The future of fashion begins right here! It begins with you, the person reading this entry. Fashion born of the street and created by individuals from all walks of life. The future is clothing designs made in micro factories, more in Europe and America and far less in China. The past ten years, if we reach back to Harvard and the origins of Facebook, have been about post institutional social models on the Internet. The next ten years will be about the application of "said" models to the real world. "Transformative Style" happens when the fashion industry democratizes and is technically handed over to the "street (the people, you and me and the girl next to you)." It is taken from the sole domain of companies and the fashion media and handed off to those who want to create in a limited number of pieces. Maybe 200 pieces in a limited edition jacket or fashion jean or 500 unites for a specific styled shoe. No more seeing a million pairs of shoes, all in the same color, all looking the same on every girl you see in the mall. Stop the insanity! There is nothing good about looking like the next ten people in line for a concert. Draw, design, prototype, manufacture on a small scale with skilled workers and sell. That is the formula. That is how I see it and that is how I hope you will remember Johnnie Bahama Limited. Money was never the end goal. My freedom to create what I wanted in the way I saw and experienced it was. I wish you the best of luck. Never stop believing in your dream.

wednesday 21st feb 12 pm , Support The Highly Skilled - injustice by Home Office. sihk community from across the united kigdom attended the second rally , Protesting against inhumane delays and injustice by the Home Office.

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe

The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home

The Melvyn Maxwell Smith and Sara Stein Smith House also known as Myhaven is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian home that was constructed in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1949 and 1950. Both were public school teachers living on a tight budget. During the two year construction period, the Smith's combined income was $280.00 per month. The house was to be 1800 square feet and featured radiant heating through hot water pipes installed in the floor slab. Like other Wright home designs, the house relied on passive solar energy. They received a housewarming gift from their friend Irving Goldberg of a maple dining table with eight maple chairs, two coffee tables and six hassocks, all designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright called it "my little gem.”

The home is located near the Cranbrook Educational Community, and over the years, the Smiths built an extensive art collection, and the majority their works were by artists associated with Cranbrook. Among them are a massive chest by Paul R. Evans, a gazelle sculpture by Marshall Fredericks, and works by other artists including a sculpture by Sam Apple, exterior sculptures by Mike Calligan, weavings by Barbara Wittenburg, interior sculptures by Jim Messama, and a sculpted bust of Melvyn Smith by Robert Scheffman.[20] Cranbrook president Roy Slade praised the home as exemplifying "the integration of art, architecture and nature”. Architectural photographer Balthazar Korab produced a widely reproduced image of Calligan's "Natural Bridge" sculpture with the house as the backdrop.[11] Later, the Smiths collected works by Glenn Michaels, including an accordion screen, and a triptych mosaic installed above the fireplace. Sounding Sculpture by Harry Bertoia. At Wright's advice, Melvin Maxwell Smith decided to act as his own general contractor, so that he could save money and maintain the quality standards he expected. He recruited skilled workers who wanted to work on a home designed by Wright so much that they would accept lower pay than usual. Suppliers of building materials also provided goods such as 14,000 board feet of red tidewater cypress lumber at discounted prices because of their wish to be involved with a Wright project.[14] Shopping center developer A. Alfred Taubman provided all of the windows at a deep discount[15] because he considered the house a "fantastic structure”. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvyn_Maxwell_and_Sara_Stein_Smith...

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The economic and cultural ties of BC and Southeast Asia are an important part of the BC LNG Story. In addition this supports the BC Skills for Jobs Blueprint initiative to ensure skilled workers trained for the LNG sector.

While on the Spring 2014 Trade Mission, Premiere Christy Clark and Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas, met with executives from India Oil.

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Efforts to clean up waste from the Manhattan Project and the Cold War are under way at the Y-12 National Security Complex. The seven projects there funded by $216 million from the Recovery Act are providing work for more than 1,500 Americans, many of whom had struggled in the recent recession.

In addition to the work at Alpha 5 and Beta 4, Recovery Act projects at Y-12 include the West End Mercury Area storm sewer cleanup project, removal of soil contaminated with mercury, and the cleanup of a 7-acre scrap yard. In January 2011, Recovery Act workers completed the demolition of Building 9211 at Y-12, which reduced the footprint of the Cold War legacy by more than 83,000 square feet.

Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.

Visit : www.panamerica.in

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Michael harris Chancellor, Summit Focuses on Triple Helix, Regional Transformation, mayor's summit, IU Kokomo, July 6, 2011,

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Kokomo, Ind. – Industry, government, and higher education of north central Indiana must join forces – creating a "triple helix" – to successfully land businesses and improve quality of life. Regionalization and other collaborative ideas were discussed during a Mayor’s Summit, hosted by Indiana University Kokomo on Wednesday (July 6).

Ten of the region’s mayors met with Chancellor Michael Harris to strategize how communities can work together to be competitive in a global economy.

"North central Indiana should be a region that is recognized nationally. We at IU Kokomo believe very strongly in what is becoming known as the triple helix. It is based on close, collaborative efforts among industry, government, and universities," Harris said. "It’s only those regions where industry is alive, where government is involved, and where there exists a strong university that they will be ahead of the competition.

"We would like to see more strengthening of that triple helix effect," he said. "The bottom line, of course, is assuring the American dream. We believe the future is in abundance."

A recent report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors was a point of discussion. The mayoral panel also talked about economic realities facing their cities and explored ideas for continual collaboration and enhanced economic development.

Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight welcomed the panel and emphasized the importance of coming together to examine ways to enhance collaboration.

Regionalization is a way to give people hope, said Mayor Wayne Seybold of Marion.

"In order for regionalization to work, we need to plan for it," Seybold said. "We need to have someone lead the process."

Monticello Mayor Jason Thompson said one obstacle faced by cities is finding skilled workers.

"Industries that are coming can’t get the skilled worker," Thompson said. "They don’t have the math skill to run robotic machinery in the assembly line."

Mike Fincher, mayor of Logansport, emphasized the importance of an educated workforce, stating that owners of companies looking to relocate or establish a new business always ask the skill and education level of potential employees.

"If we’re going to be a marketable commodity, we need a better educated workforce," he said.

The region faces challenges based on transforming from a manufacturing workforce to an economy of knowledge and innovation, where only entrepreneurs will survive, Harris said.

"This isn’t unique here. We believe the regional campuses play a significant role in economic development, a vision of IU President Michael McRobbie," Harris said. "We are living in a tremendous era of globalization. It is no longer just Logansport and Kokomo. It’s a tsunami out there that is coming at us fast."

Mayors in attendance were Randy Strasser, Delphi; Greg Goodnight, Kokomo; Huck Lewis, Lebanon; Michael Fincher, Logansport; Wayne Seybold, Marion; Jason Thompson, Monticello; Jim Walker, Peru; Bruce Hosier, Portland; Mark Smiley, Rochester; Steven Croyle, Winchester. Hodge Patel, district director for Congressman Joe Donnelly, also joined the panel.

The B.C. government is investing $29.2 million to renew trades facilities at Camosun College - a key part of B.C.'s new Skills and Training Plan.

The renovation and expansion of Camosun's Interurban facilities will ensure future heavy-duty mechanics, shipbuilders and other skilled workers will be able to get the training they need on southern Vancouver Island.

The Honourable John Yap, Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology, and Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Aboriginal Rights and Reconciliation, made the announcement today at Camosun’s Interurban campus.

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Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.

Visit : www.panamerica.in

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

The Palace of International Forums ‘Uzbekistan’ stands on Amir Timur Square in the very centre of Tashkent, it is considered the country’s most significant representative building; ‘Uzbekistan’ has been designed as a platform for hosting acts of state, congresses, conferences and other cultural highlights. The palace was ceremonially opened in September 2009 to celebrate Tashkent’s 2200th anniversary.

More than 5000 architects, project managers and skilled workers cooperated on this huge project.

The Palace of International Forums has maintained the classical external elements for its appearance, yet it hints to the visitor its modern interior through the extensively glazed facade. The main foyer with a ceiling height of over 16 meters and an area of 2,500 square meters is intentionally staged and atmospherically dense creating bounteousness. The extravagant chandelier with 1.1 million Swarovski crystals is nine meter high, while its 23-meter length outlines the longitudinal axis of the foyer. In this grandeur open floor plan of the foyer the “floating” staircases relieve the monumental palace coulisse as they support the organizational structure of the interior.

The overwhelming impression of the room is achieved by using exquisite materials. The walls were covered in mother of pearl, stucco work and more than 1300 running meters of Swarovski wallpaper. The ebony parquet floor was enhanced with marquetry made of over 32 tons of Carrara Arabescato and Sivic marble for added effect. The unusual ceiling with its organic shapes emphasised by indirect lighting reinforces the height of the room and also serves to convey an impression of generous space. The dimensions are also reflected in the furnishings. The room remains spacious even with a total of eighteen round banquet tables, Walter-Knoll chairs in matching colours of brown-beige and a ten meters long, slightly bent "president?s table" put up.

The colour composition of white, black and cre`me, combined with fine ebony, makes for a very high-class effect. At the same time, the materials were chosen not only for their exclusiveness, but also according to functional aspects. For example, sound-control plaster was used to achieve perfect room acoustics.

The lighting concept offers some true highlights: Two opulent Swarovski crystal lamps, each consisting of 1600 separate stones with a diameter of 7 cm, break every ray of light and draw all looks. Effectively used indirect light emphasises the contours of the organic shapes and, at the same time, creates a festive and ceremonial atmosphere. Recessed lamps and some spots are placed in the ceiling construction to sparkle like stars in the sky.

As the scandal over free gifts and hospitality continues to dog the prime minister, questions must be asked about the capability of this closest political advisers.

And it gets worse:

Allister Heath, The Daily Telegraph

Nothing is so bad that it cannot be made even worse: welcome to Sir Keir Starmer’s Britain, land of no hope and even less glory. The prognosis for Britain under Labour is dismal: mass immiseration and relentless decline, laced with class and generational warfare, justified on the grounds of “equality”, “morality”, and “international law”.

Almost everything that is still great, or at least functioning, in this country is being singled out for destruction, and much of what is already broken is being smashed further. Ours appears to be a tragic future of penury, drabness, low expectations, welfarism, pacifism, social strife and irrelevancy.

We are less than one hundred days into the Labour era, with some 1,725 left to go, and yet Britain already faces a slow-motion fiscal crisis. Gilt yields – the cost of government borrowing – are rising, partly because markets (and, not so privately, HM Treasury) are nervous about the Chancellor’s plans to rig the fiscal rules to borrow more. Rachel Reeves’ tax plans have imploded on collision with reality: chasing away non-doms and private equity investors wasn’t a good idea, it turns out, and she will have to borrow more to fund her spending on unionised wages and “investment.”

The number of UK-based millionaires is set to collapse by 17 per cent, a greater fall than in any other country, and they are taking their taxes with them. Calls for an exit levy to confiscate wealth on their way out must be resisted: it would make it riskier to invest in Britain and sounds like a precursor to capital controls.

Labour’s approach to immigration is perverse: it is chasing away billionaires and company founders, and, having dumped the Rwanda scheme, is effectively replacing them by ultra low-skilled workers.

Reeves will probably now focus on fleecing small investors and those with decent pension pots, hiking capital gains tax, limiting the tax free lump sum and extending inheritance tax. She may target employer national insurance.

All of this will backfire, but Labour don’t care: they want to build a socialist Britain, and damn the consequences.

The world over, Britain’s private schools are held in extraordinary esteem and widely imitated, and yet Labour is determined to vandalise them. England’s state schools are a rare success story, climbing league tables after years of pedagogic and cultural improvement, and yet standards are about to be crushed and school freedoms curtailed on the altar of egalitarian ideology. British universities are viewed internationally as less woke than their US rivals, and yet the Government is dropping Tory free speech protections. The City is our principal economic asset, and yet Reeves will further eviscerate it with her tax raids. Our housing market is a disaster, but Starmer’s war on landlords will exacerbate the crisis.

Our semi-flexible labour market has saved us from catastrophe, but the Employment Rights Bill will make it riskier to recruit new, untested workers. Even the UK’s remaining geopolitical influence is being squandered: Labour views foreign policy narrowly as a tool to enforce “international law” (as defined by activist, Left-wing judges) and spread a woke conception of human rights. It has handed away the Chagos Islands and thus huge military capability, and won’t increase defence spending.

Energy prices will rise further, output will fall and the country will teeter towards blackouts. Britain has suffered greatly from the rationing of buildable land and of all forms of infrastructure in recent years; we will soon be crippled by the equally unnecessary rationing of petrol cars, of energy, of holidays even, by a Government that believes that being green means reducing consumption by impoverishing the masses. I’ve seen nothing game-changing on planning so far; the one-year delay on the Lower Thames Crossing is a terrible sign.

Labour’s ideological blinkers will merely hasten Britain’s looming quasi-insolvency. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s modelling paints a cataclysmic picture. Public spending is expected to surge from 45 per cebt of GDP to 60 per cent over the next 50 years, whereas tax revenues remain stuck at around 40 per cent, implying a budget deficit of 20 per cent of GDP.

Health spending would explode from 7.6 to 14.5 per cent of GDP, driven by population ageing, state pensions from 5.2 to 7.9 per cent (exacerbated by the triple-lock), and interest on the national debt from 2.8 to 11.3 per cent. Fuel duties, worth 2.2 per cent of receipts, will fall to zero as petrol cars are banned, there will be massive spending on net zero, and the population will surge to 82 million thanks to mass immigration. Remember the endless Left-wing propaganda that importing more people would solve our fiscal crisis? It was always a nonsensical claim. The OBR now admits that low wage migrants cost the taxpayer more than they bring in over their lifetimes, though its model underestimates the scale of the problem.

The upshot is that the national debt would hit 274 to 324 per cent of GDP by 2073, turning us into Venezuela-on-Thames. Taxes would need to rocket, starting later this decade, destroying growth and plunging Britain into a vicious doom-loop from which there would be no recovery. The expansive welfare state is finished: the only feasible solution is to largely privatise the NHS, increase private retirement savings, remove the regulatory constraints on land use that block house building, embrace truly free markets, unleash privately financed infrastructure (for new roads and airports and desalination plants), build nuclear capacity and turbocharge real, entrepreneurial economic growth. There must also be a drastic reduction in legal immigration, with almost only high skill, high-earners let in, yet many Labour activists believe that any restriction on global free movement to be obscene. The fact that millions of working age adults – mostly UK-born – are trapped on welfare, is unforgivable: they need to find jobs. Britain needs a productivity and hard-work revolution: this requires lower, simpler taxes, radical deregulation and a culture shift. Labour is delivering the exact opposite, and will fail spectacularly.

The Tories are partly responsible for this abominable state of affairs, so here is my challenge: if they truly want to save this country, remaining leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick must demonstrate that they understand the extremity of the crisis, and propose truly radical solutions. Our country deserves better than this debilitating descent into penniless mediocrity.

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Plastics industry VP and general manager Matt Poischbeg believes that much of his success in life stems from the life and technical skills he acquired as an at-risk teen in Germany. He apprenticed as a 16 year old on a farm and parlayed those skills when he came to the Pacific Northwest as a young man to climb from a mail room intern to the corporate level.

Matt believes secondary education systems should restore apprenticeships as school-endorsed paths to career and life success.

Arguably the biggest hurdle facing manufacturing today is the shortage of skilled workers. With fewer high schools offering hands-on learning through vocational classes, young workers interested in pursuing a career in manufacturing are tasked with figuring out how to start a career in that industry. One facet of the hiring process many undermine is the importance of soft skills, including effective communication, resumes writing and interviewing.

As part of AJAC's and Workforce Snohomish's 10-week pre-apprenticeship training program, the Manufacturing Academy, students are given the opportunity during each cohort to tour a handful of local-area manufacturing companies, to fully understand the soft and technical skills needed to become a productive employee. In May, a dozen students from the Monroe Manufacturing Academy were given the privilege to tour SEA-LECT Plastics, an Everett-based manufacturer specializing in plastic injection molding - particularly for outdoor recreational equipment. SEA-LECT Plastics is a registered Training Agent with apprentices enrolled in AJAC's Tool & Die Maker and Industrial Maintenance Mechanic apprenticeship programs.

This talk was given at TEDxSnoIsleLibraries 2016 in Edmonds, Washington. www.sno-isle.org/tedx

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Efforts to clean up waste from the Manhattan Project and the Cold War are under way at the Y-12 National Security Complex. The seven projects there funded by $216 million from the Recovery Act are providing work for more than 1,500 Americans, many of whom had struggled in the recent recession.

In addition to the work at Alpha 5 and Beta 4, Recovery Act projects at Y-12 include the West End Mercury Area storm sewer cleanup project, removal of soil contaminated with mercury, and the cleanup of a 7-acre scrap yard. In January 2011, Recovery Act workers completed the demolition of Building 9211 at Y-12, which reduced the footprint of the Cold War legacy by more than 83,000 square feet.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Confirmed panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

The Melvyn Maxwell Smith and Sara Stein Smith House also known as Myhaven is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian home that was constructed in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1949 and 1950. Both were public school teachers living on a tight budget. During the two year construction period, the Smith's combined income was $280.00 per month. The house was to be 1800 square feet and featured radiant heating through hot water pipes installed in the floor slab. Like other Wright home designs, the house relied on passive solar energy. They received a housewarming gift from their friend Irving Goldberg of a maple dining table with eight maple chairs, two coffee tables and six hassocks, all designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright called it "my little gem.”

The home is located near the Cranbrook Educational Community, and over the years, the Smiths built an extensive art collection, and the majority their works were by artists associated with Cranbrook. Among them are a massive chest by Paul R. Evans, a gazelle sculpture by Marshall Fredericks, and works by other artists including a sculpture by Sam Apple, exterior sculptures by Mike Calligan, weavings by Barbara Wittenburg, interior sculptures by Jim Messama, and a sculpted bust of Melvyn Smith by Robert Scheffman.[20] Cranbrook president Roy Slade praised the home as exemplifying "the integration of art, architecture and nature”. Architectural photographer Balthazar Korab produced a widely reproduced image of Calligan's "Natural Bridge" sculpture with the house as the backdrop.[11] Later, the Smiths collected works by Glenn Michaels, including an accordion screen, and a triptych mosaic installed above the fireplace. Sounding Sculpture by Harry Bertoia. At Wright's advice, Melvin Maxwell Smith decided to act as his own general contractor, so that he could save money and maintain the quality standards he expected. He recruited skilled workers who wanted to work on a home designed by Wright so much that they would accept lower pay than usual. Suppliers of building materials also provided goods such as 14,000 board feet of red tidewater cypress lumber at discounted prices because of their wish to be involved with a Wright project.[14] Shopping center developer A. Alfred Taubman provided all of the windows at a deep discount[15] because he considered the house a "fantastic structure”. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvyn_Maxwell_and_Sara_Stein_Smith...

www.michiganmodern.org/buildings/melvyn-maxwell-and-sara-...

Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Secretary of Education James Peyser join state and local officials to announce investments totaling more than $120 million to four public colleges and universities to renovate and expand campus facilities that further students’ skills in STEM fields during an event at Salem State University in Salem on April 13, 2022. Salem State University, Massasoit Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell will each receive $30 million for major capital projects that will modernize campus facilities to support STEM instruction and expand the number of skilled workers in key STEM occupations in the Commonwealth. The improvements will increase enrollment capacity in these programs by about 2,000 students. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Confirmed panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

The B.C. government is investing $29.2 million to renew trades facilities at Camosun College - a key part of B.C.'s new Skills and Training Plan.

The renovation and expansion of Camosun's Interurban facilities will ensure future heavy-duty mechanics, shipbuilders and other skilled workers will be able to get the training they need on southern Vancouver Island.

The Honourable John Yap, Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology, and Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Aboriginal Rights and Reconciliation, made the announcement today at Camosun’s Interurban campus.

www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/09/trades-renewal-begins-at-c...

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

From the historic marker for Freetown:

In 1867 a group of African American men and women laid the foundations for Freetown. William, John, Albert, George, Richard, and Peter Collins; Susan and Lawrence Moore; Thomas Jeffries; the children of John Jeffries; and Louisa Conway and her children received over six hundred acres of land in the will of John Collins, a local planter who had migrated from Virginia to Alabama in 1837. The early residents included former slaves and free people of color. Many of the men were skilled masons and carpenters, including Peter Lee and John Glascow who directed the construction of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Gallion. Freetown residents helped organize Bethlehem Baptist Church in 1867.

Freetown became a vibrant community and residents achieved local prominence. The settlement reached its peak in the 1920s as part of Allenville. Brown's general store established around 1910 became the major commercial center and social hub. Women from the community were among the first teachers in the area's African American schools. Some Freetown children received primary and secondary education as boarding students at Selma University. The community’s population declined after World War II as African Americans migrated to northern and southern cities. Residents and their descendants over time became skilled workers, professionals, and active members of communities elsewhere, while maintaining strong ties to Freetown.

Portrait of a steelworker. Ezz Steel production site is located in Alexandria and employs more than 2000 skilled workers. It is the Middle East's leading producer of high quality long and flat steel for use in a wide range of end applications.

Country : Egypt

Date : 2008-04

Copyright : Marcel Crozet / ILO

The economic and cultural ties of BC and Southeast Asia are an important part of the BC LNG Story. In addition this supports the BC Skills for Jobs Blueprint initiative to ensure skilled workers trained for the LNG sector.

While on the Spring 2014 Trade Mission, Premiere Christy Clark and Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas, met with executives from India Oil.

(for further pictures and information please go to the end of page and by clicking on the link my modest promises will be fulfilled!)

Parliament building

The original intention was to build two separate buildings for the Imperial Council and the House of Representatives of the by the February Patent 1861 established Reichsrat (Imperial Council). After the Compromise with Hungary, however, this plan was dropped and in the year 1869 the architect Theophil von Hansen by the Ministry of the Interior entrusted with the elaboration of the monumental project for a large parliament building. The first cut of the spade followed in June 1874, the foundation stone bears the date "2nd September 1874". At the same time was worked on the erection of the imperial museums, the Town Hall and the University. Theophil Hansen took - as already mentioned - well thought out and in a very meaningful way the style of the Viennese parliament building from ancient Greece; stem important constitutional terms but also from the Greek antiquity - such as "politics", "democracy" and others. Symbolic meaning had also that from nearly all crown lands of the monarchy materials have been used for the construction of the parliament building. Thus, the structure should symbolize the confluence of all the forces "of the in the in the Reichsrat represented kingdoms and countries" in the Vienna parliament building. With the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ended the era of the multinational Parliament in Vienna.

Since November 1918, the building is the seat of the parliamentary bodies of the Republic of Austria, first the National Assembly and later the National Council in the until its destruction in 1945 remained unchanged session hall of the former Imperial Council holding meetings. During the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected, about half of the building fabric were destroyed. On 7th February 1945 the portico by bombing suffered serious damage. Two columns were totally destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting, which was 121 meters long and 2 meters high and the most ideal and economic roles of the Parliament representing allegorically, were seriously damaged. During reconstruction, the rebuilding did not occur in the originally from Hansen originating features: instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall plate cover Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting initially not could be recovered, only in the 90s it should be possible to restore single surviving parts. In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at the Ring Road as well as in the portico especially the Imperial Council tract was severely affected by the effects of war. The meeting room of the Imperial Council was completely burned out, in particular the figural jewelry as well as the ruined marble statues of Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Sophocles, Socrates, Pericles and Demosthenes appearing hardly recoverable. In this circumstances, it was decided not to reconstruct the old Imperial Council hall, but a new hall with a businesslike but refined and convenient furnishing for the National Council of the Republic of Austria to build. During the reconstruction of the building in the years 1945 to 1956 efforts were also made the yet by Hansen envisaged technical independence further to develop and to perfect. Thus the parliament building now has an emergency generator, which ensures, any time, adequate electricity supply of the house in case of failure of the city network, and a variety of other technical facilities, which guarantee a high supply autonomy. Not only from basic considerations in the sense of seperation of powers but also from the possibility of an extraordinary emergency, is this a compelling need. National Council and the Federal Council as the elected representative bodies of the Austrian people must at all times - especially in case of disaster - the material conditions for their activity have guaranteed. This purpose serve the mentioned facilities and many others, sometimes very complicated ones and the persons entrusted with their maintenance. To the staff of the Parliamentary Administration therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrators, secretaries and officials of the room service as in each parliament, but also the with the maintenance of the infrastructure of the parliament building entrusted technicians and skilled workers.

Analogous to other parliaments was for years, even decades tried to acquire or to rent one or the other object near the Parliament building. Finally one was able in 1981 to start with a basic conversion or expansion of the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 under planning by the architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, in this connection was given the order the parliament building through a tunnel with the house in the Reichsratsstrasse to connect. With this tunnel not only a connection for pedestrians should be established, but also a technical integration of the two houses. In the basement of the building in which in early 1985 could be moved in, confluences the road tunnel; furthermore it serves the accommodation of technical rooms as well as of the storage, preparation and staff rooms for a restauration, a main kitchen and a restaurant for about 130 people are housed on the ground floor. On the first floor are located dining rooms for about 110 people; workrooms for MPs are in the second, offices in the third to the sixth floor housed. Ten years after the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 another building could be purchased, the house Reichsratsstrasse 1, and, again under the planning leadership of architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, adapted for the purposes of the Parliament. This house also through an in the basement joining under road tunnel with the Parliament building was connected. The basement houses storage rooms, the ground floor next to an "info-shop" where information materials concerning the Austrian Parlament can be obtained, the Parliament Post Office and the printery. In the six upper floors are offices and other work spaces for different departments of the Parliamentary Administration. The previously by these departments used rooms in the Parliament building were, after it was moved into the house Reichsratsstrasse in 1994, mostly the parliamentary clubs made available. Already in 1992 by the rental of rooms in a building in the Schenkenstraße for the parliamentary staff of the deputies office premises had been created.

Pallas Athene

Parliament Vienna

The 5.5 meter high monumental statue of Pallas Athena in front of the parliament building in Vienna gives not only the outside appearance of this building a striking sculptural accent, but has almost become a symbolic figure of the Austrian parliamentarism. The Danish architect Theophil Hansen, according to which draft in the years 1874-1884 the parliament building has been built, has designed this as a "work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk)"; thus, his planning also including the figural decoration of the building. The in front of the Parliament ramp to be built monumental fountain should according to Hansen's original planning be crowned of an allegoric representation of the Austria, that is, a symbolization of Austria. In the definitive, in 1878 by Hansen submitted figure program took its place Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. The monumental statue was realized only after Hansen's death, but according to his design by sculptor Carl Kundmann in 1902.

Meeting room of the former House of Representatives

The meeting room of the former House of Representatives is largely preserved faithfully and now serves the meetings of the Federal Assembly as well as ceremonies and commemorative meetings of the National Council and the Federal Council. Architecturally, the hall is modeled on a Greek theater. Before the end wall is the presidium with the lectern and the Government Bench, in the semicircle the seats of the deputies are arranged. The from Carrara marble carved statues on the front wall - between the ​​of Unterberger marble manufactured columns and pilasters - represent Roman statesmen, the by Friedrich Eisenmenger realised frieze painting depicts the emergence of political life, and the pediment group above it should symbolize the daily routine.

Portico

The large portico, in its proportions recreating the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens, forms the central chamber of the parliament building and should according to the original intention serve as a meeting place between members of the House of Representatives and of the Imperial Council. Today it functions as a venue, such as for the annual reception of the President of the National Council and the President of the Federal Council for the Diplomatic Corps. When choosing materials for the parliament building, Theophil Hansen strove to use marbles and stones from the crown lands of the monarchy, thus expressing their attachment to their Parliament. For example, consist the 24 monolithic, that is, produced from one-piece, columns, each more than 16 tons of weight, of the great hypostyle hall of Adnet marble, the floor panels of Istrian karst marble. When in the last months of the Second World War the Parliament building was severely affected by bomb hits, also the portico suffered severe damage, and the two columns in the north-west corner of the hall were destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and below the ceiling running frieze painting by Eduard Lebiedzki have been severely damaged. The two destroyed columns in 1950 were replaced by two new ones, broken from the same quarry as the originals, but not exhibiting the same pattern. The parts of the Lebiedzki frieze which have been restorable only in the 90s could be restored.

www.wien-vienna.at/index.php?ID=1102

WINGFIELD CASTLE – ON : 162889

Built 1934, by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, UK (Yard # 1060) as WINGFIELD CASTLE

GRT : 550 / DWT : ??

Overall Length : 63.3 metres x Beam 10.1 metres / 17.0 metres over paddle boxes

Machinery : Paddle steamer driven by Triple Expansion (3 cylinder)reciprocating steam engine

Speed : 12.0 knots

History POR = Port of Registry

1934: WINGFIELD CASTLE : London & North Eastern Railway Company, Grimsby : POR Grimsby

1948: WINGFIELD CASTLE : British Transport Commission : POR Grimsby

1963: WINGFIELD CASTLE : British Railways Board : POR Grimsby

1975: WINGFIELD CASTLE : Brighton Marina Company Ltd.: POR ??

1978: WINGFIELD CASTLE : Kellergrade Ltd : POR ??

1986: Arrived at Hartlepool and preserved at the 'Museum of Hartlepool'

WINGFIELD CASTLE photographed 21 July 1980 on River Thames, London (believe location is at Butlers Wharf)

Ship Details : Miramar / www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/83/wingfield-ca... / www.teesbuiltships.co.uk

The P.S.S. Wingfield Castle was built in 1934 for the LNER as a River Humber paddle steamer. She operated the Humber ferry with her sisters PS Tattershall Castle and PS Lincoln Castle from 1934 until 1974 when the new Humber Bridge was opened. Built at the Hartlepool yards of William Gray & Company, the keel of the Wingfield Castle was laid down on 27th June 1934. Work progressed quickly on the first two sister ships, and they were both ready for launching by the afternoon of 24th September 1934 with a reciprocating steam engine Wingfield Castle could maintain a steady operating speed of 12 knots. She has an overall length of 209ft (63.3m), a beam (including paddle box's) of 56ft (17m) and a gross tonnage of 550 tonnes. Predominately carrying foot passengers the Wingfield Castle had provision on her main deck aft to carry a small number of cars, and pens for livestock. The two sisters where used to ferry troops and supplies along the Humber to wherever they were required. Once hostilities ceased, the peacetime routine was reinstated Excursions continued for some years but as popularity waned they were finally withdrawn in 1967.

Wingfield Castle continued to work the ferry route but, with the imminent construction of the Humber Road Bridge, she was finally withdrawn in 1974. Subsequently purchased by the Brighton Marina Company, conversion costs for the P.S.S. Wingfield Castle proved too great, and she was sold on. Her history at this point becomes a little obscure but she appears to have languished in the King George V dock in London for some eight years while a legal wrangle raged over her ownership. During this time she was used as a set for the film 'The Elephant Man' being disguised as an 1824 cross-channel packet steamer, but for the majority of time she was left neglected and vandalised. In an attempt to stop her sinking altogether concrete was poured into her bilge's to seal the many leaks that were appearing.

In 1982 Whitbread purchased her for use as a floating public house in Swansea, but the plan had to be abandoned when it became clear that she was too wide to pass through the dock gates into the marina. For another four years she remained in Swansea until she finally returned to her birthplace in June 1986. Having been beautifully restored by the skilled workers of Hartlepool, a town that has a reputation for its magnificent maritime restoration projects. The Wingfield Castle now forms part of the rejuvenated dock area and Hartlepool's Maritime Experience.

One of the patch-workers and embroiderers at Janakala Centre. As a village based cottage industry, these skilled workers can fit in their work with their family arrangements.

Central vocational school

6th district of Vienna, 87 Mollardgasse

Plans: State Trade School Director Rudolf Hammel

Construction: The students of Otto Wagner Mahler and Michler

Architecture: Nutzstil (use style)

Between 1909 and 1911: Construction of a school building on the grounds of the former slaughterhouse Gumpendorferstrasse

Dimensions: 128 meter long, 79 meter wide, six stories and a flat roof, covers an area of ​​9,300 square meters

In 1911/12: The "First Viennese industrial training school" started its operation

Damage in World War II

1951: Reconstruction and commissioning as a "First Central Vocational School of Vienna"

A modern training center

Today is the first Central vocational school building a modern training facility. Here are five schools (1 and 2 electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning technology, information technology, metal and glass technology) housed, where the much-needed skilled workers of the future will be taught. The young people are trained in four IT, in six electrical, in five plumbing as well as in eight metal and glass engineering professions. In addition, a watchmaker's workshop is in the house.

In addition, offers the first Central vocational school building: a City Library (with specialist reading, multimedia data sources and magazines as well as internet access), a communication center and offerings for further education (preparation module to the College of Electrical Engineering Training Center Mollardgasse for courses in the field of advanced electrical installation, control and building automation).

www.wien.gv.at/mariahilf/geschichte-kultur/sehens1.html

School for professional formation, escuela de formación profesional, école de formation professionelle, scuola di formazione professionale (Berufsschule) - Metal and glass technology, Metal y Technología de Cristal, Métal et Technologie de Verre, Metallo e Tecnologia del Vetro

Skilled workers tacked about 25,000 pounds of steel rebar into each liner. The rebar will reinforce the final concrete lining of the tunnel.

Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.

Visit : www.panamerica.in

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Not brought to the March 2018 meeting, but this famous Chad Valley puzzle 'Dragon's Land' had a complex box with three internal trays.

One BCD member brought along a famous, rare and highly sought after jigsaw from the 1930s, designed by illustrator Mrs Elspeth Eagle-Clarke for Chad Valley, and produced only their most skilled cutters. This copy is perfect - no warping or damaged pieces and my photo does not do it justice. There are only about 100 pieces, each one is a complete line-cut figure which fit together to form this rectangle. Apparently some examples exist where the largest figures are further dissected.

It was supplied in a box with nested trays, to lay the flat pieces in. There were other companion puzzles - Elfin, shown in the small photos, which is less common than Dragon's Land. Tom Tyler said that two others were produced - Peter Pan and Robin Hood, but he has never seen either, supposing that the novelty of the concept had worn off by the time they were issued.

You can see more details of a Dragon's Land on Jigasaurus:

www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/chad_valley/dragons_land/

This information is from puzzlehistory:

www.puzzlehistory.com/chad.htm

Chad Valley in their Catalogue listed Dragon's Land as " Puzzle for the Connoisseur " its Cat. No. is 3036 and was described thus:-

"As some rare specimen is to the collector so is this puzzle to the jig-saw enthusiast - a puzzle of such unusual character that we, with our years of experience have seen nothing to equal it.

And how shall it be described ? Imagine Puck summoning all the Elfin creatures, the birds, the beasts and even Man, and arranging them in one glorious symphony of colour for the dedication of his queen, Titania.

This fantasy reproduced in glowing hues by a gifted artist, has been cunningly cut from wood by skilled workers. Every, elf, swan, mermaid and fish, is a picture in itself, colourful and complete, yet each dovetailing together into the brilliant design we illustrate.

" Every piece a picture " ( Supplied to Her Majesty the Queen)

No. 3036 DRAGONSLAND 10/6 No. 3035 ELFIN 7/6

Patent No. 407185 "

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe

The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home

Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.

Visit : www.panamerica.in

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

A fishing boat on the south side of St. John's harbour. With the current election one would expect the fishing industry to be front and center. Sadly, it is not. For most people in the larger centers it's about oil and gas along with mining. The avaerage age of people working in the fishery is about 48 and very soon finding skilled workers will be a major challenge. Pictures of small fishing boats and fish plants will be replace with factory freezer trawlers.

Friday, 7 June, 2013

14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?

Panelists:

John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.

Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank

Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum

(for further pictures and information please go to the end of page and by clicking on the link my modest promises will be fulfilled!)

Parliament building

The original intention was to build two separate buildings for the Imperial Council and the House of Representatives of the by the February Patent 1861 established Reichsrat (Imperial Council). After the Compromise with Hungary, however, this plan was dropped and in the year 1869 the architect Theophil von Hansen by the Ministry of the Interior entrusted with the elaboration of the monumental project for a large parliament building. The first cut of the spade followed in June 1874, the foundation stone bears the date "2nd September 1874". At the same time was worked on the erection of the imperial museums, the Town Hall and the University. Theophil Hansen took - as already mentioned - well thought out and in a very meaningful way the style of the Viennese parliament building from ancient Greece; stem important constitutional terms but also from the Greek antiquity - such as "politics", "democracy" and others. Symbolic meaning had also that from nearly all crown lands of the monarchy materials have been used for the construction of the parliament building. Thus, the structure should symbolize the confluence of all the forces "of the in the in the Reichsrat represented kingdoms and countries" in the Vienna parliament building. With the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ended the era of the multinational Parliament in Vienna.

Since November 1918, the building is the seat of the parliamentary bodies of the Republic of Austria, first the National Assembly and later the National Council in the until its destruction in 1945 remained unchanged session hall of the former Imperial Council holding meetings. During the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected, about half of the building fabric were destroyed. On 7th February 1945 the portico by bombing suffered serious damage. Two columns were totally destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting, which was 121 meters long and 2 meters high and the most ideal and economic roles of the Parliament representing allegorically, were seriously damaged. During reconstruction, the rebuilding did not occur in the originally from Hansen originating features: instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall plate cover Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting initially not could be recovered, only in the 90s it should be possible to restore single surviving parts. In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at the Ring Road as well as in the portico especially the Imperial Council tract was severely affected by the effects of war. The meeting room of the Imperial Council was completely burned out, in particular the figural jewelry as well as the ruined marble statues of Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Sophocles, Socrates, Pericles and Demosthenes appearing hardly recoverable. In this circumstances, it was decided not to reconstruct the old Imperial Council hall, but a new hall with a businesslike but refined and convenient furnishing for the National Council of the Republic of Austria to build. During the reconstruction of the building in the years 1945 to 1956 efforts were also made the yet by Hansen envisaged technical independence further to develop and to perfect. Thus the parliament building now has an emergency generator, which ensures, any time, adequate electricity supply of the house in case of failure of the city network, and a variety of other technical facilities, which guarantee a high supply autonomy. Not only from basic considerations in the sense of seperation of powers but also from the possibility of an extraordinary emergency, is this a compelling need. National Council and the Federal Council as the elected representative bodies of the Austrian people must at all times - especially in case of disaster - the material conditions for their activity have guaranteed. This purpose serve the mentioned facilities and many others, sometimes very complicated ones and the persons entrusted with their maintenance. To the staff of the Parliamentary Administration therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrators, secretaries and officials of the room service as in each parliament, but also the with the maintenance of the infrastructure of the parliament building entrusted technicians and skilled workers.

Analogous to other parliaments was for years, even decades tried to acquire or to rent one or the other object near the Parliament building. Finally one was able in 1981 to start with a basic conversion or expansion of the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 under planning by the architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, in this connection was given the order the parliament building through a tunnel with the house in the Reichsratsstrasse to connect. With this tunnel not only a connection for pedestrians should be established, but also a technical integration of the two houses. In the basement of the building in which in early 1985 could be moved in, confluences the road tunnel; furthermore it serves the accommodation of technical rooms as well as of the storage, preparation and staff rooms for a restauration, a main kitchen and a restaurant for about 130 people are housed on the ground floor. On the first floor are located dining rooms for about 110 people; workrooms for MPs are in the second, offices in the third to the sixth floor housed. Ten years after the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 another building could be purchased, the house Reichsratsstrasse 1, and, again under the planning leadership of architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, adapted for the purposes of the Parliament. This house also through an in the basement joining under road tunnel with the Parliament building was connected. The basement houses storage rooms, the ground floor next to an "info-shop" where information materials concerning the Austrian Parlament can be obtained, the Parliament Post Office and the printery. In the six upper floors are offices and other work spaces for different departments of the Parliamentary Administration. The previously by these departments used rooms in the Parliament building were, after it was moved into the house Reichsratsstrasse in 1994, mostly the parliamentary clubs made available. Already in 1992 by the rental of rooms in a building in the Schenkenstraße for the parliamentary staff of the deputies office premises had been created.

Pallas Athene

Parliament Vienna

The 5.5 meter high monumental statue of Pallas Athena in front of the parliament building in Vienna gives not only the outside appearance of this building a striking sculptural accent, but has almost become a symbolic figure of the Austrian parliamentarism. The Danish architect Theophil Hansen, according to which draft in the years 1874-1884 the parliament building has been built, has designed this as a "work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk)"; thus, his planning also including the figural decoration of the building. The in front of the Parliament ramp to be built monumental fountain should according to Hansen's original planning be crowned of an allegoric representation of the Austria, that is, a symbolization of Austria. In the definitive, in 1878 by Hansen submitted figure program took its place Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. The monumental statue was realized only after Hansen's death, but according to his design by sculptor Carl Kundmann in 1902.

Meeting room of the former House of Representatives

The meeting room of the former House of Representatives is largely preserved faithfully and now serves the meetings of the Federal Assembly as well as ceremonies and commemorative meetings of the National Council and the Federal Council. Architecturally, the hall is modeled on a Greek theater. Before the end wall is the presidium with the lectern and the Government Bench, in the semicircle the seats of the deputies are arranged. The from Carrara marble carved statues on the front wall - between the ​​of Unterberger marble manufactured columns and pilasters - represent Roman statesmen, the by Friedrich Eisenmenger realised frieze painting depicts the emergence of political life, and the pediment group above it should symbolize the daily routine.

Portico

The large portico, in its proportions recreating the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens, forms the central chamber of the parliament building and should according to the original intention serve as a meeting place between members of the House of Representatives and of the Imperial Council. Today it functions as a venue, such as for the annual reception of the President of the National Council and the President of the Federal Council for the Diplomatic Corps. When choosing materials for the parliament building, Theophil Hansen strove to use marbles and stones from the crown lands of the monarchy, thus expressing their attachment to their Parliament. For example, consist the 24 monolithic, that is, produced from one-piece, columns, each more than 16 tons of weight, of the great hypostyle hall of Adnet marble, the floor panels of Istrian karst marble. When in the last months of the Second World War the Parliament building was severely affected by bomb hits, also the portico suffered severe damage, and the two columns in the north-west corner of the hall were destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and below the ceiling running frieze painting by Eduard Lebiedzki have been severely damaged. The two destroyed columns in 1950 were replaced by two new ones, broken from the same quarry as the originals, but not exhibiting the same pattern. The parts of the Lebiedzki frieze which have been restorable only in the 90s could be restored.

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Parliament building

The original intention was to build two separate buildings for the Imperial Council and the House of Representatives of the by the February Patent 1861 established Reichsrat (Imperial Council). After the Compromise with Hungary, however, this plan was dropped and in the year 1869 the architect Theophil von Hansen by the Ministry of the Interior entrusted with the elaboration of the monumental project for a large parliament building. The first cut of the spade followed in June 1874, the foundation stone bears the date "2nd September 1874". At the same time was worked on the erection of the imperial museums, the Town Hall and the University. Theophil Hansen took - as already mentioned - well thought out and in a very meaningful way the style of the Viennese parliament building from ancient Greece; stem important constitutional terms but also from the Greek antiquity - such as "politics", "democracy" and others. Symbolic meaning had also that from nearly all crown lands of the monarchy materials have been used for the construction of the parliament building. Thus, the structure should symbolize the confluence of all the forces "of the in the in the Reichsrat represented kingdoms and countries" in the Vienna parliament building. With the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ended the era of the multinational Parliament in Vienna.

Since November 1918, the building is the seat of the parliamentary bodies of the Republic of Austria, first the National Assembly and later the National Council in the until its destruction in 1945 remained unchanged session hall of the former Imperial Council holding meetings. During the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected, about half of the building fabric were destroyed. On 7th February 1945 the portico by bombing suffered serious damage. Two columns were totally destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting, which was 121 meters long and 2 meters high and the most ideal and economic roles of the Parliament representing allegorically, were seriously damaged. During reconstruction, the rebuilding did not occur in the originally from Hansen originating features: instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall plate cover Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting initially not could be recovered, only in the 90s it should be possible to restore single surviving parts. In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at the Ring Road as well as in the portico especially the Imperial Council tract was severely affected by the effects of war. The meeting room of the Imperial Council was completely burned out, in particular the figural jewelry as well as the ruined marble statues of Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Sophocles, Socrates, Pericles and Demosthenes appearing hardly recoverable. In this circumstances, it was decided not to reconstruct the old Imperial Council hall, but a new hall with a businesslike but refined and convenient furnishing for the National Council of the Republic of Austria to build. During the reconstruction of the building in the years 1945 to 1956 efforts were also made the yet by Hansen envisaged technical independence further to develop and to perfect. Thus the parliament building now has an emergency generator, which ensures, any time, adequate electricity supply of the house in case of failure of the city network, and a variety of other technical facilities, which guarantee a high supply autonomy. Not only from basic considerations in the sense of seperation of powers but also from the possibility of an extraordinary emergency, is this a compelling need. National Council and the Federal Council as the elected representative bodies of the Austrian people must at all times - especially in case of disaster - the material conditions for their activity have guaranteed. This purpose serve the mentioned facilities and many others, sometimes very complicated ones and the persons entrusted with their maintenance. To the staff of the Parliamentary Administration therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrators, secretaries and officials of the room service as in each parliament, but also the with the maintenance of the infrastructure of the parliament building entrusted technicians and skilled workers.

Analogous to other parliaments was for years, even decades tried to acquire or to rent one or the other object near the Parliament building. Finally one was able in 1981 to start with a basic conversion or expansion of the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 under planning by the architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, in this connection was given the order the parliament building through a tunnel with the house in the Reichsratsstrasse to connect. With this tunnel not only a connection for pedestrians should be established, but also a technical integration of the two houses. In the basement of the building in which in early 1985 could be moved in, confluences the road tunnel; furthermore it serves the accommodation of technical rooms as well as of the storage, preparation and staff rooms for a restauration, a main kitchen and a restaurant for about 130 people are housed on the ground floor. On the first floor are located dining rooms for about 110 people; workrooms for MPs are in the second, offices in the third to the sixth floor housed. Ten years after the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 another building could be purchased, the house Reichsratsstrasse 1, and, again under the planning leadership of architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, adapted for the purposes of the Parliament. This house also through an in the basement joining under road tunnel with the Parliament building was connected. The basement houses storage rooms, the ground floor next to an "info-shop" where information materials concerning the Austrian Parlament can be obtained, the Parliament Post Office and the printery. In the six upper floors are offices and other work spaces for different departments of the Parliamentary Administration. The previously by these departments used rooms in the Parliament building were, after it was moved into the house Reichsratsstrasse in 1994, mostly the parliamentary clubs made available. Already in 1992 by the rental of rooms in a building in the Schenkenstraße for the parliamentary staff of the deputies office premises had been created.

Pallas Athene

Parliament Vienna

The 5.5 meter high monumental statue of Pallas Athena in front of the parliament building in Vienna gives not only the outside appearance of this building a striking sculptural accent, but has almost become a symbolic figure of the Austrian parliamentarism. The Danish architect Theophil Hansen, according to which draft in the years 1874-1884 the parliament building has been built, has designed this as a "work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk)"; thus, his planning also including the figural decoration of the building. The in front of the Parliament ramp to be built monumental fountain should according to Hansen's original planning be crowned of an allegoric representation of the Austria, that is, a symbolization of Austria. In the definitive, in 1878 by Hansen submitted figure program took its place Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. The monumental statue was realized only after Hansen's death, but according to his design by sculptor Carl Kundmann in 1902.

Meeting room of the former House of Representatives

The meeting room of the former House of Representatives is largely preserved faithfully and now serves the meetings of the Federal Assembly as well as ceremonies and commemorative meetings of the National Council and the Federal Council. Architecturally, the hall is modeled on a Greek theater. Before the end wall is the presidium with the lectern and the Government Bench, in the semicircle the seats of the deputies are arranged. The from Carrara marble carved statues on the front wall - between the ​​of Unterberger marble manufactured columns and pilasters - represent Roman statesmen, the by Friedrich Eisenmenger realised frieze painting depicts the emergence of political life, and the pediment group above it should symbolize the daily routine.

Portico

The large portico, in its proportions recreating the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens, forms the central chamber of the parliament building and should according to the original intention serve as a meeting place between members of the House of Representatives and of the Imperial Council. Today it functions as a venue, such as for the annual reception of the President of the National Council and the President of the Federal Council for the Diplomatic Corps. When choosing materials for the parliament building, Theophil Hansen strove to use marbles and stones from the crown lands of the monarchy, thus expressing their attachment to their Parliament. For example, consist the 24 monolithic, that is, produced from one-piece, columns, each more than 16 tons of weight, of the great hypostyle hall of Adnet marble, the floor panels of Istrian karst marble. When in the last months of the Second World War the Parliament building was severely affected by bomb hits, also the portico suffered severe damage, and the two columns in the north-west corner of the hall were destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and below the ceiling running frieze painting by Eduard Lebiedzki have been severely damaged. The two destroyed columns in 1950 were replaced by two new ones, broken from the same quarry as the originals, but not exhibiting the same pattern. The parts of the Lebiedzki frieze which have been restorable only in the 90s could be restored.

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