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At one point in time, every toker had to learn how to roll the ol' fashion way: by hand. It was either that or the pencil roll which one could credit for opening the doors for the market of pre-roll cones. They're one of the many excellent introductions to the world of regulated cannabis, where outdated products sketchy dime bags are extinct. Unfortunately, there's a chance that the pre-rolled cone could face a similar (realistically temporary) doomed fate as the demand for pre-rolls peaks. During an interview with High Times, Alen Nguyen, CEO of MainStem, a platform focusing on supply chain management, explained how there would be an inevitable shortage of pre-roll cones in the foreseeable future.
It begins with manufacturing, which Nguyen said happens in "less than 10" factories in Indonesia and the rest in India. While rolling paper manufacturing happens all across Europe (mostly in Spain) and Asia, Indonesia has become the center for cone production. Automation is the driving force behind creating rolling papers, though human labor is critical for creating pre-rolled cones for joints because they need delicate handling – literally with human hands – to be created and maintain structure.
According to Hemper CEO Bryan Gruber, the history of pre-roll cones dates back 20-30 years to "this Dutch guy who opened one of the first facilities in Indonesia." Since then, it's remained a central spot for cone production due to the low cost of labor in the country compared to other regions. However, a few recent factors have resulted in manufacturers seeking other locations to open up shop. The COVID-19 pandemic led to factory closures and shipping delays. Along with rigid unionization laws and the numerous labor stoppages, most paper production companies are looking at places like India for relocation.
Hara Supply, owned under Hemper's umbrella, claims nearly a fifth of the world's cone supply. Gerber said that Hara has been producing pre-rolls out of India, where labor is also inexpensive. Unlike Indonesia, the COVID-19 rules haven't affected production in India, though the reason for the shortage isn't limited to simply production. There's also the issue of shipping which has affected practically every industry. Hara Supply might have the leg-up on their competitors relying on Indonesian labor, but the delays with global shipping play a pivotal role in the impending cone shortage.
Pre-rolled cones have grown in popularity over the years, as a study by Custom Cones USA and Headset confirmed. Between 2019 and 2020, sales for pre-rolled joints were booming. The 59% growth put sales from $704 million to $1.12 billion.
Businesses rely on the supply-and-demand model, which will reflect the prices in headshops in the coming months. Some brands might not be hit by the shortage as hard as others. However, the fortunate few who keep cones available on shelves will undoubtedly see price hikes on pre-rolled joints at dispensaries or stuff-your-own joints.
Pre-rolls might end up being hard to come by, but it's never too late to learn how to roll by hand.
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We had our September meeting at Tommy's house, so I took the opportunity to take some more pictures. Here's a link to the September Layout pictures. Tommy has added a lot of scenery and structures since March, when I first posted some layout pictures, so it's well worth a second look.
This is a pretty new layout, started in the fall of 1998. It is about 22' by 16', in a purpose-built room over Tommy's garage.
Here is the layout as of March, 2000.
And finally, here is Tommy's O gauge layout. This was originally built by Tommy's father, but has been greatly improved and filled in by Tommy. It was when he ran out of room to add new things to this layout, that Tommy started the addition to the garage that became the S scale layout.


Jul. 25, 2018 12:15 p.m.
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The ICBA has filed an injunction application to be heard in B.C. Supreme Court Aug. 7, after lawyers for Attorney General David Eby asked for more time to prepare its defence of the plan for a mail-in vote that begins in October.
"Given that the NDP government needs more time to defend its own law and regulations, we think the only fair and reasonable course is for the referendum to be postponed," said Chris Gardner, president of the ICBA.
Eby's chosen options have been a target of criticism, partly because two of the three have never been used before. The referendum will also have no regional weighting or minimum turnout, which means urban voters will have a major advantage over sparsely populated rural regions that may be most affected by the change.
B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson denounced the referendum plan as "rigged" to favour the NDP and B.C. Greens, calling the options "alphabet soup" designed to baffle the public.
Horgan and Green leader Andrew Weaver have vowed that both parties will campaign for the yes side, while the B.C. Liberals are opposing the change.
Elections B.C. has selected official yes and no committees. Vote PR BC says proportional representation is a more democratic system because parties with a low percentage of votes wouldn't get all the power while the No BC Proportional Representation Society maintains that system is complicated and confusing.


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Q: Custom drawer navigation layout (xml) I've a problem to create a custom navigation drawer for Android. I've an xml layout but I think that is bad...
The menu items are not aligned...why?

and this is the layout:
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A: Just add android:gravity="center" on your itemLayout LinearLayout and your items will be centered.

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It is reported that Jackson and Humboldt have been evacuated and that the enemy has concentrated his forces at Corinth, with the intention to give battle. A battle should be avoided for the present and until we can concentrate a larger army against him; but, if possible without a very serious engagement, the railroad at Jackson and Humboldt should be cut.
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ARMONK, N.Y.,	- 15 Sep 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire OpenPages, a privately-held company based in Waltham, MA. OpenPages provides software that helps companies more easily identify and manage risk and compliance activities across the enterprise through a single management system. Financial terms were not disclosed.
With growing volumes of data, disconnected systems, constantly changing regulatory compliance challenges and a dynamic business climate, gaining a complete view of an organization's risk exposure is increasing in complexity.
Today, managing risk is a top priority for businesses in all industries including finance, insurance, retail, healthcare and energy and utilities. A recent IBM study of 1900 global CFOs and senior finance leaders revealed that risk management has risen in priority by 93 percent since 2005. The survey also noted that two out of three companies had encountered material risk events within the past three years.
The acquisition of OpenPages expands IBM's business analytics capabilities to support compliance and risk management processes. OpenPages software allows businesses to develop a comprehensive compliance and risk management strategy across a variety of domains including operational risk, financial controls management, IT risk, compliance and internal audits. The result is an aggregated, enterprise-wide picture of all exposures, helping CFOs and CIOs understand how these risks can impact the organization's future performance.
comprehensive view of the business opportunities and risks associated with the expansion.
Business analytics has grown from addressing departmental concerns to enterprise-wide standards spanning business intelligence, performance management, advanced analytics and now risk management requirements. This acquisition will advance IBM's business analytics strategy to help businesses address these complex enterprise-wide risk management and compliance challenges.
"Unforeseen risk can hurt a company's bottom line as well as its brand reputation," said Rob Ashe, general manager, business analytics, IBM. "Integrating risk management systems across once-divided units and functions is essential to seeing the bigger picture. The combination of IBM and OpenPages will provide a holistic and consistent approach to risk management helping companies combine that insight with performance management to drive better decision making."
More than 200 clients across a variety of industries are using OpenPages software to help them tackle their information-related challenges and manage risk and compliance issues. In fact, some of the world's largest financial services and energy and utilities businesses address risk and compliance with OpenPages software. These include Allianz, Barclays, Carnival Corporation, Duke Energy, SunTrust, TIAA CREF and Williams.
IBM and OpenPages deliver Integrated Risk Management solutions that have been successfully deployed for leaders in the banking, financial services and insurance industries. IBM and OpenPages have also partnered to deliver the core data system for the Operational Riskdata eXchange Association (ORX), a consortium of over 55 major banks in 18 countries, based in Switzerland formed with the objective of sharing quality operational risk data on a secure and anonymized basis for the purposes of risk management.
IBM's approach to risk management will help organizations drive better business outcomes, lower the cost of risk management and compliance activities, better allocate resources as needed and reduce risk exposure. When coupled with IBM's services capabilities, systems management, security, information governance and other IT governance capabilities, clients will have an accurate and actionable view of the risks that might otherwise undermine enterprise performance.
"Everyday we hear first hand about the risk and compliance management issues that businesses face, and its clear that a new information architecture is needed to delivery valuable risk intelligence that empowers risk-based decision making said Michael Duffy, president and CEO, OpenPages. "The combination of IBM and OpenPages software, business process insights and industry expertise will address this need, helping businesses tackle their complex risk challenges.
OpenPages client and partner investments in existing IBM and OpenPages technologies will be preserved, allowing customers to take advantage of the broader set of capabilities without the need to replace existing systems.
In just four years, IBM has invested more than $11 billion, dedicated 6 000 consultants and opened seven analytics Centers of Excellence around the world to help clients uncover hidden insights within their data.
The acquisition is subject to applicable regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions. Following the close of the acquisition, IBM intends to integrate OpenPages within IBM's Business Analytics software portfolio.
For more information, visit IBM Business Analytics and Optimization.


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Ця бібліографія включає перелік творів американського письменника Стівена Кінга, який працює у жанрі жахів, трилеру, наукової фантастики та фентезі. По всьому світу було продано понад 400 мільйонів примірників його книг, багато з яких були адаптовані у художні фільми, серіали та комікси.

Кінг опублікував 62 романи, включаючи сім під псевдонімом Річард Бахман, 24 повісті та понад 170 оповідань.

Сюжети багатьох книг автора розгортаються в його рідному штаті Мен.

Романи

Стівен Кінг є автором 62 романів ( — за класифікацією офіційного вебсайту письменника), 55 з яких він опублікував під власним ім'ям (включаючи цикл «Темна Вежа»), а ще 7 — під псевдонімом Річард Бахман.

Під іменем Стівен Кінг

Темна Вежа

Цикл складається з восьми романів, що оповідають про довгі мандри стрільця Роланда Діскейна. Кінцевою метою пошуків є Темна Вежа — легендарне місце, яке утримує всі світи від руйнування і хаосу. Роланд — останній член давнього лицарського ордена стрільців. Він живе у світі, що відрізняється від нашого, але має з ним низку подібностей. Політичний лад його світу — феодалізм, але він поєднує в собі технічний розвиток Америки старого Заходу і магію. Світ Роланда, як пише Кінг, «зрушив», тобто багато аксіом стали невірними. Наприклад, сонце може сходити на півночі, а заходити на сході, або полярна зоря сходить і заходить за обрій, а не залишається нерухомою в північній частині небесної сфери. Але Роланд упевнений, якщо він дійде до центру всіх світів, до Темної Вежі, він зможе піднятися на її верхній рівень, щоб побачити, хто керує всією Світобудовою, і можливо відновити порядок світу.

Співавторство

Під псевдонімом Річард Бахман

Під псевдонімом Беріл Еванс

Повісті

Стівен Кінг є автором 24 повістей ( — за класифікацією офіційного вебсайту письменника), одноосібним автором 23 з яких виступив письменник, а ще одну — Пульт Ґвенді — створив у співавторстві з Річардом Чізмаром.

Оповідання

П'єси

Примітки

Джерела

 Бібліографія творів Стівена Кінга на офіційному вебсайті письменника
 Бібліографія Стівена Кінга у вигляді часової шкали  на histropedia.com
 Україномовні видання творів Стівена Кінга на вебсайті Клубу Сімейного Дозвілля

Кінг
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March 13, 2009: Rachel Corrie: Child Dreamer and Mother of the New Fourth Estate
In fifth grade, at the age of ten, Rachel Corrie wrote her heart out and stated it at a Press Conference on World Hunger in 1990:
I'm here for other children.
I'm here because I care.
I'm here because children everywhere are suffering and because forty thousand people die each day from hunger.
I'm here because those people are mostly children.
We have got to understand that the poor are all around us and we are ignoring them.
We have got to understand that these deaths are preventable.
We have got to understand that people in third world countries think and care and smile and cry just like us.
We have got to understand that they dream our dreams and we dream theirs.
We have got to understand that they are us. We are them.
My dream is to stop hunger by the year 2000.
My dream is to give the poor a chance.
My dream is to save the 40,000 people who die each day.
My dream can and will come true if we all look into the future and see the light that shines there.
If we ignore hunger, that light will go out.
If we all help and work together, it will grow and burn free with the potential of tomorrow.
Born on April 10, 1979, Rachel's life ended on March 16, 2003.
Rachel was 23 years old when she was crushed to death by Israeli forces beneath an American made Caterpillar army bulldozer on March 16, 2003. The first bomb in the Second Gulf War, was delivered under the command of George W. Bush four days later.
Rachel had spent her last day on earth with other members of the International Solidarity Movement, standing up for hours trying to protect the home of a Palestinian pharmacist with five children from a targeted demolition in Rafah, Gaza Strip: Occupied Palestine
Rachel has been eulogized and demonized, celebrated and castigated. Her words and witness speak for themselves and what follows are but a few excerpts from her emails [1] written while in the homes of strangers who became friends and family in Rafah.
While USA Journalists embedded with the Industrial Military Media Complex in Iraq, Rachel wrote down what was in her heart. Rachel is credited as the founder of The New Fourth Estate: citizen journalists who leave their comfort zones to go-seek-report to the best of their abilities, motivated by the pursuit of justice, driven by childhood dreams and a passion for the truth.
In January 2003, upon leaving Olympia Rachel wrote:
We are all born and someday we'll all die…to some degree alone. What if our aloneness isn't a tragedy? What if our aloneness is what allows us to speak the truth without being afraid? What if our aloneness is what allows us to adventure – to experience the world as a dynamic presence – as a changeable, interactive thing?
On February 7 2003, Rachel wrote:
…no amount of reading, attendance at conferences, documentary viewing and word of mouth could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here. You just can't imagine it unless you see it - and even then you are always well aware that your experience of it is not at all the reality…Nobody in my family has been shot, driving in their car, by a rocket launcher from a tower at the end of a major street in my hometown…When I leave for school or work I can be relatively certain that there will not be a heavily armed soldier waiting…at a checkpoint with the power to decide whether I can go about my business, and whether I can get home again when I'm done…I am in Rafah: a city of about 140,000 people, approximately 60% of whom are refugees - many of whom are twice or three times refugees. Today, as I walked on top of the rubble where homes once stood, Egyptian soldiers called to me from the other side of the border, 'Go! Go!' because a tank was coming. And then waving and [asking] 'What's your name?'
Something disturbing about this friendly curiosity.
It reminded me of how much, to some degree, we are all kids curious about other kids. Egyptian kids shouting at strange women wandering into the path of tanks. Palestinian kids shot from the tanks when they peak out from behind walls to see what's going on. International kids standing in front of tanks with banners. Israeli kids in the tanks anonymously - occasionally shouting and also occasionally waving - many forced to be here, many just aggressive - shooting into the houses as we wander away…There is a great deal of concern here about the "reoccupation of Gaza". Gaza is reoccupied every day to various extents but I think the fear is that the tanks will enter all the streets and remain here instead of entering some of the streets and then withdrawing after some hours or days to observe and shoot from the edges of the communities. If people aren't already thinking about the consequences of this war for the people of the entire region then I hope you will start….
Currently, the Israeli army is building a fourteen-meter-high wall between Rafah in Palestine and the border, carving a no-mans land from the houses along the border. Six hundred and two homes have been completely bulldozed according to the Rafah Popular Refugee Committee. The number of homes that have been partially destroyed is greater. Rafah existed prior to 1948, but most of the people here are themselves or are descendants of people who were relocated here from their homes in historic Palestine—now Israel. Rafah was split in half when the Sinai returned to Egypt.
In addition to the constant presence of tanks along the border and in the western region between Rafah and settlements along the coast, there are more IDF towers here than I can count—along the horizon, at the end of streets. Some just army green metal. Others these strange spiral staircases draped in some kind of netting to make the activity within anonymous. Some hidden, just beneath the horizon of buildings. A new one went up the other day in the time it took us to do laundry and to cross town twice to hang banners.
Despite the fact that some of the areas nearest the border are the original Rafah with families who have lived on this land for at least a century, only the 1948 camps in the center of the city are Palestinian controlled areas under Oslo.
But as far as I can tell, there are few if any places that are not within the sights of some tower or another. Certainly there is no place invulnerable to Apache helicopters or to the cameras of invisible drones we hear buzzing over the city for hours at a time.
…According to the municipal water office the wells destroyed last week provided half of Rafah's water supply. Many of the communities have requested internationals to be present at night to attempt to shield houses from further demolition. After about ten p.m. it is very difficult to move at night because the Israeli army treats anyone in the streets as resistance and shoots at them. So clearly we are too few.
Many people want their voices to be heard, and I think we need to use some of our privilege as internationals to get those voices heard directly in the US, rather than through the filter of well-meaning internationals such as myself. I am just beginning to learn, from what I expect to be a very intense tutelage, about the ability of people to organize against all odds, and to resist against all odds.
People here watch the media, and they told me again today that there have been large protests in the United States and "problems for the government" in the UK. So thanks for allowing me to not feel like a complete Polyanna when I tentatively tell people here that many people in the United States do not support the policies of our government, and that we are learning from global examples how to resist.
Now the Israeli army has actually dug up the road to Gaza, and both of the major checkpoints are closed. This means that Palestinians who want to go and register for their next quarter at university can't. People can't get to their jobs and those who are trapped on the other side can't get home; and internationals, who have a meeting tomorrow in the West Bank, won't make it. We could probably make it through if we made serious use of our international white person privilege, but that would also mean some risk of arrest and deportation, even though none of us has done anything illegal.
The Gaza Strip is divided in thirds now. There is some talk about the "reoccupation of Gaza", but I seriously doubt this will happen, because I think it would be a geopolitically stupid move for Israel right now. I think the more likely thing is an increase in smaller below-the-international-outcry-radar incursions and possibly the oft-hinted "population transfer".
…A move to reoccupy Gaza would generate a much larger outcry than Sharon's assassination-during-peace-negotiations/land grab strategy, which is working very well now to create settlements all over, slowly but surely eliminating any meaningful possibility for Palestinian self-determination. Know that I have a lot of very nice Palestinians looking after me…
…I have bad nightmares about tanks and bulldozers outside our house…Sometimes the adrenaline acts as an anesthetic for weeks and then in the evening or at night it just hits me again - a little bit of the reality of the situation. I am really scared for the people here. Yesterday, I watched a father lead his two tiny children, holding his hands, out into the sight of tanks and a sniper tower and bulldozers and Jeeps because he thought his house was going to be exploded. Jenny and I stayed in the house with several women and two small babies. It was our mistake in translation that caused him to think it was his house that was being exploded. In fact, the Israeli army was in the process of detonating an explosive in the ground nearby - one that appears to have been planted by Palestinian resistance.
This is in the area where Sunday about 150 men were rounded up and contained outside the settlement with gunfire over their heads and around them, while tanks and bulldozers destroyed 25 greenhouses - the livelihoods for 300 people. The explosive was right in front of the greenhouses - right in the point of entry for tanks that might come back again. I was terrified to think that this man felt it was less of a risk to walk out in view of the tanks with his kids than to stay in his house. I was really scared that they were all going to be shot and I tried to stand between them and the tank. This happens every day, but just this father walking out with his two little kids just looking very sad, just happened to get my attention more at this particular moment, probably because I felt it was our translation problems that made him leave.
I thought a lot about what you said on the phone about Palestinian violence not helping the situation. Sixty thousand workers from Rafah worked in Israel two years ago. Now only 600 can go to Israel for jobs. Of these 600, many have moved, because the three checkpoints between here and Ashkelon (the closest city in Israel) make what used to be a 40-minute drive, now a 12-hour or impassible journey. In addition, what Rafah identified in 1999 as sources of economic growth are all completely destroyed - the Gaza international airport (runways demolished, totally closed); the border for trade with Egypt (now with a giant Israeli sniper tower in the middle of the crossing); access to the ocean (completely cut off in the last two years by a checkpoint and the Gush Katif settlement). The count of homes destroyed in Rafah since the beginning of this intifada is up around 600, by and large people with no connection to the resistance but who happen to live along the border……about non-violent resistance.
When that explosive detonated yesterday it broke all the windows in the family's house. I was in the process of being served tea and playing with the two small babies. I'm having a hard time right now. Just feel sick to my stomach a lot from being doted on all the time, very sweetly, by people who are facing doom. I know that from the United States, it all sounds like hyperbole. Honestly, a lot of the time the sheer kindness of the people here, coupled with the overwhelming evidence of the willful destruction of their lives, makes it seem unreal to me. I really can't believe that something like this can happen in the world without a bigger outcry about it.
It really hurts me, again, like it has hurt me in the past, to witness how awful we can allow the world to be…you actually do go and do your own research. But it makes me worry about the job I'm doing. All of the situation that I tried to enumerate above - and a lot of other things - constitutes a somewhat gradual - often hidden, but nevertheless massive - removal and destruction of the ability of a particular group of people to survive. This is what I am seeing here. The assassinations, rocket attacks and shooting of children are atrocities - but in focusing on them I'm terrified of missing their context.
The vast majority of people here - even if they had the economic means to escape, even if they actually wanted to give up resisting on their land and just leave (which appears to be maybe the less nefarious of Sharon's possible goals), can't leave…they can't even get into Israel to apply for visas, and because their destination countries won't let them in (both our country and Arab countries).
…when all means of survival is cut off in a pen (Gaza) which people can't get out of, I think that qualifies as genocide. Even if they could get out, I think it would still qualify as genocide. Maybe you could look up the definition of genocide according to international law…
When I come back from Palestine, I probably will have nightmares and constantly feel guilty for not being here, but I can channel that into more work. Coming here is one of the better things I've ever done. So when I sound crazy, or if the Israeli military should break with their racist tendency not to injure white people, please pin the reason squarely on the fact that I am in the midst of a genocide which I am also indirectly supporting, and for which my government is largely responsible.
…I spent a lot of time writing about the disappointment of discovering, somewhat first-hand, the degree of evil of which we are still capable. I should at least mention that I am also discovering a degree of strength and of basic ability for humans to remain human in the direst of circumstances - which I also haven't seen before. I think the word is dignity. I wish you could meet these people. Maybe, hopefully, someday you will.
I think I could see a Palestinian state or a democratic Israeli-Palestinian state within my lifetime. I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the US supports.
I look forward to increasing numbers of middle-class privileged people like you and me becoming aware of the structures that support our privilege and beginning to support the work of those who aren't privileged to dismantle those structures.
I look forward to more moments like February 15 when civil society wakes up en masse and issues massive and resonant evidence of it's conscience, it's unwillingness to be repressed, and it's compassion for the suffering of others.
I look forward to more teachers emerging like Matt Grant and Barbara Weaver and Dale Knuth who teach critical thinking to kids in the United States.
I look forward to the international resistance that's occurring now fertilizing analysis on all kinds of issues, with dialogue between diverse groups of people.
I look forward to all of us who are new at this developing better skills for working in democratic structures and healing our own racism and classism and sexism and heterosexism and ageism and ableism and becoming more effective.
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Statement by the Family of Rachel Corrie
We thank all who continue to remember Rachel and those who, on this sixth anniversary of her stand in Gaza, renew their own commitments to human rights, justice and peace in the Middle East. The tributes and actions in her memory are a source of inspiration to us and to others.
Friday, March 13th, we learned of the tragic injury to American activist Tristan Anderson. Tristan was shot in the head with a tear-gas canister in Ni'lin Village in the West Bank when Israeli forces attacked a demonstration opposing the construction of the annexation wall through the village's land. On the same day, a Ni'lin resident was, also, shot in the leg with live ammunition. Four residents of Ni'lin have been killed in the past eight months as villagers and their supporters have courageously demonstrated against the Apartheid Wall deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice—a wall that will ultimately absorb one-quarter of the village's remaining land. Those who have died are a ten-year-old child Ahmed Mousa, shot in the forehead with live ammunition on July 29, 2008; Yousef Amira (17) shot with rubber-coated steel bullets on July 30, 2008; Arafat Rateb Khawaje (22) and Mohammed Khawaje (20), both shot and killed with live ammunition on December 28, 2008. On this anniversary, Rachel would want us all to hold Tristan Anderson and his family and these Palestinians and their families in our thoughts and prayers, and we ask everyone to do so.
We are writing this message from Cairo where we returned after a visit to Gaza with the Code Pink Delegation from the United States. Fifty-eight women and men successfully passed through Rafah Crossing on Saturday, March 7th to challenge the border closures and siege and to celebrate International Women's Day with the strong and courageous women of Gaza. Rachel would be very happy that our spirited delegation made this journey. North to south throughout the Strip, we witnessed the sweeping destruction of neighborhoods, municipal buildings, police stations, mosques, and schools –casualties of the Israeli military assaults in December and January. When we asked about the personal impact of the attacks on those we met, we heard repeatedly of the loss of mothers, fathers, children, cousins, and friends. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights reports 1434 Palestinian dead and over 5000 injured, among them 288 children and 121 women.
We walked through the farming village of Khoza in the South where fifty homes were destroyed during the land invasion. A young boy scrambled through a hole in the rubble to show us the basement he and his family crouched in as a bulldozer crushed their house upon them. We heard of Rafiya who lead the frightened women and children of this neighborhood away from threatening Israeli military bulldozers, only to be struck down and killed by an Israeli soldier's sniper fire as she walked in the street carrying her white flag.
Repeatedly, we were told by Palestinians, and by the internationals on the ground supporting them, that there is no ceasefire. Indeed, bomb blasts from the border area punctuated our conversations as we arrived and departed Gaza. On our last night, we sat by a fire in the moonlight in the remains of a friend's farmyard and listened to him tell of how the Israeli military destroyed his home in 2004, and of how this second home was shattered on February 6th. This time, it was Israeli rockets from Apache helicopters that struck the house, A stand of wheat remained and rustled soothingly in the breeze as we talked, but our attention shifted quickly when F-16s streaked high across the night sky. and our friend explained that if the planes tipped to the side, they would strike. Everywhere, the psychological costs of the recent and ongoing attacks for all Gazans, but especially for the children, were sadly apparent. It is not only those who suffer the greatest losses that carry the scars of all that has happened. It is those, too, who witnessed from their school bodies flying in the air when police cadets were bombed across the street and those who felt and heard the terrifying blasts of missiles falling near their own homes. It is the children who each day must walk past the unexplainable and inhumane destruction that has occurred.
In Rachel's case, though a thorough, credible and transparent investigation was promised by the Israeli Government, after six years, the position of the U.S. Government remains that such an investigation has not taken place. In March 2008, Michele Bernier-Toff, Managing Director of the Office of Overseas Citizen Services at the Department of State wrote, "We have consistently requested that the Government of Israel conduct a full and transparent investigation into Rachel's death. Our requests have gone unanswered or ignored." Now, the attacks on all the people of Gaza and the recent one on Tristan Anderson in Ni'lin cry out for investigation and accountability. We call on President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, and members of Congress to act with fortitude and courage to ensure that the atrocities that have occurred are addressed by the Israeli Government and through relevant international and U.S. law. We ask them to act immediately and persistently to stop the impunity enjoyed by the Israeli military, not to encourage it.
Despite the pain, we have once again felt privileged to enter briefly into the lives of Rachel's Palestinian friends in Gaza. We are moved by their resilience and heartened by their song, dance, and laughter amidst the tears. Rachel wrote in 2003, "I am nevertheless amazed at their strength in being able to defend such a large degree of their humanity–laughter, generosity, family time—against the incredible horror occurring in their lives…..I am also discovering a degree of strength and of the basic ability for humans to remain human in the direst of circumstances…I think the word is dignity." On this sixth anniversary of Rachel's killing, we echo her sentiments.
Cindy and Craig Corrie
On behalf of our family
In Memory of Rachel Corrie
by Gila Svirsky
Published on Friday, March 13, 2009 by CommonDreams.org
Rachel Corrie [1] was killed in the Gaza Strip in Palestine on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent the demolition of the home of a Palestinian family.
I was not present in Rafah that terrible day, 16 March 2003, but I have frequently replayed in my mind the events leading up to the moment when a bulldozer rolled over Rachel Corrie. I think to myself: What compelled this young woman, neither Jewish nor Palestinian, to travel 10,000 miles from home, throw in her lot with a family not her own, a people not her own, and ultimately meet a death that came suddenly, swiftly, in an instant of shocked comprehension.
In the biblical book of Ruth, we read of Naomi whose two sons have died, leaving two young widows. Naomi encourages her daughters-in-law to remain in Moab, their own land. One daughter-in-law kisses Naomi and bids her farewell. The other, Ruth, chooses to accompany Naomi to the distant climes of Judah. Why does Ruth go? "Entreat me not to leave thee," says Ruth, "for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God, my God." And she continues, "Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried."
The biblical figure of Ruth journeys to her new people, expecting never to return, but to be buried in foreign soil.
The modern figure of Rachel journeyed to her new people, expecting to return for the start of the school year, and never to be buried, or to be buried at some vastly distant unimaginable future, but never to find her death in the soil of her chosen destination. She journeyed to her new people expecting to find another culture, another language, another way of interacting, but never to find another attitude toward the taking of life. She journeyed expecting to see death, but never to be embraced by it herself.
In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard recounts the story of Abraham as he takes his son Isaac to be sacrificed on Mount Moriah. The story is so unfathomable – how could Abraham take his son, his only son, and prepare to slay him for no apparent reason other than God's inscrutable request? Kierkegaard constructs several scenarios of what may have been coursing through Abraham's heart as he walked his son to Moriah to kill him.
Writes Kierkegaard: "It was early in the morning, Abraham rose betimes, he embraced Sarah, the bride of his old age, and Sarah kissed Isaac, who had taken away her reproach, who was her pride, her hope for all time. So they rode on in silence along the way, and Abraham's glance was fixed upon the ground until the fourth day when he lifted up his eyes and saw afar off Mount Moriah, but his glance turned again to the ground. Silently he laid the wood in order, he bound Isaac, in silence he drew the knife – then he saw the ram which God had prepared. Then he offered that and returned home…From that time on Abraham became old, he could not forget that God had required this of him. Isaac throve as before, but Abraham's eyes were darkened, and he knew joy no more."
In my mind's eye when I see Rachel standing on that mound of earth and facing the bulldozer, I envision a young woman looking at the small window fast approaching her in the brow of the bulldozer, peering into that dark space to find the eyes of the soldier who was driving, perhaps someone her own age, someone who also loved to dance and joke with a younger sister, someone who was thinking about how long it would take until he could finish this job and get back to the base where he didn't have to face the anger of people who don't understand what he's doing, thinking about his weekend pass and his own future, maybe he would go back to school and finish that course, or about his own loneliness, and how it is to be out here alone at the gears every day, and then there's this girl out there, and why doesn't she get out of the way. What was his next thought – "Shall I kill her?" or "I'll scare her – she'll move" or "Still time to brake!" – as he hurtles forward.
In this land where blood pours down like lemon drops and sticks to all the senses, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell, we cannot know what thought compelled this young man to push on. Later that day, he may have wept and found comfort among his friends. He may have shrugged it off – a dirty job but someone's gotta do it. But we do know one thing: He will live with the death of Rachel for the rest of his life. He may not read every article about her, he may agree only with those that justify his deed, but we know that he reads some of what is written, and we know that he thinks about that day, and wonders if things, somehow, could have ended differently. How do we know this? We know because we agree with Rachel, who risked her life in the belief that whoever was driving that vehicle would stop before he harmed her. We know because we believe, like Rachel, in the fundamental decency of every human being, and that even those who kill, harbor pain in their hearts for that death. We do not have to forgive this man or this system that led him to kill in order to understand that the trauma of Rachel's death, which affected millions of people throughout the world, also affected the man who took her life.
On that blindingly sunny day in Rafah, when optimism glints irrationally from every tank, every M16, every dogtag on the necks of 18-year-olds in uniform, photos of loved ones in their pockets, Rachel stood her ground with ease, waiting for his eyes to meet hers, waiting for decency to slow the grinding treads, waiting for the moment of sanity to kick in, to interrupt the flow of tension swelling toward collision, waiting for the inevitable to happen – that reason would prevail.
Today we are some distance from that moment, we have had time to think about it, and still we are no more capable of fathoming what transpired: That until the moment of impact, Rachel never lost her faith in the decency of the bulldozer driver; that until the moment of impact, the driver never understood that he was capable of this terrible crime.
Writes Kierkegaard, "It was a quiet evening when Abraham rode out alone, and he rode to Mount Moriah; he threw himself upon his face, he prayed God to forgive him his sin, that he had been willing to offer Isaac, that the father had forgotten his duty toward the son."
In my own efforts to understand these terrible deeds, the one on Mount Moriah and the one in Rafah, I ask myself: At Moriah, what was the more terrible – that Abraham had been willing to sacrifice his son? Or that God had demanded this of him?
And in Rafah, who is the real sinner – the soldier who ended the life of a girl on a mound of earth in a land not his and not hers – a land where Rachel, like Ruth, was invited and welcomed, but he was an interloper and resented? Or, in Rafah, too, is the real sinner the God who had demanded this of him – God the army officers, God the brutal policies, God the society of those willing to inflict pain on others to still their own fears and traumas?
And whose gaze turned from one of trust to astonished alarm? The driver, who trusted that Rachel would leap away before it was too late? Or Rachel, who trusted that the driver would halt the vehicle one tread sooner?
Ever more relevant is "Season of the Camomile" by the late Palestinian poet Samir Rantisi, written in 1988, soon after the killing of an Israeli and a Palestinian near the village of Beita. An excerpt:
How many more ordinary mornings
will fill us with horror
and transform our day to another sky;
to be the victim and the symbol
to be the beginning of the beginnings,
the moment of historical trial;
we, the two dreamers,
the routine, the ordinary,
to be the heart of the conflict
and the crossroads of time
why didn't you find someone besides me to be a symbol?
why didn't they find someone besides you to be a victim?
why could they only find Beita in the spring.
Our hearts in grief, we ask: Why didn't they find someone besides you to be a victim? why didn't they find someone besides you to be a symbol? Ah, Rachel, ah, unknown soldier, why could you only find Rafah in the spring?
Gila Svirsky is co-chair (along with Professor David Kretzmer) of B'Tselem [2]: Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.

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Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that it is joining forces with the Templeton Chamber of Commerce into a single, cohesive business support organization. Details of exact configuration are still being outlined. The clear mission and vision are unity of the two organizations through the consolidation of resources, resulting in more value for our esteemed members. This decision brings new cooperative marketing opportunities, workforce development strategies and a stronger combined effort in the area of advocacy. Acting now to merge the two Chambers of Commerce is integral to supporting business with useful and effective tools to build prosperity.
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Q: Will we still be called the Templeton Chamber of Commerce and Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center?
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Two Chambers of North County Announce Merger
PASO ROBLES, CA – Two San Luis Obispo County Chambers of Commerce have announced they are joining forces through a merger.
Effective January 1, 2022 Templeton Chamber of Commerce and Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center will begin consolidating resources and are forecasting to operate as a single entity and span the northern unincorporated and incorporated jurisdictions of San Luis Obispo County.
The merger unites nearly 1,000 businesses that will operate together in an effort to provide more for their membership base by increasing economic vitality and bolstering regional business growth and retention.
"I am excited about the opportunities this alliance will afford our members," says Isiah Gomer, chairman of the board and manager at Paso Robles Waste & Recycle. "We plan to continue working on attracting and retaining qualified, talented employees into a 21st century workforce. We will continue working to apprise, retain, expand and enable existing businesses to thrive while attracting new businesses to our wonderful area."
Pooling the neighboring business organizations mobilizes the power of its total membership reach to create an optimized business climate. The collective merging was formed following the unanimous approval by the Board of Directors from the two respective chambers.
Current staff members are looking forward to adopting a modern working model and focusing efforts on business vitalization and exciting member benefits. The merging will allow the chamber to focus its efforts on major topics such as fostering a skilled workforce, finding solutions to the unhoused population and important chamber initiatives with more unified resources.
"Merging of these business organizations will enhance our ability to be a more powerful, effective proponent and advocate for small, medium and large-sized businesses along California's beautiful Central Coast," Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Gina Fitzpatrick says. "The merging is an even greater resource to leverage the growing region as an ideal location to operate a diversity of businesses from startups to corporations. We are excited and look forward to working together to unite business leaders for enhanced promotion of area commerce. We are so proud of the vibrancy of our current members and honored to be coalescing as a viable business community."
Details of exact configuration are still being outlined. The mission and vision are unity of the two organizations through the consolidation of resources, resulting in more value for our esteemed members. This decision brings new cooperative marketing opportunities, workforce development strategies and a stronger combined effort in the area of advocacy. Acting now to merge the two Chambers of Commerce is integral to supporting business with useful and effective tools to build prosperity.
"Paso Robles and Templeton have distinct history and culture that we will be working hard to preserve and bolster," says Elizabeth Covert, solar consultant at A.M. Sun Solar and chair of the board, Templeton Chamber of Commerce. "We are inextricably connected – that will not change and only be furthered by this effort. Combining these two organizations and memberships ensures northern San Luis Obispo County's business community will be ideally positioned as we work above and beyond economic recovery from the pandemic."
Integration of the chambers will provide a more consolidative policy platform for issues and concerns within California's 24th Congressional District, which enables businesses to be heard amid the political framework of operations, business policies, and legislation. Unifying the collective power of the communities represents the immense potential of a more robust membership base to be a stronger voice for business.
"This next chapter comes with excitement and innovation. The combined organization will represent an unprecedented and historical level of service, business support and growth potential for member businesses," says Steven Herring, owner of All About Events and incoming chairman of the board, 2022. "As a local Templeton resident and business owner operating in both Templeton and Paso Robles and having served as a board member for both chambers, I am extremely optimistic about our future."
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News World Daily Mail's 'who won Legs-it' front page of Nicola Sturgeon, Theresa May sparks outrage
7:01am, Mar 29, 2017 Updated: 7:02am, Mar 29
Daily Mail's 'who won Legs-it' front page of Nicola Sturgeon, Theresa May sparks outrage
The controversial newspaper's front page sparked outrage. Photo: AAP
Britain's Daily Mail newspaper has drawn scorn after its front page focused on legs over legislation.
The front page of the paper and an adjoining article highlighting the legs of Prime Minister Theresa May and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after their meeting to discuss the future of the United Kingdom, has been labelled "sexist" and "moronic".
The photo of the two leaders published on Tuesday (local time) displays their legs prominently alongside a headline speculating about which leader won "Legs-it", a play on Brexit.
Ms May and Ms Sturgeon had met to discuss vital differences in their approach to Britain's exit from the European Union and a possible second Scottish independence referendum that could break up the United Kingdom.
It's 2017. This sexism must be consigned to history. Shame on the Daily Mail. pic.twitter.com/V3RpFSgfnO
— Jeremy Corbyn MP (@jeremycorbyn) March 27, 2017
Inside the paper, the adjoining article to the front page headline referred to the women's legs as "their finest weapon in their physical arsenal".
It said Ms May's were "demurely arranged in her customary finishing-school stance".
While Ms Sturgeon's "shorter, but undeniably more shapely shanks are altogether more flirty, tantalisingly crossed, with the dominant leg pointing towards her audience".
The newspaper said in a statement the piece about the legs was "lighthearted" and urged critics to "get a life".
Moronic! And we are in 2017! pic.twitter.com/LTGEZdtNo3
— Harriet Harman (@HarrietHarman) March 27, 2017
It said the Daily Mail often commented on the appearance of male politicians, and asked if there was a rule that all political coverage must be dull.
The front page drew complaints from politicians, commentators and readers.
"The 1950s called and asked for their headline back," tweeted former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband.
Labour's Yvette Cooper tweeted: "It's 2017. Two women's decisions will determine if United Kingdom continues to exist. And front page news in their lower limbs. Obviously."
A spokesman for Ms Sturgeon said it was "slightly surprising" that when two leaders are discussing such important issues the newspaper's "main focus should be on their legs and what they are wearing".
Lots of moaning about the Mail front page. Stop moaning and stop reading instead. And any daughter whose parents read it go and rip it up
— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) March 28, 2017
But British Vogue said the tabloid's latest "sexist headline" should not depress readers.
"Take a moment to consider this. Don't these women look magnificent? Don't they, whisper it, look like women, rather than women masquerading as men?" the magazine said on its website.
"Try to take a positive out of this sticky photo call: here are two of the most powerful women in the world, with the confidence to promote their female sovereignty. All power to them."
United Kingdom rejects Scotland's push for new independence referendum


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We couldn't have said it better ourselves – though we wish we had!
Congratulations to Erika and all of this year's winners, with many thanks for forging ahead.


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Everclear, the little band that could, came to the Aragon on Saturday determined not just to be better than on its previous swings through town, but bigger.
It was the band's way of celebrating a year of improbable success, and what's a party without excess, after all? But it was a tough night for the music, which sounded sloppy and cluttered in contrast to the band's earlier, buzz saw-precision appearances in Chicago clubs, particularly the more sonically friendly Metro.
On this night, the guitar-bass-drums trio doubled in size, adding a percussionist, keyboardist and guitarist - plus an array of arena lights that could have illuminated not only a Queen concert but a landing strip at O'Hare. From the synchronized leaps of the guitarists on the opening intrumental to the thundering-herd drumming of "Amphetamine," Everclear came to overpower and overwhelm. The energy was so high that singer Art Alexakis gave up tring to sing on key because he was too busy trying to outshout the band, his voice reduced to a hoarse wail.
"Heroin Girl" was exuberant, the crowd itching to sing along and Alexakis gladly obliging them by backing away from the microphone, but it was a mess - a case of too much adrenaline, not enough song.
Somewhere underneath all that testosterone, amplification and blinding flash were the instant recognition melodies that have made Everclear the most overachieving band of the late '90s. Last year, while countless rock bands got more record-industry and media attention - Pearl Jam, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Smashing Pumpkins - Everclear quietly released hit single after hit single, until its 1997 album, "So Much for the Afterglow," had passed 2 million in sales.
The current tour - the Sno-Core mini-festival with three other acts - marked the band's third major trek across the country in support of that release, and it was to Everclear's credit that it tried to up the ante. But the music worked best when Alexakis, bassist Craig Montoya and drummber Greg Eklund pared down the arrangements, beginning midset with an acoustic "Strawberry" and "Heartspark Dollarsign." Finally, Alexakis was able to sing in his natural baritone range, and the concise cannily structured melodies that make the singer as one of the decade's most dedicated purveyors of sugarsmack pop were brought to the surface.
Alexakis' post-grunge tunecraft and his metaphor-free lyrics about youth losing its bloom aren't the stuff of rock legend; they're merely the lifeblood of a down-to-earth touring band. Everclear dressed down like their fans, and delivered the expected anthems in the predictable places: "Santa Monica" as set-closer and "Father of Mine" as the first encore. They are songs of disillusionment, but the mood was festive, a reminder that nothing flushes out the blahs like a cranked up rock 'n' roll fist-waver - a maxim that modest little Everclear has embraced and taken all the way to the bank.
Nonetheless, the bill was pleasingly diverse, including turntable maestro DJ Spooky, rappers Black Eyed Peas and art-groovemeisters Soul Coughingm whose rap-singer M. Doughty is nerdy and proud of it. He turned hip-hop's showboating vocal style inward, as if delivering stream-of-consciousness interior monologues in a rhythmic mumble. "Is Chicago? Is not Chicago?" he muttered as drums clattered and cartoon characters skittered on a screen behindhim. Without emphasizing melodies, Soul Coughing made absurdly catchy music that built to rousing climaxes.
The three emcees in the Black Eyed Peas swapped rhymes over a five-piece band, avoiding most of the dreaded rap cliches while blending break-dancing routines with simmering funk and reggae syncopations.


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If Keir Starmer's party wins, expect a slew of specific UK-EU treaties to be negotiated.
Photo by Oli Scarff / AFP via Getty Images
News from January: leaders ended up in the wrong place. In national leadership, there is outward facing and inward facing: speaking for your people outside your borders and speaking to them. Political leaders need to be speaking frequently to their electorate, on whom they depend. But they also need to talk in their electorate's interests to the world's big forces.
Both are essential. The more trouble a country is in, the more important being outward facing becomes. Think of Volodymyr Zelensky: yes, he must rally the Ukrainian people, sustaining morale; but even more, he needs to rally the West to supply weapons, money and solidarity. That was why he addressed Davos, the Swiss resort that hosts the World Economic Forum, via video link on 18 January.
[See also: Rishi Sunak's biggest threat from the right isn't Boris Johnson – it's Reform UK]
I wasn't there this year, but I've been before, rubbing claws with the other scaly lizard people, swapping recipes with the globalist conspirators for cooking and eating the children of the workers. Or something. My memories are a tad hazy. They were revived, however, by Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel on their podcast The News Agents, describing a late-night drinks event in a swanky Davos chalet. Princess Beatrice was in one corner, while in another Tony Blair was sitting with Keir Starmer, as Blair's former staff scurried busily about to find CEOs for an audience with the Labour leader. And I thought, "Yes, that's exactly what it's like."
Congratulations on being the Universal Woman – now leave the rest of us alone
Matthew Parris's Ukrainian revisionism
The point is that Starmer was there, when you might have expected the opposition leader to be out on the stump, somewhere in the north; and Rishi Sunak wasn't there because he was doling out money in Morecambe. The Downing Street narrative might briefly have seemed perfect: snooty metropolitan Labour leader having après-ski cocktails with the global elite, while their man was down and basic with the Lancashire folks.
And yet, somehow that's not how it all came out. Sunak had to pay a fine for not wearing his seatbelt while filming a video for social media in the back of a car; heard protests by Tory MPs whose backyards hadn't got levelling-up handouts; and is now struggling with yet more Westminster sleaze and backscratching allegations, around the party chairman Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs and the chair of the BBC, Richard Sharp.
Asked a "trick" question by Emily Maitlis about whether he preferred Davos or Westminster, Starmer, meanwhile, didn't miss a beat before replying: "Davos. Because Westminster is too constrained. And, you know, it's closed… Once you get out of Westminster, whether it's Davos or anywhere else, you actually engage with people that you can see working with in the future. Westminster is just a… tribal shouting place."
Watch: Andrew Marr explains why Keir Starmer may have solved Labour's Brexit conundrum
I found that fascinating, not only because Starmer – who is swelling in confidence like a comedian whose jokes are working at last – genuinely seems to loathe Westminster, but because of his unabashed glee in talking to decision-makers from outside British politics. It's the difference between liking politics and wanting to govern.
Davos 2023 was an important moment for Starmer and for Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor. They met CEOs and European ministers and found themselves taken seriously as long-term partners. For them, the scariest thing about the (overstated) anti-British mood at Davos was the expected impact of President Biden's $369bn Inflation Reduction Act and the EU's rejoinder – the Net-Zero Industry Act, announced by Ursula von der Leyen on 17 January. Here were two gargantuan heaves towards a green energy revolution on both sides of the Atlantic, sucking up capital and excluding Britain.
Labour has its own green prosperity plan on a similar timetable to the EU's. But the biggest hole in its economic thinking has been how to get growth while being firmly locked out of European markets because of Brexit. Starmer has dead-batted the issue by confirming Britain would not return to either the customs union or the single market. Now, at last, the "however" is emerging from the Swiss mists.
[See also: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer still need to sell their visions to the public]
Though unrepentant Rejoiners, many of them Blairites, denounce Starmer for betrayal, his political argument against reopening even quasi-membership of the EU is strong. It would be a gift to the Tories. Senior Labour people in "Red Wall" constituencies assure me that returning to the customs union would certainly lose them their seats; "respect" from MPs for voters trumps economics. But on the economics, imagine just how long, divisive and chaotic negotiations about returning to the EU would be – and how off-putting for potential investors.
Ending the perception of chaos is Labour's strongest card. At Davos, Starmer and Reeves listened to endless criticism of the government from investors who consider the Tories flaky – they hear muttering about an attempted coup against Sunak by Boris Johnson and roll their eyes. Business craves stability and a British government that isn't fighting with itself and which investors can expect to be there for a decade. If Labour wins with, say, a 40-seat majority, some of the missing investment will come whistling back.
But that, of itself, isn't nearly enough for a credible growth strategy, particularly if the big money is going to the US and the EU. A range of shadow ministers, including Jonathan Reynolds (business) and Nick Thomas-Symonds (trade), as well as Reeves and Starmer, have been discussing how to unlock frictionless trade from outside the EU. The Germans have been particularly helpful and engaged.
Starmer and Reeves' answer is to negotiate sector by sector and accept the need for a dynamic alignment with EU standards. Most of these EU rules or standards remain very similar to British ones, are in effect global standards, and were set originally with British involvement. This wouldn't work for the City, financial services in the UK being simply too big to import EU regulations. But in agriculture, the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, veterinary standards, professional qualifications, cultural traffic and some areas of engineering, Labour is convinced there are many individual deals to be struck.
"Both sides understand the parameters," one frontbencher told me. "If they say fine, but you have to have freedom of movement, they know we can't accept that. But they are talking seriously. We have no problem with dynamic alignment."
If Labour wins I would expect a slew of specific London-Brussels treaties to be negotiated, quite quickly, from outside the customs union and single market.
On growth, Starmer also believes a more active government working, for instance, to clear the bureaucratic blockages and planning delays for onshore wind farms and other green infrastructure will help. He will probably inherit a radically lower inflationary outlook, though not the benign economic situation Tony Blair enjoyed when he arrived in office. Labour, like the Tory Party, emphasises a stronger and tighter defence and security relationship to open a deeper friendship with the EU – but then wants to go significantly further.
But sorting the Northern Ireland protocol is seen as an essential second step before dynamic alignment can occur in suitable parts of the exporting economy. It all depends on goodwill inside the EU – but again, here, Labour may be lucky: after the last few years, European politicians want to regularise relations.
Most of what happens in Davos is very boring. But it's a weird moneyed huddle where you can wet a finger and sense the wind changing. This year European politicians and bankers are focusing on the likelihood of a Labour government. It's not a solid bet. If there is one thing Labour's really good at, it's finding new ways to lose a winning position. Still, Davos '23 was a moment. I wonder whether Rishi Sunak now rather wishes he had gone there, not to Morecambe, after all.
[See also: Boris Johnson is writing a memoir. Will we be able to trust it?]
Topics in this article : Davos , European Union , Keir Starmer , Magazine , Rachel Reeves , UK Government
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Thanks for this article. Could you write more about how one could automate the pre-creation and linkage of SP folders for CRM account records' documents? We have a lot of data already in CRM Online and want to integrate it with SP Online (O365) in such a way that staff who don't need CRM access can be assured that every account in CRM already has folder in SP where they can save documents for our sales people. I had intended to follow the instructions in the following article, but discovered that with the upgrade from CRM 2011 to 2013, it's no longer so simple, because the folder names are no longer just account names but also include a UUID.
1) First manually create one under "Settings > Document Management > SharePoint Document Locations", set the parent site to the SharePoint site, then set the RelativeURL to the name of the document library in SharePoint, not I think the name is case sensitive.
3) Then add a step to create a document location, click view properties and set the parent site to the document location you created before that points to the document library on sharepoint.
6) Set the Name to match the relativeurl although can be whatever you want.
Hi, I was able to upload documents into my Share point folder as in this blog. Thanks for that. I have used the Share to share a word document with 'Can view' permission to a office 365 account holder with no CRM account. He could edit the document and i could see that in Modified By column even though I gave him view permission. Is there any way to prevent this?


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Evolution of Business Report
Purpose of Assignment
The business environment is continuously evolving with the integration of new management trends developed to create opportunity and respond to challenges. Innovation often challenges the status quo of organizations and change agents in an organization must become intrapreneurs to meet those challenges.
You have been tasked to communicate to the VP of Human Resources about the need to prepare current staff for a more diverse workforce as a result of opening a new office in Los Angeles, CA. This geographical area is known for its cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity in comparison to the company's office in Cheyenne, WY.
Assignment Steps
Create a 2,100-word report analyzing the relationship between these concepts or topics:
Analyze the role of innovation in executing change strategies.
Assess managing diversity in the workplace.
Examine how technology facilitates the implementation of change in today's workforce.
Explain how the workforce in the company will benefit from welcoming an inclusive and more diverse group of coworkers.
Explain the benefits and the opportunity that a more diverse workforce will create.
Include at least five peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.