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Welcome to the Old West of Billy the Kid!
Billy the Kid is arguably one of the most controversial figures in Old West history. Even leading historians can't agree on what his real name was or when and where he was actually born. In some historical circles, there is even some controversy surrounding the circumstances of his death.
This page represents an ongoing investigation into the controversial enigma that was Billy the Kid. I invite you, the reader, to share your thoughts about this page as well as offer any contributions you may have on the history of one of the Old West's most controversial figures — Billy the Kid.
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Books on Billy the Kid:
The Lincoln County War, A Documentary History
by Frederick Nolan
The legend of the Lincoln County War in New Mexico and its most romantic figure, Billy the Kid, holds a special place in the history of the American West. Fueled by greed, propelled by religious and racial prejudice, inflamed by liquor and firearms, the war was a struggle to the death for the economic domination of a region where both sides saw enormous opportunity for acquiring wealth. In the end, neither side won and both suffered tremendous losses, human and financial.
John Tunstall, the McSweens, Jimmy Dolan, Billy the Kid, the Hispanic townspeople of Lincoln, the outsiders who tried to understand what was happening and restore law and order to the strife-torn territory–all speak out, and Frederick Nolan weaves their stories and opinions together with his own insightful commentary to produce a seamless, immensely readable account enlivened with eighty-three photographs and three maps.
Selected by True West magazine as one of its Fifty Greatest Western Books of the 20th Century, acknowledged to be the fullest and most carefully researched study of perhaps the most famous feud in the history of the American West, Frederick Nolan's masterwork, The Lincoln County War, A Documentary History, the result of fifty years of research, is now presented in a new edition which includes an addendum with corrections and additions, together with a new foreword by the author.
712 pages, Sunstone Press, 2009.
The West of Billy the Kid
Nolan's book is a comprehensive study of the Kid, his companions and his enemies, as well as the struggles, corruption and violence in New Mexico Territory before, after and during the Lincoln County War. Equally impressive is the collection of more than 210 photographs and maps, many published for the first time.
368 pages, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life
by Robert M. Utley
Whatever his name or alias at the moment—Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, Billy Bonney—people always called him the Kid. Not until his final month did anyone call him Billy the Kid. Newspapers pictured him as a king of outlaws; and his highly publicized capture, trial, escape, and end fixed his image in the public mind for all time. He was only twenty-one years old when a bullet from Sheriff Pat Garett's six-shooter killed him on July 14, 1881. Within a year Billy the Kid became the subject of five dime-novel "biographies" as well as Garett's ghost-written account, and that was just the beginning.
Robert M. Utley does what countless books, movies, television shows, musical compositions, and paintings have failed to do: he successfully strips off the veneer of legendry to expose the reality of Billy the Kid. Using previously untapped sources, he presents an engrossing story—the most complete and accurate ever—of a youthful hoodlum and sometime killer who found his calling in New Mexico's bloody power struggle known as the Lincoln County War. In unmasking the legend Utley also tells us much about our heritage of frontier vigilantism and violence.
328 pages, Bison Books; Reprint edition, 1991.
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner
The saga of Billy the Kid and his nemesis, Pat Garrett, has been the subject of numerous fanciful books and several very bad movies. So it is both useful and interesting to read this well-researched and, one hopes, relatively accurate account of the Lincoln County War and the two most famous participants in it. The center of the account is Garrett's pursuit and execution of the Kid after he escaped from the Lincoln County courthouse jail. Fortunately, Gardner precedes that account with an engrossing examination of the lives of both men and the political and economic milieu of nineteenth-century New Mexico. He effectively uses primary sources, although those sources are often contradictory and reflect the views of competing Lincoln County factions. The portrait of the Kid, surprisingly, conforms to his popular image as a ruthless killer who could also be charming. Garrett is seen as ambitious, laconic, and coldly efficient. This is a fine effort to de-mystify a legendary episode in the history of the American West. — Jay Freeman
336 pages, William Morrow; 1 edition, 2010.
Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave
by W. C. Jameson
Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave traces the life of this famous desperado through his role in the Lincoln County War, the alleged killing by Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy's escape, and his life for the next sixty-nine years. In 1948, an old man named William Henry Roberts was confronted with evidence that he was Billy the Kid. At first he denied his identity, but reluctantly admitted who he was. Based on taped interviews with Roberts, new evidence discovered in the 1990s, and sophisticated photo comparison technology by the FBI, the conclusion that Roberts was Billy the Kid gains support.
184 pages, Taylor Trade Publishing; Reprint edition, 2008.
Billy the Kid:The Lost Interviews
The long-lost interviews with William Henry Roberts, alias Henry Antrim, Henry McCarty, Billy Bonney, and Billy the Kid, have been found and for the first time in history are presented here in their entirety. In 1949 investigator William V. Morrison, along with folklorist and writer Dr. C.L. Sonnichsen, determined that Roberts, then eighty-nine years old, was, in truth, the outlaw Billy the Kid, the famous badman many believed to have been shot and killed by sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on July 14, 1881. W.C. Jameson, a leading authority on Bill the Kid, provides two introductory chapters detailing the circumstances which led to the identification of Roberts as Billy the Kid as well as the events leading up top the discovery of the lost interviews tapes.
152 pages, Garlic Press Publishing, 2012.
A Fitting Death for Billy the Kid
by Ramon F. Adams
The author set out to write not so much a biography as a commentary on a myth, sifting legend and tall tale and outright lie to arrive at the truth about the seemingly immortal Billy the Kid.
310 pages, University of Oklahoma Press; New edition edition, 1982.
History of the Lincoln County War
by Maurice G. Fulton
This book is a great description of the events surrounding the Lincoln County War, which is an absolutely fascinating case study of lawlessness in the American West. Although the author's bias is clear–and probably warranted–the entire series of events is well documented and the writing very accessible. To his credit, the author refuses to fall into the trap of making Billy the Kid–who was just a minor figure–the star of the show. Billy remains a background figure almost throughout and the real players in the drama are made memorable. This book does rely very heavily on excerpts from the self-serving letter writing campaign going on during the events.
433 pages, University of Arizona Press; Reprint edition, 1980.
In the Shadow of Billy the Kid: Susan McSween and the Lincoln County War
by Kathleen P. Chamberlain
The events of July 19, 1878, marked the beginning of what became known as the Lincoln County War and catapulted Susan McSween and a young cowboy named Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, into the history books. The so-called war, a fight for control of the mercantile economy of southeastern New Mexico, is one of the most documented conflicts in the history of the American West, but it is an event that up to now has been interpreted through the eyes of men. As a woman in a man's story, Susan McSween has been all but ignored. This is the first book to place her in a larger context. Clearly, the Lincoln County War was not her finest hour, just her best known. For decades afterward, she ran a successful cattle ranch. She watched New Mexico modernize and become a state. And she lived to tell the tales of the anarchistic territorial period many times.
312 pages, University of New Mexico Press; First Edition edition, 2013.
The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
by Pat F. Garrett
Garrett, the Sheriff of Lincoln County and Billy's ultimate arbiter of justice, provides an incredible, firsthand account of the small-town kid who became a killer in The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid. Written just eight months after killing Billy in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, during a happenstance meeting in the home of Pete Maxwell, this fascinating, sensational book takes us play-by-play through Billy's life. From his earliest days in New York and eventual move west to his adventures in Mexico and repeated arrests and escapes, this original account tells all.
138 pages, Skyhorse Publishing, 2011.
History Sites:
Billy the Kid: Outlaw Legend: An information packed site and also one with lots of photos. All of this material has been very nicely organized for convenience in navigating. Also, if you have a website on Billy or any of the other bad guys of the Old West, you can join the BadHombres Web Ring through this site. I did.
General History of Hico, Texas: "The original town of Hico (pronunced, "High- Koe") was founded in 1856 on Honey Creek, a most picturesque and historical stream that flows into the Bosque River. Hico was named by J.R. Alford, after his old home town of Hico, Kentucky."
Larry Buchanan's Links Page: A page of links to Billy the Kid history and other Old West sites.
Second Leader of the House: Not much information here, but the page does contain some good vintage photos of Bob Olinger, James Dolan and his wife.
Travel Sites:
Billy the Kid's Graves: This domain name advertises itself as being "Your online guide to offbeat attractions," but it is off by one year on the Kid's death year, which was supposedly 1881. Still, an interesting site with some useful information that is well worth the click.
American West Travelogue: A travel site on the West and a good one at that. Site includes a search engine and a drop-down categorized list of links. Or, you can browse the list of links of places to go in the West. Includes Alaska.
Weather.com for Fort Sumner, NM: Before visiting one of Billy's favorite New Mexico haunts, get the weather report from the internet's leading meteorological site.
Miscellaneous Sites:
Billy the Kid and Me: Musician and music writer Larry Buchanan reminisces about his Billy the Kid related encounters and experiences with various entertainers, poets and fellow muscians, including the set from Young Guns. A truly entertaining site.
The ReadWest Foundation, Incorporated "The ReadWest Foundation, Incorporated, a 501 c 3 organization, recognizes the strong, unique roots that Western literature has in America, and strives to not only preserve it, but to enhance it's presence as the most colorful, adventurous, dramatic, and character rich genre the literary world has to offer. Though we realize that the genre exists in many art forms, we begin with honoring it's literature.
Outlaw's bid for a pardon is DOA: "These days, nobody wants to talk about pardons for outlaws, even when they've entered genial American folklore. And at least Billy the Kid never made anything like the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, as Rich did upon fleeing our country amid charges of the biggest tax evasion in U.S. history."
All of the confirmed and documented kills of Billy the Kid:
Frank Cahill in Bonita, a civilian settlement near Camp Grant, Arizona on August 17, 1877.
The following account of this shooting appeared in the Arizona Weekly Star six days after the event:
Frank P. Cahill was shot by Henry Antrim alias Kid at Camp Grant on the 17th, and died on the 18th. The following are the dying words of the deceased:
I, Frank P. Cahill, being convinced that I am about to die, do make the following as my final statement: My name is Frank P. Cahill. I was born in the county and town of Galway, Ireland. Yesterday, Aug. 17th, 1877, I had some trouble with Henry Antrem, otherwise known as Kid, during which he shot me. I had called him a pimp, and he called me a son of a bitch, we then took hold of each other: I did not hit him, I think: saw him go for his pistol, and tried to get hold of it, but could not and he shot me in the belly. I have a sister named Margaret Flannigan living at East Cambridge, Mass., and another named Kate Conden, living in San Francisco.
Sheriff William Brady in Lincoln, New Mexico, Monday, April 1, 1878.
On this date Sheriff Brady and his deputy George Hindman were shot down and killed by members of the Regulators, of which Billy the Kid was a member of. This was a pivotal event in the escalation of the Lincoln County War. The shooting took place just as Brady and a group of his deputies, four men in all, walked past an adobe wall behind which the Kid and his Regulators lay in ambush.
Juan Peppin, who was about eleven years old at the time of the incident and whose father, George Peppin, was one of the deputies walking with Brady on that day, recalled the following account of the incident in 1930 in a deposition to Maurice Garland Fulton:
[That morning] I was doing some work on a fence my father, George Peppin, was building on our place, just outside the town of Lincoln at the west. My father had gone to the Murphy store. About 9 o'clock I heared shooting in the town, but did not give it much thought until someone came by the house with the news that Sheriff Brady had been killed. As my father was one of his deputies, I thought it more than likely that he had been with the Sheriff. So I left my work and went into town. Seeing a large number of people in the vicinity of the Tunstall store, I went there. I saw Major Brady lying on his back in the street dead, all covered with blood, and one of his deputies, George Hindman, lying mortally wounded a few yards further along the street. My father was alive but had had a narrow escape.
From hearing him tell about it, I am able to give what happened just before I came on the scene. A fellow by the name of Henry, Brown I believe was his last name, had created a disturbance at the east end of the town and Sheriff Brady had set out to arrest him, accompanied by George Hindman, Billy Mathews and my father. They were walking down the street abreast, my father being nearest the side of the street on which the Tunstall store was. Sheriff Brady came next, then George Hindman, and finally Billy Mathews. These four had just passed the gateway to the corral, when five or six of the McSween men fired at them from behind the adobe wall of the corral. These men slipped into town during the night and placed themselves in the corral. They had drilled port holes in the east wall of the corral, so they could level their rifles through them. Brady and Hindman fell, as I have said, but Billy Mathews and my father ran for their lives and got protection behind a house on the opposite side of the street. It is generally believed that Billy the Kid took a shot at Billy Mathews but did not come closer to him than to splinter the door facing where he stood. My father saw Billy the Kid go ut and try to take Brady's rifle, but a shot from Billy Mathews put a stop to his attempt. Green Wilson was working in his garden, and a stray bullet strck him in the rear.
Bob Bell and Bob Olinger in Lincoln, New Mexico on April 28, 1881.
Bob Bell and Bob Olinger were deputies for Sheriff Pat Garrett. On April 27th Garrett had left Lincoln on business away from town, leaving his two deputies in charge of the Kid who was in the Lincoln County courthouse awaiting his hanging for various murders, including that of Sheriff Brady, which was scheduled for May 13th. By means of which remain a mystery to this day, Billy obtained a revolver with which he killed deputy Bell. He then immediately seized Bob Olinger's shotgun and used it to kill the deputy, thus making way for his notorious escape. The following is an eyewitness account by Gottfried Gauss, who was a building caretaker in Lincoln:
I was crossing the yard behind the courthouse when I heard a shot fired, then a tussle upstairs in the courthouse, I saw the other deputy sheriff, Olinger, coming out of the hotel opposite, with the four or five other county prisoners, where they had taken their dinner. I called to him to come quick. He did so, leaving his prisoners in front of the hotel. When he had come close up to me, and while standing not more than a yard apart, I told him that I was just after laying Bell dead on the ground in the yard behind. Before he could reply, he was struck by a well-directed shot fired from a window above us, and fell dead at my feet. I ran for my life to reach my room and safety, when Bill the Kid called to me: "Don't run, I wouldn't hurt you–I am alone, and master not only of the courthouse, but also of the town, for I will allow nobody to come near us." "You go," he said, "and saddle one of Judge[Ira} Leonard's horses, and I will clear out as soon as I can have the shackles loosened from my legs." With a little prospecting pick I had thrown to him through the window he was working for at least an hour, and could not accomplish more than to free one leg. He came to the conclusion to await a better chance, tie one shackle to his waistbelt, and start out. Meanwhile I had saddled a small skittish pony belonging to Billy Burt [the County Clerk], as there was no other horse available, and had also, by Billy's command, tied a pair of red blankets behind the saddle…
When Billy went down stairs at last, on passing the body of Bell he said, "I'm sorry I had to kill him but couldn't help it." On passing the body of Olinger he gave him a tip with his boot, saying "You are not going to round me up again." … And so Billy the Kid started out that evening, after he had shaken hands with everybody around and after having had a little difficulty in mounting on account of the shackle on his leg, he went on his way rejoicing.
Did Billy the Kid Die As An Old Man in Hico, Texas?
For well over a century the history of the authentic life and death of Billy the Kid has been based largely on the account of one man — Patrick Floyd Garrett. But in 1950 a salty old character in Hico, Texas emerged who shook the very fondations of what current day historians know and believe. His name was William Henry Roberts, and he carried some mighty good credentials to back up who he claimed to be — Billy the Kid.
Click on The Legend of Brushy Bill Roberts to read his story.
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Sir David Adjaye OBE to receive 2021 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
His practice, Adjaye Associates, was founded in 2000 and today has studios in Accra, London and New York, with projects across the world.
Portrait © Nick Fradkin; Smithsonian National Museum for African American Arts and Culture, Washington © Nic Lehoux; Moscow School of Management © Iwan Baan
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce that Sir David Adjaye will receive the 2021 Royal Gold Medal, one of the world's highest honours for architecture.
The Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty The Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence 'either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture'.
Sir David Adjaye has achieved international attention for an exceptional body of work over 25 years. Drawing on his cited influences including 'contemporary art, music and science to African art forms and the civic life of cities', his completed projects range from private houses, exhibitions and furniture design, through to major cultural buildings and city masterplans. From the start of his career he has combined practice with teaching in schools of architecture in the UK and the USA, including professorships at the universities of Harvard, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Princeton.
Adjaye Associates are most well-known for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington, DC (2016), where they were lead designer of the Freelon Adjaye/Bond SmithGroup. Other completed projects include Ruby City, an art centre in San Antonio, Texas (2019); the Alara Concept Store in Lagos (2016); the Sugar Hill Mixed Use Development (housing, museum, community facilities and offices) in Harlem, New York (2015); the Aishti Foundation, a mixed use retail and arts centre in Beirut, Lebanon (2015); two neighbourhood libraries in Washington, DC (both 2012); the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo in Russia (2010); the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, Colorado (2007); the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Norway (2005); Rivington Place arts centre in Hackney, London (2007); and the Idea Stores – two community libraries in London (2004, 2005).
Current projects include a new home for The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York in collaboration with Cooper Robertson; 130 William, a high-rise residential tower in New York's financial district; the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Dakar, Senegal; the Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey in collaboration with Cooper Robertson; the George Street Sydney Plaza in Sydney, Australia; The Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi; Winter Park Library and Events Center in Winter Park, Florida; the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, London led by Adjaye Associates, with Ron Arad Architects as Memorial Architect, and Gustafson Porter + Bowman as Landscape Architect; the Royal Benin Museum in Benin City, Nigeria; the National Cathedral of Ghana in Accra; and the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library in Johannesburg, South Africa.
On hearing the news that he will receive the Royal Gold Medal in 2021, Sir David Adjaye said:
"It's incredibly humbling and a great honour to have my peers recognise the work I have developed with my team and its contribution to the field over the past 25 years. Architecture, for me, has always been about the creation of beauty to edify all peoples around the world equally and to contribute to the evolution of the craft. The social impact of this discipline has been and will continue to be the guiding force in the experimentation that informs my practice. A heartfelt and sincere moment of gratitude and thanks to all the people who supported the journey to get to this moment."
RIBA President Alan Jones said:
"It was my absolute pleasure and honour to chair the committee and be involved in selecting Sir David Adjaye as the 2021 Royal Gold Medallist.
At every scale, from private homes to major arts centres, one senses David Adjaye's careful consideration of the creative and enriching power of architecture. His work is local and specific and at the same time global and inclusive. Blending history, art and science he creates highly crafted and engaging environments that balance contrasting themes and inspire us all. I believe his both practising and teaching in schools of architecture has significantly enriched his work. His artistic and social vision has created public projects that perfectly demonstrate the civic potential of architecture – fostering empathy, identity and pride.
David's contribution to architecture and design globally is already astounding, and I am excited that we have so much more of it to look forward to."
Sir David Adjaye was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to architecture, following an OBE in 2007. As a student, he won the 1993 RIBA Bronze Medal for the best design project worldwide; in 2006 his Idea Store Whitechapel was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the best building of the year. He has won RIBA International Awards for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (2008) and the Francis Gregory Library and William. O Lockridge/Bellevue Library in Washington DC (both 2013).
The 2021 Royal Gold Medal selection committee, chaired by RIBA President Alan Jones, comprised: architects Lesley Lokko, Dorte Mandrup and last year's Royal Gold Medal recipient Shelley McNamara and structural engineer Professor Hanif Kara.
Citation on Sir David Adjaye by the 2021 RIBA Honours Committee:
Through his work as an architect Sir David Adjaye speaks confidently across cultures, disciplines, politics and continents. His body of work is global and local, finely attuned as it reflects and responds to context and community, climate and culture.
The lessons Adjaye learned through his initial series of conceptual and sensuous dwellings set boldly against and within the shifting landscape of central London have been disassembled and reconfigured as he has realised wider, civic public and social spaces of cities across the world. Listening to clients and users and often working with artists, Adjaye's work is contradictory and yet coherent, contrasting and courageous, setting up and balancing elegance and grit, weightlessness and weight, dark and light.
Adjaye has combined practice and teaching in schools of architecture around the world and championed civic representation through public discourse. He is dedicated to communicating and creating architecture that is both personal and inspired by culture and the stories of people's lives, realising places that offer new layers of empathy, experience and engagement.
His work reveals a core belief in the generative power of architecture. In a world that has become polarised he brings politics, art and science together with architecture, as he works to create a better future. The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC united his many architectural and cultural agendas and expressed the role architecture can play in pluralism.
Adjaye is a singular and timely talent and a strong reminder of the insightful and integrative role of the architect.
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'It is under construction today; [and] we hope to have the first units by the end of fall,' Bradley said. 'We are moving dirt right now and hoping to build the foundations soon.
'I think the biggest thing we're looking for are amenities that can't be repeated everywhere,' he said. 'Everybody can add a pool, a fitness center or a pet park. But not everybody can develop in an area that has a walkability factor, that has access to the interstate and to so many different jobs in such a small area. For us that's such a key component of a successful project.'
Bradley said the developers are working on easements to provide access to the greenway.
'That walkability factor, for people to be able to walk or bike to that Kroger, is very important to overall quality of life,' he said.
As for the target market, Bradley said, 'It is a broad range, but it is kind of specific. We are seeing baby boomers on one end and millennials at the other end -- baby boomers not wanting to be tied down to a mortgage, to be flexible. The millennials are the same way; they're tired of maintaining a yard, they like the maintenance-free living.'
The Class A development is said to be one of a few of its kind in the Knoxville area.
'The property will have eight three-story residential buildings and two two-story carriage buildings,' Bradley said.
Carriage units are appealing because they offer a bit more privacy and direct access to a garage directly beneath, according to Bradley.
'And it will feature a clubhouse, resort-style pool with raised deck, outdoor entertainment area, 24-hour fitness center with gym-quality equipment, courtyards and pet park,' he said. '[There will be] gathering areas for neighbors to get to know each other. Both segments are really drawn to that, and we're seeing that across the South.'
The large multi-deck pool area will have three or four private cabanas,' he added. 'There's the clubhouse, which has a large covered area and a club room. We're seeing millennials really liking spaces to work from home. We set up Wi-Fi around our amenity areas; a resident can come down on a sunny day like today and work by the pool.'
Inside the apartments, the developers are planning high-end finishes, including granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
The garden-style apartments will offer a mix of one-, two- or three-bedroom units.
'It's fairly typical; more folks are attracted to one bedroom,' Bradley said. 'About percent are one-bedroom, about 50 percent are two-bedrooms and 10 percent will be three-bedrooms. That has a lot to do with the demographic; we're not seeing a lot of families that are drawn to this kind of product.'
Each apartment will be a little over 1,000 square feet. Rents will be $1,200-$1,250 a month, on average.
Bradley talked about the shift toward grandparents moving closer to their children and grandchildren, without the inflexibility of a mortgage.
'Apartments are no longer being chosen from a price-point issue,' he said. 'They are choosing to live in an apartment instead or purchasing a house.'
Once the units are available to rent, Rand Property Management of Atlanta will manage the property.
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David Strange and Keith Melton are managing directors with Walker & Dunlop Nashville and led the financing efforts to secure the HUD loan.
'Population growth for a three-mile radius around the Vintage Emory apartments site from 2000 to 2010 was up 19 percent, with current and projected growth of 5 percent,' according to a market study the company commissioned in 2014, Strange said.
'Comparable apartment occupancies during our due diligence suggested an occupancy ranging from ... 93 percent to 98 percent, with an average occupancy of 95 percent,' he added.
Strange also noted that he had seen an uptick in apartment development over the past few years, with a greater demand over the past year for HUD financing because of banks' tightening regulatory requirements and concerns about interest-rate inflation.


We finished up Lesson 14 and I just wanted to give some overall feedback about the best and worst of this week.
First up are my thoughts on the benefit of playing with our kids.
I pray and hope that by having our ready made plans this week you have had more time to enjoy the moments that matter.
I recently read a post by a friend that realized the importance of playing with her kids. She spoke about how quickly their time will go and how much she wants to value their time at home. I instantly related thinking about all the times, my kids ask me, "Momma will you play with me?" In which, my busy momma voice tells me, "No, you don't have time for that." But the truth is, I just don't make that a priority because I feel like house and school call louder than them.
When Tony was 8 months old I met a women at a store and she told me how her kids were grown. They were all 17+ at that time, choosing careers and such.
She saw me exasperated with colicky baby, exhaustion and hurry in my eyes and she said, "I kept the cleanest house when they were young, now I only wish I would have cleaned less and spent more time with them." Those words stung me. Here I was worried about the day's tasks and less worried about my time with him. I prayed at that moment that I would always remember that woman and her random advise.
Then a few years later my amazing mentor/ best friend, Judy, sent me an article from Scientific American Mind. I've never laid hands on the actual magazine, but the words seemed so true for my own kids.
I paid attention again. It spoke about how "free play" helped develop an ability for our kids to get along, to problem solve, to think through obstacles. From that moment on, I vowed to allow them to make messes and play with all things.
I copied it in in case you want to read it. I don't agree wholeheartedly with all of it, but it does have some very interesting points on play.
So my all time best thing I did with my kids this week? I spent Friday morning playing with them, enjoying the train tracks we made and was just blessed to home school so I could fit that in.
Thank you Lord for helping me realize this home school is more about hearing You than accomplishing my plans.
And yes, we did do our catch up stuff today which was all a part of Day 3 (Geography and Math).
First we made our measurement chart and talked about what things we measure with: cm, in, ft, and mi. I also drew out each one on the chart to show them how "1" of each is completely different. This is very important for the younger ones because they instantly equate quantity with value, ie: 6 cm is greater than 5 in. It was a great way for them to visualize the differences.
We then went through ads in the newspaper and cut out items that fell in each category. Here is a sheet I made for miles as it's difficult to find those in a newspaper ad.
Our chart and items that fell under each category. Notice the 1 ____ drawings I made of each. Great visual comparison because I saw Tony's brain click when we talked about the lines.
Onto our Geography card game.
This week we placed them in cups and on spoons. Then we talked about each one and looked at the map, matching it up to our globe and thinking about the picture.
We then mixed them up and he had to place them in the right cups again. Very simple, but very fun! For a free pdf download of my geography cards, click here.
He was so proud each time he was able to get them right.
Hint of the day: I placed rocks in them so the spoons stood straight up. See below.
The best thing we did this week was this Rock Candy Experiment! Look what we have growing in just four days! So much fun! If I did it over again I wouldn't add flavoring- it taste too strong. But the growing crystals are really fun to watch.
I had it under my additional activities for Day 1, Lesson 14.
Here's his science journal. He drew a picture of Day 1, and Day 3 and will draw again on day 5 and 7.
The worst? You guessed it. The granite rock replica. I am proud to say this was not my idea. :) But regardless, I still thought it would be so much fun to make a replica of a countertop. Yeah well, I'd suggest skipping it and just going with the rock cooking recipe instead.
As for the next round of lessons, I'm going to do all the experiments before putting them in the plans. :) I know it's a no brainer. I plan to have them done by Saturday of next week. :) I will also take pictures and add them to the lesson plan files so you can see visual step by step instructions.
And one more great tip for the weekend, I had a reader post a great way to post the grammar work in the classroom.
The foam hand prints are "helping verbs"- don't you love it?
And last but not least, my sweet kiddos performing our Geography song/ chant for you.


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Former MP Harsha Kumar joined TDP in the presence of Chandrababu Naidu during the party meeting in Kakinada on Sunday.
Harsha Kumar informed that he joined the Ruling Party unconditionally. He, however, offered to contest in the upcoming elections if TDP Leadership grants him ticket.
The Ex-MP alleged attempts have been made to destroy the evidence after the murder of YS Vivekananda Reddy. He told YCP can seek CBI inquiry if it's not happy with the investigation of the AP Police.
Harsha Kumar is likely to be TDP Candidate for Amalapuram Lok Sabha Constituency. Chandrababu Naidu preferred this Ex-MP after the exit of Sitting MP Ravindra Babu.
GMC Balayogi's Son Harish was preferred for Amalapuram Assembly Constituency instead of MP Segment. MLA Candidates didn't approve the candidature of Harish for MP Seat.


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I notice from the flyer about the Richard III visit in Leicester that the price for the visit was missed off the bottom of the flyer.
Please note that the price to cover the Visitor Centre, Cathedral tour and Discovery tour is £16 per person in total.
Please do contact me if you would like to book this event.


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How to Approve Egnyte's Kernel Extension in macOS High Sierra and Mojave
MacOS High Sierra and Mojave include a new feature that requires user approval before loading any third party's kernel extension, including the one installed with the Egnyte Desktop App.
Egnyte's kernel extension is used to serve up a fully functional file system that is populated with content from the cloud without the user needing to store every file that they have access to on their machine.
Ensure you can use the Desktop App
After installing the Egnyte Desktop App, you may see a message titled System Extension Blocked for a system extension signed by Egnyte Inc. (similar to what is shown in the screenshot below).
If you see this, you will need to navigate to System Preferences, choose Security & Privacy, and approve Egnyte's kernel extension by selecting the Allow option next to the message saying that system software from Egnyte was blocked. To do this, you will have to ensure you click the padlock icon on the bottom left of the window to allow changes.
Clicking Allow must be done via physical access to the machine. The Allow option is disabled when accessing Security & Privacy settings via remote access (e.g., through a screenshare session).
This approval UI is only present in the Security & Privacy preferences pane for 30 minutes after the alert. Until the user approves the KEXT, future load attempts will cause the approval UI to reappear in the Security & Privacy preferences but will not trigger another user alert.
For more information on this and how it affects Enterprise App distribution, see Apple's technical note on the topic.


Over the past year, Professor John Davis, Dr Myles Patton and Dr Siyi Feng, economists in the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute have been leading a UK-wide project analysing the impacts of three potential post-Brexit trade scenarios on UK agriculture. The work is funded by the four UK Government administrations.
The results of the project were presented at a recent industry seminar held at AFBI, Hillsborough. Over 100 industry stakeholders attended to hear a summary of the report findings delivered by Dr Myles Patton.
The report represents the first comprehensive UK wide analysis of: 1) a bespoke free trade agreement with the EU, very close to the status quo, 2) a default position, in the absence of an agreement, to adopt World Trade Organisation tariffs and lastly 3) unilateral trade liberalisation by the UK. A broadly-based panel of industry representatives were tasked with discussing the implications under the chairmanship of Dr David Wright of the Irish Farmers Journal (IFJ).
Mrs Deidre McIvor (Ulster Pork and Bacon Forum) and Mr Martyn Blair (UFU Poultry Committee) noted that significant expansion opportunities existed for the pig and poultry sectors but environmental legislation constraints needed to be addressed and potentially considered in the economic model.
Mr Conall Donnelly (Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association), Mr Edward Adamson (National Sheep Association) and Mr Ian Stevenson (Livestock and Meat Commission) agreed that a cheap food policy via unilateral trade liberalisation would have major detrimental impacts on the beef and sheep sectors and that tools to improve productivity and efficiency were urgently needed. In particular, they highlighted the urgent requirement for a coordinated genetic improvement strategy for the sheep and cattle sectors, as well as increased emphasis on improved production and utilisation of grass. The beneficial impacts of the beef and sheep sectors on Northern Ireland's rural society and environment also needed to be taken into consideration.
Dr Mike Johnston (Dairy UK) highlighted the importance of striking the right balance within the dairy product portfolio to build resilience post-Brexit. He advocated a move from the current emphasis on commodity production towards a greater reliance on value added products. In the general discussion session, concerns were expressed that the UK government would be under pressure to introduce a 'cheap food' policy. In such a scenario Mr Barclay Bell (UFU) highlighted the need for support payments to help farm sectors compete in global commodity markets against a flood of imported products produced with much less emphasis on environmental impact or animal welfare. Mr Bell added that consumer behaviours will be key going forward and action should be taken highlight to consumers the benefits of 'buying local'.
The AFBI team will be presenting their work within Westminster to MPs, Peers and senior officials to ensure the findings are reported at the heart of the Brexit negotiations.


Karen Seal, MD, MPH is a professor of medicine and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is based at the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS), where she is director of the Integrated Care Clinic for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans and director of the Integrated Pain Team (IPT) Clinic.
Dr. Seal discusses an ongoing pilot randomized control trial involving veterans with chronic pain and high-risk prescription opioid use, which aims to examine pain- and opioid-related outcomes resulting from biopsychosocial, nonpharmacologic care including motivational interviewing, shared decision-making and "SMART" goal planning as part of a multi-modal pain care plan.
Dr. Seal's research focuses on developing and testing new integrated care interventions to address comorbid mental and physical health problems, including chronic pain and opioid misuse among veterans.


The matter is, if you are like me you are probably prepared to throw up with the quantity of over-the-top, hyped-up marketing tactics used to advertise products such as this and ClickFunnels is no exclusion.
The fact of the matter isthat everything you are going to find is that it is actually a fairly fantastic tool may be useful for each and every internet business owner, regardless of what the niche.
Through this ClickFunnels inspection, I will be breaking everything down for you in a simple to comprehend way so it is possible to observe how ClickFunnels works and begin applying it immediately to get leads to your business.
Additionally, I understand that you are reading this ClickFunnels review because you know your company takes a solution much like this and you are simply not certain this is the ideal fit.
Before continuing with this ClickFunnels Review, let's clarify what a marketing funnel is. In advertising, it is a procedure that requires people who do not understand you and turns them to customers, aka a marketing funnel. In e-commerce, a sales funnel is a group of measures developed to direct a web site visitor into the checkout page.
There is a less dull method of considering it. Step 1: Imagine a funnel. Measure 2: Envision this funnel is really a metaphor, and instead of actual ingredients to pour down the funnel, you have got metaphorical ingredients that you phone traffic or traffic. Your website visitors are looking around, checking things out. Your site is superbly constructed, and your content is topnotch!
Unfortunately, that still does not turn a great deal of your visitors into customers. In a physical store, that's like people walking into your shop but not understanding where the cash register is, so they leave the shop without buying anything. In a physical shop, you can talk your clients into purchasing something. Within a digital store, you might be a little more remote from the consumers. That is where your funnel comes in–it was made to attract your customers' through fundamentals of psychology. The funnel works incremental, draw traffic in closer and nearer until individuals end up in a webpage.
Should you feel that seems cool, you are correct –it has become a huge bargain for internet advertising. Russell Brunson didn't become wealthy by promoting ClickFunnels technologies, but by using it as well.
The creator of ClickFunnels, Russell Brunson, is as famous as his creation, and for good reason. He has made a fortune, but not just from ClickFunnels, but other advertisements experiences. He performed with email advertising for some time, and eventually started to master sales funnels.
ClickFunnels started out as a means to assist Brunson and his team produce funnels more quickly for different ventures, as creating funnels would normally take weeks. However they soon realized their creation would be helpful to other people and had great potential for a commodity.
In terms of design — the overall look and texture of your articles — ClickFunnels treats you to a great choice of templates which are beautiful. Not only can these save a lot of work and time, you also have the confidence that these templates are tested and are proven to convert. Again, Brunson started the tool to empower his own salespeople and entrepreneurs sell more goods.
It's likely to create membership sites. Following your prospects register, they could get access to exclusive membership locations.
As you can see, the pros definitely outweigh the cons. A few of the cons are rather nitpicky, such as the URLs being cluttered, but that is more of a personal taste than anything. I'm conscious that there are many other landing page builders which we will utilize, for example Thrive Architect from Thrive Themes. For me personally, I've discovered the funnel measure integration to be some of the simplest funnel software to design however.
Using TA, you will want to design the page, then connect to the subsequent pages in the sequence and it's performed inside WordPress. While I adore Thrive and their subjects, I truly do think ClickFunnels is inherently simpler to use than TA, but it comes in a monthly price.
Like I alluded to, there's a great deal of methods to prepare a perfect funnel. Firms are different, therefore it is not surprising ClickFunnels supplies some choices in building your perfect funnel.
Lead Capture Funnel: This kind of sales funnel lets you capture email addresses of your website's visitors. The funnel's chief objective is to assist in improving your mailing list. Subsequently, this list could be utilized as a constant customer touchpoint as well as an avenue where you are able to market your services and products to prospective customers via email. This type of funnel works for any company!
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Webinar Funnel: Webinars are a excellent way to provide more value and engage prospective customers. This very valuable sales funnel boosts your webinars or internet events. Lots of bloggers come to Growth Marketing Guru to find out best practices for webinars — they are seriously popular sales tools today.
Survey Funnel: This funnel has two major functions. The very first one is going to be to allow you to engage your prospects by having them answer survey questions. Second, you get more insight of who your prospects are through surveys. All these, then, help you understand your potential clients and create pages or content which are more conducive to your intended audience.
Together with ClickFunnels, making your sales funnel is simple. Simply select from a lot of pre-made funnels, then select the template layout you would like, and Clickfunnels will produce all of the pages to you.
As it is possible to utilize ClickFunnels to execute a lot of things such as marketing automation and membership sites, their potency is the core revenue funnel builder that I think is the finest in the company.
Ultimately it boils down to if ClickFunnels is ideal for you or not and it depends entirely on your particular requirements. If you're searching to build just a couple of landing pages to build your email list, you most likely do not want ClickFunnels.


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The first KL Children's Book Fair 2010, which was held at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) for five days, was truly an experience to remember.
120 exhibitors took part in the fair, with a total of 250 booths.
A day before the book fair, we were in PWTC to set up our booth.
Books were arranged neatly on the shelves and display stands. We even had a TV set up!
As the booth was up and ready, the KWY team was all geared up to start business with gusto.
The opening ceremony was officiated by Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mahmud, Education Director General, on behalf of Y.B. Datuk Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong, Deputy Minister of Education.
Our booth received a good flow of customers throughout the 5-day event, especially during the Christmas weekend. The variety of books and posters that we displayed brought smiles to parents and took away their worries of finding good quality reading materials for their precious little ones.
We will be closed on 25 December 2010.
Please be informed that the entrance to our office is now at No. 15. (See map below.) Kindly use this new main entrance with effect from 23 August 2010 (Monday). The old entrance at No. 12, 14 and 16 will no longer be opened. Thank you.
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We have taken this event a step ahead this time with a Bangla Mela. We hope to have volunteers setup stalls (standard 6'x2' table will be made available). Stalls can showcase Bangla Culture and Heritage, it may show Local Business interests, it can even serve food.
We will consider all possible stall ideas from you - and we shall try our best to incorporate that. Please fill out the Mela sign up form below if you are interested in participating.
All commercial stalls (for example, if it is for business, or, say, selling food items), will be adjusted a nominal $50 rental per table, for the evening. No cooking of any sort will be allowed in the premises.


New Years Day photos from around the world - 2010!
Here you'll find photos from all over the world, but all taken on New Year's Day 2010.
Everyone has a different way of celebrating New Year. And possibly you took a few photos on New Year's Day 2010?
I'm hoping to gather a collection of photos from places the world over . . .
. . . with one theme running through - all taken on the same day.
Submit your photo using the form below, tell us a little about it - where you took it, what it shows, how you celebrate New Year . . .
And by the way, you might be interested to see some of the photos submitted last year. Click here to see the New Year's Day 2009 photos.
Visitors Comments . . .
Happy new year from Chandan Bharti.
The world's tallest building, Burj Dubai, set to open.
I was just walking that day & it is unusual to see no activity in the rail yard so I snapped this.
I have lots of water where I live. I usually take pictures of what is happening around me. These fishermen are looking for what they can get for food.


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The Oregon Edge: Duck Defense v. TCU Defense
Evan Markel December 15, 2015 Analysis, Fish Reports
Last week I investigated the Oregon defense by comparing key metrics over the past 10 years. In doing so, I was able to discover how the Ducks have evolved on the defensive side of the ball. By establishing a baseline comparison to past performance I can now confidently compare the 2015 defense to other Oregon teams.
Because team offense has an implicit effect on team defense, it is befitting to compare the Oregon defense to defense on teams that run a similar spread offense. Coincidentally, this is an excellent opportunity to evaluate the Ducks' upcoming Alamo Bowl opponent, the TCU Horned Frogs.
TCU has been running a spread offense since Dutch Meyer invented his "Meyer Spread" offense in the 1930s. Dutch wrote the book on spread offenses. Literally. In 1952, he authored the book "Spread Formations in Football," detailing his innovative offense. During his tenure as head coach from 1934-1953, coach Meyer amassed 109 wins, good enough for a school record which stood for 59 years until Gary Patterson surpassed it in 2012.
Patterson has had much success with the spread, as well. From 2009-2011, TCU had a record of 36-3. In 2014, after two consecutive down seasons, Patterson brought in offensive coaches Doug Meacham and Sonny Cumbie to install the air-raid variant of the spread. But one thing has remained constant in Fort Worth: a dominant Horned Frog defense. TCU has led the nation in total defense four times during Patterson's tenure.
Bralon Addison catches a touchdown against USC.
The similarities on offense are striking for Oregon and TCU. Both have the ability to score, and score a lot. What is not entirely clear is how these two teams compare on the defensive side of the ball.
Patterson and his Frogs are often recognized for their vaunted 4-2-5 defense, which has excelled over the years. Oregon on the other hand is often criticized for being soft by allowing their opponents to score in volumes and convert third downs at will. So let's start by looking at how these two teams compare over the past 10 years in third-down conversions allowed.
In 2005, both teams were strong in this category. TCU allowed a third-down conversion rate of only 31%, and Oregon allowed an average of 34.09%. Beyond 2005 this similarity diverges. That is until the 2012 season, when TCU became a member of the Big-12 conference.
Upon entering their new conference the Horned Frogs experienced a slight regression before improving from 2013 and beyond. In 2014 TCU ranked 2nd in the nation for third-down conversion defense. Oregon ranked 89th in the same category.
This season, the Frogs rank 7th, while the Ducks rank 103rd This will obviously be a point of emphasis in the upcoming Alamo Bowl matchup. Our high-flying Duck offense will need to stay on the field on third down against a stout defense, and our defense will need to find a way to get TCU off the field occasionally on third down. Whoever comes out ahead on third down has a great chance of also coming out ahead on the scoreboard.
Beyond third-down conversion percentages, fans in Eugene and alumni around the world are shaken by the amount of points the Ducks have allowed in 2015. But look no further than our Alamo Bowl opponent to find another team which has allowed an increasing amount of points.
Since joining the Big-12 TCU has allowed a significantly increased number of points. From 2005 through 2011 it allowed an average of only 14.66 points per game. Since the 2012 season the Horned Frogs' points allowed per game has been on the rise. In 2015, it took a sharp upward trend, similar to the Oregon defense.
Another defensive similarity is observed by examining the evolution of defensive efficiency in the red zone. The mighty men in green have consistently been more porous in the red zone than the Horned Frogs, but the overall trend for both teams is surprisingly similar.
This trend follows an inverted u-shaped path with dramatic upward turns in the 2015 season. In 2015, the Frogs allowed opponents to score a touchdown on 50% of their red zone attempts, a higher average than any season in the past 10 years (the 2005 average was 49%). In comparison, the Ducks allowed a touchdown on 73.38% of opponent red zone attempts this season, greater than all but the 2005 season.
One area where our beloved Ducks have a historical advantage over TCU is in turnover margin. Oregon has traditionally excelled in this category and has outperformed TCU in recent years. The Frogs were also strong in this category — until joining the Big-12. Since shifting conference allegiances, TCU has seen a decline in its ability to both force turnovers and protect the football.
Frankly, the Horned Frogs have fallen off a cliff in turnover margin this season. While the Ducks have experienced a modest decline, they remain strong in this category, ranking 33rd nationally compared to TCU's 65th. This should be a point of strength for Oregon, and could offset its inability to get off the field against a powerful Horned Frog offense.
Craig Strobeck
The Oregon Defensive line attacking.
That being said, the biggest defensive edge for the Ducks lies at the point of attack. This team has excelled at accumulating sacks and tackles for a loss. By forcing 80 tackles for a loss, the Ducks have a comfortable edge over TCU. With 36 sacks this season, Oregon averaged 3 sacks per game. This is good for 10th in nation, while the Frogs are ranked 43rd.
Much has been made about the similarities on offense between these two teams. But looking at the overall defensive trends we can see that the similarities extend to the "other" side of the ball as well.
While TCU has long been known for its stout defensive units, this analysis shows that the 2016 Alamo Bowl will by no means be a lopsided contest on either side of the ball.
Top Photo by Kevin Cline
Evan Markel
Evan is a native Oregonian who grew up in the historic town of Oakland, once known as the Turkey capital of America. Evan attended the University of Oregon and is a Lundquist College of Business alumnus, and he has a Masters in Statistics and a PhD in Natural Resource Economics from University of Tennessee
While at Oregon he attended nearly every home football game and fostered his love for all things Oregon Duck. He now works for Ernst & Young amid the Huskies in downtown Seattle, and loves using his skills to study his beloved Ducks.
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Kromaia released on Steam, challenging players to take on the ancient gods.
Rising Star Games and Kraken Empire were thrilled to announce that yesterday Kromaia released on Steam. This highly-stylized shoot-'em-up (shmup) provides gamers with an immersive journey mixing technology and myth.
Kromaia makes gamers feel like no more than a small drop of water in a vast ocean. You will explore new worlds that are protected by giant, god-like guardians and filled with ancient temple ruins. The planets are littered with puzzles to solve and treasures to collect, allowing you to spend quite a bit of time in the planets as well as the space surrounding them.
With Kromaia released on Steam, the developers aim to bring new live to the shmup genre. Granting players the full freedom to fly, spin, and shoot as they see fit changes the style of traditional arcade shmups. When combined with the game's AI, it features a special kind of emergent gameplay as the enemies will adjust their speed, formations, and even tactics as they attempt to take down the player.
Kromaia won the title of 3D Wire 2013's Best Indie, and was a finalist for multiple awards.


There is a recipe for blueberry scones buried deep in my archive. There was never a pretty picture for it because I shared it before I discovered my love for food photography.
A few weeks ago I realized how often we turn to this recipe so I finally decided to give it an update and shine the spotlight on it.
This recipe has been a family favorite for so many years because all the ingredients can usually be found in my pantry ready to go and the scones are so simple they can seriously be prepped and ready before your oven is preheated.
They are the perfect side dish with some scrambled eggs and fruit for a weekend breakfast or a special treat "just because." We even use them as a homemade after school snack!
Using dried blueberries instead of fresh keeps the dough the right texture and they actually rehydrate during the cooking process. They'll be juicy and tender when you bite into a warm fresh scone. We buy the big bag at Costco and keep it on hand for scone emergencies!
Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; stir to combine. Toss in the dried fruit and stir to blend. Add the heavy cream to the flour mixture, stirring just until a dough forms and the dry ingredients are incorporated.
Using a large spoon, drop rounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Brush lightly with melted butter and sprinkle with additional sugar (if using). Bake 15-20 minutes, until lightly browned.
Tiffany, I tried these this morning. They were DELISH! Around here we call fried dough a scone…so my kids were confused by the name and we had a pretty funny conversation trying to explain it. But finally I said just eat it and they all liked it a lot. 🙂 Oh and I did cheat and skipped the blueberries and added chocolate chips. I think they would be great with raspberries too. Thanks for the quick and easy and yummy recipe.


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More Development Would Ruin Our Neighborhood's Character and That Character is Systemic Racism
by Devin Wallace
When I heard our town was considering legalizing (gulp) duplex apartments to allow more housing, I was devastated. I'm not against people having homes, but building more housing here would ruin the beautiful character of this neighborhood, which is mostly systematic racism, but it's also not admitting it's systematic racism.
Allowing more housing would radically disrupt what this town is, a quaint little neighborhood of half a million people located in one of the most desirable locations in the country. It's a perfect place. I haven't changed since 1974, so why should my neighborhood?
This neighborhood was built on certain principles, and it's extremely important to maintain those principles and also not say them out loud where they could be used in court.
I've lived on this same street for thirty-six years, so I think I have a good view of the world. There is nothing wrong with drawing a big red line in the sand or on the nicer side of the highway.
We have all the good folks we need in this neighborhood. It's not wrong to want a certain "type" of person who has a set of "morals" and is a "contributing" resident, and it's not like it's illegal to say these things (I consulted my attorney).
Why do people have to be so pushy about changing my way of life? Can't these people go somewhere else and stop getting angry when I call them "these people?"
If certain types of characters really want to change things, they should do it the right way. Show up to a Community Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of semi-alternating months at 3:16 PM EST (Estonian Standard Time) and simply wait four and a half hours to make a two-minute statement. It's that easy. I've been doing it for three decades, and I think things are going great.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and if it is broke, send it over to one of those junkyards in the run-down town next to ours. There's plenty of people there who should be grateful to have it.
And why are those people just starting to complain? When this neighborhood was incorporated in 1947, I'm certain every person had a chance to vote on these rules. I can't think of a single thing that would have stopped someone from casting a vote.
You have all sorts of people — who are mostly just one kind of person — trying to make this about race, and I think that's awful. Calling someone a racist is the worst thing you can say about someone.
But I don't even think we should mention race, and frankly, neither does our Homeowners Association's attorney.
This is really about preservation, about a way of life, about heritage, about an unchanging space to combat your constant fear that change means death and death means being forgotten in the eyes of your family. Especially your daughter Meredith who moved to Baltimore and refuses to let you see your grandkids.
When is this onslaught going to end? If you allow a duplex to be built, then what? A stoplight on the intersection of Second and Oak? Kick me in the shins and light me on fire.
If we don't stop this, I'll be forced to sell my home for twenty times what I purchased it for and move to a beautiful coastal city in a gorgeous condo with a fat retirement fund. I'd rather end it now.
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BUSA President Sipho Mila Pityana's address at the 2020 Black Business BBC Summit
Theme: AGP within the context of AfCFTA
Gallagher Estates, Midrand
Thank you very much Programme Director, Mr Bonolo Ramokhele;
Minister of Trade and Industry, Ebrahim Patel;
Minister of Higher Education, Science & Technology, Blade Nzimande;
Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with disabilities, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane;
Minister of Public Service & Administration, Senzo Mchunu;
Deputy Minister of Finance, David Masondo;
Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Mr Wamkele Mene;
President of the Black Business Council, Mr Sandile Zungu;
Senior Government officials;
Business leaders across various sectors of the economy;
Distinguished guests;
Let me start by expressing BUSA's and my deep appreciation for being invited to be part of this important conversation.
I'm honoured and humbled by the opportunity to be here and share some thoughts on the Africa Growth Platform (AGP). I'll be outlining the opportunity that beckons for you, our country and indeed the African continent. You have asked me to address you on an idea whose time has arrived: locating Africa's SMEs within the context of the execution of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA). It is these small businesses whose mainstreaming would attest the efficacy of the ACFTA.
Africa has great potential not only to become a global growth frontier, but to attract investment that would lead to meaningful development and growth.
To realise this potential requires us to box cleverly. I say this because as we gather here, significant developments are unfolding across the globe, including tumbling stocks across major and emerging economies as the coronavirus fears grip the markets.
Investors are growing increasingly concerned about how much the virus will depress global economic growth and hit companies'' bottom lines.
The elevated uncertainty, the decline in Chinese economic activity, and supply chain disruptions threaten global economic stability. In fact, earlier this week the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned that if the spread of the virus is not sufficiently contained, the pace of global growth could halve.
In another significant move, the U.S. Federal Reserve yesterday delivered an emergency half-percentage point interest rate cut in a bid to protect the longest-ever economic expansion from the spreading coronavirus.
All these developments come on the back of pedestrian manufacturing activity, which has been negatively impacted by trade frictions and protectionist tendencies in some regions. If you add the rising geopolitical tensions, the swell of nationalism and protectionism into this mix, then you realise that nothing will be handed to us on a silver platter.
Closer to home the picture is not rosier either. Just yesterday we were sobered by the news that our economy contracted in the fourth quarter of last year, which is a second recession in less than two years and the sixth consecutive year that SA's economy has grown below 2%. With the National Treasury forecasting a paltry 0.9% GDP growth for 2020 and unemployment rising from a very high base, it is beyond debate that it can't be business as usual.
More alarmingly, 8.2 million young people between the ages of 15 and 34 are not in education, employment or training. These young people cannot be spectators for long; at some point they will forcibly demand a stake in the economy. This tough economic backdrop makes today's conversation even more critical.
Youth Dividend
Youth unemployment in Africa is a high risk for the future of the continent.
Two thirds of Africa's 420 million young people are currently unemployed, which highlights a clear need for new solutions to drive entrepreneurship and employment growth.
Quality education, policy certainty and a conducive regulatory environment are non-negotiable if we want to entice more FDI our way. This is critical because the African youth dividend runs the real risk of being overrated. The developmental deficit in the continent is an opportunity to attract investment, so long as we can ensure a stable policy and regulatory environment.
Africa's young population is well-endowed with entrepreneurial spirit with early-stage entrepreneurial activity 13% higher than the global average. However, due to insufficient support and infrastructure, the continent's start-ups are 14% more likely to fail than those elsewhere in the world.
This calls for an innovative approach to helping Africa's SMEs reach the scale where they become sustainable. With our fastest growing young population, Africa is well placed to exploit technology and innovation in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
I, along with my Africa Regional Stewardship Board co-chair, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, have been given a thumping new responsibility by the World Economic Forum — to deliver on the Africa Growth Platform that was launched at WEF Africa in Cape Town in September 2019.
The idea of the Africa Growth Platform is to address Africa's job creation crisis by massively scaling-up millions of SMEs and start-ups across the continent by bringing together governments, investors and entrepreneurs to enhance funding prospects and create better enabling environments for small business growth.
It is a business community-driven response to the current youth unemployment crisis and entails helping small businesses grow beyond their domestic borders and compete in international markets through intentional linkages to the supply chains and value chains of large corporations in specific industries.
The AGP does not aim to reinvent the wheel.
It aims to build on the currently fragmented existing entrepreneurship support initiatives by fostering collaboration and sharing of best practice between the key stakeholders, in order to increase their collective impact faster. For example, we will seek synergies with the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD, which on the margins of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly launched the "100,000 SME's for 1 million Jobs by 2021" campaign at the AU Permanent Observer Mission. Like the AGP, this initiative places special emphasis on harnessing Africa's youth demographic dividend.
AGP aims to scale small businesses in three ways:
o firstly, by securing commitments from governments to implement policy reforms aimed at stimulating and accelerating business growth.
o secondly, by building a community of investors, whether private investors, foundations, multilateral institutions or corporate entrepreneurs to enable better coordination and pooling of resources that could facilitate larger subsequent rounds of funding. The SME financing gap is valued in sub-Saharan Africa at a whopping, $331bn, including $42bn for women entrepreneurs.
o thirdly, the platform will create and sustain a community of SME and start-up businesses themselves, promoting collaboration and sharing best practices.
SMEs Speak
Exciting work that aims to fine tune execution is currently underway.
I'm pleased to say we are now armed with the outcomes of the post-Davos survey of 260 entrepreneurs across 20 African countries, including South Africa, which indicates that investment in infrastructure; more transparent taxation and a reduction of red tape are standing in the way of SMEs scaling up and operating across borders.
These outcomes are telling us that our infrastructure choices should not only provide the basics for our economy; they must support long-term productivity and link up people and markets to attract investment. The survey also tells us that most of the respondents are yearning for more dedicated SME funding programmes, easier procurement processes, and the faster payment of invoices.
Not paying SMEs on time is a violation of the rules of fair trade. Imagine successfully delivering goods or services and then being slowly starved to death due to delayed payment. Both governments and corporations must pull up their socks in this regard.
The SMEs are also calling for more transparent funding options, easier access to mentors, more networking events, business skills training and easier access to support programs.
We will need to do better in turning exciting ideas into strong commercial products and services and this requires investment in skilling our people. We must strive to build an Africa that lives on the digital frontier.
We have heard the SMEs, and I trust that this feedback will enable us to sharpen data-driven interventions.
African economic growth is projected to be 4.1% this year by the African Development Bank. While higher than that of other emerging and developing countries, it remains insufficient to address the structural challenges of persistent current and fiscal deficits, debt vulnerability, acute youth unemployment & infrastructure backlogs.
The challenge, ladies and gentlemen, is twofold:
o Lifting the current growth rate, and
o increasing the efficiency of growth in generating employment through a thriving small business sector.
There is no single stakeholder who can resolve these issues alone, try as they might. Ours is an era of purposeful partnerships, inclusive growth and stakeholder capitalism.
We can achieve a lot more if all of Africa's stakeholders act in concert to create jobs by scaling 100 million SMEs and startups by 2025.
With President Cyril Ramaphosa as the Chair of the AU and the inaugural year of the ACFTA, as well as the Presidential Infrastructure Championing Initiative (PICI) that South Africa will lead as part of its tenure as the chair of the African Union – all of us gathered here have an opportunity to be meaningful partners.
It is in our interests to have a thriving small business sector: more people get employed, the market gets bigger, incomes grow, poverty reduces, social cohesion is enhanced.
I have skin in the game, by the way: It was my singular honour that, together with the founding members — Alibaba Group, A. T. Kearney, Dalberg Group, Export Trading Group, U.S. African Development Foundation, Zenith Bank — when we launched the Davos Friends of the AGP in Davos this past January, AngloGold Ashanti was one of the first companies to raise their hands as the global founding partners of the AGP. This was complemented by the endorsement of the senior African government leaders also present in Davos, particularly the Presidents of Botswana and Ghana.
'Strategic Avoidance'
During wars, the soldiers yearn for their leaders to negotiate peace. In our case, the legions of the unemployed yearn for collaborative traction on this initiative.
Failure to do so will amount to strategic avoidance by all of us.
A borderless Africa is not just a political ideal. We could draw lessons from Asia in this regard, particularly the growth of China's middle class. A borderless China has in 40 years seen phenomenal economic development to become the second largest economy in the world. A continent that moves as one when drawing investment and developing infrastructure would fare better than one that was fragmented.
We need to think continentally, whether we think trade and investment or infrastructure. The major challenge for the continent is the seriousness with which it takes its borders. They are too hard and need to be softened.
The good news is that there is momentum we can build on.
The 3rd edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index Report — published by the African Development Bank with the Africa Union Commission — shows that African countries are on average becoming more open to each other.
But the fact that Africans still require visas to travel to just over half of other African countries shows that more progress is needed to realise free movement of people and goods on the continent-wide.
Similarly, it is quite lamentable that Africa currently has the lowest percentage of intra-regional trade in the world at 18%, compared with 70% in Europe, 55% in North America, 45% in Asia, and 35% in Latin America. According to the African Export-Import Bank, the current 18% figure could more than double within the first decade after implementing the free trade deal.
It is my conviction that ACFTA would be enabled by an African leadership from across society that champions a Pan-African rather than a nationalist agenda. The dream of a single market in Africa needs to become a reality in practice.
I recognize that considerable progress has been made over the past decade on establishing regional transport corridors. On the eve of this new decade, how fast can these infrastructure corridors be transformed into globally competitive industrial corridors?
There is a yearning for more action and much less talk.
We will all have to work together to enable an inclusive and diverse business environment, equipping the next generation with the tools to make a meaningful impact on Africa's future and the future of the world.
A highlight of my Davos expedition this year relates to the reimagined role of corporations. The message is clear: we must define ourselves as more than just an investor for a high shareholder return, but a trustworthy and reliable partner for development.
We must recognise that the long-term viability of our businesses as engines of value creation is largely a function of the viability of the societies and economies in which we operate.
Put differently, businesses are stakeholders in the health of their social, policy and economic enabling environment.
Ladies and gentlemen, we all have an intrinsic material stake in both the social cohesion of the jurisdictions in which we have significant operations. In short, we are being called upon to harmonise the needs of all stakeholders, including but not only shareholders.
The AGP is a living example of how this approach can be used to take an industry cluster slant, bringing stakeholders together to enable specific interventions that can significantly improve the ability of businesses within target sectors to grow and create jobs.
At a broader level, the implementation of Agenda 2063 will require cooperation and therefore dialogue amongst a range of sectors, not least amongst governments, the African private sector and education institutions.
Before I conclude, let me dispense with a few thoughts, which I'm mindful may not be new to you, but require reinforcing.
o It is common cause that SMEs contribute significantly to economic development and are associated with discovering of new markets and exploiting them to their advantage.
o Likewise, SMEs are the heart of founding new ventures and a source of income and employment for millions of Africans. This means SMEs are central to wealth creation by stimulating demand for goods, investment and trade.
o Africa has an estimated population of more than 1,3 billion that's growing at over 2% annually in most countries, with more than 50% of the people in many countries below the age of 25. This population has a growing need for the services, jobs and economic growth provided by locally based SMEs.
o It is encouraging that in Ghana, for example, SMEs account for 70% of GDP while employing 49% of the labour force; and in Kenya it contributes 50% to GDP and employs 80% of the labour force.
o In the OECD countries, over 90% of businesses are SMEs, employing between 60% and 70% of the working population and contributing roughly two thirds to GDP. In our emerging market peers including Brazil and India, small businesses are the backbone of the economy.
All of these tell us that we need to transcend the thinking that small enterprises exist only to be part of the supply chains of larger businesses. We should enable high growth small businesses to be disruptors that will create whole new industries and jobs. These are the next generation of corporations.
It is possible.
I am informed that at WEF Africa last September over 200 African start-ups from over 20 countries applied for the Forum's Global Start-ups programme, which requires among others to have raised at least $1million in funding. A major game changer is that these start-ups are deploying Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to solve basic African problems.
Last year venture capital flows to Africa crossed the $ 1 billion mark. African startups attracted a record high of $1.34 billion in venture capital last year, with fintech seeing $678.73 million alone. In comparison to other continents this is still a drop in the ocean. What is impressive is the rate of growth year-on-year.
In 2018 African startups raised $725.6 million, a significant step up from $203 million in 2017.
A thriving, dynamic and growing small business sector is a critical component of an inclusive economy. We also need to specifically ensure the successful integration of women-owned businesses in Africa's high growth agenda.
In the build-up to the September WEF Africa 2020, we will be bringing stakeholders in the ecosystem together to enable specific interventions to address the challenges that SMEs and startups are facing that are preventing them from growing and creating jobs. Solutions need to be demand driven.
I'd like to appeal to all of you to pledge support and actively work towards the successful execution of this endeavour.
Importantly, I'd like to urge this Summit to come up with three concrete initiatives to take the AGP forward in 2020, both in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
It is my hope that we emerge from this summit with concrete, actionable plans with clear milestones.
My best wishes for a successful and productive summit and it is my hope that we emerge from this summit with concrete, actionable plans with clear milestones.
The tide can and should be turned.
Sipho Mila Pityana BUSA (President)