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Saskatchewan Chamber’s “expert and reputable sources” in “fact-based” information campaign have vested interests in expanding the nuclear industry
‘Nuclear power is safe, clean, reliable, and affordable.’ As Big Lies go this one is right up there with NAFTA has been good for
On May 20 the Chamber launched what it called a “fact-based campaign to provide information to the thousands of members of the multiple Chambers of Commerce operating throughout” the province. The initiative included the release of a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that the lobby group claims “draws upon expert and reputable sources to answer the most common questions in relation to nuclear development. Agencies such as the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission have been used to ensure the answers are exact and complete.”
A Chamber news release said the campaign would “coincide with the public consultations held on the recommendations of the Uranium Development Report commissioned by the
The public consultations began May 26 in
“The opportunity for a large scale expansion of our uranium sector into a new area is vitally important and will have a significant impact on the future of our province. We should all be informed of the facts required to make this decision,” said Chamber CEO Steve McLellan. “Our intent is to make all the necessary information readily available to those who are looking to become informed.”
The key word here is ‘fact,’ which is used 5 times in the news release. The Chamber seems to think that only they have the real facts on nuclear energy. Apparently, most everyone else is wrong.
In the article Nuclear plants get support (Leader-Post, May 21, 2009) McLellan noted that “anti-nuclear sources” are referenced as well.
“In terms of being balanced, we’ve listed in (the paper) the David Suzuki (Foundation) and Greenpeace (
Other elements of the chamber’s campaign will be unveiled over the next few weeks and will utilize the network of local chambers across the province, the article said.
“We’ve got communications out to our chamber network across the province and we want them to send it down to their members. The purpose of this is to encourage people to get the information and then get out to the public hearings that are focused on the UDP (Uranium Development Partnership) report,” McLellan said.
In other words, the Chamber wants its members to go to the public consultation meetings armed with its version of the facts and spread the propaganda around accordingly.
Now here are a couple of things that McLellan and the Leader-Post didn’t tell people.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is, in theory, an independent agency, but is susceptible to serious political meddling.
The CNSC was established in 2000 under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act and reports to Parliament through the Minister of Natural Resources. CNSC was created to replace the former Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), which was founded in 1946.
Members of the commission are appointed by order-in-council. One permanent member of the commission is designated as the CNSC’s president and CEO.
On January 15, 2008, the Harper government fired CNSC president Linda Keen, a Liberal appointee, for doing her job.
In November 2007, a nuclear reactor at
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper was outraged blaming the problem on the “Liberal appointed” safety commission. On December 11, 2007, Parliament passed emergency legislation to override the nuclear watchdog ordering the reactor back on line. Well, so much for the CNSC being arm’s length from government.
The two “anti-nuclear sources” that McLellan proudly boasts of being included in his organization’s FAQ are buried on page 25 of the 27 page document. All it provides are links to the organizations homepages and not to any specific report. The Chamber leaves it up to the reader to do the research. Nowhere else in the document are the two group’s mentioned. And McLellan has the nerve to call this “balanced”?
The Chamber incredibly ignores the Pembina Institute, a well-respected national not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing innovative sustainable energy solutions. In May 2007, the institute published three documents studying the life cycle of nuclear. These include: Clearing the Air About Nuclear Power, a summary report of the larger Nuclear Power in Canada: An Examination of Risks, Impacts and Sustainability released in December 2006; and the related fact sheets Clearing the Air: Nuclear Power and Climate Change, and, Clearing the Air: Uranium Mining: Nuclear Power’s Dirty Secret. Together, these reports manage to blow apart many of the Saskatchewan Chamber’s arguments for supporting nuclear power.
The Chamber’s credibility implodes completely when it becomes apparent that the majority of the “expert and reputable sources” its information is drawn from have vested interests in expanding the nuclear industry. The suspects include: World Nuclear Association, Canadian Nuclear Association, Nuclear Power Expert Panel, Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Uranium Development Partnership, Bruce Power, and Cameco Corporation.
The World Nuclear Association (WNA) is a London-based lobby group that, according to its website, “seeks to promote the peaceful worldwide use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy resource for the coming centuries.” Members include familiar names like AREVA, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Bruce Power, and Cameco Corporation.
Cameco’s senior vice-president of marketing and business development, George Assie, serves on the WNA’s board of management. Cameco president and CEO, Gerald Grandey, serves on the organization’s council of advisors. He was also chairman of the WNA from 2002-2004.
The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) is an Ottawa-based lobby group whose mission is “to promote domestic and international acceptance of Canadian nuclear technologies and to create a positive public, political and regulatory environment for advancing the nuclear industry in
CNA members include AREVA Canada, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Bruce Power, Cameco Corporation, Denison Mines, Saskatchewan Mining Association,
CNA board members include Tim Gitzel, senior vice president & COO of Cameco, Duncan Hawthorne, president & CEO of Bruce Power, Armad Laferrere, president of AREVA Canada, and Hugh MacDiarmid, president & CEO of Atomic Energy of Canada.
Gitzel, Hawthorne and MacDiarmid serve on the organization’s executive committee.
The Nuclear Power Expert Panel was announced by the Government of Alberta on April 23, 2008. The panel was mandated “to provide a comprehensive examination of: environmental, health and safety issues; waste management; comparing nuclear energy with other electricity generation technologies; current and future nuclear power generation being used in Canada and around the world; and Alberta’s future electricity needs.” It was also asked to “examine social issues and concerns related to nuclear energy.”
The panel’s report was released on March 26, 2009, and formed the basis for Albertans “to share their views on the issues covered in the report and the option of nuclear power generation in
The information contained in the report “is based upon facts and data supplied by panel members and by the Alberta Research Council and the [pro-nuclear] Idaho National Laboratory, who were commissioned by the panel to compile background information.” The report does not offer any recommendations.
The panel members were:
– Dr. Harvie Andre (Panel Chair), former federal Tory MP for Calgary Centre. Andre is the president and CEO of Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. which manufactures and distributes equipment used in oil & gas and utility drilling. He is also the president of Cresvard Corporation a strategic planning and management consulting firm. Andre has deep roots in the energy industry having served on the boards of several private corporations including Flagship Energy Inc. (now Insignia Energy Ltd.), BowEnergy Resources Ltd., Avery Resources Inc. (now Bengal Energy Ltd.), Arctigas Resources Corp., King Energy Inc., Alternative Fuel Systems Inc., and Suprex Energy Corporation.
– Dr. Joseph Doucet, Enbridge Professor of Energy Policy,
– Dr. Harrie Vredenburg, Suncor Energy Chair in Competitive Strategy and Sustainable Development, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Vredenburg has worked as a consultant for TransCanada PipeLines, the majority owner of Bruce Power, and is the founding director of the TransCanada International Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability Studies (IRIS) at the Haskayne School of Business. The school is named for Richard F. Haskayne, the immediate past chairman of the board of TransCanada Corporation. Vredenburg is also a director of The Van Horne Institute who in February 2009 sponsored Hugh MacDiarmid, president & CEO, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited to address the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
– Dr. John Luxat, Nuclear Safety Analysis, Department of Engineering Physics,
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) was established in 2002 under the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (NFWA) to investigate approaches for managing
The Uranium Development Partnership (UDP) was established on October 20, 2008. Its narrow mandate was “to identify, evaluate and make recommendations on Saskatchewan-based, value added opportunities in the uranium industry.” The Saskatchewan Party government stacked the 12 person panel with at least 10 pro-nuclear representatives including AREVA Canada, Bruce Power, Cameco Corporation, TransCanada PipeLines, and the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. The UDP met behind closed-doors and were assisted by pro-nuclear consultant McKinsey and Company. The final report, Capturing the Full Potential of the Uranium Value Chain in Saskatchewan, was released on April 3, 2009, and contains 20 recommendations on further development of
To top things off the Chamber’s website includes a form that can be filled out and sent directly to Dan Perrins, the chair of the Future of Uranium in Saskatchewan Public Consultation Process. “Send your letter of support,” it urges.
The Chamber even goes so far as to supply a ‘sample letter’ that can be cut and pasted into the body of the form:
Dear Mr. Perrins:
I have looked at the facts and I support the development of the uranium industry in
Nuclear power is safe, clean, and efficient and will benefit our province. Add my name to the list of supporters of this efficient source of power.
The Saskatchewan Chamber’s strategy is obvious – to shamelessly flood Perrins with as many pro-nuclear letters as possible.

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Who will be tha bust of the top 10 picks??
I say ekpe udoh..
How do you guys think wes johnson will do his rookie year?? How will he pan out
I agree with udoh. I think Johnson will be around 15 ppg 6 rpg.
I would either say Udoh, Hayward, or Aminu because they will all probably come off the bench.
I think I'm one of the few people that thinks Udoh won't be a bust. I don't think he'll be a star but I think he can be a solid starter.
As for top ten busts? I just have a feeling that it'll be Aminu. The little I saw of him didn't impress me.
hayward without a doubt in my opinion
I think it's Aminu. He doesn't have the range to be an effective small forward and doesn't really have the size to play power forward. Also, I think he came out of college too early. I think sitting on the bench will stagnate his development.
I agree with most in that I think Aminu will be a bust, but it also depends on what people call a bust. I personally dont think Derrick Favors is ever going to be anything more than a 14 and 8 kind of player...which for a guy who is supposed to be the huge "upside" guy in this draft and was drafted ahead of alot of guys who i think will be better, I would say I think Favors is going to be a bust. He wont be out of the league in 5 years, but he wont be a world beater either.
Ekpe Udoh was a shocker at 6... Why would the Warriors take a guy who has similar role with Brandan Wright? The only problem is Brandan has a much higher ceiling than Udoh... Not to mention he won't be playing his first game of the season until February so yeah, it sucks for Ekpe right now...
I think the top 10 buts will be Udoh, Monroe, and Aminu. Udoh will not suck he will be a solid starter he is just a bust for going #6 if he went 9-15 he wouldn't be considered a bust.
Aminu won't be a bust.. I'm kinda biased kus ima klipper fan but he has all tha tools to be good.(size 6"9, wingspan-7"4)hell develop a jump shot hopefully sooner than later,he has prtty good d, he gets rebounds, his ball handling is pretty good especially on tha fast break..the only problem I saw out of him in summer league wus him settling with the jump shot or the 3 ball and it wusnt on point..but he kan only get better
Ekpe udoh will be a good defensive guy..but that's not good enuff to be a 6th overall pick
I like gordon hayward he plays within himself, he never does too much,he's hella unselfish,kan do a lil bit of everything..you need more guys like this
Monroe a bust?!?! I don't think he'll be a bust, he has a lot of upside. But Udoh a bust for sure.
He hasn't really impressed me, he looks good for a #7 pick but some projected him to go in the top 3 so based on that he will be a bust.
I'd be surprised to see Favors put up all star numbers....'
Johnson doesn't seem good enough for the #4 pick...
Udoh will be the biggest bust of the top 10...
Aminu might be a decent player but I don't see anything more than that...
Hayward will be a role player.... Might be Korvers replacement.Nothing more than that...
I think Paul George will either be a gem at #10 or a forgotten player.
I thought Wall, Turner, Cousins and Monroe were all good picks.
Derrick Favors. Lacks the grit and aggressiveness to take advantage of his physical tools. Chris Wilcox 2.0
Is Johnson starting over Webster?
If not, I dont think his stats will be like 15 and 6.
He'll back up Beasley right?
I dont think favors will be all that great either. His athleticism will help him put up decent (12 & 8) numbers. But he seems to have the basketball IQ of a 9th grader.
I would have to guess Udoh, I mean for a 6th pick, he won't have the output worthy of that selection, maybe a solid rebounder and shot blocker, but I see nothing more than that.
I'm not high on Aminu or Wesley Johnson, Aminu just doesn't seem to have that star quality, and Wesley Johnson is very average IMO.
I think the guy with the highest upside is Monroe, I love his game, he moves so smoothly for a guy of his size...almost Lamar Odom-esque, minus the PG handles...
Only time will tell...
rick favors wus soley picked on his upside and athletism.I don't see any dwight howard numbers coming from him.12 and 8 is reasonable for him..his jumpshot looked pretty decent in summer league tho...
Will be twice the player Wilcox ever was/is. Aminu is inconsistent, but the potential is there. I think it's clearly Johnson. Especially since they passed up on Cousins. Wesley will be a solid starter, but that's it.
You guys already know who I am going to say. I will expand that to include Aminu, and Hayward. Aminu may have leeway because I never expected much from him in his first year and Clippers don't need him right because they have depth so he is more long term. They same could be said for Hayward but Utah does not have great depth and they will need him to give solid bench minutes now.
Udoh is hurt so it is hard to call him a bust if he misses most of the game or at least 15 of them early on and they do have Lee , Wright, and Biendrins.
It's not a 'who will be a bust' next year question, talking long term...
evan turner i just donth think he is that good without the ball and throughout history the 2nd overall pick has not been that good except durant so its not looking good for turner
well its hard to say but wes johnson averaging 10 pts and 1 rb in summerleague makes it look bad but then again summerleague doesnt alwzys tell you much
True about tha second pick comment..but the jewery still out on beasley and thabeet..they still young and got time to develop..not to mention hasheem is a late bloomer he started hoopin at like age 15
I for some reason see W. Johnson having a solid rookie year. He has all the right tools to play at this level and i think he'll do fine. Beasly on the other hand gets me upset because to me he was better in highschool and in college. Maybe he just needs a attitude change...just how i feel
Very skewed when you try to say Wes Johnson averaged 10 pts and 1 reb for summer league. He basically played one half of one game due to an injury.
It's hard to say Aminu is going to be a bust after watching the SL where he displayed some surprising tools. He turned out to be one of those players that goes like 3-12 from the field but finishes with 20 points because he gets to the line. If anything, offensively at least, he can be a taller version of Corey Maggette. That said, I wish the Clippers had drafted Paul George instead.
My pick for bust from the top 10 picks is Derrick Favors. His motor is not great enough for him to be able at least make a living of rebounds, blocked shots, and garbage buckets in his rookie year. His post moves are pretty bad also. In the SL, he would get the ball in the low post and either a) travel or b) have the ball stripped because he couldn't react from a double team. If you're not gonna be able to do that as the #3 pick then he must figure out a way to contribute with his motor while his other skills catch up in time.
Aminu looked real bad in summer league, ugly handle, bad shooter and can't defend on the perimeter.
i think he will be a bust, he doesn't have the skills to play SF and i don't think he could be a 4 ala Josh Smith - lack the elite athleticism of Smith!
i think Udoh will be fine, maybe he gone 3-4 spot earlier but he was a safe pick, he has polish offensive skills and will be more than solid defender!
Monroe is the hardest to predict to me, he could be top 3 player in this draft but also could be big bust, he has great skills for a bigman but it need to be see if he can overcome the lack of athleticism.
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I finally managed to get my data synced up to CWOP and it is now showing up on MesoWest. However, my rainfall total since midnight shows up as 0.99" here: https://smartweather.weatherflow.com/share/1598/grid. And on MesoWest (https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=F3071&num=168&banner=gmap&raw=0&w=325) it shows the total rainfall since midnight as 0.75". The 0.75" is actually more likely close to the observed rainfall, while the 0.99" is definitely too high. I have a 4" gauge that was around 0.74".
Perhaps the learning algorithm has been implemented on data that is sent elsewhere but is not showing up on the local console or something weird like that? Anyone have any ideas why the precipitation would be different? Everything else matches up perfectly. Thanks!

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In the The Fast and the Furious, Vin Diesel delivers the motorhead mantra "I live my life a quarter-mile at a time."
In the new biker picture Torque, a two-wheel bad boy speaks the same line, to which his Triumph-straddling honey replies, "That is the dumbest thing I ever heard."
Actually, the borrowed slogan is the smartest thing you'll hear in Torque.
The movie is a vapid attempt to ride the high-octane coattails of The Fast and the Furious. Funded by the same producers, Torque carjacks the look, sound, even the opening credits of its predecessor. The audience is supposed to forgive its transgressions, however, because everything is plundered with a self-knowing wink.
Arriving in theaters a year after its original release date, the film doesn't have the wit or vision to make it work as a post-postmodern satire. It's nothing more than turbo-charged burlesque, directed with a hack's eye for other people's innovations by Joseph Kahn, a music-video crossover.
The plot seems to have been dreamed up by gas-huffers. Our hero, Ford (Martin Henderson), returns home from Thailand, where he's been in hiding because a mulleted drug dealer named Henry James (no relation to the author) planted motorcycles filled with crystal meth in his garage. Troubles mount when Henry leads a nefarious gang leader (Ice Cube) to believe that Ford killed his brother. Knife fights, bike chases and wet T-shirt contests ensue.
The acting vet in the Torque company, Cube has fun playing a heavy after a recent string of nice-guy parts. If only there were more of him and less of the leather-shop mannequins that round out the cast. There are a couple of nicely staged action sequences, including a high-speed pursuit atop a moving train, as well as some big, if unintentional, laughs.
During a cat-fight on wheels between Ford's girlfriend, Shane (Monet Mazur), and a lip-pierced villainess, the two babes are dwarfed by enormous Pepsi and Mountain Dew billboards, product placement taken to a comically crass extreme. In one scene, Shane asks Ford why he chose Thailand as his retreat. "I wanted to go someplace that wouldn't remind me of you," he replies, with moon-eyed sentiment. There is also the requisite crime-thriller scene in which Ford finds the piece of evidence that will clear his name, "No two bikes have the same chain-wear pattern!"
Yet this film has the same chain-wear pattern of Fast and Furious and countless other rev-heavy action pictures. Its strongest attribute is its speed. At a mere 83 minutes, Torque won't leave you with too strong a migraine.

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Croydon-based London Branch member Jason Casey has contacted the club to alert us about a game being played on Sunday 1 September which could interest United fans who have decided to make a weekend of it in London when we travel down to face Brentford.
Croydon FC - otherwise known as 'The Trams' - are celebrating their 60th anniversary with an all-star fixture against a Crystal Palace XI ... and one of the stars lined up to play in the game is our very own Sir Jimmy Glass!
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Wood BOE upholds employee transfers
More hearings to be held Thursday afternoon
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education upheld four contested service personnel transfers Tuesday, the first of several employee hearings scheduled this month.
Three custodians and a secretary are among 13 employees contesting transfers as part of the school system’s annual reduction-in-force and transfer process.
Every year the district calculates the amount of per-pupil state funding it will receive and adjusts its employee account accordingly. In many cases positions above the school funding formula can be taken care of through retirements and resignations, but in more recent years the school system has been faced with eliminating positions, and in some cases employees.
Superintendent Will Hosaflook said this year the school system is nearly 44 professional positions and more than 66 service positions over the school aid formula. This year alone, the school system has lost 443 students, and is down about 1,300 students since 2012, resulting in a reduction of more than $4 million in state funding.
All four employees Tuesday agreed to open hearings, with Hosaflook presenting information on the position reductions and the employees asking questions or arguing why they should remain at their current positions. None of the four faced unemployment, but all were being moved from their present schools, and in some cases the new positions offered shorter contracts and less money.
Freda Hewitt, who has served as a custodian at Jefferson Elementary Center for 24 years, is being transferred to Jackson Middle School after the Jefferson position was cut.
“I’ve been there for 24 years. It’s home to me,” she said. “I just wanted to question, why me? How long do I have to work before (the transfer process) doesn’t affect me?”
A part-time custodial position at the board office is being eliminated as well. Hosaflook said he plans to bring back the position at Jackson but with additional duties at the board office.
“I’m still trying to figure out why you are transferring a 261 contract (out of the school) only to put a 261 back,” Hewitt said. “The whole process doesn’t make sense to me.”
Hosaflook said state law does not allow him to modify an existing contract.
“We would be facing a grievance,” he said. “I have to cut the position and post a new position.”
The board voted 4-1, with board member Debbie Hendershot against, to uphold the transfer.
Hewitt’s transfer to Jackson will bump custodian Sean Stutler, who will be transferred to Williamstown Elementary School. Stutler is in the third year of a probationary contract, and the move will bump him down to a lower-length contract.
Stutler was represented Tuesday by Tim Bolick with the West Virginia School Service Personnel Association. Bolick asserted Stutler was a valuable member of the staff at Jackson, reading a letter of recommendation from Principal Richard Summers, and said employees were shouldering too much of the financial burden of Wood County Schools.
“A loss of pay like that, it changes lifestyles. It has an impact,” Bolick said. With talk of replacing the position at Jefferson, “I’m confused as to why he can’t just stay there” at Jackson.
Hosaflook said several of the transfers brought to the board Tuesday may not occur due to retirements and the creation of new positions, but the school system is required by law to follow a specific process.
The board voted 5-0 to uphold Stutler’s transfer.
Custodian Damon Sampson is in his third year at Parkersburg South High School and is being transferred to Fairplains Elementary School.
Sampson claimed a transfer among custodial staff at Parkersburg High School was done improperly with a more-senior custodian having his job eliminated rather than a less-senior custodian with the same contract length. Sampson said this caused a domino effect of transfers which eventually reached his position and caused his current transfer.
“That case directly affects my case if it was done improperly,” he said. “I’m just trying to find a loophole to save myself.”
Officials said they did not know the specific details, but a 261-day contract position at PHS was cut. Since there were no other 261-day positions available, Sampson was bumped into a 215-day position.
“A position at PHS was cut,” Hosaflook said. Regardless of which 261-day custodial position at the school was cut, “it would still result in your current situation.”
Sampson said he also was concerned he would lose summer income by dropping to a lower contract.
“That’s a five-week gap in getting paid,” he said.
Hosaflook said Sampson would still be able to bid on summer work and would be able to use his banked personal leave during the summer if needed.
The board voted 4-1, with Hendershot against, to keep Sampson on the transfer list.
Secretary Sheila Belcher has been at the Wood County Schools central office for 22 years and works for both the district’s Curriculum and Instruction department and Health Services. She is being transferred to a secretary position at Jefferson Elementary Center.
Belcher also was represented by Bolick during Tuesday’s hearing, and the two noted Belcher has numerous responsibilities at the district office and assists county officials with student events and competitions throughout the year.
“There seems to me there are a lot of things she does,” Bolick said. “This position being eliminated was quite a shock to Mrs. Belcher. She described it to me as ‘gut-wrenching.'”
Belcher listed some of her duties, which included preparation and distribution of hundreds of health forms for school nurses, awards and certificates, programs for events and school handbooks. In many instances she designs forms which are used throughout the county, and handles nearly all of the printing needs for the district’s central office.
“I do a lot, and I do many things for many people,” Belcher said. “I love my job and I’d love to be able to keep my job. I do believe that my job is very much needed in this building.”
The board voted 4-1, with Hendershot against, to keep Belcher on the transfer list.
Five more hearings are planned for 2 p.m. Thursday at the board office. The meeting is open to the public, though each employee is given the option of holding the hearing behind closed doors.
Hosaflook said another hearing date likely will be scheduled this month as well. All hearings must be completed prior to May 1.


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of your day.
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their dog when they return home each day. It’s wonderful
to know someone who jumps around acting thrilled every
time you come home, but it’s important to make sure your
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When we’re open to learning from others, we benefit from their experience as well as our own and we can inherit their wisdom and knowledge.
Learning from others is not a passive process, but one that requires work and commitment on our part.
Research shows that we learn best from others when do certain things:
Exchange roles: Learning is a two-way street. Connecting and exchanging with key stakeholders around shared development challenges catalyzes considerable results.
Collaborate: When we realize we don’t have to acquire knowledge on our own. Collaboration and sharing make it twice as rich.
Find the smartest person in the room: Who’s the local expert on what we need to know? Who’s been in the department or organization the longest and has a long-term perspective? Who has the deepest well of experience for us to draw from?
Mix it up: Engage in multiple levels of learning. Hone your expertise in one area while you’re taking your first steps in another.
Build a support team: It can be hard to see for yourself how your work is paying off and where it might be falling short. Having a support team of trusted people allows you to get feedback and direction.
Read the past: Read and experience as much history, biography, and autobiography as you can. Learning the past leads us toward the future.
Invest in yourself: Take a risk and do something out of your comfort zone. It’s okay to fail. Its okay to take a chance. Start with small steps and build from there.
We learn when we read, what we hear, how we see, the way we discuss, and where we experience our lives.
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Learning is a practice, not an event. Leadership and learning are invaluable to each other.
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Over the last few years, companies and governments in a number of countries have begun to experiment with the idea of a four-day work week – and some of the results are in. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to experts about these recent trials, explore how they fit into the long history of ever-shrinking work hours, and wonder what this all might mean for the future of work.
Then, we look at the history and politics of how informal settlements in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, got their names.
It’s an alluring idea. Working four days a week instead of five, without a cut in pay. And it’s a concept that’s been gaining traction in recent years, with a number of companies around the world experimenting by moving employees onto a four-day week.
In June, when a report was published about a public sector trial in Iceland, headlines heralded the success of the four-day week. But it wasn’t quite that simple, according to Anthony Veal, adjunct professor at the University of Technology Sydney Business School in Australia. “What it was not was a trial of a four-day week,” he tell us, explaining that there was actually a more limited reduction in working hours. Still, despite the misleading headlines, Veal says the trial was “highly successful in its own terms”, especially when put into context of the history of how the five-day week became standard in the 20th century.
Elsewhere, in March, the Spanish government gave the green light to a trial of a four-day week proposed by a small left-wing political party called Más País. José-Ignacio Antón, associate professor at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Salamanca in Spain, explains what’s known so far about the proposed trial and why he’ll be watching the results closely. “I would have a look first at what happens with productivity,” he tells us, but adds that it may also have an impact on work-life balance and sick leave, and that such wider societal benefits should be taken into account too.
For Jana Javornik, associate professor of work and employment relations at the University of Leeds in the UK, some big questions need answering before a wholesale reduction of hours works for everyone. “I think the whole conversation around a four-day week has been ignoring gender,” says Javornik, who spent the past few years on secondment as Slovenia’s general director of higher education, a role which recently ended. Javornik tells us about a survey she did in Sweden with working mothers, which led her to believe that conversations about workload, organising work and a non-stop work culture must accompany any reduction in working hours.
In our second story, we head to Nairobi, in Kenya, where anger met a recent decision to rename a road in Nairobi after Francis Atwoli, a trade union leader. Many saw the renaming as overtly political. The road sign was vandalised and had to be replaced. But it’s not just the street names in Nairobi that come with their own politics. The names of the city’s informal settlements are themselves born out of a history of colonisation and struggle, as historian Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita from the Technical University of Kenya explains.
And Catesby Holmes, international editor at The Conversation in New York, recommends two recent stories about immigration in the US.
This episode of The Conversation Weekly was produced by Mend Mariwany and Gemma Ware, with sound design by Eloise Stevens. Our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. You can find us on Twitter @TC_Audio, on Instagram at theconversationdotcom or via email on firstname.lastname@example.org. You can also sign up to The Conversation’s free daily email here.


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Men convicted in downing of flight MH17 added to EU sanctions list
Two men who were convicted of being involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine were placed on the European Union's sanctions list. This was partly at the insistence of both the Netherlands and Australia. Some 298 people were on the plane when it was shot down, including 196 Dutch citizens, and 27 Australians.
Two Russian army units responsible for firing the BUK missile that downed flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 were also placed on the sanctions list. On Wednesday, the European Union member states agreed on an eleventh sanctions package against Russia, but not all of the details were released at the time.
Sergey Dubinskiy and Leonid Chartchenko were convicted in November by the District Court in The Hague for their role in the downing of flight MH17. That is why they have now been put on the sanctions list. The third person convicted in November was Igor Girkin. He has been on the sanctions list since 2014. Both Dubinskiy and Gerkin are Russians, while Chartchenko is Ukrainian.
Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra said that these sanctions are separate from the legal proceedings against Russia before the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization. The minister said that the Netherlands will continue pressing forward with those cases, too.
In total, the EU is imposing sanctions on 87 individuals and organizations supporting the Russian regime, including those responsible for the kidnapping of Ukrainian children and major arms manufacturers. The measures also apply to companies that contribute to malicious Russian cyber operations against Ukraine. Their assets in the EU will be frozen and it is forbidden for someone in the European Union to do business with them.
The package further provides for restrictions on certain exports to countries outside the EU which are suspected of circumventing sanctions against Russia. "The Netherlands has been campaigning for a stronger approach to sanction circumvention for some time," said Hoekstra. "With this package we are taking further steps against circumvention and we will continue to do so."
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|Abstract:||Preface Abstract: This is the preface of the book. No abstract is available. Introduction Abstract: The goal of this book is to show how control systems can be successfully applied to applications in micro- and nanosystems, to explore the wide variety of applications where control can have a significant impact at the micro- and nanoscale, and to identify the greatest challenges in this new field. This chapter briefly describes the motivation behind the book and the subjects covered within. Chaper 11 Abstract: The chapters in this book were taken from different groups, each of which has addressed a different topic in control of miniaturized systems. Yet the broad issues they had to solve turn out to be strikingly similar. We close this book by describing some common threads and technical challenges found throughout the book chapters and in the field in general. This is followed by comments on research directions that we believe are necessary to enable future innovations in this area.|
|Citation:||Control from MEMS to Atoms|
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|Keywords:||MEMS, microelectromechanical systems, feedback control, nanomanufacturing, nanotechnology|
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Yes, there is a direct train departing from Haifa Center and arriving at Nahariya. Services depart hourly, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 39 min.
The distance between Haifa and Nahariyya is 24 km. The road distance is 33.8 km.
The best way to get from Haifa to Nahariyya without a car is to line 798 bus which takes 32 min and costs .
The line 798 bus from Hertsliya/HaTsiyonut to Faisal Market takes 32 min including transfers and departs five times a week.
Haifa to Nahariyya bus services, operated by Egged, depart from Hertsliya/HaTsiyonut station.
Haifa to Nahariyya train services, operated by Israel Railways, depart from Haifa Center station.
The best way to get from Haifa to Nahariyya is to line 798 bus which takes 32 min and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs and takes 39 min.
Haifa to Nahariyya bus services, operated by Egged, arrive at Faisal Market station.
Haifa to Nahariyya train services, operated by Israel Railways, arrive at Nahariya station.
What companies run services between Haifa, Israel and Nahariyya, Israel?
Egged operates a bus from Haifa to Nahariyya 5 times a week. Tickets cost $6 and the journey takes 32 min. Alternatively, Israel Railways operates a train from Haifa to Nahariyya hourly. Tickets cost $4 - $6 and the journey takes 39 min.
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The plot of the film — based on a true story — could work for a documentary about Hollywood today, but with an important twist. Now far-left and pro-Communist voices are celebrated. The cancel culture has come for conservative and Christian voices. And heaven help anyone in Hollywood who supports President Trump.
Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. is out to change that.
ANTONIO SABATO JR. ANNOUNCES HE’S STARTING A ‘CONSERVATIVE MOVIE STUDIO’: ‘NO MORE BLACKLISTING’
Sabato, remembered for a congressional run and his role on “General Hospital,” on Thursday announced a way to fight back. In true Andy Hardy fashion, he’s putting on a show — a lot of them. He’s starting a conservative movie studio. He has to.
It’s insanely difficult for good men and women in Hollywood who aren’t on the far left. “I was blacklisted,” he said. “All my representatives left me, from agents to managers to commercial agents. I literally had to move, find a new job to survive and take care of my kids.”
That gave Sabato the impetus to fix things. “We are putting together a plan to create a conservative movie studio for all patriots to do projects that Hollywood would never do,” he tweeted.
That’s a mighty long list. Hollywood no longer makes many movies that celebrate our nation or tell the true stories of the American experience. The gap between the Left Coast and the rest of our country has grown bigger than the Grand Canyon (the place, not the mediocre Lawrence Kasdan movie.)
The gap between the Left Coast and the rest of our country has grown bigger than the Grand Canyon.
Hollywood has lost the ability to craft stories about real life, and viewers know it. The audience has moved on to the only things movies can deliver effectively — escapist stories of animation, science fiction and superheroes. In the pre-pandemic days of 2019, back when people went to movie theaters, the top 10 films were completely dominated by such fantastic fare.
The closest thing to a movie about normal people was the murder mystery “Knives Out.” It was ranked 21st. Four separate superhero movies punched their way into the Top 10, including No. 1 “Avengers: Endgame.”
You have to go all the way back to 2000 to find a year where the Top 10 featured several movies even plausibly realistic. From “Gladiator” to “The Perfect Storm,” Hollywood actually focused on real human beings doing heroic things.
Even when such movies are made, Hollywood doesn’t try to replicate the effort. There was no attempt to capitalize on the success of 2014’s “American Sniper.” Clint Eastwood’s biopic about the military’s deadliest sniper resonated with the parts of America where citizens still revere the flag and volunteer for military service.
There could, and should, be many more such movies. Just look at the patriots who earned the Medal of Honor. More than 3,400 of these medals have been awarded to our military heroes. But we are lucky if we get one big box office movie about heroes in a year. Until now.
It won’t be easy. Sabato is starting a movie company. He’ll still be ignored by most big names and have to fight with unions, wealthy blacklisters and distribution networks that are run by people who hate the right. He might have to create entirely alternate means of distribution — churches and political clubs, for example.
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It’s daunting, but this week had to give all of us hope. The world watched as the left and the media came for Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue simply because of the kind words he had for President Trump. Everyone expected Unanue to back down and apologize. To run away and beg for forgiveness.
He stood his ground. Supporters flocked to stores to buy every bit of Goya food they could find. Even President Trump and his daughter backed Goya.
Cancel culture was canceled for a time. If we can do it once, we can do it every single day.
That means we can give Sabato our support — and when the time comes, our dollars. If he’s willing to fight for our free speech, how dare we do anything less?
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One statement Sabato made sticks with me. It was a commitment: “No more blacklisting and no more injustice from the socialist’s elites,” he wrote.
Here’s hoping Sabato can pull it off, end the new blacklist and give all of us a reason to say “Hurray for Hollywood” again.
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VVV-Venlo striker Lennart Thy was unavailable for selection for his side's game in Eindhoven, but it was for a wonderful reason. The 26-year old, on loan from Werder Bremen, wasn’t playing because he was donating blood for a Leukemia patient.
Seven years ago, he gave blood in the hope that it would match and save a Leukemia cancer patient's life in the future. In March, the brilliant news came that a match had been found and he gave blood to aid doctors in their attempts to create stem cells and allow a transplant to take place. It's very rare that a complete match is found and VVV made the brilliant decision to let their No.11 fulfil his duties. PSV Eindhoven made a grand gesture of respect towards Lennart by naming him man of the match despite his absence from the game.


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|US Mourns Victims of 9/11 Terror Attacks|
11 September 2008
Across the United States, Americans marked the seventh anniversary of
the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with solemn memorial services
and heartfelt tributes. Mona Ghuneim reports from VOA's New York Bureau.
years after the attacks, New Yorkers gathered at "ground zero," the
site where the World Trade Center skyscrapers once stood.
|A child tosses a rose into the reflecting pool at the site of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks, in New York, 11 Sep 2008|
years past, the ceremony included four moments of silence, twice to
mark the time that two hijacked airliners crashed into the twin towers
and twice at the time of morning when each building collapsed in an
inferno of flames and smoke.
This year, family members and
students representing victims who came from scores of nations around
the world read aloud the names of more than 2,700 people who died in
New York on September 11, 2001.
The children of John Salvatore, who worked at the World Trade Center, spoke about their father when their turn came to read.
1: "My dad died on 9/11, but he is not gone. Just look at each of our
faces and you will see him shine through us every day."
Child 2: "We love you, Daddy.
city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, the keynote speaker at the memorial
ceremony, said Americans come together on this day to bear witness to a
"day which began like any other, and ended as none ever has." "We
return this morning as New Yorkers, Americans and global citizens
remembering the innocent people from 95 nations and territories that
lost their lives together that day," he said.
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush observed a moment of silence
at the White House. The president then attended the dedication of a new
September 11 memorial at the Pentagon, where 184 people died when
another hijacked plane crashed into the building.
|Members of a military honor guard stand at the covered benches of the The Pentagon Memorial,during a dedication ceremony for the memorial, 11 Sep 2008|
memorial is the first of three major September 11 memorials to be
completed. It is made of stone benches, each engraved with a victim's
The president says he hopes the memorial will provide
some peace and comfort to the victims' friends and families. "People
from across our nation will come here to remember friends and loved
ones who never had the chance to say goodbye. A memorial can never
replace what those of you mourning a loved one have lost."
the 9/11 structure in Washington is complete, the controversy over the
New York memorial continues. Seven years after the attacks, "ground
zero" is still a construction site. And many New Yorkers are
frustrated by years of delays and disagreements about their monument's
|A woman pauses before throwing a rose into reflecting pool during commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero, in New York, 11 Sep 2008|
The memorial and a new skyscraper should be complete
by 2012, but construction work will alter anniversary ceremonies before
then. This year, as they have in the past, the victims' family members
walked down a ramp to the bottom of the site, at bedrock about 15
meters below ground, where they left wreaths, flowers and mementos of
their loved ones. As construction progresses, this may no longer be
Henry Bustillo, whose brother died on September 11,
hopes the ramp will remain. "Hopefully, they will continue on having
the ceremony down at the pit, downstairs, because it [won't] feel the
same if they have it up here."
An official memorial in
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, is also years away from being built.
However, services were held there Thursday in the field where another
passenger jet went down. Forty-four people died aboard the hijacked
plane, which dove at full speed into a field, apparently as the
passengers struggled with their captors, trying to regain control of
Republican presidential candidate John McCain
took part in the ceremony in Pennsylvania before heading to New York.
In Shanksville, McCain paid special tribute to those who died there
because they are believed to have disrupted the hijackers' plan to
attack another target in Washington. "I've had the great honor and
privilege to witness great courage and sacrifice for America's sake,
but none greater than the sacrifice of those good people who grasped
the gravity of the moment, understood the threat and decided to fight
back at the cost of their lives."
McCain and his Democratic
rival, Barack Obama, appeared together at "ground zero" late Thursday
to pay their respects and speak with mourners, including police and
firefighters who honored more than 300 of their comrades who died on
Laying politics aside for the day, the
presidential candidates placed flowers at the World Trade Center site.
They will speak Thursday at a forum on public service at Columbia
As in years past, two bright blue beams of light
will shine all night over New York City from the spot where the fallen
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Flights from California to Europe for $69? A trans-Atlantic fare war could be brewing as airlines that already offer some of the cheapest tickets between North America and Europe get set to do battle.
Icelandic discount carrier WOW rolled out $69.99 one-way fares on Tuesday for its flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco to four destinations in Europe.
The fares – good for flights from Jan. 15 through April 5 – are now being sold on connecting itineraries to Stockholm; Copenhagen; Bristol, England; and Edinburgh, Scotland. WOW billed the fares as “its lowest airline prices yet” for customers flying between California and Europe.


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It is very important that you know your HIV status before you fall pregnant. If you think you could be pregnant, go to a healthcare facility as soon as possible. The healthcare provider will do a pregnancy test and offer you counselling before they do an HIV test. It is important for pregnant women to book for and attend every antenatal care (ANC) visit. These are wellness and health visits for pregnant women.
As part of the antenatal care visits, your healthcare provider will give you counselling and ask for your permission to do HIV testing.
- If you are pregnant and HIV negative: you will be offered HIV testing at each of your antenatal clinic visits to ensure that you remain negative.
- If you are pregnant and HIV positive: you will be offered HIV treatment and put into an adherence club. This club encourages you to take HIV treatment properly during your pregnancy, birth, and delivery as well as during breastfeeding. Staying on HIV treatment is important because it can prevent your child from being born HIV positive in what is called prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
STIs and pregnancy
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in pregnancy can be harmful to your unborn baby or may cause your baby to be born with diseases.
A test for an STI called syphilis will also be done at your first ANC visit as well as at 34 weeks for all HIV positive and HIV negative women.
If the test for syphilis is positive, there is effective treatment to protect you and your baby from further illness.
Your partner should also be tested and treated for STIs, and it is advisable that you use condoms to avoid reinfections.
If you are HIV positive and pregnant, or if you are pregnant and do not know your status, you can visit your local clinic or use the Service Finder to find a clinic where you can speak to a healthcare provider.

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I got an assignment for a documentary film. Lifestyle is the category I should make. Firstly, I chose the story of a life of a street performer. In Indonesia (not only here), there are so many things like that. They came out at day and night, earning money is so-called free-styled job. What I am talking here isn't a cool R n B or Hip Hop Dance you can find in French Quarter or a romantic Violist in Arles, but a guy (total guy and isn't a transgendered) who wants to act and dress like a woman and sings with a handmade music instrument.
It's not funny in Indonesia. But what about you who never come to Indonesia?
But, before filming, my friends and I decided to interview the person and see his whole story. By doing so, we know what angle we can put up. We only heard about this person and his simple story. On Saturday night, me and my friends went out to Kemayoran, where we were told that the guy would likely appear. It was my first time there.
And, voila! It was the craziest part of the town. I arrived at 9 PM there and the street was crowded by motorcycles, full but fast. I have to go around by foot and it's hard to walk freely, why? The pedestrians were hacked by street food-sellers. All you can step on is the edge of the road. There were also many other things sold by the road. Under the dark sky without stars, riot sounds from vehicles and the breeze were completely mixed.
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This city annoyed me more. Like, the biker who wouldn't stop to let you walk across the street. I had to put on this annoyed faces on them, but those bikers just lined up and keep going fast without stopping to let me go. Those guys were completely heartless and brainless. It took 3 minutes for me, just to get through the other side of the road of only 1, 5 meter. No traffic light, and other stuffs. Just bugging bikers.
We went around about 3 times the same quartier and still couldn't find the person we were going to interview. Then, the worst thing in that situation for me was... I wanna pee! There was only food-sellers and in the middle of the road, how could I find the toilet? So I should go across many streets to get through a supermarket, at the first floor of an apartment. Surprisingly, when I got in the toilet at the supermarket, the lamp... was on and off continuously! It wasn't like a 80s discotheque, but a haunted room in horror movies. So I said to myself, "No!"
When I went around another side of the quartier I saw a child friendly area, like balloons, toys and kids food were sold in the street. And they got their own little carousel. Unlike, the other side, where all the bikes were seemed to have a rally and adult entertainments were on the stage, these two worlds could join and make their own town. It's biased one, as somehow it's very dangerous, not only for the wild fast traffic, but also for the crime scene that might happen. I couldn't just take out my cellphone, purse or camera there. So, I have to sneak my cellphone to get some pictures. I didn't say that the people cannot be trusted. Not all of them, we met a guy who helped us to find the person we're looking for. Yet, that place was quite isolated-ly happening.
Anyway, I can say, it's an all-you-can-get town. From various food choices, toys, street karaoke, kids entertainment, tailor, magz and even bunnies!
Being there... you got to be careful of course. Try not to be looked eye-catching. The bad people there could just approach you in a way you can't avoid. Being there, you might be also entertained by some street singers (the one I was looking).


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Hammond firefighters to receive funding of $21,906 from Homeland Security
The Hammond Fire and Rescue Department is in line to receive $21,906 from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG).
The federal funding will be used to purchase new fire hoses for two pumper trucks.The funding was announced by New York’s U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
“Without the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program many smaller fire departments would be hard press to come up with the necessary funds for such a purchase,” said Blain Bogart of the Hammond Fire and Rescue Department.
“These much-needed federal funds will help the Hammond Fire and Rescue Department to invest in the equipment they need to do their jobs effectively and save lives,” said Schumer.
“Our firefighters put their lives on the line every day and that is why it is important to make sure they have access to critical equipment,” said Gillibrand.”


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The Lakes are always attractive to international and domestic interest.
House - SA buyer; Howe Keld, Keswick - Swiss buyer; West Vale, Ambleside - Swiss buyer; Keswick Park? Hotel - Chinese buyer; Stone Cross Manor, Kendal - Chinese connection to the purchase.
Currently selling Windermere Manor Hotel and we have had interest from all over the world - Thailand, Japan, South Africa and the USA.
Over the last 12 months we have seen a picking up of international market. The fall in the value of the pound is making UK hotels much relatively inexpensive, down roughly 15 or 20 per cent compared to a year ago.
Cumbria in general and the Lake District in particular is always a buoyant and is one of the best places for hotel sales after London and Edinburgh.
We sell around 100 hotels every year. Cumbria is always an important part of our business. Buyers are a mix. Smaller hotels will attract owner operators while larger ones are attractive to investors who are looking for a return on their investment.
The smaller hotels are often bought as a lifestyle choice by people who love the idea of living in the Lake District.
Business in the Lake District seems to be quite strong at present. Cumbria has got over the floods of 2015 and is showing some robustness. It is back on track and moving forward.
Manchester, 7th March 2017 – Borrowdale Gates Hotel, one of the Lake District’s foremost country house hotels, has been sold from an asking price of £3.75m by the specialist hotels team at real estate advisors Colliers International.
Acting on behalf of private owners Colin and Joy Harrison, Colliers sold the hotel at Grange-in-Borrowdale, Keswick to Fairtree Hospitality Real Estate Private Equity Fund, the Guernsey investment vehicle managed by international asset management company Fairtree Capital.
Borrowdale Gates Hotel offers 33 en-suite bedrooms and 13 staff bedrooms in a building converted from a mid-19thcentury private home and set in gardens and grounds with views along Borrowdale.
The acquisition by Fairtree represents its third investment in the UK hospitality market with more to follow.
The Fairtree Fund already owns two further hotels in Cornwall - The Old Quay House and The Rosevine. Recently reviewed by The Telegraph, The Rosevine was given a 9/10 rating for its ability to infuse the "comforts of a luxury hotel with the independence of your own apartment", and received praise for its service, style and value for money.
Providence Hospitality, a UK-wide hospitality management company, has secured contracts to manage all the properties owned by Fairtree in addition to its presence in South Africa.
Joe Bester, Director of Providence Hospitality, said: “Providence prides itself on the highest quality of customer care, and we are keen to maintain our reputation in these new locations.”
Julian Troup, head of UK hotels agency at Colliers International, secured the sale to Fairtree, and said: “The acquisition of Borrowdale Gates Hotel, a genuinely outstanding example of a country house hotel in the Lake District, by Fairtree, is a further example of an international buyer securing a prime provincial hotel.
“We are witnessing an increasing flow of such deals, particularly involving buyers from the Far East and Asia, because the devaluation of sterling following the EU Referendum means such transactions are now 20 per cent less expensive than a year ago, thereby making the UK hospitality market a very attractive prospect for buyers overseas.”
Julian said about 10 per cent of UK hotels sold by Colliers International in 2016 were acquired by international buyers.
Cumbria is the most productive county for the hotels’ team at Colliers with 18 hotel and hospitality sales in the past 12 months, he added.


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Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican from Georgia, has just done what no liberal has been willing to do: help the American people with the gas price problem.
With so many Americans depending on the family car to help them pay the bills by getting to work, it really is brutal to have to be shelling out so much of your paycheck at the pump.
Take all of the extra driving the average American has to do these days, and things can really add up.
Kids to and from school? Needs gas.
Dropping somebody off at practice? Better have gas.
Trying to get back and forth from church, court, or the massage parlor? Better fuel up.
Brian Kemp recognized how important many of those things are to getting by in America, so he temporarily suspended Georgia’s excise tax on motor fuel, which is currently at almost 30 cents per gallon.
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