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If you are seriously considering the option of having a deck built on your home, then you may be wondering what steps you will need to take in order to find the best decking companies near you. For starters, you will want to find a company that has a lot of specific experience when it comes to building decks in your area. You may even want to ask representatives from the company to see some samples of work that they have done in the past. Many reputable companies keep a portfolio of their work either at their office or even online for potential clients to view, and browsing through these photos can be a great way to get an idea as to what kind of work you can expect from them.
Furthermore, when choosing a decking company in your area, you should take your time to find one that will issue you a no-obligation quote for the cost of the materials and construction. This is a great way to know ahead of time what the cost of the work will be and to avoid sticker shock in the long run. Fortunately, if you are looking for the best local professionals when it comes to deck builders in Chester County PA, you do not need to look any further than Deck Craft. We specialize in getting the job done right and for a reasonable price.
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A common failing of communist governments through the decades has been a fundamental lack of faith in the people. They need to be reeducated, guided, and micromanaged. Given too many choices, the conventional wisdom goes, people will invariably make the wrong ones and act in their own self-interest instead of for the common good. In social terms, this can lead to purges, social realist cinema, and the Cultural Revolution.
When the same approach is applied to stock markets, we get the mess that we see in China today.
To sum up the situation in one paragraph, which those of you who have been following the Chinese markets closely can skip: the government owns two-thirds of all listed shares, only a handful of companies can issue bonds, the stock market fell to eight-year lows earlier this year, and the securities industry is on the brink of a collapse that has only been averted by government bailouts.
The root cause is that the government doesn't trust the investors to do the right thing – to pick the best companies and the best bond issues, and to buy them for what they're worth. Instead, it micromanages the process, deciding who gets to list and who doesn't, setting the IPO price, setting the rates for corporate bonds.
The lack of trust in the market is exacerbated by way too much trust in employees – in corporate managers (that they won't cook the books) and in brokers and traders (that they won't use inside info for their own personal gain).
But now, finally, we're starting to see some light. In May, the government announced that it would begin a pilot privatization program under which some companies would be able to convert some nontradable state-owned stock into tradable stock.
There have been several previous attempts to do this, but all failed because of investor protests that the value of their holdings would plummet if new shares flooded the market. This time, the reforms seem to be moving ahead well and around 200 companies have announced share conversion plans (there are about 1,400 listed companies in China altogether).
There are other signs of liberalization in the securities market. In September, China Unicom packaged up future mobile phone revenues and sold RMB3.2 billion of the new securities on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. As an alternative to corporate bonds – or bank loans – such a securitization project gives Chinese companies access to low-cost financing, and gives investors another way to invest in China's economy. The fact that the offering was over-subscribed indicated investor interest in the concept.
Meanwhile, in late October, the governor of the central bank said China will move ahead with bond reforms as well, allowing the market – instead of government officials – to determine which companies can issue bonds and at what rate. This will require a good credit rating system as well, something which China currently lacks.
And in November, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission promised that China would soon have a revised bankruptcy law, which is key to clearing out the dead wood. Also in November, the government called on major shareholders to pay off money they had borrowed from their companies by the end of 2006 and to improve accounting and risk controls.
The Securities Association of China reported that last year 114 brokers lost a total of about RMB15 billion (US$1.85 billion), the fourth year in a row that Chinese brokerages have collectively lost money. In the past 18 months, the government has closed down or taken over 21 brokerages (out of a total of about 130), and another 60 or so may also be doomed. This is a good sign. Foreign investors are optimistic that this is a sign that the Chinese stock market will turn around, and foreign institutional investors have begun picking up the pace at which they move in.
Three of the top five global tech IPOs this year have been Chinese, as was the single largest IPO since 2001 – China Construction Bank's Hong Kong listing.
Credit Suisse First Boston has already used up its US$150 million QFII allotment and is applying for another tranche. CSFB also says that it wants to set up a joint-venture with a Chinese brokerage, which is the only way foreign firms can currently get into the market.
Citigroup and HSBC are competing with CSFB to get in all three have their sights set on a majority stake in Shanghai's Xiangcai Securities. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and UBS, meanwhile, are already involved with local brokerage firms, but hold minority stakes.
The brokerages I talk to say that they're waiting for certain signals before jumping into China currency convertibility, share ownership reforms, and the ability to buy majority stakes in brokerages (or open their own offices). It looks as though the government is getting ready to take these steps, so if you have been waiting on the sidelines before jumping in, it may be time to start making plans.
Maria Trombly is the Asia bureau chief for Securities Industry News. She was born in the Soviet Union.


Don't Throw Away Your Faith!!
As the author of the book of Hebrews continues giving doubting disciples reasons why they should not throw away their faith, he tells them they should not throw away their faith because they need their faith for living. Authentic disciples know they are saved by faith, but the disciples to whom he was writing did not know, or had forgotten, that they are also called to live by faith.
He quotes the key verse of the prophecy written by Habakkuk to suffering people. When we are suffering, we especially need to be reminded that God has given us the faith to persevere and do the will of God in our crisis.
I have observed a direct correlation between spiritual growth and suffering. The Greek word translated "persevere" in these verses is a quality God grows in us when we are living by faith while we are suffering, according to the Apostle Paul (Romans 5:3-5).
The immediate response of many authentic disciples when we find ourselves in a difficult situation is: "Lord, get me out of here!" When that doesn't happen, we are sometimes tempted to throw away our faith.
Is this a message you need to hear today?
"As I enter this valley, Lord, I will not be paralyzed by fear, because I believe You are with me. Your ability to protect me and lead me through this valley is a comfort to me. I know that in the darkest and scariest part of this valley, in the middle of life threatening danger, You will spread a table of provision for me.
Finally, thank your Good Shepherd-God that you can trust Him to lead you through this life to unbroken fellowship with Him forever in Heaven: to the green pastures that never turn brown, the still waters that never become disturbed, and the cup that never empties.
Patterns for Good: God's Good!!
This is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied verses in the Bible. Paul is not teaching that all the events of our lives are good. He is teaching that if we meet two prerequisites, God will fit into a pattern for good everything that happens to us – the good and bad.
The second prerequisite: if we show our love by being passionately called according to God's plan, God will fit all the events of our lives into a pattern for good – God's good, which will be the only good that interests us if we truly love God.
There is nothing good about being a bedfast quadriplegic. But as I look back from the finish line over the events of my life, I realize I never would have done my most fruitful work for God as an able-bodied human being with strength of my own.
When the foundations of your life are breaking up, don't let those events drive you inward into a pity party. Look up and ask God to fit everything into a pattern for God's good, God's plan and God's Glory.
When Are You Going To Get Some Faith?
I have not posted a blog for quite some time because I had a medical crisis that put me in the hospital, followed by a limited ability to work on my computer for eight weeks. This experience has reminded me of this Gospel account of a fierce storm that was turned into a great calm by a profound question asked by Jesus.
Jesus promises to take us to the other side. When fierce storms break into our lives they will not invalidate what Jesus is doing in and through us if we will let this profound question turn our storms into a great calm.
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One way the Lord makes us lie down is to use health problems, marriage problems, problems with our children, finances, careers, and any other kind of problems we can imagine to teach us about the relationship with God which is key to all the blessings profiled in Psalm 23.
When are We Going to Get Some Faith?
Before we are too hard on the apostles, let's apply the essential truth of this story personally. Jesus has promised us that He will take us from the other side of this life to the next dimension called Heaven. While we are on that journey, if a great storm falls upon us do we believe that storm declares all His promises to be null and void? Or do we have a quality of faith that can turn that great storm into a great calm?
Storms in our lives are a classroom in which God wants to strengthen, grow and authenticate our faith.


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*I opened with the same paragraph last month. I have to say that this posting M/W/F thing is sort of been annoying to me. So I renege. You may see the posting picking back up here because I've not been able to adequately keep track of what we're reading and doing around these parts and as this blog is primarily for me, I'm going to post more regularly. I'm annoying me. Why should I do that to myself?
* The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis (linked to my review) which I read as part of the Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge.
* I also began reading The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis as part of the challenge. I am about half-way through with this title and will be reviewing it next week, most likely.
* The Queen: A Life in Brief was consumed and reviewed over at 5 Minutes for Books.
* The only title I have not yet gotten to from last month's list (but still have time before the end of July!) is The Second World War, Volume 2: Their Finest Hour by Winston Churchill. And I'm feeling determined.
* My in-town bookclub is torturing me this month. The title? Bleak House by Charles Dickens!!!! (The regulars around here might recall my passionate dislike of Dickens?!?!?!?!) I haven't started it yet. I loathe the idea of starting it. I'm working on the courage and the nerve. And if I perish, I perish.
You know . . . light and easy stuff on topics which do not raise anyone's hackles!
That's about how my reading month looks. How 'bout yours? I'm off to find out!
I love the variety in the books you have chosen! I also have Tolstoy and the Purple Chair on my list, but I haven't started quite yet, but its good to know it starts out more fluffy than heavy.
Bleak House is one of Dickens' books I haven't read yet. I'll be interested in your take on it.
I love your post! oh, and so want to read the C.S. Lewis (The Narnian) I will look forward to the review!
I so started two classics this SUmmer but I am so slow... I did not even list them as it will be too embarrassing when next month comes and I won't be finished!
I have yet to be sucked into the Downton Abbey phenomenon, but it certainly sounds interesting. If I do end up watching the series, I know I'll have to read the book you mentioned here, too.
Your dislike for Dickens kind of makes me nervous. I have never read him and I have a few on my list! UGH! I am still working on my Narnian challenge. I couldn't stop with the first one so I thought I would re-read the entire Chronicles. I am loving it and seem to be picking up more that I didn't the first time. Tolstoy and the Purple chair...seems I have seen that somewhere before. Looking forward to hearing more about it.
Hi Carrie. Have you seen the 2005 BBC miniseries of Bleak House starring Gillian Anderson and Anna Maxwell Martin? It's really good, and an excellent adaptation of the book. I watched it several times before reading Bleak House. I don't know if you think that watching it would either help you get into the book or make you not want to bother with the book, but I thought I would throw it out there.
I personally love Dickens, and I don't think I've been reading your blog long enough to know why you dislike him, but I'm not sure why you're afraid to read Bleak House specifically. I LOVED it. It's probably my favorite Dickens book that I've read so far. It's hilarious! Maybe I just have a similar sense of humor to Dickens, but I felt like I was laughing throughout the whole book. And it's just such a wonderful story. If you read the back cover it makes it sound like it has a lot to do with the legal system, but... it really doesn't.
If you go to my blog you can check out my review of it, which may or may not make you less worried about reading it. In it I share some fun quotes from the book and just different aspects of the book that I enjoyed.
Sorry for taking up so much space with your comments I just love Bleak House so much I find it sad that you don't want to read it!
WAIT! For book club YOU are having us read DICKENS in December!
I totally understand about not being able to stick to a schedule. I have noticed that I am totally sporadic with blogging...and content with it, though my readers might like a real schedule, I just can't do it!
@Annette - haha! Yes! I can take A Christmas Carol because it's to the point. I dislike Dickens mostly because he is so. verbose.
@wxrox - I forget who it was, but someone once recommended that I start by watching the mini series as that might help make sense of the book. I'm seriously considering it. Keep talking. You are bolstering my confidence in picking it up.
I just don't like his style!
I'm sorry to hear that you dislike Dickens style and verboseness! I know everyone has their preferences, so I probably can't change your mind on that score. I love all the words he chooses and the attention he gives to detail. Maybe if you fall in love with the story and the characters that won't bother you as much in this novel.
I'll have to keep checking back to see if you watch it / start reading it and see what you think!
I plan to keep a Reader's Diary of Bleak House because I think that's probably best for me. And I'm really feeling more and more inclined to watch the mini series FIRST because my other friend in the bookclub said she started reading it and it was filled with subplots and was rather confusing.
Bleak House is one of several Dickens books I have not read. I find it fascinating that wxroz likes it best, because I have never heard anyone say that before. That's cool!
These are the books I've read by Dickens, and the order I read them in: A Tale of Two Cities, Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, and currently reading Little Dorrit (the only book that's on my nightstand).
Next on my list to read by him is Our Mutual Friend. This is also another fantastic mini series from BBC that I love!
A note to anyone wanting to watch either Our Mutual Friend or Bleak House through netflix - don't do instant watch, they cut things out of them! Get the discs sent to your house.
Okay, sorry Carrie for monopolizing your comments section. I'm done now!
I'm really curious about the "purple chair" book. This is the first time I've heard of it.
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair is on my to-read list as well. Someday!
Bleak House... eh. Good luck! I read it. I trudged through it. I breathed a sigh of relief when done. But it was one "classic" checked off my list. Why, oh why is it labeled a classic??? I hope you like it better than I did!
I loved your comments on Bleak House. Please don't perish! :) I hated Dickens in school but did enjoy A Christmas Carol when I read it a few years ago.
I've enjoyed Lady Almina. Haven't gotten to the Queen one, but I've read Robert Lacey's others.
First, I miss your daily posts. :-). Your blog is a habit for me. :-). Second, have fun with Dickens! I've read A Tale of Two Cities and Great Exoectations, and I plan to read A Christmas Carol aloud to my girls this Dec. for the Bookclub (I don't remember reading it before), but that's it. Maybe you can take some of your Churchill grit and apply it to Dickens!
I haven't read Bleak House, but it goes straight to my reading list. I like Dickens, but I remember how at school I had to read a classic author that everybody loved but I strongly disliked.
I'm just loving how dramatic you get sometimes. I read this post and just smiled and smiled.
I really loved Bleak House but I did watch the miniseries first (which was EXCELLENT). I recently read David Copperfield and while I found certain parts (and characters) to be tedious by the time I reached the end I discovered that I really loved it too! Who knew?
No one listen to Carrie! haha...at least on the Charles Dickens thing! Bleak House is amazing! Sorry Carrie, I was cracking up through your paragraph about it. I'm SO glad to be going back through it and now I have to read David Copperfield again, because now I'm thinking Bleak House might be my favorite Dickens.
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair...I would have picked it up based solely on the cover too. I'm very much attracted or repelled by cover art.
I didn't complete much reading this month; life gets in the way sometimes. There's always next month, right?
I always am inspired by the English flavor of your lists. (And I still haven't watched or read any books on Downtown Abbey--I'm so culturally behind!).
I love the variety in the books you have chosen! I also have Tolstoy and the Purple Chair.


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https://github.com/niftylettuce/node-email-templates
https://github.com/andris9/Nodemailer

On following the examples mentioned in the github page, I'm able to send the mailer using nodemailer but my problem is how can I support multiple languages in those emailers.
One possible solution can be to have a separate directory of html and style.css but that way there will be too many directories which is not really a good programtic approach.
Can anyone please suggest any better way to achieve this in express ? Is there some existing tool for this ?
https://github.com/angular-translate/angular-translate

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Brand development and service quality improvement
Meetings of Shareholders in 2012
Operating risks
Letter from the Chairman of the Board of Directors
Letter from the Chief Executive officer
Aeroflot today
Key indicators in 2012
Aircraft fleet and route network of Aeroflot Group
Acclaim for the Company from passengers and professionals
The Air Transport Market. Industry Position of the Company and Group
The International Market
The Russian Market
The Air Cargo Market
Strategic goals and directions for development
The multi brand platform of Aeroflot Group
Operating results
Operations by airline subsidiaries and affiliates
Route network
Information technologies, innovation and R&D
Committees of the Executive Board
Revision Committee
Description of risks
Legal risks
Business risks
Risk management and risk mitigation
Charity and social programmes
Statement of Management Responsibility for the Preparation and Approval of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Letter from the Deputy CEO for Commerce and Finance
Independent Auditors` Report
Overview of financial results
Explanations and comments on the Balance Sheet
Information on execution in 2012 of instructions from the President and Government of the Russian Federation
Information on large transactions and related party transactions
Information on observance of the Code of Corporate Conduct
Information on stakes in charter capital held by members of governing bodies
Operating statistics of Aeroflot Group airlines
Terms and abbreviations used in this Annual Report
List of Aeroflot offices
Report structure
Business overview / Brand development and service quality improvement
Numerous awards and prizes, which Aeroflot received in 2012, are testimony to the Company's high standards of service. In the reporting period Aeroflot was acclaimed "Best Airline for Business Travelers" at the Russian Business Travel & MICE Awards, was shortlisted for the titles of "Europe's Leading Airline" and "Europe's Leading Airline Business Class" in the prestigious annual World Travel Awards 2012, and entered the Top 5 companies rated by Skyscanner in the European Airline Food Awards for quality of in-flight meals on long and short flights.
Company brand
In October 2012 the international brand consultancy, Brand Finance, a recognized expert in business valuation, carried out a new valuation of the Aeroflot brand, raising its estimate by 20.44% to USD 1.308 billion.
The higher valuation reflects successful work to build an up-to-date and attractive image of Aeroflot as a global airline offering passengers a premium level of service. In order to further strengthen the Aeroflot brand in key foreign markets the company carried out a large-scale image advertising campaign in August and September 2012 in Europe and Asia using the slogan "The Sky ... Our Masterpiece". The Company also carried out an image advertising campaign on the Russian market in July and August 2012 entitled "Your Comfort at High Altitude", as well as various other advertising and informational initiatives to boost passenger traffic.
Change of NPS in 2010-2012, (%)
Aeroflot carries out extensive research each year on Russian and international markets in order to measure customer satisfaction and compliance with passenger service standards. In 2012, Aeroflot participated in the following research projects:
IATA's "Airs@t — Intra Europe" project, which helped to gauge the quality of Aeroflot services on European routes. This research serves as the basis for IATA's European carrier rating.
The "Secret Passenger" project, implemented in conjunction with Romir Research, which assesses how successfully and consistently the Company meets passenger service standards.
The "Net Promoter Score" (NPS) project, implemented in conjunction with Bain & Company Russia, which measures customer loyalty and helps to enhance Aeroflot's service.
SkyTeam's "Customer Experience Research" project, which finds ways of improving the service provided by the SkyTeam Alliance (jointly with all Alliance member companies).
The research showed steady growth of customer service performance: the NPS index has been on the increase for three consecutive years, reaching 56% in 2012, and findings of the "Secret Passenger" project suggest that compliance with passenger service standards has also grown consistently, reaching 90% in 2012.
Passenger service
High quality of passenger service is one of Aeroflot's main priorities. The Company is constantly broadening its range of services and ensuring their compliance with leading international standards, requirements and technologies. All customer and passenger service employees undergo special training, and the company has an efficient system in place to handle requests, complaints and comments. Services to passengers take account of national, religious and cultural differences.
In October 2012 Aeroflot's quality management system successfully passed a regular supervisory audit of compliance with ISO 9001:2008, proving efficiency of the management system and the Company's ability to maintain consistently high standards of service.
Service classes
Aeroflot offers two in-flight service classes: business class and economy class. Aeroflot's business class sub-divides into "Premier" (offered on flights up to 6 hours) and "President" (offered on long-distance flights lasting more than 6 hours). Personal service in business class ensures that passengers make their journey in maximum comfort. Aeroflot has 12 long-haul Airbus A330 aircraft equipped with new "full-flat" seats (the most spacious airline seats now on the market), and every seat in business class can be reclined into a flat bed.
In 2013 Aeroflot plans to introduce a new "Comfort" class of service on the new Boeing 777-300ER. Passengers flying in the new class will be offered seats with a new level of comfort, built-in Thales entertainment monitors, a personal travel kit, increased baggage allowance, and improved in-flight meals.
Special and additional services
Aeroflot passengers can enjoy a number of special additional services by prior arrangement, including:
special in-flight meal orders, including meals for children and passengers with special needs or dietary restrictions related to age, medical conditions or religious belief, at no additional fee;
special travel arrangements for disabled passengers, including those in wheelchairs or stretchers;
provision for passengers with small children to use their own pram at the airport before boarding and receive it immediately at disembarkation at the arrival airport (if not prohibited by airport security regulations);
child-escort services for children travelling without adults; in addition to the escort service passengers can order meals for the children during transfer connections and access is provided to the children's room at Sheremetyevo Airport;
pet transportation services;
non-standard baggage services;
services for transportation of weapons and ammunition;
availability of enhanced comfort seats in economy class (the "Space +" service);
opportunity to upgrade the travel class at flight check-in (paid with cash or Aeroflot Bonus miles);
the "Business Pass" ticket-price package (a special service by which an e-ticket is issued for a specific number of trips).
Additional services for disabled passengers can be arranged subject to prior agreement, including provision of a wheelchair to move around the airport, and lift truck services for embarkation and disembarkation.
At the end of 2012 Aeroflot introduced the SkyPriority programme, initiated by SkyTeam Alliance management, at Terminal D of Sheremetyevo Airport. The programme offers a set of extra services to high-value customers (first- and business-class passengers, holders of Aeroflot Bonus Gold Card or members of the SkyTeam Elite Plus scheme). The SkyPriority programme offers fast-track pre-flight formalities (priority at check-in, baggage registration, passport control and security inspection, boarding and baggage reclaim, and priority service at transit stands).
Aeroflot views its in-flight menu as a uniquely important part of the Company service. Aeroflot is one of the world leaders by quality and variety of its in-flight meals. First-class in-flight services include restaurant catering: Aeroflot cooperates with the best restaurants in Moscow, inviting chefs to design recipes for in-flight meals.
The Company's role as official carrier of the Russian Olympic Team to the 2012 Games in London inspired Aeroflot to work with sports nutritionists, designing a unique menu based around healthy and light food, dedicated to the spirit of competition and will to win. Members of the Russian Olympic Committee who were invited to sample the menu found that it combined healthy and tasty eating.
At the beginning of 2012 Aeroflot created a new menu for business-class passengers in collaboration with head chefs of the global in-flight catering leader, LSG Sky Chefs. The wine list for business-class passengers was refreshed in mid-2012 with a range of wines from Europe and new wine-growing regions, all of them selected by expert wine-tasters.
Aeroflot plans to create a special anniversary menu with the assistance of Michelin-starred chefs to mark the Company's 90th birthday in 2013.
Aeroflot plans to offer its passengers an expanded entertainment programme on board its aircraft in the Company's 90th anniversary year (2013) with more than 800 content items, including films, TV programmes, TV serials, and the biggest sound library of any European airline. A special children's channel will include films, cartoons, games, audio books, and music.
Development of the corporate website and online services
The Aeroflot website is one of the most important tools for the Company to communicate with its passengers, partners, shareholders and other audiences. Aeroflot's website provides up-to-date information round-the-clock in the Russian, English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin languages. Using a computer or a mobile device, passengers can view data on their flight schedule and status, book and buy tickets online and check-in for a flight 24 hours prior to departure. The booking and information center provides round-the-clock support to passengers for online booking and ordering of special services.
The Company continued to develop its online services in 2012, when the following new features were made available to Company passengers and partners:
multi-currency payments,
voice payment over the phone via the Company call center,
ticket purchase using mobile devices,
non-cash ticket purchases by SME customers (corporate loyalty programme),
newpayment instruments using the payment services of Sberbank, Euroset and Yandex (Web Money).
In 2012 Aeroflot also launched a mobile version of its website and applications for iOS (iPhone) and Android mobile platforms, which enable passengers to book and buy tickets and view their flight schedule and flight status directly from a mobile device. The Company plans to launch applications for WindowsPhone and iOS (iPad) in 2013.
Numbers of Aeroflot Bonus participants in 2012
The share of miles awarded by the programme's non-aviation partners was
of the total.
Revenues from sale of miles grew by
to about USD 114 million
(not including VAT).
Aeroflot Bonus programme
Aeroflot Bonus is an integrated incentive programme for frequent fliers of Aeroflot Group airlines that are under 100% commercial management of Aeroflot, as well as for SkyTeam partners and customers of other partners, with which the Company has entered into special agreements. Programme participants obtain bonus miles, which can be used to buy air tickets and other privileges. The programme has three levels of participation: basic, silver and gold. There were more than 3,340,000 people taking part in the programme in 2012.
The Aeroflot Bonus programme continued to develop in 2012, when new services were added, which make it easier for users to take advantage of programme benefits: new functionality was launched that allows customers to use their bonuses on the airline website, bonus miles were introduced on subsidized routes, efficiency of the programme call center was improved, and a round-the-clock VIP customer service group was set up to assist gold- and silver-level members with bonus, sales, and service issues. Aeroflot organized a number of special events in 2012 to boost interest in the Bonus programme:
eight special actions to boost passenger traffic on new and under-used routes;
a special promotion to support block charter services;
a number of joint promotions with programme partners, enabling participants to accumulate additional miles and take advantage of special terms.
The share of miles awarded by the programme's non-aviation partners was 53% of the total.
Revenues from sale of miles grew by 42% to about USD 114 million (not including VAT).
Since 2012 the Company has been issuing a monthly digest concerning the Aeroflot Bonus programme, which contains information on the Airline's special offers and loyalty programmes offered by its partners.
In 2012 Aeroflot partnered with international hotel chains for the purpose of awarding air miles. The hotel partners included: Marriott (13 chain brands) Hilton Worldwide (10 chain brands), Movenpick Hotels and Amathus Hotels. New SkyTeam members (Saudi Arabian Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas, and Xiamen Airlines) were also brought into the programme, as were subsidiary airlines under Aeroflot's 100% commercial management (Donavia and Vladivostok Air). Partnership programmes are planned with other subsidiary airlines of Aeroflot Group.
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va ser un jugador de bàsquet estatunidenc. Amb un 1.88 d'estatura, la seva posició natural era la de base.

Trajectòria esportiva

Universitat
Va disputar la competició de l'NCAA amb la Universitat de Marshall, on fou el primer atleta de raça negra. En 71 partits de mitjana 19,4 punts i 10,8 rebots, essent elegit en dues ocasions en el millor quintet de la seva conferència.

NBA
Fou elegit en el draft de l'NBA a la segona ronda, a la sexta posició, pels Syracuse Nationals, l'any 1958, amb el qual va passar 15 temporades com a professional. Es van traslladar el 1963 a Filadèlfia, canviant el nom de l'equip pel de Philadelphia 76ers, i fou en aquesta època que va coincidir amb un dels grans, Wilt Chamberlain, amb el qual va guanyar l'anell de campió de l'NBA el 1967. Va ser seleccionat per jugar a l'All-Star Game en 10 ocasions, la més destacada, aconseguint ser MVP del partit i aconseguir un rècord.

Va abandonar la competició professional el 1971, a l'edat de 34 anys. El seu nombre, el 15, fou retirat pels 76ers com a homenatge a la seva carrera esportiva.

Èxits personals
 Elegit en 7 ocasions en el segon millor quintet de la lliga.
 10 vegades All Star (MVP el 1968).
 Elegit com un dels 50 millors jugadors de la història de l'NBA el 1996.
 Membre del Basketball Hall of Fame des de 1982.
 A la seva localitat natal hi ha un carrer amb el seu nom, (Hal Greer Boulevard).

Alumnes de la Universitat Marshall
Jugadors de bàsquet afroamericans estatunidencs
Jugadors de bàsquet de Virgínia de l'Oest
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A proposal to establish "sight-raising," model graduation requirements for all California high-school students, was expected to win approval last Friday from the state board of education.
Graduation requirements, once mandated by state law in California, have been left for local school districts to determine since 1969. The board's model is based on findings that California high-school students take fewer academic courses on the average than do students elsewhere in the nation and that there is--as Ann Leavenworth, a member of the board, has described it--a "terrible discrepancy" in diploma requirements among school districts in the state.
Slightly modified from an earlier draft, the board's model curriculum calls for: four years of English; two years of a single foreign language; three years of mathematics, including at least a year of algebra, a year of geometry, and a third year that could be used for pre-algebra, advanced algebra, or a 12th-grade course in practical mathematics; one year of physical and earth science and one year of biology; three years of social science, including one year of world cultures, one year of U.S. history, one semester of U.S. government, and one semester of economics; one year of visual and performing arts; and one semester of computer studies.
These model requirements, in the board's plan, would be "in addition" to current state mandates for two years of physical education and for health and safety instruction.
The board also has proposed specific objectives for students to meet in each of the courses included in its graduation model.
Members of the board's Master Plan Committee who prepared the model and sought reactions to it at several public hearings throughout the state, said in their final report that setting forth a state goal for effective education for all students "provides a rationale" for seeking additional funds for schools.
"By adopting a model, the board challenges local school districts to raise their sights and to recognize what is necessary for excellence in education," the report said.
The board--whose 10 members are appointed by the governor--has a key role in setting statewide education policies, selecting textbooks, and disbursing categorical funds to local districts.
The board plan requires each district maintaining high schools to review during the 1983-84 academic year its present and planned graduation requirements, "using the board's model as a yardstick."
Districts are also asked "in the light of such review," to report to the board by June 1984 the graduation requirements they have established or plan to establish.


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Zero in on Pierre Png
After winning an award for Zero Calling, the MediaCorp actor returns eagerly to season two
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Actor Pierre Png has been looking forward to returning to Zero Calling's set more than any other show in his 19-year career.
Not only does he like the script, which he describes as "witty" and "different from the usual Channel 5" shows, his role as the hapless main character David Tan - the target of blackmail - also won him a Best Actor In A Leading Role award at the Asian TV Awards last year.
"This season will be much more action-packed than before," says Png, 41. "On a scale of one to 10 on the action level, it will be a 10 for sure."
While he also won a Best Actor award for his role as the villainous Hei Long in MediaCorp's Channel 8 blockbuster The Journey: A Voyage last year, English is clearly his preferred language, as he believes he can converse better in that language and contribute more on the set.
Season one of Zero Calling tells the story of an ordinary man, David, who is blackmailed into committing crimes by an anonymous caller known only as Zero.
The season notched up viewer ratings of 685,000, it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Asian Television Awards and won a Silver Remi Award for Best TV Miniseries at WorldFest Houston last Sunday.
The second season, which premieres tonight, delves deeper into the mystery as David discovers not just one person, but also a whole organisation known as the Zero Legion, led by the mastermind Zero One.
"What's different with season two is that every episode will be contained," says Png. "So even if you miss an episode or two, you can still catch up with the storyline."
Reprising her role as David's stepdaughter Maddy is Hayley Woo, who describes her role as being more involved this season.
"I'm usually more comfortable speaking in Chinese, so acting in an English drama was tough at the start," says Woo, 23.
"Pierre encouraged me by sharing his own challenges getting used to speaking in Mandarin on Channel 8 and giving me tips to focus better on set."
She adds that playing the role of a stepdaughter drifting further from her parents is challenging for someone who in reality is very close to her family.
While the two play stepfatherstepdaughter roles in the show, they could conceivably be cast as lovers or even husband and wife based on their looks and Png's track record of being paired with younger women on Channel 8 dramas.
The duo laughed it off, saying that such a pairing would be "very awkward" for both sides.
If Png's youthful appearance does not betray their 18-year age gap, the giveaway is their different attitudes towards social media.
Despite having Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, Png is not active on social media and has only 1,836 Twitter followers and 40,200 Instagram followers.
In contrast, Woo has two Facebook accounts, 15,000 followers on Twitter, more than 83,200 Instagram followers and her own website.
She says that the higher public profile from Zero Calling, however, has made her more careful about the information she posts online, such as when tagging her locations on Instagram.
Png has been married to television host Andrea De Cruz for 12 years. While the couple have no children, he says he does not pass judgment on parents in difficult situations, such as his on-screen character who is estranged from his stepdaughter.
"After playing a character like David for two seasons, I feel that everyone has a back story," says the actor.
"Every family will have their own challenges. It's no one's place to correct these situations because that's a journey they need to take on their own."
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Zero Calling's second season premieres tonight on Channel 5 at 9.30pm.


The new Coach Hudson 5 pares the traditional brief down to the barest essentials in a compact design with room for a laptop. Crafted in remarkably durable Crossgrain Leather, it has bulk-free flat handles and a wide shoulder strap for maximum comfort.
I'm using this and my other Michael Kors bag when I go on vacation in the fall!


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What is Luka Modric's Salary?
What is Luka Modric's Weekly Wage?
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Welcome to all Eurofootballrumours.com fans from all over the world. We have searched and crawled the internet and have come up with some amazing financial numbers regarding Luka Modric net worth, market value and salary. Make sure to stick around until the end. Enjoy!
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How Much Luka Modric Earn From His Football Career?
Luka Modric's Net Worth
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Luka Modric is a Croatian professional footballer who has a net worth of 80 million pounds.
Luka Modric's Market Value
Luka Modric's current market value is at 10 million pounds. He is ranked number 851 among all players worldwide.
Luka Modric's Salary Overview
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Luka Modric signed a contract with Real Madrid that nets him a whopping salary of 20.280.000,00 pounds per year.
Luka Modric's Weekly Wage
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Luka Modric currently earns 390.000,00 paunds per week.
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1,671,150.00 pounds per month!
390,000.00 pounds per week!
55,714.29 pounds per day!
2,321.43 pounds per hour!
38.69 pounds per minute!
0.64 pounds per second!
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Date of birth: Sep 9, 1985
Place of birth: Zadar, Croatia
Height: 1,72 m
Citizenship: Croatia
Position: Midfielder – Central Midfield
Foot: Both
Player agent: Universal Sports Group
Outfitter: Nike
Professional footballer
Luka Modrić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or as a defensive midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, and the greatest Croatian footballer of all-time.
Born in Zadar, Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence which displaced his family. In 2002, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb at age 16, after showing promise with his hometown club NK Zadar's youth team. He continued his development in Zagreb, before spells on loan to Zrinjski Mostar and Inter Zaprešić. He made his debut for Dinamo in 2005 and won three consecutive league titles and domestic cups, being named the Prva HNL Player of the Year in 2007. In 2008, he moved to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for a club-record transfer fee of £16.5 million, where he led Spurs to their first UEFA Champions League appearance in almost 50 years, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2010–11 tournament.
In the summer of 2012, Modrić joined Real Madrid for a £30 million transfer fee. There he became a key contributor and helped the team win La Décima and was selected for the 2013–14 Champions League squad of the season. After Zinedine Zidane took over Madrid, Modrić was critical to three consecutive Champions League titles from 2015–16 to 2017–18, each time being voted into the squad of the season. He has won seventeen major trophies at Real Madrid, including four UEFA Champions League titles, two La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey and three FIFA Club World Cup titles. He won the La Liga Award for "Best Midfielder" in 2016 for the second time, and the UEFA Club Football Award for "Best Midfielder" in 2017 and 2018. In 2015, he became the first Croatian player to be included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in which he was regularly included until 2019, as well in the UEFA Team of the Year between 2016 and 2018. In 2018, Modrić became the first Croatian player to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and by winning The Best FIFA Men's Player and Ballon d'Or awards, he became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the awards in more than a decade. In 2019, he was awarded the Golden Foot award for career results and personality.
Modrić made his international debut for Croatia against Argentina in March 2006, and scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Italy. Modrić has anchored Croatia's "second Golden Generation", participating in every major tournament Croatia has qualified for, including the UEFA European Championship in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2006, 2014, and 2018. At Euro 2008, he was selected for the Team of the Tournament, becoming only the second Croatian to ever achieve this honour. Following group stage eliminations in his first two World Cups, Modrić led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup Final, and he received the Golden Ball award for best player of the tournament. In March 2021, he went on to become the country's most capped player in history. Furthermore, he has been named Croatian Footballer of the Year a record nine times between 2007 and 2020.
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10th Anniversary F2F Picnic
May 15, 2017 02:17PM ● By Grace Drescher
By Jill Warren Lucas
If not for a drought, one of the Triangle's best-known events to celebrate sustainable farming might not have launched the Farm to Fork Picnic Weekend, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary June 2-4 with events in Raleigh and Fearrington Village.
In 2007, with just weeks to prepare a proper welcome for Slow Food Movement founder Carlo Petrini, Portia McKnight was asked if she and partner Flo Hawley would be open to hosting a gathering on pasture land typically occupied by Chapel Hill Creamery's cows and pigs. The event would challenge about 30 farmers and chefs to collaborate on creating dishes that made best use of locally raised, seasonal ingredients.
Oh, and there also would be hundreds of attendees, including farmers market advocates and fans of chefs destined to win prestigious culinary honors.
"Normally, a farmer doesn't hope for a drought, but it helped to protect the pasture that day," recalls McKnight, who has participated each year. "The fact that the soil was compacted and there was very little grass made it easier to say yes."
McKnight recalls the excitement of chefs and their teams, some of whom spent the previous night on the land, cooking and helping to tend her animals. "It was a very heartwarming occasion," she says. "And it sold out so quickly. One of our regular customers begged to help park cars just so she could be there."
Andrea Reusing, who was named 2011 Best Chef Southeast by the James Beard Foundation for her work at Lantern in Chapel Hill, understands the buzz. Months before Petrini's arrival, she attended his Terra Madre convivium in Turin, Italy, which also drew Alex and Betsy Hitt of Peregrine Farm in Graham, Stanley Hughes of Pine Knot Farms in Hurdle Mills, and the late Bill Dow of Ayrshire Farm in Chatham County, which was North Carolina's first certified organic farm. She returned home deeply inspired and with a stronger sense of mission about promoting sustainable farming.
"The picnic was basically about having those farmers who had been at Terra Madre pair with a local chef to create this meal," explains Reusing, who has since opened a second acclaimed restaurant at The Durham Hotel, which hosted a Farm to Fork dinner last year. "It was conceived totally as a one-off to celebrate Carlo being here. We never imagined it would grow into what it's become today."
The nonprofit Farm to Fork Picnic Weekend has grown into a three-day event that consistently features top Triangle chefs, farmers, culinary artisans and beverage producers. This year's keynote speaker at the June 2 Sustainable Supper is culinary historian and food justice advocate Michael W. Twitty, who has conducted extensive and deeply personal research on enslavement in North Carolina and across the South. His eagerly anticipated book, "The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South," will be published in August.
As much as Farm to Fork is a thinking foodie's delight, it also is a fundraiser. Proceeds support the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), which develops and promotes just and equitable food and farming systems that conserve natural resources, strengthen communities, improve health outcomes, and provides economic opportunities in North Carolina and beyond, and the PLANT Farm Enterprise Incubator at the W.C. Breeze Family Farm in Hurdle Mills, which incubates new farmers and offers training on small scale sustainable farming techniques.
CEFS Director Nancy Creamer says Farm to Fork not only helps beginning farmers prepare for lasting success but also creates and builds vital relationships among farmers and restaurants that need to source fresh ingredients.
"The benefit for both is exposure; the opportunity to create new markets and connect with a larger consumer base," says Creamer, a professor of sustainable agriculture and community-based food systems at N.C. State. "It's a great way to keep the community engaged and aware of what it takes to put food on the table."
In addition to the many well-established chefs that regularly participate in the Farm to Fork Picnic there is a high-profile newcomer: Gabe Barker of Pizzeria Mercato in Carrboro.
Barker, a 2017 semifinalist for Rising Star Chef by the James Beard Foundation, knew about Farm to Fork since his parents, Ben and Karen Barker of the now-closed Magnolia Grill in Durham, were involved in that first gathering for Carlo Petrini. He will partner with Peregrine Farms, which provided produce and flowers to Magnolia Grill back when he was a toddler who napped in the kitchen.
"They were instrumental in my parents' success, and now mine," Barker says of Alex and Betsy Hitt, who started growing spigariello, a sweet and peppery Italian green, at his request. "It's a challenge to cook within the bounds of seasonality, but it's also exciting to work with food at its peak."
Barker says he is deeply grateful to the farmers who labor to grow the sustainable produce he and his peers transform into meals appreciated by diners across the Triangle.
"The kind of food I do depends entirely on the ingredients," he says. "I have an immense respect for everyone in the food system, from the growers to the immigrant workers who pick the celery. I feel obligated to support them, and I'm glad to do this."
As successful as the festival has become, Reusing laments that the term "farm to fork" has become a cliche in recent years. A stunning 2016 series, "Farm to Fable," in the Tampa Bay Times revealed how unscrupulous restaurateurs were claiming false relationships with farmers and knowingly mislabeling ingredients as local.
"I think what's important to think about is that every time we make a choice to support a local farm, we're doing something really powerful for our community," Reusing says. "Everyone has the right to healthy local food. The real challenge now is to expand access beyond farmer's markets and food coops to our entire community.
"Ideally," she adds, "this won't have to be a fundraiser one day and can just be a party. We shouldn't have to raise money to support new farmers because there would be plenty of them, and everyone would support them throughout the year."
McKnight says Chapel Hill Creamery is happy to support efforts to attract smart, capable people to hands-on farming, as opposed to more lucrative adjunct businesses.
"We need to support the people who want to take their smarts and use it to work the ground, work with the animals, and produce the food," McKnight says. "This program helps people who actually want to run the farm achieve their goal. As someone who hopes to one day retire from farming, I'm glad to know there will be people ready to step up and carry on."
Tickets for 10th anniversary Farm to Fork Picnic Weekend events are available online at www.farmtoforknc.com.
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Q: Grammar: "I know right"
Possible Duplicate:
What does "I know, right?" mean?

Is the expression "I know right" grammatically correct? I hear it a lot and I think I understand what it means, but it just sounds wrong to me.

A: I think what you're referring to is usually spelled:

I know, right?

There are two parts here. The first, I know, is an ordinary declarative sentence, indicating that the speaker agrees with or supports the other person's assertion. The following right is a kind of conversational invitation to agreement. When you end a sentence with right (using rising question intonation), it indicates that you expect the person you're talking with to confirm your statement:

They bought a house, right? (Expects the answer yes.)
You're not going to the store, right? (Expects the answer no.)

This usage of right as a kind of tag-question is colloquial, but not grammatically incorrect. It can be freely used in speech, but should usually be avoided in writing.


Tablets were interesting. When they first started hitting the market they seemed to fulfill that gap between a laptop which was too heavy to carry all the time and the smartphone which was just too small to do anything with. In fact, they seemed to fit that gap perfectly and as such we all ran out and bought one. Fast forward a couple of years and the landscape seems to have changed quite dramatically. With the newly introduced notion of 'phablets', the line between a tablet and a smartphone has become increasingly a blurred one. The issue today though, is that this blurred line only seems to affect one of the products, the tablet. While smartphones become incrementally bigger in size and faster in processing ability, the need for tablets has decreased accordingly. So much so, that what looked like the next big thing has already become a dying breed.
By now, avid readers will know of IDC, as every month the data analysts at IDC provide us with quite detailed descriptions of how various markets are doing. Well, according to the latest IDC report published this morning, tablets did not do very well at all in Q4 of 2014. In fact, according to IDC, the tablet market in Q4 saw its first ever year-over-year decline. You might think 'first ever' does not sound that bad. However, it is worth remembering the market only began in 2010. So for an industry to be created, established, reach its height and start to see its fall in only a few years suggests the lack of longevity which tablets now face. Even more so when you factor that Q4 is typically the gift giving season and when you would expect products like tablets, to see continued growth. According to the data, overall shipments for tablets (2-in-1's included) hit 76.1 million units in the fourth quarter, which was a 3.2% decline. That said, the market as a whole did see a very slight increase for the year with total shipments for 2014 reaching 229.6 million units.


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> Browserslist config for the Carbon Design System

## Getting started

To install `browserslist-config-carbon` in your project, you will need to run
the following command using [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```bash
npm install -S browserslist-config-carbon
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If you prefer [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/en/), use the following command
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```bash
yarn add browserslist-config-carbon
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## 🙌 Contributing

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## 📝 License

Licensed under the [Apache 2.0 License](/LICENSE).


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Italian Archbishop Slams Vladimir Putin's 'Blasphemous' Defense of War on Ukraine
Italian Archbishop Bruno Forte said Sunday that Vladimir Putin's religious defense of his war of aggression on Ukraine is a "sacrilegious act."
"Putin no longer manages to find arguments to excuse the disaster he has caused," Archbishop Forte told the Italian daily La Stampa. "His was a sacrilegious act, an instrumentalization of the gospel in an attempt to justify himself."
The archbishop was referring to a statement made Friday evening by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a pro-war rally in Moscow, in which he cited Jesus as saying: "Greater love has no man than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Recourse to the Bible "shows Putin's profound weakness since he cannot find any more arguments in support of his propaganda," Forte declared.
A pedestrian looks at a cloud of smoke rising after an explosion in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
"The death of innocent victims because of this war cannot be legitimized with words from the gospel," he continued. "The leader of the Russian Federation adds to the very grave guilt with which he is staining himself that of a true blasphemy: naming God to justify the evil done is the apex of immorality and madness."
Putin "instrumentalizes the sacred as people might have in eras of barbarous violence, in the darkest of the Middle Ages," he continued. "A serene and free awareness of the faith could never accept this."
Moreover, his horrendous attacks on innocent civilians demonstrate "the imperialistic logic of a leader who at all costs wants to subjugate others," Forte said.
"Europe thought it had achieved democratic victories that were impossible to lose," he said. "And yet we find ourselves before this war criminal who strikes a helpless and innocent people."
The archbishop's condemnation was not limited to the Russian leader alone, but also spilled over to Patriarch Kirill, a supporter of Putin and the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
"It hurts to hear the head of the Russian Church taking the side of the aggressor and giving a religious green light to a deplorable conflict," Forte said. "I think Kirill has subordinated the gospel to a political power, which leaves us disconcerted, an act of unheard-of gravity."


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Optimized granularity analysis of maximum power point trackers in low power applications
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Simmering anger over public education could define 2017 B.C. election
Tracy Sherlock, Rob Shaw
Tara Tait (left) with Diane Currie Sam in front of Irvine Elementary in Port Coquitlam. 'I feel like teachers are at the breaking point,' says Tait. 'I don't want to see my kids in the education system today. I want to see change.' Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Kim Nowitsky didn't even vote in the last provincial election. All that campaign talk about the economy and liquified natural gas didn't catch her attention enough to actually cast a ballot.
But come next May things will be different, says the Richmond mother.
Simmering anger over public education could define 2017 B.C. election Back to video
In the past four years, Nowitsky has withstood the province's longest teacher strike, a painful school closure process and the victory by B.C. teachers in the nation's highest court.
"This (election) things have completely changed," said Nowitsky, who has two young kids. "The turning point for me was when the government let the strike go on for so long. It became apparent that the government was not really onside with the kids or with public education. The school closure process just lit a fire inside of me."
Newly passionate public education advocates like Nowitsky could be a major wild card in next May's provincial election.
NO. 1 ISSUE?
BC NDP Leader John Horgan is betting his political future that it will be the No. 1 issue for voters in the campaign, as he publicly predicted this month.
If that's true, political analysts say the BC Liberals have much to fear from angry parents who have watched classroom conditions deteriorate and schools close.
Kim Nowitsky, who didn't vote in the last provincial election, says she will definitely be casting her ballot come next May. 'The school closure process just lit a fire inside of me,' says the Richmond mother of two.
Yet the threat of political backlash over education grievances is nothing new. And it's largely failed to materialize on voting day or seriously threaten four consecutive elected majority BC Liberal governments. The question remains: Will this election be any different?
Coquitlam mother Diane Currie Sam has always voted, but until now has never become politically active.
It was the seismic issue that got her started down the path of political activism. She has two sons, and one of her son's school is in the highest-risk category but not getting funded for upgrades.
"When I found out, I had this feeling of outrage," she said. "I felt like I got punched in the gut."
Currie Sam takes issue with the fact that school boards have to make "business cases" for schools to get upgraded. When the province got rid of the 95-per-cent utilization target, it said districts would still have to justify their actions to build new schools or expand existing ones, based on the numbers of students.
"When they ask us to make a business case as to why our kids should survive in an earthquake, I think people are kind of done with that," Currie Sam said. "That philosophy is so appalling to me and I hope and believe there will be a backlash against that."
She said the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling, which found the province twice unconstitutionally stripped teachers' right to bargain class size and composition levels, showed government's complete disrespect for the law and the first judge's ruling.
"I'm mad at this government and I don't want them to get re-elected," Currie Sam said.
Nowitsky and Currie Sam are far from alone.
Parents that Postmedia News spoke to are angry about cuts in the classroom, the slow pace of seismic upgrades and the possibility of school closures.
Although the government made some small funding announcements last spring and got rid of a 95-per-cent capacity requirement, which effectively ended many school-closure processes, parents say they're not giving up their fight.
Premier Christy Clark has hinted she will significantly boost the education budget, portraying it as not coming as a result of her government's court loss but as an "opportunity" to invest in kids.
That would dovetail with her attempt to address parent outrage on smaller-scale school issues the past few months, including $25 million to restore administrative savings districts had been forced to identify, $15 million to prevent school-bus fee increases, $2 million to keep open some schools in small rural towns, $6 million to train teachers about coding, $28 million for enrolment increases and $60 million for maintenance.
B.C. Federation of Labour and the B.C. Teachers Federation members show their frustration with the drawn-out 2014 teachers strike at a rally at the Vancouver Convention Centre in June of that year.
The money and sudden attention could defuse the issue, Liberals hope, similar to the way the premier abruptly introduced a foreign buyer tax this year to tackle the housing affordability crisis in the Lower Mainland.
"I don't think she can un-ring this bell," countered Horgan. "I just don't think pouring some money into it just before the election is going to work this time."
The NDP will wait until after February's provincial budget to unveil its education plan, but an early promise to eliminate all portables in the Surrey School District within four years, while not costed, has proved extremely popular, said Horgan.
He said he's not worried an avalanche of Liberal cash will placate parents before New Democrats even get to explain their plan.
The Supreme Court ruling remains a powerful symbol to voters of Liberal mismanagement of public education, said Horgan.
"You can't just say, 'Look at this, I'm fixing it,' " he argued. "I just don't believe that's going to work. The BC Liberals have done that too many times and after 16 years I don't think you can fool me again — that's what I'm hearing from people."
But the court ruling has its roots in a dispute that started almost 15 years ago, and has served more to strengthen the NDP's base than it has to change the minds of undecided ordinary voters, said Norman Ruff, a veteran political scientist.
"I would agree education is going to be important," he said. "But not because of the court decision. It's school closures. Although (the Liberals) have tried to address some of the bureaucracy surrounding that, that has more potential as a ballot-box question that will shift voters."
Thirty schools across the province have closed since the last election in 2013, with 11 new or replacement schools opening.
A school closure has a powerful effect on a community, and the Liberals risk a significant blowback from millennial voters (in their 20s and early 30s) who are buying homes, settling families and expect a local school for their kids, said Ruff.
"The millennials are very important, as we've seen from the American presidential campaign," he said, as well as the federal election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "It's the millennials who the parties are most concerned about. And again that reinforces my sense it's potentially the most powerful ballot-box question."
If the BC Liberals are worried, though, they aren't showing it.
Education Minister Mike Bernier argued in an interview that there won't be a special focus on education in the lead up to the election.
"Contrary to maybe what the NDP may be saying, that we're doing things because there is an election, we do things every day and every week because that's what needs to be done," he said.
He did say there would be more announcements, more projects and more money in the budget, but that it's no different from now or a year ago.
Bernier also argued parents might be upset about certain issues, but they also think their children are getting a good overall education in the system.
Glen Hansman, president of the B.C. Teachers' Federation, said polling he has seen, surges in activity on social media and the fact that parents are fired up, lead him to believe education will be a top issue in this election.
"One of the biggest differences between 2016 and four years ago is the number of parent groups that have formed around the province and the anger that has resulted in all sorts of communities about what trustees have had to face in terms of underfunding," Hansman said. "We did not see that four years ago."
He dismissed government's one-off funding announcements.
"This is a front-burner conversation that the public is having right now and it's connecting in to the erosion of services in the public school system," Hansman said.
Some Vancouver teachers celebrate their union's victory in the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month.
'CRISIS MODE'
Port Coqutilam mother Tara Tait said she's definitely hoping for a change in government, even though she hasn't been politically active in the past.
Tait, mother of two young sons in elementary school, pointed to mould in the ceiling tiles and windows at her kids' school, as well as cracks in the stairwell.
She said teachers are stressed and have too many special needs kids in their classes — in some cases so many the class can't even go outside to play.
"The school is operating in crisis mode. There are so many concerns," Tait said. "I feel like teachers are at the breaking point. … I don't want to see my kids in the education system today. I want to see change."
Tait blames Clark, who was education minister when government unconstitutionally stripped teachers of bargaining rights in 2002, and premier when it happened again in 2012.
Former NDP education minister Paul Ramsey — who was minister when class size and composition language went into teacher contracts that the Liberals would later strip out — said he's found only a minority of voters are directly concerned with K-12 education or school closures.
"We started closing rural schools when I was education minister, for God's sake," he said. "If there are 20 kids in the school when you close it, you get 40 post cards. But I hate to tell you, that's a small local issue."
The best hope for the NDP is that education issues get caught up in a larger voter "smell test" of the Liberals' lengthy time in office, said Ramsey.
"Every election for the last two or three, those involved in K-12 education, particularly the BCTF, have thought to raise it as a vote-determining issue, and I think they've fallen short every time," he said.
Yet, there's no denying some voters intend to use election day in May to punish the governing party.
Galen Hutcheson is a Vancouver parent of three children at Maple Grove elementary. She said she has never been politically active, but after seeing how "profoundly underfunded" her children's school is, she is now a member of the Parent Advocacy Network (PAN) Vancouver steering committee and an active advocate for public education. How that will affect her vote come May, she isn't sure.
"At this stage, there is no clear path to success," Hutcheson said.
"I will completely advocate that all candidates have education as their top issue, but there's not one person who I can vote for at this stage who says they have an enduring, accountable plan for sustaining public education.
"If there was a genuine plan, I know that many parents are looking for that, come election day."
She says underfunding of education is the issue that underlies everything else — the slowness of seismic upgrades, the court case, the lack of supports for special needs.
After the court case, she was upset with how Clark characterized the decision.
"The spin from Christy Clark, when she said she was excited at this new opportunity for kids — that twists my ovaries into a knot, I must say," Hutcheson said.
SITUATION WORSE
Gili Avrahami, is the parent of three children, one of whom has already graduated and the other two who are in Vancouver public schools. She's looking for a party or candidate to make "bold, visionary statements about education" and said she hasn't seen that yet.
She said she has noticed the situation in schools getting worse, particularly this year.
At Prince of Wales mini-school, where one of her children goes, they have lost their half-time administrator, which makes the 43-year-old program unsustainable. At her child's elementary school, she says there is a Grade 6/7 class with 29 students including nine students with special needs and only one support worker.
"Things are pretty unbelievable," Avrahami said. "I think that education is one of the top items that should always be on our agenda because this is our future. It's shocking that the provincial government does not realize it.
"(The delays in) seismic upgrades are just driving home the point that kids are not a priority in this province."
Nowitsky certainly plans to keep the heat on.
"If this government is elected again, I know for a fact that public education will never be a priority for them," Nowitsky said. "If we just look at their track record, when it comes to funding public education in B.C. it's really apparent that having a well-rounded, well-funded system is not a priority and it's not going to be."
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Bush anti-Castro beat goes on
By John Hughes
If Iraq is understandably the current focus of the Bush administration's foreign policy, the president is not overlooking an irritant in America's backyard, namely Cuba and its communist leader, Fidel Castro.
President Bush has just taken steps to stiffen his anti-Castro policy. This puts him at odds with some members of Congress as well as business leaders who favor a policy of relaxation, but does him no political harm with many Cuban-Americans in Florida, a state important in his reelection campaign.
After a review of the Cuban situation by a presidential commission, Mr. Bush has issued some significant directives.
One is that the US will work to prevent Raul Castro from succeeding his older brother, which would continue a communist dictatorship. The US will fund programs to support Cuban dissidents and democracy and human rights in Cuba.
A second is to deploy a specially equipped C-130 aircraft in international airspace around Cuba that would broadcast to Cubans the Spanish-language programs of Radio Marti and TV Marti, thus eluding the Castro regime's attempts at jamming them. Radio Marti and TV Marti are US government stations that broadcast uncensored news to Cuba. Cuba's own media are censored.
A third initiative is a restriction of dollar remittances from the US to Cuba, which the Castro regime uses to obtain hard currency and to bolster its ailing economy.
Such money has been used by Cubans to shop in special dollar-only stores carrying items not available elsewhere. The communist government last week abruptly "closed for inventory" the dollar-only stores amid furious denunciations of the Bush decrees.
It has not been a good month for Mr. Castro. He also suffered a falling out with Mexico, which has generally been cordial to the Cuban leader. But with the accession to power of President Vicente Fox, Mexico has attached greater significance to human rights and last month cast a critical vote against Cuba at the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. Despite his well-documented abuse of human rights in Cuba, Castro has long been sensitive to international criticism in this regard and has gone to great diplomatic lengths to fend off negative UN resolutions. This time around, a resolution deploring Castro's jailing of 75 dissidents earlier this year, and asking him to admit a UN human rights inspector to Cuba, passed 22 votes to 21.
After Mexico's adverse vote, Castro denounced his former ally. Mexico recalled its ambassador from Cuba and expelled Cuba's ambassador. Mutual recriminations flew between the two countries, including Mexican charges of Cuban meddling in its internal affairs.
As one of the last in a declining list of communist leaders, Castro has long fomented mischief in other countries, usually, but not always, Latin. Cuban forces have been dispatched in the past to Grenada and as far afield as Angola.
Currently Castro is enjoying a close relationship with Venezuela's controversial leader, Hugo Chávez. Venezuela is oil-rich and is important to the US, supplying around 13 percent of its imported oil. But Mr. Chávez has presided over the disintegration of his country's economy and speaks with a revolutionary fervor akin to Castro's. He has become a benefactor of Castro, supplying him with subsidized oil that Cuba has needed to keep its economy limping along since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of its massive subsidies.
Informed sources say that Castro is supplying Venezuela with Cuban advisers and military officers who assume fake Venezuelan identities - which sometimes leads to tension between the Cubans and Venezuelan soldiers. This tension may have been connected to a curious fire at Fuerto Mara in the Maracaibo region of Venezuela last month, in which two soldiers died and eight were arrested.
All this gives the Bush administration little reason to be fond of President Chávez. Additional cause for concern is Venezuela's long frontier with neighboring Colombia and the prospect of sanctuary in Venezuela for guerrillas battling the Colombian regime.
As for Castro, the commission's report, on which Bush's recommendations are based, says that it is the "historical role" of the US to support the Cuban people's aspirations to hasten the day they can "restore their country to a respected, peaceful, and constructive role in the international community."
The commission is coy about "predicting exactly" what form a transition in Cuba will take. But clearly, the Bush administration is eager for an end to Cuba's internal oppression and its external aggressiveness.
• John Hughes, a former editor of the Monitor, was associate director of the United States Information Agency and director of Voice of America in the Reagan administration.
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