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Q: Including Hamburger Menu In WordPress Site http://thehamburgercollection.com/shop/ < < Here's the website.
I'm trying to create a hamburger menu where the menu items drop down directly below the hamburger icon (like in this example at Tablet and Mobile size).
Currently, my menu is in footer.php in my WordPress theme:
<?php

if ( ! is_front_page() && ! is_home() ) {
    wp_nav_menu();
}
?>

As you can see, the menu can't appear on the home page.
Following this tutorial, I tried to wrap a div around the wp_nav_menu() function like this:

    <?php

    if ( ! is_front_page() && ! is_home() ) {
        wp_nav_menu();
    }
    ?>

I then copied and pasted the JQuery code into a JS file called navigation.js, and included that file in functions.php
<?php
    wp_enqueue_script( 'wpb_togglemenu',
    get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/navigation.js',
    array('jquery'),
    '20160909', true );

I also copied and pasted the CSS code into my style.css file. Unless I'm missing something, I did exactly what the tutorial said to do and still am getting no result. Any ideas as to why the tutorial isn't working or if you have any other suggestions for creating the specific hamburger menu that I'm looking for?

A: Two big (but easily remedied) problems I'm seeing.
1) There's a typo on line 350 of your style.css. Fix the spelling of "width", and then the hamburger button shows up below tablet resolution.
@media screen and (max-wdith: 768px) {
2) Your navigation.js has HTML in it, making it an invalid JS file and preventing it from executing. You need to remove all of the  tags from the file - those tags are only used on HTML documents to include scripts (but never inside script files).

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In 2017, the British Safety Council awarded FCC Environment this same five-star rating for their excellent management of health and safety risks in the working environment.
FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente, the environmental services area of FCC Group, is present in the United Kingdom through FCC Environment UK, which provides municipal solid waste collection, recycling and treatment, and generation of green energy from waste, among other services.
The Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit is a comprehensive, contemporary and quantified process which benchmarks health and safety management performance against the latest best practice techniques. Those organisations who achieve a five-star grading following the audit become eligible to enter the British Safety Council Sword of Honour Awards.
The British Safety Council is an organisation that campaigns to protect workers from accidents, hazards and unsafe conditions; and plays a key role in the political process that has led to the adoption of landmark safety legislation in the UK.

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December 6, 2001 November 15, 2013 Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.
Since the invention of the airplane, a mission of air forces worldwide has been the protection of the homeland against air attack. During the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force invested heavily in defense of the North American Continent. The Air Force developed more than a dozen types of sophisticated interceptor aircraft. The total number of aircraft committed to air defense rose from a single P-61 to a peak strength of almost 1,500 interceptors at more than forty bases by the late 1950s. In addition to the airplanes, there were surface-to-air missiles batteries; radar systems built through the trackless Arctic; an Observer Corps; picket ships; Texas Towers; and airborne command-and-control aircraft. All were integrated into a series of computer-based control systems.
Yet, when Air Force fighters scrambled on September 11 in a vain attempt to intercept the last of the four hijacked airliners, there were only 14 aircraft, all National Guard, on alert at 7 bases. The air defense radar net had been allowed to atrophy to the point that it was largely run by the FAA in support of commercial airline operations. There were no missile batteries, picket ships, or observers.
From managing a nominal defense of U.S. airspace, the Air Force now is maintaining some 100 aircraft on alert at more than 26 bases. U.S. and NATO E-3 AWACS airborne warning aircraft planes are flying over the homeland. During the early days after 9/11 the U.S. Navy even deployed aircraft carriers and radar-equipped Aegis cruisers in the waters off New York and Washington.
9/11 marked the rebirth of the homeland defense mission for the USAF. That Service is scrambling to meet the challenge while simultaneously conducting a war in Afghanistan and covering a myriad of other national security commitments around the globe. Fortunately, the Air Force today is extremely well positioned technologically to take on this newly important mission. It is investing in a new generation of tactical aircraft, the F-22 and JSF. It has an improvement program underway for the E-3 AWACSs. It will acquire a large number of both the improved Predator B and Global Hawk UAVS. Finally, progress is being made towards deployment of both the Space-Based Radar and the SBIRS Low satellite systems that will allow for continuous surveillance of the globe from space. The Air Force has created a horizontal intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance network that draws together data from multiple platforms and fuses it in a way that permits the Air Component Commander in the theater an unparalleled view of the battle space.
Two questions confront the Air Force: how much force structure to devote to the homeland defense mission and at what cost. Clearly, the present structure is inadequate to meet the needs to two major wars, including the one that may come at home. But to expand the present force structure and acquire the new technologies will take additional resources. For the first time in several decades, the United States will have to invest in additional capabilities to surveil and protect its air and sea borders. The Pentagon is about to release its budget for Fiscal year 2003. It should reflect the needed additional investments in air and space capabilities needed to protect the homeland.
Daniel Goure is a senior fellow with the Lexington Institute.


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package org.sakaiproject.evaluation.utils;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Utils for working with collections and arrays (these are basically convenience methods)
 *
 * @author Aaron Zeckoski (aaronz@vt.edu)
 */
public class ArrayUtils {

    /**
     * Remove all duplicate objects from a list
     *
     * @param list
     * @return the original list with the duplicate objects removed
     */
    public static <T> List<T> removeDuplicates(List<T> list) {
        Set<T> s = new HashSet<T>();
        for (Iterator<T> iter = list.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
            T element = (T) iter.next();
            if (! s.add(element)) {
                iter.remove();
            }
        }
        return list;
    }

    /**
     * Remove all duplicate objects from an array and ensure everything
     * in the array is unique, order is maintained
     *
     * @param array any array
     * @return a new array with the duplicate objects removed OR the original array if no duplicates exist
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T[] unique(T[] array) {
        if (array == null || array.length == 0) {
            return array;
        }
        LinkedHashSet<T> s = new LinkedHashSet<T>(array.length);
        Class<?> type = array.getClass().getComponentType();
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            T element = array[i];
            s.add(element);
        }
        T[] newArray;
        if (s.size() == array.length) {
            newArray = array;
        } else {
            newArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, array.length);
            int pos = 0;
            for (T t : s) {
                newArray[pos] = t;
            }
        }
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Make a copy of an array
     *
     * @param <T>
     * @param array an array of objects
     * @return a copy of the array
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T[] copy(T[] array) {
        Class<?> type = array.getClass().getComponentType();
        T[] newArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, array.length);
        System.arraycopy( array, 0, newArray, 0, array.length );
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Checks to see if an array contains a value,
     * will return false if a null value is supplied
     *
     * @param <T>
     * @param array any array of objects
     * @param value the value to check for
     * @return true if the value is found, false otherwise
     */
    public static <T> boolean contains(T[] array, T value) {
        boolean foundValue = false;
        if (value != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
                if (value.equals(array[i])) {
                    foundValue = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return foundValue;
    }

    /**
     * Checks to see if an array contains a value
     *
     * @param array
     * @param value
     * @return true if the value is found, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean contains(int[] array, int value) {
        boolean foundValue = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            if (value == array[i]) {
                foundValue = true;
                break;
            }
        }
        return foundValue;
    }

    /**
     * Append an item to the end of an array and return the new array
     *
     * @param array an array of items
     * @param value the item to append to the end of the new array
     * @return a new array with value in the last spot
     */
    public static String[] appendArray(String[] array, String value) {
        String[] newArray = new String[array.length + 1];
        System.arraycopy( array, 0, newArray, 0, array.length );
        newArray[newArray.length-1] = value;
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Append an item to the end of an array and return the new array
     *
     * @param array an array of items
     * @param value the item to append to the end of the new array
     * @return a new array with value in the last spot
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T[] appendArray(T[] array, T value) {
        Class<?> type = array.getClass().getComponentType();
        T[] newArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, array.length + 1);
        System.arraycopy( array, 0, newArray, 0, array.length );
        newArray[newArray.length-1] = value;
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Append an array to another array
     *
     * @param array1 an array of items
     * @param array2 an array of items
     * @return a new array with array1 first and array2 appended on the end
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T[] appendArrays(T[] array1, T[] array2) {
        Class<?> type = array1.getClass().getComponentType();
        T[] newArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, array1.length + array2.length);
        System.arraycopy( array1, 0, newArray, 0, array1.length );
        System.arraycopy( array2, 0, newArray, array1.length, array2.length );
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Append an item to the end of an array and return the new array
     *
     * @param array an array of items
     * @param value the item to append to the end of the new array
     * @return a new array with value in the last spot
     */
    public static int[] appendArray(int[] array, int value) {
        int[] newArray = new int[array.length + 1];
        System.arraycopy( array, 0, newArray, 0, array.length );
        newArray[newArray.length-1] = value;
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Prepend an item to the front of an array and return the new array
     *
     * @param array an array of items
     * @param value the item to prepend to the front of the new array
     * @return a new array with value in the first spot
     */
    public static String[] prependArray(String[] array, String value) {
        String[] newArray = new String[array.length + 1];
        System.arraycopy( array, 0, newArray, 1, array.length );
        newArray[0] = value;
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Prepend an item to the front of an array and return the new array
     *
     * @param array an array of items
     * @param value the item to prepend to the front of the new array
     * @return a new array with value in the first spot
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T[] prependArray(T[] array, T value) {
        Class<?> type = array.getClass().getComponentType();
        T[] newArray = (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, array.length + 1);
        System.arraycopy( array, 0, newArray, 1, array.length );
        newArray[0] = value;
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Prepend an item to the front of an array and return the new array
     *
     * @param array an array of items
     * @param value the item to prepend to the front of the new array
     * @return a new array with value in the first spot
     */
    public static int[] prependArray(int[] array, int value) {
        int[] newArray = new int[array.length + 1];
        System.arraycopy( array, 0, newArray, 1, array.length );
        newArray[0] = value;
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Take an array of anything and turn it into a string
     *
     * @param array any array
     * @return a string representing that array
     */
    public static String arrayToString(Object[] array) {
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        if (array != null && array.length > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
                if (i > 0) {
                    result.append(",");
                }
                if (array[i] != null) {
                    result.append(array[i].toString());
                }
            }
        }
        return result.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Take a list of number objects and return an int[] array
     * @param list any list of {@link Number}
     * @return an array of int
     */
    public static int[] listToIntArray(List<Number> list) {
        int[] newArray = new int[list.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
            newArray[i] = list.get(i).intValue();
        }
        return newArray;
    }

}

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So the new Federal Reserve chairman will be a male, Republican version of Janet Yellen. Hope and change, baby!
Sometime today the president will name Jerome "Jay" Powell; if confirmed by the Senate, he'll take over on Feb. 1, a few days before his 65th birthday.
Aging movie heartthrob Jay Powell.
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He's a gray man with a gray background ideally suited for a gray job. Princeton bachelor's degree, Georgetown law degree, investment banker, a gig in the Treasury Department under Bush the Elder, partner at the private-equity giant The Carlyle Group (which is loaded with Bush family hangers-on), member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2012.
"The most important fact about Jay Powell's appointment is that there will be no change in monetary policy," Jim Rickards writes us from Australia.
Jim has crossed paths with Powell over the years, because who hasn't Jim crossed paths with? "I worked with him when he was at the U.S. Treasury and I was general counsel of a major primary dealer in government securities. The primary dealers act as underwriters at auctions of U.S. Treasury securities, so in effect, Jay was my firm's biggest customer.
"My impression of him was that he was highly professional and always acted in the best interests of the Treasury and the taxpayers. He's smart, high integrity, and has had a distinguished career both in public service and in a private capacity at investment funds and think tanks.
"As a Fed governor, Powell has never voted against Janet Yellen on any interest rate policy decision," Jim goes on.
That means in an ideal world, the Fed will raise its benchmark fed funds rate every three months — from roughly 1% now to 3% by 2019. It's the old bullets-in-the-chamber thing; the Fed needs to raise rates so it can lower them again whenever the next recession rolls around.
The problem is it's not an ideal world. As we've documented every month since February, the Fed's preferred measure of inflation — "core PCE," it's called — is steadily falling. The most recent reading is 1.3% — way off the Fed's 2% inflation target.
Yesterday at its most recent policy-setting meeting, the Fed stood pat on the fed funds rate; everyone expected that. Nothing happens at Fed meetings that occur early or late in the month.
But at the next meeting in mid-December — Yellen's last — nearly everyone expects a quarter-percentage point bump up. Jim is in a distinct minority; he says inflation is too low to justify it.
The tell for what happens on Dec. 13 will be the next release of the core PCE number, due Nov. 30.
Says Jim, "If the number is hot, say 1.6% or higher, that will validate Yellen's view that the inflation weakness was 'transitory' and will justify the Fed in raising rates in December.
"On the other hand, if that number is weak, say 1.3% or less, there's a good chance the Fed will not raise rates in December. In that case, investors should expect a swift and violent reversal of recent trends.
To the markets today… which are oscillating with every new rumor dripping out about the Republican tax reform plan.
The plan was supposed to be released yesterday… but some lobbyist must've gotten wind of something he didn't like the night before and raised holy hell with House Speaker Paul Ryan or Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady. So the release was put off till today while aides furiously rewrote the offending section or sections.
We won't attempt to analyze the bill until we can examine its provisions as a whole. But traders feel compelled to act on every new scrap of hearsay and as we write all the major U.S. stock indexes are slightly in the red.
The Bank of England voted this morning to raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in a decade. But the BOE also signaled more gradual future increases than traders were expecting. Thus the pound has tanked more than 1% at last check. to $1.31.
Gold is pushing up toward $1,280 for the first time in nearly two weeks.
If you've given even the slightest thought to going solar, better get on the stick.
Back in July, we were discussing the likelihood of an escalating U.S.-China trade war. Most of the media attention was on steel — but we also mentioned solar panels were in the cross hairs.
This week the U.S. International Trade Commission recommended a stiff 35% tariff on imported panels.
The wild thing is that not everyone in the U.S. solar industry has been agitating for these tariffs. It's mostly two manufacturers that have been pushing hard — Suniva and SolarWorld. Meanwhile, companies that install solar panels say they'll end up losing jobs if the price of panels rises and fewer people decide to go solar. The Solar Energy Industries Association opposes the tariffs.
The White House will decide by January whether to accept the commission's recommendation.We daresay it's a foregone conclusion; the president can thump his chest about how he stuck it to the Chinese and saved American jobs, and no one will challenge him about the other jobs that go bye-bye.
The number of Americans giving up their citizenship is likely to set another record this year.
The Treasury Department released its third-quarter figures yesterday. Through the first three quarters of the year, 4,448 Americans have surrendered their U.S. passport. That's already more than any other year except last year.
We wouldn't even bother with the expatriation numbers except that we see mainstream news sources once again latching onto the bogus notion that it's "the rich" who are leading the charge in giving up their citizenship.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong. The $50,000 figure applies to your total "foreign financial assets." But any bank or brokerage account with a balance of $10,000 or more must be reported both on your 1040 and on an FBAR, or Foreign Bank Account Report.
In addition, the IRS' compliance requirements for foreign banks are such that many of them simply refuse to do business with American customers. For a foreign business that hires an American employee, paperwork costs amount to $5,000 per person. And a typical citizen living overseas, regardless of their means, faces annual accounting costs of $2,000 a year — just to satisfy IRS bureaucrats.
"Dave, your 5 min. Forecast was right on!" reads the first of many reactions to our Russia-related musings yesterday.
"I get sick to my stomach when I hear what is an obvious propaganda statement from U.S. government followed by the equivalent of 'And if you disagree with what I just said, then you're a Russian-paid mole.' What the hell ever happened to critical thinking? Or for that matter the truth?
"This whole Russian thing, à la they hacked our political process, has smelled from the beginning," says another.
"We're not talking a casual whiff as you stand downwind from a cheese store in a gentle breeze but full-on skunk turds once it really got rolling and the sanctions against Russia came flying in with a 98-2 vote. The mystery is why anyone is listening.
"As you guys have pointed out numerous times, the U.S. has been in the business of actual regime change as a national political sport across most of the international landscape since at least the '70s, and while the Russians didn't apparently do much to affect our election in reality, one could hardly blame them for trying if they did.
"Your defense of Russia wasn't very convincing," says a counterpoint — in a letter we've had to truncate for time.
"I get that for gold bugs Putin seems to be a wise guy. But just because Putin has done one thing right (bought lots of gold) doesn't mean the economy won't be totally destroyed when **** hits the fan. Other pillars of Russian society are just too weak. Look what's happening on the grassroots level.
You want to talk about Ukraine and Georgia? In Georgia in 2008, the hotheaded president launched an artillery barrage on a rebel province where Russian peacekeeping troops were stationed. The gambit to bloody Russia's nose backfired badly when Russia drove Georgian forces out of both that province and a second breakaway province. Yes, Russia's bombing of the Georgian capital was overkill.
Ukraine, meanwhile, is now governed by a candy tycoon who lives in constant fear that the neo-Nazis in his governing coalition will depose him at any moment.
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"One summer while in college I had an all-night job weighing trucks of cotton seed, and to pass the time I listened to reports of the Korean War, in which the 'enemy' was us. It was starkly curious to hear the reverse labeling.
The 5: It started earlier. By some accounts, Putin was the first foreign leader to call Bush after Sept. 11 to offer assistance. Bush thanked him for the gesture a few weeks later by announcing the United States would unilaterally withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which had been in force for 30 years.
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Though a stage and screen actor, Michael reads-rather than performs-this biography of the 41st president of the United States. The text is full of quotes from the diaries Bush and his wife, Barbara, kept throughout their lives, and from the books and diaries of numerous political figures. Michael always manages to make it clear who is speaking without trying to create voices for each of these people. Meacham paints a portrait of a man who believes in loyalty, honesty, and necessary political compromise, only on rare occasions allowing his fierce ambition to overcome his code of honor. As a presidential candidate at the 1988 Republican National Convention, he truly believed in his winning line, "Read my lips: no new taxes." While Michael has exhibited his acting acumen in other audiobooks, he's right to read this one in a steady, straightforward voice. A Random House hardcover. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
An admiring life of the president who navigated the end game of the Cold War and stood up to Saddam Hussein.The more time that passes from the end of George H.W. Bush's one-term presidency, the more important he seems to grow, perhaps in contrast to the more dynamic and obviously flawed personalities of the presidents that served before and after him. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Meacham (Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, 2012, etc.), working in cooperation with Bush, his wife, Barbara, and their family, does a fine job of revealing the makeup of the man, destinedby virtue of his Eastern Ivy League pedigree and as second son of Prescott Bush, future Connecticut senatorfor greatness. Competitive by nature, steady, and dependableWorld War II pilot, devoted husband, and loyal Republican Party operativeBush was decent perhaps to a fault. Americans seem to like their presidents given to grand gestures (see Teddy Roosevelt), but this went against Bush's buttoned-up, discreet style, to his frequent political misfortune. "He was a victim, in a way, of his instinct for dignity," writes Meacham. Bush's innate dignity indeed proved problematic early on with his move to big-oil Texas to set up roots in the late 1950s. The move was an attempt to forge his own destiny apart from his aristocratic East Coast family, but he never quite fit in. Part of Bush's early agony was caused by adopting positions that were far more conservative and right wing than were consistent with his true viewsand then having to reverse them. In the end, he emerged from being eclipsed by larger personalities (Reagan, James Baker, Lee Atwater) to forge a steady, effective course during the world perils in Europe, China, and Iraq. In this meticulously researched but perhaps overlong biography, Meacham does his best with this "underwhelming" but noble subject. A revealing biography that should serve as the starting point for future evaluations of the 41st president. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.


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Fail to prepare…
by Buck 27/05/2011 1 comment
…Prepare to fail.
I should have known it wasn't as easy as the sum of it's parts, or that indoors adequacy was equivalent to outdoor competence.
I'm talking about my half Ironman distance triathlon, by the way. The reason we booked our week's holiday in Cornwall.
We trotted off down there on the Friday, arrived in plenty of time, found the booking-in site for the race eventually and I was all set. I got up at 5.20 on the Saturday morning, had a quick breakfast, woke Wendy to zip me in to my wetsuit and set off to the race. My first ever triathlon. My first ever sea swim. My first ever swim in a wetsuit.
It writes itself, really. What the hell did I expect was going to happen?
We all made our way down to the beach. It was freezing cold. The wind was really blowing, straight off the sea. It was a rough sea, and the wind was whipping up a nasty 'chop' (as we seasoned triathletes/ salty sea dogs say). Still, no worries. It's only water.
7 am. We're off!
I followed everyone else into the sea. First was the shock of the coldness of the water which fair takes your breath away. Soldier on, everyone else is in the same boat. Face down in the freezing cold water. Stroke, stroke, so cold you put your head up to gasp for breath SMACK, a wave hits you in the face, instead of air you've got a mouth full of salt water. Spit it out in panic. Head right out of the water, gasp for breath, panicking badly. Another wave. Half a breath. Try to put face down, can't breath, shock of the cold water, no air, head right up for air, wave in face, up nose, in mouth. Try to swim on, head up, every wave hitting you in the face. Shocked, confused, scared and really panicking. Try to carry on. Can't breath, can't stop the panic, start to think I really am going to drown.
I just couldn't go on. I was devastated. Beaten at the first hurdle. One of the canoeists pulled me back to shore. In front of the spectators who's turned up to watch the triathletes.
The shame.
I was plodding back, utterly disgusted with myself, just going to pick my bike and running kit up and go home when one of the race marshals said I could do the other two events if I wanted.
I thought I might as well but then took off my wetsuit and was freezing cold and soaking wet in my tri-suit. My morale was at a low ebb so I thought 'screw that, I'm going home'.
There were two other chaps who got pulled out of the drink. One of them said he was thinking of just going home and doing some training, but seeing he was here he might as well do it in the other two disciplines. It was a good argument, so I saddled up.
In passing, he also said "tell them they fucked the timing chip up." (ie, that was why your race result would show up as DNF – Did Not Finish- .) So fail at in the race, then lie to everyone. Personally I think that would be even worse. To fail so badly, then live a lie about it. Perhaps he was joking. Still, he was better than the other chap who said it was too rough to swim in, lots of people were going to get pulled out and he was going home!
Anyway, I rode 56 windy, bloody hilly miles around Cornwall, then ran 13 equally bloody hilly (though the wind doesn't matter so much on a run) miles. It was bloody hard work and a massive mental effort to start it, then to continue it when it was so hard, then to continue with the run which was killer. Especially as it was a two lap race, so after the first, when I really didn't want to play any more, I had to force myself to carry on even though the people on the shorter race only had to do one lap, so I could have 'forgot' and no-one would have known at the finish line.
The sad thing was; every person I was racing with, even those that I overtook, had all beaten me already. I wasn't even in the same race as them. They had finished the swim, with the concomitant lactic acid build up and muscle/ energy degradation. I'd only done the ride and race. I told the few I had a brief chat with that that was the case. I felt like an utter fraud every time I overtook someone. Good job it was so rarely, really!
At the end of the race, although I failed drastically, spectacularly and humiliatingly, I regained an iota of pride in that I did the two other disciplines when I'd already failed. I could have sacked it off, or quit on the ride, or cheated on the run. I didn't. Although it was pointless, painful and bloody hard.
As soon as I was back at the chalet, regaling Wendy with my tales of heroic failure, I thought I could have pushed through the panic, found my stroke and done the swim.
I went back in the next day, in calmer seas. It took me bloody ages before I could settle down to a stroke. I kept doing brief swims, half breaths, full chokes, then running out of air and having to stand up to get my breath back and try again. After about half an hour I finally did a sustained swim. And that poorly.
I had another two or three swim sessions whilst I was there. By the last one I think I could have had a go at the race. It would not have been pleasant and I would still have been really scared, but I think (knowing there were canoeists ready to pull me out- again!) I could have kept breathing and stroking, which is the definition of 'swimming' in my books.
If only I'd have been able to make it to the Liverpool dock swims before the race!
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
Serious training from here on in.
Sports and this and that.
Holidays. What I did other than fail.
incurable hippie says:
Well, I'm proud of you. Totally and genuinely. You shouldn't beat yourself up – I've seen how hard you have worked. So you overlooked one aspect of training, but you did do a helluva lot of training, and I've watched your progress via twitter for so many months and been impressed at every stage.
And to carry on with the cycling and running – must have been so hard, but you did it. Like I said, very proud of you.


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The two groups, along with the Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF and telecom operator MegaFon, announced the creation of a"strategic partnership"as Russia hosts an economic forum in the far eastern city of Vladivostok.
Alibaba and Mail.ru said in a statement that the partnership will"launch a leading social commerce joint venture in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)."
Russia's RBK media group reported that the RDIF would invest up to $300 million. The deal involves MegaFon selling Alibaba its 10 percent stake in Mail.ru.
Ma announced Monday that he will step down as head of Alibaba in a year's time.
"We want this to be a Russian business,"Alibaba Group president Michael Evans said at the press conference.
"What we we bring from China is all the experience that we have and the technology that we have"from building e-commerce, cloud and payment businesses, Evans said.
Kirill Dmitriyev, general director of the RDIF, said the Russian partners would have a combined 52 percent percent share in the new structure.
In 2017 Mail.ru launched a platform called Pandao selling Chinese goods to Russian consumers. This will now become part of AliExpress Russia.
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Mail.ru's CEO Boris Dobrodeyev said at the press conference on Tuesday that the deal will give the other partners access to the group's more than 100 million users, hailing this as a"breakthrough for Russia's digital economy".


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good explanations. good close ups of technique and result.
Iv done this two times now and they aren't giving me this texture. Does the canvas pre acrylic need to be painted with oil first?


HomeMETROIronsi/Fajuyi Honor: The Army, Lawmakers, Ironsi jnr, Laud Oyo Govt.
Following the Oyo state government's initiative to immortalize late General Aguiyi Ironsi and Col. Adekunle Fajuyi with a Memorial Park and Garden at Lalupon Area of the State, the Nigerian Army, Ironsi family, Fajuyi Foundation, Oyo State House of Assembly and the Lalupon community have lauded the Oyo State Government for its efforts which they described as one that will not only sustain the heritage but encourage patriotism among the people.
Speaking during the working visit and post site clearing inspection of the proposed Ironsi – Fajuyi Memorial Park and Garden, which is going to serve as a tourist center, on Tuesday, they noted that developing the assassination site of the two martyrs killed by counter coup plotters on July 29 1966 during Nigeria's first military coup is a way of immortalizing them and promoting gallantry, loyalty, trust and unity amongst Nigerians.
The Nigerian Army, who was represented by Gen. Gabriel Ochigagno, the Engineer Brigade Command, Mokola Barracks, lauded the Oyo State Government for recognizing and celebrating the patriotism tenets of the Military, promising that the Military will not stop to uphold the ideals of the martyrs.
Speaking on behalf of the State House of Assembly, the House Committee Chairman on Information and Culture, Hon. Joshua Oyebamiji, who was supported by Committee Chairman on Tourism, Hon. Niyi Adeoye and Chairman, House Committee on Solid Minerals, Hon. Jimoh Akintunde, promised that the house would support the project with relevant legislations whenever the need arises.
Hon. Oyebamiji described the event as historic, stressing that the project will bring developmental projects to the community.
Representing the Ironsi family, the son of the late Aguiyi Ironsi and former Minister of State for Defense, Amb. Thomas Agunyi-Ironsi, thanked the State government for recognizing the gallant strides of the late administrators to the country, pledging that the Aguyi-Ironsi family will support the laudable project to promote inter-tribal unity in the country.
He lauded Governor Abiola Ajimobi and the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun for their ingenuity to site a tourist attraction site at the spot where the gallant soldiers were killed, noting that the project is not only important for the present generation, but for the coming generation, which will lend to the historical treasure of the nation.
The Secretary Fajuyi Foundation, Agbaakin Lekan Alabi commended the government for bringing Lalupon community to limelight, stressing that the project will not allow the efforts of the past heroes to be in vain.
In his opening remarks, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun assured that the state government would leave no stone unturned to ensure the immortalization of the two martyrs, late Gen. Agunyi-Ironsi and Col. Adekunle Fajuyi.
He said that the state government initiated the process that will turn the spot where they were assassinated to a tourist site because of its historical significance and peculiar circumstances, which led to their death.
"We are here today to celebrate the unity of Nigeria where a Yoruba man laid his life for an Ibo man. We are here to celebrate bravery in the military and beam the search light on Lalupon and its people, because we know Lalupon deserves recognition in Nigeria," Arulogun noted.
Also speaking on behalf of Lalupo Community, the Chairman, Community Development Association, Prince Oribayo Okeyode assured the State government that the indigenes of the community will lend their unalloyed support to ensure the realization of the project.


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Sparkman/Hillcrest is a full-service funeral home on the grounds of the beautiful 88-acre Hillcrest Memorial Park. The cemetery features private burial estates around the lake, a stately mausoleum and 2 garden mausoleums equipped with interior and exterior wall crypts and 2 chapels.
The spacious and gracious funeral home is designed for the comfort and convenience of families in need. There are handsomely appointed staterooms, parlor walls of Venetian marble, visitation rooms with lush mohair furniture, exquisite marble floors and the L. N. "Bill" Sparkman Jr. Family Lounge for the perfect intimate gathering of family and friends.
A Dallas funeral tradition
Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home and Hillcrest Mausoleum & Memorial Park radiate balance and excellent taste. For four generations, the Sparkman family and their caring, compassionate staff have perpetuated the uncompromising standard of service that makes Sparkman/Hillcrest exceptional in the industry and a Dallas tradition.
Serene cemetery setting
Acres of green rolling berms encircle the grounds painted with the palettes of the seasons. Like a silken Persian carpet, summer is radiant with the splendid crepe myrtle reds, pinks and lavenders, and the beds of annual blues, purples, yellows and corals. Fall flourishes with an explosion of scarlet, mahogany and russet against a background of brown and taupe. Winter possesses its own subtle palette of live oak sage, gray and taupe. Spring reinvigorates the landscape with early redbuds followed by blossoming Bradford pears and dogwoods. On the south end of the property, the "Little Mermaid" lake shimmers like a cabochon sapphire reflecting this march of the seasons.
More than a century of fine service
Since 1893, the Sparkman family and Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home and Hillcrest Mausoleum & Memorial Park have provided compassion, comfort and professionalism, as well as pride of service for families of all faiths who are wishing to honor their deceased with a celebration of life.
We're proud to be a member of the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers. Dignity Memorial providers offer exclusive benefits, including Relocation Protection of prearranged services, the Bereavement Travel Program, the 24-Hour Compassion Helpline® and access to an acclaimed grief management library. As North America's premier symbol of funeral, cremation and cemetery services, the Dignity Memorial brand is your assurance of quality, value, caring service and exceptional customer satisfaction.
At Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home and Hillcrest Mausoleum & Memorial Park we are here to serve you. We invite you stop by and take a tour of our cemetery property Monday through Sunday, 8:00am to 5:30pm. If you have an immediate need, please call us at any time.
Cemetery and mausoleum hours of operation
Sunset Columbarium and Hillcrest Mausoleum: Monday - Sunday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery: April - September, 8:00am - 8:00pm | October - March, 8:00am - 6:00pm
In 1893, Will R. Sparkman began a tradition of excellence in service that prevails today at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home and Hillcrest Mausoleum & Memorial Park.
In the early days, when horse-drawn carriages would lead the funeral procession from home or church to a nearby cemetery, the funeral home was owned by the George W. Loudermilk Undertaking Company since 1893. Historically the term "undertaker" comes from the concept of one agreeing to undertake a necessary service. Early undertakers were former cabinet makers who were called upon to make coffins for the deceased. To transport coffins to the cemetery, Loudermilk matched teams and beautifully outfitted carriages sporting "the only rubber tires in the city" and became a source of great pride. As the business entered the age of the automobile, hearses were the original ambulances for transporting the sick to hospitals as well as the deceased to the burial ceremony.
A legacy that reaches back generations
The four generations of Sparkmans began when Will R. Sparkman purchased the business in 1920 and operated it under the name of Loudermilk-Sparkman for many years. In keeping with his firm's growing reputation as Dallas' premier funeral home, Sparkman moved his business in 1926 to the A.H. Belo Mansion, at Ross and Pearl streets, built and presented by Colonel A.H. Belo, founder of The Dallas Morning News, to his son and his family. Under lease for 50 years, the lovely mansion was remodeled, with its homelike qualities and Colonial grandeur carefully preserved.
At that time, Mr. Sparkman's two sons, Louis N. and Hal C. Sparkman, joined the family business. Under the presidency of the 2nd generation of Sparkmans, the business was expanded to include a 2nd funeral home at Garland Road and Easton to serve the White Rock and Garland areas. Louis N. Sparkman's son, L.N. "Bill" Sparkman Jr. entered the family business in 1951 as the 3rd generation. Today, David L. Sparkman continues to serve the community as the 4th generation represented.
A North Dallas institution
The original Sparkman's funeral home remained at the downtown location until it moved in 1968 to its present location at Boedeker and the Northwest Highway, resulting in what we know now as Sparkman/Hillcrest. This new corporation gave North Dallas its major full-service funeral home surrounded by the rolling acres of a cemetery that dates back to 1850.
Over the years, Sparkman/Hillcrest has provided caring service for Dallas residents, including many famous and infamous.
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When a man puts his life at the disposal of the nation, that man has earned the rights of a citizen.
So the black man owes it to himself and to his advancement to heed the call of war. That is what Frederick Douglass thought, and he gave voice to that opinion in his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881): "I … urged every man who could to enlist to get an eagle on his button, a musket on his shoulder, and the star-spangled banner over his hand." History has proven him wrong. Black men and black women contributed to every war that America waged through the twentieth century, but at the conclusion of military service the full rights of citizenship were not on offer until very late in that period.


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The best way to predict the future is to create it
"The best way to predict the future is to create it" - Peter Drucker What do you think Drucker means by this? What did it mean to you as you read it now?
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education.
When I read his quote I think about ACTION. So many sit in their homes with brilliant ideas. But they don't act on them. What kind of future will that bring? It takes A LOT OF work to change habits and change the way we do things. And it is hard work. It will challenge you and make you feel uncomfortable. But who ever said it was going to be easy?
Just because it takes a lot of work to create the future you want is no reason to settle for a future you don't want. As far as we know, we get one chance at this thing called life. No one has a contract to live forever, and yet some seem to think they do. So what will your future be like? You don't have to ask anybody. You just need to create it.
Your smartest action steps TODAY towards your goal What is it that you can do today that takes you as fast as possible in the direction of your goal? And how can todays quote help you? Make sure you 1) Have a goal (decide what you want, how to measure it and when you want it). 2) Focus on the things that will take you in the direction of your goal 3) Dont spend any time thinking of why you can't. Only think of how you can. Spend a minute or two (yes, you do have 2 minutes of time) and really think of at least 3 ways this quote ties into your life. How can it help you?


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Dominican University is an intellectually integrated, mission-centered educational environment. U.S. News & World Report ranks Dominican No. 11 among the master's level universities in the Midwest. We offer hundreds of avenues at the undergraduate and graduate levels to explore career interests and experience diverse cultures and international environments. And we organize and support 60-plus projects and learning experiences that contribute effectively to the good of local and global communities. U.S. News ranks Dominican 3rd on its list of "Best Value Schools" in the Midwest. In Illinois, we're No. 1. This study looks closely at each school's academic quality and average cost of attendance. Simply put, Dominican University is committed to the highest quality education-and an intentional affordability that makes it accessible to all.
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Student debt is becoming a mainstream, national issue as students help bring it to prominence as part of the protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Not just seen as an aspect of the current bleak financial climate, the movement and subsequent discussion has helped show that it's an issue for every taxpayer in the country. And while many back the general points of Occupy Wall Street, there are some that find the student debt arguments hard to swallow.
When the President came to speak at Colorado University as part of a three-day trip, with the aim to rally support for his re-election campaign next year, many were waiting to hear what he had to say about the current college affordability issue.
And we want to start giving students a simple fact sheet. We're going to call it "Know Before You Owe" — (applause) — "Know Before You Owe" — so you have all the information you need to make your own decisions about how to pay for college. And I promise you, I wish Michelle and I had had that when we were in your shoes.


I've been crafting now for 3 days in a row, not very often I get that privilege. So I thought I would use my time to enter some more challenges, Here's my entry for the Penny Black Saturday Sketch Challenge 17. I had to follow a sketch and include at least one PB image. I've used a little hedgehog stamp, watercoloured with pencils. I used a scallop punch, then layered the image onto a circle in brown card. All papers are 7gypsies Savannah range. Added white lace, 3 brads and a sentiment with a little gem in the centre.


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Symmetry for Group Actions in Differential Geometry
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Emma Carberry (University of Sydney)
Michael Eastwood (University of Adelaide)
Carolyn Gordon (Dartmouth College)
Joseph Wolf (University of California, Berkeley)
This research program will bring together differential geometers with a particular emphasis on symmetry. On the one hand, geometry gives rise to symmetry, for example as isometry groups, controlled by curvature and topology. Conversely, Lie groups can be used to construct examples of highly symmetrical geometries. We have in mind both classical Riemannian geometry with global invariants, especially the spectrum of the Laplacian and harmonic maps, but also other natural geometric structures including Lorentzian, Finsler, projective, parabolic, and CR geometry where there are many local classification results and problems concerning geometries with a high degree of symmetry. Many of these structures have strong links with physics, optimisation, control theory, and integrable systems. We will have a diverse group of participants, having in common a strong interest in symmetry.
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Rod Gover (University of Auckland)
Xavier Coulter (Univiersity of Auckland)
Yang Shi (Flinders university)
Yuri Nikolayevsky (La Trobe University)
Artem Pulemotov (University of Queensland)
Ian Marquette (University of Queensland)
Peter Van Der Kamp (La Trobe University)
Tim Buttsworth (University of Queensland)
Thomas Leistner (University of Adelaide)
Federico Costanza (University of Adelaide)
Joseph Wolf (University of California at Berkeley)
Holger Dullin (University of Sydney)
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mClinica raised $6.3m to transform global health data
Singapore-based mClinica announced it bagged US$6.3 million in series A funding to expand its global operation. The round is one of the largest financings for a health tech startup in Southeast Asia, according to Tech in Asia data. It was led by Silicon Valley-based Unitus Impact and joined by London-headquartered Global Innovation Fund, MDI Ventures of Indonesia, and US-based Endeavor Catalyst. Existing investors 500 Startups, IMJ Investment Partners, and Kickstart Ventures also put in some cash.
Hologram startup 8i gets first cash out of Baidu's VR/AR fund
Holograms startup 8i announced US$27 million in series B funding to aid in development of its augmented reality mobile app, launching later this year. Time Warner led the latest funding for the New Zealand-based startup, with the new VC wing of Chinese search engine giant Baidu contributing some of the cash. 8i's Holo app is currently in testing and it claims to inject virtual characters into the real world via your phone's camera.
Insurtech startup CXA raised US$25M in Series B round, co-led by Eduardo Saverin and EDBI
CXA Group, a Singapore-headquartered insurance technology startup, has raised US$25 million in Series B investment round, co-led by B Capital Group (co-founded by Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin) and Singapore-based EDBI. CXA helps employers unlock wellness in the workplace without spending more, by converting existing benefits dollars into prevention and disease management. The round also saw participation from Royal Philips, a diversified health and well-being company, and RGAx, a subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America. Existing investors, including NSI Ventures and BioVeda Capital, have also joined the round.
With this, CXA's total funding raised to date has crossed US$30 million.The latest capital infusion will help CXA to scale its existing platform and operations beyond Singapore and Hong Kong, to include China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
Unilever just launched its own co-working space in Singapore
Unilever Foundry, the international consumer goods company's innovation arm, announced the launch of Level3, a new co-working space in Singapore. The 22,000-square-foot space is located at Unilever's regional headquarters in Singapore's Mapletree Business City area. Level3 is not only supposed to be a space for startups to park their laptops and base their operations, but also for Unilever teams to visit the space easily and connect with companies and ideas they find interesting.
Flipkart founders, Accel joined medtech startup SigTuple's US$5.8M funding
SigTuple, a Bangalore-based healthcare technology startup, has secured US$5.8 million in Series A funding led by Accel Partners with participation from IDG Ventures, Endiya Partners, and pi Ventures. VH Capital and Axilor Partners and other prominent investors, including Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (Co-founders of Flipkart), and Amit Singhal (SVP Engineering, Uber and Ex-SVP, Google Search), have also joined the round.
SigTuple will use the fresh capital to expand team, bullet-proof the platform and the product for user adoption, followed by commercials, and regulatory clearances for global markets.
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Did you know that it is possible to have a that allows the tenant to have an option to purchase the property from the landlord in a specified time? Here is an overview of how this agreement works and template for a lease to own that will help you understand the main points of the contract.
Most of us are used to being signatories to documents drafted when a landlord leases out his house to a tenant. These agreements are important to define the rent and other obligations that both the landlord and the tenant are under. But did you know there is a type of lease agreement that allows to make use of the lease option to buy home. This agreement is known as the lease to own contract and is a popular way of buying and selling property. A proper and well drafted rent to own contract ensures that many legal issues that may crop up are bypassed.
A lease with an option to buy in simple terms allows the tenant to buy the property from the landlord in a specific period at a specified price. This agreement is combined with a lease agreement and every month the buyer pays a premium towards the purchase price. The buyer also pays an option fee when the agreement is signed towards the purchase price. These agreements have to be drafted properly which is why it is important to take proper legal advice and consult a real estate lawyer. These contracts were extremely popular in the '70s and the '80s when alienation clauses in mortgage agreements were huge hassles. Today these forms are definite financing documents that have state-specific laws governing it.
It is important that you get an attorney to draft this contract for your purposes. Alongside, you can also take a look at a template that will give you the format.
The Lease to Purchase Agreement made herein is signed between the Seller or Landlord name of landlord and the Buyer or Tenant name of tenant on date on which agreement is signed.
The Landlord is the owner of the premises or property located at address of property and the Landlord and the Buyer have together decided to execute a lease agreement for the property which is aforementioned.
The period for option to purchase starts on date on which option starts and terminates on date on which this exclusive offer ends.
In order to execute the option to purchase the Buyer has to provide the Landlord with an intent to purchase in written with a date on which this option expires. This date should be before the lease termination date of the original lease agreement.
In order to execute this option to purchase agreement, the Buyer agrees to pay the Landlord a non refundable fee of amount, for which the Landlord will provide a receipt. This amount will be credited as part payment for purchase price in case the Buyer decides to execute the option to purchase. In case the buyer defaults on the lease agreement, then the fee will not be refunded to the Buyer.
The purchase price of the premises is USD mention the amount. This is in case the buyer decides to execute the option to purchase. In case the Buyer has not defaulted on the lease agreement, then the Landlord will set aside a sum of USD mention the amount from the lease payment towards the purchase price.
This option to purchase is an exclusive agreement and valid only for the signatories of the agreement. The Buyer cannot assign or convey this option to purchase to any third party without the written consent of the Landlord.
The Landlord does not make any representation or warranty for availability of financing for this option to purchase. The Buyer is solely responsible for obtaining financing. Obtaining financing is not a condition of performance to execute this option to purchase.
In case the Buyer defaults on the lease agreement or under the option to purchase agreement, then the Landlord holds the rights to terminate the option to purchase by giving a written notice. The Buyer has to comply with all the terms and conditions mentioned in this option to purchase agreement.
This option to purchase agreement has be signed by both parties voluntarily without any sort of duress. The parties understand the terms and conditions and agree to all of them. An attorney of their choice has been consulted before signing this option to purchase agreement.
This option to purchase agreement is governed under the laws of the state of mention the name of the state. Any disputes will be solved at venue for solving disputes.
This document is the entire agreement understood and signed by both the parties relating to the subject matter and supersedes any previous agreement between the parties. No amendment to this option to purchase agreement will be considered unless in writing signed by the party to be charged.
As a buyer it is important to be cautious as this a kind of agreement that is generally agreed to by owners whose properties are hard to sell. But if the property you are looking at is your dream home and financing is a problem then a lease contract with option to buy may be a brilliant solution. Such a contract may initially seem like a more expensive option because the lease payments tend to be higher than market rent. But the fact of the matter is that with appreciating real estate properties in the long run, a lease to own contract for a property works out in the buyer's favor, with a property that will appreciate beyond the purchase price.


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Bloomberg Philanthropies Makes $5 Million Impact Investment in Little Sun, Creators of Solar-Powered Lamps Delivering Light to Off-Grid Populations in Africa
NEW YORK (April 22, 2014) – Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a $5 million impact investment in Little Sun, creators of portable, solar-powered lamps designed by cofounders: artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen. The company works with local entrepreneurs to sell its lamps to households where electricity is scarce or unavailable, at prices that are affordable to families currently using costly and toxic kerosene for their lighting. Little Sun operates as a social business, created specifically to address a social problem rather than to maximize profits.
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This is Bloomberg Philanthropies first ever impact investment and will provide a low interest rate loan that will allow Little Sun to grow, providing clean and affordable energy to homes, schools and local business in Sub-Saharan Africa. The foundation undertook a rigorous diligence process to evaluate the viability of the Little Sun business model and determined that solar powered lamps can provide enormous environmental and social benefits.
"Today, seven out of ten people lack access to even the most basic electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the next 20 years, Africa is poised to hold the world's largest un-electrified population," said Felix Hallwachs, Little Sun Managing Director and CEO. "The impact investment from Bloomberg Philanthropies will help us reach our goal of providing clean energy to homes, schools and local businesses, replacing toxic kerosene lamps everywhere we work. We consider access to clean, safe and sustainable energy a fundamental human right."
Currently, households in Africa not connected to the electric grid can spend up to 20% of their total budgets on kerosene, which is the primary source of light for many of these households. Breathing kerosene toxins is also damaging to health – four hours alone is equal to smoking 40 cigarettes. Additionally, global kerosene use has been estimated to emit up to 200 million tons of CO2 annually, which is the equivalent of emissions from approximately 60 large U.S. coal plants, heightening the need to develop sustainable alternatives.
To provide the greatest number of people with access to the benefits of solar-powered light, Little Sun's initial product is priced at the most affordable end of the spectrum of portable solar products. One solar-powered Little Sun light lasts for two to three years before needing a battery replacement, and can save households up to 90% over three years compared to what they would have spent on kerosene. The targeted price point still allows profits to be collected by the local entrepreneurs who sell the lights in their communities.
"Too many families are forced to breathe in toxic kerosene fumes because they don't have access to electricity. Solar-powered lights can improve their health – and at the same time, protect our environment – by keeping pollutants out of the air they breathe," said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies. "Little Sun is bringing clean, safe, affordable light to people who don't have it today."
While other solar-powered lights are also available, Little Sun is unique in that it is the only light that is also a work of art, inspired by the power of sunlight and energy access.
"I am thrilled by the confidence that Michael Bloomberg and his great team at Bloomberg Philanthropies have shown toward our unique social business model and our aim to bring light to people living off the energy grid. To promote solar power in the shape of a Little Sun is to invest in radical change for the lives of many while, at the same time, caring for the planet we share. Holding hands with the sun is holding hands with the future," said Little Sun co-founder and artist Olafur Eliasson. "With a Little Sun in your hand, you become a power station – charging your lamp in the sun, you also empower yourself. Access to energy and light allows you to determine the direction of your life."
The lamp's exceptional design and engineering has made it popular, not just in areas without electricity but around the world. Little Sun is sold at museum stores and other outlets in regions including the U.S. and Europe, at a higher price, utilizing the profits from these sales to keep off-grid sales prices locally affordable and to kick-start local businesses in off-grid communities. The Little Sun project was launched in 2012 at the Tate Modern in London, where the lamp continues to be available for purchase. They are also available for purchase online and in museums, like the MoMA Design Store in New York City and select retail stores in the U.S. and Europe.
About the Little Sun Project
Little Sun is an innovative way to get clean, affordable light to the 1.6 billion people worldwide without access to the electrical grid. The Little Sun project was officially launched in July 2012 at London's Tate Modern and currently has distribution in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, as well as in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, and the U.S. The Little Sun social business also helps improve off-grid livelihoods by reducing household expenditures on expensive lighting fuels and by supporting off-grid entrepreneurs who can sell the lamps in their communities, generating local profits. Little Sun engages in projects with partners such as art institutions, international agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to raise global awareness of energy access and solar power. For more information, click here, littlesun.com or visit us onFacebook, Twitter @LittleSun, or Instagram at littlesunenergy.
Contact – [email protected]
About Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bloomberg Philanthropies' mission is to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: Public Health, Environment, Education, Government Innovation and the Arts. Bloomberg Philanthropies encompasses all of Michael R. Bloomberg's charitable activities, including his foundation and his personal giving. In 2013, Bloomberg Philanthropies distributed $452 million. For more information, please visitbloomberg.org or follow us on Facebook and Twitter @BloombergDotOrg.
Contact – Meghan Womack, +212-205-0176, [email protected]
Buy a 'Little Sun' light for one another
Little Sun is perfect for camping, at the beach, festivals, BBQs, or hiking – and it makes a great gift. Kids love it. Light your garden or balcony, or use it indoors to brighten your home. It's a fun, accessible introduction to the benefits of solar power and sustainable energy. Featuring two light levels, it's easy to use: 5 hours of charging in the sun produces 10 hours of soft light or 4 hours of bright light.
Little Sun puts the power of the sun in the palm of your hand – creating safe, convenient, sustainable light you can take with you wherever you go.
Want to support the Little Sun project beyond the price of a lamp? We now offer the option to boost your contribution and decide how much you want to pay. The more you contribute, the more lamps become available in areas of the world without electricity. You ensure Little Sun light gets to people who need it the most.
When you buy a Little Sun, you receive a high-quality solar-powered lamp – but that's not all. With each purchase you are investing in the delivery of Little Sun light to off-grid areas. Currently Little Suns are being distributed in 7 African countries: Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Senegal, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Here's how: the price of each lamp is set higher in areas of the world with electricity than in areas without. We use this on-grid investment to build our distribution system, make more lamps available to off-grid users at locally affordable prices, and make sure Little Sun off-grid sales agents can profit.
Little Sun is a social business that believes in the power of young African entrepreneurs to shape the future of Africa. Because Little Sun is not a charity, your purchase is not tax deductible. For more about the Little Sun social business, click here.
For information about larger contributions, company packages, or bulk orders, please contact us at [email protected], and we'll be happy to help you.
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KAIJI 2 GALA PREMIERE WITH TATSUYA FUJIWARA AT THE CATHAY - $50.00 Inc GST : Simply Fun Pte Ltd E-commerce!
On November 11, local fans will be the first in Asia to get the chance to watch the much anticipated sequel, Kaiji 2, while seeing Mr Tatsuya Fujiwara up close during the red carpet and hall greetings in Singapore! This Singapore Gala Premiere is the first screening in Asia, outside of Japan.
Each ticket will be priced at S$50 and comes with a movie poster and Kaiji 1 DVD. All items are limited in quantity and whilst stocks last.
Red Carpet at The Cathay Level 1 starts 8.30pm.
The much-anticipated sequel to the hit movie, KAIJI, is about to hit theaters. KAIJI 2 is a feature film adaptation of arguably the most popular episode "The Greed Swamp" from the original comic book series. Surviving one death-defying game after another, Kaiji Ito (Tatsuya Fujiwara) manages to erase all of his debts, but finds himself once again choking under a new mountain of debt. Eager for another shot at turning his fortunes around for good, Kaiji earns a chance to take on a monster pachinko machine with a billion yen payout a beast of a machine dubbed "The Swamp". Under the tight control of the illegal casino's ruthless manager, Seiya Ichijo (Yusuke Iseya), the machine is 100 percent unbeatable. What's more, a dark and telling secret exists between Ichijo and Kaiji... KAIJI 2 opens in theatres on 17th November 2011.
Tatsuya Fujiwara, one of Japan's foremost international star today, is well known for his role as "Light Yagami", the leading role in the No. 1 Japanese blockbuster series 'Death Note and Death Note 2'. He is also recently seen in 'The Incite Mill' and voiceover in 'The Borrower Arrietty'. His very first role which won him much attention outside of Japan, was his part as "Shuya Nanahara" in Fukasaku Kinji's controversial film 'Battle Royale', a role he reprised in the sequel, 'Battle Royale II: Requiem'.


Starring Sree Mukhi and Kishore in the lead roles and interestingly, Harsha is debuting as music composer with this flick and also crooned two songs.
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Finland's Fortum to expand power market in US$262m deal
April 27th 2017 | Finland | Oil and gas | Multiple companies
On April 26th Fortum Corp, a Finland-based power and gas producer, said that it would acquire additional market share from Hafslund ASA, a Norwegian energy utility. Fortum said that it would gain access to a subscriber base spread across Norway, Sweden and Finland through the €240m (US$262m) deal. The deal will nearly double Fortum's retail electricity customers in the Nordic region to 2.4m.
The agreement comes as part of arrangement under which Fortum will sell its 34.1% stake in Hafslund to the city of Oslo for about €730m. Meanwhile, the Finnish firm will take up a 50% stake in a waste-to-energy operation that will be formed through the merger of Hafslund's heat business and Oslo's waste-to-energy firm Klemetsrudanlegget AS. The other half of the joined firm will be owned by the city of Oslo.
Fortum will also acquire 10% of Hafslund's current production business area. The total price of the acquisitions is about €970m. The Finnish firm has been looking to expand its market as demand for electricity is expected to grow in the domestic market at an average annual rate of 1.5% over 2016-2020. Meanwhile power demand in Norway is estimated to rise to 132,503 GWh by 2020 from 124,231 GWh last year.