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Job Title: Viral Hepatitis Prevention, Policy, and Community Manager
Organization: Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Location: Philadelphia, PA USA
Position Description: JOB SUMMARY
The Prevention Manager will be responsible for coordination of activities related to viral hepatitis prevention, including outreach, training, education and collaboration with appropriate programs to facilitate access to hepatitis services. This position works in close coordination with viral hepatitis surveillance activities. JOB SPECIFICATIONS Responsibilities/Duties •	Strategic planning for prevention, community collaboration, patient outreach, and policy-related activities for Viral Hepatitis Program. •	Coordinate outreach, education and access to healthcare services for those at highest risk for hepatitis B & C infections in Philadelphia. •	Serve as governmental co-chair and logistical lead for the Hepatitis C Allies of Philadelphia (HepCAP) coalition to mobilize city stakeholders to improve the delivery of hepatitis C services including prevention, diagnosis, care, and support services. •	Create and foster working relationships with relevant organizations, community members, and government agencies to support coordinated interventions and efforts. •	Collaborate as the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator with state and national partners to advance viral hepatitis elimination goals and objectives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and nationally. •	Provide technical assistance to improve the delivery of viral hepatitis services in Philadelphia. •	Supervise and manage staff executing prevention, policy, and communications activities •	Assist in grant writing and submission of local and federal cooperative agreements and funding opportunities. •	Develop and provide training, education, and presentations for viral hepatitis targeted to at-risk individuals and providers who serve the general public as well as at-risk populations •	Organize and convene HepCAP citywide and steering committee meetings. •	Develop and maintain online marketing campaigns through HepCAP's marketing tools (Mailchimp, Phillyhepatitis.org website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook). •	Collaborate closely with the Hep B United coalition to develop culturally- competent strategies to improve access to hepatitis B services in high risk populations, including foreign-born Asian and African communities. •	Participate in program dissemination and manuscript preparation activities. •	Produce grant deliverables for federal partners in timely manner. •	Participate in local, state and national conferences, conference calls and workgroups addressing viral hepatitis and related public health topics. •	Identify clinical and social service settings where adults at risk for viral hepatitis receive services, and promote integration of viral hepatitis prevention, vaccination and testing programs into those settings. •	Support disease surveillance and data management activities through close work with the viral hepatitis surveillance team. •	Participate in emergency preparedness exercises and real response activities at the discretion of the Viral Hepatitis Manager and Division Director.
Qualifications: Education •	Applicant must have a BA, and preferably an MPH or related graduate degree Skills/Experience •	Experience in viral hepatitis, public health, and harm reduction; multiple years professional experience preferred •	Experience providing training and/or technical assistance •	Preferred experience grant writing •	Preferred experience with program management in the public health field •	Preferred experience supervising and managing staff •	Ability to multi-task, prioritize projects and manage time effectively •	Highly organized and detail- oriented •	Flexibility and willingness to learn new tasks quickly •	Excellent writing, communication, presentation, and organizational skills •	Cultural competency regarding populations impacted by viral hepatitis including ethnic minorities, people who use drugs, and LGBTQ people •	Skilled in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel
Organization Description: The City of Philadelphia is the fifth most populated city in the United States (1.58 million people, 6 million in the greater metropolitan statistical area), the biggest economic center in Pennsylvania, and second largest in the eastern United States (second to New York City, located 90 miles away). The city's population is very diverse both ethnically and socially. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) is both the municipal and county public health agency for the City of Philadelphia. PDPH's mission is to protect and promote the health of all Philadelphians and to provide a safety net for the most vulnerable. The Health Commissioner oversees the Department and also chairs the Board of Health. PDPH employs over 1,200 staff across the following divisions: •	AIDS Activities Coordinating Office •	Air Management Services • Ambulatory Health Services (operates 8 City health centers) •	Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion •	Disease Control •	Environmental Health •	Health Commissioner's Office • Human Resources •	Information Technology and Services •	Maternal, Child, and Family Health • Medical Examiner's Office •	Office of Facilities Management •	Public Health Laboratory
Closing Date: 9/7/2019
Desired Starting Date:
Contact Name: Steven Alles, Viral Hepatitis Prevention, Policy, and Community Manager
Contact Location: 1101 Market Street 12th Floor
Contact Fax:
Contact Email: steve.alles@phila.gov
How to Apply: Qualified applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to Danica Kuncio (danica.kuncio@phila.gov)
Web Site Delete Date: 9/7/2019


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At the beginning of each legislative session, the Roundtable assembles a series of member-driven policy principles and priorities that guide our advocacy on Beacon Hill. Special thanks to MBR's Task Force Chairs and members for unanimously adopting the 2019-20 Principles and Priorities.
The Roundtable's policy agenda is completely driven by our member companies and organizations, which employ more than 250,000 workers in a wide variety of industry sectors across the state. We look forward to working with leaders in the public and private sectors to advance initiatives that make Massachusetts an even better place to live and work.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo highlighted several major policy issues and thanked the Roundtable and its members for their ongoing participation and support in areas such as transportation, early education & care, STEM and the state's economic competitiveness. Speaker DeLeo noted that Massachusetts continues to lead in education and the economy is strong, but also framed some of the challenges ahead. The Speaker engaged in a Q&A on several topics of importance to Roundtable members including: maintaining the state's commitment to fiscal stability; soliciting specific ideas to ease traffic congestion; and supporting investments in public transit while ensuring regional equity.
Following the conversation with the Speaker, the Roundtable Board approved the Roundtable's 2019-20 Principles and Priorities, which will guide the organization's policy advocacy during the year. Members also heard from two CEOs who are new to the Roundtable—Mary Anne Heino, CEO of Lantheus Medical Imaging and Robert Kump, CEO of Avangrid Networks—on issues related to health care and energy. MBR Executive Director JD Chesloff provided an update on the implementation of the Board-approved diversity and inclusion strategy and MBR's work to build partnerships that will bring new voices to the table.
Roundtable Executive Director JD Chesloff submitted testimony to the Massachusetts General Court on a perennial priority for Roundtable members—public education. The testimony highlighted several major points MBR hears from its members about importance of education in developing a highly skilled and talented workforce. The Roundtable continues to support additional funding for education along with reliably measuring student progress and urges that new resources for education include a clear plan for allocating them to proven strategies targeted at closing the achievement gap.
Massachusetts business leaders have been vocal advocates for public education and education reform. Central to that advocacy has been a key tenet: additional funding along with a commitment to standards, assessment, and accountability to ensure we reliably measure student progress. This formula has led to Massachusetts' students outperforming those from around the country. More important, however, is that Massachusetts students are being given the foundational educational tools to help them compete in a global economy. This is of primary concern to employers, and the Roundtable continues to support that tenet in any school finance reform legislation that is reported from Committee.
While Massachusetts continues to lead the nation in educational performance, however, achievement gaps continue to exist, particularly for low income children and those at risk. This threatens both the students as well as the workforce pipeline dependent on graduates with skills and foundational competencies necessary to drive the state's economy. As part of the next phase of school finance reform, the Roundtable urges that the Committee clearly identify the resources necessary to properly address this issue and ensure that a clear plan exists for allocating those resources to proven strategies targeted at closing the achievement gap.
Before a capacity crowd of business and educational leaders at Roundtable member State Street Bank in Boston, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito provided keynote remarks advancing the importance of STEM education to help the state develop and retain the highly skilled workforce needed to compete in the global economy.
The Lt. Governor's remarks set the table for a panel of experts from high tech giants iRobot's Lisa Freed and Microsoft's Aimee Sprung, Naia Wilson, Headmaster of New Mission High School, and moderated by Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer.
The Roundtable teamed up with Mass Insight, Mass Business Alliance for Education and the State House News Service to sponsor a robust discussion about the challenges facing the state's workforce and surfacing ideas to expand opportunities for young people.
Michael Goodman, UMass Dartmouth, provided some eye-opening statistics and data about labor participation rates, demographic changes and other obstacles while noting, "Our central competitive advantage is the talent and innovative capacity of our people." Mass Insight President Susan Lusi highlighted the importance of expanding access to advance placement courses and encouraging students to take on rigorous coursework to prepare them for college and the workplace.
PwC Northeast Managing Partner and member of the Roundtable Executive Committee John Farina shared insights from global leaders on a range of topics including the shortage of skilled workers, public policy uncertainty, trade conflicts and cyber threats.
Roundtable members representing diverse industry sectors convened in Boston to discuss the global business climate and the results of PwC's 22nd Annual Global CEO Survey of 1,378 chief executives in more than 90 territories.
The discussion also explored the tremendous opportunity for leadership and innovation in the digital future, as well as the prospects for growth in the global economy.
The national Business Roundtable (BRT) released the results of its Q1 2019 CEO Economic Outlook Index, "a composite of CEO expectations for sales and plans for capital spending and hiring over the next six months." It provides a quarterly snapshot of how CEOs from around the country view the economy and where it's heading.
Friends of the Roundtable ELM and Ceres teamed up for an informative training for business leaders on how corporations can safely and effectively weigh in on key climate and clean energy policy debates. The event on April 4th, 9:00 am–Noon, in Boston, will feature remarks from former State Senator Ben Downing. REGISTER online.
"Citizens Bank Opera House" sounds like sweet music to venue owner Don Law's ears.
Law has signed a 10-year naming rights contract with Providence-based Citizens for the Boston Opera House, which he owns with David Mugar.
A parallel contract will bring the Citizens name to three other Boston venues that Law oversees separately as president of Live Nation New England and Crossroads Presents: the Orpheum Theatre, the Paradise Rock Club, and Brighton Music Hall. Those technically aren't naming-rights deals; Neither Live Nation nor Law own the buildings. But the contract means the words "presented by Citizens Bank" will appear on the venues' marquees.
It marks the first time these kinds of corporate sponsorships have been put in place at the four venues, Law said. The financial details were not disclosed.
Law said those who attend concerts and other live performances in Boston are already familiar with naming rights deals — think TD Garden, the Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion, and the Boch Center.
The money will help ensure that the 1920s-era Opera House can be properly maintained, Law said, and that reasonable rents can be continued for Broadway in Boston and the Boston Ballet, both of which are tenants.
"Maintaining a venue that's creeping up on almost 100 years old, that's always a challenge," Mugar said.
The sponsorship for the music venues, Law said, will help support up-and-coming rock bands. With the shift away from album sales to low-paying streaming services, touring has become an increasingly important way for musicians to make a living.
"This kind of sponsorship makes it possible to take more risks, to support more artists," Law said. There's another advantage: Law said Live Nation will use some of the proceeds to start an affinity program aimed at rewarding frequent visitors to the venues, something that has been a longtime goal for the company. Law said the Boston program might become a model that could be rolled out in other Live Nation markets.
Citizens is the second-largest retail bank in Massachusetts, after Bank of America, and in recent years has prioritized supporting the arts. It considers the agreements with Law a natural next step in that mission.
Sargent also sees the sponsorship of the concert venues as a way to get the bank's name in front of millennials. "This gives us an opportunity to connect with that audience in a new way," he said.
The partnership will allow the bank to offer benefits to its customers, such as opportunities to skip lines and to buy tickets before they go on sale to the general public.
Citizens had arranged the financing that Mugar and Law needed when they purchased the 2,500-seat Opera House 10 years ago.
But Law said the latest deal came about through a recommendation from friends at Fenway Sports Management who had heard that Citizens was wanting to do more with the music and entertainment business. Law said he was impressed by the wide-ranging approach that Citizens is taking toward underwriting live performances in the city.
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Arts, War
34: The Pianist
Roman Polanski directed his first film in 1955, a short film named Rower. Since then, he's gone on to write, direct and even act in a number of movies that you've certainly seen, or at least heard of.
During his childhood, Roman survived the Holocaust by hiding in a Polish farmer's barn for the duration of the war. As with anyone who lived through such horrific events, his life would never be the same.
So with Roman's past that has connections to the story in The Pianist, how accurate was the film? Listen to the episode below to find out!
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
The Pianist movie
The Pianist (2002) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb
The Pianist – Awards – IMDb
The Pianist (2002) – Synopsis
The Pianist (2002) – FAQ
Roman Polanski – IMDb
Roman Polanski – Wikipedia
The Pianist (2002) – Rotten Tomatoes
The Pianist (2002 film) – Wikipedia
Władysław Szpilman – Wikipedia
Music and the Holocaust
Family of 'The Pianist' composer take author to court of Gestapo allegations – Telegraph
Wladyslaw Szpilman – The Pianist
Wladyslaw Szpilman
Britain and France declare war on Germany – Sep 03, 1939 – HISTORY.com
Siege of Warsaw (1939) | World History Project
The History Place – Holocaust Timeline
Warsaw, Poland | Jewish Virtual Library
Warsaw Population – Wikipedia
'Vera Gran: The Accused,' by Agata Tuszynska – The New York Times
Warsaw Uprising – Wikipedia
The Pianist (2002) – Movie Review for History Teachers
Newsweek Interview: Christopher Szpilman Son of 'The Pianist' Wladyslaw Szpilman
The Pianist – Historical Accuracy of WWII Films
The Pianist 2002 film as a historical document
The Pianist by H.M. | History & Film
Wladyslaw Szpilman was born on December 5th, 1911 in the city of Sosnowiec, which at the time was a part of the Russian Empire but is in modern-day Poland. He learned how to play the piano at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the late 1920s.
In 1931, he studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He left Berlin in 1933, just as Adolf Hitler was taking control of Germany as its Chancellor.
Upon returning to Warsaw, Wladyslaw, or Wladek, as most people called him, earned a living touring Poland as a pianist for a year before joining the Polish radio. For years, he made a name for himself performing on the radio.
And that's where the events depicted in the opening scene of the movie start. Wladek, who's played by Adrian Brody in the film, opens the movie by playing the piano over the radio. It's Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne No. 20 in C# Minor.
As he plays, the station is bombed and everyone is forced to evacuate the building. While rushing out, Wladek runs into a friend, who introduces him to his sister, Dorota, who's played by Emilia Fox.
These events are pretty accurate, although the one inaccuracy here is with the character of Dorota, someone who's never mentioned in Wladek's autobiography. In fact, probably the biggest criticism many historians had for the film was Roman Polanski's decision to add a love interest between Wladek and Dorota when there was none because, as far as we know, she didn't even exist.
Back in the movie, when Wladek returns home, his family is packing to leave Poland. This is interrupted when they hear that both Britain and France have declared war on Germany. It's a cause for celebration as they believe the fight will be over soon now that Britain and France have entered the war.
The specifics of the conversations and such are fictionalized for the film, but the basic gist of this is accurate. On September 1st, 1939, the German Luftwaffe started bombing Warsaw and began what we now know as the Siege of Warsaw.
Although this isn't mentioned in the movie, the German propaganda was running at high gear at this point, so many of the German and Polish people truly thought that it was Poland who was the aggressor and the Germans were merely acting in self-defense. Of course, history now shows that the incidents the German propaganda pointed to was all staged by the Germans.
On September 3rd, two days after the first German bombs fell, both Britain and France responded to the German aggression in Poland by declaring war on Germany.
This didn't stop the Germans. On September 8th, the aerial assault ended and the German army started to arrive. For almost a full month, the Polish army held off the Germans until, on September 28th, the siege ended with about 100,000 Polish soldiers being taken prisoner.
Three days later, the German Wehrmacht marched into Warsaw and then, on October 8th, the German government announced their annexation of western Poland. The Soviet Union annexed eastern Poland as a part of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
In the movie, after the Germans take over Poland, we see through the eyes of Wladek and the Szpilman family as things start to deteriorate in Warsaw. It starts small. As a Jew, Wladek isn't allowed to enter a restaurant. A Nazi soldier slaps Wladek's father, who's played Frank Finlay in the film, and tells him to walk in the street instead of the sidewalk.
This little-by-little deterioration is pretty accurate to what really happened. When the Germans invaded Poland in 1939, it had the largest population of Jews out of any European country.
Before the German invasion in 1939, there were an estimated 3.35 million Jews in Poland. At the time, Warsaw had a population of 1.3 million. About a third of those were Jews, or about 363,950 people.
Like the movie indicates, when the Germans took over Warsaw, they didn't come in and start killing Jews right away. Instead, they started by restricting rights one at a time. Refusing access to shops, segregation from others, charging exorbitant rates for public transportation or refusing it outright, forcing them to wear the Jewish star, and so on.
As things continue to get worse day by day, in the movie there's a Jewish police officer who comes to the Szpilman's home and invites Wladek and his brother, Henryk, to join the force. In the movie, Henryk is played by actor Ed Stoppard.
Adrian Brody's version of Wladek turns down the offer in disgust, refusing to help the Nazis. After this offer, the movie cuts to a café where Wladek is playing the piano for the Jewish upper class.
These events in the movie bring up a very sad, but true, fact. Many of the Jews in Poland helped the Nazis by turning on their own. In exchange, the Nazis gave this Jewish police force special treatment. Things like better rations, not shooting them in the street and things like that.
Of course, all of that special treatment disappeared as soon as the Nazis had what they wanted from them, but for the time covered in the movie the Nazis needed help rounding up the hundreds of thousands of Jews. And since the Nazis wanted to use as few soldiers as they needed, so the rest could be sent to the battlefront elsewhere, they instead devised this plan to build a Jewish police force.
Here's where I should mention some controversy around Wladek. In 2013, an author named Agata Tuszynska published the biography of Jewish singer by the name of Vera Gran. Vera was a popular singer before the war, and claimed she knew Wladek from the Warsaw ghetto.
And she made some rather harsh accusations against him. As I just mentioned, Vera was a singer before the Holocaust, and said she knew Wladek from their times performing in the Sztuka café, just like the one depicted in the movie. Wladek would play the piano while Vera sang.
According to Vera, Wladek worked for the Jewish police, or as they called them the Jewish Gestapo, and was one of the men who helped the Nazis transport the Jews to Treblinka.
The only source of information for this claim is from Vera herself, and it was one she only started to make through her biography. Vera's biographer Agata, says she left the accusations in her book because she was merely presenting the facts as Vera stated them.
Wladek's son, Andrzej, who went so far as to sue Agata for defamation, and explained that his father was never a policeman in the ghetto. He believes the reason Vera made these accusations was because she was bitter at Wladek because Vera herself had been accused of collaborating with the Nazis.
There's no proof of Vera's claims other than, well, Vera's claims. On the other hand, there's documents produced by Andrzej's lawyers that show Wladek's name was never recorded as a policeman in the ghetto. And considering the amount of top secret documentation we have of what took place in World War II thanks to the fall of the Nazi regime, you'd think if he were in collaboration with the Nazis his name would've been recorded somewhere.
But even though Wladek wasn't one of the Jewish policemen, there were many who were. There are plenty of documents that show there were Jews who collaborated with the Germans in exchange for their own safety and well-being.
So the scenes depicted in The Pianist with Jews pushing other Jews around as they board trains are quite realistic. While the movie doesn't mention it, most of those Jews did end up going to Treblinka, an extermination camp set up by the Nazis in a forest just northeast of Warsaw in 1942.
In the movie, the Szpilman family, and thousands of other Jews, are herded into a small area to await their turn on board a train destined for Treblinka. Well, we know that's where they were going. They had no idea where they were bound.
While they're waiting, Wladek's father spends their last 20 zlotys, the Polish currency of the time, on a small piece of caramel. Carefully cutting it into six pieces, the Szpilman family has their final meal together.
This depiction in the film is very accurate. The final meal, the woman sitting behind them monotonously repeating, "Why did I do it?" over and over again. Even down to the argument that another Jewish man has with Wladek's father about fighting back. All true.
After this happens, in the movie, it's one of the Jewish police officers who saved Wladek's life when he yanked him from a line for the train. Here he's separated from his family, never to see them again.
This, too, is true. One of the policemen who was organizing the Jews onto the train had recognized Wladek in the line. After all, many of the Jewish police frequented the café where Wladek had earned a meager living at the beginning of the Nazi occupation.
The policeman yanked Wladek out of the line and forced him behind the line and out of sight, just like we saw in the movie. And just like we saw in the movie, Wladek tried to get back—he tried to rush back to his family. He didn't know his family was marching off to their deaths. And then, in an instant, he did.
Can you imagine what that realization must be like? After everything they'd been through together. After everything they've witnessed and survived together. To be ripped away from your family, only to realize they were heading off to their deaths. And you…what are you to do?
It's impossible to contemplate.
In the movie, Wladek survives by hiding for a while. Then he blends in with Jews who the Nazis use as a slave workforce. Then he escapes and manages to survive through a number of people who help him hide. There's the small hole in the wall where he hides behind a wooden book case or the small apartment where he holes up with a man in the Polish resistance.
Again, these are all pretty accurate to what actually happened. Although Wladek's cover wasn't broken by the noise of plates shattering on the floor like Adrian Brody's version did in the film. Instead, it was while he was making soup when he heard a banging at the door. After it wouldn't stop, and the woman on the other side threatened to call the police, Wladek gathered what he could and tried to sneak out the door.
Just like in the movie, the woman confronted him and demanded to see his pass. When he couldn't provide one, the woman began attracting the attention of the others in the apartment house as she shouted at him and tried to block his exit.
He managed to escape. In the movie, here is where Adrian Brody's version of Wladek goes to the emergency contact he's given. As it turns out, this is Dorota's home and she hides him for a while.
As we learned earlier, Dorota wasn't real and this part isn't true. Instead, Wladek went to the only people he knew in the area. They weren't really friends, but merely acquaintances.
But this is a great point to make here, because just like the movie indicates there were many people who helped however they could. Not just with Wladek, but with hiding many Jews from the Germans. And all of it was at the risk of their own lives. After all, the Nazis had made it perfectly clear the penalty for harboring a Jew was death.
Oh how far it had come from just a few years before when the penalty for being a Jew started with things such as higher prices for public transportation or segregation. By the time 1943 rolled around, anyone even associated with a Jew was subject to death.
Despite this discrepancy in the movie with Dorota, the gist of the story is still fairly accurate. In the movie, Dorota's husband gives Wladek an apartment just across the street from a German hospital, something he thinks might keep him safer being so close to the enemy that no one would think to look there.
Here, according to the movie, he's looked after by a man with the Polish resistance. Except, as we learn in the film, he doesn't do a good job taking care of him. Instead when Dorota comes to bid farewell, because she and her husband have to flee Warsaw and go into hiding themselves, she finds Adrian Brody's version of Wladek sick, jaundiced and suffering from malnutrition.
The details are a bit different from reality, but the basic gist is pretty accurate. In truth, Wladek was hidden in an apartment just across the street from a German hospital.
But the incident with the man who failed to look after him well, a man named Szalas who's played by Andrew Tiernan in the film, happened in the earlier apartment. That's the one where, in the movie, Adrian Brody's version of Wladek broke the plates and the woman screamed at him for his papers in the hallway.
So in truth while Wladek was in the apartment across the hospital, Szalas wasn't taking care of him. Instead, while he was there he was cared for by a woman named Helena. And just like Dorota did in the movie, Helena did a great job taking care of him. She visited often, bringing food and even arranging for a doctor to sneak in and take a look at him when his health began to waver.
In the movie, you can tell the war is beginning to shift around this point as there are people revolting against the Germans in the streets outside Wladek's apartment. Szalas comes to let Wladek know the Americans have landed in France and it's only a matter of time before they drive the Germans back!
Of course, we know it wasn't Szalas who delivered this news, but instead it was Helena. And the resistance shown in the movie is also accurate.
Today we know of it as the Warsaw Uprising. While the movie doesn't really focus too much on it, the Uprising began on August 1st, 1944. As the Soviet Army approached Warsaw, the residents of the city started to realize the Nazi's grip was coming undone.
Just before the rebellion began in the afternoon of August 1st, Helena paid a final visit to Wladek. She knew of the resistance and that all hell would break loose, and wanted to bid Wladek farewell in case they shouldn't survive the impending conflict.
With assistance from the Royal Air Force, the South African Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Force, the Soviet Air Force and what little remained of the Polish Army that had been forced out of their homeland when the Nazis took over, the Polish Underground organized a revolt.
But the Nazis did more than just fight back. They organized their own revolt of sorts. We'll never know the exact numbers. But what we do know is that about 8,000 Germans were killed in the Warsaw Uprising compared to 16,000 in the Polish Underground.
Perhaps the most horrific of all was about 200,000 Polish civilians who were slaughtered in mass executions by the Nazis. For no other reason than the German leadership saw their end was near and were determined to take out as many as they could as they went down.
While Wladek couldn't have seen the extent of the murder and chaos around the entire city of Warsaw, just like the movie shows he did see some of it from his apartment window.
In the movie, Wladek is forced from his apartment after it's demolished in the Uprising. Or, more specifically, by the blast from a German tank as it shoots back at resistance fighters. He ends up in the attic of an abandoned building where he is found by a German officer named Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, who's played by Thomas Kretschmann in the film.
According to the movie, Captain Hosenfeld asks Wladek to play the piano, which he does, and then he does the unthinkable—he helps Wladek survive. Not only does he keep Wladek hidden, but he even offers food and supplies.
This, too, is all true. Oh, sure, some of the minor details may have been changed for the film, but the core of it is all true.
It had been two and a half years since Wladek had played the piano, but when the German officer asked him to play he did responded by playing Chopin's Nocturne in C# Minor. That's the same song you hear in the beginning of the film.
The officer helped Wladek find a place to hide in the attic and even returned a few days later to give him some bread and jam.
Just like in the movie, the officer gave Wladek his coat to help him stay warm. And, just like in the movie, this would become an issue a few weeks later when the Soviet Army recaptured Warsaw.
Although it wasn't the Soviet Army who came across Wladek first. Instead it was members of the Polish Army. When they saw Wladek in a German coat, they almost shot him before they heard him screaming that he, too, was Polish.
That gave them just a moment's pause and when they looked closely, they saw he must not've been German. Considering he hadn't shaved, showered or eaten a decent meal in months he had to have looked quite different than a German soldier.
The final text on the screen in the movie says that Wladek lived in Warsaw until he died on July 6th, 2000 at the age of 88. Then it says the German officer, Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, died in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp in 1952.
As you can probably guess by now, these are both true. In his autobiography, also called The Pianist, there are excerpts from the journal of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld.
They're mostly letters that were sent back to his family. The last of these was dated August 11th, 1944, and explains how the Germans know they've all but lost the war. And Hitler has ordered them to raze Warsaw to the ground.
For his claims that he helped a Jew, Captain Wilm Hosenfeld's Soviet captors believed he was lying and beat him many times, eventually leading to his death in the POW camp.
Wladyslaw Szpilman survived the war. In 1946, he wrote his autobiography while the details of everything that happened was still fresh in his memory. However, Stalin's government suppressed the book and it was hidden from most of the world's view for decades until, in 1998, Wladek's son, Andrzej, published a new version.
It didn't take long for the book to become a best seller. In 1999, Roman Polanski started negotiations for the film rights. Sadly, Wladek passed away just like the movie indicates on July 6th, 2000. This was at the height of his popularity due to the book and the film being in the works.
In an interview with Newsweek, Andrzej said Wladek was in great health. Then, suddenly, he was gone. He feels the success of the book and the talk of the film itself were partly to blame. He went on to say he couldn't envision his father being able to bear watching his own memories on screen for the duration of the film.
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Embodying Leisure: The Use of Images in Pearl Jephcott's 'Time of One's Own'.
Embodying Leisure – The Use of Images in Jephcott's Time of Ones Own. LERN Occasional Papers No. 2 John Goodwin and Henrietta O'Connor, University of Leicester.
While the lives and works of many sociologists have now been well documented numerous sociologists at the 'coal face' of social research remain ignored. As such, beyond the contributions of those more 'well known' scholars, considerably more needs to be done to examine the history of our discipline and reassess the significant contributions made by 'other' researchers so that we may reappraise what can be learnt from these 'pioneer scholars'. In this paper we focus on Pearl Jephcott (1900-1980) who in research career spanning forty year, but now largely forgotten, was at the forefront of methodological innovation in the 1960s. A full review of her work and contribution is beyond the scope of a single paper so we consider in more detail one of the most striking features of her sociological practice – the use of images in the book Time of One's Own (1967).
One of the striking aspects of Pearl Jephcott's archive in the University of Glasgow Library is the breadth and depth of her research activity. For her seminal study on high-rise living, 'Homes in High Flats', Pearl carried out extensive research on the development of tower blocks in the UK and overseas. Her archive contains numerous folders filled with articles, photographs and maps of high rise living 'from places such as far apart as Melbourne, Philadelphia, Caracas, Prague and Moscow' (Jephcott, 1971:2). Maps are a regular feature of her work and it is no surprise that as part of her study of high-rise flats in Glasgow Pearl began by carrying out a mapping exercise illustrating the locations of the new housing developments. The map featured in this blog is taken from her archive and shows how she used the city map to indicate new housing developments that were complete at the time of her research, each separate tower block depicted by small red squares. Planned or incomplete blocks were illustrated by a red unfilled square.
Although the first tower block in Glasgow was occupied as early as June 1952 it was not until the 1960s that the rapid expansion of this type of building occurred. The main sample for the planned research consisted of those developments that were occupied by July 1968 (143 blocks in total), increasing to 163 by May 1969. The final sample consisted of five estates, narrowed down 'to enable staff to make sustained relationships with individual households, increasing their chances of finding out which aspects of multi-story life had most bearing on the tenants satisfaction or otherwise' (p28). The five estates selected were located across the city and two research staff went to live in a high-rise flat, for just over 6 weeks, in four of the five locations. The five estates selected were Wynford (16 blocks), Royston (3), Albion (3) Castlemilk (5) and Red Road (3) (see Jephcott, 1971: 29).


This month home and family are important. November 2014 is a month that can go either way. With unpredictable Uranus in the House of Relationships you never know what will happen.
November 2014 starts well! On November 6, 2014, the Full Moon in sensual Taurus is in your House of Soul and Intimacy. An intense Full Moon to get very close with your beloved one to experience magic moments. Actually, you like to flirt and get attention, but this month you'd better stick with the one you truly love. Things can sometimes turn out differently or you may be misunderstood. Making friends and flirting is fun, but sometimes you go too far. Let your judgment influenced by emotions and feelings. Especially in November 2014 you should try to be selective. Around November 21 you can experience beautiful moments with a new love. If you find that your beloved wants more of you than you able to give, protect yourself. Let this person go.
The first part of November is somewhat unbalanced, but the second half of the month promises to be better thanks to the collaborating forces of Venus, Uranus and Jupiter. This period is particularly suited to discuss a repayable loan, transformations or things that have to do with repair or renovation of the house. Also, problems with parents can be talked over.
In the second week of November 2014, your job is very demanding. It is possible that you travel for work. At the end of that week you may be criticized by the boss that your work has not been not done properly. Be careful when signing a business contract. Also, with the accession of the new partner. Success can be achieved through cooperation of the group or organization. You have success in examinations or testing, but also in interviews and talks.
Your financial situation may be rocking this month and this has to do with your spending habits. You actually spent more than is actually possible, making it necessary to cut back expenses. In the first half of November Venus and Jupiter are challenging each other. Venus is your planet and is about money. Jupiter wants more and more. With this energy you just want to spend, but Saturn in your House of Finance says: No! Set your priorities! Your home and the purchase of durable goods are now paramount. There are some items which you can cut back and if you make these cuts, you will notice that this will improve your position and that the balance is restored. The second half of November income will increase as the cooperation of Venus and Jupiter will lead to fruitful collaboration, revenue through the partner, gifts, sponsorship or other benefits.
Your energy level in November 2014 is not optimal. The position of Uranus, Pluto and Mars result in more tension and pressure especially in the first part of November. The second weekend of November 2014 requires more of you than you can physically accommodate. Try yourself to relax more!
Conflict and crisis is the cause of physical and psychological stress. You may get ill because of stress during the second half of November. In the third week of November, you can catch a cold.
Allow yourself to November 25 not be tempted into making statements or giving answers. You do not like ultimatums, but now you must stand firm. Blow off steam in time when it gets you down. Prepare yourself for new developments!


Your Christmas lights are beautiful, and they should fill your family and your neighbors with joy this holiday season. Since the results are beautiful, what you might not expect is back pain and endless amounts of frustration, as the task itself can be less than pleasant.
Before you put a single light up, make a list of all of your existing holiday decorations. It'll help you stay organized, and you can make a trip to the store without forgetting one set of lights or some garland, which will require a separate trip and waste your time.
With your list in hand, take a walk around your property. Visualize where you're going to hang your holiday light strings. By developing a plan ahead of time, you'll minimize how much time you spend adjusting your decorations later.
Installing a string of holiday lights requires climbing up and down ladders for about 15 minutes. Imagine spending all of that time only to realize that your lights won't turn on, and you can't figure out if a bulb is broken or if an inline fuse is destroyed. You have to spend another 15 minutes to tear everything back down, but you could have saved yourself a headache by simply plugging in the lights first. At the very least, you'll find out if a string can be repaired or salvaged for parts without wasting your time.
As a general rule of thumb, don't connect more than three sets of lights together. Additional strings increase the risk of a short and can even throw your circuit breaker, which will put a quick end to your holiday cheer. To protect your home, use a surge protector on any outlet with multiple light strings.
Millions of families go on vacation during the holidays. If you're going to be out of town for more than a day, consider using automatic timers with your Christmas lights. Burglars often look for homes with unlit holiday light displays, which is a sure sign that nobody's home. Many timers come with batteries, and they'll continue keeping track of the time during a power outage. When power is restored, they'll turn your light display back on.
Set your timer to turn the power on around 5 p.m. and turn the power off by 11 p.m. or midnight at the latest. You'll save electricity by not leaving your lights on 24 hours a day, and you'll still look festive (and protect your home from burglars).
Now comes the hard part. Once all of your lights are in good working order, try to wait for a day with beautiful weather. You don't want to climb up and down a ladder that's slick with rain, and you certainly don't want to rest it in soft mud. Install lights during the afternoon when there's still plenty of daylight.
Unfortunately, homeowners don't have the same kind of equipment that professional holiday light installers have access to for the safest installation. Don't hang lights by yourself if you need to use an extension ladder. You could easily break a bone if you fall while installing lights on the second story. A spotter can help stabilize the ladder and call for help if you do fall.
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Landscape lighting is really the icing on the cake when it comes to having a gorgeous landscape that looks finished and provides maximum outdoor enjoyment for homeowners. It is critical to maintaining safety on patios and along walkways, as well as highlighting features such as accent plants, raised beds, and water features.
But what's the best way to do it? And where to look for fixtures that won't require annual replacement?
You want to sit back and enjoy your sparkling landscape, not labour in it, right?
While the do-it-yourself kits at home improvement warehouses may seem like a good deal for the frugal homeowner, the fixtures are often shoddily manufactured and won't have the quality and durability that a professional system will provide.
They frequently require regular, possibly even annual, replacement of cheaply made fixtures and parts such as timers and transformers, creating additional costs and labor when one wants to enjoy the landscape instead of constantly maintaining it.
A professional landscape contractor will provide a comprehensive warranty to ensure against defective parts and premature wear and can also quickly troubleshoot the system whenever there is a problem. Even better- on your average professionally installed LED system, you won't even have to change a bulb (they might only burn out every 10 years).
As with anything, design and installation by someone that knows what they're doing costs money.
Homeowners looking for landscape lighting solutions might be tempted to spend time and save money by purchasing a ready-made kit from a big box store, but they're risking doing a lot of work for substandard results. These kits are usually not easily customizable or expandable, so having to install multiple kits becomes a distinct possibility, increasing the likelihood of installation issues and future problems.
The primary key to beautiful landscape lighting is the design. A professional contractor will have the design experience to know exactly what types of lighting to use in different areas of the garden landscape to get just the right effect and highlight distinctive features in the yard. A professional will know how to place fixtures to avoid creating annoying glare or strange shadows that produce creepy effects. This is one area where planning with a professional will really pay off.
This field is about the result fixtures create, and unlike regular garden design- the final result is not just about where something is placed. Working with a specialized contractor will give noticeably better results than working with a generalized one. This is because they're used to creating designs based on effect, and not just on placement.
Another crucial aspect to having a gorgeous end result is installation. Landscape lighting installation can be extremely complicated and time consuming for the non-expert. Frequently kits end up being returned to garden centers after unsuccessful attempts at DIY installations. Calculating the proper voltage based on cable length and number of lights installed on a specific line alone can be difficult at best and disastrous at worst for the amateur installer.
An experienced, professional landscape lighting contractor will do all the work the right way the first time, including hiding cabling throughout the yard, correctly splicing fixtures into the wiring, properly installing halogen bulbs to ensure maximum life span, and adjusting brightness so that each fixture produces the desired effect.
A pro will also program the system to make sure that the lights come on at the right time for the geographic location and seasonal variance in daylight hours.
By spending a bit more up front instead of over time, homeowners can give their average landscape a real wow factor with professionally designed and installed lighting. For those who will be content with mediocre results and aren't concerned with potentially having frequent problems and making future expenditures, a cheap, standard do-it-yourself kit might be the answer. Unfortunately, they will likely never realize the full potential of their outdoor living space and the comfort, safety, and satisfaction a magnificently lit landscape can provide.


Poihipi power station is located just out of Taupo and was commissioned mid 1997. The station was completed in 18 months which was a tight time frame for such a project but despite this it came in under budget.
The station consists of a single condensing steam turbine supplied from four shallow wells via a 1.5km pipeline. This is coupled to a 55MW Fuji generator although actual output from the station is somewhat limited by resource consents.
Contract Instrumentation Services was responsible for the instrument calibration and commissioning working under McMahon and Associates, the electrical engineers for the project. CIS covered all instrument work required from the steam field flow monitoring required for resource consents through to the turbine vibration and protection systems.
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All4 and 4HD leave Freesat
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We're very sorry that Channel 4 HD and All 4 have left Freesat and can understand how disappointing this is for our customers.
Why has this happened?
We have recently updated our broadcast channel charging policy so that the fees paid by channels are now more closely linked to the number of viewers they reach, and therefore the advertising revenue they can earn from being on Freesat. While this resulted in an increase for Channel 4's broadcast channels, our On Demand fees haven't changed so we were surprised that they decided to remove All 4 from the platform as well.
Freesat is not a Pay-TV service and does not receive revenue from viewers or advertisers. Our charging policy is defined according to Ofcom regulations, and not aimed to make a profit but simply to cover our operational costs. We believe that the redistribution of fees for channels makes it a fairer system for all of our partners, and are sorry that our customers have been affected by Channel 4's decision.
What about other Channel 4 channels?
Channel 4 SD, E4, More 4, 4seven and Film 4 are unaffected by the changes and remain available to watch as usual via the TV guide.
How do I reset my recordings from 4HD to 4SD?
You will need to manually reset any recordings on Channel 4 SD from 104 (120 in Wales) in the TV guide.
Can I still watch old recordings from 4HD?
Yes you can. All recordings set before February 22nd will remain saved to your hard drive.
Where else can I watch All4?
All4 is available to watch on other devices, including desktop and mobile. If you would like more information about where to watch All4 go to all4.com/how-to-watch.


Home » Should reverse mortgages be pulled from FHA's MMI Fund?
Should reverse mortgages be pulled from FHA's MMI Fund?
In November, the Federal Housing Administration issued its annual report to Congress on the health of its flagship insurance fund, and the results were not great for the reverse mortgage program.
For the third consecutive year, the report highlighted the HECM's drain on the fund, this time to the tune of nearly $14 billion.
The report has renewed calls from policy analysts and industry execs – including former FHA Commissioner Carole Gallante and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who have been vocal about this idea in the past – to remove the HECM program from the FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
HousingWire reached out to researchers Laurie Goodman and Edward Golding at the Urban Institute – who have written about the subject – to talk about why separating the two portfolios makes sense.
Goodman and Golding highlighted three main reasons that support the removal of the HECM portfolio from the fund.
No. 1: Reverse mortgages are volatile and need separate modeling instruments.
The HECM program is volatile, with drastic swings in capital ratio that make its performance hard to predict, Golding and Goodman pointed out.
In an article on the topic, the two noted that the capital ratio of the forward fund has shown predictable year-to-year growth of 0.5 to 1% since the Great Recession. Conversely, the HECM fund has varied by 8 to 14%.
The researchers said the program's volatility stems from two issues that make it hard to model: the lack of data available after significant program changes were put into place, and the assumption-driven nature of the program, which includes the impact of home price appreciation and interest rates.
Golding said that estimates for the forward program are fairly stable and move in predictable ways based on significant historical data.
But estimates for the reverse program, he said, are unstable and not intuitive.
"For example, the economic net worth of the reverse program was positive $0.8 billion in 2015 and three years later was negative $13.6 billion, even though house prices increased by over 20% during that period," Golding said, adding that the lack of historical data and the implementation of substantial program changes complicate matters even more.
"Put bluntly, no one knows how this program will perform and any estimate of economic net worth is little more than a guess," Golding said.
The researchers said, though, that current modeling assumptions for the HECM are conservative and are likely exaggerating the its negative net worth.
No. 2: The FHA's forward and reverse programs are too different to be lumped together.
The researchers asserted the HECM's importance as a social policy that helps seniors age in place, and said that lumping its portfolio in with the FHA's forward book would cloud decisionmaking for both programs.
No. 3: HECMs may be keeping forward mortgage premiums high.
Golding pointed out that the HECM's current drain is likely impacting the FHA's forward mortgage program, as the fund is required by statute to keep a 2% capital reserve.
The solution? Goodman and Golding say putting the HECM portfolio back in the FHA's General Insurance/Special Risk Insurance Fund – where it resided upon its inception in 1988 until it was removed following 2009's FHA Modernization Act – makes more sense.


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Game Name Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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Release Date March 20, 2020
Genre Social Simulation
Platform Nintendo Switch
Developer / Publisher Nintendo
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Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. In the game, the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals. These animals carry out various activities, such as bug catching, fossil hunting and fishing.
The gameplay is open-ended. This means that players have no defined objectives but are instead encouraged to spend their time in the village performing any number of activities. The games are played in real-time, utilizing the video game console's internal clock and calendar.
This means that passage of time in the game world reflects that in reality, as well as the current season and time of day. Certain in-game events, such as holidays or the growth of a tree, occur at certain times or require some duration of time to have passed.
In the Animal Crossing series, players can interact with a merchant named Cousin Redd. He sells various works of art, comprised of paintings and sculptures. However, players should be aware, because his inventory is not always the real deal.
Redd sells famous works of art from all over the world. However, he has a tendency to sell forgeries that only a keen eye can spot. Even though players can purchase and display forgeries, Blathers will not take forged artwork to display at the museum.
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In Pursuit of Silence's technical mastery overcomes its overuse of interview commentary to illustrate silence's numerous edifying properties.
It is nearly impossible to walk down a city street or ride a subway without being overwhelmed by a cacophonous flood of digital music, plasma screens, and aggressive cell phone chatter. For some, these aspects are signs of excitement and power. But for director Patrick Shen, this restless energy stymies a more enriching and healthier state of existence which can only be accomplished in markedly quieter environments. Shen's new documentary, In Pursuit of Silence, makes an illustrative but somewhat convoluted attempt at conveying this point.
In Pursuit of Silence's footage is consistently beautiful and purposeful. This is particularly so for the film's first few minutes, free of any dialogue, where Shen lets long-takes of vivid, well-composed imagery convey tranquility's many splendors. A protracted wide shot of a winding forest path in Carver Park, Minnesota -- quiet, save for the melodic tune of brown leaves rustling in the wind -- provides peaceful escapement. A still grass field in Iowa under a cloudless, deep blue sky looks like a rich painting; an ode to nature's rich colors.
Every so often, Shen mixes into his sequence of nature images surprising takes on more modern devices. In one inspired scene, an empty roadside gas station in the pitch-black night gives the sense that even structures not normally associated with enriching thought can engender a meditative response when basked in quietude.
Throughout In Pursuit of Silence, lifestyle choices are effectively challenged through crisp contrasts between footage of quiet sanctuaries and urban sprawl. A scene of monks walking down a monastery's long, columnar halls -- split between darkness and splashes of natural light cascading from its windows -- captures walking as a simple, ruminative act. Contrarily, Shen captures the modern metropolis as an overbearingly loud, fragmented digital castle which give walking a nasty- treadmill-torture kind of feel. Of course, this conflicting imagery is polarized, and Shen's heart is clearly on the quieter end of things. But when In Pursuit of Silence simply portrays these images, it avoids being preachy, allowing for audiences' active eyes and ears to make the final judgment on the importance of serenity.
It's ironic then that In Pursuit of Silence overly relies on typical explanatory voiceovers and interruptive interview segments to advance its argument on silence's virtuous properties. All too often, scenes which commence with an organic portrayal of relationships between sound and environment -- be it a lush, relaxing tea garden ceremony or the blaring streets of Mumbai -- are rudely interrupted by redundant explanations.
To be clear, this is not a knock against the interview subjects themselves. They are universally eloquent, offering informative takes on the virtues of natural tranquility, and waxing darkly poetic about the dangers of modern technology. ("There is such an intensely, overwhelming drive to contribute our little ricocheting response to the soul crushing in of the moment.") Indeed, enjoying silence does not necessitate muteness. However, quantity of words does affect this pursuit, and Shen overly employs commentary which detracts from a continuous, reflective immersion into his already deeply detailed footage.
When Shen does employ dialogue effectively, it's from a lived-in, relational perspective. In one such scene, Shen has a child speak into a camera in a public school classroom located just a few feet away from a subway station; she talks about how it's hard to concentrate on her work with trains constantly passing on by. For anyone who is a parent, or who simply cares about the state of public education in urban cities, this scene -- as opposed to those in insulated laboratories or academic settings -- is of the sort which can emotionally propel activism, or at least a small change in lifestyle choices.
In Pursuit of Silence is a wonderfully shot film and one which is best experienced on a big screen where its images' composition and acute sound mixing can be fully appreciated. However, for all the filmmakers' accomplished technical work, In Pursuit of Silence does not consistently heed to its own message on how quiet observation is more enriching than over-explanation.


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Operation Kurukuru 2022 team. (Photo by FFA)
ONE of the largest fisheries surveillance operations in the world, Operation Kurukuru, came to a successful closed 27 October, 2022 , marking a return to full operational strength post-covid.
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director Fisheries Operations Allan Rahari said the team had utilised the difficult operating conditions during covid to test emerging technologies, increase training and enhance focus on boarding and inspection capability.
"We didn't have any gaps in our Operations during Covid-19 thanks to our use of virtual platforms and latest technologies, but having all the human resources back together for our Operation has been invaluable for ensuring compliance of vessels," said Mr Rahari.
"The collaboration between FFA staff, our Member countries and our Quadrilateral partners (Australia, New Zealand, USA and France) is a uniquely Pacific approach to protecting this enormous area of ocean that we cover. It also includes a multi agency approach involving local and regional partners, including Fisheries, Maritime Police, Defence Forces, and other maritime security agencies.
The FFA-coordinated Operation included 19 seconded officers within the Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre from Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, U.S. and Vanuatu. The team supported Members to collate, analyse and filter data in order to improve national and regional surveillance efforts and encourage and coordinate members' monitoring and surveillance activities in EEZ's and the high seas in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. Throughout the operation they also encourage cooperative surveillance engagement between parties under existing agreements, such as the Niue Treaty Subsidiary Agreement (NTSA),
The Operational area consisted of the 15 Pacific Island FFA Members' Exclusive Economic Zones and adjacent High Seas. The Operational Area was over 23 million square kilometres in size, which is over three times the land mass of Australia.
The FFA Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre coordinated intelligence to support all national headquarters, and inform the deployment of seven planes, satellites and 12 ships. There was also remote sensing support from the Government of Canada using satellite data to ID potential dark targets.
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of course this is all cerebral orgasmic talk, and no one will really do it... (maybe).
but let's just say there IS hold period for VIP. how is that ok?
many ppl buy a car and get bored after 3 days.
and if the mtk at the time is msrp + x, he is entitled to the amount.
did he plan to make a prifit? we can't read his mind. we can never conclusively say one way or another.
so now all of a sudden, one cannot sell his car at the time he wants to??
To ease the pain of those in the US paying over sticker for an RS what is the premium for an RS in Australia?
Geez…. was hoping by now someone would've came through with my RS allocation!!
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Although, for the benefit of other readers... Paying over MSRP in the US is vastly different from paying the fares / taxes / import premiums in Australia (so long as Aussie dealers are charging MSRP -- if they aren't, then that's what could be compared to our dealers charging MSRP).
The import premiums are horrendous.
Indeed. This is probably because there are too many of us on here are still waiting for allocs. Not enough dished out by PAG to PCNA, to be honest... The only ones you're likely to find (for now) are those where the dealers are sitting on them asking $50k over MSRP waiting for a sucker to arrive.
If someone gets me a car for msrp they can borrow my girlfriend for a week. She's hot and in her early 20's.
Hang on Jimmy, let's get her opinion first.
About her being hot? Or getting to keep her?
... can we test drive first?
We need tantalizing videos, detailed specs, comparison reviews, and a list of options!
And I'm still trying to track down a GT3 allocation.
If I can get an RS, I'll sell you my GT3.
Quick Reply: GT3 RS... WANTED!


TV history was made last night – and Unruly's COO and co-founder Sarah Wood was lucky enough to have a front row seat.
Sarah was invited on to The Apprentice: You're Fired in the UK as the show's business expert to run the rule over this year's crop of would-be Lord Sugar apprentices.
And what an episode to make her The Apprentice debut, with three candidates being fired for the first time in the show's 10-year history!
Ella Jade Bitton, Sarah Dales and Steven Ugoalah were all given the finger by Sugar during a tense boardroom scene after their attempts to create a YouTube hit fell flat.
Scaling up your start-up can be a roller coaster ride. Once your company grows beyond 15 or 20 people, different behaviours, processes and practices are needed to avoid complete and utter chaos. This can be a painful transition, but with the right team in place, it can also be a LOT of fun.
We currently employ 160 Unrulies around the globe and are on the hunt for more awesome people to join us as we scale around the world. While every business is different, I'd love to share my experiences with you and show how the power of teamwork helped us to transition from scrappy start-up to successful scale up.


S hop Floor Data Capture and Automated Scheduling are essential factors in an electronics and cabling company's expansion plans.
LCL Electronics Ltd offers a wide range of electronic assembly services, such as printed circuit board assembly, full box build and cabling to many different industry sectors, including medical, military, gaming, security, lighting and audio.
But the recent expansion means they have outgrown their old production control methods. After looking on the market for around three months, and thoroughly investigating five possibilities, they opted for the flexible and fully scalable JAVELIN advanced production planning and control system, from Vero Software.
In particular they are looking for JAVELIN's powerful Shop Floor Data Capture and Automated Scheduling functions to help them operate more efficiently as the business grows. "One of the biggest problems we have at the moment is that we're having to do these two essential operations manually. Having JAVELIN will give us a lot more foresight into 'What happens if...?' For example, if we need to accommodate a new job which needs scheduling for the following week, what effect will it have on other jobs? With JAVELIN, we'll know.
Using JAVELIN's Scheduling function means LCL Electronics will be able to run the same work load using different scenarios, and compare the results either graphically or in tabular form. This provides the key to minimising Work-in-Progress and cutting lead times. Each job can be monitored in real time, enabling LCL to respond to short term changes and produce new 'work-to' lists instantly, without running a complete schedule, delivering optimum throughput against the required dates.
And Sarah Hanlon says they are looking for Shop Floor Data Capture to provide accurate Work-in-Progress and costing information, while minimising administrative input and potential clerical errors. It will give them full visibility and management of all shop floor activity, with enquiry screens providing managers with up-to-the-minute information on demand.
While JAVELIN's powerful Estimating and Quotations function is a feature they will be looking at utilising in the future, it is not a priority compared to Scheduling and Shop Floor Data Capture. "Figures are currently calculated in a spreadsheet before being added to the estimate document which is sent to the customer." But JAVELIN stores standard material descriptions and prices in its parts database, which can readily be pulled into estimates, meaning quotes can be created much faster. New parts or materials can also be entered directly into the estimate without having been already added to the parts database.
LCL will be using other JAVELIN functions to the full, immediately, such as Sales Order Processing, Purchase Orders and Works Orders, Materials Control, and Costing.
JAVELIN's continuous monitoring of the master database will prevent anomalies like those, by instantly identifying changes in material requirements, triggering recommendations based on the cumulative lead times of each item. The MRP can be operated in batch mode or run in real-time to respond to changing demands. And specific works or purchase orders can be closely monitored by running the system only for selected orders or individual contracts.
It is all part of JAVELIN's 'intelligent' planning and control systems designed to help companies like LCL successfully compete in difficult economic and market conditions, through direct improvements to productivity.
"Overall, we expect JAVELIN to play an immense role in helping us develop and expand," concludes Sarah Hanlon.


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William W. Crouch (born 1941), U.S. army general
William Forest Crouch (1904–1968), American director and writer of film
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Q: Await and then usage issues when switching states By default The text to speech engine uses an async call, this causes the main Dart thread to go on with whatever line of code comes next, this leads up to another setstate() call after the TTS speak function which reverts the animation state from Speaking to Idle almost instantly.
is there any way to avoid this issue?
I want it to work as follows:
setstate(() => _animation = 'Speaking')

wait until the TTS is finished speaking
setstate(() => _animation = 'Idle')

If I'm misunderstanding something, could you please point it out? in case this is how Dart works then if you have any workarounds that'd be great.
Simplified code for inspection:
  void _speak(String sentence) async {
    updateRiveRoot(_animation = 'Speak');
    setState(() => _isSpeaking = true);

    if (!_isSpeaking) {
      await tts.awaitSpeakCompletion(true);
      tts.speak(sentence).then((result) {
        if (result != null) {
          print("getting here");// not being preinted out
          setState(() => _isListening = false);
          setState(() => _isSpeaking = false);
          updateRiveRoot(_animation = 'Idle');
        }
      });
    } else {
      setState(() => _isSpeaking = true);
    }
    print("isSpeaking is $_isSpeaking and animation is $_animation");
  }

I have scrolled through the TTS documentation but couldn't find useful information on the problem I'm currently facing.

A: try to use .then,
void _speak(String sentence) async {
    if (!_isSpeaking) {
      setState(() => _animation = 'Speak');
      setState(() => _isSpeaking = true);

      tts.speak(sentence).then((result) {
        if (result != null) {
          _isListening = false;
          _isSpeaking = false;
          setState((){});
        }
      });

}

 } else {
      setState(() => _isSpeaking = false);
    }
  }

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