), contact me and we will put you on the training provider list so we can pair you both with the consortium and with the employers. We already have six commitments or the expanding ones in this program right now and we're not going to be slowing down.
KRAUS: Before I turn it back to Teresa, I just want to mention is that, while this program may seem new to a lot of folks it has been around for a lot of years. One thing that is new is the flexibility and that we can have a no wrong door approach to Registered Apprenticeship. The individuals you work with whether it be Dave, or Barabara, or me, or it could be Charlie in Massachusettes. You will get great service and we will walk you through the process and we will help you make the decision. Just remember, this meets the needs of the employer. They drive the process and then we fill in the schooling behind it. In addition, lastly, this is very big in the veterans community. Veterans will be able to access the GI Bill benefits as they go through the program and they will have a living allowance as they go through the program. We stand by ready to help wherever we can. I do encourage you to join us on Monday if you are able to. Teresa thank you for the opportunity.
ADAMS: Thank you Bill, Baraba, and Dave. At this time I would like to move into questions. When participants registered for the webinar we asked you to send in some questions. We'll start with that list and then we do encourage you to type in additional questions in the Chat box. I'll direct questions to you Bill and you can pass them off to Barbara and Dave as you see fit.
First question: What can I do as a school counselor to help guide my students through an apprenticeship process?
KRAUS: School counselors are probably the busiest people in the school system and covering a whole array of programs. What I will say is you need to expose them to the world of work. Use ONED.org, it really explains the occupations beautifully. You need to learn about the occupation. If there are things in your neighborhood or your community and you want to learn more about an opportunity, call one of us. We'll share what we have on the occupation including the wages. These are highly paid, highly skilled jobs and we want to get the young men and young women into these occupations.
ADAMS: Second question asks Are union apprenticeships getting on board with workforce investment boards?
KRAUS: Our program has both union and non-union programs. There is a requirement under the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act that there is an apprenticeship provider on each local Workforce Investment Board. Are they accessing the benefits of it? Yes, they are. In my state of Georgia I have one of my unions doing a pre-apprenticeship program being financed by the workforce development board. In additional there are programs and other opportunities to improve the quality of your workforce by access the Workforce Investment Board funding.
ADAMS: Can a state department of transportation be a registered apprenticeship sponsor.
KRAUS: The answer is yes. Any entity can actually be a sponsor. When I was in New York, we actually had the New York State Police be sponsors. They supply both on the job learning and the related technical instruction.
MURRAY: I want to add to that. Also, people don't think about government. The Coast Guard has a Registered Apprenticeship program. The Navy. Also the Naval Facilities program, the Navy Yard. It's not just a select group of occupations or only like trades. If you look at the ports, all those different occupations everything from the IT analyst to the electrician, those could all be different companies that are the intermediaries or the employers. Some are going to be union, some are going to be non-union.
KRAUS: And many of them are actually civil servants.
ADAMS: Question number 4. In the field of supply chain, the area is so broad, from manufacturing, to distribution centers, to the modes of transportation, to the customer types, we need assistance in identifying job titles for apprentices who would work in this area.
MURRAY: Yes it is broad, but for everything they do, you don't have a different title. For example, we've been working with recently a logistics technician, which is a career pathway that begins with some skills and opportunities we are laying out now for the first certificate. That can move up to journeyman and offer industry credentials. So a person has a pathway through there. When you look at some of those, we are honing that in now to get a process for having employers nationally tell us what they need. At ports for example, and tell us what are those occupations and what they are referred to and this is why we are setting up national standards so it's not so complex.
KRAUS: And, Dave has mentioned before, the intermodal nature of his business. Trucks these days now days have chasses and they have boxes and they move from rail, to ship, to road. Dave do you want to comment on that?
HARRISON: Yes, everything is integrated now. We've got everything from docks and driver programs that fit within this model. You've got truck drivers involved, you've got maintenance techs. It's so integrated across the board that we can plug and play almost any occupation even if it's not on the list. That's how flexible this is. If you've got a need, we can make it happen.
KRAUS: To answer your question, we do have a listing of what goes under traditional transportation. I have provided that to Maria so she can send it out. In addition, we have a thousand occupations. So, if you can think it, we can do it.
ADAMS: This one is: How can I gain employer buy-in more easily to start more apprenticeships in my region?
KRAUS: We run into this every day in my state of Georgia. We are a southern state and not very accustomed to registered apprenticeship. The employer buy-in is achieved through success and also, through me. I have employers calling me every single day that "I need skilled talent" and they are not able to find it. I think that the technical college systems in addition to the government out there and the associations have a credible piece in this. They can explain to them, we can help train the individuals. One we have the curriculum. Two there is a wage progression. Three is credentialing. Four there are important services. Five, there may be some financial assistance. Six, retention of individuals who complete apprenticeship programs is around 90 percent. So, you are not going to lose people constantly. It's quality. It's efficiency. It's the right person you are training based on what your company's needs are and on with your company culture.
ADAMS: A follow up. Who are the big players in terms of companies that are committing to transportation apprenticeship?
KRAUS: I'll turn that to Dave and then to Barbara.
HARRISON: Immediately, on the trucking front J.B. Hunt, Warner, Rider, Melton, USATrucks, UPS. That's just the ones that are actively working on one right now. Another four or five who are not confirmed yet. By the end of the month, there will be six more at least that are national employers.
MURRAY: Yes, I'll take it from more broadly than just names. Many in maritime, you've got the ship building and towing and the different companies that deal with moving ships on the water. We're also looking at aviation that move cargo in and out there or work with some of the larger rail companies. What we're using would be how do we bring these companies. The different employers share with other employers so the smaller ones that work, that are mediaries on the ports, there are multitudes of them. There's another host of skills for that. We're working with four direct national companies across the United States and that are seeded at several different ports. They are looking at means for getting apprentices that have the skills everywhere from auto tech to body parts and we're working with what's already out there to help shape and get their programs started. So there's an easier way to get the skills that they need.
KRAUS: We have companies like Kroger and Mohawk Industries. Companies that are delving into this now because the workforce is shrinking and the needs are increasing. On our website there is a page that has all the logos, you'll recognize a few, I'm sure.
ADAMS: What does my organization need to do to ensure a successful apprenticeship experience for summer intern?
KRAUS: Well, there are some verbiage issues here. A Summer Intern is someone who is there for a defined period of time. Usually, an intership is for a finite period of time and does not include wages, in many cases. What we are proposing is making that part of the ongoing continuum of apprenticeship where you may have a youth program like what you have now and use that as a way of having the employer vet the individual for employment. So, it's not like you're just here to learn how to use the photocopier, but you are going to be learning the fundamentals of the registered apprenticeship program for a particular occupation. So very much like you do at your school, Teresa, and Rebecca does. The experience you gain there is never lost. That time that you spent there will be subtracted from a full registered apprenticeship program. In my state, you have college and career academy where you're going to high school, you're getting college credits, you're doing your gen ed, you have a job, and you are getting a paycheck. The best model is where you learn the job and the expectation is you get a position there.
ADAMS: How can apprenticeship help individuals who are returning citizens (rather than "Prior offenders")?
KRAUS: This has come up twice today in different discussions I have had. There are individuals who are incarcerated currently who are in apprenticeship programs. When they come out there is a program called the federal bonding program that encourages employers to hire individuals who have served their time. Many of these programs are for plumbers, electricians, maintenance workers, and so on. A lot depends on the industry itself. There are certain occupations within certain venues that may cause an obstacle. What I say to do is, when you are working with the employer, talk to them about what they are looking for. If the individual has to work at a nuclear power plant, there may be some obstacles. But then again it can be individualized and the nature of the infraction can be important. I think Dave, you could probably talk about this n the trucking industry a little bit.
HARRISON: Also the issue is that if that transportation company has government contracts, there's a catch 22 sometimes. It's difficult to give you one pat answer across the transportation industry because it depends on whether the company has certain government contracts. Plus, there is an insurance issue that falls within that that some companies just can't do it financially. You have to approach each one with the employer. There is not one answer. The real secret is the employers needs to define what they are looking for and encourage the proposed apprentice to be very honest on there forms. These are national databases.
ADAMS: If my company wants to register our program, with the Department of Labor, do we have to employ a journeyworker to be the instructor for the apprentice? We do not have journeyworkers on staff only senior-level staff who could instruct the apprentice.
KRAUS: OK I'll give you the regulatory piece of this first. The word "journeyworker" is very much defined in the regulation. A journeyworker is a person who has achieved a level of expertise by being in the occupation for number of years and has the proper training and experience. So the definition of a journey worker is very important here. Let's say you have a trucking company, chances are you have truckers who are there. Now, the word journeyworker does not necessarily mean that you went through a registered apprenticeship program. I'm going to separate the two pieces. Who's going to do the on-the-job learning experience, Who's going to teach "Dave" to drive is going to be another driver. Who's going to do the schooling piece, you could actually have a certain individual do the schooling. This is where the technical and community colleges will come in. That's a great source for this training. So you don't necessarily have to employ the instructor.
HARRISON: There is some latitude here. For example, in the trucking industry, you don't have a journeyman per se that went through the process. The industry uses either accepted methodologies, where they train that trainer and that person becomes the "journeyman" for lack of a better word. That really comes from an older expression. So if you have highly qualified people who are now providing training, I would say that if you engage one of us and want to take a look at it, I highly suspect that that's going to be a journeyman as the accepted term for that.
KRAUS: I completely agree. The journeyworker is determined by the employer based on the individual's skills and the experience.
ADAMS:I think the question was really about the qualifications of the mentor for the apprenticeship. And, you're saying that that doesn't necessarily have to be a journeyworker.
KRAUS: Correct. It has to be a person with the skills and experience to be able to teach the apprentice. And that determination is made by the employer.
ADAMS: One more before we close out here: Can the State Department of Transportation be the recipient of federal apprenticeship funds. Either expansion grants or AAI grant funds?
KRAUS: When you deal with AAI money (and these were granted already). The state of Georgia Department of Economic Development did receive an AAI grant. But it was not to apprentice employees but was was to work with employers to do that. The question is can I use federal monies for my own apprenticeship program, the answer is no. But, if you are working with a company, you can have money go toward that. You can be a recipient of the money to be used for registered apprenticeship, no to take care of your own employees.
ADAMS: So, what if the employee was an apprentice?
KRAUS: The apprentice would be paid as they would normally be paid by the employer. You probably would be able to access some type of funding from the technical community colleges to help pay for the schooling.
ADAMS: I think that's all the time we have. Again I want to thank the speakers today. And just some closing information. Thank you Bill, Barabara, and Dave, again. So the Midwest Transportation Workforce Center has a list of useful apprenticeship program resources. So we invite you to visit and join the MTWC Google Community of Practice. For example, I want to point out this recent benefit and cost report that really should be required reading for anyone interested in getting involved in registered apprenticeship. It does a great job of explaining the business return on investment. In addition, there is a list of apprenticeship resources that you can download. And, we do want to stay connected, so before I introduce Dr. Lake to talk about webinar two, on behalf of MTWC, I want to thank our speakers and everyone for joining us.
ADAMS: As I mentioned earlier, Dr. Lake is the Dean of Workforce and Economic Development at Harper College. Dr. Lake can you give us a brief introduction to what we can expect for webinar number two.
LAKE: I have to say as I listened very intensely to my colleagues and this has been one of the best seminars that I've heard on the web for a very long time. We even had time to answer questions so kudos to everyone there. This is my opportunity to say please join us for our next webinar on Feburary 9th. As you have heard through these speakers today, is one of the things that community and technical colleges across the united states — and there are over 1000 of us. We are working with our partners in the state and understanding that companies need to have the go ahead and look at how and in what ways we can become registered apprenticeship sponsors and how we can work with those companies that already have their own programs but how we can help provide the training for those programs.
LAKE: So, just for your information before we leave. Harper has been in tech grants for the state of Illinois in industrial maintenance and for advanced manufacturing but we also did receive one of the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) grants. And that is to grow the registered apprenticeship program throughout the country. Community Colleges want to know: How do you make the decision to do that? How do you get involved? How does the institution itself become the program sponsor? It gives us a lot of leeway to do lots of things.
LAKE: Just for your information, one of the things we wanted to share with you is we already have four registered apprenticeship programs. We're looking at many of those other kinds of programs like banking and sales. So, there are many other kinds of programs that you may have besides just looking at advanced manufacturing. So, please know that you are invited to join us in February for the next webinar. We are looking forward to hearing your questions and answering those.
ADAMS: Thank you Rebecca and thanks for giving us that heads up. I want to thank everybody. We threw out a lot of contacts and references. You can get all of those details by downloading the presentation and other materials. Thank you for joining us and this concludes our webinar.


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A: Following are my findings -
Apart from IDE holding on to the jar, at times you will have some java process which could cause this as well. Lookup for any "java.exe" / "javaw.exe" process in task manager and kill it.
It helped me resolve this at times.

A: It may be that your IDE or some other process is holding on to the the "target" folder and preventing maven from deleting it.

A: Often you run into this problem when on Windows because Windows doesn't (ordinarily) allow you to delete a file which is in use. Aside from (painfully) going through all your Maven configuration, your best bet is just not to build on Windows (e.g. use a Linux/Solaris/whatever VM).

A: This is mostly caused by Windows Indexing. Excluding target folders or .jar extention from indexing will fix the problem. My best practice is excluding .jar extention.
To exclude target files:

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*Click on windows icon/start menu

*Type indexing in search box and click on Indexing Options

*Then click on Modify button to investigate directories indexing.

*Remove checks of Target folders.

To excluse all .jar files:

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*Click on windows icon/start menu

*Type indexing in search box and click on Indexing Options

*Then click on Advanced button.

*Go through File Types tab.

*In the list, find jar and uncheck it.

A: I'm guessing you are opening files in a text editor or leaving a shell open on a directory in target. If some process has a lock on a file or folder Windows won't let you delete it.
If you run a tool like wholockme you'll be able to see what process is locking the file.

A: If you're using IntelliJ, you can pass an additional parameter in the Maven Runner settings:
-Dmaven.clean.failOnError=false

Set it here, in the VM options:

References:
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/maven-runner.html
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/faq.html

A: Windows Indexing Service, application server or IDE holding the JAR file is the root cause. Best solution is to disable Windows Search Service or exclude JAR files from indexing.
Another (imperfect) option mvn clean || mvn clean. Double pipe symbol runs second command only if first one fails.
See Releasing Windows file share locks for details on how to find and remove Windows write locks (it advises to use ProcessExplorer or Unlocker).

A: Turning off Window Search service on Win7 worked for me

A: The problem is eclipse is constantly reading the directories and artifacts in your maven project and inevitably has one of them open when you are cleaning.
The best approach is to run maven clean from the eclipse plugin (I use m2eclipse and this seems to work well).
Another approach that sort of works is to run mvn clean with the maven.clean.failOnError  flag set to false.  If you run it twice usually that is enough to make everything work properly, e.g.
mvn clean -Dmaven.clean.failOnError=false && mvn clean -Dmaven.clean.failOnError=false

You will probably want to turn off eclipse's "Build automatically" from the project menu while you do that.

A: I had the same problem with builds run from Hudson.
Using handle.exe (from Sysinternals) I found out that a java.exe task has an active filehandle to the generated jar file.
If I kill this task the next build succeds.
But the next build after this successful build fails again with the same error.
Even if the build task succeeds, it seems not to terminate properly and keeps files open.
I'm a beginner with Hudson and I didn't have this problem at first.
Then I played with some plugins and later this problem come up and was reproduceable.
I deactivated almost all plugins (kept only some essential ones like subversion and sonar) and now the problem seems to be solved.
Hope this helps a bit ...

A: Try to disable Windows Indexing Service.

A: I had the same problem. I closed eclipse and looked at the running processes in task manager and seen one called 'Java.exe' which is not usually running so I ended it and then run 'mvn clean' again. It should delete the file properly and work correctly.

A: In my case, there is a java process which is executing the surefirebooter.jar which is the plugin to do the maven JUnit test.
So you can simply open the task manager and kill the java process.

A: That's because you block target directory (open a file or enter into (sub)directory of target dir, or any other process/app uses file from this dir). If windows delete command also complains it's not maven fault.

A: What I have found is that Java development with Maven on Window 7 struggles when the source code is on C drive. Moving my code to another drive works. Even a logical drive will work, the drive doesn't necessarily need to be a different physical hard drive.

A: If you don't want to change Windows Indexing settings, you can simply pause it, too.

A: you should close all the files in target ,for me i use M2eclipse directly is better  you can also try  mvn clean -Dmaven.clean.failOnError=false

A: The solution is restarting windows 7 .It helps to release the resources.

A: The application which you are running should be stopped. Looks like the app is still running, while you are trying to clean the app.

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This year Camden Arts Centre celebrated 15 years of Get the Message, while I celebrated my 5th year working with Camden Arts Centre Education team and the artists to document – through photography and film – this life changing project.
Here are a selection of the photographs from this year's including a workshop with one of the schools, the Family Day, and the exhibition celebration.
Get the Message is a Camden Arts Centre project working with young people and teachers from local Special Educational Needs schools in collaboration with artists. The project aims to increase creative opportunities within the arts for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; to foster a sense of belonging at the Centre and to encourage confidence and independence through collaborative activities that champion all forms of communication and self-expression.
You can read more about the project in Gemma Wright's, Camden Arts Centre's Head of Education, reflection on the project on Medium.


text: Q: SMSC or SMS Gateway to store messages - java I am trying to come up with a solution for a project, I need to develop a system which can monitor all the messages sent/received by employees using company GSM connection. I am new to SS7 protocols and did some investigation on java based projects and library. First, do I need to deploy an SMSC in which can be used to send and receive messages and store in DB as well, the solution I found is Restcomm SMSC gateway? But this solution which I am working is not for Telecom operators but for small marketing organization. Another one is SMSLib but I am not sure if this can be used for this problem, as we only want to intercept the user SMS over SIGTRAN (checked with the operator we need to use this) and Restcom SMSC gateway seems to be overkill for this project. Can someone please share if even this doable or not and please guide me in the right direction?


The options are truly endless when you are decorating your own home. It can be such a fantastic feeling but at the same time it is so overwhelming! I am extremely happy and excited that we are finally homeowners, but it also means we are now making all the decisions.
I love interior design and browsing through magazines and internet for the latest trends and colour. However, I find it so hard to choose things for our own home, for the fear of "getting it wrong". Sounds so silly, but I seriously find it hard to choose the right shade of paint for the hallway or the year old question – yes or no to wallpaper??
When we moved into the house, everything was covered in wallpaper – and I mean everything! Even the ceiling. Whoever thought it was a great idea to cover walls (and ceiling!!) in wood chip wallpaper was seriously wrong!!
It took us WEEKS to get rid of it all and scrape the chipped paint from the walls.
As I was peeling away the old wallpaper, I was so happy to get rid of it!! I promised myself I would not wallpaper anything in our home as I thought wallpaper was so dated, but then I found so many gorgeous wallpaper patterns online I soon changed my mind.
Hubby and I decided to use wallpaper when we will be decorating the living room. The living room is nice and spacious and it goes into the dining area. We thought wallpaper would split the room nicely and give it a little character. We have some tough decisions ahead!
If you are not as brave with bold wallpaper, I found these GORGEOUS cushions on Harlequin website!
Which one is your favourite? Are you brave enough for the feature wall using some bright colours or rather stick to the traditional style? Let me know in the comments!
I actually like wallpaper, but in moderation…just not on the ceiling! People stencil walls…wallpaper is very little different. Doing one wall is an innovative idea, I think.
Yes indeed, definitely in moderation!!
Cranes in flight, love it, great colours. I wish I was good at putting wall paper up. Am hopeless.
I am not sure how good I will be myself! Love that wallpaper too!
I am starting to love it too, especially as it can hide imperfections on the walls too !


The year has gone quite fast, hasn't it? It's June already and soon enough, it'll be the end of the year. And as the weeks roll on, there's a constant we can count on- new music releasing each Friday. By the time the year ends, heaps of albums would've released. So when I look back on the 6 months that have been, I probably have a long an exhaustive list of albums that I've listened to an enjoyed throughout these last few months. Nevertheless, this blog series is a top 10s series, so widdling the long list down to just 10 selections can be tricky, yet here below are 10 albums in 2016 that have been standout for me (note- this is in no indication of what will be in my top albums list at the end of the year- albums may move up and down on that list or disappear or reappear all-together).


Home > Ask Our Experts > What Can we do About a Neighbour's CCTV Camera?
I was wondering what action I can take with regards to a neighbour who has just recently moved a CCTV camera into his bedroom and is pointing it directly at our front door and two bathroom windows.
We live in a courtyard development (5 houses) and the camera is about 10-15 metres away and clearly visible. He already has an external camera pointing towards his own door which is absolutely of no consequence, but I feel the second camera is in violation of our rights to privacy.
We have recently had some flooding issues, although his property was not affected. The emergency services were called and he was seen standing watching everyone and even the fire brigade felt the need to comment.
Later that day when council representatives were on site, in front of witnesses he "flew" at my wife and invaded her space and verbally attacked her. What can I do?
The main laws surrounding the use Of CCTV are contained within the Data Protection Act 1998 but these do not cover domestic residences. It is perfectly legal for a resident to install CCTV (even with recording and playback capabilities) and, in the normal course of events, this will be done to protect one's own property against the threat of intruders and trespassers.
When installed correctly and used for the right purpose, residents who have installed CCTV will tend to have a positive effect on the reduction of crime and anti-social behaviour occurring in the neighbourhood, as would be perpetrators of such actions would be less inclined to commit offences for fear of being caught on camera.
The problem, as you rightly pointed out, lies in the fact that you perceive that one of your neighbours' CCTV cameras is pointing directly at your property and this is a Privacy Issue. As far as the law goes in this regard, it would be covered by the Human Rights Act under your rights to privacy. Article 8 of the Act entitled "The Right to Respect for Private and Family Life, Home and Correspondence" means that your neighbour might well be breaking the law here.
Ideally, it would be better if you could speak to the neighbours politely, explain the situation to them and request that they make certain modifications to the CCTV system so that it does not infringe on your privacy. However, given you stated that the man verbally attacked your wife, the likelihood would seem to suggest that he would not be prepared to listen. Incidentally, the fact that the man verbally attacked your wife might be also covered under the Human Rights Act in terms of harassment alone. It's also likely that his behaviour will have been mentally noted, at least, by the council representatives so that could obviously go in your favour.
Therefore, I think you have every right to contact your local authority or local police force and have them come out to investigate. They would obviously need to be satisfied that the installation was basically Causing Harassment, perhaps even bordering on voyeurism, and they could then take action. Alternatively, get some advice first from a solicitor who has specialist knowledge in this area.
Hi, I have a right of way over my neighbours driveway that allows for unlimited crossings on either foot or vehicle. The neighbours have recently installed a cctv camera which watches us as we use the right of way. They are watching everyone who visits us and us every time we leave the house. What are my rights regarding this?
My neighbours have verbally abused me for years and just recently it has turned physical which the police are currently investigating. I put a camera up inside my house that shows my drive way and cars and the path way and some of the road outside the front of my house none of there property. The reason for this is I'm worried they may vandalise my car etc as I've been complaining to the council and reporting them to the police. Every time I step out my front door there in the windows watching my every move. I've had enough of being made to feel uncomfortable so I put a 6ft fence between my house and there's (semi detatached) they complained tried to get the council to make me take it down but I have permission so I've been allowed to keep it up. I've came home tonight and noticed they have a camera in there upstairs bedroom window pointing straight on my drive way and property. So because I've stopped them spying by putting the fence up they have now done this. Is there anything I can do please? Any advise would be brilliant thanks.
My neighbour has cctv cameras on his house.One is pointing over the fence into my back garden and another camera is pointing at my drive and the front of my house.I contacted the police who came round and agreed that the cameras appeared to be pointing at my property.They went round to the neighbour who pretended he wasn't at home.They have tried several more times, but without success as my neighbour will not allow them into his property to view his cctv monitor.What can I do?
My neighbour has just installed a "device" which seems to have a lens and in low light conditions has 2 red lights on it. This device is supposed to be guarding their oil tank from intruders. Unfortunately their oil tank is only about 1 foot away from my sitting room wall , so the device is directed at my wall. This wall of this sitting room is only 4 foot high , with a sloping ceiling. The ceiling has a velux window, located just above the oil tank. Consequently, the device appears to be looking into my room . It just so happens that I usually sit under this velux window. so possibly this device can see me sitting in my room. My problem is 1. I do not know what this device is. I happened to see a man installing it ( unmarked van) I asked him what it was and all he would tell me was that it was to guard the tank. I cannot ask my neighbour directly as I am in the midst of a noise dispute with him ( me complaining). So how can I tell if it is a camera or something else? 2. If it is a camera, is there anyway I can find out whether (possibly inadvertently) it can see into my room? 3. If it can see into my room is there anything I can do?
My next door neighbour has bought the other house at the other side of us. He has installed a cctv camera at the top of the garden looking at his new property.Not sure if it catches ours but the bathroom window is on that side. Also he has put a camera on a wall facing up the shared path that crosses our back yard. I let the dog out at night. The camera turned blue and heard a voice saying what you looking at??? Is this 1 illegal?
I have a cctv camera that can move 360 degrees and I have it pointed down my drive and I make a point of not moving the camera over to any of my neighbours areas but one of my neighbours has complained about the camera breaching her human rights. So my question is where do I stand legally?
My neighbour has his drive fenced in by large wooden gates - he has a short drive that leads up to his gates that is parallel to my drive which is open and not fenced in. He has put up cctv cameras on the outside of his gates which he says is to monitor his short drive, but in reality the cameras are pointing at my open plan drive and side on to my front door so that he can see my every move - is there anything I can do about this?
Ask if you can look at the footage to see where the camera is focused? If you're not happy then get your local police to have a word with the neighbour.
My neighbour has his drive fenced in by large wooden gates - he has a short drive that leads up to his gates that is parallel to my drive which is open and not fenced in.He has put up cctv cameras on the outside of his gates which he says is to monitor his short drive, but in reality the cameras are pointing at my open plan drive and side on to my front door so that he can see my every move - is there anything I can do about this?
What can l do when our neighbour has positioned a cctv camera on the upper wall of his house directly facing our house, bedroom, living room and garden. I'm having to keep my curtains closed. l asked him to move it. He said he would do it. But he still hasn't moved the angle to his own garden. What can l do ?
CCTV i have cctv fitted on our property because football game on my street and damage to my wife car by neighbour kids.i made sure my cctv is register and i pay a fee every year. cctv is a very good thing in a neighbour wood,it made people think twice before they break the law,if one dont have notting to hide,then they wont worry a bout cctv. bellmust.
We have recently objected to an oversized and overlooking outbuilding that our new neighbour is proposing. The local planners have yet to decide on this issue, however we have installed a new fence to limit being overlooked should the office/storage unit get approval. Today the same neighbour has installed 4 CCTV cameras (he does not reside at the property it is tenanted). The two rear cameras are clearly visible from our patio and our garden. I would suggest given their 180 degree capture they are capable of filming my entire rear garden and our coming and goings from our rear access and onto our patio. This feels somewhat in retaliation to our planning objection. Ultimately this neighbour will now remotely be able to monitor our own activity and coming and goings as well as his tenants. What would be the best way of tackling this?
Hello. I am receiving police support over a harassing neighbour. I have footagecand photos of them being harrassing which the police are going to use for the Cps possibly. Now these nightmare neighbours have fitted a CCTV and correctly so but sit in their front doorway out of camera shot taking pictures of myself and my children and filming us when we are just going about our daily life. My issue is this if I film them on my phone doing this or take a picture of them doing this (as they live opposite me) I'm I doing something illegal if it is to prove what they are going?
Hi all, I too have lived in an ex council flat for years without problems. However 2 yrs ago we had new neighbours who work from home and despite requests to stop the banging of heavy boxes. The problem escalated to using domestic noise to annoy me . Despite contacting the council and hoping for support i was targeted by the rest of the neighbours( some new residents moved in at the same time and have grouped together. I own my property and i have come to the conclusion there is no prptection for those that follow the law. I am targeted and seen as the problem for not tolerating her behaviour). This couple are on benefits and the council did decide to put recording equipment into my flat but they sent them a letter advising them. The neighbours have placed cameras up and i feel that whatever they do the council accepts. I am being forced out my flat by the majority who dont work and are claiming some benefit or other. The neighbours dont live under her so im really shocked at the conclusions being made. I own my property so i am proactive in raising issues if i was also having my rent paid maybe i wouldn't care either about what is happening on the estate. The council are not bothered about my health, the footage i showed about boxes being delivered has been met with contact the DWP yourself. This has been going on for 2 yrs.
My neighbour is a child minder and has installed CCTV to monitor the kids in her front garden, I do not have a problem with that, however the camera on the side of their house that faces my house, has the camera pointing straight at my house, this became more evident yesterday when my grandson looked over the party wall to wave at the kids, and my neighbour came out straight away to tell her wards off for climbing up my wall to speak to my grandson, so the camera is clearly filming my property, my view is that the camera should be sited on the corner of their property facing back on the their own land, and not facing my house, am I being unreasonable.
About 6 years ago,we got new neighbours next door,knowing this guy'sn reputation,i told him point blank,that i wasn't going to put up with his nonsense, " BIG MISTAKE ".Two weeks later they held a house warming party,which was a nightmare for my wife and i.I asked them politely to keep the noise down a bit," Politely" ,i was called all the names you can think of. They started setting smoke alarms off,etc.This behaviour went on until it was so bad,i got the police to stop it, " would've been better with a shotgun" However,eventually they were told by their Landlord to stop or be evicted. I was out one Saturdaywhen he took his temper out on my wife,and terrified her,so badly that she would shake when she heard his voice. They stsrted to knock on our doors,or bang on adjoining wall,to waken us up during the night. Him and his pal got banned from fishing a local Loch where i was a baliff, so they decided to force me or frighten me into giving them a permit to fish. After some arguing and shouting,i stepped forward,and can't remember if i hit him or not,but there was no blood from him,But,when he arrived at the police station to tell them,i was charged with Assault. Since then it's got progressively worse,my beloved wife,has gone into residential care,and i'm alone in this house which is bought and paid for. I thought they would think " He's got enough on his plate, "but no,they're not finished yet,this i know,and all this is over fishing. How can a person be so Petty ?.
I live in an area of social housing where the majority of residents are on some kind of benefit and do not work. However they are surprisingly fit and competent enough to be anti social, have parties, arguments, drug deals, shouting matches, door slams, fight with other dealers, create damage and so on. I have reported their activities to the council, the local police where necessary, environmental health and so on. All that is ever done if anything is that they will log it and send a letter, maybe visit once a year. So basically they are just ignoring the behaviour and abuse of the system. Although I am shocked and disappointed at this response what galls me is the flagrant misuse of our tax payer money on people who do not deserve it and the tolerance of this from those in power. It is obvious that they do not want to go through the hassle of warnings or eviction because they have an easy cash cow. How do I get serious people involved to take action? My MP and local Benefit fraud agency do not respond either. Should I go to he Secretary of State?
Hello, My neighbours son (who doesn't live there and is an adult male) has been prosecuted for indecent behaviour towards me however since this has occurred they had installed a cctv camera pointing down at their front door and drive way (I can only assume as an intimidation technique and to be annoyed at his prosecution) , this made me feel extremely uncomfortable as they were the ones who were in the wrong so I felt like why are they putting this up?! After a few months they've took it down but now it has reappeared directly across the street on their relatives house, so that they can aim it towards my house from across the street. I feel it's looking at my house and driveway so they can see as I enter and leave. What can I do that's not going to make the situation worse without having to be involved at all with them as they are horrible people I could not have a conversation with ? Thank you. I worry of ringing the police and getting them to check in case I'm wrong and it makes life harder. Thanks so much!!
I've had cctv covering the front of my property drive and the road immediately outside my house where a second car is parked.It doesn't cover anyone else's property.If neighbours choose to park their car closer to my garden then the cctv will cover their car too.Initially I had neighbours calling me for it but as soon as one of their cars had damage they came running to me for footage. Of course I was glad to help and this seems to have calmed negativity. I have had problems with abuse from the neighbour directly near me and have checked with police on the legality of cctv with audio for my back garden where the neighbour puts his head over the fence to verbally abuse us.They have advised that this is fine as long as cctv is only covering my garden so I'm waiting on a 6 foot fence to be erected round the edge of my whole garden then will get the cctv up. I've asked police to inform them that I will be getting audio cctv not to catch them out but to prevent and deter future attacks.
Our Neighbour has recently installed six CCTV cameras two of which are positioned on the top of hi property looking over all of the other residents gardens. He refuses to talk to any of the neighbors about these cameras. We live in a row of small two up two down terraces. We are all concerned that he will be recording footage of each family in their gardens. A number of us have small children. Several of the neighbors have contacted the police but the neighbour with the cameras has refused to let the police see what he is filming? Has anybody got any advice about what we can do??
The police can make the owner of the CCTV show them the footage. They can also check the siting of the cameras to ensure they are not invading others' privacy. So get back in touch with the police and ask them what they're doing about it. We think you can also ask for footage yourself under data protection rules...see this government page for more details.
I have had a similar problem where my neighbour has installed cameras to the front and rear looking at our property.I didn't pay much notice at first but then she commented on stuff we do in our garden and also showed footage to othere when a theft occurred.This got me worried and I called west mids police on 101. A community support officer did come out the next day, but he was in a rush and done things very briefly. He told me that my neighbour had accidently put the cameras facing my property,but 3 days later 1 of them was still facing my property.I called 101 again and the cso has not updated anything on their system.I have now told them that I would like to make a complaint of harassment and they have called me for a interview tomorow. Lets see how it goes.
Hi,my neighbour has at least 3 cctv cameras and one of them looks across my front door so she sees who goes in and out of the property. The camera also looks onto the public footpath I have checked on the ICO register and there are no cameras registered with them at that address 21/02/2017. She has inadvertently told me she has stored several recordings of me parking my car close to hers! She also complained that I park outside my own house to prevent her from parking there as its where the Camera looks.In my mind this camera is being used illegally and its an invasion of my family's privacy what should I do ?
Contact your local Police or PCSO (non-emergency number 101). They should be able to go and take a look at the neighbour's CCTV and check where they're focused.
Hi, my neighbour has at least 3 cctv cameras and one of them looks across my front door so she sees who goes in and out of the property. The camera also looks onto the public footpath I have checked on the ICO register and there are no cameras registered with them at that address 21/02/2017. She has inadvertently told me she has stored several recordings of me parking my car close to hers! She also complained that I park outside my own house to prevent her from parking there as its where the Camera looks. In my mind this camera is being used illegally and its an invasion of my family's privacy what should I do ?


: 441, pl. 1 (fig. 1). Type locality: Brahmaputra River at Neematighat, 14 km. from Jorhat , Assam, India. Holotype: [ ZSI] V/F/ERS/53. Paratypes: [ ZSI] V/F/ERS/54 (4), V/F/ERS/55 (30).
: 338, fig. 16. Type locality: Ganges River at Patna , India. Holotype: CAS 95566. Paratypes: CAS 95567 (30), SRS/ZSI F.4847 (6), UMMZ 233235 (2).
Distribution: Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages, India (Sen & Biswas, 1994; Roberts & Ferraris, 1998).
considered a synonym by Carl J. Ferraris, Jr. (pers. comm.).


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Islamo-Leftism [Part 7]
January 12, 2022 /0 Comments/in Culture War, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Religion /by Jihad Watch
Editor's note: The following is a translation by Ibn Warraq and Robert Kerr of Michel Onfray's L'Art d'Etre Francais (The Art of Being French, Bouquins, 2021), published here for the first time. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 4 is here. Part 5 is here. Part 6 is here.
Those who are afraid of Islam – that's the etymology of Islamophobic (because, among the other vilenesses with which it is replete, it is intrinsically anti-Semitic) – are therefore the very ones who are responsible for anti-Semitism. This ideological pirouette turns out to be a bland and flat rehash of the Sartrean thesis according to which the anti-Semite invents the Jew, but this is sheer stupidity! It is enough to read the Qur'an, the sacred word of God himself, to see that anti-Semitism is one of the very foundations of Islam. But since Emmanuel Todd states that the Muslims have no interest in the Qur'an, everything becomes possible. Anti-Semites can therefore be excused, because the only culprit is the Islamophobe … who refutes anti-Semitic Islam!
Last but certainly not least, Emmanuel Todd sees in the explosion of mixed marriages in France the proof of… racism! Anyone else would think the contrary, but not our sociologist! Why is that? The juggler's answer is that such marriages encourage assimilation, and assimilation in turn implies the negation of diversity in the name of a neo-republicanism that is called all sorts of names and accused of all sorts of evils – neo-Vichyism, nationalism, neo-fascism, and of course the extreme right is also invoked… A white man who marries a black woman, or vice versa, becomes a fellow traveler of Maréchal Pétain[13]. One has to appreciate the scientific rigor of such a sociological analysis.
Finally, Emmanuel Todd coins some ideas that are not lacking in pungency: according to him, there are indeed "several universalisms", including "a universalism restricted to men"! Therefore, the universalism of the Enlightenment, which is addressed to both men and women without distinction of color, religion, wealth or condition, is one of many, and is just as commendable as Muslim universalism that excludes women, Jews, Christians, miscreants, atheists and agnostics.
Emmanuel Todd answers simply: communitarianism. "In the end, it is a matter of realism and necessity of freely, joyfully admitting, that there is now, in French culture, a Muslim province." He is not so much inviting the Muslims (who do not exist, lest we forget…) to become French (which would be fascism and racism…) as he is inviting the French to become Islamic. Islam already has a word for this: dhimmitude,[14] which is another name for submission.
The Islamo-leftist rhetoric equates the present day Muslims to the Jews during the Interwar period of the 20th century. Emmanuel Todd is no exception. This is also the thesis of a book by the journalist Edwy Plenel entitled Pour les musulmans.
What does this book say?
In this book, strangely enough, we do not find the words Qur'an, Mohammed, hadith, sharia, or even Prophet! There is even no reference to a quranic surah or verse, two other words that do not appear in the book either. Jihad and jihadism are also nowhere to be found. A rather strange opus…
What is this book about? Colonialism as the original sin of our culture and about the inequality of civilizations, the loss of nationality and intolerant secularism, the wearing of the veil and the refusal to assimilate, the praise of communitarianism and the denial of the very possibility of speaking of Judeo-Christian civilization, of Jews and the Dreyfus affair, of Émile Zola and state racism, and of the opium of the people. It is a journalist's book that obeys the rules of the profession.
What are they? I can think of six: essentializing [scil. oversimplification], godwining, if I may use this neologism which I will explain, verbigerate,[15] exaggeration, denial and amalgamation. This sketch of a discourse on the journalistic method allows us to see how this profession has largely overflowed beyond its world to proliferate just about everywhere – notably in philosophy, which Gilles Deleuze had perfectly analyzed during the emergence of the New Philosophers…
First: essentializing [oversimplification]. Although Edwy Pleyel defends himself against it and denounces this way of doing things, but it nevertheless his own methodology! The proof? We don't even need to read his entire book: the title is enough: For the Muslims. For what does "the" in the formula "The Muslims" mean? There is no need for further clarification other than that they are one and the same entity. Or are there contemporary Muslims of the Prophet or Muslims of the French suburbs, erudite Muslims and uneducated Muslims, pacifist Muslims and terrorist Muslims, literate Muslims and frustrated Muslims, Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims, North African Muslims and Asian Muslims, Muslims in Muslim countries and Muslims in Christian countries, bellicose Muslims and tolerant Muslims, fundamentalist and enlightened Muslims, white Muslims and black Muslims, born Muslims and converted Muslims, Muslims who have read the Koran several times and know it by heart and Muslims who have never read a line, practising Muslims and beer-drinking Muslims, homophobic Muslims and homosexual Muslims? It doesn't matter. All these people constitute "the Muslims" who can be talked about as if they were one and the same!
Edwy Plenel castigates "the xenophobic essentialization [which] justifies identity-based essentialization" (p. 57) in the name of an Islamophile essentialization. He doesn't like it when we talk about Muslims as if they were a single homogeneous community if we want to criticize them, but he himself talks about Muslims as if they were a homogeneous community in order to praise them as the damned of the Earth.
So would the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, who runs his oil-rich monarchy as a dictator with no regard for democracy, with total disregard for human rights (and who deserves the wrath of all the organizations that oversee respect for these rights) – because he is a Muslim, also qualify as belonging to the damned of the earth? He and all his family, and even all of his entourage? Likewise the tyrants of Qatar? Or the rulers of Iran? Who can possibly believe such a thing?
COLUMN BY
MICHEL ONFRAY
[13] Vichy France is the common name of the French State (État français) headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. The regime was authoritarian, xenophobic, antisemitic and traditionalist in nature. Officially independent, it adopted a policy of collaboration with Nazi Germany, which occupied its northern and western portions before occupying the remainder of Metropolitan France in November 1942.
[14] Dhimmitude is the status of non-Muslims under Muslim rule, term coined by the Egyptian-born British writer Bat Ye'or in the 1980s and 1990s. It is a portmanteau word constructed from the Arabic dhimmi 'non-Muslim' and the French (serv)itude 'subjection'. It is a permanent status of subjection in which Jews and Christians have been held under Islamic rule since the eighth century, and that forces them to accept discrimination.
[15] O.E.D. To go on repeating the same word or phrase in a meaningless fashion, as a symptom of mental disease.
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MMM is the kind of polish OPI has not done all year – different, arresting and gorgeous. The base is a pinky red and it is infused with tiny glass flecks which give it a speckled appearance.
This is a polish that changes colour depending on what light you're in, sometimes looking pinker, sometimes looking darker and sometimes just looking plain old amazing!
I love that this has so much going on. The flecking is integral to the polish, and it's not just the odd random bit here and there – it's everywhere. Mostly, this makes the polish look like it's lit from within.
I make no apologies AT ALL for the number of photos lol – I just couldn't stop looking at it. It is seriously beautiful and utterly hypnotic. A truly gorgeous cranberry, speckled with magic.


Thrillcall is hooking you up with a month of free shows at the legendary Jazz Club, Yoshi's in San Francisco!
Built on November 28th, 2007 by award winning architect Mori Moto, Yoshi's San Francisco is both a tribute to the original Yoshi's restaurant created by Yoshi Akiba and the beautiful Fillmore district, famous for it's Jazz culture. Residing in the Fillmore Heritage Center at 1330 Fillmore Street, this 28,000 square-foot, two-story, state-of-the-art live music club and upscale Japanese restaurant features the best of local, national and international performance artists. Yoshi's highly praised Executive Chef Shotaro "Sho" Kamio impresses with a brand new generation of modern Japanese cuisine that will surely enhance the overall Yoshi's experience, making it the only place in the City with world-class food and music.
Approaching its five-year anniversary this November, Yoshi's San Francisco has expanded beyond jazz. Its programming includes an eclectic mix of world music, R&B, soul, and rock. Yoshi's San Francisco is located in The Fillmore District, the "Heart and Soul" of the City, and remains San Francisco's destination spot for live music and fine dining.
In August, Yoshi's celebrated it's 40th anniversary with with milestone concert performances. Since 1972 Yoshi's has existed in many forms and locations, while remaining dedicated to providing the Bay Area with the finest in Japanese cuisine and entertainment.


Thanks for the response awhile ago about about the Shakeology. I also want to applaud you for posting the truth! Not every woman experiences an instant connection and are terrified to admit it. I am in my 2nd trimester and just started Turbofire this week because of your blog posts. Don't worry I've been doing Focus T25, P90X3 and Les Mills Combat prior to pregnancy. I just wanted you to know I appreciate that you take the time to keep your blog up with your new role – Mommy.
Take care and Enjoy this time with the little man.
Thank you so much Kelly! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Good luck with your pregnancy, you will have so much more energy because you're working out!


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Sid has a Bachelor of Science in Fish and Wildlife Management from Montana State University. He and his wife Lisa live in Sherwood, Oregon and have been married for 42 years. They have been blessed to have two sons and currently two grandsons. Sid is employed as a Lighting Quotations Specialist at Rexel.
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Mullins eyes Listed bumper at Market Rasen again
Grangee
Grangee could bid to provide Willie Mullins with back-to-back victories in this weekend's Listed mares' bumper at Market Rasen.
The Closutton trainer saddled his first ever runner at the Lincolnshire venue when sending Panic Attack across the Irish Sea to win this race 12 months ago.
The daughter of Canford Cliffs was impressive under Paul Townend before subsequently being sold to join David Pipe, for whom she ran in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham and has since won two hurdle races.
Grangee made a successful start to her career at Galway in October — and like Panic Attack, could be bound for Cheltenham if she can come through Saturday's assignment in the Alan Swinbank Mares' Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race.
Patrick Mullins, assistant to his father, said: "Grangee is very petite — and we were worried about the soft ground at Galway, which is a tough track, but she handled it very well.
"She surprised us with how impressive she was in a very strongly-run race, so Willie nominated her for the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival afterwards.
"We thought this race at Market Rasen would be a nice stepping-stone on the way. Market Rasen is very different to Galway, but we have no reason to think that it won't suit her.
"Panic Attack was very good in the race last year, and these Listed Mares' bumpers are very valuable for owners and breeders looking to get some black type, so we're always on the lookout for those races in England.
"Everyone who was at Market Rasen last year was very complimentary about how it all went."
Aintree on the cards for exciting Eileendover
Pam Sly is likely to resist the Cheltenham Festival for the unbeaten Eileendover — with Aintree and then a Flat campaign instead at the forefront of her mind.
Waiting Patiently enters Clarence House reckoning
Waiting Patiently is set to make a surprise appearance in the Matchbook Betting Exchange Clarence House Chase, after being supplemented for the Grade 1 over an extended two miles at Ascot.
Buveur D'Air on course to return at Haydock
Dual champion hurdler Buveur D'Air is among just five entries for The New One Unibet Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock on Saturday.
Magic Of Light eyes Warfield hat-trick
Magic Of Light will face a maximum of five rivals if she bids for a third successive win in the Matchbook Betting Podcast Mares' Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday.


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Five tips for successful workplace mental-health training
Paula Allen | October 4, 2016
One of the more surprising results from the Morneau Shepell research report into workplace mental-health priorities for 2016 was the fact that almost 75 per cent of employer respondents indicated it would most likely or definitely be possible to obtain organizational support for a mental-health strategy without making a financial business case. The challenge for many organizations, however, may be in understanding where to begin.
Developing a strategy, of course, starts with knowledge. To get a better sense of how to go about developing a strategy, I consulted three senior human resources professionals whose organizations have taken that step to get some tips on how to go about workplace mental-health training: Pamela Salhani, divisional director of employee relations with the Salvation Army's Ontario Great Lakes region; Sylvie Latulippe, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.'s director of human resources programs, policies and risk management; and Mary Duncan, vice-president of human resources for the Canadian Automobile Association's south central Ontario branch.
1. Choose the right type of training:
Courses vary in length from a few hours to several days or more and may include online learning or customized approaches. There's also a wide range of material to cover. Determine which source provides the most suitable training in the time available.
Read: How Bell trains its managers in mental health
"The important message to trainees is that you don't have to have a special skill set to support mental health in the workplace," says Latulippe. "You just need appropriate training."
2. Lead by example:
Salhani, Duncan and Latulippe all advocate training for leaders in order to make them true mental-health advocates. "If leaders don't understand how to manage and accommodate employees in a compassionate and constructive manner, there could be a detrimental effect on a company's bottom line, culture and reputation," says Salhani.
In the CMHC's case, president and chief executive officer Evan Siddall is its mental-health champion. "He launched the initiative by sharing his own connection with mental health in a video for all employees and encouraging others to make training a priority," says Latulippe.
3. Anti-stigma communication must accompany training:
Training should take place in tandem with company-wide communications that stimulate discussion, convey the fact that mental illness isn't abnormal or the sufferer's fault and point to available resources. The mere fact that managers are taking training naturally gives rise to more conversations about mental health.
Read: Ontario urges smaller firms to invest in mental health
"The comfort level in speaking about mental health is definitely changing and the value of the course has cascaded through CAA without coaxing," says Duncan.
4. Provide resources:
If organizations are going to encourage employees to seek help, they need resources to provide that assistance. That means promoting the use of resources that are already in place, as well as new ones, along with ways for employees to access help. Would employees take more advantage of support if it was also available by text or email, rather than only by phone? Do remote employees need access to support via video counselling?
5. Offer the training broadly:
While cost is a factor, the larger the number of employees who take the training, the better the results are for the organization. "Our program teaches practical, empathetic and solution-focused leadership skills that are transferable to a variety of professional settings and situations," says Latulippe.
Read: Understanding the legal risks around mental health
Training is an obvious place to start when it comes to implementing a mental-health strategy. Taking a cue from those who've gone through the experience, however, will help ensure maximum effectiveness.
Paula Allen is vice-president of research and integrative solutions at Morneau Shepell.
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When I read online that it was impossible to see the entire park including the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter in one day, I decided to investigate the ticket pricing further. Unfortunately we really only had one day available to see the park and I wanted to maximise our time there without killing our sanity and our feet in the process. Lines at Universal are notoriously long, and I was mindful of the fact that we would have just spent three days at Disneyland, so we would be well and truly over queuing by then.
The VIP Experience at Universal Studios seemed to be the way to go.
The day started off in the VIP Lounge, followed by a morning trolley tour of the busiest movie sets, where you can disembark and explore areas not open to the general public. We were lucky enough to visit two working sets of new 2016 pilots – 'The Good Place' starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson, and 'Pure Genius' starring Dermot Mulroney and Augustus Prew.
But the trolley tour is no ordinary tour… you get to 'experience' King Kong 360 3D created by Director extraordinaire Peter Jackson; the Fast and The Furious Supercharged and an earthquake in the New York City subway. There are others but to tell you anymore would ruin the surprise.
As a bonus you can hop off the trolley and go inside the enormous Archive and Collections department to see Universal Studios historical props, documents, photos and costumes. This is where props and costumes are kept for hire in other movies or pilots.
Lunch is included in the ticket price and is served buffet style in a beautiful restaurant. The food was fantastic and catered to all tastes – vegetarian, coeliac and gluten free all catered for.
Now the VIP Experience isn't cheap. With the conversation rate at the time of purchase it cost me $1200.00AUD. I initially baulked at the cost but the fantastic reviews and the time saving aspect of it sealed the deal for me.
Was it worth the cost? ABSOLUTELY.
The entire day was a VIP Experience from start (breakfast at the VIP Lounge) to finish. Our tour guide, Kat, was amazing. She kept us entertained and was a font of knowledge about everything going on in the park. She knew EVERYTHING. All VIPs got a little bag containing mints, tissues and a poncho and there was water available on the trolley. VIPs really are treated well!
Unfortunately we had to cut the day short at 5pm that afternoon as I had become unwell, having caught a bug from our time in Disneyland. Olivia got to experience the Wizarding World of Harry Potter but I missed out. However I hadn't come this far to miss out so we did go back and you can read my review here.


Bothwellhaugh forms part of the Strathclyde Country Park, next to the towns of Motherwell and Hamilton in Lanarkshire. For eight decades from 1884 until the 1960s the Hamilton Palace Colliery operated by the Bent Colliery Company produced coal. A village was developed to provide accommodation for the staff at the Hamilton Palace colliery, both the colliery and village disappeared in the 1960s.


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