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Got this idea the other night but set my aperture too big rendering the original soft... I managed to revisit after work and got what I set out for in this play of symmetry with TD tower north and south in downtown Toronto (they are actually two separate buildings).
CAMERA: Canon NEW F1
LENS: Canon fd lens 55mm f/1,2 S.S.C.
FILM: Kodak color ISO 400 36 exp.
FILM DEVELOPMENT: author's manual film development
Tetenal colortec c41 [9min 30sec 30 °C]
FILM SCANNED: OpticFilm Plustek 7400 with SilverFast Software
SHOOTING DATE: 12/2015
DEVELOPER DATE: 01/2016
TECHNIQUE: Multiple Exposure unedited.
NUMBER OF EXPOSURES: 2
NO POST-PROCESSING
OBJECT: Synlab Czech
PLACE: Prague, Czech Republic 2015
Just for Tim. This time, both coutries have been drawn using the Cylindrical Equal Area projection. The origins for the projection are set in the geographic center of the visible landmass. For Australia that's approximately lat -37, lon 136, for the US it's lat 37, lon -96.
About 40 people turned out for a presentation about discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) Alaskans during the Adult Education Hour on Sunday, 19 Feb 2012 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Anchorage. Rev. Drew Phoenix, one of the clergy leaders of Christians for Equality, discussed how discrimination impacts the lives of all citizens and answered questions. On the following Sunday, 26 Feb 2012, Trevor Storrs of One Anchorage will lead the Adult Education Hour discussion on Proposition 5, the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative, which is on the April 3, 2012 muncipal election ballot for the Municipality of Anchorage. If passed, Prop 5 will amend Anchorage’s equal rights code to provide the same legal protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender identity that are already provided based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age, physical disability, and mental disability. All are welcome.
เรื่องราวเล่าถึงสังคมในยุคอนาคตซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยมนุษย์ที่ไร้อารมณ์ความรู้สึก โดยมนุษย์สายพันธุ์ดังกล่าวถูกเรียกว่า Equals แต่จู่ ๆ
เหตุการณ์ที่ไม่คาดฝันก็เกิดขึ้นกับพวกเขา เมื่อเชื้อโรคร้ายชนิดหนึ่งค่อย ๆ กัดกินชีวิตของทุกคนมากขึ้นเรื่อย ๆ ด้วยเหตุนี้ มนุษย์สายพันธุ์ Equals
จึงต้องหลบหนีไปยังที่ห่าง...
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June 26, 2022 — New York City- Governor Hochul Marches in the New York City Pride Parade. (Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Frauenarbeit ist MehrWert
Der Equal Pay Day am 19. März 2016 markiert den Tag, an dem Frauen den Lohn bekommen haben, den sie bis Ende letzten Jahres verdient hätten, würden sie wie Männer bezahlt werden. DIE LINKE will Betriebe verpflichten, Entgeltdiskrimi-nierung zu beenden - bei Sanktionsandrohung.
Linke aus der Bundestags-fraktion und dem Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus beteiligten sich neben vielen Frauen und Männern aus Verbänden, Gewerkschaften und Parteien an einer Kundgebung zum Equal Pay Day. Die Fraktionsvorsitzende Sahra Wagenknecht sprach dazu und prangerte dabei die Sozialpolitik zum Nachteil vieler Frauen scharf an.
June 26, 2022 — New York City- Governor Hochul Marches in the New York City Pride Parade. (Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Protesters on both sides of the argument on marriage equality gathered in Trafalgar Square, London. 24 March 2013. Organisers of the protest La Manif Pour Tous taking place in Paris had organised a simultaneous London event. A counter demonstrations had been organised by LGBT rights supporters.
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Another Pomegranate Shot..
Lighting:
>Red strawberry flavour Quality Street chocolate wrapper/gel over SB600 through homemade snoot/grid.
>Yongnuo 460ii directly above into collapsed reflective umbrella (no gel)
>Fired with Yongnuo RF-602s
One of the most persistent barriers to women’s success at work and to economic growth, unequal pay, will be actively challenged by a new global partnership, the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC).
With the launch of EPIC, the International Labour Organization (ILO), UN Women and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are bringing together a diverse set of actors at the global, regional and national levels to support governments, employers and workers and their organizations, and other stakeholders, to make equal pay between women and men for work of equal value a reality.
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/9/press-release-coal...
Pictured: Scenes from the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) launch event held during the the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. 18 September, 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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There were signs against the Olympics, Afghanistan, the seal hunt, the tarsands, the Gateway project - pretty much everything you could imagine.
Many years ago the 1/64 products of Maisto were easily the equal of anything produced by rivals such as Matchbox but sadly for the last 10 or 15 years their quality and realism have dropped noticeably! Whether its due to big retailers demanding ever lower prices or simply that Maisto prefer to allocate their budget to its much more expensive bigger scale adult themed models I simply don't know. Thankfully their big saving grace is that unlike Matchbox, most of their castings are still licensed which affords them some desirability plus when they produce a convertible model like this Porsche Boxster then they have to put in a decent interior! The shape of this casting is still pretty realistic though the wheels really do now look cut price and although we get to see some badging the painted lights have now been sacrificed giving an overall look of blandness. Part of a five vehicle Adventure Wheels branded set bought from ASDA back in July 2016. Mint and boxed.
Legal notice - colon - Whitemilk Security is an equal opportunity employer - period
We proactively assert the right of women to have the opportunity to be used as a blatant marketing tool - period
FCA dealers offered more Jeeps to sell if they open a Jeep-alone dealership
Posted By: Alysha Webbon: September 13, 2017In: Contributors Print
By Alysha Webb, Editor and Publisher
FCA dealers that chose to open a stand-alone Jeep store will be rewarded with more than just a boost in Jeep sales. They will also receive more Jeeps to sell, Alistair J. Gardner, head of dealer network development, NAFTA at FCA USA tells Automotive Buy Sell Report.
In return for creating a Jeep-only facility, dealers will receive one unit of Jeep allocation for every $8,500 invested, says Gardner. The allocations will be in whatever model mix the dealership’s unit sales reflect and will broken out in 12 equal parts over the course of a year, he says.
“It will pay for a proportion of the new facility,” says Gardner.
Beginning in 2008, dealers were asked by FCA to invest in dealerships that brought Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and Ram franchises under one roof. More than 90 percent of the dealerships now have all four under one roof, according to Ralph Kisiel, manager, sales and dealer network media relations.
Now, in a bid to grow sales of its most successful brand, FCA is asking its dealers to invest in another facility. In late 2016, FCA announced plans to have stand-alone Jeep stores at some of its 2,439 dealerships in the U.S.
Every FCA dealer can chose whether or not to participate in the stand-alone Jeep store program, says Gardner. “We aren’t going to force anyone to do it,” he says.
But, “the reality is we are targeting only those stores that really need to expand capacity. We need to increase sales dramatically,” says Gardner.
Jeep is facing a capacity squeeze in the U.S. partly a result of the forced closure of hundreds of Chrysler dealerships when the automaker driven into bankruptcy in 2009. It left the automaker short of not just sales space, but also service lanes.
“Unfortunately, during bankruptcy we reduced the dealership count by 800,” says Gardner. “That is 800 less service departments. We need more service capacity.”
Jeep sales are already rising, just not fast enough.
According to FCA, in 2015, Jeep brand sales in the U.S. were 872,908 units. The Jeep Cherokee was the best-selling model. In 2016, sales grew to 926,376 units and the Grand Cherokee was the top seller. Through August of 2017, 548,833 Jeeps have been sold, with the Grand Cherokee again ruling the roost.
FCA is heavily reliant on Jeep sales, not just in the U.S. but globally. The Jeep brand accounted for 41.3 percent of all FCA sales in the U.S. in 2016, and 46.3 percent of global sales, the automaker says.
China, the world’s largest vehicle market, is a crucial Jeep market. Despite media reports, FCA has no plans to sell the Jeep brand alone to a Chinese company, Gardner says. “We would never sell Jeep without Chrysler, Dodge and Ram,” he insists.
And if the Jeep brand were to be acquired, it would still need a dealership network, he points out.
A lifestyle brand
Performance Auto Network’s Jeep store in Centerville, Ohio
Two of the Jeep stand-alone stores are already finished; some 22 should be completed this year. Ninety more dealers have signed letters of intent. FCA aims to have 300 to 325 Jeep stores nationally by 2020, says Gardner.
“The results coming off the first stores were great,” he says.
The Jeep stores that are already in operation saw a 30 percent boost in sales in the first three months and a 10 percent sales boost in the first eight months in a flat market, says Gardner.
The Jeep stores must meet a facility image requirement, but the size will be different depending on the dealership’s sales volume, says Gardner.
Pollard Jeep dealership in Boulder, Colo.
Pollard Jeep dealership in Boulder, Colo.
The Performance Automotive Network of Ohio just had a soft opening for its Jeep-only store, in Centerville, Ohio. The grand opening is on September 23.
Shane Dever, vice president and director of operations for the Cincinnati/Dayton markets, says Performance had an empty building that had been a used car center. It was remodeled to become the Jeep store.
He is looking forward to selling not just more Jeeps, but also an array of Jeep accessories. Selling accessories is “the whole idea. It is a lifestyle brand,” says Dever, whose family owns the dealership group.
Indeed, creating a unique customer experience is “the number one reason” FCA decided to launch the Jeep-only stores, says Gardner. “We want [the customer] to have … all Jeep, all the time.”
Pollard Jeep in Boulder, Colo. accessory display
Pollard Jeep in Boulder, Colo. accessory display
Valuation hit
While the new Jeep stores may help dealers sell more Jeeps, they will hurt the value of the remaining Chrysler Dodge Ram dealerships, say buy sell professionals.
“Surely if this is to be rolled out as a national initiative it would apply downward pressure on the blue sky value of an FCA franchise,” Len Bellavia, senior partner at Bellavia Blatt & Crossett PC, tells Automotive Buy Sell Report. “The expense of construction would have to come from somewhere – and blue sky is the logical category.”
The two truck franchises – Jeep and Ram – are the most valuable part of the multi-franchise dealerships, points out Fred O’Halloran, a consultant with MD Johnson, Inc.
“When you cut that in half, taking off Jeep, I believe the two individual stores are worth less than the four-franchise dealership,” he says.
The stand-alone store may also take a bite out of the dealership’s income, says O’Halloran.
“You have split your operating income for the two stores, but your overhead costs increase because there are two stores,” he says.
Then there is the question of adding bricks and mortar at a time when the retail sales model may be changing, says Nancy Phillips of Nancy Phillips Associates Inc.
“Separation in all its glory will require yet another conglomeration of bricks and mortar all in an era looking out to an unforeseen future when it comes to the bottom line of facilities investment and how vehicles may be sold five to ten years from today,” she says.
There is also the question of state franchise laws, which “are set up to make it equal for everyone who owns the franchise,” says James Taylor, managing director of The Presidio Group
Gardner argues that the Jeep stores are not an expansion of the network. Rather, they are an expansion of the existing stores within that network.
He also wants to clear up the story floating around that FCA said it would add an additional 400 stores in the U.S.
“We have never said to anyone that we want to add 400 stores,” says Gardner. “We have no plans to add 400 stores.”
As for franchise laws, “I guarantee you it will not do anything to the state franchise laws,” says Gardner. “The first thing we did was take it to the National Dealer Council and make sure that they were comfortable with it [and that it] didn’t break any state franchise laws.”
What FCA is doing is preparing its dealers to sell “a staggering amount of Jeeps,” he says.
“Our job here is to prepare the network for an expansion of the Jeep volume in retail. Our direction is we expect to sell a lot more Jeeps even if the market is flat or slightly down.”
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