The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) is the university's highest degree in Political Science. Study for the Ph.D. is full time only. Students who wish to earn the Ph.D. degree must have earned the M.Phil. degree at Columbia and must prepare, defend, and deposit a dissertation in accordance with the regulations of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (for more dissertation details, consult the Dissertation Office website).
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Political Science require the completion of all M.A. requirements within two years, M.Phil. requirements within four years, and Ph.D. requirements within seven years.
Students who do not complete all requirements for the doctoral degree by the end of the ninth year will no longer be considered to be GSAS Ph.D. degree candidates, and will be notified accordingly. The GSAS time to degree policy may read in full here.
All students should understand and follow the regulations of the university, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Political Science. Lack of knowledge about university, GSAS and/or department rules and policies does not excuse students who fail to comply with these regulations.
The GSAS policy handbook may be found here.
Students in a Ph.D. program in the Graduate School must maintain good academic standing in the degree program, good administrative standing in the Graduate School, and continued good progress toward the degree each semester.
Students should direct questions about good academic standing to the Director of Graduate Studies.
Students are expected to remain in compliance with all applicable administrative policies and procedures of the university, including those of the Columbia Libraries, University Apartment Housing, and the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, as well as the regulations described in Essential Policies for the Columbia Community.
Consequences for failing to maintain good academic standing, good administrative standing, or good academic progress may include academic or administrative warning, probation, suspension, or dismissal.
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences adheres to federal regulations requiring that students receiving federal assistance make satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the standards set by the university.
The Graduate School considers progress to be minimally satisfactory when progress is such that a student completes all requirements for the M.A. degree en route to the Ph.D. within two academic years (four semesters) of registration, not including official leaves of absence or periods of parental accommodation.
To maintain satisfactory academic progress, all work for the M.Phil. degree—including the dissertation proposal requirement—must be completed within four academic years (eight semesters) of registration, not including official leaves of absence or periods of parental accommodation.
If, however, the student holds an appropriate master's degree from Columbia or another institution and received two Residence Units of advanced standing, all M.Phil. degree requirements—including the dissertation proposal requirement—must be completed within three academic years (six semesters) of registration.
Students who entered a Ph.D. program in the Arts and Sciences in Fall 2011 or later are allowed nine years of continuous registration (not including official leaves of absence) to satisfy all requirements for the doctoral degree. After their seventh year of registration in a Ph.D. program, GSAS students in the Arts and Sciences are not eligible for housing or for funding from GSAS or the Arts and Sciences.
The department faculty evaluates students annually, and the Director of Graduate Studies monitors student progress on an ongoing basis to ensure that students are progressing at a pace that will allow them to complete their degree within the time frame allowed by the graduate school and that all academic requirements are completed satisfactorily.
Permission to register each term is contingent on the faculty's judgment that progress in the degree program is satisfactory. A student who fails to maintain satisfactory progress may have his or her degree candidacy terminated. Other consequences may include disqualification for department travel grants, dissertation development grants, or other department benefits.
may be granted, upon entrance to the Graduate School, two Residence Units toward the required total of six for the M.Phil. degree.
Students must petition for transfer credit in their first semester of registration by submitting the Application for Transfer Credit and relevant materials to the Director of Graduate Studies.
The Director of Graduate Studies, in consultation with department faculty, determines whether the previously completed M.A. is appropriate for advanced standing in the program. The previous training must be equivalent to what is required of the department's M.A. recipients. The prior degree must meet Columbia department standards and contribute directly and substantially to the fulfillment of the requirements for the M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees at Columbia.
Students who have been granted two Residence Units toward the total of six Residence Units are not eligible to receive an M.A. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Registration at the Graduate School is a two-part process that consists of registering for individual courses and registering for a residence category at the university. All students must complete both parts of the registration process.
Six Residence Units (including the two offered for the M.A.) are required for the M.Phil. degree.
After completing six Residence Units, Ph.D. candidates register for Extended Residence ("ER") for any term in which they either register for a course or hold a university teaching or research appointment.
After completing six Residence Units, Ph.D. candidates register for Matriculation and Facilities ("M and F") for any term in which they are preparing the dissertation proposal, writing, or distributing the dissertation--and not taking courses or holding a teaching or research appointment.
GSAS students who register for M&F are not assessed the University Facilities Fee, which includes membership to the Dodge Fitness Center. GSAS will pay the Dodge access membership fee during the academic year (fall and spring semesters only) for doctoral students in Arts and Sciences programs who are registered for M&F and who are either receiving their dissertation fellowship or are otherwise eligible for GSAS funding through the multiyear funding package awarded upon admission.
More detail about residence categories can be found here on the GSAS website.
As part of an application for annual renewal of a multiyear GSAS fellowship, GSAS requires that students apply for at least one academic-year external award during years one through four of their GSAS fellowship years.
Students are required to submit to the Director of Graduate Studies evidence of at least one good-faith effort to obtain funding from a funding source external to the university. Students should consult with the DGS to determine what constitutes such an effort for a particular field and stage in the program.
In collaboration with the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, the department organizes a workshop on applying for external funding each fall.
Ongoing support for proposal development is available from ISERP. Students who have identified an external funding opportunity should consult ISERP's guide for student proposal submissions.
In choosing courses to fulfill M.A. requirements, students should be aware of course distributions required for the M.Phil. degree detailed below. Some courses required for the M.Phil., such as field surveys or methods courses, may be offered as electives for the M.A.
All courses offered in fulfillment of sequential M.A. and M.Phil. degree requirements must be taken for Examination, "E," credit. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in order to be eligible to take comprehensive exams.
Courses may be taken for Registration, "R," credit only with permission of the instructor obtained at the beginning of the semester; however, courses taken for R credit do not fulfill any degree requirement towards the M.Phil.
Please click here for a detailed explanation of the GSAS grading system.
Languages used to fulfill the requirement must be chosen in consultation with the adviser from among those that encompass a significant literature in political science, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Other languages necessary for the student's research may, upon approval by the student's adviser and the Director of Graduate Studies, be offered as a foreign language. English may not be offered as a foreign language.
The M.A. degree is awarded in October, January and May.
Students must submit an application for the M.A. degree to the university registrar according to deadlines set for each degree conferral date.
Deadlines, forms, and instructions may be found on the registrar's website.
Majors in American politics and comparative politics must complete both semesters of the two-semester field surveys in those fields and two additional field surveys. American politics and comparative politics minors are strongly encouraged to take both semesters of those fields' surveys. Students not majoring in American or comparative politics need take only one semester of those field surveys to fulfill the field survey requirement.
Additional courses have been designated to be approved in place of the third field survey in the field that is not the student's major or minor field. The Director of Graduate Studies must be informed if the student will replace one of the field survey course requirements with one of these courses.
Courses in other departments may be substituted for those of the Department of Political Science with the prior written approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.
Command of a second research tool as defined in the M.A. requirements above.
Quantitative methods and formal modeling courses used to fulfill the research tool requirement simultaneously fulfill the one-course requirement in quantitative methods but cannot be counted toward the four-course requirement of those completing quantitative methods as a minor subfield.
Methods minors may use two courses from the same subfield outside of their major subfield to satisfy the research tool requirement. For example, a student could offer two courses in international relations in fulfillment of the tools requirement, as long as international relations is not the student's major subfield.
As part of their professional development in the Ph.D. program, students must present a solo-authored research paper in the fall of their third year at the department student conference, referred to as "Mini-APSA." This paper need not be written especially for this occasion, but can be or grow out of one completed for a course. Students will be graded pass or fail for the presentation and will receive comments from a faculty discussant. An unsatisfactory Mini-APSA paper may jeopardize a student's academic standing and require the student to present at Mini-APSA the following year.
Exams are offered in August and January. A candidate for the M.Phil. degree takes written and oral examinations in a major and a minor field in August before the third year in the program. With adviser and Director of Graduate Studies permission, students may take one or more exams in January of their second year with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies and their academic adviser provided they meet all eligibility requirements listed below. Students are allowed two attempts to pass exams.
The four major subfields for examination are: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. Students select a major and minor field from among these.
Students may also select pre-approved minors in economics, quantitative methods, law, or political economic theory. In addition, students may petition to pursue an individually designed special minor by following procedures outlined below.
Carry no more than one mark of "IN" on his or her transcript.
Students who have been notified that their progress is not satisfactory and who have not met the requirement for gaining satisfactory academic standing prior to the exams will not be allowed to take them, and will be considered to have failed the exams one time.
Written examinations are administered in an electronic classroom on a specified date for each field. Majors write two essays, are given a lunch break, and then write a third essay. Minors write two essays in the morning.
Each essay is graded by a faculty member who serves as "first reader" for that essay. In addition, a second reader is assigned to grade each exam in its entirety. Hence, each essay receives two grades, one from the "first" reader and one from the "second" reader, who reads the entire exam. Student names are not revealed to faculty graders, and faculty grader identities are not revealed to students.
Oral examinations are conducted by three faculty members. This orals committee recommends a final grade of distinction, pass, or fail for the entire exam, taking into consideration the student's performance on both the written and oral components.
If the orals committee gives a student a passing grade on the comprehensive exams, the presumption is that the student will continue to Ph.D. candidacy and the dissertation unless the Director of Graduate Studies has identified problems in the student's record that require a faculty discussion about the student's ability to continue in the doctoral program. In such cases the faculty will determine whether the student shall receive a terminal M.Phil. (contingent on satisfaction of all M.Phil. requirements). In making this decision, the entirety of the student's record and performance will be considered. This review includes grades, the quality of the student's research papers, the quality of the Mini-APSA paper, and the performance on the comprehensive exams (students with weaker academic records will be helped by good performance on the exams).
A student who fails the comprehensive exam on the first attempt will be given written feedback from the orals committee regarding the reasons for the failure and the areas in which improvement is needed (students who pass may see the chair of the oral examining committee for comments). A student who fails an exam may be re-examined only once, in whichever field was failed. Re-examination must take place at the next examination date.
A student who fails the comprehensive exam a second time is not eligible to receive the M.Phil. Grievances regarding the outcome of comprehensive exams can be pursued according to the procedures laid out in GSAS rules, which may be found on the GSAS website.
As part of the academic requirements for conferral of the M.Phil. degree, all students in the thirty Arts and Sciences Ph.D. programs must fulfill a one-year GSAS teaching requirement that must be completed in their first four years of residence (three years for students admitted with advanced standing) or before receipt of the M.Phil. degree, whichever should come first. Students are usually appointed as teaching fellows while they fulfill the requirement. It is expected that students will fulfill the teaching requirement in consecutive semesters of an academic year; exceptions based on compelling academic or professional reasons must be approved by the Office of the Dean.
Political Science students should expect to serve as a teaching assistant in the undergraduate introductory course in their major field for at least one semester.
Please click here for details about TA assignments in the department.
Students who are interested in broadening their teaching apprenticeships are eligible to teach as preceptors in the undergraduate Core Curriculum once they have received the M.Phil. Students may apply to be a preceptor only if they will have received the M.Phil. by the May prior to being appointed as a preceptor and if they will not be past their sixth year of registration during the first year of the preceptorship. Each fall, the department forwards to all graduate students the call for applications for preceptorships, which is issued by the Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum of Columbia College. Students apply directly to the Center for the Core Curriculum.
Students may not hold instructional appointments after the seventh year of study.
Exceptions to the teaching requirement may be available to students who have teaching experience prior to enrolling in the Ph.D. program. Inquiries about exceptions should be made to the Director of Graduate Studies.
Students whose first language is not English are required to take the English Proficiency Test offered by the American Language Program before being allowed to teach.
Students in their third year of residence are required to successfully complete the department's Dissertation Seminar, GR9901-9902. The seminar is designed for students in all fields working on any and all topics in political science. Students will have the opportunity to present draft dissertation proposals and draft dissertation chapters. Registration for a letter grade is recommended but not required. Participation by students in earlier years of residence is by permission of the instructor.
In order to maintain good academic standing, GSAS and the department require every student who has passed comprehensive exams to submit and defend a dissertation proposal by the end of the fourth year. The department strongly encourages all students to submit and defend the proposal by the end of the third year.
Proposal defenses are scheduled each semester. Deadlines for submitting proposals are announced at the beginning of each academic year by the Director of Graduate Studies.
Students defend proposals before a committee of four faculty members: two sponsors selected by the student, and two department faculty members outside the student's dissertation subfield. Students may suggest up to four faculty members outside the subfield to serve on the committee Student suggestions will be accommodated to the extent that scheduling constraints allow.
The Graduate Coordinator will schedule a time and location for each defense, provide the proposal defense form to the committee chair, and forward the signed form to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Proposals are submitted to the Graduate Program Coordinator by the announced deadline. Proposals submitted after the deadline will be scheduled for defense only after those submitted on time have been scheduled, and only as faculty schedules permit.
Description of the research question(s) the dissertation will investigate, including relevant theory.
The body of the proposal should be no longer than twelve double-spaced pages. References, table of contents, and bibliography are not included in the twelve-page limit. This is a firm celling. Proposals that exceed twelve pages will not be accepted by the Graduate Program Coordinator.
The DGS will assign to each proposal two readers drawn from among the faculty outside the dissertation's primary subfield. Students may suggest outside readers on the proposal cover sheet. However, there is no guarantee that the suggested readers can be assigned.
Students will defend their proposals orally in a meeting with the two assigned readers and one or both sponsors.
After the oral defense, the chair of the defense committee will write an assessment of the proposal and will assign the proposal a grade of pass or fail. The assessment will be sent to the student, the DGS, and the dissertation sponsors.
Only students who have obtained the M.Phil. and successfully defended their dissertation proposals may take advantage of GSAS Dissertation Fellowships (two semesters without teaching obligations).
No more than one-third of the substantive material of a student's Ph.D. dissertation may be co-authored (that is, one paper of a three paper dissertation, or one-third of the substantive chapters of a monograph dissertation).
No chapter or paper may be co-authored with a member of the Columbia political science department faculty, nor with any member of the student's dissertation committee.
Co-authorship must have the consent of the dissertation sponsor(s). If multiple students co-author a chapter or paper, it may be included in each dissertation.
Any co-authored chapter or paper must be accompanied by a disclosure statement, which clearly notes the student's contribution. This statement must be signed by all co-authors and forms part of the deposited dissertation.
Students should be aware that co-authored dissertation chapters/papers may be discounted or misattributed (to the other authors) by hiring committees. Co-authored work may be better reserved for publication outside the dissertation.
This policy is effective as of July 1, 2016. Exceptions to the co-authoring policy can be granted by the Director of Graduate Studies for any student whose dissertation proposal was approved prior to January 1, 2016.
Students in their later years of study are strongly encouraged to present their work for feedback at one of the seminars organized by the department's graduate students. Details about these seminars are available from the Director of Graduate Studies.
The dissertation defense is the final requirement for completing the Ph.D.
Once the faculty sponsor has approved a dissertation as ready for defense, he or she assembles a committee of examiners and asks the Graduate Program Coordinator to schedule the defense.
The student should complete the top portion only of the Application for the Dissertation Defense and forward it to the Graduate Program Coordinator. Only a department representative may forward the application for defense to the Dissertation Office.
The Graduate Program Coordinator schedules the defense in consultation with the dissertation sponsor and the student.
See the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences policies and procedures for defense and permanent deposit of the dissertation on the GSAS website.


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*you can select and change at once only one position - not the whole text at once (so colons and points cannot be removed)

*up and down buttons

*calendar button (but it's rather optional for me)

I have tried JSpinner with a DateEditor but it doesn't have this features. JXDatePicker only adds the calendar button.
Generally I am looking for a nice way to let user enter date and time in a powerful and simple way. Windows 7 solution seems to be quite good.
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The Archers regarded 'A Canterbury Tale' as their first failure, in Powell's words they 'came a cropper'. From this distance that assessment seems overly harsh as this is a piece of cinema that rewards persistence. It could have done with a David Lean editing job possibly, some of the business with the children helping solve the central mystery seems overdone and superfluous, but at it's core the film has all the trademark 'ordinary strangeness', and then some, that we've come to know and love in the Powell and Pressburger features. The setting was the countryside of Powell's childhood, himself a 'man of Kent', and his judgement may have been slightly impaired in the realising of something so close to him, but only slightly as it's his love of the 'Englishness' of people and place that ultimately redeems the film. The project was also compromised by the political need to show American isolationists what they were supporting in Britain now that Japan had dragged them into the conflict, a British people who valued freedom as much as they did, in fact it was partly a history lesson to show the Yanks where they got their value system from.
Taking as a reference point Chaucer's English classic 'Canterbury Tales', P&P centre their story on 3 modern day 'pilgrims' who take the old road to Canterbury and who each in return receive a 'blessing' for making the journey. Powell takes us from medieval travellers to modern day in a jump cut that pre-dates Kubrick's bone-to-spacecraft by 25 years as we see a Baron's hawk in flight turn into a spitfire plane in war time England. A Train disgorges passengers at Chillingbourne, the stop before Canterbury, and 3 of them set off for the centre of town, Alison (Sheila Sim) down from London to do farm work, and 2 soldiers Bob (John Sweet) an American who's effectively lost and a Brit, Pete (Dennis Price). Alison is attacked by the mysterious 'glueman' who pours glue into the hair of woman who accompany soldiers at night. The three determine to solve the local mystery of the assailant's identity and work together to do so. Suspicion falls onto a local magistrate Colpeper (Eric Portman) who dismisses Alison when he first meets her with a thinly veiled streak of misogyny. Bob learns more about English foibles as he talks to the locals but strikes up a conversation with a local woodcutter and finds the same instructions his father gave him in Oregon are in use in Kent.
Colpeper lectures captive audiences of soldiers who are stationed nearby in the history of the area, a passion of his, as he is convinced that only by knowing your past can you know your own identity. Alsion and Bob reveal to each other personal losses they've experieneced, Alison has a fiance pilot who's been shot down and not heard from, and Bob has not had a letter from his sweetheart for several month's. The 3 sleuths use different methods of investigation, Alison interviews all the girls who were victims, Bob enlists the help of the local boys who are normally playing war games, and Pete goes straight to his main suspect Colpeper and gathers crucial evidence. Colpeper finds out from Pete that he's an accomplished organist but has to find wotrk as a theatre organist instead of his ambition of playing in a large cathedral. Eventually the 3 collate their material and determine it is indeed Colpeper who is the 'glueman' but are at a loss as to his motives. On a train to Canterbury they confront him with their findings and he reveals the motivation behind his attacks. They all arrive in Canterbury and Pete decides not to report Colpeper to the police, finding his 'blessing' in the form of being allowed to play the great organ in Canterbury Cathedral for a farewell service for the troops. Alison is given news that her fiance has been found alive and Bob is given letters that arrived late because his girl is now a WAC in Australia.
P&P bring the story together grandly, some of their most effective resolutions occur in this film, the eccentric Colpeper reconciling an earlier quote on a plaque 'what has been has been and I have had my hour'. Colpeper's obsessive pride in the history of the area and his missionary zeal in sharing it are shown to be a justifiable eccentricity, at one point Copleper springs from the land itself when Alison stumbles upon him in a field. Ultimately he still has to incorporate progress into his cloistered view, and Powell shows how even ancient cities will re-invent themselves, even if this time much of the change is bought about by the human folly of war. Pete, the modern and cynical city man sees that there are many different voices that sing in the English choir and that a countryside harmony is a sweet and valuable one to have. Bob sees that these whacky Brits with their tea and upside down Sergeant stripes are the cloth from which the Yanks are cut, his parochial worldview also expanded by his experience. Alison learns from Colpeper to be open to miracles, and they find common ground literally, 'you have to dig to find out about people as well as history' and finds her 'miracle' in the return of her lost love,
The performances are a mixed lot, Portman is very good as the eccentric magistrate and Price hints of the acting glories to come. Shiela Sim is okay as Alison but is lightweight as is John Sweet, a non-actor who's manner and voice somehow charmed Powell. One wonders what Burgess Meredith would have made of the part as he was originally cast. The Archers filmed new bookends for the American market with Kim Hunter, after she'd done 'A Matter Of Life And Death' for them, as Bob's WAC girl meeting him after the war as he explains his time in Kent, but they add nothing essential and the UK cut remains the only one to view. The joys it holds are still many, the slightly askew reality they present has some of the semi-surreal tropes that they would expand upon in later films. Not quite a bulls-eye but damn close.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 1, 2015, unanimously held in Bank of America, N.A. v. Caulkett that a chapter 7 debtor cannot "strip off" even a totally underwater mortgage under § 506(d), reversing the Eleventh Circuit. In so holding, the Court not only reaffirmed but extended its controversial decision in Dewsnup v. Timm, 502 U.S. 410 (1992), in which the Court had held that a chapter 7 debtor cannot "strip down" a partially underwater mortgage under § 506(d). Many observers had thought -- especially after oral argument in Caulkett -- that the Court might take this opportunity to overturn its much-criticized Dewsnup decision, or at the very least confine it to partially underwater mortgages. Instead, much as Mark Twain once quipped that "the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated," the reports of Dewsnup's demise proved premature. Writing for the Court, Justice Thomas concluded that "Dewsnup's construction of "secured claim" resolves the question presented here." The Court's decision in Caulkett now indicates that mortgage liens are sacrosanct in chapter 7, irrespective of whether they are partially or totally underwater. Whether they will be so in chapter 13 remains to be seen, but mortgagees have a plausible argument to extend Caulkett there as well. Click here to read the full analysis from Prof. Tabb.
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MAY COMMERCIAL CHAPTER 11s INCREASE 16 PERCENT FROM PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTAL BANKRUPTCY FILINGS DECREASE 19 PERCENT
Total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 19 percent in May 2015 over May of last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. Bankruptcy filings totaled 69,286 in May 2015, down from the May 2014 total of 85,711. Consumer filings also declined 19 percent to 66,771 from the May 2014 consumer filing total of 82,473. Total commercial filings in May 2015 decreased to 2,515, representing a 22 percent decline from the 3,238 business filings recorded in May 2014. In contrast to the other filing categories, commercial chapter 11 filings increased 16 percent to 498 filings in May 2015 from the 431 commercial chapter 11 filings registered in May 2014. Read the full press release.
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN SHARPLY CRITICIZES SEC CHAIRMAN IN LETTER
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sharply criticized SEC Chair Mary Jo White in a letter, saying that her tenure as the head of the SEC has been "extremely disappointing" and that she "appears" to have broken promises made to lawmakers during her confirmation hearings in early 2013, the Wall Street Journal reported. Warren has repeatedly rebuked regulators for not being tougher on big financial institutions in the years since the 2008 crisis. White, in a statement, disputed Warren's charges. "Senator Warren's mischaracterization of my statements and the agency's accomplishments is unfortunate, but it will not detract from the work we have done, and will continue to do, on behalf of investors," White said. In her letter, Warren took aim at several issues, including a long-delayed executive compensation rule mandated by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law requiring companies to disclose the pay gap between chief executives and their employees. Read more. (Subscription required.)
MIDSIZE BANKS APPROACH STRESS TEST DEADLINE
A first-of-its-kind deadline is approaching for midsize U.S. banks to disclose results of their internal "stress tests" later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The Federal Reserve and other bank overseers issued a reminder today about the disclosures, which are required to happen between June 15 and June 30. Banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion in assets are required under the 2010 Dodd-Frank law to run the tests, which simulate each bank's performance during a hypothetical recession. Banks like New York Community Bancorp Inc. and CIT Group Inc. must disclose a description of the risks included in their stress tests, their losses, revenue, and capital levels under a "severely adverse" economic scenario, and other details, the banking regulators said. Unlike the "stress tests" for larger firms, regulators won't issue a public judgment approving or disapproving the midsize banks' results and won't run their own simulation of how each bank would fare. The results also won't be a prerequisite for regulatory approval of banks' plans to reward shareholders with dividends and other payouts. Read more. (Subscription required.)
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ABI LIVE WEBINAR ON JUNE 16 TO EXAMINE ASSET SALES ISSUES IN OIL AND GAS BANKRUPTCIES
Join the latest abiLIVE Webinar on June 16 to explore the unique challenges that can arise in a § 363 sale of the assets of a business involved in the energy industry, with a particular emphasis on oil and gas bankruptcies. Presented by ABI's Asset Sales Committee, the webinar features experts discussing the interplay in energy company bankruptcy cases among the Bankruptcy Code, federal and state laws, the regulatory structure governing the energy industry, and the political and practical realities of the industry's significance on national, regional and local levels. Speakers on the program are Bryan M. Gaston of Conway MacKenzie (Houston), Ira L. Herman of Thompson & Knight LLP (New York) and Shari L. Heyen of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Houston). Click here for the ABI member price.
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NEXT ABI WORKSHOP TO FEATURE BANKRUPTCY JUDGES EXAMINING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ON RESOLVING COURT SPLITS
The next ABI Workshop, the 2015 Bankruptcy Judges Roundtable, will take place at ABI headquarters on Aug. 4 to examine the Chapter 11 Reform Commission's recommendations on resolving court splits. The Commission identified more than 30 splits in case law on important bankruptcy issues. Attend the program from 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET in person or via live webstream to hear five bankruptcy judges discuss the recommendations and issues surrounding the court splits. ABI will seek 1.5 hours of general CLE credit in 60-minute-hour states and 1.5 hours of credit in 50-minute-hour states for the program. Networking reception to follow from 5-7 p.m. ET for in-person attendees, and registration for just the reception is also available. Click here to register.
NEW CASE SUMMARY ON VOLO: OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS V. CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT INC. (IN RE JEVIC HOLDING CORP.; 3D CIR.)
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that where there is no showing that a structured dismissal of a chapter 11 case "has been contrived to evade the procedural protections and safeguards of the plan confirmation or conversion processes, a bankruptcy court has discretion to order such a disposition."
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The decorative guards are a useful and practical alternative that serves to give life to a room. Allow brighten the walls and can be used both walls is painted like those already previously papered. In the market you can find guards of different reasons, colors, materials and styles as well as can do with your hands if you have the ability to paint.
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24 Season Finale! POSSIBLE SPOILERS!
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In the next Clancy movie, Jack Ryan meets...Jack Ryan?


The newest Destiny 2 trailer focuses on the game's competitive multiplayer.
There's a brand new Destiny 2 trailer out today, and it's giving gamers their first close-up look at the Crucible - the game's competitive multiplayer. The Crucible is a 4v4 showdown with multiple game modes.
All multiplayer PvP modes in Destiny 2 will be 4v4, the trailer looks at 3 multiplayer modes, Control, Countdown, and Survival. Control involves holding points, while Countdown task one team with defending an objective and another with blowing it up, sort of like Counter-Strike, and Survival is exactly what you'd think - outlasting your enemies.
Destiny 2 is headed to PS4 and Xbox One on September 6. If you're on PC, you'll have to wait until October 24 to get into the game.


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Where is Station 19 filmed?
Station 19 is the second spin-off of Grey's Anatomy after Private Practice. This time the series, coming back for season 2, is focused on the every day emergencies that have to face the firefighters of Seattle.
Very soon we meet Ben Warren (Jason George), doctor of Grey's who decided to give up everything to become a firefighter. Andy Herrera (Jaina Lee Ortiz) will be a woman in command in a world full of men, along with lieutenant Grey Damon as Jack Gibson.
Like Grey's Anatomy, Station 19 is also set in Seattle, but most of the show was filmed in Los Angeles. As usual we will be updating this report with the latest filming locations from Station 19, if more interesting stuff shows up within the next episodes:
External shots for Station 19 were filmed at the real Station 20 at 2800 15th Ave West (Queen Anne, Seattle).
A replica of the interior of this awarded station was built in a studio in Los Angeles. The original fire station designed by Schacht Aslani Architects (more images following the link), was completed in 2016.
Image courtesy of ABC
The Seattle Times comment in this post that the crew "spend a day-and-a-half, day and night, moving trucks through Seattle" to film enough footage for the series. Image courtesy of ABC
During the first episode, Andy and Maya meet at the Occidental Square in downtown. This is a nice park featuring the sculpture group Memorial To Fallen Firefighters dedicated to those who have died in the line of duty.
In episode 3, exteriors for JJ's house were filmed at Langham Apartments (715 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles).
An episode was filmed in a strip mall at 2126 South La Brea Ave in Los Angeles. This triggered actual 911 calls for an unknown fire in the area. 2 LAFD engine companies responded and gave an all clear. The film crew used steam, propane, and colored lights for the fire effect (thanks Sean for your help finding this one!).
Can you help to improve this article about the filming locations of Station 19? To complete and correct this report, any feedback, info or images that you may have are more than welcome, thank you!


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Ain't it Grand?
You've heard me wax poetic about my writing group. These 4 writers — Dallas, Scott, Corrine and Robyn— have been a staple in my writing life for almost a decade. So nothing could make me happier when a member has a big splashy publishing success. It's with great pleasure today we devote this space to an 8-track loving writer who knows how to rock like a hurricane: Scott Berg.
Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C., Scott's debut soon-to-be released nonfiction title, gets a starred review in Publishers Weekly:
" To all those who have encountered the delights of driving in the District of Columbia—and subsequently suffered the distress of getting lost amid its oddly angled avenues—Berg (a teacher of nonfiction writing and literature at George Mason University) offers a welcome narrative of the man responsible: Pierre Charles L'Enfant. A French volunteer during the American Revolution, L'Enfant was asked by George Washington in 1791 to design a gleaming federal city, not on a hill but in a swamp. Suffering from constant interference, not least by Thomas Jefferson, and a nasty episode of credit-stealing by a rival surveyor, L'Enfant—something of an easily inflamed control-freak himself—persisted for 11 months before being dismissed. Still, his plan lived on, a monument to Enlightenment architectural principles and plotted with geometric regularity. Washington, D.C., as conceived by L'Enfant, would be the republican antithesis to the medieval, dirty warren of Paris; it would be a polis where the people's Congress would form the city's nexus—and what would become the White House was pointedly set off to the side. Berg performs sterling service in excavating this little-known story from the archives. Every tourist to the nation's capital, and every driver within it, will enjoy the ride
And more love from:
Kirkus:
"… A lively and literate view of Washington's early history, with liberal dashes of intrigue for good measure."
and Booklist:
"L'Enfant's idiosyncratic personality interfered with his complete success yet only serves to make this biography a fascinating read."
January 11, 2007 at 01:00 PM | Permalink
Well done, Scott! So architecture and English do go together after all... To think you could be so eloquent after all those years cajoling would-be writers to get off their duffs and into the WC tutoring cubes.
Posted by: Matt Ellsworth | January 12, 2007 at 01:34 PM
Rockin' the house, Mr. Berg. I can't wait to read it--
Posted by: Chris Coake | January 12, 2007 at 08:01 PM


The total ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and leisure venues in 2010 will provoke the closure of 35,000 to 40,000 businesses or around 10 per cent of the total in Spain and the direct loss of 100,000 jobs, says Gaietà Farràs, vice President of the Spanish hospitality and Restaurant federation (FEHR).
The vice president also pointed out that a law to prohibit tobacco in all public places would penalize around 70,000 businesses including bars, restaurants and nightclubs which refurbished their premises around 4 years ago to adapt to changes in the law at the time – which obliged owners to separate smoking zones. The changes at the time represented an investment of 1,500 million Euros.
Farràs also stated that the new measure announced by Trinidad Jiménez, to tighten the anti-smoking laws in Spain to reduce the number of smokers was based on figures which are "of little objectivity" and "not credible".


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Johanna Varner (* als Johanna Wibmer 1963 in München) ist eine österreichische Musikerin (Cello, Kontrabass, Komposition) im Bereich der zeitgenössischen und der improvisierten Musik sowie Musikverlegerin und Initiatorin zahlreicher Konzertreihen. Außerdem ist Johanna Varner
Fotografin mit zahlreichen Einzelausstellungen in Deutschland und den Niederlanden, die hauptsächlich die Groninger Landschaft zum Thema haben. Seit 2020 ist ihr Künstlername Johanna van Oostum. Seit 2013 wohnt sie in Oostum in der Provinz Groningen. Ihre Großmutter ist die österreichische Dichterin Fanny Wibmer-Pedit und ihre Schwestern sind die Videokünstlerin und Geigerin Katharina Wibmer und die Videokünstlerin und Malerin Monika Schuh-Wibmer.

Leben und Wirken
Johanna Varner hatte ihren ersten Unterricht bei Inge Raba und bei Johannes Wohlmacher. Danach studierte sie bei Fritz Kiskalt Cello an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, wo sie das Staatsexamen ablegte. 1984 gewann sie mit dem Cudek-Quartett den zweiten Preis beim Streichquartett-Wettbewerb in Bubenreuth. Es folgte ein Cellostudium an der David-Oistrach-Akademie Ingolstadt bei Eldar Issakadze und Meisterkurse beim Alban-Berg-Quartett, später Kontrabass-Unterricht bei Rufus Reid, Thomas Stabenow und Henning Sieverts.

Ab 1986 beschäftigte sich Varner mit improvisierter Musik; sie ist Gründungsmitglied des International Composers and Improvisers Ensemble Munich (ICI) und initiierte – gefördert vom Deutschen Musikrat, der Landeshauptstadt München und dem Österreichischen Kulturforum – in München die Konzertreihe Internationale Begegnungen. Ferner arbeitete sie u. a. mit FM Einheit, Ulrike Haage, Katharina Franck, Alexander Hacke, Phil Minton, George Lewis, Dieter Schnebel, Barry Guy und Markus Stockhausen. Mit einem Stipendium der Stadt München studierte sie 2004 bei Mary Oliver und arbeitete in Amsterdam mit Mitgliedern des ICP Orchestra. Mit Han Bennink, Mary Oliver und Christofer Varner gründete sie das Ammü Quartett; mit Mary Oliver das Duo JOMO.

Als klassische Cellistin spielte Varner in Orchestern (u.a.Münchner Bachsolisten, Münchner Residenzsolisten, Münchner Kammerorchester), als Theatermusikerin (Residenztheater, Tams) unter Leitung von Leonard Bernstein und Christoph Poppen. 2000 gründete sie das Ensemble Laurier für zeitgenössische Musik. Sie wirkte bei Aufnahmen von Olga Neuwirth und William Parker für den Bayerischen Rundfunk mit. Nach dem Duo-Album JOMO (Neos, 2009, mit Mary Oliver) legte sie 2011 ihr selbstbetiteltes Debütalbum vor. Seit 2009 spielt Johanna Varner in verschiedenen Ensembles (unter anderem Boreas Duo) mit dem niederländischen Gitarristen Dick Toering. Seit 2013 spielt sie im Ensemble Klangwelt Station mit Dick Toering und dem deutschen Bassisten Meinrad Kneer.

Außerdem leitet Varner einen Musikverlag und arbeitet als Musikpädagogin, Autorin und Illustratorin. Sie ist ferner die Initiatorin der Konzertreihen Composer in Dialogue (mit den Gästen Joëlle Léandre und Olga Neuwirth), der monatlichen Reihe Improvisierte Musik München (auf der ehemaligen Probebühne Schwere Reiter der Otto-Falckenberg-Schule) und des Kindermitmachtheaters Musik hautnah – mit Charlie um die Welt.

Seit 2018 hat Johanna Varner als Fotografin Einzelausstellungen in Deutschland und den Niederlanden. Ihre erfolgreichste Ausstellung ist "Zauberhafte Groninger Landschaft". Neben ihrem Cello- und Kompositionsstudium lernte sie zwischen 1983 und 1986 bei verschiedenen renommierten Fotografen Fotografieren. Sie gestaltet seit 35 Jahren Notenhefte, CDs und Konzertprogramme mit Illustrationen und Fotos.

Ab 1994 war sie in der Firma "Brainpool" "freier Gagschreiber", unter anderem für die late night shows von Harald Schmidt und Thomas Koschwitz.

Diskografische Hinweise

 ICI Ensemble & George Lewis (PAO Records, 2003), mit Roger Janotta
 ICI Ensemble Munich: The Wisdom of Pearls (PAO Records, 2006)
 Johanna Varner, Mary Oliver, JOMONEOS, 2006
 Ammü Quartett: Ammü Quartett (PAO Records, 2007) ( Han Bennink, Mary Oliver)
 Johanna Varner: SOLO (Listermusic, 2010)
 Ammü Quartett: Ümma (Listermusic, 2011) (Hann Bennink, Mary Oliver)
 William Parker & ICI Ensemble: Winter Sun Crying (NEOS JAZZ, 2011)
 Toering, Varner, Treuheit: Usquert 1-11 (Listermusic) producer Dick Toering, 2012
 Klangwelt Station: The music exhibition, Johanna Varner, Meinrad Kneer, Dick Toering (Listermusic) producer Dick Toering, 2012
 Toering, Varner, Control & fantasy (Listermusic), producer Dick Toering, 2016
 Boreas Duo Klassische CD Music for a while, Johanna Varner, Cello Dick Toering Gitarre, 2017

Weblinks

 Website Johanna van Oostum alias Johanna Varner
  J.Varner Fotoausstellung
 Webpräsenz
 Boreas Duo

Einzelnachweise

Cellist
Improvisationsmusiker
Musikverleger
Musiker (Österreich)
Österreicher
Geboren 1963
Frau

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ViCentra, manufacturer of the Kaleido insulin delivery system, today announced the appointment of Dr. David Kerr and Dr. Fred Storms as medical and scientific advisors to its team. Drs. Kerr and Storms are both internationally recognised experts in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, and bring a wealth of expertise and knowledge of healthcare provision and diabetes management to ViCentra.
"I am delighted to welcome David and Fred as medical and scientific advisors to ViCentra," said ViCentra CEO, Michael Graves. "They are both hugely passionate about the role technology can play in helping people living with diabetes, and securing their extensive collective knowledge, enthusiasm for medical technology that benefits the people that use it, and their professional guidance will be of huge benefit to us. We look forward to working with them both and drawing on their vast knowledge as we continue to clinically validate the Kaleido system, launch it into the European market and then look to the future, with the development of the next generation of ViCentra products".
Dr. David Kerr, MBCHB, DM, FRCPE is Director of Research and Innovation at the William Sansum Diabetes Centre, California and Director of mHealth Services for the Diabetes Technology Society. He was previously Consultant Physician at the Bournemouth Diabetes and Endocrine Centre in the UK. Dr. Kerr's research focuses on the use of technology in diabetes care and he is the creator and co-founder of Diabetes Travel and ExCarbs. He has also authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and has held an NHS Gold Clinical Excellence Award for many years. Dr. Kerr is interested in the role that new technologies can play in benefitting people with diabetes for the longest period of time and with the minimum disruption to their lives, something he recognizes that ViCentra's products have the ability to do. He tweets at @GoDiabetesMD.
Dr. Fred Storms, MD, PhD is one of the Netherlands' leading authorities on the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Medical Director of the Diabetes Care team at St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht until his retirement in 2016, he has participated in multiple international studies, including AT.LANTUS, PROactive, ONTARGET and EMPA-REG, and contributed to several trials of leading insulin pump therapies. He serves as medical advisor to the Dutch Diabetes Association (DVN) and was previously a senior advisor at the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement (CBO). Dr. Storms is excited by the possibilities presented by the accuracy and usability of the Kaleido insulin delivery system and its consumer-focused approach.
Dr. Kerr and Dr. Storms join ViCentra with immediate effect.


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Grand Opening of Los Portales de Lena Guerrero in Austin
June 10, 2022 , by CCF
Cesar Chavez Foundation announces grand opening of high-quality affordable housing community in Austin named for the late Texas legislator Lena Guerrero
Austin, TX (June 10, 2022) – The Cesar Chavez Foundation (CCF) held a grand opening celebration on June 10 for a new affordable housing community in Austin. Los Portales de Lena Guerrero, named for former community activist and railroad commissioner Lena Guerrero, features 97 units of affordable housing for families including four permanent supportive units for transitional-aged youth in partnership with Lifeworks, an Austin-based nonprofit dedicated to transitioning youth and families from crisis to safety and success.
"We're pleased to open our our second affordable housing community in Austin to address the needs of Latinos and working families. It's fitting to name this property after Lena Guerrero, a positive force in the community who fought tirelessly for farmworkers and the disenfranchised," said Paul Chavez, President, Cesar Chavez Foundation. "She embodied the values of our organization's founder, civil rights and farm labor leader Cesar Chavez."
The community houses a Si Se Puede Learning Center, CCF's flagship afterschool program available to young residents and features a picnic area, playground and multi-use community space as well as provide housing and resources for transitional-aged youth in the Austin area.
The property is named after Lena Guerrero, whose work championed the rights of farmworkers. She was the second Latina elected to the Texas Legislature where she was known as one of the state's most effective lawmakers. In 1991, she became the first woman and first Latina to serve on the Railroad Commission of Texas where she led the effort to help independent oil and gas producers increase production in Texas at a time when the industry was struggling, and was a strong advocate for the use of alternative fuels.
September 5, 2019 , by CCF
Cesar Chavez Foundation to break ground on high-quality affordable housing community in Austin named for the late Texas legislator Lena Guerrero
Foundation President Paul Chavez, Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk to speak at August 30 event
Austin, TX (August 27, 2019) – The Cesar Chavez Foundation (CCF) is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on August 30 at 10:00 a.m. for a new affordable housing community in Austin. Los Portales de Lena Guerrero, named for former community activist and railroad commissioner Lena Guerrero, will feature 97 units of affordable housing for families including four permanent supportive units for transitional-aged youth.
"We're pleased to break ground on our second affordable housing community in Austin to address the needs of Latinos and working families. It's fitting to name this property after Lena Guerrero, a positive force in the community who fought tirelessly for farmworkers and the disenfranchised," said Paul Chavez, President, Cesar Chavez Foundation. "She embodied the values of our organization's founder, civil rights and farm labor leader Cesar Chavez."
The community will house a Si Se Puede Learning Center, CCF's flagship afterschool program available to young residents. The property will feature a picnic area, playground and multi-use community space as well as provide housing and resources for transitional-aged youth in the Austin area.
The property is named after Lena Guerrero, whose work championed the rights of farmworkers. She was the second female Hispanic elected to the Texas Legislature where she was known as one of the state's most effective lawmakers. In 1991, she became the first woman and first Hispanic to serve on the Railroad Commission of Texas where she led the effort to help independent oil and gas producers increase production in Texas at a time when the industry was struggling, and was a strong advocate for the use of alternative fuels.


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Social partners denounce recommendations by Higher Council for Employment
The political debate on employment policies in Belgium grew bitter just
before the Christmas break at the end of 1997. Recommendations on government
policies made by the new Higher Council for Employment provoked the anger of
the leaders of the two main trade union organisations and some critical
declarations from the chief executive of the employers' federation.
Labour market policies, Løn og indkomst, Arbejdstid, Labour market policies, Beskæftigelse og arbejdsmarkeder
Widespread protests by unemployed people: towards a new form of social movement?
In December 1997 and January 1998, France has seen a growing wave of protests
by unemployed people, which has grown from specific local actions into a
nationwide movement. The demands of the protesters have challenged both the
Government and the trade unions which co-manage the unemployment insurance
fund, and raised basic questions about the collective representation of
unemployed people and the financial support for those unemployed long-term.
Unemployment, Industrial action, Social protection, Employee representation
Minister proposes lifting the ban on private employment agencies
In an interview on national Norwegian television in January 1998, the
Minister of Labour and Government Administration, Eldbjørg Løwer, called
for the lifting of the ban on private employment agencies (reported in
/Aftenposten/ on 9 January 1998). Speaking in general terms about the
contemporary labour market situation in Norway, she recognised the need to
modernise the present system of regulations on private employment agencies as
well as on the temporary secondment of employees from one firm to another
(NO9708118F [1]). Ms Løwer envisages a reversal of the present legal
arrangements in both areas. The prohibitions on private employment agencies
and on the temporary secondment of employees from one company to another
should be abolished, while alternative restrictions may be put on certain
types of occupational groups, and on the quota of workers on "lease" in any
given firm or company.
[1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/articles/undefined-business/temporary-employment-and-leasing-of-employees
Non-standard employment, Beskæftigelse og arbejdsmarkeder
ETUC launches proposals for new social Action Programme
In a resolution [1] adopted by its executive committee on 5 December 1997,
the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) expresses its belief that a
well-defined, strategic social policy Action Programme is essential in
underpinning the present phase of European integration and enlargement. It is
argued that without a social dimension, the political and economic objectives
of the EU, such as a high level of employment and social protection, equality
between men and women and the combating of social exclusion and
discrimination cannot be fully realised.
[1] http://www.etuc.org/Exec/Resolutions/English/1297R3E.cfm
The EU parental leave agreement and Directive: implications for national law and practice
/The December 1995 framework agreement on parental leave was the first such
accord between the EU-level social partners, and was given legal force by a
Council Directive in June 1996. This comparative study: outlines current
parental leave provisions in the Member States (plus Norway); examines the
perceptions of the framework agreement/Directive and the changes it requires
in national provisions; and assesses the practical impact of current parental
leave provisions and the likely effect of the agreement/Directive./
Equal opportunities on social partners' agenda
At the end of December 1997, the Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD)
- the professional body for personnel managers - launched its /Management of
equality/ awards. These will be awarded annually by the Equal Opportunities
Commission (EOC), the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) and the Employers'
Forum on Disability (EFD) to students taking IPD qualifications who come up
with creative solutions to the problems of equal opportunities.
New collective agreement in the east German steel industry
On 7 January 1998 the metalworkers' trade union, IG Metall, and the Steel
Employers' Association (Arbeitgeberverband Stahl) signed a new collective
agreement for the about 8,000 employees in the east German steel industry.
The collective bargaining parties agreed on a flat-rate payment of DEM 330
for the period October 1997 to December 1997 and a 2.6% wage increase from
January 1998.
Collective bargaining, Løn og indkomst, Industrial action, Working conditions, Arbejdsmarkedsrelationer, Arbejdsvilkår og bæredygtigt arbejde, Arbejdsmarkedsrelationer og social dialog
Unions seek further harmonisation of labour law
The Austrian Trade Union Federation (Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund,
ÖGB) has launched a campaign in 1998 to make good on one of its
long-standing demands: the removal of the remaining legal differences between
wage earners/blue-collar workers (Arbeiter) and salary earners/white-collar
workers (Angestellten). In the late 1970s, equality in holiday regulations
and severance pay was achieved. Now ÖGB wants regulations concerning wage
earners' payment during sickness and dismissal notice periods to be brought
up to salary earner standards. The ÖGB sees this as the final phase of a
historical social policy project. The Austrian Chamber of the Economy
(Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKÖ) has made it clear it opposes any
measure that would increase total wage costs, this being one of the hottest
issues between social partners at national level. By the WKÖ's reckoning,
upward equalisation would cost ATS 10 billion per year, while the ÖGB
estimates the net cost to be about ATS 1 billion per year. There are 1.3
million wage earners on annual average, about 43% of total employment.
Pioneering sectoral agreement at Electrabel: 35-hour week and job creation
Following a long dispute, in December 1997 employees at Electrabel, the
Belgian electricity-distribution company, approved an agreement that focuses
on the reduction of working hours and on recruitment.
Strikes in France in 1996: return to normal levels?
The number of working days lost through strikes in France in 1996 decreased
sharply from the number recorded in 1995, according to figures published in
late 1997. Rates are now back to levels registered in the early 1990s.


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Single-track railway
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For other uses, see Single track.
Not to be confused with Monorail.
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track. Single track is usually found on lesser-used rail lines, often branch lines, where the level of traffic is not high enough to justify the cost of constructing and maintaining a second track.
A Class 158 DMU on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, a primarily single-track railway in Scotland
A train on the Long Island Rail Road's single-tracked Central Branch
A train on the Jinhua–Wenzhou Railway, a single-track railway in Southern Zhejiang Province, China
Single track on the Stony Point Line in the Australian state of Victoria
1 Advantages and disadvantages
2 Single-track operations
2.1 Passing loops
2.2 Safety operations
3 Doubling and singling
4 New bike paths and railway corridors
Advantages and disadvantagesEdit
Single track is significantly cheaper to build and maintain, but has operational and safety disadvantages. For example, a single-track line that takes 15 minutes to travel through would have capacity for only two trains per hour in each direction. By contrast, a double track with signal boxes four minutes apart can allow up to 15 trains per hour in each direction, provided all the trains travel at the same speed. This hindrance on the capacity of a single track may be partly overcome by making the track one-way on alternate days, if the single track is not used for public passenger transit.
Long freight trains are a problem if the passing stretches are not long enough. Other disadvantages include the propagation of delays, since one delayed train on a single track will also delay any train waiting for it to pass. Also, a single track does not have a "reserve" track that can allow a reduced capacity service to continue if one track is closed.
Single-track operationsEdit
Passing loopsEdit
Passing Loop
Main article: Passing loop
If a single-track line is designed to be used by more than one train at a time, it must have passing loops (also called passing sidings or crossing loops) at intervals along the line to allow trains running in different directions to pass each other. These consist of short stretches of double track, usually long enough to hold one train. The capacity of a single-track line is determined by the number of passing loops. Passing loops may also be used to allow trains heading in the same direction at different speeds to overtake.
In some circumstances on some isolated branch lines with a simple shuttle service (such as the Abbey Line in Great Britain or L202 railway in Croatia) a single-track line may work under the "one train working" principle without passing loops, where only one train is allowed on the line at a time.
Safety operationsEdit
On single-track lines with passing loops, measures must be taken to ensure that only one train in one direction can use a stretch of single track at a time, as head-on collisions are a particular risk. Some form of signalling system is required. In traditional British practice (and countries using British practice), single-track lines were operated using a token system where the train driver had to be in possession of a token in order to enter a stretch of single track. Because there was only one unique token issued at any one time for each stretch of single track, it was impossible for more than one train to be on it at a time. This method is still used on some minor lines but in the longest single-track lines in Britain (e.g. the Highlands of Scotland) this has been superseded by radio communication, known as Radio Electronic Token Block.
In the early days of railways in North America it was common to rely upon simple timetable operation where operators knew where a train was scheduled to be at a particular time, and so would not enter a single-track stretch when they were not scheduled to. This generally worked but was inflexible and inefficient. It was improved with the invention of the telegraph and the ability to issue train orders.
Doubling and singlingEdit
Kirkby railway station single-track railway interchange (former double-track railway)
Converting a single-track railway to double track is called duplication or doubling; converting double track to single track is known as singling. A double-track railway operating only a single track is known as single-line working. Kirkby railway station (until 1977) and Ormskirk railway station (until 1970) were double-track railway, when they were converted into single-track railway with cross-platform interchange.
New bike paths and railway corridorsEdit
Building bike trails on rail corridors has occurred in limited examples; however, developing rail rights of way for a bike trail can restrict a train corridor to a single track. Also reclaiming a railway corridor to use trains again limits the use of double tracks. The bike path is usually where the second track would be, and there may be fierce opposition by bikers and hikers. An example of a bike, single-track corridor is the E&N Railway in Victoria, Canada.[1]
^ "E&N Rail Trail-Humpback Connector". crd.bc.ca. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012.
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December 26, 2013 By Abdul Qadir Siddiqui
200 firms interested in Afghan mining sector
KABUL (PAN): Nearly 200 international firms have shown their interest to invest in Afghanistan's mines, especially in the Hajigak iron ore deposit, said the mines minister on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters here, Wahidullah Shahrani announced to tender the Afghan-Tajik oil block in early 2011 and the smaller Kashquri oil block and Shiberghan gas block in September.
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Work on Ainak mine project going well: China
PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): An official of China's Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) said on Saturday said around $360 million had been invested in the Ainak copper mine so far and the company would never abandon the project.
In the history of Afghanistan's mining sector, the largest contract for the development of the Ainak Mine in central Logar province was inked with the MCC on May 25, 2008.
Read more about Work on Ainak mine project going well: China
July 04, 2012 By Abdul Qadir Siddiqui
KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan National Front (ANF) on Wednesday said though the participation of high government officials' kin in the bidding process was unlawful, yet most mining contracts were awarded to relatives of President Hamid Karzai and his aides.
ANF spokesman Faizullah Zaki told a press conference in Kabul that under Afghanistan's mines and hydrocarbon laws, relatives of high government officials could not take part in the bidding process for government contracts.
Read more about Huge contracts awarded to kin of Karzai, aides: ANF
June 25, 2012 By Abdul Qadir Siddiqui
US to spend $297m on Afghan energy projects
KABUL (PAN): The United States would invest $297 million in Afghanistan to establish coal energy producing plants and iron-sulphur separation laboratories, besides developing a gas field, the mines minister said on Monday.
Read more about US to spend $297m on Afghan energy projects
SAR-I-PUL (PAN): A Chinese firm on Sunday launched exploration work on an oil and gas field at the Amu River's basin in northern Sar-i-Pul province in presence of high-ranking Afghan officials.
Chinese state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) last year won a bid to develop the oil blocks.
First-Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, ministers of interior, finance and mines, governors of Sar-i-Pul, Jawzjan and Faryab provinces and Chinese ambassador to Kabul attended the ceremony.
Read more about Exploration work on oil-gas field in Sar-i-Pul begins
KABUL (PAN): Endorsing a deal with China on developing a small oil and gas field in northern Afghanistan, the Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to the creation of a joint working committee to explore energy deposits at the Amu River basin.
Last year, state-run China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) won the first oil deal in Afghanistan after signing a contract with the government to develop the oil-field in Sar-i-Pul province.
Read more about Cabinet endorses oil deal with China
May 15, 2012 By Abdul Qadir Siddiqui
Neighbours trying to impede mining projects: Shahrani
KABUL (PAN): Minister of Mines Wahidullah Shahrani on Tuesday alleged some neighbouring countries were threatening mega mine projects in order to impede Afghanistan's economic revival.
"History shows that the enemies of Afghanistan have always tried to block fruitful projects and economic development of the country," Shahrani told a news conference in Kabul.
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Canadian firm to assess Faryab oil reserves
KABUL (PAN): A Canadian firm would ascertain the level of oil reserves in areas between the Aqina dry port and Andkhoi district in northern Faryab province over the next three months, officials said on Tuesday.An agreement to the effect was inked between Minister of Mines Waheedullah Shahrani and John, the head of a Canadian oil exploration company, known as Terasize Limited, in the capital Kabul.Under the $6.5 million project, the Canadian firm will search fuel reserves in a 236 square kilometres area in a region believed
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Armed Man Barricades Himself at Home with Wife in Bulgaria's Sofia
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Police are still negotiating with Petar Kodzheykov, a retired police officer who barricaded himself at his home on Saturday evening with his wife, Bulgarian Interior Ministry officials say.
On Sunday morning the man fired shots at a police officer who was trying to convince him to leave the building.
A specialized police unit entered his apartment shortly after the latter incident. Soon after noontime, his wife was taken out of the building on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance
Authorities say the man barricaded himself at his home after shooting at his daughter at around 14:00 on Saturday, who managed to run away from his home and alerted police.
A former police officer now aged 69, the man is thought to have mential disorder, but illegally possesses at least one gun, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio. He reportedly headed a district police department in Sofia.
Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Geori Kostov has told private bTV station that he handed over his legal firearm in 1996.
Petar Kodzheykov is reported as an uncle of Todor Kodzheykov, the former head of the National Security Service (NSO) which is in command of security details of state and government officials. The latter stepped down in February 2014.
In October of last year, he headed the 28th Air Detachment, an agency providing transport for the President, the Prime Minister, and other officials.
Daily 24 Chasa quotes a neighbor of his uncle, Petar, as saying the former police officer felt nostalgia for the Socialist years before the changes of November 1989. He also says Kodzheykov had suffered a stroke in recent years.
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An Unbearable Yoke? The View of the Law in the Last Words of Peter in Acts (Acts 15:7-11)
A.J. den Heijer
Biblical Exegesis and Systematic Theology
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Troubling Texts in the New Testament
Essays in Honour of Rob van Houwelingen
Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology
den Heijer, A. J. (2022). An Unbearable Yoke? The View of the Law in the Last Words of Peter in Acts (Acts 15:7-11). In Troubling Texts in the New Testament: Essays in Honour of Rob van Houwelingen (pp. 141-156). (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology). Peeters Publishers.
den Heijer, A.J. / An Unbearable Yoke? The View of the Law in the Last Words of Peter in Acts (Acts 15:7-11). Troubling Texts in the New Testament: Essays in Honour of Rob van Houwelingen. Peeters Publishers, 2022. pp. 141-156 (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology).
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Monday is when I begin my new part-time schedule and responsibilities with my former full-time job. Today I finish up invoicing for the month and the email to staff as to what I am doing, how to work with me and my remote and part-time status. There are still a couple of projects where I will most likely be in the office for much of the business day, but those are one-time projects that will be scheduled in the next month.
Yesterday I had a long conversation with the midwest owner, and it was mostly positive, a little negative. He is disappointed I am not sticking with them, yet can admit understanding that they succeeded in putting me into an awkward and uncomfortable position. We spent a lot of time discussing my part-time admin (she used is my predecessor before having children) and how neither of them want her back in any sort of management role. I completely understand; just be clear and direct and you will be fine. He and his project managers and lone staff member will be fine, because they are accustomed to dealing with via phone and email anyway.
Local owner and I talked briefly on the phone, and he wants to seek out and hire someone else for the office, to do general office stuff. This is probably another part-time position for general office and reception responsibilities. Management stuff – directing the firm, etc. – will fall on he and the owners and other 2 board members. I wish them well.
I am coming to terms with my new reality, and I am looking forward to it. Thinking about the accounting and bookkeeping responsibilities I retain, I expect to be averaging 20 hours per week. Some weeks it will be more, other weeks a little lighter, but it should truly be a part-time job.
What makes me excited about this, though, is the realization that my job is now a lot more portable, that I can be writing checks or drafting client invoices at 3 a.m. if I want to, that I am no longer chained to an 9-6 office hours existence. I will be actively looking for something else – I have my resume out with trusted friends to ensure there are no typos and for any constructive advice they might offer – and will be submitting it to another firm this morning. I also realize I can take yoga classes whenever I wish, no longer stuck with evening or early morning choices. My plan is to go to the office mid-afternoons Monday and Thursday, to pick-up bills, make copies, stamp and mail invoices, file payables, etc. Around that, most of my incoming calls will be vendors seeking payment status or the occasional client that needs assistance or has a question about their bill. I will no longer be handling insurance, contract review, human resources/staff issues, office policy enforcement (unless it relates to payroll or expenses), or anything else that the owners should have been responsible for and taking the lead on. Frankly I cannot wait to shed it.
For as long as this remote work-from-home lasts, I will make the best of it and use it for my benefit. This is a strange new mindset for me to adopt – my benefit over the company that's paying me a salary. I will adjust.
Don't forget scheduling sessions with your trainer too!! 🙂 Glad to see you embracing the change.
Funny you mention that – we were just discussing our new time schedule after doing our session this morning … at 5 a.m.! (There will be a post about that tonight.) He had to reschedule after being sick Wednesday night, but was feeling a lot better yesterday and hoping to enjoy a long weekend at the coast and asked me last night if we could do an early morning – rare is the client willing to meet at that oh-dark-hundred hour.
Excellent question, Cheryl. We will be okay with me just working 3 part-time jobs, yes, as I keep my benefits under this arrangement. Our focus is on building our retirement reserves, paying off our mortgage, and cash-flowing home enhancements on our wish list. For that I would need another full-time job. But I have the luxury of being able to be patient and wait for a good fit and situation, versus taking anything offered because I need the cash.


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How does two years to get your J.D. sound instead of one? Would you rather save a year of law school tuition and begin working a year sooner than your peers? If your answers to these questions are yes, then you may want to look into law schools in the lovely state of New York. Today, New York state court officials will gather to discuss whether to allow law school students to sit for the New York bar examination after just two years in law school. Just two years?!? Yes! You read correctly."
This amazingly outrageous idea was set forward by Samuel Estreicher, a professor at New York University School of Law. Estreicher believes that "skyrocketing" law school tuitions and diminishing job prospects for new lawyers have created a climate favorable to reform. "People have been asking for years: 'Do we really need a third year of law school?'" said Estreicher, co-director of NYU's Institute of Judicial Administration. "I'm simply proposing that we give students a choice to stay for three years or leave after two. The economic downturn is a big part of it.""
Estricher's full proposal can be found in the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy in an article entitled, "The Roosevelt-Cardozo Way: The Case for Bar Eligibility After Two Years of Law School." The title refers to President Franklen Delano Roosevelt and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo, who both earned their law degrees when the norm was two years. Some of the benefits discussed included cutting law students? tuition expenses by one-third. Lower tuition means less debt for outgoing graduates, which places them in better positions to accept lower-paying jobs representing low-income clients. Also, giving students an option of a 3L year will give law schools incentive to create a third-year curricula that will be of more use to students."
From 1882-1911, New York allowed law students to sit for the bar exam after only two years. But, by 1905, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) mandated that member schools adopt the three-year curricula. Duke law professor, Paul Carrignton, commented on the proposal saying that law schools should be two years instead of three because the current three year model is wasting students' money."
Now don't go buying your ticket to New York quite yet. There is opposition to the idea. Gene Nichol, a law professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law said that he believed students would be ill-prepared after two years in comparison to their predecessors of the past 75 years. He argues that law schools need to find ways to reduce the student costs. Well here's a crazy idea: how about a bar exam review course that doesn't cost $4,000?!?!"
It will be a very interesting meeting, and one you should keep an eye on. Who knows, maybe you could be one of the first law students in a long while who earns their J.D. in two years!"
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