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Basic Economics and the Prices Thai Bargirls Charge
Stickman's Weekly Column › February 9th, 2014
Once affordable to anyone, prices charged by working girls in Bangkok may not be the bargain they once were. There were armies of girls, fewer visitors and a much smaller expat population. For too long Thai bargirls undersold themselves, asking for precious little while giving so much. Oh, how things have changed!
Up until the late '90s, thrifty naughty boys could find a lady to spend the night with for as little as 500 baht. That wasn't the going rate – but desperate freelancers would often accept a purple if it was getting late. Across town, the prettiest ladies saddled up against shiny chrome poles where 1,500 – 2,000 was the norm. Even 2,000 baht was ridiculously cheap for a lady to spend the entire night, the equivalent at that time of just $50.
It's not that long ago that the most attractive ladies in Bangkok's foreigner bar areas would happily spend the night with a customer, the whole night, with no excuses made soon after she got back to his room. Kicking her out after the business was done would make her wonder what she had done wrong. Long-time is, in the big picture, a relatively recent thing.
In many Bangkok bars today a girl's opening gambit is 3,000 baht. Some may negotiate, some may not.
The rates charged in Bangkok today are all over the map and no matter the number, you'll always find someone who paid less, as well as someone who paid a whole lot more. Today in Bangkok gogo bars many girls ask 2,500 – 3,000 baht short time and well upwards of that for long-time – 4,000 or even 5,000 not uncommon – that is if they are willing to spend all night with a customer. For many girls the idea of long-time is unthinkable. Why spend all night with a guy they don't know and likely don't fancy?
The reasons for the increase in asking prices are as many as they are varied.
In bars with chrome poles, there has been a shift towards coyote dancers. Coyote dancers have the opportunity to make decent money without opening their legs – 35,000 baht per month is doable, 20,000 base salary and the rest in drink commissions and tips.
Mamasans are more involved today in setting prices, stepping in to negotiate with a guy, with the same price for all the girls in the bar. This seems to be particularly common in bars popular with Japanese i.e. the gogo bars with the most attractive dancers. In some cases they are just helping the girls, in others they quote sky-high prices and take a 500 baht commission from the girls if the customer agrees to that price.
Mamasans are often misunderstood. Their primary role is not to help customers, but to manage the girls and make sure they are happy. The best way to do that is to maximise the girls' income.
Another major contributor to wage inflation in the industry is that Thailand effectively has full employment. With unemployment below 1% and a minimum wage level that provides a (barely) liveable wage, there is no need for women to enter the world's oldest profession.
With 9 years school today the minimum (it was put up from 6 about 15 years ago), some women who were almost unemployable now have a range of basic jobs available to them. It's only recent that Thai women from rural areas with a modest education have had the option to make a liveable wage. Prior to that it was one of the three "F"s – farm, factory or the-other-f.
As the poorer regions of the country – the north and the northeast – develop rapidly, prostitution is relegating from one of a few choices to an absolute last resort.
Back to the going rate, who can blame girls who'd rather service 10 guys a month at 3,000 baht than 30 guys at 1,000 baht? It's natural to want to earn as much as we can for our labour, or to do less for the amount we earn – why would Thai working girls be any different? It's natural to seek the most you possibly can for a single job. Where once I would roll my eyes when I heard of girls quoting silly numbers to guys, these days I encourage them to quote sky high prices. 3,000 short-time and 5,000 long-time minimum, I tell them – and not a baht less. And if a guy won't pay it – it's still got to be cheap by Western standards – he's not the type of customer you want, I tell them.
As Bangkok bargirls' asking prices move towards the psychological 5,000 baht barrier – or around $150 – they reach a level at which it may no longer be worth naughty boys holidaying in Thailand. As Thailand continues to develop and as its tourism market further diversifies, its once unenviable reputation for sex tourism reputation will further resemble the old sign outside Nana Plaza, where the neon lights of each letter dimmed, flickered and then slowly went out.
Those who had become used to paying lower rates are moving on. The Philippines has always been popular with naughty boys and now Cambodia is gaining in popularity as more once loved Thai girl types try their luck across the border.
The steep increase in asking prices is largely a Bangkok thing and around the country things are different. The standard price of afternoon delight on Pattaya's soi 6 today is 1,000 baht, up from 700 baht not so long ago. Apparently you can still find a 500 baht scallywag on Beach Road. Such prices aren't ordinarily found in Bangkok unless you scrape the bottom of the barrel, Beach Road clones and the trafficked girls from China hiding in small rooms up dark stairways in Chinatown.
New escort sites are popping up online all the time with starting rates 5,000 baht or 6,000 baht. Exclusive agencies may price even higher. Day after day these escorts see guys prepared to pay 5,000 baht or more for 2 hours – notwithstanding that she typically only gets half the fee – is going to sew a seed in her mind that guys are prepared to pay 5,000 baht – and she is naturally going to want it all for herself.
The girls are making more – and with the world economy slowly turning the corner and Thailand to hopefully soon move beyond its political crisis, the tourism industry is in for another long, sustained period of growth. More visitors means more naughty boys fighting for a smaller number of available ladies. Price pressure could see the market fragment, where the most desirable ladies will be able to name their price. Will it be long before Bangkok bargirls insist on 5,000 baht?
Where once girls would do things they'd prefer not to for they were genuinely desperate for money – now they have choices. The balance of power has shifted.
Last week's photo was taken of the intersection where Rama 4 and Silom roads meet. There are two prizes each week, a 500 baht voucher to use at Bully's, on Sukhumvit Road between sois 2 and 4 and a 300 baht voucher to use at Sunrise Tacos, Bangkok's original Mexican grill with several branches in Bangkok.
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EMAIL OF THE WEEK – Tramp stamps as a marketing tool.
Having seen the recent replies to your article on tattoos, especially the reply that tells of one particular bargirl getting a bar code tattoo, reminds me of a girlfriend I had in Rio, Brazil. She had a large tattoo saying "Made in Brasil" on the bottom of her back which always got her a lot of attention when she went out. If a Thai bargirl got a similar "Made in Thailand" tattoo, baht for baht paid, this artwork would give her greater marketing potential and returns on her investment than any other tattoo.
Enjoying ink.
Thanks for the feature on bargirls and tattoos. I guess I fall somewhere in the middle. I have half a dozen pieces myself and they always seem to solicit interest from the girls, but in my case all of them have personal and very deep meanings to me. There is a Celtic symbol on my shoulder which is the twin of a now deceased brother in the armed forces, for example. I guess it will always be different strokes for different folks. Personally, I enjoy a girl with some ink, especially well-designed ink. On the other hand, it seems like a common thing nowadays that most people don't actually get ink that means anything to them, it's just something cool which I don't really agree with. I'm still interested in eventually getting a traditional tattoo while travelling through Thailand, but having to find one which holds a meaning to me has kept my money in the wallet.
Protester numbers.
The protester numbers are down by a large margin. They have closed some stages, supposedly for security reasons, but more likely to consolidate the numbers remaining. This was not the case with the Red Shirt protests of 2010, and here's my theory why. Most of the current protesters are from the young middle class who have jobs and just show up on their way home from work. After a while, again as you wrote, hearing the same old rhetoric night after night with countless false claims of victory gets boring. With the Reds Shirts, the vast majority of those camping out were housewives and grandmothers who would otherwise have been sitting at home doing not very much. Camping out in Bangkok was far more appealing to them, a novelty. Ironically, the people who might be benefiting most from the road blockades are the motorcycle taxi drivers. There are huge queues for them in several places around Asoke, for example. They must be making a fortune. Why ironic? The vast majority are no doubt from the northeast and the very same Thaksin supporters the protesters are campaigning against. Oh, the irony.
Local business practices.
You were absolutely right about there being no hotel deals available in Bangkok, despite visitor reluctance to come because of the ongoing protests. I looked in vain for a deal for my stay, and even though I ended up in a hotel right next to a major protest site at Asoke, no discount was available. It's Thai Economics 102 (101 is putting prices up when business is slow, supposedly to make up for lost income. They don't understand that if someone won't buy at 100 they might buy at 80, but definitely not at 120). 102 is when they think they'll be losing money if they offer a 20 or 30% discount, but when they don't receive any business it doesn't seem to occur to them that they are losing 100% instead!
Two tiers.
The two-tier system of 'You and Us' pricing adopted in many places throughout Thailand and much maligned by farangs sorely aggrieved by it should be used during Thai elections and other days when it is deemed necessary to restrict the sale of alcohol. Long-term residents of Thailand know where they can purchase a drink, albeit served in a tea cup or where a bottle may not be shown. However the sight of thousands of tourists parading up and down Walking Street in Pattaya looking at others doing the same thing could simply be overcome by allowing the sale of alcohol to foreigners only. If Thailand insists on having a two-tier system, let it be a fair one.
Being Japanese.
I was sitting upstairs in Crazy House one evening this week. There are two dance areas, with the girls dancing on both. While I was there a small group of Japanese arrived and sat near one of the dancing areas. In a flash all the girls from the other stage rushed over to pose and dance in a bid to be chosen. Other customers were forgotten. It reminded me of when someone throws down some food and dozens of pigeons suddenly descend. Those who lost out returned to their original position. It must be wonderful to be Japanese.
Failure to finish a face issue for her?
The recent posting about face prompts me to ask where it is a loss of face for a bargirl if her customer fails to climax? For a number of reasons such as medication, age, condom use, sexual activity earlier the same day, disappointment when the clothes come off creating a negative mental state etc, I often fail to climax during sex with a bargirl. This generally creates great concern and feverish, usually counter-productive efforts to encourage me to achieve the, by that time, impossible. Is this a loss of face for the bargirl or does she give a sxxt? Reaction to this point from readers might be interesting.
Candy Land in Nana Plaza, Bangkok's newest gogo bar, opened this week. The bar itself looks good inside but given its size – it's huge – it desperately needs a lot more girls. As it stands, there aren't that many and with so few dancers it makes the bar feel very quiet – and quiet bars can struggle to attract customers. The recruitment manager has a challenge.
Lust in Patpong's soi 1 impressed me with its build and at long last a couple of dancers are shaking their stuff inside. It could do with a good few more and maybe then it will start to attract customers. The bar is beautifully done out inside, but peculiarly it is the outside beer bar with DJ that seems more popular. Maybe Patpong soi 1 is the wrong place for a beautifully done out bar?
Valentine's Day 2014 is this coming Friday but what is usually a big day in Thailand looks like it will be a fizzer this year. The most romantic day of the year happens to coincide with a major Buddhist holiday and while we may not know what that means for bar trade until the night before, most expect that at best bars won't be able to sell alcohol and at worst, many bars will be closed. Old Asia hands, however, know that on such days those who tremble at the thought of a night without a drink can find what they're looking for at Patpong. So if you're desperate for a drink or some company, head over to Patpong.
Some foreigner bar managers have been transferred in a policy that will see three fewer Western managers in Nana Plaza. Where once the Nana Group's management structure saw one foreign manager appointed to keep an eye on the group's venues on each floor of the plaza, these guys are being replaced with an all-Thai management group.
A reminder that the first anniversary party for Insanity will be held this coming Thursday and it promises to be a fun night. If you miss it, don't think you'll be able to make up for it by attending the anniversary party next year because, sadly, it looks increasingly unlikely there will be a second anniversary at Insanity.
Soi Cowboy's Dollhouse will celebrate its 12th Anniversary this Thursday, 13th February. The manager promises fun, games, free shooters and lots more. It's 12 years on Cowboy for Dollhouse, but if you consider the original Clinton Plaza bar, it's 14 years in Bangkok for Dollhouse.
Bar trade is up, down and all over the map. Bars report the odd decent take amongst a lot of very average nights, trade-wise. As best as I have observed, Thursday to Sunday seems to be ok, whereas early week from Monday to Wednesday is crap. This confirms what I have been saying to some bar owners – they need to build up goodwill with expats and do something to separate their bar from the rest. I ranted last week about Bangkok hotels bleating about bad trade but failing to offer a reason for people to visit. That message also applies to Bangkok bars. There are so many specials bars could introduce, from new or longer happy hours, to something new like pay the list price for your first two drinks and every drink thereafter, be it beer, top shelf, lady drink or whatever is 100 baht. If any bars are doing anything special, they are doing a real lousy job of letting people know about it.
The Moulin Rouge was a nightclub, a dance hall and a bordello ruled over by Harold Zidler, a kingdom of night-time pleasure where the rich and powerful came to play with the beautiful creatures of the underworld. Checkinn99 has been transformed into the Moulin Rouge for a specially adapted romantic jukebox musical performed by its house theatre troupe. Christian, a young poet, leaves his respectable background behind when he moves to the bohemian underworld of Montmartre. Taken under the wing of the absinthe-soaked artist Toulouse-Lautrec, he becomes a regular at the notorious nightclub, the Moulin Rouge, where he falls under the spell of Satine, the most beautiful courtesan in Paris, and the star of the show. However the owner of the Moulin Rouge has promised her to an investor, The Duke. A dangerous love triangle ensues as Satine and Christian attempt to fight all odds to stay together. Gold tickets are 900 baht (reserved stage side seats & 2 standard drinks). Silver tickets 600 baht (unreserved seats & 1 standard drink). You can order online at Checkinn99bkk.com, at the bar, or call Chris on 081-7357617. There are 6 show dates – February 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 Feb and March 1.
There has been much in the press about the precarious financial situation of Thai Airways, a company which many Thais are proud of and the preferred airline for most Thais due, I think, partly to national pride but perhaps more the fact that cabin staff speak their language. A couple of weeks back I ranted about the airline's pricing on international routes, and now it's time for another rant about Thai Airways. For the second time in a year, Thai Airways has missed out on my business because I was unable to make a booking due to problems with their online booking system. You could get all the way to the page where you input your credit card details and then it would spit the dummy. I tried a few times and did all the tricks from changing browser to computer to IP address to using a different credit card – and the same thing happened every time. When I tried to log in to the frequent flyer section that was also down. So I went and booked with another airline, saved 6,000 baht in the process and Thai might just have lost a customer for good. How can an airline expect to be profitable when its online reservations system is frequently down?
Sukhumvit soi 16 is a bit of a graveyard for eateries whose primary customer base is Westerners. Plenty of foreigners live in soi 16 but residents aside, there's no real reason for others to wander down the soi, supermarket shopping at Foodland aside. Soi 16 is not typically used as a cut-through from Sukhumvit to Rama 4 as say soi 22 or Rachada is, and there's really no reason to walk down there, especially as in parts it's narrow and the sidewalk isn't what you'd call pedestrian friendly. The very nicely done out Avenue Steakhouse appears to have closed and the pleasant Italian Pizzazzo isn't doing anywhere near as well as it should – given it has great food and a very nice ambience. I notice a new restaurant and bar has opened in soi 16 called Bath but I don't know that that name will be an attraction and given the lack of success of other establishments in the soi, I wonder how well it will do.
Naughty boys who have burned their bridges on TLL or ThaiFriendly – the best two Thailand-centric dating sites – may wish to expand their horizons and look at other sites. Not Thai-centric but still with plenty of Thai members, TravelGirls and AsianDating are both worth checking out.
It's amazing the number of Westerners who meet in Thailand and quickly go in to business together in Thailand. That mightn't sound amazing, but given the type of folks Thailand can attract, that often they barely know each other, they have never actually met whilst sober, they come from different countries, they may not share the same first language – yet they are about to enter in to a relationship in which they will legally be partners. I can't even remember all of the people here who have sought my interest in going into business with them. Needless to say, it's not an idea I entertain for even a second. If you do decide to go in to business in Thailand, I believe there is much to be said by going it alone. So many business relationships here end badly – and it seems to me that it's often because the partners really didn't know each other well enough at the beginning. I can see why my old form 5 economics teacher said, "Choose a business partner like you would a wife or a husband" – but I don't think he meant that you should go in to business with a sexy bird with waist-length hair and big watermelons.
The recently released flick, "The Wolf of Wall Street" was packed this week, which shouldn't come as any great surprise for it follows the life of a boiler room kingpin – and Bangkok has been a centre for boiler room operations for a long time. You don't read so much about boiler room operations in Bangkok these days – and it's a topic I generally won't go anywhere near. What I will say, however, is that some of the knuckleheads who work the phones in these operations are about as discreet as a bargirl with fxxx me tattooed on her forehead. Wandering around the Asoke protest site as I do most days, a few times now I have seen the same group of 20-something Brits yahooing in public and exchanging ideas and laughing about their telephone scams and the people they have ripped off.
Charles Pangham has written a short story that is the first in a trilogy called "Killer Ladyboy". Set in Bangkok, it is a lurid and erotic thriller focusing on a sex and murder-crazed ladyboy seeking revenge. It is currently available on the Kindle at Amazon here. Charles would like to offer a free copy to the first dozen readers who email to him at : [email protected]
Quote of the week comes from a customer in an Angeles City gogo bar, "I know all of the girls on stage, know their names and every one starts with a T – a big capital T for 'Trouble!'"
Reader's story of the week comes from Mega, "Living on the Fringes".
A young Kiwi is behind bars in Bangkok after stealing a Bangkok taxi driver's phone.
Despite all of the ongoing political issues, Thailand's share market is up and the baht has strengthened.
A 70-year old Indian businessman who has lived in Thailand since age 5 may be deported for protesting.
A Pattaya hotel receptionist goes to sleep and safe deposit boxes at reception are ransacked of 1 million baht in valuables.
The popular and highly respected Aussie journalist behind Phuketwan faces court and possibly jail this coming week.
Question 1: A friend who had conducted business in Asia passed away some 15 months ago. Ultimately his wife undertook a buying trip and all suppliers were most helpful except for a Thai trader who took her order and $5,000 but defaulted on sending goods. When contacted he was 'sick in hospital' and needed $2,000 [which she sent]. Presuming she can still find him, is there any recourse through the Thai legal system considering the amount involved and the fact that she doesn't reside in Thailand? She was understandably hurt, humiliated and angry due to the circumstances.
Sunbelt Asia Legal Advisers responds: There are several steps that need to be taken when trying to claim money from someone in Thailand. First, she would have to notify her supplier of the breach of the agreement and request the money be paid. The next step, when the money goes unpaid, is to retain a lawyer to issue a formal demand letter to the company or man. Sunbelt Asia Legal Advisors has experience in issuing such demand letters and finding the registered address of the debtor. Sometimes the sight of a letter from a lawyer is enough to convince the person to pay the bill, but not always.
If the supplier still refuses to pay then she would need to formally appoint a lawyer using Court documents to represent her in court and issue a statement of claim on her behalf. She would need to be in Thailand to appoint the lawyer as well as file the case with the Civil Court unless there might be factors that would make it criminal i.e. evidence of fraud.
The demand letter is a fairly straightforward and inexpensive process that can easily be done via Sunbelt Asia Legal Advisors while she is overseas. However, the rest of the process could prove costly and may end up costing her more than the $7,000 owed.
Question 2: I am an American with a 4-year-old son who has Thai / US citizenship. Can I buy a commercial property in his name and take back a 30-year lease to operate it in his name without having to set up a Thai company? Any other input from Sunbelt is welcome.
Sunbelt Asia Legal Advisers responds: Although there are no restrictions on minors owning property in Thailand, it is important to note that Land Department would ask as to the source of the funding. If the funds come from the foreign parent then the officer would assume that the Thai national is acting as a nominee in holding the land for the parent. It is up to the officer's discretion but it is less likely that the officer would allow the sale to go through. If he or she did allow the sale to go through, it would require the permission of the Courts before the property could be sold so long as the owner is a minor child. Also, it is important to note that a 30-year lease or usufruct could not be registered on the property so long as the owner is a minor. This is to protect the rights of the child, that no lien can be bound to a minor, including his property.
Question 3: My condo is adjacent to a restaurant undergoing renovations. For quite a few months the noise from the work site has started at 6 AM and has gone well in to the night, 7 days a week. The workers are housed on site. Is there any legal recourse on restricting work taking place that produces noise outside at acceptable hours for a residential area?
Sunbelt Asia Legal Advisers responds: While there are usually Municipal laws on this, the company may have applied for and received clearance to work late from the authorities. In applying for this clearance the contractors would have had to clarify the scope of their work as well as show the safety levels of their work including control of the noise the work would produce.
You can complain to the police directly during the night hours or you may wish to approach your juristic manager if you live in a condominium to have him / her act on your behalf. You can also file a complaint (or have your juristic manager do so) with the District Office (Amphur) in the District that your condo or your house is located. The District Office would have originally issued the building permit.
For the Chinese this might be the year of the horse, but for me it's the year of the jet plane. I've got a heap of travel plans this year, revisiting places I've enjoyed visiting in the past and checking out a few countries I've yet to step foot in. I have been away from Bangkok for the past few days and put the finishing touches to this week's edition from far, far away. The political situation aside, not a lot seems to be going on in Bangkok. Next week's column will be a travel report on the place I currently find myself, a place I should have visited long before now, a place that really is incredible.
Bangkok Shutdown, Endless Frustrations
Visiting Kolkata


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I'll scour these over the next few days and should have updated deadlines for Sunday.
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"Love Me Bait Me" Teaser from The Clexa Project
November 20, 2019user-circle Mika A. Epstein
At ClexaCon 2019, Tracy and I were interviewed as a part of an upcoming documentary by The Clexa Project. The concept of the project was to shine a light on the devastating impact that poor representation has on queer audiences.
Although queer viewers are no stranger to heartbreak while watching film and tv, American networks failed us to a spectacular degree in 2016 when they killed off 43% of queer women characters. Despite only making up between 2-3% of all characters, lesbian and bisexual women accounted for almost 10% of all television deaths.
The Numbers are Real
Since the site began, we've been tracking the death of characters, internationally, which show the rather stark jump in deaths starting in 2015.
Overall, the average deaths per year is currently 7 (or 4.6% of all characters each year). Even if I restrict it to the last eleven years, the expected deaths per year are only 26.
As of today, we're at 32 internationally.
But if you only look at the United States in 2019, out of 393 characters on air, 22 are dead. That means …
63% of all characters are from the United States
69% of all dead characters come from the United States
5.5% of all characters in the United States die
The Impact is Real
One of the arguments we've made over and over is that representation matters. What we see on television reflects on how we see ourselves. If all we see is bad representation, including death, then it changes how we look at ourselves. When we only have femme, white, cisgender representation (which remains predominant in the United States), we think that's all there is out there.
In isolation, what's on TV and in books may sound like it shouldn't matter so much. After all, it's just the media. The problem is that for a number of us, growing up that's all we had. We grew up watching a thousand cis, white, male heroes and no lesbians throwing batarangs. Were it not for Nichelle Nichols, Mae Jemison would not be an astronaut.
Suicide rates for LGBT+ youth is at an all time high. While research is being done to better understand the causes, their work has not yet been updated past 2010. In the state of California, legislators have targeted the far religious right as the cause. And emboldening them is the sad reality that the right themselves are not introduced to positive queer role models via our media.
And enough is enough.
When Lexa died, it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. It was why fans made a convention. It was why our website went from a few hundred characters to a few thousand. It's why we still add more and characters, why we create new ways for people to understand the statistics, why we make it easier for you to find you.
Because if there's one thing we truly believe here it's that representation is important.
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Living in Society
Morning After the 2018 Democratic Primary
Post author By Paul Deaton
Fred Hubbell
There was little doubt Fred Hubbell would win the Democratic gubernatorial primary election yesterday and he did with 98,013 votes or 55.5 percent of the total, according to preliminary results from the Iowa Secretary of State.
It wasn't predetermined. There were no establishment Democrats behind cubicles in Des Moines calling the shots. He is a progressive Democratic candidate who ran a successful campaign voters could relate to. It was a straight up win for Hubbell and Democrats should and likely will rally around his candidacy.
On April 17, I posted what my neighbors were saying, that we were down to two candidates, Hubbell and Nate Boulton. When Boulton dropped out of the race, it cleared the path for Hubbell's victory last night, at least according to their analysis. If one listens to the community there are grains of truth if we are only perceptive enough to recognize them.
I hope Hubbell finds room in the general election campaign for his rivals and that they help him in substantial ways if he defeats Republican Kim Reynolds. I also hope Democrats recapture control of the Iowa House of Representatives, and eventually the Iowa Senate, because the governor can't make needed changes alone.
So it's Hubbell. Good. That means the June 16 State Convention will be shorter than if we had to pick a nominee.
I stayed up late enough last night to get a flavor of the returns.
My new friend Zach Wahls won his primary for Senate District 37 against three others. I knew when I met him on Jan. 13 Wahls is the kind of leader Iowa needs. We need the perspective and energy of the next generation of politicians. I am exquisitely glad voters picked a young person who is also an advocate for LGBTQ rights. It was my pleasure to contribute in a small way to Wahls' campaign. I'm also glad I can leave his bumper sticker on my car until November.
Janice Weiner, Wahls' only effective competition, ran an excellent campaign but fell short of votes needed. Weiner won Cedar County by 65 votes but it was not enough to overcome Wahls' margin in Muscatine (5 votes) and Johnson (1,682 votes). As I told a former candidate for the house district that includes Cedar County, Johnson County drives the bus of who gets elected in current Senate District 37. Redistricting may change everything in a couple of years, but this cycle, Wahls had the strategy and tactics to win this race.
Janelle Rettig and Pat Heiden won berths to the county supervisor general election. Both of them ran exceptional campaigns, particularly Heiden who came from a fourth place finish in the 2016 Democratic primary into her own. I have more to say about that race and want to take a closer look at the precinct results. I supported Mike Carberry, however, one could see it was a lost cause as early as April when I wrote my candidate profiles of the three contenders. I framed up the problems in this twitter thread. I'm encouraged there will now be three women on the county board of supervisors.
Soon I need to get ready for work at the home, farm and auto supply store. I'll be thinking about the election on my breaks and while I'm hauling animal feed around the warehouse. Physical labor is a great way to process complex events.
Congratulations to Iowa Democrats on this positive primary election.
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The First Federal Electoral District of Baja California Sur (I Distrito Electoral Federal de Baja California Sur) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of two such districts in the state of Baja California Sur.

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.

District territory
It comprises the municipalities of Comondú, Loreto, Mulegé, and the westernmost two-thirds of the municipality of La Paz.

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur.

Previous districting schemes
Before Baja California Sur acquired statehood in 1974 and was still a Federal Territory, it was entitled to return only one deputy to Congress; the district known as the Sole District of the Southern Territory of Baja California (Distrito único del Territorio Sur de Baja California) therefore covered the whole of modern-day Baja California Sur. The state's First Federal Electoral District is considered the successor of the territory's Sole District.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

XLIV Legislature
 1958–1961: Alejandro Martínez Rodríguez (PRI)
XLV Legislature
 1961–1964: Antonio Navarro Encinas (PRI)
XLVI Legislature
 1964–1967: Alberto Alvarado Arámburo (PRI)
XLVII Legislature
 1967–1970:
XLVIII Legislature
 1970–1973:
XLIX Legislature
 1973–1976:
L Legislature
 1976–1979: Víctor Manuel Peralta Osuna (PRI)
LI Legislature
 1979–1982: Armando Trasviña Taylor (PRI)
LII Legislature
 1982–1985:
LIII Legislature
 1985–1988: Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal (PRI)
LIV Legislature
 1988–1991:
LV Legislature
 1991–1993: Guillermo Mercado Romero (PRI)
 1993–1994: Yolanda Robinson Manríquez (PRI)
LVI Legislature
 1994–1997: Leonel Cota Montaño (PRI)
LVII Legislature
 1997–2000: José Carlos Cota Osuna (PRI)
LVIII Legislature
 2000–2003: Miguel Vega Pérez (PRI)
LIX Legislature
 2003–2006: Francisco Javier Obregón Espinoza (PRD)
LX Legislature
 2006–2009: Juan Adolfo Orcí Martínez (PRD)

See also

Federal electoral districts of Mexico
Government of Baja California Sur
La Paz Municipality (Baja California Sur)
Loreto Municipality (Baja California Sur)
Mulegé Municipality

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Fact Sheet for Canadian Voters: Online Influence Activities
CANADA IS ONLINE, AS ARE FOREIGN ADVERSARIES
Canada is one of the most connected societies in the world, and every day Canadians use the services of major internet companies to search for news, conduct business, exchange ideas, and build communities online. Foreign adversaries may take advantage of our highly connected society to inject and amplify false and misleading information on online platforms to advance their specific agendas, including undermining Canada's democratic processes and interfering in elections.
Cyber threat actors can pose as legitimate users online, either through creating new social media accounts or by hijacking existing ones to promote content that they have designed to manipulate Canadians' opinions. Stolen or modified information can be released at a time and in a way that makes it more compelling or distracting, or creates false or distorted news designed to promote discord within Canada. Using special automated tools and techniques, cyber threat actors can create a false impression that hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people share these manufactured views.
We anticipate that foreign cyber threat actors will engage in this type of activity in the lead up to the Canadian 2019 General Election.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA DOING ABOUT THESE FOREIGN THREATS?
The Government of Canada has engaged with Elections Canada, provincial and territorial electoral officials, and all political parties represented in the House of Commons to help protect Canada's democratic process from cyber threats, including foreign cyber interference.
Canadian security and intelligence agencies are working to identify foreign threats, including those who aim to interfere with Canada's democratic processes. As part of this effort, CSE released its Cyber threats to Canada's democratic process : July 2021 update, to inform Canadians of the threats we face.
WHAT SHOULD I BE DOING AS A VOTER?
The Government of Canada is also working to build a culture of citizen and media literacy in Canada to encourage people to fully participate in our democratic process. False or misleading information on social media platforms, or illegitimate automated phone calls can direct Canadians to incorrect voting stations, provide false information on candidates, and affect your voting process.
There are a few things you can do to help protect yourself online:
Always practise good cyber hygiene.
Use unique passphrases or complex passwords and two-factor authentication, wherever possible.
Be suspicious of unsolicited or unusual emails, and do not click on any links that may be contained in them.
Use as many security options (settings) as you can for each social media platform.
Remove unused or outdated apps, and update those you do use regularly to ensure the latest security measures are in place.
Everything a Voter Should Know is found on the Elections Canada website. Visit this website to verify information on how, when, and where to vote, and ensure you have the most accurate and up-todate information.
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Blogs


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package org.wso2.carbon.identity.event;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.event.EventContext;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.event.model.Event;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.exception.IdentityException;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.exception.IdentityRuntimeException;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.handler.AbstractMessageHandler;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.handler.IdentityEventHandler;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.handler.InitConfig;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.common.base.message.MessageContext;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.event.internal.ConfigParser;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.event.model.ModuleConfig;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.event.model.Subscription;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Abstract Event Handler class.
 */
public abstract class AbstractEventHandler extends AbstractMessageHandler implements IdentityEventHandler {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractEventHandler.class);
    protected ModuleConfig moduleConfig;

    public boolean canHandle(Event event, MessageContext messageContext) throws IdentityRuntimeException {

        if (!(messageContext instanceof EventContext)) {
            return false;
        }
        String eventName = event.getEventName();
        String moduleName = this.getName();
        ConfigParser notificationMgtConfigBuilder;
        try {
            notificationMgtConfigBuilder = ConfigParser.getInstance();
        } catch (EventException e) {
            logger.error("Error while retrieving event mgt config builder.", e);
            return false;
        }
        List<Subscription> subscriptionList = null;
        //TODO see whether this can be removed.
        ModuleConfig moduleConfig = notificationMgtConfigBuilder.getModuleConfigurations(moduleName);
        if (moduleConfig != null) {
            subscriptionList = moduleConfig.getSubscriptions();
        }

        if (subscriptionList != null) {
            return subscriptionList.stream()
                                   .anyMatch(sub -> sub.getSubscriptionName().equals(eventName));
        }

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public abstract void handle(EventContext eventContext, Event event) throws IdentityException;

    @Override
    public void init(InitConfig configuration) throws IdentityRuntimeException {

        if (configuration instanceof ModuleConfig) {
            this.moduleConfig = (ModuleConfig) configuration;
        }
    }

}

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Once again, at this hour it appears as though six people were injured. We can't tell you if any of those injuries involve children. And the crime rate has been rising in Germany for some time, but school shootings remain unusual there. So as soon as we have more information for you, we will bring it to you. But in the meantime, commando teams will stay on duty there to try to get these gunmen out of the school.


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The ANC's 108th birthday bash: A masked ball
A splendid distraction from SA's socio-economic realities.
Mamokgethi Molopyane / 13 January 2020 00:03
President Cyril Ramaphosa, singing from an old hymn sheet. Image: Waldo Swiegers, Bloomberg
Pretending has come to be a dominant feature in South Africa.
Citizens continue to vote against their own interest, as if pretending that those in power can actually deliver on their promises will make it come true.
In politics, all parties pretend – acting as though they have no crises, no factions, no demagogic and power-hungry individuals. They put on masks and present false fronts, pretending that the internal problems don't exist.
If the ANC's 108th birthday celebration this past weekend and its associated speeches – including President Cyril Ramaphosa's delivery of the January 8 statement on Saturday (January 11) – are anything go by, it seems the party has become a symbol of pretence and pretension.
We know the reality is difficult to face, but in choosing to again wear a mask, the ruling party has become a victim of the unfortunate reality that playing make-believe can come to hide the truth even from the pretender itself.
Only the ANC could say, with a straight face, that it has declared 2020 to be the "year of unity, socio-economic renewal and nation building".
Only the ANC could fail to fear shame and embarrassment about claiming to prioritise job creation and economic growth when its actions, decisions and policies as the ruling party have been such that they achieve the opposite.
Pretending has become a coping mechanism, a tool for self-comfort, a way to save face … but mostly an excuse for the party to continue to lie to itself that things are going well.
Given the country's past, and the current government's constant failure, a reflection on what is happening inside the ANC – including its role in governing SA – could have been more useful.
It could have shown that it is a party capable of public self-reflection.
This would also have given it an opportunity to refine its eight priorities – including education, healthcare, land reform and growth – instead of repeating them. Ramaphosa's speech did not mention anything that we didn't already know to be his party's priorities, nor did it introduce anything new.
Read: South Africa's energy crisis, jobs top ANC's priority list
Believing that repeating a story will somehow make it true does not make it true. Trying to hide one's failures doesn't turn them into successes.
It is unsurprising that nothing very hopeful came out of the president's speech, and it seems nothing hopeful is going to happen while the ruling party continues to believe the lie that it tells itself and the public.
The collapse of key institutions and state-owned enterprises, the plundering of state coffers, and the erosion of good governance in the public sector has not only reversed any progress, it has plunged the economy into a crushing rut.
Pretending to be a thriving democracy that is able to accomplish political and social growth does not make it so.
When the sugar rush from the birthday celebrations wears off and the exhaustion from partying sets in, it may surprise the ANC and its alliance partners to see that much of what the festivities were trying to mask is still there.
The priorities the party set out for the new era are simply a collection of past plans that were never implemented or failed to lift off.
It can be said that, as the ruling party, the ANC has been riding the wave of an organisation that is forward-looking and in control of its own and the country's future.
The reality is that it is set in its ways, has been plunged into organisational chaos and, as a government, is less clear about what it is doing than it would have its citizens believe.
The Eskom crisis is good evidence of a president at the helm of a government that is incapable of running things, let alone demonstrating a leadership that is in control.
Moreover, the corroding effect of state capture and corrupt practices is so deeply rooted that it has undermined many of the former good practices in the public sector. And the collective response from the powers that be? Go through the motions, set up commissions and inquiries, act as if action is being taken against those liable, and hope that this will keep the public appeased. In other words, present a false image of a party in control and hope that people will believe this image.
I am not moved by statements from a party that pretends to care about reducing poverty and inequality when in reality, through its actions, it extends them.
For many young people who are the most impacted by structural problems, the ruling party's birthday celebration means nothing. Many continue to be locked out of the economy and have no way of knowing how they are going to survive daily, let alone in the coming decade.
This past weekend's birthday celebration was a splendid diversion used to cheer the masses, by keeping the pretence of 'Batho Pele' (government's 'People First' initiative) alive. But soon the lies will not hold anymore.
There was a time when the public and even its own members listened closely when the ANC spoke. This is particularly true of the January 8 statement. But the party's command for attention is diminishing.
And so too, unless things change, will its power over the people.
Mamokgethi Molopyane
Mamokgethi Molopyane is a mining and labour analyst. She's also the founder of Creative Voodoo Consulting. She's done work in the biofuel, forestry, mining, energy and space industries.
Incitatus 6 days ago
"Citizens continue voting against their own interests."
Logically, it then follows that, their eternal victim mentality notwithstanding, anybody who votes for the ruling party gets the government he deserves, and one should have no sympathy for those who get exactly what they vote for – poverty, misery, poor education, shocking health care, etc. They are doing this to themselves.
pwgg 6 days ago
Biggest most blatant in your face waste of money. sales of Johnny Blue, condoms and aspirin peaked in Kimberley.
oaktree 6 days ago
And Ramaphosa sang the same tune as his incompetent predecessors.
Groen 6 days ago
"And the citizens continue voting against their own interests" – it shows up the lack of voter education.
We have seen many times how people protest in the streets and then vote for the same party again. In Zim people are still voting for ZANU-PF.
For hundreds of years black people had no experience of democracy, elections and voting – and that is exactly how the liberation parties aim to keep it.
The Navigator 6 days ago
The only people voting for ZANU-PF are ghosts. Just that there are now more ghosts than actual, real people.
Africa Pragmatist 6 days ago
Nothing to celebrate. The cakes are bigger but the economic pie is smaller and the average person poorer.
lochinvar 6 days ago
Just wait till we get a downgrade and an IMF bailout. Then reality will set in like the sudden announcement of stage six load shedding.
Mike za 5 days ago
It's one of our limited last hopes for sa. We are so close to the precipice and the leaders fiddle while Rome burns
Mactheknife 6 days ago
No wonder it had to be a masked ball …. no guest wanted to be recognized for the failures they are!
Celebrating a lack of success has to be the saddest thing for any political party!
Masked. Would anyone want to be seen there, or admit that they were there?
Johannes 6 days ago
Yes the anc could have opened and closed their bash with "the Great Pretender" song of late Freddie Mercury – would be a good indication where sa is heading to; i stick to it: to date the anc has learned nothing out of the zimbabwian history, if you cant manage a country is doomed – to date they have ride on the back of the Mandela era and what was inherited as an operating government system now messed up into the ground – nothing to be proud of
"The ANC is the single greatest liability to the country in 2020"-Prince Mashele
The Dark Horse 6 days ago
The ANC is bankrupt. That's a reason to celebrate.
Sensei 6 days ago
Democracy is that wonderful system that allows the public to turn their reality into a manifestation of their mindset. This is true in Switzerland, and it is true in Zimbabwe.
If we are truly benevolent, and if we honestly care about the prosperity of all citizens, then we need to protect some individuals against themselves, by restricting their right to harm themselves and others, through the power of their vote. The right to vote is like a loaded shotgun. In the hands of the experienced, it is a great tool, but in the inexperienced and infantile hands, it is utterly destructive.
When a democratic system transfers the power over property rights from a person who owns the property to a person who does not, then the law turns on itself to legalise plunder. Then, the entire might of the state will be used to enforce plunder. When the law is used to enforce plunder, then everybody will fight and burn tyres to attain the right to make laws. Politics will become an all-encompassing issue and a topic in every discussion. Some will fight for the right to make laws that give them the right to loot, while others will fight to stop the looting of their property.
A country becomes a Switzerland or a Zimbabwe, depending on whether the voting majority owns property or not. It is that simple.
hereshoping 6 days ago
Hereshoping
I live in a small town in kzn. This morning I went to renew my car license. I spent 2 hours and 25 minutes to get to the till and it took max 4 minutes to get my license as my paperwork was in order.Not one of the other had paperwork sorted and the cashier had to do it all for them.Surely they should have people at the entrance to check that all had the correct forms and filled in correctly. What a complete waste of precious time. I just do not understand their mode of time and work.
Paining 6 days ago
It's the mindset of "it's not my problem / job" if the work flows or not. As long as they have their job, their tea & lunch breaks and their paycheck, the majority of civil servants could not care less about your time or convenience. It's a pity that those exceptions, and there are quite a few, are unfortunately not appreciated because they are tarred with the same brush of public criticism and are rewarded at the same rate as the passengers employed to do the same job.
This sounds like an escalation of hysteria, mania and eventually chaos … perhaps we are already there…
The Birthday bash was about who's constitution is more important – that of the country or the party!
The country's state-owned diamond company is on life support
17 January 2020 / Barbara Curson
Bracing for a big-bubbles burst
17 January 2020 / Jerry Schuitema
16 January 2020 / Mike Schüssler
Sausage trees, teachers and Zim's education crisis
13 January 2020 / Cathy Buckle
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However, recognizing this opportunity and actually taking advantage of it are two different things entirely. Most companies have already picked off the low-hanging fruit: they've done everything they can to extract savings from their procurement operations using traditional methods and technologies. To get to the next level of value and start driving new sources of savings, they need to take a dramatic step forward. One way to take such a step is by leveraging a transformational technology like cognitive computing.
Procurement is a domain that is ripe for cognitive disruption: it's both data-heavy and transaction-heavy, and as I mentioned, it typically involves large financial potential. Cognitive computing empowers human procurement professionals to do more than they possibly could using traditional technologies alone. By helping procurement professionals find better information and insights faster, cognitive systems can enhance situational awareness, speed up the decision-making process, and ultimately drive superior procurement performance.
Although the entire source-to-pay cycle can benefit from cognitive enablers, I'd like to highlight two specific areas of this process in which we are currently using cognitive computing to drive significant value: sourcing and contracts.
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Cognitive computing can also help make the contract negotiation process smarter and more comprehensive. Procurement organizations can deploy cognitive-enabled applications that can automatically identify relevant terms and conditions matched to a legal library and taxonomy, identifying similar contract terms that have been used in the past. This contributes to a shorter contract negotiation cycle, which in turn represents an opportunity for cost savings and optimized resource utilization.
In addition, cognitive systems can create contracts that automatically target ideal price points, based on expected volume and contractual discounts. The end result is that procurement organizations can quickly and easily turn out comprehensive contracts for specific regions and commodities while feeling confident that those contracts include the most favorable terms and conditions possible for the business.
SAP Ariba and IBM are working together to help make the kind of intelligent procurement described in this post a reality for our customers. Our partnership brings together the best of cognitive procurement capabilities from IBM Watson, expertise from the IBM Procurement Services team, and an extensive portfolio of industry-leading procurement solutions from SAP Ariba.
Visit us at Ariba Live, March 5-7 in Las Vegas, to explore intelligent procurement based on IBM Watson, and see a live demonstration of some of our first use cases. You can also download our white paper "The Road to Intelligent Procurement" to learn more.
Tom Cassell is an IBM Executive and the Global Leader for IBM's Ariba Practice. He has led multiple transformation programs that improved source-to-pay capabilities by leveraging Ariba solutions He is leading IBM GBS's Cognitive Procurement initiative, which includes the integration of Watson into Ariba. Tom has over 20 years of experience in supply chain management, with a particular focus in the planning and procurement domains.


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Razer Blade Pro Announced
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Razer Blade Pro has difference with its Razer Chrome lighting technology which offers 16.8 millions of color options. It is also compatible with the Razer Synapse and further arrangements can be carried out. The connection interface is supported with the recent generation technologies. The computer has 2 MP web cam, SDXC card reader and stereo speakers. There is also Killer Doubleshot Pro feature in the computer which will allow you to have the highest yield from your internet connection in order to not experience any lag while you will be playing games with it.
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Edition of 200. 440 pages, LP size. Top Ten: 1998–2008 is a new edition of the long-out-of-print publication by James Hoff. In almost every issue since April 1998, Artforum has asked an individual from the art world to compile a top ten list of their favorite recent exhibitions (or concerts, television programs, books, events, etc.). In this volume, Hoff compiles the first ten years of this column into a new publication, with all of the articles' accompanying images redacted, rendering the pictorial layout and design as a single graphic plane of black squares and occasional ovals.


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India-Pakistan talks: Oil trade could gain from Confidence Building Measures
When Sharif visited Delhi in May 2014, the two PMs had discussed the possibility of a pipeline from the Indian state of Punjab to transport hydrocarbon across the border.
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
January 02, 2016, 10:01 IST
NEW DELHI: Supply of petroleum products and electricity from India to Pakistan could form part of Confidence Building Measures, as Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif embark on yet another journey to improve the troubled relations between the neighbours.
When Sharif visited Delhi in May 2014 for the swearing in ceremony of Modi, the two PMs had discussed the possibility of a pipeline from the Indian state of Punjab to transport hydrocarbon across the border, besides supplying electricity. The proposals didn't materialise amid the highs and lows in the bilateral relationship.
Now, following the decision to resume the Composite Dialogue, or Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue, the issues are expected to be on the table when Indian and Pak foreign secretaries meet in Islamabad on January 14-15 to finalise the modalities of the dialogue, which also covers commercial matters, officials said. Pakistan had responded positively to the Indian proposal for gas and product pipelines to the country, officials said.
The proposal, however, has not seen the light of the day yet, ostensibly at the behest of Pakistan's army, which fears that India might stop supplies in case of a conflict, experts said. The proposal was that gas would be first imported to an LNG terminal at Dahej in Gujarat.
From there, it would be transported along the existing pipeline network to Jalandhar, which would become the transit hub for Pakistan, connected by a new 103-km pipeline that state-run GAIL India plans to build.
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Italy preparing to hold YouTube, others liable for uploads
User-generated content sites have always resisted the idea that they should be regulated like traditional broadcasters, but Italy has been the democracy that has gone furthest in that direction. The move toward regulation continues with a new policy that could force sites like YouTube to obtain TV licenses from the Italian government. Such sites could also be fully liable for copyright infringement and libelous or illegal material posted by users.
The Italian government has already gone after Google in a highly public fashion, suing several top executives over a YouTube video that showed classmates abusing a student with Down's Syndrome. In that case, the argument was that Google had a duty to screen such material and keep it from appearing on the site—a claim that Google and others have always said would make user-generated content sites almost impossible to run.
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Government to table amendment for VAT hike suspension on Monday
The coalition government is expected to submit an amendment in Parliament on…
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The coalition government is expected to submit an amendment in Parliament on Monday in order to suspect the imminent VAT hike on the Aegean islands affected by the refugee crisis. As with the previous bill for supporting low-income pensioners, SYRIZA will request a roll call vote.
This amendment will likely be included in an omnibus bill of the Ministry of Finance on bankruptcy law, electronic transactions and the voluntary disclosure of undeclared income, which is being debated in Parliament since Friday.
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Specialty Hospital put on hold again as Indian Government refuses to fund project under Fedders Lloyd
By News Source Guyana on June 17, 2016
State Minister Joseph Harmon said the government moved to halt the project, for a second time, after the Government of Indian indicated that it could not provide the funds for works to be executed by the contracting firm - Fedders Lloyd.
The construction of the controversial specialty hospital has been placed on hold yet again, the government announced on Friday.
State Minister Joseph Harmon said the government moved to halt the project, for a second time, after the Government of Indian indicated that it could not provide the funds for works to be executed by the contracting firm – Fedders Lloyd.
Harmon said the coalition government received a note from the Indian High Commission earlier this month in which it identified Fedders Lloyd's ineligibility to continue the project.
The firm has reportedly been disbarred by the World Bank from projects until 2020 due to its procurement policies.
The APNU+AFC government had been harshly criticized and several concerns were raised when it awarded the project to Fedders Lloyd without going to tender.
This rejection by the Indian Government means that the project will have to go through a fresh tendering process to select another Indian contractor.
"We have decided to put the Specialty Hospital on hold pending the completion of fresh tendering process to select an Indian contracting firm," Harmon said.
He also pointed out that such a process is likely to take several months to be completed. The Minister said while this is being undertaken, the loan sum is likely to be eroded by inflation, interest and fees. As such the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Public Health have been asked by Cabinet to engage the Indian Government on the issue after which a definitive decision will be made.
The previous People's Progressive Party administration had initiated the US$18 million project using a line of credit by the Government of Indian through the Exim Bank of Indian.
It was initially awarded to Surendra Engineering but that company was later taken to Court by the PPP government and the project was halted.
When the APNU+AFC government took office in May 2015, it decided to use the funds in the project on primary health care and identified the West Demerara Regional Hospital, the Suddie Hospital and the Bartica Hospital as the beneficiaries. Assurances were secured from the Indian Government to fund the upgrade of these hospitals as well as Specialty hospital.
That led the government to grant the project to Fedders Lloyd without going to tender. The government had been criticized when it failed to have the project tendered a second time.
"In terms of Fedders Lloyd I think the Minister of Finance has given an expansive explanation why we went that way," Harmon said as he attempted to remove fault from the government.
He said the Indian Government was satisfied with the process the government engaged in when it selected Fedders Lloyd but was only concerns with the World Bank's position. The contract requires an Indian company to construct the hospital.
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Osudová přitažlivost je americký psychologický thriller z roku 1987 režiséra Adriana Lyna. V hlavních rolích účinkují Michael Douglas a Glenn Close. Děj filmu se odehrává na Manhattanu, kde ženatý můž má víkendový vztah se ženou, která jej odmítá ukončit a stane se mužem posedlá.

Film byl komerčně úspěšný, celosvětově utržil 320 mil. amerických dolarů a byl tak filmem s nejvyššími tržbami v roce 1987. Dobová kritika přijala film pozitivně. Byl nominován na šest Oscarů, žádnou z nominací však neproměnil.

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Hot off the Press – Irish Law ISDA Credit Support Documents
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") has published credit support documents governed by Irish and French law.
Following the publication of Irish and French law versions of ISDA's 2002 Master Agreement earlier this year (see our earlier briefings here and here), this is a further step in ISDA's strategy to provide users of its documentation with the tools they need to future-proof contractual arrangements against the uncertainties presented by Brexit.
Both the Irish and French law are based on these English law title transfer ISDA credit support annexes, with which derivatives market participants are very familiar:
1995 Credit Support Annex (Bilateral Form – Transfer) (the "1995 Annex"); and
2016 Credit Support Annex for Variation Margin (VM) (Bilateral Form – Transfer) (the "2016 VM Annex").
Following consultation with members on their requirements, ISDA chose not to proceed with an earlier proposal to publish additional Irish and French law security interest credit support documents, in the case of the Irish law document, based on the English law 1995 ISDA Credit Support Deed (Bilateral Form – Security Interest).
Reflecting the approach taken to the Irish law version of the 2002 Master Agreement, the Irish law versions of the 1995 Annex and 2016 VM Annex differ from the English law versions on which they are based in very limited respects:
changes have been made to the header and footer to identify the document as governed by Irish law and for use with an Irish law governed ISDA Master Agreement;
as the Irish law version of the 1995 Annex is intended for use solely in conjunction with the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (Irish Law), whereas the English law version was prepared for use with, and incorporates terms used in, the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement, the amendments designed by ISDA to adapt that English law version for use with a 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (set out in ISDA 2002 Master Agreement Protocol), have been incorporated;
as the Irish law version of the 2016 VM Annex is intended for use solely in conjunction with the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (Irish Law), provisions included in the English law version of the 2016 VM Annex that are specific to the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement have been deleted; and
an EU legislative reference contained in the elections and variables section of the 2016 VM Annex has been updated.
ISDA first circulated draft Irish and French law credit support documents to members for comment in February 2018 but subsequently decided to prioritise the finalisation and publication of the Irish and French law versions of the 2002 Master Agreement, which were published in June 2018 along with updated Irish and French law netting opinions encompassing those documents. McCann FitzGerald issued the Irish law netting opinion. Netting opinions, and netting opinion updates, commissioned by ISDA after publication of the Irish and French law versions of the 2002 Master Agreement will encompass those versions; at the date of this briefing ten jurisdictions' opinions encompass those versions, in addition to the French and Irish opinions.
ISDA has at this stage chosen not to publish Irish or French law governed credit support documents to facilitate compliance with regulatory initial margin regimes, pending expressions of interest from members in such documents. As the law governing such documents tends to be that of the jurisdiction in which the relevant custodian is located, rather than the law governing the related master agreement, whether such documents are in due course circulated will likely depend on whether parties subject to such regimes choose custodians in Ireland and France to provide the custodial services supporting such arrangements.
ISDA will now extend the ambit of its collateral opinion exercise to encompass the new French and Irish credit support documents.
This new ISDA initiative is a welcome development. The availability of Irish law ISDA credit support documents to support the existing Irish law ISDA 2002 Master Agreement will facilitate users that have a preference for contracts governed by the laws of Ireland, or of an EU Member State more generally, whether that derives from Brexit-related concerns or other reasons. Given that OTC derivatives are increasingly transacted on a collateralised basis – whether for regulatory compliance and/or risk management reasons – we expect the availability of Irish law credit support documents to enhance the popularity of the Irish law ISDA 2002 Master Agreement as a document of choice within the EU. In a post-Brexit environment, where Ireland will be the largest common law jurisdiction in the EU and judgments of EU Member State courts benefit from automatic recognition and enforcement throughout the EU, ISDA's initiative will be a significant benefit to users of ISDA documentation and to Ireland. The very limited differences between the existing English law, and new Irish law, versions, and the similarities that exist between English and Irish contract law and legal systems, will be viewed as points of strength and reassurance by those users.
McCann FitzGerald was delighted to work closely with ISDA on the Irish law aspects of this project.
Judith Lawless
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Preferential interactions of guanidinium ions with aromatic groups over aliphatic groups
Mason, P. E., Dempsey, C. E., Neilson, G. W., Kline, S. R. & Brady, J. W., Nov 2009, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 , 46, p. 16689 - 16696 8 p.
The reversal by sulfate of the denaturant activity of guanidinium
Dempsey, CE., Mason, PE., Brady, JW. & Neilson, GW., Dec 2007, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129 (51), p. 15895 - 15902 8 p.
The interaction of guanidinium ions with a model peptide
Mason, PE., Brady, JW., Neilson, GW. & Dempsey, CE., Jul 2007, In : Biophysical Journal. 93 (1), p. L04 - L06 3 p.
Neutron diffraction and simulation studies of the exocyclic hydroxymethyl conformation of glucose
Mason, PE., Neilson, GW., Enderby, JE., Saboungi, M-L., Cuello, G. & Brady, JW., Dec 2006, In : Journal of Chemical Physics. 125 (22, 224505), p. 1 - 9 9 p.
X-ray and neutron scattering studies of the hydration structure of alkali ions in concentrated aqueous solutions
Ansell, S., Barnes, AC., Mason, PE., Neilson, GW. & Ramos, S., Dec 2006, In : Biophysical Chemistry. 124, p. 171 - 179 9 p.
Neutron diffraction and simulation studies of CsNO3 and Cs2CO3 solutions
Mason, PE., Neilson, GW., Dempsey, CE. & Brady, JW., Nov 2006, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(47), p. 15136 - 15144 9 p.
Neutron diffraction studies of electrolytes in null water: a direct determination of the first hydration zone of ions
Mason, PE., Ansell, S. & Neilson, GW., Sep 2006, In : Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 18 (37), p. 8437 - 8447 11 p.
Nanometer-Scale Ion Aggregates in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions: Guanidinium Carbonate
Mason, PE., Neilson, GW., Kline, SR., Dempsey, CE. & Brady, JW., Jul 2006, In : Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(27), p. 13477 - 13483 7 p.
Determination of a Hydroxyl Conformation in Aqueous Xylose Using Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics
Mason, PE., Neilson, GW., Enderby, JE., Saboungi, M-L. & Brady, JW., Feb 2006, In : Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110, p. 2981 - 2983 3 p.
Neutron Diffraction and Computer Simulation Studies of D-Xylose
Mason, PE., Neilson, GW., Enderby, JE., Saboungi, M-L. & Brady, JW., Aug 2005, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127, p. 10991 - 10998 8 p.


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Aldermore marks launch of first Business Lounge with SME essentials seminar
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Leeds business lounge open to all SMEs
Aldermore has launched its new Business Lounge in Leeds city centre. To mark the occasion, the Bank held an enterprise seminar for SMEs to discuss the key essentials for business success.
The aim of the Business Lounge is to support local SMEs by giving something back to the business community and to encourage entrepreneurialism. The Bank's first Business Lounge, which is located at Aldermore's Leeds office on 76 Wellington Street, is a free to use space which offers meeting rooms, event space and access to the Bank's business experts.
At the seminar to mark the opening, guest speakers Tony Robinson, OBE, from Enterprise Rockers and Ian Digby from The Pensions Regulator talked to SMEs from across Yorkshire around essential tips for their businesses and the new pensions auto enrolment changes.
Tony Robinson, a small business champion who has owned multiple businesses over the past 30 years, talked about his 'rocking enterprise tips' for small business such as creating networks, income streams and remaining proactive when a business's market changes.
Ian Digby from The Pensions Regulator discussed SMEs' roles and responsibilities around pension changes including automatically re-enrolling eligible staff every three years and keeping sound records to ensure compliance with regulations.
Adam Oldfield, Managing Director at Force24, said: "It was really helpful to hear from Tony and Ian today. Both are experts in their fields and raised a number of points which got me thinking about how they apply to my own company. I was also very impressed with Aldermore's new Business Lounge which I can see proving very popular as a meeting point for local SMEs in Leeds as well as those travelling to the city for business."
Rob Lankey, Director of Group Distribution at Aldermore, said: "The opening of our business lounge in Leeds is a milestone for Aldermore and we are very proud to have hosted today's seminar, the first of many we hope to hold for local SMEs. The opening of our Business Lounge gives SMEs in and around Leeds a space, free of charge to allow them to hold meetings and access our facilities and experts at Aldermore. We aim to give back to our communities and our Business Lounge offering is another way we are doing this."
To find out more about the Aldermore business lounge please visit: http://www.aldermore.co.uk/introducing-aldermore-business-lounge-in-leeds/whats-on/
Event photograph 1: Ian Digby, the Pensions Regulator - Presenting
Event photograph 2: Tony Robinson, OBE, - Presenting
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