Memories of Westwind In the 1960s
In the small group of pioneers that brought a new industry to life in the 1960s, the youngest was an apprentice, Keith Fidgett, and it was the sad news that Keith had lost his wife Jean, that brought memories of those challenging days back to mind. The enterprise which began life as Westwind Turbines Ltd in 1963 was established to develop and manufacture Britain’s first generation of industrial tools incorporating gas lubricated bearings based upon fundamental research carried out at the University of Southampton. After supplying international markets with a range of drilling spindles with air bearings, the company changed its name to Westwind Air bearings, a name it trades under to this day.
Roosevelt, Ford And Paying Living WagesWhen Franklin D Roosevelt introduced the first minimum wage into law in 1938 he is reported to have said, “… No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.” And another famous American, Henry Ford, was recently reported to have said that if businesses did not pay good wages to their workers they would have nobody able to buy their products. Yet far from following this wisdom of the ancestors the biggest businesses which are now known as international corporations, scour the globe for people who will work for the lowest wages and employ them in conditions that fall far below minimum health and safety standards in any advanced country.
Low Crude Oil Prices And Saudi Arabia’s FutureRemember the previous Arab Springs, maybe it isn’t over until the fat lady sings? Okay so, that was a fun play on words for an article writer like myself, but let’s talk about this shall we? You see with low oil prices Saudi Arabia will have to borrow money to continue the promises to its people, all that social welfare. Could Saudi Arabia and a number of other Arab states fall the wayside as did Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, etc., etc.? Well, think about it, this last go around we almost lost Jordan, and things are not so good those Oil Republics, Oil Monarchies, or Kingdoms.
Religions Were Born Out Of Ignorance But Still Drive The World OrderWho can accept that the bible is truth when so much of it is born out of ignorance? The trap set up by religions began long before it was written, however, and when sun worship was at its greatest.
Herzog’s Plan: Security Barrier Around the Major Settlement Blocs of West Bank‘I wish to separate from as many Palestinians as possible, as quickly as possible.’ (Isaac Herzog) The failure to reach an agreement to Israel-Palestine conflict during last two decades has destroyed the belief within the respective societies that an agreement is possible in the foreseeable future. With this history the only conclusion to solve Israel-Palestine conflict is to find a new approach to the peace process.
