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How to ensure loaded rates of pay pass the BOOT
October 30th, 2019 Ellen Bevan Employment Law, Legal 0 comments
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By Tim Capelin (Partner) and Emily Setter (Lawyer) of Piper Alderman.
In June 2018, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision in Loaded Rates Agreements [2018] FWCFB 3610 ("the Loaded Rates in Agreements Case"). Following the decision, on 16 October 2019, the Fair Work Commission approved the ALDI Foods enterprise agreements for ALDI's Prestons and Stapylton sites, which both contain loaded rates.
In October 2017, 8 applications for approval of enterprise agreements were referred to a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission. The applications raised issues concerning how the "better off overall test" ("BOOT") should be applied to agreements which roll up penalty rates and other benefits into loaded rates of pay. The Full Bench issued its decision, the Loaded Rates in Agreements Case, which clarifies how the BOOT is conducted when an agreement contains loaded rates.
Following the Loaded Rates in Agreements Case, on 16 October 2019, the Fair Work Commission approved the ALDI Foods enterprise agreements for ALDI's Prestons and Stapylton sites, which contain loaded rates and provisions for banking hours.
Most fundamentally, in the Loaded Rates in Agreements Case, the Commission reiterated that the BOOT does not involve a line-by-line analysis of the agreement against the terms of the relevant modern award. Rather, agreements can include loaded rates of pay which compensate for benefits provided for in the relevant modern award. If an agreement contains loaded rates, the loaded rates must be sufficiently high to compensate for the absence of the award benefits that an employee would otherwise receive for the work. Additionally, the loaded rate must reflect the actual and potential working arrangements of employees. For example, if an employee could be required to regularly work on weekends, the loaded rate must be increased to take into consideration the weekend penalties to which the employee would otherwise be entitled under the Award.
In the case of existing employees, the Commission may examine the roster patterns worked by various classes of employees as at the test time. In the case of existing and prospective employees, the assessment will necessarily involve some conjecture. If a business is small and/or still at the development stage, or the agreement would cover a wider range of classifications, work locations and/or roster patterns that don't yet exist, the Commission will closely consider the terms of the agreement to determine what patterns of work are permitted by the agreement.
The assessment required by the BOOT is a mathematical one where the terms being compared relate directly to remuneration. The assessment will be more complex where the agreement contains some superior entitlements which are non-monetary in nature, accessible at the employee's option or which are contingent upon specified events occurring. Where loaded rates result in financial detriment for existing or prospective employees compared to the relevant modern award, it is unlikely that non-monetary, selective or contingent entitlements under an agreement will sufficiently compensate for the detriment for all affected employees such as to enable the agreement to pass the BOOT.
By way of example, the ALDI agreements which were lodged with the Commission provided that salaried employees are not entitled to overtime and penalty rates, with no additional payments made for reasonable additional hours of work performed by the employees, or for work performed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. The agreements also provided for a unique "Bankable Hours Arrangements". Under the Bankable Hours Arrangements, employees receive a consistent payment each fortnight, regardless of the hours the employee actually works. If an employee does not perform their full contract hours in the week, the employee's banked hours will have a negative balance. All negative banked hours "need to be made up using the Employee's future excess hours" before excess hours will be banked or paid.
The Commission sought evidence of ALDI's rostering arrangements, including rosters evidencing work performed by employees across different classifications. The Commission also invited ALDI to make undertakings in respect of the BOOT issues raised by the Commission. ALDI produced rosters and provided a number of undertakings, including to cap the negative balance which an employee can reach under the Bankable Hours Arrangement. The Commission determined that "no roster was submitted in evidence that demonstrated a situation whereby the loaded rates contained in each respective agreement would be lower than what employees would stand to receive" under the applicable awards. Further, in relation to undertakings, ALDI undertook (among other things) that a maximum of 20 minus Bankable Hours can be accrued by an employee, unless the employee requests in writing the option of accruing more than 20 minus hours. In light of ALDI's evidence and undertakings, the Commission approved the ALDI Prestons and Stapylton enterprise agreements.
Employers who lodge agreements containing loaded rates of pay must ensure that the rates are high enough to compensate employees for the award entitlements which employees are forgoing. Particularly where loaded rates compensate for penalties or entitlements to overtime, employers should be prepared to provide the Commission with evidence, and possibly undertakings, to address the Commission's concerns.
By way of summary, the following takeways can be drawn from the Loaded Rates in Agreements Case:
The Fair Work Commission must apply the better off overall test ("BOOT") to every enterprise agreement which is lodged for approval. In applying the BOOT, the Commission will have regard to both existing and future employees.
Where an agreement contains loaded rates, the Commission will closely consider the patterns of work which are permitted by the terms of the agreement, that could be applied to existing or prospective employees.
If extreme interpretations are available on the face of an agreement, employers should be prepared to provide evidence, and possibly undertakings, to address the Commission's concerns.
Before giving any undertakings, employers should give full consideration to the potential consequences, including whether the undertaking could stymie future rostering arrangements.
This article was first published on the Piper Alderman website and has been reproduced with permission.
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After many months on the market, multiple price chops, and a few failed deals, it looks like Katy Perry has finally snagged a buyer for the Hollywood mansion she bought during her marriage to ex-husband Russell Brand.
Purchased by the songstress on June 24, 2011 for $6,500,000, Perry intended to make the 3-acre estate compound near the famed Chateau Marmont her and then-husband Russell Brand's marital love nest. Amid rumors of an impending divorce and before the moving vans could even get in the front gates, the duo split for good – and the home remained vacant.
Shortly thereafter, Perry made her unlucky love nest a "pocket listing" and was trying to sell it without officially listing the home for sale. Perhaps she was asking too much money or people just didn't want the bad juju associated with the home, but Perry couldn't find her buyer. She officially listed it April 2013 and has been desperate to part with it ever since.
Despite having a red-hot new love life with crooner John Mayer, Perry was still without a buyer for her marital home. She discounted the home twice, in hopes that a lower price will entice someone to make an offer.
Now, the home is listed as "pending" and the deal is expected to close soon.
The home, dubbed "Park Hill," was built in 1921 and is comprised of a significant Mediterranean residence with two-story grand entry that continues into two-story living room overlooking all of Los Angeles and the city's dramatic skyline. The property has a separate two-story guest house that was formerly a caretaker's apartment on the lower level and a Carriage House on the second level for auto storage.
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Perry has since moved on to a two-home compound that she purchased for $11 million and Russell Brand recently spent $2.2 million on a hilltop bachelor pad.
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This course introduces students to information systems and their role in business. Topics include information systems, database management systems, networking, e-commerce, ethics and security, computer systems, hardware systems, and application software (word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation graphics). In this course, students develop computer-based solutions to a variety of business problems.
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This course includes a detailed study of business applications using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet package. Topics include the commands, formats, and functions of Excel with emphasis on its use as a problem solving and financial analysis tool. Students will also learn to create macros, customize ribbons and tabs, and integrate Excel with other applications and the World Wide Web. Students will also have an introduction to writing Visual Basic code.
This course uses Microsoft Excel 2016 Professional.
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This course uses Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.
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I would like to print the same trend display every day. Is it possible by configuring an aspect in the schedulling structure or by another way?
I assume you mean the same trend setup with current displays (say 8am) everyday?
I would suggest creating a Historical report with the data represented within the Trend, with the same timescales. Within the report (Excel) you have it showing trend lines with the same colours and setup as the main trend. It will be slightly diffferent in look&feel but the data will be shown the same way. Schedule this report at the time you want (in my example 8am) and presto, you have an automatically printed "trend" that shows the data you need.
thank you very much for your ansmer. The only problem is Excel... We initially would like to print the trend display as displayed without manipulating data (pharmaceutical plant). But if it not possible, your idea is clever.
Hi snakekill, the data will not be manipulated, only the formatting. As Ingo points out, only the look.


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Have a question? Email her at dear. We seem to keep having the same fights about his needy ex-wife and the negative impact she has on our relationship. Despite my wish to appear mature and chill, I have a strong distaste for the ex-wife. She attaches herself to every ailment for which she can find a symptom, and is on all kinds of medication. The ex constantly sends Adam texts about the kids, from mundane details to complaints about their behavior.
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He stayed single up until about 6 months ago, trying and hoping to patch things with his wife who has been with someone else for the past 2 years when we got together, it was obvious that it upset her because he was with someone else and not comfortably up her backside anymore she refuses to even meet me, says bad things about me to him, and says things like him being a "step daddy" to my kids which is just out of line.
I understand they have two kids together and I know that he has to deal with her.
In fact, someone may try to convince themselves that their partner's criticism of them is warranted, or that their partner is just trying to help them be a better person.
Sandra James had every reason to feel happy and contented when an envelope arrived through the post. Blessed with an adored baby girl from her marriage to second husband Tom, and enjoying every moment of her maternity leave, life seemed sweet indeed. She recalls smiling as she opened the envelope and started to read the letter inside – but the memory of what came next still leaves her shaking with emotion.
As she read on in horror, each new sentence was seeped in venom and vitriol – accusing her of sleeping around and being an unfit mother to the child she adored. An immaculate year-old mother-of-three, Sandra recalls: "I was shaking so much that I could hardly read. By the end of the letter, I was crying my eyes out. It wasn't just the crazy accusations themselves which were so upsetting – it was the amount of hate behind them. But these were no rantings from an anonymous stalker. The author of the poisonous missive was, in fact, Tom's former wife – who had signed the letter – furious with Sandra for having found love with the husband she had dumped years earlier.
She sees Tom and me as an open chequebook, and the situation is so bad that just last week I sank on to the kitchen floor and just sobbed in desperation. A new novel, The Second Wives Club, by Jane Moore – herself a second wife – details the nightmare problems a former wife can bring to a new family. From divided loyalties, torn emotions, open hostility and constant battles over money and access to children, each chapter brings fresh fictional horror.
But to thousands of second wives across Britain, who, like Sandra, find themselves facing a bitter ex-wife, fact is even more terrifying than the pages of any bestseller. Sandra's problems began in early , when she found herself comforting a fellow civil servant and work colleague who had just been dumped by his wife.
It is possible to dissolve your marriage from your former spouse, but it is not possible—and never will be possible—to dissolve your co-parenting relationship. You may be happy to not have to deal with your former spouse every day, but your kids may still have regular interactions that will affect them. As long as you were still married and still living in the same house, you were still keeping an eye on each other.
That does not sound like a guy who is not serious or who does not love you. Use your own judgment but remember, people are never perfect and all we can do is.
Communicating and dealing with your ex after divorce is a given when you have children together. But how do you handle this new relationship with your ex-husband without slipping back into the same old habits of interacting with each other? The answer lies in breaking the emotional ties that keep you bound to these old habits, as outlined in the article below. Your divorce decree is only step one in moving into a new life after divorce.
The real divorce is the cutting of the emotional, mental and physical ties that still bind you to your ex-husband. This is the real work of divorce recovery: becoming a single woman possessed of confidence, self-esteem, and an enthusiasm for life and most important, a complete break from the emotional turmoil that led to your divorce in the first place. All too often, women experience the same conflicts with their ex that originally led to divorce: constant arguments, reactive behavior leading to emotional upsets, old patterns of reliance, the barrage of destructive barbs aimed at your self-esteem and deep hurts.
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My long-distance significant other and I have been dating for a little over two years. His daughter and I get along very well, and I legitimately want to be there because I love her and I love him. Any advice? Some version of this question comes up with alarming frequency.
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Social media has a way of connecting us with people that we, as individuals, are only vaguely interested in. Whether it is someone that you went to middle school with or your third cousin, you find yourself staring at their posts and photos, giving you a glimpse into their lives. Similarly, many may find themselves friends with an ex-spouse on social media. Whether it is because of the amicable nature, in which the relationship ended or out of necessity to have that vehicle as a means of communication, you may find yourself peering into her new life.
There are biological reasons hypothesized for jealousy based on gender and countless years of scientific and psychological research. Even knowing this, we, as human beings still can feel the jealousy of seeing what a former love is up to. It is an exercise that many have done, according to a recent study by Western University. The observation of an ex-spouse can trigger that emotion and can send you down a rabbit hole of looking back on your relationship, questioning your decision to divorce, or even, affecting your mental health.
A study published in the Computers in Human Behavior journal found that social media use can trigger feelings of envy that were found to predict depression symptoms. The depression can be a result of many different facets of their new life. For example, Elite Daily profiled the end of a relationship where both partners were in the same profession, but one was doing better in their career path, so when the relationship ended, there was a level of jealousy that one partner was on a more successful trajectory in something that they shared.
Much of it has to do with the notion that in the end of a relationship, there is a winner, and there is a loser. After a divorce, many men feel that they have been unfairly lumped into the loser category, because of the notion that because they are men, they are expected to give half of their assets, pay alimony, pay child support, lose their home, and be limited to the access of the children that they share with their ex-spouse.
Sometimes, their sense of being in the loser category is not as complicated as that.
If toxic people were an ingestible substance, they would come with a high-powered warning and secure packaging to prevent any chance of accidental contact. Sadly, families are not immune to the poisonous lashings of a toxic relationship. Though families and relationships can feel impossibly tough at times, they were never meant to ruin. For the most part though, they will feel nurturing and life-giving to be in. Toxic people thrive on control. Everything they do is to keep people small and manageable.
Dating a man and have their son full time. This is exactly what attracted me to my partner was how he treats his ex wife well. It went well the first two years and then.
In a perfect world, no one would ever have to deal with their exes. If the split was mutual and amicable, this might not be too awful. And if the ex in question is a toxic nightmare, guess what? Your life is going to be a nightmare too. Resist this urge. Brush up on your communication skills, and make an effort to fall more and more in love with each other.
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The toxic ex-wife or husband doesn't respect the boundaries of their relationship with their ex. They have never really let go of their mates and will hang on for dear life all the while undermining your ability to co-parent with them and move on to a new life. Below are 7 tips and guidelines to help you recognize the actions of a toxic ex-wife or husband:. Even though you are divorced they still feel they have a right to know what you are doing and who you are doing it with.
You will be bombarded with questions about your life. Are you seeing anyone? Where were you over the weekend? Your children will be questioned about what you are doing with your life. The toxic ex-wife or husband has no problem using the children to find out information about you and your life. There is a difference between friendly interaction and an attempt to control, which is what the toxic ex wishes to do.
This sort of ex will do whatever it takes to sabotage any new relationship you form. This type of toxic ex comes in different forms.
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Small businesses can find the recruitment process a daunting prospect. Selecting the right person depends on following a series of distinct steps. This gives you a simple process that you can use no matter what type or level of position you want to fill. The process also ensures that your recruitment is efficient, effective and fair. Let's look at each of these steps briefly.
The first step is defining the role. You've made the decision that you need to take someone on, and that the best option is to have someone directly employed in your business. Before you rush off to find someone think carefully about what the role is the actual requirements of the job and how it fits into your business and your future plans. Write a job description to help you clarify the purpose, tasks and responsibilities of the job. Use the job description template to help guide you, and remember this is about the job, not the person.
The next step is to build a profile of the ideal person to fill this role. Again, there's a template and guidance available to help you. A person specification will help you undertake the selection and interview process in a systematic way.
The next step is attracting applicants. You need to start a search for suitable candidates. Think about where you can advertise to attract a wide range of good quality applicants. You're aiming to get the best response at the least cost. There are some suggestions given in this module, as well as way to advertise, you have to consider the advert itself. An effective job advert sells a position and the business. This is particularly important for small and new businesses because the company name may not be particularly well-known. Keep the advert short and to the point, and make sure it's non-discriminatory, and that you avoid gender or culturally specific language. You may consider using an application form when recruiting. This means you don't rely on each candidate responding in their own way. You can be sure the candidates provide all the information that's necessary and relevant to the job, and it also makes it easier to compare like with like and make your initial assessment.
The next step in the recruiting process is selecting the right candidate. First, draw up your selection criteria. It's a good idea to create a checklist based on the essential or desirable skills and experience required. Use your checklist to assess how closely candidates match up to the job and person specification. You may want to ask your business advisor or a business colleague to assist you with the selection and interview process. This helps to make sure there's no personal bias in the process, and it's helpful if at least one person on the selection panel has been trained in equality and diversity issues. When you have your short list of suitable people, send them a letter, inviting them to an interview. Take care with the interview process, make sure you give every candidate the same opportunities to give the best presentation of themselves, to demonstrate their suitability, and to ask questions of the interviewer. Use a consistent structure for the interview too. At the end of each interview, tell the candidate what happens next, and when they can expect to hear from you. When you've made your decision, notify the successful candidate but also remember to let the other candidates know that they were not successful.
Finally, having made your decision and selected your candidate, there are a number of things you have to consider before they become an employee. The full details are in this module. I suggest you go through them carefully. If you follow these steps whenever you're recruiting, you'll find it more straightforward, and you'll also make sure that your recruitment is efficient, effective, and fair.


I'm not usually a fan of New Year's resolutions. You know the problem. There's usually a lot of talk in late December and early January….and all too little action for the rest of the year.
But I suppose this is as good a time as any to change direction or improve one's course in life. For those who are interested (and this should probably be EVERY athlete), here are my thoughts about some useful, practical resolutions for the new year….for your heart health….that I've culled from our discussions these past 4 months.
1. Take charge. Become knowledgeable about your cardiovascular health. We'll continue to explore a variety of issues here at the blog and I'll be sure to point out other web-based and print resources that may be useful particularly to athletes.
2. Put a doctor on your team. I've talked here at the blog about the issue of "Who Needs a Doctor?" Your team ought to include a variety of resources….a coach, a confidant, training partners, a massage therapist, etc. Don't leave out the doctor. A long-term relationship with a physician will provide many benefits over the years, I promise!
3. Get screened for cardiovascular disease. Work with your doctor to get screened for the common cardiovascular problems that may cause sudden death in athletes. Talk with your doctor about getting an ECG and an echocardiogram.
4. Work with your doctor, especially as you enter your 30's or 40's, to manage your risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). This is the most important heart-related problem for athletes in middle age.
5. Eat right. There are probably many ways to go about improving your diet. We've talked here at the blog about the Mediterranean Diet, but that's just one approach. For the past 18 months, I've been suggesting the "Real Food Diet" to my patients and friends. The idea came from my friends at Endurance Corner. Put simply, just: 1) eat real food (lean proteins, fruits, vegetables, products at the store with fewer than 5 ingredients); 2) avoid pasta; and 3) avoid refined sugar after 2 pm. Keeping it simple will make it workable for many athletes.
This is a short list, but doing just these few things now….and for years to come….will make a big difference in your risk for developing heart and vascular disease.
Let's build a healthier 2010 together. Happy New Year!


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Q: viewPager adapter null pointer exception I got an error while setting adapter, i only have one folder for layouts
and to tabs fragments on activity_main , i have searched in many websites but no results. Please help!
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    mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
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A: You need to add setContentView(R.layout.yourlayout) in onCreate(). Without that, mViewPager will be null because it is not found with findViewById().

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We must admit that we were quite skeptical of this whole "TOFU RICOTTA" thing. However, with all the herbs, vegetables and seasonings mixed in, it is the perfect fix for all of us dairy sensitive ones out there.
The beauty of this recipe is you can use whatever vegetables you have on hand. We used spinach and carrot as that is what we had in our crisper. Use whatever you have on hand like zucchini, eggplant, spring peas, mushrooms (not a vegetable, but you get the idea) and the list goes on and on.
We took a few time saving steps in the kitchen and they included; using a food processor to blitz our vegetables, used pre-made marinara sauce and no boil gluten-free noodles. Mother Nature had a 2-hour window of sunshine and we did not want to miss one little minute of it.
This vegetable tofu ricotta lasagna recipe makes an 8 x 8 pan of vegetable tofu ricotta lasagna. This is enough for 2 very hungry adults or 4 adults with a nice tossed salad on the side.
If you are using any green leafy vegetables like spinach, make sure you squeeze out all the extra liquid before adding it to the tofu ricotta.
Use FIRM tofu and NOT silken tofu.
If using other vegetable make sure you sauté them for just a few minutes to allow any juices to evaporate.
Using NO BOIL Gluten-free or regular lasagna noodles (if you are not gluten sensitive) takes off about 15 minutes off kitchen time.
We have many other recipes that include tofu in creative ways that you can not even believe if is tofu. Have you tried our Tofu Veggie Pancakes or our Gluten-Free Coconut Curry Laksa.
If you are looking for more delicious Italian Recipes have you tried Speedy Spinach Pesto Pasta, Cheese Spinach Ravioli with a Sage Butter Sauce, or Rustic Chicken Cacciatore.
1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (176 Celsius) and spray 8 x 8 pan with oil spray.
3Add olive oil to pan and saute grated carrot, onion and garlic for about 3-4 minutes or until no liquids remain. Set aside to cool.
4Add the firm tofu to the food processor, squeeze dried spinach, salt and pepper to taste, Italian seasoning, cooled sautéed carrot, onion and garlic vegetable mixture, and a dash of red pepper flakes, if desired. Process just until well mixed.
6Cover lasagna with aluminum foil and bake covered for 45-60 minutes or until lasagna noodles are aldente or cut easily with knife.
7Cool lasagna in pan for at least 20 minutes and serve with a nice tossed salad. Enjoy!


When looking up at the blue sky many people wonder why the sky is blue. As a matter of face, it has been pondered for a long time and actually took quite a while to figure out. Although the sun looks white when looked at in the earths atmosphere, it actually consists of all the colors from the rainbow.
A prism is a special shape of crystal that when white light shines through it the light gets separated into all of it's colors. Light is energy that beams around the entire universe, and like the energy waves in the ocean, light also travels in waves. Some of the light travels in short and choppy waves, where other light travels in long and more even waves. For example, blue light waves are shorter than those of red light waves. Each color of light waves have different wavelengths in which they travel.
Light travels in a straight line unless something interferes with it, for instance, a mirror reflects light, a prism or gravity bends light, and molecules like those in the gasses of the Earth's atmosphere scatter it. When the light from the sun reaches Earth's atmosphere is gets scattered in all directions from the particles and gasses in the air. The blue light gets scattered more in the atmosphere than others because the blue light waves travels in shorter, smaller waves, which is why the blue sky is what is seen most of the time.
As the sun gets closer to the horizon, the blue sky fades to a lighter blue or even white. This is because the light from the sun low in the sky has to pass through even more air and all those additional air molecules scatter and re-scatter the blue light many times and in many different directions. In addition to the light molecules, the Earth's surface reflects and scatters the light, making the colors mix again creating more white than blue.
Why are some sunsets red?
Since the light of the sun has to pass through much more atmosphere when it's low on the horizon, it gets much more scattered. This scatters the blue light even more which allows the red and yellow light to pass through. When it appears that the whole Western sky seems to glow it's from the larger particles of pollution, dust and water vapor in the atmosphere which reflect and scatter even more of the red and yellow light waves.


This is Barbara Pym's centenary year, and my own special celebration is to read or re-read all her books. My most recent read is her Less Than Angels, and rather than writing a review explaining what the storyline is about, I will simply share some of the passages that I enjoyed the most. In each of her books, I find quotes that have to be saved, either because they are so wise or because they are clever and humorous. I love both.
The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things, she decided, wondering how many writers and philosophers had said this before her, the trivial pleasures like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.
Conversation at real life parties is not usually very witty or worth recording, and where members of the same profession are gathered together it is likely to be incomprehensible to all but themselves.
She was at yet too young and inexperienced to be quite sure that one can love and criticize at the same time.
Tea is more healthy than alcohol and much cheaper, she reflected, and there must be thousands of people who know this.
She was as yet too young to have learned that women of her aunt's age could still be interested in men; she would have many years to go before the rather dreadful suspicion came to her that one probably never does cease to be interested.
What odd turns life does take!' And how much more comfortable it sometimes was to observe it from a distance, to look down from an upper window, as it were, as the anthropologists did.
Pym's way of telling a story is slower-paced and perhaps "quieter" than many of us are used to these days, but as I read her books, I find myself slowing down and enjoying the time spent with her characters and in her villages.
This entry was posted in Favorite authors on June 1, 2013 by Robin.
Such a beautiful post. I do like quiet and slow in my books, but I've had the oddest experience. I thought I loved BP. I began with Excellent Women over thirty years ago, and then I didn't read her at all until Jane and Prudence, and An Unsuitable Attachment both of which I wrote about on the blog. Really liked both of them, so of course signed on for this BP reading week, and was astounded to find that I couldn't read her anymore. I couldn't understand it, but there it was. I tried both Some Tame Gazelle and Crampton Hodnet, and had to put them both down. I was actually bored. How is this possible? I sure don't know.
Thanks, Nan. I had some moments with Less Than Angels when it seemed to go from slow motion into no motion, but just as I began to feel bored, she picked it up and took it somewhere else so it kept me going. Also, the last two books I read by her, I really didn't have time nor energy to be reading at all, so I read them in little snatches of time and that seemed to work better. I feel like there's a lot in her books that I don't fully understand because I've never spent time in that culture, (except in books), and her stories are definitely a cultural immersion.
When I described them as "quiet" stories, I was really trying to describe the effect they had on me…I have had to "slow myself down" to read them, and not approach them with my usual 90 miles per hour reading approach. And I've shifted my expectations because I realized they aren't as much about action as about reaction and nuance.
What I do really like about her is how she manages her stories. In Less Than Angels (which I consider a lesser work than the others I've read) I was struck by how she manages time in the story. She would be telling a story within the story and then she would suddenly jump to another time. It wasn't jumpy or haphazard, but quite startling and effective. It was an impressive glimpse of the author at work, and I enjoyed it.
I can certainly understand, though, what you described about your experiences with her work, i.e. the boredom. They don't grab, and sometimes they don't even hold on, but I have become quite fascinated with the how-she-tells-her-stories, and with her wicked little sense of humor, and I continue to find poignant observations of the human experience that ring true to me.
Lovely passages, Robin. Something about them reminds me of Rosamunde Pilcher. Oh, I really should reread The Shell Seekers. I loved that novel dearly.


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'Comfort women' demand Blue House enact special law
Three surviving members of Japanese wartime sexual slavery - Lee Yong-soo, Park Ok-seon and Yi Ok-seon - petition for the enactment of a special law for so-called comfort women in a press conference in the National Assembly on Thursday. [KANG JEONG-HYUN]
Three survivors of the Japanese government's wartime sexual enslavement held a press conference in the National Assembly on Thursday, where they requested the Park Geun-hye administration legislate a special law to support the so-called comfort women and criticized the president for failing to fulfill her duty as the "mother of the nation."
The special law proposed to support the euphemistically called comfort women requires the establishment of a commission under the direct auspices of the president to conduct studies and projects regarding comfort women. It also demands the government financially support the surviving comfort women as well as subsidize their funerals and the establishment of a memorial foundation.
The bill additionally requires the government to demand a genuine apology from the Japanese government, fund research and studies to investigate sexual enslavement during World War II and designate a memorial day for the comfort women.
The three surviving comfort women, Lee Yong-soo, Yi Ok-seon and Park Ok-seon also requested the government actualize the formation of a special economic zone between South and North Korea. Choi Sung, the mayor of Goyang, Gyeonggi, and Yoo Eun-hae, an elected official from the Minjoo Party, also took part in the conference.
"If you're elected as a president," said Lee, swearing, "you should know to love your people and know your nation's history. But Park Geun-hye does whatever she wants. She's all bullshit."
She continued, "I've been standing in front of the Japanese Embassy for 25 years while shouting that it officially apologize to us and offers legal compensations. Some millions of people made sacrifices to build this country and no president dared to talk about the comfort women except Park."
During the conference the comfort women also pleaded with the government to acknowledge that the Japanese government is "justifying its war crime" and "distorting history," which only adds to their pain. They also demanded that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe make a genuine official apology and come up with a measure to prevent such "atrocities."
"What right does President Park have to negotiate on behalf of us, are we related by blood? Why is she insisting to live our lives for us? She should reverse it again," she said, referring to the 2015 comfort women deal struck between Korea and Japan.
The other people in the conference tried to stop Lee from speaking further, but she kept going.
"I have things to say about Thaad, as well," she continued, referring to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. "I'm from Seongju [North Gyeongsang]. If there's no problem, then you should install it in front of the Blue House. It's the job of the nation's mother to check if something is safe or not and then to have the people follow it."
BY LEE JI-SANG, SHIN SOO-YEON [shin.sooyeon@joongang.co.kr]


Jo Wright has quite some experience for someone of only 20 years of age. With a taste of PWA competition under her belt she is definitely someone to be keeping an eye on in the future.
Favourite discipline: Tried all of them but at the moment probably freestyle. After the summer I expect it'll be wave.
Local spot: Carsington is where I did most of my sailing as a kid, but now if ever I'm in Stoke (which is extremely rare!) I sail at West Kirby.
Sponsors: Sam Ross Windsurfing, Tushingham, Starboard, and then Exeter Uni help me with entry fees for events. Neilson has helped me out loads in the past.
My dad won a Neilson voucher when I was 11 so we went on holiday to a place called Nidri in Greece. We had the choice of going sailing or windsurfing and I chose windsurfing. I was the only kid who chose windsurfing and it was ideal wind for learning. I had an instructor called Jan Veldhuizen, the most enthusiastic instructor in the world, all to myself and just absolutely loved it.
Following that I joined the Carsington team 15. There were 4 of us my age and we just windsurfed all the time. I started racing with them and from that got selected to join Zone Squad. I raced in the squad for a year and did all the racing events around the UK on the Techno. I didn't really like the light wind side of it, I always wanted to be planing, and at the time formula windsurfing was pretty big in the UK and there was a lot of cheap second hand kit knocking around. So I brought some cheap formula kit and started to race that. I really enjoyed the challenge and it suited my style of windsurfing much better, when I was about 16 I started to do international events.
Unfortunately when I was in 6th form I couldn't really commit to doing the full international tour and due to other distractions around the same time, I ended up taking a break from windsurfing. Huge mistake and something that was ended by winning a windsurfing holiday to Antigua. Out there I tried some wave sailing and freestyle, and on my return home I sold all my race kit and with the money brought a car and some freestyle kit and started driving up to West Kirby, whenever it was windy. After 6th form I went out to work for Neilson for the summer in Lemnos. That was awesome; I just windsurfed every day. I was meant to go to Uni in September but I loved it so much I decided to take the year out to windsurf. After Lemnos I went on to do my advanced instructor with Sam Ross in Dahab and ended up staying there for the winter. It was Dahab that I really got me into freestyle; I learnt to Vulcan, Downwind Three, all that sort of thing whilst I was out there.
Then, after Dahab I went Ortakent in Turkey for the summer. Out there I got into Slalom quite a bit. My manager's girlfriend called Lena Erdil was Turkish number one, we sailed together a lot and she said I should try competing at the PWA event in Alacati. Originally I was said 'no way!' but then my manager Simon said I should go for it and Neilson would sponsor me. Sam Ross heard about it and said he would help me out with kit and he wrote me an 8 week training program to follow in the run up to the event. Following on from Ortakent, I finished an 18 month stint abroad and started Uni at Exeter.
How did your first experience of a PWA competition go?
Before the event I was convinced I was going to be dead last and started to question why I was even doing it. We went out and sailed at Alacati a few days before the event, Karin Jaggi was down too, so Karin, Lena and myself did lots of speeds runs and practice courses. They both helped me with my kit set up, pretty much re-rigged my sails and it made a big difference; I was a lot faster after that. The first start was terrifying; lining up against people like Sarah-Quita, but it turned out alright. In the first race two girls were over the line, which meant they were out, so I realised I only had to beat 3 to qualify for the final. I made it through to my first final and that gave me loads of confidence for the rest of the week. A big group of Neilson people came down to support and that was really motivating too.
There were about 6 days of competition in total. It started off really windy and I did pretty well, but later in the week the wind dropped a bit and I went down a few places. Then we had this mental day, peaking at 50 knots, and I managed a 4th overall. At the end of the week I finished 12th out of 20. I was pretty happy with that.
So will you carry on and do more PWA competitions?
Not this year. I'm going away to Dahab and Tenerife for the summer, but maybe the year after. This year I haven't had a car, so have been very reliant on other for lifts to the beach and as a result haven't had the time on the water when it comes to slalom. I was one of the youngest at the event so I've still got a few years.
Tell us about your plans for the summer?
Well, unfortunately the Neilson Dahab centre is closing this year in June. So just before it closes I'm going out there for three weeks to say bye to everyone and do some freestyle. Then I'm home for 2 weeks working in the UK. After that I'm going to El Medeno for 8 weeks with friends from Uni Alex and Rach and my boyfriend Josh. We're doing it massively on the cheap staying in a one room flat, going to be pretty cosy. The aim of the summer is to build up my wave and freestyle so I can come back and do the BWA events in Tiree and Gwithian, hopefully better my third from last year. Also I want to do some freestyle events like Windfest.
The BWA at Gwithian last year had a good turnout in the women's competition. Do you think the women's fleet is growing?
I think the main reason for there being so many women at Gwithian last year was Amy Carter. In the run up to the event I think I got about 10 e-mails from her checking I was coming, and not going to bail out. There are loads of girls that came to their first event because of her. I just think it is going to continue to grow. My friends from Uni, Alex and Rach I'm pretty sure will both compete after seeing it last year.
There are a lot of women out there who have the ability to compete; they just seem to think you have to be a lot better than their ability, but you don't. As long as you can sail out catch a wave and sail back you'll be alright. If you can ride consistently you'll do well. You don't have to be doing big forward loops and stuff.
I was hoping to run a women's clinic in Dahab with Flow this summer but unfortunately due to Neilson closing it's not going to happen. Hopefully I will do something next summer, and Sam Ross is hopefully getting involved. Watch this space!
Definitely want to get front loops nailed. I lack a lot of bottle with them but hopefully with everyone in the summer going for them I will be a bit more courageous. Then just make my wave riding a bit slicker.
In Dahab over Christmas I got my first Spock. So I want to get them more consistent when I'm back out in Egypt. Then I guess flakas and grubby.
You've spent quite a bit of time in Egypt have there been any particular highlights?
My favourite place I think I've ever windsurfed is the Blue Lagoon (Ras Abu Galum). It's about a 3 hour trek away from Dahab. When I was working for Neilson a few of us went done there for a few days and it was just incredible. We had a few perfect 4.7 days and everyone was landing loads of moves.
Have you ever had any setbacks in your windsurfing career?
When I was about 14 I was on skiing holiday and had someone skied over me, my bindings didn't release and I ended up tearing a ligament in my knee, resulting in being out for about 4 or 5 months. Other than that just cuts and bruises, but nothing else major.
Hopefully just keep improving my wave, slalom and freestyle; whilst travelling to lots of new places. Do better on the tour and just generally get more people loving windsurfing.


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Q: Subsonic3 Active Record Query using SubSonic.Query.Select throwing errors So I am trying to get the following query to work using SubSonic3 ActiveRecord with a Sql Server 2008 backend
facilities = new Select().From<Facility>()
             .ExecuteTypedList<Facility>();

as well as the following
facilities = new Select().From<Facility>()
                .InnerJoin<mem_Users_Facility>().InnerJoin<mem_User>().Where(mem_UsersTable.UserNameColumn).IsEqualTo(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User)
                .ExecuteTypedList<Facility>();

The Table name is dbo.Facility but SubSonic keeps generating the SQL as Facilities.  The class was generated by SubSonic so it knows what the table name is but it looks like the SQL is getting generated as if the class is used in the Simple Repository (based off of a POCO).
I know that I can use the Linq query syntax but I am more familiar with the old syntax and want to be able to use both.  How can I write the two simple queries with Subsonic3


Tomorrow bright and early a bunch of Bay Area cyclists and I are going to bike the math of climate change to Chevron's shareholders and call for the company to be a part of the renewable energy future rather than be the unsustainable, fossil foolish, retro backwards 20th century dinosaurs they are right now.
I wrote about how this all came about in Don't just count the carbon, BIKE THE MATH!.
But really, what makes this story so powerful is how it highlights how everything is connected and how this one mega oil company represents all that is wrong with the way things are. From greed, shortsightedness and exploitation to political corruption, externalized costs, environmental destruction and social injustice, Chevron is one of those entities that are at the core of a planet out of balance with all the pain and suffering that entails.
So here are the specs for our bike ride tomorrow, and below some impressions from today's press conference that brought together a powerful coalition of people who will be gathering in- and outside tomorrow's shareholder meeting to hold this rogue behemoth accountable for its actions and bring attention to the true cost of Chevron.
Gayle McLaughlin, the mayor of Richmond, CA talked about Chevron's unwillingness to take responsibility in the aftermath of a fire at Chevron's Richmond, California refinery that sent 15,000 people to the hospital. Rather than fix the aging pipes in their refinery and address worker's rights issues in Richmond, Chevron is dumping millions of dollars into local elections to install their cronies on the Richmond City Council.
McLaughlin said they finally had to establish a deadline for Chevron to compensate the city for the damage from the refinery fire, because of continued stonewalling by the company.
Next up, a powerful and emotional moment.
Servio Curipoma, a community representative from the indigenous communities suffering the effects of reckless oil explorations in the Ecuadorian Amazon, lost both his parents to cancer from the pollution caused by Chevron, then Texaco. Over three decades of oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Chevron dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the rainforest, leaving local people suffering a wave of cancers, miscarriages and birth defects.
He told the story of how Chevron wanted to move the lawsuit to Ecuador because they thought they could easily bribe the judges, but since they lost the lawsuit they have refused to pay the $19 billions in reparations they owe and engaged 60 law firms, thousands of lawyers and billions of dollars to fight the judgement against them.
Next up was Shoshana Wechsler, who was representing the non-profit corporate reform group Public Citizen and warned about Chevron's historically large and possibly illegal meddling in elections post Citizens United. She talked about Green Century Capital Management's shareholder resolution asking Chevron to refrain from all election-related spending. "They have an awful lot invested in the status quo: massive tax breaks and subsidies and full assurance that investigations into environmental violations will be friendly, not to forget their hefty government contracts," Wechsler said.
Then it was my turn to talk about Chevron's role in accelerating climate change by subscribing to the untenable business model of burning as much fossil fuel as quickly as possible. I pointed out that not only is it completely irresponsible for Chevron to follow through on their business plan and wreck the planet for short-term profit, but that is actually a bad business plan.
With an investment bubble in fossil fuels to the tune of trillions of dollars due to the fact that at least two-thirds of their oil reserves will have to remain underground if the world is to meet existing internationally agreed targets to avoid the threshold for "dangerous" climate change, they should really be shifting toward renewable energy right now. The fact that they aren't only shows that they are putting all their stock into and are actively lobbying for inaction on those targets, which is simply morally reprehensible. Bike the Math is trying to give them positive reinforcement to do the right thing, for all of our future, including Chevron's.
Then it was Dr. Henry Clark's turn. Dr. Clark of the West County Toxics Coalition has been a presence at Chevron's Richmond gates for over 30 years, fighting for environmental justice for his community. He pointed to an Environmental Justice Executive Order passed during the Clinton administration protecting low-income communities and minority communities from bearing a disproportionate burden of modern industrial life, saying that his community was already carrying a disproportionate burden when that order was passed and that they're going to fight tooth and nail Chevron's planned refinery expansion to process dirty crude disguised as an "upgrade" to the refinery.
Closing the press briefing was Garo Manjikian, legislative advocate for CALPIRG, giving another look into Chevron's expansion in the political arena with its largest ever super PAC contribution given by a publicly traded company, putting themselves at the vanguard of a new level of corporate interference with elections.
So, as you can see, Chevron really embodies all that is wrong and ill with our system, and the only way to change them and thus the system is to get out there and make our voices heard. There's nothing they fear more than having their corporate bullyhood challenged by democracy, so that's why I'm getting on my bike tomorrow in solidarity with the brave people who are asking shareholders to fire Chevron CEO John Watson, and to bring my own renewable message to San Ramon.
As they say, let's roll!
Chevron touts big oil profits = past. Cyclists generate people power = future. Bike the Math rocks!
I hope you great success tomorrow. I hope you especially get the feeling that they at least listened to what you had to say. I'll be with you in spirit and sending all the good vibes I can your way.


Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite application dock, and now we're back with the five most popular for your review. Application docks are such active and dynamic pieces of software, we've opted for this Hive Five to forgo using static images and instead include a video of the dock in action so you can get an eyeful of the transitions and smooth animations that have led these docks to be reader favorites.
Note: Docks that are included with an operating system, like the OS X dock, are flagged as "Free" for the purposes of our review.
A long time coming, Windows finally enhanced the standard taskbar, creating a swanky dock system to call its own. Windows users trying out Windows 7 for the first time are in for an extra big treat—the change from the old taskbar system to the new dock is huge. You can drag and drop to pin shortcuts to the taskbar, Win+# (where the # is the numerical position of the pinned icon) launches the application, and icons also have jump lists associated with them—quick access to routine features and commands for that particular application. Hovering over the icon of a running application gives you a quick peek and the ability to jump to the application or close it. Microsoft was late to the dock party, but at least when they finally rolled it out, they remembered to decorate with streamers and bring a cake.
Long before Windows had any built-in dock, RocketDock was producing a high-quality dock for Windows users. RocketDock supports real-time window preview—in Vista and above—and auto-hide and preview popup on mouse over. The support for blended icons gives the dock a polished look and makes it easy to swap out existing icons for new ones. RocketDock is portable and highly customizable. You can download additional skins, icon sets, and docklets—dock plug-ins that enhance the functionality of RocketDock.
Mac OS X's built-in Dock is what most people think of when they hear about application docks. It's smooth, attractive, and easy to use. Application shortcuts are docked on the left, minimized applications and documents are on the right. Dock's Stacks feature (new in Leopard, improved in Snow Leopard) helps you keep your desktop clutter to a minimum while giving you quick access to folder navigation. Related documents, downloads, and applications can be turned into a Stack, making it easy to quickly preview the grouping from a single icon on the dock instead of cluttering up the dock or desktop with dozens of icons. In addition to previewing windows and sorting them in stacks, the dock also supports secure deletion of files. It's simple, straightforward, and a default favorite for most Mac users..
ObjectDock is another excellent Windows dock system that predates the introduction of the Windows 7 Taskbar-as-dock. ObjectDock is easily customized to fit the layout and theme of your system. Thousands of skins and alternative icons are available, and like RocketDock, it also supports Docklets for enhancing functionality. ObjectDock can be integrated with your existing Windows taskbar or it can replace it entirely. To keep ObjectDock running smoothly even on lower-end machines, you can customize the performance options to keep the core functionality while ditching some of the swankier animations and transitions. ObjectDock also includes a feature that allows you to package up your current customizations—great for backing up your ObjectDock tweaks and sharing them with others. If you upgrade to the Plus version, you get additional features, like the ability to run multiple docks and create a tabbed dock.
Just because you voted "Independent" in the Operating System Elections doesn't mean you're going to be left out in the cold when it comes docks. Docky is a dock interface to the extremely popular Gnome-Do application launcher. The level of integration between Docky and applications you use is impressive—whether those applications are webapps or desktop apps. You can easily make entries in Google Calendar, upload pictures to ImageShack, take screenshots, and more right from the dock. Like many of the other docks featured in today's Hive, Docky supports expansion by plug-ins and is quite customizable. One neat feature is Docky's ability, courtesy of the underlying Gnome-Do, to suggest items for the dock that it considers relevant to you and would be a helpful addition to the dock.
Note: The Docky wiki appears to be—temporarily?—offline. If you want a quick and dirty overview of Docky and how to install it, check out this article from weblog OMG!Ubuntu!.
Have something to add? Want to share your favorite docklet for your favorite dock? Let's hear all about it in the comments.