When launching his new Mens Skincare brand Flint Edge, Ratan Daryani contacted Luton based Bell Packaging for a solution. An initial meeting identified the need for high quality transparent packaging to help promote sales of trial size products in three different categories.
During the meeting numerous samples and designs were produced and discussed and the decision was made to use Jetran® Boxes. Jetran® Boxes (which are exclusive to Bell Packaging) consist of a tube-made central section with clip on Caps top and bottom that lock to the central Tube giving a strong and secure means of packing and displaying the product.
Available in Rectangular and Square profiles Jetran® Boxes can be produced in almost any width and height, between 25mm and 100mm in depth, and also benefit from no Origination charges. Having approved pre-production samples, Bell Packaging produced and delivered the initial requirement of boxes within three weeks to coincide with the launch of the Brand.
Brand owner Ratan Daryani commented "The service that Bell Packaging offers is second to none. Their understanding of my requirement and the Personal Care Market meant they were able to offer an almost instant cost-effective solution to the brief.


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Q: Can I close InputStream right after creating InputSource? I have an InputStream that I'm converting to InputSource to run a few Xpath queries.
Can I close the InputStream right after creating the InputSource or only when I don't need the InputSource anymore?
This is my code:
InputStream stream = multipartfile.getInputStream()
InputSource source =  new InputSource(stream)
stream.close() //here
Node root = (Node) xpath.evaluate("/", source, XPathConstants.NODE);
stream.close() //Or here?

A: You must not close the InputStream before the parser did the work, otherwise it cannot read it. But if you have a look at the JavaDoc of InputSource, it shouldn't even be necessary to close the stream explicitly, as the parser should close it:

An InputSource object belongs to the application: the SAX parser shall never modify it in any way (it may modify a copy if necessary). However, standard processing of both byte and character streams is to close them on as part of end-of-parse cleanup, so applications should not attempt to re-use such streams after they have been handed to a parser.

But if you want to make sure it is closed, you should do it after the parser did its work. Actually you should then do it in a finally block to be sure it is done even if exceptions occur, or you simply use a try-with-resources block that will auto-close it appropriately like:
try (InputStream stream = multipartfile.getInputStream()) {
    InputSource source =  new InputSource(stream)
    Node root = (Node) xpath.evaluate("/", source, XPathConstants.NODE);
}

A: This is called Decorator pattern. Short answer is no, you should not close the InputStream before using the source object, as it is being used in the functionality of InputSource.
If we look at an example of decorator pattern we can see why we should not alter the object passed as constructor parameter:
abstract class WindowDecorator implements Window {
    protected Window windowToBeDecorated; // the Window being decorated

    public WindowDecorator (Window windowToBeDecorated) {
         this.windowToBeDecorated = windowToBeDecorated;
    }
    public void draw() {
         windowToBeDecorated.draw(); //Delegation
    }
     public String getDescription() {
         return windowToBeDecorated.getDescription(); //Delegation
    }
}

You can see in this example that windowToBeDecorated as an object is being used in the draw() or getDescription() methods.
You can check more about Decorator pattern here. Hope it's clear.

A: You can use try-with-resources Statement, this ensures that each resource is closed at the end of the statement.
here you can find a good example: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/tryResourceClose.html

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TFA Horchata concentrate - The Flavor Apprentice. Horchata is a very popular drink in Central and South America. It is the flavour of rice milk with vanilla and cinnamon. There are many different varieties but the flavour we are offering is the type of Horchata popular in the U.S and Mexico.


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North Korea is the latest country to acquire nuclear weapons. In 2003, the country withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and in 2006, the country tested its first nuclear weapon. Although the test explosion was considered a failed test, North Korea has since conducted additional nuclear weapons tests and tested several missiles. There is still great uncertainty surrounding North Korea's nuclear weapons program, but the country is expanding its nuclear arsenal and, according to scientists, has about 20 nuclear weapons.
Between 1985 and 2003, North Korea was a member of the NPT, but then left the agreement. North Korea is not a party to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). North Korea is considered a de-facto nuclear weapon state because it developed its nuclear weapons after the NPT was negotiated in 1968. North Korea is not a member of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Currently, the tension between North Korea and the US, Japan and South Korea is palpable. After the country's nuclear and missile tests, sanctions against the country have increased and the outside world has expressed strong criticism of the country's nuclear weapons development. Between North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and former US President Donald Trump, there was a fierce exchange of words that further increased tensions and the threshold of using nuclear weapons has not been far away.
The North Korean leadership states that the motive for building nuclear weapons is to deter the United States from an attack. North Korea has pointed out that the leaders of Iraq and Libya were attacked when their nuclear weapons programs ended.
After the Korean War ended in 1953, the North Korean leadership began to explore the possibility of developing nuclear weapons. The construction of a reactor began in 1964 in Yongbyon and used the so-called "Magnox" technology where drawings and descriptions were publicly available.
Since 1986, the country has another operating reactor that produces so-called separated plutonium that can be used for nuclear weapons. Independent experts believe that the reactor has produced around 43 kilos (+/- 10 kilos) of separated plutonium. Scientists suggest that North Korea may have produced enough material to build 40-50 nuclear weapons, depending on the explosive power assigned to each nuclear weapon.
During the 1990s, the United States and South Korea negotiated with North Korea over the country's nuclear weapons program. In the "Agreed Framework", North Korea would suspend certain projects, especially plutonium production, that could lead to nuclear weapons production. In return, South Korea and the United States would, among other things, deliver oil and build two nuclear power reactors of the so-called light water type, which were not suitable for the production of weapons plutonium. The reactors were not built, partly because of opposition in the US Congress and North Korea not allowing some of the inspections required by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This led to the resumption of the country's nuclear weapons program in the late 1990s.
In 2000, a new agreement was negotiated to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program. This agreement was later abandoned by then US President George W. Bush who notified the South Korean President that dialogue with North Korea would cease immediately.
Leaving the NPT
North Korea was a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but withdrew from the agreement in early 2003. Just a month or so later, North Korean officials revealed at a US-North Korea roundtable that the country had developed nuclear weapons. Furthermore, North Korea has threatened that it has and is considering exporting reprocessed plutonium rods unless the United States agrees to bilateral talks. Negotiations with North Korea – which went on for many years with long periods of hiatus and reluctance to cooperate – were conducted in the so-called six-party talks between North Korea, the United States, Japan, South Korea, China and Russia.
North Korea's first nuclear test was conducted on October 9, 2006. The explosive force was estimated at less than one kiloton, which can be compared to the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 which had an explosive force of 15 kilotons. The test did not reach the explosive power the country had expected.
By February 2007, the six-party talks had reached an agreement under which North Korea would freeze its nuclear weapons program within 60 days, provide a full inventory of its nuclear weapons material, close its plutonium-producing reactor at Yongbyon, and ultimately completely abolish its nuclear weapons program. In return, the country would receive financial support, energy aid and humanitarian assistance. In addition, North Korea would receive oil and previously frozen offshore assets would be released. The agreement also meant that North Korea and the US would hold bilateral talks between themselves.
North Korea left the six-party talks in April 2009 after the United States condemned a test of one of North Korea's long-range ballistic missiles. In May 2009, North Korea conducted another test of a nuclear charge, this time estimated to be several kilotons. In total, the country has conducted six nuclear weapons tests (October 2022). North Korea has also tested several missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons, something that continues to happen at regular intervals.
New negotiations
In June 2018, former US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Singapore for a first-of-its-kind meeting to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program and disarmament. The first meeting led to a joint statement which, among other things, addressed that "North Korea will work for the 'complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula". The second meeting was held in Hanoi in February 2019, but the talks broke down and no concrete progress was made.
Nuclear arsenal
Unlike the other nuclear weapons states that started their development of nuclear weapons with bombs from aircraft, North Korea develops its nuclear weapons only in the form of ballistic missiles.
North Korea does not make public information about its nuclear weapons capability or its stockpile of fissile material, making the country's nuclear arsenal difficult to estimate. However, the country has the capacity to develop nuclear weapons and in 2017 something similar to a hydrogen bomb was tested. Scientists believe that North Korea, with its stockpile of material, can produce about 10-20 nuclear weapons. Today there are experts who believe that North Korea will increase its nuclear arsenal, but the sources are uncertain.
Nuclear weapon upgrade
North Korea has an active program to produce new missiles. Whether these missiles can carry nuclear weapons is still unclear. Despite North Korea's development of several long-range missiles over the past decade, only the Nodong missile is sufficiently tested to carry a nuclear weapon. Scientists believe that the country does not have a functioning long-range missile at present.
In March 2022, new information came that there is ongoing activity at North Korea's nuclear weapons facility. Old buildings are being repaired and new buildings are under construction. The country is said to have destroyed the buildings in connection with suspending its nuclear weapons program in 2018, but begun reconstruction of the buildings in early 2022.
The role of nuclear weapons in national security strategy
North Korea has a stated policy of not using nuclear weapons first, a no-first-use policy. Although the country's leaders have made statements about nuclear weapons, scholars believe that North Korea would only use its nuclear weapons under extreme circumstances, such as if the existence of the North Korean state and its political leadership were in danger.
Sources and other information
Nuclear Notebook: North Korean Nuclear Weapons, 2021, Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda
Assessment of the Singapore Summit, Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 12 2018
The Six-Party Talks at a Glance, Arms Control Association, January 2022
North Korea's nuclear weapons
North Korea is the latest country to acquire nuclear weapons and test-detonated its first nuclear weapon in 2006. Today, the country probably has around 20 nuclear weapons in its arsenal. North Korea is not part of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and is not approved to have nuclear weapons under the same treaty.

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You're an educator. You don't need to be an educational travel expert. When you partner with EF College Study Tours, you have a team to handle the logistics, arrange academic visits and lectures, and support your curriculum every step of the way.
Your dedicated Program Consultant takes the time to understand your campus community, including the best ways to get your program approved and the most effective ways to promote it. They're there from the very beginning to bring your academic vision to life and guarantee your program's success.
Program Consultants like Michaela support you and your program to make sure your group has an amazing time.
From the moment you clear customs, your Tour Director will be at your side. As a confident and comfortable voice in what are often unfamiliar places, your Tour Director (who's either from the location or somewhere nearby) provides peace of mind for both those abroad and back at home. While traveling, it's their job to make sure the entire group is safe, secure, and fully taken care of. For Group Leaders, that means not thinking about things like hotel check-ins or route navigation—or anything other than the academic experience.
Hailing from Italy, Tour Director John Paronitti has led hundreds of programs and loves introducing groups to new places.
Based in our Boston office, our friendly Traveler Support Team is here to help your travelers and their families. From helping travelers enroll to handling payments to simply answering any questions, they've got you covered.
Traveler Support Manager Max helps travelers, their families, and Group Leaders with any program-related questions.
When you're looking for advice, it helps to hear from someone who has led a program before. That's why Travel Advisors—fellow educators who've led EF College Study Tours programs themselves—are available to talk and offer firsthand experiences to help you with your program.
As a Travel Advisor, Nicole S. from Holy Family University offers advice on everything from recruiting to curriculum integration.


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The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Loss of Carer Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
2016 No. 253
Original (As made)
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This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum
8.—(1) A person is entitled to welfare supplementary payment under this Part if the following conditions are met—
(a)the carer premium entitlement condition,
(b)the PIP daily living component refusal condition,
(c)the termination of carer's allowance condition, and
(d)the termination of carer premium condition.
(2) The carer premium entitlement condition is that a person is in receipt of carer premium under—
(a)paragraph 17 or paragraph 20J of Schedule 1 to the Jobseekers' Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1),
(b)paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(2), or
(c)paragraph 14ZA of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3),
in respect of a caree, on the transition date.
(3) The PIP daily living component refusal condition is that following a transitional assessment determination the caree is not awarded the daily living component of personal independence payment.
(4) The termination of carer's allowance condition is that, in consequence of the PIP daily living component refusal condition, the decision of the Department to award carer's allowance is superseded by a decision of the Department to not award carer's allowance.
(5) The termination of carer premium condition is that, in consequence of the termination of carer's allowance condition, the decision of the Department to award carer premium is superseded by a decision of the Department to not award carer premium.
S.R. 1996 No. 198; paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 was amended was amended by regulation 4(3)(b)(i) and (iii) of S.R. 2000 No. 74, regulation 3(a) of S.R. 2002 No. 322, regulation 3 of S.R. 2002 No. 323 and regulation 4(3)(a) of S.R. 2003 No. 417; paragraph 20J of Schedule 1 was inserted by paragraph 53(4) of S.R. 2000 No. 350 and amended by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 2002 No. 322, regulation 3 of S.R. 2002 No. 323 and regulation 4(3) of S.R. 2003 No. 417
S.R. 2008 No. 280
SR 1987 No 459; paragraph 14ZA was inserted by regulation 6(d) of S.R. 1990 No. 346 and amended by regulation 13(d)(i) of S.R. 1991 No. 338, regulation 4(2)(b)(i) of S.R. 2000 No. 74, regulation 2 of S.R. 2002 No. 322, regulation 3 of S.R. 2002 No. 323 and regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2003 No. 417
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A Legend to Remember
Los Angeles shows tribute to Kobe Bryant in Murals
Gabrielle Pineda , Staff Writer
In the aftermath of legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant's death, murals have popped up all around Los Angeles to commemorate his life. Bryant, 41, died in a tragic helicopter accident in Calabasas, CA along with eight others, including his daughter, Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, aged 13 on January 26, 2020. Artists around the city showcased their work paying respect to the legend. El Vaquero went out to look at some of the most profound murals in the Los Angeles area.
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GCC Basketball
GCC Cross Country Teams Compete for WSC Titles
College Celebrates New Kinesiology and Vaquero Complex
GCC Women's Athletics Celebrates 50 Years
GCC Women's Athletics Celebrates 50 Years of Title IX
Glendale Community College Men's Golf Team Clinches Spot in Southern California Regionals
Lady Vaqs Make History With Their Third Straight Western State Conference Southern Division Title
Football Suffers Sweep by SBCC in Front of Sellout Crowd
GCC 2021-22 Student-Athletes and Spring 2021 Scholar Ballers
Lakers' Quest for Championship Banner 18
Vaquero Tracksters Upgrade to Div. 1 Programs


Very nice! Such expressive eyes!
Peer into the soulful eyes of this wise cat. Is he thinking about the meaning of life or whether there's still food left in his dish? This is a portrait of my own beautiful tabby. Based on a photograph, this digital artwork is enhanced to bring out the personality of my cat and give the art a watercolor appearance. It is especially beautiful printed on textured paper or canvas.


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Welcome to Bolton Hockey Club
Bolton Hockey Club is a Men's and Ladies Field Hockey Club based in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. We have over 200 members, these include players from the three Men's, three Ladies, and our numerous Youth Teams; which include U18 down to U11, 1 mixed team and a Veterans team.
Bolton Hockey Club is proud to have been awarded the England Hockey Board Clubs First and Sport England Clubmark Awards. Clubs First is England Hockeys' kite marking scheme which is backed by The Sport England Clubmark award.
This award is only given to Clubs who demonstrate its commitment to being a safe, effective and child friendly environment and building a portfolio of documentation which is implemented to the highest standards for the benefit of its members and the community as a whole. We are very proud of the award and hope to encourage more participation of hockey throughout the community with our youth development programme.
Senior Men Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Canon Slade
Senior Ladies Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Canon Slade
Juniors Monday 19:00 - 20:30* Canon Slade


The uproar over 22-year-old film actress Kristen Stewart cheating on her boyfriend and Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson with the married 41-year-old movie director Rupert Sanders has been overwhelming.
Both online media sites such as The Huffington Post and traditional print media sources such as The New York Daily News and The Los Angeles Times have been devoting a significant amount of coverage of every new development in the ongoing story of what exactly Stewart has been doing with whom and for how long. Throw in all the magazine and television coverage by sources such as People and ABC News on top of that, and one might almost assume that Stewart's relationship with Pattinson was an Olympic event.
On Monday, July 30, Brian Orloff and Jennifer Garcia of People reported that Pattinson asked Stewart to move out of a house in the Los Angeles area that the two actors had been living in together shortly after he moved out of the $6 million rental property. A photo of a U-Haul truck that was spotted at the house on Saturday, July 28 makes it seem as though Stewart has complied with his request.
In theory, this could be the end of the story as far as fans of Pattinson and Stewart are concerned. However, it will be a while before they are able to get on with their lives and film careers.
Sanders' brother-in-law Leopold Ross allegedly claimed that Stewart had been involved with Sanders since last year. Determining if this claim is true or not and learning what it means for Sanders and his wife Liberty Ross will keep journalists talking about this scandal long past the point where anyone should still care. The four people who are directly involved will probably find themselves wishing that Tom Cruise would jump on another couch or something and draw attention away from their damaged relationships.
Although one could make the argument that Stewart and Sanders are just reaping what they sowed, it seems like dealing with the consequences of their affair should be between the two couples and God. Instead of continuing to judge them in the court of public opinion, it would be far, far better to follow Christ's example of forgiving people and encouraging them to move on with their lives.
In a famous passage from John chapter eight, an unnamed woman was dealing with a situation fairly similar to Stewart's–only with far worse consequences. Stewart may not have much to worry about other than the possibility of her next movie failing at the box office and some angry tweets from bitter fans. The woman in the Gospel story was about to be killed in accordance with Jewish law.
The story ends with one of the most famous and frequently discussed quotes from the New Testament.
According to John 8:10-11 (New King James Version), "When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, 'Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?
Christians who have an emotional investment in this story because they are fans of movies that Stewart and Pattinson have appeared in, or because of moral outrage over the behavior of Stewart and Sanders, or for any other reason would do well to remember what Jesus said.
Instead of making more YouTube videos, or condemning Stewart's behavior in other ways, people from traditional (or non-traditional) Judeo-Christian backgrounds should forgive this young woman and allow her to go about the painful process of putting her life back together.
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly forgave people for every imaginable type of sin. Should His contemporary followers do any less? Stewart's awkward public apology to Pattinson shows some genuine interest in trying to do the right thing. Christians, and people from every other faith, should be willing to give her some credit for that.
That doesn't mean that adultery should be condoned, or that people who know Stewart should turn a blind eye to her behavior. It just means that there are probably hundreds of better things to spend our time reading and thinking about, and Stewart deserves a chance to do what she can to atone for her sins in the court of public opinion.
Kristen Stewart scandal: Are Stewart and Robert Pattinson talking again?


Our service area is approximately 775 square miles and includes the communities of Alderpoint, Blocksburg, Garberville, Harris, Honeydew, Miranda, Meyers Flat, Leggett, Petrolia, Phillipsville, Piercy, Redcrest, Redway, Shelter Cover, Weott, Whitethorn, and Zenia. This service area has a population of about 10,365 full-time residents that can grow to over 30,000 during summer months. With strong community support, including a supplemental property tax, SHCHD continues its work to assure quality healthcare for residents and visitors alike.
The hospital received Critical Access Hospital (CAH) designation status in March 2002, helping position SHCHD for a more sustainable future.
Direct services include an acute care hospital, 24/7 emergency room, laboratory, radiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, mammography, x-ray, home health/visiting nurse program, swing-bed, visiting specialists, skilled nursing, a rural health clinic and the Family Resource Center.


Capturing the shining clear water.
"Whenever travel writers compare Scottish beaches to the Caribbean, they are usually talking about Luskentyre. In the right light, the blue-green waters look positively Bahamian, and the sand is like talcum powder. "


Yes, you can use a pristine platform download (or platform built from sources) and use an external harness from another platform version without sacrificing repeatable builds.
The simplest way to set this up is to use Tools > NetBeans Platform Manager in IDE add/switch to the platform you want to change and select harness on Harness tab. Note that in-IDE module development support defaults to using the harness included with the IDE, ignoring the harness bundled with the platform. You can also configure your module or suite manually to use a specific harness location. As described in harness/README set up a relative path for the platform, but make the harness separate, e.g.
This page was exported from http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqNbPlatformAndHarnessMixAndMatch , that was last modified by NetBeans user Jglick on 2010-06-14T20:15:10Z.


This bracer can hold up to six wands at any given time, and a wand can teleport to the hand and back as a free action. In addition, the weilder can call upon the effects of Wand Modulation to any wand located on the bracer. These bracers were first concieved by Sam as a magical alternative to the mechanical version, and is quickly becoming popular in the North West, where she introduced it.


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import clr
import sys
sys.path.append("C:\\Devel\\ironpython_training\\TestStack.White.0.13.3\\lib\\net40\\")
sys.path.append("C:\\Devel\\ironpython_training\\Castle.Core.3.3.0\\lib\\net40-client\\")
clr.AddReferenceByName('TestStack.White')

from TestStack.White import Application
from TestStack.White.InputDevices import Keyboard
from TestStack.White.WindowsAPI import KeyboardInput
from TestStack.White.UIItems.Finders import *

clr.AddReferenceByName('UIAutomationTypes, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35')
from System.Windows.Automation import *

class GroupHelper:

    def __init__(self, app):
        self.app = app

    def open_group_editor(self, main_window):
        main_window.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("groupButton")).Click()
        modal = main_window.ModalWindow("Group editor")
        return modal

    def close_group_editor(self, modal):
        modal.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("uxCloseAddressButton")).Click()

    def add_new_group(self, main_window, group):
        modal = self.open_group_editor(main_window)
        modal.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("uxNewAddressButton")).Click()
        modal.Get(SearchCriteria.ByControlType(ControlType.Edit)).Enter(group.name)
        Keyboard.Instance.PressSpecialKey(KeyboardInput.SpecialKeys.RETURN)
        self.close_group_editor(modal)
        self.group_cache = None

    group_cache = None

    def get_group_list(self, main_window):
        if self.group_cache is None:
            modal = self.open_group_editor(main_window)
            self.group_cache = []
            tree = modal.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("uxAddressTreeView"))
            root = tree.Nodes[0]
            self.group_cache = [node.Text for node in root.Nodes]
            self.close_group_editor(modal)
        return list(self.group_cache)

    def open_delete_group(self, main_window):
        main_window.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("groupButton")).Click()
        modal = main_window.ModalWindow("Group editor")
        return modal

    def del_group(self, main_window, index):
        modal_group = self.open_group_editor(main_window)
        tree = modal_group.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("uxAddressTreeView"))
        root = tree.Nodes[0]
        root.Nodes[index].Select()
        modal_group.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("uxDeleteAddressButton")).Click()
        modal_delete = modal_group.ModalWindow("Delete group")
        modal_delete.Get(SearchCriteria.ByAutomationId("uxOKAddressButton")).Click()
        self.close_group_editor(modal_group)
        self.group_cache = None

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Photo: Geoff Ford
Legendary ex-Genesis guitarist talks about his new autobiography
Steve Hackett, Genesis guitarist through the classic albums of the seventies, and prolific solo artist for over 40 years, releases his long-awaited autobiography A Genesis In My Bed on 24 July.
As with his music, Steve has written a highly detailed, entertaining and embracing tome that charts his life in full, but with a firm emphasis on his years with Genesis that saw the band's meteoric rise to become one of the most successful British bands of all time. He talks candidly about his early life, his time with Genesis, and in particular his personal relationships with the other four band members, with great insight into the daily goings on of this major rock band. He admits it is long overdue and that, over the years, the book has changed.
"It's taken 15 years to write and it's been extraordinary, really. I started writing this thing ages ago and then touring became hugely busy. I've just been doing so much touring and, because you're doing so much touring, when we're not touring we're doing albums.
"First of all it was the chronology and trying to be informative and then there was anecdotes and things that had happened, trying to remember things that might amuse people, trying to have a certain amount of sex, drugs and rock and roll but, maybe, take it on a stage from that and take it into areas of geography, history, philosophy and those things that had no part whatsoever to play in a rock and roll biography. But, nevertheless, those are some of the more interesting things in my life so I've chosen to talk about those as well as 'played here, went home, fell over, got drunk, woke up the next day, didn't know where I was, got on the bus, went to the next gig.'"
Of course, there is lot of focus on Steve's time with Genesis in the book. Peter Gabriel responded to Steve's advertisement in Melody Maker, which was full of self- confidence, quite a read!
"The funny thing is," says Steve, "it was five years of ads and, when I first advertised, I just put 'blues guitarist, harmonica player'. I got a couple of replies to that but a 16-year old white bluesman? The blues-boom was going to die by the end of the 60s for most of us. Music was to change and become far more interesting – I still love blues, I love the honesty of it – but, in terms of being able to inspire, music had begun to take on classical influences, a little bit like mini-operas, and I would include some of the early work of King Crimson, Epitaph, which was essentially a classical piece with rock drums.
"How does that work? It's really a vehicle for the singer, for the message of the song, and I quite like the level of restraint on that, I think it's fitting. That's what progressive music was, at first, and then progressive stuff started to become more note-heavy. There was too much technique and not enough time writing the song. A good song is a bloody good thing and a lot of people forget that when they're designing music to be heard.
"I like to think that any success it's because of the song itself, although a certain amount is down to the singer's hairstyle but it's also got to do with the song. The music's got to be there.
"Genesis saw themselves as a semi-acoustic outfit, they were just as happy to have songs backed by 12-strings and with piano and there seemed to be a reluctance to expand and go loud. I thought 'Hang on, we're supposed to be a rock band! It's precisely in the contrast between loud and soft bits that our future lies.' So my take on it was perhaps a little different than the original insurgents.
"When I first met Phil Collins and spent an evening with him at home, he was playing me Buddy Rich with Mel Torme as the lead singer and I thought 'Why does this guy like this stuff? What is it about it that works for him?' I came to realise, over time, that it was the rhythmic changes and the whole swing era.
"I realised, with Tony (Banks) that it was about harmony and the changes that you might hear in classical music. He'd mentioned (Ottorino) Respighi and Shostakovich and I was only familiar with Respighi's Fountains Of Rome and then I heard other things by Respighi which were absolutely beautiful. I've recently been listening to some Shostakovich stuff which sounds extraordinary. Music that's harmonically driven can be very subtle but that's where the energy lies. You're not really listening to classical music, too much, for it's stunning rhythms, you're listening for it to inform you harmonically, I think.
"Genesis were interested in hiring a guitarist who was prepared to sit down. Mike Rutherford said to me 'We all sit down, Pete stands up and we only stand up for 'the nice', that was it, the encore! I said 'Right-o!'" he laughs. "That was it and, even in The Knife, I had a guitar solo, it was an Anthony Phillips tune, it was driven by him which is why there is so much guitar on it, I thought it was a very good tune, very exciting and I revived it with my own band. We've done it in recent years and it had quite some punch."
Steve is often quoted saying that Selling England By The Pound is his favourite album from his time with Genesis. It was a delight, therefore, to witness Steve and his touring band perform the album in it's entirety during his UK tour last autumn [our review]. Watching the performance, with Steve centre-stage, reminded me just how many great guitar passages there are on that album, a matrix that held it all together.
"Yeah, there's lots of guitar-glue in there. There are lots of moments where the guitar has been allowed to do its thing. It probably stands alone in the Genesis cannon as the most guitar-driven album that the band were involved with. I don't particularly make guitar-y albums, I don't tend to think of myself in that way unless I'm doing an instrumental album, in which case, it's full of nothing but guitar. I don't think I've made a guitar hero kind of album yet.
"It's funny, people think there's not a lot of guitar on [The Battle Of] Epping Forest, for instance. There's masses of guitar work on that, although it's rock guitar it's pretty subtle and there are passages that get handed over to 12-string or a guitar that's pretending to be a synth, an octave down or guitar pretending to be stamping feet, to make those sorts of sounds. I was so concerned with detail and there wasn't always a lot of room to come up with the traditional things for a lead guitar or a rhythm guitar so I did a lot of things coming in and out, punch things that would either mate up with the snare drum or play with repeat echo to provide backing for a section. But I think it's the best guitar album although I realise, of course, that Foxtrot's got Horizons on it. There's guitar playing on all those albums but I didn't always get the degree of space to move. Genesis had its own sort of lockdown and it didn't always head towards the guitars.
"My relationship with them changed as I became more adept and the more I listened to them. I like to to think that it was possible for them to listen to me but perhaps there was a reluctance. There is an aspect, trying to write as a song-writing collective… it's a great idea on paper but in practice it means that he-who-shouts-loudest gets heard and so I was at my most effective when I was at my most vehement. I don't think that he-who-shouts-loudest necessarily has the best ideas but being in a group is like a constructive tug-of-war. There will be something, everyone is trying to get at the same piece of rope but not always for the rope's benefit. There will be an outcome and it's usually called a song, or a dispute, and people leave.
"Genesis started to haemorrhage band members and the rest is history. I feel I never really left the group, musically, but I left because I found its politics no longer workable and I needed autonomy. It's so important to have autonomy if you're going to write decent stuff on your own and if you're going to work with other people and, if other people in the band start to object to your working with other people, then you've got to say 'Am I being pensioned off here?'"
By the time Steve left Genesis, they had gone from the darlings of the college scene to global rock legends. Whilst Steve had created so many memorable passages within the Genesis catalogue, stepping out as a solo performer must have been a daunting prospect?
"I remember the first solo gig I did and I was extraordinarily nervous backstage, thinking my whole future depends on this one gig going well. If this gig goes well then we're home and dry! And, luckily, the audience absolutely loved it and went nuts and I thought 'You know what? If I can do it tonight I can do this again!' I breathed a sigh of relief, went out and had a meal after the gig and I remember having a couple of glasses of wine and going, 'Yeah, I think we can do this. Audiences will like this, this is good, it's not a coincidence, it's not this guy was lucky to join Genesis, it's more than that.'
"I proved it then, I proved it again with [mid-1980s project] GTR and I'm still proving it all the time. Since then I've recorded with all sorts of people and all sorts of music including Bach and Erik Satie and various bits of classical things and I've surprised myself sticking my head in the lion's mouth. There are so many different kinds of music that I love and I haven't covered all of it, by any means."
Our conversation, in April, came at the height of the pandemic lockdown. Steve had been forced to cut short his American tour and was now, like many others, working from home.
"We were in the States, half way through an American tour and we just had to accept that that was it, America was closing down and there wasn't going to be any business. We got the last flight back from Philadelphia but, since we've been back, we've been busy doing videos and playing to camera with an iPad. I don't even have a functioning electric guitar at home, all my stuff was out on tour. I have an acoustic, or two, back home but I could never have imagined that I would need all of that stuff and not be able to access it from one day to the next. Our equipment has only just arrived back from the States. It came back by sea, rather than by air, which was more expensive but they just weren't freighting stuff by air, as you can imagine because of the problems. We got the stuff back but the equipment itself is now in lockdown, no one really wants to touch it. Because nobody wants to… nobody wants to die.
"I'm staying busy, staying busy is the answer to not feeling locked down. One thing that is not locked down is the imagination. So, provided there is plenty of inspiration, it's very productive."
I suggested, perhaps that indicates a new double album by the end of the year?
"Yeah…" Steve tentatively agrees. "I'm making both a rock album and also an acoustic album – or I will be – it's all on paper at the moment. By the end of next year I will have released a live album, probably an acoustic/orchestral album and a rock one, so three albums in the space of a year!
"Some call me slow, my engineer and cohort Roger King thinks I'm very slow. I think what he means is that the recording process is painfully slow because if I think there is a better take there, I'll do it and I do tend to go back and re-record things if I don't think they're quite right. I can be really difficult to work with!
"I do have a studio upstairs, that's really a music room but it's a little tight in there. To be honest, we set stuff up in the living room, I tend to prefer to work in there where we have daylight and we just commandeer the room. We take it over for a good six months of the year and that's the way it is. The priority has to be that in order to come up with the piece of product and the last one [2019's At The Edge Of Light], I think, was one of the best, and we did that in the living room."
As a taster for the autobiography A Genesis In My Bed here are some quotes taken from the book:
On joining Genesis…
He lifted his head and looked at me with a steely gaze… "You've heard of them, haven't you?"
Once again I was up against that invisible wall, aware I could either choose to sit there and give in or climb over it. But once over the wall, you can never go back. I knew there and then I was about to take a leap of faith into that new world and that my life was about to change for good. I was to board a spaceship to a new planet with a bunch of aliens. I emptied my glass, put it down and walked out through the door into the sunshine, clutching that ticket to Mars.
On creating The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway…
We were writing and recording at high intensity. The Lamb… is a dense album with tons of detail. Everyone brimming over with ideas, the record was as packed with themes as Times Square is filled with people on a busy night, vocals suddenly abrasive like the horn of a New York fire truck. Forget sweet dreams… the drama unfolds day and night.
The Lamb… felt like a titanic adventure we were trying to survive… We struck icebergs, but bravely lurched on into shark infested, uncharted waters.
On leaving Genesis…
Had I done the right thing? It was a big risk and a huge step into the unknown. I was leaving a world class band that was by now filling arenas internationally. I had to trust in the power of my instinct and inspiration…
Anecdote about a border customs experience…
On one occasion, after customs found some residual illegal substance left by a previous band in the car we'd hired, we were taken off into separate rooms. The customs guys were confrontational and aggressive, challenging me with large dogs as I stood there without my clothes on. Then suddenly an alarm startled these jumpy characters who swiftly pulled out their guns and spun around wildly, nostrils flaring…
A Genesis gig caught up in a revolution…
The government was about to be overthrown the following day and it was like a tinderbox explosion! There was a riot outside the venue with guns and fire crackers going off and upturned army jeeps in the street. I heard there were fatalities. The gig was oversold. Pyramids of people clambering over each other were dangerously close to the balconies.
Steve Hackett: A Genesis In My Bed is published by Wymer Publishing on Fri 24 Jul.
Available to pre-order here
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"Between a breath and a breath is where the magic lies…"
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This week I performed at Tongue Fu at London Wonderground. We improvised, to over 300 people in a stunning Spiegeltent on The Southbank. Tongue Fu are the such a joy to jam with, they have so much talent, its always such a laugh to do this gig.
And thank you Chris Redmond! Enjoy!
Gutsy choirs mix it with 21st-century beats, film-makers and poets Hollie McNish, Salena Godden and Charlie Dark With a rare UK appearance by the legendary Last Poets.
With DBC Pierre, Michael Smith, Salena Godden, Francesca Beard, Matt Okine and Thabo and the Real Deal at Book Slam South.


A suspect has been arrested for selling narcotic pills to foreigners in Kakathivu Island this morning.
The arrest was carried out by personnel attached to the Special Task Force (STF).
STF personnel had seized around 100 recreational pills and some 300 pills which are yet to be identified. The seizure has been valued at nearly Rs 1.8 million.
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I tried mac and cheese from 6 fast-food chains, and Chick-fil-A's transcended the others with cheese I could actually see and taste
Irene Jiang
Irene Jiang / Business InsiderI tried the mac and cheese from 6 chains, and Chick-fil-A's stood out.
I tried the mac and cheese from Popeyes, Boston Market, Panera Bread, KFC,Subway, and Chick-fil-A, and found that Chick-fil-A's mac was by far the best.
Although mac and cheese is rarely the star of the meal, it doesn't deserve to be neglected and thrown together like it was at many of the chains I ate at.
Chick-fil-A was the only chain whose mac tasted like real cheese. It was tangy, rich, and had a great baked texture.
In the past, Chick-fil-A hasn't fared too well in my taste tests.
I've taste-tested its waffle fries, its Icedream frozen dessert, its Oreo milkshake, its classic chicken sandwich, and its chicken nuggets. None of these particularly impressed me, especially when the competition always had something better to offer.
Not this time around.
When it comes to mac and cheese, the competition is sparse. Few people go to fast-food chains with the express purpose of ordering mac and cheese, so it's a side that's often thrown together and kept hot for so long it turns into a pile of mush.
This is because mac and cheese is often found at chicken or sandwich chains, which understandably put more focus on their main courses. But even if it isn't the star of the show, no dish deserves to be neglected. Mac and cheese has an important role to play in a meal.
Popeyes' new chicken sandwich convinced us that we never need to go back to Chick-fil-A
Irene Jiang / Business InsiderIt had real cheese baked into it, which contributed to a tangy and rich flavour.
I recently went on a tour of the town via mac and cheese, but I found disappointment at every corner. Popeyes, which has previously impressed me, had a bland and soupy mac. Boston Market's neon rotini wasn't much better. Neither were Panera's mysteriously expensive oversalted milky shells.
KFC offered a more flavorful, albeit artificial, cup of mac. Subway had hot, creamy pasta that was ultimately forgettable.
That's why Chick-fil-A's mac and cheese was such a showstopper.
I ate 8 chicken sandwiches from fast-food chains, and the best was also the cheapest
Sure, if you made mac and cheese from scratch at home, you could probably whip up something better. But Chick-fil-A is reliably OK at everything it does. And because every other chain was phoning it in when it came to mac and cheese, the simple fact that Chick-fil-A put in so much effort made it stand out.
Irene Jiang / Business InsiderChick-fil-A's mac also had a great baked texture.
Most of its competitors had mushy, watery mac. Chick-fil-A was the only chain whose mac tasted of real cheese. It had the tangy richness of cheese that hadn't been dried, smashed into powder, and reconstituted with hot liquid.
Chick-fil-A's mac is also baked, which means that the texture has variety. Yes, there's the gooey softness of the inner mac, but there's also the intriguing and challenging chewiness of the baked cheese bits.
I'm generally a Chick-fil-A sceptic, but I was genuinely impressed by the chain's mac and cheese. I still think the crown for best chicken goes to Popeyes, and I don't think Chick-fil-A's fries are anything to get up for in the morning. But out of all the fast-food mac and cheeses that I tried, CFA's mac was the only one that had me excited to be eating mac and cheese.
For the review of all six chain's mac and cheese, read my full comparison
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After a disastrous decade for wine in Bordeaux, Jean-Marc's hopes of a good vintage in 1940 are dashed when the German army invades France and his wife flees with their children, fearing Nazi persecution. Jean-Marc is determined to protect his land even as the Bordeaux wine growers prepare for the worst while the Germans head south, plundering as they go.
During a holiday in Villefranche in the Dordogne in 2014 I found and read a crumpled copy of an old book about the German occupation of the major French wine regions during WW2 and the plundering by the Nazis of the best French wines. I was captivated by this forgotten history and the wonderful intrigue it captured, and became instantly inspired to create a fictional story that brought to life the musty elements recorded in that book. Sweet Bergamasque is my attempt to bring alive to readers an extraordinary chapter in French wine-making history.
Researching the details of wine making in the 1930s and 40s as well as the unique atmosphere prevalent at that dangerous time was time consuming but fascinating, and made all the easier because of my appreciation and enjoyment of fine wines.


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Where does Cristiano Ronaldo's bicycle kick rank among the greatest ever?
But it's a goal he scored on a rainy night in Turin that people just can't stop talking about. Like a gift from the gods, Cristiano Ronaldo's soaring overhead kick from those dark gray clouds elicited a standing ovation from Juventus fans and left even Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane …
Cristiano Ronaldo: 'Playstation goal' is talk of the world
Cristiano Ronaldo's soaring, otherworldly overhead kick from the clouds elicited a standing ovation from the opposition supporters and left even Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane awestruck. It was, Ronaldo himself said, "probably the best" of his entire career. "It was spectacular," reflected the Portuguese forward after Real had all but …
Female footballers to attempt record-breaking match for equality
That is why, less than 12 months after playing the highest football match in history, a group of female footballers are to attempt another record-breaking feat — to play football at the lowest point on earth.` The 40 women, some of whom are current and former internationals, are presently taking …
Liverpool stun Manchester City to take commanding lead in Champions League tie
In the lead up to the game, sections of Liverpool fans had been posting on social media to urge fellow supporters to bring "flares and flags, banners and bangers, pints and pyro" to try and scare Manchester City ahead of their match. Amid warnings to fans that the use of …
Tony Finau dislocates ankle in Masters hole-in-one celebration
Finau's ankle-rolling moment was in sharp contrast to the jump for joy of Jack Nicklaus' 15-year-old grandson, who also scored a hole-in-one in the traditional Masters curtain raiser. America's Finau danced backwards down the fairway after holing out from the seventh tee with his wife and four children watching, but …
9 Umpires Who Have A Special Place In The Hearts Of Cricket Fans
Home > Sports > 9 Umpires Who Have A Special Place In The Hearts Of Cricket Fans In a cricket match we have bowlers, batsmen and fielders. But one factor we tend to ignore are the umpires. Two men who put in perhaps more effort than the players as they …
Arsenal vs. CSKA Moscow clash to test Anglo-Russian ties ahead of World Cup
Amid growing political tension between the United Kingdom and Russia, the two-leg fixture could provide important lessons for World Cup organizers and authorities in how to deal with potential flashpoints at this summer's tournament in Russia. The World Cup has been the focus of much of the mudslinging between Westminster …
Injured Australian hurdler Sally Pearson pulls out of Commonwealth Games
It's showtime!The opening ceremony of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 4, 2018 gets underway. Performers and dancers showcased the easy-going Australian lifestyle. There was a nod to the worldwide image of Australia: golden beaches, surfboards, emus and kangaroos. The …
Gururaja Opens Medal Account For India, Wins Silver In Commonwealth Games 56kg Weightlifting
It's been a good opening day for India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, is Gururaja claimed silver in the Men's 56kg weightlifting event. He lifted his best weight of 111kg in the snatch. Subsequently, the 28-year-old added 138kg in his third attempt in the clean and jerk to end with a …
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Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by More than 1.3 Million Since Trump's Inauguration
Enrollment in the food stamp program plunged by more than 1.3 million since Trump's inauguration month, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by Four Million in One Month
Four million people dropped off the food stamp rolls in one month, according to the latest numbers on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Food Stamp Enrollment Drops by 2 Million Under Trump
The number of people enrolled in food stamps dropped by two million since President Trump took office, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Nearly 1.5 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump
Nearly 1.5 million Americans dropped off the food stamp rolls since President Trump's inauguration in January 2017, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on food stamp enrollment.
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Former Obama Admin Official: Trump Funding Cuts Could Cause 1.1 Million Fewer People to Enroll in Obamacare
A former Obama administration official claimed that President Trump's cuts to Obamacare's advertising budget could cause 1.1 million fewer people to enroll in the healthcare marketplace.
Food Stamp Usage Has Fallen Every Month of Trump Presidency
Food stamp usage has declined every month since President Trump took office in January, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on food stamp enrollment.
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Return of the Death Spiral: ObamaCare Faces 'Meltdown' in 2017
Whoever wins the White House in 2016 will have the pleasure of dealing with an ObamaCare crisis that The Hill describes as an impending "meltdown," although we already had a perfectly good name for it: the ObamaCare Death Spiral.
Stall: Little Increase In ObamaCare Enrollments Expected Next Year
To the surprise of no one, and despite the fact that it is mandatory, ObamaCare enrollments have stalled out. Next year the Department of Health and Human Services expects fewer than 1 million new enrollees. This will bring the number
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ObamaCare apologists figure they have a fairly low hurdle to clear in order to keep the program alive, bureaucratic inertia being what it is. They only have to keep public discontent below a certain boiling point, to prevent a political tsunami from rippling forth and sweeping ObamaCare away.
Florida Beats Covered California in Obamacare Signups
Despite the fact that California, with 38.8 million residents, has virtually double the number of the state of Florida, which holds 19.9 million, Covered California, the California health-insurance exchange, has been surpassed by Florida's as the largest in the nation.
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Atkisson: Covered California Rife with Fraud, Chaos
Investigative reporter Sharly Atkisson, who uncovered key details of Operation Fast and Furious and the Benghazi scandal, now reports at the Daily Signal that Covered California, the Obamacare health care exchange established by the State of California, is not the success story that boosters claim, but is rather rife with fraud, chaos, and failure.
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Kimball commissioners give approval to larger wind project
Credit: By Kevin Mooney | KNEB | September 25, 2017 | kneb.com ~~
The Kimball County Commissioners gave their approval to the establishment of a new larger wind farm near Kimball after a public hearing Monday on the wind energy site plan and permit application provided by owner Kimball Wind, LLC.
The construction of a larger 30 megawatt capacity wind project in the same general area northwest of Kimball where a decommissioned wind project has existed in the past will triple the amount of power generated. Kimball County Board Chair Larry Engstrom says it will also provide tax revenue for local government, with the possibility for expansion.
There was no opposition at the public hearing. The new facility, with the more efficient 2.5 megawatt turbines, is expected to be in operation by the end of the year. The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska approved pursuing a 20-year power purchase agreement with Sandhills Energy earlier this year to distribute the wind energy among its communities.
Source: By Kevin Mooney | KNEB | September 25, 2017 | kneb.com


In light of the introduction of compulsory seat belt use, random alcohol breath testing and speed reduction strategies, harm minimisation for victims of road trauma may be an appropriate strategy for a further reduction in the road toll. Research publications were sought to identify studies of the number of fatalities that may have been avoided by early intervention, research on legislation regarding ?Good Samaritan? protection and a legal requirement to assist injured crash victims, and research either discussing strategies or making recommendations for reducing roadside death by early intervention. This review attempts to highlight the most pertinent issues and draws out the major arguments from the research currently available. Recommendations are put forward to develop and implement a first aid strategy to reduce the number of deaths that may have been avoided had basic life-saving first aid been applied at the crash scene.


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A eleição municipal de Santa Cruz do Sul em 2016 foi realizada para eleger um prefeito, um vice-prefeito e 17 vereadores no município de Santa Cruz do Sul, no estado brasileiro do Rio Grande do Sul. Foram eleitos Telmo Kirst (Progressistas) e Helena Hermany para os cargos de prefeito(a) e vice-prefeito(a), respectivamente.
Seguindo a Constituição, os candidatos são eleitos para um mandato de quatro anos a se iniciar em 1º de janeiro de 2017. A decisão para os cargos da administração municipal, segundo o Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, contou com 99 928 eleitores aptos e 13 942 abstenções, de forma que 13.95% do eleitorado não compareceu às urnas naquele turno.

Resultados

Eleição municipal de Santa Cruz do Sul em 2016 para Prefeito
A eleição para prefeito contou com 5 candidatos em 2016: Gerri Machado Ribeiro do Partido dos Trabalhadores, Sérgio Moraes do Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, Fabiano Rodrigo Dupont do Partido Socialista Brasileiro, Telmo Kirst do Progressistas, Afonso Schwengber do Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado que obtiveram, respectivamente, 0, 31 250, 6 852, 42 158, 423 votos. O Tribunal Superior Eleitoral também contabilizou 13.95% de abstenções nesse turno.

Eleição municipal de Santa Cruz do Sul em 2016 para Vereador
Na decisão para o cargo de vereador na eleição municipal de 2016, foram eleitos 17 vereadores com um total de 79 268 votos válidos. O Tribunal Superior Eleitoral contabilizou 3 394 votos em branco e 3 324 votos nulos. De um total de 99 928 eleitores aptos, 13 942 (13.95%) não compareceram às urnas.

Análise
A eleição de 2016 marcou a disputa acirrada entre os dois líderes políticos do município, ambos ex-prefeitos da cidade. É esperado que a próxima eleição de 2020 seja marcada pela renovação, pois o eleito Telmo Kirst cumpre o seu segundo mandato consecutivo não podendo participar do próximo pleito e o deputado Sérgio Moraes deve abandonar a política.

Ver também
Eleições municipais no Brasil em 2016

Santa Cruz do Sul
Política de Santa Cruz do Sul

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Apologies if this has been asked previously (I searched and came up empty), but my son is looking to lead a Bible study group over the summer (middle school children) and expressed interest in using FaithLife. I'm coming up empty with articles/blogs/tutorials to help get him started on how to accomplish something like that with the software/site. Obviously, he can create a reading plan and there is discussion functionality built-in. Is there additional functionality in FaithLife that would facilitate such a group study, esp. for kids that are tech-aware?
The first thing that comes to mind is using handouts of the lesson.
I use Logos/Faithlife in preparing for the bible study I teach on Sunday. And the way I do it is I gather some questions about the text and the use the software to research answers. I am more of a question/answer type teacher, but I find if I don't have answers myself I hear quite a few crickets chirping.
I'm coming up empty with articles/blogs/tutorials to help get him started on how to accomplish something like that with the software/site.
Thankful for Philippians precept Bible study using Faithlife earlier this year => https://faithlife.com/precept-philippians-study/activity that has News and Discussions, which included some video links.
Thankful for free resource last year => Philippians: How to Have Joy that was used in Bible study.
Are you looking to use Faithlife Groups as a social media component to post questions, discussions, or inform the Middle Schoolers about the group times and activities?
Are you asking if the kids can download FL mobile apps to follow along?
OR are you asking what books and resources would be helpful to purchase in preparing a Middle School bible study?
Hope that makes sense! It would help frame the discussion to give you the right info you need, and not what you don't.
FWIW, I am a youth pastor and love that fact that your son is reaching out to Middle Schoolers!


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Sphinx Quotes
There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.
Eye, Results, Various
Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise.
Wise, Attitude, Cat
Charles Baudelaire, "Les Chats (Cats)"
She moved like a poem and smiled like a sphinx.
Azure, Moved
It's like the riddle of the Sphinx... why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men?
Men, Riddle, Unmarried
She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.
Passion, Secret, Secrecy
Oscar Wilde (2014). "The Complete Short Stories: The Model Millionaire + The Canterville Ghost + The Happy Prince + The Star-Child + The Fisherman And His Soul + The Selfish Giant + The Nightingale And The Rose + The Sphinx Without A Secret + many more...", p.203, e-artnow
The Sphinx-riddle. Solve it, or be torn to bits, is the decree.
Marriage, Decree, Torn
D. H. Lawrence, Michael Herbert (1988). "Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays", p.216, Cambridge University Press
In our dreams (writes Coleridge) images represent the sensations we think they cause; we do not feel horror because we are threatened by a sphinx; we dream of a sphinx in order to explain the horror we feel.
Dream, Writing, Thinking
Jorge Luis Borges (1964). "Dreamtigers", p.48, University of Texas Press
Drowsing, they take the noble attitude of a great sphinx, who, in a desert land, sleeps always, dreaming dreams that have no end.
Dream, Attitude, Sleep
For I am I: ergo, the truth of myself; my own sphinx, conflict, chaos, vortex—asymmetric to all rhythms, oblique to all paths. I am the prism between black and white: mine own unison in duality.
Austin Osman Spare
Black And White, Path, Vortex
From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building.
Lonely, Rose, Empires
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009). "The Crack-Up", p.32, New Directions Publishing
I sit in the sky like a sphinx misunderstood; My heart of snow is wed to the whiteness of swans; I hate the movement that displaces the rigid lines, With lips untaught neither tears nor laughter do I know.
Laughter, Hate, Heart
Sphinxes without secrets.
Women, Secret
Oscar Wilde (2012). "A Woman of No Importance (with audio): Enhanced Edition with Full Cast Audio Performance", p.24, L.A. Theatre Works
You are afraid of me, because I talk like a sphinx.
Charlotte Bronte (2013). "Jane Eyre", p.177, Simon and Schuster
You can't escape the puking sphinx.
A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint in it of laughter, but of laughter more terrible than any sadness-a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild.
Dog, Laughter, Sadness
Jack London (1992). "The Call of the Wild and White Fang", p.71, Wordsworth Editions
It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.
Years, Fifty, Riddle
The problem of Eternity, of which the face of the Sphinx speaks, takes us into the realm of the impossible. Even the problem of Time is simple in comparison with the problem of Eternity.
P.D. Ouspensky
Simple, Faces, Impossible
"A New Model of the Universe: Principles of the Psychological Method in Its Application to Problems of Science, Religion and Art". Book by P.D. Ouspensky, 1931.
Pity for him who one day looks uponhis inward sphinx and questions it. He is lost.
Ruben Dario
One Day, Inward, Looks
A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms.
Answers, Form, Given
Gregory Bateson, Mary Catherine Bateson (1987). "Angels fear: towards an epistemology of the sacred", MacMillan Publishing Company
Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them.
People, Psychology, Crowds
Gustave Le Bon (2012). "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind", p.70, Courier Corporation
This is the sphinx of the hearthstone, the little god of domesticity, whose presence turns a house into a home.
Agnes Repplier
Home, Heart, House
Agnes Repplier (1893). "Essays in Idleness"
The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.
Stars, Fall, Past
W.E.B. Du Bois, Vann R. Newkirk II (2017). "The Souls of Black Folk", p.34, Restless Books
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.
Class, Answers, Firsts
Are there any mythical beasts which aren't simple pastiches of nature? Centaurs, minotaurs, unicorns, griffons, chimeras, sphinxes, manticores, and the like don't speak well for the human imagination. None is as novel as a kangaroo or starfish.
William Poundstone
Simple, Imagination, Kangaroos
"Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge". Book by William Poundstone, 1988.
But Shakespeare knows what the sphinx thinks, if anybody does. His genius is penetrative as cold midwinter entering every room, and making warmth shiver in ague fits. I think Shakespeare never errs in his logical sequence in character. He surprises us, seems unnatural to us, but because we have been superficial observers; while genius will disclose those truths to which we are blind.
William Alfred Quayle
Character, Thinking, Entering
William Alfred Quayle (1900). "A Hero and Some Other Folks"


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A woman goes into a pharmacy in London and asks for over-the-counter emergency contraception, licensed in the UK since 2001. The pharmacist asks several questions about her health including, to her surprise, whether she is taking any herbal preparations. He is acting on the growing concern about harmful interactions between herbal medicines and pharmaceuticals.
The sale of herbal supplements is big business and getting bigger, but rising use has been accompanied by increasing reports of health problems. The Australian government last month suspended the licence of the country's biggest complementary medicine company, after people taking a popular motion sickness drug suffered hallucinations. Thai officials recently banned the supplement V-1 Immunator because of false claims that it could cure HIV/Aids. Sean Riggins, a young American major league baseball player, died from heatstroke that doctors suspect was linked to ephedra, a herbal weight loss medicine.
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The Role of Airpower in the Iran-Iraq War
By Berfquist, Ronald E.
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Title: The Role of Airpower in the Iran-Iraq War
Author: Berfquist, Ronald E.
Subject: Instructional materials, Armed Forces, Air University (U.S.)
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E. Berfquis, M. R. (n.d.). The Role of Airpower in the Iran-Iraq War. Retrieved from http://www.worldebookfair.com/
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Introduction: The war, they believe, will be won in the air. This statement was the opinion of military analysts in Washington and Western Europe as reported by Drew Middleton in the 5 October 1980 issue of the New York Times. The Iran-Iraq war had begun almost two weeks prior when the Iraqi Air Force launched airstrikes on 10 Iranian airfields. Since that time, pictures of smoke billowing from bombed oil facilities in both countries had become a staple on television news programs. Yet, the air war did not seem to be progressing in a rational manner. The failure of both sides to use their air forces in support of ground advances [was] inexplicable to western military sources. I By the end of the year, the Iraqi-Iranian war began to resemble a grappling match between the slow and the disorganized ... military observers were entertained by the ineptitude of the combatants .2 And now, two years later, the Iraqis have been forced to withdraw from virtually all occupied territory by a combination of Iranian infantry and artillery attacks. As it turned out, Iranian airpower was not the impetus behind Iranian advances nor was Iraqi airpower any barrier to them.
Table of Contents: About the Author, V - Preface, Vii - Introduction, Ix - Notes, X - 1 the Arab Air Warfare Experience, 1 - The First Arab-Israeli War-1947-49, 2 - Lessons-1948, 3 - The Suez War-29 October-7 November 1956, 3 - Lessons-1956, 6 - The Six-Day War-1967, 7 - Lessons-1967, 9 - The October War-1973, 12 - Lessons-1973, 14 - Wrap-Up the Arab Wars, 15 - Notes, 16 - 2 Backgrounds of the Iqaf And Iiaf, 19 - The Iraqi Air Force, 19 - Wartime Combat Experience, 20 - Political Influences, 21 - Organization And Mission, 23 - The Iranian Air Force, 23 - Notes, 26 - 3 Reasons for the War, 29 - The Reasons, 31 - Notes, 34
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Railways schedules: Now on Google Maps
Posted by Mana Telangana on May 13, 2015
Google Maps keeps improving and making your life easier, whether you are traveling within your city or whether it is travel across states or even internationally- it can help you tremendously in any kind of travel.
Now, Google Maps has added yet another feature to Google Transit that will help you plan your public transport trips even more quickly and easily. They have added Indian Railways schedules for over 12,000 trains and also have further updated bus and metro information from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune cities.
So, for example if you are traveling from Delhi to Hyderabad to visit your relatives. just open Google Maps on Android or iOS or your desktop pc and type the destination address. Google Transit will intelligently tell you, whether you should take a Metro or a bus to nearest Railway Station. It will also tell you the earliest and best train schedule for traveling to Hyderabad. And, it will let you know which kind of public transport to take after your reach Hyderabad to reach your destination.
In short, it will give you full directions from point A to point B, across various transportation means including buses, Metro's and Railways.
Being able to see your entire train route and all the stops, means you know which stop is coming up next and roughly how far it is. And for those times when you want to see everything at a glance, the Schedule Explorer menu on desktop helps you easily see and scroll through all the options on the big screen.
There is no doubt that Google Transit has now become an indispensable companion for any kind of travel you may undertake. With it, you will never be lost, and will always know what is the best and fastest route and which form of transportation will get you to your destination in quickest time!
So, next time you are traveling to a new location, make sure you check Google maps transit feature before you step out of the house, you may just save much precious time!
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Jaya Jaya He Telangana: Mana Telangana school students are used to sing it in prayer
Much to the surprise of many, Ande Sri's 'Jaya Jaya He Telangana, Janani Jayakethanam', which set the tone and tenor of the Telangana Movement, besides leaving an indelible mark on the hearts of people, has found no place in the textbooks released recently by the state government.
The song which was billed as the State song didn't even figure in the week-long Formation Day fiesta. The government had reportedly directed all the district administrations that only national anthem (Jana gana mana) and national song (Vandemataram) will be sung during the celebrations.
At the height of the Telangana Movement, people and teachers encouraged children to sing 'Jaya Jaya He Telangana' replacing 'Maa Telugu Thalliki Malle Poodanda'. Even today children in many a school in the State are used to sing it. It was not exaggeration to say that even the websites of Google and the Wikipedia reflect that the song is the new State's official song.
Support from all quartets and the Chief Minister K. …
Liquor prices in :Telangana
Liquor prices in Telangana are set to increase by 20 per cent soon. While the Excise department has sent proposals to the government seeking a hike of up to 30 per cent, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is likely to approve a 20 per cent hike, said sources. The announcement is expected to be made after the conclusion of the ongoing Budget Session on March 27. The government is expected to earn an additional Rs 15,000 crore with the 20 per cent price hike.
The price hike was due last year as the price revision committee reviews liquor prices once in three years. The committee constituted in the undivided state had recommended a 20 to 30 per cent price hike last year. However, the proposal was kept on hold due to bifurcation of the state and subsequent political developments. Later, the committee submitted separate reports for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
In 2005-06, liquor prices were hiked by 15 per cent and by another 15 per cent in 2009-10. The Telangana government has raised t…
Haritha Haram: A success Key from Students, Telangana Government
Teachers told to create awareness among students on plantation
Telangana Government's flagship programme, Haritha Haram will be successful only when students work as soldiers and teachers enlighten them on the need of improving green environment.
Addressing the Balala Haritha Haram held at Rajiv Gandhi Auditorium here on Friday, Ms. Priyanka Varghese, the Officer on Special Duty of the programme, felt that students would listen only to teachers and they would take light of parents' word at times.
There were lakhs of students, who are supported by teachers and hence, the programme to be held from July first week, would be of a grand success, she said.
With a great aim of correcting ecological imbalance, overcoming drought and reducing temperature, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had planned this ambitious programme, she said and expressed the hope that it would find solution to many problems beset in society.
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Ford Might Be Working On a New Bronco Pickup Truck
07/15/2019 mediabest Future Cars
The upcoming Ford Bronco's reason for being is to compete with the Jeep Wrangler. Ford apparently has its sights on the Wrangler-based Gladiator pickup, too, because according to a new rumor, the Blue Oval is planning on building a Bronco-based pickup truck to go head-to-head with Jeep's midsize truck.
Shown above, a speculative rendering of what the new Bronco SUV might look like, from the fan site Bronco6G.com.
Automobile magazine reports that Ford is working on a Bronco-based pickup, citing intel from industry analyst AutoForecast Solutions. AutoForecast says the new, off-road-focused truck will begin production in July 2024, nearly four years after the Bronco SUV is expected to arrive at dealers.
Why the delay? Ford already plans on launching two pickups in the coming years—an all-new Ranger (which will provide the chassis for the upcoming Bronco) and an even smaller pickup based on the front-drive unibody platform that underpins the Focus hatchback. So AutoForecast's prediction that the Bronco pickup will come a few years after the SUV makes sense. An anonymous source seemed to confirm this, telling Automobile that the Bronco-based pickup would not arrive until 2022 at the very earliest.
You might be aware that Ford already has an off-road-focused mid-size pickup in the form of the Ranger Raptor. This current truck won't be sold in the US, but it's highly likely that the next-generation Ranger Raptor will be available here. It may seem unusual to offer two off-road-ready midsize pickups at the same time, but we expect the next-generation Ranger to be a thoroughly modern-style truck, whereas the rumored Bronco-based pickup would likely have more retro styling. That might tempt some would-be Gladiator-buyers away from Jeep dealerships.
When asked for comment, a Ford spokesperson said "we don't comment on speculation about future products."
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What's in a name? As referenced in Shakespeare's play Romeo & Juliet, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." In the case of flower name origins, this is all true. Their names may come from a variety of different sources. From mythology to their classifications in the plant world, the names of flowers and plants all have different origin stories. People you may know or come in contact with in your daily lives may be named after a flower or plant. Just like your friend or relative, the name of a flower or plant plays a key role in their identity.
The rose, has its name origin from a Norman form of the Germanic names of Roese and Rohese. It was used to shorten the names of any old Germanic name in use in England in the middle ages that contained the element hros, ros (horse). Roses are mainly found growing nowadays in any part of the world where there is a temperate climate.
Daisy is from the Old English word daegeseage, meaning "day's eye", in reference to its round, yellow center resembling the sun. The name Daisy comes from the flower, which has the aforementioned name origin. Daisies grow as a species known as the English daisy throughout the northwestern United States as a weed.
Lily is derived from Middle English lilie, which is from the Old English and Latin lilium. It refers to the flower we know today as the lily. It is believed to have its roots in ancient Egypt, where the name for the lotus flower was thought to have been used by Hebrews and changed over time to eventually stay as it is now with the word lily. The lily flower can be found in Europe, Asia and North America. It grows mostly in temperate and tropical areas.
The word tulip has undergone many transformations throughout the ages. It has its origins in the Middle East. It comes from the Persian word for turban, delband, and it has its roots in a tradition from medieval times in the Ottoman Empire: in the 1500s, it was fashionable for tulips to be worn on turbans. (A fully opened tulip was thought of to resemble a turban.) Western Europeans, frequent visitors to the region at the time, forced "delband" to go through phases of translations via the western European languages until finally it reached English in the late 1500s as tulip. Delband then went from "delband" to "tulipa" to "tulipant" to "tulip" in no time. The tulip's genus' name tulipa may also be an origin to the name tulip. Tulips can now be found growing in Holland, Switzerland, the U.K, and Australia and in the American states of Michigan, Iowa and Washington.
The iris is an example of just how important your name is to your identity. The word iris comes from the actual Greek word for "rainbow" and from the myth about Iris, the ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow. In the story, she is the messenger to Zeus and Hera and was said to guide the dead on their journey to Heaven from Earth. The rainbow was thought of by the ancient Greeks to be her flowing, multicolored robe. Others believed the beautiful multi-colored flowers were also part of her robe or the flowing veil from her dress. The ancient Greeks soon then began the practice of planting purple iris flowers on the graves of women, hoping to entice the goddess to guide their loved ones on their journey to Heaven. Iris flowers also have their name origins in their scientific names of Iridaceae (family), Iridoideae (subfamily) and Irideae (tribe). The iris flower can be found to grow naturally in North America, the Middle East, northern Africa, Europe and Asia.
The snapdragon's name is derived from the Greek word "antirrhinon" which roughly translates to "nose-like", "anti" meaning like and "rhin" meaning nose. This colorful flower gets its name from its resemblance to a dragon's head. It's no wonder, then, that its botanical name is antirrhinum. Its common name of snapdragon comes from the "snap" the flowers make when their throats are squeezed, resembling a dragon's mouth being wide open. Snapdragons are native to Europe, North Africa and the United States, most flourishing in rocky areas.
Azalea is one unique name in the flower world. Azalea comes from azaleos, a Greek word that means dry. The azalea flower thrives in well-drained or sandy soil. The flower's name was first coined in the mid-18th century by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. Azaleas are native to several continents including Asia, Europe and North America. They are planted abundantly as ornamentals in the southeastern USA, southern Asia, and parts of southwest Europe.
Asters find their name origin in their family scientific name of Asteraceae. The name aster comes from ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head. Asters are mainly found in North America and Southern Europe.
Wheww! I hope I didn't boggle your mind too much with all of this information. As you can see, the question, "What's in a name?" is one that is answered extensively in this piece because every flower has a name and an origin, much like we do. It is important to know whwre they com from, much where we come from.


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Slovakia -Strike averted at Volkswagen -May 28, 2014
Slovakia -Strike averted at Volkswagen -May 28, 2014 Trade unions at the Slovak division of German carmaker Volkswagen called off a warning strike in Volkswagen's plant in Bratislava. A new collective agreement raises the basic salary 2.4% retroactively as of April 2014. Another pay rise of 2.3% is scheduled to take effect at the start of 2015. Employees will also get a bonus of 280 euros. https://wageindicator.org/labour-laws/collective-bargaining/2014/slovakia-strike-averted-at-volkswagen-may-28-2014 https://wageindicator.org/@@site-logo/wageindicator.png
Trade unions at the Slovak division of German carmaker Volkswagen called off a warning strike in Volkswagen's plant in Bratislava. A new collective agreement raises the basic salary 2.4% retroactively as of April 2014. Another pay rise of 2.3% is scheduled to take effect at the start of 2015. Employees will also get a bonus of 280 euros.
Trade unions at the Slovak division of German carmaker Volkswagen called off a warning strike in Volkswagen's plant in Bratislava. A new collective agreement raises the basic salary 2.4% retroactively as of April 2014. Another pay rise of 2.3% is scheduled to take effect at the start of 2015. Employees will also get a bonus of 280 euros. The plant's management promised to maintain employment levels until the end of 2017. Workers were preparing industrial action after collective agreement negotiations failed. Breaking point was the request by management for employees to accept a 4% reduction in working hours and pay. Unionists reported that the initial Volkswagen-request had even been to reduce the wages but not the working time.
English: http://www.praguepost.com/eu-news/39305-strike-alert-called-off-at-slovak ...
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.
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