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New Low Pay Commission to advise on minimum wage
A new Low Pay Commission is to examine the rate of the national minimum wage.
The commission met for the first time today, and will report back to the Government by mid-July, with annual reports from then on.
The commission is made up of chairperson Dr Donal de Buitléir and eight commissioners, who were appointed by Business & Employment Minister Ged Nash.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Joan Burton and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton were also present this morning to officially launch the commission at St Andrew's Resource Centre in Dublin. The commission's first meeting was held at the centre following the launch.
The commissioners are expected to look at existing data as well as commissioning new research where necessary in examining the minimum wage as well as other issues relating to low pay. Consulting with workers and employers will also be part of the process.
Minister Nash urged the commissioners to leave their allegiances behind and "don the jersey of the public interest" in their work.
The membership of the commission is as follows:
Dr Donal de Buitléir Chairperson Director of PublicPolicy.ie
Vincent Jennings Chief Executive Officer, Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association
Patricia King Vice President, SIPTU, incoming General Secretary of ICTU
Gerry Light Assistant General Secretary, Mandate Trade Union
Caroline McEnery Director, HR Suite; HR & Business Solutions
Edel McGinley Director, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Mary Mosse Lecturer in Economics, Programme Director for Postgraduate Research, WIT Business School
Tom Noonan Chief Executive, The Maxol Group, President of IBEC (2008–2010)
Prof Donal O’Neill Dept. of Economics, NUI, Maynooth
For more information read the press release from the Department Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation here.
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"To thine own self be true; and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Stewart Andrews (VSN), Jason Wood (Leeds), Ian Channing (VSN), David Duke (Leeds) and Ken Brodlie (Leeds) at the final review of the ADVISE project, Leeds University, 10 August 2010.
U.S. Army Soldiers from Train, Advise and Assist Command – South gathered at Camp Baker for a barbeque hosted by the Australian Army to build camaraderie and strengthen their partnership in Afghanistan, focused on the development and sustainment of Afghan security forces and institutions. U.S. and Australian armed forces are working together with coalition forces on the NATO-led Resolute Support mission to advance peace and stability in Afghanistan. (U.S. military photo by Lt. Kristine Volk, Resolute Support Public Affairs/Released)
"... When the worshippers see that night has come over them, and they
see that the people of heedlessness have taken their place of rest on
their beds and returned to sleep,they rise up to stand before Allah in
happiness and bliss. They seek out glad-tidings... So they turn
towards the night with their bodies and their facestouch the earth.
The night comes to an end but the sweetness they find in recitation
does not come toan end and their bodies do not tire from prolonged
worship. Then morning comes for both of these two parties, the night
has left them either with a profit or with deceit. Those people (who
slept) wake up after they have tired of sleep and rest, and these
people (who prayed) wake up looking forward to the approach of another
night. How different these two groups are."/
KABUL, Afghanistan (July 4, 2015) U.S. Navy Reserve and active-duty Sailors and officers deployed in Kabul handcrafted the mock aircraft carrier USS Independence to celebrate the 239th anniversary of Independence Day at Resolute Support (RS) Headquarters. There are roughly 250 Navy Reservists in Afghanistan, of which about 160-170 directly perform tasks under the NATO-led mission RS to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces and institutions. Approximately 13,200 troops serve in Afghanistan from 42 contributing nations, of which almost 6,800 are U.S. troops. An additional 3,000 U.S. troops provide other real-world operational support in Afghanistan. (U.S. military photo by Lt. Kristine Volk, Resolute Support Public Affairs/Released)
Engineering Advising Center Academic Advisor Mark Collyer (left) helps incoming freshman Prince Kuevor (right) backpack classes the day before he registers his first schedule at the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on July 25, 2012.
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing.
Engineering Advising Center Academic Advisor Jeni Olney (left) helps incoming freshman Kevin LaForest (right) backpack classes the day before he registers his first schedule at the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on July 25, 2012.
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing.
The students attended the first-ever EducationUSA Grade A Student Fair, hosted by the EducationUSA Cambodia advising center.
"As you follow your dreams, each of you have the responsibility to help Cambodia develop and prosper," Ambassador Heidt said. "We here at the U.S. Embassy are all very proud of each of you and wish you very much success."
The Ambassador was joined by Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport Undersecretary of State H.E. Lav Chhiv Eav, EducationUSA advisor Kolap Mao, Fulbright scholar Sean Viseth, and director of STEM Cambodia Organization Allen Tan.
After the formal program, the students had a chance to talk with representatives from Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, The U.S. Ambassador's Youth Council, STEM Cambodia, and much more.
[Photo: USAID/Ty Chan]
Newly admitted freshmen participate in a two-day Advising Orientation session at the University of Washington, Seattle campus prior to the start of school in September. Katherine B. Turner/UW Admissions
Academic advising and enrollment at Uni :)
I helped a girl sneak in before her allocated time... Should I be proud of that little rebellion?
Engineering Advising Center Academic Advisor Mark Collyer (left) helps incoming freshman Prince Kuevor (right) backpack classes the day before he registers his first schedule at the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on July 25, 2012.
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing.
Gil advised me to go on top of the Rockefeller Center to have a good overview on Midtown Manhatten and Central Park. I went there early in the morning, after Gil went to his work in one of the other Rockefeller buildings. The view was amazing.
Soldiers from Train, Advise and Assist Command - South serve in an Expeditionary Advisory Package at the Tarin Kot outpost in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The EAP allows for advisory teams to reach out to the Afghan Army, going to where they are stationed to increase their capability and work alongside their allies. (Photos By Staff Sgt. Cody Harding, TAAC-S PAO)
Dean Sandra Witte and Interim, Associate Dean Kathie Reid-Bevington, Fresno State Jordan College Advising & Career Development Center grand opening, January 29, 2016, photo by Geoff Thurner, Copyright 2016.
Baroness Verma of Leicester, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change of the United Kingdom, at the IEA Ministerial meeting in 2013
Engineering Advising Center Academic Advisor Mark Collyer (left) helps incoming freshman Prince Kuevor (right) backpack classes the day before he registers his first schedule at the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on July 25, 2012.
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing.
Graduate Students working with Academic Advising on the campus of Eastern Illinois University on August 15, 2022. (Dominic Baima)
Wake Forest professor Ted Gellar-Goad holds a group advising session for first year students in a classroom in Tribble Hall on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The students, who are all in Gellar-Goad's First Year Seminar class Beware the Ides, participate in the role playing game "Bomb the Church," in which they have to argue the relative value of human lives versus art.
Engineering Advising Center Academic Advisor Mark Collyer (left) helps incoming freshman Prince Kuevor (right) backpack classes the day before he registers his first schedule at the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on July 25, 2012.
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing.
A friend of mine advised me not to take handheld shots in the dark, but I wanted to see what my newly-acquired f/1.8 could do. Well, it turned out that he was right for most of my shots, but this one turned out ok. Scenes like these inspire me to try some night photography, especially in the city.
Right now, I'm learning how to do night photography. I didn't take the formal route to learn photography. The introductory course to photography required students to use film cameras, and I figured that free pixels were a better investment than aging, expensive film. Looking back, I guess I would have acquired a better eye for photography had I opted for the formal route, but the investment paid off. I had started shooting way back with the family point-and-shoot, so when I joined the newspaper photo section, I was proud to finally own a decent camera. Of course, my pride was misplaced; good cameras don't make good photos. Good photographers make good photos. (Plus, as I found out later, my camera was just an entry-level DSLR - nothing to brag about). At any rate, I began to learn from real photographers both in school and online, practicing everywhere, all the time to really get an eye for composition, lighting, impact - basically what makes a shot a decent one. To make a long story short (can it be any longer?), my shooting process now is more or less automatic. Learning by myself how to take good pictures required a lot of research and practice, but I'm sure that I learned much more through my independent commitment than if I took the formal way halfheartedly. In other words, it's the effort that counts, not the class itself.
Newly admitted freshmen participate in a two-day Advising Orientation session at the University of Washington, Seattle campus prior to the start of school in September. Katherine B. Turner/UW Admissions
Soldiers from Train, Advise and Assist Command - South serve in an Expeditionary Advisory Package at the Tarin Kot outpost in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The EAP allows for advisory teams to reach out to the Afghan Army, going to where they are stationed to increase their capability and work alongside their allies. (Photos By Staff Sgt. Cody Harding, TAAC-S PAO)
Medair staff member Kiran Kuikel (woolen hat and Medair jacket) senior shelter technical officer discussing with and advising the masons on the reconstruction of the house of Suraj Tamang (23 years old and divorced - now living with his parents) in the rural area of ward three in Bijulikot, Ramechhap (place where Medair works with the reconstruction project). It's a home owner driven approach and Medair and partner organisation CDS (Community Development Society) help with the installments, technical guidance and transport and advice on the formation of clusters. The community works in clusters of about 10 households per cluster, they help each other with resources, financially, salvaged material and collaborate together.
Suraj Tamang tells us that he's living with his parents after getting a divorce. His house was in the same place as his newly reconstructed house, but it completely collapsed after the earthquake. He was in Kathmandu when it happened and was sick worried about his parents. Fortunately he could contact them after a few hours and they were safe. He heard through the social mobilisation of CDS (partner organisation Community Development Society) about the reconstruction support and also about forming a cluster: I really like the clusters. It is the main reason I could already start building. We have demolished the house together and I hired some extra masons to build my house quickly. Our cluster members are really helping each other out. Without this intervention of Medair and CDS I would have build my house in the old way and it would not have been earthquake resistant. I'm very happy.
Background info: .On 25 April 2015, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal followed by another severe 7.3 magnitude earthquake on 12 May. In the following weeks, persistent and at times significant aftershocks and landslides continued to destroy buildings, infrastructure, and livelihoods, affecting millions of people
According to the Post Disaster Needs Analysis (PDNA) 8,790 people died, 498,852 private houses were fully destroyed and 256,697 private houses were partially damaged throughout 31 districts of which 14 districts have been identified as mostly impacted including Ramechhap district. Ramechhap is one of the most earthquake affected rural districts with 91% of the houses destroyed challenged by its geographic location and underserved by other partner organizations.
Since the beginning of 2016 Medair started the reconstruction project. This project will seek to improve the resilience and safe shelter conditions among earthquake affected households in Bijulikot Village Development Committee (VDC) in Ramechhap district. To accomplish this, Medair will provide technical and financial support for the reconstruction of 310 private houses in wards three and six of Bijulikot that have been destroyed by the Earthquakes in 2015. Additional assistance will be provided to repair and reconstruct household latrine facilities for those households to ensure improved access to sanitation. Reconstruction will take place through an owner driven approach to build back better with support of NGO partner Community Development Society. The technical and financial assistance to homeowners will be complemented through community level PASSA training, mason training, community mobilisation, and hygiene promotion. These activities will take place in all nine wards of Bijulikot Village Development Committee in Ramechhap District. Medair will coordinate this whole project through close partnership with the National Reconstruction Authority, the Chief District Officer, the local communities and local NGO partner Community Development Society.
KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 30, 2015) The 2015 Afghanistan Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation Champion, Mahmood Matin, conducted a fitness clinic and strength competition with coalition troops at Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul. Matin, 23, is from Farah province in Southwestern Afghanistan and coached service members during the morale, welfare and recreation activity. The troops are helping train, advise and assist Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces under the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. military photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
The people of Sweetwater, Texas, have been holding their Rattlesnake Roundup every year since 1958. Hunters bring their rattlesnakes, sell them and compete for who found the largest one. Then the snakes get "milked" for their venom, are presented to the crowd and finally beheaded. You can watch people skin the snakes or pay a fee and skin them yourself.
The roundup, the gun show next door and the fair on the grounds draws tens of thousands of spectators to this city of 11.000 people.
See more photos from the Rattlesnake Roundup here. Viewer discretion is advised.