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Stealth Taxes and ID Cards This is the ID Cards Bill Anyone who thinks they support the legislation should read the bill. This is intended over time to apply to everyone over the age of 16 in the UK except: a) Those who are in the country for less than 3 months b) Those who have no right to stay in the UK The government's argument for it is that: "Ministers say the cards can help tackle terrorism, make national borders more secure, and prevent abuse of benefits and public services. " On Terrorism: Spain has compulsory ID cards, but that did not prevent the Madrid Bombing. On Making Borders More Secure: People don't have to have ID cards to pass through the borders and can always claim they have been here less than 3 months. Asylum Seekers generally won't have to register. On preventing the abuse of benefits: 1 in 20 of cases of benefits fraud could be affected by this leaving 95% unaffected. More effective work on National Insura
Spending Review 2004 The government are not guaranteeing any of the figures in the spending review which is available here . There is no question, however, that Gershon is tightly bound into the assumptions of the Spending Review. The irony is that the DFES requirements for schools to do an efficiency audit is likely to put up costs.
Gershon, Bezhti and the Piano Today was another financial review looking toward the 2005/6 budget. Most worries lie out in the medium term. Something Birmingham has not concentrated on is the Gershon Report into public sector efficiency. Para 3.5 is the challenge for local government arguing that by 2007-8 savings of £6,450,000,000 per year can be found from local government. This is out of a total forecast figure of £21,480,000,000. (This is apparently an agreed figure. Noone asked me to agree it for Birmingham.) When you look at the appendix this is just a figure of 2.5% (per year) extrapolated to 2007-8. 40% of this is supposed to come from schools, 10% from policing and 35% from other procurement. Where the other 15% comes from (what's £967,500,000 between friends) is not clear. Still I don't think anyone has told Mr Tony "Education, Education, Education" Blair that he is going to be looking for savings (cuts) of £2,580,000,000 per year by 2007
Strategies vs Results Local and Central government is full of thoughts about strategies and a "strategic approach". Looking at dictionary.com we find: A plan of action resulting from strategy or intended to accomplish a specific goal. See Synonyms at plan. or The art or skill of using stratagems in endeavors such as politics and business. Are probably valid. Ignoring the military definitions a strategem is defined as: A clever, often underhanded scheme for achieving an objective. See Synonyms at wile Alternatively we have: n 1: an elaborate and systematic plan of action So assuming that strategies are not supposed to be underhanded. What we have is a big detailed plan. The real problem is that what people try to do is to have big strategies that are long documents with lots of things in them. Then it comes to implementation of the strategy and what happens is that the people doing things decide what they want to do and then work out how it fi
Lib Dem Watch 0 : Me 10 After weeks of trying Lib Dem watch have failed totally to demonstrate one example of the Birmingham Liberal Democrats being opportunistic. Yes, the judge in a recent libel case did say we could not be sued because we did not exist in a legal sense (having no legal personage). However, I contend that although the party is a campaigning party it campaigns on the basis of principles rather than merely being opportunist. Dictionary.com defines an opportunist as: One who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences In particular it implies someone who changes viewpoint with the wind. I accept that Lib Dem watch have allowed an edited right of reply for some of their allegations. However, they did encourage me to have another go at blogger which is now far more reliable than it used to be ... hence this blog. Dealing directly with their points. The party does campaign on the basis t
resistance is futile, Birmingham City Council is the largest local authority in Western Europe. It has a gross budget of about £2,400,000,000 and employs (including teachers and school staff) over 55,000 people. When I became Deputy Leader of The Council in June 2004 I had already been a City Councillor since 1990. I had a reasonably wide experience of organisations including the company I founded in 1983 jhc plc (Aka John Hemming and Company) which now has around 100 staff (including partners) and turns over about £6 Million. The organisational dynamic is quite interesting. For those people who liked "Yes minister" being a fly on the wall during some of the internal meetings in the City Council would be quite entertaining. The Standards Board for England prevents me from telling all the truth about the city council. It is quite clear that the previous administration did not try to manage the authority. The leader Cllr Sir Albert Bore did manage to contr
ZWAS The "Zero Waste" Achievement Strategy One of the changes implemented by the concordat has been for Birmingham City Council to aim for Zero Waste. Zero Waste is a concept initially developed in New Zealand that aims to see used resources as a resource rather than waste. After a tussle with the bureaucracy* Birmingham's Municipal Waste Management Strategy is now the Zero Waste Achievement Strategy. Birmingham has historically been an authority that is difficult to change. The new administration has now, however, got its hands on the levers of power and is starting to manipulate them. Birmingham used to be quite good on dealing with rubbish. The department was called the "Salvage" department - which is the right attitude. However, after the Heath Government created the West Midlands County Council one of the County's first actions was to say "landfill is cheap - lets fill up the landfill sites". This undermined what was actually a
Geology vs Economics - the Match of the Century I must admit, I put my money on the geologists. There is an important debate between Geologists and Economists as to the importance of fossil fuel depletion. Geologists take the view that "once its gone its gone". Economists take the view that as the price goes up alternative sources will be found. To some extent they are both right. The difficulty is that we need to get the starting Joules from somewhere which is what tips the balance to the geologists. Fossil fuels are a reserve of solar energy that has been hanging around for millions of years. People think that hydrogen or electricity will be a source of energy. However, you need energy to produce electricity or combustible hydrogen so that is a complete non-starter as a source of energy. It can be used for temporary storage, however. One of the biggest ironies is that there is a perspective that there is insufficient fossil fuel to even fuel sufficient to me
Tribes, Culture, Religion and Politics One of the greatest problems faced by the world is that which results in a failure to understand the nature of the political anthropology of different societies and cultures across the world. This demonstrates itself in the culture clash over the play Bezhti just as much as it demonstrates itself in inner city gang culture and conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. The first challenge is to separate religion from culture. It is entirely possible for people to have the same religion, but an entirely different culture. At the same time people can have the same culture and a different religion. From an anthropological sense most human cultures develop around the family and the extended family. This can build up a sense of "tribe" or "clan". In many countries this segmented structure for society is the key structure. Most tribal structures are based around patriarchy and frequently property is more held in common by
Social Capital I don't have a lot of time for governmental buzzwords as they often have little relevance on the ground. However, I make an exception for "social capital". Social Capital is well described in Robert Puttnam's book Bowling Alone it is a measure of the values in society beyond those which are purely financial. The statistic used to measure Social Capital is generally that proportion of people who trust strangers in different circumstances. It is important as a society in which people can trust each other is one in which people don't have to spend too much time protecting their backs. That means that people can work for a good quality of life for a higher proportion of their time/effort. It is the concept of Social Capital that exists behind civil renewal (one of ODPM's buzzwords). Like many things, however, ODPM then through organisations such as the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit often work against their defined objectives. The NRU has gone
Bezhti At the time of writing the matters relating to the play Bezhti which is Panjabi for Dishonour are still moving on. The situation with Bezhti is, however, not in any way unique. JM Synge wrote a play called "The Playboy of the Western World" http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/curtainup/story/0,12830,937744,00.html describes how the play broke up in the second act at the mention of the word "shift". The situation with Bezhti had, in fact, moved on from demonstrations outside the play to a situation in which demonstrators had bought up the spare tickets at the point at which the play was curtailed. To that extent Bezhti never actually got to the state that "The Playboy of the Western World" got to - much that the representations in the media would indicate otherwise. The only other thing I am saying publicly at the moment is the joint three leaders statement as follows: Birmingham City Council has said in a joint statement from the 3 party l
Labour's destruction of democracy One thing that has not had much public comment is the way in which the Labour government have been whittling away at democracy. There are number of areas in which they have done this: Corporatism One of Labour's Third Way Ideas is to bring in traditional Corporatism as part of their agenda of governmental reform. I think wikipedia's definition of this is actually quite good. To quote an element from wikipedia "certain unelected bodies take a critical role in the decision-making process" The introduction of Local Strategic Partnerships is entirely this. Unless the LSP is clearly defined as having an advisory function it starts taking away the discretion primarily of the local authorities, but also starts interfering in parliamentary matters. I will post more about the problems with Birmingham's own citywide LSP which I happen to chair. Constraining politicians Local Councillors have been disqualified from being e
team Birmingham the plan of creating "team Birmingham" with the objective of uniting people in Birmingham behind promoting the city seems a welcome step forwards from the traditional arrogant role of the city council. This does include sorting out all the failures in the services of the city council, but it is important to have a jointly shared direction.
The Concordat FAQ A number of questions have been asked about the Concordat between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives on Birmingham City Council. Our Website has the basic reasoning behind it and the policy statement. A few points It is based upon consensus. Any policy changes need to be supported by both parties on the City Council. There has been no proposal for a staffing freeze or any commitment to a 0% Council Tax increase. We are trying to make the council more efficient Labour did have a deal last year ... with the tories. Clearly Labour would have been happier had they done the deal with the tories. They also offered us a shared cabinet, but I would not consider this because if we left them in power there would be no chance of honest elections in Birmingham. The concordat puts Cllr Mike Whitby into the role of City Leader and me as Deputy City Leader. Sadly at the time of writing we have not managed to move into the offices because Labour decided to squat in
I visited Hodge Hill twice today. In the morning we (Nicola Davies and I) visited a location which demonstrated The growth of anti-social behaviour under this Labour Government The failure of the Labour Council's repairs service and its inability to do repairs The massive housing crisis created by Labour in Birmingham and their inaction on voids The location was a block of flats where someone set a chair on fire in the hall about 3-4 months ago and nothing has been done. Meanwhile there is an empty cytexed flat at the side whilst thousands of households are homeless. Later in the day we met ex Labour Councillor Amir Khan who is backing Nicola Davies to win in Hodge Hill. Amir was a PJP candidate in Nechells in June 2004. He is, therefore, the second PJP candidate to call for people to support the Lib Dems rather than the SWP. Nicola and I then visited Shard End Carnival. Labour may claim that they cannot find Nicola, but Labour supporters complained about us talking
I am pleased that I manage to provide such entertainment for people such as Tom Watson and Lib Dem Watch. Lib Dem Watch do tend to be somewhat selective in their quoting from my emails so I feel it entirely reasonable that I provide full details here.
Now and again I have a go at publishing a web log. Blogger seems a bit variable, but it may have now managed to get things right so I will have another go. It still comes up with odd error messages, but does seem to manage to publish things at the end.
Stealth Taxes and ID Cards This is the ID Cards ...
Spending Review 2004 The government are not guara...
Gershon, Bezhti and the Piano Today was another f...
Strategies vs Results Local and Central governmen...
Lib Dem Watch 0 : Me 10 After weeks of trying Lib...
resistance is futile, Birmingham City Council is ...
ZWAS The "Zero Waste" Achievement Strategy One o...
Geology vs Economics - the Match of the Century I...
Tribes, Culture, Religion and Politics One of the...
Social Capital I don't have a lot of time for gov...
Bezhti At the time of writing the matters relat...
Labour's destruction of democracy One thing tha...
team Birmingham the plan of creating "team Birming...
The Concordat FAQ A number of questions have been...
I visited Hodge Hill twice today. In the morning ...
I am pleased that I manage to provide such enterta...
Now and again I have a go at publishing a web log....


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Wildcat athletes will continue to compete in college
Maya Sinha, Staff Writer|October 23, 2014
Senior Charlie Trense will play lacrosse at Notre Dame.
Several Westminster athletes have committed to playing college athletics at universities around the country. Getting accepted as an athlete is quite an honor, because scouts carefully examine every qualifying candidate for their team in order to maximize their college's athletic success over the next half-decade. Despite vague rules pertaining to the age at which coaches are able to contact prospective athletes, coaches and scouts find a way to hone in on certain candidates for their programs, and the recruiting process is increasingly aimed at younger and younger student athletes.
"It felt good to know that there were coaches interested in me," said senior Notre Dame lacrosse recruit Charlie Trense. "When schools that were on my list began showing interest in me, that's when I really knew that I was going to get a chance to play in college."
Learning that you will be recruited as a college athlete is truly a life-changing moment. However, despite committing as a sophomore, Trense believes the recruiting program is "out of control."
"I think it's better for juniors and seniors in high school to be deciding their college future rather than freshmen and sophomores," said Trense.
Several Westminster coaches and athletes share this sentiment.
"You can't really tell how a kid is going to turn out by their freshman and sophomore year," said varsity lacrosse coach Tony Souza.
Senior Mason Rooney, who was recruited in the tenth grade to play volley-ball at Davidson, remains grateful for her amazing opportunity.
"I'm very thankful that I can continue to play volleyball in college, but I'm mostly thankful that I couldn't have chosen a better fitting school for myself," said Rooney. "It feels great to know that I already know where I'm going!"
Although the recruiting process is beneficial in principle, allowing student athletes to achieve their dreams of playing sports in college, it has its flaws.
"The process also leaves some kids out," said Rooney. "The early recruiting doesn't take into account the slower developing athletes who don't get looks until many of the spots are gone."
Even though the recruiting process has the potential to be unfair, it's great for athletes to know they have been rewarded for their hard work.
"It always helps kids get into colleges they wouldn't normally get in to," said Souza.
According to Souza, sports not only allow students to accomplish their academic goals, but they also add some additional excitement to the college experience.
"I knew when I visited Davidson that it was everything I wanted in college," said Rooney.
Volleyball helped Rooney get in to a school that she might have otherwise had much more competition getting into through the regular application process.
"It takes some stress off of you athletically and academically to be committed, but at the same time, it puts a target on your back," said Trense.
"Until the NCAA does something to regulate it better, the recruiting timeline is just going to move earlier and earlier."
Unfortunately, early acceptance to a college tempts some student athletes to slack off for the rest of high school.
"I've seen kids who get in and slack off, and I've also seen kids who work harder because they want to prove themselves," said Souza.
Choosing between colleges can also pose a significant challenge for student athletes
"I made an Excel spreadsheet with Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Harvard, and Princeton, my four choices, on it with about 40 different categories," said Trense. "The categories ranged from academics, the lacrosse program prestige, and location to my ability to play early, the facilities, the guys on the team, each of the coaches, etc. I then weighted each category and ultimately chose Notre Dame. It was a very tough decision, but I had had the ND offer for about four months and didn't want them to move on to the next guy. I'm pretty firm in my decision to go to Notre Dame right now. I did some pretty extensive research when I was deciding, and I am happy in my decision. Something drastic would have to happen for me to change my mind."
Despite its imperfections, the college athletics recruiting process can truly make student athletes' dreams come true.
"I'm so glad Charlie ended up at Notre Dame," said Souza., "He couldn't have done better. I think the fit with Notre Dame is perfect."
Westminster community looks forward to SEC Championship
BarnCats achieve local success, hopeful for regionals
Westminster Boys Cross Country team clinches 31st state title
Junior Kate Quigley commits to play Division I lacrosse at Columbia University
Batcats leave regionals undefeated, en route to state championship
As last year's "Cinderella" team, the Atlanta Braves, fall short of a chance at winning the World Series, who will claim this year's Championship title?
Katie Christopherson wins gold
Battle of Buckhead game starts the season off right
Noah Cooney commits to play soccer at Washington University in St. Louis
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Maurizio Sarri insisted he would be happy if Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich calls him in the wake of Sunday's humiliating 6-0 defeat against Manchester City and challenged the club to provide clarity on his future.
It was the Blues' third defeat in four Premier League games, coming after a 2-0 loss at Arsenal and a 4-0 thrashing by Bournemouth.
"It was not easy because Chelsea demanded a lot and we defended deeper, like never before, because they have the quality to find spaces".
Sergio Aguero was one of the outstanding players as he scored his 11th Premier League hat trick during his time at City to draw level with Alan Shearer for most trebles in Premier League history.
"It is one of the worst nights in my career", added defender Azpilicueta, 29. "It is hard to explain what happened", said Chelsea captain Azpilicueta. We can not accept that.
Chelsea's vice-captain Cesar Azpilicueta was one of the few to face the media after the painful result, and he used the opportunity to apologise to fans.
"I just said to them "thank you" for what they have done". The Argentine even managed to hit the crossbar in his performance and his tally for 2019 now stands at eight Premier League goals. "You have to ask the club. Because they are professionals and I know they will react and it will be tougher".
In the past week City have beaten Arsenal at home and Everton away before taking Maurizio Sarri's side to pieces with four goals in the opening 25 minutes.
"I didn't see my football [against City]".
It will require some top management to fix the confidence in the Chelsea dressing room after Sunday afternoon's devastating defeat to Manchester City. They have since lost seven out of 21 in all competitions.
Attentions will now inevitably turn towards the summer transfer window, as Premier League clubs begin considering bringing in some potential reinforcements ahead of next season. "At the beginning, it worked, so now, we need only to understand the reason why, at the moment, it isn't working. My first year was hard too". Then we conceded a goal after four minutes in a stupid way.
He said after the match on Chelsea TV: "For me the definition of madness is you keep trying the same things over and over again and it doesn't work and you keep doing it".
Activists greeted the Modi with black flags at Jalukbari, Maligaon, Fancy Bazar and Latashil area of the city on Friday evening. Slogans like "Modi Go Back, ' "Scrap Citizenship Bill, ' 'Joi Aai Asom" and 'BJP hai hai" were hurled at the Prime Minister.
But her dramatic reaction could be just Lady Gaga's attempt to poke more fun at Ryan for his poor interview skills. But the singer was absent from the ceremony following a dispute with the Grammys producer, Ken Ehrlich.
The eight-team upstart league will play a 10-game regular-season schedule and crown its champion after a title game on April 27. Their goal is, obviously, to get football fans to watch as much of their product as possible, and they succeeded on Saturday.
According to Global News Canada , judges decided this week that McArthur could be eligible for parole 25 years into his sentence. He suddenly left his wife and two children and moved to Toronto in 1997, where he became well known within the gay community.


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Aerospace (2014 and prior)
December 31, 2013 Aerospace Press Release
Bombardier Announces Significant Order for 38 Business Jets
Bombardier Aerospace announced today it has received a firm order for 38 Bombardier business aircraft, including 28 Global business jets...
Bombardier Secures Order for 10 Challenger 350 Business Jets
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has received a firm order for 10 Challenger 350 business jets from an undisclosed customer.
Bombardier Secures Orders for 10 Challenger Business Jets
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has received a firm order for 10 Challenger business jets from an undisclosed customer.
December 23, 2013 Transportation Press Release
Bombardier to Supply 30 Additional Regio 2N Double-Deck EMUs in France
Bombardier Transportation announced today that SNCF has exercised an option for 30 additional Regio 2N double-deck electric multiple units.
Bombardier Wins Train Operations Contract in British Columbia
Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract to provide train operations for TransLink's highly successful West Coast Express commuter rail system.
Bombardier to Supply 10 Additional Light Rail Vehicles to Manchester Metrolink in the UK
Bombardier Transportation together with Vossloh Kiepe will supply 10 additional FLEXITY Swift light rail vehicles to TfGM's Metrolink system
Bombardier and Air Côte d'Ivoire Reach Firm Purchase Agreement with Options for up to Four Q400 NextGen Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that its purchase agreement with Abidjan-based airline, Air Côte d'Ivoire, is now firm.
Bombardier Level Crossing Technology Set to Increase Rail Security
Bombardier Transportation has participated in the European Union funded railway industry partnership for integrated security of rail transport, PROTECTRAIL.
Bombardier Wins FLEXITY Tram Order from Mülheim Transport Authority
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has won a contract from the Mülheim Transport Authority (MVG) for 10 BOMBARDIER FLEXITY Classic trams.
Bombardier Signs Cooperation Agreement with Russian University
Bombardier Transportation and MIIT have signed a cooperation agreement in the field of railway technologies for the next three years.
Bombardier and American Airlines Execute Firm Agreement with Options for up to 70 CRJ900 NextGen Regional Jets
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that American Airlines Group Inc., of Dallas, Texas has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire 30 CRJ900 NextGen...
Bombardier Celebrates Endeavor Air's CRJ900 NextGen Regional Jet Deliveries
Bombardier Aerospace today officially welcomed Delta Air Lines' subsidiary Endeavor Air to the family of CRJ900 NextGen aircraft operators following ...
December 9, 2013 Aerospace Press Release
Bombardier Enrolls Eurolot's Three Newest Aircraft in its Q400 Smart Parts Program
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that Eurolot S.A. of Warsaw, Poland has reaffirmed its confidence in Bombardier's market-leading Smart Parts program by ...
Momentum in China Continues for Bombardier as Nantong Tongzhou Bay Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. Signs Letter of Intent for 30 Q400 NextGen Turboprops
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Nantong Tongzhou Bay Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. has signed a letter of intent to acquire 30 firm Q400 NextGen ...
December 5, 2013 Bombardier Inc. Press Release
Bombardier Closes the Sale of Flexjet's Activities to a Group Led by Directional Aviation Capital
Bombardier announced today the closing of the sale of Flexjet's activities to a newly-created company funded by a group led by Directional Aviation Capital.
Iraqi Airways Signs Firm Purchase Agreement with Options for up to 16 Bombardier CS300 Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that Iraqi Airways, the national carrier of Iraq, has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire five CS300...
Bombardier Aerospace Appoints Raymond Jones as its New Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Asset Management, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace today announced the appointment of Raymond Jones as Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Asset Management, Bombardier Commercial ...
Bombardier and China Express Airlines Announce Purchase Agreements for up to 16 CRJ900 NextGen Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that China's sole specialized regional airline, China Express Airlines, has placed a firm order for three CRJ900 NextGen...
November 25, 2013 Transportation Press Release
Bombardier, Alstom and STM Unveil Montreal's AZUR Metro Cars
Consortium composed of Bombardier Transportation and Alstom Transport, with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), unveiled Montreal's new metro cars.
November 22, 2013 Aerospace Press Release
Bombardier and the Tianjin Airport Economic Area agree to establish a Maintenance Facility for Bombardier Business and Commercial Aircraft in China
Bombardier Aerospace and the Tianjin Airport Economic Area announced today that they have signed a letter of agreement to increase aircraft maintenance...
Bombardier Wraps Up a Successful Week at the 2013 Dubai Airshow
Bombardier Aerospace today concluded a successful week at the 2013 Dubai Airshow, having announced firm orders and commitments for up to 38 aircraft...
Bombardier Aerospace Recognized for its Commitment to Sustainable Business
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that it was one of a group of seventeen individuals and teams celebrated for their actions towards achieving sustainable...
Bombardier Selected Preferred Bidder for Queensland New Generation Rollingstock Project
Bombardier Transportation is a member of the consortium nominated as preferred tenderer by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads in Australia
Abu Dhabi Aviation Signs LOI for Two Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Abu Dhabi Aviation, based in Abu Dhabi, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for two Q400 NextGen aircraft...
Iraqi Airways Signs Letter of Intent for up to 16 Bombardier CS300 Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Iraqi Airways, the national carrier of Iraq, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire five CS300 mainline...
Bombardier and Nok Air of Thailand Sign Purchase Agreement for up to Eight Q400 NextGen Aircraft in New Extra Capacity Seating Configuration
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that low-cost Thai carrier Nok Air has placed a firm order for two Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners and has also taken ...
Bombardier Welcomes Ethiopian Airlines as an Authorized Service Facility for Q400 and Q400 NextGen Turboprops in Africa
Bombardier Aerospace celebrated its growing support network in Africa today by welcoming one of the continent's leading carriers, Ethiopian Airlines ...
Lessor Palma Holding Limited Signs for up to eight new Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that Palma Holding Limited (Palma) has signed a letter of intent to acquire up to eight dual-class Q400 NextGen aircraft.
Bombardier and Air Côte d'Ivoire Sign Agreement for up to Four Q400 NextGen Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that Abidjan-based airline, Air Côte d'Ivoire, has signed a conditional purchase agreement for two Q400 NextGen aircraft...
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has signed a repair agreement with Oman Air, based in Muscat, Oman...
Bombardier Learjet Receives FAA Certification for the Learjet 75 Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace, the world's leading business aircraft manufacturer, announced that Learjet has been awarded Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...
Bombardier Strengthens Presence in North American Rail Control Sector
Bombardier Transportation is boosting passenger safety in the New York City area.
Bombardier Wins 'Excellence in Technology' Award at Inaugural European Rail Congress in London
Bombardier Transportation won the 'Excellence in Technology' prize at the inaugural European Rail Congress Award ceremony held in London.
Flexjet and Abercrombie & Kent Present "Passport to the World" as This Year's Ultimate Holiday Gift
For those who want to give their loved ones the world, this year's ultimate holiday offering from Flexjet operated by U.S. air carrier Jet Solutions ...
November 4, 2013 Aerospace Press Release
Bombardier Aerospace Appoints New President, Bombardier Business Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace today announced the appointment of Éric Martel as President, Bombardier Business Aircraft. Mr. Martel succeeds Steve Ridolfi ...
November 4, 2013 Transportation Press Release
Bombardier Project Wins Top Urban Design Award
Bombardier Transportation delivered a full turnkey light rail system for Metro do Porto, one of this year's winners of a prestigious urban design award
Bombardier announces first U.S. Bombardier 415 aircraft sale and delivery to a partnership led by Tenax Aerospace, LLC
Today, Bombardier celebrated the sale and delivery of its 50th iconic Bombardier 415 superscooper aircraft assembled at its North Bay, Ontario facility.
October 31, 2013 Bombardier Inc. Press Release
Bombardier Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2013
Bombardier today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013.
October 29, 2013 Aerospace Press Release
Bombardier Aerospace Helps Schoolchildren "See Inside Manufacturing"
Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast has hosted local schoolchildren during a month of special events for a joint government and industry initiative designed to ...
October 28, 2013 Transportation Press Release
Bombardier Strengthens its Leadership in ERTMS Technology with a New Project in Chile
The BOMBARDIER INTERFLO 250 solution for Santiago is set to increase capacity and safety.
Bombardier to Hold Conference Call
Bombardier Inc.'s financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013, will be released Thursday, October 31, 2013.
Bombardier Evolves Maintenance Intervals for a Wide Range of Business Aircraft Operators
Bombardier Aerospace has once again demonstrated its determination to lead the way in reducing operating costs for its business aircraft operators with the ...
Bombardier to Launch Challenger 605 MAX Program to Enhance Direct Maintenance Costs and Customer Experience
Bombardier Aerospace today reinforced its leadership in providing industry-leading in-service solutions for its operators with the announcement of its new ...
CAE and Bombardier grow Authorized Training Provider network with the addition of a simulator for Bombardier Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft training
CAE and Bombardier today announced at the annual Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA 2013), that they are continuing to expand their ...
Flexjet, LLC Doubles Firm Learjet 85 Aircraft Order, Adds More Options
Today Flexjet, LLC – a newly created company funded by a group led by Directional Aviation Capital – announced it is doubling its recent Learjet 85 aircraft ...
Bombardier receives 30 additional firm orders for Learjet 85 Aircraft from Flexjet, LLC
Bombardier announced today that Flexjet, LLC has placed 30 new firm orders for Learjet 85 aircraft. The options were purchased on September 5, 2013 ...
Bombardier Highlights Significant Progress on its New Learjet Aircraft Programs
Bombardier shared new details of its progress on the Learjet 70, Learjet 75 and Learjet 85 aircraft programs during a press conference at the NBAA ...
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment orders a Bombardier 415 aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace confirmed today that, after months of negotiations, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment signed a firm purchase...
Bombardier Sets New Standards in Tram Safety
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With London set to host The Best FIFA Football Awards™ once more this year, it is only fitting that the Royal Festival Hall is lit up by the best of British. Noel Gallagher will perform at the ceremony on Monday 24 September, entertaining the biggest stars from around the world of football in attendance, and millions of fans watching around the world.
The frontman for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds shot to superstardom as the chief songwriter for Oasis, who sold millions of albums to become one of the most successful British bands of all time. One of the group's most fabled gigs, at the height of the frenzy around the band, came across two dates in 1996 at Maine Road – the former home of Noel's beloved Manchester City.
Keep up to date with The Best FIFA Football Awards on Facebook, Twitter – using #FIFAFootballAwards and #TheBest - and Instagram. You can read the very latest news and build-up to the ceremony itself, which takes place on Monday 24 September at the Royal Festival Hall in London, on FIFA.com.


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package edu.usc.pgroup.floe.app;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * The main Emitter interface for Pellets to send out message tuples.
 *
 * @author kumbhare
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public interface Emitter {
    /**
     * To emmit a set of tuples on the output port.
     *
     * @param messages a list of messages.
     */
    void emit(List<Tuple> messages);

    /**
     * To emmit a single tuples on the output port.
     *
     * @param message a message.
     */
    void emit(Tuple message);

    /**
     * To emmit a single tuple to the given output stream.
     * @param streamName name of the stream
     * @param message a tuple message to emit
     */
    void emit(final String streamName, final Tuple message);
}

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Includes 75 Piece Creative Set!
This snowflake set is essential for any creative Frozen fan to colour and draw Elsa and Anna. Have hours of fun with this extensive accessorie set which contains 75 pieces, and comes in a snowflake shaped gift box.
The Disney Frozen Snowflake Giftbox is suitable from 3 years upwards.


I love this passage in Mere Christianity in which Lewis talks about whether the Christian life is hard or easy.
It's both, Lewis says. It's hard as death in the beginning, and then as his life begins to worth within us and transform us, it is relatively easy, because he does the work of transforming us.
We are to hand ourselves over to Christ, to be ploughed up and resown. We are to have the bad tooth out, and a new tooth given us. It's like death.
But then, He lives within us and helps us to do impossible things. In that way, it's easy.
And–and this is the insight I love–once we surrender ourselves to Jesus, and rely on his strength within us to get through our days, it's fine, it's normal, if we only succeed for moments at a time. You surrender yourself to Christ, you rely on his strength. Perhaps, relying on it, you will bite back one unkind retort; silence a bit of juicy gossip; not respond to provocation; pass up the chocolate you do not need; close the laptop when you're wasting time on the internet. And then, you might blow it.
But "from those moments of victory, a new sort of life is spreading through your system," and that too is a way in which sanctification works.
Surrendering ourselves to Jesus for moments at a time. Relying on his strength for moments at a time. Even the weakest Christian, such as I often am, can do that? And a lifetime is made up of moments!!
Is the Christian Life Hard or Easy?
In the previous chapter we were considering the Christian idea of 'putting on Christ,' or first 'dressing up' as a son of God in order that you may finally become a real son. What I want to make clear is that this is not one among many jobs a Christian has to do; and it is not a sort of special exercise for the top class. It is the whole of Christianity. Christianity offers nothing else at all. '.
Both harder and easier. You have noticed, I expect, that Christ Himself sometimes describes the Christian way as very hard, sometimes as very easy. He says, 'Take up your Cross'- in other words, it is like going to be beaten to death in a concentration camp. Next minute he says, 'My yoke is easy and my burden light.' He means both. And one can just see why both are true.
Teachers will tell you that the laziest boy in the class is the one who works hardest in the end. They mean this. If you give two boys, say, a proposition in geometry to do, the one who is prepared to take trouble will try to understand it. The lazy boy will try to learn it by heart because, for the moment, that needs less effort. But six months later, when they are preparing for an exam, that lazy boy is doing hours and hours of miserable drudgery over things the other boy understands, and positively enjoys, in a few minutes. Laziness means more work in the long run. Or look at it this way. In a battle, or in mountain climbing, there is often one thing which it takes a lot of pluck to do; but it is also, in the long run, the safest things to do. If you funk it, you will find yourself, hours later, in far worse danger. The cowardly thing is also the most dangerous thing.
It is like that here. The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self – all your wishes and precautions – to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead. For what we are trying to do is to remain what we call 'ourselves,' to keep personal happiness as our great aim in life, and yet at the same time be 'good'.
We are all trying to let our mind and heart go their own way-centred on money or pleasure or ambition–and hoping, in spite of this, to behave honestly and chastely and humbly. And that is exactly what Christ warned us you could not do. As He said, a thistle cannot produce figs. If I am a field that contains nothing but grass-seed, I cannot produce wheat. Cutting the grass may keep it short: but I shall still produce grass and no wheat. If I want to produce wheat, the change must go deeper than the surface. I must be ploughed up and re-sown.
That is why the real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.And so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind.
We can only do it for moments at first. But from those moments the new sort of life will be spreading through our system: because now we are letting Him work at the right part of us. It is the difference between paint, which is merely laid on the surface, and a dye or stain which soaks right through. He never talked vague, idealistic gas. When he said, `Be perfect,' He meant it. He meant that we must go in for the full treatment. It is hard; but the sort of compromise we are all hankering after is harder – in fact, it is impossible.
May I come back to what I said before? This is the whole of Christianity. There is nothing else. It is so easy to get muddled about that. It is easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects education, building, missions, holding services. The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.
It is even doubtful, you know, whether the whole universe was created for any other purpose. It says in the Bible that the whole universe was made for Christ and that everything is to be gathered together in Him. I do not suppose any of us can understand how this will happen as regards the whole universe. We do not know what (if anything) lives in the parts of it that are millions of miles away from this Earth. Even on this Earth we do not know how it applies to things other than men. After all, that is what you would expect. We have been shown the plan only in so far as it concerns ourselves.
I sometimes like to imagine that I can just see how it might apply to other things. I think I can see how the higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be. I can even see a sense in which the dead things and plants are drawn into Man as he studies them and uses and appreciates them. And if there were intelligent creatures in other worlds they might do the same with their worlds. It might be that when intelligent creatures entered into Christ they would, in that way, bring all the other things in along with them. But I do not know: it is only a guess.
What we have been told is how we men can be drawn into Christ – can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of the universe wants to offer to His Father – that present which is Himself and therefore us in Him. It is the only thing we were made for. And there are strange, exciting hints in the Bible that when we I are drawn in, a great many other things in Nature will begun to come right. The bad dream will be over: it will be morning.


I am a lucky Geographer to have a good friend like Matt. Last month he was on an epic journey to places that I only dream about and being the good friend he is, he sent me some post cards that I can now brag to all of you about.
The three post cards are from Vigur, Iceland (A small spear shaped island in the North West part of the country in the Ísafjarðardjúp. I'm sure that roughly translates to Iceland Fjord), Svalbard Global Seed Vault (located on Spitspergen in the far northern section of Norway – practically the North Pole!), and finally Jan Mayen (actually part of the same province as Svalbard, but farther away and between Iceland and Norway – Matt actually visited there first, but since they are a remote military post, the mail took over a month to get to the mainland and then posted to the US).
Super neat to get notes from these remote reaches, and I only hope that when he visits the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands he remembers me as well!!
This entry was posted in Friends, Travel on August 15, 2014 by clubjosh.


Filmtracks: Colm Wilkenson's Valjean is a struggle.
Colm Wilkenson's Valjean is a struggle.
With filmtracks' guidance, I'm now exploring Les Miserables and other infamous musicals. I just have to say this: with respect to the 10th Anniversary Recording, which has fantastic orchestral arrangements and performances, Colm Wilkenson irritates the hell out of me right off the bat in Prologue and Valjean's Soliloquy. His voice is superb, no doubt. But the way he pronounces things is the stuff parodies are made of. Is it more understated in his other recordings? It just hasn't aged well and I think young listeners like me will be repelled by it too.
The 10th still earns its five stars but, man, Wilkenson is a hurdle and a half and I'm forced to seek out the 25th as well.


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Slovacii sunt un popor de origine slavă. În antichitate, teritoriul a fost locuit de triburi dacice, celtice și germanice, iar peste câteva secole, teritoriul a fost încorporat în Imperiul Roman.

Poporul de origine slavă, ai cărui strămoși au ajuns pe teritoriul actualei Slovacii între secolele V și VI, în timpul Migrațiilor. Mai multe regiuni ale Slovaciei au aparținut Imperiului lui Samo, prima entitate politică a slavilor, apoi Moraviei Mari, Regatului Ungariei, Imperiului Habsburgic, Imperiului Austro-Ungar și apoi Cehoslovaciei. Un stat separat slovac a existat în timpul celui de Al Doilea Război Mondial, între 1939-1945, urmând, într-un final, să devină iarăși parte a Cehoslovaciei. Slovacia și-a obținut independența pe 1 ianuarie 1993, în urma unei dizolvări pașnice a Cehoslovaciei, numită și Divorțul de Catifea. Țara s-a alăturat Uniunii Europene în 2004 și Zonei euro pe 1 ianuarie 2009.

Înainte de secolul V d.Hr.
Începând cu aproximativ 450 î.Hr., pe teritoriul actual al Slovaciei s-au așezat celții, care au construit oppida puternice în Bratislava și Havránok. Biatecii, monedele de argint cu numele regilor celți, reprezintă cea mai veche formă de scriere cunoscută în Slovacia. Din anul 6 d.Hr., Imperiul Roman, aflat în plină expansiune, a construit și menținut un lanț de avanposturi în jurul Dunării. Regatul Vannius, un regat barbar fondat de tribul germanic Quadi, a existat în Slovacia vestică și centrală din 20 până în 50 d.Hr.

State slave
Populația de origine slavă s-a așezat în teritoriul actual al Slovaciei în secolul V d.Hr., ce s-a amestecat cu celți, romani si germanici, traco-daci. Slovacia de vest a fost centrul Imperiului lui Samo din secolul VII. Un stat slovac, cunoscut ca Principatul Nitra, a apărut în secolul VIII, și conducătorul lui, Pribina, a consacrat prima biserică creștină de pe teritoriul Slovaciei în 828. Împreună cu Moravia învecinată, a constituit nucleul Moraviei Mari, începând cu anul 833. Curând însă cneazul Pribina a fost expulzat de pe tron de către Mojmir I. Apogeul acestui imperiu slavonic a fost găzduirea sfinților Chiril și Metodiu în 863, în timpul domniei prințului Rastislav, precum și expansiunea teritorială din timpul regelui Svatopluk I.

Regatul Ungariei
După dezintegrarea Moraviei Mari, la începutul secolului X, maghiarii au anexat, treptat, teritoriul actual al Slovaciei. La sfârșitul secolului X, Slovacia de sud-vest a fost încorporată în Principatul Ungar, aflat pe atunci în expansiune (după anul 1000 devine Regatul Ungariei). Mare parte din Slovacia a fost integrată în Regatul Ungariei până în c.1100, iar regiunile din nord-est până în c.1300. Datorită nivelului său de dezvoltare economică și culturală ridicat, Slovacia și-a menținut o poziție importantă în cadrul noului stat. Timp de aproximativ două secole, s-a bucurat de autonomie ca Principatul Nitra, în cadrul Regatului Ungariei. Așezările slovace s-au extins până în zona nordică și sud-estică a Ungariei actuale, în timp ce maghiarii au început să se stabilească în sudul Slovaciei actuale. Compoziția etnică s-a diversificat prin așezarea germanilor carpatici (din secolul XIII), a valahilor (din secolul XIV), și a evreilor.

Rezultatul invaziei mongole din 1241, și al foametei derivate, a fost o pierdere masivă de populație. Cu toate acestea, Slovacia medievală a fost caracterizată, mai degrabă, de orașe active, construcția multor castele de piatră, și dezvoltarea artelor. În 1467, regele Matei Corvin a fondat prima universitate în Bratislava, dar instituția a fost desființată după moartea acestuia.

După ce Imperiul Otoman și-a început expansiunea pe teritoriul Regatului Ungariei, ocupând Buda, la începutul secolului al XVI-lea, centrul Regatului s-a mutat către Slovacia, iar Bratislava (cunoscută ca Pressburg, Pozsony, Pressporek sau Posonium pe atunci) a devenit capitala "Ungariei Regale" în 1536. Dar războaiele otomane și revoltele frecvente împotriva Monarhiei Habsburgice au cauzat distrugeri, în special, în zonele rurale. Pe măsură ce turcii s-au retras din Ungaria, în secolul al XVIII-lea, importanța Slovaciei în cadrul regatului a scăzut, deși Bratislava și-a menținut statutul de capitală a Ungariei până în 1848, când Budapesta a fost declarată noua capitală.

Teritoriul actual slovac a intrat sub stăpânirea Ungariei și apoi după cucerirea ei de către Austria. În anul 1848 slovacii se răscoală împotriva ungurilor, însă victoria lor contra Austriei face noul stat să incorporeze și pe slovaci. După compromisul și formarea Austro-Ungariei Slovacia este incorporată Tisleithaniei (părții ungurești).

În timpul revoluției din 1848-49 slovacii au fost de partea împăratului austriac, deoarece scopul lor era separarea de partea ungară a monarhiei austriece, dar nu și-au putut îndeplini obiectivul. În timpul Dualismului Austro-Ungar (1867-1918), slovacii au avut de suferit de pe urma politicii dure de maghiarizare a guvernului maghiar.

Republica Slovacă (1939-1945)

După invadarea Cehiei, Hitler l-a invitat pe monseniorul Jozef Tiso la Berlin, pentru a-l îndemna să proclame independența Slovaciei. Tiso a refuzat să ia decizia proclamării independenței fără a consulta dieta. Hitler a fost de acord ca problema independenței să fie hotărâtă de Dieta slovacă (parlamentul). La 14 martie 1939, a fost convocată Dieta. În sesiunea parlamentului, Tiso a prezentat un raport asupra discuțiilor cu Hitler, iar deputații au aprobat, în unanimitate, proclamarea independenței. Jozef Tiso a fost numit prim-ministru al noii republici. Nu peste multă vreme Slovacia a fost atacată de Ungaria iar Germania, deși avea un tratat de protecție cu Slovacia, nu a sprijinit Slovacia în acest război iar slovacii au fost siliți să piardă un ținut cu 1,697 km².

Împreuna cu Germania și Uniunea Sovietică, Slovacia a atacat Polonia pentru a-și recâștiga pământurile pierdute în 1938 și, respectiv, 1922. De asemenea, a luat parte la Operațiunea Barbarossa.

După sfârșitul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial, Cehoslovacia a fost reînființată.

Cehoslovacia și Al Doilea Război Mondial

După căderea Austro-Ungariei, cehii și slovacii au format Cehoslovacia. În ecranul slovac, dominația cehă a trebuit pur și simplu înlocuită cu cea maghiară, deoarece cehii, care au fost în imposibilitatea de a găsi poziții în Boemia sau Moravia, au preluat posturi administrative locale și educaționale în Slovacia. O minoritate din slovaci a fost, în general, pentru clerul catolic slovac, burghezia rurală, și țărănimea a vrut autonomie. Autonomia politică a fost o problemă deosebit de gravă pentru slovaci. După Acordul de la München, Slovacia a obținut autonomia în cadrul Cehoslovaciei.

Adolf Hitler, care se pregătea să invadeze Cehia, avea mai multe planuri pentru Slovacia. Decizia finală a lui Hitler a fost să creeze un stat separat slovac aflat sub "protecția" Germaniei, care să reprezinte o bază strategică de atac împotriva Poloniei. Pe 13 martie 1939, Hitler l-a invitat pe monseniorul Jozef Tiso (fostul premier al Slovaciei autonome, înlăturat prin forță de trupele cehe cu câteva zile mai înainte) la Berlin, pentru a-l îndemna să proclame independența Slovaciei, alternativa fiind împărțirea țării între Ungaria și Polonia. Această posibilitate a fost "confirmată" de Joachim von Ribbentrop, care a prezentat un raport fals cu privire la mobilizarea trupelor maghiare la granița cu Slovacia. Tiso a refuzat să ia decizia proclamării independenței de unul singur. Hitler a fost de acord ca problema independenței să fie hotărâtă de Dieta (parlamentul) slovacă. Pe 14 martie, a fost convocată Dieta. În sesiunea parlamentului, Tiso a prezentat un raport asupra discuțiilor cu Hitler, iar deputații au aprobat în unanimitate proclamarea independenței. Jozef Tiso a fost numit președinte al noii republici. Slovacia a semnat un tratat cu Germania prin care al doilea devenea un protector al țării. Slovacia s-a înscris în război de partea Axei ajutând de multe ori Germania. După izbucnirea insurecției naționale antinaziste din august 1944, germanii au ocupat din septembrie țara. Trupele germene au fost alungate pas cu pas de armatele sovietice, române și cehoslovace care înaintau din răsărit. Prima republică slovacă a încetat definitiv să existe de facto pe 4 aprilie 1945, când Armata Roșie a eliberat Bratislava și ultima parte a Slovaciei. De jure, Republica Slovacă a încetat de jure să existe pe 8 mai 1945, când guvernul slovac în exil a capitulat la Kremsmünster (Austria) în fața generalului Walton Walker, comandantul Armatei a 3-a americane.

Teritoriul Slovaciei eliberate a devenit parte de facto a Cehoslovaciei. După mișcarea comunistă în Cehoslovacia țara s-a reorganizat administrativ în Republica Socialistă Slovacă și Republica Socialistă Cehă. Repartizarea între cehi și slovaci în Cehoslovacia a persistat ca un element cheie în mișcarea de reformă din anii 1960 și reducere a anilor 1970, un deceniu de care se ocupau cu asprime cu atât aspirațiile cehilor și slovacilor. Etnia rămâne parte integrantă a afacerilor sociale, politice și economice a țării. Slovacia a făcut câștiguri importante în producția industrială în anii 1960 și 1970. Prin anii 1970, producția industrială a fost aproape egală cu cea din Cehia. Deși planificatorii slovaci s-au grăbit să se constate că a continuat să rămână, era clar că industria și producția Slovaciei a crescut foarte mult. O îmbunătățire generală în domeniul serviciilor, în special în domeniul sănătății și educației, însoțite de o creștere industrială a Slovaciei. La mijlocul anilor 1980, numărul de medici pe cap de locuitor a depășit ușor Cehia, în timp ce în 1948 acesta a fost de două treimi cifra cehă. Din 1948 până în 1983, numărul de studenți în învățământul superior în Slovacia a crescut la 1.000 de locuitori.

După Revoluția de Catifea s-a eliminat cuvântul "socialistă".

Prezent

După Divorțul de Catifea, Slovacia a ajuns să fie independentă. Slovacia va deveni o economie tip "tigru" nefiind eclipsată de Cehia. Acest lucru s-a întâmplat, mai ales după 2000, când Slovacia a devenit o economie cu o creștere economică foarte puternică. Deși la ora actuală Cehia are un PIB pe cap de locuitor mai ridicat decât cel slovac, Slovacia a arătat o creștere economică mai mare ca Cehia în ultimii ani și a intrat într-o perioadă de boom economic.

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The Calgary phone book contains good information about businesses all over Calgary, and can tell you the telephone numbers and addresses of friends, relatives, and almost anyone else you'd like to look up.
There's a lot of focus on marketing on the Internet these days, which makes it easy to forget about where most people really turn when they need goods and services - the good ol' phone book. It may also provide instructions about how to use the telephone service in the local area, may give important numbers for emergency services, utilities, hospitals, doctors, and organizations who can provide support in times of crisis.
The rise of the Internet and smart phones in the 21st Century greatly reduced the need for a paper phone book. In the US, under current rules and practices, mobile phone and Voice over IP listings are not included in telephone directories. A telephone directory and its content may be known by the color of the paper it is printed on. White pages generally provides residential and business telephone number by alphabetic order.
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Using a flexible, easy to understand and high performance graph back-end allowed Whitepages to turn its 17 year experience in the data collection business into a platform used by companies like Amazon, Microsoft or Twilio.
Whitepages had a challenge : storing hundreds of millions of relationships between various entities and finding connections quickly in this dataset. In 1976, AT&T commissioned the design of a new typeface whose sole purpose would be for use in their telephone directories. Bell Centennial is a family of four weights, designed by Matthew Carter at Mergenthaler, to take advantage of the then-newer composing and printing technologies, while still compensating for the limitations that did exist. Bell Centennial is a condensed sans-serif design that maintains legibility at very small sizes, allows for clear information structures, is economical on space, and accommodates for adverse production conditions; all while keeping to an intended typographic style.
Since the intended final use was so specific, the restrictions on the design were extremely stringent, down to the minimum thousandth-of-an-inch in stroke weight, but this was all solved through careful planning and extreme attention to detail. Bell Gothic consisted of two weights, each serving a different purpose: Bold was used to list subscribers' names and numbers, and Light was used for setting addresses. Bell Gothic worked fine when the directories were still being composed in hot metal on a Linotype machine and printed on a letterpress, but because it was designed for those production methods, it didn't hold up under the set of limitations presented by newer technologies.
For a time, printers tried to compensate for this erosion by over-inking the printing plates; while this helped to thicken the strokes, it brought up a whole new set of problems.
It was apparent that a new typeface had to be designed to work with the newer technologies instead of trying to force Bell Gothic to work under circumstances for which it was not designed. With this freedom, Carter was able to improve the clarity of visual hierarchy between all weights in the family. The CRT method of typesetting also required an increase in stroke width to prevent the letterforms from breaking apart.
Since CRT rendered each letter at about 850 lines per inch, the strokes of the lightest characters varied between only 4 and 6 scan lines.
To maintain total control of the final rendering of his new typeface, Carter took on the laborious task of designing each character for the exact size (6 point) and resolution at which it would be ultimately produced.
The drawings were encoded by hand and proofs were then made on Mergenthaler's Linotron 606 digital typesetter.
Though Carter designed all of Bell Centennials forms, a man named Alex Kaczun (profile) is attributed to wrapping the shapes with bezier curves to create the vector-based font in use today. Comparisons between Bell Gothic and Bell Centennial in trial settings showed Bell Centennial as more space efficient, saving several lines per page by reducing the number of listings that would require multiple lines.
The main problem with Helvetica was that its forms lost some functionality at the small sizes used in the phone book due to its closed letter shapes. The letters were allowed a bit more breathing space as far as letterspacing which prevented characters from bleeding together on the page. Obviously the numbers of Bell Centennial played a crucial role, so Carter made sure to create a clear distinction between numbers with similar forms like 5 and 6, or 3 and 8. Maybe the most unique of Bell Centennial's forms are in place to solve problems during production. Bell Centennial introduced two new weights to the phonebook, allowing more depth in hierarchy and opportunities to highlight special listings.
Predicting that advertisers would pay extra money for increased visibility, a Bold Listing weight was developed. Besides the Bell corporate identity system, created in 1969, Saul Bass is also well-known for his film title sequences. Bold Listing sat below the normal baseline, utilizing the space normally used by descenders. Although intended for small print and lists, Mazda UK used Bell Centennial at huge sizes to striking effect in a mid-1990s ad campaign, as did the English National Opera to advertise their production of Katya Kabanova.
I am always interested in examples of the use of Bell Centennial (especially non-phonebook) to show as samples here; if you have any or know of any, please don't hesitate to let me know.
The phonebook in this photo was used to display Bell Centennial at the Boston Ink exhibition of printing at the Boston Public Library.
If you have any questions, comments, corrections, or suggestions, on anything at all, please feel free to contact me. The Typeface Bell Centennial is original Artwork of Matthew Carter; created exclusively for Linotype Library GmbH or its affiliates companies.
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Subscriber names are generally listed in alphabetical order, together with their postal or street address and telephone number. But for a fee, subscribers may request the exclusion of their number from the directory, primarily for privacy and security concerns.
In the latter case, the directory can be provided as an online service through proprietary terminals or over the Internet, or on physical media such as CD-ROM.
Some communities, such as Seattle and San Francisco, sought to ban their unsolicited distribution as wasteful, unwanted and harmful to the environment. Use the New Ultimates white pages directory to find information on lost friends or relatives. The Whitepages engineering team recently shared the story of its journey into graph databases. It would also have to support queries that are centered on the exploration of relationships between entities.
Titan is a transactional database that can support thousands of concurrent users executing complex graph traversals in real time. When the project will be over, the Whitepages graph will store the most comprehensive and accurate data for people and businesses in North America, including the best mobile data available anywhere. It is not simply a new way to offer the same products and services with better performances. An overview of the WhitePages API is publicly available and accessing the API only requires an email verification.
Last year, Facebook announced Graph Search, a search engine smart enough to understand the connections within the users of Facebook, places, tastes, etc.
The design had to solve multiple technical and visual problems related with the existing phonebook typeface, Bell Gothic. Typographic composition was being done photographically with Cathode Ray Typesetting (CRT), and the printing done on high-speed offset lithography presses.
He made the Name & Number face heavier and wider, increasing its prominence over other information.
This made every single scan crucial to the outcome of the letter, both regarding legibility and compensation for variations in production. From there, the digitized typeface was provided to Autologic and Information International (two companies whose typesetters were widely used by Bell) for conversion into proprietary font formats that would work best with their typesetting equipment. Some serve technical purposes that improve reproduction, some deal with legibility issues, and some act as stylistic devices.
To do this, Carter emphasized counter space by using square cut terminals on letters with curved strokes, like in the a, c, e, g, and s.
It did not have lowercase characters and had an exaggerated capital height – sitting below the baseline and utilizing the space normally used by lowercase descenders. Sub-Caption was developed, and proved helpful in giving additional information about advertisers or in listing entries for large institutions with multiple departments and numbers. When compared with a modern Verizon phonebook page (below), differences can be noticed in specifics of how the typeface is used and with what other typefaces.
In many countries directories are both published in book for and also available over the Internet. Here is the story of how Whitepages switched to graph technologies and transformed its business.
When you wanted to contact someone you knew the name of, the phone book could help you find his number.
Moreover, in the real world many people or businesses can be connected to the same address and some phone numbers are shared. The result were good enough to enable Whitepages to give direct access to its data through a public API. According to Carter, the presence or absence of one tile on the grid could greatly affect the perception of a curve's shape or a stroke's angle when viewed at the target size.
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How Diageo reduced risk in Asia
James A. Cooke
The vastness of Asia makes supply chain operations in that region especially susceptible to disruptions. A 2012 study by the Asian Development Bank reported that people living in the Asia-Pacific region are 25 times more likely to be affected by a natural disaster than are residents of Europe or North America. And it's not just natural disasters that can impact supply chains in that part of the world. Geopolitical upheavals, epidemics, currency fluctuations, port delays, terrorist attacks, and volatile fuel prices also can wreak havoc with Asian supply chains. Despite those risks, many companies view the Asian market as critical to their long-term growth. To succeed in that continent's diverse and far-flung markets, then, they must adopt strategies to confront such challenges.
One of those companies is Diageo plc, the global manufacturer and distributor of premium spirits, wine, and beer. Serving the Asian market is a complex undertaking for Diageo, which imports more than 60 percent of the product it sells in Asia from Scotland. That's because of country-specific differences in duties and regulations, a huge range of stock-keeping units (SKUs), the perishable nature of its products, the long lead times for transportation, and market demand volatility. All of those factors can influence inventory, warehousing costs, production flexibility, and customer service.
In order to ensure a steady supply of products to satisfy consumers throughout this diverse and challenging market, Diageo segmented both its product lines and its supply chain into three categories. The company tailored its distribution and inventory practices to each product segment, and used local manufacturing or postponement to minimize the impact of any supply chain disruption on its Asian business.
But the impact of this business model extends far beyond risk mitigation. The differentiated product/supply chain strategy also enabled Diageo to reduce its inventory holdings for certain products while still meeting consumer demand that is specific to national markets—a distinct competitive advantage.
Asia: Targeted for growth
Headquartered in London, Diageo plc is a multinational beverage company. As the world's largest producer of spirits, it owns such well-known brands as Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, Captain Morgan rum, Smirnoff vodka, and Tanqueray gin. It's also a major producer of wine and beer, owning the Guinness label, among others. The company reported more than US $17 billion in worldwide revenue in fiscal year 2013 from sales in 180 countries.
Although North America and Western Europe accounted for 33 percent and 19 percent, respectively, of its net sales in fiscal year 2013, Diageo is looking to emerging markets for much of its future growth. The company is already well established in those markets. In 2013, South America represented 13 percent of net sales; Africa, Eastern Europe, and Turkey comprised 20 percent; and Asia and Australia 15 percent. But Diageo wants 50 percent of its business growth to come from emerging markets by 2017 and is aiming to lift Asian sales to 25 percent of overall revenue by then, says Joy Rice, Diageo's Asia-Pacific supply chain support director.
That may sound like a tough goal to meet, but the Asian market offers Diageo a tremendous opportunity to increase sales. For one thing, Rice says, Asians consume the highest volume of spirits in the world in terms of gross sales. For another, the Asia-Pacific region is home to one-third of the world's richest people, making it a target market for luxury goods like high-end beverages. But Asia-Pacific can't be viewed through a single lens, Rice says, because it includes discrete national markets with different social norms and customs, and various levels of income.
Efficient, responsive, and agile
To address those market intricacies, Diageo five years ago segmented its Asian supply chain into three categories, based on product complexity and predictability of demand. On a volume basis, most of the company's sales fall within what it terms the "efficient" supply chain category. The products in this category achieve high-volume sales, enjoy predictable demand, and don't require special packaging or treatment. They're generally made on dedicated production lines and can be shipped using the most cost-effective form of distribution. Examples of products in this category would be widely available, moderately priced brands like Johnnie Walker Black Scotch whisky or Smirnoff vodka.
The second segment—dubbed the "responsive" supply chain—includes lower-volume product with more volatile demand. To ensure supply in the face of fluctuating demand, inventory is held close to the market where it is consumed. Products in this category can also require customization, such as special packaging. An example would be Johnnie Walker Blue Scotch whisky, a higher-priced, premium blend sold in a silk-lined box with a certificate of authenticity.
The final category—the "agile supply chain"—includes product with highly unpredictable demand that must also reach the market within a critical time period. To ensure adequate supply for this product category, Diageo must have both manufacturing and distribution agility, as serving this specialty category can require production ramp-ups and even sudden exits of a product from the market. An example would be the new Johnnie Walker Explorer's Club Collection, specially packaged product that's only available in travel retail outlets and duty-free shops.
Diageo has established local production capacity for each of the three segments. The company considers manufacturing in Asia to be critical to its ability to provide Asian markets with consistent customer service and prevent supply disruptions. "It allows us to keep product closer to the market to reduce lead time," Rice explains. Moreover, local manufacturing is what makes it possible for Diageo to execute a differentiated supply chain, she adds.
At present Diageo operates 13 manufacturing facilities, either wholly owned, joint ventures, or third-party operations, in the Asia-Pacific region. Diageo's wholly owned facilities, located in Bundaberg, Queensland, and Huntingwood, New South Wales, Australia, and Incheon, South Korea, produce a wide range of products for the Asian market. Diageo also has joint-venture and third-party bottling facilities in China, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia that produce spirits and beer, including some that are specific to local markets.
A key element of Diageo's Asian risk management strategy was the opening of a product-finishing and distribution center in Singapore in 2006. The center, which has the capacity to handle 8 million cases of liquor annually, allows Diageo to efficiently handle imported beverages. Imported product—for example, Scotch whisky, which can only be labeled as such if it is made in Scotland—is transported in bulk, in cases, and in kegs. It is held in the Singapore facility until there is a specific demand for it. The DC then applies the appropriate labels and tax stamps for the individual national markets and ships the order.
Because it can tailor products to local markets and ship them in response to changes in demand, the Singapore center supports Diageo's responsive and agile supply chain strategies. "It allows us to mitigate demand volatility," Rice says. But there have been other benefits, too. "Since its launch, we have improved customer service," she says. "The decision to finish some of our products in Singapore, rather than Scotland or elsewhere, has reduced lead time from eight to ten weeks down to one to three weeks."
In 2011 Diageo constructed a "super-premium" finishing center in Singapore, located adjacent to the first facility. The new center further supports the company's agile supply chain strategy by developing time-sensitive products for special occasions. For example, it creates special liquor packages for the Chinese New Year and Vietnam's "Tet" New Year celebrations. The center can even produce packages with special engravings on them. Performing these activities in a purpose-built facility has undeniable benefits. "Our super-premium finishing center allows for limited-edition, small-batch orders to be quickly assembled at short notice without compromising cost efficiencies and disrupting the supply chain operations for the rest of our portfolio," Rice explains.
While Diageo's approach has been very effective in mitigating supply chain risk in Asia, it has also helped Diageo better manage its costs and forward planning. For example, because the Singapore center allows Diageo to reduce long lead times for imported product, especially Scotch whisky, the company can hold less inventory in Asia and still respond quickly to local demand. "By establishing a distribution and finishing center and a super-premium center in Singapore, we're able to keep our products closer to markets in the region," Rice says. "Markets now have the option of placing orders with a shorter lead time and improved forecast accuracy."
Diageo's differentiated product strategy results in a competitive advantage in Asia, Rice says, because it gives the global manufacturer the ability to sell a range of products that meet different consumer demands, and thus capture a greater share of Asia-Pacific's various markets. Diageo's differentiated supply chain design and infrastructure, matched to specific product marketing strategies, makes all that possible. Says Rice: "Establishing differentiated capabilities in our supply chain allows us to support this strategy with speed and agility."
This story first appeared in the Quarter 2/2014 edition of CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly, a journal of thought leadership for the supply chain management profession and a sister publication to AGiLE Business Media's DC Velocity. Readers can obtain a subscription by joining the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (whose membership dues include the Quarterly's subscription fee). Subscriptions are also available to nonmembers for $34.95 (digital) or $89 a year (print). For more information, visit www.SupplyChainQuarterly.com.
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