Tunisia is only the size of England, but it offers a surprising variety as a travel destination. Travelers to Tunisia say what stands out are its fascinating history, the Mediterranean Sea, the captivating Sahara desert, and the authentic culture.
Tunisia has a fascinating history that started with the founding of mighty Carthage nearly 3,000 years ago. Other major civilizations that have shaped its history include the Roman, Arab, and Ottoman empires. You can get a surprisingly complete overview of Tunisia's past through visiting the historical sites from each era.
The Roman ruins are the most impressive – the Colisseum in El Jem gives a sense of the splendor that Rome brought to North Africa, and the remains of Dougga give a unique insight into what life was like in a typical Roman North African town.
There are also interesting ruins from the mighty Carthaginian empire, and the Arab and Ottoman periods.
With so much history, it might sound hard to include much else on a tour. But thanks to Tunisia's relatively small size you'll still have plenty of time to catch some waves in the Mediterranean and explore the Sahara.
In Tunisia you can experience the Mediterranean's blue waters and miles of sandy beaches along with all the exotic sites and flavors of North Africa. And thanks to Tunisia's 1,150 kilometer coastline you're never far from the sea.
The most accessible resorts are in Hammamet and Sousse. They offer all the traveler amenities at very reasonable prices. They're great places to hang out near the Mediterranean for a couple days – or a couple weeks!
There are also wonderful beaches off the beaten path. Visiting them is a great way to experience the Mediterranean landscape of Tunisia. Olive trees are as prevalent as palm trees, and typical Mediterranean plants such as rosemary, thyme, and lavendar grow wild.
If you enjoy nature walks, there are good paths near many of these beaches. Some of my favorite areas that offer a great combination of nature and sea are Ghar el-Melh, el-Haouria, and Korbous.
Whether you spend time at a resort or choose to get off the beaten path, the colors of the Mediterranean sea and landscape will stand out in your memory after your travels in Tunisia.
In Tunisia you can chill out on the beach in the morning, and then travel to the Sahara desert to relax on a sand dune to watch an awe-inspiring sunset.
The beauty of the golden sunsets over the desert, the vastness of the sand dunes, and the serenity of the palm oases all make a visit to the Sahara desert an unforgettable experience. Many travelers say the Sahara is a highlight of their tour because it's so different than anything else they've experienced in their travels.
One of the most popular ways to experience the Sahara is to ride on camelback from a location such as Douz to a desert camp. There's something about spending the night in the desert that makes the vastness, beauty, and silence of the Sahara more real than passing through in a bus ever could.
In addition to the amazing sites, Tunisia has a rich culture to offer travelers looking for authentic experiences. The culture has been shaped by a blend of civilizations over thousands of years. Most Tunisians value their cultural heritage and are eager to introduce it to visitors.
Taking a stroll through a medina is a great way to experience the richness of Tunisian culture. The medinas are the walled cities where most of the city's residents lived and worked for hundreds of years.
Today many Tunisians go to the medina to do their shopping in the markets, where sellers advertize their products by calling out to shoppers who pass by. They might also meet friends at a café for mint tea, or eat lunch at one of the hole-in-the-wall restaurants that serve traditional Tunisian food. The medinas are near the city centers, so you can easily plan a visit to one into your itinerary.
If you're interested in having a deeper cultural experience, an amazing place to stay is the Berber village of Chenini in southern Tunisia. The Berbers are the original inhabitants of North Africa. Many of their customs and traditions have become a part of Tunisian culture. Chenini is one of several Berber hilltop villages where the homes were built hundreds of years ago by carving out cave-like homes into the rock.
The small el-Kenza hotel in Chenini allows travelers to experience the village's life and culture. The hotel's rooms are built in the same cave-like style and the restaurant serves food that is typical for the region. The staff can arrange activities to help you discover the village and the surrounding region. Staying overnight in Chenini is an unforgettable experience that will leave you with a greater appreciation for Tunisia's Berber heritage.
The great thing about Tunisia is that there's a wide variety of ways to see and experience the culture. You can choose your own level of interaction based on your interests. Whether it's a short stroll in a medina or an overnight in a traditional village, the richness of Tunisia's culture will be a memorable part of your tour.
The warmth and friendliness of Tunisians is something that stands out to travelers just as much as the sites and experiences.
In Tunisia, the history and culture are fascinating, and the Mediterranean and Sahara are beautiful. And what makes it even more personal and memorable is the hospitality Tunisians give each step of the way.
What would be your perfect blend of history, culture, sea, and Sahara on a Tunisia tour? Fill out our Build Your Tour form and let us know today!
Looks so inviting. Hope to do another tour some day. Getting my friends psyched up as you read this!
Great to hear you're thinking of coming back to Tunisia for another tour! It'd be a pleasure to host you when you come!


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Q: GROUP BY Month Number and Year I have a query that produces a Month Number and a Year.  I want to sort the results by the Month Number and Year.  So, Month Num 1, Year 2012 is first and then 2, 2012 so on and so forth.  How can I do this?
SELECT
    a.Vendor,
    vn.ACNAME,
    a.FiscalMonthNum,
    a.FiscalYear,
    a.ModDate,
    a.QtySold,
    a.ExtCost
FROM
    dbo.S2K_VEND vn
    INNER JOIN
(SELECT
    sd.IFPRVN AS Vendor,
    fc.FiscalMonthNum,
    fc.FiscalYear,
    sd.Mod_Date As ModDate,
    SUM(sd.SBQSHP) AS QtySold,
    SUM(sd.SBEPRC) AS ExtCost
FROM
    dbo.SalesData sd
    LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.FiscalCalendar fc ON fc.FiscalDate = sd.SBINDT
GROUP BY
    sd.IFPRVN,
    fc.FiscalMonthNum,
    fc.FiscalYear,
    sd.Mod_Date
)a
ON vn.ACVEND = a.Vendor
ORDER BY
    a.FiscalMonthNum

A: You say something like:
order by FiscalMonthNum asc , -- Major order. Use 'asc' if you want it in ascending sequence (or simply omit it as that is the default)
         FiscalYear desc -- Minor order. Use 'desc' if you want it in descending sequence

A: Try
SELECT
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    vn.ACNAME,
    a.FiscalMonthNum,
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    a.ModDate,
    a.QtySold,
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FROM
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GROUP BY
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Were you ever surprised how much you were loved?
Honestly . . . I feel very alone in this world and find myself reaching out for others due to the lack of others reaching for me. No. Not a pity party. Just fact.
But, in my reaching out I have amazed myself at my ability/gift of being able to love someone who others might not want to love.
The love I recieve from those people can be the best and most complete love available on this earth. That is not surprising at all.
My advise to others? Reach out when others don't reach for you.
-- Tracey (arnoldin@toolcity.net), December 04, 1999.
Unfortunately, recent experiences have shown the second question, more than the first. Being in a group of friends where everyone makes mistakes, everyone screws up, everyone hurts someone else, and being the one that is outcast for it hurts.
Especially when these were the same people that I could think of on any occasion that I was feeling down and needing to rmeember that I was loved.
I am *always* and prolly always will be amazed by how much my husband loves me. I am forever grateful for that love. Otherwise, the saddness which grips me from the loss of my friends would be deathlike, in so many more ways than one.
-- Optic (Jolene@lanset.com), December 17, 1999.
the big surprise for me is thinking of my past actions and bad habits and seeing that i am still loved. it is the most thrilling thing in the world to realize that people will overlook your faults and love you in spite of your curmudgeon- like ways.
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Wellington City Mission successful in transformative $10 million shovel-ready application.
The Government have announced $10 million for The Wellington City Mission, to go towards the build of what will be a transformative community hub for the Wellington region. Says Murray Edridge, Wellington City Missioner.
The $10 million injection is part of the Government's 'shovel-ready' programme and is part of a pipeline of infrastructure projects that have public or regional benefits, create jobs and are ready to get underway.
The building project 'Whakamaru', a name gifted by Mana Whenua meaning "to shelter, to safeguard, to protect", is set to be a game changer for the Wellington region.
"Key features of our new building at Oxford Terrace include a Community Cafe, Social Supermarket and 35 supported housing units designed to accommodate and care for those in our community who are experiencing chronic homelessness. Says Murray Edridge.
"Whakamaru will help us respond to some of Aotearoa New Zealand's greatest challenges such as housing supply and homelessness, food insecurity and social isolation. This will give us far greater capacity to serve and support some of our City's most vulnerable.
"The building of Whakamaru will also present social and economic benefits for the Wellington region by creating 120 jobs and generating a minimum of $12 million to the Wellington economy during the construction phase.
"By providing supported housing and wrap-around support at Whakamaru, it will reduce people's utilisation of hospitalisation and other services. This represents an economic and social benefit and saving to the region of $2.6 million per annum.
"Whakamaru will be an innovative community facility and is a building project for all Wellingtonians to enjoy. It's about creating a supportive and mana-enhancing community in the heart of our city, and helping Wellingtonians build better lives.
"Whakamaru will give us a greater platform and opportunity to turn lives around and allow us to create a community that cares for itself. It will be transformational for the Wellington region." Says Murray Edridge.
The Wellington City Mission still have an amount to fundraise to complete the project.
Media contact: Kieran Meredith – Media, Communications and Marketing Manager, 027 879 2336
Whakamaru will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and will deliver;
Supported housing for up to 40 people experiencing chronic homelessness
A Community Café
Extensive food distribution warehouse
Modern commercial kitchen facility with capacity to cater for over 100 people
A fully equipped training kitchen
Commercially equipped laundry
Conference facilities for community use
Sacred space to reflect and pray
Fully equipped public bathrooms and showers with 24-hour access
Music and performance space
Office space for staff and volunteers
Whakamaru is due for completion in 2022.
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prasi by aurelien is an authentication framework with full user data management for Perl or PHP web applications. Enabled services can save and share user profile data and can be on different servers. Available in 10 languages, compatible with OpenID.
Prasi 1.4.1 was originally written as an in-house tool to power our internal-use web applications. Due to one of the tools now being publically released (Wefis) it was decided to make Prasi [prasi1.4.1.exe] an open-source project, despite its similarity to other existing open-source projects.
Prasi - 0MB can be used on two levels. Firstly, it enables all CGI (Perl or PHP) scripts residing on any server to perform user management without the hassle of user management. One perl procedure call, and the browsing user is identified or challenged. The exact behaviour is easily customisable.
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Q: Error when i try make HttpContext.Session.Set I got one error and i try make this:
HttpContext.Session.Set<User>("user", who);
I got this error:

The non-generic method 'ISession.Set(string, byte[]) cannot be used
with type arguments

I have one class User and who have all information about User.
The error is .Set<User>

A: ASP.NET Core does not let you store random objects in the session. You can only store byte arrays.
ISession.Set(String, Byte[]) Method (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http) | Microsoft Docs
There are extension methods to store and retrieve a string or an int. But there are no methods to store instances of a class.
Set and get Session values - Session in ASP.NET Core | Microsoft Docs
The simplest option is to serialize your object to JSON and store the JSON string in the session. But there are complexities to consider, as discussed in this thread.
Session.SetString("user", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(who));
User who2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<User>(Session.GetString("user"));


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Chris Jones, Chuck Nash, Daniel McCarthy, David Newman, Fred Terry, Lisa Marie Coppoletta, Shaune Maycock, Susan Narvaiz, Texas Ethics Commission
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San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz spent nearly $100,000 in campaign funds during the year ending on June 30. Photo by Andy Sevilla.
By ANDY SEVILLA
San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz burned through nearly $100,000 in campaign expenditures during a one-year period between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009, according to campaign finance reports on file with the city.
Of $99,757.84 Narvaiz reported spending, close to half of it – $42,530.85 – was spent during the first six months of 2009, a period starting nearly two months after the Nov. 4, 2008, election.
Narvaiz's fundraising and spending activity for the unpaid position dwarves the combined efforts of her two 2008 mayoral election challengers, retired pilot David Newman and Texas State student Daniel McCarthy.
Candidates in November 2008 elections were required to file two reports leading up to Election Day – one covering the period from July 1, 2008 to Sept. 25, 2008, and the other accounting Sept. 26, 2008 to Oct. 25, 2008. On his two reports leading up to the election, Newman reported raising $2,331 and lending himself another $3,000, then spending a total of $5,114.25.
Newman did not file a report after the election, as required by the Texas Ethics Commission. Newman's treasurer, Daniel Praver, said the hard drive on the computer containing that information crashed and he is unable to retrieve the figures.
McCarthy signed a statement with the ethics commission swearing that he would neither raise nor expend more than $500 on his campaign.
On her two reports leading to the election, Narvaiz reported raising a combined $21,665 and taking out a $20,000 loan, then spending $35,815.40.
Despite outspending her two opponents combined at a ratio of about seven-to-one as of eight days before the election, Narvaiz took barely more than 50 percent of the vote. Narvaiz won 6,451 votes (50.08 percent) to Newman's 3,868 (30.03) percent, while McCarthy took 2,563 votes (19.89 percent). If Narvaiz had received nine fewer votes, she would have been forced into a run-off election against Newman.
Having won the election, Narvaiz's fundraising campaign had only just begun. On two subsequent campaign finance reports – one dated Jan. 15, 2009, and the other dated July 15, 2009 – Narvaiz claims to have raised a combined $53,137.50, while spending $63,942.44. As of June 30, having paid off her $20,000 loan, Narvaiz reported $142.68 remaining in her coffers.
Narvaiz said it's not uncommon for elected officials to take in contributions after the election, in efforts "to retire debt." Narvaiz added that she waited until after the November election to push for the majority of her contributions because the busy election season was straining contributors.
Topping her contributor list is San Marcos developer and entrepreneur T.P. Gilmore, who ponied up a total of $14,465 – $1,500 in July 2008, $465.22 in September 2008 and $12,500 in February 2009.
"There are certain people that are always on your support list," Narvaiz said. "I think that most candidates will find that there's only a certain amount of your people that can afford that. I don't think most people can afford to just shoulder that expense."
Gilmore's February contribution, alone, exceeds the combined campaign expenditures claimed in the last year by every other candidate on the November 2008 city ballot. Councilmember Chris Jones claimed spending $2,801.95 in the last year. His November 2008 opponent, Lisa Marie Coppoletta, signed the waiver saying she would neither raise nor spend more than $500. Coppoletta has since hired a treasurer, Griffin Spell, for her city council run this fall against Shaune Maycock. Coppoletta reports raising $60 between Jan. 1, 2009, and June 30, 2009. Councilmember Fred Terry, who ran unopposed in November 2008, claims to have spent $782.71 in the last year.
Narvaiz also received $5,000 from Bartlett, IL, homebuilder James P. Bigelow, $5,000 from Houston developer Charles Leyendecker, and another $5,000 from CB&B Realty in San Marcos.
Narvaiz received another six contributions of $2,000 or more, none of which came from San Marcos. Those contributors include Dennis Bearden of Houston, R. Leldon Sweet of Beaumont, Douglas Barclay of Wimberley, the Umphrey Family Limited Partnership of Wimberley, Paul Bury of Austin and the Texas Association of Realtors political action committee (PAC) in Austin.
Narvaiz received another ten individual contributions of $1,000, six of them from out of town. The local contributions of $1,000 came from auto dealer Chuck Nash, Hays County Good Government Partners, and San Marcos residents Shane Fraser and Richard Burdick.
Those top 20 contributors provided Narvaiz with a combined $52,215.22 of the $74,802.50 she raised during the year ending on June 30. The remainder came from dozens of smaller contributions.
Narvaiz said she and her contributors sat down early in the re-election process and forecast that her campaign would need $75,000 and $85,000. Narvaiz said accepting vast amounts of money from few contributors does not affect her vision for the city, and does not manipulate her vote.
"I don't think there is any undue influence," Narvaiz said. "They like to support people who are good office holders. They pick candidates they feel are doing a great job for the city. They were proud to support me."
Candidates for federal office have contribution limits, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), while the state of Texas only bans corporate contributions. Narvaiz said she would explore capping contributions at the municipal level if her constituents want it.
"I haven't explored the pros and cons of caps, because that is not the current law," Narvaiz said. "But if it provides a better process, I'm not against exploring it."
Narvaiz said opening a campaign office "bared much of the brunt" of her expenses. Narvaiz said expenses included rent, utilities, and staff. Narvaiz hired an office manager, Gloria Salazar, who also was her campaign treasurer, at a base salary of $36,000 for 2008. Narvaiz also hired a part-time employee, Nancy Tunnell. The office was closed in December 2008.
Narvaiz' campaign expenditures recorded payments totaling $26,463.01 to the Sedona Group of Moline, IL, between July 2008 and June 2009. She expended $22,500 of those funds since Jan. 1, 2009.
Narvaiz said the Sedona Group took care of issuing payroll for Salazar and Tunell, including taxes. The Sedona Group is the parent company of Sedona Staffing, for which Narvaiz owned a local franchise until 2005. Narvaiz now is a contractor for Sedona Staffing.
Narvaiz said it was necessary to open an office in order to separate her campaign from her duties as mayor and her personal employment.
The Narvaiz campaign took a loan "for the first time ever" as she sought her third term in office. Narvaiz borrowed $20,000 at a three-percent interest rate from her sister-in-law, Kelly Clifford of Helotes, TX, on Aug. 3, 2008. The reports disclose that Narvaiz paid Clifford back $5,096.76 on Oct. 6, 2008, $5,113.16 on Dec. 24, 2008, then $7,053.42 on Feb. 26, 2009, and $3,009.61 on April 6, 2009. Narvaiz shows no outstanding campaign loan debt as of June 30, 2009.
The mayor also reimbursed herself 12 times during the year from her campaign funds to a total of $5,959.30 for political expenditures she made from her personal resources.
Narvaiz said she enjoys serving the people of San Marcos and that a 2010 re-election bid "is possible." Narvaiz acknowledged rumors that she will run for Hays County Judge, or look into holding state office, but for now, she said, she is concentrating on being the mayor of San Marcos. Narvaiz said it is too early to begin speculations for the 2010 election.
"I always take my marching orders from a higher purpose," Narvaiz said. "Until the Lord tells me where I march next, I'm open. I try to focus on the job and not worry about my political future."
Narvaiz said she doesn't subscribe to a particular political party, but if the people want her to run for County Judge, she would explore the possibility. Narvaiz said she and her husband have a strong faith and pray for guidance in hopes that "the Lord will lead the way."
Said Narvaiz, "I'm not involved in partisan politics. I'll wait for my higher authority to tell me what my next calling is. I prefer serving the people, and not a (political) party."
Below are the campaign finance reports from the 2008 mayoral election in San Marcos:
Susan Narvaiz Oct. 6, 2008 report.
Susan Narvaiz Oct. 27, 2008 report.
Susan Narvaiz Jan. 15, 2009 report.
Susan Narvaiz July 15, 2009 report.
David Newman Oct. 6, 2008 report.
David Newman Oct. 27, 2008 report.
Daniel McCarthy campaign finance statement.
07/21/2009 Springtown developer pulls request
10/01/2009 Mayoral victory costly in San Marcos
09/24/2009 Former mayors talk campaign spending
09/03/2009 Candidates come and go at filing last call
01/06/2010 San Marcos council nixes contribution limits
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COS on 08/20/2009 at 4:15 pm said:
Oh boy, I got my popcorn ready! Can't wait to see all that the Susan haters post on this topic!
Ted Marchut on 08/20/2009 at 4:32 pm said:
I don't know if you have to be a "Susan hater" for those numbers to give you pause.
Earlier, there were discussions about whether ordinary citizens could afford to serve if the position remains unpaid. Now I have to wonder how many of those ordinary citizens can afford to get elected. That kind of fundraising takes a lot of time (unpaid time) I'm sure.
The San Marcos Kid on 08/20/2009 at 4:36 pm said:
Could she really have spent all that money "campaigning?" She's an incumbent running against two guys who can't politic their way out of a shoe box, outspends them 7-to-1, beats them by a whole 9 votes, then raises another 40 grand more than two months after the election?
Casual Observer on 08/20/2009 at 4:58 pm said:
Ted, I still think ordinary citizens can afford to get elected. Susan could have won the election for way less than $10,000, and those council seats came pretty cheap. $100,000 to beat $5,000 by 9 votes. Says something about the law of diminishing returns.
You're probably right, but somewhere between $5,000 and $100,000, it seems like we cross the line between ordinary citizens and politicians. Whatever that means.
On the bright side, working for a campaign like that is one of the best paying jobs we have in San Marcos.
Larry Rasco on 08/20/2009 at 5:19 pm said:
Think of it, Susan spent $2 for every man woman and child in San Marcos, and about $15.50 for every vote she got. Not a real good bang for her buck if you ask me.
bad dog on 08/20/2009 at 5:46 pm said:
After reading what SN says at the end of this, I'm waiting for the next city council prayer to invoke Terry Gilmore!
Paul on 08/20/2009 at 5:48 pm said:
I'm quite surprised Susan seemed to be rather forthcoming with information into her contributions. Running a campaign is not necessarily expensive, as Chris Jones proved quite well, but in Texas, we can keep rackin' up the money! That is all to obvious with State Rep. Patrick Rose, perhaps the ultimate fundraiser.
I do have to say that Im amazed it took $100,000 to get Susan back in office, whereas her opponents spent less than $6,000 combined and were only 9 votes shy of a runoff.
Maybe this is her so called higher power saying, "Susan it's time to give it up. Thanks but no thanks."
Steve Harvey on 08/20/2009 at 8:57 pm said:
This is stunning news.
B. Franklin on 08/20/2009 at 9:31 pm said:
The Emperor has no clothes!
LEighton Stallones on 08/20/2009 at 9:46 pm said:
Uh,OH! The Weasel is out of the Bag!
Maybe now we have some idea of the size of contributions of the developers that continue to push for things like Blanco Vista bridges, WINDEMERE and others. I think now we should find out WHO received these important expenditures for all of the reelection
"activities:.That would be another interesting disclosure.
government hack on 08/21/2009 at 6:30 am said:
Leighton,
You are correct that developers and those that work closely with them pretty much run the show in the San Marcos political scene. However, it is worth noting that Carma Developers, the developer of Blanco Vista, was conspicuously absent from that list of contributors.
John McGlothlin on 08/21/2009 at 6:42 am said:
Susan didn't win the election by 9 votes; she avoided a runoff by beating both of her opponents' vote totals combined. Unless there is some concrete claim of pay for play (i.e. Gilmore gave $14k then later he got xyz), this is a nonstory. Of course she was a successful fundraiser — she was an incumbent without a well-known challenger.
Ted Marchut on 08/21/2009 at 8:05 am said:
I'm more interested in the idea of caps on campaign spending and/or contributions.
Assuming that others are correct that she could have won that election for $10,000 and setting aside theories of pay for play, these numbers still demonstrate the relative ease with which an unscrupulous candidate and a few deep pockets could easily shut out "ordinary citizen" opponents, especially in a town with such a poor population.
I'd be interested to at least have the Mayor and City Council look into some sort of limits, to see if they would be practical and if they would provide any assurance of a level playing field.
Assuring a level playing field usually requires restrictions on liberty. Citizens can contribute to campaigns of their choosing and restrictions upon contributions are restrictions on Constitutional freedom. Here, Newman could have forced a runoff by convincing 9 more voters that he was the best candidate, which he could have done by knocking on 9 more doors without an extra dollar.
Again, I'm not talking about the 9 votes in this election.
When deep pockets from outside of San Marcos contribute more money than most locals can afford and when wealthy special interests pour tons of money into a campaign that is looking out for their concerns (again, NOT talking about this, or any other particular campaign), aren't liberties of others trampled then?
If I go down to Haynes Street and tell those people that they could have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a campaign that had their best interests at heart, how does that help them?
Jesse To. on 08/21/2009 at 9:50 am said:
I guess politics is a game of inches (or city blocks)
Larry Rasco on 08/21/2009 at 9:53 am said:
I don't think limiting campaign contributions is the answer. However, what if it had been known before the election where she was getting her contributios from? Could that have changed the minds of 10 of her voters?
John McGlothlin on 08/21/2009 at 10:04 am said:
I see no specific "liberty trampled" upon by a candidate you oppose spending more money on an election than a candidate you prefer. Mr. Marchut, what liberty would that be? On the other hand, the exercise of political choice is core First Amendment.
A resident who lives on Haynes Street gets one vote each, just like a resident who lives on Belvin. We needn't divide the city by income in order to claim some moral high ground.
Ted Marchut on 08/21/2009 at 10:26 am said:
I'm not claiming any moral high ground and I'm not saying that we ought to have limits. I am saying that I would be interested in seeing that discussion take place.
I'm open to most new ideas. That's just me.
If you can't see any potential inequity, good for you. Things aren't that black and white to me. So, why not let those who are interested have the discussion and those who already know everything can spend their time some other way.
Of course if an individual's vote is the only thing that matters in getting a candidate elected, why not get rid of all campaign contributions?
B. Franklin on 08/21/2009 at 11:43 am said:
There's no pay for play here.
How can you insinuate such a thing?
"Unless there is some concrete claim of pay for play (i.e. Gilmore gave $14k then later he got xyz)"
Uh, how about in reverse order (i.e. Gilmore gave $14k BECAUSE EARLIER he got xyz)"
You'll never find a direct link. It doesn't work that way, and it is naive to even consider it. They are NOT fools.
(How much did the city pay for the greenspace above Aquarena Springs and the Conference Center land?? and to whom??)
(omit personal retort to Mr. Marchut; ignore Mr. Marchut's limit of discussion to those that agree with him)
There is nothing new about campaign money caps. They have been tried at all levels and have generally taken away from transparency. If you limit everyone to $500, then the same backers just break the same donations into smaller increments and bundle them under various names — transparency dies. At least now, we can see who Susan's big backers are and be on alert for her favoring their interests.
Ted Marchut on 08/21/2009 at 12:28 pm said:
Um, since I have no position, I can hardly propose that the discussion be limited to those who agree with me. I simply object to you trying to shut the discussion down by forcing me to defend a position that I have not taken.
Make whatever personal retort you would like. I'm sure I've heard worse and lived to tell the tale.
Of course, if you mean to say that I only want to hear from people who would be interested in hearing the Mayor and City Council discuss the issue, well then, sort of. I do reject your assertion that the discussion should not take place, since you already know the answer.
curious on 08/21/2009 at 7:44 pm said:
Why does it take over $26,000 to arrange payroll for two people? Ya gotta give her credit, she did bring one living wage job to the area during her campaign.
Vicki Hartin on 08/22/2009 at 2:30 pm said:
Thank you for this incredible article. I've certainly never seen anything like this in the Record!
So, let me see if I understand, she said her biggest expense was her office, but it was closed in Dec. '08. And then after Feb. '09, she still spent more than $40k. With about half of it going to the parent company for her private business.
Sure, many campaigns, Hillary's comes to mind, need to continue fund raising after the election to retire debt but she only borrowed 20k.
No, this is not about limiting contributions. And no, this is hardly a non-story.
This is a potential investigation by the Secretary of State for wrongdoing of a trusted elected official.
Hey, why don't you get the ball rolling, Vicki.
B. Franklin on 08/22/2009 at 10:55 pm said:
She just did.
billygmoore on 08/24/2009 at 3:59 am said:
Ah, for the days when we all almost blew a gasket when a popular incumbent Mayor with a multitude of friends of all persuasions, including the silk-stocking set, and a stellar record in economic development (in fact, led the fad down from Round Rock) declared a war chest of $12K. The population then was about half of now.
There were generally full slates of qualified candidates, most running little home-made campaigns, without the trappings of the ""big boys and girls" to the north–lots of home-made or local-made signs and mailers, and lots of door-pounding and phone-calling friends. No polling, media blitz, professional campaign managers, etc. Kind of like a local fair–set up your booth, trot out your prize animal for appraisal, and let the bids begin, under strict rules and supervision. Very similar voter turnout.
There was no active electioneering on campus, or use of State time or resources, that being against the law, since the campus belongs to ALL the people of Texas and should not be canvassed by campus committees, etc. (Texas Sec'y of State, State Law, and both Regents' Rules and Administrative policy of the U.) "Student involvement" notwithstanding, and certainly not forbidden, in proper ways and places, but encouraged.
Spending for purposes not strictly related to the election at hand were scrutinized and carried penalties. Most gave any surplus either back to donors or their groups, or to worthy community causes/sponsorships.
Most candidates, even contested for BIG KAHUNA, got about $4K in driblets of $100 or less from many citizen sources and then didn't use it.
all–often nowhere near. Outside funds usually meant Uncle Fred or Mom.
Sometimes I wonder indeed who has clumb into bed with us ALL, and why, and why it's worth the big bucks to have Ol' Somesuch above all comers?
In general, you can look forward a bit, or back a bit, and think you might just understand, as the Ship of State begins to lay out contracts and projects and bids, etc., the process of which is generally not terribly obvious to Joe Citizen/Taxpayer, though there is often a big hullaballoo at groundbreaking and at completion. Sometimes I feel the ordinary riff-raff
are not useful or smart enough to see just how the city's $145M flows.
I'm afraid I've reverted to the childhood fear that something frightful is going on in the closet, something I maybe wouldn't like to see? $100K??!!
chris north on 08/24/2009 at 8:48 am said:
Right on, Mayor Moore. I for one miss you up there on the dais.
J.R.Hicks on 08/24/2009 at 1:34 pm said:
This is a good one.
I tell you what. I have been reading posts about campaign contributions and campaign sign placements for a few weeks now. I wanted to see the validity in these accusations of council candidates placing signs on property without permission. So I drove around and stopped at several places around town that had signs for council candidates. I found that the only candidate that has signs posted without the consent of the property owner is Lisa Cappoletta. It did not take a lot of research to find this out. I don't really know anything about any of these candidates but it does irk me that a news agency would report info about one candidate supposedly having improper sign placement and not research it to find out if it was true. I found several locations that Cappoletta does not have permission to have her signs. The gas station on RR12 and Craddock, In front of River Oaks Villas apartments, also further down on the corner of River Rd and Aquarena Springs, and at the Good Year tire store, just to name a few places. This says a lot about a candidate when they cannot even be honest about placing a simple sign.
Nice diversion.
$100,000.00 will buy a lot of campaign signs.
billty g. moore on 08/29/2009 at 2:38 am said:
But wait a short while, when we see the quiet advent of actual SALARIES (Actually, in the budget plan,they are being styled as merely UP TO $24K/YR of"reimbursements," since salaries are not "kosher." The intent is supposed to be to "allow the little guy"–or student–to be paid to uphold the public trust and spend $145K/yr of other people's money, and lay out the increasingly simple plan for facilities and programs for the other "little guys.")
I surely hope everybody understands that "reimbursement" means payment for necessary expenses related to the job, and that normally both receipts and audits are required for justification. Living expenses don't, not being part of the job. Also, it is ILLEGAL for State or other government employees to accept remuneration in any way from more than one source of public funds. What an ambition-killer for some incumbents and wannabe's! "Remuneration" also means being allowed off time from the other public job to do this often thankless, but potentially profitable, service.
That would mean either double pay, or that TxState, for example, considers politics to be a part of the State job description (ILLEGAL!). My, oh my, whatever shall we do? Isn't this taught in school anymore? Public service, done honestly and well, can never be confused with either welfare or entrepreneurialism (except in the Governor's Office and the US Congress [glorp!! gag!].
Vicki Hartin on 08/29/2009 at 9:58 am said:
Yes, $100,000 could buy alot of campaign signs but as this great investigative report by Andy Sevilla points out, it didn't: "… close to half of it – $42,530.85 – was spent during the first six months of 2009, a period starting nearly two months after the Nov. 4, 2008, election."
We are still talking ethics violations here.
COS on 08/29/2009 at 11:33 am said:
Vicki, if you are so sure there are ethics violations, why don't you march down to city hall and file and ethics complaint?
SWORN COMPLAINT BEFORE THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
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I. IDENTITY OF COMPLAINANT
I, ___________________________________________________________________, complainant,
(full name of individual filing the complaint) hereby file this sworn complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission. My address is ______________________________________________________________________________________ .
(full mailing or street address, including P.O. box number or street, city, state, and zip code)
My telephone number is _________________________________________________ .
(telephone number, including area code)
II. IDENTITY OF RESPONDENT
The respondent is _____________________________________________________________________
(full name of respondent)
________________________________________________________________________________________ . The respondent holds the position or title of _______________________________________________________
(position or title held by respondent)
________________________________________________________________________________________ . The respondent's address is ___________________________________________________________________
(full mailing or street address, including P.O. box number or street, city, state, and zip code of respondent)
_______________________________________________________________________________________ . The respondent's telephone number is ___________________________________________________________
(telephone number of respondent, including area code)
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
Attach additional pages, if necessary.
Texas Ethics Commission P.O. Box 12070 Austin, Texas 78711-2070
Brian S on 08/31/2009 at 6:34 am said:
Mr. Franklin, thank you for posting this ethics complaint. I had no idea the problem was so severe. The issue is apparently so bad that the complaint form redacts itself!
B. Franklin on 08/31/2009 at 8:57 am said:
Severity is measured in increments of what you will tolerate.
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Nam Theun 2 Dam
Nam Theun 2
Location of Nam Theun 2
Khammouane, Laos
17°59′49″N 104°57′10″E / 17.99694°N 104.95278°E / 17.99694; 104.95278Coordinates: 17°59′49″N 104°57′10″E / 17.99694°N 104.95278°E / 17.99694; 104.95278
Dam and spillways
Type of dam
Gravity dam
39 m (128 ft)
Nam Theun
3.53 km3 (0.85 cu mi)
4,039 km2 (1,559 sq mi)
Operator(s)
Nam Theun 2 Power Company
Commission date
EDL: 2 × 37.5 MW
EGAT: 4 × 250 MW
Installed capacity
The Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project, or simply NT2, is a hydroelectric dam located on the Nam Theun River in Laos. Commercial operation of the plant began in March 2010.[1] The scheme diverts water from the Nam Theun, a tributary of the Mekong River, to the Xe Bang Fai River, enabling a generation capacity of 1,070 MW, from a 350 m (1,148 ft) difference in elevation between the reservoir and the power station.
It is the largest hydroelectric project so far in Laos, exporting power to Thailand and supplying the local area with electricity. At the time of signing in 2005, NT2 was the largest foreign investment in Laos, the world's largest private sector cross-border power project financing, the largest private sector hydroelectric project financing, and one of the largest internationally-financed IPP projects in Southeast Asia. The dam also marked a return by the World Bank to funding large-scale infrastructure, after a decade-long hiatus.
According to the government of Laos, "the project is an essential part of the country's development framework and the Project's implementation is likely to be the first real possibility for (Laos) to reduce gradually its dependence on Official Development Assistance".[2]
The project has environmental and social impacts, and comprehensive measures have been designed to mitigate these. According to a group of social and environmental experts who advise on the project, these measures could become a global model. Although Newsweek magazine referred to it as a "kinder and gentler dam",[3] the project also attracted criticism.[4]
1 History and current status
2 Technical features
3 Institutional arrangements
4 Financial aspects
4.1 Project costs and financing
4.2 Increase in government revenue and contribution to poverty alleviation
5 Environmental and social impacts
5.1 Downstream impacts in Xe Bang Fai
5.2 Downstream impacts on the Nam Theun River
5.3 Biodiversity and forests
5.4 Resettlement
5.5 Reservoir sedimentation
History and current status
The Nam Theun 2 project was identified in the 1980s and a concession was awarded in 1993. It was subjected to a long anti-dam campaign. The project was frozen after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but preparation resumed in 1999. In October 2002 a concession contract between the NTPC and the government of Laos was signed, followed by the signing of PPAs between NTPC on the one hand and, EGAT and the Laotian state-owned power company Electricite du Laos on the other hand in November 2003. Financial closing was reached in June 2005. The Nam Theun river diversion was created in March 2006 and then closed in April 2008 following completion of the Nakai Dam wall. Impoundment of the Nakai Reservoir occurred over the 2008 wet season and the reservoir was close to full supply level by the end of 2008. Test hydropower generation began in mid-2009 and the Commercial Operation Date was achieved in April 2010.[5]
NT2 enables Laos to export 995 MW of electrical energy to the EGAT. The project also uses 75 MW of capacity to supply electricity for domestic use in Laos.
Nam Theun 2 is a trans-basin diversion power plant that uses water from the Nam Theun River and releases the water into the Xe Bang Fai River. The project site is in Khammouane and Bolikhamxay provinces in central Laos, about 250 kilometers east of Vientiane. It stretches from the Nakai Plateau to the lower Xe Bang Fai River confluence with the Mekong.
The main features of the project include:
39 m (128 ft) high gravity dam
450 km2 (170 sq mi) reservoir
Pressure shaft, pressure tunnel and a powerhouse
8,000,000 m3 (280,000,000 cu ft) artificial regulating pond, and a 27 km (17 mi) artificial downstream channel leading to the Xe Bang Fai River
130 km (81 mi) long, double-circuit 500 kW transmission line to the Thai grid
70 km (43 mi) long, single-circuit 115 kV transmission line to Laos' domestic grid.
Institutional arrangements
The Project is structured as a BOT project. It has a concession period of 31 years, of which the operating period is 25 years. At the end of the concession period, the project facilities will be transferred to the government free of charge.
The project was developed by NTPC, which is owned by a consortium comprising EDF (35%), EGO of Thailand (25%), the ITD of Thailand (15%) and the Government of Laos (25%). Governments and government-owned enterprises own a majority of NTPC. This situation is atypical for an IPP - normally the power generating company is privately owned.
Laos is a People's Democratic Republic with a one-party system under the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. It is one of the few communist states in the world.
The government has multiple roles related to NT2, some of which may be conflicting: It partially owns NTPC and thus has an interest in the financial profitability of the project; it is supposed to monitor compliance with environmental and social safeguards under the concession contract; and it buys some of the electricity generated from the project through the state-owned power company EDL and thus has an interest in low electricity prices.
Some of the owners of NTPC are also contractors engaged in the construction of the dam. For example, EDF International is the head contractor for the entire project under a turnkey contract. It has engaged various sub-contractors for specific parts of the project.
Financial aspects
Project costs and financing
Construction costs were initially estimated at US$1,250 million plus US$331.5 million for contingencies. More recently construction costs have been given as US$ 1,3 billion.[6]
The project base cost is funded through US$330m of equity and US$920m of debt. It is financed through equity, loans and guarantees from 26 financial institutions, including
four multilateral development banks (the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Nordic Investment Bank),
three Export Credit Agencies (Coface of France, EKN of Sweden and GIEK of Norway),
three bilateral financing agencies (French Development Agency, PROPARCO and the Export-Import Bank of Thailand),
nine international commercial banks providing finance in hard currencies (grouped together in a "lead arrangers group" including BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Indosuez, ANZ from Australia, Société Générale, Fortis Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi), and
seven Thai commercial banks providing finance in Thai Baht.
All financing in hard currencies is guaranteed through political risk insurance provided by the above-mentioned three export credit agencies, the ADB (US$ 50m), the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group (US$ 50m) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group (US$ 91m). Specifically, MIGA has provided a US$86 million guarantee to Fortis Bank of Belgium against the risks of expropriation, breach of contract, war and civil disturbance, as well as transfer inconvertibility in both Laos and Thailand.[7] According to MIGA, its guarantee "was key to lowering the project's risk profile, which in turn enabled the government and developers to attract commercial financing at better rates and gave the investor the assurance needed to go ahead with the deal".
The government's initial equity contribution of $83m (25%) was largely funded by donors, including a $20 million grant from the International Development Association of the World Bank Group, the ADB (US$ 20m), France, and the EIB.
Increase in government revenue and contribution to poverty alleviation
According to the government "the Project is an essential part of the country's development framework and the Project's implementation is likely to be the first real possibility for (Laos) to reduce gradually its dependence on Official Development Assistance." In the same vein, the then Managing Director of the World Bank, Shengman Zhang, said in 2003 "We see Nam Theun 2 not as a project per se, but as a vehicle through which to make a considerable progress in the effort of poverty reduction." [2]
The project generates three forms of revenue to the government:
taxes; and
royalties, i.e. concession fees.
Government revenue is estimated at US$1.9bn to US$2bn in nominal terms over 25 years. It has been estimated that at a 10% discount rate the net present value of the revenues will be six times higher than the net present value from the debt service, if all government equity was funded through concessionary lending. Revenues are expected to increase progressively from approximately US$ 10 million in 2009 to US$ 110 to 150 million per year at the end of the concession period in 2033. Thereafter the government will receive all revenues accruing to the project.
The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between EGAT and NTPC was designed as to stabilize the cash flow despite hydrological variation and consequently variation in power output. Revenues will be partially in US$ and partially in Thai Baht. Power demand from Thailand is expected to be strong. In December 2007, Thailand and Laos signed an agreement increasing the total power to be supplied by Laos to Thailand from all sources in 2015 from 5,000 MW to 7,000 MW.[8]
The World Bank works with the Lao government to improve public financial management practices and increase transparency in order to increase the likelihood that revenues will be used to benefit the poor, including through investment in health and education. The Government has agreed with the World Bank to implement a Poverty Reduction Fund that is being initially sourced from International Development Association funds, and then from the Government's taxes, royalties and dividend revenues once the project commences operation. Special administrative units are being established to deal with the effective management and allocation of the financial resources gained from the Project.[2]
In 2007 Laos was ranked on the Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International 168 out of 179 countries assessed, making it one of the most corrupt countries on the index.
Environmental and social impacts
Environmental and social impacts of the project include downstream impacts, impacts on biodiversity, resettlement and reservoir sedimentation. More details can be found in the Environmental and Social Impact assessment],[9] and in the summary provided for the various impacts below.
Monitoring and Evaluation NT2 has a multi-layer environmental and social monitoring and evaluation mechanism consisting of the following elements:
A Panel of Environmental and Social Experts (POE), reporting to the government. The POE normally visits Laos at least once per year.
An International Advisory Group(IAG), advising the World Bank. The IAG normally visits Lao PDR at least once per year.
Independent Monitoring Agencies, reporting to the Government. The Independent Monitoring Agencies was in the process of being contracted in December 2006.
The Lenders' Engineer[10]
Praise The comprehensive environmental and social measures designed to mitigate potential environmental and social impacts could become a "global model", according to a group of social and environmental experts who advise on the project.[3]
Criticism According to the NGO International Rivers, there have been substantial shortcomings in the mitigation of impacts. According to the organization, compensation payments and replacement land for villagers affected by construction activities have been "inadequate, unfair or non-existent". Poor resettlement planning has led to housing and infrastructure delays. Plans to restore the livelihoods of villagers on the Nakai Plateau and along the Xe Bang Fai have yet to be finalized. And the budget for the downstream program in particular is said to be woefully inadequate.[11]
A good or a bad dam? According to data in the World Bank publication "Good dams, bad dams", the ratio of area flooded and people resettled per Megawatt of installed electricity generating capacity (flooded area of 41 hectare per MW and 5 people resettled per MW) is neither very high, nor very low, compared to 48 other large dams analyzed.[12] Using this specific analytical framework, Nam Theun 2 could neither be considered a "good" or a "bad" dam.
Downstream impacts in Xe Bang Fai
The flow of water in the Xe Bang Fai (XBF), which will receive the water diverted through NT2, will increase significantly, thus affecting the population living downstream of the release point.
The exact number of people affected is disputed. While NTPC speaks of 40,000 affected people, the NGO Environmental Defense speaks of up to 150,000 people. The impacts have been widely studied and have been discussed with local communities that will be affected. Possible negative impacts on the downstream population include the washing away of river-bank gardens, changes in water quality, and impacts on fisheries. The impacts will only be exactly known once the project has been completed.
NTPC has promised to stop power production when floods occur on the XBF river. However, it is as yet unknown exactly how long this flooding period will last for each year. The length of the period will affect the project's profitability.
Water quality may be negatively impacted through fouling of biomass in the reservoir. Because the impacts are unknown, monitoring systems will be included and a commitment has been made to "adaptive management".
Livelihood development programs are underway for the villagers living downstream on the XBF river, in districts such as Mahaxai. The programs are focused on agriculture, fish ponds and handicrafts to help them generate income beyond that derived from river fishing. The objective is to help villagers generate money from a variety of different sources to compensate for any changes in fishing catches after the river diversion. Affected communities expect to receive irrigation systems to allow for a second, dry season rice crop, drinking water systems and access to electricity. The provision of this infrastructure would not be the responsibility of NTPC, but of the government. Details of the these programs are available on the operating company's website.[13]
According to a joint progress report issued by the World Bank and the ADB in December 2007 implementation of the downstream program – particularly on implementing livelihood programs – remained a challenge. Lessons from the 20 villages where the programs have been piloted in a participatory manner are being applied as other villages were included. Micro-credit schemes that are being developed were not yet on a sustainable financial footing.[14]
Downstream impacts on the Nam Theun River
There is relatively little information on downstream impacts on the Nam Theun River, where water flows will be significantly reduced. No permanent villages lie along the Nam Theun some 50 km downstream below the dam. Fishermen and hunters, however, do use this stretch of the river. Fish diversity and abundance is expected to be affected by reduced water flows and sediment content.[15] However, monitoring of the villages along the river conducted by NTPC has so far not detected any significant impacts to the fishery.[16]
Biodiversity and forests
Three existing protected areas on the Nakai plateau (the Nakai-Nam Theun, the Hin Nam Nor and the Phou Hin Poun National Biodiversity Conservation Areas), together nine times larger (4,106 km2) than the flooded area, are expected to be better managed through significant resources made available under the project - more than 60 times what the government has spent on its entire national parks system so far. The flooded areas are not considered critical natural habitat. There used to be significant illegal logging in the protected areas, which the government claims has now been largely brought under control. Detailed fish surveys showed that there are no fish species living only in the stretch of the river that will be inundated. A management plan for the Asian elephants in the area has been drawn up. A Watershed Management Protection Authority (WMPA) has been established with the specific purpose of protecting the watershed of the reservoir and the protected areas in it. WPMA will receive US$1 million annually from NTPC through the concession period.
6,300 people from 17 villages moved from the area that became the NT2 reservoir on the Nakai Plateau to custom-built villages built in consultation with the resettled communities. NTPC and the Lao Government have committed to doubling the income of resettled villagers, through livelihood programs, five years after they have been relocated. This means that people who used to make US$410 per household a year in 2005 should make at least US$820 per household a year by 2012.
Construction of the villages and major facilities (new roads, water pumps, toilets, schools, mills and electricity) was completed by mid-2008.[17] Extensive consultations on house design, location and even construction materials were held and continue to ensure the outcomes reflect the wishes of the local people. According to a World Bank report, the health of villagers who have already been resettled has significantly improved due to better water and sanitation, regular health check-ups and the provision of mosquito nets, as documented by various assessments. Various experts are helping the resettled villagers to adopt improved practices to increase agricultural and income productivity. However the report stresses that the pace of the development of the livelihood activities must be accelerated including engaging additional technical assistance to help villagers develop the most effective cropping systems possible.[18]
Reservoir sedimentation
At current sedimentation rates, the reservoir has a lifetime of more than five centuries. If substantial logging occurred in the upstream basin, the lifetime would be accordingly reduced and could affect the financial and economic viability of the project. This would especially be the case if sediments remained in the active storage area in the upper part of the reservoir instead of being washed into the dead storage area closer to the dam in the lower part of the reservoir. The establishment of the relatively well-funded Watershed Management Protection Authority is expected to protect forest cover and thus limit erosion in the watershed of the reservoir.
Environmental impacts of dams
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^ NT2 Official website, Retrieved: November 5, 2009
^ a b c Lao National Committee for Energy
^ a b World Bank September 2007
^ International Rivers, "Model" Dam Encounters Similar Problems As Previous Projects
^ Nam Theun official website, accessed on May 20, 2010
^ "Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project". Power Technology. http://www.power-technology.com/projects/namtheun2. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
^ MIGA NT2
^ Thailand Ups Demand for Lao Energy Link does not function
^ Summary Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, NAM THEUN 2 HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, November 2004. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
^ World Bank Monitoring and Evaluation December 2006
^ International Rivers NT 2
^ World Bank:Good Dams, Bad Dams 2003, p. 22
^ Nam Theun 2 Project Company:DSIP_080408_PUBLIC_Final.pdf
^ World Bank:Nam Theun Moves Forward; Livelihood Activities Require Acceleration
^ Summary of 2004 Environmental Assessment, p. 39
^ Nam Theun 2 Project Company:Key facts, Downstream Program
^ NTPC key communication facts:Resettlement on Nakai Plateau:Infrastructure, March 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
^ World Bank
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Only every once in a while do you get an opportunity to get in on a breeding as special as this one. Suri is the product of an incredible breeding from the pointing lab world out of 4xGMPR Griz SH and 4xGMPR HR Val SH. Both of these dogs are the best of the best in the APLA. We expect Suri to continue the tradition of being the upper echelon of the pointing lab world and then we will campaign her through at least the AKC hunt test world. What makes her special already is the perfect combination of top notch marking, great work ethic and sleeps nightly with my 10 year old daughter. In a few years, we expect Suri to be just as well-known as her parents.
October 2018 update: Suri went 6/6 to earn her GMPR and SH titles this fall!


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Verizon recently rolled out 500 MB of free online storage for its customers that use certain smartphones and tablets. It allows them to sync stored data between some Android and Apple devices.
Called Verizon Cloud, Verizon customers get the first 500 MB for free. After that, customers of Verizon pay for more storage through either of two plans: $2.99 per month gets you 25 gigabytes of storage and $9.99 for 125 gigabytes. TheVerge.com points out that Verizon's 125 GB offer compares favorably with Dropbox which offers 100 GB for the same price. But Google Drive and Microsoft's Sky Drive are offered at about half that price.
One thing that sets the Verizon offering apart is that it can store call logs and text messages — along with music, video, and other files.
PhoneDog.com reports that the Verizon Cloud service will only be available on a limited selection of devices initially, all devices manufactured by either Motorola, HTC, or Samsung.
Keep in mind that this offering is positioned as a consumer product, and not intended for businesses. No word was given about whether the storage can be used with Verizon small business plans.
However, many solo entrepreneurs and home-based business owners use consumer plans for their wireless devices.
Also, sometimes employees use their own wireless devices in work situations, due to the BYOD trend. Keep that in mind when it comes to record retention and other policies. Employees may be saving files in the cloud, from their personal devices that they also use for work – one more thing for your IT Department to consider.
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You have probably heard of Adobe Photoshop. The Lexus or Mercedes or Ferrari of photo editing tools. Many small business owners dream of such a powerful tool, but often find that it is too much "engine" for their needs. This product review is for small business owners who need to edit images with a photo or image editing tool, but want something fast and simple.
Enter the latest light version called Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 – a raster image editor that lets you paint and edit pictures interactively on the computer screen and save them in formats such as JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF. It helps the user create, edit, organize and share images from one place. It has most of the features of Adobe Photoshop CS (the full premium level version) but at a lower cost.
Aimed at hobbyists and consumers, even non-expert individuals can use it with relative ease and this makes it ideal for the small business owner. The straightforward color management system and effortless removal of the red eye effect, the no-fuss ability to change skin tone along with the other plugins are available in a simpler, trouble-free format. Advanced edits are also possible.
You can see on the screenshot below that I have also opened the Advanced Editor tool which gives you even more options than what you see on the right side of the screen here.
It is easy to see that a small business owner, such as a retailer, blogger, service provider, freelancer, or affiliate marketer, can make use of the basic editing and advanced editing features – different photographic effects, adding drama, creating monochrome, or illustration effects. Video playing and tagging are also available. Business owners who want to explain or demonstrate a concept, service or new product will find this feature essential.
Great screenshot tool. Super useful for when you are surfing the Web and want to capture the screen you are looking at — and want to edit later.
Geo tagging is now a way of life for hobbyists and business owners and is supported in this version of Photoshop elements. The program helps you access GPS data embedded in photos or lets you tag spots on a map.
Cost factor. The program costs about one sixth of what Adobe Photoshop CS costs. For small business owners who want to grow their venture on a smaller budget, this is a key factor. There is a trial version also to allow you to try before you buy.
Ease of Use. Unlike its bigger cousin Adobe Photoshop CS, this program is easy to use even for the amateur. It is more intuitive and has a cleaner interface; you will not have to take classes to learn how to use it. Business owners without a tech background or a lot of time will appreciate this.
The editor has three sections: Quick, Guided and Expert to cater to different levels of users. They can be used independently of each other, or you can alternate between them.
Although the Import Media is pretty self-explanatory, if you have information divided into specific folders on your computer, you have to select each of those, one at a time. I'd like to see some sort of tool that lets me pick more than one folder at a time. When I go into the library, I don't see all of my photos and wonder why.
Adobe is world-renowned for creating elegant and powerful tools to help the artist, photographer and other creative types. They are just as useful for the business owner – think about the last time you opened a PDF file.
The tools are often expensive, however, to their credit, they have listened to the market and created lighter versions that not only cost less, but work in a way that helps the business owner who doesn't have time for a steep learning curve.
If you are in the market for a robust, affordable photo editing tool, take a look at Adobe Photoshop Elements. You can find it online at Amazon and often in stock in Costco for prices ranging from $69 to $99. The Adobe site sells it for $99.95. I was provided with a media copy to evaluate it for this review.
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Asked to comment on the announcement of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office that there was sufficient evidence indicating that he had committed a crime in connection with unauthorized wiretapping, former Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov told journalists that he had to get acquainted with the decision first.
Tsvetanov, who is on a cross-country tour as head of the election headquarters of center-right party GERB, argued Tuesday that he had to study the decision of the competent authority in order to decide on his next steps.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday that there was sufficient evidence indicating that Tsvetanov had committed a crime in his capacity as public official.
The Sofia-based prosecuting authority made clear that the charges against the three former directors of the Specialized Directorate Technical Operations of the Interior Ministry, Sergey Katsarov, Kamen Kostov and Tsvetan Ivanov, and Radko Dimitrov, an employee of the unit, in connection with the unauthorized wiretapping case, had been dropped.
The Sofia-based prosecuting authority declared that Tsvetanov, in his capacity as public official, had consciously allowed his subordinates to commit crimes.
Later the same day, Tsvetanov, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), told journalists that he had not been able to examine the statement of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office because he was on an election tour.
"I have always striven to observe the law and what I can say is that I will wait for the competent bodies to do their job. The proceedings which have been opened will last quite some time, I believe," Tsvetanov commented.
He refused to say whether he was planning to give up his immunity.
"The election campaign went totally beyond the limit. Unlike the opposition, political party GERB will not involve in a smear campaign. We have always considered public interest to be of prime importance," Tsvetanov said at a meeting with residents of Aksakovo earlier the same day, according to reports of the Focus news agency.
Bulgaria's former Interior Minister faces a penalty of up to eight years of imprisonment if the prosecuting authority presses charges and succeeds to prove them in court.
The wiretapping scandal broke out at the end of March, when Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), submitted a tipoff to Chief Prosecutor, Sotir Tsatsarov, about illegal wiretapping of politicians, businesspeople and magistrates which had taken place during Tsvetanov's term in office (2009-2013).
At the end of last week, a secretly recorded conversation between former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, former Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, and already-former Sofia City Prosecutor, Nikolay Kokinov, leaked in Bulgarian media, stirring a massive scandal.
Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Former Interior Minister and deputy chair of center-right party GERB, has refused to offer concrete comments on the announcement of the prosecuting authority that there was sufficient evidence indicating that he had committed a crime.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday that they were dropping charges against the three former directors of the Specialized Directorate Technical Operations of the Interior Ministry, Sergey Katsarov, Kamen Kostov and Tsvetan Ivanov, and Radko Dimitrov, an employee of the unit in connection with the unauthorized wiretapping case.
The Sofia-based prosecuting authority made clear that Tsvetanov, in his capacity as public official, had consciously allowed his subordinates to commit crimes.
Speaking Tuesday in the northeastern city of Aksakovo, Tsvetanov, who is touring the country as head of the election headquarters of GERB, said that the election campaign for the May 12 parliamentary elections had spiraled out of control.
"The election campaign went totally beyond the limit. Unlike the opposition, political party GERB will not involve in a smear campaign. We have always considered public interest to be of prime importance," Tsvetanov stated, as cited by the Focus news agency.
Prior to visiting Aksakovo, Tsvetanov was in the northeastern city of Devnya, where he also rejected comments in connection with the latest findings of the prosecuting authority on the wiretapping scandal.
According to Boryana Dimitrova from the Alpha Research polling agency, as cited by Sega daily, it is too early to estimate the impact of the announcement of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office about Tsvetanov.
She says that the polling agency has so far detected erosion of support for GERB which is not accompanied by an increase in the popularity of the party's main rival, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
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Within 10 days, a GoFundMe page for a Traverse City native was able to reach its goal and then some.
But the community is not stopping there.
Indie folk rock artist Levi Britton underwent open heart surgery on Jan. 10 at Munson Medical Center to repair a damaged mitral valve.
He is in recovery, but will be unable to work for three months.
You can stop by Kilkenny's Irish Public House for a ton of live performances from local artists like Elizabeth Landry, Mike Moran,The Drew Hale Band and more.
And there will be both silent and live auctions. Learn more at this Facebook event page here.