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Tokai Carbon Sees January–September Sales Revenue Rise 28% Year-on-Year
on November 8, 2021 in Market Background, Materials
Carbon black manufacturer Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) has posted its business results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, revealing 185.1 billion yen ($1.63 billion) in sales revenue, up 28 percent year-on-year, and 17.67 billion yen in operating income, up 137.9 percent. Looking at individual segments, the company's carbon black business generated 72.26 billion yen in sales revenue,...
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Tokai Carbon Subsidiary to Receive French Government Grant as Part of National Recovery Plan
on September 29, 2021 in Industry
Tokai Cobex Savoie SAS, a French subsidiary of carbon black manufacturer Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301), has been selected to receive a grant from the French government as part of its national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP). As part of the NRRP – an initiative designed to help France recover from the impact of COVID-19 – the French government issued...
Tokai Carbon Looks to Boost Carbon Black Profitability With New Management Plan
on May 19, 2021 in Materials
Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) President Hajime Nagasaka has unveiled T-2023, the company's new three-year medium-term management plan. The company aims to end the plan in fiscal 2023 with record-high sales revenue of 320 billion yen ($2.94 billion), as well as operating income of 57 billion yen, an ROS figure of 18 percent and an EBITDA of 86 billion yen....
Tokai Carbon Plans Price Hike for May, Citing Cost Increases
on April 14, 2021 in Materials
Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) announced on April 12 that it will be implementing a price hike on shipments of all carbon black grades from its domestic Japanese plants, including export shipments. The price increase is set to come to 26.8 yen ($0.25) per kilogram, which will be put into effect starting with shipments made on May 1. Explaining its...
Carbon Black Production Rises as North American Tire Demand Trends Toward Recovery
on November 25, 2020 in Industry, Tires
Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd.'s (TYO:5301) carbon black business is on the rebound after bottoming out during the April–June quarter, says President Hajime Nagasaka. Speaking at a financial results briefing on Nov. 5, Nagasaka said that demand is recovering particularly in the U.S. and Thai markets, adding that the company's U.S. production bases have utilization rates up in the 90–95 percent...
Heavy Rainfall in Kyushu Leads to Flooding and Fire at Tokai Carbon's Tanoura Plant
on July 8, 2020 in Materials
Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) announced on July 5 that heavy rainfall near its Tanoura Plant in Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture, led to a fire on July 4. The company also provided further details of the incident. The Tanoura Plant produces isotropic graphite materials used in semiconductors, solar cells and various industrial applications. On July 4, heavy rainfall in the Ashikita...


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It's going to be an ABBA-solutely fabulous weekend in Trundle when the small rural town hosts the eighth annual Trundle ABBA Festival. More than 5000 visitors will help inject an estimated $1.3 million into the local economy through accommodation, retail and hospitality. This year the festival is being held on Saturday, May 4. Parkes Shire mayor, Ken 'Benny' Keith OAM said Trundle's ABBA Festival was more successful at it's current stage than the Elvis Festival was in Parkes during it's eighth year, and with Trundle and surrounding communities going through hardship due to the drought, the ABBA Festival helped boost the spirit of locals. "It's a good opportunity to come together and forget about the fact that it hasn't rained much in the last 12 months". Last year the Festival saw 5000 visitors descend on Trundle, and it's likely even more could attend in 2019. "It's grown every year so there could be 6000 people this year and I would encourage people out in the region to come out and experience the ABBA Festival, it really is a great night," Cr Keith said. "The best way to support towns in a drought is to actually come out and spend a few dollars in communities. So we encourage people to make the effort, particularly this year, to come out and enjoy the ABBA Festival". One of the highlight acts for the 2019 event will be 'Bjorn Again' who are regarded as the most successful ABBA tribute act of all time. They were a huge hit in 2018 and are returning to Trundle to be the feature act as part of their 30th anniversary tour. Cr Keith said the festival is a wonderful success story for the town of Trundle. "It's one of the most vibrant communities in Australia in terms of getting things down," he said. "We've got a positive attitude in hosting the ABBA Festival and that positively flows on top the community and farming community in particular". People come from all over the central west and Australia to attend the ABBA Festival, and bring their caravans and tents and camp at the local Showground, but Cr Keith said what made the Trundle ABBA Festival such a popular and continually growing event, was the music. "Australia as a nation really embraced ABBA all the way from Sweden. We loved the music in Australia and I think people remember that from growing up," he said. "Then you have things like Mama Mia! (the musical) that have revisited that ABBA Festival, Muriel's Wedding, there's a whole range of things where that ABBA music has come to life again so the next generation also enjoy it. I think the chance to get dressed up and have a good time is all par to fit as well," he said. For more information visit www.trundleabbafestival.com.au.
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Take a chance: Get your costumes ready and your dancing shoes on, it's time for the 2019 Trundle ABBA Festival. Photo: File.
It's going to be an ABBA-solutely fabulous weekend in Trundle when the small rural town hosts the eighth annual Trundle ABBA Festival. More than 5000 visitors will help inject an estimated $1.3 million into the local economy through accommodation, retail and hospitality. This year the festival is being held on Saturday, May 4.
Parkes Shire mayor, Ken 'Benny' Keith OAM said Trundle's ABBA Festival was more successful at it's current stage than the Elvis Festival was in Parkes during it's eighth year, and with Trundle and surrounding communities going through hardship due to the drought, the ABBA Festival helped boost the spirit of locals. "It's a good opportunity to come together and forget about the fact that it hasn't rained much in the last 12 months".
Last year the Festival saw 5000 visitors descend on Trundle, and it's likely even more could attend in 2019. "It's grown every year so there could be 6000 people this year and I would encourage people out in the region to come out and experience the ABBA Festival, it really is a great night," Cr Keith said. "The best way to support towns in a drought is to actually come out and spend a few dollars in communities. So we encourage people to make the effort, particularly this year, to come out and enjoy the ABBA Festival".
Amazing Acts: Performers at the Trundle ABBA Festival include Bjorn Again, Amitie and Mr Q. Photo: File.
One of the highlight acts for the 2019 event will be 'Bjorn Again' who are regarded as the most successful ABBA tribute act of all time. They were a huge hit in 2018 and are returning to Trundle to be the feature act as part of their 30th anniversary tour.
Cr Keith said the festival is a wonderful success story for the town of Trundle. "It's one of the most vibrant communities in Australia in terms of getting things down," he said. "We've got a positive attitude in hosting the ABBA Festival and that positively flows on top the community and farming community in particular".
People come from all over the central west and Australia to attend the ABBA Festival, and bring their caravans and tents and camp at the local Showground, but Cr Keith said what made the Trundle ABBA Festival such a popular and continually growing event, was the music.
"Australia as a nation really embraced ABBA all the way from Sweden. We loved the music in Australia and I think people remember that from growing up," he said.
"Then you have things like Mama Mia! (the musical) that have revisited that ABBA Festival, Muriel's Wedding, there's a whole range of things where that ABBA music has come to life again so the next generation also enjoy it. I think the chance to get dressed up and have a good time is all par to fit as well," he said. For more information visit www.trundleabbafestival.com.au.

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Material properties are now allowing for an added dimension in 3D printing – time. Thanks to "programmed action of the shape memory fibers," a 3D-printed object can change shape after being printed. This is called 4D printing.
Below, a 3D-printed noodle-like strand distinctly changes shape over time, after having been printed already.
First proposed by MIT faculty member Skylar Tibbits, 4D printing is a trend university academics and innovative firms alike are catching onto. Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder "incorporated "shape memory" polymer fibers into the composite materials used in traditional 3D printing, which results in the production of an object fixed in one shape that can later be changed to take on a new shape." Stratasys has been collaborating with MIT's Self-Assembly Lab to create Connex technology, their 4D printing application.
This added spin on 3D printing technology may change how industrial manufacturers do what they do – it will reduce costs of assembly both in factories and at home. Objects will assemble themselves! And this innovation continues to be improved as you read this!


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Cultural Knowledge, Tea
The different types of Chinese Tea
Posted on May 24, 2021 May 27, 2021 by the33degrees
Through thousands of centuries of brewing, trading, and experimenting, people from all over the world have accultured to the simple joy and satisfaction of pouring and drinking a cup of Chinese tea.
For most people, tea-drinking is prescribed as alternative medicine. Many researchers have accounted for its use to enhance one's immunity against diseases and sicknesses, alleviate inflammations, and prevent critical illnesses.
For some, sipping a cup of tea is an excitement-filled escape from the incessant and fast-paced motion of our lives.
Legends of China tell of a serendipitous discovery of the mystical brew. Emperor Shennong had the first privilege to taste the strange drink when leaves from a nearby tree found their way to the emperor's freshly boiled water. He was elated with the flavor of the drink and soon tested it with various other leafy ingredients. Some versions of the legend tell how the emperor poisoned himself with a bad herb, and how he cured himself with a good one; hence, the reason for its healing properties.
Nevertheless, in documented reports, tea is believed to be first developed during the Shang Dynasty (formally documented in the 3rd Century AD) in the Yunnan region of Southwest China, where it was used as a medicinal drink. Since then, it found its way to the western trade with the Portuguese and British.
Soon after, the word of the leafy beverage became widespread in various nations including India, Korea, and Japan where they cultivated their style of brewing. As centuries passed, the production and consumption of tea became increasingly globalized among nations like Africa, Taiwan, Iran, United Kingdom, Australia, Americas, and Iran – with each country imposing their modifications and having their preferences.
HOW IS CHINESE TEA MADE?
The Chinese boast of thousands of centuries worth of experience trying to make the perfect cup of tea for your sipping pleasure. Their expertise in the art of literally making tea from the start shows particular attention to detail aligned to the traditional Chinese method.
Tea-picking was a meticulous step in production, demanding intense labor due to the stringent method in picking tea leaves, and clutch-decision making due to the natural uncertainty of weather conditions. Following the collection, the leaves were cured by Sunning, Firing, and Rolling. Each step is carefully done to achieve the tea's unique flavor profile.
According to tradition, the Chinese showed immense reverence to the art of producing tea that women were not allowed to engage in the activity during menstruation so as not to sully the practice or product.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT?
Among various nations, tea style differences were due to the endemic plants that grew in their lands. And it was like this for quite a while back in the day. However, with the increasingly globalized world, products are massively traded among large tea-producing countries to take and give.
So, we now try to see how local preferences impose the differences in the tea culture. Focusing on the two major tea producers, China and India, there is not much difference between the two in terms of types of teas produced and how it is produced. There is, however, a distinct difference in the taste. Chinese teas are known for their lightness, simplicity, and refreshing sensation, whereas Indian teas give off a spicier, sweeter, and stronger linger in the taste buds.
In terms of being creative with their beverage, Indians may opt to enjoy theirs with sugar and milk, while the Chinese prefer to have it plain and simple.
Japan is also a big player in the tea-producing business. One major difference in the production method is that they prefer steaming the leaves rather than pan-firing as how the Chinese would do it. In terms of flavor, Japanese tea has a more vegetal and maltier taste as compared to the lighter and sweeter Chinese counterpart.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF CHINESE TEA
Pu Erh Tea is made from the leaves of what the natives call the "wild old tree" which grows in the Yunnan Province of China, the birthplace of Chinese Tea. The traditional Chinese method of producing Pu Erh tea processes leaves by fermenting them rather than brewing.
It contains a decent amount of caffeine that invigorates both the nervous and cardiovascular systems. People mainly drink it for weight loss, cholesterol control, cancer prevention, and liver maintenance. Lovastatin, a prescription medicine used to lower cholesterol, is found in small traces in Pu Erh Tea, which is believed to be caused by a contaminant bacterium living in the leaves.
An exciting feature of the Pu Erh Tea is the dynamic flavor profile – on top of having a multitude of flavors such as sweet, bitter, woody, astringent, and floral. The intensity of flavor profiles changes with time. Fresher teas may be sweet, whereas older ones may be bitter or woody.
Lapsang Souchong was a variant of the traditional green tea which differed due to the altered rolling, oxidizing, and drying method in an attempt to preserve the flavor during a year and a half journey in trade. The result was a whole new flavor profile which gave it a smoky pine taste.
It's anything but bitter, so it's not usual to have it with sugar, milk, or honey. Depending on how it's prepared, it can have a vast flavor profile such as smoked paprika, whisky, woody, and pine resin.
It's often used in combination with other teas like Earl Grey or Keemin to augment flavor and provide a strong robust aroma. Lapsang Souchong Tea is also used in stocks, stews, soups, seasoning, and spices.
Tie Guan Yin is one of the more popular versions of the traditional Oolong Tea, where the characteristics lie between that of the Green, less oxidized, Tea and the Black, more oxidized Tea. The two types of Tie Guan Yin are the yellow Anxi which has a flowery and light aroma and the reddish-brown Muzha, which has a more dominant nutty punch.
Drinking Tie Guan Yin Tea is believed to help slow down aging, lose weight, exude body heat, and alleviate the adverse effects of smoking.
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Sonny began his career with Prudential Insurance in 1987 as a life agent. When Prudential opened their financial service planning division, he earned the distinction as a Preferred Advisor, offering fee-based financial planning services to his clients. After a successful career with Prudential, he decided to open his own office, servicing his clients' employee benefits needs in addition to financial planning. For more than 10 years, his passion has been to build an organization and agency by which he could nurture his relationships with his clients and offer them more than just insurance. Peach Insurance Services then acquired Professional Choice Insurance. This acquisition enabled the agency to become a full service agency and expand into property and casualty insurance. As President of PCI, Sonny oversees the company's operations and is directly involved in the growth of the organization. Sonny currently holds Series 7, and 63 licenses in addition to his life/health and property/casualty insurance licenses.
Danielle joined Professional Choice Insurance in 2013 as the managing partner of the Property and Casualty Insurance division. After obtaining her Graduate degree from Purdue University in 1987, Danielle began her career working for a Fortune 500 company, managing assets. Danielle became a licensed agent/broker in 1999, and opened her 1st Allstate Insurance Agency, achieving national recognition in her 1st year. She worked 13 years as a captive Agent and is a firm believer that providing superior customer service and taking the role of an Insurance Advisor is the key to her success. Danielle is excited to be a part of the Professional Choice Insurance organization, with access to well over 200 Carriers in order to provide the best Coverage and pricing options for her customers. Her passion to build a profitable organization is centered on nurturing client relationships, referrals, and providing peace of mind. She takes an active role of Risk manager, helping her clients and business owners solve their insurance needs, from General Liability, Professional Liability, and Workers Compensation to their auto, home, and Umbrella Insurance. Danielle holds her property/casualty, life/health licenses, and has her Series 6 and 63.
Christina began her Insurance career with Bankers Life and Casualty, where her main focus was on helping clients prepare for retirement. Through her training and experience at Banker's Life and Casualty she has become an expert in helping clients navigate their way through medicare, long term care, annuities and asset protection. In order to expand her knowledge of the insurance industry, Christina became an Account Representative for Progressive Insurance in 2010. Working for a large corporation enabled her to learn the many different aspects of the business, including underwriting procedures and claims processing. In search of a great work environment, after relocating from Colorado, Christina joined Professional Choice Insurance in May of 2014 as the Executive Assistant to the President, Sonny Peach. Christina now specializes in helping Individuals and Employer Groups find Health and Benefits Solutions designed to meet their unique needs. She values the real connections she has been able to make with her clients and always has their best interests in mind. Christina holds insurance licenses in several states, including her California Property and Casualty Insurance License and her California Life and Health Insurance Licenses.
Marcella joined Professional Choice Insurance in 2010 as Social Media Director. She began her career in sales, for a large computer company, soon after graduating college at Brigham Young University. Marcella graduated with a BA in Spanish and a minor in Business Management. She also learned to speak Spanish fluently by serving within her church, as well as within the community. Marcella provides our current and future clients with the latest information regarding insurance, healthcare and much more, via all Professional Choice Insurance social media platforms (ie. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, PCI Blog, Google Plus Local, Pinterest). In addition, she provides our customers with monthly newsletters, as well as emails to keep them up to speed, along with marketing campaigns to solicit new clients. "I want to make sure all future and current Professional Choice Insurance clients feel like we genuinely care and they are not simply our customers, they are family." In addition to working in the office, Marcella is a devoted wife and cheerful mother of three incredible kids.


The First Trailer For Alien: Covenant Is Here!!!!
Because cheer levels will be through the roof all across the world right now, 20th Century Fox have pretty much decided to counter than with foreboding, dread, and buckets of gore, bringing online the first trailer Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant to scare the bejesus out of us this Christmas morning. And boy, does it. Get ready for some incredibly NSFW action as the crew of the colony ship Covenant, including Katherine Waterson, Danny McBride, and Michael Fassbender, come face to face with the terrifying Neomorphs, the alien monsters that will eventually evolve into the Xenomorphs we all know and are scared shitless by. Prometheus fell flat for quite a number of people, but with this proper return to the world of Alien, Ridley Scott promises to knock out of the park.
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Organization: Australian Associated Press
Applicant: Philip McLean
Assessor: Michael Wagner
on 26-Mar-2019 (9 months ago)
Michael Wagner wrote:
I recommend that Australian Associated Press FactCheck (AAPFC's) application be accepted with edits.
Australian Associated Press FactCheck is a professional, quality operation that conducts fact-checks of claims about a variety of social and political issues and claims made by political leaders. The work is balanced, fair, and largely transparent. The conclusions they draw are clearly tied to their rating scale and methodology. The work they do is transparent enough to be replicated.
However, the site, apparently following the parent organization's authorship rules, does not list who their journalists are, and as such, makes it impossible for the audience to know who is conducting fact-check jourrnalism on AAPFC's behalf. I recommend listing the journalists and their biographies on the website and providing bylines for writers of fact-checks.
For audience members seeking to comment or complain, however, it is a bit harder than it needs to be. I recommend a separate navigation tab for Comments be placed by the Make a Submission tab (which is very well donoe).
IFCN requires a more thorough accounting of how fact-checking organizations spend their resources, something the site does not currently do, but should.
Michael Wagner recommended Accept with edits
Section 1: Organization
Criterion 1a
Evidence required: Please provide evidence that the signatory is a legally-registered organization set up exclusively for the purpose of fact-checking or the distinct fact-checking project of a recognized media house or research institution.
14-Mar-2019 (10 months ago) Updated: 10 months ago
Australian Associated Press (referred to as AAP hereafter) is a legally registered business, operating for 85 years as a media company. Registration documentation from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission is attached.
AAP has established a fact-checking unit in its newsroom.
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Michael Wagner Assessor
26-Mar-2019 (9 months ago) Updated: 9 months ago
The AAP is a media company that claims to have a fact-checking unit in its newsroom. The "FactCheck team" (https://factcheck.aap.com.au/about-us/factcheck-team) is not really a group of distinct fact-checkers, but a list of the AAP's editorial staff, one of whom is the AAP Editor. No reporters are listed. The file attached of the AAP Business Rergistration does not meet the criteria for full compliance, but it does note that further information can be purchased from them. When publishing fact-checks, AAP lists AAP FactCheck as the author, never an individual (or specific team of) journalist(s) or editor.
done 1a marked as Partially compliant by Michael Wagner.
Criterion 1b
Evidence required: Insert a link to the archive of fact checks published in the previous three months. If you do not collect all fact checks in one place, please explain how the fact-checking is conducted by your organization.
14-Mar-2019 (10 months ago)
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/
AAP publishes reports that clearly seek to evaluate distinct claims on the exclusive basis of their accuracy. Each fact-check begins with the statement being checked, who made the statement and when it was made. Then, "The Analysis" section explains whether the statement held up to their reporting and analytic scrutiny. AAP regularly publishes fact-checks in accordance with IFCN guidelines.
done_all 1b marked as Fully compliant by Michael Wagner.
Section 2: Nonpartisanship and Fairness
Body of work sample
Evidence required: Please share links to ten fact checks that better represent the scope and consistency of your fact-checking. Provide a short explanation of how your organization strives to maintain coherent standards across fact checks.
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/do-eating-disorders-have-the-highest-mortality-rate-of-any-mental-illness
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/do-a-quarter-of-all-australian-children-live-with-violence
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/will-a-national-public-register-of-child-sex-offenders-have-a-strong-deterr
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/are-psychotropic-drugs-becoming-the-preferred-method-of-restraining-nursing
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/is-australia-really-meeting-its-kyoto-and-paris-targets-for-carbon-emission
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/will-we-be-healthier-and-suffer-less-pollution-if-there-are-more-cycleways
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/will-nsw-labors-proposed-luxury-car-tax-hit-regional-and-rural-voters-who
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/will-our-recycling-end-up-in-the-tip-due-to-skyrocketing-costs
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/has-the-nsw-government-created-hundreds-of-thousands-of-jobs
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/claims/has-the-number-of-police-working-in-northern-nsw-fallen-since-2012
AAP fact-checks a variety of newsworthy claims made from a diverse array of sources. The topics vary from claims about matters of social import to matters of political important. The claims are assessed along the same scale, which notably includes a category of "Ambiguous" - which could mean that there is an equal weight to true and false elements of the claim or it could mean that the claim cannot be properly assessed given the information available. The claims are reasoanbly assessed and my reading of the ten examples and additional fact-checks on their site revealed a general coherence to the ratings. However, there are times when Ambiguous is arguably a better choice than the assessment AAP FactCheck lands upon. For example, in the fact-check about whether the number of police officers has declined since 2012 notes that AAP FactCheck was not able to acquire the current numbers of police officers. Even so, a rating of Mostly True is offerred. Given the data from 2017 AAP FactCheck provided, this is reasonable, but it does not demonstrate whether the claim is true today in 2019.
done_all 2a marked as Fully compliant by Michael Wagner.
Nonpartisanship policy
Evidence required: Please share evidence of your policy preventing staff from direct involvement in political parties and advocacy organizations. Please also indicate the policy your organization has as a whole regarding advocacy and supporting political candidates.
AAP has always been at the forefront of delivering impartial, independent and accurate news to Australia's leading media outlets and beyond. It is one of only a handful of news agencies worldwide not funded or influenced by its government.
AAP FactCheck was built on this foundation, and the articles we produce are influenced only by the available evidence. In following the facts, we adhere to the AAP policies that protect and enhance our neutrality.
The AAP policy on Impartiality and Fairness is copied below. AAP's full Code of Practice can be found at .https://www.aap.com.au/standards-and-ethics-2/
Impartiality and Fairness
2.1. AAP does not promote particular views or commercial interests, either through undue emphasis or by suppressing relevant material.
2.2. In reporting views on controversial matters, always seek to include a fair balance of other views. Any comment or conjecture by the journalist writing the story should be identifiable as such.
2.3. AAP journalists have latitude to express their own views more freely only when, in the opinion of the Editor in Chief or Editor, they have special knowledge or expertise or sufficient reputation. Such pieces should be labelled as View, Comment or Analysis.
2.4. Individuals or groups singled out for criticism should be given a right of reply, in the original story whenever possible.
2.5. Emotive or contentious adjectives should be avoided unless they are being quoted.
The AAP does not have a policy forbidding journalists from supporting candidates. Indeed, the AAP allows journalists to express their own view in stories (but not news stories, which presumably includes fact-checks) under specific circumstances ("AAP journalists have latitude to express their own views more freely only when, in the opinion of the Editor in Chief or Editor, they have special knowledge or expertise or sufficient reputation. Such pieces should be labelled as View, Comment or Analysis"). That said, there is a clear statement that "AAP does not promote particiular views or commercial interests, either through undue emphasis or by suppressing relevant material." There does not appear to be a policy that prevents staff from direct involvement in political parties or advocacy organizations. I was not able to locate an example of the AAP itself endorsing a candidate.
done 2b marked as Partially compliant by Michael Wagner.
Section 3: Transparency of Sources
Sources Policy
Please share a brief and public explanation (500 words max) of how sources are provided in enough detail that readers could replicate the fact check. If you have a public policy on how you find and use sources for your fact-checking, it should be shared here.
Research procedures
Newly selected submissions are discussed at the daily AAP FactCheck conference. The team identifies the verifiable elements of each contested claim and workshops the most relevant, trusted sources to draw on. The editor then assigns each submission to a dedicated journalist and sets an internal deadline – usually a progress report within 4 hours.
The AAP FactCheck journalist then begins the work of verifying the facts. This may include contacting experts with varying views on the matter, non-partisan government agencies, academics, think tanks, reputable charities or other well-respected non-government organisations with relevant, specific and recognised expertise in the subject area. The journalist may also turn to reliable secondary source material, such as government reports and court documents, and must always consider contacting the person who made the statement to ask for their supporting evidence, and request comment.
Links to all source material referenced in an AAP FactCheck story are fully named and published at the end of the story.
AAP FactCheck lists links of most of the relevant sources they use to assess claims of fact in their work. The links include other published journalism, official government sources and academic work. Interviews with subjects of fact-checks are often referenced, but they (i.e. transcripts) are not listed in the reference material at the end of the story. It is simple for readers to understand which source is used where in every story. If readers want to replicate a fact-check, enough information is provided for them to do so - though, of course, the reader conducting a fact-check is less likely to get a callback from a politician than a news organization doing so.
Section 4: Transparency of Funding & Organization
Evidence required: Please link to the section where you publicly list your sources of funding (including, if they exist, any rules around which types of funding you do or don't accept), or a statement on ownership if you are the branch of an established media organization or research institution.
AAP's statement of financial structure, funding sources and organisational chart can be found here
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/about-us/about-aap
AAP's shareholding structure is as follows: News Corp Limited (44.74%), Fairfax Media Limited (44.74%), West Australian Newspapers Limited (8.25%) and Harris Enterprises Pty Limited. This is clearly listed through the About Us feature on their website.
AAP derives income from subscriptions to its news and information services. AAP clearly states that funders are not to be provided any special accommodation via their funding of the organization. The site lists a clear organizational chart as well. AAP does not provide an accounting of expenditures.
Evidence required: Please link to the section detailing all authors and key actors behind your fact-checking project with their biographies. You can also list the name and bios of the members of the editorial board, pool of experts, advisory board, etc. if your organization has those.
AAP's key fact-check personnel and their biographies can be found here
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/about-us/factcheck-team
It is not possible to know who writes the fact-checks for AAP FactCheck. No reporters names are ever listed. As such, the ability of readers to comprehensively assess the training, experience, and/or incentives facing the AAP FactCheck reporters is not present on the site. The About Us page lists the AAP editors and the FactCheck editor's names and biographies. It is not clear if the editors are also the reporters, but it seems not, given how other policies are written. There is not evidence that listing the names of the fact-checkers would put the journalists at risk. However, AAP does not appear to ever list the names of their journalists, even in typical news reporting and breaking news reporting.
cancel 4b marked as Non compliant by Michael Wagner.
Criterion 4c
Evidence required: Please link to the section where readers can get in touch with the organization.
Contact information and submission process can be found here
https://factcheck.aap.com.au/make-a-submission
It is very easy for the public to ask AAP FactCheck to check a particular claim. The "Make a Submission" tab is easily visible on the site. That same tab also says that readers can, "You can also contact AAP FactCheck via email to: provide feedback, make a complaint, request information request a correction." However, one wouold have to click on the "Make a Submission" tab to find that information. That is less clear than it should be.
done 4c marked as Partially compliant by Michael Wagner.
Section 5: Transparency of Methodology
Detailed Methodology
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Kris Johnson (4-2) allowed only one run on four hits in seven and two-third innings of work as the Kansas City T-Bones (30-41) won the first game of their four-game series against the Grand Prairie AirHogs (50-30), 4-1, on Monday night at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
The T-Bones opened the scoring with two runs in the second off Josh Rainwater (12-5), plating the first on an RBI double by Jimmy Mojica. Johnny Bowden followed with an RBI single for a 2-0 advantage.
Johnson held the AirHogs scoreless until the fifth inning when they scored their only run on a sacrifice fly by Jake Taylor. The left-hander retired eight straight before a hit batter and a single chased him from the game with two outs in the eighth. Andy Shipman entered and induced a popout from John Alonso to end the threat.
Kansas City added two runs on a single by Rico Washington in their half of the eighth to cushion their lead, 4-1. Kyle Dahman earned his fifth save with a scoreless ninth for Kansas City.
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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942), born in Liverpool, UK, is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music. McCartney is a multiple Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. He gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongsie John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Read Full BioSir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942), born in Liverpool, UK, is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music. McCartney is a multiple Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. He gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongsie John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music. After leaving The Beatles in 1970, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. He has worked on film scores and classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and taken part in projects to help international charities.
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Tonight you fly, so high up
In the Vanilla Sky
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Unbearable great
You've got to learn
Every hour, you must appreciate.
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Fee-free overdue policy prompts library renaissance among young Tasmanians
By Jessica Hayes
Photo: Libraries Tasmania has seen a boost in membership since it ditched late fees last year. (ABC News: Robert Koenig-Luck)
Related Story: 'An absolute basic need': Late library fees ditched to keep borrowers browsing
Book-loving Tasmanians are bucking the trend and turning to libraries in their thousands, less than a year after the state became the first in Australia to abolish fines and processing fees for overdue books.
In an Australian first, the Tasmanian Government scrapped late fees to encourage use of the library and improve literacy
Thousands of young Tasmanians have signed up since the fees were abolished
The Australian Library Association is monitoring the outcomes of Tasmania's approach
The Tasmanian Government scrapped late fees last year in a bid to encourage greater uptake of library services and to try and improve the state's poor literacy outcomes — and it appears to have worked.
More than 8,000 new members signed up to the state-run library service in just five months between November 2018, when the changes were introduced, and March this year.
It is a stark contrast to the loss of 900 members Libraries Tasmania encountered in the same period the year prior.
Executive director Liz Jack said most new members were younger than expected.
"We get a lot of older people, and of course young children, but that new 30-39 demographic is different to what we'd normally be seeing," she said.
"We know that for the past few years at least, globally there has been a decline in memberships in libraries and that is no different in Tasmania.
"So it's significant at a time where it's difficult for all libraries to find new members."
Photo: Ms Jack said the economics of chasing large volumes of small fines did not add up. (ABC News)
Small fines, big burden
Data released in response to a question-on-notice during budget estimates showed the Education Department wrote off more than $330,000 in overdue fees last financial year as part of the reform.
"We looked at what it was costing us in staff time, sometimes it was getting down to us chasing people through a debt collector," Ms Jack said.
"We were being punitive for the wrong reasons, we weren't trying to discourage people from coming through our door, but we wanted to encourage them."
The overhaul also included an organisational rebrand, promotional campaigns and the introduction of less onerous identification requirements to secure membership.
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Photo: The Australian Library and Information Association is monitoring the outcome of the approach. (ABC News)
The Tasmanian Council for Adult Literacy's Lucy Whitehead said the changes were showing positive early signs in communities with poor reading and writing levels.
"I know a family who stopped using the library because they had outstanding library fines," she said.
"They have four children in the family and now they're able to access books which is a fantastic outcome for a rural family with two unemployed parents.
"I'm hopeful that more people will borrow books because they have more time to read them; they're not under strict deadlines.
"Hopefully people who take more time to read will feel more comfortable borrowing books from the library."
From July 1, Libraries Tasmania will also abolish charges for Tasmanian book groups.
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[Review] DRAGON BALL FighterZ (Nintendo Switch)
ByDaryl
Sep 30, 2018 Arc System, Bandai Namco, DRAGON BALL FighterZ, Nintendo Switch, review
Developer: Arc System Works
Platform: Nintendo Switch (eShop)
Category: Fighting & Action
Release Date: September 27, 2018 (JP) / September 28, 2018 (EU & NA)
After what felt like an eternity since the Switch port was announced at this year's E3, DRAGON BALL FighterZ was released last Friday worldwide, enabling players to fight against Frieza, Cooler, Cell, and many more on the go. But how does it stack up compared to its versions on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC?
Dragonball is a series I grew up with ever since it appeared on Cartoon Network's Toonami segment, and ever since I've enjoyed watching it, even its latest series, Dragonball Super. I also played the games from the Super Nintendo games, and out of all of them, even the Budokai series on the PlayStation 2, Dragonball: Hyper Dimension was, for me, the best game of all time from the series, until now.
Back in 2017, DRAGON BALL FighterZ took everyone by surprise at E3 and had them thinking that it was going to be another run-of-the-mill fighter, with the standard average graphics, and the standard gameplay of a camera being over the shoulder of the character you were playing, and a story you barely cared for.
But when people started playing it, suddenly a buzz was growing, mainly due to two factors: 1. The gameplay was fast and addictive, making it incredibly fun. 2. The graphics were exactly alike to the anime, so far as to successfully emulate special moves to points from certain arcs, making the game a sight to see.
Fast-forward to September 2018, and the roster has increased from 10 to 22, and the game can be seen in many esports tournaments. I bought it on PS4 and loved it, I couldn't stop playing it, but I wanted it on Switch. I was worried about playing it on a Joy-Con, as the buttons aren't exactly made for fighting games.
Now, for those who aren't familiar with the series: Dragonball started as a Japanese Manga in 1984, which then spawned into a TV Series, and its sequel series, Dragonball Z, gave the franchise a world-wide appeal, giving Goku, the main character, and the rest of the cast their iconic way.
Games of Dragonball have been mostly 3D based, but here, FighterZ has remnants of Guilty Gear, Street Fighter, and one of my other favourite all-time games, X-Men vs. Street Fighter rolled into one. You choose 3 characters for a match, although you can change this to be 1 V 1, or 2 V 2 for 'Local Battle' mode. You also have a power-bar. One special attack takes up one bar, while a more powerful move can take up three.
These special-moves accurately portray moments from the anime, so Gohan's move perfectly matches his final move against Cell, or Frieza when he transforms into 'Golden Frieza'. You can switch characters at any point, unless they've been stunned, but if one gets KO'd, you are left with however many are left, so the matches are always a 'last man standing' kind, which I prefer compared to Tekken Tag's 'match is over when one person is knocked out'.
In terms of content, the modes are plentiful: Story Mode, Arcade Battle, Local Battle, Online Practice and Shop. The Story Mode is a nice touch, as it involves a new 'Android', hell-bent on absorbing every character, and it's up to you to take charge of Goku and the rest, building up their skills, and levelling them up. It almost reminded me of Soul Edge's mode where you could manage characters in an almost RPG kind of way.
What I liked about this was that all the voice actors from the English and Japanese dubs are here, so you can switch between them, and it feels as though you're in an interactive episode of Dragonball, which only immerses you further into it. It can drag at times, as there'll be moments where you can only fight as a certain character, or you've mastered someone's moves and techniques up to a point, where leveling-up almost seems pointless, and you just want to move to the next chapter.
Online mode is a treat, but I've experienced similar issues to when the Open Beta was playable on PS4 and Switch, alongside when I played the final version on both consoles too. It took 5 minutes to find a match for me, even when I selected no filters, and sometimes it took me out of the mode, back to the title screen. I can understand a lot of people are buying the game, but surely after almost a year of it being out, the servers are in a position to handle the load now? Seemingly not.
So now that you know of my feelings about the game and what it entails, what about this Switch port? For one thing, I'm baffled that there's no HD Rumble for the game. I thought it was a setting that was switched off by default, but nothing is there. So when there's so much going on, and the explosions and special moves are taking over the stage, there's no feedback on the Joy-Con to mirror this.
It seems like such an obvious feature for the game to have, so I'm disappointed there's none of it used here. But the game is still being supported, with Halloween stickers being offered only last week, so perhaps it could appear in a future update. To compare, I played both the PS4 version and the Switch version in handheld, then docked with my 8BitDo controller. The frame-rate was exactly the same for me. It felt mirrored, and an incredible achievement that nothing was sacrificed to have it on the Switch.
The only difference was when the special moves occurred and the poses, before and after the match was played. You could spot some low textures on the Switch, but for something that was there for 3 seconds, it made no difference. What mattered to me were the matches, and that played just the same for me. The big question for me, was how it played in handheld with the Joy-Con.
I was surprised just how good it was, and you can easily play a few online matches in this way. The only thing holding you back will be the battery, as this was the first time, out of all the games I've played, where the fan was noticeable, and the battery dropped to 60% after an hour. So if you're on a long trip, use it wisely!
If it wasn't for the spotty online-matches and lack of HD Rumble, I would have given DRAGON BALL FighterZ my first 10/10. But because of these, it drops a point. But these are fixable, and so there's nothing stopping Bandai from fixing these points soon, now that all of the characters are now out to be bought.
Still, FighterZ is my game of the year. The controls are spot-on, the graphics perfectly encapsulate the animation of the series, and the voice acting is spot on, alongside the amount of depth every character gives, making you want to practice them all and improve against the online matches when they work. Lastly, FighterZ is best played in docked-mode, it really is, and if you have a Pro controller or something like an 8Bit-Do controller, you're going to lose a weekend to the game easily.
THE VERDICT: 9/10
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MARTINSBURG — Eli Glass cracked three hits, one a double, and drove in four runs as the Clearfield Area High School dealt Central's Mountain League title chances a blow with a 10-4-win Thursday afternoon.
The Bison jumped out to a 7-0 lead in their first two at-bats, and Cade Walker and Hunter Dixon shut out the Altoona Curve Classic champions after the second inning.
The victory was the third in a row for the Bison and got them back to .500 in the league at 3-3. They are 5-3 overall.
The Bison's first three batters were responsible for seven of their 11 hits and six runs batted in while scoring seven runs.
Hitting in front of Glass were Caullin Reed with two hits, two RBIs and two runs and Nate Barr with two hits and three runs.
Aided by an error on Reed's grounder and two walks, the Bison grabbed a 4-0 lead in the first inning with Barr, Glass and Allan Myers hitting singles.
They struck for three more off Dylan Focht in the second when Glass doubled home Reed and Barr and then scored on a single by Hayden Williams.
Central (7-3, 3-3 ML) responded with a four-run salvo off Walker. Thad Albright, Hunter Klotz and Devon Boyles had RBI singles.
Walker breezed through the next three frames before reaching the 100-pitch limit when he hit Jordan Bowman leading off the sixth.
Dixon relieved and picked off pinch-runner Jason Ferry for the second out and finished with two scoreless innings, allowing two singles in the seventh.
The Bison pulled away against reliever Jacob Eberlin on Glass' RBI two-bagger in the fourth and Reed's two-run single in the seventh.
Myers led off the last inning with his second hit.
Walker struck out seven in his second win in three decisions. He gave up six hits, two walks and one earned run.
Clearfield will wrap up the ML's first cycle with a home game against Bellefonte Tuesday.
Mountain League standings — Tyrone 6-0, Philipsburg-Osceola 5-1, Clearfield 3-3, Bellefonte 3-3, Central 3-3, Huntingdon 2-4, Bald Eagle Area 1-5, Penns Valley 1-5.
Caullin Reed ss 4222, Nate Barr cf 4320, Eli Glass 1b 3234, Hayden Williams 3111, Cade Walker p-lf 3001, Allan Myers c 4121, Harrison Peacock 3b 3111, Karson Rumsky lf 0000, Hunter Dixon p 0000, Hunter Hipps dh 3000, Kyle Elensky ph 0000, Nick Domico rf 4000. TOTALS: 31 10 11 10.
Paxton Kling ss-p 4100, Hunter Klotz c 4121, Devon Boyles 1b-3b 3021, Casey Walters cf 3000, Tyler Helsel ph 1010, Dylan Focht p-1b 4010, Noah Muthler 2b 3110, Jacob Eberlin 3b-p 2000, Jordan Bowman dh 2000, Jason Ferry pr 0000, Leyton Kling rf 2000, Thad Albright lf 3111. TOTALS: 29 4 8 3.
E – Walker, Rumsky; P. Kling. DP — Central 1 (Muthler, P. Kling, Boyles and Klotz). LOB – Clearfield 7; Central 8. 2B – Reed, Barr, Glass, Williams. Sac – Elensky. SB – Reed; Albright.
Clearfield – Walker 5+ IP (faced 1 batter in 6th), 7 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K; Dixon 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Central – Focht 2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K; Eberlin 4-2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K; Kling 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.
HB – Walker 1 (Bowman); Eberlin 1 (Barr). WP – Walker 1.
W – Walker (2-1). L – Focht.


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Q: Scaling images to window size while keeping relative position to each other I want to have a container element on my site that holds 9 images (like this) that scale responsively to window size and keep their aspect ratio (1:1, sorry for the image) while staying in the same relative position to each other.
So far my best attempts got me to where the image height would flow out of the container element and made the window show a vertical scroll bar or the third image of a row would get pushed down to the next row.
This is what I am currently stuck with:
https://jsfiddle.net/5xdznc4e/
#img11 {
  position: relative;
  width: 30vmin;
  height: auto;
}

#img12 {
  position: relative;
  width: 30vmin;
  height: auto;
}

#img13 {
  position: relative;
  width: 30vmin;
  height: auto;
}

On resizing the window it doesn't behave nicely at all.

A: You need to use flexbox, it's an awesome css3 feature.

.container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  width: 100%;
  justify-content: space-around;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.container img {
  width: 28%;
  padding: 2%;

}

A: Between the image you have space because the new line.
If you use html code like this, you don't have problem:

See this fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/Lujqcovo/1/

A: try below code this should work

.container {
  width: 90%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.container img {
  position: relative;
  width: 32%;
  height: auto;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .container img {
    width: 49%;
  }
}

A:
Remove those BR tags and add the below class and rule.

HTML

CSS
.wdth{
  max-width:400px
}

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"It was hard to stay focused last Thursday, World FM Day, as I was teaching a class at IFMA HQ in Houston, TX. I kept wanting to sneak a peek at the Tweets or check the different event links across the globe," said Teena Shouse, Global FM chair. Check out these highlights from last week's event.
Facility management associations and professionals on six different continents celebrated the contributions facility management makes to international business and the built environment during the third annual World FM Day on June 23, 2011.
Global Facility Management Association (Global FM) member organizations and others held public events around the world to recognize the important role facilities management plays in business strategy, organizational development, and environmental sustainability. Activities included governmental partnerships, public information campaigns, networking events, seminars and workshops, luncheons, award presentations, and social media outreach.
Participating international associations including the Associação Brasileira de Facilities (ABRAFAC), the Association des Directeurs et Responsables de Services Généraux (ARSEG), the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), the European Facility Management Network (EuroFM), the Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA Australia), the Hungarian Facility Management Society (HFMS), the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), the International Facility Management Institute of India (IFMI), the Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA), and the South African Facilities Management Association (SAFMA).
During the World FM Day 2011 celebration, the second annual Global FM Awards for Excellence in Facilities Management were announced. These awards recognize efforts by individuals or teams in the FM industry who made a positive contribution to the knowledge, application, and communication of strategies to promote sustainability and improve the work environment.
The 2011 Platinum Award for Excellence in FM went to BBC Workplace, the unit responsible for the British Broadcasting Corporation's corporate property portfolio. BBC Workplace was recognized for creating an innovative solution for operating large property portfolios at multiple sites.
The Gold Award for Excellence in FM was presented to MITIE Facilities Management. The focus of the award entry was on the "Passengers with Reduced Mobility" (PRM) technology developed by MITIE Facilities Management for London Luton Airport. This technology improves services to a group of passengers for whom travel can be challenging.
The Silver Award for Excellence in FM recipient was Hines Gerenciamento de Propriedades for the Hines Green Office Programme. This voluntary program is a global initiative that focuses on bringing eco-efficiency already worked into its constructions to administrative offices.


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The Truth - Labour Privatized The NHS between 1997 and 2010, Now Their Toxic Policies Are Bankrupting It
In the run up to the 2015 UK General Election, and without doubt beyond, one of the great political controversies will focus on the future of the national Health Service (NHS) and what part pivatization will play in the future of UK health care. While most voters consider The Conservatives to be the party of private profit and thus consider Labour a better choice to look after the NHS, Labour has in fact done more, and more damagingly, to privateize health services. edited by Ian R Thorpe
New figures reveal weight of PFI burden on NHS trusts
Crippling PFI deals leave Britain's NHS Trusts £222bn in debt
We are all paying for New Labour's toxic PFI legacy
How PFI is crippling the NHS
by Phil T Looker
The controversy surrounding the PFI deals made by New Labour to create the illusion it was keeping its pledges to increase health spending while all the time it was saddling taxpayers with massive debts shows no sign of cooling down, According to recently released figures from the Public Accounts Office the total bill for PFI repayments has increased by nearly £200 million in just two years, from £459 million in 2009/10 to £628.7 million in 2011/12 (these amounts only apply to NHS trusts in England).
For anyone who is not aware of how Blair and Brown's NHS PFI deals worked, in order that the Labour government could claim to have kept its promises on building new hospitals and investing in the NHS (while it was really blowing taxpayers money on American wars and its leaders vanity projects) the government would invite private, for profit healthcare companied to build new hospitals, which having been filly equipped and staffed would be operated by the for profit organizations as managed facilities which the NHS pay facily management contract fees for.
If that seems bad, it gets worse, much worse.
The figures, which were released as part of a new report on healthcare in the UK by social policy think tank the Nuffield Trust, showed that PFI repayments have risen by an average of 18% per year over the last two years.
What's gone wrong with PFI?
For the uninitiated, a useful guide to PFI schemes and the problems which are associated with them is available here:
PFI deals are playing havoc with NHS finances for three major reasons:
they usually have very high interest rates,
they impose much higher debts upon the taxpayer than the actual value of the infrastructure they originally helped to build (in 2011 the taxpayer owed £121.4 billion to pay for infrastructure which was only valued at £52.9 billion) and they often include expensive maintenance and service contracts which charge the public purse vastly inflated fees for performing simple tasks (one PFI hospital was apparently charged £333 to have a new light bulb installed under the terms of their maintenance contract, for example).
As the money required to service PFI contracts comes out of hospital budgets they divert funds away from other services which the hospital must provide (A&E, cancer care etc.), and can lead to redundancies, ward closures and the loss of departments as private profit sucks the lifeblood from the system. At a time when most NHS trusts are facing squeezed budgets because austerity mesures necessitated by the need to get the government deficit under control after Labour's years of profligate spending and rising demand for services which causes what money is available to be spread more thinly.
It is indicative of Labour's financial incompetence that they allowed NHS trusts to sign deals which require by contract law that PFI payments are prioritized above other areas of spending. Thus no matter how many people need urgent treatment for serious illneses, the private hospital operators get their money first
To balance this article lest readers think it is just an anti Labour polemic, while PFI schemes were introduced by the conservatives in 1992, they we
re not at that time used for financing essential services but for infrastructure projects. New Labour's PFI schemes were deliberately designed to transfer wealth from taxpayer's pockets into corporate coffers. It is five years since Labour left office however and the Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition have done nothing to address the iniquities of this corrupt policy.
The Nuffield Trust report states that the burden of PFI schemes is not distributed evenly across the NHS. Variations in the number of new schemes which used PFI financing have created a strong regional imbalance.
London NHS trusts have the biggest PFI payment burden, followed by the West Midlands. In the last financial year, NHS trusts in London spent £143.9 million on PFI repayments (nearly a quarter of the total in England), almost five times higher than the total amount spent by NHS trusts in the region with the smallest PFI bill, the South West.
The report also highlights specific NHS trusts which are having to spend a particularly large proportion of their overall budgets on servicing PFI schemes. In England, there are now seven trusts where PFI repayments account for more than 5% of total revenue:
• Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (7.9% of spending)
• Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (7%)
• South London Healthcare NHS Trust (6%)
• Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (5.8%)
• Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (5.6%)
• Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (5.6%)
• St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust (5.3%)
South London Healthcare NHS Trust made headlines in 2012 when it it was put into administration. Its future is yet to be fully resolved. The report also emphasizes that interest repayments on PFI debts are mostly up-rated using the retail price index measure of inflation (RPI), which tends to be higher than other measures, such as the consumer price index (CPI). This means that government policies which have an impact on RPI can indirectly cost the NHS money in higher PFI repayments.
Despite the disturbing facts this report brings to light, the current government is still continuing to give further PFI projects the green light. This is deeply unfair on future generations, who will still be paying for these schemes long after their benefits have been exhausted.
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p>Labour's NHS Privatization By Stealth PFI Deals Are Killing Hospital Patients
It is really gobsmacking to see every day, Labour supporters blaiming the Conservatives and Lib Dems for the NHS cisis and accusing UKIP of wanting to privatize the NHS,, when in reality UKIP, the only party whose leaders have real world business experience, are the only party that can or even wish to save the NHS. Get wise to LabLibCon corporate piracy.
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from The Independent
Every man, woman and child in Britain is more than £3,400 in debt – without knowing it and without borrowing a single penny – thanks to the proliferation of controversial deals used to pay for infrastructure such as schools and hospitals.
The UK owes more than £222bn to banks and businesses as a result of Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) – "buy now, pay later" agreements between the government and private companies on major projects. The startling figure – described by experts as a "financial disaster" – has been calculated as part of an Independent on Sunday analysis of Treasury data on more than 720 PFIs. The analysis has been verified by the National Audit Office (NAO).
The headline debt is based on "unitary charges" which start this month and will continue for 35 years. They include fees for services rendered, such as maintenance and cleaning, as well as the repayment of loans underwritten by banks and investment companies.
Crippling PFI deals leave Britain £222bn in debt
NHS executives 'earn £35 million in pay rises' despite funding crisis
While Labour, Lib Dem and Green politicians accused the Conservatives of starving the NHS of cash,and as many Hospital Trusts faced financial problems and having to cut back on standards of care given to patients, we are learning that NHS bosses awarded themselves over £35 million in pay rises during the worst financial year in the history of the service.
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At the weekend, my colleague, Jonathan Owen, produced a stonking analysis of the country's Private Finance Initiative debt, which he found has reached £222bn. It is, claim critics, another sorry indictment of a policy they condemn as privatisation by stealth.
The funny thing was, on entering Number 10 in 1997, Tony Blair was sceptical about the PFI. He even called a review of what was, of course, originally a Conservative policy.
But the Prime Minister and his neighbour, the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, were soon convinced of the merits of letting the private sector stump up the initial cash to build or refurbish schools, hospitals and roads and paying them back with interest over a 25 to 35-year period. This might be more expensive than the state just overseeing the work itself, but it was not an immediate cost and, in theory, New Labour could leave a legacy of state-of-the-art facilities that would be the envy of the world.
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Last year the NHS underspent its budget by £900m, returning much of it to the Treasury. This raises serious questions about stewardship of public funds, at a time when hospitals with PFI-associated deficits, such as Hinchingbrooke, have been franchised out to companies such as Circle, and other PFI hospitals in south London and elsewhere are under "special measures". Before 1990 any hospital overspending would have been managed without recourse to closure, and failing hospitals were unheard of.
Failure is a product of successive governments' policies since 1990: Kenneth Clarke's introduction of capital charges and trusts, New Labour's PFI policy, foundation trusts and payment by results, and now Lansley's new funding regime and policies.
Given how quick Lansley has been to lay the blame for PFI at Labour's door, the question is why he has been so slow to open up the contracts to show the true cost of PFI. Why is he still sheltering PFI contracts behind claims of commercial confidentiality?
The affordability problems caused by the high cost of PFI and debt finance are not new. Under New Labour, the Treasury and Department of Health signed off these PFI contracts, which lock the taxpayer into long-term debt. The chief executives of the trusts and PCTs were required to pass the affordability test set by the Treasury. In other words, they needed to show how the annual debt charge would be met from the operating budgets of hospitals and other services, ie the budget that normally pays for staff and supplies.
Since the policy was launched in 1992, report after report over almost two decades has shown how each wave of PFI has been associated with trust mergers, leading to 30% reductions in beds; staff lay-offs; and closures of hospitals, accident and emergency departments and an untold number of community services – all because of lack of affordability. PFI, once trumpeted as the largest hospital-building programme, was in fact the largest NHS hospital and bed closure programme.
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Council for Technical & Vocational Education and Training
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The ILO coordinated by the Council for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in collaboration with the Board of the Industrial Training (BIT) held a workshop on Green Economy Petroelum in Guyana.
On skills needed for 'green' economy, petroleum Guyana said to be on the cusp of transformation into a petroleum state and a 'green' economy, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has sought to engage stakeholders on the skills which are necessary during the transition.
Key stakeholders were sensitised on the required skills during a "skills anticipation" three-day workshop, which was funded by the ILO and coordinated by the Council for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in collaboration with the Board of the Industrial Training (BIT). The training will provide insight into the transformation which confronts the country, and outline what is required to meet the needs during the transition. "You will be able to understand the changing workplace and its demands, and the way the future of work will be perceived," said TVET Director Floyd Scott in his remarks during the opening ceremony of the workshop at the Cara Lodge on Monday. He said the workshop will strengthen TVET's capacity to use different methodologies to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to forecast the skills which are required. Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott, in his brief remarks, said participants must see themselves as game-changers, and make their technical contributions to curriculum design in skills training. Senior Specialist for Skills and Employability at the ILO's Caribbean Office, Hassan Bata Ndahi said at the conclusion of the workshop that stakeholders will have an idea what skills are required for a 'green' economy, learn about the different approaches to skills anticipation, and understand data analysis. The topics which will be covered will be in line with the government's Green State Development Strategy (GSDS), Ndahi said. The ILO's work will, however, not stop there, since the organisation intends on working closely with the government to implement the GSDS. The ILO is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally-recognised human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that social justice is essential to universal and lasting peace. As the only tripartite UN agency, the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers representatives of 187 member states to set labour standards, develop policies, and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men. According to the ILO's website, in support of its goals, the organisation offers unmatched expertise and knowledge about the world of work acquired over almost 100 years of responding to the needs of people everywhere for decent work, livelihoods and dignity.
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Exxon to Partner with BIT and CTVET- Guyana
The Director of the Council for TVET, Mr. Floyd Scott.
Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, today, said that recruitment and institutional strengthening is vital to the proper management of Guyana's petroleum sector.
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Environment – Water – Energy
Dams and Flood Prevention
Water Treatment, Supply and Sanitation
TPF Foundation
Railways Roads and Highways
Feasibility Study of a multimodal area in N'Gaoundéré
Feasibility Study (APS)
Preliminary Design (APD)
Technical Terms of Reference (DAO)
Company CAMEROON / TRN TÁRYET
N'Gaoundéré is the end node of TransCam Railway and waypoint for freight towards the Tchad, so in this city numerous logistical transhipment of goods between rail and road are made and transport support services are demanded for improving road transport safety and reduce the costs of the logistics chain. Currently the logistics equipment is deficient and dispersed through the city. The project has to develop a multimodal area that allows the provision of all necessary services in one location.
The project consists of a thorough technical analysis of all parameters that present an opportunity for the introduction of a logistics area in N'Gaoundéré, and the influence of this infrastructure in the logistics transport system of CEMAC region.
Thus, a platform current status analysis, its condition and management model was carried out; administrations and organizations involved in the operation of the platform were identified, and program requirements established for the new area.
After making the diagnosis of the current situation of freight transport in Cameroon hypotheses for future growth in freight transport were established and future needs of the area proposed. That was used to conduct an analysis of alternatives, out of which a recommended solution was obtained.
The chosen solution was developed to a preliminary design approach and management and funding models were proposed. Technical documents for project tendering based on the developed design and the proposed management model were drafted.
Ministerio de Obras Públicas de Camerún (Cameroon's Public Works Ministry)
Banco Africano de Desarrollo (African Bank for Development)
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Contract : 385,004 €
DPR preparation and Feasibility Study in Telangana
DPR Preparation For improvement of Two Lane/Four Laning of jiribum-imphal section
DPR for up-gradation of National Highway
DPR for the Improvement and Up-gradation of 2-lane
Engineering Survey for diversion of Railway Lines in Jharkhand


Wedding season in Tamil Nadu this year has been kicked off by one of Tamil cinema's most prominent families, with filmmaker Soundarya Rajinikanth getting married to actor and businessman Vishagan Vanangamudi. New pictures from the three-day-long affair show several bigwigs from the state gracing the occasion, including actors and politicians.
Accompanying her post were three pictures with the men. Dressed in a stylish blue kurta and holding his daughter close to his chest, Rajnikanth looked dapper as ever with his effervescent smile that has transcended generations of fans. In another photo, Soundarya shows off her intricate mehendi pattern on her hands to her son, Ved. Dressed in a green kurta, the child is keenly observing his mother's hands.
In her photo with her husband-to-be, Soundarya and Vishagan can be seen posing for a picture. Dressed in resplendent blue frills, Soundarya looked every bit the excited bride, accompanied by Vishagan, who looked jacked in the traditional veshti, shirt and chequered angavastram.
Earlier in the day, father of the bride and superstar Rajinikanth met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami at the latter's Greams Road residence in Chennai, to invite him to the wedding on Monday.


In 2011, Mornington Peninsula based wine maker Michael Telera began leasing a vineyard in Red Hill formally known part of Mike & Lew's Folly to produce the Telera Brand.
Telera Wines required images for their 3 wines Pernella Fume & Itana Fume Sauvignon Blanc and Su Mar Pinot Noir. The 3 set ups took 1/2 a day to set up & photograph. Sets and props were sourced and painted before the photo shoot.


LIABILITY RISK MANAGEMENT: Are you prepared to engage customers on Facebook?
Facebook is flexing its social media muscles in the face of the mighty pharmaceutical industry. As of Monday, most drug companies have been forced to leave their Facebook walls opened for public comment in an effort to promote 'authentic dialogues', says the popular social networking site.
Prior to that, pharmaceutical companies enjoyed the exclusive privilege of being able to monitor and censor comments on their Facebook pages.
The Washington Post reports that Johnson & Johnson has closed two of its Facebook pages and AstraZenaca has deleted or plans to delete its pages as well. One of AstraZenaca's sites, 'Take on Depression,' was closed Friday after receiving more than 1,100 likes.
'The regulatory environment and changes in Facebook functionality are creating a much more difficult environment for managing these kinds of pages,' Bill Price, a Johnson & Johnson spokesman, told the Washington Post.
The truth is, an open Facebook page in this highly controlled and regulated industry carries some risks, but there is no need to shut down or delete a page, once you have a clear compliance program in place.
Sherman, who practices business litigation and consults with businesses on legal and regulatory compliance issues relating to social media and the Internet, adds that if a corporate secretary fails to update a company's compliance program to address legal issues that can arise from open walls like Facebook, negative results will follow.
'The corporate secretary can possibly be viewed as not ensuring that the company is meeting the standards for an effective compliance and ethics program under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,' Sherman says.
(i) Train employees: Employees should be instructed that information disseminated through social media might reflect a lack of professionalism or unethical behavior. Remember, the privacy settings of social media do not translate into a privilege in litigation.
(ii) Update your e-discovery policies and procedures and ensure that you include social media and cloud computing activities. Social media should be monitored through the company's computers and even employee smartphones because there are legal obligations to retain this material as part of a document retention policy.
(iii) Revise or update your Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance program to ensure that financial information posted on your Facebook and Twitter page - and soon on Google + as well - are updated to reflect material changes in financial condition and operations.
(iv) Recognize that you cannot prevent employees from discussing protected activities on social media sites, but you can emphasize the importance of reporting inappropriate behavior through established internal procedures.
(v) Take reasonable measures to protect your trade secrets and data online subject to limited rights under your government contracts by updating your confidentiality agreements and computer use policies with employees. Clearly communicate the company's trade secrets and limited rights information and the ways in which use of them is restricted. Also, all company announcements should be done via a press release and not on the social media platform.
By updating your compliance program to reflect some social media safeguards, there should be no need for companies to stop engaging with their customers via Facebook.