Facing a large backlash, resignations, and protests, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has decided that it will not make an intervention at the Canadian Supreme Court in the case involving Chevron Corporation's contamination of the Ecuadorian rainforest.
The CBA's legislative and law reform committee had recommended against proceeding. Meanwhile the environment, aboriginal, and civil litigation committees has urged the CBA not to intervene on behalf of Chevron. Kathryn Deo, who had resigned from the CBA in protest told the Globe and Mail "I'm sure it was a difficult decision but it was clearly the right decision and we are appreciative of their courage in reversing course." Lawyers in Canada were upset that the board of the CBA had authorized a law firm with ties to Chevron, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, to submit the brief.
At issue is whether the Ecuadorian plaintiffs can seize the assets of Chevron corporation in Canada in order to collect a USD $9.5 Million judgment against Chevron for the contamination it cause in the Lago Agrio region. The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the case could indeed be heard. Chevron has appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, which will hear the case in early December of this year. Chevron maintains that courts in Canada have no jurisdiction in this case, should the Supreme Court rule against them, the full judgment could be collected and paid to the Ecuadorian plaintiffs.


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We have decided to make a pledge to help our planet and join a movement of hundreds of millions of people around the globe. Together we can have a greater impact!
Earth Hour started in 2007 as a symbolic lights out event in Sydney, now it is one of the world's most important movements for the environment with the goal of inspiring millions to take action for our planet and nature.
That is why from 03/15/2019 to 03/30/2019 we will be donating 10% of every sale to Earth Hour! This year Earth Hour in Ecuador is focused on facing a crisis that affects us all plastic pollution, if nothing is done there could be more plastic in the sea than fish by 2050.


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import mutagen.flac
import mutagen.oggflac
import mutagen.oggspeex
import mutagen.oggtheora
import mutagen.oggvorbis

from ..bases import TagHandler, DefaultTagHandler, TagsWrapper, Format
from ..exceptions import ReservedTagNameError

class VorbisIntegerTagHandler(DefaultTagHandler):
    """Converts values to integers when reading.
    They are converted back to strings when writing,
    as everything is stored as a string in Vorbis comment.
    """

    def __get__(self, obj, type):
        value = obj.raw.get(self.name, [])
        value = map(int, value)
        return self._from_list(value)

    def __set__(self, obj, value):
        value = self._to_list(value)
        value = map(unicode, value)
        obj.raw[self.name] = value

# TODO ogg files don't have pictures but byte64-encoded metadata_block_picture
# in Vorbis comment.
class VorbisPictureTagHandler(TagHandler):

    def __get__(self, obj, type):
        value = [p.data for p in obj.raw.pictures]
        return self._from_list(value)

    # TODO add abstract picture class that unifies
    # mutagen.flac.Picture, mutagen.mp4.MP4Cover,
    # mutagen.id3.APIC. The code below works only if
    # value is an instance of mutagen.flac.Picture, breaking
    # the symmetry (__get__() returns the raw image data).
    # def __set__(self, obj, value):
    #     value = self._to_list(value)
    #     obj.raw.clear_pictures()
    #     for v in value:
    #         obj.raw.add_picture(v)

    def __delete__(self, obj):
        obj.raw.clear_pictures()

class VorbisTagsWrapper(TagsWrapper):
    case_insensitive = True

    album                = DefaultTagHandler('album')
    albumartist          = DefaultTagHandler('albumartist')
    albumartistsortorder = DefaultTagHandler('albumartistsortorder')
    albumsortorder       = DefaultTagHandler('albumsortorder')
    artist               = DefaultTagHandler('artist')
    artistsortorder      = DefaultTagHandler('artistsortorder')
    comment              = DefaultTagHandler('comment')
    composer             = DefaultTagHandler('composer')
    composersortorder    = DefaultTagHandler('composersortorder')
    conductor            = DefaultTagHandler('conductor')
    copyright            = DefaultTagHandler('copyright')
    date                 = DefaultTagHandler('date')
    discnumber           = VorbisIntegerTagHandler('discnumber')
    disctotal            = VorbisIntegerTagHandler('disctotal')
    encodedby            = DefaultTagHandler('encodedby')
    genre                = DefaultTagHandler('genre')
    grouping             = DefaultTagHandler('grouping')
    lyrics               = DefaultTagHandler('lyrics')
    picture              = VorbisPictureTagHandler()
    title                = DefaultTagHandler('title')
    titlesortorder       = DefaultTagHandler('titlesortorder')
    tracknumber          = VorbisIntegerTagHandler('tracknumber')
    tracktotal           = VorbisIntegerTagHandler('tracktotal')

    def get_tags(self):
        cls = self.__class__
        for name, value in self.raw.iteritems():
            if not value:
                continue
            if name in cls.__lut__:
                yield name
            else:
                yield cls.custom_prefix + name
        if hasattr(self.raw, 'pictures'):
            yield 'picture'

    def get_custom_tag_handler(self, name):
        cls = self.__class__
        name = name[len(cls.custom_prefix):]
        if name in cls.__lut__:
            raise ReservedTagNameError
        return DefaultTagHandler(name)

class VorbisFormat(Format):
    name = 'Vorbis'
    raw_classes = {
        'flac': mutagen.flac.FLAC,
        'ogg': mutagen.oggvorbis.OggVorbis,
        'oggflac': mutagen.oggflac.OggFLAC,
        'oggspeex': mutagen.oggspeex.OggSpeex,
        'oggtheora': mutagen.oggtheora.OggTheora,
    }
    wrapper_class = VorbisTagsWrapper

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Randy Clark, age 63, of Vienna, died Thursday, January 31, 2019, at his residence. He was born September 28, 1955, at Vienna, a son of Leslie and Lydia (Pope) Clark. He is survived by his wife, Tammy; children, April, Rocky, and Matthew; 10 grandchildren; siblings, Dave, Tina, and Michael; and friend, Pam. Visitation 5-7 p.m., Monday, February 4, 2019, in Vienna Christian Life Assembly, 1111 Hwy 63 N, Vienna, MO 65582, with services at 10 a.m., Tuesday, at the church. Burial will be in Waidelich Cemetery by Birmingham-Martin in Vienna. Birminghammartinfuneralhomes.com.


Start with a small army and advance to the heights.
First, look for weak animals and attack them.
Try to avoid other players while your mobs are still small.
As there are only 25 of them, start attacking strong animals.
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The more battles, the more your points.
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Commodore Amiga Commercial (1986) - YouTube — The US ad for the Amiga - the would have been way before the A600 that James had, but you get the general idea.
Commodore Amiga 600 TV Commercial - Have You Got What It Takes? - Classic Computers - YouTube — This was the UK ad for the Amiga A600 - enough said really.
Dan Wood's Commodore Amiga 600 Review — Dan Wood does some great Amiga related videos on YouTube - this is his review of his A600. James had an original Commodore model A600 but never expanded it!


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13January 2012
TextLouisa McGillicuddy
Verlan: Gabor Gyory / Clunie Reid
We speak to two of the twelve participating artists manipulating forms of commercial imagery at the new expo inspired by French slang
Verlan: Gabor Gyory / Clunie Reid6
Tucked around the corner of Bethnal Green Road, the Twelve Around One gallery is barely six months old - but this hasn't stopped curators Gabor Gyory and Nick Jensen pulling together work from twelve impressive artists for their newest exhibition, Verlan. The unusual title comes from the French slang of the same name, which shifts around syllables to make codified versions of the same word. Not too dissimilar to Cockney rhyming slang or Pig Latin, verlan rearranges aspects of common words to create something entirely new – yet oddly familiar.
It's this concept of reassembling conventional forms that attracted Gyory and Jensen to putting together the show. The contributing artists' cultural references stretch far and wide; Sam Griffin re-uses motifs from the great minimalist artist Frank Stella; while Majed Aslam mixes distorted excerpts from Rihanna music videos into his work. Other artists taking part include Clunie Reid, whose collages create playful juxtapositions through appropriated images from the media. Dazed caught up with Clunie and co-curator/participating artist Gabor Gyory to talk more about some of the ideas behind the show.
Dazed Digital: There's a great range of talent involved in the show - how did you go about selecting each artist?
Gabor Gyory: We have known quite a few of the artists for quite a while and have been following their work. Whilst the ideas in the exhibition relate to some of art's more fundamental aspects and qualities, there is a sense that these artists' practices at the current time made a show of this nature quite pertinent.
DD: What was it about verlan, and the undermining of established systems, that caught your interest?
Gabor Gyory: Verlan, as the slang, is as much an aesthetic as it is a code, whose form can't exceed the material it inherits from its unmodified state. And yet it is reliant on an intrinsic understanding of the initial unmodified form as a means of reassembling. How Verlan as the art exceeds this is through the functional 'a-functional' aspect of an artwork. The reordering establishes something of a caesura, against which the subtle shades within forms of imagery gain clarity. Offering something of both the nature of imagery, art and the gallery.
DD: What work have you prepared for the exhibition?
Clunie Reid: In my case, Gabor and Nick curated a pre-existing work into the show so it was not something I made for them specifically. It belonged to a body of work where the text addressed the photographic image literally as a form of representational madness.
DD: How do you consider the interplay between text and image in the context of this show?
Clunie Reid: In relation to the image, the text either comments literally or is absurdly arbitrary, but both lead to language making unsustainable claims on the image.
DD: The subversion of popular imagery has a rich history in art - what is significant about the present time for the exhibition to be taking place?
Gabor Gyory: Language is an aspect of all art, and yet art has a particularly temporal manner in classifying those forms of language. When it comes to significance, it is that it comes after a time in which popular imagery is present within the artistic lexicon. Art more clearly works within the languages of its past, whereas commercial imagery gains its reflexivity through the product at the end of a chain of communication, and the coercive qualities of its language in the present. Time itself as much a subject of the work as it is an agent acting over it. Equally, what's interesting with time in art is the way in which it strips an image of its 'popular' quality.
'Verlan', with Majed Aslam, Joel Beach, Jeremy Brann, Edward Cotterill, Sam Griffin, Gabor Gyory, Dear Mr. Quistgaard, Fay Nicolson, Clunie Reid, Oliver Smith, David Treloar & Simon Willems - from the 14th-22nd January at Twelve Around One gallery, 33a Shacklewell Street, Shoreditch, London E2 7EG

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USA Cycling Names 2020 UCI Cycling Esports World Championship Teams
By: Angelina Palermo October 16, 2020
Following the USA Cycling Esports Trials last Sunday, 5 men and 6 women have been named to the first-of-its-kind Worlds Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Cycling announced on Friday the athletes who will represent the United States at the 2020 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, a first of its kind competition hosted by Zwift. This new event will take place on December 9, 2020 within Watopia, the world's biggest virtual cycling destination, where both the men and women will race on identical courses, over equal distances and for equal prize money.
USA Cycling hosted the Esports Trials on October 11th, where the top three riders in the men's and women's categories were granted spots on Team USA. The trials gave an opportunity to many riders who may not have otherwise had a chance to race on a world-class team.
"This year has been about adaptability. We're excited that we have been able to provide a virtual race series this year to keep our members engaged through the pandemic, now they have the opportunity to take that training to the world stage, all from the comfort of their home," said Jeff Pierce, USA Cycling's Director of Elite Athletics for Road and Track.
Riders to highlight include Laura Matsen Ko (Seattle, Wash.; Evoq.bike p/b Enshored) and Lauren Stephens(Mesquite, Texas; Team TIBCO Silicon Valley Bank) who are both ranked first and second, respectively, on the world-wide overall ZwiftPower Rankings, along with Kristen Kulchinsky (Dix Hills, N.Y.) and Christie Tracy (Austin, Texas; Saris + The Pro's Closet) sitting ninth and tenth, respectively. Brian Hodges (Shoreline, Wash.; Evoq.bike p/b Enshored) is the overall top ranked rider on the men's ZwiftPower Rankings, with Ryan Larson (Galloway, N.J.) in 15th.
The Team USA roster competing for the prestige of being the first Cycling Esports World Champion is as follows:
Elite Men:
Holden Comeau (Philadelphia, Penn.; Saris + Pros Closet)
Lawson Craddock (Austin, Tex.; EF Pro Cycling)
Brian Hodges (Shoreline, Wash.; Evoq.bike p/b Enshored)
Jadon Jaeger (Wauwatosa, Wis.; Adapt Cycling)*
Ryan Larson (Galloway, N.J.; Saris + Pros Closet)
Tanner Ward (Little Rock, Ark.; First Internet Bank)*
Cory Williams (Pomona, Calif.; L39ION LA)
Tyler Williams (Santa Rosa, Calif.; L39ION LA)*
Krista Doebel-Hickok (Marina del Rey, Calif.; Rally Cycling)*
Kristen Faulkner (Menlo Park, Calif.; Team TIBCO Silicon Valley Bank)
Jacqueline Godbe (Chicago, Ill.)*
Kristen Kulchinsky (Dix Hills, N.Y.; TWENTY20)
Laura Matsen Ko (Seattle, Wash.; Evoq.bike p/b Enshored)*
Courtney Nelson (San Jose, Calif.; TWENTY20)
Shayna Powless (Roseville, Calif.; TWENTY20)
Lauren Stephens (Mesquite, Tex.; Team TIBCO Silicon Valley Bank)
Christie Tracy (Austin, Texas; Saris + The Pro's Closet)
*Athletes earned their qualification with a top 3 finish at the 2020 USA Cycling Esports Trials that took place on October 11th.
The complete selection criteria is available here.
Roster updated December 1, 2020
When: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
Women: 14:40 CET
Men: 15:45 CET
Length: 31.09mi (50.035km)
Elevation: 1584.65ft (483m)
To cheer for Team USA at the 2020 World Championships, please follow @UCI_Cycling and @USACyclingLIVE on Twitter. For more about the 2020 UCI Cycling E-Sports World Championships, please visit the event website.
This Article Updated October 16, 2020 @ 08:45 AM
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An old Indian legend claimed that strong winds would never hit the small southern town of Americus, Georgia. That all changed one night in March 2007 when a one-mile-wide category F3 tornado tore through the town of 17,000 residents carving out a path of destruction 38 miles long through the surrounding area.
It destroyed the local Sumter Regional Hospital, forcing the evacuation of all the patients who amazingly escaped with only minor injuries. Over 500 homes were affected with about 100 completely destroyed. Two local residents died in the storm.
This documentary series involved interviewing dozens of local residents who were affected by the storm, including hospital staff. The actual storm was caught on video by hospital security cameras. Watch FIVE documentary short episodes, 2-4 minutes each, documenting the storm and the aftermath.
Interesting idea to create mini-documentaries.


French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen just smacked down a reporter earlier on Tuesday by saying in a Trumpian manner that no one in France trusts the media anymore. To be more precise,she said that "French people have no confidence in the media whatsoever, are you aware of that or not?", leaving the reporter speechless.
The fascinating back and forth between the reporter and Marine Le Pen resembles Donald Trump's wars with the mainstream media during his campaign in 2016 and even afterwards, when he called some mainstream news outlets "fake news" and accused their reporting of being incredibly biased and making up sources and stories when there are none.
Now, Marine Le Pen is informing her voters that she's aware of the "big game"and how it's played by the mainstream media in Europe just like in the United States, highlighting how incredibly biased and disconnected from reality corporate media really is.
Corporate media, mainstream media, establishment media, regardless of what you choose to call it is the same in Europe and in the US and that becomes obvious in the video-clip below. The reporter tries to lecture Marine Le Pen, asking her to advise her voters to get their news from traditional media, as one getting his/hers news from the Internet is dangerous.
The next step is to accuse Le Pen of acting like Donald Trump. So much win! Just watch the video and see for yourself. According to the latest polls, Le Pen may win the first round of presidential elections from April 23rd, though the second round on May 7th may prove very difficult for the National Front candidate.
However, the people making these forecasts are the same clueless establishment mouthpieces who predicted that Trump will lose and Brexit will never happen, hence you can't take them seriously.


The main learning for me was at the end of the talk where I tried something new: I attempted to trigger the discussion with the audience by asking them if they found where I cut some corners in the talk.
David and Max has known each other for a while, that's why they can create this close mentorship very fast. But it doesn't work like that in the "real world". That's my trigger to speak about chemistry between the participants.
Max and his colleague were forced into mentorship by their boss. But it doesn't work like that in the "real world". That's the trigger to talk about initiating mentoring and igniting the fire.
What Max does with his colleague is not necessarily mentoring... at least at first. It could be the role of a "godfather", a coach, a colleague, or simply a friend. That's my trigger to speak about the role of the mentor.
The discussion didn't go as well as I hoped. In hindsight, probably because I didn't give the attendees much time to think in the first place.
Since then I tried it twice.
At the Herbstcampus Conference, in a complicated room (university lecture room) where people could barely move) and it worked a bit but not as much as I expected.
At the .NET Day Franken Conference in a completely free context where it worked wonders and I earned the "talk of the conference" award.


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Der ALP-IX bindet etwa den Equinix-Standort "Neue Hopfenpost" am Rundfunkplatz an.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
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Internetknoten
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Q: Angular 9 Subscribe inside subscribe i'm working with Angular 9 and rxjs 6, and i'm trying to get a list of Nodes :
NodeService.ts
public getList(): Observable<Nodes[]> { return this.http.get<Nodes[]>(URL); }
Nodes Entity:
export class Nodes {
     public id: number;
     public name: string;
     public site_id: number;
     public site: Site;
}

nodes.component.ts:
public getAllNodes() {
  this.dataSource.data = [];
  this.nodeService.getList()
    .subscribe(
      nodes => {
        nodes.map(
          (node) => {
            this.siteService.getSiteById(node.site_id).subscribe(site => {
              node.site = site;
            })
          });
        this.dataSource.data = nodes;
        console.log(nodes);
      },
      error => {
        console.log(error);
      },
      () => {
      }
    );
}

=> By default, node.site = null, so i use node.site_id to get the complete "Site" object in the subscribe method.
But i have almost 6000 call to "siteService.getSiteById()" and i have error like: Insufficient resources.
Do you have any better way to do it,
Thank you

A: If you need to make 6000 individual HTTP calls, you might have to modify the backend to return all the info in a single request. Meanwhile, you could try to use RxJS switchMap operator with concatMap with from and of functions to do the requests sequentially.
import { of, from } from 'rxjs';
import { switchMap, concatMap, finalize } from 'rxjs/operators';

public getAllNodes() {
  this.dataSource.data = [];
  let sites = [];
  this.nodeService.getList().pipe(
    switchMap(nodes => {
      let requests = [];
      this.dataSource.data = nodes;
      nodes.forEach(node => requests.push(this.siteService.getSiteById(node.site_id)));
      return from(requests);
    }),
    concatMap(request => of(request)),
    finalize(() => {
      this.dataSource.data.forEach((node, index) => node.site = sites[index]);
    })
  ).subscribe(
    site => {
      sites.push(site);
    },
    error => {
      // handle error
    }
  );
}

Now the 6000 requests will be done sequentially, so it'll be too slow.
Update: concurrent requests using mergeMap
As suggested by Will Alexander in the comments, you could use RxJS mergeMap operator to have concurrent requests. But I'd advise you to keep it less than 6 since most browsers have a hard limit on number of simultaneous requests to a unique domain.
So you could replace
concatMap(request => of(request))

with
mergeMap(request => of(request), null, 5)   // <-- 5 concurrent requests

A: Something along these lines:
public getAllNodes() {
  return this.nodeService.getList().pipe(

    // emit all elements of the array separately
    map(nodes => from(nodes)),

    // subscribe to each Observable in turn
    // allow 5 concurrent requests
    mergeMap(node$ => node$, null, 5).pipe(

      // for each node, get the corresponding site, and emit the full object
      concatMap(
        node => this.siteService.getSiteById(node.site_id),
        (node, site) => { ...node, site })
    ),

    // when Observable completes, emit all emissions as an Array
    toArray()
  );
}

Update: took into account fact that getList() returns Observables

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Tony and Veronica Beers
Currently serving: Choma, Zambia
Home church: Dillsburg (Pa.) BIC
Serving since: 2017
Married: 2009
Children: Lilliana and Natasha
Though from diverse backgrounds, Tony and Veronica Beers experienced a joint desire to serve internationally. Raised in rural Pennsylvania, Tony felt called to missions at an early age. Missionaries would often speak to his small Baptist congregation and ask, "Who will go overseas and serve?" And Tony found himself squirming in the pew, feeling as if they were speaking directly to him.
In contrast, Veronica grew up in suburban New Jersey in a non-Christian household. In her early teens, she came to faith in Christ through the teaching and prayers of her aunt, a believer. Veronica became involved in her church's youth group, both as a participant and a leader. Later, she chose Messiah College to encourage her Christian journey.
Tony and Veronica met while attending Messiah, he in the engineering track, and she in the social sciences. Both members of the Collaboratory — a service-learning organization — they had their first overseas missions experiences on separate trips to Burkina Faso in 2006. After college, Veronica and Tony promised to remain committed to each other while Veronica studied nursing at Drexel University and Tony served in Mozambique for three years with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). In Mozambique, Tony worked on several water-related projects, including building sand dams and drilling wells with hand-powered equipment. Shortly upon Tony's return in 2009, they were married. Soon after, they became members of the BIC U.S., first attending Paramount BIC Church, Hagerstown, M.D., and later Dillsburg (Pa.) BIC Church.
Having worked in a variety of nursing settings, Veronica most recently served Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg, Pa., providing nursing services to poor and homeless populations. Meanwhile, Tony pursued water-related research at the Collaboratory and engineering design work for World Vision. To refine his skills as a leader and project manager, he often led groups of college students to Africa on short-term business trips.
Along with their two daughters Lilliana and Natasha, Tony and Veronica plan to continue their life of service in Zambia. Partnering with BIC Zambia, Tony will carry out community development work, and he will also address engineering needs at Macha Mission Hospital. As a registered nurse, Veronica will look for opportunities to serve, meeting health-care needs in the region, potentially partnering with Community Health Evangelism (CHE).
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'Don't blame it on your passengers,' Vancouver police warn after Uber driver caught speeding
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A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform as she makes a phone call after responding to an unknown incident in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
An Uber driver caught travelling well above the speed limit in Vancouver last week was called out by police for trying to blame the passengers.
In a social media post Saturday, Sgt. Mark Christensen said the driver clocked in at 114 km/h on the Granville Street Bridge on Friday night.
"If you are an Uber driver, driving 54 km/h over the speed limit, don't blame it on your passengers," Christensen wrote.
If you are an @uber driver, driving 54 kmh over the speed limit, DON'T BLAME IT ON YOUR PASSENGERS! The $368 fine and 7 day vehicle impound just doesn't seem enough when you are a "professional" driver! @VancouverPD @ChiefPalmer @VPDTrafficUnit @DeputyChow pic.twitter.com/zOIAcJPMbh
— Sgt Mark Christensen (@baldguy1363) November 27, 2021
He added that the driver received a $368 fine and had their vehicle impounded for seven days.
"It just doesn't seem enough when you are a 'professional' driver."
Vancouver police spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addison told CTV News Vancouver that the four passengers in the Uber had planned ahead so they would have a safe ride home.
"They were unfortunately put in danger by the driver, who chose to drive recklessly and well over the speed limit," he said.
Fines in B.C. are based on how much over the speed limit a person is driving, among other factors including whether they were in a school or construction zone.
Drivers with one or more tickets for excessive speeding pay a driver risk premium, which is based on convictions and reviewed in three-year periods. More information on these premiums is available on ICBC's website.
This Saturday, Canada will mark the 30th anniversary of Dr. Roberta Bondar's groundbreaking journey to space, when she became the first Canadian woman and neurologist to do so.
It will be sunny but bitterly cold in Ottawa over the next couple of days.
Why are babies in Canada getting smaller? Several factors may play a role, report says
A recent increase in the number of small-for-gestational-age births—an important indicator of infant health—has been observed in Canada. While the reasons for this increase are unclear, a University of British Columbia report hypothesizes that systemic issues such as immigration, economic stress and increasing maternal age may play a role.
With one of Europe's highest vaccination rates and its most pandemic-battered economies, Spain's government is laying the groundwork to treat the next infection surge not as an emergency but an illness that is here to stay.
Toronto police are investigating a deadly shooting in East York early Thursday morning.
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The Resignation of General James Norman Mattis, Secretary of Defense.
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In a powerful display of opposition to President Trump announcing a complete withdrawal of troops from Syria, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis submitted his letter of resignation. The letter, pictured below, highlights many facets that General Mattis enjoyed while Secretary of Defense, but the letter also plainly States to the President that he does not agree with the decision to withdraw troops from Syria, arguing that the move abandons allies on the battlefield.
Despite the resignation of General Mattis, and what appears to be a bipartisan pushback from both Republicans and Democrats, President Trump remains resilient in his decision to withdraw troops, explaining to the American People that ISIS has been defeated, and that he has been more successful than any President in modern history in defeating ISIS.
Several officials and News outlets have reported that the decision to withdraw troops was not advised by Senior military officials or The Pentagon, and that this is move done largely in part by Donald Trump.
Again, despite pushback from every angle, Trump remains resilient in downsizing the battlefields overseas, with rumors now floating the agenda that The President also intends to withdraw as many as 9,000 troops from Afghanistan as early as January.
General Mattis served four decades in The United States Marine Corps. He ends his career on a high note, putting countrymen and his allies before self. He will officially depart Trump's Administration February 2019.
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Cessford is a historic plantation house located at Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1801, and is a -story, Federal style brick dwelling with a later two-story brick addition. It has a slate covered gable roof and features central pedimented porches on the north and south facades.  Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse, quarter kitchen, a utility building, and the original pattern of a garden. During the American Civil War, Brigadier General Henry Hayes Lockwood on July 23, 1862, commandeered the property for his headquarters and remained in residence of the property throughout the war.

The house was named after Cessford, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early settler.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is located in the Eastville Historical District.

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Re: North Saanich Supports Housing Change, PNR July 18.
In the interest of a dialogue based on fact: according to the Sidney North Saanich Industrial Group's own survey results, 50 of the 294 respondents live in the Western Communities.
At 17 per cent, this could hardly be considered "most of" their employees.


Five persons, one of them 14 years old, have been detained for questioning in the murder of Cyril Jones, 37 on Tuesday night.
Jones was at home in the San Pedrito Area with his wife and children just after 7:00pm when they heard a whistle from outside the door. Jones allegedly went to look outside and that's when he was shot to the face.
There are reports of a murder a short while ago in San Pedro. The victim, reportedly shot to death, is a resident of the San Pedrito area.
He has been identified as Cyril Jones, 37, who was at his residence when he was killed by a gunman who allegedly arrived on a motorcycle. Policemen are currently still at the scene. We'll have more information as we get it.


A recent study confirms what every busy clinician already knows.
Many patients seeking care for respiratory infections expect to receive an antibiotic. When they get one, they're happier than if they don't.
Among 8437 patients seeking care for a respiratory tract infection in a direct-to-consumer telemedicine service, 66% received an antibiotic. The rate of prescriptions prescribed by physicians ranged from 19% to 90%, showing that these were not exactly evidence-based decisions. Satisfaction ratings strongly correlated with adjusted antibiotic prescribing rates (Pearson correlation, 0.41; P < .001).
It's even worse if you look at the figure — none of the MDs in the lowest half of prescribers exceeded the 75th percentile for patient satisfaction.
Few physicians achieved even the 50th percentile of satisfaction while maintaining low rates of antibiotic prescribing. To reach the top quartile, a physician had to prescribe antibiotics at least half the time; almost all physicians above the 90th percentile had a rate of antibiotic prescribing greater than 75%.
This isn't the first time we've seen data like these. In this earlier study comparing immediate versus deferred versus no antibiotic (along with a patient education intervention), patients with the immediate antibiotic prescription were significantly more likely to be very satisfied with their care — even though clinical outcomes were, not surprisingly, the same.
Jeffrey Linder — who studies appropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing — would no doubt remind me that not every study demonstrates this effect of antibiotic prescribing and increased patient satisfaction. While this is true, his group just presented data that many antibiotic prescriptions aren't written in the context of a patient visit, and often for diagnoses not even related to infection.
I asked a physician who works with one of the companies charged with assessing patient satisfaction what he thought about these recent survey data. He made the excellent point that it was physician communication — time spent talking with patients — that most powerfully drove patient satisfaction.
While no doubt this is true, let's imagine you control for this talk-time. And that clinicians in urgent care centers and telemedicine systems are graded on volume (productivity) and patient satisfaction scores. Some would undoubtedly consider the counseling and education piece too time consuming. Remember, it was urgent care centers that had the highest rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in a study published earlier this year.
What's the fastest way for urgent care and telemedicine clinicians to achieve higher scores in patient satisfaction and "see" more patients/hour? In our action-driven society, it's doing "something" (antibiotics, pain relievers, sleep aids, MRIs, you name it) rather than "nothing" (observation). It takes energy and time to explain why the latter is often the right choice.
Finally, could anything comment more appropriately on this relationship between antibiotics and patient satisfaction than this New Yorker cartoon?
As someone specializing in C diff and FMT this makes me TOTALLY INSANE!!
Perhaps I should generate some brochures with horrible descriptions and pictures of patients with recurrent C. diff infection that doctors could hand out. Somehow I doubt that would plump up 'patient satisfaction scores.' I don't tell my accountant how to do my complicated taxes; why do people tell us how to practice medicine!?
The horse has been out of the barn for a while. It's going to take a while to get it back in there.
Lots of forces at work here. Meanwhile I am deeply grateful my group doesn't use patient satisfaction scores.
Following up on the public health/education approach, maybe require that a hand out be given to the patient by the prescriber (not the pharmacist) every time an antibiotic is prescribed for respiratory infections, complete with color pictures of the Cdiff colons versus normal colon, luridly presented statistics about harm, and with lots of links to CDC and ID websites about inappropriate antibiotic prescribing that people can tweet on to their friends. This is a simmering public health emergency and intervention at the Federal level is needed to break the positive feedback loop of patient demand driving antibiotic prescribing, validating patient demand.
And no discussion of antibiotic stewardship is complete without talking about the disgrace of allowing antibiotics in animal feed. Anyone have friends in the agriculture department?
And, this is one of the biggest issues but patient satisfaction scores are also affected by a variety of other factors such as physicians agreeing to order the tests that the patients would like or ordering other meds that the patients heard/read about somewhere etc..whether evidence supports their requests or not. And, in general, when sometimes physicians are busy and do not have the time (or inclination, because face it – it more often than not results in an dissatisfied patient and and foul mood for the rest of the day and if there are more patients like that then stress levels build up) to argue with patients against their requests, they may give in and they may actually be getting better patient satisfaction scores (even if it means they have actually caused more harm to the patient by ordering unnecessary tests/treatments).
If I suggest (3) 200 mg Advil, Level 2 visit.
If I Rx Ibuprofen 600 mg, Level 4 payment.
As an internist working full-time in urgent care, I can tell you this is true. However, if one spends 20 seconds explaining the no-Abx rationale to the patients, then most appreciate it and feel satisfied, some even appreciate that more. Then there are a few who will be unsatisfied if no Abx prescribed, but as the doc you have final say. As long as we remember that there's a reason Abx aren't over the counter – we are the gatekeepers and it's our obligation and responsibility to make sure we guard those gates well, we can reduce resistance in the community.
Prescribing opioids inappropriately also boosted patient satisfaction scores.
Eliminating antibiotic treatment of viral upper respiratory tract infections and bronchitis, improving influenza diagnosis and treatment, and reinforcing prescription guidelines for pharyngitis and sinusitis could improve outpatient antibiotic stewardship.
The antibiotic usage paradox – where we as patients assume these treatments will cure all ills, and through our repeated requests for them, cause the number of ills actually cured to shrink – is a topic for discussion every time the cold and flu season rolls around. Hopefully strengthened public health policy will empower frontline healthcare professionals to protect antibiotics, employ alternative treatment options, and to educate the public so that in the long term we are better protected against antimicrobial resistance.
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Christian Fundamentalism and the US Politics
When Ted Cruz, the senator to Texas announced his desire to bid for the presidential candidacy, he asked each and every conservative voter to ascertain and claim his or her power. He further stated that he needed to solicit votes from each, imagining how large the number of gallant moderates was, ascending together as one to say they demand their freedom. This expository move, in which traditionalist Christians play the role both as a mistreated minority and larger dormant group, is a timeworn figure of speech. Be that as it may, remembering this dialect and how it functions is critical in comprehending the way fundamentalist religion work in dealing with political issues.
To begin with, it clearly highlights the possibilities of Christian preservationists who go into politics. Whenever fundamentalists and evangelicals rally against same-sex marriage and abortion, for instance, it's not principally about their entitlement to remain on the streets to preach the gospel to non-Christians. It's about their right to characterize the basics of truth legitimately and open moral quality, in light of a definitive authority of the Holly book. Reality requires a first stand to the sharp differences in ideas.
Secondly, to some degree on account of its trickiness, the term can help to contemplate on the debate and strains that everyone needs to explore as they battle to speak and live with each other. Fundamentalists depict themselves as both minimized and greater part. They praise neighborhood triumphs while reporting the world's destruction that is eminent. Their claims are therefore rhetorical and developed through dialect.
There was a bit of truth in these contentions; some leaders were pushing, for instance, to combine under-staffed provincial houses of worship by blending collections from various categories. In any case, this portion of truth turned out to be a piece of a much bigger story, in which national religious and political leaders were coming together to destroy the church and criminal fundamentalist conviction. This story, thus, has proceeded in various pretenses over the previous century and is connected with prophetically apocalyptic fears of secularism, socialism, communism and environmentalism among others.
Naturally, everyone of this exists on a spectrum. Some megachurches are a great deal all the more liberal than others, and variables like area, denominational duties, and ethnic cosmetics of an assembly assume huge parts. Be that as it may, starting in the late 1980s, the general pattern in megachurches appeared to be a movement towards a less inflexible and obliging way to deal with both teaching and governmental issues.
On the event that you walk through different parking areas at Willow Rivulet, you can easily come across guard stickers that traverse how federal and megachurch ministers have exhorted both Republican and Popularity based presidents.
First of all, fundamentalism is here to stay. Whether we characterize it barely as a Protestant exclusive development or more comprehensively as religious radicalism, it's entirely clear that fundamentalist interruptions will proceed. All through a significant part of the twentieth century, one of the managing presumptions of the political hypothesis was that all the financially developed nations would turn out to be more common.
Religious images and voices surge open media; political pioneers are on the lookout for religious gatherings of people and establishments. They also appreciate developing a political impact far and wide. Numerous religious convictions and groups are effortlessly versatile to European or American-style mainstream governmental issues. However, others are most certainly not.
Posted by Ruth Martinez / May 21, 2017
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2018 Best & Brightest: Colleena Peng, Michigan State (Broad) | Poets&Quants For Undergrads
2018 Best & Brightest: Colleena Peng, Michigan State (Broad)
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Colleena Peng
Michigan State University (Broad)
"I work hard now so my future dog can have the backyard he deserves!"
Fun fact about yourself: I love going to NBA games despite the fact I have no idea what's going on.
Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI
High School: Shanghai American School (Pudong)
Major: Supply Chain Management
Minor: Information Technology Management
Favorite Business Course: Supply Chain Cost Management
Extracurricular Activities, Community Work and Leadership Roles During College:
Co-Founder & Former Co-President of the Corporate Retail Association (April 2015 – Present)
Filled the void of retail industry education and recruiting on campus by founding MSU's only student retail organization.
Chapter Risk Management Chairman of Kappa Kappa Gamma Women's Fraternity (January 2016 – December 2016)
Ensured that the fraternity's bylaws and safety measures are being adhered to by collaborating with the organization's national governance.
Dean's List: Seven Semesters / Seven Semesters
1 of 6 2017 R. Gene Richter Scholarship recipients
A scholarship granted to the top Supply Chain Management students in the US
2017 BP Scholarship recipient
Where have you interned during your college career?
GE Aviation, Sourcing Intern – Cincinnati, OH
Nestlé USA, Supply Chain Management & Procurement Intern – Glendale, CA
Ernst & Young, Business Advisory Intern – New York, New York
Where will you be working after graduation?
Tesla, Global Supply Management Intern – Palo Alto, CA
Who is your favorite professor? Dr. Bokemeier, who taught me Principles of Financial Accounting my freshman year of college. He managed the impossible – getting me to enjoy an accounting course.
What did you enjoy most about your business school? Being surrounded by my smart, ambitious, but most importantly, kind peers.
What advice would you give to a student looking to major in a business-related field? Pursue the major based on what you truly enjoy, not based on your potential salary.
"If I didn't major in business, I would be majoring in or studying… Veterinary Medicine because I love animals and would love to work with them every day."
What has surprised you most about majoring in business? I always expected business school to be a competitive, cutthroat environment; however, I have found it to be a collaborative, supportive atmosphere.
Who most influenced your decision to pursue business in college? My sister, Melody, most influenced my decision to pursue business. Having her major in business several years ahead of me showed me how we I could leverage my similarly-outgoing attitude to succeed in business.
Which academic, extracurricular or personal achievement are you most proud of? I'm most proud of co-founding the Corporate Retail Association at MSU, which is the first student retail organization on campus. Three years in, CRA has successfully bridged the gap between our members and prominent retail recruiters through in-person meetings, Skype series, and corporate site visits. Through promoting awareness of the ever-changing retail industry, we've helped grow the Retail Management minor from its infant stages to a highly sought-after curriculum. In addition, we became the first student organization to bring Shinola and Nordstrom, two retail giants, on to campus to network with Spartans. The most rewarding aspect of co-founding CRA, however, has been helping our Executive Board and general members secure their dream internships and full-time positions, and bringing awareness to common misconceptions of the retail industry.
If you were a dean for a day, what one thing would you change about the business school? If I were dean, I would bring in therapy dogs to brighten the students' day.
Which classmate do you most admire? I most admire my classmate Jessica; she faced a language-barrier, so she stayed after every class and attended every available office hour to keep up with the coursework.
Who would you most want to thank for your success? My family; they have inspired me, supported me, and celebrated me throughout my entire life.
What would your theme song be? The Game of Thrones theme song because it's potentially the greatest introduction song of all time.
What are the top two items on your bucket list?
Travel to every continent
Foster or adopt a dog
Favorite book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Favorite movie: The Godfather
Favorite vacation spot: New Zealand
What are your hobbies? Traveling, trying new restaurants, yoga, and watching dog videos on Facebook
What made Colleena such an invaluable addition to the Class of 2018?
"Colleena is a very caring individual which is demonstrated by her tutoring. Her support with the MSMR program and also in helping the general office of MKT/SCM was fantastic. I interviewed Colleena for a general student position for MKT/SCM, but could tell immediately in the interview that her talents/expertise would not be tapped to its truest potential. I recommended her to Ms. Bunce (Director of the MSMR Program) and she was instantly hired and has proven a tremendous asset."
Deb North
Business Manager, Undergraduate Academic Services
"Colleena demonstrated a keen interest in sourcing and developed a great paper focused on how a small buying organization could use cost analysis to negotiate with a larger supplier. She and a fellow student founded a great student organization, the Corporate Retail Association, that demonstrates her ability to recognize a need and then have the wherewithal to fill it."
Gary Ragatz
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
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Early word suggests the answer is "yes." Critics are saying that the film features a strong, subtle performance by Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, and that the film humanizes the "support our troops" sentiment without totally glorifying it. While Tim Grierson of ScreenDaily says that the film lacks the complexity of the earlier "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima," he also says film does great work showing the mindset people have to be in putting their lives on the line for others. Mileage may vary (Inkoo Kang of The Wrap says it salutes a movie trope more than the troops), but this looks like it could be Eastwood's most broadly appealing film in a while.
"American Sniper" hits theaters December 25.
Hard-wiring the viewer into Kyle's battle-scarred psyche thanks to an excellent performance from a bulked-up Bradley Cooper, this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines, yet strikes even its familiar notes with a sobering clarity that finds the 84-year-old filmmaker in very fine form. Read more.
"American Sniper" doesn't critique Kyle's simplistic attitude toward his military service, honoring his conviction without necessarily celebrating it. In Cooper, Eastwood has cast an actor whose intensity and likability are both crucial: Bearded and burly, Cooper plays a guy who may be a bit of a redneck but who is also deeply committed to doing the right thing and helping others. Without condescending to the man he's portraying, Cooper suggests Kyle's unpretentious, guy's-guy demeanor. Read more.
What makes "American Sniper" such a deeply unsatisfying film, though, is that Eastwood recuses himself by and large from delivering a judgment. Perhaps the ambiguity regarding Kyle's unexamined nationalism and chest-thumping manliness merely reflects the dividedness of the country on social mores, but, like the ubiquitous Punisher skulls on Kyle's troops' tanks, it's not clear whether it's meant to be disappointingly juvenile or fearsomely awesome. Read more.
Eastwood handles the tragic ending with a tact underlined with irony, creepiness and a sense of loss that echoes any number of his previous films. He might have gone deeper into the ways the war infected his subject and the struggles he faced after his final homecoming, but whatever the script ignores Cooper goes a long way to filling in…nothing the actor has done before suggests the dramatic assuredness he brings to his way of detailing Kyle's self-control, confidence, coolness, genuine concern for his comrades-in-arms, compulsion to serve his country and ultimate realization that enough is enough, even of the thing he loves most, which is war. Read more.
The film's singular focus on Kyle comes at the expense of any well-developed secondary characters. His fellow soldiers aren't characterized much more deeply than his enemies, nor is his perpetually concerned better half. But if Eastwood doesn't devote much time to the kind of nuanced concerns that made "Letters from Iwo Jima" so worthwhile, it's mainly because Kyle doesn't have time for them either. The few soldiers who allow the existential quandaries of their situation to weigh too heavily on their minds and consciences are not only ineffective but dangerous to be around. Kyle survives more than 1,000 days in the thick of it because of his single-mindedness, not in spite of it, which isn't to say he makes it home entirely unscathed. Read more.
American Sniper was def. compelling. But at times it felt weirdly rote, and only Bradley Cooper's strong perf registers as a full character.


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Ben Frost - The Wasp Factory [LP] (Vinyl)
Following the CD release of Ben Frost's The Wasp Factory in December of 2016 (HVALUR 025CD), a limited edition transparent vinyl version is presented here. In advance of new music from Ben Frost in 2017, Bedroom Community present the definitive recorded version of his 2013 opera and directorial stage debut, The Wasp Factory, based on the novel by the late Iain Banks. Setting his unwitting characters against the backdrop of vast, implacable forces of nature -- storm, sea, fire, and even their own madness -- Frost reaches deep into his formidable arsenal to reveal an unexpected warmth, from the composer of electronic experiments like Aurora (2014) and Theory Of Machines (HVALUR 002CD/LP, 2006). The focus here is on the live sound of the Reykjavik Sinfonia, recorded in Abbey Road's Studio II and, for the first time, the human voice. He sets David Pountney's libretto to tuneful, even soulful vocal lines; an extraordinarily unreliable narrator describing scenes of extreme violence and horror in music of incongruous loveliness. Limited edition transparent vinyl comes in an edition of 1000.''One of his boldest projects thus far, Frost's score and concept for the opera is both ambitious and grand in its design. The writing is often sparse and wide, yet simultaneously focused and intense. Frank, the protagonist, is infamously cast as an ensemble of three women who give voice to his dissociated internal monologues.'' --Drowned In Sound''The Australia-born, Iceland-based Frost is popularly known for his electro-acoustic hybrids of classical music and heavy metal. He combines post-minimal finesse with modernist severity and Wagnerian daring, charging into the deepest abysses of quiet and storming up the fieriest peaks of noise. Though the focus is now live sound and the human voice, The Wasp Factory should still resonate with fans of his ambient music. It's By The Throat (HVALUR 006CD/LP, 2009) inverted, foregrounding classical and recessing electronics, with no entropy in Frost's signature blend of concussive brawn, delicate tissue, and intricate logic.'' --Pitchfork -
01. The Wasp Factory
02. I See You've Washed Your Hands Again
03. Death, No Less
04. Low Tide
05. Blyth
06. My Greatest Enemies Are Women And The Sea
07. High Tide
08. To Be Mastered, The World Must Be Named
09. What Happened To Me
10. You Don't Have To Sleep
11. Stormfront
12. The Bomb Circle
13. Esmeralda
14. Eric Is Getting Nearer
15. Inferno DON'T JUST LISTEN TO MUSIC EXPERIENCE IT.


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SEESA > Article > Consequences of disregarding picketing rules
Consequences of disregarding picketing rules
The retailer Dis-Chem has made headlines with a worker strike that resulted in the Labour Court barring union members from picketing and protesting outside the retailer's stores until 27 February 2019. This ruling made a statement on the transformation of collective bargaining in South Africa.
Labour laws in practice
The right to picket can be traced back to Section 17 of South Africa's Constitution (1996) which provides that everybody (strikers and their supporters) has the right to collect, demonstrate, picket and present petitions in a non-violent, unarmed manner. The purpose of a picket is to "peacefully encourage non-striking employees and members of the public to oppose a lock-out or to support strikers involved in a protected strike, to encourage employees not to work during the strike or lock-out, to discourage replacement labour from working, and to convince members of the public or other employers and their employees not to do business with the employer".
Section 69 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) pertains to picketing rules. However, a major stumbling block that employers faced, particularly in the past, was that a protected strike may have been authorised by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation & Arbitration (CCMA) without the establishment of defined picketing rules. The practical and legal anomaly was that employees were permitted to commence and participate in a protected strike, but the establishment of defined picketing rules would only be introduced at a much later stage, and after much damage and destruction had already ensued.
Due to the violent nature of strikes in South Africa the Labour Relations Act was amended, and included the amendment to Section 69 of the LRA.
The amendments to the LRA envisage that the issue of picketing rules would be addressed during the conciliation process of the wage negotiation and that employers would not be in peril after the conciliation process has been finalised.
Just in time for Dis-Chem
This mentioned amendment come in time for Dis-Chem where their workers participated in lawful strike that started on 16 November 2018, but it was characterised by incidents of violence across the country.
As violent protests by workers surge, the Labour Court in Johannesburg has made an unprecedented ruling that bars Dis-Chem workers from picketing and protesting outside the retail pharmacy's premises.
The court ordered Dis-Chem employees affiliated to the National Union of Public Service & Allied Workers (Nupsaw) last week to stop wage demonstrations until 27 February 2019, when the parties are due to meet again. Acting Labour Court judge AJ Snyman said the matter is an example of workers flagrantly disregarding the CCMA picketing rules intended to establish peaceful protest. It has become a "common occurrence that where there is a protected strike, violence and unlawful behaviour inevitably follows", Snyman said. The only way to deal with the problem is to "make consequences happen".
The Labour Court based their ruling on the amendments to Section 69 that stated that If a party has referred a dispute, the Labour Court may, in addition to any relief contemplated in Section 68(1), grant relief, including urgent interim relief, which is just and equitable in the circumstances and which may include an order—
[an order] directing any party, to comply with a picketing agreement or rule; or
[an order] varying the terms of a picketing agreement or rule; or
suspending a picket at one or more of the locations designated in the collective agreement, agreed rules contemplated in subsection.
It would be interesting to see what unfolds and the reaction of Trade Unions after the mentioned ruling and how the rest of the Labour community will react. However, it is clear that collective bargaining has become more technical in character and far removed from the control and direction of workers as in the past.
Hendrik van Niekerk obtained his LLB degree from the University of Pretoria in 2008 and was admitted as an attorney in 2010. Mr. van Niekerk joined SEESA Labour on 1 April 2010 as a legal advisor and was promoted to a senior legal advisor in 2012.
Tersia Landsberg
Categories:Article, Labour, Newsroom
Tags:Amendments, breaking news, Business, Case Study, CCMA, Collective bargaining, Dis-Chem, employees, Employer, Industrial relations, labour, labour court, Labour Law, Law, legal, Nupsaw, picketing, strike, transformation
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David formed Globe Medical Realty Advisors (GMRA) after selling his interest in Texas Medical Realty Inc, of which he was the founding partner and managing broker. He has completed well over a million square feet of medically-related transactions and has represented over 300 physicians nationwide. His corporate clients have included Raleigh Durham Medical Group, Rainbow Medical in Las Vegas, CVS, Walgreen's, and Eckerd. Rutson's real estate career experience spans 17 years during which time he has been honored in the Dallas Business Journal's Real Estate "Heavy Hitters", most recently in 2007 and 2008.
David is guest speaker on medical real estate panel discussions throughout the country and is recognized as a physicians advocate nationally.
Daryn joined GMRA to realize the company's vision with founder, David Rutson, and serve as the head counsel for all financial operations, management and direction. With over 12 years of healthcare operations, finance, accounting, syndication, mergers, acquisition and development experience, Daryn has developed acquisition programs for physician group practices throughout the country and has been involved with over $1Billion in transactional volume and over $200 Million in alternative investments.
"The reason I joined GMRA was largely due to the high ethical standards of both the company and the medical profession. Having the ability to create such significant value for our clients in a highly specialized market is truly rewarding."
Austin joined GMRA to focus on building the company's tenant client base in North Texas and to establish additional medical business relationships above and beyond their core real estate offerings. Before joining GMRA, Austin spent years creating land deals for building and development companies throughout the DFW Metroplex and also worked for a Big 4 accounting firm in Dallas. As the son of a urologist, the opportunity to work in real estate with physicians was a perfect fit and provides him with a unique understanding of medical tenants' complex needs.
Austin holds both a BBA and an MS in Accounting from Southern Methodist University. He is a CCIM candidate, member of the Dallas chapter of the Investment Banking Institute, and a licensed real estate salesperson.
Trent recently joined Globe Medical Realty Advisors as Vice President in 2009. Trent began his real estate career with Burnham Real Estate, San Diego's oldest commercial real estate company. After only one year, Trent was recruited by Medical Realty Advisors, a full-service real estate firm and is dedicated to serving only medical professionals.
During his two years with Medical Realty Advisors, Trent assisted medical professionals in leasing and selling over 500,000 square feet of medical office space and worked with national health systems, including Adventist, St. Joseph, and Tenet. Trent's main expertise includes tenant representation for both lease and purchase, as well as lease vs. purchase analysis.
Trent recently moved to Dallas from southern California, where he graduated from the University of San Diego with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. He is a licensed real estate salesperson in Texas and a licensed real estate broker in California. Trent has been directed to open a GMRA office in California in the 2nd quarter of 2010.


With so many options on the market today, wouldn't it be great to get the professional advice of an expert? It never ceases to amaze me how many companies rely on untrained, unqualified, and inexperienced "salespeople." In fact, according to many of our clients, they knew more about the products than the sales staff at some of these big-box retailers.
There is even one story where one of our clients went to buy some window blinds and decided to visit the "showroom." Little did he know he was going to a furniture store with a small area set aside for blinds.
It's why they chose to call us instead.
At Blind Ambitions, all we do is window blinds, shades and window treatments. But more than that, we go out of our way to make you happy. It's why we have a professional decorator on staff. She's amazing, and she has over 20 years' experience.