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Puma Net Leaps 48.3%
Puma AG said robust apparel sales helped drive strong double-digit bottom- and top-line growth in the second quarter.
July 28, 2004, 12:00am
NEW YORK — Puma AG said robust apparel sales helped drive strong double-digit bottom- and top-line growth in the second quarter.
For the three months ended June 30, the Herzogenaurach, Germany-based branded global manufacturer reported a 48.3 percent jump in net income to 54.9 million euros, or 3.33 euros a diluted share, compared to 37 million euros, or 2.26 euros a diluted share, a year ago.
In dollars, Puma had profits of $66.2 million, or $4.01 a share, versus $42 million, or $2.57, last year. Figures have been converted at average exchange rates for the corresponding periods.
Net sales for the quarter increased 17.1 percent to 352.3 million euros, or $424.6 million, from 300.9 million euros, or $341.9 million. Excluding currency fluctuations, net sales would have grown 18.3 percent, Puma said.
By business segment, apparel sales led all divisions with a 26.3 percent gain to 99 million euros, or $119.3 million. Accessories revenues advanced 19.2 percent to 25 million euros, or $30.1 million, while footwear sales improved 13.3 percent to 229 million euros, or $276 million.
Geographically, Europe, which accounted for 68.5 percent of Puma's consolidated sales, saw revenues grow 23.7 percent to 232 million euros, or $279.6 million. Puma said all countries in the region posted double-digit sales growth and that, as expected, the apparel business grew at the fastest rate, improving 38.2 percent for the first half of the fiscal year. In the Americas, sales increased 9 percent to 72 million euros, or $86.8 million, with the U.S. chipping in a 13.9 percent revenue gain. The Asia-Pacific region recorded flat sales at 41 million euros, or $49.4 million, while the Middle East and Africa region posted a 9.5 percent increase to 7 million euros, or $8.4 million.
For the first half of the fiscal year, Puma said, net income grew 57.6 percent to 135.2 million euros, or 8.23 euros a share, from 85.8 million euros, or 5.28 euros, a year ago. In dollars, profits were $165.9 million, or $10.09 a share, versus $94.8 million, or $5.83.
Net sales for the period advanced 23.6 percent to 796.1 million euros, or $976.8 million, from 644 million euros, or $711.4 million.
In guidance, Puma said that based on its 22 percent increase in order volume as of June 30, annual earnings are forecast to grow more than 30 percent on top-line growth of about 20 percent.
— Dan Burrows


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Utkarsh India gets brand makeover with new website
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): While others are dreading the time of COVID-19 pandemic, Utkarsh India was gearing up for a bigger leap with its brand identity. And taking the first step towards that goal the company recently launched its new website.
Earlier the company adopted a factory-picture specific approach on its website to portray how strong they are in daily operations. But now they have gone for a new-age design that gives a wider picture of building up the nation, with involvement in various projects. The new website has more of an international feel for a global foothold. The navigation has also been enhanced to make the overall experience faster and smoother.
"A company's website is like a company's digital spokesperson speaking about the brand and I believe that just like the company's spokesperson the website should also have all contents clear and handy. The new website takes the viewers through our journey and achievements and proves testimony to the trust levied by our clients. Our website is an added initiative to our target of taking a step further," said Sunil Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director of Utkarsh India Limited.
"It's always important that any communication that speaks about company shall always be in alignment with the company's thought and aim. Utkarsh India is a name known in both the domestic and international market equally well. The new website speaks about our products, projects and it is a way to present the journey of decades with a click to our viewers," said Utkarsh Bansal - Director, Business Strategies, Utkarsh India Limited is a young energetic leader who is all set to soar and reach the highest peaks of success, when asked about the new website.
The website now has a separate section on the application which describes how Utkarsh India is building the nation and forays into segments like Road Safety Systems, Area Lightning Illumination, Telecommunication, Utility, Smart City Application, Water Transportation and Industrial Application. The website also takes the viewers through detailed information on projects that Utkarsh India had undertaken and completed.
It has been meticulously planned while keeping in mind the aesthetics of the company. The colour scheme is soft, elegant and meaningful. The contents are easy to read and have been elegantly written so that the visitor can get a better understanding of the company in a brief read.
Its visually appealing interface with a classy layout subtly roars about Utkarsh India's legacy. The company section now talks about their achievements in a detailed fashion focusing on each milestone that it has achieved over time. The web site has been made keeping in mind the B2B and B2C traffic, with showcasing Kharaj Mukherjee as the Brand Ambassador for PVC pipes and fittingsUtkarsh India is a name that needs no introduction when you talk about the pioneers in the high-end infrastructure engineering products segment. Since its inception, the company has always been on the go delivering quality to its clients. Today, Utkarsh is truly a name that personifies the terms "Atmanirbhar" or "Make in India", and is making a difference in all the segments whether its airport, railways, highways, roadways etc. With quality products in its portfolio, the company is dedicated to building India into a better nation for a brighter tomorrow.
Throughout the years Utkrash India has diversified into manufacturing of various products and verticals. The brand new website in a jiffy gives us an idea of the variety of products from the various segment that Utkarsh India caters to like engineering and pipes and fitting products for eg. Metal Beam Crash Barrier, High Mast Lighting Systems, Street Light Pole, Railway Electrification Structures, Transmission Towers, Telecom Towers, PVC PipesFittings, HDPE Pipes.
At a glance, any visitor on the website can now understand that the brand speaks the story of humongous achievements and their testimonials section corroborates the claim directly from the satisfied customers.
Utkarsh India Limited, which is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, has evolved over the years as an enterprise meeting global demands and contributing towards improving the quality of life world over. Established as a preferred manufacturer in the infrastructure segments across India, Utkarsh today caters to a wide customer base across the globe, exporting to Germany, Belgium, UK, Lithuania, Poland, Northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Reunion Islands, Madagascar, Malawi among others.
This story is provided by NewsVoir. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/NewsVoir)

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Hello all! I am so thrilled to be guest posting today over on Domestic Slice. As you may have seen, Kate from Domestic Slice kindly contributed a guest tutorial for a DIY Raffia Wrapped Necklace here on Chic Steals while I was in Tokyo for a month, and I'm reciprocating today. My tutorial is for a (faux) gold-leafed succulent in a handmade origami planter – kind of no-fuss gardening meets home decor.
Click on over to Domestic Slice to see the full tutorial!
I have no less than FOUR final projects for my classes due this week (three due at 5:00 PM tomorrow, and the last one due at 5:00 PM on Tuesday). Plus I just made a couple of portfolio pieces to apply for an internship.
So I'm probably not going to be able to blog about DIY stuff at any great length until after I hand in everything and can breathe a little easier.
Just to let you know – I'm still around and in front of the computer, though editing and animating and drawing like crazy and barely able to answer email/formspring questions/respond to comments etc.
Oh, and I also made a gun out of paper that shoots wadded-up tissues. (It took a little longer than the house since there's so many moving parts.) It uses 2 rubber bands to sling an internal "bullet casing" forward and launch whatever's sitting against it into the air (well, sort of towards the floor really).
My son really likes playing with the haunted house.
You've all been so kind in sending me your fabulous DIY projects – and I'll be sharing them all in a big DIY Links of the Week coming soon. Thanks so much for letting me know about your creativity!


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using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow;

namespace FluentDataflow
{
    internal class SourceDataflowWrapper<TOutput> : ISourceBlock<TOutput>
    {
        private readonly IDataflowBlock _originalSourceBlock;
        private readonly IDataflowBlock _currentSourceBlock;
        private readonly ISourceBlock<TOutput> _finalSourceBlock;
        private readonly bool? _propagateCompletion;

        public SourceDataflowWrapper(
            IDataflowBlock originalSourceBlock
            , IDataflowBlock currentSourceBlock
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            , bool? propagateCompletion = null)
        {
            _originalSourceBlock = originalSourceBlock;
            _currentSourceBlock = currentSourceBlock;
            _finalSourceBlock = finalSourceBlock;
            _propagateCompletion = propagateCompletion;
        }

        public Task Completion
        {
            get
            {
                if (_propagateCompletion.GetValueOrDefault())
                {
                    return _currentSourceBlock.Completion.ContinueWith(task =>
                    {
                        if (task.IsFaulted)
                            _finalSourceBlock.Fault(task.Exception);
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                        return _finalSourceBlock.Completion;
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        {
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        {
            return _finalSourceBlock.ConsumeMessage(messageHeader, target, out messageConsumed);
        }

        public void Fault(Exception exception)
        {
            _originalSourceBlock.Fault(exception);
        }

        public IDisposable LinkTo(ITargetBlock<TOutput> target, DataflowLinkOptions linkOptions)
        {
            return _finalSourceBlock.LinkTo(target, linkOptions);
        }

        public void ReleaseReservation(DataflowMessageHeader messageHeader, ITargetBlock<TOutput> target)
        {
            _finalSourceBlock.ReleaseReservation(messageHeader, target);
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        public bool ReserveMessage(DataflowMessageHeader messageHeader, ITargetBlock<TOutput> target)
        {
            return _finalSourceBlock.ReserveMessage(messageHeader, target);
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}

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Warren appears to rebuff Sanders' handshake amid sexism feud
By Christopher Cadelago
The buzziest moment of Tuesday night's Democratic debate didn't happen until after it was over — and only two people know what happened.
As candidates exchanged pleasantries and handshakes on stage, Elizabeth Warren approached Bernie Sanders, who stretched out his hand for her to shake. But Warren either didn't see — or rebuffed him, and a tense exchange followed.
Warren gestured with her right hand, then clasped both hands together while addressing a seemingly surprised Sanders.
Warren kept speaking to Sanders, who nodded, then put his hands up as if to stop her. Both spoke, as Tom Steyer approached the pair. Then Sanders seemed to offer a few sentences before both turned their backs — Sanders a split second before Warren — and walked away.
Neither campaign immediately spoke about what was said. Asked afterward, Steyer said he had no knowledge of the apparent skirmish.
"Look, I don't know what they were saying," Steyer said. "And whatever they were going on between each other, I was trying to get out of the way as fast as possible."
The encounter came after the two progressive stalwarts signaled that they trying to deescalate hostilities during the two-hour debate. Instead, their fleeting encounter appeared to revive tensions between the longtime friends — sparking intense interest in what was said when their mics were shut off.
Heading into the night, the two had clashed over differing recollections of a 2018 meeting between them to discuss the possibility of them both running for president. Warren stood by a CNN report that Sanders told her he didn't think a woman could defeat Donald Trump. Sanders denied that version of their conversation.
News of the meeting emerged after POLITICO reported last weekend that Sanders' campaign had dispatched aides to attack Warren's electability — the opening salvo that breached their nonaggression pact between the two.
Warren and Sanders faced pressure from progressive groups and many of their own supporters to put their differences aside. Some feared that all-out acrimony would undermine their causes and allow a more moderate Democrat to make gains at their expense.
Sanders got the first opportunity to respond when he was asked point blank during the debate why he said a woman couldn't win — and again denied the remarks. "Well, as a matter of fact, I didn't say it," he said.
"I don't want to waste a whole lot of time on this, because this is what Donald Trump and maybe some of the media want," he said. "Anybody (who) knows me knows that it's incomprehensible that I would think that a woman cannot be president of the United States."
Sanders added that he initially deferred to Warren to run in 2015 and that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by three million votes—after defeat him in the Democratic primary.
"How could anybody in a million years not believe that a woman could become president of the United States?" he asked. "If any of the women on this stage or any of the men on this stage win the nomination, I hope that's not the case, I hope it's me, but if they do, I will do everything in my power to make sure that they are elected in order to defeat the most dangerous president in the history of our country."
Asked what she thought when Sanders made his comments to her in 2018, Warren said she disagreed, confirming again her version.
"Look, this question about whether or not a woman can be president has been raised, and it's time for us to attack it head-on," Warren said, imploring the Iowa audience to "look at the men" on the debate stage: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Sanders and Steyer.
"Bernie is my friend, and I am not here to try to fight with Bernie," Warren said. She suggested that the best way to talk about who can win is by looking at their winning record.
"Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost ten elections," she added in what was the moment of the night. "The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they've been in are the women. Amy (Klobuchar) and me."
By the time Sanders reentered the conversation, it was to correct Warren to include the fact that he had beaten a GOP incumbent 30 years ago. She jumped in, comparing the glass ceiling to what confronted former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama.
"Look, don't deny that the question is there," Warren said. "Back in the 1960s, people asked, 'Could a Catholic win?' Back in 2008, people asked if an African-American could win. In both times, the Democratic Party stepped up and said yes. Got behind their candidate, and we changed America. That is who we are."
FBI says over 100 people arrested for Capitol siege, including 'liberal activist,' Confederate flag bearer
FBI Director Christopher Wray, in his first public comments since the Jan. 6 violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump, said Thursday that law enforcement has arrested more than 100 people in connection with the assault and is aware of "an extensive amount of concerning online chatter" ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration.Most of those arrested so far have been far-right militants, off-duty police, retired military personnel, GOP officials, QAnon adherents, and white supremacists. For example, the man photographed carrying a Confederate battle flag through the Capitol, Kevin Seefried, and his son, Hunter Seefried, surrendered to the FBI in Delaware on Thursday, the Justice Department said.Embed from Getty ImagesAuthorities also arrested "liberal activist" John Sullivan on Thursday, making him, Politico says, "the first person to be charged who appears to have been active in liberal causes." Sullivan, who filmed the siege, claims he was just following the rioters as a "journalist," but the FBI said his own video showed him to be a booster of the lawlessness and even an active participant.Trump supporters, including Rudy Giuliani, and conservative media outlets pointed to Sullivan's arrest to bolster their counterfactual claim that "antifa" or Black Lives Matter were actually behind the assault on the Capitol. But "even before his arrest, left wing activists had described concerns in that community, going back some time, that Sullivan was a provocateur working with others, including his brother James, who has ties to the Proud Boys and runs a pro-Trump organization," Marcy Wheeler notes at EmptyWheel.> pic.twitter.com/oRri9hyHGv> > — New York City Antifa (@NYCAntifa) January 7, 2021"Sullivan's presence in the Capitol, and his previous record of anti-Trump activism, has been the focus of frenzied attention in the right-wing media," Robert Mackey reports at The Intercept, while "left-wing organizers have been keen to stress that they ejected Sullivan from their ranks months ago." Since adopting the nom de guerre "Activist John" last summer, Mackey notes, Sullivan has been blacklisted by "left-wing organizers associated with Black Lives Matter and antifascism in Utah, California, and the Pacific Northwest" who say he's "either a right-wing infiltrator or a dangerously naive amateur."More stories from theweek.com 5 more scathing cartoons about Trump's 2nd impeachment Trump's vaccine delay is getting suspicious The worst-case scenario for America's immediate future
Less than a week before the inauguration, Vice President Mike Pence has reportedly called Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations.Pence and Harris spoke over the phone Thursday, with Pence congratulating the incoming vice president and offering "his belated assistance," The New York Times reported on Friday and The Associated Press confirmed.This is the first time Pence and Harris have spoken since their debate in October, and the call was "described as gracious and pleasant," the Times writes. President Trump has yet to speak with President-elect Joe Biden since the election, having spent more than two months falsely claiming to have won.Pence may invite Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, to the vice-presidential residence prior to next week's inauguration, according to the Times, though this is reportedly not set in stone due to scheduling issues created by the ongoing security concerns following last week's Capitol riot.Trump is reportedly expected to leave Washington, D.C. the morning of the inauguration. The president previously confirmed he will skip Biden's swearing-in, but Pence is expected to attend.More stories from theweek.com 5 more scathing cartoons about Trump's 2nd impeachment Trump's vaccine delay is getting suspicious The worst-case scenario for America's immediate future


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New poll still has Kenney's UCP far ahead of NDP
A new poll released Tuesday shows Jason Kenney's UCP government still has a comfortable lead over the opposition NDP.
Dave Naylor
The Mainstreet poll, commissioned by 338 Canada, shows the UCP with an eight-point lead over Rachel Notley's NDP, despite a cacophony of outrage from the health, education and post-secondary education sectors over government moves.
If an election was held today, the UCP would have the votes of 41 per cent of Albertans. The NDP is at 33 per cent with the Alberta Party at five per cent. The Liberals get three per cent and 14 per cent are undecided.
"Let's recall that in April 2019, the UCP had surpassed expectations by winning 55 per cent of the vote in what was the highest voter turnout for an Alberta election in decades (the final poll average had the UCP closer to the 50 per cent mark). It is therefore reasonable to conclude that Jason Kenney has held up most of his support after his first 10 months in power," said Mainstreet.
"As for the NDP, it remains competitive in Alberta's two major cities, but is lagging the UCP by as much as 25 points in the rest of Alberta. According to the poll's data, the NDP is statistically tied with the UCP in Calgary and is leading by six points in Edmonton.
" In Alberta, just like Quebec, Ontario, and at the federal level, the urban-rural divide dominates the political landscape."
The poll shows the Alberta NDP is leading by five points among women voters, but the UCP is leading by 22 points among men.
The poll was conducted on Feb. 22, 2020 by automated telephone interviews of 751 respondents with the margin of error just under ±4 per cent.
The 338Canada project is a statistical model of electoral projections based on opinion polls, electoral history of Canadian provinces and demographic data. It is the creation of P.J. Fournier, astronomy and physics professor at Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montréal.
Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard
dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com
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LETTER: Does Copping have scientific evidence to continue with vaccine passports?
NDP comes out swinging against Quebec vax tax
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Eligible individuals can begin booking fourth dose appointments beginning January 20 with AHS or at participating pharmacies by using the Alberta vaccine booking system or by calling 811.
Melanie Risdon
Those 18 and older who have specific immunocompromising conditions can now book their fourth booster five months after receiving their third dose, said Alberta Health.
The decision announced on Tuesday in the provincial COVID-19 address is in line with recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) and the Alberta Advisory Committee on Immunization (AACI).
"We remain committed to protecting Albertans from the Omicron variant, and vaccinations continue to be our best tool in preventing severe outcomes," said Premier Jason Kenney in a statement.
"We continue to rely on the latest research to guide our decision-making, and with evidence showing immunocompromised individuals benefit from a fourth dose, we are pleased to provide them."
"I know that the approximately 80,000 Albertans who live with immunocompromising conditions will be relieved to receive these additional doses," said Minister of Health Jason Copping.
"At the same time, the best way for all of us to protect ourselves and one another is to continue getting whatever dose we are eligible for. I encourage all Albertans to continue to sign up for their booster doses as soon as they can."
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the fourth COVID-19 dose will help "individuals with certain immunocompromising conditions" and will provide "additional protection" against the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.
Qualifying conditions include:
Transplant recipients, including solid organ transplants and hematopoietic stem cell transplants.
Individuals with malignant hematologic disorders and non-hematologic malignant solid tumors prior to receiving or receiving active treatment (chemotherapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy or having received previous COVID-19 vaccines while on active treatment), excluding individuals receiving solely hormonal therapy, radiation therapy or a surgical intervention.
Individuals being treated with an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody such as Rituximab.
Individuals with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.
Recipients of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapy.
Individuals with moderate to severe primary immunodeficiency (e.g., DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome).
Individuals with Stage 3 or advanced HIV infection and those with acquired COVID-19 immunization.
Individuals undergoing immunosuppressive therapies (e.g., anti-B cell therapies, high-dose systemic corticosteroids, alkylating agents, antimetabolites, or tumornecrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and other biologic agents).
Individuals on certain medications for autoimmune diseases, including rituximab, ocrelizumab and ofatumumab.
"Youth ages 12 to 17 with the preceding conditions continue to be eligible for third doses. Fourth doses have not yet been approved for this age group," said the release adding, "third doses have not been approved for youth under the age of 18."
Hinshaw said the province has recorded 3279 new cases within the last 24 hours while 8995 tests were recorded for a positivity rate of 39%. Hinshaw has earlier stated actual cases are likely 10 times higher due to lack of testing.
Hinshaw also confirmed 1,089 are currently in hospital — 51% of those hospitalized are due to COVID-19 while 49% are cases with COVID-19. Currently, there are 104 people in ICU — 74% due to COVID-19 while 26% are cases with COVID-19. Nine deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Melanie Risdon is a reporter with the Western Standard
mrisdon@westernstandardonline.com
The test shoppers entered the restaurant at different times on January 11 and were permitted access after showing a photo of a dog and their personal identification.
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has shut down a Red Deer restaurant for allowing patrons to show dog photos in place of proof of vaccination.
The Granary was ordered closed to indoor dining on Friday after complaints to an AHS executive officer resulted in two test shoppers busting staff for accepting photographs of a dog instead of scanning vaccine passport QR codes.
The test shoppers entered the restaurant at different times on January 11 and were permitted access after showing a photo of a dog and their personal identification. It was reported a staffer pretended to scan QR codes with a tablet.
The owners have been told the indoor dining area is to remain closed until they produce a written plan on how they plan to implement the restriction exemption program moving forward.
The owners will also have to provide confirmation they have trained staff about the program and will be required to attend an administrative hearing with Environmental Public Health.
The restaurant took to its Facebook page on Friday to explain the circumstances to its patrons and offered up free coffee for all to-go orders throughout the weekend.
"To our valued guests, we had an unfortunate circumstance at our front door which involved one of our underage hostesses, and the requirements for the REP program. We are taking the weekend to retrain and regroup," it said.
"We look forward to serving you again as soon as we are ready to reopen. In closing, we would like to remind everyone of the tremendous pressure being placed on front staff, and please remember to be kind."
The restaurant has since opened again and is currently offering free rapid testing on site.
"This suspension is a staggering under reaction designed to shield one of the Premier's cronies," said Barnes.
Ewa Sudyk
Independent Alberta MLA Drew Barnes is outraged that Justice Minister Kaycee Madu was only being suspended after he called Edmonton's police chief about a ticket he received.
That action led to Madu being suspended Monday night by Alberta Primer Jason Kenney.
"This suspension is a staggering under reaction designed to shield one of the Premier's cronies," said Barnes, the MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat.
"It is inexcusable that any minister's first instinct upon receiving such a ticket is to swing influence in an attempt to get his ticket fixed. It's just another indicator that the culture of Redford-era cronyism remains alive and well within Premier' Kenney's inner circle."
After being fined $300 for speeding in an Edmonton playground zone, Madu phoned Dale McFee, the city's chief of police, to discuss the ticket with him.
"It is particularly galling that this minister is currently overseeing changes that will deny procedural fairness for thousands of Albertans when they face similar traffic fines," said Barnes.
This follows the removal of traffic courts in Alberta, the previously most accessible part of the justice system now no longer available to citizens.
"Under this minister, you are considered guilty until proven innocent, unless, of course, you happen to have the local police chief on speed-dial," said Barnes.
"It seems the minister, like the Premier, considers himself above the law. Albertans deserve better. The real question is, why hasn't he been fired yet?"
"Over the past year, Premier Kenney has repeatedly punished both ministers and MLAs for daring to question his leadership, but when a real case of misuse of power comes along concerning one of his handpicked cronies, the fix is in. That's not justice; that's cronyism."
McFee said he received the call about the ticket from Madu, saying Madu brought up the issue of racial profiling by police to stop drivers.
"This is the Minister who continues to encourage legal action against pastors and small business owners for allegedly violating the very same health restrictions that the Premier and his cronies violated on the Sky Palace patio," said Barnes.
Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard
esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
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EXCLUSIVE: Shell drops COVID vaccine requirement for Alberta site
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What more I need to do to get it working from software side?
When I look at Tutioune LEDs I see that you have only carrier LED that is synchronized, not synchro LED.
2) frequency or offset is not good or SR is not good.
or you are not on the good frequency and receive nothing.
Try to get a stronger signal.
Are you sure you are receiving a 2422 MHz signal using a Down converter with LO at 3650 MHz?
I think I got it and it's ok for now.
Anything else I need to setup?
You just click the Web button at left and your tiouneMonitor is automatically created.
if you want also to send pictures to your tiounemonitor, just set the Capture button choice at right to "video"
Can I ask some more questions. We did manage to run web interface and trying to test whole thing. Can you check screens I attach what and tell me what can be the problem with the picture. When I try to view clicking from map. And is there way to enlarge this window.
If you want to send pictures to your TiouneMonitor, you need to set the capture button to "Video"
if you set it to "auto" you will send your QSL when receiving nothing and pictures captured from video when you will be decoding.
Size of pictures in TiouneMonitor cannot be changed.
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Brave Rifles Reading List
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Reading List - Brave Rifles pre-OIF deployment recommended reading list, November 2004. US, Coalition, and Iraqi forces are conducting counterinsurgency operations in Iraq. While the fundamentals of cavalry combat operations clearly apply to fighting in Iraq, counterinsurgency operations demand that leaders possess a very broad base of knowledge and understand how military operations effect the political situation. Religious, ethnic, and social dynamics make the situation in Iraq particularly complex. Leaders must understand those dynamics and how our presence and actions affect them. The enemy's use of urban and restrictive terrain and his ability to blend into the civilian population demand that leaders become expert in MOUT, civil-military operations, combined operations with Iraqi forces, and the development of tactical intelligence. This reading list is meant to guide self study and serve as a basis for professional reading programs at the squadron and troop levels. The knowledge gained from reading, thinking about, and discussing this material will permit leaders to better prepare their troopers for combat and assist leaders in taking the initiative when they encounter complex situations in Iraq.
Doctrine and TTP: We possess a solid doctrinal foundation for operations in Iraq. Leaders must be familiar with our doctrine and our Standard Operating Procedures. Our SOPs prescribe techniques and reports to be used throughout the Regimental battle group. SOPs allow for standardized execution of critical mission essential tasks in order to facilitate cooperation between units and to promote the mutual confidence and dependability that is necessary to fighting units. Uniform execution of certain tasks and battle drills add speed and coordination to our actions in training and in combat. Doctrinal knowledge and SOPs cannot replace common sense or the leader's ability to adapt and seize the initiative through aggressive action. They do give leaders a baseline for common action.
Tom Odom
DeRidder LA
Thanks for this. It is nice to see when something we worked hard on is used. The Small Unit Leader's Guide to Urban Operations was our baby here at JRTC.
COL McMaster "Gets It"...
My pleasure posting the list - especially since the list included the SWM and the Small Wars' Center of Excellence. That said, true leadership goes beyond putting out a reading list and McMaster - from my second-hand accounts - seems to inspire true leadership and push authority down to the troop level - where we will make or break our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan...
As an aside - I joined a CALL collection team at the first MOUT focused rotation at the JRTC - CALL Newsletter No. 99-16: Urban Combat Operations. CALL invited two Marines; myself (though I was by then a USMC civilian), and a tactics instructor from our Officer Basic School... It was quite an eye opener... I understand the JRTC has come a long way since 99 - but even then I was envious of the true force-on-force, civilians on the battlefield play as well as the AAR process.
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GorTex6
::reading "The Other Side of the Mountain" while waiting on a range::
"Put that book away SGT! Where is your CTT manual? If you have time to read, shouldn't you be conducting hip pocket training?"
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you made me laugh with that one GoreTex....Les Grau is a friend and colleague....you are reading the "right" book on Afghanistan
What good is a reading list if the current military culture views it as personal leisure?
Why can't AAFES carry a decent military book section in theater?
Shift in Attitude Toward Education
I understand your point and certainly share your concerns. In fact I was discussing it with my Major here yesterday. The Army in the 1980s underwent an intellectual renaissaince that was part of rebuidling the post-Viet Nam military. At Ft Leavenworth, the college opened the Combat Studies Institute as a true military history teaching and research effort. Very good friends on mine were plank owners in that effort. It was my good fortune to be assigned to CSI as a teacher and a researcher; I taught Mid East military hsitory and wrote on operations in the Congo. The senior level leaders at Leavenworth and TRADOC saw military hsitory as a way to broaden the perspective of the officer corps. GEN Richardson was TRADOC commander. Then LTG Vuono was Leavenworth commander and we had a series of college :commanders" that included Fred Franks (VII Corps Cdr in Dest Shield and TRADOC commander), Gordon R. Sullivan (future Chief of Staff), and Bennie Peay (101st Commander in Desert Storm, Vice CSA, and CENTCOM commander). All of those gentlemen ALWAYS looked to history as a measure of reality. Later I had the privelege of working with Bobby Scales who retired as the Commandant of the War College in writing Certain Victory, the Army history of the 1st Gulf War.
Bobby Scales is a notable historian in his own right. He also routinely speaks on the intellectual emasculation of the Army in the downsizing over the past decade. The norm in the 1980s was for Majors and LTCs to seek out and earn a Masters; that is gone. Army funding for advanced education has dropped dramatically. Masters degrees are increasingly the exception. CSI at Leavenworth is a shell of its former self. And the Army's use of history has dropped accordingly.
I have been over the past 4 years waging an email history war to resurface history as a PD tool through my biweekly history lessons. You can see them on the CALL web site under JRTC History. The feedback has been consitently positive from readers whether officer or NCO. Next time someone makes a comment on your reading history, ask them what they have read on the Soviets experience in Afghanistan or maybe the British experience. Should they challenge the relevance of such a study, suggest they look at a column today by Milt Bearden at http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20051104399831.html entitled When the CIA Played by the Rules. Milt was in the embassy in Khartoum when I was a pup FAO trainee there attending the Sudanese Staff College.
zenpundit
You have a lot of great posts on this board BTW
I'm not using a .mil address - is there any other way to access the Bearden article ? Bearden was, if I recall, the point man in Pakistan -Afghanistan during the Soviet war and I'm sure he has some insightful commentary.
hey mate
The Bearden column is New York Times 4 November edition.
When the CIA Played by the Rules
Originally Posted by zenpundit
I'm not using a .mil address - is there any other way to access the Bearden article ?
When the CIA Played by the Rules by Milt Bearden, New York Times.
KenDawe
He was TRYING to read it...
HA! "When I was in the Army..."
...it was the job of the unit conducting the range to run concurrent training. And it usually sucked.
Hmmm, if this range was preparing for deployment, then they should certainly have scheduled background briefings, and The Bear Went Over The Mountain and The Other Side Of The Mountain should have been included.
But GorTex6 is right, reading is not seen as fundamental for NCOs, just as shooting anything but what the Army issues you, at anytime that the Army didnt' schedule, is viewed with suspicion. (OK, I've been retired 5 years, things may have changed, but would I bet on it...?)
Delayed thanks ! Much appreciated though guys !
SWJED
T.X. Hammes Reading List - Revisited
From last July in the Washington Post - Expert's Picks.
The heaviest responsibility a commander will know is taking his soldiers to war. How can he arm their minds as well as their bodies? A former U.S. Marine Corps colonel and expert on insurgencies culls the best books from various military reading lists...
Clearly, counterinsurgency warfare is an old problem, as reflected by the age of some of the best books here.
Small Wars Manual, U.S. Marine Corps, 1940. A practitioner's guide, this book made almost every list. It highlights lessons identified by Marines in the "Small Wars" of the early 20th century. From the political/strategic level to tactical operations, it provides shrewd guidance for those pitted against insurgents. Despite the section on packing mules, it remains painfully relevant today.
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice, by David Galula, 1964. Although now 40 years old, this remains one of the most useful books on counterinsurgency ever written. A practitioner rather than an academic -- he observed wars in Greece, China and Algeria -- Galula starts with the understanding that insurgency and counterinsurgency are distinctly different types of wars and then explores how a counterinsurgent can succeed. (See excerpts on page 8.)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, by T.E. Lawrence, 1926. The Marine Corps's Small Wars Center of Excellence praises this autobiographical account of Lawrence of Arabia's attempts to organize Arab nationalism during World War I. It lauds its "penetrating insights into Arab culture and politics, with implications for future developments in the 'Thrice-Promised Land.' " Although dated, Lawrence of Arabia's elegant masterpiece was the second most recommended book on the "Inside the Pentagon" reading list compiled from a survey of active-duty officers.
Another of Lawrence's works, the bluntly practical Twenty Seven Article (1917), is also frequently quoted. In particular, practitioners have come to value his caution, earned out of painful experience spurring Arab troops to fight the Ottoman Empire. "Do not try to do too much with your own hands," Lawrence warned. "Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them." Twenty Seven Articles is widely recommended as a kind of Cliff's Notes for conveying some of the insights of Seven Pillars .
Insurgency and Terrorism: From Revolution to Apocalypse, by Bard E. O'Neill, second edition 2005. Col. H.R. McMaster of the 3d Armored Cavalry, currently serving in Iraq, noted that "O'Neill provides a framework for analyzing insurgency operations . . . a good book to read first in insurgency studies."
Counterinsurgency Lessons From Malaya and Vietnam: Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife, by John A. Nagl, 2002. Another recommendation from McMaster, who wants his soldiers to learn as they fight. In so doing, they would be following an old example. "Nagl argues," McMaster told his troops, "that Britain's military had an organization that allowed it to learn from its mistakes and eventually defeat the communist guerrillas in Malaya."
Insurgencies have everything to do with governance, and good governance requires an understanding of local conditions and cultures. Grasping the historical complexities of Iraq is the challenge these books address.
The Modern History of Iraq, by Phebe Marr, revised edition 2004. McMaster notes that this book, by a leading Iraq scholar, "focuses on several important themes: the search for national identity in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious state; the struggle to achieve economic development and modernity in a traditional society; and the political dynamics that have led to the current dire situation in Iraq."
The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein, by Sandra Mackey, 2002. The U.S. Army Command and Staff College considers this book an important "account of the forces that produced Saddam's dictatorship." The book addresses the absence of an Iraqi sense of national identity and common purpose, and it considers the Baathist rule of terror and the destruction of the country's middle class.
The Kurds in Iraq: The Past, Present and Future, by Kerim Yildiz, 2004. An up-to-date account that explores what the Kurds want, both inside Iraq and in the context of the broader international community. Recent reports from Kirkuk and Mosul indicate the Kurds are not as compliant as the United States had hoped.
The Arab Mind, by Raphael Patai, 1973. Often derided in academia, this book made several lists but was both praised ("a good introduction to Arab culture and psychology") and pilloried ("the author portrays the Arabs too stereotypically"). The same controversy is present in reviews online.
The Shi'is of Iraq, by Yitzhak Nakash, second edition, 2003. This is a comprehensive history of the country's Shiite majority and its troubled relationship with the Sunni minority, which dominated the country under the Baath and now drives the insurgency. U.S. commanders remain concerned that the Shiites may respond in kind to continuing Sunni violence, tilting the country toward civil war.
Understanding Islam remains one of the key concerns for military leaders.
Islam: A Short History, by Karen Armstrong, 2000. Retired Gen. Anthony Zinni, who commanded American troops in the Middle East, once argued that "a fundamental rule of counterinsurgency is to make no new enemies." Ignorance of the religious and cultural beliefs of a society makes such mistakes inevitable -- and dangerous. Armstrong's book is a strong antidote to ignorance.
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, by Bernard Lewis, 2003. Controversial in its conclusions, Lewis's book explores Middle East history and tensions between Islam and the West. Lewis, an emeritus Princeton historian widely respected in conservative circles, places a particular emphasis on Islamist extremism and its implications for the United States....
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Making enhancements to our pages on the SWJ side. The new format will allow us to provide a list of lists, cross-referencing various books.
PLEASE SEND ANY GOOD READING LISTS so that we can bake them into our new offering. And tell us a little about the list. Once live, the new pages will allow user comments on the lists and on the books.
Option 1, post here (text or attachment).
Option 2, if that causes trouble or for whatever reason, email to webmaster.
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A FAO's COIN/Small Wars Bib
You have my COIN/Small Wars Bib as a former FAO and of course, the review essay in Vol 6 of SWJ magazine.
selil
i pwnd ur ooda loop
Are you interested in military specific topics only or are you interested in things like John Dewey "How we think", an excellent book on figuring out why people respond to particular stimuli, Thomas Kuhn "The structure of scientific revolutions", a book that explains how things happen in thought, science, and totally valid for the military expert who wants to know what "paradigm shift" really means.
Tom, yes, thanks.
Selil, good question, two clarifications....(what was obvious to me was clearly not so obvious)
1. Interest transcends "just military", but should be Small Wars appropriate -- culture, anthropology, geopolitics, etc., if there's a tie-in, it's welcome. Just not trying to de-throne Oprah.
2. This call-for is specifically targeted to lists linked to some sort of significant organization. Examples of the targets I had in mind when I wrote this are:
- Institutional lists... CMC, Army CGSC, etc. (have those two, but not, e.g. ICAF, School of Americas)
- Unit lists, e.g. 4th ID, I MEF, Brave Rifles, etc.
- Reading list from Dr. So and So's course on XYZ, particularly if there's a name brand in there or if the list just really rocks (tell us).
For now, am focused here on data collection for organized lists.
FYI, member commentary on individual books is a part of the package we have planned, and I would just ask all to hold off on the one-off recommendations until you see the pages. For those member-recommended books that are not on ANY of the lists, we'll have a utility for submission of new titles (maybe not on Day 1, but pretty damn soon).
If you have your own list (e.g. Billy Bob's Top 10 on <your topic>) that you think is particularly good, send it along. Will also list our own SWJ Top Picks. And insights always welcome through comment.
The Land of The Morning Calm
I have some syllabi for some classes I recently took, I will dig them up. I will also share what I have when I start my next block in a month.
A couple of academic references
Here are a few that may be useful.
Lewis Coser, "The function of social conflict". Free Press, 1956
Summary Conclusions Amazon
Max Gluckman, "Custom and Conflict in Africa", Blackwell, 1956
Amazon (personally, I have always grabbed my copies for a couple of bucks at second hand stores).
PhilR
Norfolk VA
Australia Chief of Army's Reading List
I posted this previously in the "What are you reading" thread. I just ran across this on the Australia Land Warfare Studies website: http://www.defence.gov.au/Army/lwsc/ (its under Study Papers)
Its a pretty good reading list. Many titles are familiar, but many are "out of the mainstream" for military reading lists (and I'm not just talking about Australia-specific titles). There's a healthy dose of fiction and I was intrigued by logic of its matching of book titles to ranks (the idea of mathing is common, but there are some interesting choices here). Also, there seems to be a logic to the list in that the books are presented in a manner to suggest that some should be read close together--to gain differing perspectives on a subject.
The intro article on reading military history, originally published in 1965, is also well worth the time.


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Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA; Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care Systems, New Orleans, LA. Electronic address: · Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA. · Diabetes-Endocrinology Center of Western NY, Buffalo, NY. · Scott & White Clinic, Temple, TX. · Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. · Emory University, Atlanta, GA. · University of Nebraska, Omaha, NB. · Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA; Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care Systems, New Orleans, LA. · Pubmed 25633573
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC · American Diabetes Association, Alexandria, VA. · Express Scripts, Franklin Lakes, NJ. · Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. · Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA. · University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. · Research and Evaluation Analytics, LLC, Ringwood, NJ. · Pubmed 25573883
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: · Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia. · Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. · Point Medical Rond Point de la Nation, Dijon, France. · Sanofi, Paris, France. · Lincoln, Chilly-Mazarin, France. · Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon. · Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. · Pubmed 25283485
Section of Endocrinology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: · Pubmed 24594068
Section of Endocrinology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL 53, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. · Pubmed 24535209
Academic Medical Centre, Centre for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam CINIMA, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: · Section of Endocrinology, Tulane University Health Sciences Centre, 1430 Tulane Avenue-SL 53, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. · University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Carretera Cuesta Taco, S/N, 38320 San Cristobal de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. · Bristol-Myers Squibb, Global Development, Research and Development, Princeton, NJ, USA. · AstraZeneca, Global Medical Affairs, Diabetes and Metabolism, Wilmington, DE, USA. · Pubmed 24529566
Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center, Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX · Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. · Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Universidade Federal do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. · Medstar Health Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD. · Department of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. · The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. · GlaxoSmithKline, Upper Merion, PA. · GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC. · Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. · Pubmed 24898300
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA · Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. · Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. · Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. · Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA. · Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. · Pubmed 25168125
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. Electronic address: · Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. · Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. · Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH. · National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. · Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. · North Bronx Healthcare Network and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. · Division of Endocrinology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. · Pubmed 25123755
Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center at Medical City, Dallas, TX, USA. Electronic address: · Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. · Sanofi Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany. · Sanofi, Paris, France. · Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. · Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. · Pubmed 24856612
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address: · Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. · University of California San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA. · Novo Nordisk A/S, Soeborg, Denmark. · Novo Nordisk A/S, Aalborg Øst, Denmark. · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. · Pubmed 24561125
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. · Pubmed 23688536
Tulane University, 1440 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70112. · Pubmed 25726033
Corresponding author: Lizheng Shi, · Pubmed 24574354
Endocrinology Section, Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, United States. · Pubmed 24510483
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CONSENSUS STATEMENT BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY ON THE COMPREHENSIVE TYPE 2 DIABETES MANAGEMENT ALGORITHM - 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 2019
Evidence supports prediabetes treatment. 2019
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY 2018 POSITION STATEMENT ON INTEGRATION OF INSULIN PUMPS AND CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS. 2018
Chelation therapy to prevent diabetes-associated cardiovascular events. 2018
Managing Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. 2018
Long-term outcomes associated with triple-goal achievement in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 2018
Differential sex effects of systolic blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on type 2 diabetes: Life course data from the Bogalusa Heart Study. 2018
Diabetes-Related Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular Events. 2017
Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Implications. 2017
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Buhari slashes estacode on trips for ministers
Uju Ayalogus Blog 19:05:00 Nigerian News, Politics,
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a directive for ministers, director-generals and other top government officials to submit travel plans for clearance.
Willie Bassey, director of information to Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), announced this in a statement on Wednesday.
Bassey also said that henceforth, "travel days will no longer attract payment of Estacode Allowances as duration of official trips shall be limited to only the number of days of the event as contained in the supporting documents to qualify for public funding".
Some of the directives in the statement are:
Without approval from the president, ministers, permanent secretaries, chief executive officers and directors in the ministry are restricted to not more than two (2) foreign travels in a quarter.
When a minister is head of a delegation, the size of such delegation should not exceed four.
All public funded travels (local and foreign) must be strictly for official purposes backed with documentary evidence.
The statement said the development is to curb leakages and ensure efficiency in the management of resources.
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The auditor-general of the federation has also been directed to treat all expenditures that contravene these guidelines as ineligible.
"President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved for immediate implementation, additional cost saving measures aimed at instilling financial discipline and prudence, particularly, in the area of official travels," the statement read.
"Henceforth, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are required to submit their Yearly Travel Plans for statutory meetings and engagements to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and/or the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation for express clearance within the first quarter of the fiscal year, before implementation.
"They are further required to make their presentation using the existing template and also secure approvals on specific travels as contained in the plan, from the appropriate quarters.
"All foreign travels must be for highly essential statutory engagements that are beneficial to the interest of the country. Except with the express approval of Mr. President, Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Chairmen of Extra-Ministerial Departments, Chief Executive Officers and Directors are restricted to not more than two (2) foreign travels in a quarter."
The president also approved for ministers, permanent secretaries, special advisers, senior special assistants to the president, chairmen of extra-ministerial departments and chief executive officers of parastatals who are entitled, to continue to fly business class while other categories of public officers are to travel on economy class.
The directive was issued less than one week after Buhari barred his cabinet members from foreign trips until the budget defence at the national assembly is over.
On Tuesday, Chris Ngige, minister of labour, had said the government would review the salaries and allowances of political office holders across the country.
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Test Drive: 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid
Oct 30, 2018 Updated Oct 30, 2018
Sign me up right now for 680 horsepower and 8.8 L/100 km!
Incredible performance
Very easy on fuel
Stunning cabin
Styling not for everyone
Expensive options
First Drive: 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid
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Often, when starting up a big-horsepower car early in the morning, there's worry that you'll cause a racket. Perhaps a dull, building-penetrating roar will stir your neighbours from their slumber, trigger nearby birds to go silent in assessing the sound, or wake up any sleeping infant within a few hundred feet.
This machine is about as big-power as big-power cars get, but since it's a hybrid, it starts in silence just before driving off without making a peep.
Once, my neighbour told me that the cold-start exhaust blast from a Dodge Challenger T/A 392 rattled the toothbrush off of his bathroom counter at 6:45 am. I said I was sorry (a lie).
Just last week when firing up the Camaro SS via remote start a moment before getting in, the snarly blurt from the tailpipes caused two nearby canines to engage alert mode, barking loudly at 5:45 am. Sorry again, neighbours! (PS, get the sports exhaust).
But with more big-power cars making the shift to electrification, these exhaust-noise shenanigans may soon be a thing of the past – and the 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is one example of why.
Make no apologies (to the neighbours)
This machine is about as big-power as big-power cars get, but since it's a hybrid, it starts in silence just before driving off without making a peep. If you're listening closely, you might hear a few relays clicking, and motors whirring with muted restraint on the other side of the firewall. Still, it's incredibly discreet – and totally apt for making early-morning getaways in silence.
The Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is presently the most cutting-edge car Porsche builds. It's a machine of firsts, a rolling showcase of the latest Porsche technologies on offer in their finest form, and arguably their most convincing display of advanced performance firepower.
This hybrid-propulsion Porsche four-door slots in above the Panamera Turbo S in the product portfolio – marking the first time that the highest-performing version of a mainstream Porsche has been hybrid-powered.
Though the 918 Spyder did Porsche hybrid performance first, it was a nearly-million-dollar supercar, and only a handful were made. I drove the 918 once. It was terrifying – so fast and expensive, they wouldn't even let us drive it on public roads. That machine is now out of production, though it was, among other things, a promise of things to come. Today, the brand is making good on that promise.
Porsche is whetting the appetites of electric performance buffs with the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid. Are plug-in hybrids like this a bridge between old-school gas propulsion and a future where all vehicles are electric? Maybe so, maybe no – but there's a new, all-electric sports car coming from Porsche soon, and today, this new range-topping rocket-Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid is here to tide us over.
Hang on to your pants (and your licence)
Under the hood is a 4.0-litre V8, twin turbocharged for an absurd 550 horsepower.
But wait, there's more.
A 14 kWh battery and electric motor hooked up to that engine jack power output to a combined 680 horsepower, backed by 626 pounds of torque. There's all-wheel drive (AWD) and a dual-clutch transmission that shifts in a blink, enabling 0–97 km/h in just 3.4 seconds. That's fast enough to flatten your lungs, tie a 911 GT3 in a drag race, and pin this electrified Panamera very firmly amongst the world's very fastest four-doors.
The full-throttle acceleration, even from the first foot or two of movement, is almost startling. It's so sudden and abrupt – thanks to the electric motors filling in during that moment when the turbochargers aren't quite breathing yet – that you'll wonder if you've been rear-ended. Wheelspin? Electronic torque management on the throttle? Drama? A wait for a build up to maximum thrust?
Naw.
The combination of instant electric torque and nearly instant twin-turbo V8 torque means this machine just goes, right now. Hammer it from a stop, and the forces imparted on your body are, I'd imagine, similar to being hit by a speeding bus.
Do be careful: you're never more than three quick upshifts away from a deep dive into demerit point territory, and that's even if the trash-can-lid-sized ceramic brake rotors and telltale acid-green calipers reduce your speed even faster than it piles on.
You're in charge (of the battery charge)
On the other side of the equation, you can plug in at your convenience to recharge the battery, and drive about 45 kilometres per charge using no gas at all. Not a drop. (If you want a charger cord to bring with you while travelling, you'll have to cough up an extra $960, though).
There's even a special drive mode that holds that all-electric battery charge for later if you like, and another one that's intended to recharge the battery slowly as you drive around on gas power. The gist? You're the boss of this Panamera's hybrid system.
You control it all via the preset drive modes, toggled via a pleasant little dial on the steering wheel. Set it to E for all-electric (the default), and you're clear for a few dozen kilometres of driving, using no fuel. Twist it into H, for Hybrid, and a constantly optimized blend of gasoline power and electricity moves the car along, like a regular plug-in hybrid. Engage S for SPORT and you get more power and response, and feel a tension build in the car as the steering and suspension firm and heavy up.
Or, call on S+ for Sport PLUS where the "Turbo S" side of the Panamera's nomenclature comes to life. Here, it's all systems go, maximum performance – 680 instant, electric-boosted horsepower – and AWD for off-the-line acceleration that'll nearly see your lungs squish out of your eyeballs. In the process, as is appropriate for a luxury flagship, the sound is tastefully restrained: a potent snarl that's not ghostly-quiet, but almost. Some drivers will wish for more noise, but keeping things quiet is a good thing, as getting carried away on the throttle in this machine can be lethal for your driver's licence.
The technology works. After 1,200 kilometres, I'd managed a combined (measured by hand) 8.8 L/100 km. I've literally put more fuel through a Honda Accord, and this has as much horsepower as nearly four of them combined.
On the handling front, Panamera feels more impressive for how well it handles given its size and weight, than for the handling itself. This isn't Porsche's ultimate driver's car, but you'll marvel regularly that they've made something this big and heavy move the way it does. It seems a triumph of go-fast engineering over size and mass, and as Porsches tend to, handling and grip and braking and acceleration are all matched perfectly to one another, with nothing overwhelming anything else. You've got the full toolkit here.
Room with your zoom
Thing is, in addition to being the second-most-powerful Porsche you can buy, it's also a Panamera. This means you've got a full-function luxury flagship with a great ride, lots of space, and all of the feature content you'd expect at the price-point, wrapped up on one of the most striking cabins going.
Swanky touches are deployed alongside plenty of high-tech, ultra-modern flair. This cabin, just like the powertrain, is out of this world – proudly flaunting tech and posh with equal force, and making you feel like you're at the helm of the USS Enterprise. That's appropriate since there's basically a warp-drive under the hood.
Don't miss the gloss-black backlit touch pads running up the centre console, or the gorgeous instrumentation, or the numerous additional displays and lights that help you keep track of what the hybrid system is up to via flitting LED indicators, on-screen animations, and the frequent grin-inducing drop of the tachometer needle to 0 RPM, even while cruising at highway speeds.
This is a tricky machine to sum up. It's one of the highest-performing Porsche models ever made and one of the fastest sedans in the world. But despite its ability to almost literally peel your face off (and use very little fuel to do it), it does the comfortable cruiser thing so well that you can just ooze along, smugly, enjoying the tranquility and quiet, again using tiny amounts of fuel, and all while knowing you could pass an 18-wheeler in the time it takes you to stuff your sneaker to the firewall.
And, given the thrifty mileage, you're clear for well over a full day's cruising with, perhaps, 1,000 kilometres or more available on a full tank and a full battery. Used as a touring car, the ride quality is far more forgiving than the performance may suggest, the high-end stereo is vivid and potent, and it's a great place to unwind and decompress and socialize on the open road. I find the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid a relaxing, world-class, all-weather tourer with an absurd amount of firepower in its back pocket, rather than an all-out performance plaything that's happy to settle down and play nice on a long highway drive.
Gripes? It's incredibly expensive, for one. Heck, my tester carried over $5,000 in add-on costs simply relating to seats, and seatbelt colours. And though Panamera is now a sleeker-looking and more cohesive-looking machine than its first-generation predecessor, the looks still aren't for everyone.
What's the ask for one of Porsche's fastest cars, and right now, their most cutting edge? My tester, with options, clocked in at $230,000. Interestingly, that's $50,000 more than the BMW i8 Roadster I drove a few weeks prior (review coming soon). If you're wondering, for that premium over the i8, you get twice as many seats, about eight times the cargo volume, and a much, much faster car.
Machines like these won't save the atmosphere with their cutting-edge tech, since they're priced so far beyond mass acceptance that their impact will be minimal. Still, take the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid as a strong signal of things to come, and one of the market's most stunningly advanced (and fastest) sedans. I'm off to buy a lottery ticket.
4.8 Le/100 km
2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid
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