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In a competitive job market, the battle for legal talent extends beyond attorney recruitment.
In the legal industry’s battle for the best, most of the firepower has been directed toward attracting top-level associates and lateral hires. But there’s another, less visible, struggle going on for the hearts and minds of business service professionals. Where are the super candidates for positions in IT, accounting, marketing and administration? And are law firms even on their radar?
Phillip M. Perry
Freelance Business Writer
Those questions have risen in importance in recent years as organizations of all kinds encounter elevated requirements for enlightened process innovation.
“Law firms have evolved to being sophisticated businesses, with top-level positions in all areas taking on more authority and having seats at the decision-making table,” says Kathleen T. Pearson, SPHR, Chief Human Resources Officer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and a member of the San Diego Chapter. “These individuals can help shape the business side of firms by providing insights into how things should be run.”
Pearson highlights some particular areas of concern. One is the IT field, where professionals must manage systems that have evolved to levels well above the plug-and-play models of the past, while protecting firms from ever-present cybersecurity threats. The financial side has also become more complicated and accounting tasks more difficult. In the area of HR, law firms require a new level of talent that can strategize about positioning for the future rather than just growing organically.
“I think all of these positions lend themselves to a different level of business professional than existed 10 or 20 years ago,” says Pearson.
Having top professionals aboard is just good business, given that today’s clients expect top-notch service in critical areas of expertise. The professional procurement people who focus solely on hiring law firms for corporations often demand to be talking to their business counterparts on the law firm side.
“Business professionals are the secret weapons at many law firms,” says Timothy B. Corcoran, Principal of Corcoran Consulting Group and an Independent member. “They help distinguish the organizations in ways that go beyond just saying its attorneys went to the best schools and have been doing lots of deals.”
So law firms need service professionals. But do service professionals need law firms? Maybe not. “It’s a competitive labor market with other opportunities outside the legal world,” says Pearson. “And I don’t know that the law is something that occurs to professionals as an industry that hires anyone but lawyers.”
If the legal industry must heighten its profile to attract top business talent, the process begins with acknowledging the difficulty of the challenge.
“Business professionals are the secret weapons at many law firms. They help distinguish the organizations in ways that go beyond just saying its attorneys went to the best schools and have been doing lots of deals.”
“As a global labor and employment boutique, we are competing primarily with a fairly small number of similar law firms when hiring attorneys,” says Margaret Fulton Holman, Chief Talent Officer at Ogletree Deakins and an Independent member. “But for other highly valued business service professionals, we are competing with a much larger and more diverse group of employers. These include the big consulting organizations, tech companies and even global banking firms. Distinguishing ourselves from these diverse competitors is certainly not easy. If you were a Gen Zer who just graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in computer science, would you rather work for Google or for a law firm?”
Before making aggressive moves on the labor front, law firms may have to do some internal housecleaning. That can require transforming the institutional mindset into one that elevates the status of business service professionals to levels equal to that of attorneys.
“Law firms need to treat professionals in all of these specialties from the mindset of understanding the level of expertise they bring to the table,” says Pearson.
That fundamental switch in attitude must be apparent in every candidate touchpoint. It starts with how available positions are described and continues with whom the candidates talk when being interviewed, and even in the choice of words employed during the application process. As an example, Pearson points to the use of such terms as non-legal or non-lawyer when referring to candidates.
“Non needs to be removed from the vernacular,” she says. “When talented folks hear themselves refer to as a non-something, that’s a non-starter.”
“While many law firms have focused on advancement opportunities for their attorneys, they have some room to grow in regard to business service professionals.”
This shift in mindset is part of a larger requirement: Law firms need to welcome a degree of process innovation that has in many cases gone missing.
“The traditional law firm business model is not necessarily built for innovation, which requires an investment of resources and time to try things that may not work the first time,” says Holman. “Most law firms are conservative when it comes to keeping the non-fee earning headcount and expense budget lean to maximize profitability.”
Given the risk-averse nature of the industry, it’s little wonder that things can look a bit stagnant to outsiders. Professionals can find it difficult to assimilate into such an environment and make the changes required to drive business forward. Navigating the waters can mean learning how to create coalitions among partners — and that can take a mix of both talent and time.
RETOOLING THE WORKPLACE
Can the legal industry take steps to make itself a more attractive option for career professionals? Many observers say “yes,” and point to the following specific steps to help:
1. Encourage professional autonomy.
Business professionals must be given a sufficient degree of freedom to innovate in productive ways.
“To be an employer of choice requires understanding that shareholder ownership of the firm does not convey special powers of expertise in all areas of business,” says Corcoran. Such expertise must be recognized in the specialists who have been brought aboard. “Professionals need to be given restraints, and then told that within those boundaries the firm wants as much guidance as possible on how to proceed. That’s a really difficult thing for a lot of law firm leaders to accept,” he says.
2. Offer workplace flexibility.
“Professionals are looking for flexibility with regard to where and when they work,” says Holman. “Coming out of the pandemic, many of their duties have become established as not having to be done in brick-and-mortar offices, elbow-to-elbow with everyone else.”
3. Support career advancement.
The legal industry can also provide more robust professional skills training.
“While many law firms have focused on advancement opportunities for their attorneys, they have some room to grow in regard to business service professionals,” says Holman. “One reason is that law firms are very flat, without as many of the defined levels as you may find in other corporate entities. As a result, there are fewer clear advancement paths.”
A manager of marketing, for example, may lack the opportunity to advance to senior manager, associate director, director and then on to vice president of marketing.
4. Provide equitable benefits.
Benefits provided to top business executives should be the same as those provided the firm’s top lawyers. “Law firms need to avoid what I would refer to as an ‘upstairs, downstairs’ approach that provides cream of the crop benefits to attorneys and then sort of everything else for the staff,” says Pearson. “That’s not going to fly today. My philosophy is if you’re a human being, you should have human being benefits.”
5. Reach out to campuses.
Hunt talent where it resides. In many cases that’s at the nation’s institutions of higher education.
“There is a case to be made for law firms going on campuses to talk with business students and career services personnel,” says Pearson. “Such visits would provide an opportunity to educate people about the exciting and vibrant legal industry, and about how it’s growing and provides extraordinary service to the world and to our economy.”
“The talent is there. It’s a matter of the firms recognizing that they need to make themselves marketable for those professionals.”
Students need to understand that law firms offer the potential for advancement to senior leadership positions in all fields of endeavor — not just the law. “There’s been so much emphasis on attorney recruiting that other roles have taken a back seat,” says Holman. “It’s just as important for us to be on campus at Georgia Tech as it is at Emory Law School.”
6. Embrace change.
Recasting law firms into more attractive operating models for professional service candidates may seem daunting. But industry observers say the job can be done.
“The talent is there,” says Pearson. “It’s a matter of the firms recognizing that they need to make themselves marketable for those professionals.”
While law firms may view changes in compensation patterns as a potent lure for top business talent, they must also retool their operating environments to recognize business professionals as attorney coequals.
“What kind of authority are people going to have to do their jobs?” poses Pearson. “Will it be in name only, or will they actually have the ability to effect change in the organization?”
It’s good to have options. While expanding to job sites outside of legal can widen the pool, it’s also worth taking a look at ALA’s Job Bank. Employers can broadcast their open positions to legal management professionals, while job seekers can find their perfect match. Check it out at alanet.org/careers.
About the Author
Phillip M. Perry is an award‑winning business journalist with over 20 years of experience under his belt. A three‑time recipient of the American Bar Association’s Edge Award for editorial achievement, Perry freelances out of his New York City office. His byline has appeared over 3,000 times in the nation’s business press.


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When we played with Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress one complain that we had was there was no place to hold the S-Pen, the core feature of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. Considering the fact that S-Pen was the integral part of the tablet the missing slot was a deal-breaker. It’s more like missing SIM card slot for a smart-phone.
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The police department said the Narcotic Vice Suppression Unit (NVSU) focused its investigation on a man suspected of distributing large amounts of drugs in Fayetteville and Hope Mill. As part of the investigation, the FPD said on September 29 members of NVSU in collaboration with the department's Central Community Empowerment Response Team (CERT) officers and the Hope Mills Police Department served two search warrants, one at an apartment along the 100 block of Briar Circle in Fayetteville; the second one at a second location in the 800 block of Encounter Place in Hope Mills.
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Kye Robbins, 37, of Fayetteville, was charged with in the case.
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A controversy is brewing over Rec and Park’s plans to lease the Palace of Fine Arts, one of SF’s premier cultural properties. Over 21,000 people have signed a petition to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts as a multi-cultural Arts/Education Center. As one of our artist put it, “If not now when will City Hall act to protect our precious cultural institutions?” How much money is enough for the city with a 9 billion dollar budget?
It may not seem that way if you’re an artist struggling to pay the rent, but San Francisco is one of the world’s leaders in supporting the arts.
Last weekend the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Cultural Affairs Director, Tom DeCaigny, joined delegates from 31 cities around the globe for the World Cities Culture Forum in London to discuss how civic leaders can keep economic growth from coming at the expense of a city’s cultural soul.
The forum was founded in London in conjunction with the 2012 Olympic Games, with the idea that as people gather in peace to celebrate sports, they should also acknowledge the way arts and culture do that same thing every day.
KQED talked to DeCaigny about what he learned at the forum and what might make San Francisco and other cities around the Bay Area even more vibrant and harmonious.
The forum was trying to answer this big question: does a city’s growth come at the expense of its cultural soul? We’ve certainly seen this played out recently in San Francisco where the tech boom is pricing artists and arts groups out of their homes, offices and studios. So what solutions did you discuss at the forum?
The one thing we know is that urbanization is on the rise around the globe. So more and more people are moving into cities because they want the arts and culture the city has to offer, but land becomes more valuable. So it’s about how we create pathways of ownership for artists and arts organizations so they’re not forced to deal with the broader markets that tend to be more aggressive than artists can afford.
And how do you do that in San Francisco?
They’re also the organization working in partnership with the Northern California Community Loan Fund to stabilize those non-profits funded through $2 million through our Board of Supervisors and Mayor’s office.
Of course that doesn’t help the many individual artists who have lost their studios to a tech company. Any ideas from the forum that might help them?
One thing we’ve looked at locally, something other cities have had success with, is the zoning of space that is most conducive to artists. In the US and San Francisco that is referred to as PDR, or Production, Distribution and Repair space. So if you’ve wondered why artists often find studios in spaces that are near auto repair or warehouses, it’s because that’s usually zoned PDR. So one of the things we’re looking at here at the Arts Commission is how do we work with the Planning Department to ensure a good proportion of PDR, because that creates a market that artists can access. So the cost per square foot of that space tends to be lower. Other cities like London and Shanghai have found great success with equivalent zoning that protects space for artist use.
Underlying the London forum was this idea of “creative placemaking,” where the arts are a key part of city policy. So what did you bring back from the forum to help maintain that ideal?
As important as creative placemaking can be to improving the quality of life of a city, I think we also have to be concerned with creative placekeeping. It’s a term coined by Roberto Bedoya of Tuscon-Pima Arts Council, and it’s really about how do we insure as municipal governments that artists and arts organizations continue to thrive where they are. These are the people who have made our neighborhoods unique — that people want to come and be a part of. We want to welcome new people to the party, but we also want to make sure that they’re respectful of the people who made this city such a great place to live in and play in in the first place… (more)


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Jill Frayne's long-term relationship was ending and her daughter was about to graduate and leave home. She decided to pack up her life and head for the Yukon.
Driving alone across the country from her home just north of Toronto, describing the land as it changes from Precambrian Shield to open prairie, Jill finds that solitude in the wilds is not what she expected. She is actively engaged by nature, her moods reflected in the changing landscape and weather. Camping in her tent as she travels, she begins to let go of the world she's leaving and to enter the realm of the solitary traveller.
There are many challenges in store. She has booked a place on a two-week sea-kayaking trip in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia; though she owns a canoe, she has never been in a kayak. As the departure nears, she dreads it. Nor does it work any miracle charm on her, as she is isolated from her fellow travellers; yet the landscape and wild beauty of the old hunt camps gradually affects her. Halfway, as she begins to have energy left at the end of the day's exertions, she notes: "This is as relaxed as I have ever been, as free from anxious future-thinking as I have ever managed."
From there she heads north, taking ferries up the Inside Passage and using her bicycle and tent to explore the wet, mountainous places along the way. Again, she feels self-conscious when alone in public, but once she strikes out into nature, the wilderness begins to work its magic on her, and she begins to feel a bond with the land and a kind of serenity. Moreover, she comes to realize that this self-reliance is an important step.
Many travel narratives involve some kind of inner journey, a seeking of knowledge and of self. Set in the same part of the world, Jonathan Raban's A Passage to Juneau ended up being "an exploration into the wilderness of the human heart." Kevin Patterson used his months sailing from Vancouver to Tahiti to consider his life in The Water in Between, while the Bhutanese landscape worked a profound transformation on Jamie Zeppa in Beyond the Sky and the Earth. In This Cold Heaven, Gretel Ehrlich chose not to put herself into the story, but described the landscape with a similar hunger and intensity, while Sharon Butala has written deeply and personally about her physical and spiritual connection with the prairies in The Perfection of the Morning and other work.
In Starting Out in the Afternoon, Frayne struggles to come to terms with her vulnerabilities and begins to find peace. In beautifully spare but potent language, she delivers an inspiring, contemplative memoir of the middle passage of a woman's life and an eloquent meditation on the solace of living close to the wild land. Eventually what has begun as a three-month trip becomes a personal journey of several years, during which she is on the move and testing herself in the wilderness. She conquers her fears and begins a new relationship with nature, exuberant at becoming a competent outdoorswoman. "Despite a late start I expect to spend the rest of my life dashing off the highway, pursuing this know-how, plumbing the outdoors side of life."

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Two prominent attorneys, husband and wife, were recently murdered in a wealthy suburb of Chicago. Now, local police are imploring the public for their help to move the case forward.
“Part of the investigative process is not only to examine the scene, but also to look beyond the incident for movements in the area that might offer clues that can help solve this heinous crime,” Oak Park Police Chief LaDon Reynolds said on Monday. “That’s why I am asking residents in the surrounding blocks to help by sharing any security video they may have recorded up to a week prior to the incident.”
On April 13, police discovered the bodies of 67-year-old Leslie Ann Jones and her 69-year-old husband Thomas E. Johnson–titular partners at the Chicago-based law firm of Johnson, Jones, Snelling, Gilbert & Davis. The couple had been repeatedly stabbed to death.
Details of the grisly slaying filtered out piece by piece last week. First the initial deaths were reported–authorities said the bodies were found under “suspicious circumstances.” That news was quickly followed up by the names of the victims the next day.
Finally, on April 16, as neighbors, friends and family congregated near the newly still and empty house for a memorial, the medical examiner announced that the couple had died from “multiple sharp force injuries” and ruled both of their deaths as homicides.
Oak Park Police have been attuned to the concern caused by the slow drip of information and acknowledged as much in their Tuesday statement.
“The level of resources focused on solving this crime is unprecedented in Oak Park,” Reynolds added. “While it may be difficult for some to understand why more information can’t be released at this time, ensuring the integrity and thoroughness of the investigation must be the number one priority. Keeping the details confidential is an important part of the investigative process.”
Authorities noted that investigators routinely try to obtain private security footage within the immediate vicinity of where a crime was committed but insisted that “even the smallest detail” from neighbors’ own security systems could prove invaluable in the ongoing inquiry. Those interested in helping the investigation are being urged to use the village’s specific upload link available here.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Johnson was well-known in social justice circles due to his work as a hearing officer for the Chicago Police Board. The late attorney oversaw the hearing last year for four officers who were accused of covering up the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald–one of the pivotal police slayings of innocent black men that led to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Johnson presided over some 350 police disciplinary cases over the course of nearly three decades on that oversight panel.
“Tom was an outstanding hearing officer and a wonderful man,” Police Board President Ghian Foreman said in a statement. “All of us on the board admired and respected Tom’s deep knowledge of the law and commitment to fairness. His work was of the highest caliber. Most importantly, he was in our eyes and by all accounts a thoughtful, kind, and caring man.”
Johnson was particularly active in local charities and served for several years, up until her death, on the board of the Hephzibah Children’s Association, a nonprofit focused on providing intensive therapeutic care for severely traumatized children.
“When my husband coached baseball with Tom, they made sure we had a Hephzibah kid on the team,” neighbor Jeanne Gallo told the Tribune. “That’s who they were. They were just so about other people.”
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1. A week ago, this is what was going on on the Orange Is the New Black set.
2. And this is what was going on Thursday, after the show earned a whopping 12 Emmy nominations for its first season.
From top left: Laverne Cox (Sophia Burset), Adrienne C. Moore (“Black Cindy” Hayes), Selenis Leyva (Gloria Mendoza), Dascha Polanco (Daya Diaz), Taylor Schilling (Piper Chapman), Jackie Cruz (Flaca Gonzales), Danielle Brooks (Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson), Yael Stone (Lorna Morello), Emma Myles (Leanne Taylor), Uzo Aduba (Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren), and Vicky Jeudy (Janae Watson)
3. Laverne and Uzo were nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
6. Taylor (center) was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
7. And, even though they weren’t on set, Natasha Lyonne (Nicky Nichols) was also nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and Kate Mulgrew (Galina “Red” Reznikov) earned a nod for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
8. But it was a day for everyone to celebrate because the show earned a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.
9. Never before has an “Eat Shit And Die” hat seemed so celebratory, courtesy of Lea DeLaria (Big Boo).
- Former U.S. President George W. Bush delivered a speech honoring New Orleans' teachers during a visit marking the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. ›
- Police confirmed 71 people, likely refugees who fled Syria, were found dead in a truck abandoned in Austria. The suspected drivers have been arrested. ›
- Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency due to the "severe threat" posed to his state by Tropical Storm Erika. ›


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TACOMA, Wash. — Four Salt Lake pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout and Drew Heid hit his first Triple-A home run, as the Bees blanked the Tacoma Rainiers 2-0 on Friday night.
Tacoma starter Erasmo Ramirez had a no-hitter working with two outs in the eighth inning when Doug Deeds hit a groundball into short center field that second baseman Scott Savastano stopped, but did not have a play on, for an infield hit. On the very next pitch, Heid drilled one over the right field wall to give the Bees the lead — and all the runs they needed on this night.
Bees' starter David Pauley did not allow a hit until Luis Rodriguez singled to right with two outs in the sixth. He went six innings and struck out three and walked two. Kevin Johnson (1-2) gave up two hits, but no runs in the seventh and earned his first Triple-A win. Francisco Rodriguez retired Tacoma in order in the eighth and Ryan Brasier worked a 1-2-3 ninth to record his seventh save.
This marks the first time in the 19-year history of the franchise that Salt Lake has thrown back-to-back shutouts, as they won 3-0 on Thursday.
Up next: at Tacoma, 8 p.m. Saturday
Next homestand: Monday-June 17 vs. Tacoma (Mariners)
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Canberra Airport Group backs Vast Solar Pty Ltd (Vast), a leading name in concentrated solar thermal power (CSP). The Canberra-based airport has committed to an equity investment worth up to USD $10 million in Vast’s ordinary shares. This marks a significant step toward a more sustainable future in aviation and energy.
The Deal in Detail
Announced on September 21, 2023, the agreement involves Canberra Airport Group committing to purchase USD $5 million of Vast’s ordinary shares. Additionally, the airport group may invest a conditional further USD $5 million ahead of Vast’s US public listing. The shares are priced at approximately USD 10.20 each. The agreement is subject to closing the declared business combination between Vast and Nabors Energy Transition Corp. (NETC).
This investment showcases Canberra Airport’s confidence in Vast’s ground-breaking technology aimed at producing low-cost, sustainable aviation fuels. It is a strategic move that aligns with the aviation industry’s mission to meet decarbonization targets.
Vast’s CSP v3.0 Technology
The energy company’s proprietary CSP v3.0 technology has gained considerable traction. This was aided by the approval of up to AUD $65 million in grant funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The funding supports the construction of Vast Solar 1 (VS1), a 30MW CSP plant. It will feature 288 MWh of thermal storage in Port Augusta, South Australia.
This innovation will work in synergy with Solar Methanol 1 (SM1), a pioneering green methanol plant, marking a milestone in renewable energy capabilities.
Canberra Airport’s Sustainability Measures
The Canberra Airport Group is no stranger to the importance of sustainability. The Group has invested in solar generation, rainwater harvesting, carbon sequestration, alternative agriculture, and wind farming. The equity commitment in Vast is part of Canberra Airport’s dedication to integrating sustainability measures throughout its business.
A Partnership for the Future
“We are confident in Vast and know that its unique technology will be important to power the grid and green fuels projects, including Sustainable Aviation Fuel and methanol for shipping,” said Stephen Byron, Managing Director of Canberra Airport. “We have been conducting due diligence of Vast for some time and are delighted to be investing in the growth of the business.”
Craig Wood, CEO of Vast, shared the enthusiasm. “Canberra Airport’s extensive experience and long history in the aviation industry will be tremendously valuable as we start to produce sustainable aviation fuels in the coming years. This is a significant step towards the completion of the business combination and will help us bring our Australia-made technology to the world.”


Delhi weather remained warm and dry for quite some time during the last week. In fact, residents were craving for some good spells of rain to get rid of the warm weather conditions.
Rain gods have finally answered the prayers of the residents and the national capital has been witnessing good rains for the last 24 hours. Not only these as per weathermen, this rainy spell will make a comeback today as well.
During the last 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, Palam observatory recorded a good 9.6 mm of rainfall. Other parts also witnessed moderate rains with Noida recording 15.1 mm of rain, Pusa 7 mm, and Safdarjung 2.4 mm. During the same period, Rohtak also witnessed good rains of 6 mm.
At present a Western Disturbance is affecting the hills of North India due to which an induced cyclonic circulation has developed over Haryana and its adjoining areas. Not only this, a trough is also extending from this system up to West Uttar Pradesh.
Thus, due to the combined effect of the above-mentioned weather features, Delhi and the NCR region is likely to witness some rains. In fact, temperatures are also expected to witness a dip giving residents the feeling of cool weather for at least some time.
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Friction at the Entry Level
The debate over Hispanic assimilation in America has tended to sidestep a troubling reality. In many of the places where immigrants are making the deepest inroads, native minorities—and low-income blacks, in particular—are losing ground. This equation has complicated any clear liberal/conservative divide on the immigration question.
George Borjas, Scrivner professor of economics and public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, has argued forcefully for restricting the flow of poor labor migrants into the United States. Using census data from 1960 to 2000, Borjas links increased immigration, especially from Mexico, and declining wages at the bottom rungs of the U.S. economy, where native-born minorities are heavily concentrated. A 10 percent increase in the size of a given skill group, his data show, reduces annual earnings of salaried workers in that skill group by 7.1 percent. Borjas maintains that low-income African Americans—particularly those without high-school degrees—have been hardest hit by the influx of Mexican workers into the labor force. As the earning prospects of unskilled blacks have gone down, crime has gone up. Borjas graphed a correlation between a rise in immigration in the 1970s and an increased incarceration rate for African-American males.
Critics have challenged Borjas’s economic findings, and some have even accused him of ethnic prejudice for deeming Mexicans “less worthy” than other immigrant groups. (Borjas himself is a first-generation Cuban immigrant.) But Borjas is not alone in the view that immigration has adversely affected the most economically vulnerable African Americans. Sociologist William Julius Wilson—Geyser University Professor at the Kennedy School—asserts that Hispanic immigrants have undercut inner-city blacks in the low-wage labor market in Chicago. In a 1988 survey of Chicago employers, conducted for his 1996 book When Work Disappears, Wilson found that employers overwhelmingly preferred to hire immigrants for entry-level positions over blacks—and especially over black males. Racial stereotypes exert a powerful economic influence in the low-wage service sector. “Because black males are perceived as dangerous, belligerent, unreliable, and somewhat lazy,” he says, “employers do not want them interacting with consumers.” As long as there is a ready supply of immigrant labor, employers will choose immigrants first. Wilson notes that blacks fared somewhat better during the economic boom of the late 1990s, when labor markets were tight; but the slack labor markets since have favored employer preferences.
Social and economic tensions between blacks and Hispanics have been growing in recent years, particularly in many of the “new immigrant destinations.” In Georgia, the jobless rate for black men is nearly triple that of Hispanic men, according to labor statistics cited by the New York Times of October 3, 2006. In Atkinson County, Georgia, more blacks than Hispanics fail to meet minimum standards in the public schools. “If you have 10 factory openings, I would say Hispanics would get the majority of the jobs now,” Joyce Taylor, the Atkinson County clerk, who is black, told the Times. “And if you look at the little grocery stores, there are more Hispanic businesses than black businesses.” Interracial contact in these locales does not seem to reduce frictions. A 2006 study published in the Journal of Politics found that neighborhood contact between blacks and Hispanics in Durham, North Carolina, intensified group stereotypes and increased the likelihood that Hispanics would identify themselves more with whites than with blacks.
Helen Marrow, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology and social policy, has been investigating the dynamics of black-Hispanic race relations in the rural and small-town South. In places where blacks form the majority, she finds, their economic resentment of newcomers tends to be greater than in places where blacks are in the minority. “Strength in numbers” applies in the political context but not in the socioeconomic arena; a high proportion of African Americans in a county, she concludes, exacerbates black-Hispanic tensions by elevating African Americans’ sense of individual and group-level threat. Marrow says her research findings suggest “a fairly bleak scenario” for black-Hispanic socioeconomic conflict in such locales.
This disturbing trend has no easy solution. According to Wilson, black leaders are ambivalent about how to address the perceived threat from Hispanic immigration. On the one hand, they identify with immigrants—many of whom are poor people of color—and they are opposed to discrimination; but, at the same time, they perceive the negative impact that immigrants are having on low-wage blacks. Wilson himself says that, although he doesn’t agree with the “conservative restrictionist position,” he would like to see “a humane immigration policy that is more likely to help workers in this country than hurt them.”
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Three of the four travel lanes of the westbound Southern State Parkway in the Town of Hempstead are scheduled to be closed overnight, weather dependent, to allow bridge work, according to the New York State Department of Transportation.
Three lanes between Corona Avenue (Exit 15) and Fletcher Avenue (Exit 14) are to be closed Tuesday from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. Wednesday, according to a DOT release.
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People with Alzheimer’s disease commonly experience anger and agitation. It can be challenging for caregivers to help their senior loved ones when they are experiencing these negative emotions. In most cases, there is a reason behind their feelings. By learning what causes a loved one to become upset, caregivers can take steps to put them at ease.
4 Common Triggers for Anger and Agitation
- Unmet needs
Many seniors with Alzheimer’s disease struggle to understand their needs. They may become frustrated when they can’t identify pain or another form of discomfort. As a result, their frustration may turn into anger. If your loved one becomes upset, do your best to figure out why. Here are a few things you can try:
- Offer them a snack and a cup of water to see if they are hungry or thirsty.
- Ask your loved one if they need to use the restroom.
- See if they are touching an area of their body, which could indicate the area hurts.
- Environmental factors
Many environmental factors can cause a person with Alzheimer’s to become angry or agitated. One common trigger is overstimulation. Because people with dementia may have trouble processing information, situations that are crowded, loud, and busy can be overwhelming. Seniors with dementia might become upset because they are unable to cope. To keep your loved one at ease, try to keep their space quiet and organized.
It’s not uncommon for seniors with Alzheimer’s to have trouble sleeping. Not only have studies suggested the disease reduces deep sleep, but it has also been shown to affect circadian rhythm. Common sleep-related disorders, like sleep apnea, can also negatively impact sleep quality. Regardless of the reason, lack of sleep can cause anyone to become irritable. Do your best to ensure your loved one maintains healthy sleeping habits. Best practices include establishing times to wake up and go to bed and a nighttime routine.
Many caregivers notice their loved one’s symptoms worsen in the evening. This is a process referred to as sundowners syndrome, or sundowning. Many caregivers manage their loved one’s sundowning symptoms by helping maintain good sleep habits. In addition to staying on schedule and establishing a routine, take steps to wind down before bed. Listen to relaxing music or work on a quiet activity, like coloring.
Managing Anger and Agitation
Although it’s not always possible to eliminate anger and agitation, there are ways to ease these feelings. Understanding triggers can help caregivers know how to respond when their loved ones are upset. Doing so can have a huge impact on your caregiving relationship.
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Michael O'Neill has welcomed the commitment shown to the Northern Ireland cause by experienced duo Aaron Hughes and Gareth McAuley.
Hearts defender Hughes and West Brom ace McAuley are both 38-years-old and in the autumn of their careers, but there is no desire to pull down the curtain on their international involvement.
In fact, both men are included in the squad for the friendlies against Panama and Costa Rica.
Manager O'Neill has drafted young players into his panel including Crusaders star Gavin Whyte, Leeds goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell and Scunthorpe loanee Cameron McGeehan, but while a number of elder statesmen are rested, including captain Steven Davis, seasoned campaigners Hughes, McAuley, Jonny Evans and Craig Cathcart are travelling.
West Brom ace Chris Brunt looks unlikely to add to his 65 caps as he ponders international retirement, but McAuley and Hughes still want to pull on the Northern Ireland jersey and feature against Panama on May 30 and Costa Rica on June 3.
Former Shamrock Rovers chief O'Neill hopes his rising stars can step up to the mark but he's also thrilled the squad can boast significant experience.
"I spoke to all of the players to gauge feelings and, straight away, Aaron (Hughes), Gareth (McAuley), Jonny (Evans) and Craig (Cathcart) were all very keen," said O'Neill.
"That was a big positive, to have that experience in the back four or three, whatever system we decide to play.
"For the previous tour of South America, we only had Aaron Hughes.
"I still think we can put on the pitch an experienced team, although with a little bit of inexperience around it for that freshness with the 22 players.
"You look at Aaron and Gareth and they value every international cap. Jonny has spoken of how he appreciates it now more than ever and wants to get to 100 caps as soon as possible. So that's nice to hear from the senior players and we have experienced names in that squad, along with the opportunity to get caps to the likes of George Saville and some others.
"Both Aaron and Gareth have indicated to me as long as they are playing club football they will play international football."
Hughes and McAuley, who have 187 caps between them, remain significant pieces in the Northern Ireland jigsaw, according to O'Neill.
"I'm hoping Aaron and Gareth both have another international cycle over the next few years," he added. "We can protect them in terms of the games they play and a lot depends around each player's situation.
"You look at Gareth now in the Championship with West Brom and, suddenly, there are more games and the demands are higher in terms of the frequency.
"But Gareth and Aaron are now players who need to be playing every week to be valuable to a club and, equally, to the international squad. Obviously it's difficult to play international football if not affiliated to a club.
"I know Aaron has an option to stay on at Hearts but his decision is not financially-based or anything else other than what suits his life at this moment in time.
"He has hopped about in recent years but seems settled at Hearts and has been excellent.
"I don't see a player, when I look at Aaron at Hearts, that has just one more season in him and, given how he looks after himself, could play on until he is 40-years-old.
"He seems to be over the niggly injuries, which played a big decision in his choice to go forward, and I would like to see Aaron play on as he has a lot to offer."

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I found this book remarkable as it addresses an important issue in a very matter of fact way. Once again, it becomes clear how diverse women's sexualities are. The authors provide a logical framework for different fantasy styles by separating sexual fantasies into two broad categories, 1) scripted fantasies which may contain scripted plots and identifiable characters versus 2) unscripted fantasies with a primary focus on sensations rather that character roles. These two categories are by no means exclusive. In fact, many women draw from both in order to make up their personal fantasies.
Different women have different modes for getting sexually aroused, and while some prefer visual stimulation, others may find that auditory, tactile, olfactory, kinesthetic (related to body movement) or flavor stimuli are important ingredients to trigger sexual arousal. Maltz and Boss conclude: "…Sex therapists have recognized for years that fantasy can be an effective aid in helping women with sexual performance. They have frequently recommended the use of fantasies to boost sexual response, sort of like a vibrator of mind…The beauty of fantasy is that we can tap this wellspring of creativity at any time, in any place, with no one else privy to our thoughts…"
I very much agree that sexual fantasies are private thoughts, which do not necessarily have to be shared with others. For those who choose to share their fantasies with a partner for sexual enrichment, the authors offer sound advice on how to best accomplish this and they provide various guidelines for how to enact fantasies while honoring each other's limits.
In conclusion, I can highly recommend Private Thoughts to anyone, female or male, who wants to learn more about the power of women's sexual fantasies.

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Bootshaus Nightclub to celebrate 14th birthday with special appearance from Diplo
Celebrating 14 years as one of Germany’s most iconic clubs, Bootshaus Nightclub, centred in the heart of Cologne, is gearing up for one of its biggest events to date. Renowned for attracting the world’s biggest artists, they have called upon none other than Diplo to perform at the venue to mark the occasion. Happening at the end of this month – April 30th to be exact, it is guaranteed to be a night to remember if you happen to be in town. Aside from its ‘heroic’ three-floor structure and raw-metallic aura, multi-room performances and outdoor shows with a steady capacity of 1500, the club has an offer that is exquisite and a considerable bit beyond what others do – it involves a keen attention towards the diversified dance music audience in Germany.
Having become a globally recognised club that frequently finds itself at the top end of DJ Mags Top 100 Clubs, Bootshaus has played host to the likes of Eric Prydz, Hardwell, Tiësto, DJ Snake, Chocolate Puma, and Yellow Claw to name a few. With 14 years of experience behind them, its safe to say they know how to throw a party. Grab your early bird tickets for Diplo’s show here, or check out the Facebook event page for more information.
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The canals in and around Wigan are special places and an integral part of our history. Over two nights, artists will bring light to this incredible place, raising awareness of the waterways and creating new experiences and wonder during the winter evenings.
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Bottle Festoon was originally presented by Lumiere Durham in 2009 and is inspired by an original concept Message in a Bottle Chandelier by Thadian Pillai. The unique and eco-friendly octopus-like chandeliers are made from plastic bottles - each one created by local school children, community groups and families, using plastic bottles from home that would usually be thrown away. In the UK 38.5 m plastic bottles are used and discarded every day and only half are recycled. This means that more than 16m bottles are put into landfill, burnt or discarded into our oceans and environment each and every day. Bottle Festoon creates art from our plastic waste and draws attention to the current plastic crisis. The artists and creators were young people from Wigan STEAM, Wigan Youth Zone, Sunshine House Community Centre, Newbridge Learning Community Centre, Marsh Green Primary School, 20th Scouts Wigan and Ashton St Peters School, and produced by Kirsty Gbasai.
Kathy Hinde’s family hails from Wigan and she is delighted to be bringing her incredible ‘River Traces’ to her ancestral home. River Traces was created in collaboration with the River Frome in Bristol by exposing samples of river sediment and algae directly onto 16mm film, and developed using eco-processing techniques such as coffee and plant developers. Physical traces are generated through a direct encounter between the material qualities of the river and the film itself, affecting both the visual and audio track. The results are combined with underwater recordings into a poetic audiovisual trace of the River Frome. Kathy has reworked this version for the Wigan landscape. Visit www.kathyhinde.co.uk.
Colour Burst aka Chris Plant has spent the last 30 years working with light, projection, sound and code/electronics. He likes to reuse, repurpose, and modify obsolete technology wherever possible, to create immersive work, on large or more intimate scales. He is interested in altering our perceptions, making the easily overlooked and ignored world around us intriguing, wondrous and magical. Harmonic Portal examines the effects of time and weathering on the surfaces that surround us, as well as how we perceive both colour, and sound, and their harmony or dissonance. Visit www.colour-burst.com.
This piece is an ode to the canal network between the towns of Wigan and Leigh and the beautiful slower pace of life on the water. The historical mottos of each town will be nostalgically presented and beautifully illuminated and will travel between Wigan and Leigh on the sides of three canal boats, arriving in each town at dusk. The increase of technological and digital influences on our lives has determined an increasingly fast pace. Social media, instant messaging and personal mobile phones have resulted in an untenable level and speed of communication. The canal networks reference a slower and more peaceful way. The natural world becomes more apparent by the water and the routes, both towpath and water way, are seemingly ‘off grid’. The climate change emergency is also referenced both in the recycled plastic flowers, created by local community groups under the guidance of artist Diane Watson, as well as the memorial wreath aesthetic - are we facing the death of the ‘Natural World’? Can we slow down its demise? Can we slow down at all? We need to work together, now more than ever, to ensure the future of the planet is protected.
The work is conceived by Things That Go On Things and is a collaboration between local artists: Jonny Ball - artist and traditional signwriter, Aaron Pearce - artist and canal resident, Diane Watson - artist and creator of plastic flowers, Carla Mellor - poet, M3 Industries - fabricators, Northern Heart Films, With thanks to Art Tea at The Turnpike, Leigh. A wrap around programme of workshops and talks will accompany the work as well as a film tracking the boat’s journeys.
The piece is in Leigh on Fri 19th Nov, moored by ALDI car park, WN7 4LJ and travels to Wigan on Sat 20th Nov to be part of Light Night Wigan. Visit www.thingsthatgoonthings.org.
Listen to Grow Together and Keep Going. Poem by Carla Mellor
The dazzling light of a mirror ball juxtaposed with the natural beauty of a willow tree. Visit www.jackwimperislight.com.
Jack Wimperis makes things out of light and things into light - environments, sculptures, experiences - as long as they bring joy. His work has been shown at Bristol Light Festival, Winter Lights at Canary Wharf, and many times at Glastonbury Festival. Jack has recently been commissioned for the Sky Arts show 'Landmark' currently showing at Gloucester Guild Hall. Jack’s work is uplifting, intriguing and multisensory. He often makes things from materials we throw away - such as milk cartons and tin cans - not only for the aesthetic appeal but as a reminder to find beauty in the everyday. With this piece, Jack utilises traditional industrial materials to create an unexpected pixellated fence. Visit www.jackwimperislight.com.
Chris Plant has spent the last 30 years working with light, projection, sound and code/electronics. He likes to reuse, repurpose, and modify obsolete technology wherever possible, to create immersive work, on large or more intimate scales. He is interested in altering our perceptions, making the easily overlooked and ignored world around us intriguing, wondrous and magical. Recent Slide Projections have included natural and hand made images projected into human altered landscapes and computer generated ones projected into natural environments. They are an exploration of the anthropocene, how humans change nature and our world, and how nature reclaims it. Visit www.colour-burst.com.
Highlighting the beauty of the dry dock, which could be overlooked due to its familiarity on the landscape, Jonny’s simple and effective lighting design enhances the architectural detail of this stunning example of industrial heritage and asks the audience to pause and reflect on the location still in use today. Visit www.productionstuff.co.uk
The Moon has long been thought of as an enchanted and mysterious object, and while no woman has yet stepped foot on the lunar surface, women have long been associated with it. Over 50 years since the first Moon landing, NASA has announced that by 2024 its Artemis program will see the next footprint made by a woman. The Moon hovers in the air and rotates gently, while its crisp white projection casts a cool glowing light onto the ground. Ursula Lassos the Moon is a realistic representation of the Moon, apparently removed from its orbit and magically lassoed to the ground by an invisible female protagonist named Ursula. The high definition 3D projection sphere reproduces surface details and textures that are normally only visible through access to a high powered telescope. Visit www.studiovertigo.co.uk.
Colour Burst is the interactive software and visual content umbrella of Chris Plant, aka Catweasel. Visuals have been his overriding passion since 1991 when he first started doing live projections with 16mm cine and 35mm slide projectors. Getting hooked on computers for video playback and manipulation after vjing on several tours with an Amiga 1200 in 1995, he has been pushing them to their limits ever since. The Slide Projector Interventions use 1940s Aldi medium format projectors, with a high powered LED lamp inside. Visit www.colour-burst.com.
Karl Wilby has been sculpting since 1990, working across special effects, props as well as public and private exhibitions of his work. Co-commissioned by Light Up Lancaster, Karl has created 5 new Zoetropes as part of the Wigan Light Night trail. Karl hand crafts his models and then 3D prints them using recycled plastic filament and biodegradable filament whenever feasible. The models are attached to a rotating mechanism and highlighted with light to create wondrous moving creatures. His work entertains children and adults alike and has a playful, captivating quality with an emphasis on nature. Visit www.zomotion.co.uk.
On a site visit of this fascinating area Chris Plant was drawn to this site specific location for another projection surface and adds magnification, by putting things that he finds into the gates of slide projectors; leaves, blossom, flowers, feathers, grass, seeds, lichen, plastic and projecting them several feet across, so you can see hidden details, cells, the velcro inspiring hooks on feathers, rather peering down through a microscope, you look up and around, and can move closer to see more detail. Visit www.colour-burst.com.
Zomotion is a way of making Karl’s sculptures move. Having the skeleton scene from Jason and the Argonauts burnt into his imagination at a young age he has never lost the wonder and enjoyment of animation. By creating Zoetropes Karl can create 3D animations that work in real time in real life. Karl uses traditional sculpting techniques, as he loves making things by hand, to create figures and models of any subject that enters his imagination. He then 3D scans the original model and uses 3D design software to articulate the model. These models are then 3D printed to be mounted on the spinning machine. The creative freedom of this method allows him to design, make and install any themed 3D Zoetrope to suit any idea or event, and all the pieces for Light Night Wigan have a nature theme. Visit www.zomotion.co.uk.
Jack enjoys creating work out of materials we throw away - in this piece he has taken ‘found’ hose and installed programmable lights within it. He designed the piece to ‘snake’ in and out of the water - playing with reflections and finding beauty within the curves of the garden hose, linked inextricably to water and the environment. Visit www.jackwimperislight.com.
Milk Bottle Wall is one of Jack’s signature pieces - he is well known for his use of milk bottles in artwork and this stunning example is the perfect ending to this year’s Light Night Wigan, reminding us to consider what materials we consume and also to take pleasure in the everyday, ordinary items we use. Visit www.jackwimperislight.com.
For more water-related art please visit Wigan STEAM where Ula Fung is exhibiting her new collection. Exhibition opens Fri 19th Nov at 6pm to meet the artist and is open Sun 20th Nov 10-4pm. 8 Hope Street, The Galleries, WN1 1QF. During lock-down, Ula found solace in the spaces around the canals which stretch across Wigan and Leigh. The surroundings of the canal will change with the seasons and the weather but the water will always be a calming constant. During her residency at Wigan STEAM, she cycled along the canal from Leigh to Wigan, documenting her observations, senses, and experiences along the way. Once arriving at the studio Ula produced a series of paintings using natural pigments based on her journey. Visit www.ulafung.com.


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Strike up the band! SEWF 2018 opens with a bang
"In front of me are 1,400 of the most game-changing and inspiring people on the planet. Every day you wake up and try to make the world a better place."
These are the words of Social Enterprise World Forum 2018 host Alan Mahon of Brewgooder, who addressed delegates at the opening ceremony of the event in Edinburgh, Scotland following an introductory performance from drum and pipe band Clanadonia (pictured).
The first SEWF took place in Edinburgh in 2008 and since then it has travelled around the world, hosted in cities including San Francisco in the USA, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and most recently Christchurch in New Zealand.
This year, people have travelled from 47 different countries to take part in the three-day forum. As Mahon pointed out, the aim is to make social enterprise across the world "bigger and better and more impactful for the people we serve".
Scotland, the only country in the world to have a ten-year social enterprise strategy, is recognised as a global leader in social enterprise. Speaking at the opening ceremony, John Swinney, the deputy first minister of Scotland, described how 11 years ago the Scottish government invested a "relatively small" sum of money in growing the sector. "The opportunity was seized to create a more vibrant social enterprise sector that now populates the length and breadth of Scotland," he said. "Social enterprises are a full and proper articulation of the moral purpose we need in our society."
> Follow our content in the Social Enterprise World Forum Collection here, including our Chain Reaction series of interviews with SEWF speakers from all over the world, including Mike Curtin, Ailsa Clark and Melat Yosef.
> Read more about how the social enterprise sector has grown and strengthened in Scotland during the past decade in our Global Focus here.
> Our Global Perspectives on Social Enterprise Collection also features content from SEWF participants, including interviews with Egyptian women's rights campaigner Rania Ayman and Ethiopian educational pioneer Bruktawit Tigabu.


text: Here are a few tips to help you get on the right track to finding a good match: 1. Be very careful when meeting up with a date you met on- line. You could find the perfect match with the least dating online love online dating romance efforts, if you have the will to go where your heart takes you. Choose a public place and never invite someone to your house right away. Be careful. The good thing about dating sites is that they do not have many of the problems in the real world – you are free to meet whom you want to meet and whom you want to interact with, and you would new online dating sites not be constrained by time or location. In fact, you will meet more people by actually interacting with the world. The best thing about the sites is that you won’ does online dating really work t be pressured in choosing the person you are interested in and actually you will have the chance to talk to many people at the same time before making the final decision. And there are reasons why dating sites are touted as having grown out of their previous restrictions in technological terms and have started new online dating sites embracing the larger audience and their aspirations. 3. With time, dating sites have grown in sophistication, getting to know people better and trying to match up people with similar interests and aspirations – they are not just another platform to meet anymore. The sites have actually come to the rescue of most people hence the popularity. 3. So its important to start on- line dating correctly and fellow the tried and tested rules. There are very few things that you can be sure of in an uncertain world – and some of the happen to be dating sites. Write about your key qualities, things you think would lead the right person to you.


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“A blank wall of social and professional antagonism.” Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell (b.1821 – d.1910), the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
“I had not the slightest idea of the commotion created by my appearance as a medical student in the little town. Very slowly I perceived that a doctor’s wife at the table avoided any communication with me, and that as I walked backwards and forwards to college the ladies stopped to stare at me, as at a curious animal. I afterwards found that I had so shocked Geneva [New York] propriety that the theory was fully established either that I was a bad woman, whose designs would gradually become evident, or that, being insane, an outbreak of insanity would soon be apparent.”
In her own words: celebrating women in medicine
“If society will not admit of woman’s free development, then society must be remodeled.”
– Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
And remodel society they did! Throughout March, HHSL will be honoring 2013 Women’s History Month by presenting remarkable women in medicine according to their own words. We hope you find this series of posts illuminating and that you take a minute or two to learn more about their legacy.
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Car manufacturer Opel has switched production at the main plant in order to manufacture electric cars in large series. Although robots do a lot of work there, 300 jobs will soon be created.
In the past few months, Opel or Stellantis, as the company is now called, has been in the headlines mainly because of the job cuts. A good 2,000 employees are to be cut across Germany through programs such as partial retirement, early retirement or severance payments. But now there is again positive news from Rüsselsheim. After a comprehensive conversion of production, in which around 1000 people were involved, the reintroduction of the two-shift system is expected to create 300 new jobs. This is what plant manager Michael Lewald said on Thursday during a tour of the plant with journalists. How much the conversion to the Stellantis platforms cost is not disclosed by the company for reasons of competition. There is only talk of “investments in the significant millions”. For the first time, electric cars can now be mass-produced in Rüsselsheim.
Arrived in the production hall, a strange structure with lots of flashing lights hums silently by. Always along a dark line on the floor to a production line where the load is currently needed. It is one of the driverless transport vehicles that Stellantis has purchased 213 in the past few months. You can automatically transport up to 25 tons from the warehouse directly to the processing line.
The usual vehicles with clattering trailers are still scurrying around between the new electric vehicles, because the new production is currently still in the trial phase.
Efficient and CO2-neutral in the long term
The renovation work began during the factory holidays in 2020. Everything leaner, everything more efficient, everything more energy-saving, that was the motto. And above all everything on the platform that is also common in other Stellantis plants. The new Opel Astra, which will be presented in autumn and delivered in early 2022, can be built on the production line, as can the Insignia and DS vehicles from the parent company Peugeot. Another special feature, according to Lewald, is the problem-free combination of vehicles with internal combustion engines and electric vehicles. They all float one behind the other on the so-called “wedding” hangers, where the body and chassis are joined together. All of this takes place on a production line and ensures efficiency, as does the new painting line, in which all models are also gradually given the desired color.
In the past, people used to work there with spray guns, but now robots do this work as well. Here, too, Thilo Richter, the head of the paint shop, emphasizes the efficiency. The robots only spray as much paint as is absolutely necessary, and as precisely as a human cannot, as Richter explains. This means that less paint is used than before and less energy is required. An important step towards the company’s goal of becoming CO2 neutral in the long term.
Huge halls, hardly any people
EMP2 (Efficient Modular Platform) is the name of the new system that enables the production of many model variants at the same time. In addition, a second production shift can be reintroduced, which will lead to the 300 new jobs – provided that the significant drop in sales that caused sales on the new car market to collapse as a result of the corona pandemic will soon be over. The new colleagues in production should not, however, be new hires. Stellantis speaks of “employees from areas of the company that are underutilized”.
Nobody at Stellantis, however, wants to say how many jobs will be lost as a result of the increase in efficiency. It will probably not be a small number, because anyone walking through the factory halls will see the yellow robots everywhere, moving between the bodyshells, installing parts and setting welding points. People can hardly be seen in the huge halls. More than 40,000 people once worked at the Opel site in Rüsselsheim. In the meantime, the number is just around 10,000 men and women.


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Consider donating blood
Every so often, we print the news in our paper of upcoming blood drives. LifeSouth and the Red Cross both offer several opportunities per year for people like you to help “give the gift of life” by donating blood.
Three of those opportunities are coming up.
- Vina High School’s BETA Club will be hosting a blood drive Jan. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school.
- LifeSouth Community Blood Center will host a blood drive at Russellville Hospital Feb. 5 from 10 a.m. to 6 pm. LifeSouth is the primary supplier of blood products to Russellville Hospital.
- The Red Cross will be in Franklin County Feb. 12, when Russellville High School will be the site for a Red Cross blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This county demonstrates time and again how charitable it can be. Particularly during the holiday season, we see our friends and neighbors open their hearts to the community through food drives, toy drives, free dinners, warm clothing giveaways and more.
Now that the holiday season is over, however, people are still in need. One of those needs is blood donations.
Whether it’s a cancer patient or a car crash victim, all kinds of situations can lead to someone finding themselves in need of a blood transfusion. They rely on the generosity of healthy, giving people who are willing to donate blood for those in need.
It doesn’t cost anything to donate, and it doesn’t take very much time. We know not everyone can afford to make a large monetary donation to a cause, or commit their time to ongoing volunteer efforts, but giving blood just might be the right opportunity for even the busiest to still lend a hand.
According to the Red Cross, this time of year often provides a challenge in being able to recruit enough donors. A blood shortage could affect hospitals’ ability to care for patients.
We encourage you, if you are able, to consider donating blood as a way to help those who might need it. You never know – you might need blood yourself one day. This is a way to pay it forward.
To participate in the LifeSouth blood drive Feb. 5, contact Deborah Lindsey to schedule an appointment at 256-332-8676 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.org. For more information on Red Cross blood drives, use the free Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS.
We think you’ll be glad you did.


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Kaiser nurses decry staffing levels
Nurses at Kaiser Permanente's Moanalua Medical Center demonstrated yesterday to voice complaints over what the workers call unsafe staffing at the hospital.
Members of the Hawaii Nurses' Association, the collective bargaining unit for the nurses, were scheduled to resume contract talks today with hospital management, which asserts that quality of care at the hospital has not been affected.
Aggie Pigao Cadiz, executive director of the nurses association, said the nurses have temporarily agreed on most of the contract language, including a 23 percent wage increase offered by Kaiser.
The sticking point, Pigao Cadiz said, has been language related to staffing issues; nurses want more input into how management deploys nurses at its hospital and clinics and the ratio of patients to nurses.
Although Pigao Cadiz said patient care has suffered because Kaiser at times has had too many patients per nurse, Kaiser spokeswoman Lynn Kenton said the hospital has consistently met or exceeded "the benchmarks on all of our quality-care indicators."
"Clearly this would not be possible without adequate staffing," Kenton said.
Nurses at Kuakini Hospital, Queen's Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital recently ratified new contracts.


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Most reactions of Nigerians over Pastor’s visit to Buhari in London is uncalled for. Instead, of acknowledging and applauding for the man of God for given the President a second opportunity to receive Jesus into his life; they preferred to praise the London Protesters on the actions they took against the President in the name of salvaging their homeland.
Many said that the President is wasting the country’s money on illness he may never recover from. And at the same time, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God left his congregations and went to see a lifeless President -they considered it also as a waste of church’s fund. The same way other politicians here in the country has been using Buhari’s ailment to jeopardise the country’s money in the cause of visiting the President.
Naijland.com felt so sorry for the feedback gotten from the citizens of the country over the President’s predicament. It might be anyone tomorrow. Even though it’s the citizens right to talk as everyone has the constitutional right of speech, Buhari is still our President and deserves to be treated as such with respect.
Where there are haters, there exist counter lovers. Thank God the President still have lovers that belief in him, As the haters in numbers where criticising on the social networks regarding the visitation of the Pastor, the naturally counter lovers of the President still stood beside him in defence irrespective of how little they were in number.
We are happy to announce to the general public that the President shall be returning back to Nigeria, from London before 5pm today as the news have it here, according to Femi Adesina.

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avert in a sentence
Example sentences for avert
If you don't, avert your eyes and avoid the spoilers.
Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
Gradual steps should be taken to avert an abrupt crisis.
To avert the tragedy of a repeat performance, both sides need to keep their hardliners in check.
The surcharge revenue could be used to reduce many of the proposed cuts, or to avert the worst of them.
Those are key areas in which good practices might help avert other violent acts.
He bore his part bravely in the contest, but could not avert his destiny.
Still, it wasn't enough to avert tragedy.
After borrowing billions, colleges rush to avert financial fallout.
Altogether, this forested landscape will help the world avert damaging climate change.
In most cases, when we are presented with an unusual person, we avert our eyes.
Offended audience members may easily avert their eyes.
They were merely acting from hand to mouth to avert the parliamentary censure with which they were threatened.
But experts caution that technology alone may not be enough to avert another disaster.
She could talk to me, but only from the other side of the threshold, and she had to avert her head when she exhaled.
Scrupulous dental care can help avert tooth loss, but growing old gets in the way.
Eager to avert the economic catastrophe that a bee-less world, scientists have been trying to find the cause behind the collapse.
Shutting down the government, or mucking around with the debt ceiling, doesn't help avert a crisis: it is the crisis.
It is called a chain because breaking a link at any point will usually avert the tragedy.
Last-minute contacts are underway to avert the strike.
Tens of thousands of people participated in a nationwide general strike as the government tries to avert a debt crisis.
It wasn't going to be enough to avert closure, she said, until businesses and local residents heard the call for help.
In order to avert the almost inevitable human disasters that loom, all nations must adopt two dramatic policy shifts.
The whole plan is based on the mistaken idea that this action will avert global warming.
It was the sort of event people avert their eyes from.
By common consent, these measures helped avert global economic disaster.
The best way to avert chaos, continued stalemate or a coup is to return to the peace agreement.
The bail-out package should mitigate the problems, but it will not avert them.
Its funds would be earmarked not for productive investment, but to temporarily avert a collapse of the financial system.
To avert disaster, ways need to be found to ensure that the money is spent wisely.
Enough medical aid has arrived to avert a much-feared outbreak of deadly diseases.
Policymakers need to act to make a crash less likely and avert protectionist threats.
While this may not avert the need for a bail-out, it may delay it and reduce its scope.
The project was developed to avert power shortages in the city.
Peace and reconciliation meetings avert conflict and build relationships.
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