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Lean, strong, well shaped, wedge-shaped viewed from above and the side.
Depth (the distance between the highest point of the withers and the lowest point of the chest) is around half the height at the withers.
Ideally, white with yellow or red-brown markings, though any color is acceptable.
Set high, a little more than medium-sized, stiff, firmly pricked.
Set relatively high, carried fairly high in a curve, loosely rolled, tip touching the side of the upper thigh.
Hard, short, straight and rather close, with fine, dense undercoat.
Whether in Finland or Sweden, the two countries where it is principally bred, the Norbottenspets has always been a working dog. At the end of World War II the population was down to the bare bones, but the dedication of fanciers helped save the breed. These compact, square-shaped Spitz-type dogs are lean and strong. They carry their head high. There is a very distinct difference between the sexes. Ideally, these dogs are bold, attentive, full of beans and good natured, making them very good guard dogs.
A Nordbottenspets should canter or trot with suppleness and regularity, covering a great deal of terrain, driven by the powerful hindquarters, while the topline remains perfectly stable.


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SWISS flights to Sion go on sale
5th May 2017, by Abi Butcher
SWISS will fly from London direct to Sion next February
SWISS is offering flights from London to Sion again for part of the 2017/18 ski season. This February just gone, Swiss International Airlines operated a direct service during the February half term for skiers travelling from London to resorts in Valais.
Sion is in the heart of the Valais canton, offering much shorter transfer times than Geneva to resorts such as Zermatt (one hour) Verbier (45 minutes), Nendaz (25 minutes) and Crans-Montana (30 minutes).
Following the popularity of this service, SWISS has announced it will offer flights every Saturday throughout February. The services will be operated by Helvetic Airways on an Embraer 190 aircraft with 112 passenger seats.
The flights go from London Heathrow on Saturday mornings, returning from Sion to London on Saturday afternoons with a flying time of two hours. On 3 February and 24 February, the flight will leave Heathrow at 11:50, arriving 14:50 and returning to London at 15:30 flying into Heathrow for 16:15. On 10 and 17 February the flight will leave Heathrow at 10:30, arriving Sion at 11:20, returning at 12:15 landing in Heathrow 15:15.
The flights are bookable now — visit swiss.com
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NOTE #1: This is not a sponsored blog post. Jason just really likes baseball and Jewish community life, and is therefore extremely excited to share the many Jewish baseball festivities happening this summer.
NOTE #2: Jason is also getting married this WEEKEND! If you want to wish him and his bride Carly a Mazel Tov, email us at info@gatherdc.org , and we'll relay the message.
For the first time in nearly 50 years, DC hosted the Major League Baseball's (MLB) All-Star Game. Our hometown fan favorite, Bryce Harper, won the Homerun Derby and represented the National League, along with his Nationals' teammates Max Scherzer and Sean Doolittle. As a huge baseball fan, this was a very exciting day for me.
Alex Bregman, the first time All-Star third baseman from the Houston Astros, was named the game's "Most Valuable Player". Bregman hit a homerun in extra innings and clinched the game for the American League. Also, Bregman happens to be both Jewish AND has some DC roots! According to ESPN, Bregman's grandfather used to serve as the Washington Senators' general counsel. The baseball playing Senators left DC in 1972 (those playing the game of politics still remain).
The Nationals, and their Jewish owners – the Lerner Family – should be proud of the job that they did in hosting the All Star-Game game this year. DC should be proud of the work done by MLB and the Nationals in showcasing our vibrant city to the world as a baseball town. From the Fan Festival at the Washington Convention Center to baseball related activities at The Wharf, DC demonstrated that we are far more than just a political town.
A few Jewish groups leveraged the excitement around the All-Star Game to host some amazing events for baseball fans across DC's Jewish community – all for good causes.
B'nai B'rith International organized a tour of the Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC) whose current exhibit happens to be, "A New League: Shared Pastimes and the Story of U.S.-Japan Baseball." The exhibit is a joint effort of the JICC, The Embassy of Japan, together with The Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland Libraries, and Japanese baseball specialist, Adam Berenbak. Berenbak led the tour for the B'nai B'rith group of the exhibit, which will be on display until August 10th.
I'm personally very happy to report that, even though the All-Star Game has come and gone, the Jewish baseball festivities are just getting started. On Sunday, August 19th, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington will be hosting Grand Slam Sunday, an annual Jewish community celebration at Nationals Stadium. This is a day when more than 1,500 Jewish community members come out to the ballgame to celebrate our city's love of America's favorite pastime, and cheer on our home team.
Federation is selling tickets here, and is working with other Jewish community groups and synagogues so you can buy tickets to sit with a specific group – including GatherDC.
Access to the ballpark on this Jewish community day will begin two hours before game time at 11:35 am. Before the first pitch, fans can enjoy food from Signature Caterers, family-friendly activities, games, giveaways, and even a free Nationals hat if you buy your tickets with Federation. Young adults are invited to gather at The Bullpen ahead of the game for a drinks and fun.
One of the groups partnering with Federation for this day at the ballpark is Israel Bonds New Leadership – a group that I volunteer for in my free time. Israel Bonds New Leadership Washington division will offer access to party suites for young professional who invest in Israel by buying a bond at their 8th Annual Israel Bonds Day at the Ballpark. They'll be providing a kosher lunch and drinks in their suites, but they're nearly sold out, so get your ticket now if you're interested.
As a Nationals season ticket holder who just had the chance to attend my first MLB All-Star Game, it's been great to see, first-hand, how DC is becoming a baseball city. Even more so, as a Jewish young professional, seeing how our home team has helped to support our Jewish community is truly incredible.
I hope to see you at the Jewish community day at Nats Park on August 19th! And as an aside, big thanks to the Lerner Family for not trading Bryce Harper this week!!! It would have been quite a "shonda" (a shame) for the Nats future.
B'nai B'rith Young Leadership Network-DC volunteers join B'nai B'rith staff, guests from the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., and Adam Berenbak at the JICC in downtown DC.
About the Author: Jason Langsner is a part of our "Gather the Bloggers" cohort of talented writers who share their thoughts and insights about DC Jewish life with you. Jason has been an active lay leader of the Washington Jewish community since moving to the city in 2004, and volunteers for several Jewish organizations including B'nai Brith International. He is a small business owner and formerly served as the head of digital strategy for the oldest Jewish human rights and humanitarian organization in the world. When not blogging, he can often be found walking around his Eastern Market neighborhood, or riding around DC area bike trails.
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Aldi Ireland Commits To Planting 1m Native Irish Woodland Trees By 2025
January 25, 2021 1:50 PM By Maev Martin
Today Aldi Ireland pledged to support the planting of one million native Irish woodland trees around the country over the next four years, as part of its long-term commitment towards the environment.
The discounter noted that it is the first retailer in Ireland to commit to this level of partnership with the Department of Agriculture's Woodland Environment Fund (WEF), an initiative under which Irish businesses can partner with landowners and the department to help create new native woodlands in Ireland.
Speaking at the event, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD said, "We have set ambitious targets as a country to plant 440 million trees by 2040, equating to 22 million native trees each year.
"Encouraging our native Irish biodiversity to flourish is highly important, and I am delighted to see a company such as Aldi supporting the Department of Agriculture-led Woodland Environment Fund," he added.
According to Aldi, planting one million native trees will remove more than 160,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over a 100-year period.
To put this in context, this equates to roughly 640 million kilometres driven by an average passenger vehicle (or the emissions from about 400 cars each year), 68 million litres of petrol consumed, or 20 billion smartphones charged – enough to charge all of Ireland's smartphones almost 47 times over each year, it noted.
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Drew White	· June 26, 2018
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The House outlook
The House of Representatives came back into session on Monday, June 25, for what is expected to be a big week before the July 4 recess. All eyes are on competing immigration legislation and the lingering possibility of a disastrous amnesty vote just four and a half months before the November elections.
The first votes began around 6:30 p.m. EST on Monday, with a lengthy series of suspension bills. These are bills that operate outside the normal rule-making process and require a two-thirds vote to pass instead of a simple majority. Suspension bills are ones that the House leadership deems "non-controversial" and largely bipartisan. But the suspension calendar is often filled with legislation that grows government with little debate.
The suspension calendar spotlight
The House is planning to vote on a total of 21 suspension bills this week. These bills will not have any amendment votes and are likely to pass overwhelmingly. One bill of note is H.R. 1791 by Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash. This bill would create a new national heritage area without allowing House members to debate or offer amendments.
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Act
Sponsor: Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash.
Committee of Jurisdiction: Natural Resources Committee
What does the bill do? The bill would create a new national heritage area in Washington state following an initial feasibility study dated 2012.
Should conservatives be concerned? Yes. National heritage areas are not codified in federal statute and continue to expand. They are implemented by Congress on an ad hoc basis as a form of earmark for members who want to secure projects for constituencies in their home districts. In general, they are little more than land grabs by the federal government and threaten private property rights through restrictive zoning despite assurances that private property rights will be protected.
Does the bill grow government? Absolutely. This new national heritage area will secure more land for the federal government, threaten private property rights in the surrounding areas, and increase future funding to the National Park Service while diverting resources from that agency's core mission.
Conservative contrast: Many conservatives might wonder why the Republican-controlled Congress is spending its floor time adding more land to the federal government's ledger instead of rolling back harmful EPA or Department of Energy regulations — or, perhaps, repealing the Obamacare health insurance regulations crushing American families and households.
The House could vote on immigration bills this week. There are two bills likely to be considered. The first, H.R. 4760, is the original iteration of a bill introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. This bill is widely considered the strongest legislative measure introduced in the 115th Congress to address our ongoing border crisis. However, the bill is not without its faults.
According to multiple sources on Capitol Hill, this bill has garnered the most support thus far within the Republican conference.
Highlights of H.R. 4760
The bill provides renewable three-year non-immigrant visas to the DACA population (roughly 700,000 individuals). It does not provide a pathway to citizenship via green cards. Many conservatives still consider this a form of amnesty.
The bill eliminates family-based chain migration by the end of the current fiscal year.
The bill eliminates the diversity visa lottery program but offsets that positive policy change by moving these 55,000 visas over for use in a program designed for high-skilled labor.
The bill brings an end to the abhorrent practice of catch-and-release and requires ICE to detain illegal aliens who present a risk to the American public.
The bill cuts off law enforcement grants to sanctuary cities and mandates that businesses implement e-Verify to determine the immigration status of their employees.
The bill includes Kate's Law, which provides for mandated prison sentences for illegal aliens who return to the U.S. after being deported.
The second bill, H.R. 6136, is a leadership-modified version of the Goodlatte bill. Suffice to say, the stronger provisions have been watered down to appease more moderate members of the Republican conference — including the Tuesday Group faction, which is hell-bent on working with Democrats to pass amnesty.
Highlights (lowlights?) of H.R. 6136
The bill provides a pathway to citizenship for 700,000 DACA recipients as well as the "Dreamer" population and beyond—going back to illegal immigrants who have been in the United States since 2007. In total, this potentially could mean amnesty for three million people.
The bill eliminates two categories of family-based chain migration, while retaining other categories such as spouses and parents.
The bill eliminates the diversity visa lottery program and replaces it with a point-based system.
The bill does not include strong interior enforcement provisions to cut off funds to sanctuary cities and fails to incorporate Kate's Law to deal with repeat illegal alien offenders.
Bottom line: There's a lot at stake this week for Speaker Ryan, R-Wisc., and the House leadership. After an intense standoff between Ryan and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who chairs the Freedom Caucus, trust between the various factions in the Republican conference is in increasingly short supply as moderates work with Democrats to shove through amnesty legislation.
Rumors are circulating that leadership may add mandatory e-Verify provisions to the Ryan bill to secure more conservative support. Nevertheless, any bill that provides a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and "Dreamers" should be dead on arrival.
If House leadership cannot secure the majority votes needed for passage, no bill will come to the floor this week. Given what's at stake, many conservatives would likely view this as a victory.
The Senate outlook
Bleak as usual. The Senate resumed its consideration of H.R. 5895, which continues to designate some of the $300 billion in increased spending above the previous budget caps from the recently passed $1.3 trillion omnibus disaster. If there's one thing members of Congress can agree on, it's that they love working across the aisle to spend our hard-earned tax dollars.
Details of H.R. 5895
The bill that the Senate is voting on is a combination of three different appropriations bills—Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Energy and Water Development, and Legislative Branch.
Just the energy and water section of the bill alone is $8 billion higher than the president's requested level and $1.5 billion more than last year's actual levels. This includes $13.4 billion on energy research and subsidy programs that continue to elevate non-reliable forms of energy such as wind and solar.
The Senate version allocates $86.4 billion for the VA—the largest dollar amount ever provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs and $5 billion above last year's levels, while the VA's abysmal record in its treatment of our veterans (due almost entirely to its socialized approach to medicine and health care) remains fresh in the minds of the public.
Of greater concern in the Senate is the stated intention to move on to H.R. 2, otherwise known as the "Farm Bill." The House passed this legislation last week after it initially failed on the floor. There's no other bill in Congress that more perfectly encapsulates the nature of the Swamp than the absurdly misnamed "farm bill."
Details of H.R. 2
The total cost comes out to $867 billion over a decade, with over 75 percent of that taxpayer money spent on food stamps. While the House bill incorporated work requirements that aimed to put recipients of the program into the workforce, the Senate will strip these provisions out in its bill.
The bill continues exorbitantly costly agriculture subsidies (over $20 billion annually), including a continuance of shallow loss programs that literally subsidize the profit margins of large agri-businesses if they have minor losses. So far, these programs have cost $10 billion more than the claims made by the farm lobby and lawmakers in 2014.
These agriculture subsidies are courtesy of the American taxpayer, who foots the bill to subsidize profits of large agri-corporations. These shallow loss programs are currently estimated to cost 76 percent more over the course of the decade than original estimates claimed from just four years ago.
Bottom line: With the United States facing down nearly $22 trillion in debt, the continued unholy alliance between urban Democrats and rural Republicans to ratchet up agriculture subsidies and food stamp spending remains one of the larger crocodile-infested swamps in need of draining in Washington. Permanently separating food stamps from agriculture subsidies is the only way to implement reforms.
Liberty outlook
Summary: The possibility of a vote on legislation in the House that would provide a "special pathway" to citizenship for nearly three million illegal aliens in the DACA and "Dreamer" population, coupled with the virtually assured passage of a $1 trillion food stamp and farm welfare bill in the Senate, puts this week's liberty outlook at: Code red.
For anyone concerned about the debt, our future prosperity, the rule of law, and American sovereignty, this may be a good week to grab those Gadsden flags and give your representatives and senators a call.
The Weekly Watchman
Welcome to the Weekly Watchman, a regular series at Conservative Review where we highlight and analyze legislation pending on the House and Senate floors so that you know exactly what your representatives are voting on — and the impact those votes will have on your freedom.
The truth is that every single vote cast in Congress either advances liberty or diminishes it. And in all the noise on social media and 24/7 cable news chaos, it can be difficult to keep track of what is really happening on Capitol Hill and what it means for you and your family.
Patrick Henry once stated, "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."
Author: Drew White
Drew White spent three years at Heritage Action for America as a legislative strategist covering domestic policy issues. He then served as Sen. Ted Cruz's domestic policy adviser for two years, working on issues including Obamacare repeal, educational freedom, elimination of federal agencies and departments, and defunding Planned Parenthood. Most recently, he served as senior federal policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He currently resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, son, and golden retriever, happily clinging to his guns and religion.


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By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T18:47:54+01:00	February 11th, 2012|Essays|
Time's approach to Monti, left, and to Berlusconi, couldn't be more different.
hile the new face of Italy — Prime Minister Mario Monti — has been calling on U.S. President Barack Obama on his victory lap tour, the old face of Italy — Silvio Berlusconi — has also been busy. He's been hard at work on a new screenplay for his post-Monti role, with help from co-writers in the foreign press.
Berlusconi recently granted the first interviews since his November resignation to the very kind of preachy Anglo-Saxon publication he has always hated; The Atlantic magazine and the Financial Times — sister publication to his sworn enemy, The Economist, a publication he calls the "E-communist" and that in 2011 ran a cover story with the headline, "The man that screwed Italy."
In the two interviews, Berlusconi reveals familiar flashes of his distinctive personality disorders, including the usual paranoia and blame shifting. He sidesteps attempts to trip him up. "Bunga-bunga," he said when the Financial Times pressed him on the well-publicized sexual side of his misadventures, is what you say "… after a dinner, rather than saying 'let's dance', people said 'let's do some bunga bunga. It means dancing, just like in weddings." Overall, Berlusconi seems genial, measured and even contrite. He comes off as a simpatico elder statesman who backs Monti's reforms, hates politics, and won't seek re-election as prime minister.
And Monti? Of course Berlusconi supports him. When Monti goes, politics will reopen for business. If Monti's austerity treatment works, party chief will take credit for it. If it doesn't, they'll say it was doomed from the start.
And re-election? Of course he's not seeking it. In fact, he never actually "sought election," even in 1992 when his Forza Italia Party first came to the forefront (after a recession and financial downturn). At the time, he "stepped forward," he tells The Atlantic, "…against the advice of all my friends and all my family members…" In 1992, he called it "running onto the playing field" ("scendere in campo"), like a footballer saving his team.
If, over time, the pain of Monti's reforms produces widespread discontent, Berlusconi can use the tried and true theme of the reluctant leader forced to do his duty. The Atlantic compares him to Roman leader Cincinnatus who returned from retirement on his humble farm to fend off invaders, to which Berlusconi replies, "Eh, certo."
But it matters less what Berlusconi says about playing elder statesman, than where he says it — in the foreign press. While it's hard to imagine The New York Times, Bild, El Paìs or The Economist paying much attention to Italian media comments about their respective countries and leaders, Italy has always lapped up the views of outsiders, which Italian newspapers report as news. Monti's presence on the cover of Time Magazine International immediately made the front page of Milan's Corriere della Sera. Italy hungers for validation from abroad.
The Atlantic and FT writers didn't flatter Berlusconi. On the contrary, they took potshots at his taste in interior decoration and the "thick make-up, and dyed chestnut hair, [that] cannot hide his true mileage."
But none of this matters to him or to Italians. What does is that interviews made news in Italy and were repeatedly mentioned in television news reports and talk shows. Berlusconi's newspaper Il Giornale printed extensive excerpts of The Atlantic interview, minus the snarkiest bits, and glowingly described The Atlantic as "prestigious." Reading these in their Italian translation, it's hard not to wonder who wrote them, a right-wing Italian newspaper or the house organ of American liberalism?
Yet again it doesn't matter, not in Italian political terms.
The only job available to elder statesman in Italy is the presidency — the head of the Italian state, now held by Giorgio Napolitano, who turns 87 in June. His term runs through the middle of next year. It's a longstanding open secret that Berlusconi covets the job. The position traditionally goes to an elder institutional figure seen as above the fray of party politics. Napolitano was preceded by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, a former Bank of Italy governor and prime minister, the kind of person who looks good in the Financial Times.
Candidates for the Italian presidency are nominated and elected by the Italian parliament, not the public, which has no direct say in the process. When Berlusconi grudgingly stepped down in November 2011, he still maintained a slim parliamentary majority. To capture the presidency, he must win two-thirds of a special vote of both houses of parliament, specifically convened to elect the president. Given his financial and personal resources this hardly seems a problem. As he told The Atlantic, "My style as a manager and political leader has always been based on persuasion, not force. I don't know how to give orders. I know how to convince."
And he's already started.
About the Author: Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor
Madeleine Johnson has written her "Notebook" column for more than a decade. She lived in Italy for almost 30 years, mostly in Milan, before returning to the U.S. in 2017. Her work has been published in the "Financial Times" and "New York Post."


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Con l'ascesa del Dhaulagiri I (8,167 m) compiuta il primo di maggio del 2008, completa il personale progetto "Desafio 14", entrando così nell'élite dell'alpinismo mondiale, essendo uno dei pochi al mondo ad aver scalato tutti i 14 ottomila senza l'ausilio di ossigeno supplementare. È il primo alpinista ecuadoriano ad aver compiuto tale impresa.

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Iván Vallejo Ricaurte è nato ad Ambato, Ecuador, nel 1959 ed è il padre di Andy e Kamilla. Si è laureato in ingegneria e ha insegnato matematica all'università dal 1988 al 2000. In questa fase, ha deciso di diventare a tempo pieno alpinista.

Iván inizia ad arrampicare in Ecuador, su montagne come Illiniza, Rumiñahui, Tungurahua e Carihuairazo e molto presto il suo hobby è diventata una passione. Il 23 ottobre 1978 ha raggiunto la vetta del Chimborazo (6.310 m), la più alta montagna ecuadoriana. Nel 1988 ha iniziato la scalata della Cordillera Blanca (Perù), dopo aver scalato montagne come Artesonraju, Alpamayo, Huascarán e Illampu.

Nel 1995 ha scalato la vetta più alta delle Alpi (Monte Bianco) e il suo primo himalayano (Island Peak, 6187 m). L'anno successivo, è tornato in Nepal e ha raggiunto la vetta del Ama Dablam (6.856 m) e nel 1997, raggiungeva la cima del suo primo ottomila - il Manaslu (8.156 m). Nel 1998 è arrivato in vetta al Broad Peak (8048 m) e nel 1999 ha scalato l'Everest per la prima volta, diventando così il primo ecuadoriano a raggiungere la cima più alta del mondo.

Il primo maggio 2008 completa il progetto personale "Desafio 14", scalando tutti i 14 ottomila senza l'ausilio di ossigeno supplementare.

Il progetto "Desafio 14"

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11409

I've tried this script, so it's gonna rearrange the value.
awk '/Column 1/' RS= input.txt
 (as referred in How can I set the grep after context to be "until the next blank line"?)
But it seems, it's only gonna take one matched line
It should be sorted by respective lines.
Result:
562Value2@13455
562Value2@13457
564Value2@13161
119Value2@11409
215Value4@13285
215Value4@13277-13269
12Value4@11409

it should be something like that, the "comma" will be repeating the value from Column 1 and Column 2
etc:
Range :
13455,13457

Result :
562Value2@13455
562Value2@13457

A: idk what sorting has to do with it but it seems like this is what you're looking for:
$ cat tst.awk
BEGIN { FS=","; recNr=1; print "Result:" }
!NF { ++recNr; lineNr=0; next }
{ ++lineNr }
lineNr == 1 { next }
recNr == 1  { a[lineNr] = $0 }
recNr == 2  { b[lineNr] = $0 }
recNr == 3  {
    for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) {
        print b[lineNr] "Value" a[lineNr] "@" $i
    }
}

$ awk -f tst.awk input.txt
Result:
562Value2@13455
562Value2@13457
564Value2@13161
119Value2@11409
215Value4@13285
215Value4@13277-13269
12Value4@11409

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Hundreds of military personnel in training to deal with strike chaos
Around 2,000 troops and civil servants could be drafted on to the frontline as strikes grip the country, the Cabinet Office said yesterday.
Conservative Party chairman Nadim Zahawi said: "It is the right and responsible thing to do to have contingency plans in place.
"We have a very strong team at Cobra (civil contingencies committee) who are doing a lot of the work in looking at what we need to do to minimise the disruption to people's lives."
Speaking on Sky News' Ridge on Sunday, Mr Zahawi insisted it was up to union leaders to call off the strikes and suggested they were playing into the Russian president's agenda as he uses high energy prices fuelling inflation as a "weapon" in his war against Ukraine.
Zahawi said the government needed to show discipline in not raising public sector pay in line with inflation, which could fuel inflation further. He estimated meeting all the pay demands would cost £28bn.
Urging unions not to proceed with strike action, he added: "This is a time to come together and to send a very clear message to Mr Putin that we're not going to be divided in this way … Our message to the unions is to say 'this is not a time to strike, this is a time to try and negotiate'."
Downing Street said the troops formed part of a "range of options available" if strikes go ahead but no decisions have been taken yet on their deployment.
The Cabinet Office said: "The priority over the coming weeks is to protect the public who may need access to emergency services support, and limit disruption as much as possible, particularly at a time when increased numbers of people will be travelling for the festive period and NHS services are under huge pressure due to the impact of Covid."
Britons have been warned of a "winter of discontent" which could see rail workers, nurses, ambulance staff, postal workers, teachers and university lecturers walk out.
Ministers bracing for a wave of industrial action have trained up to 600 armed forces personnel and 700 staff from the Government's specialist Surge and Rapid Response Team as well as other civil servants as part of the contingency plans. Some could be deployed are ports and airports in the event of strike action by Border Force staff.
Soldiers were previously drafted to deliver Covid jabs during the height of the pandemic.
Unions across public services are preparing to carry out strike action or ballot their members over pay as they attempt to soften the squeeze on living standards from soaring inflation.
Nurses in England and Wales will strike on 15 and 20 December in what is set to be their biggest walkout in the NHS's history.
David Davis, Tory MP for Haltemprice and Howden, called it "vital" that health unions' strikes do not threaten Britons' lives.
He said: "The ambulance union Unison made the rather implausible claim that their strikes would not create a risk to lives. The Government is now in intensive talks to avoid just that. It is vital the health unions' strikes do not jeopardise the lives of citizens."
Paramedics, call handlers and other staff at half of England's ambulance services have also voted to take strike action over pay.
Workers at Royal Mail have held eight strikes since August and have more days of action scheduled before December 25, including Christmas Eve.
Meanwhile, rail strike dates have been announced in the run-up to Christmas, following months of disruption. Thousands of RMT members across 14 train operators and Network Rail are due to stage two 48-hour strikes later this month.
The Rail Delivery Group yesterday (SUN) said it offered the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) union a pay rise of eight per cent over two years with a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies to April 2024 in a bid to head off fresh strikes.
Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UK Hospitality, warned walkouts in the run-up to Christmas could be the "final nail in the coffin" for Covid-battered businesses.
She said: "It's going to have an absolutely devastating impact. Our workers won't be able to get into work. Our customers won't be able to visit. Businesses that are struggling so much as a result of two years of Vocid and lost Christmas sales will face another disrupted year of income which could be the final nail in the coffin for many of them.
"Christmas is disproportionately important to hospitality businesses because it is such a busy trading period. It is the time of year when we generate a third of all of our profits and therefore to have strike action impacting those days means businesses will be severely impacted."
Mr Zahawi said that while he was "absolutely conscious" of how difficult it was for many workers, the country simply could not afford inflation or above-inflation pay awards.
He said rising prices were being driven by higher energy costs due to Russian president Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, as he appealed to unions to drop their demands.
Mr Zahawi added: "This is not a time to be divided. We have to come together to, I hope, send a very clear message to Mr Putin that he can't use energy as a weapon in this way."
"If you chase inflation or above-inflation pay then you will embed inflation for longer and hurt the most vulnerable. This is not a time to strike, this is a time to negotiate."
"To ask for a 19 percent pay rise (for nurses) which would cost the NHS £10 billion I think is the wrong thing to do right now."
"If you accept all the inflation-level pay rises, that is about £28 billion. It would cost every household just short of £1,000. That is unsustainable when we are trying to be fiscally disciplined."
Labour's education secretary Bridget Phillipson could not confirm whether her party would increase pay in line with inflation in the public sector. The frontbencher said her party wants a "fair deal" for workers.
Asked whether salary increases in the public sector were affordable, she said: "I'm not going to make promises to you this morning that I don't feel confident I can deliver – I think that's been what's so corrosive to our politics in recent years."
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who took office about just over a month ago, is grappling with a wave of strike action, a recession predicted to last at least a year and a migrant crisis.
The Conservative Party's rating in polls has slumped well below those of Labour, whose candidate won a by-election in Chester with a large majority earlier this week.
When asked about the result, Mr Zahawi said there was "no shying away from the fact that the internal challenges of the Conservative party has probably led to the gap in the polls".
John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "The economic backdrop is bad for everyone – there are of course workers in the public sector who are struggling as a result, but it's unfortunately the same across the board. "
"Workers in the private sector are getting a raw deal as it is, and shouldn't be held to ransom."
"In all the disputes over pay, it's often forgotten that public sector workers receive pensions which private sector workers could only dream of."
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union last night rejected an offer from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) aimed at heading off more strikes, the union announced.
Rail employers made an offer to the biggest union in the industry in a bid to resolve a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
The RDG said it has offered the RMT a pay rise of eight per cent over two years with a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies to April 2024.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "We have rejected this offer as it does not meet any of our criteria for securing a settlement on long term job security, a decent pay rise and protecting working conditions."
"RMT is demanding an urgent meeting with the RDG tomorrow morning with a view to securing a negotiated settlement on job security, working conditions and pay."
TSSA organising director Luke Chester, said: "I am glad that the Government has finally given authority to the employers to make offers in an attempt to resolve our dispute.
"We are considering the detail of these offers very carefully and will be consulting our reps tomorrow."
"The RDG offer, in particular, contains more strings than a harp, including some which have never previously been discussed."
"Today's RDG offer also omits significant points that had previously been negotiated."
"There is nothing in the offer for either managers or controllers in train operators, and our union would expect any serious offer to include all those staff covered by the dispute."
"I have requested an urgent meeting with the RDG on Monday to understand their rationale behind making these last-minute changes and seek to address our concerns."
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Coming to America for the first time, Wonder Woman comes upon a wailing army nurse. Inquiring about her state, she finds that the nurse wanted to leave for South America with her fiancé but was unable due to shortage of money. As both of them looked identical and Wonder Woman needed a job and a valid identity to look after Steve (who was admitted in the same army hospital), she gives her the money she had earned earlier to help her go to her fiancé in exchange for her credentials. The nurse reveals her name as Diana Prince, and thus, Wonder Woman's secret identity was created, and she began working as a nurse in the army.[59][88]
If you're looking for a certified God of War on a personal vendetta against a pantheon of gods, Wonder Woman has you covered. The current version of Diana hacking and slashing her way through the DC Universe, anyway. After unintentionally bringing a new collection of "Dark Gods" into the comic book universe, it falls to the daughter of Zeus to save Earth from their malice.
An American pilot and the love interest of Diana.[21][22] On his role for the film, Pine said, "I am an American pilot who's a spy. It's like a boy's dream: You're either a spy or a fighter pilot. The first thing I wanted to be was a fighter pilot a long time ago. I wanted to be Goose [from Top Gun]".[15] As to how his mortal character would interact with an Amazon, Pine stated, "When I first read the script, it had elements of Romancing the Stone, kind of a very classic fish out of water. Two people that don't really bond well at first and they're butting heads and just fun, witty banter".[15] When speaking about meeting the director and being cast, Pine said, "Patty is a pretty incredible human being. When we first met about the part of Steve, she sat across from me and essentially acted out the entire film over the course of a two-hour lunch. She was so specific, so articulate, and so ardent. I would've said yes just for Patty alone."[23] Pine went through a workout regimen for the film, commenting, "I got in incredible shape for this film" but also joking "I was also wearing about 75 pounds of clothing. What I realized is that I made a major mistake, I got in great shape and they just put clothes over all my hard work."[24]
Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #179 (Nov. 1969) showed Wonder Woman giving up her powers and returning her costume and title to her mother, in order to continue staying in Man's World. The reason behind this was that all the Amazons were shifting to another dimension, but Diana was unable to accompany them as she needed to stay behind to help Steve, who had been wrongly convicted.[92] Thus, she no longer held the title of Wonder Woman and after meeting and training under a blind martial arts mentor I-Ching, Diana resumed crime fighting as the powerless Diana Prince. She ran a mod-boutique as a business and dressed in a series of jumpsuits while fighting crime.[36][61][62][93][94] During this period, Samuel R. Delany took over scripting duties with issue #202. Delany was initially supposed to write a six-issue story arc, which would culminate in a battle over an abortion clinic, but Delany was removed reportedly due to criticism from Gloria Steinem, who, not knowing the content of the issues Delany was writing, was upset that Wonder Woman had lost her powers and was no longer wearing her traditional costume.[95]
Indomitable Will: Wonder Woman has tremendous determination and strength of will. She refuses to ever give up, even when placed against seemingly insurmountable odds. Hence, despite the Germans invading Themyscira having far superior firepower, despite the extreme danger of German firepower in-between World War I trenches, despite having to fight the stronger and seemingly unstoppable Doomsday, despite having to battle the mighty Ares right after witnessing Steve Trevor's death, Wonder Woman promptly rose up, overcame her negative emotions, and kept on fighting, persisting until she eventually managed to gain the upper hand. Indeed, her indomitable spirit gave a renewed hope to the Wonder Men and inspired them past the point of purely monetary interests, with Chief resolving to no longer be neutral in the war and believing her story of the Olympians, Sameer finally admitting his passion for acting, and even the depressed Charlie struggling with PTSD finally beginning to sing again for the first time in years. When humanity's inherent potential for evil was revealed to her by Ares, Wonder Woman, while initially taken aback, ultimately rejected the prospect of alliance with Ares against them, even if that were to mean missing out on "paradise" on Earth, and instead courageously confronted him as the god killer. When seemingly beaten by Ares (who was only growing more powerful from her violence, rage, and hatred) and overcome by the weight of his words and the devastation of Steve's death, Wonder Woman recalled his great love for and undying belief in her, and was thereby able to muster enough willpower and love to overcome her violent emotions and defeat Ares. While mostly stepping away from superheroism for 100 years (emotionally crippled at her inability to save the Belgian villagers and Steve, and by seeing the ensuing "century of horrors"), Wonder Woman didn't entirely lose hope, and it was fully reignited again when she witnessed the self-sacrificing death of another selfless superhero, Superman (who combined the phenomenal godly might of Ares with the self-sacrificing morality of Steve Trevor), giving her enough faith to help Batman found the Justice League. During the League's battle against Steppenwolf's forces, Wonder Woman was able to inspire confidence into the inexperienced Flash and Cyborg, assuring them that they wouldn't need to fight the Apokoliptan invasion alone.
Lennox suggests meeting Siracca, a fellow demigod daughter of Zeus as well. She travels to Lybia and finds a girl trapped in a vase. The girl tells Wonder Woman that when the soldiers came, everyone hid in a bunker. Leading her down, she triggers a trap which sends a plethora of knives, swords and daggers at her. Blocking them all but one, Diana looks to find the girl dissolving to sand. Crying at her failure, her time to mourn is cut short as the real Siracca, albeit in a zombie like form, ambushes her.
Superhuman Durability: The bones and muscles of Wonder Woman are much denser and harder than those of humans and Amazons, which makes her incredibly durable. Although she is not bulletproof, she can survive brute force trauma, falls from high altitudes, explosions and powerful bursts of energy, or come in contact with superhuman opponents such as Ares, Doomsday, Steppenwolf and Superman. While training with the other Amazons, Wonder Woman was not affected by the attacks of the latter, not even by the attacks of strong Amazons like Antiope and Artemis, as well as by resisting the blows of the improved Erich Ludendorff without any damage. Wonder Woman's durability allowed her to withstand Ares's blows, despite the considerably greater strength of the God of War, as well as a direct hit from a sword built by Ares, an explosion of lightning that blew it away and left her somewhat dazed, and even a tremendous explosion that left her dazed and almost deaf for a few minutes and still was able to get up to fight again against her half brother. After reaching her full potential as a demigoddess, the Wonder Woman became considerably more durable, enough to withstand the huge blows of the Doomsday monster, with a blow sending her flying several meters and leaving her completely unharmed. It was also able to withstand the lightning, thermal vision and waves of electrical discharges of Doomsday, wrapped by the thick thermal beam without suffering any damage. In the same way, Wonder Woman came out completely unscathed and without a scratch from her fierce battles with Steppenwolf and Superman, even though Steppenwolf hit her constantly with her Electro Ax and Superman hit her with enough force to leave her dazed. While Wonder Woman may be affected by the considerable force of the powerful impacts, they only make her stumble and hit her briefly, leaving her unharmed, with Wonder Woman smiling even after receiving powerful blow from Doomsday that sent her flying, and quickly rose up to face the monster again with a renewed ferocity.
Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, produced by DC Entertainment in association with RatPac Entertainment and Chinese company Tencent Pictures, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the fourth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).[6] Directed by Patty Jenkins from a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and a story by Heinberg, Zack Snyder, and Jason Fuchs, Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot in the title role, alongside Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, and Elena Anaya. It is the second live action theatrical film featuring Wonder Woman following her debut in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.[7] In Wonder Woman, the Amazon princess Diana sets out to stop World War I, believing the conflict was started by the longtime enemy of the Amazons, Ares, after American pilot and spy Steve Trevor crash-lands on their island Themyscira and informs her about it.
Wertham's papers, housed at the Library of Congress, were only opened to researchers in 2010. They suggest that Wertham's antipathy toward Bender had less to do with the content of the comics than with professional rivalry. (Paul Schilder, Bender's late husband, had been Wertham's boss for many years.) Wertham's papers contain a scrap on which he compiled a list he titled "Paid Experts of the Comic Book Industry Posing as Independent Scholars." First on the list as the comic book industry's number one lackey was Bender, about whom Wertham wrote: "Boasted privately of bringing up her 3 children on money from crime comic books."
At the time of her debut, Wonder Woman sported a red top with a golden eagle emblem, a white belt, blue star-spangled culottes, and red and golden go-go boots. She originally wore a skirt; however according to Elizabeth Martson, "It was too hard to draw and would have been over her head most of the time."[189] This outfit was entirely based on the American flag, because Wonder Woman was purely an American icon as she debuted during World War II.[194] Later in 1942, Wonder Woman's outfit received a slight change – the culottes were converted entirely into skin-tight shorts and she wore sandals.[194] While earlier most of her back was exposed, during the imposition of the Comics Code Authority in the mid-1950s, Wonder Woman's outfit was rectified to make her back substantially covered, in order to comply with the Authority's rule of minimum exposure.[194] During Mike Sekowsky's run in the late 1960s, Diana surrendered her powers and started using her own skills to fight crime. She wore a series of jumpsuits as her attire; the most popular of these was a white one.[194]
Wonder Woman and the other heroes were finally released from the Firestorm Matrix when Batman used the Lasso of Truth on Firestorm. Superman was still infected with the Kryptonite shard inside his nervous system, but Lex Luthor was able to extract it, saving Superman's life. Luthor also assembled a group of villains that defeated the Crime Syndicate. Later, at the Batcave, Wonder Woman and the Justice League talked about the enemy that destroyed the Crime Syndicate's world and came to the conclusion that Darkseid would return.[74]
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No Export Industry Without Design
2 years ago CubaDebateEconomics
We Cannot Conceive of an Export Industry Without Design
By Liudmila Peña Herrera
Cuban journalist. Graduated in Journalism from the Universidad de Oriente, in Santiago de Cuba. She works for the weekly Ahora, in Holguín province.
Ivette Leyva García
Journalist and communicator. Editor of La Tiza, Revista Cubana de Diseño, and contributor to Cubadebate.
Leonel Amador, during the presentation of one of his books. With him Gisela Herrero, head of the National Design Office. Photo: ONDi.cu
With all the experience and prestige gained by a broad and multifaceted work in the field of light industry over more than six decades of work, chemical engineer Leonel Amador Perez, today an advisor to the Minister of Industries, is an authoritative and proactive voice in the attempt to insert Cuban design in the quality standards of national productions.
A perfumer by profession, Leonel Amador became involved from a very young age – at just 16 – in the fascinating world of fragrances. He himself defines the year 1958 as a determining moment in the destiny that would follow after entering the Rancho Boyeros Technical-Industrial School.
"At that time, the advertising of the big soap companies on the radio and television was very appealing to me. That's why I chose the specialty of Soap and Perfumery", remembers who began his professional history in the aerosol filler, in Havana, where they produced the sprays for various cosmetics, perfumes, shaving foams of different brands and many hair products.
His experience in this sector would be enriched in the Burjois Perfumery, producer of Chanel No. 5; then, in the recently created Empresa Consolidada de Jabonería y Perfumería, and later in the Laboratory of Development and Production of bouquets, currently Suchel Fragancia, of which he was one of the founders and its first director, at the age of 23. If such merits still seem insufficient, he is endorsed by having been director of design at the Ministry of Light Industry and winner of the National Honorary Design and Design Management Award, both granted by ONDi.
So many distinctions do not spoil his humility. In the way he conducts himself with his colleagues, there is not the slightest hint of the egocentrism that usually originates such entertainments; on the contrary, in his slow speech and in the frank and clear dialogue, like the essence of one of his perfumes – Alicia, inspired by Prima Ballerina Assoluta -, one can guess the peasant roots of which he assures he is proud.
His tenacity in work and the energy he gives to that passion, make him "jump" to the laboratory from time to time, to compose some fragrance (the last ones were S Hojas de Tabaco Verde, Súcheli Flores Blancas and Insaciable). For him, talking about the challenges and the need to incorporate design solutions into the daily life of a country that is destined to promote productive chains is an obligation, but also a pleasure.
What policies have been developed within the Ministry of Industries to contribute to the productive linkages that, according to the economic authorities, the country needs so much?
-This is an expeditious way for economic actors involved in a production chain to obtain benefits. Logically, the development of one activity drives that of the others and, strategically, it is beneficial and very effective. This policy, within the Ministry of Industries, is not new, since it was born with the Revolution itself and the ideas implemented by Che, who conceived the Cuban industrial development through the productive chains. That is, if we were going to produce coffee, then we would develop the production of the sack and, for that, we would have to produce the fiber, for which purpose the agricultural crops of the kenaf were planted. Today, the policy and programs of industrial development until 2030 take into account these productive chains.
How do you assess the degree of insertion of Cuban design in those chains?
-The insertion of design in the productive chains is vital, although in some processes it is not given the importance it deserves, even when, strategically, it is essential.
"Today, the quality systems that are implemented throughout the industrial plant are based on the evaluation and validation of the design, not only to have a well-assembled quality management system, but also to avoid defective products that do not meet the needs for which they were created. For this reason, design, both industrial and visual communication, plays a very important role in the development of production and in the levels of satisfaction that products and services must achieve.
"We still need to promote it more, because it is not at the center of the company's management development, even though there are some who have understood the importance of design management, to the point that today they are successful entities in their product development policies.
"It may be that those working in the industry are not always aware of the importance of design, but neither does ONDi and designers have to wait until they are. I believe they should play a more active role in demonstrating the opportunities offered by design as a tool for achieving higher rates of product competitiveness. We cannot conceive of an export industry if it does not have good design. And this is within the policies that the ministry is developing.
"At the moment, we are working on various aspects of the issue. For example, along with the industrial development policy, there is the packaging policy and the design policy; all this so that there is a guiding document in the country that can show us the way to achieve greater efficiency and competitiveness in the product range through design".
How could designers play a more proactive role in raising awareness of the importance of design?
-There is no one who knows more about the importance of design than the designer himself. We need to get rid of the complaint a little. We need to talk, convince and show more what can be achieved. We must not allow valuable projects to be drawn up and then archived. We have to fight to get these good projects into production.
"Design work must be seen from the industrial management itself, but that is achieved by educating and demonstrating. We developed an experience 25 years ago, at the end of the nineties, with a diploma in management of this activity, at the Instituto Superior de Diseño (ISDi). Thanks to this action of improvement, a group of industry leaders, including me, who was then a vice-minister, prepared ourselves in the most important aspects related to design. Because of those relationships I had with ONDi, I also participated in international events, always presenting papers on the color-smell relationship in the design of packaging for the cosmetics industry and on experiences in design management.
"We also promoted, in coordination with ONDi and ISDi, the experimental reorientation of higher level graduates. It was not a question of improvising designers, but of enriching with these tools professionals who, with a knowledge base such as industrial engineers, chemists, textiles…, could influence, from the industry, design management.
"I owe a lot to the designers I met during the 23 years that I attended to the activity at the ministry level. José "Pepe" Cuendias was a brother…
(Our interviewee briefly interrupts the dialogue. He is moved by the memory of the former director of ONDi and rector of ISDi for so many years. Before our eyes, he is no longer, for a few minutes, the advisor; now we see him in the skin of the friend. He breathes, and continues).
"My relationship with him, in the framework of work, was very close. We planned the training activities together with the staff of the institute. I was also nourished by boys I had known since they were students: Pedrito (Pedro García-Espinosa), Sergito (Sergio Peña Martínez), Giselita (Gisela Herrero García), Carmita (Carmen Gómez Pozo)… There were very talented designers in the industry itself, from whom I learned, like Rafael de León -National Design Award in 2005-, a costume designer for Tropicana and for Vanessa's trunks, who is very well known internationally".
How do you assess, from your work experiences, the industry-design relationships over the years?
-In the seventies of the last century, there was a Design Department in the Ministry of Light Industry, whose creation I defended a lot because there was a similar one in the Ministry of Industries of Che. In 1980 the ONDi was created, and the relations between both institutions led to the emergence of design centres in the 1990s, by branches: clothing, footwear, furniture. It was then that, as Vice-Minister, I started to attend to the activity.
"The fact that later the presence of design in industry has been blurred is due to an essentially economic factor. For there to be design there has to be production, and today access to the market for national products is limited by financial problems. We must therefore ensure that part of the solution to this situation is design as a tool. At present, the linkage of the tourism sector and the furniture industry is a positive example. It is satisfying to see the furniture in hotels such as Paseo del Prado, for example; anyone would think that it is not Cuban, and yes, it is manufactured in an industry that is part of that productive chain that we are called upon to promote.
"When you think about how this chain is carried out, you have to take into account that furniture means wood, varnishes, nails, screws, upholstery materials, the clothes of the factory workers, their shoes… Let's analyze how many things are derived and we will see that it is a big chain in which design plays a fundamental role".
At present, the linkage of the tourism sector and the furniture industry is a positive example. Image: ONDi.cu.
In his speech to the National Assembly of People's Power in December 2019, President Miguel Díaz-Canel posed the challenge of "conquering the greatest possible prosperity", even in the midst of the economic war we are facing. How can we accompany this objective from industry, from design, in the medium term?
-For me, Cuban industry is committed to be better, to overcome every day, and it will achieve it by working more efficiently and effectively, developing the products that Cubans want and deserve. In that challenge, design is an essential tool, because with it we can adapt the product to the needs of the population in an optimal way.
"Likewise, ONDi must use all its experience and knowledge to help raise awareness among industry specialists and to definitively materialize the use of design in each work, product or service that will be made available to our public.
"It must never be forgotten that if you do not have a design that is competitive with the international average, it will be very difficult to export. To achieve this, you must have stable quality and be very punctual with design solutions".
In July 2020, ONDi celebrated its 40th anniversary. What idea or message would you like to convey to your collective, who are committed to making Cuba a country of good design?
-We must continue to maintain our professional commitment as we have done up to now, and even more. I know the spirit of work of the office, the battle of its designers who radiate a willingness to help in everything they have been asked to do. I just want to invite you to continue to be an example of that passion for design. That needs to be multiplied.
Toiletries to Become Available
2 years ago GranmaCuban Society, Economics
Toiletries are Going to Become Available
Authorities say that April will show some improvement in the supply of toiletries.
As of May and June the situation should be stable in the country.
by Yaditza del Sol González | internet@granma.cu
and Yudy Castro Morales | yudy@granma.cu
March 4, 2020 00:03:02
Toiletries, such as soap, toothpaste, liquid detergent and others sold in the retail network, should start to show greater availability in the market, even from March itself. Photo: Vicente Brito
Based on the current conditions of the national industry, the conciliation in terms of production and the assigned financing, the toiletries -such as soap, toothpaste, liquid detergent and others that are sold in the retail stores-must start to show a greater availability in the market, even from this month.
This was announced by Betsy Diaz Velazquez, head of Domestic Trade (Mincin). She explained that now in March, the levels of presence and assurance of these products will show better performance compared to previous weeks, which should go to stability once they begin to recover inventories.
In this regard, she added, April will also show some improvement, and from May and June the situation of sanitation should be stable in the country.
As to why these items are not marketed through the system of the ration book, perhaps as an emerging measure in the face of hoarding and re-sellers, the Minister explained that the toiletries can not be included in the basic family basket, as it would become a controlled product and, therefore, acquire rights.
If we do not have enough to put, for example, one soap per person, and ensure that it reaches the population according to the established cycles, then we can not assume control measures in the register of consumers, said Diaz Velazquez.
"What we can do, and do, is give the authorities of the territory the power to apply regulatory measures in the sale of products in high demand and with insufficient supply on the market. We are not talking about the administrator, but a power of governments and municipal administrations," he said.
In addition, he insisted, there are certain items that can only market the units of MINCIN, such as Lis and Nacar soap, or liquid detergent Limtel. No one else is authorized, and anyone who incurs in this type of sales is acting illegally.
Since February, Suchel has had all the financing required to meet the planned levels of washing and toilet soap, liquid detergent and toothpaste. Photo: Granma Archive
AT THE SUCHEL COMPANY
Carlos Miguel Boggiano Sánchez, Managing Director of the company Suchel, agrees with the words of the head of MINCIN, telling Granma that "in May they will start to gradually improve deliveries, after achieving sustainability in their production and marketing".
And more than goodwill or an optimistic attitude to support the announced stability, the company has, since February, "all the financing required to respond to the planned levels of laundry and toilet soap, liquid detergent and toothpaste", products that showed sensitive deficits during 2019 and at the beginning of the year.
This guarantee, stressed Boggiano Sanchez, "marks the difference with respect to previous periods and ensures compliance with contracts for raw materials, as well as their arrival.
To get an idea of the recovery trend shown by the industry, it is appropriate to review the production indices for the first quarter of 2019 and those contemplated for the same stage in 2020.
During the first three months of the previous year, this entity delivered to MINCIN 7,806 tons of cleaning supplies, a figure that represented 16.1% of the 2019 plan.
However, at the end of March, the company must deliver 8296 tons, equivalent to 16,5 % of the forecast for 2020, a schedule that shows growth in the four families of products mentioned.
"From the raw material already available in the market, it is projected to exceed the production of the quarter by 380 tons of washing soap and 500 tons of liquid detergent", said the CEO of Suchel.
It is precisely this last product, together with toothpaste, that has shown the greatest impact at the beginning of the year. It is estimated that it will recover, as of May, in the following order: detergent, although demand continues to exceed supply; laundry soap, toilet soap and toothpaste.
He said that, so far, the most significant deliveries are concentrated in the provinces of Havana, Matanzas, Villa Clara and Camagüey.
He stressed that as with the stable arrival of raw materials and the continuity of production, the industry, composed of six business units with a productive base, will put its capacities above 95% of use. This is the goal for which all the strategies are designed, from the availability of personnel to the organization of the required work shifts.
And it cannot leave out, from any productive analysis, as Boggiano Sanchez says, the impact of the hostile policy of economic, commercial and financial blockade of the US Government, whose tentacles press each sector of the economy.
The production of shavings, a fundamental raw material for making soap, requires imported oils and fats which, during 2019, in the words of the director, did not reach the country. This is, in addition to financial restrictions, due to the impossibility of tankers to touch Cuban ports, because of the pressures resulting from the unilateral and illegal U.S. sanctions against Cuba.
Of the 21,000 tons of shavings planned in 2019, barely 6,625 were obtained. This year no manufacture has been achieved, since the same constraints persist, not counting the increase in the price of the final product, which involves both the import of shavings and the import of fats and oils in different formats.
Although it might seem an excess, perhaps because of the reiterated nature of the subject, even in the production of soaps the economic blockade wags its tail.
IN DEVELOPMENT NEW LINE OF ECONOMIC PERFUMERY
By 2020, most of the demand of the mixed company Suchel Camacho s.a. is redirected to the network of stores in MINCIN, according to Caridad Estévez García, its sales manager.
In that sense, he said, the range of products is expanded with two new additions to the Daily line: cologne and deodorant. Other existing ones are consolidated, such as soap, children's dental gel and [insect] repellent. In addition, there are also hair products such as professional dye and shampoo, conditioners and peroxides in large formats.
Likewise, he continued, "we are working on the development of new economic products of perfumery, cosmetics, and cleaning, which contribute to the substitution of imports, and guarantee the relation quality-price-opportunity".
Together with the MINCIN and the governments of the territories, Suchel Camacho will participate, in the words of Estévez García, in the setting of personalized spaces, with adequate furniture for the positioning of such products.
In a first stage, the work will be done in stores located on Galiano and San Rafael streets in the capital, to be later extended to other establishments in the country.
Behind the US-China Tension
3 years ago Manuel E. Yepe, TranslationsChina, Economics
Reasons for Tension Between Washington and China
Philippe Waechter, Chief Economist with French Company Ostrum Asset Management, published on May 17 last year an interesting analysis of the current tensions between China and the United States.
The French expert explains that Donald Trump's tweets of May 5 increased tension between Washington and Beijing and re-launched new discussions on the terms of a trade agreement between the two powers.
Chinese retaliation against US imports in response to the new U.S. tariffs calls into question the lengthy period of calm begun after the G20 meeting on December 1st last year.
Trump's desire to impose new restrictions on China reflects his desire to repatriate jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector, and also to reduce US dependence on China.
In 2018, the U.S. external trade balance with China showed a more than $400 billion deficit.
The counterpart of this Chinese surplus with the United States reflected Chinese financing of the U.S. economy through the purchase of U.S. federal bonds. The logic was that the Chinese products in the U.S. market financed the U.S. economy to compensate for the lack of savings there.
The functioning of the Chinese-American trade was on the basis of complement, but this balance is now changing in nature because China's weight in financing the US economy has been declining.
In March 2019, the weight of U.S. financial assets in the hands of China as part of the total U.S. foreign funding had fallen to the low level observed in June 2006.
The balance of the relationship between the two countries is changing and the United States no longer has the capacity to influence China as it did in the past. China now has more autonomy, says Waechter.
The White House is impatient over Chinese unwillingness to respond to its requests. By taxing Chinese imports, Washington wants to influence Beijing's economy by creating strong social tension there that would force the hand of the Chinese authorities who do not wish to take this social risk.
The slow pace of Chinese activity indicators since the beginning of the year could validate Washington's analysis and encourage it to further harden its commercial tone.
At the beginning of 2019, the weight of the United States in Chinese exports slowed significantly. China's dependence on the United States is being reversed and, at the same time, the Chinese are re-launching the New Silk Road initiative, whose objective is, among others, to further diversify Chinese markets.
China is now expanding market opportunities and effectively limiting the influence of the U.S. on its internal economic situation.
The other major point of disagreement between Washington and Beijing concerns technology. "It seems to me that this is the main point of the differences between the two countries," says Waechter.
The Chinese have updated technologically very quickly in the last twenty years. This has been the case both in technology transfers as in resources to facilitate it. And this has worked so well that the Chinese are now considerably ahead of the U.S. in 5G and Artificial Intelligence, among other significant developments.
In this question of technological supremacy, there is a radical change because the Chinese have the means to develop these technologies without American support.
This situation could have arisen with Japan a few years ago, but the Japanese always opted for remaining in the US fold, which is not the case in Beijing –says Waechter– because China has a very large internal market and this them to create conditions for autonomous technological dynamics.
The stakes are simple:
Whoever sets the standards for these new technologies will have a considerable comparative advantage. It will be easier to develop innovations using these technologies. That's why this is where the negotiations get stuck.
The Chinese have devoted significant resources to achieving this technological advantage and will not fall naively under U.S. control.
This technological stagnation will not be resolved spontaneously, and the possibility of an agreement between the two countries seems unlikely.
"The dynamics of the world economy are changing. This is the first time in modern history that a situation occurs that makes it likely that the world economy moves to a new region due to criteria related to technological innovation."
When the core of the world economy moved from the United Kingdom to the United States, there was a continuity that does not exist in the current situation. This will alter the dynamics of the world economy and will inevitably redistribute the cards among the regions of the world," concludes Philippe Waechter.
May 22, 2019.
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Peter Trout Gard is a Philadelphia artist whose varied body of work includes large-scale metal sculptures as well as smaller, mixed media pieces incorporating glass, wood, concrete, steel and more. He has received numerous public and private commissions, and regularly creates custom work for clients – both fine art and functional pieces.
A life-long tinkerer, Peter relies heavily on his passion for and knowledge of materials, and believes quality craftsmanship is equally as important as creativity. His most recent projects illustrate his dexterity: a 7 ½ foot spherical piece made entirely of salvaged locker doors for a public high school; and a series of refined sculptural lamps assembled from unlikely materials such as machine parts, oversized hardware, and gears.
Peter earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997 from Alfred University, where he also studied art education. His work can be found in private collections across the country as well as in public spaces regionally. He currently lives in Bucks County with his wife, two sons and two dogs.
My sculptures are translations. As an artist I am compelled to look inside a form, a feeling, a space, and reveal the layers. Literal representations with shifts in scale, composition or position transform the familiar and create new meaning.
In regards to site specific work I believe that every space contains within itself a perfect piece of art – and my job is to unearth it. With each new challenge I design a work that not only stands autonomously as a piece of sculpture but relates to the site, the community, and its history where it resides. Through research of a specific location, a piece begins to take form. I incorporate ideas from the past, previous uses of a space, and history both well-known and obscure, along with feelings, inspirations and physical aspects of the present and plans for the future. Light, shape, use, surroundings, and adjacent materials all play a part in the creation of a piece that will exist harmoniously in its intended environment.
My enthusiasm for public art stems from its accessibility. Public sculpture, by its nature, allows all members of the community and transient audiences the opportunity to experience art, whether they intended to or not. My work is created to communicate with viewers in an understandable vocabulary, allowing them room to investigate their curiosity with the piece without being intimidated. For me, success is a piece through which conversations are generated, imaginations are sparked and stories are told.
All of my sculptures are designed, fabricated and installed with safety and longevity in mind. I consider myself a craftsperson as well as an artist. I am devoted to the creation of work that is durable and of high quality on multiple levels, so that my sculpture can become a valued and integral part of a community's landscape and history.


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2017 French Open Women's Singles Predictions, Picks and Preview
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With no Serena Williams in sight, the WTA Tour's women's singles draw at Roland Garros is wide open for the taking. In turn, a handful of the world's top female tennis players will vie not just for the French Open title, but also for a possible shake-up atop the world rankings.
There'll be plenty of drama, excitement and upsets to go around in lovely Paris. As such, our preview below should serve as a guide on the mademoiselles worth keeping tabs on for the second and much-awaited Grand Slam tournament of 2017.
2017 French Open Women's Singles Preview
Where: Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
When: May 21 – June 10
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Simona Halep (+325)
After a slow start this season, World No. 4 Simona Halep has been on quite a torrid tear of late. Four of the 2014 French Open finalist's five semifinal appearances have come over the last four tournaments, which includes a victory in Madrid just a couple of weeks ago.
Furthermore, Halep has only lost one match on clay this year, improving her record on the turf to 24-3 dating back to the previous season. The Romanian will also be crowned as the top female tennis player in the world if she does indeed win her first-ever Grand Slam title, and that's probably the main reason why the oddsmakers have her as the current front-runner at Roland Garros.
Garbine Muguruza (+650)
It's been quite a rollercoaster of a 2017 campaign for Garbine Muguruza, who has four quarterfinal and two semifinal appearances thus far, but also has three first-round exits in nine tournaments overall.
Like a lot of Spanish standouts, though, Muguruza's play turns up a notch whenever she steps foot on clay. She's hot off an 11-2 record on the surface from 2016, and her semifinal berth at the recently-concluded Italian Open also serves as terrific momentum heading into Roland Garros.
Oh, and haven't we mentioned that the 23-year-old is the defending French Open champion, and that she's made it to no less than the quarterfinal round in all three previous editions of the tournament?
Elina Svitolina (+1,200)
Its about time we take 22-year-old Elina Svitolina seriously. The Ukranian upstart now has four wins under her belt this year, having just stolen victory from Simona Halep's grasp in Rome this past weekend.
What's more impressive is that Svitolina has proven to be a nuisance to the Tour's marquee players this entire season. She's 6-2 against top-10 opponents thus far, with three upsets in three meetings against top-ranked Angelique Kerber (+800) along with a couple more shockers over World No. 3 Karolina Pliskova (+1,000). Her quarterfinal finish at the 2015 French Open, by the way, is her best and only quarterfinal placing in 18-career Grand Slam appearances.
Svitolina seems to be the WTA's giant slayer of 2017, so hop on her bandwagon now before it's too late.
Venus Williams (+2,000)
Venus Williams will try her best to make up for the absence of her sister Serena, and she's also definitely playing for more than just her family's pride and enduring excellence.
The French Open is one of two Grand Slam tournaments that has eluded the elder Williams sibling – the other being the Australian Open. But let's not forget: she's hot off her first finals appearance in Melbourne in 14 years this past January, so a return to Roland Garros' final stage since 2002 isn't that far from happening as well.
A 17-6 record with four quarterfinal appearances this year isn't shabby at all. If you're counting on an American to win this year's French Open, there's no better choice than the other half of the Williams powerhouse tandem.
Irina-Camelia Begu (+6,000)
There were flashes of brilliance this year from 44th-ranked Irina-Camelia Begu, particularly when she made back-to-back, solid runs on the clay courts of Charleston (quarterfinal finish) and Istanbul (semis) this past April.
However, the 26-year-old Romanian still has a long way to go before being considered as a real threat in the WTA Tour, let alone at Roland Garros. Only one of Begu's 13 losses this season came at the hands of a top-10 player, and with nine of those 13 defeats coming from the very first round of the tournament against relatively weak opposition.
Writer's Prediction
Svitolina (+1,200) denies victory from her top-10 competition all over again as she wins her first-ever Grand Slam title.
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This International Standard provides guidance on the process of complaints handling related to products within an organization, including planning, design, operation, maintenance and improvement. The complaints-handling process described is suitable for use as one of the processes of an overall quality management system.
Enhancing customer satisfaction by creating a customer-focused environment that isopen to feedback (including complaints), resolving any complaints received, and enhancing the organization's ability to improve its product and customer Service.
Recognizing and addressing the needs and expectations of complainants.
Analyzing and evaluating complaints in order to improve the product and customer service quality.
Auditing of the complaints-handling process.
The information obtained through the complaints-handling process can lead to improvements in products and processes and, where the complaints are properly handled, can improve the reputation of the organization, regardless of size, location and sector. An effective and efficient complaints-handling process reflects the needs of both the organizations supplying products and those who are the recipients of those products.
Enhance the ability of the organization to resolve complaints in a consistent, systematic and responsive manner, to the satisfaction of the complainant and the organization.
Enhance the ability of an organization to identify trends and eliminate causes of complaints, and improve the organization's operations.


In paper (I) Metaphysics, Phenomenology, Parapsychology & Mental Disorders we explored Bipolar I manic episodes and Bipolar II hypomania; Bipolar III cyclothymia and Atypical were excluded because the latter is a comorbidity with overlapping symptomology, and the former is a mild cyclical mood fluctuation that never reaches manic episodes or depressive mood. They're never symptoms free and experience polar extremities to a certain degree. Cyclothymia don't meet the criteria of manic episodes or hypomania, and could be undiagnosed or untreated because the mild euphoria or dysphoria are not incapacitating.
Bipolar I manic episodes and Bipolar II hypomania experience polar extremities between dysphoria and euphoric, extrasensory perception augments during impulsivity, distractibility, disinhibition, grandiosity and pathological…A sorta sixth sense that induces or precursors apophenia, pareidolia, hallucination, delusions and schizophrenia; and phenomena such as precognition, premonition, retrocognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, telekinesis, telepathy etc! Based on empirical analysis under organic conditions cyclothymic's depression and elation don't peak in polar extremes to induce the extrasensory perception. It's as if their polar extremities are governed by an axis or balanced equilibrium that retracts by an internal mechanism or social conditioning.
Cyclothymic's latent impulsivity is subservient to the circumstances that factor into their environments, and they very seldom deviate to the point of adamancy; planning is the substitute for impulse and this excludes and impedes the impetus germination between the subconscious and conscious, a fissure of both states that becomes blurred during impulsivity and intuition. Distractibility is another disempowered state for cyclothymic's, and for many reasons; manic episodes and hypomania increases brain rapidity, spatial reasoning and cognitive speed accelerates, and because cyclothymic's don't experience polar extremities, distractibility is constricted to a mild fluctuation.
Disinhibition is the abandonment of social restrictions conducive to impulsivity, distractibility and grandiosity, prevalent symptoms amongst mania and hypomania. Cyclothymic's are void of disinhibition because a manic's euphoria is predicated on a set of emotional criteria's, and that includes impulsivity, distractibility and grandiosity, an emotional tapestry if you exclude one aspect of it the euphoria or dysphoria extremities becomes impaired and retracts to a non-extreme straddle. Grandiosity is the mother of mania; augmented ambition, causing illusory superiority and heightened subjective experiences such as synchronicity, serendipity, with philosophical ideology such as extreme solipsistic and pantheistic delusions.
Cyclothymic's mild fluctuation inhibits their potentiality to elicit manic episodes, although, it's a progenitor and may or may not branch out into hypomania or manic episodes..However, what's ubiquitous amongst cyclothymic's is their rapid mood fluctuations; humor transitions into trauma instantaneously; anger and rage cascades into uncontrollable laughter; anxiety ascends into mild elation, and speed-talking descends to complete silence. But there's never a balance or character maintenance, their emotional predicament is constantly oscillating, and this fluctuation is predicated by external stimuli and internal turmoil. Bipolar's have intellectually solid minds, specifically vertical and nonlinear; far reaching places with a peculiar perspective. Cyclothymic's conversely, seems intellectually horizontal and linear; common perspective in a very wide range.


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Meat Check Charges On the Up
UK - Increased charges for official checks in meat businesses in the UK have come into force this week.
The charges are for meat hygiene and animal welfare checks at slaughter that are carried out by the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) in Britain.
The increases follow a full consultation and raise the MHS hourly charge and most throughput rates for slaughterhouses and meat cutting plants by eight per cent. This means a maximum additional charge to a slaughterhouse of £5.62 per 100 cows, £2.83 per 100 pigs, £1.98 per 100 sheep and £16.96 per 100 tonnes of meat.
The Food Standards Agency currently funds approximately 60 per cent of the costs of official hygiene checks in meat premises. The agency said that more than £30 million a year of public money has been spent on this subsidy and a total of £190 million since 2001. The new charge rates will increase charges to businesses by approximately £1.5 million in 2008/09.
The increases are the first step of a planned move towards full cost recovery, which will be phased over several years to enable meat businesses to adjust and to coincide with planned reductions in MHS costs.
The aim of this is to ensure that charge increases are the smallest possible. The FSA will continue to listen to the operators of meat businesses and to farmers to make sure that any further charges that will be introduced in the future are also fair and reasonable and will continue to support those businesses that need extra help.
The FSA is currently in the process of developing future charging proposals with the help and advice of industry bodies and other Government departments. Once this work is finished the proposals will be issued for full public consultation.
The FSA will continue to work with the meat industry to ensure the production of safe meat for the consumer.