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Car & General's ever-expanding client base and geographic footprint is set to be compounded by more efficient and sustainable operations as a new CEO lays out his vision for future development
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With more than 80 years of experience it should come as no surprise that Car & General is a staple component of East Africa's industrial landscape. The way that the Company continues to diversify and reinvent itself, however, is made all the more impressive given the Company's age, and with two new structural changes at the head of Management, the business' vision for a more sustainable future is well on its way to fruition.
As a leading provider of construction and mining equipment, as well as power generators, engines and compressors, the business has expanded over the decades from both a clientele perspective and a geographic point of view.
Now present across 11 countries in the region, heavyweights including Cummins, Doosan and Toyota – to name just three of many – enjoy the ongoing innovation and efficiency that Car & General provides. Additional relationships with major banks, data centres, institutions and even Addis Ababa Airport in Ethiopia affirm the Company's prevalence across East Africa's business realm.
"Car & General has been a leading supplier of generators, motorbikes, tuk-tuks, laundry equipment, lawnmowers, scooters, marine engines, construction equipment and a wide range of power generation, automotive and engineering products in East Africa for 75 years," the Company sums up on its website. "Car & General is headquartered in Nairobi with branches in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Kitengela and Eldoret.
"It has subsidiaries in Uganda (Kampala) with additional branches in Ndeeba, Mbarara, Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam), Arusha, Mwanza, Zanzibar, and Rwanda in Kigali. As part of Tanzania´s operations, Car & General also operates Kibo Poultry Products Limited; one of the oldest chicken broiler farms on the African continent, situated at Moshi."
The best of both
Kibo Poultry is a perfect indictment of C&G's willingness to diversify over the years, ensuring that no one sector is vulnerable to industry slowdowns or extreme challenges. Through this approach, the Company also enjoys numerous crossovers of skill-sets to facilitate improved problem solving and internal efficiencies.
The end result is a portfolio and service remit made up for the aforementioned strands and delivered to some of the biggest names in African industry.
TVS, Piaggio, Briggs & Stratton, Mariner, Eutectic Castolin, Ingersoll Rand, Doosan, Gamin, Kubota, Toyota and MRF are just a few of C&G's more esteemed partners helping to drive business success. But perhaps chief among all of the Company's joint ventures, is that shared with Cummins; as is epitomised by the two's recent 500 KVA Series Generator launch.
"Cummins Car & General, the Cummins East Africa joint venture has unveiled QSX 15G8 engine diesel generators," Marketing & Communications Manager, Raphael Atanda announced in a statement. "The 500 KVA series generators boast reduced noise levels and an ability to self-synchronise. What's more, the sets have remote monitoring which can allow one to keep an eye on the performance of the generator from a different location.
"Additionally, the joint venture delivers the best of both companies to customers through superior sales, service and support in East Africa. Car & General has more than 80 years of existence in East Africa while Cummins' quality products have been around for a century."
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The announcement of these fuel efficient, technologically advanced generators was sealed via a handshake between Colonel Olwende of Kenya Defence Forces and Car & General Group's CEO, Vija Gidoomal.
The latter was only appointed to the role in May, 2018, however, ushering in a new era for C&G amid a host of proposed product launches and sustainability initiatives.
Atanda confirmed: "Car & General is pleased to announce the appointment of Vijay Gidoomal to the position of Group CEO."
Vijay Gidoomal, a qualified lawyer with Clifford chance in the UK, joined Car & General in 1993 as Executive Director and was responsible for establishing operations in Uganda and Tanzania. He became the Managing Director in 1996 and oversaw a complete restructuring of the Company's revenue base, gradually introducing new product lines that included the introduction of three and two-wheeler taxis in East Africa.
Since then he has overseen the Company's geographic expansion from Kenya into Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Seychelles, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia; while also taking responsibility for enhanced franchise representation.
Doosan construction equipment, Kubota tractors, Garmin GPS devices, Toyota forklifts, MRF tyres and the joint venture between Cummins and Car & General, have all been completed under Gidoomal's stewardship, in addition to the Company's diversification into poultry and real estate.
Atanda adds: "As group CEO, Vijay will oversee the C&G business regionally and drive the property business, new investments and corporate responsibility. With his vast experience, the Car & General board says that Vijay will develop C&G into a sustainable business into the future."
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Spain and Asia: harnessing trade, soft power and the EU in the Asia-Pacific Century
Ramón Pacheco Pardo. ARI 61/2017 - 21/7/2017
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This analysis argues that Spain has strengthened its links and presence in the Asia-Pacific area since the launch of its first framework plan for the region in 2000, although more needs to be done to further boost relations.
Spain is a relatively newcomer to Asia-Pacific affairs. Its first framework plan for the region was only issued in 2000. Since then, however, three Asia-Pacific plans have been launched and conceptualised Madrid's strategic stance in the region. In short, Spain's main goals are to boost trade and investment links, and to use its soft power –now especially through Marca España– to improve relations making use of its membership of the EU and, to an extent, NATO to both maximise benefits from Asia's economic growth and to become more involved in the continent's main geostrategic issues. This paper argues that Spain has indeed strengthened its links and presence in the Asia-Pacific area. However, Madrid needs to ensure that economic support to initiatives designed to boost bilateral relations is increased. Meanwhile, Spain also needs to provide diplomatic backing for the EU's –and NATO's– initiatives on the region as a way to further reinforce its links with Asia-Pacific.
A newcomer to Asia-Pacific
Spain is a newcomer to the Asia-Pacific region. Contrary to other Western European countries, Spain only established a clear strategy to boost its presence in the region relatively recently. Since the turn of the century, however, Spain has both paid increasing attention to Asia-Pacific and, as a result, strengthened its presence across the region. However, more needs to be done to boost Spanish links throughout the Asian continent.
Historically, Spain has only shown a limited interest in Asia-Pacific. Aside from the formal colonisation of the Philippines (1565-1898) and the establishment of the first regular trade route between Asia and the Americas through the Manila Galleon, the region was peripheral to Spanish foreign policy. Today, the absence of meaningful historical links means that Asia does not have a strong imprint in the collective memory of Spaniards in the way that Europe or Latin America do. Even though modern exchanges date back to the 1960s, for several decades Spain lagged behind countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK in terms of seeking to strengthen ties with Asia-Pacific. Thus, government action was and remains central to boosting Spain's presence in the region.
It was not until 2000 that a Spanish government issued the country's first-ever Asia-Pacific framework plan. The plan was the result of two sets of factors. On the one hand, the then Foreign Minister Josep Piqué considered Asia-Pacific one of the last frontiers of Spanish diplomacy. He was a key driving force behind the framework plan. On the other hand, there were two structural phenomena driving Spanish interest in the region: Spain's position as a middle-ranking power with great power aspirations, and the by-then undeniable rise of Asia. Cutting across partisan and regional lines, the original framework plan established general goals that have driven Spanish policy towards Asia-Pacific ever since –including in the two subsequent action plans of 2005 and 2008–. These goals can be summarised as strengthening economic links, using soft power to boost bilateral relations and supporting EU –and NATO– policy towards the region to facilitate Spanish objectives.
Boosting economic links: still the number-one priority
Strengthening trade and investment links remains Spain's top priority in Asia-Pacific. The country is no different from its European counterparts in this respect. Indeed, economic complementarities were the main driver behind the first modern exchanges between Spain and Asia. In the 1960s, cash-rich Japanese companies began to invest in Spain to benefit from the country's then-cheap labour and proximity to the EEC. Korean and other Asian companies would eventually follow suit. By the 1990s, Spanish companies also started to seriously consider high-growth Asian economies as outsourcing destinations and, especially, potential markets for Spanish goods and services.
Nonetheless, Spain's economic links with the region remain relatively underdeveloped. As of 2016, China and Japan were the only Asian countries among the top 20 Spanish trading partners, at number 12 and 18 respectively. As for investment, again only China at number 11 and Japan at number 15 were among the top 20 investors in Spain by stock as of 2016. Spain lags behind the four big European economies in terms of trade and investment flows to and from Asia. More needs to be done in this area to strengthen links with the two biggest Asian economies as well as others such as India and Korea.
Most notably, public-private cooperation is essential to boost trade and investment with Asia-Pacific. Madrid has to show a greater commitment to supporting Spain's private companies as they venture into the region. In this respect, the central government's trade and investment agency ICEX is key and should be better supported. While the work done by this agency is commendable and it attracts very highly-qualified staff, its budget is dwarfed by its counterparts. For example, at £277 million the budget of UK Trade and Investment was four times more than the €86 million received by ICEX in 2016. Considering that the number of Spaniards living across Asia is very small –34,000 across the continent as of 2016 according to Spain's National Statistics Institute, compared with 45,000 British citizens in Singapore alone– the work of ICEX is essential for Spanish companies, especially SMEs, to gain first-hand knowledge of economic and sociological developments in the region.
In addition, the Spanish government should once again make strategic use of ODA to support Spanish companies in the less developed parts of Asia-Pacific. In the years before the Global Financial Crisis, Spain's ODA to the region increased significantly in terms of volume and number of countries targeted. OECD data, however, shows that ODA was slashed in the aftermath of the crisis from a peak of 0.46% of GNI in 2009 to a trough of 0.15% in 2012 and 0.21% in 2016 –the fourth lowest percentage among OECD members–. As ODA was cut, most aid flows again concentrated on Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. An increase in ODA to South and South-East Asia to the levels witnessed before the Global Financial Crisis would support Spain's private sector in the region. In common with most other countries, it is usual for Spain's development projects to involve the country's own private companies. This would give them a greater presence in countries such as Pakistan and Cambodia, where the public sector dominates the economy.
Soft power to foster better relations
Strong economic links are generally correlated with good bilateral relations. In Spain's case, Madrid has a significant advantage: the country has a good reputation internationally. As the regular reports published by the Spain Image Observatory of the Elcano Royal Institute show, this good reputation extends to Asian countries. Notwithstanding positive perceptions of Spain, the Asia-Pacific framework and action plans identified boosting Spain's image across the region as a goal in and of itself –as well as a means of strengthening economic links–. The rationale is that Spain's soft power in the form of the Spanish language, the country's culture and other well-known assets –ranging from its food to its football teams– can make it a more attractive partner and destination. Also, Madrid is aware that the good reputation that Spain enjoys in Asia-Pacific does not conceal the fact that the country is relatively unknown in the region.
High-level head-of-government visits are essential to boosting Spain's image across a region in which face-to-face contact remains central. This was well understood by Prime Minister Felipe González, who became the first Spanish leader to ever set foot in Asia when he visited India in 1984 and China and Japan one year later. It would be Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, however, who would become the most frequent Spanish head of government to visit the region. He would even venture to countries such as Kazakhstan, showing his appreciation for the nuances of Asia-Pacific geo-economics. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has also occasionally visited the region. However, leaders such as Angela Merkel, David Cameron and François Hollande, when they were in power, have been much more frequent visitors to the region. This is detrimental to Spain's image in Asia-Pacific because the country does not make as many of the positive headlines and highest-level links that come from these visits, and this should be addressed.
The use of Marca España, a long-term government policy aimed at strengthening the image of Spain launched in 2012, is also central to using Spanish soft power. Cultural and educational exchanges, bilateral forums and visits by sportspeople and teams had already become common throughout the 2000s. But Marca España has served to bring together separate initiatives and create a strategic framework for Spanish public diplomacy. Even though the potential impact of Marca España should not be exaggerated, its work should bear fruit in the long term and strengthen people-to-people links between Spain and targeted Asian countries such as China and Korea. Nonetheless, Spain is catching up with its Western European neighbours such as Germany and Italy in this area. Thus, Madrid would need to significantly boost its investment in Marca España –eventually by harnessing private financing and launching profit-generating programmes and activities–. The initiative had no budget when it was launched, having partly to rely on other government departments in its early stages. This is to be avoided.
In this respect, Spain also has to make better use and provide more support to the Cervantes institutes scattered across the region. Currently there are nine in Asia-Pacific. This is a significant improvement since the 1990s, when only one centre in Manila was in operation. However, it is a modest number compared to other Western European countries. There are nine Goethe institutes across China, Japan and Korea alone, for instance, while Alliance Française has 15 centres in China alone. Making use of Spain's soft power requires a greater presence on the ground than is currently the case.
EU membership to advance Spanish economic and geostrategic objectives
Membership of the EU –and NATO to an extent– is another pillar of Spain's Asia-Pacific framework and action plans. It is an important channel for Spain to increase trade and investment with the region, thus supporting Madrid's main goal. Indeed, the EU itself has only relatively recently sought to make use of its trade power to deepen economic relations with Asia. At the time of writing, the EU has one FTA in place with Korea since 2011 and two other agreements signed with Singapore and Vietnam in 2014 and 2015 respectively. A host of negotiations are ongoing with countries across Asia, including fairly advanced negotiations with Japan. Considering that the EU has transformed its trade deficit with Korea into a surplus since their agreement was signed, it is understandable that Brussels sees advantages in cutting more deals across Asia.
There is broad support for EU FTAs in Spain. Neither left-wing nor right-wing governments have publicly expressed opposition to these agreements. Indeed, Spain seems to be part of a bloc including Germany, the Netherlands and much of Central and Eastern Europe that almost invariably supports the Commission in its negotiations with Asian countries. For Spain, FTAs are a means to boost the competitiveness of its high value-added exports to the region, such as industrial products and pharma-chemistry. In contrast, countries such as Italy and France have sometimes sought to slow down the negotiation of some agreements with the region's countries. The divide is perhaps clearest in the case of the EU-China investment agreement currently under negotiation. Spain has shown its support for the agreement and, indeed, has been very keen to attract Chinese investment since the Global Financial Crisis. Support for the Commission's negotiations with this and other Asian countries should continue, given the benefit to the country's economy.
Being part of the EU and NATO gives Spain the additional advantage of conferring Madrid a geostrategic presence in the region that it would otherwise lack. The Asia-Pacific framework and action plans issued over the years reinforced the traditional Spanish policy of non-intervention in the region's political and security conundrums. But as the EU and, to an extent, NATO, have become more involved in Asia-Pacific's geostrategic challenges, successive Spanish governments have been more than willing to provide material support to both organisations.
In the case of EU missions, Spain has been part of EU NAVFOR Atalanta since its launch in 2008. Focusing on counter-piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the mission has been central to UN efforts to ensure the smooth transit of trade between Asia and Europe. Participation in the mission has allowed the Spanish navy to cooperate with its counterparts from countries such as Japan, Korea, Pakistan and Singapore. In addition, Spain has also been part of the EU's policing mission in Afghanistan since 2007 and its monitoring mission in Aceh in 2005-06. In the case of NATO, Spain was part of the organisation's war efforts in Afghanistan from 2003 and indeed was one of the last countries to withdraw its troops from the South Asian country. Spain was also part of NATO's post-earthquake relief assistance following Pakistan's devastating earthquake of 2005. For Spain, continuing support for these international initiatives is an essential component of its role as a middle power and its goal of supporting stability in Asia-Pacific.
As of 2017 it is no exaggeration to say that Spain's presence and links in Asia-Pacific are at their historical height. Spain might have colonised the Philippines for over 300 years but its presence in other parts of the region was always minimal compared to other Western European countries. As a result, Spaniards' collective memory has little space for Asia compared to Europe or Latin America. This is why the role of successive Spanish governments has been key to foster the current links with the region. Without the Asia-Pacific framework plan first launched in 2000, Spain's relationship with the region would have strengthened but not to its current degree.
Madrid should thus be commended for its role in fostering Spain's links with Asia-Pacific. Its goal of strengthening economic relations across the region is being achieved, thanks no doubt to market factors but also in no small part to governmental efforts. These include close cooperation with the private sector, most notably through the work of ICEX, the use of soft power to improve Spain's image through cultural diplomacy –now brought under the umbrella of Marca España– and support for Brussels' FTA strategy towards the region. Furthermore, Spain has also enhanced its geostrategic presence in the region through support and participation in EU and NATO missions. This helps Madrid's middle-power credentials and backing for a stable Asia-Pacific.
In order to further enhance its presence in the region, the Spanish government should make sure it provides adequate resources to ICEX, Marca España, Cervantes institutes and any other institutions supporting Spanish policy towards the region. Spain is not the only Western European country seeking to improve relations with Asia-Pacific countries, and, in this case, money does talk. From this it follows that the government should also increase ODA towards the region to further work alongside Spanish companies seeking a foothold there. Finally, Spain should continue its support for the EU –as well as NATO– as a way to further strengthen its position vis-à-vis and links with Asia-Pacific.
Ramón Pacheco Pardo
Senior Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London and Co-director of the London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Science
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What's behind China's new behavior in Europe
Janka Oertel is director of the Asia program at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Europe has become an unexpected battleground for a different kind of threat: a propaganda war.
As Beijing tries to shape the narrative of the outbreak, it has ramped up its efforts to influence how Europeans think and talk about China and the pandemic in ways that are alarming policymakers across the bloc.
Of course, intimidation tactics are not new to China's foreign policy toolkit. Neighboring countries in particular know a thing or two about it. And even in Europe, Beijing has a track record of picking off smaller European states to prove a point.
Norway was put in the diplomatic "freezer" for years after the Nobel committee awarded Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize; Sweden is dealing with a Chinese ambassador so openly offensive he seems to be deliberately trying to derail the relationship; and Estonia has faced significant pressure to amend an intelligence report that warned about China's growing influence.
Europe is, in some ways, an unlikely target.
Since the start of the pandemic, however, Beijing has ramped up its efforts in a way that sets a new standard in scale and timing. Chinese diplomats have spread claims that the virus originated in Italy and attempted to make German policymakers applaud China's crisis management. In France, Chinese diplomats have ridiculed the ability of liberal democracies to respond to the emergency.
Beijing's attempt to pressure the European External Action Service to water down a report that clearly lists Chinese influence activities was one of the latest — but certainly not the last — in a series of attacks on the EU.
Europe is, in some ways, an unlikely target. Unlike the United States, leaders there did not blame Beijing for its handling of the health emergency at the start of the crisis. Europeans also consistently tiptoe around the most contentious problems in order to keep collaboration on climate change and multilateralism alive, but also to avoid fatal disruptions in the economic relationship.
And yet, instead of making strategic use of Europe's cooperative stance, Beijing's aggressive, ham-fisted and sometimes outright inept campaign to stamp out any hint of criticism has irritated policymakers from Paris to The Hague, Brussels and Berlin.
So, why is Beijing doing this? While it's difficult to untangle the specific reasoning behind China's decision-making, there are at least three possibilities.
The first is that Beijing is operating with a sense of panic. The Communist Party leadership has faced severe criticism over its handling of the pandemic, and it is increasingly nervous about domestic repercussions and the potential economic impact, which is likely to be significant.
In this sequence of events, the crisis has exposed massive challenges China had swept under the rug of economic growth for decades: authoritarian overreach, economic inequality, local debt, and deficiencies in the social and health care system, to name just a few.
As Chinese dissident author Ma Jian argued in February, President Xi Jinping is following the party's tradition of burying the truth to solidify its leadership. But as the virus spread around the world, burying the truth in nationalist domestic propaganda became more difficult. To remain in control and demonstrate the supremacy of its system, Beijing took its domestic tactics global — because making others look bad makes China's leaders look better at home.
The second possibility is that the Chinese leadership is angry — especially about the way the United States is trying to blame Beijing for the virus, as Washington papers over its own incapacity to prepare for the pandemic and handle its fallout.
Even before the pandemic, the battle between the U.S. and China had already moved far beyond the initial trade war into the territory of systemic confrontation. The Chinese leadership, worried that Washington is seeking to exploit a moment of weakness, may have decided to proactively lash out against the U.S. and its allies alike.
Europe, in this scenario, is to a degree collateral damage in the bigger struggle between these two global powers — a struggle in which Europe will not be neutral, as Beijing sees it, but will necessarily take Washington's side.
The final option is that Beijing is simply taking a calculated risk. China's shift into offense, the thinking here goes, comes at a time of European weakness. As such, it is a strategic and deliberate move to bully Europe into compliance at a time when there is little unity and a lot of nervousness among EU countries.
This could explain Beijing's initial attempts to score points with countries most affected by the virus — such as Italy — by sending face masks and other medical gear, in an effort to demonstrate the benefits of friendly relations with China.
This strategy rests on the assumption that times have changed, and that Europe needs China more than China needs Europe — especially when it comes to its economic recovery post the crisis. The fact that Europe's top diplomatic personnel allowed a recent op-ed by EU ambassadors celebrating the anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations to be censored before it was published in the China Daily demonstrates that this assumption is not fully unwarranted.
The toughening of Europe's stance toward China over the last two years, which saw the EU label it a "systemic rival," was not in Beijing's interest. Now, the Chinese leadership may see a chance for course correction. If Europe gives in, it can continue to do business as usual.
The most likely explanation is that all these dynamics — an eye toward the domestic audience, a limited degree of panic, a dose of anger and the desire to make the most of a strategic opportunity — are informing Beijing's current approach.
What is unclear, however, is whether this is a temporary offensive that will ebb as the pandemic fades, or is part of the "new normal" awaiting Europe in the future.
In the short term, those in Europe who had been sounding the alarm bell about China before the crisis have been handed more leverage to pursue a confrontational agenda, while supporters of deeper engagement may find it harder to make their case. Already, the calls for reducing the bloc's dependency on China and diversifying its economy are growing louder.
Ultimately, economic relations between China and Europe are still strong. It will take more than just a few diplomatic missteps to completely derail them. But if the past few weeks are a sign of a permanent shift toward a strategy of intimidation, views in Europe may well harden against China even more broadly. In the end, Beijing may find it has made a huge strategic mistake: Losing Europe to win the battle of narratives would be a big price to pay.
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There are several useful takeaways for voters. It's no accident that the two declared candidates with gubernatorial experience—Hickenlooper and Inslee—are at the capitalistic end of the field, since governors have to work with businesses to develop pragmatic tax and regulatory policies that generate jobs. Joining them at the capitalist frontier is Delaney, who made millions starting and running two successful businesses , and only ran for office after that.
On taxes, we considered plans to redistribute wealth through taxation—such as Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax —as more socialistic. Politicians don't often tout tax hike plans, but they do sometimes favor sweeping new programs—such as Sanders' free-college plan —that necessitate higher taxes. We also rated those more socialistic. Tax hikes aren't inherently bad, but economists generally say growth is strongest with the lowest possible level of taxation needed to meet public needs. And there are other ways to raise up those left behind, such as Delaney's plan to incentivize investment in underperforming parts of the country.
On climate policy, we consider the Green New Deal to be the most socialistic plan out there for addressing global warming. At least five of the candidates—Booker, Harris, Sanders, Warren and Gabbard—support the GND, which would put the government in charge of the much of the energy and transportation sectors and require large tax increases . In this instance, there are clear market-based alternatives that are more capitalistic, such as imposing carbon taxes and letting the market sort out the most efficient way to cut pollution. Inslee, who's campaigning primarily on a " climate mission ," would push reforms down to the state and local level, end existing carbon subsidies (capitalistic!) and involve businesses in his crusade to reduce emissions.


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This year the State's resource sales reach a record A$100billion for the first time.
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Scratch the surface and you'll find the depth and breadth of Western Australia's resources sector, and the skills of the people who work within it.
As we head into the final quarter of 2013, Western Australia is well-positioned to reap the benefits of strong investment in the State's resources sector despite the recent softening in industry conditions.
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Two studies outline the way our State is changing and how we can position ourselves for the future.
Western Australia remains well placed to deal with the challenges created by recent volatility in world financial and commodity markets.
The resources sector in Western Australia continues to go from strength to strength, as highlighted by articles in this issue.
The new year presents Western Australia with some tremendous challenges and opportunities.
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Western Australia has long enjoyed a close relationship with its regional neighbours, with a shared time zone and mutually beneficial opportunities driving a natural trade advantage.
In 2013–14, Western Australia contributed 50 per cent of the nation's exports to South Korea with a total that stood at more than A$10 billion.
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Western Australia's resources sector is going from strength-to-strength with a number of signifi cant projects set to transform the State's north-west and help secure the future growth of the State's resources industry.
The first half of 2010 has proved to be a busy and productive period for Western Australia's resources industry and for the State.
The new decade is shaping up to be an exciting time for the resources sector and Western Australia will continue to cement its position as the world's leading mining economy.
As 2009 draws to a close, the New Year brings renewed optimism for Western Australia's resources industry.
The past few months have seen two significant milestones reached in the State Government's quest to provide for the future of our resources industry.
Welcome to the first issue of Prospect magazine for 2009.
The creation of two new State Government departments with roles relating to mines and petroleum comes at a vital time for this valuable industry.
As the new Director General of the Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) it is a pleasure to welcome you
This year has seen huge investment in Western Australia's resources sector with new capital growth in the State totalling more than A$30billion in the 2009-10 financial year. During the same period, Western Australia's exports exceeded A$83billion.
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2013 may be a big year for the evolution of smartphones and tablets.
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The Future of Mobile CPUs
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Future of mobile CPUs, part 2: What's ahead for the major players?
Mobile computing's rise from niche market to the mainstream is among the most significant technological trends in our lifetimes. And to a large extent, it's been driven by the bounty of Moore's Law—the rule that transistor density doubles every 24 months. Initially, most mobile devices relied on highly specialized hardware to meet stringent power and size budgets. But with so many transistors available, devices inevitably grew general-purpose capabilities. Most likely, that wasn't even the real motivation. The initial desire was probably to reduce costs by creating a more flexible software ecosystem with better re-use and faster time to market. As such, the first smartphones were very much a novelty, and it took many years before the world realized the potential of such devices. Apple played a major role by creating innovative smartphones that consumers craved and quickly adopted.
To some extent, this is where we still stand today. Smartphones are still (relatively) expensive and primarily interesting to the developed world. But over the next 10 years, this too will change. As Moore's Law rolls on, the cost of a low-end smartphone will decline. At some point, the incremental cost will be quite minimal and many feature phones of today will be supplanted by smartphones. A $650 unsubsidized phone is well beyond the reach of most of the world compared to a $20 feature phone, but a $30 to $40 smartphone would naturally be very popular.
In this grand progression, 2013 will certainly be a significant milestone for mobile devices, smartphones and beyond. It's likely to be the first year in which tablets out-ship notebooks in the US. And in the coming years, this will lead to a confluence of high-end tablets and ultra-mobile notebooks as the world figures out how these devices co-exist, blend, hybridize, and/or merge.
Against this backdrop, in this two-part series, we'll explore the major trends and evolution for mobile SoCs. More importantly, we'll look to where the major vendors are likely going in the next several years.
Tablet and phone divergence
While phones and tablets are mobile devices that often share a great deal of software, it's becoming increasingly clear the two are very different products. These two markets have started to diverge and will continue doing so over time.
From a technical perspective, smartphones are far more compact and power constrained. Smartphone SoCs are limited to around 1W, both by batteries and by thermal dissipation. The raison d'etre of a smartphone is connectivity, so a cellular modem is an absolute necessity. For the cost sensitive-models that make up the vast majority of the market, the modem is integrated into the SoC itself. High-end designs favor discrete modems with a greater power budget instead. The main smartphone OSes today are iOS and Android, though Windows is beginning to make an appearance (perhaps with Linux or BlackBerry on the horizon). Just as importantly, phone vendors like HTC must pass government certification and win the approval of carriers. There is very much a walled-garden aspect, where carriers control which devices can be attached to their networks, and in some cases devices can only be sold through a certain carrier. The business model places consumers quite far removed from the actual hardware.
In contrast, tablets are far more akin to the PC both technically and economically. The power budget for tablet SoCs is much greater, up to 4W for a passively cooled device and as high as 7-8W for systems with fans. This alone means there is a much wider range of tablet designs than smartphones. Moreover, the default connectivity for tablets is Wi-Fi rather than a cellular modem. The vast majority of tablets do not have cellular modems, and even fewer customers actually purchase a wireless data plan. As a result, cellular modems are almost always optional discrete components of the platform. The software ecosystem is relatively similar, with Microsoft, Apple, and Google OSes available. Because tablets eschew cellular modems, the time to market is faster, and they are much more commonly sold directly to consumers rather than through carriers. In terms of usage models, tablets are much more PC-like, with reasonable-sized screens that make games and media more attractive.
Looking forward, these distinctions will likely become more pronounced. Many tablets today use high-end smartphone SoCs, but the difference in power targets and expected performance is quite large. As the markets grow in volume, SoCs will inevitably bifurcate to focus on one market or the other. Even today, Apple is doing so, with the A6 for phones and the larger A6X for tablets. Other vendors may need to wait a few years to have the requisite volume, but eventually the two markets will be clearly separate.
Horizontal business model evolution
Another aspect of the mobile device market that is currently in flux and likely to change in the coming years is the business model for the chip and system vendors. Currently, Apple is the only company truly pursuing a vertically integrated model, where all phones and tablets are based on Apple's own SoC designs and iOS. The tight integration between hardware and software has been a huge boon for Apple, and it has yielded superb products.
Samsung is one of the few others companies that takes a vertically integrated approach to phones and tablets, although in truth its strategy seems to be ambivalent on that point. Unlike Apple, Samsung's SoCs are readily available to third parties, and some Samsung devices, such as the S7562 Galaxy S Duos, use SoCs from competitors. More recently though, there has been a trend of Samsung devices using Samsung SoCs, at least for the premier products. For the moment, Samsung's approach is best characterized as a hybrid, particularly as the company lacks a bespoke OS.
The rest of the major SoC vendors (e.g., Intel, Qualcomm, Nvidia, TI, Mediatek, etc.) have stayed pretty far away from actual mobile devices. These companies tend to focus on horizontal business models that avoid competing with customers or suppliers.
In the long term, mobile devices are likely to evolve similarly to the PC and favor a horizontal business model. The real advantage is one of flexibility; as costs drop and the market expands, it will be increasingly necessary for vendors like HTC to offer a wide range of phones based on radically different SoCs. While a vertically integrated company like Apple can focus and maintain leadership in a specific (and highly lucrative) niche, it would be very difficult to expand in many growing areas of the market. The differences between an iPhone 6 and a $20 feature phone are tremendous and would be very difficult for a single company to bridge.
However, SoC vendors will attempt to reap the benefits of vertical integration by providing complete reference platforms to OEMs. Conceptually, this is a form of "optional" system integration, where the phone vendor or carrier can get the entire platform from the SoC supplier. This has the principal advantages of reducing time to market while also providing a baseline quality and experience for consumers. Currently, this approach has mostly been tested in emerging markets, but it's likely to become more common over time. There is a crucial distinction between reference platforms and vertical integration. Namely, OEMs can always choose to customize a platform to differentiate, and the SoC vendor avoids dealing with consumers directly. Typically, most of the customization is in terms of software on top of a base operating system.
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One of the unique features of Presidential Dollars is the edge lettering. The US Mint refers to this as "edge-incused inscriptions." The edge lettering has caused some controversy with the public and also produced a number of unique error coins.
When first released in 2007, the Presidential Dollar Edge Lettering included four things:
The mint mark
The motto "E Pluribus Unum"
The motto "In God We Trust"
The motto "In God We Trust" was moved to the obverse of the coin starting in 2009.
The Four Edge Inscriptions
Circulating US coins typically include the date and mint mark on the face of the coin, which makes the placement on the edge somewhat unique. The date indicates the year of mintage. The mint mark represents the where the coin was minted.
Mint marks currently used on Presidential Dollars include "P" representing Philadelphia Mint, "D" representing the Denver Mint, and "S" representing the San Francisco Mint. Philadelphia and Denver currently strike coins for circulation, and San Francisco strikes proof coins.
The motto "E Pluribus Unum" first appeared on US coinage in 1795 and became a mandatory inscription in 1873. Translated from Latin, the motto means, "Out of Many, One." This refers to the fact that many states have combined to form a single nation.
The motto "In God We Trust" has been the official national motto of the United States since 1956. It first appeared on US coinage in 1864, and since 1938, all US coins have included the inscription.
When the Presidential Dollar series first began, there was some controversy about the supposed omission of the "In God We Trust" motto. Some widely circulated emails and articles mentioned that the motto had been removed from the coins in order to "phase God out of America." The same emails and articles often called for a boycott of the new coins. These claims were false, as the motto was included on the edge inscriptions of the coins.
Edge Inscription Errors
The use of edge inscriptions added a level to the minting process for circulating Presidential Dollars. Minting must occur in two steps.
In the first step, blanks are fed into a coining machine, which strikes the obverse and reverse designs on the coins. These coins are dispensed into a large bin. In the second step, coins from the bins are fed into an edge-incusing machine, which produces the inscriptions.
Because of the process described, the heads-tails orientation of the lettering on circulating coins is random. Approximately one half of the time the lettering will be heads-side up, and one half of the time the lettering will be tails-side up.
Errors have occurred when coins have not received the second step of the minting process and were released into circulation without edge lettering. Other errors have occurred when the edge lettering has been doubled or doubled and inverted. Find more information on Presidential Dollar Errors.
Edge Lettering Changes for 2009
On December 26, 2007, the President signed into law H.R. 2764, which has implications for the edge lettering found on Presidential Dollars. The new law requires that the motto "In God We Trust" be moved to the obverse or reverse of the coins "as soon as practicable after the date of enactment."
The US Mint later released an official statement that they would make this change beginning with 2009 Presidential Dollars, the same year that the new Native American Dollars make their debut.
Read more about the upcoming 2009 Edge Lettering to be used on Presidential Dollars and Native American Dollars.


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First lady President of Suffolk & North Essex Law Society...
Penny Brice – First lady President of Suffolk & North Essex Law Society
Bury St Edmunds 31st July 2013: Suffolk solicitor Rudlings Wakelam, Senior Partner and Solicitor Penny Brice takes over as President of the local Law Society office.
Penny Brice, Senior Partner and Solicitor at Rudlings Wakelam took on the mantle of the first lady to be hold the office of President of the local Law Society office SNELS (Suffolk and North Essex Law Society) on the 4th July 2013.
Penny's inauguration took place at the Annual General Meeting held in Ipswich on the 4th July, she takes over from the Hon. Jonathan Ripman of Gotelee's in Ipswich.
Penny says, "I am proud to be elected President and hope that I can continue to represent the local profession as skillfully as Jonathan Ripman has just done". "I believe SNELS provides a collective and strong voice for the local legal profession to enable their opinions and views to be heard in a fast changing legal world and also provides an approachable public face to what otherwise can appear to be a somewhat formal profession".
Penny specialises in Wills & Tax Planning, a service which she offers from all four of Rudlings Wakelam's offices based throughout East Anglia: Bury St Edmunds, Brandon, Long Melford and Thetford. The practice offers a wide range of private and commercial legal services.
What is SNELS?
SNELS represents all members within its region at The Law Society in Chancery Lane, London, both through its active Council and Chancery Lane Council Member. In conjunction with the University of Essex and University College Suffolk, SNELS hosts highly successful SELECT Continuing Professional Development Courses. Each year, again with the University of Essex, SNELS holds the Annual Essex Law Lecture, which attracts very high profile speakers. In addition there are Practice Development Seminars, which are free to members and carry CPD points.
There is a very active Council and Junior Lawyers Division. SNELS is proud to support the Ipswich & Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE) providing legal services in the form of advocacy/casework and a free law advice centre.
Address 14 Woolhall Street, Bury St Edmunds
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Caroline Adderson's new novel finds strength and humour in the aftermath of a seemingly tragic accident
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Caroline Adderson's new novel finds strength and humour in the aftermath of a seemingly tragic accident
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CREDIT: Bill Keay, Vancouver Sun
Caroline Adderson: 'I didn't want it to be a sad, depressing book.'
Caroline Adderson has had two radically different experiences as an author. Her 1993 story collection, Bad Imaginings, was rapturously received, and a finalist for the Governor-General's Award, allowing her to dine out on her great reviews for years. Then came her 1999 novel, A History of Forgetting. It didn't quite sink like a stone -- it garnered great reviews in the U.K. -- but the lack of buzz in central Canada was palpable.
"I said to myself, 'This is terrible. Now what am I going to do? Am I going to quit or keep going?' I just kept going," said Adderson, when I sat down to interview her just before the release of her new novel, Sitting Practice.
With the perspective that experience brings, the Vancouver author and writing teacher said that the tepid response to Forgetting was better for her than the flattering success of Imaginings.
The universal approval the first novel brought "really threw me off balance," she said. "It took me a long time to start writing again."
With all that in her past, how does Adderson think Sitting Practice will do?
She's hopeful, and with good reason. My bet is that readers will find the book richly imagined, heartwarming and wise.
It's the story of a happy, extroverted Vancouver guy named Ross who works as a caterer in the movie business. He meets and falls in love with Iliana, a briskly competent Vancouver Hospital nurse who's impressive on the tennis court and, well, delightfully eager in bed.
No sooner do they get hitched -- their wedding, with the exuberant Ross in charge of the food, is a glorious affair -- than something terrible happens. A moment's inattention on the road gets them into a stupid, stupid car accident, and Iliana emerges from her own hospital a paraplegic.
The title Sitting Practice refers to Iliana's irreversible new state -- she must adjust to life in a wheelchair -- and also to Ross' response to the unexpected change in his bride. Suddenly drawn to a more contemplative life, he becomes a Buddhist.
Adderson dislikes this kind of a synopsis, thinking it makes Sitting Practice sound more depressing than it is. While she was writing the book, she didn't discuss it with her friends -- or even, for that matter, with her husband, the film-maker Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding).
"When people would ask what I was working on and what it was about, as soon as I said, 'Spinal cord injury,' there was just this great shudder and then all these thoughts about 'Oh, this must be a terribly sad book.' Which I don't think it is, at all. [Iliana's paralysis is] a sad part in it, of course, but life goes on."
The accident causes such a shift in the couple's life together that Ross closes his catering business (Reel Food), leaves Kerrisdale and moves with Iliana to the Vancouver Island town of Duncan, where they open a cafe called Real Food.
Wheeling around in the cafe's kitchen, which has been fitted with low counters, Iliana bakes all the bread they serve. Her arms are powerful from tennis, but though her legs have lost muscle tone, she's not exactly dead to erotic suggestion.
The trouble is, Ross blames himself for the accident and, spooked by the damage his wife has sustained, is afraid to touch her. So she looks elsewhere.
Adderson learned about life after spinal cord injury from five wheelchair-bound women -- "really, really incredible women" -- who responded to a query she posted on the Internet. "Just talking to them, over the six months that I did this research, certainly changed my attitude," she said.
She came to realize that paralysis isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person. "Anything happening to the brain, that's far worse. You may be up, walking around, but your personality is not intact any more."
Still, she checks herself when making such comparisons. "As soon as you start saying, 'I'm lucky that I'm not in a wheelchair,' that's immediately pitying the person who is."
The women who gave Adderson background information answered nearly 100 questions from her, discussing everything from the way they were injured -- a couple were hit by cars with drunk drivers at the helm -- to the intimate details of their sex lives.
Some of her informants talked about how their partners were afraid to touch them afterwards. Two of them broke up with their partners because they couldn't handle their squeamishness and hesitancy.
A startling thing she learned came from a book of interviews with women who had suffered spinal cord injury. Eventually most of them found their way to better sex than they had known before their accidents. "It was partly," said a smiling Adderson, "because they got better partners."
Quickly, let's change the subject before anyone gets the impression that Sitting Practice is only about a woman, paralysed in a car accident, and her sex life. It's got much more going for it than that.
It's full of quirky humor. For example, Ross drives a Volvo which he calls "Miss Stockholm." He thinks it's a pretty car, and that "the diagonal bar across the grille resembled a beauty pageant contestant's sash."
When the couple move to Duncan, one of the characters visits the mall and notices how the tacky-looking stores all "had 'shack' or 'hut' or 'barn' in their name, as if to rusticate the only remotely urban experience the town had to offer."
There is also a funny scene in which two men have a conversation about one desired woman while, outdoors, "the sky blushed a labial pink."
All of these things make readers smile. We find ourselves warming to Adderson's picture of a damaged marriage recovering by fitful lurches.
Another charming aspect of the book is the relationship Ross has with his nephew Bryce, who grows from a baby to a toddler before our eyes. Ross is extravagantly tender and affectionate toward the little boy, addressing him, for reasons of his own, in French: "Bonjour, bonjour!"
Adderson said Bryce is not modelled on Patrick, her four-year-old son, but Patrick unwittingly helped her out. Thanks to him, "I didn't have to do any research, and all the developmental stages -- the number of the teeth, and everything like that -- are perfectly accurate."
She went on to say that becoming a mother really taught her to focus on her writing, to grab and squeeze every moment she could possibly devote to it.
"When I put [Patrick] down for the night, I would run upstairs and write for two or three hours .... I just remember that [Alesksandr] Solzhenitsyn wrote One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch in the gulag, in his head. I can write and teach and have a baby -- that's easy, compared to that."
The novel contains one other parallel with Adderson's life -- something you wouldn't know unless the author told you. It's that Ross' and Iliana's wonderful wedding, scenes from which are sprinkled throughout the book, takes place on the same day, five years ago, when Caroline Adderson and Bruce Sweeney got married. The author and the director didn't serve their guests the six whole salt-crusted lambs which Ross serves up, but the joyous feeling was the same.
Adderson said that the fictional wedding originally came at the end of the book, but then she "went through quite a radical reworking of it structurally" because "it didn't have any tension."
Adderson teaches creative writing in the Simon Fraser University mentoring program called The Writer's Studio and also in the University of B.C.'s summer Booming Ground program. Even so, she said she often needs outside help to get the structure of a novel right.
"I can get a story pretty much right on my own, but I do tend to need feedback to pull a novel off."
Eventually she realized that the car accident needed to come at the beginning of the book. But once she'd done that, she didn't know where to put the wedding.
Eventually she chopped it up into scenes, italicizing those passages and dropping them into the narrative at intervals.
She wanted the feeling of a "happy big party" to suffuse the book and leaven its central tragedy.
"I didn't want it be a sad, depressing book," she said. "My last book was a sad, depressing book, and hard to write. I just was determined that, even though the subject matter sounds really depressing, it be a funny book."
Interview with Caroline Adderson.
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Ernest Henry Burgmann (1885-1967), Anglican bishop and social critic, was born on 9 May 1885 at Lansdowne, near Taree, New South Wales, third child of Henry Burgman(n), bushman, and his wife Mary Ann Philomena, née Flick, both native-born. The son of a German-immigrant cooper, Henry worked a small selection in the district's heavily timbered country. Ernest remembered an adventurous childhood within a close and secure family atmosphere. He was educated at Koppin Yarratt Public School (to 1898) and for a year at Cleveland Street Superior Public School, Sydney.
The Church of England offered Burgmann a way out of the narrow world of timber-getting and dairying. His Christian faith developed in an untroubled fashion, nurtured by his parents and by the muscular example of pioneer Anglican clergy. Studying part time and cutting logs for a living, he gained his licentiate (1907) from the Australian College of Theology. In 1908 he went back to school at Taree to matriculate and next year entered St Paul's College, University of Sydney (B.A., 1912; M.A., 1914). He was ordained priest on 18 October 1912. A short stay in London in 1914-15 as curate at South Wimbledon confronted him with conflicting attitudes towards war and brought him into contact with schools of Anglican theology that ranged from tractarianism to modernism. Burgmann returned to a rectorship at Wyong on the central coast of New South Wales. On 8 February 1916 in the Church of St Peter, Neutral Bay, Sydney, he married 20-year-old Edna Carey Crowhurst whom he had prepared for confirmation.
After twelve months as travelling secretary for the Australian Board of Missions, in 1918 Burgmann was appointed warden of St John's College, Armidale. He soon established a reputation as an inspiring director of ordinands, a witty teacher and a wide-ranging thinker. G. V. Portus secured Burgmann's services for the Workers' Educational Association where he became a successful instructor in psychology and social issues. Largely at his instigation, St John's was transferred to Morpeth, near Newcastle. There, from 1925, he filled a niche as a social activist. During the Depression he supported the unemployed and the evicted, and wrote for newspapers and magazines on the Church's responsibility for the welfare of the nation. He tried to rouse Anglicans to ally themselves with the working class in a peaceful effort to transform the capitalist system and to be in a position to mediate in the event of revolution.
With Roy Lee, his vice-warden at St John's, Burgmann endeavoured to sharpen pastoral training by imbuing priests with a sense of national vision and by adding an intellectual edge to their capacities. He was a major and continuing influence on a generation of clergymen who passed through the college. Burgmann, Lee and A. P. Elkin founded the Morpeth Review, a quarterly designed for those 'on the borderland of institutional religion'; it featured articles by prominent commentators on economics, anthropology, religion and current affairs. Described as 'one of the most interesting might-have-beens' in Australian periodical literature, the Review ceased in 1934 when Burgmann was called to be bishop of Goulburn (Canberra and Goulburn from 1950). He was consecrated in Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, on 1 May and enthroned in St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn, three days later.
Burgmann's appointment surprised many, himself included, and quickly became part of the growing mythology that he was a prophetic figure who was destined to be at the centre of religious and secular life. Although incorporating the fledgling national capital, Goulburn was a conservative country diocese. Burgmann was obliged to spend most of his time in rehabilitating it from the effects of the Depression. Yet, he refused to abdicate the role of social and church critic. He maintained his interest in working-class struggles and took up rural issues, such as soil erosion and hydro-electric power. His monthly letters to the diocesan paper, Southern Churchman, became national news. Energetically improving his 'team', he promoted university and continuing education for the clergy, and sought well-trained men and women for posts in the diocese: his episcopal colleagues accused him of 'sheep-stealing'.
World War II catapulted Burgmann into new prominence as president of the Australia-Soviet Friendship League. He was criticized by conservatives for his support of the Russian alliance and for his endorsement of the Federal Labor government's reconstruction strategies. Though he never joined a political party, his heart and head were always with Labor. He admired John Curtin and J. B. Chifley, and forged a mutually respectful friendship with H. V. Evatt who appointed him to the Australian delegation at the 1948 United Nations Assembly in Paris. Burgmann was active in the campaign against (Sir) Robert Menzies' attempt in 1951 to ban the Communist Party of Australia. In 1956 Burgmann was again dogged by controversy when he and the Catholic archbishop Eris O'Brien accepted the Commonwealth's offer to subsidize interest payments on loans raised to erect church schools in Canberra.
Burgmann's great obsession was the building of a collegiate library in Canberra—founded on the lines of that in Westminster Abbey, London—to stimulate advanced theological research by postgraduates. He aimed to provide a setting wherein a distinctive Australian theology might develop. St Mark's Anglican Memorial Library opened in 1957, but insufficient funds prevented it from developing beyond a useful addition to the Church's scholarly resources. Burgmann's own theology and churchmanship were in the broad tradition of Anglicanism, although his emphasis on the church as a goad of the state in the pursuit of social justice remained a minority view. Admitting to being comfortable within the boundaries set by the London symposium on liberal Catholicism (Essays Catholic and Critical, 1926), he was a sacramentalist who acknowledged the power of God in creation, while also being committed to the pursuit of a truth 'no longer fenced on any side'. He steered a middle way for his varied clergy and lay adherents, and provided refuge for some who had experienced religious intolerance.
From about the age of 30 Burgmann wrote prolifically, mainly essays and booklets on social reform, together with interpretations of scripture which were informed by imaginative historical insight. His scholarship was broad rather than deep, and was conveyed in sharp, intelligible prose. A gifted story-teller, he regretted that he did not have time to develop his academic leanings. In 1944 he published his autobiographical tract, The Education of an Australian (Sydney), which celebrated his bush upbringing and explored his drive for learning. Burgmann retired in 1960. Awarded an honorary Th.D. by the Australian College of Theology, he was appointed C.M.G. in 1961. For three years as warden he nursed St Mark's until compelled by ill health to stop. He died on 14 March 1967 in Canberra and was cremated; his wife, two sons and three daughters survived him. Burgmann's many admirers tenaciously cling to the legend of the 'bushman bishop'.
Burgmann papers (National Library of Australia).
Peter Hempenstall, 'Burgmann, Ernest Henry (1885–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/burgmann-ernest-henry-9626/text16977, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 22 April 2019.


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I'm a planner type person, so when we were in Dublin recently, I researched the various options to get from the Dublin airport to Dublin city centre, so I thought I'd share them with you too!
You can use Transport for Ireland's taxi fare calculator to get an idea of what your fare for transportation from Dublin airport will be like, depending on your destination, but figure anywhere from 25-40 Euros.
taking an Uber from Dublin airport to Dublin city centre would be between €19-24 for a uberTAXI and €34-44 for UberBLACK. Obviously if you have any Uber credits, that could make things even cheaper for you.
Exiting the terminal from the right, you'll cross over the road for Arrivals, go down an escalator, and there will be ticket vending machines for both the Dublin Aircoach and the Dublin Airlink buses. Both the Dublin Aircoach and Dublin Airlink will cost about €6-7 one-way. We bought 2 tickets from the vending machine, and for a bit I was worried that the machine was going to eat our change, but it did dispense €2 coins for change. There are sometimes discounts that you can get for booking online, but just note that it does lock you into going with either the Dublin Aircoach or Dublin Airlink.
You can see the Dublin bus schedule at these links – Dublin Airlink schedule here and Dublin Aircoach schedule here.
The Dublin airport bus journey takes about 30-45 minutes or possibly even more depending on traffic.
Hi, one option we looked at that we will probably do is pre-book private transfer through sites like viator cheaper and better option so no waiting around. We are going to Dublin after London in nov 2016 for my 50th …..any good tips?
Great details, pictures, and maps!
Why did you leave out city busses?
I believe the Dublin Airlink IS part of the Dublin bus network (while the Dublin Aircoach is a private bus company).
Airlink costs more than a typical multi-stop numbered city bus.
Anyone reading this: The ONLY way you should travel to the city or anywhere south is via Aircoach. It's a luxury intercity coach with good WiFi, the Dublin Bus Airlink has WiFi but they're horrible buses with tiny seats with no padding and there's constant ads on a screen. If you're going somewhere northside, use the LOCAL dublin bus services, such as routes 16 and 41. The aircoach actually has several routes (so one of the three or four that passed may have been going somewhere else as a point of consolation, but in all likelihood it's probably just that it's more frequent). There are lots of other private bus operators AND long distance operators so if you want to get straight to somewhere else such as Belfast or Drogheda or Galway, you don't need to go into Dublin first and then transfer. You just follow the walkway. Make sure you buy the ticket for the service you want.
EVEN if the Aircoach does not go near your hotel or destination, if you go for the nearest stop, and then travel via Taxi or Dublin Bus the final distance, you will save a LOT of money, and the air coach is FAR more comfortable than a taxi for the 20-30 minute journey into the city centre (depending on traffic and how far you're going).
Also most taxis do not take physical credit or debit cards BUT DO work via an APP such as MyTaxi (works in most european cities) or Uber (works in most global cities). Have both these apps installed. There's WiFi in the airport and most places city centre as well as on the bus.
So what I'd do is get Aircoach to say, St. Stephen's Green, and then go for a coffee and then walk, order a taxi or get a bus the rest of the way.
If you're using public transit (Dublin Bus), you can ONLY pay with coins so get a Leap card at the airport or any shop. You can get a tourist one that includes the air link (why bother?!) and some hop-on-hop-off-tours, (not good but not terrible) or you can get a normal one that is pay as you go (much better).
Brendan's right, the No. 16 city bus runs from outside both terminals right into the city centre, south of St. Stephen's Green, then west to Ballinteer (Kingston). It's just €3.30. It takes longer with more frequent stops, but that means you can get off almost anywhere compared to the Coach or Link expresses.
Have a 6 hour layover at Dublin airport. (1) Hassle to leave and return to airport? (2) Ideas on staying?
I'm going in May with my daughter and we will need to get fromDublin to Galway I would like to take a train. Any insight on that.
for ferry + train in UK including city center in London.
How do we get to the train station from Dublin airport to go to Belfast?
I've always taken the Airlink 747 bus, and love it — so cheap! so easy! so efficient!
I buy a LEAP Visitor Card at the SPAR shop in the airport, which gives you a free trip to/from the airport plus transportation on all of the Dublin-area buses, trams and DART trains. It's about $20 for a three-day (72-hour) pass, which is a steal.


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1) curl ifconfig.me is nice !!
@ Rizwan thanks for your feedback.
You stated in your article that Ctrl-x-e would bring up an editor. What it actually does is open the command line editor, which is not the same thing at all.
Also, this behaviour is dependent on several things.
– First, you have to be using bash as your shell.
– Second, you must be in emacs line editing mode.
– Third, the editor that is invoked is determined by the value of the EDITOR environment variable. If that variable isn't set, then it looks for emacs in your path and tries to invoke it.
If you just want to open a file for editing, then Ctrl-x-e isn't what you want.
Run the following two commands as root at the shell prompt.
OMG….you just ran rm -rf as root in the / directory.
Once you are done running this little experiment, be thankful that I put an echo in front of the rm -rf * and you didn't trash your whole system.
Your article is wrong. Please correct it. Tips are great, but incorrect tips are not only not helpful, but can be harmful.
Excellent write up, the sudo !! is pretty slick!
Thanks @ MAC, for your feedback.
The rest are good but are not very useful for day to day activities.
You can use a wget on an external website that prints the IP to know what your server's external IP is. Just one method on top of my head.
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Thanks! These are actually quite useful!
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The Cardinals' Outfield Backup Plans
By Dan Moore Jul 2, 2010, 5:06pm CDT
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With Ryan Ludwick set to hit the DL, and nobody yet singled out to replace him, it's useful to look at the Cardinals' two main options to replace him on the roster, if not necessarily in right field. Each of the options, oddly enough, closely tracks a player already set to get the bulk of Ludwick's playing time—
Jon Jay, like Randy Winn, is a strong defensive outfielder who hits right-handers better than left-handers. He hit .302/.302/.442 in 26 games with the Cardinals earlier in the season, and is having a career year in AAA Memphis, where he slugged just .394 a year ago. This year he's hitting .321/.394/.491 in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, splitting his time between left and center field. Jay has an excellent arm, runs well on the bases and in the outfield, and at his best gets on base fairly often. He was a second round pick in the 2006 draft that produced Adam Ottavino and Chris Perez.
Allen Craig was the eighth round pick in that same draft, and while he's moved from shortstop all the way to the outfield since then he's done nothing but hit since; his career minor league line is .305/.366/.512, and he's hitting .300/.360/.507 in Memphis after a slow start.
Craig can kind of play third base, which sets him apart from his doppelganger, Nick Stavinoha, and he's probably a better hitter, too. In his unsatisfyingly brief major league debut he somehow had just one of his four line drives (of 14 balls put into play) into a hit, but his line in Memphis proves he's the same excellent hitter he's always been.
If Ludwick should miss an extended period of time, Allen Craig seems like the best fit to replace him; he could provide extra power to lineup that will need it, and Randy Winn can spot him on defense. But if Ludwick will return around the all-star break, when his stint on the DL can end, we're more likely to see Jon Jay, who had a superficially impressive start to his major league career and feels more like a finished product.