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investment|30 April, 2018
Egypt making headway in tackling red tape, says investment agency head
GAFI's CEO Mona Zobaa says conditions for foreign investors into Egypt are improving
A man carries breads on his head along a busy street near a banner for Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi from the campaign titled "Alashan Tabneeha" (So You Can Build It) after election results in Cairo, Egypt April 3, 2018.
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By Michael Fahy, ZAWYA
Egypt's introduction of new legislation and the promotion of a series of key investment projects are part of efforts to tackle bureaucracy in the country, according to the executive director of the agency responsible for attracting inward investment into the Arab world's most populous country.
Mona Zobaa, executive director of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), told journalists on the sidelines of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) in Dubai earlier this month that "there's been a lot that's been done over the past period" to tackle through the red tape that has plagued many firms operating in the country.
Egypt ranks 128th out of 190 countries on the World Bank's 2018 Ease of doing Business Index and 100th out of 137 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index list, but Zobaa said she is looking to improve on these rankings.
"We monitor these reports, we have private conversation with the private sector and we burnish our reform agenda," she said.
"Over the past period, we have succeeded to furnish a new investment law that caters well for the investor. It provides electronic services, it ensures that the investor gets a good incentive package, it provides him with necessary guarantees regarding licences, approvals, incorporation. It is mandated by law, for example, that (company) incorporation takes only one day."
She added that other, investor-friendly measures have also been taken, including a new bankruptcy law issued in January and a new movable collateral registry created last month to help banks make better lending decisions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
She argued that the new laws being introduced, which have included an amended capital markets law passed last month, are providing more transparency for investors, and pointed to a number of positive economic indicators.
A booklet distributed by GAFI and Egypt's Ministry for Investment and International Corporation at AIM stated that net foreign direct investment (FDI) into Egypt grew by 14 percent in 2016-17 (the most recent year for which figures are available) to $7.9 billion. Zobaa said that this had recovered from just $2.2 billion in net FDI invested in 2010/11, but it remains below the $13.2 billion of net FDI attracted into the country in 2007/08 - before the onset of the global financial crisis and the periods of civil unrest that began in Egypt in 2011.
"Inflation and unemployment are coming down, economic growth rates are also improving and there are good forecasts and projections in this regard," Zobaa told Zawya. "Our picture with the outer world is getting better."
Figures from Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics state that Egypt's unemployment rate, although still high, fell last year to 11.85 percent in 2017, down from 12.5 percent in 2016.
GDP set to grow
In December, the International Monetary Fund forecast that Egypt's gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to grow to 5.5 percent during its 2018/19 financial year, which starts on July 1, 2018 - an increase on the 4.8 percent growth projected for its current year. The IMF agreed a three-year $12 billion loan package to Egypt in November 2016 and said in December last year that about $6 billion of this had already been drawn down.
At the same time, Egypt undertook a package of reforms that included a free float of its currency and reductions in a number of subsidies, including fuel subsidies. As a result of these measures, the headline rate of inflation soared to a peak of almost 33 percent in August 2017, but has subsequently dropped sharply, reaching 13 percent in March, according to the Central Bank of Egypt's website.
Such positive economic data has attracted the interest of the likes of Hasan Haider, a partner with Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm 500 Startups, who has described Egypt as "one of our main markets" in the Middle East.
The firm, which was the most active venture capitalist across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) last year, funding more than 30 companies, according to Magnitt's State of MENA Funding 2017 report, completed its first deal in Egypt in 2013. However, Haider said that he expects the pace of activity in the country to pick up following the close of 500 Startups' first dedicated Middle East fund last year.
Pool of talent
Haider said Egypt has several advantages over neighbouring economies - its population of 90 million people means it is the biggest market in the region in population terms, and also has the biggest pool of programmers, developers and other talent from which tech start-ups can draw.
"The second thing is the mindset among the entrepreneurs in Egypt is quite good. They're hustlers - they get things done. They don't let anything stop them," Haider said.
He also said that purchasing power is not as high in Egypt as in other markets around the region.
"The costs are very cheap. If we invest $100,000 that lasts quite a while in the Egyptian market, whereas compared to somewhere like the UAE [United Arab Emirates] that would not last as long. The impact of our investment is much higher. Valuations are relatively low as well," he added.
Yet, despite this, the firm insists on setting up offshore holding companies - usually in a domain such as Delaware or the British Virgin Islands that are subject to United States or United Kingdom law - rather than holding investments directly in Egyptian companies. Haider explains that there are a number of reasons for this. One is that it tends to invest using convertible notes as opposed to direct equity, and "that's not something that's really well understood or accepted here", he said. The same goes for the use of employee share ownership programmes.
"The main things we want is an established code and legal base that supports investments in start-ups, and nowhere in the region really has that," Haider said. "It's not something unique to Egypt."
Mostafa Amin, co-founder of Cairo-based Breadfast - an online service offering fresh bread delivery to people's homes from a central kitchen - argued that the new investment law had proved to be useful for start-ups.
Amin, who had previously co-founded online news website Egyptian Streets, said that before the investment law, anyone looking to start a business would need to hire a lawyer, who would typically take between two-to-three weeks gaining the necessary approvals from various government agencies before the paperwork was ready.
Now, "the registration process is very fast," he told Zawya in a telephone interview. "Even if you don't have a lawyer you can go and register the company with very little fees. There is a system. You can find an organised queue to speak to the guy, give him your papers and then by the end of the day, or the next day, he can have the papers of your company ready."
Amin received investment from 500 Startups, which was also arranged through an offshore company.
"International investors will never put money into an Egyptian company, because they know that if something happens to the business, there is no protection for their money," he said. However, he argued that the business environment in the country is improving.
"Even dealing with people from the ministry (of investment), its much, much better than before," he said.
Mapping out investment
Ziad Gadalla, a partner at law firm Helmy, Hamza and Partners (a member firm of Baker McKenzie in Egypt), said that the main advantage of the new investment law was that it set out an investment map promoting key projects where, in certain areas, investors can retain up to 50 percent of a project's cost via tax breaks from profits generated.
In an emailed response to questions from Zawya, Gadalla said that investors participating in projects considered to be of "national" or "strategic" importance could gain one master licence to cover the start-up, operations and management of the scheme, including the necessary building licences and land assets required.
Among the projects that Egypt was promoting at the Annual Investment Meeting this month were the New Administrative Capital project near Cairo, the Golden Triangle scheme looking to target the country's mineral resources and some coastal resorts, plus two projects on the northern coast - a new furniture city planned at Damietta and the Al Alamain City project.
Speaking to Zawya at the event, Malek Fawaz, an advisor to Egypt's Minister for Investment Promotion within the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, said that the first government ministries would relocate to the new administrative capital being built to the east of Cairo as early as next year.
The project, which was initially announced at the Egypt Economic Development Conference at Sharm El Sheikh in 2015, is a 45 square kilometre site to the east of Cairo. It was initially due to be built as a $45 billion project by a company called Capital City Partners, with investment from the UAE, but this fell through and Egypt's Housing Ministry later signed a deal with two Chinese firms to develop the master plan.
Fawaz said that infrastructure work at the city was progressing, with a road to New Cairo being built by contractor China State Construction Engineering Company nearing completion. He also said that several developers, including Egypt's Palm Hills Development and Mountain View, are working on projects for their own plots within the master development.
Jason Tuvey, an economist at London-based Capital Economics, said in a research note published just before the re-election of Egypt's president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was confirmed last month that the prospects for Egypt's economy look good in the short-term, with inflation and interest rates set to fall further following recent economic reforms, the weaker Egyptian pound making the country more competitive and receipts coming in from the start of production at the Zohr gas field.
Production began at the field, which is being operated by Italy's energy services firm Eni, in December, and a second unit began pumping gas last week, the company said in a press release issued on Thursday. Eni has said that the amount of gas being produced is likely to ramp up from 800 million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) currently, to about 2 billion scfd by the end of the year.
Despite the improved outlook, Tuvey said that structural reforms need to be implemented, with better, more highly-skilled jobs needed for a workforce that is set to grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for the next decade.
"There are several key areas that need to be addressed," Tuvey said. "One is raising Egypt's low savings rate, which limits the pool of domestic resources available for investment, and has resulted in an extremely low investment rate," Tuvey said in the note, adding that investment has remained below 20 percent of GDP for much of the past 25 years, which is one of the lowest among emerging economies (see graph below).
"Other barriers facing businesses include an inflexible labour market, restricted access to land, and concerns about rampant corruption," he added.
Tuvey also warned that authorities would "need to overcome strong vested interests" in order to push through the required reforms, and that any failure to deliver on these could lead to renewed social unrest.
(Reporting by Michael Fahy: Editing by Yasmine Saleh and Shane McGinley)
(michael.fahy@thomsonreuters.com)
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The Department of English joins our colleagues at the Price Lab and the Penn Libraries in mourning the death of our friend, former student, and cherished colleague, Scott Enderle. After receiving his bachelor's degree at Texas A&M, Scott came to Penn as a graduate student in the English department in 2004 and received his PhD in 2011. His dissertation, "Novel Properties: Communication, Copyright, and the British Novel, 1710-1774," explored the history of ideas about intellectual property and its impact on the eighteenth-century novel. An essay exploring one of the study's most original arguments, on empiricist debates over how ideas could be simultaneously owned and communicated to another, was published in PMLA in 2016 as "Common Knowledge: Epistemology and the Beginnings of Copyright Law."
On receiving his PhD Scott accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English at Skidmore College, where he taught for four years. He returned to Penn to accept a position as Digital Humanities Specialist, a newly created position in the Library and the Price Lab, funded by the Mellon Foundation. As the University's first DH Specialist, Scott played a major role in shaping both the research program and the curriculum in digital humanities at Penn. His depth of historical knowledge made him an important resource for scholars in the History of Material Texts group and the English department as well as in the Price Lab. He helped make possible a dizzying range of digital projects, including the English Playbills project with Michael Gamer, the Star Wars Fan Engagement Meter with Peter Decherney and James Fiumara, the Shakespeare Census with Zachary Lesser, and the Mining Goodreads project with Jim English. But he had a guiding hand in nearly every DH project that focused on the history of the book or involved techniques of text mining, machine learning, or data visualization.
Scott's interest in the communication of ideas was at once scholarly and practical. One of the things that made him such a fine teacher of Python and other computing languages was his willingness to explain how a given command or syntax had shifted over time. His interest in scalar analysis extended to the history and shape of both texts and languages, and he was one of the principal architects of the DH Minor program in the College of Arts and Sciences. As Lecturer in Digital Humanities in the Department of English, Scott developed Penn's first Introduction to Programming in the Humanities, later recasting it as "Data Science for History and Literature." Many of his students went on to pursue independent research under his close guidance. A devoted mentor, he made a point of including undergraduate students on all his project teams, and he coordinated a summer program in which students gained hands-on experience with digital research while learning new tools and techniques of data-driven humanities research. His ability to explain complex matters of quantitative analysis and visualization to humanists was a boon to his faculty collaborators as well as his students. We count ourselves immeasurably fortunate to have been his colleagues.
If you would like to share your reminiscences of Scott, his family would love to read and collect them. Please email your memories and stories to: info@english.upenn.edu.

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Scott Pierce
Birth name:
San Jose, California, USA
Background Actor
Alien slave miner
Scott Pierce (born 6 March 1958; age 61) is an actor who appeared as an alien slave miner in the Star Trek: Enterprise third season episode "The Xindi". He received no credit for this appearance but is listed on the call sheet for the day of filming as a "miner with prosthetics".
In 1988, Pierce worked as special effects makeup artist on the horror film Howling IV: The Original Nightmare along with Scott Wheeler.
As an actor, he had featured and supporting roles in the science fiction thriller Demolition Man (1993, with Bill Cobbs, Bob Gunton, Kristopher Logan, Vanna Bonta, and Tracee Cocco), the thriller In the Line of Fire (1993), the drama Forrest Gump (1994), the action film Last Man Standing (1996, with Patrick Kilpatrick, Tiny Ron, Allan Graf, Jimmy Ortega, Christopher Doyle, Jim Palmer, Jim Wilkey, and Robert Coffee), the comedy Sgt. Bilko (1996, with Pamela Segall, Richard Herd, Steve Kehela, Tami-Adrian George, and Clifton Collins, Jr.), the action thriller Air Force One (1997, with Dean Stockwell, Spencer Garrett, Bill Smitrovich, Dan Shor, Glenn Morshower, Pasha Lychnikoff, Boris Lee Krutonog, Stuart Nixon, Paul Sklar, and Timothy Carhart), the romance Forces of Nature (1999, with Ronny Cox, Jack Kehler, Bert Remsen, Anne Haney, Bill Erwin, and Shelly Desai), the crime comedy Drowning Mona (2000, with Tracey Walter), the thriller Ticker (2001, with Vanessa Branch and Jerry Rector), the crime drama High Crimes (2002, with Ashley Judd, Adam Scott, Bruce Davison, Jude Ciccolella, Dendrie Taylor, John Billingsley, Adam Segen, Randy Mulkey, and Al Burke), the horror thriller Bloody Mary (2006, with Laura Banks), and the drama Changeling (2008, with Ric Sarabia, Colby French, Scott Leva, Mary Stein, Andre Alexsen, Gary Buckner, Michael Lovern, and Patrizia Milano).
He also had supporting roles in episodes of In Living Color, Millennium (with Megan Gallagher), Babylon 5, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Martial Law, C-16: FBI, Crossing Jordan, Cold Case, and Medium.
Pierce worked as stand-in on the drama The Prime Gig (2000, with Wallace Shawn, Jeannetta Arnette, Tom Wright, Brian George, and Pat Healy) and for Ed Harris on the science fiction series Westworld (2016).
Scott Pierce at the Internet Movie Database
Scott Pierce at NowCasting.com
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Фенны () — название племен охотников и собирателей северной Европы железного века, описанных в сочинении Корнелия Тацита «Германия» (98 г. н. э.). Этноязыковая идентификация феннов остается предметом дискуссий, как и степень родства с финнами и другими современными народами.

Описание
Сведения о феннах у Тацита весьма скудны: он не знал, можно ли отнести их к германцам или сарматам, и приписывал им крайне примитивный мезолитический образ жизни, контрастирующий с образом жизни существенно более развитых германских племен железного века:

У феннов — поразительная дикость, жалкое убожество; у них нет ни оборонительного оружия, ни лошадей, ни постоянного крова над головой; их пища — трава, одежда — шкуры, ложе — земля; все свои упования они возлагают на стрелы, на которые, из-за недостатка в железе, насаживают костяной наконечник. Та же охота доставляет пропитание как мужчинам, так и женщинам; ведь они повсюду сопровождают своих мужей и притязают на свою долю добычи. И у малых детей нет другого убежища от дикого зверя и непогоды, кроме кое-как сплетенного из ветвей и доставляющего им укрытие шалаша; сюда же возвращаются фенны зрелого возраста, здесь же пристанище престарелых. Но они считают это более счастливым уделом, чем изнурять себя работою в поле и трудиться над постройкой домов и неустанно думать, переходя от надежды к отчаянью, о своем и чужом имуществе: беспечные по отношению к людям, беспечные по отношению к божествам, они достигли самого трудного — не испытывать нужды даже в желаниях.

Относительно местонахождения феннов Тацит сообщает только то, что они проживали за пределами Свебии, и были отделены «лесами и горами» от певкинов и венедов. Кроме того, в «Географии» Птолемея (ок. 150 г. н. э.) упоминаются два племени с названием Φιννοι — одно на севере Скандинавии (в то время считавшейся островом), другое — к востоку от Вислы. В описании Скандинавии в «Гетике» Иордана упоминаются три племени с похожими названиями — Screrefennae (аналогичное название «Scricfinnia» упоминается и значительно позже у Олафа Магнуса), Finnaithae, и mitissimi Finni (буквально «мягчайшие финны»).

Идентификация
Как и в случае с эстами, также описанными в «Германии» Тацита, название которых было значительно позднее перенесено на средневековых эстонцев, прямая связь феннов с предками современных финнов также подвергается сомнению (особенно потому, что первые упоминания «финнов» в норвежских источниках (ок. 900 г. н. э.) относились к саамам), при этом упоминание двух разных племен с таким названием у Птолемея может указывать на уже свершившееся на тот момент разделение между предками саамов и прибалтийско-финских народов.

Согласно И. Уитакеру, описание феннов у Тацита несовместимо с археологическими находками железного века Скандинавии, и является скорее образом «благородных дикарей» в представлении древних римлян, с таким же успехом применимым к пиктам, эстам или другим племенам на окраинах Римской империи, поэтом связь феннов с современными финнами или саамами следует считать недоказанной. Не исключено и наличие во времена Тацита на севере Европы каких-то племен, говоривших на неизвестных неиндоевропейских и нефинноугорских субстратных языках, в духе идей А. Айкио о субстрате неизвестного происхождения в языках саамов.

Название Fenni (< *finnaz) обычно считается происходящим от прагерманского корня со значением «странствующий» или «собирающий», что отражает образ жизни этого племени, однако В. Э. Орёл считал этимологию этого слова неясной, приводя также параллели в кельтских языках (например, *þenn- «холм»).

См. также
 Эсты
 Дофинноугорский субстрат

Примечания

Исчезнувшие народы Европы
Финно-угорские народы
Европа железного века

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In another event at Raxaul, Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation for projects worth Rs505 crore.
BAGAHA/MOTIHARI/PATNA: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for national highways and waterways projects worth more than Rs 3,411 crore in Bihar.
The minister inaugurated and laid the foundation for projects worth Rs 366.62 crore at Bagaha in West Champaran district. The projects include opening traffic on 24km-long stretch of Misrauli-Parsauni section of NH 28 B. He laid the foundation for approach roads of road overbridges (RoBs) on NH 28B at Bagaha and Mangalpur worth Rs62.48 crore and Rs68.49 crore respectively.
Gadkari also laid the foundation for widening of the 37km-long Manuwapul to Yogpatti-Nawalpur-Ratwal Chowk road, which will cost Rs128.90 crore. He also laid the foundation for National Waterway-37 (river Gandak) from its confluence with river Ganga at Hajipur to Triveni Ghat (Bhaisalotan barrage in Valmikinagar). The 300km-long stretch in the Gandak will be developed at a cost of Rs12.91 crore.
Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari expressed concern over sugar cane industries in West Champaran. "Despite it being a sugar cane producing region, farmers as well as sugar mills are in distress because of low prices of sugar. The central government has decided to enhance the sugar price from Rs30 to Rs34/kg and to develop ethanol-based sugar factories to alleviate the condition of the factories as well as the farmers," Gadkari said, adding he has requested automobile majors in the country to manufacture ethanol-based vehicle.
Gadkari also laid the foundation for projects worth Rs2,540 crore on the concluding day of 'Kisan Kumbh' at Motihari Gandhi Maidan in East Champaran district. The projects include widening of 83.24km-long Siwan-Mashrakh-Rajapatti-Kesariya- Chakiya section of Ram Janaki Marg (NH-227A) with an estimated outlay of Rs1,285 crore. four-laning of 81.11km-long Manikpur-Sahebganj-Kesariya-Areraj section of NH-74 at the cost of Rs1,254 crore and reconstruction of Mahatma Gandhi's statue and three gantry gates on NH-28 and 28A in East Champaran with an estimated outlay of Rs93.91 lakh.
In another event at Raxaul, Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation for projects worth Rs505 crore. The projects include widening of 40km-long Chapwa to Misrauli section of NH-28B with an estimated outlay of Rs171.40crore. He also laid the foundation for widening of the 69km-long link road and Piprakothi-Motihari-Raxaul section of NH-28A at a cost of Rs33333.60 crore.
Gadkari, who is also the union minister of river development and Ganga rejuvenation, said the government has earmarked Rs26 crore for effective check on pollution besides the conservation and rejuvenation of river Ganga.


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Armchair Analyst: The first days of MLS 3.0 and other Week 19 thoughts
July 20, 201411:26PM EDT
Matthew DoyleMLSsoccer.com
Follow@ MattDoyle76
Week 19 is in the books, and it was a week more notable for what happened off the field than on it.
Let's dive in:
1. The Era We've All Been Waiting For
There have been a handful of distinct eras in MLS history. We tend to break it down to "MLS 1.0" and "MLS 2.0," and every week there's another benchmark (this column's new favorite buzzword) that has people declaring "MLS 3.0 is here!"
But that whole brush is too broad. If you were around in the Bad Old Days you'd know that MLS 1.0 consisted of a bunch of smaller eras. Here are a few:
"Geez, these stadiums are full" (1996)
"Geez, these stadiums are empty" (1997-2001)
"Oh crap, we're contracting" (2001-2002)
"Name a franchise after a Mexican team? I guess that could work" (2004-2005)
And there have been similar dividing lines in the days of MLS 2.0 – Toronto fans actually invented MLS support before Seattle fans invented MLS support, which happened just before Portland invented MLS support. Designated Players like Beckham, Blanco, Angel and Donovan paved the way for Designated Players like Henry, Keane, Valeri and Bradley. Tristan Bowen paved the way for DeAndre Yedlin, Diego Fagundez and Gyasi Zardes.
More to the point, Omar Gonzalez's contract extension last summer and Osvaldo Alonso's last winter paved the way for what we saw on Saturday when Sporting KC announced they'd inked Matt Besler and Graham Zusi to DP contracts. Taken all together, does that mean this is now MLS 3.0?
I'd submit that it does. Smart teams – and there's no denying that LA, Seattle and KC are three of the smartest in the league – are changing both the business model (organic, locally sourced soccer players are a wise investment) and the narrative (hey, our guys can play!).
DP deals for Besler/Zusi make sense for Sporting and both players. Tough to swap current situation for a better one. Why force it? #mls
— Kyle McCarthy (@kylejmccarthy) July 19, 2014
Where's that leave the rest of MLS?
Right now, the answer is "trying to keep up." Parity is still 100 percent real, but we're starting to see a bit of talent stratification based upon developing talent from within.
That's the essence of MLS 3.0. Building players is better than buying them, and the teams with the patience and structure to do the former are about to separate themselves in a big way.
2. Sun Tzu's Art of Soccer
A month ago, FC Dallas were in the midst of an eight-game winless skid, one that was sounding alarm bells all throughout north Texas for the resemblence it bore to last year's midseason nosedive. I may have poured a bit of kerosene on that fire here once or twice, pointing out how FCD don't scramble well on defense and didn't have many answers in central midfield thanks to a rash of injuries.
They've followed up that stretch by going unbeaten in five, capping it off with a 2-0 drubbing of free-falling New England on Saturday. The most impressive part of this five-game run is how Dallas have changed their identity from a team that wants to build from inside-out – everything in March and April ran through Mauro Diaz as the No. 10 – to one that builds from outside-in.
This is a whopper of a GIF (sorry if it takes forever to load), but it's worth it. You can see how Dallas pulled the Revs fullbacks up the field, then isolated the central defense out wide:
The sequence ends with a shot from wide midfielder Andres Escobar that Bobby Shuttleworth had to push over the bar. And it's a pattern of play that was repeated ad infinitum throughout the game's entire 90 minutes as New England's lack of defensive width was punished, and punished, and punished.
For Dallas fans, it has to be encouraging to see this team exploit the opponent's weakness so ruthlessly after the way they were pushed around in the center of the park throughout late April and most of May. Through learning themselves, they've also learned their enemies.
But the job's not done, as FCD still have some questions to answer – including, "How do we get Diaz back into the lineup but stick with the 4-4-2 that's worked so well since the start of June?"
To me, that's the big one, because it means the "learn yourself" part has to happen again. Diaz is the best player on the team and arguably the best playmaker in the league (he was well in the MVP race before his injury), but he doesn't really have a spot in the scheme that Oscar Pareja has been using to get results.
Whatever Pareja decides, personnel- and tactics-wise, will provide the shape of the season to come in Big D.
3. The Obvious Solution
Midseason wins over a team missing half its starting lineup don't come much bigger than Portland's 2-1 defeat of Colorado on Friday night.
I added those qualifiers above not to diminish what the Timbers did, but to illustrate just how desperate things were getting in Rose City. They were looking at one-win-in-seven stretch 70 minutes into this one, and at no point in the first hour did they look like the better team.
Then Caleb Porter made a couple of lineup changes, and the last 30 minutes were one-way traffic.
Below is the average position map (courtesy of Opta) from the game:
The salient point: Maxi Urruti (No. 37) and Gaston Fernandez (No. 10) operated as a pair up top over the last half hour, with Steve Zakuani (No. 7) and Fanendo Adi (No. 9) coming off. The Timbers moved from their typical 4-3-3 to a 4-4-2, and looked very, very good.
Part of that is personnel – Urruti and Fernandez are Portland's two leading scorers, and both are in form at the moment.
But part of it is tactical, as switching to a two-forward set created attacking third connections and gaps (THIS is one of the best team goals of the year) that just didn't exist when Adi was playing as a lone target isolated away from his wingers. Neither Zakuani nor Darlington Nagbe have been consistently threatening, and as teams have figured that out, the Timbers have been easier and easier to bottle up.
Hard to see that being the case if they stay with two up top.
A few more things to ponder...
9. And ... it's back to panic on the streets of Harrison following a 3-1 loss at Philadelphia and a 1-1 home draw vs. San Jose. The Red Bulls can't get their midfield shape right on either side of the ball, and it's looking more and more like Tim Cahill is only really useful for this team as a striker.
But Mike Petke can't play him up top, because Bradley Wright-Phillips is en route to set the single-season league scoring record, and Thierry Henry is still Thierry Henry.
8. Speaking of New York's midfield shape ... here's Conor Casey delivering our Pass of the Week (sorry, Mauro!) on Fred's first MLS goal in four years:
This is bad on every level from the Red Bulls.
7. The Union pounded New York to death midweek, but were fortunate to get a 1-1 draw on Saturday at the Fire after an iffy late penalty. Cristian Maidana, who came off with a hamstring strain vs. the Red Bulls, was badly missed in Chicago.
6. Face of the Week is all Benny Feilhaber, who gets it for his "Jordan Shrug" reaction after the opener in Saturday's 2-1 win over LA:
He then followed that up with LeBron's powder toss:
.@KingJames meet King Benny http://t.co/qONIGoUBSN
— Sporting Kansas City (@SportingKC) July 19, 2014
5. The Galaxy keep swapping between the flat 4-4-2 and a diamond midfield. There's a reason for it, which I wrote a bit about HERE.
4. Columbus got just their second win in their last 17 MLS games, a streak going back to the end of March, thanks to a 2-1 win over Montreal on Saturday (following an awful 2-1 loss to Sporting midweek).
Way back then, I highlighted how much danger they were creating from the right side on the overlap. Since then, those goals have dried up because the precision has not been there:
A lot of space and a lot of bad crosses from the right side for #Crew96 so far. pic.twitter.com/S11JGQm2wl
— Patrick Guldan (@GuldanMR) July 20, 2014
The Crew can't count on golazos from Bernardo Añor every week. They know what they want to do, and how they want to attack. They just have to figure out how to execute.
3. Forget the goal by Perry Kitchen in D.C. United's 3-1 win over Chivas TBD on Sunday. It's the "everything else" about his game that's been so impressive this year, and he continues to add new wrinkles.
The latest is how he's now dropping deep between the central defenders in possession, starting sequences much like Rafa Marquez with Mexico (we're going to let that be a compliment – Rafa is a brilliant passer) or Wil Trapp with Columbus.
By the way: Kitchen, 22, is less than a year older than Trapp. It's probably time for USMNT fans to notice him.
2. Nick Rimando's subtweet game is strong:
It's tough to play against a team w/12 players behind the ball, but proud of our response after PK. Thx 2 our fans, great support as usual.
— Nick Rimando (@NickRimando) July 20, 2014
As frustrating as the result was on Saturday – a 1-1 home draw vs. Vancouver – it's worth noting that RSL are starting to look like their old selves after a rough start to the summer.
Have some Kyle Beckerman in your life:
What. A. Ball. #RSL http://t.co/aGQiE9AuCm
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 20, 2014
1. And finally, there's a new central midfield partnership in Toronto as it looks like Collen Warner has won the starting job next to Michael Bradley. It's a double-pivot – both guys are playing box-to-box – which has led to a predictable problem: They're having trouble protecting Zone 14.
This is a map of Houston's key passes (passes that lead to a shot) and assists in the 2-2 draw on Saturday:
Toronto's week wasn't exactly a failure – they also drew 1-1 vs. Vancovuer midweek, have lost just once in their last 10 and are sitting comfortably in third place in the East. But they have a lot of chemistry/cohesion work to do, which is always a scary proposition just as most of the rest of the league is rounding solidly into midseason form.
Armchair Analyst


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Devin McCourty (born August 13, 1987) is an American football free safety for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Rutgers, and was drafted by the Patriots in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
McCourty attended Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey, with his twin brother, Jason McCourty. He played cornerback and free safety and was an all-league selection in his final two seasons. As a senior, he had 50 tackles and three interceptions.
Considered a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, McCourty only received one scholarship offer, from Rutgers.
McCourty attended Rutgers University, and played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team beginning in 2005. After redshirting his first season, McCourty appeared in all 13 games as a freshman in 2006 and recorded 38 tackles and two interceptions. In 2007, McCourty and his twin brother Jason McCourty started at cornerback, with Devin compiling 63 tackles, two interceptions, one forced fumble, and three blocked kicks on special teams. He was named an All-Big East Conference academic selection in his first two seasons. McCourty started 13 games at cornerback in his 2008 junior season, picking up 57 tackles, one interception, and a blocked punt. In his final season at Rutgers in 2009, McCourty started 13 games at cornerback, while still also working on special teams units. He had a career-high 80 tackles and also recorded one interception and 10 pass deflections. He also averaged 25.4 yards on kickoff returns and had a 98-yard kickoff return, third-longest in school history. Following the season, he was named to the All-Big East first team.
McCourty graduated from Rutgers with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
On August 25, 2009, NFL analyst Gil Brandt ranked McCourty the fourth best cornerback prospect heading into the 2010 NFL Draft. He attended the NFL Scouting Combine and performed all of the combine drills. On March 10, 2010, McCourty attended Rutger's annual pro day, but chose to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, McCourty was projected to be a first or second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked third best cornerback prospect in the draft by Sports Illustrated and ESPN, was ranked the fourth best cornerback by DraftScout.com, and was ranked the fifth best cornerback in the draft by Bleacher Report.
The New England Patriots selected McCourty in the first round (27th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He was the third cornerback drafted in 2010.
On July 28, 2010, the New England Patriots signed McCourty to a five-year, $10 million contract that includes $7.28 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.50 million.
Upon arriving in training camp, McCourty began competing for a job as a starting cornerback against Darius Butler. Head coach Bill Belichick named both McCourty and Darius Butler the starting cornerbacks to begin the regular season after veteran Leigh Bodden was placed on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury he sustained in the preseason. Bodden remained on injured reserve for the entire season.
He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the New England Patriots' season-opener against the Cincinnati Bengals and recorded five solo tackles and a pass deflection in their 38–24 victory. McCourty made his first career tackle on Adam Jones, ending Jones 19-yard kick return in the first quarter. On October 24, 2010, McCourty made three combined tackles, a pass deflection, and made his first career interception off a pass by quarterback Philip Rivers during a 23–20 win at the San Diego Chargers in Week 7. McCourty intercepted the pass that was originally intended for Patrick Crayton in the second quarter and was immediately tackled. On November 14, 2010, he collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (nine solo) and broke up a pass in the Patriots' 39–26 victory at the Pittsburgh in Week 10. In Week 11, he collected six combined tackles, two pass deflections, and an interception in the Patriots' 31–28 win against the Indianapolis Colts. The following week, McCourty made a season-high three pass deflections, seven combined tackles, and intercepted two passes by Matthew Stafford in a 45–24 victory at the Detroit Lions in Week 12. The feat marked his first multi-interception game of his career. On December 6, 2010, McCourty recorded three solo tackles, broke up a pass, and an interception as the Patriots routed the New York Jets 45–3 in Week 13. The interception was his sixth pick of the season and continued his three-game streak with an interception. In Week 15, he collected ten solo tackles (seven solo), a pass deflection, and made his first career sack on quarterback Matt Flynn during a 31–27 win against the Green Bay Packers. On December 29, 2010, it was announced that McCourty was voted to the 2011 Pro Bowl. He finished his rookie season in 2010 with 82 combined tackles (69 solo), 17 pass deflections, seven interceptions, two forced fumbles, and a sack in 16 games and 16 starts. His 17 pass deflections and seven interceptions marked career-highs. McCourty was named a First-Team All-Pro by the Sporting News and Second-Team All-Pro by The Associated Press.
The New England Patriots finished first in the AFC East with a 14–2 record and clinched home-field advantage and a first round bye. On January 16, 2011, McCourty started in his first career playoff game and collected three solo tackles in their 28–21 loss to the New York Jets in the AFC Divisional Round. On January 30, 2011, he appeared in the 2011 Pro Bowl and recorded four solo tackles, two pass deflections, and intercepted a pass by Michael Vick. He was part of Bill Belichick's AFC team that lost 55–41 to the NFC.
McCourty entered training camp slated as the Patriots' No. 1 starting cornerback. Head coach Bill Belichick officially named McCourty the starter, alongside Leigh Bodden, to start the regular season. On September 8, 2011, it was reported that McCourty was selected by teammates to be one of the six team captains. McCourty, Jerod Mayo, and Vince Wilfork were chosen to be defensive captains for the season.
McCourty started in New England Patriots' season-opener at the Miami Dolphins and collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (ten solo) and two pass deflections in their 38–24 victory. On November 13, 2011, he made four solo tackles during 37–16 victory at the New York Jets, but exited in the second quarter after injuring his shoulder during a collision with teammate Sterling Moore. His shoulder injury sidelined him for the next two games (Weeks 11–12). In Week 16, McCourty collected nine combined tackles, a season-high five pass deflections, and made an interception during a 27–24 victory. He finished the 2011 season with 87 combined tackles (65 solo), 13 pass deflections, and two interceptions in 14 games and 14 starts.
The New England Patriots finished first in the AFC East with a 13–3 record. They went on to defeat the Denver Broncos 45–10 in the AFC Divisional Round and the Baltimore Ravens 23–20 in the AFC Championship to advance to the Super Bowl. On February 5, 2012, McCourty started in Super Bowl XLVI and collected seven combined tackles as the Patriots lost to the New York Giants by a score of 21–17.
McCourty entered training camp slated as the No. 1 starting cornerback. Defensive coordinator Matt Patricia named McCourty and Kyle Arrington the starting cornerbacks to start the season, ahead of Ras-I Dowling, Will Allen, Sterling Moore, and Alfonzo Dennard. He was also named the starting kick returner by special teams coordinator Scott O'Brien. On September 6, 2012, it was announced that McCourty was selected to be a captain for the second consecutive season.
In Week 4, McCourty collected four solo tackles, two pass deflections, and intercepted two passes by quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick during a 52–28 win at the Buffalo Bills. On October 21, 2012, McCourty made five solo tackles and returned a kick for a touchdown during a 29–26 overtime win against the New York Jets in Week 7. His kick return was for 104-yards and occurred in the first quarter. It became his first and only career kick return for a touchdown. His performance in Week 7 earned him AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. On November 1, 2012, the New England Patriots acquired cornerback Aqib Talib in a trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Following the trade, it was reported that McCourty would be moving to free safety after struggling at cornerback during the first eight games. His move to safety was also attributed to injuries to safeties Steve Gregory and Patrick Chung and the emergence of Kyle Arrington and Alfonzo Dennard as productive cornerbacks. McCourty immediately assumed the job as the starting free safety, replacing Patrick Chung, who was still recovering from a shoulder injury. On November 11, 2012, he made his debut as the starting free safety and recorded eight combined tackles, a pass deflection, and an interception in the Patriots' 37–31 win against the Buffalo Bills in Week 10. McCourty finished the 2012 season with 82 combined tackles (63 solo), 13 pass deflections, five interceptions, two forced fumbles, and a touchdown in 16 games and 16 starts. He started the last eight games at free safety and also served as the kick returner throughout the season. McCourty finished with 24 kick returns for a total of 654-yards and one touchdown. McCourty played a total of 1,329 snaps on defense and special teams. His snap total finished third in the league in 2012, behind teammates Ryan Wendell and Nate Solder.
The New England Patriots completed the regular season in first place in the AFC East with a 12–4 record. On January 13, 2013, McCourty made his first postseason start at safety and collected eight combined tackles during a 41–28 win against the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Round. The following week, he made eight combined tackles as the Patriots were eliminated from the playoffs after a 28–13 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game.
McCourty began training camp as the de facto starting free safety after Patrick Chung departed in free agency. He was named the starting free safety to open the regular season, alongside strong safety Steve Gregory. McCourty was not selected as one of four team captains to begin the regular season. He became a captain, along with Rob Ninkovich, mid-season after injuries to Mayo and Wilfork.
On October 6, 2013, McCourty collected a season-high 12 combined tackles (eight solo) during a 13–6 loss at the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 5. In Week 9, he made six combined tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by Ben Roethlisberger in the Patriots' 55–31 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was inactive for the Patriots' Week 17 victory against the Buffalo Bills after head coach Bill Belichick chose to rest him for the playoffs. McCourty finished the season with 69 combined tackles (48 solo), nine pass deflections, and an interception in 15 games and 15 starts. He received the highest overall grade among all qualified safeties in 2013.
McCourty began the regular season as the starting free safety and played alongside strong safety Patrick Chung. This began a five-year stint where McCourty and Chung were the main starting safeties for the Patriots.
In Week 2, McCourty deflected a pass and also returned an interception for a 60-yard gain before being pushed out of bounds at the goal line during a 30–7 win at the Minnesota Vikings. On November 30, 2014, McCourty collected a season-high nine combined tackles (eight solo) in the Patriots' 26–21 loss at the Green Bay Packers in Week 13. He finished the season with 68 combined tackles (51 solo), six pass deflections, two interceptions, and a forced fumble in 16 games and 16 starts. He earned the eighth highest overall grade from Pro Football Focus in 2015.
The New England Patriots finished atop the AFC East with a 12–4 record, clinching a first round bye and home-field advantage. On January 10, 2015, he made four combined tackles, two pass deflections, and intercepted a pass by Joe Flacco during a 35-31 victory against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round. The Patriots reached Super Bowl XLIX after routing the Indianapolis Colts 45–7 in the AFC Championship Game. On February 1, 2015, McCourty collected five combined tackles and helped the Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28–24 and win Super Bowl XLIX.
McCourty became an unrestricted free agent in 2015 and received interest from multiple teams, including the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans.
On March 9, 2015, the New England Patriots signed McCourty to a five-year, $47.5 million contract with $28.5 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $15 million.
In Week 6, McCourty collected a season-high nine combined tackles during a 34–27 win at the Indianapolis Colts. On October 29, 2015, he made four solo tackles and sacked quarterback Ryan Tannehill in New England's 36–7 win against the Miami Dolphins in Week 8. The sack became only the second one of his career and was his first sack since his rookie season. On December 13, 2015, McCourty made one tackle before exiting the Patriots' 27–6 victory at the Houston Texans in the second quarter due to an ankle injury. His injury sidelined him for the next two games (Weeks 15–16). He registered 64 combined tackles (51 solo), six passes defensed, one sack, and an interception in 14 games and 14 starts. The Patriots began deploying Duron Harmon in a three-safety technique at the end of the season.
The New England Patriots finished atop their division with a 12–4 record. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Round, before losing to the eventual Super Bowl 50 Champions, the Denver Broncos, in the AFC Championship Game. McCourty made seven combined tackles and two pass deflections throughout the playoffs with only two tackles and one deflection against the Broncos.
On September 6, 2016, the New England Patriots announced the selection of McCourty as one of four team captains to start the regular season. It was his third consecutive selection and fifth overall.
He started in the New England Patriots' season-opener at the Arizona Cardinals and recorded a season-high ten combined tackles (nine solo) in their 23–21 victory. On December 12, 2016, McCourty made four solo tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by Joe Flacco during a 30–23 win against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 14. On December 20, McCourty was named to the 2017 Pro Bowl, his second time receiving the honor. He finished the season with 83 combined tackles (67 solo), seven pass deflections, an interception, and a forced fumble in 16 games and 16 starts. At the end of the season he was named second-team All-Pro. He played 1022 defensive snaps (98%). He received an overall grade of 89.6 from Pro Football Focus and had the fourth highest grade among all qualified safeties in 2016. He also earned a coverage grade of 91.9.
The New England Patriots finished first in their division with a 14–2 record and earned home-field advantage. On January 14, 2017, McCourty made five combined tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass during a 34–16 victory against the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Round. The Patriots went on to Super Bowl LI after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 36–17 in the AFC Championship Game. On February 5, 2017, McCourty started in Super Bowl LI and made five combined tackles as the Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34–28 in overtime.
McCourty and Patrick Chung remained the starting safety duo with Duron Harmon acting as the third safety to begin the regular season. In Week 5, he collected a season-high 11 solo tackles during a 19–14 victory at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The following week, he made five combined tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by Josh McCown in the Patriots' 24–17 victory at the New York Jets in Week 6. On December 11, 2017, McCourty collected seven solo tackles and sacked quarterback Jay Cutler during a 27–20 loss at the Miami Dolphins. The sack became his third of his career. McCourty finished the season with a career-high 97 combined tackles (80 solo), five pass deflections, an interception, and a sack in 16 games and 16 starts. Pro Football Focus gave McCourty an overall grade of 82.6, ranking 23rd among all qualified safeties in 2017.
The New England Patriots finished first in the AFC East with a 13–3 record and received a first round bye and home-field advantage. They defeated the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Divisional Round and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship Game. On February 4, 2018, McCourty started in Super Bowl LII and collected seven combined tackles and two pass deflections in the Patriots' 41–33 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
In the preseason, Devin McCourty was reunited with his brother Jason McCourty, who played as cornerback for the Tennessee Titans and the winless Cleveland Browns in 2016. Jason started as the number two cornerback in New England's secondary and formed a strong duo with All-Pro corner Stephon Gilmore.
In Week 8 against the Buffalo Bills, McCourty had an 84 yard pick six off Derek Anderson as the Patriots won the game 25-6. McCourty helped the Patriots win Super Bowl LIII.
McCourty was raised in Nyack, New York by his parents Phyllis and Calvin McCourty. His father died in 1990 at age 34 due to a heart attack related to complications from asthma. Devin has a twin brother named Jason McCourty and an older brother named Larry White. He was born 27 minutes before Jason and they both weighed six pounds and 13 ounces each. During junior high school, the family moved into a mobile home in Nanuet, New York. His mother worked as a nurse and made sacrifices throughout their childhood to enroll them in private school. In 2010, his mother retired from her career as a nurse at Rockland Psychiatric in Orangeburg, New York. Jason and Devin made a pact to earn scholarships to relieve the burden of college tuition from his mother. Devin and Jason purchased their mother a home.
His twin brother Jason also played cornerback for Rutgers. Jason was drafted in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans and previously played for the Cleveland Browns. On March 15, 2018, the Cleveland Browns traded Jason McCourty to the New England Patriots along with a 2018 seventh-round pick for New England's 2018 sixth-round pick. Devin and Jason are one of only 13 sets of twins in NFL history and are one of five active sets of twins to currently play, along with Shaquill Griffin/Shaquem Griffin, Brandon Dixon/Brian Dixon, Maurkice Pouncey/Mike Pouncey, and teammates Jacob Hollister/Cody Hollister. They were the first set to play in a Super Bowl together, doing so in Super Bowl LIII.
McCourty is religious and is a faithful Christian. In 2016, he married his girlfriend Michelle Powell. On March 11, 2017, the couple had a baby girl named Londyn and on April 29, 2018 they had a baby boy named Brayden.
In the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, McCourty made a pledge to aid recovery efforts with a donation of $100 for every tackle he makes during the 2013 season, and $200 per interception. The pledge follows a similar offer by Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola ($100 per reception, $200 per dropped pass).
In January 2018, McCourty along with the punk band the Dropkick Murphys, joined together in a raffle raising money for the Dropick Murphys' The Claddagh Fund and McCourty's Embrace the Kids Foundation. The grand prize included a trip and tickets to Super Bowl LII in which McCourty's Patriots played in.
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package org.abstractform.swing.test;

import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import org.abstractform.core.Form;
import org.abstractform.core.FormInstance;
import org.abstractform.core.FormService;
import org.abstractform.core.FormToolkit;
import org.abstractform.core.fluent.test.SampleForm;

/**
 * @author Fernando Rincon Martin <frm.rincon@gmail.com>
 *
 */
public class MainTest {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		JFrame frame = new JFrame();
		FormToolkit<JComponent> toolkit = FormService.getInstance().getFormToolkit(JComponent.class);
		Form form = new SampleForm();
		FormInstance<JComponent> instance = toolkit.buildForm(form);
		frame.add(instance.getImplementation());
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setVisible(true);
	}
}


The magazine for developments in the field of security documents, security printing, banknotes and identity management.
Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity (KJD&I) is a bi-monthly specialist magazine for and by users, developers and suppliers in the field of security documents, security printing, banknotes and identity management. Experts from all over the world offer a unique source of information and insight. It features insights into the latest trends in areas such as biometrics, e-passports, security printing and banknotes. But also sharp analyses, in-depth articles, gripping editorials, expert contributors and columns.
KJD&I is a well-known and much respected journal within the industry, providing its readers excellent information on the latest developments in the industry in the widest sense. Since 2003 there has not been a better specialist magazine for thousands of professionals worldwide.
Tell us your story and contribute to the content of one or more of Keesing Journal's upcoming issues and special editions. As KJD&I is a specialist magazine written for and by professionals within the security industry, we are always looking for new contributors.
For further information, please contact Ms Conny Lay, Final Editor of KJD&I.


In order to provide the best offers and up to date prices during high season we kindly ask you to contact us directly about you upcoming cruise vacation. Please let us know which route/region you are interested in, number of adults/children, preferred dates, length of cruise you are interested in and we will check our the most current and last minute offers to find you the best price.
Cruise to the Baltic Sea and experience Northern Europe's and Scandinavia numerous cultures, history, languages and natural beauty. Explore the rugged beautiful coastlines of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and the United Kingdom. Other notable stops offered on a Baltic sea cruise also include Russia, Estonia, Poland, Germany and Latvia.
Fjord cruise itineraries offer the opportunity to explore the spectacular natural beauty of the Arctic coast. Enjoy highlights such as the Sognefjord, the Geirangerfjord, the Trollstigen hairpin road, the Flam Railway and the Lofoten Islands. See picturesque coastal towns as well as bustling cities in Norway, Germany, Denmark and Sweeden.
Trace the sunny coastline from Portugal through the Cote d'Azur, down the western side of Italy and everything in between. Western Mediterranean itineraries provide the opportunity to explore everything from the Roman Forum and Colosseum, vineyards in the lush Tuscan countryside, the stunning cathedrals of Spain and more.
Whitewashed houses, cobalt rooftops and sparkling seas provide a one of a kind coastal atmosphere for island hoping. Experience ancient culture and cuisine that includes heavenly moussaka, youvetsi, grilled octopus and of course, ouzo. These cruises will offer you the best opportunity to see Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and Rhodes.
The Adriatic offers some of Europe's best hidden treasures and the chance to discover fascinating legends, castles and golden beaches in the south east. The beach side towns and major cities from Slovenia, Italy to Croatia and Turkey offer lively restaurants, shops, and popular attractions. Enjoy an amazing and exotic assortment of cuisine that reflects the fascinating heritage of the region.


Quite rich, waxy,malty, orange peel,honey with spicy toasted vanilla and grassy notes.
Soft and rich and tongue coating. Spicy heather honey, gingerbread, a hint of Seville orange with slightly nutty and sweet vanilla oakiness.
Long, lovely balanced oak, lightly dry and spicy,gently warming and lingering.
From 'old-old' stock, meaning it's juice from the Arthur Bell administration.
N: A soft nose, one that's almost hiding.
T: Soft again, delivering soft & silky aromatic barley juice. The wood is fully respectful to the spirit. You can imagine someone whacking a batch of young whisky into neutral casks/vat whilst the distillery organised & re-organised itself in the 1980's. Further reading: SW.
C: Of course the [£1000] price-tag is absurd with regards to the juice inside the bottle, but it is rare Bladnoch. Yet another sign of the times.


Great word to describe this morning's service. Great word to describe the beginning of OLC (Oak Leaf Church). God is good. God uses little people to do big things. I sensed momentum. You could feel it. Of course, our largest crowd since we started 11 weeks ago may have something to do with it – close to 300.
Side note: Churches don't have to apologize for talking about numbers. Well, at least churches with the right motivation do not. I used to think…and even recently…that I always had to give a disclaimer before I mentioned how many people came to our new church. Something along the lines of, "Well, I know it's not about numbers…but…we had…" I'm going to stop doing that. If our hearts are right and our motivation is for the unchurched to come and experience the grace and goodness of God, I'm going to be ecstatic when 300+ people show up to a movie theatre for church on Sunday morning! Growth is not evil. For us, it's a sign that our people are doing what we ask them to do — reach out, invite a friend, invest in other's lives. That's powerful. That'll preach.
So yeah, back to this momentum thing. You could just sense it. A moving forward. A pressing on. Did everything run flawless? Of course not. But people are investing in this thing called church at the movies. They are sacrificing time. They are putting others above themselves and growing spiritually in the process. Momentum is motivating. Makes me want to devote even more thought, more energy, more patience, more love, more creativity into everything we do. As we learned today, God is a big God. Incomprehensible. He's a great God. And when He decides to move…and there's a momentum, a surge…great things are accomplished by His people – for His Kingdom.
Just now getting around to posting a few pics I took on my roadtrip 2 weeks ago at the AU vs. FL game on the Plains. I didn't take a lot of pics of the campus and traditional places b/c I spent 4.5 yrs there…so here's some random pics of some random things: A few "cool" Gator fans.
Best chicken fingers in southeast AL…and they leave no doubt about their mission.
Gameday was there but I didn't bother. I still like ESPN, but they are just not what they used to be. Too political now…all about promoting certain teams/leagues.
And I certainly didn't know THIS guy invented it!
Ahhh…that time of year again. Time for Christians to hash out whether their kids should participate in Halloween traditions, etc. No need to list out their arguments here – they're all too familiar to everyone. But I do love the church signs that pop up this time of year. I find it funny that most festivals held by churches are called "Trunk or Treat". I pass by this church everyday when I take my oldest son Braden to school: Nothing against this church, but c'mon…we need to be able to laugh at that. How cheesy. How funny. I suppose they accomplished their mission though. When I saw "Beware" on one side, I had to know what the other side said. A church just down the road from this one recently had on their sign: "Our Daily Menu, God's Word, KJV". Ahhh…the KJV debate, now that's a treat.
So let me tell you just how cool Craigs List is. I've slowly gotten into Ebay and Craigs List and online selling/buying over the past few years and think it to be superb. Craigs is great b/c it's free and most of the time you meet sellers who are honest about what they are selling. Dana and I are strapped for cash (what's new?!) and so I decided to put my cherished mountain bike on Craigs yesterday. I had a call within 2 hours and the guy came and picked it up around 9:45pm last night. I got $80 for it. Could I have gotten $100? Maybe. Probably. But I wanted a quick sale. Need cash now type thing. Plus, I never rode the dumb thing…was just sitting in my garage. Dude that bought it is getting his Masters at GA Tech and it was a perfect deal for him – great way to get around campus. That's exactly what I used it for at AU. Anywho, I'm now trying to get rid of snow skis (with poles, great deal! quick sale!).
Church staff and their families and the way they interact and the way they look has changed…at least some churches have. Many new church plants and "emerging" churches have caught on to this. Much more important to work as a team and actually take interest in one another than pounding a program into everyone and burning yourself out for the sake of the church. Here's what I'm trying to say: Today, more staff families are finding the freedom to just be themselves. Yeah, there's always an added pressure, an expectation, etc. But, I've been impressed with the staff of newer churches – they just seem like normal people – imagine that. No wonder people respond to a leader like that. No wonder people followed Jesus around and listened to him and wanted to be around him.
There's many great things to learn from people who have been in ministry a long time. Our elders hold much wisdom. But one good change that has occurred is the fixing of a weird system that said church staff people do their own thing and really don't like each other. Yeah, there will be disagreements and moments, but how great to be on a team of friends. Imagine that.
THIS is funny. They simply played the video in slo-mo…but it's still funny.


Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The former star of the popular kids show "Bill Nye The Science Guy" is now the CEO of The Planetary Society, an organization founded by Bill's mentor Carl Sagan, where he's launching a solar propelled spacecraft into the cosmos and advocating for the importance of science, research, and discovery in public life.
See website for showtimes and tickets, November 17-23 only.
$11 General Admission / $8.50 Students & Seniors / $7.50 Members.


Prezi is an online presentation design tool that allows users to create classroom or online presentations. Prezi differs from other presentation tools like PowerPoint in that it does not use slides but rather a navigable virtual canvas. It uses a map layout and zooming to show contextual relationships.
Prezi is an application - an editor that lets you create prezi presentations. However, unlike many applications, Prezi can be used directly from an internet browser (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari) without the need to install anything. Prezi can also be installed (Prezi Desktop) so you can use it without internet access.
To get started, see our Prezi How-To, which outlines its capabilities more fully and provides links to how-to pages you can use in creating your own presentations.
You can also watch a short introductory video on the Prezi homepage to see these faculties in action.
Here is an example of a full Prezi presentation on the fall of the Roman Empire.


Distance between Ngamatapouri and Normanby. How many miles from Ngamatapouri to Normanby.
The straight distance between Ngamatapouri (Taranaki) and Normanby (Taranaki) is 28.62 mi, but the driving distance is 67.28 mi.
It takes 1 hour 53 mins to go from Ngamatapouri to Normanby.


It has not even been a year since Jurgen Klopp arrived at Anfield but he has been around for enough time to create factions among the fans. On one side are the fans who have resigned to accept that nothing better could have happened to Liverpool FC while on the other side are the ones ready to hang him for the misery that might result over the course of this season. However, there are some realistic fans who believe that Liverpool is neither contending for any title nor is in such bad shape so as to call out the manager. But the truth is, if you ask me, the future of this prestigious club is on a far more precarious thread than it might seem.
As we approach the end of the silly season, it appears that Liverpool has hanged its boots for the season, which is definitely something to worry about. Already short on fullbacks and midfielders, the deficit could well extend to centrebacks, going by the rumours. Liverpool would then be left with a senior centreback, whose criticizers overshadow his admirers and along with him two new faces who are yet to make a mark on the team and a youngster that is set to return after a serious injury. With a defense like that, no wonder Liverpool fans are smelling the preparation of disaster. Their defensive cover in the midfield is all but existent which makes them probably one of the worst defense in top tier teams. Liverpool had two and a half months to sort the issue but doesn't seem like they could manage to do a lot. Coupled by a poor early showing in the season, the hatred towards the manager has grown exponentially.
But, is it right to do so?
At a time where patience and wisdom is rare, buying stars is considered a master stroke than building on the existing potential. Numbered are the managers who take their team to glory without the aid of affluence and Liverpool is helmed by one. But we need to understand that something like that cannot happen overnight. The process is slow but has its reward in the end. Social media, even though is a gift to mankind, has been instrumental in adding to Liverpool's misery. Love for a player cannot be the reason of hatred towards the manager. The task of a manager is far more difficult that we give credit to the manager for. While a few teams may be enjoying overnight successes, Liverpool has chosen 'the Liverpool way' to rebuild itself. The fans seem to have witnessed a lot of rebuilding these past 26 years, but as of now Liverpool seems to be out of choices.
The backroom stories put a blur on the future prospects even more so. One would have noticed that Liverpool owners aren't shy of shelling out cash, however, the policy that they have adopted has raised eyebrows regarding their morals. Takeover bids and sale of shares have simultaneously appeased and panicked the fans. This seems like a good time for the owners to reduce their holding in order to control the damage but at the same time, this is disheartening to fans and every person who hopes for a Liverpool resurrection. A change in authority is like a coin toss from being right. As the news is still in its infancy, Liverpool fans should be ready to face another age of rebuilding until it culminates.


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India Property raises Rs 74.67 crore in second round of funding
Tag:Online Real Estate Portal in Bangalore|India Property Online Pvt Ltd|Bangalore Real Estate
BANGALORE: Online real estate classified portal India Property Online Pvt Ltd raised $12 million (Rs 74.67 crore) in a second round of funding led by Bertelsmann India Investment along with existing investors Canaan Partners and Mayfield Fund.
India Property said it will use the funds to increase their technology capabilities, build their brand and further augment their reach in 20 cities. The company had earlier raised $7 million (Rs 43.5 crore) in April 2012 from Canaan Partners and Mayfield Fund.
India Property currently has 700,000 properties listed on its website and also offers marketing solutions to over 4,000 builders.
Pankaj Makkar, managing director of Bertelsmann India Investments, will join the board. Bertelsmann is a media house spread across 50 countries in mediums such as television, book and magazine publishing. The Penguin Random House brand comes under the Bertelsmann banner.
"There are areas we could work with Bertelsmann. But these are very early days," said Ganesh Vasudevan, 41-year-old CEO of India Property.
The company, which is not currently profitable, has 7 million registered users and gets 1.5 million unique visitors a month on its website.
Veda Corporate Advisors acted as the sole advisors to the company in the funding round.
Bangalore IT investment region plan hit by rising land price
BANGALORE: Karnataka's plan to build a new information technology hub close to the new international airport on the outskirts of Bangalore is yet to take off, with slow pace of land acquisition exacerbated by rising land costs.
'Some steps to revive the market'
BANGALORE: The State Government last month approved registration of 'B' khata certificate (title deeds) buildings constructed on revenue land in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits.
Blackstone JV hires ex-JLL head Mike Holland
BANGALORE: Former Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) head and entrepreneur Mike Holland is set to become CEO of an equal JV between private equity giant Blackstone and leading office space developer Embassy Group, setting in motion one of India's first real estate investment trusts (REITs) to be listed under regulations that are being framed currently.
GVK plans Bangalore airport city
BANGALORE: GVK Group, promoter of Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), is planning to develop real estate around the airport.
Reasons for commercial property investment in Bangalore
BANGALORE: The city of Bangalore has a large talent pool and is tipped as the knowledge hub of the country with a steady influx of Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups which are the driving force for office space absorption. The political stability in the state is one of the reasons for companies to choose Bangalore as their base.
Impact of Election 2014: Realty sector struggles with labor shortages
BANGALORE/MUMBAI: The general election of 2014 is expected to exacerbate the labour shortage in the housing sector, putting more stress on builders and delaying further the delivery of nearly 1 million homes across the country, as lakhs of workers head back to villages and towns to exercise their franchise.
Runaway Indian house price boom seen slowing to a jog
BANGALORE: After years of double-digit growth, house price rises in major Indian cities are expected to slow to just under 8 percent next year as a cooling economy and rising interest rates deter new buyers, a Reuters poll showed.
Housing Schemes: Lokayukta Seeks Details on Sites, Houses
BANGALORE: Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao on Tuesday directed the Housing Department to furnish details about sites and houses allotted under Ashraya and other housing schemes.
Property Records to be Revised by January 15, Says Reddy
BANGALORE: In an attempt to get information on built-up area of buildings and thereby generate more tax revenue, District Minister R Ramalinga Reddy has directed the BBMP to revise records of all registered properties by January 15.
Property prices in Mumbai, Delhi highly overvalued, say analysts
BANGALORE: After years of double-digit growth, house price rises in major cities are expected to slow to just under 8 per cent next year as a cooling economy and rising interest rates deter new buyers, a Reuters poll showed.