Community Emergency Services Incorporated is a non-profit, non-government emergency service that started in November 2006 in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia.
The first Community Emergency Services unit was formed in Cessnock, consisting of around 20 volunteers. By January 2007, the organisation had expanded, opening a unit at Kurri Kurri about 15 minutes from the Cessnock Unit.
Following an affiliation with the Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors in February 2007, the organisation has maintained a rapid growth in the first aid care industry, with units being opened in Maitland and Muswellbrook, and the organisation expanding services into Southern Queensland, Australia.
The motto of the organisation is "Saving Lives", and the many volunteers from Community Emergency Services provide first aid and other services to the community, usually for a donation.
The first Community Emergency Services unit was formed in Cessnock, consisting of around 20 volunteers. By January 2007, the organisation had expanded, opening a unit at Kurri Kurri about 15 minutes from the Cessnock Unit.
Following an affiliation with the Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors in February 2007, the organisation has maintained a rapid growth in the first aid care industry, with units being opened in Maitland and Muswellbrook, and the organisation expanding services into Southern Queensland, Australia.
The motto of the organisation is "Saving Lives", and the many volunteers from Community Emergency Services provide first aid and other services to the community, usually for a donation.
History
Brandworkers International is the first non-profit advocacy organization for retail and food employees. Based in New York, Brandworkers was founded in 2007 by a group of retail and food employees active on workers' rights issues.
Campaigns
The Brandworkers Focus on the Food Chain initiative is currently involved in a campaign on behalf of immigrant workers at New York's #1 rated seafood wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles Inc. Brandworker is facilitating a large class action lawsuit against Wild Edibles for overtime pay and against alleged employer retaliation.
Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a preliminary injunction against further retaliation from Wild Edibles.
Brandworkers is coordinating outreach to prominent New York City restaurants who purchase seafood from Wild Edibles. Famed New York hot spots including Keith McNally's Pastis, Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe, and Jean Denoyer's La Goulue have agreed to refrain using Wild Edibles to supply their seafood until the employment dispute is resolved.
Services
In addition to comprehensive workplace campaigns, Brandworkers offers retail and food employees a service called Legal Defense-Plus. The Legal Defense-Plus program provides legal information and connects workers with lawyers interested in taking their case. The legal services are complemented by advocacy and organizing tools to achieve desired results. The program is serviced by a volunteer network of lawyers and grassroots campaigners.
Brandworkers will also operate a website for retail and food employees as well as community members concerned about the practices of multinational retailers. The website, Brandworkers.org, is set to launch by March 1, 2008. A notable function of the website will be the Brandworkers Blog which will feature original posts by workers as well as analysis of breaking news regarding the large retail and food brands.
Brandworkers International is the first non-profit advocacy organization for retail and food employees. Based in New York, Brandworkers was founded in 2007 by a group of retail and food employees active on workers' rights issues.
Campaigns
The Brandworkers Focus on the Food Chain initiative is currently involved in a campaign on behalf of immigrant workers at New York's #1 rated seafood wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles Inc. Brandworker is facilitating a large class action lawsuit against Wild Edibles for overtime pay and against alleged employer retaliation.
Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a preliminary injunction against further retaliation from Wild Edibles.
Brandworkers is coordinating outreach to prominent New York City restaurants who purchase seafood from Wild Edibles. Famed New York hot spots including Keith McNally's Pastis, Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe, and Jean Denoyer's La Goulue have agreed to refrain using Wild Edibles to supply their seafood until the employment dispute is resolved.
Services
In addition to comprehensive workplace campaigns, Brandworkers offers retail and food employees a service called Legal Defense-Plus. The Legal Defense-Plus program provides legal information and connects workers with lawyers interested in taking their case. The legal services are complemented by advocacy and organizing tools to achieve desired results. The program is serviced by a volunteer network of lawyers and grassroots campaigners.
Brandworkers will also operate a website for retail and food employees as well as community members concerned about the practices of multinational retailers. The website, Brandworkers.org, is set to launch by March 1, 2008. A notable function of the website will be the Brandworkers Blog which will feature original posts by workers as well as analysis of breaking news regarding the large retail and food brands.
Auto Summarize is a Microsoft Word tool that allows users to summarize text. Auto Summarize highlights passages or phrases that it considers valuable. The amount of text to be retained can be specified by the user as a percentage of the current amount of text.
How does AutoSummarize work? According to Ron Fein of the Word 97 team, Auto Summarize cuts wordy copy to the bone by counting words and ranking sentences. First, AutoSummarize identifies the most common words in the document (barring "a" and "the" and the like) and assigns a "score" to each word--the more frequently a word is used, the higher the score. Then, it "averages" each sentence by adding the scores of its words and dividing the sum by the number of words in the sentence--the higher the average, the higher the rank of the sentence. "It's like the ratio of wheat to chaff," explains Fein.
How does AutoSummarize work? According to Ron Fein of the Word 97 team, Auto Summarize cuts wordy copy to the bone by counting words and ranking sentences. First, AutoSummarize identifies the most common words in the document (barring "a" and "the" and the like) and assigns a "score" to each word--the more frequently a word is used, the higher the score. Then, it "averages" each sentence by adding the scores of its words and dividing the sum by the number of words in the sentence--the higher the average, the higher the rank of the sentence. "It's like the ratio of wheat to chaff," explains Fein.
The Scientology Handbook, published in December 1994, is an 871-page volume explaining assorted Scientology precepts. It is an improved version of the 1976 Volunteer Minister Handbook and is still used to train Scientology Volunteer Ministers.
Editions
The Handbook was originally published as a deluxe hardcover edition. This edition featured teal faux-leather covers, textured Moiré pattern endpapers, gilt-edged pages, and a tassel. This edition is no longer available. A new slightly revised edition came out in 2001.
Currently in print and available from the Church is an oversized softcover edition, depicting the planet Earth in pieces, with hands putting the pieces back together again.
An online edition is offered free from the Church, reproducing almost the entirety of the book.
=="From the Scientology Handbook" Series==
Simultaneously published were 19 separate stand-alone booklets consisting of chapters from the Handbook, each of them with "From the Scientology Handbook" (FTSH) as a subtitle:
* Assists for Illnesses and Injuries
* The Technology of Study
* Answers to Drugs
* Children
* Communication
* The Emotional Tone Scale
* The Components of Understanding
* Marriage
* Basics of Organizing
* Tools for the Workplace
* Ethics and Conditions
* Fundamentals of Public Relations
* Integrity and Honesty
* Targets and Goals
* How to resolve Conflicts
* The Dynamics of Existence
* Investigations
* The Cause of Suppression
* Solutions for a Dangerous Environment
These booklets are kept continually in print.
Editions
The Handbook was originally published as a deluxe hardcover edition. This edition featured teal faux-leather covers, textured Moiré pattern endpapers, gilt-edged pages, and a tassel. This edition is no longer available. A new slightly revised edition came out in 2001.
Currently in print and available from the Church is an oversized softcover edition, depicting the planet Earth in pieces, with hands putting the pieces back together again.
An online edition is offered free from the Church, reproducing almost the entirety of the book.
=="From the Scientology Handbook" Series==
Simultaneously published were 19 separate stand-alone booklets consisting of chapters from the Handbook, each of them with "From the Scientology Handbook" (FTSH) as a subtitle:
* Assists for Illnesses and Injuries
* The Technology of Study
* Answers to Drugs
* Children
* Communication
* The Emotional Tone Scale
* The Components of Understanding
* Marriage
* Basics of Organizing
* Tools for the Workplace
* Ethics and Conditions
* Fundamentals of Public Relations
* Integrity and Honesty
* Targets and Goals
* How to resolve Conflicts
* The Dynamics of Existence
* Investigations
* The Cause of Suppression
* Solutions for a Dangerous Environment
These booklets are kept continually in print.