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Redefining your approach to exercise with Alice Liveing
by Gemma Calvert on 5 July 2021 Read in
Alice Liveing is the fitness superstar, best-selling author, and founder of brand new wellness app Give Me Strength, redefining our approach to exercise and sharing, with raw honesty, how she's 'doing the work' with therapy to boost her resilience
"Being outside in nature was so good for my mood," a fresh-faced Alice Liveing says, describing this morning's dawn walk. "It's important to check-in with your body, and know when you can push and pull."
Leaping out of bed at 6am is inspiring, but for Alice, today's walk is life in the slower lane. "Five or six years ago" the 28-year-old recalls waking at 5am to be in the gym, before racing around London all day training clients. Exercise was a strict six-days-a-week priority, and the cocktail of commitments left her frazzled.
"I completely overrode any signals of tiredness or hunger. Now, I have a really good level of intuitiveness," she explains. "I have a much healthier balance. I have a respect for my body, for rest, and know that exercise isn't always a good thing. Sometimes the best thing you can do is do nothing, and that's OK."
Mindful of the restorative benefits of rest, and the impact various factors such as hormones, insufficient sleep, and stress on energy levels, recently in the midst of "the most awful period", Alice abandoned exercise plans in favour of "vegging on the sofa".
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While this visceral approach to health is refreshing, Alice is equally conscious of the dangers of inactivity. A 2017 study by the British Heart Foundation said "around 20 million adults in the UK are insufficiently active", and she believes we need to celebrate a greater variety of role models, to encourage more people to take their health seriously.
"We have to start championing a diverse range of voices in order for people who live all over the country, who might have never engaged with exercise before, to see someone on a bus or in a magazine be like, 'She looks like me. I can do that,'" she says.
"We don't celebrate female athletes enough. Why aren't we seeing female rugby players, shot putters, weight lifters? Fit looks different on everyone, and healthy looks different on everyone. We need to diversify who we're seeing as our role models within that fitness space. You can't be what you can't see."
And Alice has come a long way in her own journey to try to be that role model for others. When the former musical theatre student from Buckinghamshire burst on to the scene in 2015, she was a student-turned-food-blogger who quickly built a vast social media following under the moniker Clean Eating Alice. But by the summer of 2019, after banking a raft of celebrity clients and outselling the likes of Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver with the first of three best-selling books, the qualified PT and nutritionist admitted that at the height of her rise to fame, she fell victim to societal pressures and body image hang ups, which led to a propensity to over-exercise. She later conceded that her original approach had been a little "restrictive", but says that learning from those mistakes helped her realise the power of inclusive, instinctive fitness.
"My journey was played out incredibly publicly, and it was painful at times to have to regress on some of the stuff I'd said. But do I regret it? In some ways, no, because so many women who follow my page now see that journey in themselves," says Alice honestly, whose motto is now "everything in moderation".
Today, honesty still reigns as Alice reveals how, during the pandemic, she found herself struggling with her mental health, and sought counselling to better understand herself.
"This time last year, I was in such a bad place," she says. "Up until lockdown, I'd lived my life at a million miles an hour, and I had filled voids of emptiness and sadness with keeping myself busy. The stillness of lockdown and everything being ripped out from underneath us all made me really think, 'There's a lot that I need to connect with here, and I need to deal with.'"
A survivor of domestic abuse, Alice was just 16 when a new boyfriend became controlling, and abused her physically and mentally over the course of a year.
"It really messed me up. It messed up my ability to have relationships, and my ability to trust. I'm incredibly nervous in certain situations – I still have times where I have really bad flashbacks. A lot of stuff still haunts me," says Alice, explaining how she first found it easier to "bury my head in the sand and pretend it never happened", before eventually turning to counselling.
"I'm not a superwoman. We all can be hurt, we all go through things that are going to damage us. My biggest message is do the work and take the help, because that's what will make you resilient"
The self-help was short-lived though, as Alice elected to "walk away" from talking therapy when she and the therapist failed to click. Then last year, at the start of the pandemic, Alice found an "amazing" therapist online, and finally began healing past trauma through bi-weekly sessions.
"In the past, therapy almost felt like a tick box exercise. I'd sit there, tell them all my problems, then leave and feel terrible," says Alice. "What I really learned was I needed to find someone that I really gelled with, had a relationship with, and [with whom] there was a level of trust, and communication. Ten years later, I'm ready to talk about it."
And how is she feeling now, following that period of support and therapy?
"There's work to be done in terms of healing a lot of that trauma, but I would say I'm 99% there. There are moments where I see someone that looks like him, or I'm walking down my road, when it's dark, and I suddenly think, 'Oh my god, what would I do if he was behind me?' I never feel 100% safe, but you can heal it. It takes time."
Ask Alice – now a Women's Aid ambassador and happily in a relationship with her boyfriend, Paddy – to pinpoint the most incredible thing she has learned about herself during one year of consistent, regular therapy, and she contemplates for a moment.
"What abuse does, is it makes you feel so worthless that you think nobody will love me or care about me," Alice says. "My confidence was so shredded, and that's why I was constantly trying to fill that void by projecting this image of happiness. All that stuff is just a sticking plaster for a deeper issue, and I have learned that I need to like myself from the inside out first, and the only way that we can start to have a better relationship with everyone around us, is to have a better relationship with ourselves."
It makes total sense that Alice called her new app Give Me Strength – the same name as her hugely successful podcast, which sees her interviewing extraordinary people about building mental and physical resilience. Alice is a prime example of someone who's discovered durability during dark times. She links her resilience to her parents, who she says are "very strong people", but believes her true power comes from not being afraid to invest in self-improvement.
"My life is a million times better now than it ever has been, but I'm also doing the work," she says. "I'm not a superwoman. We all can be hurt, we have all experienced trauma, we all go through things that are going to damage us. My biggest message is do the work and take the help, because that's what will make you resilient."
Since the pandemic, Alice has observed a shift in the fitness landscape, as more people turn to exercise, not just to reap fitness benefits. The closure of gyms sparked a surge in home workouts, which provided an energy release, and a much-needed sense of community during isolation.
"The last year has made people call upon exercise for different motivations. People recognised that they needed it to support their mental wellbeing," says Alice. "We are very lucky we're in a time when talking about mental health is far less taboo, which means that people can speak about relying on exercise to help with their anxiety or their depression."
These days, Alice has become a virtual trainer to the masses, having shifted her entire brand online. During lockdown, she provided daily live workouts over Instagram. Now the app is taking her services to the next level.
"I hated only being able to see 10 clients in a week. Now I can be everyone's pocket personal trainer in the app," she smiles. "It's very much about what I can give to you, how I can educate you, and help you to have a positive environment in which you can develop a healthy relationship with exercise."
Alice swears by a multifaceted approach to physical wellbeing, because a combination of factors create our personal optimal health. But her best bit of advice?
"The one thing everyone can do for free today to feel better is to walk more," she says. "We are becoming a much more sedentary nation, and walking is incredible for our mind and body. Walk a little more, really enjoy that time and, if possible, make that walk in nature to make it even better."
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To connect with a counsellor to discuss feelings of low confidence, visit counselling-directory.org.uk
Gemma Calvert
Gemma is a contributing writer at Happiful magazine
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When I think of waffles, I think of Eggo waffles, hovering around a toaster, and maple syrup. Never did it occur to me that you could fold them in half and create a sandwich out of them.
Bruxie had been on my list for a while so when I recently found myself in Old Town Orange in search of the perfect cupcake, I was pleased when my friend, Theresa Moretti, mentioned she had spotted a cute place for us to have dinner. Funny thing is, I knew exactly what she was talking about and my heart skipped a beat. We were a block away and there was no way I could pass this up.
I was a bit taken aback when I noticed this was a small pop-up restaurant. You order at the window and take a seat outside but what sets this apart for other outdoor cafes is the impeccable customer service. They take your name at the window, tell you to grab a seat, and then bring your order as well as anything else you'll need. They also continue to check on you while you're there, have ample heating lamps, and shades. If you're worried about rain, don't be. The entire seating area is covered but it is limited and there are no restrooms so be forewarned.
Rumors are that this place always has a line but we lucked out that afternoon and were first in line. I scanned the menu and decided to try the sun-dried tomato with goat cheese. At first glance I was a little surprised by the amount of sun-dried tomatoes in the waffle sandwich. I thought it would overwhelm the taste but in this case, it's really the goat cheese that steals the show however it pairs well with the balsamic, arugula, and basil. Packaged nicely in a slightly crispy waffle sandwich shell, this was a delicious treat and a hearty dinner. It didn't leave me full, yet I was pleasantly satisfied.
As for the fries, I didn't really care of those. Theresa and I both agreed they were a little salty and not quite crispy. After a while they turned soft and unappealing so I ended up tossing most of them out. I don't know if I would order them again unless the recipe changed. What I do love is that they're fried in 100% peanut oil.
Aside from fabulous waffle sandwiches, Bruxie is also known for creating some pretty original and unique drinks. I paired my sandwich with their old fashioned pure cane sugar vanilla cream soda which was refreshingly delicious. They also have a selection of shakes and floats and specialty hot drinks like Peets Coffee. If the sandwich isn't enough of a dessert for you, they also serve frozen custard and sundaes.
One taste wasn't enough for me. I'll be back to try their other sandwiches. To see what Bruxie is up to, follow them on Facebook and Twitter.


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Oracle Park Certified LEED Platinum
By Ballpark Digest Editors on February 4, 2019 in Major-League Baseball, News
In a first among MLB ballparks, Oracle Park–home of the San Francisco Giants–has received LEED Platinum Certification for an existing building from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
This LEED Platinum Certification for an existing building makes Oracle Park the first major league ballpark to receive this honor and recognizes the Giants and its partners, Able Services and Goby, for their efforts to achieve sustainability and efficiencies in the daily operations of Oracle Park.
Oracle Park and the Giants received the certification, in the areas of sustainable sites; water efficiency; energy and atmosphere; materials and resources; indoor environmental quality; innovation in design; and location and transportation.
The Giants are no strangers to the LEED Certification process having received both Silver (2010) and then Gold (2015) Certification in the past decade for their concerted efforts to conserve power and water, recycle waste and implement renewable energy sources and programs at Oracle Park.
Programs and measures implemented at Oracle Park to earn LEED Platinum Certification included:
• Investing energy credits – Oracle Park is offsetting 50 percent of its energy use;
• Implementing an ongoing commissioning plan that ensures continued operational efficiency;
• Demonstrating a more than 75 percent reduction in conventional commuting trips for employees;
• Instituting water efficient landscaping – resulting in a more than 50 percent reduction in water usage from improved irrigation technology systems;
• Improving water efficiency in domestic water fixtures which include toilets and urinals;
• Diverting more than 94 percent of waste from landfill through an aggressive recycling and composting program; and
• Installing LED Field Lights for over 55 percent energy reduction in field lighting.
"For years, the San Francisco Giants have been steadfast in their pursuit of a sustainable environment at Oracle Park," said Paul Hanlon, Major League Baseball's Senior Director of Ballpark Operations and Sustainability. "Through their extensive recycling and environmental efforts, which includes consistently recording waste diversion numbers of 94 percent and greater since 2012, the Giants have achieved the impressive feat of having Oracle Park receive the first LEED Platinum Certification among MLB ballparks, and thus continuing to be a leader throughout all of sports. We commend their efforts, and look forward to their continued growth."
Created by the USGBC, the LEED program was designed to guide and distinguish high performance buildings that have less of an impact on the environment, are healthier for those who use the building and are more profitable than their environmental counterparts.
"We have been committed since opening this park 19 years ago to making it the most sustainable and greenest ballpark in the country. From the time we opened our gates, we have been working to achieve LEED silver, gold and now platinum certification. We could not have accomplished this without our partners, employees and fans. We will continue to refine and reevaluate our sustainability and efficiency practices to remain an environmental leader in the operation of Oracle Park," said Jorge Costa, Giants' Senior Vice President of Operations and Facilities for Oracle Park.
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MOTHERLAND TOUR ITINERARY 2021
EDUCATIONAL FAIRS
LABOR DAY CAMPOUT IN MAINE
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CHILDREN'S FOOD, HEALTHCARE, SHELTER AND EDUCATION FUND
Improving life for children and families worldwide
DAWN DEGENHARDT
Founder and Executive Director
Dawn Degenhardt has been dedicated to bringing children and families together through adoption for more than 30 years. While living in Cleveland, Ohio, she co-founded the Ohio chapter of COAC (Council on Adoptable Children) and was a pioneer in changing the foster care/adoption system. Dawn also co-founded Spaulding of Beechbrook, which is still in existence today placing special needs children. After moving back to her home state of Maine, she founded an internationally recognized adoption agency, which has placed more than 4,000 children. Dawn's concern for children still in orphanages around the world prompted the development of many humanitarian aid projects. Wanting to devote her energy to this issue after retirement, Dawn, with family and friends, created The Degenhardt Foundation, now known as Aid for Kids. Dawn and her husband Ed are the parents of nine adopted children, now grown with their own families.
JOY DEGENHARDT
Director of Vietnam
Joy My Lien Degenhardt came to the United States in 1972 as an adopted child of Ed and Dawn Degenhardt. She grew up in Houlton, Maine and graduated from the University of Hawaii. In 1992, she returned to Vietnam with her mother to visit "her"orphanage. Overwhelmed with the desire to help other Vietnamese children in need, she directed the creation of an adoption and humanitarian aid program which continues today. Joy has successfully initiated and personally overseen many humanitarian projects for orphans, ill and handicapped people, and victims of natural disasters. Joy now lives in Vietnam, is fluent in Vietnamese and is the mother of three girls (one adopted). Joy's role in Aid for Kids is to continue the humanitarian aid projects and develop new ones
DANNETTE ELLIS
Director of The "Other Maine" Program
Dannette Ellis has been a volunteer for various community organizations for many years. As Director of The "Other Maine" Project, she serves as the designated point of contact and the person to whom requests and questions about the project should be directed. Her family members also volunteer their time and effort to serving our neighbors in need.
Outstadingly, Dannette coordinates the procurement annually of about $1 million (market value) of new, quality merchandise to distribute freely to thousands of low-income children/families in Maine through Non-Profit social service agencies and Title I schools.
Currently these distribution partners number about 150 in primarily rural areas of the state.
MARILYN ROPER
Assistant to the Executive Director
Marilyn volunteers in numerous capacities throughout the community of Houlton, Maine. She is educated in archaeology and has continued her education in many areas such as astronomy, history and geology. In 1999 she and her husband were awarded the Community Champion Adult Good Samaritans Award from the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Houlton. Before retirement, Marilyn was coordinator of the War or Peace: 1976 Project, University of Pennsylvania museum, directed by Buckminster Fuller. She was also coadministrator of the International Classroom Program in Philadelphia. Dedicated to peace in the home, community and world, Marilyn lives her beliefs in all that she does. Her children and grandchildren live in the Bangor, Maine area.
TIM YOUNES
Volunteer/E Newsletter Editor, Fundraiser
Tim volunteers on behalf of impoverished children and their families in Vietnam. He serves as the Editor of Aid for Kids digital newsletters, a Consultant for digital fundraising projects, and manages the Aid for Kids membership database. In the summer of 2014, he worked in Vietnam assisting with several Aid for Kids projects. He helped to create the first ever Summer Camp in Cam Ranh and co-taught an intensive English learning class. He also assisted with dental missions in Ben Tre and edited a book originally written in Vietnamese on respecting different cultures – set during the Vietnam War. He is the father of two adopted children from Vietnam.
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Heavy snow and blizzard conditions for the past hour or so in Chelmsford.
I just posted an update about Chelmsford, two posts above yours!
For once I am hoping that it does not snow. Taking my daughter to an interview in Oxford, due back late afternoon. Light dusting of snow currently in Chelmsford.
I bet it is, heavy snow just north of Chelmsford now and by the look of the radar more and perhaps even better to come. Going to wake the children up in 30 mins then off for a walk in the snow after breakfast. Then hopefully a little sledging.
Well that's still quite elevated. Anyway over the past 30 mins we have gone from heavy rain to sleet to wet snow, next snow dry snow?! Precipitation is not quite as heavy as earlier. Things are definitely improving.
I am in Chelmsford - looks more like sleet to me.


When the time comes to change locations, one of the major considerations to make is whether to live in the big city or the suburbs. Which one is best for you depends largely on the current circumstances of your life and your future goals.
Are you single and looking to settle down with someone? Are you married and getting ready to start a family? Are you nearing the end of your working years and scaling back? Do you want to rent or own? These are just some of the factors to consider when you are planning your move.
To help decide if living in the big city or the suburbs is best for you, it helps to analyze your housing priorities. Decide which factors matter to you the most. The main factors to consider are cost, space, safety, health, socialization or accessibility and convenience. If you are moving with your family, make sure everyone has a chance to voice what they want. Once you know what sort of lifestyle you need to support, you have an easier choice deciding between living in a big city or moving into the suburbs.
Housing costs in big cities range about $9,000 per year higher than in the suburbs. Home prices are also less in the suburbs than the cities, as are taxes and childcare. The average monthly rent in the suburbs, as of writing, is $55 higher than in the cities. However, when you factor in the space and amenities you get for the rent, the cost value is much greater in the suburbs.
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Other factors, like transportation, health care, groceries and entertainment, are all cheaper in the city. In addition, urban conveniences allow you to save on some major expenses in the city. For example, public transportation reduces your fuel costs, auto insurance premiums and car maintenance and repair bills. Your savings may change depending on your lifestyle choices. If you do try to keep a car in the city, for example, parking expenses, traffic tickets and fender benders can wear down on your savings.
According to current real estate statistics, the suburbs offer you an average of 300 square feet of additional living space over the city. Outside of your living space, there is more open outdoor space like parks, beaches, playgrounds and lakes in the suburbs than the big cities. If you want outdoor space all to yourself, private yards are far more abundant and larger in the suburbs than in the cities. Inside or outside, there are also fewer people per square foot in the suburbs than the cities, with more than half the population of the world living in big cities despite cities occupying a minor portion of the world's surface area.
Statistics from the National Center for Victims of Crime and the FBI reveal greater property crime, violent crime, theft and household burglary rates in the cities than in the suburbs. Whether you have kids playing outside or you like to stay out late at night, you can feel safer sleeping, working and playing in the suburbs than in the cities.
In the city, you are surrounded by noise and air pollution. Stressors like crowds and traffic are also common no matter the time of day. Germs are everywhere, and illnesses spread fast. It is easier to get sick in the city than the suburbs. However, this is somewhat balanced out by having access to better healthcare in the big city versus the suburbs.
You can face loneliness in both the barrenness of the suburbs and the anonymity of the big city. A large factor in overcoming loneliness has to do with your own willingness and motivation to get out of your shell and socialize. The big city makes it easier to do this, with more social and entertainment opportunities, often for free. These locations are also much easier to access, whether by foot or public transportation. There is also more cultural diversity in cities, exposing you to a wider range of backgrounds, personalities, experiences, ideas and beliefs.
In many big cities, stores are open around the clock, or they at least remain open later than stores in the suburbs. If you work longer or odd hours, you may need this convenience to meet your essential shopping needs. Stores having longer hours also means the stores need more employees to cover the time they are open, so there are typically more job opportunities. Business and public facilities are much closer, more abundant and easier to get to in the city than in the suburbs as well.
In many cases, you can walk or take public transportation to the post office, doctor or local bar. In the suburbs, chances are each errand and outing requires a drive. While buses, taxis and ride-sharing services are certainly available in the suburbs, they are less abundant and readily available. Cities add to these options with subways and greater proximity to most major airports.
In the city, home deliveries are also more readily available, and for more than just meals. Utilities like cable television and internet are often faster and more reliable in cities than suburbs.
There are several factors parents must consider when choosing where to live, such as school and childcare options. Public schools get higher ratings in the suburbs than the cities, overall. Not all school districts are alike, however, even in the suburbs. Make sure the district or the neighborhood you choose has schools with the curriculum you desire and the services you need. Sometimes, an urban school may have more extracurricular activities, family services, transportation, robust sports and arts programs. Childcare can be cheaper and easier to obtain in the suburbs. Issues of safety, space, cost, health, socialization and entertainment, accessibility and convenience are all relevant factors as well for families with children. For example, a home with a yard is often a greater priority for parents of kids than childless couples.


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Mount Everest-Monte Everest -360 panorama view from summit - Climbing Mt Everest - Nepal Trekking-panoramic photo from top of Mont Everest
It is from a book titled Everest: Reflections From the Top by Christine Gee & Garry Weare which just been published. It contains contributions from many of the climbers who have reached the top during the last 50 years. Why did I climb Everest? What did I think of on the summit? On the summit I felt a mixture of apprehension and curiosity. My work in India has been eased slightly by my ascent of Everest. Roderick Mackenzie French translation from Google: Ce panorama de plein a été publié dans le cadre de les 50 ans de la création en Mai 2003, pour la première qui atteint le sommet de l'Everest Il ya 50 ans, Mai 29 1953 Le sommet du mont Everest était atteint pour la première fois par Edmund Hillary et Tenzing Norgay. Roderick Mackenzie fait l'image en haut du mont Everest 24 Mai 1989. C'est dans un livre intitulé Everest: Reflections From the Top par Christine Gee & Garry Weare qui viennent d'être publiés. Pourquoi ai-je monter l'Everest? Qu'est-ce que je pense sur le sommet?
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Bulimia nervosa, often referred to as just bulimia, and binge-eating disorder (BED) are eating disorders.
They can cause binge eating - consuming enormous amounts of food in one session. Bingeing can be the result of extreme hunger from the wrong kind of dieting.
Body image is a big concern for many people today and dieting is not unusual. However, for some people, using extreme methods to lose weight can lead to their developing eating disorders, which can cause serious health problems.
People with bulimia nervosa may use 'purging' methods to try and get rid of the food after a binge. This can involve deliberate vomiting, taking laxatives, extreme exercise or other methods.
They may also use strict dieting, fasting or take diet pills to compensate for the binges. People with BED do not purge or try to compensate for their binges.
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Maygonis Albertovich Valdmanis (cirílico: Майгонис Альбертович Валдманис) (Riga,  - Roja, Letónia, ) foi um basquetebolista letão que integrou a Seleção Soviética na conquista de três medalhas de Prata (1952, 1956 e 1960) e na conquista de três Campeonatos Europeus (1957, 1959 e 1961).

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Feb 14, 2019 (Euclid Infotech Ltd via COMTEX) -- SINGTEL'S third-quarter net profit fell 14.2 per cent to S$822.8 million on lower contributions from associates, a decline in NBN migration revenue in Australia and margin erosion in traditional carriage services, the telco announced on Thursday before the market opened. The results, which were short of analyst estimates, marked the mainboard-listed telco's fifth straight quarter of declining profits. Earnings have been down ever since a bumper quarter fuelled by the NetLink NBN Trust divestment bonanza in 2017.
For the three months ended Dec 31, 2018, earnings per share declined to 5.04 Singapore cents from 5.88 Singapore cents in the preceding year. Driving the earnings disappointment were losses at key associate Bharti Airtel. Higher voice and data use could not offset the ferocious price competition in South Asia, with Airtel also biting the bullet with higher depreciation and amortisation charges on 4G-upgrade spending. But Arthur Lang, head of Singtel's international business, noted that mobile average revenue per user (ARPU) in the South Asian market has still improved by 4 per cent quarter on quarter, after the introduction of minimum recharge plans.
"The situation in India continues to be tough. We are monitoring it closely. But we are cautiously optimistic about it," Mr Lang told a morning briefing. Post-tax profit contributions also fell year on year at regional associates Telkomsel in Indonesia, as well as AIS in Thailand, where service revenue growth was offset by handset subsidies and advertising. But group chief executive Chua Sock Koong said in a statement that Singtel's long-term view on its regional associates remains positive.
"We expect the regional markets to revert to more sustainable market structures and deliver long-term profitable growth," she said. "Meanwhile, we are working closely with them to build a regional ecosystem of digital services that leverages the group's strengths and unlocks the value of our joint mobile customer base of over 675 million." Singtel's operating revenue rose 0.9 per cent for the quarter, to S$4.63 billion, lifted by growth in ICT (information and communications technology), digital services and higher equipment sales.
Yet, despite the lift from the enterprise segment, Singtel's core businesses still saw headline revenue dip on a poorer showing in the consumer space. Fixed broadband was the only major segment in the Singapore consumer segment to notch turnover growth - up by a modest 0.7 per cent to S$58 million - amid declines in mobile services and home television and landline services. The management now expects operating revenue from its core consumer and enterprise businesses to grow by a low single digit, while Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) is projected to decline by a low single digit. The expected dip in Ebitda is a downgrade from the guidance for stability that was affirmed at Singtel's half-year briefing in November 2018.
Separately, Australia's TPG Telecom dipped its toes into Singapore waters over the year-end festive period with network pilots, joining a fray already crowded by the slew of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) that lease network from the operators. Asked about competition, Singtel consumer chief Yuen Kuan Moon said: "With regard to TPG, they have started some free trials and we've not seen a lot of activity beyond that. They have still not announced any commercial rates yet. So the current impact is really minimal.
"Once they announce the commercial rates, post the free trial period, we will be able to assess how the market is positioning itself vis vis their prices versus all the MVNOs. Obviously, we are tracking and monitoring their deployment of the network very closely." He added that Singtel expects more MVNOs to enter the market, "probably in the later part of this year", and is "in active discussions with some of them". Singtel has previously acknowledged two MVNO partners, Zero Mobile and Zero1.
No dividend was recommended for the quarter, as Singtel makes payouts on a half-yearly basis. The board most recently approved an interim one-tier exempt ordinary dividend of 6.8 Singapore cents per share, which was paid in January this year. RHB Securities Research noted in a report that the stock lacks a catalyst, adding: "We continue to see competitive headwinds in Singapore and Australia pressuring group Ebitda, with management's more conservative guidance capping sentiment."
Meanwhile, Maybank Kim Eng analyst Luis Hilado said: "Assuming no further escalation, value is in fact emerging in the stock. The timing of catalysts, however, remains murky." Upside factors identified by Mr Hilado included strong growth in Singtel's enterprise and digital life businesses on economies of scale, as well as receding competition in India. Downside risks, on the other hand, included wireless margin compression sparked by TPG in Singapore or Australia, as well as long-term capital expenditure for 5G technology and a worse-than-expected impact from the switch to data on voice and text messaging.
"The main point of challenge lies with the offshore associates, which are the biggest contributors for group profits," said Citi analyst Arthur Pineda, while adding that "we are starting to see some semblance of stability reverting to key associates such as Telkomsel", where he believes that net profit has bottomed. Mr Pineda also said that, while the street could trim estimates, a commitment to a 6 per cent dividend yield should curb the longer-term impact on Singtel's share price.
This view was shared by RHB Securities Research, which said that the dividend yield should offer support even as a valuation of one-and-a-half standard deviations below the historical enterprise value-to-Ebitda mean "is reflective of the stock's risk-to-reward profile".


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Monaco has very limited natural resources.
Panoramic view of Fontvieille, Monaco.
Monaco is a European state with one of the best economies globally. In 2017, Monaco's GDP per capita was ranked as the 2nd highest in the world at $165,421. Monaco has managed to achieve economic success despite the few economically viable resources in the country. Some of Monaco's most critical natural resources include fish and the country's beautiful scenery.
One of Monaco's essential natural resources is fish which are mainly obtained from the Mediterranean Sea. Monaco's coastline in the Mediterranean Sea stretches for roughly 2.38 miles and the country has a maritime claim of approximately 13.8 miles into the sea. Monaco also has an exclusive economic zone of about 12 nautical miles. Some of the fish species found in Monaco's territorial waters include the bluefin tuna, European conger, and Atlantic bonito. Despite the vast array of fish species found within Monaco's territorial waters, the fishing industry is one of the country's minor sectors as it only employs a small segment of the workforce. Fishing in Monaco can be classified into two main categories, commercial fishing, and sports fishing. Overfishing is considered one of the significant challenges facing Monaco's fishing sector. The Monacan government has taken several steps to address the issue of overfishing in the country. In 2009, the Monacan government nominated the Atlantic bluefin tuna to be considered a protected species. Monaco's proposal was supported by several nations such as the US and opposed by other nations such as Italy, France, Greece, and Spain. The countries opposed Monaco's proposal because of the importance of tuna fishing to their economies.
Monaco is considered one of the premier sports fishing destinations in the world because of the vast array of fish in its territorial waters. Sports fishers are also attracted to Monaco because of the clear waters. One of the most popular forms of sports fishing in Monaco is bluefin tuna tagging which mainly occurs 15 to 20 miles away from the shore. Bluefin tuna tagging is considered the best method of catching the species in the Mediterranean. Several companies have been set up to cater to a large number of sports fishers who visit Monaco each year.
The commercial fishing sector is considered one of Monaco's minor sectors. In 2003, the Monacan government estimated that the country's commercial fishermen had caught roughly 3,000 tons of fish. Commercial fishers in Monaco mainly fish for lobsters such as the Norway lobster which is commonly referred to as the Lengustina. The Norway lobster is mainly caught by trawling and sold to hotels. Despite the presence of a vibrant fishing industry, Monaco is forced to import much of the fish consumed within its borders.
Fish farming is considered one of Monaco's essential economic activities. The Monacan government estimated that on average, the country's fish farms produced 800 tons of fish each year. Most of the fish from Monaco's fish farms are consumed locally. Some of the fish reared in Monaco's fish farms include sea bass and sea bream. One of the major companies involved in the Monacan fish farming sector is Pisciculture Marine de Monaco which runs an offshore fish farm with almost 100 employees. The Monacan government has invested heavily in marine science to improve the country's fish farming sector.
Because of Monaco's small size, the number of livestock kept in the country is limited. However, Monaco has a vibrant dairy sector that primarily serves the needs of the local population. Some of the milk produced in Monaco is exported to other nations. In 2005, the Monacan minister of agriculture, Peter McGauran set up regulations to govern milk exports from Monaco. The regulations were aimed at improving the standard of dairy products exported from the country.
One of Monaco's most critical natural resources is its beautiful scenery that draws large numbers of tourists to the country each year. Some of the most beautiful destinations in Monaco include the country's beaches, gardens, and cities. The tourism industry is considered one of the primary drivers of the Monacan economy because of its significant contribution to the country's GDP. In 2007, the Monacan labor department estimated that the tourism industry employed roughly 11.64% of the Monacan labor force. Several challenges face Monaco's tourism sector such as the decline in the value of the British Pound which reduced the number of British visitors to the country and the high value of the Euro that led to a reduction in the number of American visitors.
Some of the most popular tourist attractions in Monaco are the gardens which include the Jardin Exotique and the Saint-Martin Gardens. The Jardin Exotique is situated on a Cliffside and is considered amongst the most beautiful gardens in Monaco. Some of the plants in the Jardin Exotique were brought to Monaco from Mexico during the 1860s. The plants were later placed under the care of Augustin Gastaud, one of Monaco's premier gardeners. During the early 20th century, the Prince of Monaco bought some land and commissioned the construction of the gardens. Plants from Africa were later added to the gardens during the mid-1950s. Another famous garden in Monaco is the Jardin St. Martin which is situated in Monaco-Ville. The garden is famous as it has a statue of Prince Albert I which was designed by François Cogné.
Challenges Facing Monaco's Economy
The Monacan economy faces several challenges such as the country's small size and its overreliance on the tourism industry. The country's small size is a significant hindrance to the development of several industries. The overreliance on the tourism sector leaves Monaco vulnerable to economic shocks that may limit people's ability to travel to the country. The Monacan government has put in place several policies to diversify the country's economy to deal with the challenges it faces.
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Port operator DP World has hired a group of banks for a potential sale of perpetual U.S. dollar-denominated Islamic bonds or sukuk, a document showed on Monday.
The Dubai-based company, which operates ports around the world from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires, will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including refinancing, the document from one of the banks handling the sale showed.
Citi, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan will arrange investor calls in Asia, the Middle East and Europe on Monday, to be followed, subject to market conditions, by the issuance of perpetual U.S. dollar-denominated Islamic bonds non-callable for 5-1/2 years.
The deal will be benchmark in size, the document said, which means at least $500 million.
Perpetual bonds are similar to an equity instrument in that they have no maturity date.
Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD Capital , First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, Crédit Agricole, Samba Financial Group, Scotiabank and Standard Chartered Bank are also working on the deal, the document showed.
DP World, rated Baa3 by Moody's and BBB- by Fitch, is also considering issuing benchmark perpetual euro-denominated bonds with a six-year, non-call period, the document showed.
Moody's has assigned the proposed sukuk and bonds a rating of Ba2, two notches below DP World's rating. Moody's said this was "because they will be deeply subordinated to the senior unsecured obligations of DP World and its subsidiaries and rank senior only to ordinary shares."
"Moody's views this transaction as credit positive because DP World will replace a sizeable portion of the existing bridge with a longer dated instrument," the ratings agency said.
"However, Moody's expects the improvement in credit ratios from this transaction to be modest."
DP World had net debt of $12.85 billion at the end of 2019, up from $7.78 billion a year earlier, according to an investor presentation seen by Reuters.
In February, DP World returned to full state ownership in a deal that valued it at $13.9 billion and which will help the company repay some of its borrowings.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Yousef Saba, editing by Louise Heavens/Kirsten Donovan/Jane Merriman)
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Legitimacy would be 'perfect' if the actions of a representative (the government) were identical in both priority and content to the preferences of the individual. Legitimacy is neutral if the preferences and priorities are unobjectionable. Legitimacy is lost when the preferences and priorities are actively unwanted, despised or damaging.
We can consider tyranny an absolute moral concept. Or a praxeological concept. As a praxeological concept, tyranny is the use of property (resources) to accomplish ends using means that we disagree with. Since there are three economies we operate within: the material, the normative, and the signaling economy, the chance of tyranny increases with the heterogeneity of material economic, normative economic, and signaling economies. As such tyranny is less likely to be expressed in a small homogenous society, and more likely, if not mandatory, in a large heterogenous society. This is one of the reasons that small european states preserved individual liberty, and consequential economic experimentation and innovation, while the competing civilizations, most of which were older and wealthier, were left behind by the competing disorganized european micro-states.
As libertarians, it is useful to use praxeological analysis (the study of actions and transfers) rather than to stick with imprecise use of dogmatic first principles. Those first principles are useful because of their generality and wide applicability, but imprecise because of that generality. General principles, rather than causal explanations, may not inform us as to what insights and actions can actually help us achieve our objective: freedom, rather than simply whine about it.
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Split Airport was opened for traffic on 25th November 1966. Situated in the centre of Middle Dalmatian region, it meets coastal and islands air traffic requirements, from Makarska to Sibenik, and from isles of Brac, Hvar, Korcula to other islands. Traffic connection of Dalmatia with different domestic and foreign destinations is of great importance not only for domestic and business passengers, but also for nearing of our tourist capacities to Europe and to the world. Due to needs of increased traffic, the apron area of 200 x 112 m, with 6 aircraft stands, was enlarged to 300 x 112 m area, with 4 additional stands, already in the year 1967.
Planned number of 150 000 passengers per year was exceeded as early as in the year 1968. Increase of interest of tourists, of tourist arrangement sales, and thereupon the increase of Split Airport traffic, continued over the following years, to culminate in the year 1987, with total of 1 151 580 passengers and 7 873 aircrafts.
After the year 1988, a decrease of traffic was caused by political crisis instigated with former SFRY republics aspirations for independence. In September 1991, Split Airport was closed for all traffic due to the war.
The reopening occurred at the beginning of April, 1992. Civil passenger and aircraft traffic was minimal, but military aircraft, passenger and cargo traffic was constantly increasing. Thousands of tons of humanitarian aid and military equipment, thousands of soldiers participating in peace missions were transported. From the year 1992 to the year 1995, a total of 37 423 aircrafts landed and took-off to and from Split Airport.
In the following years, military aircraft traffic was on the decrease, not accompanied by any significant increase in civil aircraft traffic. Total number of aircrafts declined, and passenger traffic was stagnating at about 500 000 passengers per year.
The Republic of Croatia renovates hotels and accompanying infrastructure, safety status is unquestionable, and Croatian tourism is, slowly but surely, coming back to European market, what is directly connected with increase of air traffic. Split Airport records the growth of number of passengers starting from the year 2000, arrives to the millionth passenger in the year 2006, exceeds 1 200 000 passengers in the year 2008, and the growth continues.
We take care about the needs of all our users, from airlines, tourist and travel agencies, to the most important ones, the passengers. We make efforts to meet world standards of high quality services in the field of our activity, we renew and purchase reliable modern equipment for aircraft and passenger handling, we practise regular personnel training in accordance with international air traffic regulations and air carriers needs, and we enlarge facilities. In the year 2004, the passenger terminal is enlarged, and in the year 2009, works on enlargement of apron are started.
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WASHINGTON -- Despite the public's misgivings about some of President Bush's strategic decisions, one approach to the war on terrorism that is likely to outlive his administration is his way of selling the war to the American people.
In his blitzkrieg of 9/11 speeches, Bush has lumped together numerous countries, foreign leaders, religious figures, and political movements under one banner -- as supporters of terrorism -- and ignored the differences among them.
On the stump, this conveys a sense of moral clarity, of a battle between good people and evil people, suggesting a clean distinction can be made. But it also has led to a widespread misunderstanding -- that all the people cited by Bush are working in concert against the United States.
This has become the way many Americans perceive the war on terrorism. It is why 43 percent of Americans questioned in a CNN poll last week said they think Saddam Hussein was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.
And now, a similar blurring of distinctions is marking the language of Republican presidential contenders.
Senator John McCain of Arizona, who differs with Bush on the Iraq war strategy, has nonetheless adopted Bush's sweeping language in defining the war on terrorism: ``I think it's clear that this is now part of a titanic struggle between radical Islamic extremism and Western standards and values," McCain said earlier this year.
And last week, another GOP hopeful, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, refused to allow state police to protect the former president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, declaring without clear evidence that Khatami had endorsed the call of his successor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to ``wipe Israel off the map." Romney also blamed Khatami for Iran's crackdown on democracy protesters.
It was a Bush-like attempt at making a sharp moral distinction: Anyone involved in Iran's various offenses must be treated as an enemy of the United States. Romney ``gets it," crowed the conservative Washington Times.
Khatami is viewed by most scholars and human rights groups as a moderate figure by Iranian standards, one whose efforts to advance political freedom ran afoul of Iran's ruling clerics.
Indeed, the United States had been optimistic about reform in Iran for much of Khatami's presidency from 1997 to 2005.
A sense that Iran was reforming itself persuaded some neoconservatives to set their sights on Iraq, not Iran, as a target for democratic ``regime change."
Now, with Ahmadinejad pushing Iran in a more radical direction, many scholars and human rights groups feel Romney's attempt to demonize Khatami had sent the wrong message. They believe the United States would be more effective in promoting political freedom by emphasizing the differences between moderates like Khatami and hard-liners like Ahmadinejad, rather than branding both as equal enemies.
After all, many politicians in the Middle East have fundamental disagreements with the United States, and have at times endorsed policies -- be they weapons programs, threats against Israel, or a refusal to abide by United Nations restrictions -- that jeopardize American interests. But not all of them are equal dangers to US security, and not all are terrorists.
But it sometimes seems that way in Bush's elastic rhetoric. When he recently compared today's terrorists to Adolf Hitler's Nazis, some commentators assumed the president was referring to Osama bin Laden as the Hitler stand-in, while others thought he meant Ahmadinejad. Hussein, in his day, was also likened to Hitler.
Bush has also spoken repeatedly of the terrorist ideology, as if all enemies of the United States were reading from the same text, a terrorist manifesto equivalent to Hitler's ``Mein Kampf" or Karl Marx's ``Das Kapital."
Many assumed that Bush was referring to Islamic extremism -- the fundamentalism that drives bin Laden and the mullahs in Iran. But other enemies listed by Bush -- such as President Bashar Assad of Syria, Hussein, and most Iraqi insurgents -- do not practice Islamic fundamentalism.
More likely, Bush was reaching for an overarching belief in terrorism that would unite all the countries, people, and militia groups that he believes are against the United States. But it's hard to see terrorism as anything other than a tactic, serving many different ideologies and agendas.
Understanding all those ideologies and agendas does not seem to interest Bush, and has not really captured the attention of the US public. Fighting for freedom against bad guys is all that most people want to hear about.
Or so assume Bush, McCain, and Romney.
Peter S. Canellos is the Globe's Washington bureau chief. National Perspective is his weekly analysis of events in the capital and beyond.


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Баграшкьол (Баграшкул) (; ; на уйгурски: باغراش كۆلى) е езеро в Северозападен Китай, в Синдзян-уйгурския автономен регион с площ 1380 km², обем 8,15 km³ и максимална дълбочина 16 m.

Езерото Баграшкьол е разположено в междупланинска падина в южното подножие на планината източен Тяншан на 1048 m н.в. между хребетите Хайдутау (на север), Бортоула (на североизток), Къзълтаг (на изток), Куруктаг (на юг) и Борохотан (на запад). Има почти триъгълна форма с дължина от запад на изток 55 km и ширина до 25 km. Бреговете му са предимно ниски, на места заети от солончаци и пясъчни масиви. От север в него се влива река Хайдъкгол, а от югозападния му ъгъл изтича река Кончедаря, вливаща се през различните години или в езерото Лобнор, или като ляв приток на река Тарим. На 14 km западно от езерото е разположен град Карашар.

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 Топографска карта М 1:500 000; лист К-45-Б
 Топографска карта М 1:500 000; лист К-45-В
 Топографска карта М 1:500 000; лист К-45-Г

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Column by Joe Blow, posted on February 23, 2006
Exclusive to STR
My Wizard of Oz 2006 cast of characters includes: Lions (suspension of specie payments); Tigers (central banks); Bears (going off the gold standard); Munchkins (sheeple); Dorothy (you); Wicked Witch of the West (Federal Reserve); and the Wizard of Oz (Alan Greenspan).
My contention: The U.S. has not been in recession for almost 200 years.
Forget about the State's definition of recession; let's try something much more relevant, revealing, accurate, truthful, and useful instead: common sense.
The first definition of recession on Dictionary.com is, 'The act of restoring possession to a former owner.' That's good enough for me.
I will draw heavily from Murray Rothbard's book, What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Regarding Lions, Rothbard writes, 'But it is, of course, essential to any system of private property that contract obligations be fulfilled. The bluntest way for government to foster inflation, then, is to grant the banks the special privilege of refusing to pay their obligations, while yet continuing in their operation. While everyone else must pay their debts or go bankrupt, the banks are permitted to refuse redemption of their receipts, at the same time forcing their own debtors to pay when their loans fall due. The usual name for this is a 'suspension of specie payments.' A more accurate name would be 'license for theft;' for what else can we call a governmental permission to continue in business without fulfilling one's contract?
'In the United States , mass suspension of specie payment in times of bank troubles became almost a tradition. It started in the War of 1812. Most of the country's banks were located in New England , a section unsympathetic to America 's entry into the war. These banks refused to lend for war purposes, and so the government borrowed from new banks in the other states. These banks issued new paper money to make the loans. The inflation was so great that calls for redemption flooded into the new banks, especially from the conservative nonexpanding banks of New England , where the government spent most of its money on war goods. As a result, there was a mass 'suspension' in 1814, lasting for over two years (well beyond the end of the war); during that time, banks sprouted up, issuing notes with no need to redeem in gold or silver. This suspension set a precedent for succeeding economic crises; 1819, 1837, 1857, and so forth.'
Regarding Tigers, Rothbard writes, 'Central Banking is now put in the same class with modern plumbing and good roads: any economy that doesn't have it is called 'backward,' 'primitive,' hopelessly out of the swim. America 's adoption of the Federal Reserve System'our central bank'in 1913 was greeted as finally putting us in the ranks of the advanced 'nations.'
'Central banks are often nominally owned by private individuals or, as in the United States , jointly by private banks; but they are always directed by government-appointed officials, and serve as arms of the government. Where they are privately owned, as in the original Bank of England or the Second Bank of the United States , their prospective profits add to the usual governmental desire for inflation.
'A Central Bank attains its commanding position from its governmentally granted monopoly of the note issue. This is often the unsung key to its power. Invariably, private banks are prohibited from issuing notes, and the privilege is reserved to the Central Bank. The private banks can only grant deposits. If their customers ever wish to shift from deposits to notes, therefore, the banks must go to the Central Bank to get them. Hence the Central Bank's lofty perch as a 'bankers' bank.' It is a bankers' bank because the bankers are forced to do business with it.'
Regarding Bears, Rothbard writes, 'In the twentieth century, governments, rather than deflate or limit their own inflation, have simply 'gone off the gold standard' when confronted with heavy demands for gold. This, of course, insures that the Central Bank cannot fail, since its notes now become the standard money. In short, government has finally refused to pay its debts, and has virtually absolved the banking system from that onerous duty. Pseudo-receipts to gold were first issued without banking and then, when the day of reckoning drew near, the bankruptcy was shamelessly completed by simply eliminating gold redemption. The severance of the various national currency names (dollar, pound, mark) from gold and silver is now complete.
'At first, governments refused to admit that this was a permanent measure. They referred to the 'suspension of specie payments,' and it was always understood that eventually, after the war or other 'emergency' had ended, the government would again redeem its obligations. When the Bank of England went off gold at the end of the eighteenth century, it continued in this state for twenty years, but always with the understanding that gold payment would be resumed after the French wars were ended.
'Temporary 'suspensions,' however, are primrose paths to outright repudiation. The gold standard, after all, is no spigot that can be turned on or off as government whim decrees. Either a gold-receipt is redeemable or it is not; once redemption is suspended the gold standard is itself a mockery.'
Of course, none of this happened overnight. The Scarecrow (FDR) took Americans off the gold standard in 1933 and the Tin Man (Nixon) finished the job 38 years later.
Rothbard writes, 'On August 15, 1971 , at the same time that President Nixon imposed a price-wage freeze in a vain attempt to check bounding inflation, Mr. Nixon also brought the post-war Bretton Woods system to a crashing end. As European Central Banks at last threatened to redeem much of their swollen stock of dollars for gold, President Nixon went totally off gold. For the first time in American history, the dollar was totally fiat, totally without backing in gold. Even the tenuous link with gold maintained since 1933 was now severed. The world was plunged into the fiat system of the thirties'and worse, since now even the dollar was no longer linked to gold.'
This left the Munchkins totally dependent on the Wizard of Oz for protection from the Wicked Witch of the West since 1987, but does this make any sense to you? How could the Wizard of Oz possibly protect the Munchkins when he was also the Head Witch?
Don't even get me started about the Cowardly Lion (Congress).
Where does that leave Dorothy?
Unlike in the 1939 film, today's Land of Oz has no Emerald City, Dorothy's companions are not on her side, the Wicked Witch of the West is still alive and well, and the State's Yellow Brick Road (fiat currency) leads only to ruin.
Just like in the film, the Wizard of Oz recently flew away just before the final scene, displaying no special ability to help Dorothy or anyone else.
At the end of the film, Dorothy discovered that her ruby slippers (gold) could take her back to Kansas (the gold standard), but where is the Good Witch of the North today?
As shown above, the U.S. has not been in recession (common sense definition) for almost 200 years, but it has most certainly been in a financial death spiral since 1814.
My assertion is currently supported by a fiat currency that has been inflated over 95% since 1913, an $8.2 trillion national debt, a federal current account deficit of over $700 billion last year, a fiscal 2006 projected budget deficit of $423 billion, at least $40 trillion in federal unfunded liabilities, and $550+ an ounce gold, despite gold price suppression by western central banks.
That leaves one group of unsavory characters still unaccounted for: the Flying Monkeys. In the film, they served the Wicked Witch of the West, but today they are Internal Revenue Agents, serving the collection branch of the State using guns and badges.
But no matter who plays the Wizard of Oz, he always booms, 'Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!' Why? Because every Wizard knows that the real Yellow Brick Road is paved with gold bars, not fiat currency.
Got gold?
Joe Blow
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Q: Progress Dialog in Tab Layout in android I am working on Tab layout and progress dialog. I want to show progress dialog for five sec when user comes on the tab layout and when user changes the tabs.
I used following same code to show the progress dialog in both conditions.
public class TabLayoutActivity extends TabActivity {
    ProgressDialog progressDialog;

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.tablayoutview);
        progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(TabLayoutActivity.this, "",
                "Loading. Please wait...");
        new Thread() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(5000);
                    TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
                    TabHost.TabSpec tabSpec;
                    Intent intent = new Intent().setClass(
                            getApplicationContext(), FirstTabActivity.class);
                    tabSpec = tabHost.newTabSpec("first").setIndicator("First")
                            .setContent(intent);
                    tabHost.addTab(tabSpec);

                    intent = new Intent().setClass(getApplicationContext(),
                            SecondTabActivity.class);
                    tabSpec = tabHost.newTabSpec("second")
                            .setIndicator("Second").setContent(intent);
                    tabHost.addTab(tabSpec);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    Log.e("tag", e.getMessage());
                }
                progressDialog.dismiss();
            }
        }.start();
    }
}

The progress dialog working fine, but contents of the tabs does not display. It is showing following error.
"Only the original thread that created a view hierarchy can touch its views"

A: try this
public class TabLayoutActivity extends TabActivity {
ProgressDialog progressDialog;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.tablayoutview);
    progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(TabLayoutActivity.this, "",
            "Loading. Please wait...");
    new Thread() {
        public void run() {
            try {
                Thread.sleep(5000);
 TabLayoutActivity .this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
                TabHost.TabSpec tabSpec;
                Intent intent = new Intent().setClass(
                        getApplicationContext(), FirstTabActivity.class);
                tabSpec = tabHost.newTabSpec("first").setIndicator("First")
                        .setContent(intent);
                tabHost.addTab(tabSpec);

                intent = new Intent().setClass(getApplicationContext(),
                        SecondTabActivity.class);
                tabSpec = tabHost.newTabSpec("second")
                        .setIndicator("Second").setContent(intent);
                tabHost.addTab(tabSpec);
              progressDialog.dismiss();
    }
});

            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e("tag", e.getMessage());
            }

        }
    }.start();
}

}

A: My guess is it crashes in progressDialog.dismiss() since you're trying to remove from a non UI Thread. In order to prevent this behavior, you should run it in UI/Main Thread like this:
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                progressDialog.dismiss();
            }
        });

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Sky's the limit for airdrops
By Bob ReinertOctober 5, 2011
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NATICK, Mass, Oct. 5, 2011 -- Solutions to problems don't usually fall from the sky.
Exceptions to this rule come in the form of good ideas generated by the airdrop professionals at Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts, whose best answers to tough questions normally float gently to earth. With Soldiers fighting in remote areas of Afghanistan where resupply often must come from the air, that won't change anytime soon.
"If you're going by helicopter to resupply, it's very easy for the enemy to try and shoot you down," said Andrew Meloni of Airdrop Technology Team. "So the only means of resupply for some of these bases is airdrop."
In 2010, the Air Force alone airdropped 60.4 million pounds of supplies in Afghanistan, up from 2 million pounds in 2005. "In theater right now, they've been doubling airdrops every year," said Rich Benney, division leader, Aerial Delivery Equipment and Systems Division.
Terrain and wind present further challenges, however. Supplies dropped by conventional means can drift off course or roll down mountainsides and out of safe reach. And when isolated Soldiers don't receive their supplies, lives can be at risk.
"For that kind of high-priority situation, we've developed what we'll call smart airdrop or precision airdrop, which is guided the entire way down," said Chris Ormonde of ATT.
The Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS, uses a GPS, avionics and motors to guide steerable parachutes to one or more landing zones simultaneously with the kind of precision made necessary by the rugged terrain of Afghanistan. Though it has accounted for less than 1 percent of all airdrops, JPADS has proved invaluable since its debut there in August 2006. The number of precision deliveries coming down will only increase.
"Right now, there are more than a hundred JPADS 2K systems in theater," Benney said. "It takes a while to get these back after a drop. You're clearly not using a lot of them. Most drop zones can utilize fielded one-time-use, unguided parachute systems. But the JPADS can get supplies into really tight and challenging terrain areas."
"We just basically program in the landing coordinate--latitude, longitude and elevation--throw it out, and the system will steer itself, completely autonomously, to the target," Meloni said.
That puts Soldiers at less risk when retrieving supplies. The airdrops, made from high altitudes, also keep aircrews safer than they would be on low-altitude passes.
"It gets the Air Force up high, out of the threat range," Benney said. "It allows them to be offset from the target. It allows the Air Force…to either pick from within a big area (launch-acceptability region) in the sky to drop to one point, or they can actually drop from one point and hit multiple targets, which is unique.
"The first time they employed the program of record (which is managed and executed by U.S. Army Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems, also at Natick) in theater they put out eight bundles and they programmed four to one (forward operating base) on one side of the valley and four to one FOB on the other side of the valley. That's unique."
Low-altitude airdrops in some areas are perilous.
"Around some regions of Afghanistan, if we come in low, they'll actually shoot from the top of the mountains down on the aircraft," Meloni said. "So getting up high -- and by high I mean 17,000 to 25,000 feet -- and dropping keeps them out of that threat range from small-arms fire and man-portable air defenses."
The JPADS family of systems allows for the delivery of different payload weights from 10 pounds to tens of thousands of pounds. In a single pass, one aircraft can deliver supplies to multiple FOBs. "We're getting within 100 meters in theater, and we've actually had efforts to push that in closer, within 50 meters," said Meloni of JPADS' accuracy. "It can be dropped day, night -- it doesn't matter."
"The accuracies are a function of JPADS weight class," Benney said. "So the smaller it is, the more accurate it is."
The decision of whether to use the accurate but more costly delivery systems depends on the situation.
"There is still a subset of drop zones in theater where we do need that really precise, guided system," Meloni said. "As you can see with the terrain there, it's not always easy to get some of this stuff back, so there's been a big push to reduce the cost."
One way to do that, said Meloni, is to use a modular version from which electronics can be removed after the supplies land.
"You actually reduce the cost of the system (significantly), and you're able to recover the most-expensive pieces," Meloni said.
Benney said that a normal airborne guidance unit weighs about 90 pounds. PM-FSS has developed a modular AGU that weighs 30 pounds less than that.
"The modular AGU repackages existing components and consolidates more than 50 percent of the AGU value in an easily removable module that can be recovered on a hot drop zone and is half the size of a shoebox," Benney said. "Throw it on your backpack (and) leave everything else, if required."
That's not the only opportunity for savings, Meloni said.
"In addition to the lower-cost guidance unit, (PM-FSS has) actually (developed and used a one-time-use, much) lower-cost parafoil," Meloni added.
Meloni called JPADS part of a "toolbox of systems that the Air Force and the Army can use to get supplies to the troops in Afghanistan or Iraq."
As Benney noted, the Army and Air Force have worked together to field the system.
"In general, the Air Force is responsible for getting you to the right point in the sky and knowing the weather," said Benney, "and the Army develops and pays for nearly everything that leaves the aircraft."
In the future, combat teams are likely to find themselves increasingly dispersed around the battlefield in the early days of a conflict. That dynamic environment would make JPADS even more vital to successful resupply and would push further refinements to the system.
On so-called "combo drops," different systems would communicate with one another during a drop.
"Right now, they do not know where each other is in the sky," Benney said. "We're looking in the future for secure (communications) so that each system can say, hey, this is where I am, and this is where I'm going, so that they don't hit each other and can pass each other information that will enhance situational awareness and accuracy.
"You could do -- and we're looking at -- follow the leader, have them fall into a pattern (stack up), which is what some of the (Special Forces) guys want to do."
The airdrop folks also have been dropping lighter-weight JPADS off of unmanned aircraft, which could be the future of aerial delivery.
"It could be an unmanned aircraft that comes by with all these different things," said Benney, "a loitering aircraft in a battle so you can get somebody anything they want right where and when they want it, very quickly."
Benney knows what airdrop customers are after in the long run.
"They want street corner and rooftop accuracy," Benney said. "Ultimately, we want to be able to go down Third Avenue, take a left on A Street and land right in front of the door."
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Our new FENSA MTC Cards recently dropped onto the door mat. As the new compliance of FENSA it shows the identity of the window and door installer/surveyor and the scheme stores the details of the experience and qualifications that have been achieved by the card holder. In September 2012 the DCLG (Department for Communities & Local Governments) agreed the new measure of competency for installers and surveyors of replacement windows and doors in domestic properties. Therefore having to comply with Minimal Techinal Competencies (MTCs).
FENSA has enforced the transition to MTC Cards for its 2015 deadline by giving the option for its window and door installers to complete the process through the experience route or the qualification route. The Experience Route for the MTC Card was only relevant for those with a minimum of 2 years in the industry.This form of assessment combined site visits and inspections with online tests at an approved assessment centre. Surveying and Installing qualifications needed to be taken seperately. The assessment then needs to be completed every 5 years.
The Qualification Route means that a minimum of NVQ Level 2- for Installers, and Level 3 -for Surveyors had been achieved.
So the benefits for the domestic customer are visible evidence of Minimal Technical Compentances in the form of being able to ask to see an MTC Card. This obviously enables the customer added peace of mind with proof of ID and that a surveyor/installer at their home has been monitered and considered to be compliant with testing. Though the question is will customers actually be aware of the scheme in order to request compliance of it to a company?
From a companies point of view the MTC gives recognition to the current skills, knowledge and competance of their staff and company and the card itself gives proof of meeting with the MTC requirements. In theory for staff it can allow greater employability with the proof to a prospective employer of knowledge and that a qualification has been achieved.
Though many companies will argue that its just another tick box compliance enforced to bump up FENSA's revenue if it helps to define the bonafide installer from the rougue trader then surely it can only be of benefit to the window and door industry.


Argentine international Matias Kranevitter has reportedly agreed to join Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg.
It's been a busy few weeks for the Russian team. And it's gotten even busier. According to Cesar Luis MERLO of TyC Sports, the Sevilla midfielder has agreed to join Roberto MANCINI's team. He will fly out on Friday where he will undergo his medical on Saturday. AS in Spain later confirmed the news, stating that KRANEVITTER (signed to Atletico but spent last season on loan under current Argentina National Team coach Jorge SAMPAOLI's then Sevilla) has joined Zenit.
Está confirmado que Matías Kranevitter jugará en el Zenit. Mañana se sube al 🛫 y el sábado se hará la revisión médica.
As we reported on Thursday, both KRANEVITTER and PEZZELLA (also based in Spain) were being linked to a move to Russia.
I think they can eventually play in the same team as their profile is slightly different: Ascacibar is a ball-winner defensive midfielder, his style is closed to Maschereno. Kranevitter is a more controller midfield who plays in front of the defense, pretty much like Busquets and Motta. His job is to protect his defenders. Paredes is a Regista like Pirlo and Xabi Alonso, he is creative and can create a lot of opportunites for his teammates.
Of all the players have gone there, I think Kranevitter has the lowest chance of succeeding. Because I don't think In a 3 men midfield you can play Paredes, Kranevitter and ascasiber together. So doesn't matter if it's a 2 or a 3 men midfield, one of these guys will miss out, unless magically Paredes develops into a attacking midfielder.
Veron talked about problems with the transfer as Zenit has plentifull on the position. He is expectating renew of offers from Frankfurt, Leipzig, Lisbon.
Paredes , Kranevitter,Ascacibar vs Banega,Pizarro, Montoya ???
This would be an interesting battle I think,Zenit would be stronger defensively but Sevilla would be overall more dynamic and fluid offensively.
But as far as there is 6 of them they should'nt have big problems with acclimatization. I mean it's just like little Argentina in big Russia.
All the players somewhat involved in NT senior or junior. Rigoni called up by Sampaoli for canceled game against Bolivia. Kranevitter once NT player. Driussi U17 U20 as far.
Haha, Messi is next! Honestly, the way things are going, this might not be all that terrible. Paredes, Mammana, Ascacibar and Kranevitter have a chance (some more than others) to make the World Cup. If they can get some minutes together in the season, it's not bad at all.
Of course I would have preferred they play elsewhere and not in Russia.
Cristian Pavon and Martin Menitez from Independiente linked with several European clubs.
So he is number 6. Paredes, Driussi, Mammana, Ascacibar, Rigoni, Kranevitter. Messi is next.
3 Argentina defensive midfielders in one team?
Mancini plays a conservative midfield. Medel-Melo in Inter, De Jong-Barry in City at first, but changed it when Toure blossomed as box to box.