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One of the major mandates of organisations such as Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU) – successor to the erstwhile Western Cape Tourism Board – is to facilitate the inclusion of previously marginalised tourism role players into the formal tourism economy and value chain. The CTRU also has to embark on a range of activities to ensure that not only players in the tourism industry but also the general citizenry of this province, whose taxes fund its operations, takes bigger pride in the province and its vast array of tourism market offerings. The citizens and residents also have to be developed into true ambassadors of the Cape Town & Western Cape brand(s). This can only be achieved if a greater sense of shared belonging and positive reference points is created. The spin-offs will be bigger support for domestic and international marketing efforts, as well as on-the-ground confirmation of the much touted Cape hospitality to people visiting the province, irrespective of their origin.
The brand management implications of the ongoing and extremely polarising debate about race, political affiliation, and belonging in the context of the Western Cape in general and Cape Town in particular seem to be underestimated by all involved. We continue to talk past one another and to selectively read what the other has written or said before we respond, often, with what appears to be off-the-shelf-and-ready-to-use-vitriol. Our responses and contribution to the ongoing debate continue to be clouded by the colours that we want to support – political and pigmentation – instead of the general good of all the residents of this beautiful province and city.
Issues relating to place names, access by previously marginalised individuals and communities, economic benefit by communities living in areas adjacent to nature reserves and other tourist attractions in the province, all have important bearing on how these people perceive themselves vis-à-vis the collective Cape Town and Western Cape brand(s). They also have bearing on the level of pride that the people will demonstrate in them. Since brands are built over many years and that it can take as much time for them to be firmly and favourably/positively positioned in the minds of their target audiences and the people who are of them, it is imperative that a stronger sense of shared belonging be cultivated early, rather than later, in the process. The children who will be adolescents in the next five years and beyond need to be helped to grow a better, more positive sense of ambassadorship for the Cape Town and Western Cape brand(s). The attributes of this brand have to go beyond the physical level and appeal to the cultural and the social – and indeed spiritual – aspects of what it is to be of this city and province. In other words, a stronger sense of shared belonging – across all religious, political, cultural, and racial lines – has to be consciously invested in by all levels of leadership – be it political, business, cultural, or religious.
It is principally for this reason that I have chosen to be in support of a collective leadership that will come in and aim not only to concentrate on delivering social services as if all else is normal in Cape Town and the Western Cape, but that will also consciously put in place strategies aimed at healing the historical divides that are at the root of ongoing political and racial mud-slinging. This stance is not meant to imply that the equitable delivery of social services and exposure of prosecutable corruption – as some might choose to selectively read this piece to be about – are not important. The delivery of social services and fight against corruption constitute normal activities that should be expected from any democratically elected leadership. The key, particularly in the context of the Western Cape, is that this collective leadership has to be mindful of where we come from as a country and of the details of past policies that led us to be such a divided people today. It is only when we acknowledge this past and agree to pledge – like former President Nelson Mandela did – that "Never again shall there be…" – that we can specifically put aside all remnants of this dark past. The future that we all wish to build for generations of South Africans to come can never be built on foundations of lies and denial, but of acknowledgement and willingness to do things differently.
A brand is like a slow growing tree that will one day give a good shade. This tree has to be grown and nurtured consistently over a number of years. The questions that we should all ask ourselves are: what kind of Cape Town and the Western Cape do we want to see in the next ten, twenty, fifty years and beyond. What kind of associations do we want future generations to make between their sense of belonging and various geographic and cultural icons in, around the City of Cape Town, and beyond? We also have to ask ourselves how they would describe living in Cape Town to friends and associates in other parts of South Africa and the world. Do we want future generations of coloureds to continue claiming – as some adults do today – that they are more of this part of our land than their (ethnic) African counterparts? Do we want future generations of (ethnic) Africans to continue complaining about exclusion and racism in the hands of everyone else? Do we want future generations of adolescent whites to continue – as some would have been taught by their parents – going on about the good old days when everyone knew their place in society, when there were no policies of affirmative action and BEE favouring (ethnic) Africans, Asians and coloureds? How do we want future generations of Cape Townians, therefore South Africans, to identify with one another and with what it is to be from this part of our country? And what sort of things should we be doing today to build proudly South African brands that will bring our people together despite their often superficial, yet divisive, cultural, political, and religious differences?
I had the fortune of visiting the islands of Hawaii a couple of years ago. In fact, it was during this trip that I made the decision that upon my return to South Africa I would come and specifically make a home in Cape Town. During this trip, on the island Oahu, I was tempted to believe that the citizens of the island had been collectively trained to display their Hawaiian pride in the manner that they carried themselves with locals and foreigners alike. My visit was not just a short, whirlwind, tour, but one that enabled me to experience amazingly friendly discussions with taxi drivers, waiters and waitresses, a hair dresser (I always get a hair cut in foreign lands in order to get a bit of the local gossip), car rental employees, bus drivers, and other people that I had the fortune to encounter during my stay. Not a single one of those people betrayed the friendliness that is always preceded by their welcoming "Aloha" (local greeting). I left Hawaii convinced that the people of that archipelago truly live their brand and that their brand lives in them. They know what it means to have a shared sense of core identities despite their cultural diversity. Naturally, their history has not been what we, in this part of the world, had to go through. Nevertheless, I believe that if we were to consciously start cultivating a stronger sense of belonging for all of our people, it would not be an impossible dream to realise over time.
Many people have gone on about democracy and the need to accept a democratic electoral outcome. It would be hard, and perhaps even silly, to argue against that. But, in the end, I would like to argue that it doesn't make sense to limit our political options to cruel and often destructive conflicting alternatives that end up with the citizenry sitting on an unending "them and us" see-saw. We need a transformational, collective, leadership with which a much greater number of citizens and residents can identify. Its political mandate would be guaranteed solely by strategies that it puts in place to deliberately heal the historical divides on the one hand and, on the other hand, its equitable delivery of social services to the citizens. There remain too many physical spatial divides of the past, all determined by pigmentation and culture, that may appear to be insurmountable at first glance. But these divides can be overcome by innovative planning with a deliberate intention to bring our people together. Football stadiums, for instance, need not only be built in the flats because some choose to assume that that is where lovers of this sport will always be located. Unless we try the Nazi, Rwandan or Yugoslavian fits – which would never achieve anything positive – South Africa, and therefore Cape Town and the Western Cape, will always be a multi-racial, cultural and religious society.
We have to live with that and to start concentrating on the positive things that bring us together as a people and not, as in the past, the things that could be used to keep us apart, filled with almost suicidal prejudice. For this to happen, we need to insist on a political leadership that will make it one of its clearly articulated goals to heal the historical divides – for they have to be dealt with – and not one that pits groups against one another by exploiting their unfounded fears of the other for short-term political gains. That is how we can start building collective and proudly South African brands for future generations of South Africa in Cape Town and the Western Cape can identify with and share.
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An outbound Jackson Park "B" train, led by car 6373, pulls into Dorchester station on June 24, 1966. Dorchester's layout was different than other Jackson Park branch stations, with its island platform and mezzanine station. Both are visible here. Note the East 63rd Street commercial district below the "L" and skyline in the background dominated by University of Chicago buildings. For a larger view, click here. (Photo from the Graham Garfield Collection)
Dorchester (1400E/6300S)
Dorchester Avenue and 63rd Street, Woodlawn
North-South Route, Jackson Park branch
Accessible Station (new station, never completed)
Transfer to Metra: Electric District (new station, never completed)
Address: 1400 E. 63rd Street
Established: April 23, 1893
Original Line: South Side Rapid Transit
Previous Names: Madison Avenue
Rebuilt: 1994 (work suspended, never completed)
Status: Demolished
Dorchester, originally called Madison Avenue, opened April 23, 1893 as part of the South Side Rapid Transit's extension from 39th Street to Jackson Park for the World's Columbian Exposition. Service to Jackson Park (and the fair) didn't start until May 12, so in the interim, passengers disembarked at Madison and walked on a special walkway constructed on the "L" structure.
Dorchester station is seen looking north in 1906, largely appearing as it was built just over a decade earlier. The station had only two stairways from the street to its mezzanine-level station house slung over the intersection. A stairway then led up to the island platform. For a larger view, click here [off-site link]. (DN-0004212, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum, courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Dorchester was an unusual station and differed from its East 63rd Street companions in many ways. First, whereas all other Jackson Park branch stations had side platforms, Dorchester had an island platform. The structure above 63rd Street had a center track (used for storage), which ended just west of the station; the platform was located in this center space. Just east of the platform, the structure narrowed and the two tracks came side-by-side to cross the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. Just beyond the bridge over the ICRR was a crossover, then the Jackson Park (Stony Island) station.
Additionally, whereas the other Jackson Park branch stations (originally) had two platform-level station houses -- one on each side, for each direction -- Dorchester was the only Jackson Park station to have a mezzanine-level facility below the tracks, over 63rd Street. The exterior design of this mezzanine was simple and largely unadorned. The interior of the station house had wood-paneled walls and wooden floors. There was a ticket agent's booth and iron railings for fare control. A potbelly stove provided heat in the winter and washrooms were available for passenger use. The island platform was simple and had a "humpback" or "turtleback" canopy, which was characteristic of other South Side Rapid Transit stations built for the Jackson Park extension.
Beginning in 1919, trains of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee interurban railroad began to operate into the Loop via the tracks of the North Side "L". Beginning in 1922, some trains continued south to Dorchester, operating its Merchandise Dispatch from the 63rd Street Lower Yard. (Numerous other transit connections could be made at Dorchester, including to the Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend Railroad; electric cars to Windsor Park, South Chicago and South Deering; and trains of the Illinois Central Railroad.) As for why the CNS&M trains didn't continue to the end of the line (only one station east),
The trains had to go beyond Dorchester (the next-to-last station) to come back on the other track, perhaps going up to the Jackson Park platform "on top" of a short "L" train and changing ends quickly.
If Jackson Park had been listed as a North Shore station, the trains would have had to go all the way to the end of the track and stand for a while to load or unload. Maybe that would have unduly obstructed the frequent Jackson Park Express "L" trains.1
Basically, ending at Dorchester prevented them from getting in the way of the "L". North Shore Line service to Dorchester ceased in 1938 when the service was cut back to Roosevelt.
Dorchester's history after the CTA took over operation of the "L" in 1947 was unremarkable. The station was little modified over the years. Passenger traffic began to decrease dramatically in the late 1960s. The station was closed on January 13, 1973 in one of the several rounds of cost-cutting that year that included multiple station closures and service reductions. It was most likely torn down shortly thereafter.
Despite the lack of a station facility there, Dorchester came back into the public eye on March 4, 1982, when service on the Jackson Park branch was suspended south of 61st Street due to structural defects in the bridge over the Illinois Central Railroad, which was located immediately east of where the Dorchester station had been. On December 12, 1982, service was restored as far as the University stop. The defective bridge was demolished in 1987.
A New Station for Dorchester?
The proposed Dorchester terminal station is shown in an artist's rendering. For a larger view, click here. (Drawing from Graham Garfield Collection)
After service was resumed only as far as University, west of the Illinois Central embankment and the defective Dorchester Bridge, talk abounded of re-extending the Jackson Park branch to Dorchester and building a new terminal there. Mayor Jane Byrne announced a four-point program in 1982 that included a new Jackson Park branch terminal at Dorchester, providing a direct connection to the Illinois Central commuter line and a CTA bus terminal for intermodal transfers.
The plan proceeded, with design work undertaken in the 1980s on the elevated track structure and terminal station. The station would have included a glass and steel station house with elevators and escalators, as well as facilities for trainmen. The station would have had an island platform with a full-width canopy covering the platform and tracks supported by columns outside the tracks.
Construction work to build the extension from University to Dorchester began in the 1990s. By 1994, when the Green Line (of which the Jackson Park branch had become part of the previous year) closed for renovation, the elevated track structure had been completed from University to Dorchester, and some of the steel for the station platform and canopy columns had been erected. In addition, maps began to list Dorchester as the terminus of the line, anticipating the new terminal facility that was to be completed by the time the Green Line renovation was completed. This facility, however, was never finished. Instead, the Dorchester extension (and indeed the rest of the East 63rd branch, as the Jackson Park branch was now called) became a point of contention within the local Woodlawn community, with some residents advocating for the improved transportation and economic development stimulus that the "L" provided, while other residents led by local pastor Reverend Arthur Brazier believed the structure over East 63rd Street would further blight Woodlawn and prevent redevelopment.
The latter group won out and when the Green Line reentered service in May 1996, Cottage Grove became the end of the line. As a result, the CTA gave up millions of federal dollars invested in the project and rapid transit service was withdrawn from much of the Woodlawn community. University station was closed. The Dorchester station was never used and the tracks east of Cottage Grove station, including University station and the track and partial station structure for the Dorchester extension, were demolished in September 1997, with the CTA forfeiting the federal grant funds they'd received to build the extension and intermodal facility.
Chicago Surface Lines car 6207 travels south, just beyond 63rd Street, having passed under the Dorchester Avenue "L" station. (Photo from the Barney Neuberger Collection)
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The interior of the Madison Avenue (later renamed Dorchester Avenue) "L" station is seen in 1906. Note the wooden ticket agent's booth, iron railings and gates for fare control, and potbelly stove for winter heating. The turnstile, typical of early designs for rapid transit stations made of arms of pipes or tubing that rotated horizontally, was probably not original; the crude opening in the agent's booth suggests it was added later. (DN-0004211, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum, courtesy of the Library of Congress)
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This "symbol sign", as CTA calls them, from the northbound side of Dorchester island platform is of a type implemented beginning in the mid-1950s. The artwork for this sign from the CTA Staff Engineer's Office is dated November 8, 1960; the signs were likely fabricated and installed not long after. The design of this sign, for the northbound direction toward downtown and Howard, is typical of this type: large first letter of the station name with the full name under it; the skip-stop letter on a color-coded band (green used for 'B' stations on through-routed services) in the middle; and an arrow pointing in the direction of travel with the direction and destination. The companion sign on the southbound side was much simpler and lacked many of these details -- it had had no skip-stop band, arrow or direction, only a "D Dorchester" on a white plate -- presumably because, as the penultimate stop just a few blocks from the terminal -- it was assumed few people were actually boarding there in the southbound direction, so the information primarily for boarding passengers was omitted. (Sign courtesy of Bill Wulfert)
3 Jackson 'L' stations open again
Source: Chicago Tribune
Razing 'L' Would Hurt Woodlawn
Date of Publication: May 8, 1996
CTA Board Backs Demolition of Green Line Woodlawn Leg
Date of Publication: June 6, 1996
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Q: Spring Boot Hystrix maximumSize not working I was using Spring Boot and Hystrix in my Project
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xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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<dependency>
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Here is my application.properties
hystrix.threadpool.default.coreSize=2
hystrix.threadpool.default.maximumSize=200
hystrix.threadpool.default.maxQueueSize=50
hystrix.threadpool.default.queueSizeRejectionThreshold=50
hystrix.threadpool.default.keepAliveTimeMinutes=1
hystrix.threadpool.default.allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize=true

With this config, my app cannot hanlde 100ccu. It's shown this error: "java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException: Rejected command because thread-pool queueSize is at rejection threshold".
I can see the logging only create 2 hystrix thread to handle request
hystrix-MyService-1
hystrix-MyService-2

Why it cannot create more thread to handle request while I was config maximumSize=200?
If I increase the coreSize=200 for example, I can see they never terminate.
So How can I set a small coreSize but still can handle more requests if needed (up to maximumSize conccurent thread) and then release them when no new requests ?

A: hystrix.threadpool.default.maximumSize configuration works only if hystrix.threadpool.default.maxQueueSize=-1
If having queue is necessary in your case - then there is no way to create and then release extra threads in the pool.
Article with detailed explanations: https://programmer.help/blogs/hystrix-thread-pool-configuration.html

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Ambient or outdoor air pollution comprises particles and gases. The particles, which can comprise anything from tiny droplets to diesel soot and tyre and brakewear, are called 'particulate matter' and classified by their aerodynamic diameter in microns (one-millionth of a metre (µm) which is about one-hundredth of the thickness of a human hair) e.g. PM2.5 and PM10. The gases, which can coalesce and become particles, are mainly nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3) and sulphur dioxide (SO2).
The WHO says there is little evidence to suggest a threshold below which no adverse health effects would be anticipated for particulate matter or, put another way, there is no safe level of human exposure to it. An 'Update of WHO air quality guidelines' (AQG) published in February 2008 said "The AQG have always addressed exposures and health effects of individual pollutants or indicators (such as PM10 mass, an indicator of a complex pollution mixture with multiple sources). However, as understanding of the complexity of the air pollution mixture has improved, the limitations of controlling air pollution and its risk through guidelines for single pollutants have become increasingly apparent. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), for example, is a product of combustion processes and is generally found in the atmosphere in close association with other primary pollutants, including ultrafine particles. It is itself toxic and is also a precursor of ozone, with which it coexists along with a number of other photochemically generated oxidants. Concentrations of NO2 are often strongly correlated with those of other toxic pollutants. Its concentration is readily measured but needs interpretation as a potential surrogate for a set of sources and the resulting mixture. Achieving guideline concentrations for individual pollutants, such as NO2, may therefore bring public health benefits that exceed those anticipated on the basis of estimates of a single pollutant's toxicity". NO2 is not just a molecule therefore as the Government would have us believe.
UK planning law – Limit values are a material consideration in the planning system (Note 1). Developments should not proceed if they are likely to cause or contribute to a breach, or the worsening of a breach, of a limit value unless the impacts are fully mitigated. Limit values are concentrations to be attained and not exceeded once attained.
Directive 2008/50/EC is transposed into UK law through the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010.
Directive 2008/50/EC also permits a process of compliance flexibility, whereby Member States can obtain time extensions of up to five years to comply with NO2 limit values subject to strict conditions. For the purposes of air quality assessment each Member State is divided into a number of different zones; to obtain a time extension a Member State must submit a plan for each zone in exceedance that will demonstrate how compliance with the limit values will be achieved as quickly as possible, and in all cases by the latest possible deadline of 1 January 2015.
12 zones were denied time extensions (but may reapply).
The UK Government did not apply for time extensions for the remaining 16 zones, as they did not expect them to comply by 2015. These zones include Greater London, where compliance is not expected until 2025. All zones without a time extension may now be the subject of enforcement action by the Commission, as the original 2010 deadline still applies to them.
NO2 emissions are produced by both airside operations (aircraft and airport vehicles) and also by road traffic accessing airports. Whilst many major airports contribute towards local exceedances of NO2 limit values, the problems are most acute at Heathrow due to its status as the UK's largest and busiest airport and the proximity of two major motorways.
The 2008 consultation 'Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport' presented the results of air quality modelling that suggested that oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from road vehicles would fall over future years as older vehicles were replaced by newer, cleaner vehicles. As a result 'headroom' would be created for the airport to expand whilst meeting NO2 limit values. This assumption was challenged by CAL and others, who suggested that a wider range of NO2 scenarios should be investigated. As a result, following the consultation, the Government announced that the operational use of new capacity (e.g. a new runway) would be restricted until air quality limit values were met, with the Environment Agency given responsibility for ensuring that air quality around Heathrow did not breach these limits.
CAL understands that the modelling of aviation's impact on air quality assumes no impact when aircraft are above 1,000 metres i.e. other than the landing and take-off cycle.
Since 2008 the air quality policy landscape has changed significantly. First, as detailed above, the UK has not obtained a time extension until 2015 to comply with NO2 limit values throughout the Greater London zone. This brings the threat of enforcement action, but also means that planning decisions must consider a 2010 deadline for NO2 compliance in the zone rather than the 2015 deadline previously assumed in airport expansion consultations.
NO2 has increased as a percentage of NOx emissions from around 5% to nearly 25%.
This evidence means that it is unrealistic to assume a downwards trend in NOx emissions and associated NO2 concentrations to provide 'headroom' for increased emissions from airport expansion. Even if the forthcoming Euro 6/VI standard successfully addresses the problems of 'real world' diesel emissions it will be many years before this has an appreciable impact on emissions from the UK's vehicle fleet as a whole.
The Government blames the European engine emission standards for its failure to comply with NO2 limit values. But: Euro standards never set limits on NO2; and successive Governments have incentivised the purchase of diesel vehicles when they knew doing so would cause more problems than petrol and after they knew the proportion of NO2 as a fraction of NOx emissions was rising. Successive Governments have failed to mitigate or adapt to this public health crisis.
The WHO has recently classified diesel exhaust as carcinogenic for humans.
CAL is calling for proposals from the Commission that will deliver continuity and the further tightening of health and legal protections during the Commission's 'Year of Air' in 2013. Such proposals are expected in September 2013 or later.
In contrast, the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said 'Working in partnership with other Member States, we will also use the European Commission review of air quality legislation, expected in 2013, to seek Amendments to the Air Quality Directive which reduce the infraction risk faced by most Member States, especially in relation to nitrogen dioxide provisions".
If Defra succeeds, it will reduce by around 50% current health and legal protections near the UK's busiest roads.
CAL is campaigning to protect public health and enforce legal standards for air quality and hopes to achieve other benefits by supporting sustainable development.
restricting the availability of new capacity via an environmental regulator (as per the 2008 Heathrow policy) may be one option for controlling air quality impacts. However, in light of points 2 and 3 above it is far more likely that more stringent restrictions on the operational use of new capacity would be needed than previously thought e.g. implementing low emission zones around airports that would restrict or ban the use of diesel vehicles.
Limit values are legally binding and must be complied with in full where they apply in order to provide minimum public health protections.
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Nizhegoródskaya  es una stanitsa del raión de Apsheronsk del krai de Krasnodar, en Rusia. Está situada en las vertientes septentrionales del Cáucaso Occidental, en el curso medio del Kurdzhips, afluente del Bélaya, que lo es del Kubán, 25 km al sureste de Apsheronsk y 113 km al sureste de Krasnodar, la capital del krai. Tenía 472 habitantes en 2010

Es cabeza del municipio Nizhegoródskoye, al que pertenecen asimismo Guamka y Krasni Daguestán.

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Este artículo contiene datos geográficos extraídos de Google Earth y el mapa de Rusia de Yandex.ru, accesible desde este enlace.
Este artículo es en parte una traducción de su correspondiente en la edición en ruso de Wikipedia, Нижегородская.
Mapa topográfico en maps.vlasenko.net .
Entrada a la localidad en Panoramio.

Localidades del raión de Apsheronsk del krai de Krasnodar


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Q: How to read the Chrome chronology from file "history" the SQLite history file is stored in C:...\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History. How can I retrieve only two field of this database: visits.visits_time (converted to a Date) and urls.url in Java, in order to have an output like that: https://example.com/ 2018-10-25 08:42:27?

A: Since it's a SQLite file you're probably going to have to use https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/ for querie purposes, then you can do whatever you want with it


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Your father (parent class) gives you, the student/son (subclass A), a vaguely written textbook about addition and subtraction. Since your father was not able to give you a lesson on the topic, you are stuck on a problem that you do not know how to solve. You look to your right to see that your brother (subclass B) is also confused.
That is when you decide to ask your father for instructions. Unfortunately, for some reason, your father also does not know how to solve the problem.
That is why your father goes to ask your grandfather (parent of the parent class) about it. Finally, your grandfather understands the problem and tells your father how to solve it, who later tells you how to solve it yourself.
Your brother also goes to your father to ask him about the problem, which in turn leads to your father asking your grandfather about the problem again. After explaining, your father finally approaches your brother and answers his questions.
In a nutshell, this is prototypal inheritance, where the implementation of a certain property or method is delegated to a "parent/ancestor class" if the current object does not already have an implementation for said property or method.
Nicely said. You also scratch the surface of the issue with inheritance: it become complex to find "who knows what" (and decrease performance). That's why, most of the time, composition is preferred above inheritance.
When someone's born, all her ancestor gather to teach her everything they knows. This way, she don't need to rely on her father (and his father, and his father ...).
Despite its complexity, probably one of the biggest advantages you get from prototypal inheritance is the fact that all properties and methods in the prototype chain refer to the same instance of said property or method.
This makes prototypal inheritance quite space-efficient because it does not need to duplicate properties and methods for every instance of a class. The instantiated object simply has to refer, or rather point, to the corresponding property or method in the prototype chain it lacks implementation for.
Oh, I just wanted to mention a "feature" that comes with prototypal inheritance for the sake of discussion since this post is about prototypal inheritance in the first place.
Also, I never actually thought of composition that way. I didn't know that the two objects would end up referencing the same speak method. That's pretty cool. Thanks for the heads up!
That's a great metaphor, love the way you put that!
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Q: Процесс не может получить доступ к файлу, так как этот файл используется другим процессом Всем доброго времени суток.
Возникла следующая проблема:
На форме есть ListBox, в данный ListBox, я добавляю итемы в виде "Картинка+Текст":
<ListBox Name="lstTest">
    <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Height="50">
                <Image Name="imgTest" Height="24" Width="24" Margin="0" Source="{Binding path_img}"/>
                <TextBlock Name="txtTest" Margin="5, 15, 0, 0" Text="{Binding nameTest}"/>
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>

Добавляю итемы следующим образом:
lstTest.Items.Add(new DirectoryListing() { path_img = System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + "\\Test\\favicon.png", nameTest= "Тестовый итем" });

Класс "DirectoryListing" выглядит следующим образом:
public partial class DirectoryListing
{
    public string path_img { get; set; }
    public string nameTest { get; set; }
}

И собственно, вся суть проблемы в том, что при попытки удалить всю папку с картинкой (предварительно удалив Итем из ListBox) возникает ошибка - "Процесс не может получить доступ к файлу "favicon.png", так как этот файл используется другим процессом."
Удалить я пытаюсь следующим образом:
foreach (DirectoryListing di in lstTest.Items)
{
    if (di == lstTest.SelectedItem)
    {
        di.nameTest= null;
        di.path_img = null;
        lstTest.Items.Remove(lstTest.SelectedItem);
        di.Dispose();
        break;
    }
}
FileSystem.DeleteDirectory(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + "\\Test", DeleteDirectoryOption.DeleteAllContents);

Суть то мне ясна, что нужно как то освободить этот файл картинки от моей программы, но как это сделать?

A: Чтобы получить нужное поведение, вам придётся использовать загрузку изображения в память вместо использования URI.
Например, вот так:
var bitmap = BitmapFrame.Create(
memoryStream, BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad);

 image.Source = bitmap; // image - ваш Image из разметки

Ключевое здесь - BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad.
Этот флаг заставляет WPF загрузить данные в память и освободить ресурс.
Можно добавлять полученные битмапы в лист и биндить также, как делаете вы.
Остаётся только загрузить данные в MemoryStream.


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Pierogi (stuffed dumplings) are a quintessential Polish comfort food and can be stuffed with meat, potatoes, cheese, sauerkraut, mushrooms, or fruit as well as many other fillings. Personally I prefer pierogi stuffed with mushrooms, importantly with the addition of dried porcini mushrooms which give a fabulous, evocative earthy aroma of forests and give the pierogi a delicious depth of flavour.
These pierogi can be served with golden sautéed onions and sour cream or finely chopped crispy fried bacon and make a delicious snack or main dish. Serves approximately 6.
y floured work surface and knead, adding only as much additional flour as needed to keep dough from sticking, until smooth and elastic. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature at least 30 minutes.
Cover the dried porcini mushrooms with boiling water and allow to stand until cool.
Chop onion and gently fry in a mixture of butter and olive oil until soft.
Slice fresh mushrooms and add to the onion with chopped garlic and fry until starting to brown. Allow to cool.
Place the mushroom mixture in a food processor, and pulse until finely chopped. Set aside.
Transfer to a pan to dry off the mixture, adding parsley, salt and pepper to taste.
Roll out some of the dough thinly and cut out circles approximately 21/2 inches in diameter. Wrap the remaining dough in cling film to prevent it drying out.
To form dumplings, place a teaspoon of the filling toward the front of a circle of pierogi dough. Moisten the edges of the dough with water, and fold in half around the filling to form a semicircle, firmly pinching the edges closed. Set aside on a lightly floured baking sheet.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, and add half the pierogi. Boil gently until they float to the surface, about 2 minutes. Continue cooking for another 3 to 4 minutes. Drain, and repeat with remaining pierogi. Serve immediately with finely chopped crispy fried bacon or golden sautéed onions and sour cream.


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Peter DeFazio
Title: Peter DeFazio
Subject: Ron Wyden, Oregon's 4th congressional district, David Wu, Gordon H. Smith, Kurt Schrader
Collection: 1947 Births, County Commissioners in Oregon, Democratic Party Members of the United States House of Representatives, Gerontologists, Living People, Members of the United States House of Representatives from Oregon, Oregon Democrats, People from Needham, Massachusetts, People from Springfield, Oregon, Tufts University Alumni, University of Oregon Alumni
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oregon's 4th district
Jim Weaver
Peter Anthony DeFazio
(1947-05-27) May 27, 1947
Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Myrnie Daut
Service/branch
United States Air Force Reserves
Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserves, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon.
Early life, education, and pre-congressional career 1
U.S. House of Representatives 2
Elections 2.1
Tenure 2.2
Committee assignments 2.3
Caucus memberships 2.4
U.S. Senate elections 3
Personal life 4
Electoral history 5
Early life, education, and pre-congressional career
DeFazio was born in Needham, Massachusetts in 1947,[1] a suburb of Boston.[1] He credits his great-uncle with shaping his politics; as a boy, that great-uncle almost never said "Republican" without including "bastard" at the end (or "bastud," as it usually sounds in the Boston accent).[2] He served in the United States Air Force Reserves from 1967 to 1971.[3] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 1969[1] and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1977.[1]
After graduation, DeFazio worked as a gerontologist. From 1977 to 1982, DeFazio worked as an aide for U.S. Representative Jim Weaver.[1] He was elected as a Lane County Commissioner in 1983 and served as chairman from 1985 to 1986.[1]
In 1986, DeFazio ran for Oregon's 4th congressional district, vacated by retiring incumbent Democratic congressman Jim Weaver.[1] DeFazio narrowly won in a competitive three-way primary against State Senators Bill Bradbury and Margie Hendriksen 34%-33%-31%.[4] He won the general election with 54% of the vote.[5]
He didn't face another contest nearly that close until 2010, winning every election before then with at least 61 percent of the vote.[6] He has forged a nearly unbreakable hold on a district which is only marginally Democratic on paper; it narrowly voted for John Kerry in 2004.
DeFazio won 82% of the vote over two minor party candidates.
Earlier, he reportedly considered and re-considered running against Smith for the 2008 Senate election.[7][8][9] On April 20, 2007, DeFazio announced he would not run for Smith's seat.[10]
After Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, it was reported that DeFazio was under consideration for nomination as Obama's Secretary of Transportation.[11] However, fellow U.S. Representative Ray LaHood was named to the post in December 2008.
In 2010, DeFazio was challenged by Republican Art Robinson and Pacific Green candidate Michael Beilstein. As a result of the SCOTUS decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a so-called Super PAC group called The Concerned Taxpayers of America paid $300,000 for ads attacking De Fazio and $150,000 for ads attacking Frank Kratovil of Maryland. It was not revealed until the mid-October 2010 quarterly FEC filings that the group was solely funded by $300,000 from Daniel G. Schuster Inc., a concrete firm in Owings Mills, Maryland, and $200,000 from New York hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, the co-head of Renaissance Technologies of Setauket, New York. The FEC filings prior to then listed only a Capitol Hill address and Republican political consultant Jason Miller as treasurer. According to Dan Eggen at The Washington Post, the group claims "it was formed in September 'to engage citizens from every walk of life and political affiliation' in the fight against 'runaway spending.'" The only expenditures have been for these ads.[12][13][14][15]
DeFazio won with 54% of the vote, his lowest winning percentage since he was first elected in 1986.[16] The Oregonian noted that the reelection of DeFazio to his 13th term was more notable for the amount of outside money spent on the campaign than the candidates themselves.[17]
In September 2011, the National Journal cited DeFazio as an example of "swing-district Democrats seeking reelection in 2012," and who, in "begin[ning] to focus on their reelection bids after Labor Day...are increasingly calculating how close is too close to an unpopular President Obama." It also noted that DeFazio's district "nearly went for Republican George W. Bush in 2004."[18]
DeFazio has a progressive voting record. He voted against the Telecommunications Act of 1996—one of only 16 congressmen to do so.[19] DeFazio particularly objected to a provision that deregulated the cable television industry. According to DeFazio, many of his fellow Democratic congressmen later realized "they were idiots" for backing the bill. He was also the only Oregonian who voted against both NAFTA and GATT.[20][21] In 1995, he challenged President Bill Clinton's stance on Bosnia, claiming Clinton and his Cabinet did not make a convincing claim for the operation. On the issue of abortion, DeFazio is strongly pro-choice, earning a 100 percent rating from Planned Parenthood in 2010.[22][23] He is a founding member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and was its chairman from 2003 to 2005.
DeFazio has shown a propensity to vote against legislation that would increase the militarism of the United States. In 2000, he voted no on legislation to create a national missile defense network, describing the system as a "comic book fantasy."[24] He has consistently voted against the Patriot Act, including its inception after 9/11 and the recurring reauthorization bills, citing the infringement on the civil rights of Americans.[25] He voted multiple times to set an itinerary for exiting Iraq, and to bring the troops home.[26]
Rep. DeFazio
In 2008, DeFazio and California Representative Pete Stark signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposing a one quarter of one percent transaction tax on all trades in financial instruments, including stocks, options, and futures. Subsequently, DeFazio introduced the "No BAILOUT Act."[27][28]
Somewhat controversially, DeFazio declined to support the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, voting against the final stimulus package on February 13, 2009. He was one of only seven Democratic House members to vote "nay" on the bill.[29][30] DeFazio said that his vote against the bill was due to his frustration over compromises made to win support from moderate Republicans in the Senate, saying, "I couldn't justify borrowing money for tax cuts," in reference to a bipartisan group's decision to cut funding for education and infrastructure initiatives the Oregon congressman had supported in favor of more tax reductions.[31] He also advocated that the U.S. Senate change its cloture rules, doing away with the filibuster.[32]
DeFazio, speaking to press after the exchange, professed that he was honored that Obama recognized him and the issues of his constituents.[33]
DeFazio made headlines in mid-November 2009 when he suggested in an interview with MSNBC commentator Ed Schultz that President Obama should fire Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. "We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs to get back millions for Americans," said DeFazio.[34] The quote made top headlines at progressive news blog The Huffington Post.[35] DeFazio also suggested that a formal call by the Congressional Progressive Caucus for Geithner and Summers to be removed might be forthcoming. A year later he called for the impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts because of the Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
In 2009, DeFazio proposed a financial transaction tax for within the United States only (not internationally).[36] (See DeFazio financial transaction tax.)
During his tenure, DeFazio has butted heads with fellow Democratic politicians, including President Barack Obama, on key Democratic legislation. In December 2010, DeFazio told CNN that "The White House is putting on tremendous pressure" about legislation extending the Bush tax cuts, "the president is making phone calls saying this is the end of his presidency if he doesn't get this bad deal." According to The Hill, "The president hasn't said anything remotely like that and has never spoken with Mr. DeFazio about the issue," said White House spokesman Tommy Vietor.[37] In August 2011, Defazio stated the President lacked the fight to follow-through in restoring the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, citing the pressure placed on him by the Republicans as the reason.[38] DeFazio, along with fellow congressman Dennis Kucinich and Senator Bernie Sanders, stated that it would be good for the Democratic party if the president faced a meaningful primary, where all the issues would be aired out.[39]
In October 2011, Think Progress noted that DeFazio, "Echoing the demands of the Occupy Wall Street protesters,...is proposing to tax the trading of stocks, bonds, and derivatives. DeFazio, along with his Senate co-sponsor Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), has proposed the tax several times in the past. But this time around, the idea is getting a boost of momentum from the popularity of a similar measure in Europe, as well as renewed national media focus on Wall Street profiteering as a result of the 99 Percent Movement."[40]
Also in October 2011, the Daily Caller used DeFazio as an example of the increase in "institutional support" being enjoyed by the Occupy movement. Speaking on the House floor, DeFazio said, "Something is happening. Something in this land is happening. I call it the 'American Awakening.'" He added that "I think the young people and the others who are joining them on Wall Street get it. They may not be totally focused, but they know that this is not a country that gives them a fair shot at the American dream anymore — it is a stacked deck."[41]
DeFazio opposed the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 (H.R. 4899; 113th Congress), a bill that would revise existing laws and policies regarding the development of oil and gas resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.[42] The bill is intended to increase domestic energy production and lower gas prices.[43][44] DeFazio argued that the bill did not solve the true cause of high gas prices which he blamed on "Big Oil in the United States and speculation on Wall Street."[43] DeFazio called the bill the "drill everywhere" bill.[44]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Ranking Member)
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International Conservation Caucus
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Early official portrait of Peter DeFazio.
After Senator Bob Packwood resigned in early September 1995, DeFazio ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in a special primary, losing to 3rd District Congressman Ron Wyden. Wyden started out with clear advantages over DeFazio; more seniority, a base in the large Portland media market and more cash on hand in his campaign committee. However, DeFazio's scrappy campaign style, underscored by his TV ads featuring his populist musings while driving in his Dodge Dart, made him a favorite among many Democratic activists. Ultimately, DeFazio lost to Wyden by only 6% in the Democratic primary,[46] despite his early lead of 20%. Wyden, bruised by the primary and trailing State Senator Gordon H. Smith, managed to pull off an upset against Smith in the January 1996 special election.
DeFazio had been mentioned to run for the seat of Senator Mark Hatfield, who announced after the special primary election that he would not seek re-election in 1996. However, faced with the prospect of having to take on well-funded millionaires in both the primary and general election, DeFazio announced in February 1996 that he would not run.
DeFazio is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He and his wife, Myrnie Daut,[3] reside in Springfield.
Oregon's 4th congressional district: Results 1986–2014[47][48][49]
1986 Peter DeFazio 105,697 54% Bruce Long 89,795 46% 56 0%
1988 Peter DeFazio 108,483 72% Jim Howard 42,220 28% 32 0%
1990 Peter DeFazio 162,494 86% No candidate Tonie Nathan Libertarian 26,432 14% 426 0%
1992 Peter DeFazio 199,372 71% Richard Schulz 79,733 29% 194 0%
1994 Peter DeFazio 158,981 67% John Newkirk 78,947 33% 273 0%
1996 Peter DeFazio 177,270 66% John Newkirk 76,649 28% Tonie Nathan Libertarian 4,919 2% Bill Bonville Reform 3,960 1% 7,058 3%
1998 Peter DeFazio 157,524 70% Steve Webb 64,143 29% Karl Sorg Socialist 2,694 1% 276 0%
2000 Peter DeFazio 197,998 68% John Lindsey 41,909 31% David Duemler Socialist 3,696 1% 421 0%
2002 Peter DeFazio 168,150 64% Liz VanLeeuwen 90,523 34% Chris Bigelow Libertarian 4,602 2% 206 0%
2004 Peter DeFazio 228,611 61% Jim Feldkamp 140,882 38% Jacob Boone Libertarian 3,190 1% Michael Marsh Constitution 1,799 0% 427 0%
2006 Peter DeFazio 180,607 62% Jim Feldkamp 109,105 38% 532 0%
2008 Peter DeFazio 275,133 82% No candidate Jaynee Germond Constitution 43,133 13% Mike Beilstein Pacific Green 13,162 4% 2,708 1%
2010 Peter DeFazio 162,416 54% Art Robinson 129,877 44% Mike Beilstein Pacific Green 5,215 2% 524 0%
2012 Peter DeFazio 212,866 59% Art Robinson 140,549 39% Chuck Huntting Libertarian 6,205 2% 468 0%
2014 Peter DeFazio 181,624 59% Art Robinson 116,534 38% Mike Beilstein Pacific Green 6,863 2% David L. Chester Libertarian 4,676 1% 482 0%
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^ Biography page at archive of DeFazio campaign site at the Wayback Machine (archived February 5, 2003).
^ a b DeFazio's profile from Project Vote Smart
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^ Blake, Aaron (January 4, 2007). "Rep. DeFazio pulls name from 2008 Senate-bid speculations". Retrieved 2007-03-12.
^ Daily Kos: OR-Sen: DeFazio beats Smith - DSCC poll
^ Dietz, Diane (April 3, 2007). "DeFazio ponders U.S. Senate run".
^ "DeFazio will not run for Senate". OregonLive.com. April 20, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
^ "Transportation's Obama Factor".
^ DeFazio tries to find out who is behind mysterious attack ads, Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post, September 25, 2010
^ Wealthy financier is mysterious funder of ads attacking DeFazio, Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian, October 15, 2010
^ Concerned Taxpayers group is powered by only two donors, Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, October 17, 2010
^ Pioneering Fund Stages Second Act, Scott Patterson and Jenny Strasburg, The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2010
^ Charles Pope (November 2, 2010). "http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/11/ oregon_election_results_us_hou_1.html". The Oregonian. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ Alex Roarty and Beth Reinhard (September 1, 2011). "Democrats Distancing Themselves From Obama". National Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
^ http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/roll025.xml
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^ "Oregon Lawmakers Sound Off on President's New Plan For Iraq". Salem News. Jan 11, 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ Nichols, John (30 September 2008). """The "No BAILOUTS Act. The Nation. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
^ Hayes, Christopher (30 Sep 2008). "House Progressives Propose Bailout Alternative". The Nation. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ Democrats Not Supporting the Stimulus
^ The Progressive Gadfly: DeFazio Explains His 'No' on Stimulus
^ Chu, Keith (February 11, 2009). "Education funds worth fighting for, say Oregon Democrats".
^ Mapes, Jeff (March 31, 2009). "DeFazio gets Obama jibe on stimulus vote". The Oregonian.
^ Stein, Sam (November 18, 2009). "Rep. DeFazio: Fire 'Timmy' Geithner". The Huffington Post and MSNBC.
^ "The Huffington Post". November 19, 2009.
^ Charles Pope (December 2009). "DeFazio calls for tax on financial transactions but critics abound".
^ Jordan Fabian (12/15/10). "Obama tells lawmakers not passing tax deal could end presidency, Dem says". The Hill. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
^ Pat Dooris (August 19, 2011). "DeFazio says Obama lacks will to fight, may lose Oregon". Channel 8 News, Portland Oregon. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
^ John Nichols (January 12, 2012). "New Hampshire Results Point to a Notable Democratic Enthusiasm Gap". TheNaiton.com. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
^ Marie Diamond (Oct 5, 2011). "Calling Wall Street A 'Gambling Casino,' Democratic Rep. DeFazio Proposes Financial Transactions Tax". Think Progress. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
^ Caroline May (10/06/2011). "Congressional Dems rally in support of 'Occupy Wall Street'". The Daily Caller. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
^ "CBO - H.R. 4899" (PDF). Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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Mr Mubenga was on a plane at Heathrow Airport and fell ill as he was being deported
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Jimmy Mubenga, 46, was being escorted on to a British Airways flight by staff from the private firm G4S on Tuesday.
Passengers said he had been restrained and was struggling to breathe.
Three male G4S employees, aged 35, 48 and 49, have been questioned by the Metropolitan Police. They were released on police bail until December.
Labour MP Keith Vaz, who chairs the Home Affairs Select Committee, has described it as a "shocking" matter and called for "a full-ranging inquiry" into what happened.
Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington, has said he wants the case to be debated in Parliament.
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Why the shipping industry must bridge the gender divide
Articles & Whitepapers › Sylvia Boer about women employment in the shipping industry
Source: Europe & Middle East Outlook
Written by: Sylvia Boer, Head of Communications at Damen Shipyards Group and President of WISTA The Netherlands
Just two percent of shipping industry employees are women, and 94 percent of them work in the cruise subsector. Sylvia Boer presses the case for levelling the playing field.
The numbers surrounding women in the maritime industry suggest room for improvement. Seeking to address this issue and create a level playing field in our sector is not, as some may think, purely a women's issue but a responsibility shared throughout the sector. And a responsibility that, taken seriously, can deliver serious benefits for the entire industry.
Consider that women make up 51 percent of the world's population, but only 17 percent of its senior management and less than 10 percent of its executive board leaders, and you can see the issue expressed in a nutshell. To put that in a maritime perspective, of 1.2 million seafarers worldwide, just two percent (around 24,000) are women. And 94 percent of those are working in just one sector of the industry – cruise.
Such scenarios show a disregard for the multiple, in-depth scientific studies that reveal diverse advantages brought about by wider female inclusion in the workplace. Studies, for example, that show that if every country matched the gender equality progress of the fastest moving nations, world GDP would rise by some $12 billion. That's a significant difference that, surely, we cannot afford to ignore. When you consider it, it's logical that is should be this way. After all, wider gender inclusion means direct access to a wider talent pool. This on its own is surely enough reason to challenge the current situation, but there's more – much more.
Take the International Maritime Organization (IMO), for example. The IMO has looked at the subject in great depth over many years and, based on scientific analyses, indicates that investment in women gives a progressive boost not only to communities and companies, but even to countries. They point to research clearly showing improved economic growth and better commercial business performance going hand-in-hand with increased gender equality. For example, that companies with more women serving on the board of directors have been shown to outperform those with the least in terms of commercial activity and return on investment – let's remember, this is not idle speculation, but serious empirical research backed by hard numbers.
Little wonder that the IMO is taking this issue so seriously – even going so far as to make 'Empowering Women in the Maritime Community' the focus of World Maritime Day this year. For some years now, actually, gender equality has been on the IMO's radar.
Back in 1988 the IMO initiated a gender programme – this was a time when the vast majority of maritime training institutes did not provide access to female students. The programme has provided the means for the IMO to incorporate a gender dimension to its work, worldwide, supporting wider access to training and employment for women in the maritime sector. There is, however, more work to be done. Part of the IMO's work lies in helping its member states to achieve the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Sustainable Development Goals. Notably, goal number five is relevant here – achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
The IMO, of course, is not alone in all this. In its work promoting gender equality in the industry, the organisaton is aligned with WISTA – the Women's international Shipping and Trading Association. WISTA is committed to minimising the gender gap in the maritime, trading and logistics sectors and to building a global community. Widening the network yet further, WISTA works together not only with the IMO, but also with the European Commission, the Institute of Chartered Shipbuilders and others, providing a stage for mentoring and knowledge sharing to encourage best practice and improve the competences of members.
Reflective of the shared goals between the two organisations, the IMO has recently awarded WISTA consultative status. This will give WISTA the chance to further promote its agenda to the industry, extending gender equality and enabling a sustainable, inclusive future for the sector. The subject of women in the industry is also one that I personally feel very strongly about and one that the company I work for is playing its role in. Within Damen, we are also working towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including the fifth goal. Damen already has women in a wide variety of roles across the group. These include women in technical roles such as engineering and research and development functions, as well as management positions.
In our recruitment marketing materials, we are very conscious to show a mix of both men and women performing roles at Damen – we want women to see that ours is a company that welcomes the talent they have and will give them the opportunity to develop it. Similarly, we arrange events for female students, giving them the opportunity to visit our company in order to get a taste of the working culture and to meet other women who are making their career at Damen. These events include special dinners for ladies and tours of our yards, where they can meet their potential future colleagues.
Such approaches are reflective of the values of our company, but also of the enormous advantages that working in this manner can bring. We've talked already of how gender equality grants wider access to the talent pool. The effects of this cannot be understated; a wider perspective, different ways of thinking, greater and faster problem-solving capabilities, better decision making and higher levels of innovation. This is before we even consider that improvement in brand value and reputation brought about by sponsoring ethical, progressive behaviour. And let's not forget the potential of employee engagement – gender equality is not just a great way to attract talent, it's also a great way to retain it. As I said in the beginning, this is far from just a women's issue – gender equality is a means by which both individual and organisation can reach their full potential and that is why this is in everyone's interests.
About the expert
Sylvia Boer is Head of Communications at Damen Shipyards Group. She is also President of WISTA The Netherlands, a role that Damen encourages her to undertake. Sylvia has spent her whole life close to the maritime industry. She feels it is important to share her enthusiasm for the industry by emphasising its richness and vitality. This, she feels, is best achieved via the promotion of diversity in the industry.
Sylvia is passionate about empowering women in the industry and is a regular speaker on the subject, regionally and internationally. She strives to connect women in the maritime world, expand their skills and networks and encourage them to inspire each other in their careers by sharing thoughts and advice- something she sums up as 'making a difference with a feminine touch'.
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