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Rio Tinto agrees new tug boat contract for Pilbara iron ore ports
Rio Tinto has agreed a new long-term contract with Western Australian-based company Westug to provide towage services at the company's iron ore ports of Cape Lambert and Dampier in the State's Pilbara region.
The new contract, valued at more than $156 million (A$200 million) over five years, covers the four terminals at Rio Tinto's two ports in the Pilbara which last year shipped a combined 330.1 million tonnes of iron ore to customers.
Under the contract, Westug will be responsible for the operations and maintenance of Rio Tinto's tug fleet of 11 vessels as well as four smaller craft. The contract will help sustain more than 130 jobs.
Perth-headquartered Westug has also agreed to an enhanced local procurement strategy under the new contract. This will focus on commitments to boost the relativity of Pilbara specific spending and to maximise their footprint in the local community.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore managing director Rail, Port & Core Services Ivan Vella said "Towage operations and vessel maintenance are a critical element in our supply chain. Rio Tinto has a long history of working with Westug at our ports and this new contract is an endorsement of both the value and opportunity available in the next phase of our relationship.
"Importantly, Rio Tinto's values around local procurement align with those of Westug's and we look forward to seeing the benefits of this approach flow through to local businesses and workers in the Pilbara."
Each year, Rio Tinto's marine operations unit is responsible for the safe and efficient movement of more than 2,000 vessels carrying iron ore, salt and fuel at the two ports. This corresponds to 4,000 inbound and outbound vessel movements through the year.
Rio Tinto's vast iron ore operations in Western Australia include 1,700 kilometres of rail, 16 mines and four port terminals.
Westug have provided towage services at both Cape Lambert and Dampier for many years.
Rio Tinto is committed to supporting local businesses, and this is being driven by the company's Local Procurement Programme.
Our procurement practices, and those of our contractors, play a significant role in the creation of sustainable and resilient communities, including jobs for locals.

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Appendix A: The effects of differential refraction on source position
In images extracted from each data cube the nominal "source" position was found to shift slightly with wavelength. This shift is largely due to extinction, although differential refraction and/or imperfect cube construction from the 2-dimensional spectral images obtained with the IFS could also contribute.
To investigate this possibility, we examined images extracted from our standard star observations. Six images spread across the H and K-bands were extracted from seven standard star data cubes. We found that the x and y positions of the standard (measured from 2-dimensional Gaussian fits) shifted very slightly with wavelength; a tight linear correlation was identified for each standard star: Δx = Sx × δλ and Δy = Sy × δλ (where Δx and Δy are the shift in pixels, λ is the wavelength in microns, and S is the slope of the linear fit). However, Sx and Sy were not the same for all standard stars. Rather, these proved to be a function of airmass, AM, as expected for differential refraction, with Sx = 3.5 − 2.38 × AM and Sy = 1.0 − 0.55 × AM. Overall, this effect was mild: we found that at low airmass, between [Fe ii] and Brγ (increasing wavelength), the source shifted down and to the right by only 0.45 pix, 0.21 pix (0.022″, 0.011″), at intermediate airmass the shift is insignificant in both x and y, while at high airmass the shift is to the left by 0.41 pix, 0.01 pix (0.021″, 0″). These shifts are very small when compared to the offsets measured in Table 2 and essentially only apply to the [Fe ii] offsets. They have therefore not been applied to the data.
Appendix B: H and K-band line flux measurements
Tables B.1 and B.2 list the observed line intensities measured towards each outflow source from the spectra displayed in Figs. 5 and 6.
Table B.1
H-band emission lines detected towards each outflow source from the spectra in Figs. 5 and 7. Values are uncorrected for extinction. Errors are given in brackets.
K-band emission lines detected towards each outflow source from the spectra in Figs. 6 and 7. Values are uncorrected for extinction. Errors are given in brackets.
Appendix C: H2 excitation diagrams
Molecular hydrogen excitation diagrams may in principal be used to simultaneously estimate the gas excitation temperature and the extinction towards the line-emitting region (e.g. Nisini et al. 2002; Caratti o Garatti et al. 2006).
Table C.1
H2 parameters used to generate the excitation diagrams for each outflow source (see e.g. Fig. C.1). Note that not all lines were observed in each source (see Tables B.1 and B.2 for details).
Fig. C.1
The left-hand panel shows an H2 excitation diagram for HH 26-IRS. The data, corrected for extinction (Av = 27 in this case), have been fitted with a straight line and a second-order polynomial (dashed line). The equations describing each fit are displayed; the R2 values represent the square of the correlation coefficient associated with each fit. Plots over a range of Av values were generated and R2 measured for the two fits in each case. The right-hand panel shows a plot of R2 against Av. Data from the linear and polynomial fits are represented by a cross and an open square, respectively; the full and dashed lines represent third-order polynomial fits to these data. The peak in each curve in the right-hand plot marks the extinction associated with the greatest value of R2, which in turn is associated with the least scatter about the linear and polynomial fits in the excitation diagram.
Extinction and H2 excitation temperature derived for each source from the line detections listed in Tables B.1 and B.2.
In thermalised gas at a single temperature, all of the points in the H2 excitation diagram will lie on a single straight line, the slope of which is a measure of the temperature. In reality, when emission lines from a range of ro-vibrational states are detected, the full diagram is better fit with a curve (Schwartz et al. 1995; Gredel 2006, 2007), or by a separate straight line for each vibrational state (e.g. Giannini et al. 2002; Caratti o Garatti et al. 2006), since lines from higher vibrational states – which have higher critical densities for collisional excitation by hydrogen atoms – may not be fully thermalised. Moreover, the shocks in outflows are rarely planar so the gas in unresolved bow shocks will not be heated to a single temperature; nor will it be maintained at a single temperature as it flows through the shock front and post-shock cooling zone. However, if one plots column densities derived from lines from only the first few vibrational states, a linear fit is usually quite adequate (e.g. Lorenzetti et al. 2002; Giannini et al. 2004; Davis et al. 2004; Gredel 2006; Caratti o Garatti et al. 2008; Martín-Hernández et al. 2008). By minimising the scatter of points about this line, one can then estimate the extinction.
The column density of a given v,J ro-vibrational level, Nv,J, is related to the line intensity, I(vJ → v′J′) (measured in W m-2), the wavelength of the transition, λ (in microns), and the v,J → v′,J′ transition probability, A(vJ → v′J′), by: (C.1)In thermodynamic equilibrium, the ratio of column densities between two levels, Nv,J and Nv′,J′, is given by the Boltzmann equation:
(C.2)where ΔE is the energy difference between the two levels, gv,J is the statistical weight, and Tex is the excitation temperature.
If we adopt an extinction law of the form Aλ/Av = (λv/λ)1.6 (Rieke & Lebofsky 1985), then the column density may be corrected for extinction:
(C.3)For a given value of Av, the (negative) reciprocal of the slope of a linear fit to a plot of ln(Nv,J/gv,J) against Ev,J (the energy of the v,J ro-vibrational level) yields an estimate of Tex. Increasing Av will increase the value of Nv,J(corr) and alter the distribution of points around the fit. Minimising this scatter should then yield an estimate of the extinction towards the line-emission region.
In Fig C.1 we present an excitation diagram for HH 26-IRS; similar plots were generated for the other five H2 line-emitters in our sample. Over a range of extinction values (Av = 0 − 100) we plot corrected column densities (divided by the statistical weights listed in Table C.1) against upper level energies. An ortho-para H2 ratio of 3 is assumed throughout (note that a ratio that deviates from the statistical value of 3 would offset the ortho-H2 and para-H2 data points with respect to each other; an ortho-para ratio of 3 is in any case usually observed in YSO outflows, e.g. Smith et al. 1997). In each plot we fit the data with a single straight line and a second-order polynomial. We measure the extinction values that yield the least scatter about each fit; from the best linear fit we also measure the excitation temperature (see Fig. C.1 for further details).
Our results are listed in Table C.2. In SVS 13 and HH 999-IRS we had insufficient data to measure Av (although from the two observed lines we could at least estimate Tex assuming Av = 0; note that Tex is relatively insensitive to Av). Towards the other four sources a range of values were measured. Excluding the Q-branch emission lines, which are suspect due to their location at the edge of the K-band, had little effect on the results. Excluding the higher-energy lines (lines from the v > 1 levels and the 1–0 S(7)–S(9) transitions in the H-band) also had only a subtle effect on extinction estimates, although excitation temperatures were consistently lower, as expected.
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Protest against the NATO Summit in Chicago
Dozens of anti-war demonstrators picketed Saturday across the street from the U.S. consulate in Toronto to condemn NATO talks on the future of the Afghan mission ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago, which begins Sunday.
The NATO mission in Afghanistan is expected to be centre stage when leaders from 60 countries gather to discuss the war in Afghanistan and other international security issues.
The protesters said they're afraid that leaders at the summit will approve a plan that would keep foreign troops, including Canadian forces, in Afghanistan longer than originally scheduled.
"Rather than be a strong supporter of the occupation, I would like to see Canada strongly opposed to the U.S.-Afghan strategic partnership agreement," said Ali Ibrahimi of Afghans for Peace, one of the groups involved in the rally.
"I imagine a Canada that can be successful, be affluent and have influence in the world without the need to support injustice, to support people dying. So I would like our government to leas."
The demonstrators urged Ottawa to call back the soldiers now deployed on a training mission to the war-torn nation.
Several protests have already taken place in Chicago ahead of the summit, but the main one is set to coincide with the start of the meeting on Sunday.
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Film Screening and Discussion on Environment and Food Safety
Around 60 people attended the screening of A River of Waste. Tom Baker, a former Ontario government food safety veterinarian, led off the discussion, looking at similarities and differences in the system in Canada compared to that in the USA. Watch Tom's presentation on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0-GCl2MYNA
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Friday, April 27 – 7 p.m. Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class, 62 minutes, 2005 Narrated by Ed Asner, and based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants — stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy. Jim Deutsch, a leading member of U of T Science for Peace, will comment on the film; discussion to follow.
Friday, May 4 – 7 p.m. How Cuba Survived Peak Oil 53 minutes, 2006. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. Imports of oil were cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the solidarity and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope. Jorge Soberon, Consul General of Cuba in Toronto, will lead off a discussion on the new economic reforms and the continuing commitment to socialism in Cuba today.
Friday, May 11 – 7 p.m. Haiti After the Quake 48 minutes, 2011 Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker was sent to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that rocked the island nation in January 2010. He saw firsthand how Haitians dug up their dead from the rubble with their bare hands. He witnessed people struggling to recover from an earthquake, violent weather and disease. More than a year later, millions of Haitians are still living in makeshift camps, cholera has become an epidemic and the aid money has run out. Where have things gone wrong since the great powers promised to 'build Haiti back, better'? Why did the system that was supposed to help, actually make things worse? Ajamu Nangwaya, a member of the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity, CUPE Local 3902, and a former Vice President of CUPE Ontario, and BC Holmes of the Toronto Haiti Action Committee, will lead off the discussion.
Friday, May 18 – 7 p.m. A River of Waste, 92 minutes, 2010 This documentary exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in the modern industrial system of meat and poultry production. In the U.S., the meat and poultry industry is dominated by dangerous uses of arsenic, antibiotics, growth hormones and by the dumping of massive amounts of sewage in fragile waterways and environments. The film documents the catastrophic impact on the environment and public health. Tom Baker, a former Ontario government food safety veterinarian, will lead off the discussion, looking at similarities and differences in the system in Canada compared to that in the USA.
Friday, May 25 – 7 p.m. A Multi-media introduction to the Communist Manifesto, 2011, 83 minutes A video by Carl Davidson and Zachary Robinson, With graphic arts, cool video clips, moving songs and powerful speeches by Martin Luther King, Michael Moore, Florence Reece, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Mahalia Jackson, Paul Robeson, Joseito Fernandez and others, the presentation linked below sets the most famous tract on social change, the Communist Manifesto, in a cultural and historical context. Barry Weisleder, federal secretary of Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste, will comment on the video, with discussion to follow.
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Orangette and Bon Appetit are two of my favorite places to adapt recipes from. I thought this cake was going to turn out really dry and plain but the combination of ricotta cheese and butter made the cake literally melt in your mouth. It definitely needed more raspberries so I added those. But the raspberries really gave it a kick.
This cake is great for breakfast or with tea in the afternoon and even for an after dinner desert. Enjoy the recipe and let me know what you think.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9' round pan. I used a springform pan. Cut out a piece of parchment paper and line the bottom of the pan.
In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. In a medium bowl whisk the eggs, ricotta and vanilla until smooth. Stir the ricotta and the dry ingredients together, gently until just blended.
Fold in the butter followed by 1 cup of raspberries (don't crush them). Scrape batter into the prepared pan, smoothing evenly. Then scatter the remaining ½ cup of raspberries on top.
Bake the cake until golden brown and when a toothpick is inserted into the center it comes out clean. About 50 to 60 minutes.
Let cool at least 20 minutes before taking out of the pan. Completely cool before serving.


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The Civil Contingencies Authority has decided not to reintroduce a rule making islanders wear face coverings.
Officials say that they are still 'strongly recommended' in settings including where social distancing isn't possible, in crowds and where working in close proximity to others.
That was originally recommended last month in a press conference.
Last week, Deputy Peter Ferbrache wrote to islanders suggesting that the CCA may have to bring in a mask-wearing rule because of rising Covid-19 case numbers across the Bailiwick.
In a statement officials said:
"The CCA discussed in detail if it should make the use of face coverings mandatory but voted against this. The decision not to make their use mandatory was in line with a range of evidence and advice from officers in different service areas including public health and other medical experts.
A crucial factor in the decision was the increase in use of face coverings seen across the community in the past few days, with several of the large retailers reporting around 80% of Islanders are using them."
They say that the situation will continue to be monitored, taking into account lateral flow testing and PCRs for people with symptoms to 'avoid transmitting the virus without causing too much disruption'.
Another Covid-19 briefing will take place tomorrow (17 November) at 1pm.
Border Testing & Isolation Rules Relaxed
People arriving into Guernsey from within the Common Travel Area no longer need to have a lateral flow test or self-isolate.
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The film was being made in early 1942 and was reviewed by The Monthly Film Bulletin (Volume 9 no 100 April 1942). As a propaganda film it functioned on several different levels. The crew was mixed by region and class with a Yorshireman from Halifax and Welshman both of whom were 'chapel' (although not averse to a glass of Bols when being rescued by the Dutch) as well as a more middle-class 'skipper'. The story is about the crew of a Wellington medium bomber who are on a bombing mission to Stuttgart to bomb the Mercedes-Benz factory. They are shot down and parachute into Holland where the Dutch locals decide they are genuine British aircrew and help them to escape. After a series of adventures where they are in constant danger of discovery they eventually make their way back to Britain. The film opens with a story of 5 Dutchmen in the summer of 1941 being executed by the Nazis for helping British aircrew to escape. The information was released by the Dutch government in exile. The film was dedicated to the Dutch at the end.
The film was nominated in the American Academy Awards and it was in general very well made with David Lean as its editor which helped Lean to become joint directer of In Which We Serve with Noel Coward later in 1942. Lean already had the reputation of being the best editor in the UK at the time. Cinematopgaphy was also handled by Ronald Neame and there was an Oscar nomination for Special Effects. (Strangely the Screenonline entry for Neame doesn't credit One of Our Aircraft is Missing. The associate cinematographer was Bob Krasker later to become renowned for his work in The Third Man (1949). As can be seen the film was given a high priority in terms of having one of the best teams of film-makers / technicians available in the UK at the time.
In the new edition of Britain Can Take It (2007) the chapter dealing with Class and Nation p 315 notes that it is 'commonplace' that the two major changes introduced into British cinema during the war years were democratisation and documentarism. Here they note that the critic Roger Manvell first introduced this idea pointing to 1942 as a turning point for the production and reception of this type of film. Given that One of Our Aircraft is Missing takes both aspects of this analysis on board and was already being shot in 1941 we can place the shifts in society earlier than this. Furthemore Powell and Pressburger took this on board even earlier with The 49th Parallel (1941). This film emphasises the importance of tolerance and democracy in Canada and links this with religious tolerance and democracy in the USA. This gives some indication of the underlying importance of the USA in helping to break down class boundaries in the UK. Why after all should Americans risk their lives to defend a system which was still rich in feudal vestiges, and in thrall to aristocracy when that was the sort of thing their grandparents and greatgrandparents had escaped from in Europe itself? It was something that was also alluded to in the Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and also A Canturbury Tale (1944). In many ways reading Powell and Pressburger's wartime output as films aimed primarily at American eyes and sentiments rather than gung-ho empire stuff explains what might seem to be a little wayward in their approach.
The film's opening sequence is an abandoned Wellington bomber which is still flying and gradually losing height. It eventually flies into a pylon exploding. The viewer is taken back fifteen hours when the aircrews at the airbase are given their mission for the night. Later we see the planes taking off into the darkness at around 9.30 pm on a summer evening expecting to be return around 4.00 pm.
In the bomber 'B for Bertie'we are cleverly introduced to all the crew and their posts as the skipper checks that all the communications are functioning. Their mission is to target the Mercedes-Benz factory in Stuttgart. As they cross the dutch coast they are met by some anti-aircraft fire, and they are instructed to keep a sharp eye out for Nazi fighter planes. As they fly past Mannheim they are again met by anti-aircraft fire and they respond by sending down a few bundles of leaflets.
As they draw near the target we see a city straddling a river with several fires going in one area. The Bomber circles once and then makes a bombing run and they head for home. Just as they are about to radio to base their plane is hit by anti-aircraft fire and they lose an engine. The pilot decides to try and make it on just one engine and they plot the shortest route home. The single engine starts to struggle and the plane gradually loses speed and height. Eventually they decide to bail out over Holland. Their plan before they jump is to land near a railway line which they can then all follow so that they will be able to meeet up.
The film cuts to the scene the next morning. Five of the crew are amongst some trees with one having climbed up to spy out the land. They are missing one member of the crew. They are interuppted by some children from a nearby farm playing with their dog. The skipper of the plane was a diplomat before the war and had some rudimentary Dutch and slightly better German. They were able to communicate with the children and establish they are friendly.
The film cuts to the crew waiting in a farm house while the local inhabitants are discssing what to do in another room. The local teacher who is a good English speaker enters keen to establish that they are actually British and not Nazis in disguise acting as agents provocateurs. Once they have established that they are bona fide British aircrew then they are invited to sit down to an excellent meal. After that an escape plan is worked out for the. In the first instance they dress up as both Dutch men and women and cycle to the local Catholic church a few kilometres away. All the time the Nazis are out looking for them as we see an armoured vehicle tearing up the country road. Eventually the Nazis come to the church but the locals bluff it out. The group are then taken to a football match where by more than simple coincidence they meet their missing comrade who is a professional footballer who is playing for the visiting village team.
United once again and narrowly avoiding being given away to the Nazis by a Quisling they hide in a lorry which is going to the port to get some supplies via Mrs de Vries who is a leading member of the Dutch resistance who is masquerading as a Quisling too. She has arranged for a boat and after hiding them under the noses of the Nazis. When there is an airraid this gives them a chance to escape by rowing past a swing bridge and then out to a buoy a few miles off shore which is there to provide shelter for Nazi aircrew who had to bail out.
The escape is dangerous and one of the crew is badly injured as they row fast to make a getaway. They make it to the buoy where there are two German aircrew who have signalled for the Nazi 'E' boats to come and rescue them. The crew of B for Bertie have cut the Buoy adrift and are eventually rescued by a British fast patrol boat.
Dutch Resistance needed to be passive and symbolic. In June 1940 there was a mass 'Carnation Day' as an identification with the Dutch monarchy.
... in February 1942, Bomber Command was instructed to shift the focus onto the 'morale of the enemy civil population'. This new policy came to be called 'area bombing'.
By the time the film was released it was certainly being 'economical with the truth' as the impression given by the film was one in which civilians got a dose of leaflets as 'B' for Bertie was on its way to Stuttgart with the end of bombing a factory clearly associated with the Nazi war effort. There could be no moral dilemmas established amongst the British population there. Presumably a film pronouncing proudly a wartime policy of destrying significant numbers of civilians wouldn't go down so well especially in the United States.
Rear gun turret of a Wellington bomber, Powell and Pressburger did a good job representing the cramped and dangerous conditions for the aircrew.
It is a speech aimed primarily at British and American ears it both justifies the bombing of cities and brings hope that this will crack the morale of the Nazis who at this stage in the war haven't faced a military set-back of any significance.
The low position of the camera, looking admiringly up at the airmen, reinforces their heroism.
In fact this introductory sequence to the crew is not quite accurate as there were different camera positions used depending on the task of the crew. The low angles were used on the pilots who naturally sat in a higher place within the aircraft.
Another slight inaccuracy I have noted is in some comments by Murphy (Realism and Tinsel, 1992 p 21). Having quoted the paragraph above spoken by Jo de Vries taken from the film Murphy comments that it was found to be counterproductive to bomb in occupied countries. Whilst this was certainly the case it is not a relevant comment in relation to this film as B for Bertie was bombing Germany. When the allies did bomb targets in occupied territores like Rotterdam it tended to be large and important targets like the port areas which were easy to hit. Alternatively there were some very special raids on prisons holding important resistance leaders. These were well planned and usedd 'pathfinder' planes to ensure accuracy.
As well as being a useful film on the home front One of Our Aircraft is Missing providing tangible evidence of a fight back, can be seen as being designed with American audiences in mind. As Murphy has pointed out once the Nazis had invaded the rest of Europe a number of films featuring resistance to the Nazis were developed. One of Our Aircraft is Missing made with the help of the Dutch government in exile was one of these. The film is cleverly made to feel real by the use of real Dutch people including children so the the dialogue scenes are realistic. any visitor to the fenlands and Licolnshire will also notice the Dutch influenced vernacular architecture for it was Dutch engineeers who helped reclaimed these low lying parts of the country from the sea.
The film was convincingly made overall although one reviewer has commented that it didn't hang together very well at times. This was the case when the local Quisling came into the house of the villagers after the football match. It was a little bit too staged. It was done to clearly make a point particularly I think to American audiences who would have been unaware of many of the issues in Europe for at the time the film was being shot America hadn't entered the war, although they had by the time it was released.
In many ways the film functions as a mirror of Powell and Pressburger's 49th Parallel (1941). This too was clearly made with the American market in mind and follows the attempted escape of the survivors of a U-Boat crew. Whereas in The 49th Parallel the local Canadian population including the German emigrés in the Hutterite community engage in a convincing and hostile way with Nazi ideology each cameo in One of Our Aircraft is Missing brings out a facet of the determination of resistance to the Nazis. At the same time there is no hatred of the ordinary German in the film, quite the reverse. Two of the air-crew of the Wellington bomber have had German girlfriends and one has even visited Stuttgart and knows its history and has a smattering of German language. This good German bad Nazi pattern was an important feature of propaganda films aimed at America for there was a large German speaking population in America who needed to be influenced. Of course Pressburger the scriptwriter had worked in Germany for many years and was very familiar the real situation on the ground which meant that these aspects of the scripts were handled from experience. Millions of Germans of course were not Nazis.
One of the more ridiculous comments I have seen about a Second World War film! Naturally postmodernists can read texts how they like and generate lots of rather aberrant meanings for themselves, however it takes us a long way from what I strongly suspect Powell and Pressburger had as preferred readings. As someone who as a teenager read many of the escape stories of the time these seemed obvious things to do suited to the times. It is hardly nanotechnology to note that society is a set of social constructions which can be subverted. Identity is thus always potentially malleable. The point is that the attempts by the Nazis to reconstruct Dutch society were continuously being undermined even at the micro-level.
Murphy in Realism and Tinsel (p 20) implies that this film along with others he had identified in the resistance cycle didn't do very well at the box office however the entry on the film in the IMDB differs from this analysis.
According to IMDB Academy Awards page for 1943 the film received a nomination for best writing original screenplay. In the same year the 49th Parallel received a nomination for best film as well as winning an award for 'Best Writing Original Story' category. This film also received a 'Best Writing: Screenplay' nomination. One of Our Aircraft is Missing gained a 'Special Effects' nomination.
By 1945 it was hard to tell one German city from another. They had all been turned into rubble by the relentless Allied air raids. Ironically the bombing of these cities didn't have a great deal of effect on the industrial capacity of the country, for under Albert Speer's reorganisation many of the industries were dispersed away from poulation centres. Many of the those considered most valuable were sited underground where tunnels had been dug out by slave labour from the occupied countries. Others were in the countryside. Industrial production increased until 1944. The other irony of the bombing of industrial cities was that the populations of these had never put the Nazis into power. The Nazis never won a popular free vote in any of the major industrial cities on their way to power. The real centres of Nazi support in small town Germany were relatively unscathed.
What Really Was the Situation in Holland During the War?
Verhoeven is known for being outspoken and the Dutch Resistance Museum provides a good basis of knowledge. The section on the Second World War gives a good overview of the pressures exerted by the Nazis including the mass evacuation of the coastal regions to build a defensive wall.


We are moving our SIMS software to new hardware or to a new network/facility. What is the best procedure to follow?
SIMS III / Live Update could not read the registry or SIMSSettings file ? / What is the proper way to install SIMS software ?
We receive calls regarding SIMS III or live update not able to read registry or SIMS Settings. This is due to permissions not set properly. We recommend our customers to install the program as administrator under the user,which they want to use it later. It allows the installer to write windows registry and create the directories and files without any restriction as well as the program to read all the files/ registry without any restrictions.
This is the best way to install any program without having any permissions problem while running the program. Always check that you have properly installed .net frameworks before installation.
Also make sure that your firewall allows active FTP connection for ftp://ftp.update.simsware.com, ftp://ftp.updates.simsware.com and ftp-dr.simsware.com. You add liveupdate.exe program and add ports 20 and 21 in firewall exceptions.
What is hosts File ?
Hosts file is been in use from ARPANET and it resolves the hosts name before the DNS is used for lookup. it is used in Windows, OSX as well as in Linux.
My SIMS shows a error Root Level error 5141, position 10 on starting?
Please check your JoinConstant.xml and Settings.xml files.
My Vaporpaper is causing 100% CPU usage and shows RcvError 10035 in the log file ?
Sometimes when vaporpaper processes long reports, it shows this error and consumes 100% CPU. The available solution is restarting vaporpaper.
How to Configure Applications to Always Run as an Administrator?
Some programs have been written to run under WindowsXp with administrative rights and Windows 7 runs the programs under standard mode by default. So we need to mark/run the application to always run as an administrator.
a. To apply the setting to the currently logged-on user, select the Run This Program As An Administrator check box, and then click OK.
b. To apply the setting to all users on the computer and regardless of which shortcut is used to start the application, click Change Setting For All Users to display the Properties dialog box for the application's .exe file, select the Run This Program As An Administrator check box, and then click OK twice.
Note 1: The application will now always run using an administrator access token. Keep in mind that if you are using a standard account and prompting is disabled, the application will fail to run.
Note 2: Program As An Administrator option is not available, it means the application is blocked from always running at an elevated level, the application does not require administrator credentials to run, or you are not logged on as an administrator.
Usually updating and re-indexing history resolves this issue. Make Sure you backup the database before doing re-indexing and re-generating files always.
Return to Service does not work?
Return to service changes the Out of service entry's ending time to current time. The receiver server deletes that entry in the next cycle and the account goes back online. So, make sure that your receiver server is running and housekeeping is selected.
I updated my SIMS III and it started to behave differently?
So, if you see such behavior, try liveupdating again in a few minutes. This may have been an issue previously reported. The product is always being worked on so another update may be available shortly.
You can revert any of our program back to its earlier version with the latest SIMS III LiveUpdate.
Can I revert back the latest update of SIMS III?
What is the microsoft.net framework? Why do we need .Net Framework 4.0 with SIMSIII ?
The .NET Framework consists of the common language runtime and the .NET Framework class library as an agent that manages code at run time, providing core services such as memory management, thread management, security, robustness and remoting. SIMS products require the .net frameworks for smooth execution. SIMS 3 requires .NET Framework 4.0 and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86). You may download the .net frameworks from Microsoft website or from SIMS3 download page from our website, and download files link of our website.
The .NET Framework 1.1 is an in-place update to .NET Framework 1.0, .NET Framework 3.5 is an in-place update to .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0. And .NET Framework 4.6 is an in-place update to .NET Framework 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1 and 4.5.2. The in-place update means the installation of program without removing the older version first.
My Apache is not running in SIMSWeb?
Sometimes, if other programs are using port 80, apache could not start. you can try disabling/stopping IIS web server, World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC), Web Deployment Agent Service (MsDepSvc) and Webclient (WebClient) from the services. If you have skype Installed, please uncheck default port 80 from advanced settings.
Also try checking the path of Apache Web Server. As well make sure the if you are using 64 bit windows, your application path in httpd.conf contains "Program Files(x86)".
I can not see operational modes in flat file?
The operations modes are read from the OPTION-[Drive_Letter].DAT file. Drive Letter is for the drive on while SIMS database is stored. So, if you have SIMS database path G:/simsiii, then the options file is OPTION-G.DAT. If you could not see just create empty OPTION-G.DAT and run SIMS or If you could not find OPTION-X.DAT, but there is OPTION-D.DAT, then you make copy of OPTION-X.DAT and paste and rename it to OPTION-D.DAT and run SIMS.
How to know which process is using port 80?
Please open command prompt and type command "netstat -o -n -a | findstr 0.0:80" to check that which processes are using port 80. It will show you the process id. Then go to Windows Task Manager -> view Menu -> Select Columns and select the column name PID(Process Identifier). You could see which process is using port 80. If you see port 80 is being used by PID 4, then it refers to System or IIS webserver, World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC), Web Deployment Agent Service (MsDepSvc) and Webclient (WebClient) services.
I am getting this error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."?
Please make sure you have the latest Microsoft .Net Framework versions 3.5, 4 , 4.5 and latest patches installed.
My SIMS III windows does not resize properly?
We have recently found that the software TeamViewer and Dell Foundation Services interferes with the resizing of windows in SIMS III.
If you are experiencing such issues, please make sure TeamViewer is not running in the background by checking the Task Manager.
Also try disabling or uninstalling Dell Foundation Services.
Does SIMS, Inc offer training?
Yes, SIMS Inc does offer training. We have webinars, on site training at your place of business, or customers can come to our office. Please call for pricing and scheduling.
When I run a report in SIMS, I cannot see the complete report.
Some reports will not be completely displayed on the screen, but the entire report will be sent.
How do copy an existing account to new account in SIMSIII.
1. Go to Edit Menu and Select Edit Account.
2. Search the account and select the account you want to copy.
3. Under the premise tab, you will see Account/Grp. Change the existing account number to new desired account number.
4. Press OK, you will see a new dialogue box "Copy Selection". There you could see for option "Copy the Account as Before".
You will have a new account with same information and different account number.
I forgot my password/username for www.simsware.com, what do I do?
If you have forgotten your password, you can get the password/Username in your registered Email account. Click on SignIn at the right top corner of the website and then you can see "Forget?" link. You will need to type in your email address (the one you used while creating account) and click on Password or Username the button.
After that you will receive an email with your password/username. But if you forget your email, then you can call us or send email at simswareweb@simsware.com.
How can I update my SIMS software?
Download our Liveupdate software from Utility softwares or click here and run it.
I can not access pages on SIMS Wikipedia?
SIMS website login provides you access for the website only. SIMS Wikipedia needs a separate login.
How do I register for a user account for online access?
How do I update Company Information?
Only the SIMS Staff can change the Company Information. If your company have changed the name or need to update information like email, telephone, then you can call our support department or send us a email at support@simsware.com. We will make changes for you.
What are the minimum requirements of SIMS III??
You can browse the products section in our website. Every detail for each products is available. If you are having some special environment, please send us an email at support@simsware.com or feel free to call us.
Do you have any manual or videos on SIMS II?
Thanks for asking! Every Product specific page has a list of training videos as well as manuals. SIMS Inc. have youtube channel where you can view training videos along with subtitle in different languages Click here for our Youtube Channel. Also you can check our trainings page.
Where I can find SIMS 2 and 3 specifically for Windows 7 64 Bit System or 64 bit Windows Based Machines ?
All of our programs are available on our website http://www.simsware.com. You can check monitoring section under the products menu for SIMS II and SIMS III. All the SIMS Inc. softwares work on 64-bit Windows Based Operating Systems with the exception of the older DOS based ones (i.e. SIMS II for DOS, CSM for DOS). If you're experiencing problems installing or running our Windows based programs we recommend that you check your computer's .Net Framework version as our softwares require a minimum of version 3.5 and up.
Can I run SIMS DOS version in 64 bit computer?
No, the DOS version runs only in 32 version. Although SIMS support team can help you to run under special arrangements.
The technotes have all been moved to SIMS Wikipedia. Our knowledgebase has grown, therefore we have a dedicated Wikipedia section now.
Is there any tips and tricks for the SIMS products?
We do not have something like that. But we keep on posting tips of the day in our twitter account. So you reach us in twitter at @SIMSware.
Will SIMSIII work with my SIMSII database?
Yes, SIMSIII can work with the current SIMSII database which we refer to as a flat file database. SIMSIII also works with a new SQL database which has different requirements and implies a database migration.
I have CSM. Can I convert my CSM database so it will work with SIMSIII?
Please, give us a call for further details.
What are the advantages of the SQL database over the current (flat file) SIMSII database ?
SQL (stands for Structured Query Language) is a database computer language. Since this is a standard language used by many applications in the market, central stations have the tools to develop specialized reports, programs, etc.
What features are available in SIMSIII that are not available in SIMSII/SIMS for Windows?
To mention the more relevant: Integration with IP cameras, direct access to Google Maps, Spell checking for operator comments, PDF reports, Database Validation, Access to authorities database (police departments, fire departments, etc) on SIMS servers, Capability to import .csv files, Capability to export database to .csv files, Compatibility with the new SQL database.
Cannot install ComServer in Windows 7?
Based on the operating systems, SIMS has two different versions. So make sure you are using ComServ3_XP.exe for Windows Xp and ComServ3_WIN7.exe for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 and higher versions.
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We are client from Europe. how do I know that SIMS Office at Plano, TX is open or close?
SIMS Regular Working Hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada). However, we are closed on public holidays.
You could visit SIMS Inc.Calendar to know the current time in Our Head Quarter at Plano,Texas as well as that we are currently open/Close. You can check the holidays also.
Does the payment method use secure channel?
All the payments on the Simsware.com are secured by Godaddy certificates. All the customers are advised to make payment through "https://simsware.mypaysimple.com/s/onetime-payment".
Note: All the payments must be made when you see https in your browsers address bar and we recommend google chrome for payment over internet explorer.
Does the SIMS II product runs on Linux Server?
We do not have linux version.The SIMS products must be installed on Windows machines.
How often the software are updated?
SIMS development teams are always working for fixing the reported bugs. So, we do not have any fixed schedule for the updates posted.
My pdf reports are not accurate?
We recommend that customers keep updated their Operating Systems with windows updates.
I am trying to enter registration key, but get "Key failed" error message?
Please check that your login account is Administrator.
How can I contact for support when SIMS Inc. is Closed?
SIMS Support Tickets are viewed and resolved during the Office Hours. Customers can still call the after-hours number. Keep in mind that the after-hours calls are reserved for emergencies. All other calls should be during the normal office hours. After hours calls are charged a separate fee unless that customer is under 24 hour maintenance.
I want to Sign Up for the Disaster Recovery. Where can I find the form?


LAWRENCE, IND. — Emergency crews responded to the Lawrence Apostolic Church on reports of a fire Thursday morning.
Firefighters were dispatched to the 6200 block of Sunnyside Road around 6:35 a.m. Thursday after reports of smoke filling the building.
When crews arrived, they could see smoke coming from the steeple.
Authorities said there were children inside the church's daycare at the time of the fire, but everyone was able to get out safely and there were no injuries.
Storms were moving through the area at the time of the fire, but it's not known if lightning is likely to blame for the fire.


So when on an African safari, hold your distance with this African animal. Hippos are reputed to cause extra human deaths than every other massive animal in Africa. They're discovered throughout sub-Saharan Africa in a spread of aquatic habitats including lakes, rivers and deltas. Generally, the lion is drugged to sluggish it down, making it an easier target. They're often known as Africa's best hunters because of their good looking ways, constant communication and size of packs they hunt in. These animals are nomadic and identified to traverse as much as 50km in in the future, resulting in territories that are anyplace between 400 and 1,500 square kilometres.
Hippos are a standard sight within the rivers, swamps, and lakes of southern and jap Africa. The African lion is well known for being the king of the jungle". Stalking is never used to hunt leopard, as this can be very time-consuming and tedious, and has a very low success fee. They're generally more relaxed and simple to identify in parks the place there are few or no lions (their predominant rivals within the wilds), or where they have been habituated to man for a long time, like the Sabi Sand Reserve in South Africa, the place you are just about assured good sightings.
After the saltwater crocodile, Nile crocodiles are the world's largest residing reptile, with the most important on report exceeding 20 toes/ 6 meters. The leopard is solitary by nature, and is most energetic between sunset and sunrise, though it could hunt during the day in some areas. The black rhino is among the most majestic and delightful animals to come back across on safari.
Native habitat: Primarily freshwater swamps and marshes, but in addition in rivers, lakes and smaller bodies of water within the southeastern United States: Alabama, Arkansas, North & South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. Of course, Massive 5 safaris are under no circumstances related to the unethical act of trophy/canned hunting (banned fully in Kenya and increasingly so in different areas of Africa) but the term continues to be utilized by most guides and vacationers as a straightforward term to encapsulate the should see animals.


Tagline: What can we cook for you?
Yoshinoya is a chain that serves Japanese-derived dishes in an American fast-food environment.
Menu includes teriyaki chicken bowl, orange chicken, Asian BBQ Wings with Angus Steak, Grilled Tilapia plates, Creamy Sriracha Shrimp… Availability is subject to change.
This location's hours of operation are usually 10:00 am to midnight.
The other Yoshinoya location in the Koreatown area is on Olympic by Fedora.
Posted in FOOD, RESTAURANTS and tagged fast food, Japanese, Japanese chain, Wilshire-Gramercy Plaza Shopping Center, Yoshinoya.


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Sol throws phone book
Alex TilburyNews Corp Australia
December 11, 2006 9:00PM
TELSTRA chief Sol Trujillo yesterday took another swipe at the competition regulator for hampering its expansion plans, saying his investors expect a competitive return and nothing less.
Telstra is adamant it will not re-enter talks on its $4 billion FTTN (fibre to the node) proposal with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission until it gets a guarantee it would not be forced to sell its services to its competitors at below-cost prices.
"I'd like us to do more, we are willing to do more but the regulatory settings, the Government policies have to change," Mr Trujillo told an Australian Information Industry Association lunch in Brisbane. He said Telstra was "an iconic brand", part of the "central nervous system of the nation's economy".
"I am a free-market person and my shareholders are free-market people because they take money and invest in our stock and they expect returns," he said.
"So in the case of fibre-to-the-node and things like that when we invest they expect to earn competitive returns.
"Or our Australian shareholders risk their capital and all the returns flow to Singapore and other places, that is not the policy we are going to pursue.
"One of the things we are trying to do it move is an agenda around some regulatory reform of government thinking. We've done a lot, we're changing a lot and we're investing."
ACCC commissioner Ed Willett said the talks with Telstra broke down on pricing and the quantification of costs.
"Telstra wants to include some compensation for providing regional services in the costs to metropolitan services.
"Any fibre-to-the-node network would replace the copper wire infrastructure which underpins a very large segment of competition in Australia," he told The Courier-Mail.
"We need to ensure access is available in the interests of consumers. At the moment people are getting better and better deals in broadband over copper wire.
. "We agree with Telstra that they deserve to recover their costs but we don't agree on the quantification of those costs."
One area that Telstra is happy with the regulator is its $1 billion investment in NextG, as there is no regulation of data over wireless.
The ACCC has no plans to launch an inquiry into access to Telstra's NextG mobile network, a blow to mobile phone operators Optus, Vodafone and Hutchison. Mr Trujillo said Australia had taken a lead role in the wireless broadband area, "where no regulation exists and innovation really flourishes".
"But in the case of fibre-to-the-node, fibre deeper in the network that is a different issue because of past regulatory policies," he said. "Those who invest – anybody who invests – and risks capital deserves the returns for risking that capital.
"We've got momentum and we're on the move. We're about changing the environment and making life better for all our customers and hopefully then all of Australia."
In the first 10 months of 2006, Telstra built its NextG network, which is available to 98 per cent of the population, at speed of 3.6mb a second.
"We can now service both our mobile handset customers as well as those who have laptops. If you literally want to carry your desktop with you now, it is possible.
"We're now limited only by our own imagination. We have a passion about changing the game here in Australia, with the most advanced nationwide wireless network anywhere in the world."


The average annual net tax gap for 2008–2010 for the US, considered a relatively compliant country, is estimated to be $406 billion, or about 16.3% of what should be paid (IRS 2018). The net tax gap is the difference between required and actual timely filing, reporting, and payment of taxes after taking into account enforcement activities and late payments. Given the revenue at stake, substantial resources are invested in understanding how to improve tax compliance.
Fighting tax evasion is important because it reduces the government's cost of raising revenue and because it makes the distribution of the tax burden fairer (Slemrod 2006). If revenue is raised more efficiently, it becomes possible to provide more public goods or to cut tax rates, keeping government debt constant.
Thanks to the wider availability of administrative data, and the increasing willingness and ability of administrative agencies to partner with academic researchers, academic research on how to reduce tax evasion is flourishing. Policies that reduce evasion include audits (Slemrod et al. 2001), third-party reporting (Kleven et al. 2011), paper trails (Pomeranz 2015), public disclosure of tax records (Bø et al. 2015), and satellite detection of unregistered buildings (Casaburi and Troiano 2015).
Among the biggest flows of revenue into public coffers are the deposits employers make of payroll, excise, and withheld income tax; but there is not much evidence about the extent to which employers fail to make these deposits and why. In a recent paper – the product of cooperation between tax researchers at the University of Michigan and at the IRS – we analysed results from a field experiment in which the IRS randomly assigned 12,172 firms to either receive an in-person visit, a letter, or no treatment, comparing the tax deposits made by each group of randomly assigned firms and their network neighbours (Boning et al. 2018).
Most US employers are required to make regular tax deposits. Each quarter, an IRS algorithm identifies and prioritises firms who appear to be at high risk of falling behind on their required deposits. This experiment focused on a group of at-risk firms.
It is especially important to understand the behaviour of at-risk firms because they are the ones on the margin of IRS enforcement action – they are exactly the firms that the IRS has in mind when setting enforcement policy.
These firms were randomly assigned to one of three groups. A control group wasn't contacted about their deposits. A second group received a letter noting that the firm's deposits have decreased, discussing the firm's deposit responsibility and potential penalties, and providing information and resources about federal tax deposits and their payment. The third group received an in-person visit at their place of business from an IRS Revenue Officer, who had the responsibility of providing the firm with information about the collection process, discussing the firm's deposit compliance status and, in certain cases, determining that further investigation would be needed.
Randomisation ensures that the firms' behaviour would have been similar on average if they had received the same treatment, so that any differences in the deposits remitted between the treatment and control groups were credibly caused by the letter or visit that the treatment groups received.
The direct effect of the Revenue Officer visit was a 276% increase in tax remitted by visited taxpayers relative to the control group one quarter after treatment, an effect that remained substantial one year after treatment. Receiving a letter increased remittances by 34% for a single quarter.
In addition to studying the effects on the firms that received a visit or letter, we also considered the ripple effects through their networks of connections via tax preparers and subsidiaries. Tax preparers and subsidiaries may be important channels through which firms pass on information about IRS enforcement they infer when they are treated.
While receiving the letter did not have significant network effects, receiving a Revenue Officer visit did, increasing tax remitted by 2% in the following quarter among the 24 firms, on average, sharing a tax preparer with each visited firm. In contrast, subsidiaries of visited firms reduced their tax remittances by 9.3%, a network effect that may reflect reallocation of resources within the enterprise rather than information diffusion.
On average, we found the IRS would collect an additional $111,324 when it visited a firm and $13,196 when it sent a letter to collect on withheld income and payroll tax deposits.
These results are a reminder that, when adding up the costs and benefits of tax enforcement, it is important to take into account effects beyond the behaviour of the taxpayers who directly receive the intervention. The spillovers we find through tax preparers and subsidiaries are examples of the indirect effects enforcement may have, as are the effects through value-added-tax chains that Pomeranz (2015) finds.
Given a fixed tax authority budget, some approaches yield a higher return on investment than others. In the final part of the paper, we consider the cost effectiveness of the interventions. We find that both interventions (letter and in-person visit) are cost-effective ways to increase tax compliance. When setting tax authority budgets, both the direct and spillover effects of tax enforcement should be considered.
Bø, E E, J Slemrod, and T O Thoresen (2015), "Taxes on the Internet: Deterrence effects of public disclosure", American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 7(1): 36–62.
Boning W, J Guyton, R Hodge, J Slemrod and U Troiano (2018), "Heard it through the grapevine: Direct and network effects of a tax enforcement field experiment", NBER Working Paper 24305.
Casaburi, L and U Troiano (2016), "Ghost-house busters: The electoral response to a large anti tax evasion program", Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Kleven, H J, M B Knudsen, T Kreiner, S Pedersen, and E Saez (2011), "Unwilling or unable to cheat? Evidence from a randomized tax audit experiment in Denmark", Econometrica 79(3): 651–692.
IRS (2018), "Tax Gap Estimates for Tax Years 2008-2010", 15 March.
Pomeranz, D (2015), "No taxation without information: Deterrence and self-enforcement in the Value Added Tax", American Economic Review.
Slemrod, J, M Blumenthal, and C Christian (2001), "Taxpayer response to an increased probability of audit: Evidence from a controlled experiment in Minnesota", Journal of Public Economics 79(3): 455–483.
Slemrod, J (2016), "Tax compliance and enforcement: New research and its policy implications", University of Michigan, Working Paper.


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Kitchener man releases voicemail from Doug Ford, says he feels threatened by the Premier
A Kitchener man has made a voicemail by Doug Ford public on Twitter, accompanied by the text message he sent to the PC leader
May 25, 2019 10:42 AM by: Leah Johansen
Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Chris Young/The Canadian Press
A Kitchener man has made a voicemail from Doug Ford public on Twitter, accompanied by the text message he sent to the PC leader.
"It's almost like it's a province-wide case of buyers remorse" the message from Michael Cole reads. "Hint: we wanted liberal policy without corruption, you gave us corruption with incompetent policy."
Hi @fordnation, in case you misplace your phone. pic.twitter.com/SeIaw6xSWX
— Michael Cole ???? (@michaeljacole) May 23, 2019
Those words seem to have gotten under Ford's skin.
In a voicemail message Ford says "Michael, you've got to be very, very careful when you tell someone that they're corrupt. Very, very, very careful."
"I thought, would he be so crazy to actually sue a constituent of his? He can't be that nuts, that would be the worst possible thing an elected—even threatening to do that is incredibly stupid beyond words," Cole says.
In a statement to 570 NEWS, the Premier's office says he was "referring to potential legal action" and "takes any allegation of corruption very seriously."
Cole says he sent the message out of anger, particularly over the funding cuts to autism support, saying his two sons are directly affected by those changes.
He says while his own salary can support his family for the most part, his wife will have go back to work to afford sending their boys to a private school for special needs children.
"We're just trying to give them a normal childhood."
Cole says this wasn't the first time he messaged the Premier, but it will be his last.
"If he wanted to apologize to me in that was meaningful, he would stop this autism plan dead in its tracks. He would bring back the old Liberal plan that was in place when he won the election," he says.
He also wants MPP Lisa McLeod removed from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
"Just get her away from working with children because she is clearly not the right person for the role. If you're going to be someone who is working with and supporting young people, you've got to be tender, caring, and empathetic. She's absolutely none of those things."
The latest poll by Mainstream Research puts the Liberals on top, by nearly 40 percent, followed by the NDP at 24 percent, and the PC's at 22.
Listen to the full message from Premier Ford here:
And here is our Premier Douglas Robert Ford (@fordnation).
I'm sorry but this sounds really threatening, I'm not clear what I've done that could constitute a threat since it's pretty demonstrable that there is something very corrupt in QP, none the less.https://t.co/culpbINhP5
Full statement from the Premier's office:
The Premier was referring to potential legal action. Premier Ford is one of the most accessible politicians in the country.
It's widely known that he gives out his cell number wherever he goes.
While Premier Ford is always happy and willing to speak with anyone who reaches out to him, as the Premier of Ontario, he takes any allegation of corruption very seriously and as he has stated many times before, no one can buy Doug Ford.
About the Author: Leah Johansen
Leah Johansen - Reporter/Anchor/Weekend Managing Editor, 570 NEWS


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JANUARY092021
Scripture Story: 2 Samuel 7; Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:21-38.
Commentary: Patriarchs and Prophets, chapter 70. The Desire of Ages, chapter 2.
the fathers God chose for His Son
"You are my beloved Son; in You I am well pleased." (Luke 3:22)
"The Pharisees had gathered close about Jesus as He answered the question of the scribe. Now turning He put a question to them: 'What think ye of Christ? whose son is He?' This question was designed to test their belief concerning the Messiah—to show whether they regarded Him simply as a man or as the Son of God. A chorus of voices answered, 'The Son of David.' This was the title which prophecy had given to the Messiah" (The Desire of Ages, p. 608).
Here's a quiz to see how well you know genealogy:
1. You have the names of three siblings born between 1884 and 1887 and need to know the names of their parents. Which census would be the best one to start with?
2. The best place to start your genealogical research is . . .
3. Your grandfather's sister's daughter is your . . .
great-aunt
second cousin
first cousin once removed
4. You found several records that give your ancestor's birth date. Which source is most reliable?
1834 baptismal record
1902 death record
There are 17 verses in the New Testament that describe Jesus as the "Son of David." But how is it possible for Jesus to be David's "son" if David lived approximately 1,000 years before Jesus? Matthew 1 outlines the genealogical proof that Jesus was a direct descendant of David through Joseph, Jesus' legal father. The genealogy in Luke 3 gives Jesus' lineage through His mother, Mary. Thus, Jesus is a descendant of David, both through Joseph by adoption and Mary by blood.
"I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."
"The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers. Judah begot Perez and Zerah b y Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David the king.
"David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. . . . And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ."
"Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, the son of Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, . . . the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God."
(2 Samuel 7:14-16; Matthew 1:1-16; Luke 3:23-38)
Why do you think God tells David that He will be a father to his son and will punish him when he does wrong? Do you think this is a promise or a threat? (See Proverbs 3:12 and Hebrews 12:3-11.)
How does the knowledge that God loves you too much to allow you to continue to do wrong and harm your relationship with Him, others, and yourself give you hope as you face life's difficulties?
Scan through the genealogies (Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38).
Circle all the people who have stories with which you are familiar.
Star the names of the people whose story you know very well.
Both Matthew 1 and Luke 3 contain genealogies of Jesus. Read through each one and note how the two lists are similar and how they are different. For example, when the genealogies arrive at David, they split with David's sons: "Nathan," who is on Mary's side, and "Solomon," who is on Joseph's side.
Similarities:
Differences:
Why do you suppose they are different?
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
"But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit'" (Matthew 1:18-20).
"And He said to them, 'How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?'" (Luke 20:41).
"But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
"All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:5, 6).
"Caesar Augustus is made the agent for the fulfillment of God's purpose in bringing the mother of Jesus to Bethlehem. She is of the lineage of David, and the Son of David must be born in David's city" (Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 44).
Read John 14:11, 12.
The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also those of the Father" (Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs, God the Father).
In a small group of friends, discuss the following:
• How far back in your family history can you go with knowing something about your ancestors?
• What is your family story? How does your family history color that story?
• What are the benefits of studying your family history?
• What are the benefits of studying the family history of Jesus?
• Numerous genealogies are listed in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Why do you think the writers of the Bible were so careful to include these lists? What can we learn from them?
Read 1 John 4:9-12.
Matthew's genealogy of Jesus would have sent shock waves through the community because of his inclusion of women. In the ancient world women did not establish bloodlines. They had no legal rights. They were treated as property. What was most explosive, however, had to do with which women Matthew included (see Matthew 1:3, 5, 6.).
What do these women have in common? What is Matthew trying to tell us by mentioning these women in the bloodline of Jesus? What does this tell us about Jesus?
Read John 3:16.
Read the Key Text and explain the significance of the two genealogies included in Luke 3: the human lineage of Jesus' ancestors and His divine origins that position Him as equal with God. How is this important to our understanding of who Jesus is?
Read Matthew 16:13-16.
After reading the Flashlight section reflect on the question that Jesus put to the Pharisees: "What think ye of Christ? whose son is He?" Compare this question to the question that Jesus asked His disciples in Matthew 16:13: "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" Is this the same question? Explain.
Consider what the following verses say about the identity of Christ and then complete the sentence:
Matthew 16:16—Jesus is
John 3:16, 17—Jesus is
John 10:30—Jesus is
Colossians 1:13-23—Jesus is
Read the three texts included in the Punch Lines section. How do Matthew 1:18-20 and Isaiah 53:5, 6 answer the question that Jesus poses in Luke 20:41?
Read Matthew 28:19.
Reflecting on Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, Martin Luther once said, "It is as though God intended for people to hear this genealogy and say to themselves, 'Oh, Christ is the kind of person who is not ashamed of sinners. See, he even puts them in his family tree.' "
Have you ever felt like Jesus was ashamed of you? The next time you feel that you have disappointed Jesus, read Matthew 1 and remember that there is no sin that would cause Jesus to love you less. His love knows no boundaries. His family tree is loaded with bad apples like you and me—and that's precisely why He came!
Read Romans 8:15.
It is in the Gospel of Matthew where we are told that the soldiers put a scarlet robe on Jesus' body. Toward the end of Jesus' life Matthew is saying, "Now you see the scarlet thread in the One who took on all of our sins. It is a sign of salvation, a symbol of grace, weaving all the way to a bloodstained cross. There's room in the family for you. Will you accept Jesus' invitation to join His family?"
The Desire of Ages (or Humble Hero), chapter 2.
*Humble Hero is a special adaptation of The Desire of Ages, created by the Ellen G. White Estate and Pacific Press. Get more information about it at http://www.cornerstoneconnections.net/ article/191/about-us/conflict-of-the-ages-companionbooks#.URlhF1rBO9s. By following the weekly reading plan, you will read at least one book of the Conflict of the Ages Series each year.


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We offer both Private and select Scheduled Group Safaris in Uganda and Rwanda – What is the difference?
The Difference between a Group and Private Safari? Here is a comparison of scheduled Group and Private Safaris in Uganda and Rwanda. Most people prefer a private tour instead of being with a group. Find out why below by reading our comparison between the two.
The Difference between a Group and Private Safari. Scheduled Group Tours are offered by various safari tour companies such as ourselves inside of Uganda and Rwanda. Most are offered using budget or shoestring accommodations with seeming low prices, do read the fine print if all meals, permits, bottled water, activity fees are included in the price of the scheduled group safari.
Luxury Tours are also offered as scheduled group safaris with up to 8 in a vehicle, 6 would be better since every person would have a window seat to enjoy. Such scheduled luxury scheduled group safaris are usually sold as a package price by travel and tour companies in other parts of the world and normally higher in price than you would get with a safari tour company such as Kabiza Wilderness Safaris. The other thing about such luxury scheduled group tours that most often the company you are dealing with has no Ugandan presence besides using a ground operator in Uganda to carry out the safari.
We at Kabiza Wilderness Safaris offer group safaris that are scheduled and at the same time we most often offer private safaris – our group safaris are excellent in that they use the budget or moderate lodges with en-suite bath and all meals included, bottled water in the vehicle for your comfort and more.
Scheduled group tours leave out your schedule of arrival and departure – a private safari means you can design what you want to do and see in Uganda including the off the beaten path locations, we like to take you to the places you would like and even will give you some suggestions based on your input.
No lodging choices, most everything is pre-selected for you and we like to give you the power of choice when it comes to the lodging accommodations.
Scheduled Group Tours tend to be canceled due to lack of interest or lack of participants signing up.
Scheduled group safaris often do not go for a Kibale Forest for three days, also such places as Mgahinga Park are not included, the same is with Semliki.
If you share with 6 other people on a scheduled group tour – your cost will be lower due to sharing the transport cost than going on a private safari.
You are in charge of your safari.
The Choice is yours – a Private Tourdesigned for you or a scheduled Group Safari with Kabiza Wilderness Safaris.