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Cineworld H1 earnings preview: can the cinema chain recover?
Cineworld shareholders will be keen to find out how well theatres have recovered since being reopened, but there are still plenty of headwinds that could hamper its ability to bounce back in 2020.
- FTSE 250-listed Cineworld is expected to report a steep fall in revenue and be pushed to a loss in the first half (H1) of 2020 as theatres remained closed for most of the period.
- Focus will be on how it has performed since reopening sites considering it has had to operate at reduced capacity and with a weakened film slate.
- Cineworld chief executive officer (CEO) has said he was ‘very pleasantly surprised’ by the numbers of customers that had returned since reopening.
- But cinemas could be forced to close again if further lockdowns are introduced and film studios continue to delay or pull new blockbuster titles, both of which pose a threat to Cineworld’s ability to recover in H2.
When are Cineworld’s H1 results to be released?
Cineworld will release its H1 results on Thursday 24 September. These results will cover the first six months of 2020.
Cineworld H1 preview: what to expect
Cineworld’s H1 results will be the first chance for investors to find out how theatres have performed since being reopened and how eager audiences have been to return to the big screen.
The company has 787 cinemas spread over 10 countries and it began to welcome back customers in its smallest markets, such as in Poland the Czech Republic, in the middle of June, but it only began to reopen sites in the UK and Ireland at the end of July.
Still, the main focus is on the US, which accounts for over 75% of its earnings following its acquisition of Regal Entertainment in late 2017. It began to reopen US theatres where it could in the first half of August but, as lockdown measures are being managed on a state-by-state basis, many still remain closed – including in major states like New York and California.
We have not had much of an update from Cineworld since it reopened sites, but chief executive Mooky Greidinger told CNBC late last month that many showings had sold out and that customers had returned and felt safe thanks to its measures it had taken to protect against the spread of coronavirus.
This does, however, mean screenings are being run at reduced capacity – possibly at just 60% of pre-pandemic levels – which means sold out showings do provide some confidence that demand is there but are not as impressive as they first seem.
The fact the film slate continues to take a battering will not have helped Cineworld and other theatres in recent weeks. Christopher Nolan’s film ‘Tenet’ has been the only blockbuster release since theatres reopened and the performance has been fair but far from inspiring.
The film, which cost $200 million to make, is thought to have grossed just over $250 million worldwide so far. But many other major titles have been delayed or pulled from the schedule entirely – with Disney deciding to exclusively offer its latest hit Mulan to subscribers of its streaming service Disney+ and cut out the big screen altogether.
The problem is that cinemas need audiences to return to give film studios the confidence to release their big titles, but they need the blockbusters to encourage people to return. This catch-22 could continue to harm Cineworld and the rest of the industry this year and there are fears that the rest of 2020’s big hitters – like Wonder Woman 1984 and the latest Marvel film Black Widow – could be delayed.
One reason a strong recovery is particularly important for Cineworld is its heavy debt load. It ended 2019 with $3.5 billion in net debt and that figure stood at over $7.6 billion when lease liabilities were included, which meant leverage was considerably higher than its 3x adjusted earnings target.
Still, after securing extra liquidity in May, Cineworld said this would ‘provide it with sufficient headroom to support the group even in the unlikely event cinemas remain closed until the end of the year’.
The threat of closure has not gone away. Cineworld’s CEO has already conceded that it has missed out in those US states that remain closed, and the threat of a second lockdown is growing for some countries that are seeing coronavirus cases rise again. This could be catastrophic for the industry, not only because of the lost business. It could further dent confidence among film studios and encourage them to find alternative routes to market, with streaming sites going from strength to strength during the pandemic. Current estimates suggest Cineworld’s H2 will not be much better than H1 in terms of revenue and earnings.
Investors should also look for any news on the legal battles Cineworld is facing during this difficult time. The main one to be concerned about is with Cineplex, which is suing Cineworld after it backed out of buying the Canadian chain when the coronavirus crisis unravelled. In a separate matter, CityAM reported in August that one of Cineworld’s landlords, AEW, was taking the company to court over rent for its UK sites that has been withheld during the pandemic.
Cineworld H1 results: what does the City expect?
Virtually all of Cineworld’s theatres were shut for more than half of the interim period and only started to reopen after H1 came to a close at the end of June, which means the H1 results will not be pretty. A Reuters-compiled consensus shows analysts are expecting revenue to fall by over 54% year-on-year and push the stock to a loss.
Cineworld H1 earnings consensus
|H1 2019 Result||H1 2020 Consensus|
|Revenue||$2.15 billion||$971.07 million|
|Earnings per share (EPS)||$0.12||-$0.04|
Before taking the H1 results into account, analysts don’t have high hopes for Cineworld recovering this year and believe H2 could be much of the same, forecasting H2 revenue of $1.07 billion. That would also be less half the £2.2 billion reported the year before, and cause annual 2020 revenue to fall to £2.34 billion from £4.37 billion in 2019. However, these forecasts are likely to be updated, either up or down, once the H1 results are released.
How to trade Cineworld’s H1 results
Cineworld shares have recovered somewhat since hitting a pandemic-low on March 17, when it traded at just 21.38p. Shares have more than doubled in value to trade at around 43.75p today, but they remain more than 80% below the 220p price it demanded at the start of 2020. For comparison, the FTSE 250 has recovered 31% since hitting a low in March and remains 24% lower than the start of the year.
The release of Cineworld’s H1 results will undoubtedly be a trigger moment for shares. You can speculate as to whether you think Cineworld shares will rise and buy (go long) or, if you think they will fall, sell (go short) using either CFDs or spread bets.
- Create an IG trading account or log in to your existing account
- Enter ‘Cineworld’ or its ticker, ‘CINE.L’ in the search bar and select it
- Choose your position size
- Click on ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ in the deal ticket
- Confirm the trade
If you want to try your trading strategy risk-free then why not try an IG demo account? Plus, you can look to invest in Cineworld shares using an IG share dealing account, whereby you can buy the shares outright from just £3.
Cineworld shares: broker recommendations
Brokers believe that the severe slide in Cineworld’s value this year has been overdone and that the stock is now extremely undervalued. While ratings are mixed, it averages out as a Buy and the 94.38p target price is more than double what Cineworld shares trade at today.
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IG client sentiment also supports that view, with 88% of IG clients with open positions on Cineworld currently long and therefore expecting the price to rise, with just 12% short and expecting it to decline.
Where next for Cineworld?
No one is expecting the H1 results to be pretty considering theatres were closed for most of the period, so the focus is on Cineworld’s ability to recover at a time when it must operate at reduced capacity, work with a weakened film slate and face the threat of being closed again if countries experience a second wave of infections.
Cineworld needs a recovery in H2 for the sake of its finances. The company has a large debt load and has already taken action to shore up the balance sheet. Cineworld said it had the resources to survive until the end of 2020 even if its theatres had to stay closed when it secured extra headroom from its lenders in May.
That may mean it could get through an equally difficult H2 if it has to – but this will just push the pressure back until 2021, when it will have far fewer levers to pull. This is considering it is already loaded with debt, has suspended the dividend and taken advantage of government support on both sides of the pond. A weak H2 could lead Cineworld to take more drastic action such as downsizing its estate or cutting jobs.
Cineworld is finding life as a publicly-listed business tough right now, demonstrated by the fact its share price has plunged this year. However, the fall in its share price has been so steep that rumours have started to build that Cineworld could be a takeover target in the near future, either by a big film studio looking to expand vertically within the market or by those that think the company would perform better in private hands in the current climate.
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Bikers are once again rallying against the helmet exemption for Sikhs in Alberta.
A group of 40 motorcyclists rode from Lacombe to the Alberta Legislature Saturday as part of the second Civil Disobedience Rally, protesting what they believe are discriminatory changes made to the Traffic Safety Act enabling turban-wearing Sikhs to ride without a helmet.
“We’re still trying to draw attention to the fact that the government has decided to write law based on people’s race, religion, colour or other defining factors and it’s against our Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” said rally organizer Keith Wegner.
“We’re trying to change it so the law is the same for all – either we ride without helmets, or we all ride with and we’re allowed to make that decision for ourselves.”
Their first rally took place in mid-September, with many bikers opting not to wear helmets as part of their protest. By the time the group had made it to the Lacombe County Administration Office, they’d already been pulled over by the RCMP for a first time. By the time the rally was over, Wegner and local rider Jannaleigh Miller both had court dates as a result of multiple tickets for riding lidless.
Wegner’s court date for the helmet violation was scheduled in April 2019, and it was then that a charter challenge was launched. His court date has since been moved back to June 28.
The exemption was first put into place by the former NDP government in April 2018. The changes made Alberta the third province in Canada, following B.C., Manitoba and preceding Ontario, to allow turban-wearing members of Sikh faith to ride both motorcycles and off-highway vehicles without a helmet.
More than 52,000 people identify as being Sikh in Alberta – the third highest population in Alberta, while Sikhism is the ninth largest religion in the world. In their religion, the protection of hair and wearing of a turban is a show of respect towards their god, and further an integral symbol of their identity.
Wegner has said he’s spoken to some members of the Sikh community, and while he understands the rationale behind the changes, says he still can’t support the exemption.
“I’ve got nothing against the Sikh community, or any race, creed or colour for that matter. This isn’t a fight against them,” he said. “It’s our government trying to divide us and make rules based on things other than law.”
Safety is also a major concern, particularly with one of the riders on hand involved in a recent collision, and other personal friends of the bikers either injured or killed while riding. To that end, they hosted a silent auction in support of One Broken Biker, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping injured riders.
Most of the bikers in attendance said the only time they’d ever ride lidless is during the rally, which left Lacombe about 12:15 p.m. and used rural highways rather than the QEII to get to the Legislature.
“The only time I won’t be wearing a helmet is during the rally. This isn’t so I can ride without a helmet,” Wegner said. “I think there’s a benefit to wearing a helmet and so my choice is to wear at all times whether the law changes or not, but there need to be one law for all Albertans and all Canadians for that matter.”
Many of the riders have also contacted government officials, including Minister of Transportation Ric Mciver, however, with a charter challenge before the courts, Mciver’s response back, as per a letter posted to the Civil Disobedience Rally 2019 Facebook page, has been that he’s unable to discuss the matter.

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Plumbing rough in is a topic that we cover on every new home project. It is important to understand that plumbing rough in for your home begins in the basement if you are planning one. With a basement you need an exact layout of your plumbing rough in before the concrete floor is poured.
Plumbing rough in describes the piping that is installed before the finished walls are in place. The most common products used for plumbing rough in today are PEX tubing for potable water systems and PVC (polyvinylchloride) rigid piping for DWV (drain-waste-vent) systems.
PEX has become the drinking water supply product of choice because it has the following desirable properties. PEX resists corrosion and scale buildup, it maintains its strength and flexibility at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. PEX is a cross-linked polyethylene which is relatively new technology but it has been around since the 1980’s.
Let’s talk about the fresh water system of our plumbing rough in system first. PEX stands for Poly Ethylene Cross (X)-Linked. It is the cross-linking process that makes PEX strong, safe and reliable, and it is how this process is done that determines what grade, or category, the PEX belongs to. Depending on the grade of PEX that you choose, the flexibility, strength, and uniform nature of the material will be affected.
The letters tell you how the PEX was created and the quality of the PEX, with “A” being the highest grade, followed by “B’, and finally “C”. PEX-a is made using the Engel (or peroxide) method to crosslink the molecules of polyethylene. With this method, the crosslinking is done at a high temperature above the melting point of the crystals. This “hot crosslinking” produces an incredibly uniform material with no weak spots.
The Engel method produces the strongest, most flexible PEX tubing possible, allowing for an installation with fewer joints and fittings than any other type of PEX. PEX-a also features a strong thermal memory and freeze protection, which means that once the tubing is expanded or contracted, it will naturally go back to its original shape. Since the process takes more time and more sophisticated equipment, PEX-a tends to be a bit more expensive than PEX-b or PEX-c. AquaPEX is the only PEX-a material available for plumbing applications.
When you begin to research the DWV or drain-waste-vent system of your homes plumbing rough in you will want to research PVC drainage systems. The most important part of designing your drainage plumbing rough in is to understand the need for a correct venting outlet in line with each drain discharge.
If you have ever experienced the sound of a gurgling drain after a toilet is flushed or a tub drain empties then you have experienced the result of an inappropriate or improper vent system.
Each drain outlet needs a venting line that runs up and out of the home. These vents can be connected in an attic space so that they discharge from a common location out of the building so long as the venting system continues to flow in a natural upward direction with no restrictions.Get the wiki on Plumbing here.


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Scope of application of ultraviolet sterilizer: It is used for disinfection of indoor air, surface of objects, water and other liquids. (1) It is required that when the voltage of the ultraviolet lamp used for disinfection is 220V, the relative humidity of the environment is 60%, and the temperature is 20°C, the radiated 253.7nm ultraviolet intensity (intensity in use) shall not be lower than
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It is measured at the distance of m, and the special ultraviolet lamp is used for the measurement. The ultraviolet intensity meter used must be calibrated and within the validity period; the ultraviolet intensity monitoring indicator card used should obtain the sanitation permit and be used within the validity period). (2) The ultraviolet rays used for disinfection are C-wave ultraviolet rays, with a wavelength range of 200nm to 275nm, and the band with the strongest bactericidal effect is 250nm to 270nm. The ultraviolet light source used for disinfection must be able to produce germicidal ultraviolet lamps whose irradiance value meets the national standard.
(3) The service life of the ultraviolet disinfection lamp, that is, the time for the intensity of the new lamp to decrease to 70μW/cm2 (power ≥ 30W), or to reduce to 70% of the intensity of the original new lamp (power<30W) should not be less than 1000h. The production unit of the ultraviolet lamp shall provide the actual service life. (4) For the preparation of ultraviolet disinfection lamps, graded quartz glass tubes should be used in order to obtain satisfactory ultraviolet radiation intensity.
(5) The ultraviolet disinfection lamp can be equipped with a reflector made of a material with a high ultraviolet reflection coefficient (such as a polished aluminum plate). Once it drops below the required strength, it should be replaced in time. At present, the ultraviolet disinfection lamps we use mainly include the following types: 1) High ozone ultraviolet disinfection lamp: due to the adoption of a special process, this lamp produces a large proportion of ultraviolet rays with a wavelength of 184.9nm, so the ozone output is relatively large. 2) Ordinary straight-tube hot-cathode low-pressure mercury ultraviolet disinfection lamp: the lamp tube is made of quartz glass or other glass with high UV transmittance, and the power is 40W, 30W, 20W, 15W, etc.
It is required that the intensity of 253.7nm ultraviolet rays radiated by the new lamp from the factory (measured at a distance of 1m, without a reflector) is: power>30W Lamp, ≥90μW/cm2; power>20W lamp, ≥60μW/cm2; power 15W lamp, ≥20μW/cm2. Since this lamp radiates at 253.7nm At the same time as ultraviolet rays, it also radiates part of 184.9nm ultraviolet rays, so ozone can be produced. 3) Low-ozone ultraviolet disinfection lamp: It is also a hot-cathode low-pressure mercury lamp, which can be straight tube or H-type. Due to the use of special technology and lamp material, the ozone output is very low, and the ozone output is required<1mg/h.
4) High-intensity ultraviolet disinfection lamp: the required radiation intensity of 253.7nm ultraviolet rays (measured at a vertical distance of 1m from the center of the lamp tube) is: power 30W lamp,>170μW/cm2; 11W lamp,>40μW/cm2. Poolking is the best swimming pool equipment manufacturer and supplier in China. Poolking exists to provide the highest quality swimming pool equipment while offering competitive pricing..

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Technology.am (May 20, 2009) — Scientists report that a memory device is capable of storing data for more than one billion years.
The 10 to 100 gigabits of data per square inch on today’s memory cards has an estimated life expectancy of only 10 to 30 years. Packing more digital data onto these memory cards makes it less life expectancy. The denser you pack, the quicker it spoils.
Now scientists have an idea to rectify this situation with a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than conventional silicon chips with an estimated lifetime of more than one billion years.
Alex Zettl and colleagues said that some of today’s highest-density experimental storage media can retain ultra-dense data for only a fraction of a second.
Scientists describe about an experimental memory device consisting of an iron nanoparticle (1/50,000 the width of a human hair) enclosed in a hollow carbon nanotube. In the presence of electricity, the nanoparticle can be shuttled back and forth with great precision. It creates a programmable memory system that, like a silicon chip, can record digital information and play it back using conventional computer hardware.
Theoretically, the researchers showed that the device had a storage capacity as high as 1 terabyte per square inch (a trillion bits of information) and temperature-stability in excess of one billion years.


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Well... I canít exactly call myself a huge fan of HIMSA and Iím not sure that their brand
new album ďSummon in Thunder" will change how I feel about their music.
The promo-CD Iím listening to right now contains 11 tracks... style wise quite close to bands like; At The Gates, The Haunted and Shadows Fall.
Some choose to call it Metalcore... I would call it Modern Thrash Metal instead.
ďSummon in ThunderĒ is packed with aggression and energy and they mostly Thrash like
thereís no tomorrow but even after numerous listen Iím still disappointed with it.
Only a few tracks have left a mark in my brain and I must admit that Johnny Pettiboneís vocals are getting on my nerves a times. A tad too monotonous for my taste.
The production done by Steve Carter, Devin Townsend and mastermind Tue Madsen
is great. Crystal clear and powerful but sadly it canít save this album from being an average
experience for me. Not that I totally dislike it... no, no... There are a few guitar runs that are
great, and there are a few tracks that I really like, so this album does have its moments but sadly I wonít be standing first in line at the music store to buy this release.
Fans of this genre should curse me and buy this album without second thoughts, the rest of you
should take a listen before you buy.

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FOP110 is an all-in-one solution for forklift automation. It combines an UWB tracker with operator touch screen LCD messaging panel, crash detection and RFID operator identification. Operator checks in before driving for authorization and event logging. Forklift is tracked and messages can be sent two ways for a streamlined operation.
Crashes, overspeed and zone violations would create an event log on operators id and an optional warning can be seen on device LCD with audible tone. Operator can accept or refuse a message with status feedback. CreufLink software would create a driving score and OEE using the real time log data.
Any factory floor or warehouse can be RTLS ready by installing Anchors per 250 m2 area.
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“Where events are infused with elements of joy and nature…”
That’s exactly what you will see at this elegant & intimate Simpsonville, SC wedding venue owned by Karen & Mike Harnesberger. As you walk in, you’ll notice the windows lined with hand-cut tree panels (designed & created by Karen herself!). Inside, Sapphire Creek offers 3,550 square feet of space and can accommodate up to 250 guests. The area can be used for weddings, receptions, and even a “creek” dance floor!
Stepping out from the inside venue, you’ll walk the slate path through the Secret Garden, past the disappearing creek and towards The Chapel, their quaintly restored horse barn. It’s perfectly hidden from the outside world.
Over the course of 6 years, Sapphire Creek’s team has worked with couples to create the perfect elements for their events. Karen & Katrina combine years of experience, innovative thinking, creative solutions, and genuinely caring personalities to make your day exactly how you dreamed.
Details + Features
In a space that can do multiple things, Sapphire Creek has both key features & customizable elements. You will see the following:
- Sheer White Drapings
- A key feature, the space is adorned with beautiful, flowing white drapes across the ceilings and hanging down to the floor.
- Creek Dance Floor
- An innovative feature, water lights project downwards onto artistically designed concrete to create the “creek” dance floor. Karen grabbed this idea from a bar in New Orleans!
- Uplighting + Gobo Options
- There’s a variety of personalization options here! These features set the mood & allow the addition of pops of color without breaking the bank. You can even display a custom logo onto the walls & floor.
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that was when I was trying to find myself.”
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- Spacious Bridal Suite with a Personal Touch
- As you’re getting ready for your big day with all the special women in your life, ample space is going to be important for you. The bridal suite at Sapphire Creek is perfectly tucked away and provides great space for you and your ladies. The team has restored personal furniture of Karen’s grandmother to furnish the space.
Karen, the engineer & creative innovator, has done so much to make sure every detail in this Simpsonville, SC wedding venue infuses elements of nature & her personal story. The team at Events at Sapphire Creek offer more than just a venue. When you work with them, you’re working with experienced, creative, caring, and fun folks who want nothing more than to make your special day uniquely you.
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CINCINNATI, Ky. (WLWT) - A carriage driver with Elegant Carriage of Cincinnati underwent surgery Friday after her carriage was hit from behind on the Taylor Southgate Bridge connecting Cincinnati and neighboring Newport, Kentucky during Thursday evening's rush hour.
Carriage driver Tina Hemingway suffered facial injuries and a broken leg in the incident.
Officials said the carriage was coming from Cincinnati when it was hit from behind by a black Grand Prix.
"It knocked the person that was controlling the horse over the bridge and was actually hanging off of the railing," Newport Police Chief Tom Collins said.
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What’s up guys! I always love to be busy with my home interior. For me, it’s very important to have a nice and cozy home so I will always enjoy the environment when I’m at home. Read about my tips for your home interior!
Tip 1: Wall decorations
Decorations on your wall are very important in your home to make it a lot more enjoyable. Those big white walls need some decorations! This photo on wood for example in the image above and below. It’s a photo I took in Spain, in a beautiful cloister in Toledo. A personal photo is perfect to use as decoration for a photo on canvas (foto op canvas doek) or wood. If you fancy one yourself, I recommend this website to buy one: https://www.canvascompany.be
Tip 2: Plants and flowers
Plants and flowers can not be missed if you want to have a cozy home. They are so decorative! A trip to the nearest garden centre does wonders. I have several plants in my home like the pancake plant, Swiss cheese plant, Dieffenbachia and some cacti of course. You can also buy flowers to make your home more decorative, but I’m not a big fan of that because they always die very fast. Plants on the other hand have a very long lifetime!
Tip 3: A carpet
Carpets are perfect for the chill corner of your home. It really breaks the big floor and looks very nice in the area of the couch and the TV. It’s also very nice for your feet, since the floor can be cold haha. I even have a carpet in the bedroom to make that room also a bit more decorative. Its part under the bed and part on the open floor to make a nice blend. Don’t mind my couch on the below photo though. I have a cat so it’s a bit demolished haha.
Tip 4: Coloured walls
Spaces with only white walls could get boring really fast. A great tip is to make some walls a colour. Only one wall in the space would be sufficient. It breaks the other white walls and gives a lot more warmth to the space. I have several black walls in my apartment. In the living room, one part of the wall is black, just like my kitchen drawers. Also one wall in my bedroom is black. I would go for some nice warm colours like dark green, blue, grey or black.
Tip 5: Incorporate big and small elements
Another thing is to incorporate big and small elements in your interior. I have some big plants but also small plants for example. When it are smaller objects you can place two or three things together to make it more decorative. Big objects can just stand on their own because they take a lot more space.
Hope you enjoyed the tips I gave you to get a more decorative and cozy home. If you want a canvas photo (canvas foto) as I mentioned before, don’t forget to check out these guys: https://www.canvascompany.be
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Development and Postcolonialism
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Contemporary theoretical issues and debates of (post)modern and (post)colonial discourses in relation to the question of development are introduced. The aim of the course is to make the links visible between 'development' as a discursive cultural configuration and development as an object category of economic 'growth.'
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Youngest Kiwi proud to represent NZ at Queen's Funeral
At 18 years old, Gunner Reagen Powell from Matamata is not only the youngest in his regiment, he was the youngest member of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent to march in the Her Majesty The Late Queen Elizabeth II's funeral procession on Monday.
21 September, 2022
On Monday, Gunner Powell was in the main body of the Commonwealth Contingent marching in the Queen’s funeral procession down the Mall in London. He was among 24 New Zealanders, 64 Canadians and 28 Australians.
The New Zealanders were on the left side of the contingent group and those watching the broadcast again may spot Gunner Powell, 11th down, wearing NZ Army service dress and his ‘lemon squeezer’ hat with a red band.
It was “pretty amazing” being there, he said.
“Death is something that affects all of us at some point. But to see so many people feeling that, all at the same time, was pretty sombre.”
After farewelling the Queen at Wellington Arch, the contingent marched back to Wellington Barracks at St James’s Park.
“On the way back, the crowd clapped us.”
Gunner Powell is used to commemorations despite his short military career so far. He joined the Army this year after leaving Matamata College and looking for a job that offered something out of the ordinary.
He found that niche serving as a Gunner with 161 Battery, 16th Field Regiment, based in Linton. His Battery handles the light field guns that 16th Field Regiment use for Royal salutes in New Zealand.
He was part of the firing party for the 96-round death salute for Queen, and the accession salute for His Majesty King Charles III, both in Wellington.
His deployment to England came out of the blue.
“I was expecting a normal day at work. I was in the shower when my mates found me and said ‘Headquarters wants you’. I went to Regiment Headquarters and was told, get your stuff, you’re going to England.”
The contingent arrived in London a week before the funeral and rehearsed at Pirbright Army Camp in Surrey.
A highlight of the week was the visit to Pirbright by the Prince and Princess of Wales on Friday, to thank the Commonwealth contingents for coming this far. The New Zealand contingent returned the thanks by performing the Defence Force haka.
It was to show respect to the Prince and Princess, and because the personnel were thinking about the Queen, he said.
“It’s for the people of New Zealand, for anyone watching. It’s for everyone.”
“He (Prince William) asked me how my drill was. I said I was a bit rusty. He said the Queen would always notice the little things in drill.”
Gunner Powell said he took that as a hint he’d better perfect it for the day.
He was impressed at how quickly such an enormous event came together.
“I never thought I would come somewhere as far as this, and I’m very proud to be involved.
“My Aunt and Uncle, who raised me, know I’m representing New Zealand and are proud for me as well.”


American car manufacturer, General Motors is working on a new Chevrolet compact SUV these days. This rumor came into the market when Opel revealed its compact SUV, called Mokka at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. General Motors has recently created some design patent pictures of mini crossover that have been leaked by a French magazine. These pictures reveal the truth of a stunning compact crossover that somewhat resembles with another Chevrolet SUV, the Captiva and has some impressions of the Mokka comact crossover as well. The Mokka would be sold as the Vauxhall Mokka crossover in some selected auto-markets, but for the Indian markets this SUV would not carry the Opel or Vauxhall badge.
India is considered as a SUV loving place and with the kind of response that Ford EcoSport and Renault Duster received in the country, a lot of perspective buyers have shown up. Renault Duster was unveiled in India at the 11th Auto Expo and is expected to arrive by the end of this year. With such a lucrative condition for SUVs in the Indian car market, it would be a bit dim of GM if it misses out on the opportunity. It seems that GM will offer this new Compact SUV in both 4WD and front wheel drive options. Also this SUV is expected to have the same platform as Opel Mokka. Under the hood, Chevrolet Compact SUV might come powered with 1.4 litre of petrol engine same which is present in Chevrolet Sail sedan.
The diesel engine will come from Chevrolet Enjoy, which means the 1.3 litre of Fiat Multi-Jet engine. There is no word on the pricing till now, but this Compact Chevrolet SUV might fall into the price range of below Rs. 10 lakh. The new Chevrolet Compact SUV will fit in five adults comfortably and would be 4.3 meters in length. However, the survival of Chevrolet compact crossover would not be that easy in India, because when GM would launch it on the Indian shores, it would have rivals like Ford Ecosport, Renault Duster and Mahindra Mini Xylo running on streets. And even, Maruti may also unveil its compact crossover XA Alpha.
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Twice in the last month, we have heard “I just used my cell phone to make noise measurements so you do not need to make measurements.” Mobile phone sound meter applications have added a new twist to our consulting services. As for using our smart phones as sound level meters… The standard phone, as delivered from Apple, Motorola, Samsung, etc. is an awful sound level meter that should not be used for anything other than fun! Of the over 120 and growing sound meter applications currently available, none of them make up for the inexpensive microphone that is part of the phone. The microphone elements we use cost hundreds of dollars, much more than the most expensive smart phone available. The meter that this very expensive microphone element attaches to is even more costly.
When the iPhone first came out, one of our colleagues was doing a demonstration to a city council. The demonstration was a recorded simulation of a noise event. Prior to the meeting he carefully adjusted the demonstration level in the council chambers, in order to show the most accurate information. At the time of the testimony, our colleague reproduced the calibration level and showed the council members that it was 60dBA – the goal for the calibration level. Then two different council members that had just gotten their iPhone for the holidays said, no I read it at 64dBA here and the other said no it is only 57dBA here. How do you argue with Apple? They clearly would not make a product that was not accurate.
In April 2014, the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America published an evaluation of smart phone sound measurement applications. In this article, authors Kardous and Shaw tested a number of different systems and apps. Their research confirmed this disparate range of readings reported when the devices are side-by-side in the same sound field.
A few weeks ago we tried a similar test… we used our sound masking system to create a uniform sound field as defined by our “true test meters”. We used three of our “test meters” to triple check the levels and all were within a few tenths of a decibel, as we would expect. Unfortunately, our smart phones had a 10 decibel range between the lowest and the highest and none of them matched what our “true test meters” reported.
Is there a use for the smart phone sound meter app? Sure, it gives you an idea of the relative level. How loud is the office relative to the kitchen at home, or how loud is my car with the windows rolled up at a stop light. Beyond that, be very careful of what you read on the web about acoustics, and what someone claims (and how they claim it) when it comes to a noise level measured by their smart phone.


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Statewide Standards for Windmills?
Walker’s bill sparks debate over local control
June 11, 2006 | By Carolyn Kelly
Great Lakes Bulletin News Service
Representative Howard Walker wants to see more wind turbines in Michigan.
Earlier this spring, about 50 people gathered in Traverse City to discuss the future of wind-generated electricity in Michigan.
The meeting was called by State Representative Howard Walker, a Traverse City Republican, who has proposed a bill that would establish statewide zoning standards for commercial wind turbines. House Bill 4649 would limit how noisy the big machines would be to nearby residents, and requires them to be set far back from homes, roads, and property lines.
Representative Walker sees significant economic potential for generating energy with wind power in jobs-starved Michigan. The state is the nation’s fourteenth windiest, capable of producing 65 billion wind-driven kilowatt-hours of electricity each year or enough to power 1.9 million households.
Yet, unlike California, Texas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and New Mexico — the top five wind-power states — Michigan has yet to really put wind to work. The state will have just 10 large-scale wind turbines operating by year’s end — a fraction of what any of those top five states already have.
But the idea of helping wind and other renewable power sources grow is gaining traction in Lansing. In addition to Representative Walker’s efforts, State Representative Chris Kolb, an Ann Arbor Democrat, has proposed bills that, among other things, require utilities to draw at least 15 percent of their power from renewables like wind and solar power, and offers income and property tax deductions for homeowner that install small-scale systems.
But when a company starts talking about building a wind farm in Michigan, a passionate, determined group of nearby residents often shows up at township meetings, claiming that wind power is bad, at least if it’s located in their community. They insist that turbines ravage bird populations, annoy neighbors with noise and flickering shadows from spinning blades, interfere with TV reception, drive down property values, and ruin beautiful vistas. While Representative Walker and wind advocates point to both research and practical experience that says proper siting can solve those problems, most wind opponents remain adamant.
Mr. Walker believes that wind power should be a legitimate, “by right” land use, just like dairy farms, housing, shopping malls, gas stations, and factories. And, seeing that the state’s 1242 townships — which currently have the right to regulate turbines — would, if left to their individual decisions, almost certainly produce wildly differing regulations, he believes statewide standards are necessary for getting more turbines spinning.
“There’s nothing a business hates more than unpredictability,” said Mr. Walker, referring to the regulatory uncertainty that reigns over wind power.
Who’s in Charge?
Many people who attended Representative Walker’s April 21 meeting in Traverse City objected to what they said are his bill's attacks on local control of a new land use. Tim Johnson, who chairs the Centerville Township Planning Commission, which is weighing a proposal for a large wind farm in Leelanau County, told Mr. Walker that he opposes the bill for those reasons.
Mr. Johnson, who has a wind turbine in his backyard, and his fellow planning commissioners have formed a citizen committee to craft a commercial wind turbine ordinance for their township. He thinks wind turbines should be regulated by those who will be directly affected by them.
But John Hull, zoning administrator in nearby Acme Township, supports Mr. Walker’s bill. Michigan may need statewide standards, he says, to develop wind power if local communities take a not-in-my-backyard stance against tall turbines.
“It’s a classic free-rider problem” said Mr. Hall. “We would be better off collectively if we developed renewable, non-polluting energy, but each of us benefits individually if renewable energy is developed elsewhere, which means that very little renewable energy is developed at all.”
Representative Walker said he is willing to rework his bills to incorporate more local control, which could reassure many opponents that the state or a developer cannot force a poorly designed wind farm down a community’s throat. The two bills he originally introduced (they have since been consolidated into a single bill) did not allow local governments to block turbines, provided that they met the noise level and setback requirements. A new draft allows townships to set aside 10 percent of their land as “turbine free” and requires wind developers to post a bond that would pay for the removal of non-operational turbines.
But Jim Schwantes, a professional planner and vice chair of the Centerville Township planning commission, said more detailed criteria is needed to determine which areas are suitable for wind development, and which are not.
Jim Lively, the Michigan Land Use Institute’s planner, suggested another way to maintain local control of wind development while streamlining the approval process.
“Wind power and agriculture are very compatible rural uses because they do best in areas without a lot of houses,” said Mr. Lively. “Townships already use zoning to determine areas that are most appropriate for agriculture. If this legislation were to ensure that farmers in designated agricultural districts have the right to erect wind turbines, it would continue to respect local control while supporting farming.”
Indeed, wind farms could support Michigan’s agricultural sector and economy as well as the environment. The turbines would provide extra income to farmers, who would still be able to plant and harvest crops right up to the base of the turbine, while discouraging the residential sprawl that consumes some 60,000 acres of Michigan farmland each year. A mature wind industry would be a breath of fresh air for the manufacturing sector as well, as demand for turbine parts and mechanical expertise rises. Wind power could generate over 8,000 Michigan jobs, if it were fully developed, according to a 2004 report by the Renewable Energy Policy Project, a Washington-based alternative energy advocacy group.
Wind, Coal, and Free Markets
Opponents of turbines and Mr. Walker’s bills raise objections that range from the economic to the aesthetic to the environmental.
Some appeal to free-market ideology. They argue that the federal wind energy production tax credits that are crucial to building more turbines prop up an industry that would collapse without them. They say that wind power should be required to turn a profit without government help.
“Let the market decide,” Mark Zimanek, a resident of Centerville Township who vehemently opposes a proposed wind farm there, recently said after a community meeting. “It works.”
But America’s market-based economy is chock full of subsidies for corn, dairy products, mortgages, and every major source of energy, including coal, natural gas, and oil. All of these subsidies, argue wind power advocates, are market distortions — people would eat, drink, drive, and live differently without them. So it hardly makes sense, say advocates, to dismiss wind simply because it’s yet another subsidized industry.
Wind advocates also point out that the “price” of power goes beyond paying the electricity bills each month. Consumers also “pay” for the pollution generated by power plants, in the form of asthma, birth defects, and rising health insurance premiums. This is what economists refer to as an externality — a cost that doesn’t show up on a price tag or an electricity bill.
A typical 500-megawatt coal plant is loaded with externalities. It doesn’t just sell 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough to power a city of about 140,000 people each year. Annually, it also produces 10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, the main ingredient in acid rain, which damages forests, lakes and buildings. It spews 10,200 tons of nitrogen oxide, a major ingredient in both acid rain and smog. It releases 3.7 million tons of carbon dioxide, the leading cause of global warming.
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, that yearly list also includes 220 tons of smog-causing hydrocarbons; 720 tons of poisonous, climate-warming carbon monoxide; more than 300,000 tons of landfill-clogging ash and sludge; 225 pounds of arsenic, 114 pounds of lead, four pounds of cadmium and other toxic heavy metals, including mercury; and even traces of uranium. If the cost of dealing with the health and environmental damage caused by those byproducts—the cost of the externalities—were included in the price of coal, then wind power, subsidized or not, would win in a walk, advocates argue.
In fact, wind is beginning to win even without counting the externalities. The Los Angeles Times reported early this year that the rising cost of natural gas and coal are leading power companies in three wind-rich states — Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas — to charge more for conventional power than for wind power.
Controlling Noise and Shadow
Although wind turbines are easier on human health and the environment than a coal plant, that doesn’t mean that they don’t affect their neighbors. Wind turbines have externalities too — but those externalities are much less severe and much easier to reduce.
One is noise: Some people who live close to large wind turbines complain of disrupted sleep and concentration from the repetitive swoosh the turning blades make. But even the noise from an older turbine, like the one just west of Traverse City owned and operated by Traverse City Light and Power, is faint enough that, from several hundred feet away, it is drowned out by cars cruising along the adjacent highway. It’s an externality, but one that careful site choice can eliminate.
The same is true of the flickering shadows that spinning blades can cast on a residence for a few minutes during a particular few days of every year. Siting turbines far enough away from homes can solve the problem.
And birds? Even the Audubon Society supports well-sited wind projects that avoid migratory flyways and fragile habitats.
"The National Audubon Society supports renewable energy, including wind power, as renewable energy has a lower overall impact on the environment," wrote Erica Barton, the media manager at the Audubon Society, in an email. "However, it is crucial that appropriate reviewing agencies thoroughly assess potential impacts of wind power projects on wildlife. This is essential to ensure that facilities are designed and sited to minimize harm to birds, other wildlife and their habitat."
The American Wind Energy Association would add that wind farms kill fewer birds than tall buildings, clear windows, cars, and housecats.
Another oft-cited externality of wind turbines are property values.
A 2003 study conducted by the Renewable Energy Policy Project, a Washington-based nonprofit, and funded by the Department of Energy, packed a real surprise. The study, based on 25,000 property sales in ten paired communities, considered the effect of wind farms on property values. Each pair of communities was geographically and demographically similar, and each pair included one community with a wind farm and one without. Properties within five miles (i.e., within sight of) wind turbines held their value as well as, and usually better than, properties that were not near wind turbines.
However, the study does not say how properties adjacent or very close to wind turbines fared. Anecdotal evidence includes both horror and success stories, suggesting another large scale study. Perhaps minimizing noise or shadow flicker would safeguard property values.
In cases where a nearby turbine can be shown to decrease property values, it would be reasonable for the turbine operator to compensate property owners, even if they do not own the land under the machine.
Carolyn Kelly was raised by economists. She is also the Michigan Land Use Institute’s associate editor. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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FAIR WAGES FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES
The Issue | Supporting Organizations | Petition | Section 511 | Special Wage Certificates| Goodwill | Research | In the News| Background and History | Articles | Press Releases | Policy Statements | Contact
The Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 (H.R. 831)
Current labor laws unjustly prohibit workers with disabilities from reaching their full vocational and socioeconomic potential.
Written in 1938, Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) discriminates against people with disabilities. The provision allows the Secretary of Labor to grant to employers Special Wage Certificates that permit them to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages (wages that are less than the federal minimum wage) primarily in sheltered workshops (segregated work environments). This is based on the false assumption that disabled workers are less productive than nondisabled workers, which has been disproven by the successful employment models that have emerged in the last seventy-five years to assist people with significant disabilities in acquiring the job skills needed for competitive work. Section 14(c) sustains segregated subminimum-wage workshops that exploit disabled workers, paying some only pennies per hour for mundane, repetitive tasks.
This discriminatory policy is not necessary for the successful operation of a disability-training program. The overwhelming majority of Goodwill Industries and National Industries for the Blind (NIB) affiliates operate successfully without paying subminimum wages. Countless entities have successfully transitioned their subminimum-wage business model of low expectations to an innovative model of competitive, integrated training and employment, meeting the growing needs of mainstream employers with the proven talents of employees with disabilities. Only outdated workshops argue they will be unable to manage worthwhile programs without the use of the Special Wage Certificates.
The subminimum-wage model fails to provide adequate training or employment to disabled workers. Data shows that less than 5 percent of the four-hundred thousand workers with disabilities in segregated subminimum-wage workshops will transition into competitive integrated work. Moreover, research shows that the subminimum wage model costs more, but actually produces less! In fact, workers must unlearn the useless skills they acquire in order to obtain meaningful employment. It is poor policy to reward such failed programs with wage exemptions, preferential federal contracts, and public and charitable contributions.
After seventy-five years of demonstrated failure, it is time to invest in proven, effective models for employment. Section 14(c) sustains the same segregated, subminimum-wage environments that existed in 1938. This discriminatory model has proven to be extremely ineffective and offers no incentive for mainstream employers to hire people with disabilities. The Employment First Movement promotes new concepts, such as “supported” or “customized” employment, which are successful at producing competitive, integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities who were previously thought to be unemployable.
The Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 (H.R. 831) has been introduced by Congressman Gregg Harper. The bill, when passed, will responsibly phase out and eventually repeal Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. As a result, individuals with the most significant disabilities will no longer be trapped in the segregated subminimum-wage workshops that have been proven to cost more and produce very poor outcomes. Current service providers will have three years to transition to a proven competitive integrated training and employment business model that assists individuals with even the most significant disabilities obtain real jobs at real wages. Organizations opposing the adoption of this proven model only demonstrate their lack of expertise in the field of employment of people with disabilities, their inability to be competitive with similarly situated organizations, and their unwillingness to meet the true calling of their charitable status.
To learn more about the issue and the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013, please read our frequently asked questions document.
The following are letters supporting the repeal of Section 14(c) of the FLSA:
- Letter of Support Issued by National Disability Rights Network
- Letter of Support issued by Collaboration to Promote Self Determination
- Letter of Support issued by National Disability Leadership Alliance
- Letter of Support issued by Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
- Letter of Support issued by The Chicago Lighthouse
- Letter of Support issued by Peter Blanck, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
- Action Alert to stop the expansion of subminimum wage issued by TASH
- Letter of Support issued by Disability Rights Advocates
- Letter of Support issued by the New York State Office of Children & Family Services, Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
You can now support the effort of the National Federation of the Blind to eliminate the practice of paying wages below the federal minimum to workers with disabilities by signing our online petition. Please sign the petition and share it with all of your colleagues, friends, and family.
The National Federation of the Blind, along with a growing number of other disability organizations, is opposed to language in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), S. 1356, which would reauthorize the Rehabilitation Act (Title V.) with a provision that would authorize rehab agencies to place disabled workers in subminimum-wage employment, and move the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor. For our full comments on these proposed changes, please read the letter sent on July 19, 2013, to the Senate HELP Committee and our #FIXWIA blog post. More information can also be found in the links below.
- Legal Analysis by Samuel R. Bagenstos: Section 511 is Not a Step Forward
The Hill (07/30/2013): Don't Sabotage the Rehabilitation Act
- NFB Press Release (08/14/2013): National Federation of the Blind Releases Analysis of Section 511
- NFB Press Release (07/29/2013): National Federation of the Blind: Workforce Investment Act Sabotages Rehabilitation Act
- List of organizations opposing Section 511 of Title V of the Workforce Investment Act
Goodwill is a household name, but most households do not realize that Goodwill Industries International is one of the many employers that pay less than the federal minimum wage to its workers with disabilities while its top executives receive more than $53.7 million in total compensation. This fact was exposed by John Hrabe in the story "Policies, tax dollars enrich Goodwill execs," published by Watchdog.org in early May 2013.
Subsequently, Goodwill’s use of this practice, and attempts to defend it, were highlighted by NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams on June 21, 2013, with the story, “Disabled workers paid just pennies an hour-and it's legal.”
Goodwill, in its attempt to represent Section 14(c) as an essential tool for the provision of quality training or competitive employment of people with disabilities, actually demonstrates that entities can operate successfully without paying subminimum wages. Goodwill states that 101 of its affiliates operate successfully without paying subminimum wages to their workers with disabilities. However, rather than adopting a policy to require the other sixty-four affiliates to operate in a similar fashion, the Goodwill representatives state that it is a local decision for these affiliates to pay their workers with disabilities subminimum wages, and that they support this choice. In order to effect change in this policy, we are urging people not to shop at thrift stores affiliated with Goodwill Industries International and/or donate goods to Goodwill until it adopts a policy requiring each of its affiliates to pay at least the federal minimum wage to all of their workers with disabilities.
On Saturday, August 25, 2012, the NFB and its affiliates and chapters conducted over ninety informational protests of Goodwill thrift store locations across the country. The purpose of the protests was to promote public awareness of the unfair, discriminatory, and immoral practice of paying subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.
On October 31, 2013, members of the NFB, along with representatives of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), unmasked Goodwill's exploitation of workers with disabilities by delivering copies of a Change.org petition to various Goodwill headquarters across the country. The petition had already garnered 170,000 signatures from Americans who demand that Goodwill pay its workers with disabilities a real wage.
To stay up-to-date on the protest and boycott activities, please follow @NFB_Voice on Twitter. Please use the hash tag #fairwages and Goodwill’s Twitter handle of @GoodwillIntl to monitor and post about local protests and boycott on your own Twitter accounts. You may also become a fan of the National Federation of the Blind on Facebook, and post comments to Goodwill’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillIntl.
- National Federation of the Blind Analysis of Section 511 with Bill Language
- United States General Accounting Office (GOA) Report to the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives: Wage and Hour Division Needs Improved Investigative Processes and Ability to Suspend Statute of Limitations to Better Protect Workers Against Wage Theft
- Congressional Research Service Report: Treatment of Workers with Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
- United States General Accounting Office (GOA) Report to The Honorable Barry M. Goldwater, Jr.: Stronger Federal Efforts Needed for Providing Employment Opportunities and Enforcing Labor Standards in Sheltered Workshops
- United States General Accounting Office (GOA) Report to Congressional Requesters: Special Minimum Wage Program
- Study: Do sheltered workshops enhance employment outcomes for adults with autism spectrum disorder?
- A report by National Disability Rights Network: Beyond Segregated and Exploited
- A report by National Disability Rights Network: Segregated & Exploited
- Letter of Transmittal to President Barack Obama from the National Council on Disability re: Subminimum Wage and Supported Employment
- A report by Samuel R. Bagenstos, former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice: The Case Against the Section 14(c) Subminimum Wage Program
- An article by Michael Callahan, Marc Gold & Associates/Employment for All: The Productivity Fallacy: Why people are worth more than just how fast their hands move
- YouTube (04/11/2014): American Workers Speak Out Against Subminimum Wages
- Fortune (02/12/2014): Disabled workers left in the cold on minimum wage
- Wisconsin Public Radio (11/04/2013): Does Goodwill Pay Unfair Wages to Workers with Disabilities?
- Truth-out.org (11/01/2013): Activists Petition Goodwill to Pay Disabled Workers the Minimum Wage
- KFOR-TV (11/01/2013): Goodwill Industries accused of unethical pay to disabled workers
- Salt Lake Tribune (10/31/2013): Utah group delivers petition demanding equal wages for the blind
- Cal Watchdog.com (10/31/2013): Disability groups deliver petitions to Goodwill
- Forbes.com (07/31/2013): Does Goodwill Industries Exploit Disabled Workers?
- Salon.com (06/21/2013): Goodwill Pays its Workers with Disabilities As Little As 22 Cents an Hour
- Rock Center with Brian Williams (06/21/2013): Disabled workers paid just pennies an hour-and it's legal
- Huffington Post (05/20/2013): Goodwill Exploits Workers With Disabilities, Report Claims
- Huffington Post (05/15/2013): Goodwill Minimum Wage Loophole Will Shock You
- Jewish Week (04/08/2013): Compassion Can Be Discrimination
- Yahoo! Voices (09/18/2012): The Labor Protest We All Should Support
- MLive.com (09/07/2012): Protest planned for grand opening of Goodwill's new location in Metro Detroit
- Associated Press (08/27/2012): Goodwill Industries criticized for workshop wages
- Des Moines Register (08/26/2012): Disabled worker pay law assailed
- The Sun News (08/26/2012): Grand Strand residents protest disabled employee wages
- The Gazette (08/26/2012): Group protests Goodwill wages
- WYFF 4 (08/26/2012): Legally blind protesters call for better wages outside Goodwill
- Albany Herald (08/25/2012): Group stages minimum wage protest
- KAKE.com (08/25/2012): Kansans Join National Protest Against Goodwill
- WMBF News (08/25/2012): Residents protest disabled employees pay from Goodwill stores
- Daily Herald (08/25/2012): Group protests wages outside Des Plaines Goodwill
- CBSDenver.com (08/25/2012): Group Protests Goodwill For Paying Disabled Workers Under Minimum Wage
- WTVR.com (08/25/2012): A national disability group protests against Goodwill's practices
- TwinCities.com (08/24/2012): Organization for blind will protest at Goodwill in St. Paul
- NC Times (08/24/2012): Activists to protest Goodwill paying disabled below minimum wage
- WUSA9 (06/08/2012): Goodwill Pays Disabled Workers Less Than Minimum Wage
- Sheltered Workshops and the Subminimum Wage: What Goes Around Comes Around (Braille Monitor, March 1986)
- Fair Labor Standards Amendments Open New Doors For Shop Workers (Braille Monitor, January 1987)
- Victory for Workshop Workers and the National Federation of the Blind in Lubbock (Braille Monitor, February 1989)
- Fair Labor Standards: What Blind People Need to Know About Their Rights (Braille Monitor, December 1990)
- Wage Protection for Blind Workers: The Legislative Struggle Begins Again (Braille Monitor, June 1994)
A Voice of the Nation's Blind blog post (11/15/2013): 75 Years of the Fair Labor Standards Act and People with Disabilities Have No Reason to Celebrate
A Voice of the Nation's Blind blog post (10/29/2013): Unmasking the Exploitation of Workers with Disabilities
A Voice of the Nation's Blind blog post (06/21/2013): The Sin of Omission: A Rebuttal of Goodwill's Policy Statement on Subminimum Wage Payments to Workers with Disabilities
A Voice of the Nation's Blind blog post (04/22/2013) Victims of the Exemption
A Voice of the Nation's Blind blog post (04/15/2013) The Commensurate Wage Fallacy
- A Voice of the Nation's Blind blog post (11/01/2012): We're Not Giving Up
- A February 23, 2012 letter from Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the NFB, to the House of Representatives re: Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities
- An article by Anil Lewis, Director of Strategic Communications, NFB: Fair Wages for People with Disabilities (Braille Monitor, November 2011)
- A Speech Delivered by Frederic K. Schroeder, Ph.D. (07/08/2011): No More Subminimum Wages: The Time is Now!
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (10/31/2013): National Federation of the Blind to Unmask Goodwill's Exploitation of Workers with Disabilities
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (07/29/2013): National Federation of the Blind: Workforce Investment Act Sabotages Rehabilitation Act
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (02/27/2013): National Federation of the Blind Applauds Introduction of Fair Wages Legislation
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (08/20/2012): Americans with Disabilities to Protest Goodwill's Subminimum Wages
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (06/20/2012): Governor Paterson Calls for At Least Minimum Wage for Disabled Workers
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (06/11/2012): National Federation of the Blind Responds to Goodwill Statement on Subminimum Wages
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (06/07/2012): National Federation of the Blind Urges Boycott of Goodwill Industries
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (10/04/2011): U.S. Representatives Stearns and Bishop Introduce Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act
- National Federation of the Blind Press Release (07/25/2011): Former New York Governor Comments on Subminimum Wages for Disabled Workers
- National Federation of the Blind Resolution 2012-01: Regarding Support for the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2011
- National Federation of the Blind Resolution 2011-09: Regarding Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities
- National Federation of the Blind Resolution 2011-17: Regarding the Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
- National Federation of the Blind Resolution 2010-11: Regarding National Industries for the Blind and the Definition of "Employment Outcome" in the Vocational Rehabilitation Program
For further information on this important issue, please contact:
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US interest rates: Fed officials more confident
28 October 2016 | Markets and Economy
United States Federal Reserve (Fed) officials have been hesitant to raise short-term interest rates. In this video, Andrew Patterson, Vanguard senior investment strategist, and Alexis Gray, economist, discuss the factors likely to influence the Fed's decision-making.
Noni Robinson (moderator): Andrew, how likely are Fed officials to raise interest rates at the end of this year, and what data and signals are they looking for before pulling the trigger?
Andrew Patterson (Vanguard senior investment strategist): Noni, in this statement more so than others, the Fed was very direct in their language about the closeness with which they came to actually raising rates this time around. They actually inserted a few sentences describing that. They had not done that in the past. And, actually, this time around you also saw three voting members of the Federal Reserve dissent, meaning they did not agree with the decision to not raise rates.
Among those three included Eric Rosengren, who typically had been associated with a dovish stance, meaning he would support rates remaining lower for longer. So you can see they're getting closer to broader acceptance of the idea that they could move going forward.
In terms of data points that they're looking for, [Fed Chair] Janet Yellen mentioned several times that they were pleased with progress made, particularly on the labour market front. She actually acknowledged that there has been a bit of a slowdown in jobs numbers. Rather than the 200,000-plus we had been seeing for the better part of the last two years, they've actually slowed to around 180,000. And that's actually enough – more than enough – to account for all the new entrants in the labour force. So that actually means that people are coming back. Rather than just new people entering the labour force, people are coming back that had not been there before. So, again, they're very pleased with that. So if you were to continue to see job numbers, not even at 180,000, maybe even 150,000 would be enough for them to justify a move some time in December.
Noni Robinson: And what about 2017 and beyond? Should investors expect one rate hike per year going forward?
Andrew Patterson: Depending on how much credence you put in the Summary of Economic Projections, and these do change over time. They've actually changed again. With the September release, they've brought down the number of expected increases in 2017 to two. It had been somewhere closer to three or four. And they've brought down what had been an expectation [of] four increases in 2018 – brought that back down to three.
We think in addition to that pace, it's also very important to look out at the longer-term terminal rate. So what is the rate to which they believe they're going to achieve "equilibrium" in the long term? That had started out as high as 4½%, and maybe even as near as two years ago; that's come down in each one of these projections such that now it actually rests a little bit below 3%. We think that was very important to that end as well.
Alexis Gray (Vanguard economist): And I think it's important for the markets as well that the Fed this year has lowered their expectations for how quickly interest rates will rise and where they'll end up. One of the problems that the Fed had last December when they first raised interest rates was that they had promised to lift rates fairly quickly. And markets I don’t think like this very much.
What we saw was that the US dollar strengthened to such an extent that we saw some capital flows coming out of emerging markets. And also with that sort of aggressive pricing of interest rate hikes, that's hurtful for any foreign countries who've borrowed in US dollars.
So I think this year if you have sort of a more steady increase expected, that that should calm the markets, and we hopefully won't see the sort of negative market reaction and sell-off that we had in January of this year.
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The recent low job-growth numbers and possible economic troubles on the horizon have not convinced Federal Reserve offices that growth is slowing, nor that they need to respond, the New York Times reported.
The Fed’s chairman, Ben Bernanke, and other Fed officials said in public appearances during the past week that they are worried by job growth numbers, the escalating crisis in Europe and the state of domestic fiscal policy. But the officials, who were nearly united earlier this year that the Fed had done enough to boost economic activity, are no longer on the same page.
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Randomly enough, all three of my 2010 BlogHer roommates are also finalists. Congratulations, Kelli, Kelli and Dawn! Congratulations to ALL of the finalists and presenters. I'm especially looking forward to hearing Liz read her blog post.
The list of judges is so impressive that I'm mainly just psyched that they all read my blog post. The fact that they chose it as a finalist is gravy.
I predict that this is going to be a great conference year. It's in New York City (woohoo!), I'm signed up for more parties than I can actually attend, I'm doing a 5k in Central Park and I get to speak on a panel.
Before that, though, I'm hosting a pre-BlogHer meetup in Kansas City this Saturday, July 24th. If you're anywhere in the vicinity, please join us! You can get more details and RSVP on Facebook.
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Few people enjoy daylight-saving time and the exhaustion that follows, but night owls and people sleep-deprived tend to suffer a bit more, according to a MSNBC story.
According to the report, 70 to 80 percent of people aren’t bothered by the time change and can adjust in one to two days. However, night owls and people sleep-deprived can yawn their way through the first week after the change.
And it can have significant impact on your work or safety, the story reports. Workplace injuries rise by 6 percent on the Monday after daylight-saving time switch.
“The data shows they are impaired from an attention and safety standpoint. People are not aware of their level of impairment,” said Phyllis Zee, a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., who is president of the Sleep Research Society
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I can remember well the day I bought Shot of Love as a teenager. It was an odd album to new Dylan fans who came to him because he converted publicly to Christianity and made two gospel albums, and even won a Grammy in the process. I loved Bob Dylan from the time I was a little kid and was taught Blowing in the Wind in elementary school, and was soon off on my own to discover the other sides of him. My family members were not fans, so I had to listen quietly.
I dabbled around the church. as he did those same years. It was my early/mid teens and it gave me some wisdom I still keep, and it gave me a respite from a very difficult life at home.
It also gave me a place to sing, and play guitar from time to time, thought the teen preacher guy would not let me play often, saying I had "stars in my eyes and will end up like his brother-in-law," who was still chasing the dream in his 30s and playing in biker bars and whatever shady clubs he could.
Well that preacher did not really understand where I was coming from or the importance music held in me. I wasn't interested in stardom and fame, I was interested in escaping poverty and a rough upbringing. Music was my ticket out. I stayed around the scene about as long as Bob seemed to, and when this half-gospel but half not album came about, I got where Bob was coming from. I was ready to leave the fan club too, keep what was good from the red letters, and join him again on his next chapter, Infidels.
I loved this song then, and I love it now. I had wanted to record it for years, but had some false starts. I really wanted to do it with Noah Wall, from The Barefoot Movement, because she has such a tender, angelic voice when she wants to use it that way, though she can surely belt, too. By coincidence, the producer of Shot of Love for Dylan had recently produced The Barefoot Movement's latest album. Cool. I love serendipity.
I finally was messing around with it to this drum loop and came up with an arrangement I liked, and of course, sent it straight away to Joe who picked up immediately one what to do to make those drums a "real boy."
I played the Fender Bass VI on it, having enjoying watching The Beatles documentary seeing both John and George playing it, and thought it would be nice to play some chords and bass runs together on it. It was. I sent it to Phil with my vocal, bass, guitar, and Noah's vocal on it was added. Finally, off to Scott Guberman, who always knows how to bring the Hammond to church. I love the way they all contributed to it. This was the second song I brought to Phil to play on, and he sent me his parts while I was stuck in a snowstorm in Cleveland, Ohio, so I spent hours in my hotel room with Pro Tools open.
When Bob came though Nashville and played the Roman Auditorium, he closed with Every Grain of Sand. That felt good.
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
There's a dying voice within me reaching out somewhere
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair
Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake
Like Cain, I behold this chain of events that I must break
In the fury of the moment, I can see the master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer
And the sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay
I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name
Then onward in my journey, I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintery light
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, at times it's only me
I'm hanging in the balance of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand
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Dr. Bethan O’Leary is based at the Environment Department at the University of York and currently works as a British Ecological Society Policy Fellow and an Associate Lecturer. Her research interests are focused on fisheries management, marine protected areas (MPAs), areas beyond national jurisdiction, and international targets for marine conservation.
Dr. O’Leary has worked on ocean science and policy for the past 10 years. Between 2007 and 2010, she was a member of the scientific research team that developed proposals for the world’s first network of high seas MPAs in the North-East Atlantic under the OSPAR Convention. Dr. O’Leary presented these proposals at several intergovernmental meetings, and they led to the designation of six high seas MPAs in 2010. She then went on to finish her PhD on marine protected areas and ocean governance in 2012, following which she worked on identifying species extinction risk using global models of human impact and the effectiveness of spatial management measures, among other things.
Since 2016, much of Dr. O’Leary’s work has focused on informing negotiations over a new international instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction at the United Nations. She has given several presentations at the UN and to Ambassadors to the UN at regional workshops. Dr. O’Leary is currently working to inform the UK’s 6th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity and discussions regarding post-2020 targets.
We asked Dr. Bethan O’Leary why she joined the GLORES Science Council:
“We are making great progress towards meeting the global goal for at least 10% marine protected area coverage set by the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 and the Sustainable Development Goal Life Below Water. But the conversation is increasingly moving towards whether or not marine protected areas are actually achieving marine conservation; that is, we have an increasing number of lines on a map, but are they meaningful lines? I was excited to join GLORES because it is trying to move forward our understanding on this identifying, and rewarding, those MPAs that are truly delivering good conservation.”
To learn more about Dr. Bethan O’Leary, explore her University of York profile and publications. Do you know great blue parks that deserve global recognition? Nominate them for Global Ocean Refuge Awards!

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Paul Gilbert created Compassion-Focused Therapy and in this text he is joined by Choden, a mindfulness and compassion facilitator. The book is good for those who want an introduction to the ideas of compassion and how the mind is "wired" for it - sort of a primer on Gilbert's ideas developed further in other texts.
It is also the opportunity for Gilbert to be joined by a long-term meditator (Choden is a former Buddhist monk). While the text is a decent introduction to the ideas of focusing on compassion, it is a bit weak in the actual application of mindfulness and compassion. It is possible to talk about meditation and not actually sit to practice it and this text feels a bit like that.
Want a primer? This book might help.

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