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The action now shifts to the shortest format of the game as India and New Zealand battle in the first of 3 T20s at the Westpac Stadium, Wellington on Wednesday. India, on the back of an astounding win in the ODI series, would be oozing with confidence. New Zealand, on the other hand, would seek redemption. Keep reading to find out India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Match Prediction.
The visitors have been magnificent on the tour so far. Barring the 4th ODI where Trent Boult wreaked havoc, they have been thoroughly professional. The first 3 ODI wins were pretty comprehensive. But the most pleasing victory would be the last one where they got out of a tricky situation of 18/4 to get to 252. And then, the bowlers stood up to make it 4-1.
On the contrary, the hosts have been disappointing. They were expected to pose a tough challenge but the Men in Blue proved to be too good. Their bowling wasn't too bad but the batsmen haven't had an answer, especially against spin. But the format now changes and so do the chances for the Black Caps.
India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Match Prediction: The momentum lies with India going into the T20 series. The Men in Blue, despite the absence of Virat Kohli, look a strong unit. Their form of late in the shortest format has been tremendous which makes them the favorites.


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Q: Why does $.each show only one of my Mustache templates? I'm using $.get inside $.each to call an external Mustache template to use on each Photo object in my array.
Here is my code:
$.when.apply($, requests).then(function(dataOne, dataTwo) {
    $.each(dataOne, function(idx, obj) {
        $.get("myTemplate.mst", function(template) {
            var rendered = Mustache.render(template, obj);

            $photoElem.html(rendered);
        });
    });
});

My problem is that once I refresh the screen, only one of my array objects shows up. I'm aware of {{#item}} to iterate through the array but I'm using $.each for a very specific reason.
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

A: try this one
 $.when.apply($, requests).then(function(dataOne, dataTwo) {
      $.get("myTemplate.mst", function(template) {
          $.each(dataOne, function(idx, obj) {
             var rendered = Mustache.render(template, obj);
             $photoElem.append(rendered);
         });
     });
 });

Suppose problem causes you replace content of $photoElem ( using .html() ) instead of appending each new item
I replace .html() with .append(
And change code to read template only once ( as @Andy say )

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Q: Stop GIF Animation in WebView of UWP I am using a webview in my UWP application where a gif image will be provided from external web. There is a requirement that, I need to stop the GIF animation after staying 5 seconds on the page. How can I accomplish this??? I was looking for injecting Java Script, but couldn't find out the actual way . Can anyone help please???

A: For this scenario, a common workaround is to use InvokeScriptAsync with the JavaScript eval function to use the HTML event handlers
For stopping Gif, you could use the following javascript method.
 [].slice.apply(document.images).filter(is_gif_image).map(freeze_gif);
 function is_gif_image(i) {
     return /^(?!data:).*\.gif/i.test(i.src);
 }

function freeze_gif(i) {
     var c = document.createElement('canvas');
     var w = c.width = i.width;
     var h = c.height = i.height;
     c.getContext('2d').drawImage(i, 0, 0, w, h);
     try {
         i.src = c.toDataURL("image/gif");
     } catch (e) {
         for (var j = 0, a; a = i.attributes[j]; j++)
             c.setAttribute(a.name, a.value);
         i.parentNode.replaceChild(c, i);
     }
 }

And inject it with the eval function 5 seconds after the page is Navigation Completed.
 private async void MyWebView_NavigationCompleted(WebView sender, WebViewNavigationCompletedEventArgs args)
 {
     await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
     var function = @"[].slice.apply(document.images).filter(is_gif_image).map(freeze_gif);
 function is_gif_image(i) {
     return /^(?!data:).*\.gif/i.test(i.src);
 }
 function freeze_gif(i) {
     var c = document.createElement('canvas');
     var w = c.width = i.width;
     var h = c.height = i.height;
     c.getContext('2d').drawImage(i, 0, 0, w, h);
     try {
         i.src = c.toDataURL('image / gif');
     } catch (e) { // cross-domain -- mimic original with all its tag attributes
         for (var j = 0, a; a = i.attributes[j]; j++)
             c.setAttribute(a.name, a.value);
         i.parentNode.replaceChild(c, i);
     }}";

     await MyWebView.InvokeScriptAsync("eval", new string[] { function });
 }


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Seminar by Gareth Austin: The Economics and Politics of Ghana's Policy Experiments, 1957-2011/2018
Kwame Nkrumah J.J. Rawlings
This seminar took place on 19 April 2018. Read Prof. Austin's presentation.
From pioneering state-led import-substituting industrial policy under Kwame Nkrumah to pioneering economic liberalization under J.J. Rawlings in the 1980s, independent Ghana has repeatedly been seen as a test-case in economic policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. The country's record of economic growth has been dramatic: disappointing and then disastrous to 1983, but steady expansion at well above the regional average after that, through to the beginning of oil exports in 2011. Today, the Akuffo-Addo government has renewed the pursuit of industrialization.
In this seminar Gareth Austin analyses Ghana's economic policies and performance in economic and political economy frames. In economic terms, the aim is to explain the dramatic changes in the country's overall fortunes, and to examine the proposition that there has still been no structural transformation. This will be considered using data on occupations and demography as well as output and living standards. It will be seen that there has been significant structural change within the economy, despite the absence of a manufacturing take-off. In political economy terms, the paper discusses the significance of Ghana's experiences for various influential, highly pessimistic, models of African politics and economic decision-making, notably those of R.H. Bates (1981, 2008). It is argued here that the Ghana case contradicts the usual explanation for why African countries adopted Structural Adjustment; more generally, its history suggests that economic growth matters for African regimes at least as much as redistributing the current stock of wealth.
Chair: Prof. Chibuike Uche, ASCL
Gareth Austin, University of Cambridge
After teaching at a harambee school in Kenya, Prof. Gareth Austin read History at Cambridge and proceeded to the PhD Economic History at Birmingham. He has worked at the University of Birmingham, the University of Ghana, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (University of London), and the London School of Economics (economic history department), and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He took up the chair of Economic History at Cambridge on 1 January 2016, dividing his time between Cambridge and Geneva until becoming full-time in Cambridge on 1 September 2016. Austin is a former editor of the Journal of African History, a former president of the European Network in Universal and Global History, and was a founder of the Journal of Global History.
Date, time and location
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Room SA49 (souterrain; basement) Please note that the room has been changed.
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Africa 2020 Conference: Africa Knows!
ASCL Seminar: Regulating copper mining: a history of environmental management in Zambia (1964-2021)
ASCL Seminar: Religious engineering - a practice approach to (religious) projects of social transformation
ASCL Seminar: Opening sub-Saharan Africa's demographic window: age structure and the timing of African development
ASCL Seminar: Doing fieldwork in the archive: print culture, publics and popular genres in colonial Lagos

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Leixoes SC and FC Porto again teamed up to organize the Portugese World Cup at the Centro de Congresses in Matosinhos. Every year it has been a pleasure to play there and this year was no exception.
Formar World Champion Umeda of Japan was on the other side of my table in the first round. With a 15-9, 15-11 and 15-12 win I got a good start of the tournament. But I had to play better in the next round where Sung Won Choi was waiting.
My first round match in the penultimate version of this tournament was against Zanetti. He had crushed Sayginer in his first match in only 17 innings (I had a day off) and as I suspected he did not continue at the same pace. My 28-13 lead, however, he easily changed into a 32-32 stalemate. Six innings later I was the happy winner, leaving Marco on 41 points.


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Emma Watson's Second Burberry Campaign
Viola Wong
6 January 2010, 10:16 am
Shot by Mario Testino, the campaign also stars Watson's younger brother Alex, 17, Matt Gilmour (son of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour), Max Hurd (the grandson of former British foreign secretary Douglas Hurd) and George Craig.
The foursome showcase pieces from the brand's Burberry Prorsum, Burberry London and Burberry Brit collections.
"The energy of the images and the dynamic cast reflect the different attitudes and expressions of the Burberry guy and girl," says Burberry Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey.
See more images on Burberry's Facebook page
Photos: Mario Testino/Burberry


My fourth picture book, Shark Dog! has just been published by Harper Collins. It's been a fun project to work on and it's exciting to see it finally released. The story centres around a strange animal - half shark, half dog - and his adventures in the world of humans. At first, he simply can't contain his excitement. All these wonderful new possibilities - so different from everything he knows! But, eventually, he misses his fellow shark dogs and pines for his island home.
I wanted this book to have a certain look. I thought it would be nice to give a sense of old school exploring and adventurers – people like Jaques Cousteau and Edmund Hillary. A kind of 50s/60s/70s feel to everything. The cover really reflects that I think. I love italicised lettering so this had to be the choice for the title (and in sharky red of course). All this makes me think of old movie posters and Tintin books.
I'm really not annoyed by this and actually find it interesting. It doesn't affect the story at all and I kind of like the idea that readers are deciding what they want him to be. I wonder if this has happened to other author's characters? Actually, from now on I'm going to pretend this was all intentional.
Shark Dog never speaks, he just makes a strange noise that only other shark dogs will understand. Usually when he's excited. There's something nice about having a main character that doesn't have dialogue – you're forced to think of things for them to do on a purely visual level. Every Shark Dog scene has to really show his personality, whether that's a comedy thing or an emotional reaction. So you can't be subtle with this!
As well as the strange creature aspect and the shark/underwater elements, I wanted to have fun with the doggy side of Shark Dog. He's a very friendly animal and gets this from his canine attributes. On first sight, people are kind of wary of him because of the shark elements but his friendly doggy-ness soon wins everyone over. The first thing that happens when father son and Shark Dog visit the beach is mayhem and panic – people think there's a shark in the water – but soon Shark Dog is at the centre of fun and frolics.
My main hope with this book is that readers laugh at least once and come away wanting a Shark Dog of their own!


Kazan - I think Kazan wins here unless there's someone that can stop Pat. Bold prediction, Tex has a triple double.
Dhaka - Dhaka always puts up a hard fight, they'll push through the next round, they've got a lot of playoff experience.
Tripoli - if Muj controls the offense, he's almost impossible to stop and like Tex said they do have a great surrounding cast. His efficiency is crazy, last week shooting 60% from 3 point land. On the flip side I caught a bit of the Palermo game, and seeing them play even without their MVP? Wow. Dudes can play some team ball, this guy Bilal can play, he's a smooth baller. Yaqob needs to contribute where this team needs him, on the boards! This is definitely one of the games to watch I could see it going either way but I'll give the edge to Tripoli cause of defense.
We were really looking forward to playing our Beirut boys, but Zain and team beat them by 2, just like when they played week 1 of the season. The real Big O has been killing it from behind the arc all season, shooting close to 40%. Kazan managed to beat Mombasa by double digits with just 5 guys. Islamabad is a very competitive team, especially when everyone contributes. We beat them by just 14 points week 3, so give me Kazan by 91.
Dhaka absolutely blew out Damascus by 23. Ameer asked for me not to talk about him, so I have to make sure I do. Dhaka has so many people who can put the ball in the basket, I feel like sometimes Ameer is the forgotten man. That man can score, and he does it efficiently too. Anas did what he normally does, fill up the box score. Everyone keeps saying that I don't think Jeddah is that great of a team, and they are right. Dhaka by double digits. Prove me wrong Jeddah.
Tough matchup. Muj had an absolutely insane game, and Palermo won without their main guy. Bilal had a great game, tying his career high of 28 points. Tripoli's supporting cast did what they have to do. If AMP shows up, this game is probably the game of the week. I have Palermo, but it can really go either way. Tripoli is too good of a team for Palermo to win without AMP.
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People's Journal - New Camarines province eyed
By Bernadette E. Tamayo | Journal Online
MEYCAUAYAN, Bulacan — The fourth district of Camarines Sur is expected to be transformed into a new province to be called Nueva Camarines.
This after a "compromise" agreement was reached between proponents and oppositors to the creation of Nueva Camarines, said Sen.Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. who had just filed a committee report on the establishment of the another province.
The original proposal was to split Camarines Sur into two provinces. Under the compromise deal, the fourth district will instead become Nueva Camarines. Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, is set to present his report on Monday before the plenary.
"I already filed a committee report yesterday regarding the compromise agreement. One district will be made into a province, 'yung fourth district," Marcos told mediamen after distributing goods to some 1,000 families in Barangay Banga here as his birthday treat to victims of the recent heavy flooding.
Congress has nine session days left before it goes on a two-week break middle of September . Villafuerte wants the Senate to pass the Nueva Camarines bill before the break so that politicians wanting to represent Nueva Camarines in Congress in next year's local polls could file their certificate of candidacy from October 1 to 5 as set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
However, President Benigno Aquino III has to sign first the Nueva Camarines bill — if passed by the Senate — before they can register as candidates for the new province. Likewise, a plebiscite must also be conducted before October to allow Camarines Sur residents to decide whether they want the province divided.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente "Tito" Sotto III earlier said that Senators Sergio Osmena III, Antonio Trillanes IV and Joker Arroyo, a native of Camarines Sur, are not supportive of the plan to create Nueva Camarines.


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Sawako of Kuronuma – a young and polite girl, always coming at justice. The parents raised her good and fair, but it's all suddenly cancel the movie "the ring". The main character of a horror picture in a strange way very similar to Sawako and all who have seen the movie, you begin to fear girls. Comes to the fact that classmates are afraid to touch it, so strong is their belief in some kind of dark magic, which has Sawako. The girl suffers because of this, always being alone, but suddenly comes to the aid of the first handsome school named Seth. Despite all the rumors about Sawako, he touches her and moreover getting to know her, unleashing a long friendship. Undaunted invented the curse, Seth has proved that with the girl all right and it made him friends, and after a large part of school to follow his example. That's just Sawako that does not help. At first she was bypassed and did not even want to talk, and now everyone wants to exchange a few words and touch her, which literally drives the young girl crazy.
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Long, cold winter ahead, pig spleen says
Posted on January 13, 2014 by Maple Creek
The pig spleen forecast is in!
Jeff Woodward has once again released his predictions of what the weather will bring this year, and he reports it's going to be a long and cold end to winter.
The nephew of Tompkins' renowned "pig spleen prognosticator" Gus Wickstrom, Woodward picked up on the family tradition after his uncle's passing in 2007. The tradition involves dividing a pig spleen into six different sections with each representing a month, from January to June. As Woodward explained, abnormalities in the spleen indicate specific weather events.
The forecast for 2014 was completed in early December 2013 using several spleens from pigs at Earview Hutterite Colony south of Gull Lake and free-range pigs from the McCallum Ranch near Eastend.
Although the pig spleens show it will be a long and cold winter, Woodward said it won't be as bad as last year.
"It will be colder than average, have more snow than average, and will linger longer than usual," he said. "There will once again be several days with rain mixed with snow making for some difficult driving conditions. These rains on frozen roads will lead to icy conditions and highway closures."
But there will be a significant difference between the weather south of the Trans-Canada Highway towards Eastend and north of the highway.
"The winter in Eastend and area will be significantly more mild with much less snow, particularly in January and February," Woodward explained.
According to his predictions, late April and into May will not see a lot of precipitation. However, cold temperatures may delay seeding, with opportune times starting after May 18. Woodward noted one anomaly in the spleen on May 18 that will be significant.
"This date and the period between June 16-24 should be highlighted," he said.
Check out what the pig spleen says is in store for the first half of 2014:
Winter will start out cold and will trend this way from Jan. 1 to Jan. 7. From Jan. 8 to about Jan. 20, temperatures will start out above average and fall to average on Jan. 21 when there will be a day of snow and possible rain. From Jan. 20 to the end of January, temperatures will stay average to above average until the end of the month. There will be snow between Jan. 9 and Jan. 11, in addition to the event on Jan. 21. After Jan. 21, snow will be more general through February and March.
Warmer temperatures at the end of January will disappear during the first week of February. This month will be the start of more regular moisture, with snow on Feb. 3 and a more significant event on Feb. 13. A small warming trend on Feb. 10 will be followed by -20 to -25 C temps for the middle of the month and a gradual warming towards the end of the month. Feb. 27 will see another snow event and temperatures will gradually improve into March. The groundhog should see his shadow as there will be at least six more weeks of winter.
The beginning of March will be generally cloudy with snow from the first to about March 5. There will be snow or snow/rain on March 8 and March 10. After March 11, winter will be on the decline until March 18 when there is a significant event that will hit the province. From mid March until March 27, temperatures should be well above average. Another rainfall event will occur between March 27 and April 2. After March 27, temperatures will be below average and the end of the month will be rather cold.
April will be unseasonably cold between April 1 and April 7 when temperatures will stabilize. Temperatures will be average from April 7 to April 15 and then will get cold again until April 21. From April 21 to the end of the month will see a warming trend. Precipitation will be on April 1 (carry over from March), April 7 and April 21. Both April 7 and 21 rain events will be at the start of a warming trend.
From May 1 to 18, temperatures will remain close to average with a slight cooling trend between these dates. Precipitation on May 18 will mark a rapid warming trend that will last for the rest of the month.
June will start off warm and mild through the first half of the month. Starting around June 16, there will be some precipitation and colder than normal temperatures peaking around June 24. The period between June 16 and 24 will see significant rainfall.
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Flughafen Wien Group Successfully Defies Headwinds: Substantial Rise in Passenger Volume, Revenue and Earnings in the First Nine Months of 2017
· REVENUE increase to € 568.6 million (+2.1%), EBITDA rise to € 266.5 milion (+3.8%)
· NET PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD1 up significantly to € 114.1 million (+7.1%)
· NET DEBT further reduced to € 255.0 million (down € 100.5 million from the end of 2016)
· Good passenger development in Q1-3/2017: 8.1% increase of the Flughafen Wien Group and 5.7% for Vienna Airport
· October 2017: 3.7% rise in passenger volume for the Flughafen Wien Group and 0.9% at Vienna Airport
· Passenger and earnings guidance confirmed for 2017: passenger growth exceeding 5% for the Flughafen Wien Group and more than 4% for Vienna Airport expected – Consolidated net profit in 2017 considerably above the prior-year level
"Vienna Airport continued along its success path in 2017 despite the challenges posed by the bankruptcy of airberlin. Following a third-quarter increase of 7.1%, we also expect earnings in the entire year 2017 to be significantly higher than in 2016. Important expansion projects are well on track. Extension work on the Air Cargo Center has been completed, good progress has been made on planning for Office Park 4, and a healthcare centre with a multifaceted offering is being created," explains Günther Ofner, Member of the Management Board of Flughafen Wien AG. "The new photovoltaic facility covering an area of 8,000 m² and the planned biomass-fired power plant will contribute to a sustainable energy supply. Our declared goal is to become the most energy-efficient airport of our size in the world."
"At Vienna Airport, the effects of the airberlin bankruptcy are more than offset by the positive developments of other airlines, especially Austrian Airlines, Eurowings and easyJet. For this reason, we expect a new passenger record at Vienna Airport in 2017", states Julian Jäger, Member of the Management Board of Flughafen Wien AG. "The summer travel season went very well. In particular, tourist destinations in Africa once again posted growth in addition to Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The long-haul segment is also developing favourably. Austrian Airlines is launching flight service to the Seychelles and Eva Air to Taipei, and a new carrier at Vienna Airport, Thai Airways, is commencing flight service to Bangkok. We are also expanding our culinary offering for passengers. The British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is opening a new restaurant at the airport in the middle of December 2017."
Traffic development in Q1-3/2017: Flughafen Wien Group handles 23.7 million passengers
The Flughafen Wien Group including Vienna Airport and the foreign strategic investments in Malta Airport and Kosice Airport handled a total of 23.7 million passengers in the first nine-month period from January to September 2017, representing a 8.1% increase in passenger volume from the prior-year period.
Vienna Airport: 5.7 passenger growth in the first nine months of 2017
The number of passengers handled at Vienna Airport rose by 5.7% to 18,684,037 travellers from January to September 2017. The number of local passengers was up 5.6% in the first nine months of 2017, whereas the volume of transfer passengers climbed by 5.9%. Passenger traffic to Western Europe was up 4.2% compared to the 11.0% increase in the number of people flying to Eastern European destinations. Far Eastern destinations showed a growth rate of 5.8% in Q1-3/2017, and the number of passengers flying to the Middle East rose by 4.2% in this period. Total passenger volume to North America was up slightly by 0.6%, and passenger traffic to Africa also developed positively, expanding by 35.1%.
The average seat occupancy (seat load factor) increased considerably to 75.0% in the first nine months of 2017 compared to 73.6% in the previous year. The number of flight movements fell by 0.7% in the period January to September 2017 from the prior-year figure to 170,280 starts and landings. Cargo volume (air cargo and trucking) was up 1.6% to 212,246 tonnes.
Good traffic and business development at Malta and Kosice airports
The foreign strategic investments of the Flughafen Wien Group in Malta and Kosice Airports are also developing very favourably. Malta Airport reported a strong rise in passenger volume of 18.2% to 4,634,628 passengers in the first nine months of 2017. During the same period, Kosice Airport showed a considerable increase of 15.4% in a year-on-year comparison to 398,319 travellers.
Substantial improvements in financial performance indicators in Q1-3/2017: net profit for the period up 7.1%
Revenue of the Flughafen Wien Group rose 2.1% in the first nine months of 2017 to € 568.6 million, and EBITDA increased by 3.8% to € 266.5 million. EBIT climbed 5.1% to € 166.5 million, and the improved financial results helped push up the net profit for the period by 7.1% in Q1-3/2017 to € 114.1 million. Net debt was reduced once again to € 255.0 million (December 31, 2016: € 355.5 million). The free cash flow totalled € 115.5 million (Q1-3/2016: € 227.2 million).
Revenue and earnings development in the segments
Revenue of the Airport Segment fell slightly by 0.4% in Q1-3/2017 from the prior-year period to € 280.3 million. The underlying reason is the bankruptcy of airberlin and the reduced flight offering on the part of NIKI. This development was more than compensated by the higher passenger volume arising from flight service on existing routes taken over by other airlines. However, it also led to a stronger impact of the existing growth and transfer incentives, which in turn negatively affected average revenue per passenger. Segment EBIT dropped to € 69.4 million (Q1-3/2016: € 70.8 million). The Handling & Security services Segment showed a 2.9% increase in revenue to € 120.0 million, and segment EBIT reached a level of € 12.4 million, matching the prior-year results (Q1-3/2016: € 12.4 million). This includes the security services provided by VIAS as well as the handling services of Vienna Aircraft Handling (VAH) and Vienna Passenger Handling Services (VPHS). The Retail & Properties Segment reported a revenue increase of 2.7% in the first nine months of 2017 to € 94.2 million. This rise can be attributed to higher shopping, and F&B (food and beverage) as well as parking income. EBIT of the Retail and Properties Segment improved to € 46.4 million (Q1-3/2016: € 45.7 million). Revenue of the Malta Segment was up 13.7% to € 63.1 million, and the segment's EBIT improved to € 31.7 million compared to € 24.9 million in the previous year. Revenue of the Other Segments fell by 2.7% to € 11.0 million, whereas segment EBIT amounted to € 6.6 million (Q1-3/2016: € 4.7 million).
Total investments in the first nine months of 2017 amounted to € 85.3 million, with the largest share or € 14.2 million for purchases of land. This was followed by investments of € 11.1 million for the expansion of the Air Cargo Center East, € 9.0 million for terminal renovations at Malta Airport, € 2.6 million for the acquisition of a hangar and administrative building at the Bad Voslau site, € 2.3 million relating to the expansion of a transformer station and € 2.1 million in investments for taxiways at Vienna Airport.
Traffic development in October 2017:
Flughafen Wien Group handled 2.8 million passengers (+3.7%) in October 2017, accumulated passenger growth of 7.6% in the period January to October 2017
In October 2017, the Flughafen Wien Group consisting of Vienna Airport and the strategic foreign investments in Malta Airport and Kosice Airport handled a total of 2.8 million passengers, comprising an increase of 3.7% from October 2016. The accumulated passenger volume for the entire Flughafen Wien Group rose 7.6% to 26.5 million passengers in the period January to October 2017. Vienna Airport also developed very well, reporting a 5.2% increase in passenger volume to 20,869,615 travellers in the months of January to October 2017.
Vienna Airport in October 2017: 0.9% rise in passenger traffic
Vienna Airport handled 2,185,578 passengers in October 2017, comprising a year-on-year increase of 0.9% from October 2016. The number of local passengers was up 2.1% in contrast to the 2.2% drop in transfer passenger volume. The number of flight movements declined by 0.3% from the prior-year level, and cargo volume was also down, falling by 5.7% compared to the previous year.
The number of passengers flying from Vienna Airport to Eastern Europe was up by 5.7% in October 2017, whereas passenger traffic to Western European destinations showed a decrease of 1.4%. Passenger volume to the Far East climbed 11.6% in October 2017, and the number of travellers flying to the Middle East was also up, rising by 4.8%. Passenger growth to North America declined by 16.2%, in contrast to the very positive development of passenger traffic to African destinations, which increased by 37.5%.
Malta Airport also reported a strong increase of 15.4% in the number of passengers it handled in October 2017. Similarly, passenger volume at Kosice Airport also increased and was up 9.9% in October 2017 from the prior-year level.
1) Net profit for the period before non-controlling interests
Results in detail - Traffic development in October 2017:
January-October 2017
Vienna Airport (VIE)
Passengers 2,185,578 +0.9 20,869,615 +5.2
Transfer passengers 600,592 -2.2 5,631,654 +5.0
Flight movements (arrivals and departues) 20,291 -0.3 190,571 -0.7
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 25,500 -5.7 237,746 +0.8
Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
Passengers 596,648 +15.4 5,231,276 +17.9
Local passengers 594,147 +16.1 5,199,288 +18.2
Transfer passengers 2,272 +121.0 25,172 +199.6
Flight movements (arrivals and departures) 4,121 +14.7 36,942 +14.5
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 1,364 +1.4 12,099 +5.4
Flughafen Kosice (KSC, consolidated at equity)
Passengers 34,285 +9.9 432,604 +14.9
Local passengers 33,324 +10.0 422,681 +15.5
Transfer passengers - - - -
Flight movements (arrivals and departures) 483 +5.9 5,441 +12.0
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 4 -22.0 38 -52.5
Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
Flight movements (arrivals and departures) 24,895 +2.0 232,954 +1.7
Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer and transit passengers.
Retroactive adjustment of comparative values for 2016 and transit figures in Kosice
in € million
Q1-3/2017
Q1-3/20161
Revenue 568.6 556.6 +2.1
Other operating income 8.2 8.9 -8.8
Operating income 576.7 565.6 +2.0
Expenses for consumables and
services used -27.2 -24.9 +9.1
Personnel expenses -206.0 -200.4 +2.8
Other operating expenses -79.9 -85.6 -6.7
Proportional share of income from companies recorded at equity 2.8 1.9 +45.8
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) 266.5 256.6 +3.8
Depreciation and amortisation -99.0 -102.1 -3.0
Reversal of impairment - 3.9 n.a.
Impairment -0.9 - n.a.
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) 166.5 158.5 +5.1
Income from investments, excluding companies recorded at equity 0.5 0.7 -19.0
Interest income 1.5 2.8 -45.4
Interest expense -13.8 -17.1 -19.2
Other financial result 0.1 - n.a.
Financial result -11.6 -13.6 +14.5
Earnings before taxes (EBT) 154.9 144.9 +6.9
Income taxes -40.8 -38.3 +6.5
Net profit for the period 114.1 106.6 +7.1
Thereof attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent 103.9 98.4 +5.6
Non-controlling interests 10.2 8.2 +24.8
Earnings per share (in €, basic = diluted) 1.24 1.17 +5.6
1) Q1-3/2016 figures adjusted; in accordance with an assessment of the Austrian Financial Market Authority regarding the consolidation of Malta Airport, the consolidated financial statements and consolidated interim financial statements of Flughafen Wien AG for 2016 were restated as if Malta Airport had been consolidated from 2006.
Balance Sheet Indicators
Non-current assets 1,857.5 1,835.9 +1.2
Current assets 208.1 182.4 +14.0
Equity 1,196.8 1,144.0 +4.6
Non-current liabilities 622.7 652.2 -4.5
Current liabilities 246.1 222.2 +10.8
Total assets 2,065.6 2,018.3 +2.3
Net debt 255.0 355.5 -28.3
Gearing (in%) 21.3 31.1 n.a.
Net cash flow from operating activities 237.1 212.3 +11.7
investing activities -121.6 14.9 n.a.
financing activities -105.3 -199.7 -47.3
Free cash flow 115.5 227.2 -49.2
CAPEX2 85.3 69.0 +23.6
1) Q1-3/2016 figures adjusted; 2) excluding financial assets
The report by Flughafen Wien AG for the first nine months of 2017, from January 1 to September 30, 2017, is available to the general public at the company's offices at 1300 Flughafen Wien and at Bank Austria, 1010 Vienna, Schottengasse 6-8. It is also available on the Internet at http://viennaairport.com/en/company/investor_relations/publications_and_reports/
quarterly_reports.
Flughafen Wien AG, November 15, 2017
The Management Board
Contact: Corporate Communications, Flughafen Wien AG
Judit Helenyi
E-mail: j.helenyi@viennaairport.com
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This set of illustrations were showed at a group exhibition titled 'Urban Tails', they depict various tailed animals in Urban settings. Can you guess the city?
These images were inspired by the time I lived in London, there used to be a family of foxes that came into our garden. There was a big tree with no branches where one of the foxes sleep there basking in the sun.
Illustrated scene from the movie Lion.
Imagine what stray cats get up to at night!
I challenged myself to create 100 days of characters, here's a compilation of animals from Asia.
I created some of these portraits in preparation for a live portrait session which took place on the 18th March 2018 at Swing a Cat Gallery HK.
I turned this image into my business card. YAY!
This little critter loves eating worms.
He's also available as a Risograph print.
This was inspired by my instagram famous rabbit friend, Toffee rabbit. I imagined him taking his owner out for high tea. If only!
Which royal baby likes playing with their food?


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Tullow Boss Intimidated By President Karuhanga
January 27, 2014 Staff Writer
Tullow Oil Uganda bid farewell to Elly Karuhanga on Thursday at Sheraton Kampala Hotel after serving as the company's President and Director for eight years.
During the farewell, Graham Martin, the Executive Director- Tullow Oil Plc admitted that he felt belittled by the mere appearance of Elly Karuhanga.
Martin said, "Funny thing is that Karuhanga often referred to me jokingly as his "Boss", as I was the Executive in Tullow with the closest links with him I suppose, but each time I landed in Entebbe, I always felt the reporting lines were reversed as Elly would be the first person I would check in with and after all, he did have the title President, one of only two people in Tullow to have such a title, and the other one was a mistake!"
Martin first met Karuhanga at the first oil thanksgiving ceremony at which Tullow had been invited by the Ministry of Energy. The team had no representative in Uganda and started sourcing for one among the members from their acquired Hardman Company. "Karuhanga came at the top on the list of the recommended representatives although Tullow was still hesitant at the thought of having a stranger represent them before the president," Martin said.
After 8 years of service, Karuhanga's departure from Tullow Oil Uganda may have left the team at a loss but it is clear that the executive members are sure their jobs are still intact and are now more relaxed. Karuhanga remains the chairman of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and British America Tobacco among other companies.
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and THAT, people, is why i am not a rapper.
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. got heeeaps of work done...but not on what i thought i would. instead of working on the third song on the album...i nearly finished the last...not the encore but the fake ending.
but hopefully by the time i'm finished with this song i'll be ready to try to tackle the third song again. i hit a bit of a brick wall and i think thats how i ended up doing this other song.
the song is in PERFECT pitch for alvin and simon....but theodore is so freeeeeekin high man....his singing that is....can you imagine theo stonned.. lolololol he would eat SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! m-m-m-mega munchies.
but i never really liked those headphones all that much anyway. they were a cheap...er...pair.
but i'll do my work over the weekend. get these bands through AQAP...then CHIPMUNK THIS BIAAAAATCH!!!!!!
FIREWORKS haha that sounds awesome.


New Feminist Challenges to the Study of Political Engagement.
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Home ᐳ News ᐳ Brief ᐳ Bolivia, UNODC Agree on $22 Million Program for Tackling Organized Crime
The UNODC and Bolivia signing the 2016-2020 Country Program
Bolivia, UNODC Agree on $22 Million Program for Tackling Organized Crime
BOLIVIA / 3 FEB 2017 BY TRISTAN CLAVEL EN
The UNODC has promised to expand cooperation with the government of Bolivia on combating organized crime, drug trafficking and corruption, a sign of the international community's continued support for the Andean nation.*
The Bolivian government and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed an agreement on February 2 to cooperate on a $22 million project that aims to "to strengthen Bolivia's capacity to prevent crime and respond to the interconnected threats related to drugs, organized crime and corruption," the foreign ministry stated.
The funds will be used for the 2016-2020 "Country Program" (pdf) between the UNODC and the Bolivian government. Bolivia will pay $1.75 million out of the total $22 million aid package, while the rest will be financed by the European Union and its member states. The partners have already obtained $9.5 million in financing, equivalent to 43 percent of the total.
The program has five pillars: coca cultivation and integral development ($6.2 million); public health and drug legislation ($4.7 million); prevention and fight against organized crime ($5.9 million); prevention and fight against corruption ($2.6 million); and reform of the criminal justice system ($2.7 million).
UNODC efforts to help Bolivia tackle drug trafficking and organized crime have to be considered in light of the country's falling out with the United States on antinarcotics policies. This dynamic has led the financial aid from the international community, and in particular the European Union, to gain increased significance.
The EU has long provided anti-drug aid to the Andean nation, whether through direct cooperation or by funding UNODC programs. The EU signed a contract with Bolivian government last November to help local institutions combat drug trafficking and related criminal activities.
But the EU's continued financial support has gained importance since the diplomatic fallout between Bolivia and the United States. In 2008, President Evo Morales expelled the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as well as the US ambassador, before taking a similar step with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2013. Over time, these events led to an almost total elimination of US anti-narcotics aid to Bolivia.
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The Bolivian government has taken a markedly different approach to reducing coca cultivation than Peru and Colombia, which continue to receive US funding. The government's emphasis on self-policing and farmers' rights appears to be working; in 2015, the number of coca crops fell to their lowest point since the UNODC began monitoring in 2003.
That is not to say Bolivia has solved all of its problems related to organized crime and corruption. The government is still attempting to deal with significant drug trafficking activities on its territory, while corruption plagues state institutions and the Bolivian prison system is among the most overcrowded in all of Latin America, with an occupancy rate of 254 percent.
* The original version of this article inaccurately implied that the UNODC would provide $22 million in funding directly to the Bolivian government. This article has been updated to clarify that the program will be implemented in partnership with the Bolivian government.
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Jason Demetriou, concussion protocols, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Cameron Murray, James Graham, head knock
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Rabbitohs coach Jason Demetriou wants his players to be "smarter" in their tackling technique and believes there's a "competitive advantage" in getting it right.
Head injuries have become an alarming issue in the world of contact sports — especially rugby league — in recent years due to the impact it can have on post-career players.
But along with protecting a player's long-term health, Demetriou can see the immediate benefits from players perfecting their tackling technique.
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Speaking on The Bye Round with James GrahamDemetriou shared that "one of the biggest reasons" why there's so many head knocks in the game is because players are "not getting their bodies in the right position to make tackles."
He explained how wrestling has come into play with that — and why the Rabbitohs can reap the rewards from fixing technique from the juniors all the way up.
"I think a lot of that's come from the last ten years being more wrestle-oriented than safe tackle practice and that goes right down," Demetriou said.
"I remember watching an under 10s game at Shark Park a few years ago and listening to a coach talk about slow death on the sideline and I thought 'what are we talking about?'
"We've just got to get back to teaching kids and all the way through to first grade safe tackle practice, where to put your head and how to approach a tackle, all that sort of stuff because I think it's the competitive advantage now in first grade.
"To be able to minimize head knocks first and foremost — which can change a game or change a player's career — but also if you don't get your feet right you tackle high or you get it wrong and you're going to get sent off and spend time on the sidelines.
"I think there's a real (opportunity) for us as a club… I want to focus on footwork into collision and understanding how to be safe about that."
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Demetriou, who is coming off his first full season as an NRL head coach, used his skipper, Cameron Murray as an example of a player that should change their tackling technique.
"In our SG Ball (squad) we really focus on two man tackles," he said.
"Safe, approaching it with both players coming from the side.
"You see it all the time we're flying out of the line, lose our feet, lose our body position and boom shoulder on head, head on head.
"Again we want that, everyone loves that brutality of our game (but we can) still have that in a way you don't have to knock yourself out doing it.
"I had this conversation with Cam (Murray), he's got to be smarter in the initial parts of the game because once a bit of fatigue gets in those flying out of line things tend to go away.
"How many times do you see players these days get their head on the wrong side and get hip on?
"We need to teach players to get back to approaching the tackle where to hit and to understand sometimes there's going to be a reactional thing where a footwork gets you.
"Again even that blokes are dipping too early, bit of footwork (and) boom.
"We saw that's what happened to Cam against the Roosters in Round 25. Victor Radley these guys are, they're elite level athletes but the more we spend time on a standing tall for longer and dipping later approach to our tackle.
"I do feel like there's a competitive advantage for every team that spends more time on it."
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Meanwhile, Graham brought up how the NFL police the amount of contact that is allowed at training to limit the chances of a head knock and asked Demetriou if it was something he would support.
"I think there's opportunities to control the type of contact that we do especially pre Christmas
and probably to the back end of January," Demetriou said.
"We don't do a lot of on-field contact other than structured drills where it's footwork where it's more safe contact, it's not live.
"My thought process is you've only got so many tackles in you in a year and if you're bashing each other for a whole pre-season, injuries or head knocks or just general wear and tear on your body, I don' t think you're going to get through the grueling NRL season.
"I'm open to putting some rules in and around live contact at training for sure but I do think that we've got to still have an opportunity for us to have the one-on-one contact in terms of training the technique right ."
Demetriou spent three seasons under Wayne BennettSource: Getty Images
It comes as the NRL world deals with the terribly sad journeys of rugby league legends Mario Fenech and Ray Price, who have both had their lives impacted by repeated concussions.
Having had Fenech spend some time with the Bunnies playing group this year, Demetriou has seen the effects first-hand and is conscious of setting his players up for life after footy.
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"Again for me as a coach it's about making sure your players are safe," Demetriou said.
"I don't want to be here in ten years time talking about pushing a player to do things that have not set him up for life after footy.
"For me life after footy's important, it's one of the main factors that I talk to the players about, there's a long life after footy.
"Most of us if we're lucky will get to our early thirties and there'll be fatherhood, married life and a lot of experiences to experience that are going to bring us joy and we want our players to embrace that."
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Spike building 'Factory' for its production line
5:00 AM PDT 4/29/2008 by Kimberly Nordyke , AP
Spike TV has joined "The Factory" line.
The network has given the green light to its first original comedy series, which revolves around four disinterested small-town factory workers who spend their time fraternizing while avoiding their work. "Factory," set to premiere at 10 p.m. June 29, is directed, produced by and stars "Strangers With Candy" co-creator Mitch Rouse.
"Factory" has been in development for several months at Spike, which has picked it up to series with a six-episode order.
"'Factory' is a unique improvised comedy that captures the everyday lives of four regular guys," said Bill McGoldrick, vp original programming at Spike. "The humor speaks directly to our viewers, and Mitch's sensibility is a perfect match for our brand."
The series, produced by 3 Arts Entertainment, also stars Michael Coleman, Jay Leggett and David Pasquesi. (partialdiff)
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The northern hemisphere is used to losing to the southern hemisphere in rugby, whether it be the New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, or occasionally Argentina. But now it appears as if this has carried over into other sports too.
In the inaugural Icons of Rugby golf tournament, the Southern hemisphere team pulled off a sublime comeback to win the cup.
The Icons of Rugby event consisted of two teams, North and South, which were made up of some of the greatest rugby players to every play the game. They would battle it out over a variety of formats to try and secure crucial points for the team.
Playing at The Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Brian O'Driscoll, George Gregan, Gareth Edwards, Stuart Hogg, Bryan Habana and countless others competed in a Ryder Cup style competition.
The North was captained by former Ryder Cup winning captain Sam Torrance whereas the South Was captained by former US Open winner and Kiwi, Michael Campbell.
For the first few sessions, the North was ahead and they eventually took a 13-11 lead going into the singles. But the South came romping back after Gregan, Christian Cullen, Fourie Du Preez, Grant Fox, Matt Burke, John Smit and Victor Matfield all secured points for their team.
Bryan Habana then picked up a half point against Mike Catt which all but assured the victory for the South. Final score was 18.5 points to 17.5.
The Icons of Football will return in 2019 in Spain, followed by the first Icons of Cricket next July back at The Buckinghamshire. Plans have already been made to do another Icons of Rugby tournament after the 2019 World Cup. It will be held in Japan in October.
For the full list of scores across the two days click here.
Also do not forget to follow Rugby World on Facebook and Twitter.


Forest Research Institute Recruitment :- Forest Research Institute, a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India, has announced an official notification "Forest Research Institute Recruitment 2017" in order to procure candidates for work. The outed notification has announced vacancies for 10 posts of Junior Research Fellow and Project Assistant/Botany. Any candidate who falls in the eligibility circle may attend the walk-in interview on 18-08-2017 and 22-08-2017 to grab this golden opportunity.
Age Limit : Candidates should have attained an age of 28 years for Post 1 as on 01-06-2017. Age relaxation is applicable 5 years for SC/ ST/ Women/ Physically Handicapped and OBC.
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We have notified you about the Forest Research Institute Recruitment for Junior Research Fellow & Project Assistant Posts and would advise you to go through the official notification for further details.


As you may know New York State's "Prior Approval Law" mandates that all insurance carriers notify their customers of their intent to request rate increases to the Department of Financial Services (DFS)at the same time they file those requests to the state. Many carriers file their rate increase requests in late May and early June for rates effective in January of the following year. You may have received a notice recently from your health insurance carriers.
Higher than average rate increase requests have already been submitted to DFS presumably due to fees and taxes, as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), coupled with carrier losses from last year.
We've also seen the request for complete withdrawal of carrier offerings from certain regions in our state.
What does this mean for nonprofits?
Many nonprofits qualifying for the small business tax credits will be approaching the end of their eligibility for these cost subsidies.
These rate increases and changes, coupled with the end of this subsidy, will make health insurance even more of a financial burden for small nonprofits in 2016.
Tell DFS how these changes will affect your organization. Health insurance customers are invited to share their thoughts and comments with DFS on the proposed changes and rate increases during a 30 day comment period that begins on the date the carrier sends the Prior Approval letter to their customers.
We encourage all NYCON members who receive these letters to share their thoughts and opinions on the proposed changes and rate increases with DFS.
Questions about Health Insurance for your nonprofit?
Please contact NYCON's insurance subsidiary, Council Services Plus, for assistance.
NYCON develops and promotes an effective and vibrant charitable nonprofit community throughout New York State. We strengthen organizational capacity, act as an advocate and unifying voice, help to inform philanthropic giving, and conduct research and planning to demonstrate relevance and impact.
The New York Council of Nonprofits, Inc.


Yeezus just can't decide what to name his upcoming album. The nameless album is slated for released on Feb.11 – just three more days.
Currently, the album is known as Waves. Previously, Kanye changed it to "Swish" from "So Help Me God".
Aside from constantly changing the name of the upcoming album, Kanye also released a very ambiguous teaser video for his clothing line, Yeezy Season 3, which he'll be showing this Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
What do you think this secret album title could possibly be? Comment below or Tweet us @MUCH – we'd love to hear from you.


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Scott Barrett
Downtown Holiday in Frederick
Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 2:00PM — 5:00PM Sat, Dec 18, 2021 @ 2:00PM — 5:00PM
Velvet Lounge, 203 N. Market St., Frederick
Friday, December 17, 2021 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Fri, Dec 17, 2021 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM
Main Street, Mt. Airy
Scott Barrett & Josh Bayer
Red Shedman Farm Brewery at Berrywine Plantation, Glissans Mill Rd., Mt. Airy
The Wretched Elves strike again
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 4:00PM — 5:00PM Sun, Dec 5, 2021 @ 4:00PM — 5:00PM
Thorpewood, 12805A Mink Farm Rd, Thurmont
Beautiful Wedding and Event Venue. I don't know if there are tickets involved, I do know they are limiting the number of folks that can come at one time. RSVP, reservations are required.
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 1:00PM — 4:00PM Sat, Dec 4, 2021 @ 1:00PM — 4:00PM
Linganore Winecellars, 13601 Glissans Mill Rd., Mt. Airy
We'll be spreading Holiday Cheer. Ho, Ho, Ho
Frosty Friday
Friday, November 26, 2021 @ 9:00AM — 12:00PM Fri, Nov 26, 2021 @ 9:00AM — 12:00PM
Josh and I are playing Holiday favorites outside the Velvet Lounge on North Market. Come downtown and support local business... we will serenade you. Ho Ho Ho
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Fri, Nov 12, 2021 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 4:30PM — 7:00PM Sat, Nov 6, 2021 @ 4:30PM — 7:00PM
Wretched Vampires Halloween Show
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 2:00PM — 5:00PM Sat, Oct 30, 2021 @ 2:00PM — 5:00PM
Elk Run Winery, 15113 Liberty Rd., Mt. Airy
Winterbrook Farms Fall Festival
Sunday, October 24, 2021 @ 12:00PM — 3:00PM Sun, Oct 24, 2021 @ 12:00PM — 3:00PM
Winterbrook Farms, 13001 Creagerstown Rd., Thurmont
Fun for the Entire Family
Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 12:00PM — 3:00PM Sat, Oct 9, 2021 @ 12:00PM — 3:00PM
Winterbrook Farms, 13001 Creagerstown Rd. , Thurmont
Home of Maryland's Largest Corn Maze, Mountain slides, mini zip lines, apple cannons and much much more.
Wildwood Concert Series
Saturday, October 2, 2021 @ 5:00PM — 7:00PM Sat, Oct 2, 2021 @ 5:00PM — 7:00PM
Wildwood Park, 612 Merridale Blvd., Mt. Airy
New Market Farmers Market
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 10:00AM — 1:00PM Sat, Sep 25, 2021 @ 10:00AM — 1:00PM
Main Street, New Market, MD
Bayer, Barrett, Bryan and Cleveland
Friday, September 17, 2021 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM Fri, Sep 17, 2021 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM
Saturday, September 4, 2021 @ 4:00PM — 7:00PM Sat, Sep 4, 2021 @ 4:00PM — 7:00PM
We are ready to tear it up at Red Shedman's. Great Beer & Wine and 3 food trucks to choose from.
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 10:00AM — 1:00PM Sat, Aug 14, 2021 @ 10:00AM — 1:00PM
Bayer, Barrett and Bryan w. Special Guest Sammie J
Saturday, July 10, 2021 @ 10:00AM — 1:00PM Sat, Jul 10, 2021 @ 10:00AM — 1:00PM
Excited to be in support of my friend Josh Bayer
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the Northern Worker: Teacher Strikes: New Beginning for Labor?
North Carolina teachers capped off two months of unprecedented national teacher militancy as they rallied 20,000 strong at the state capitol on May 16. During their one-day "sick leave" strike, the teachers closed down 40 local school districts with one million students.
As with the previous five statewide teacher strikes in 2018, beginning with West Virginia in March and continuing in Kentucky, Arizona, Colorado, and Oklahoma, North Carolina teachers struck in defiance of a state law banning strikes.
Collective bargaining in North Carolina is similarly outlawed, but as with the coordinated strikes in other states where legislation bars teachers from negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment, teachers are learning that their capacity to improve their lives and public education derives directly from their collective, defiant, and statewide power in the streets in alliance with parents and school workers rather than pursuing negotiations at isolated local bargaining tables where school boards are increasingly starved for funds.
Needless to say, no politician, court, or legislative body chose to enforce these anti-strike laws, calculating that punishing poor striking teachers and/or their unions would only deepen their commitment to struggle against, if not defy, court injunctions until all threatened reprisals were withdrawn. In short, teacher power rendered reactionary laws in these largely "right to work for less" states unenforceable, a lesson not lost on the broader labor movement. That capitalist law is subordinate to workers' power remains the central and guiding principle that brought unions into being in the first place.
To date, every poll recording public attitudes toward striking teachers today indicates massive solidarity with these "lawbreakers"—66 percent support teachers among Republicans, 78 percent among independents, and 90 percent among Democrats—a broad reflection of the rapidly changing attitudes among workers more generally in a national context where broadside attacks on every aspect of working-class life is under bipartisan attack.
As with the statewide strikes in this initial wave, North Carolina's teachers demanded higher salaries for teaching and non-teaching personnel and increased funds for public education. Since 2008, North Carolina teachers' real wages have fallen 9.4 percent. As with the other statewide actions, teachers pointed to public statistics demonstrating that teacher pay and funding for public education over the past decade has decreased by at least the same 9-10 percent, while state laws and budget allocations granting tax breaks and other benefits to the corporate elite and the super rich have increased in roughly the same proportion.
Another key issue that has become integral to teachers' concerns is the growing privatization of public education in the form of for-profit charter schools, which further siphon state funds from public education to private interests. The corporate-led charter school movement, led by billionaire "charitable" and "public-interest philanthropic" groups like the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation, has succeeded in channeling public funds authorized by state legislatures and local school districts into corporate hands.
Expenditures for charter schools have doubled over the past decade and today account for nearly seven percent of state education funding. Driven by the spurious arguments that public schools are failing due to incompetent teachers, teacher tenure, and other reactionary notions with racist overtones, the charter "movement" has proven incapable of presenting significant evidence that privatized charter schools achieve better results for students than the public school system, however much the latter has been starved for funds.
Indeed, it is. Coupled with a major increase in neighborhood segregation patterns driven by large income disparities and inadequate funding for poor districts, especially in large urban centers, as well as charter school entrance requirements and selection procedures, public schools today are perhaps more segregated than in 1954 when the Supreme Court's Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas ended the "separate but equal" and racist "legal" segregation of that era. Class-conscious educators are quick to note the deepening "school to prison" scenario wherein Black and Latino youth from poor and racist police-oppressed neighborhoods are channeled through depressing and dilapidated schools into the increasingly privatized for-profit prison-industrial complex.
In Arizona, per-student funding has fallen 13.6 percent since 2008, while corporate tax rates in 2011 alone were cut by 30 percent. Oklahoma legislators approved multiple rounds of tax cuts for the rich beginning in the mid-2000s, while reducing per-student funding by 28 percent since the 2008. Teachers there just won their first raise in 10 years.
In North Carolina, the corporate tax rate has been trimmed by more than half in the last five years. In 2013, it was 6.9 percent; this year it is 3 percent, and the Assembly voted to drop it to 2.5 percent next year. The cuts cost the state treasury over $600 million a year, which could otherwise be going to education. Moreover, over half of the tax savings went to people earning more than $500,000 a year, while working people received next to nothing.
Roy Cooper, North Carolina's Democratic Party governor, presented a plan to "freeze" tax cuts for corporations and those making above $200,000, while giving teachers an 8 percent average pay increase, with some receiving raises as high as 14 percent. "It is tax fairness for teacher pay," Cooper said.
A year ago, the newly elected Cooper vetoed the budget bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly, stating that the tax cuts it offered wealthy corporations were too large, and that it did not offer enough to teachers and state employees. However, the Senate overrode his veto. This year, on June 1, the Assembly voted to continue to cut corporate taxes in 2019 but accepted the governor's proposal for a raise for teachers. It remains to be seen whether Cooper will veto the bill.
With mid-term legislative elections approaching, the North Carolina governor has been more than willing to assume the role of liberal teacher advocate. He understands that the teachers' struggle has given the Democrats a popular issue to identify with. Yet there's no doubt the same "liberal," as with his posturing counterparts across the country, will find common ground "across the aisle" with Republicans when push comes to shove.
It would be a serious mistake for teachers to bind their struggles to the electoral campaigns of the Democratic Party—which has betrayed them countless times. It oversaw much of the massive defunding of education during the Obama administration.
Unfortunately, the top leaders of the teachers' unions have thrown in with the Democrats once again. As the summer recess begins, leaders of the 1.9 million-member American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the 3 million-member National Education Association (NEA) are making plans to enter the political arena with the objective of electing "liberal" Democrats who they argue will ensure adequate funding for public education. Indeed, the two national unions have announced plans to join together to run some 400 teachers in the upcoming election cycle, undoubtedly all as Democrats.
Over the recent decades, in a world context in which U.S. and world capitalism are in perpetual crises, the ruling rich envision no way out other than at the expense of workers, not to mention via endless wars for plunder and profit and every form of environmental devastation.
Weingarten's mentor in the 1970s and afterward was the reactionary pro-war racist AFT national president and New York City United Federation of Teachers Local 2 president Albert Shanker. It was Shanker who shackled the AFT hand and foot to the very New York State legislators who approved the infamous Taylor Law, which prohibited teacher strikes.
Nicknamed the RAT law after its initiators, N.Y. State Senate and House leaders Nelson Rockefeller and Anthony Travia, the law, still in effect today, provided for fining striking teachers in the amount of "overtime in reverse," that is, the forced deduction from teacher paychecks of a day and half pay for every day teachers struck!
Weingarten's proclamations about Occupy notwithstanding, the AFT leadership has always supported the candidates and party of the "one percent." And it was Obama's Democratic party that engineered the wars in the Middle East aimed at setting back the Arab Spring in order to re-impose the dictatorships that the Arab Spring mobilizations sought to challenge in Libya and Egypt.
Her reference here was to state legislators in Oklahoma who have already repealed taxes on hotel and motels that were passed to pay for teachers' raises. In Tucson, Ariz., teachers are finding out that due to previously unknown state funding formulas they won't be receiving the 9 percent raise that they were promised when they ended their strike.
Teachers have won some significant pay raises for themselves and other state employees. They have solidified support for their cause by championing and winning school funding increases, but their grievances have not been fully addressed. Oklahoma passed its first tax hike in 28 years to raise $450 million in new education funding, but legislators balked at reinstating a capital gains tax they demanded. Instead, the state approved new regressive taxes on cigarettes, oil, and gas that primarily are paid by working people and not the wealthy.
In Arizona, teacher pay will be raised 20 percent by 2020, but the legislature has refused to restore school funding to pre-recession levels. The state has yet to come up with a plan for paying for the raises, and teachers fear that their pay hikes will accrue from state budget funds earmarked for Medicaid and other social services accounts.
It is fair to say that round one in the emerging national battle initiated by outraged and united teachers has been a resounding but far from definitive victory for teachers and their allied school workers and students. The coming school year will reveal whether a class-struggle leadership core will emerge, crystallize, and make its mark locally and nationally in the now radicalizing teacher-union movement.
A positive indication of a shift in this direction is the initiative of the leadership of the Oakland Education Association in Northern California. OEA leaders have set Saturday, June 9, for a regional teachers' meeting at Oakland Technical High School. Entitled "Lessons from the Red State Rebellion: What Can California Learn?" the free public forum is co-sponsored by the San Francisco United Educators, the Berkeley and Richmond teachers' unions and the community college-based Peralta Federation of Teachers.
The organizers have secured an auditorium with a capacity of 800 to hear reports from their teacher peers in West Virginia, Arizona and Kentucky states where rank-and-file teachers, including a number of organized socialists, played a leading role preparing the organizational and political groundwork in the year leading up to their successful statewide strikes.
It is no coincidence that the OEA leadership initiated this meeting. This often militant union has engaged in five major strikes over the past decades, likely the largest number in the nation's history. The June 9 meeting takes place in the context of the union's leadership having declared an impasse in their negotiations with the Oakland Unified School District, thus opening the door to the possibility of a sixth strike in the months ahead.
The direct and organized cross fertilization of fighting "red state teachers" flush with important victories with beleaguered "blue state" San Francisco Bay Area teachers and staff bodes well for future coordinated California or nationwide struggles, a first in a state whose Democrats totally dominate the state legislature and endlessly tout California as "the fifth richest 'nation' in the world." But California's Gross Domestic Product aside, the "blue state's" educational system ranks among the lowest in student achievement levels, and its teacher salaries—relative to the cost of living in the area—are not much different from that of their "red state" sisters and brothers.
Teacher power exercised in the streets at state and regional levels, if not nationally, coupled with their independent organization in the political arena through a fighting trade-union-based labor party inclusive of the broad labor movement and its allies among the oppressed nationalities, would represent a historic and permanent gain for working people across the country. Such a political class break from the twin parties of capitalist war, racism, and plunder can only emerge from the kind of fighting formations we have witnessed among teachers over the past year.
They have taught some invaluable lessons that will not be lost on the rest of the organized labor movement and on the yet to be organized militant working-class forces that will inevitably enter the class-struggle road in the period ahead.
>> The article above was written by Jeff Mackler.


Crews worked to repair a water main break near Speedway and Camino Seco Tuesday.
According to the Tucson Water Department, a contractor working in the area hit one of the water lines.
The break was in the inside southbound lane of Camino Seco near Pima Street. Repairs were expected to last six hours.
Crews cleaned out debris from the northbound lanes to open the way for traffic. Southbound Camino Seco was closed at Pima Street throughout the repair. Traffic was diverted to westbound Pima. The roads have since reopened.
Two houses lost service for part of the day.