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Sports betting on ice as Sportpesa and Betin shut down in Kenya
On the last Saturday of September 2019, top sports betting companies, Sportpesa and Betin, separately announced an effective end of their operations in Kenya.
Sportpesa posted a statement on their site saying that Kenyan tax administrators had misunderstood revenue generation in the betting industry – and that the company would halt all brand operations in Kenya as a result. Earlier, Sportpesa management, without citing numbers, had said that they had settled all matters with Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), but have still been unable to obtain renewal of their license from the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB)
Thank you or your suggestion. It is well received. Until such time that adequate taxation and non-hostile regulatory environment is returned, the SportPesa brand will halt operations in Kenya._CM
— SportPesa (@SportPesa) September 28, 2019
Then last week on Wednesday, Sportpesa moved to lay off about 400 employees.
So today SportPesa management had to tell its staff what has been the inevitable for the last 3 months – the centre can't holder any longer. Massive grief seeing this entire team rendered jobless by ridiculous policies of our beloved government. #SaveMyJob pic.twitter.com/FizLR3HkGL
— Tom Bwana (@TomBwana) October 2, 2019
Meanwhile, Gamcode (trading as Betin Kenya) also issued a memo to all employees terminating their jobs as the company had not been operating since July 2019. They said they had been trying to resolve for three month's as such all jobs would end on October 31.
Betin had several big media campaigns with Kenyan soccer star McDonald Mariga, who has unexpectedly stepped into politics and is now in the middle of campaigns to take up the vacant Parliamentary seat for Kibra constituency, following the death of popular MP, Ken Okoth.
By now, with the English Premier League on, local sports pages would have full-page colour advertisements of weekend and mid-week match betting odds and jackpot opportunities. Sportpesa also had significant spending in Europe sponsoring the Racing Point Formula One team and Everton in the UK premier league and those teams still adorn Sportpesa brands.
The claims of banning sports betting have been varied, with their destructive influence on young Kenyans, tax evasion and money laundering at different forums. Even a former Chairman of the Betting Control and Licensing Board, Kimani Kung'u, questioned whether non-payment and non-compliance with taxes was behind the freeze on the top betting companies.
In an interview with Radio Jambo in July, Kung'u said that the revenue of betting companies at the end of 2018 was between Sh20 billion and Sh25 billion and that there is no way that could have risen to Sh200 billion by mid-2019.
There have been three groups of companies: The group of 26 companies that were banned in July 2019 included: Mozzartbet, Sportybet SportPesa (Pevans E A Ltd), Betyetu (Oxygen & Gaming EA Ltd), Betin (Gamcode Ltd), Betway (Blue Jay Ltd), Easibet (Dreamcall Ltd), Betpawa (Gaming International Ltd), Betboss (White Rhino Ventures Ltd), Elitebet (Seal Capital Ltd), Dafa bet (Asian Betting & Gaming Ltd), Lucky 2 U, Cheza Cash (Sekunde Technologies), Palmsbet (Advanced Innovation Ltd), 1X Bet (Advanced Gaming Ltd), Saharabet (Sahara Game Technology Ltd), Bungabet (Galaxy Betting Ltd), Kick Off (Kick Off Sports Bar Ltd), Kenya Sports Bet, Eastleighbet (G&P Trading), and Premier Bet Ltd.
Those reportedly cleared later by KRA in July 2019 include Mozoltbet, East bet, Lucky 2u, Eazi Bet, Kick off, Eastleighbet, Palms Bet, Bet boss, Betway, OdiBets, Mozzartbet and Ken Bookmakers.
Those xleared in August 2019 include Oyster, CityBet/EAF Galaxy, Shop & Deliver, Kareco, Playco, GrayHoldings/GameCo/Shabiki, NZ Mobile, Cheza Gaming, Hanstaunton Technologies/LottoCoLLP, and Zumabdu/Betlion.
None of the relicensed firms appears, so far, to have the impact and reach of Betin and Sportpesa.
Winners from the shutdown:
Moses Kemibaro has done a nice piece about the impact that the ban on Sportpesa and Betin has had on their web traffic and that of the other companies that have come to benefit from new betting activities, including Betika. He writes that "The biggest winners from Kenya's sports betting armageddon are undoubtedly Betika, Odibets, MozzartBet Kenya and Kwikbet Kenya who have grown massively in terms of audiences and traffic during the last couple of months."
The Internal Security Minister has said that Kshs 200 billion that was previously leaving the country through sports betting firms, is now being spent locally, boosting the local economy.
Losers from the shutdown include:
Media companies and newspapers: Gambling companies were among the top advertising spenders in the country up till this year. They would have about two color pages in all the newspapers, radio & TV ads, and several billboards across town. But as of this weekend, the newspapers are devoid of the advertisements except for small ones by Mozzartbet (for a 10 million jackpot for 50 shillings) and Betika (register and bet via USSD, with no data bundle required for a 100 million jackpot for 49 shillings).
The Kenya Premier League, which is limping since it lacks a top sponsor. Sportpesa had stepped in after Supersport had pulled out in protest at an ill-advised decision by the league to increase the number of participating teams from 16 to 18.
Telcos: Bettors and betting companies generated messages with every bet that incurred fees and bets were settled by mobile money payments. While companies are considering cards as a payment option, that is a minority that lags compared to mobile money usage.
EDIT Oct 11 2019:
Official Company Statement. pic.twitter.com/njWH8NqNcj
— Betin (@BetinKenya) October 11, 2019
Betin Kenya released a statement, saying that they, as a company, were fully tax-compliant, and that the betting industry had collectively paid Kshs 10 billon ($100 million) in taxes in 2018, but that the government had refused to renew its license, causing it to lay off its staff and shut down its retail outlets.
EDIT: Jan 14 2020
Today as Chairman of Betway in Kenya, together with FKF President Nick Mwendwa, we unveiled a sh45 million three year sponsorship of the FKF league. This will impact football all the way to the grassroots. pic.twitter.com/XffCEF03qW
— Kiprono Kittony, EBS (@KipronoKittony) January 14, 2020
Betway announced a three year sponsorship of a soccer tournament that will feature 48 teams.
This entry was posted in Gambling, Investing in Kenya, Kenya parliament, KRA, Sportpesa, Sports business on October 8, 2019 by bankelele.
Rethinking tax incentives in Kenya's investment promotion efforts
A recent court ruling declaring the Kenya-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) void has sent Kenya back to the negotiating table with Mauritius. The court's judgment is based on the fact that the DTAA was not properly ratified under Kenyan law. Kenya's government argues that the treaty promotes investment and jobs; however, critics such as the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), which filed this suit, argue that DTAAs rarely lead to any benefits for developing countries. TJNA argues that instead, they result in massive revenue leakage for African countries which outweighs incoming foreign direct investment (FDI).
Should countries, therefore, abandon the use of DTAAs? The answer more than likely lies in the middle: to bring real benefits to the economy and promote local market potential, countries should balance between the use DTAAs and other tax incentives such as special economic zones (SEZs).
Kenya's DTAA with Mauritius was signed in 2014 with the hope of boosting foreign direct investment, but the benefits of the agreement were poorly defined from the outset. Similar to any policy, DTAAs must be rooted in clear and measurable objectives supported by equally clear policy levers to ensure that revenue generated from the resident country is not leaked through tax avoidance schemes like profit-shifting. Studies show that DTAAs signed between countries with asymmetric investment positions are less likely to lead to any benefits for developing countries. In the Netherlands, for example, DTAAs led to forgone revenue of at least USD 863 million for developing countries in 2011.
Given Kenya's current budget deficit of USD 3.75 billion, it is critical that efforts to attract FDI such as DTAAs do not cannibalise local efforts to improve tax revenue. Numerous studies show that countries rarely achieve substantive FDI levels to make up for the revenue losses these DTAAs cause. The failed Kenya-Mauritius DTAA is not the first time a tax agreement with the island nation has been subject to controversy: in 2017, India reviewed its DTAA with Mauritius after reports showed that it had opened room for tax avoidance resulting in revenue leakage of about USD 600 million annually. In 2016 alone, Mauritian firms injected more than USD 50 million into the Kenyan economy, a 72 percent increase from 5 years prior. If the Dutch and Indian examples are any indication, Kenya could be losing far more. Lost corporate revenue is income that Kenya urgently needs to meet its development objectives. A shift to other tax incentives whose impact is more ascertainable may be more effective for many developing countries.
If the goal of DTAAs is to increase foreign investment in Kenya, they must be considered in conjunction with the broader ecosystem of policy instruments that can be used to increase tax revenues to achieve Kenya's four priority pillars for economic growth. The government hopes to raise the manufacturing sector's share of the GDP from 9% to 15%, and create 1.3 million jobs in this sector by 2022. To achieve this, governments should explore specific tax incentives that can provide direct benefits to these areas, such as special economic zones, which aim to maximise the "cluster effects" of activities through knowledge and supply chain integration, centralised access to critical infrastructure like roads and electricity, as well as enhanced support from local government.
Kenya, in making strides to use other tax incentives such as Special Economic Zones, should borrow lessons from its neighbours on reaping full benefits from SEZs. Rwanda, for example, has successfully leveraged SEZs to promote growth. In 2016, the Kigali Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) employed 2% of the country's permanent employees, and accounted for 2.5% of all VAT reported sales. In Kenya, the government has already designated Mombasa, Kisumu, and Lamu as the future SEZs but to maximise their impact and avoid the development of enclaves, it is essential that firms in these SEZs interact with firms outside the zones and that the government ensures knowledge and best practices developed are shared across the economy.
Tax incentives alone will never be the sole factor attracting investors — to increase FDI, Kenya must continue to demonstrate strong market potential by providing business support and trade facilitation services. KPMG finds that Kenyan products are among the top four countries in Africa that score above the global average in terms of competitiveness on the international market; however, it still takes an average of 22 days to start a business — compared to 6.5 days in Egypt and 14 in Ghana — and poor availability of market data can complicate efforts at local expansion. To improve the country's competitiveness, the Kenya Investment Authority should improve the availability of data for investors by working more closely with the Kenya Bureau of Statistics. Reducing business costs, for example, by bringing down the cost of imports for required goods or improving data quality to support manufacturing and value-added services will always outweigh lowering taxes.
The DTAA ruling prompts a careful re-examination of how to increase FDI without incurring unintended knock-on effects like tax avoidance. To do this, Kenya must enhance its capacity when negotiating bilateral agreements, and enact policies to support proper implementation of these agreements. In its use of tax incentives, it is critical that the scales are always tipped in Kenya's favour. The impact of each incentive employed must be clear and measurable to ascertain that its benefits outweigh any associated costs.
A guest post by Bathsheba Asati and Faith Nyabuto of the Botho Emerging Markets Group.
See also: The Kenyan Guide to Mauritius for business travelers.
This entry was posted in corporate blogging, EPZ, guest post, housekeeping, Kenya economic growth, Kenya taxation, KPMG, KRA, Mauritius and tagged Taxation, taxavoidance on September 25, 2019 by bankelele.
Kenya Income Tax Cuts, Increases, and Other changes 2018
The Kenya government, through the National Treasury, is proposing some long overdue changes to the country's income tax laws, which are contained in a draft bill that will be submitted to Parliament.
The bill has new clauses that affect transfer pricing, new extractive (oil & gas) industries, phase out of turnover tax, and an apparent tax cuts. It comes after other recent changes to the tax code. Kenya also has an ongoing waiver and amnesty program for income tax and assets held outside Kenya to be declared and repatriated to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) by June 30.
Leading accounting and audit firms such as KPMG, PWC, and Deloitte have looked deep into the clauses, and these are some of their findings:
KPMG:
Companies are to produce and maintain transfer pricing documentation and policies in place for the year of income.
The withholding tax threshold of Kshs 24,000 had been deleted.
Payments to non-resident petroleum contractors will be 20% (up rom the current 12.5%)
Developers who build over 400 houses to pay taxes of 15% on gains.
Micro-finance institutions (MFI's) interest will be exempt from withholding tax.
Sports clubs & associations will get taxed on entrance fees and subscriptions.
Farms, warehouses or doing consultancy work for more than 91 days in a year are now considered permanent establishments. KPMG comment – This will require non-resident persons doing business in Kenya to re-think their operational models.
A listed company will pay 25% taxes for five years if 40% of its shares are floated. KPMG comment – this will reduce the impact of taxation as an incentive to list.
Deloitte:
Income tax rate of 35% on more than Kshs 750,000 (~$7,500) per month
Non-residents' who receive their pensions in Kenya will pay a tax of 10% on transfers (up from 5%)
A higher corporate tax of 35% for large companies with taxable income over Kshs 500 million (~$5 million).
Real-estate capital gains tax of 20% (up from the current 5%). Deloitte comment – Though the increment is quite steep, it enhances equity considering that CGT is regarded as a tax on wealth.
Equality: Each person in a marriage is now required to file their own tax returns: no more cases of wives having their incomes filed under husband's income tax returns.
Mining & Oil: Losses can be carried forward for a maximum of 14 years (There is no current cap)
EPZ holiday removed: Now EPZ's will pay 10% tax for the first 10 years, and 15% for the next ten years (other companies pay 30% corporate tax).
SACCO's: Cooperative societies to pay a withholding tax on dividends and bonuses of 10% (up from the current 5%)
Subsidiaries in Kenya to pay 10% tax on dividends remitted to the parent companies.
E-commerce: The Treasury Cabinet Secretary will be allowed to introduce taxes on digital platforms.
Capital allowances reduced: The 150% allowance for investments outside cities has been removed, those for filming equipment reduced from 100% to 50%, and educational institutions from 50% to 10%.
Small businesses, that are licensed by counties, will pay a presumptive tax of 15% of the business permit fee. Deloitte comment – (this) replace the turnover tax, currently at the rate of 3% of a person's turnover (KRA has faced challenges collecting) .. will require collaboration with the county governments.
All medical insurance paid by employers for employees is now tax-exempt (even for expatriate staff) and age limits for children covered goes up from 21 to 24 years.
A withholding tax of 5% will be levied on payments to foreign insurance companies. PWC comment – this is aimed at promoting local insurance companies.
Income tax exemptions that have been dropped include income of the Export-Import Bank of the USA (relates to Kenya Airways?). Also on the income of stockbrokers from trading in listed shares. PWC comment – this may have a negative impact on the growth of the capital markets in Kenya;
20% withholding tax on payment to non-Kenyan companies for horticultural exports.
20% withholding tax on payment of air-tickets to non-resident agents. PWC comment – may lead to increase in airline ticket prices in Kenya which may affect competitiveness of local airlines.
They also looked at other recent tax adjustments which PWC notes will mainly alleviate the government from paying VAT refunds.
Milk, maize, bread, bottled water, will all cost more after moving from "0%" VAT to "exempt" VAT as importers will pass on non-recoverable VAT to consumers.
Same for LPG gas, some medicines and agricultural pest control inputs.
Making housing affordable. PWC comment – the Government is also proposing a stamp duty exemption for the purchase of a house by a first time home owner under an affordable housing scheme
Betting/Gambling: For winnings, a 20% tax will be deducted at source i.e the betting company) on any prizes (this is up from the current 5%)
Other Clauses in the Income Tax bill
Parent companies are to file country-by-country reports with KRA within 12 months of year-end.
No capital gains tax is due on land if it is compulsorily acquired by the government.
No capital gains on listed securities.
While there is a new 35% tax for the rich, the income tax bill appears to lower taxes for the low-income. e.g. someone earning Kshs 40,000 (~$400) per month, who pays 5,932 in tax per month now after personal relief, will have a lower tax burden. Income tax bands are expanded in the 10% range (now up to 13,000 from the previous 10,000) and there is also a higher relief of Kshs 1,408 versus the current 1,162) and the resulting net tax for the person will now be Kshs 5,009 for the month – a 15% income tax cut?.
Tax rate of 15% for five years for local vehicle assemblers. This can be extended by another 5 years if the company achieves 50% local content value in the vehicles.
Taxes waived on the income of disabled persons, amateur sports associations, and NGO's (relief, poverty, religion, distress) whose regional headquarters are located in Kenya.
Finally, other stakeholders are invited to review the proposed changes to the 103-page income tax bill and submit comments via email to ITReview2017_at_treasury.go.ke by May 24.
This entry was posted in Agriculture, Auditors, Donor AID, EPZ, Investing in Kenya, Kenya parliament, Kenya taxation, KPMG, KRA, medical insurance, MFI, Nairobi cost of living on May 21, 2018 by bankelele.
Mombasa and Tax Collection
There was an interesting screen shot of the amount of customs tax collected by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on 16 December 2016.
It showed a total of Kshs 1.57 billion collected that day. Of that, Kshs 1.24 billion (79%) was recorded at Mombasa, and Kshs 139 million (9%) at Nairobi. Other top collection points were 6% at Nairobi's JKIA airport, 2% at Mombasa Airport and at Pepe Containers each, and 1% (Kshs 15 million) at Busia town.
Other centers listed include Eldoret and Wilson airports, and border towns of Moyale (Kshs 640,000), Isabanya, Namanga and Malaba which all recorded small collections. Other centres were Lamu with Kshs 21,000 and Kshs Kisumu 10,000. Mombasa had 1,887 transactions, JKIA had 1,205 transactions, Busia had 141, as Lamu had just 3 on that day.
In 2016, KRA collected Kshs 1.2 trillion of revenue for the government, which included Kshs 386 billion of customs tax – which works out to almost Kshs 1 billion per day. So Friday, December 16, was an exceptional collection day that came just before the Christmas break.
It's worth noting that landlocked countries in East Africa are also able to pay tax and clear goods at Mombasa before transportation to the countries. This is done to prevent dumping of untaxed cargo during transit through Kenya.
KRA's strategic corporate plan calls for clearing more cargo at Internal Container Depots (ICD's) and this may have implications for Customs' deployment of staff in the coast region. KRA's 6th corporate plan also noted that the perception of corruption is highest at Customs service area at 66%.
This entry was posted in East African Community, Kenya economic growth, Kenya taxation, KRA, SME solutions and tagged Taxation, Taxes on February 9, 2017 by bankelele.
Kenya Tax Changes in 2017
Tax changes that become effective on January 1, 2017, as a result of the finance bill signed by the president on 13 September 2016
PAYE brackets have been expanded by 10% and the relief also increased by 10%. (now Kshs 15,360)
VAT on service charge has been removed, provided that the service charge does not exceed 10% of the price of the service
A taxpayer can apply for a refund of overpaid tax within a period of 5 years from the date which the tax was paid. Any amount not refunded within 2 years will accrue interest rate of 1% per month.
Withholding tax on winnings from betting and gaming has now been abolished and replaced by a betting tax of 7.5% on the gaming revenue, lottery tax at 5% on the lottery turnover, a gaming tax at 12% on gaming revenue and a prize competition tax at 15% on the cost of entry to a competition
Extracts from a report by the Grant Thornton Kenya team.
This entry was posted in Gambling, Kenya parliament, Kenya taxation, KRA on December 27, 2016 by bankelele.
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First Hawaiian Bank reduced its position in Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) by 1.2% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 17,914 shares of the information technology services provider's stock after selling 209 shares during the quarter. First Hawaiian Bank's holdings in Accenture were worth $3,153,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Valley National Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 70.2% during the 4th quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 177 shares of the information technology services provider's stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. Focused Wealth Management Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 100.0% during the 4th quarter. Focused Wealth Management Inc now owns 200 shares of the information technology services provider's stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Quantamental Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Accenture during the 4th quarter valued at $42,000. Hanson McClain Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 28.4% during the 4th quarter. Hanson McClain Inc. now owns 339 shares of the information technology services provider's stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WealthTrust Arizona LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Accenture by 25.1% during the 4th quarter. WealthTrust Arizona LLC now owns 359 shares of the information technology services provider's stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 70.14% of the company's stock.
In other Accenture news, insider Ellyn Shook sold 1,172 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction on Friday, February 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total value of $181,660.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 36,337 shares in the company, valued at $5,632,235. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Richard Lumb sold 2,000 shares of Accenture stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.48, for a total value of $296,960.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 134,181 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,923,194.88. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 16,314 shares of company stock worth $2,604,645 in the last three months. 0.18% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
ACN stock traded up $0.04 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $179.10. 561,208 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,171,418. The stock has a market cap of $120.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.57, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.12. Accenture Plc has a 1 year low of $132.63 and a 1 year high of $179.90.
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 28th. The information technology services provider reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.16. The business had revenue of $10.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.30 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 38.57% and a net margin of 10.52%. The business's revenue was up 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.58 earnings per share. Research analysts anticipate that Accenture Plc will post 7.3 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently disclosed a semiannual dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 11th will be paid a dividend of $1.46 per share. This represents a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 10th. Accenture's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 43.32%.
ACN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Co set a $165.00 target price on Accenture and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 20th. Morgan Stanley set a $178.00 target price on Accenture and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, December 21st. KeyCorp restated a "buy" rating and set a $173.00 price target on shares of Accenture in a report on Friday, December 21st. Citigroup raised Accenture from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $161.00 to $169.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 16th. Finally, Bank of America raised Accenture from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $143.07 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 8th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $183.58.
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Revealing the adventure training program Tom Cruise designed himself in Maverick Super Pilot
Super Pilot Maverick (original title: Top Gun Maverick) is a film that brings audiences to the world of fighter planes under the command of global star Tom Cruise. Not only performing his own action scenes, the actor also goes further when instructing his co-stars to operate the aircraft to bring realism that no other special effects can replace.
The daring star always likes to take risks
World-renowned for his love of doing action scenes himself, Tom Cruise is 100% committed to every role. Cruise climbed the tallest building in the world, hung from an airplane and broke his ankle during a rooftop jump. He even plans to fly into space to film in zero gravity.
This strong spirit is consistent with the actor's acting philosophy: "I feel when acting, you have to give your best, both physically and mentally, to a character in the story. I've been practicing action scenes for 30 years and that allows me to do the impossible".
Cruise believes that the ability to perform the stunts himself makes the film so compelling and worthy of the audience's wait. There is nothing more disappointing than watching an action movie and realizing that the most breathtaking scenes were filmed in a way that obscured the fact that the person doing it was a stuntman instead of the main actor. Cruise is aware of this pitfall, he uses his skills and steel spirit to perform breathtaking action sequences, bringing the audience into the world of realistic action.
That was shown in the series Mission Impossible as well as brand Top Gunwhen this return of Tom Cruise comes with real intensive training activities for the cast.
The strong influence of the Top Gun brand
Success of the first movie Top Gun as well as Tom Cruise's journey inspired the birth of the sequel Super Pilot Maverick directed by Joseph Kosinski. The 1986 film that turned Tom Crruise from a promising young face to a screen star, is a wonderful story of friendship, courage, pride.
Top Gun has been loved by fans and filmmakers alike and is often considered one of Cruise's finest works. Top Gun grossed over $356 million at the box office on a $15 million budget and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Take My Breath Away in Berlin. The film has become the epitome of cultural homage in the years since its release.
Three decades later, Maverick/Tom Cruise is back where he started, this time with a new mission. Tom Cruise's involvement means a movie that delves into the real-life fighter pilot experience. As a result, the aerial shots will use real aircraft instead of CGI. Top Gun has revolutionized aerial shots in movies, and the sequel promises to bring even more epic stunts in the sky.
The Navy and TOPGUN school were invited in to make the film as realistic as possible. Right before shooting, a meticulous plan was drawn up. Not only did the actors have to coordinate and interact according to the script, but they also had to deal with the harsh conditions on the plane including pressure that could cause unconsciousness. IMAX quality cameras are placed in the cockpit, capturing every moment, pressure, speed, tension and even a "million dollar view" from above. All led by "conductor" Tom Cruise.
Behind-the-scenes story of Tom's training with the cast
According to producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the cast underwent three months of rigorous training "to the point of exhaustion" provided by the US Navy and a flight program developed by Cruise himself. The actors even boarded a real plane to experience what it was like to sit on a fighter plane. First, Tom Cruise will teach colleagues how to operate and fly light aircraft "to accumulate spatial awareness in the aircraft". They will then be flown in an L-39 to get a feel for what a jet is like, before being launched from the carrier aboard the infamous F-18 fighter jets.
Cruise wanted the movie's stunts to be as realistic as possible:"If you do, you must fly in F-18s." Finally in the cockpit of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the actors had to learn how to use special cameras. Cruise explained: "I taught them camera and lighting techniques, so they understood what would look good on camera".
With all the effort the cast has put into learning how to get used to the environment and operate the cameras on the jet, it can be seen that the crew wants to bring out the best in the film. Super Pilot Maverick stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer… is scheduled to be released on July 25, 2022.
Super Pilot Maverick is slated to premiere on May 27, 2022.
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HomeEditorialFrom the Desk of the Editor: Diversify campus guests, activities
From the Desk of the Editor: Diversify campus guests, activities
March 10, 2020 Ryan Pivoney Editorial, From the Desk of the Editor
Photographer Jess T. Dugan is known for her ability to capture emotionally intimate images in her works, which were displayed in Truman State University's art gallery last month.
In her Feb. 22 keynote speech, Dugan said she works to ensure her art is a medium for exchanging experience. She said her art can be validating for those in the LGBTQ+ communities and educational for those outside of it.
Dugan is an example of the kind of speakers and outside influence departments across campus should be bringing to Truman. This University paints itself as one in support of diversity and inclusion, but the guest speakers and entertainment often don't reflect those values. Despite diversity and inclusion being popular among the student body and campus community, it seems like many departments and organizations at Truman don't see the value in bringing people of diverse backgrounds and identities to campus.
I can't begin to imagine the experience many underrepresented groups and people might have, but even as a straight, white man, I'm eager for more diverse speakers and guests to come to Truman. Part of what I valued most about going to college was the variety of people I would meet and the different perspectives I would hear, but unfortunately that has been missing in my time here so far. Truman students have no trouble graduating without hearing other perspectives on campus and learning about diversity, but that's a problem. They are missing out on important learning and personal growth opportunities, as well as an expansive and inclusive outlook on life.
I've noticed a pattern lately with many events on campus that are supposed to appeal to the campus as a whole. Most noticeably, they're traditionally western, heteronormative and white. Surely, we can do better. With many students not subscribing to those orthodox perspectives, bringing acts and guests that embody those viewpoints alienates the many students that don't.
I do commend the events and speakers that have worked to make the University a more diverse place. From the Sir Babygirl concert last semester that provided first-rate music in addition to much needed LGBTQ+ representation, to Student Government's upcoming Diversity Week, there have been multiple cases of varied representation on campus. Even the Global Issues Colloquium speaker series routinely brings a variety of voices to campus. All of these events are also well attended and consistently receive good campus feedback.
In addition to their positive reception, underrepresented performers tend to cost less money than mainstream performers. For example, KTRM spent under $2,000 to host Sir Babygirl. In contrast, SAB spent over $20,000 to bring Josh Peck to campus. Spending less money on each campus guest means Truman could likely bring more people to campus, which would help the University continue to diversify its guests and give students more activity options.
I strongly urge the rest of campus to incorporate more diversity into events and guest speakers, because anyone who listens to student opinion and considers other voices should know that campus activities need it.
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Highly Decorated Army Chaplain Faces Charges for 'Adhering to Religious Beliefs' — Charisma News
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Highly Decorated Army Chaplain Faces Charges for 'Adhering to Religious Beliefs'
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The former chaplain at Fort Bragg unfairly faces charges of dereliction of duty. (Wikimedia Commons)
A United States Army chaplain and a chaplain's assistant face possible disciplinary action over a case involving a marriage retreat and a same-sex couple.
First Liberty Institute, which is defending Chaplain Scott Squires, and wrote a letter on behalf of SSG Kacie Griffin, says the two "complied with Army rules but face reprimand for adhering to religious beliefs," according to a news release.
The nonprofit public interest law firm says an "Army investigator recommended that Squires be found guilty of 'dereliction of duty,'" which means the decorated chaplain faces a possible court-martial and time in a military prison for rescheduling a marriage retreat, the news release states.
"I simply did what I'm required to do under Army regulations and my endorser's rules," Squires said in a statement. "I am shocked that I would even be investigated, let alone threatened with punishment, for following the rules."
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"Chaplain Scott Squires faces potential disciplinary action by the United States Army for adhering to his church's religious teaching on marriage," the news release states. "Following a complaint, an Army investigator concluded that Chaplain Squires was guilty of discrimination when Squires explained he could not conduct a Strong Bonds marriage retreat with same-sex couples due to the requirements of his chaplain-endorsing agency, the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention."
Squires made sure the soldier was included in the next available Strong Bonds retreat run by another chaplain who did not have restrictions. However, the investigator decided the chaplain's behavior amounted to discrimination and deserved a reprimand, according to the news release.
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BioWare has released a couple of in-engine stills and a concept art piece, depicting one of the party members who'll be available to recruit in Dragon Age 2.
Aveline Vallen is, apparently "a soldier, a master of sword and shield, and a tireless guardian… to a point." She also seems to be a big fan of wearing sleeveless armour, so it's probably for the best that she's a master of sword and shield. Unless her arms are made from titanium, in which case it doesn't matter either way.
Anyway, according to the developers "Aveline is not the knight her father wished her to be. Although fully trained in chivalrous combat, she was raised in the shadow of a lost life and will not lose another for the sake of honor." No doubt you'll be able to find out more about her 'lost life' through the magic of dialogue options.
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Nick Ogden: the serial disruptor
Geoff Whitehouse Head of Editorial and Comms
22nd August 2019 • 5min read
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming a (fin)tech OG, Nick Ogden, to our offices to talk founding firms, online commerce and building ClearBank.
Some people can't help themselves. It's not their fault. They just have the drive to seek out new ideas, and build new propositions with the ability to change markets.
Nick Ogden is one of these people.
Not that he'll boast about it. In his own, low key manner, he chalks it up to "being lucky, I guess" and good timing for someone with a passion for technology and curious about its new applications.
Founder? Yep he's done that multiple times. Innovator? He commercialised online payments through WorldPay, which today handles about $1trillion annually.
What about challenging the status quo? He's only gone and founded the UK's first new clearing bank in 250 years.
Building the foundation of online commerce and payments
Ogden's story, well the technology-related part at least, begins at a trade show in the 90s. Stumbling across a room of "IT geeks" he had a eureka moment when he saw the Mosaic browser (ask your parents...), sparking an idea about the ability of browser technology to find new goods and services 'online'.
He transacted the first online shop payment from Jersey in the summer of 1994. While not exactly a roaring success, he showed that shop and idea to Barclays, which led to a joint venture, Barclay Square, the first bank-endorsed online shopping mall.
It was, by his own admission, "wildly unsuccessful" because the market wasn't there. But again, the experiment and what he learned in those early days of online commerce eventually led to what would become WorldPay.
Nick Ogden on the origins of WorldPay
The ins and outs of WorldPay and how it developed could form an hour long episode of Fintech Insider. But the biggest lesson is one that Ogden has carried throughout his career - how to rally people around something that doesn't yet exist. To take the leap into the unknown and see if it works.
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That continued through to, arguably, his biggest move in establishing the first new clearing bank in 250 years. Ogden had no desire to create a bank more that he felt the industry needed more competition and he was willing to tackle the problem.
The UK grocery market and financial services
It was, he explains a laborious and highly secretive project, spending three months talking to the FCA, who he explains, were hugely supportive of the idea. His biggest concern was how to somehow keep the build of ClearBank, something that was setting out to add competition to a market that hadn't seen any for literally centuries, under wraps.
Keeping ClearBank secret while it was in development
The ClearBank mission is a simple one that belies the complexity of financial services: it wants to create open competition in agency banking, by using the latest technology to ensure faster and more efficient payments.
To make that happen required months of further conversations, the back and forth with regulator who wanted evidence that they could connect to existing infrastructure such as Bacs, CHAPS, Faster Payments.
It is also different, being the only UK clearing bank that does not offer services direct to the consumer. That means it can offer a neutral and independent platform service that does not compete with its own customers.
Although it sounds easy - it's exceptionally complicated
ClearBank officially launched in February 2017 and hasn't stood still, winning numerous industry awards and plaudits. It announced it had, in collaboration with challenger business bank Tide, been granted £60m from Pool A of the RBS Alternative Remedies Package to build a new proposition for the UK business banking market. It has also announced a partnership with OakNorth and is working with Nationwide on the co-operative's new business account proposition.
Don't use regulation as an excuse
So why hasn't there been competition? It is not because the regulators'; around the world want to hold back innovation.
The UK, in particular, has a regulator and framework that is actively participating in innovation conversations. Ogden points to Mark Carney, in particular, encouraging competition, as well as a willingness to guide, to learn but also recognise that some of this will fail.
It's an excuse. I've haven't met a bad regulator
If you haven't guessed it by now, Nick Ogden is a pretty busy chap. ClearBank alone is a huge undertaking but that hasn't stopped him taking on new challenges, recently agreeing to become the Chairman of Funding Options.
Why? With all the change occurring in the market, driven by the emergence of challengers who have yet to completely differentiate their stories. There's a lot, Ogden says, "of 'me too' offerings, which is a shame." Funding Options, he explains, is different and that's why he's keen to play an active role in the firm.
To hear much more about Nick's entrepreneurial journey, founding Clearbank, as well as his thoughts on where the market is going next, download the Fintech Insider interview or watch on the 11:FS YouTube channel.
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namespace Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Tests\Functional\Ticket;

use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Event\OnFlushEventArgs;
use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Events;
use Documents\Phonenumber;
use Documents\User;

class MODM166Test extends \Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Tests\BaseTest
{

    public function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();

        $this->listener = new MODM166EventListener();
        $evm = $this->dm->getEventManager();
        $evm->addEventListener(Events::onFlush, $this->listener);
        return $this->dm;
    }

    public function testUpdateCollectionDuringOnFlushAndRecomputSingleDocumentChangeSet()
    {
        // create a test document
        $test = new User();
        $test->setUsername('toby');
        $test->addPhonenumber(new Phonenumber('1111'));

        $this->dm->persist($test);
        $this->dm->flush();

        $test->setUsername('lucy');
        $this->dm->flush();
        $this->dm->clear();

        $repository = $this->dm->getRepository(get_class($test));
        $test = $repository->findOneBy(array('username' => 'lucy'));

        $phonenumbers = array();
        foreach ($test->getPhonenumbers() as $phonenumber){
            $phonenumbers[] = $phonenumber->getPhonenumber();
        }
        sort($phonenumbers);

        $this->assertEquals(array('1111', '2222'), $phonenumbers);
    }
}

class MODM166EventListener
{
    public function onFlush(OnFlushEventArgs $eventArgs)
    {
        $documentManager = $eventArgs->getDocumentManager();
        $unitOfWork = $documentManager->getUnitOfWork();

        foreach ($unitOfWork->getScheduledDocumentUpdates() as $document) {
            $metadata = $documentManager->getClassMetadata(get_class($document));
            $document->addPhonenumber(new Phonenumber('2222'));
            $unitOfWork->recomputeSingleDocumentChangeSet($metadata, $document);
        }
    }
}

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If You're Wearing the All Balls No Brains Shirt, You're Kind of Forced to be Like The Guy Who Would Wear That Shirt
While waiting for my own kids in the high school pick-up line, I've seen one student a couple of times. I notice the kid because he wears a shirt that reads, "All balls, no brains." It's not as obviously ridiculous as the giant pickup with the obnoxious exhaust and "Don't tread on me" flag, but the young man is still making a claim he may not be able to back up when push comes to shove.
My dad used to wear a "Beach Bum" t-shirt. Once after a contentious baseball game, a kid from an opposing team said to my dad, "You've probably never been to the beach!" Touché. When several of my friends used to wear obligatory early-90s Big Johnson t-shirts, I probably told them, "You've never even seen a big Johnson." Basically, if you're trying to be awesome because of your ironic t-shirt, you've got to be ready to whip out your swimsuit.
Just like the Big Johnson shirts, however, the All Balls shirts aren't meant to be literal. I'm sure a literal interpretation would be against dress code. It's also a silly visual because really old men with dimensia and sagging testicles represent a better literal interpretation of the moniker. But the meaning is the challenge of this message. This young man is saying he will do anything to demonstrate his coolness, and that's dangerous. Like, if you ask him to eat a stick of deodorant. Or bite the head off a small fish. Or jump down a flight of stairs. How can someone wearing such a bold message say that doing anything is just too stupid?
I can only hope that his friends have the sense not to ask him to cook a NyQuil chicken or stuff marshmallows, nutmeg, or whey protein in his mouth. I hope they don't ask him to swim across local ponds or file his teeth to look like a vampire. The problem is that they are dumb teenagers (we've all been there), so if they can get someone to ride a bike blindfolded while wearing a tutu, they will. Wouldn't you?
AAA Roadside Assistance Kinda Sketchy in Jacksonville
You can blame the pandemic or the recession or the great resignation, but my latest experience dealing with AAA in Jacksonville was quite a bit worse than my last, even though it did end up with me getting back on the road. Here's the story.
My car had an error code along with three hard starts leading up to the problem. The error code had to do with the oxygen sensor or catalytic converter, so I wrote the hard starts off as having to do with a failure in the emissions or exhaust system, which I was planning on addressing. Besides, the car started, just kind of weirdly. But that's all really besides the point, since my car was starting and running, and then it was dead: no start, clicking, lights flashing, etc. I had all the classic signs of a dead battery. I've owned about 20 cars in the last 30 years, and I've put new batteries in all of them, so I have seen the signs. The hard starts were not starter-going-bad starts, and I didn't have the gradual depletion associated with a bad alternator. Basically, I was 99% sure a jump would start my car.
The AAA experience for getting help is actually pretty good. You call the number or go online, they send you a text, you fill in a quick form, and then they send you a link to a map with your helper's location. Except this guy wasn't really on the map...it kept saying he was down in the Murray Hill area, 20 miles away. And then he was on the 95, and then at 45th and Moncrief. Then back in Murray Hill. I don't understand that. At some point, my jumper guy called and said he'd be 45 minutes. His name showed up as something like Milli Vanilli, so that's what I'll call him. Even though I couldn't track him on the map and he seemed to alternately be in Murray Hill and Moncrief Park, eventually, he just showed up. It took like an hour or hour-fifteen from when he called.
He was driving a little white car, but I don't recall seeing any AAA or other markings. Milli Vanilli jumped out of the car wearing an orange vest and knowing my name, so I figured he was legit. I popped the hood. He grabbed a handheld jump starter that seemed well-used, sporting some duct tape as a battle scar. The guy didn't have a flashlight, but he hooked the cables up and told me to give it a try. Almost. He played with the cables. Again. More playing with cables. I noticed the dome light never got much brighter as he screwed around under the hood, but he kept trying to find the right connection and telling me to try it. To me, it didn't seem like his jump starter had enough juice, or maybe there was corrosion in the cables. But Milli Vanilli was the professional AAA sent me.
When he declared he'd give it one more shot by ALSO hooking his own car to the battery, I wondered if he'd ever done that one before. I sure had never tried two charging sources for a jump, and I'm not even sure that it would help. It didn't.
Milli Vanilli then told me it wasn't the battery and I would need a tow. He said he wasn't a mechanic but it might be the alternator. I told him it was the battery and maybe his jumper was weak, but then he got a bit in my face and said his jump starter could start a semi. Taking it any further would not have helped me, so I just went back to my car as he angrily unhooked all his charging devices. He told me I'd have to call AAA again to start a new request, now two hours into my ordeal.
I started the process again, requesting a tow. AAA said I'd get it at 7:42 am, about an hour after I should have been running my kids to school. But now it was after midnight. Just me and several homeless folks hanging out in a parking lot. Since I had a dead battery, it took a full minute of playing with the window to get it to go back up so I could lock the car and try Walmart for a portable charger.
Just as I was heading to Walmart, however, Ryan called. He was the tow truck driver, but he also asked about what was happening with the battery. I described the situation, and he said he'd give the battery a shot before towing me. Apparently, my basic AAA plan got me 5 miles of towing, so I would owe $85 on a tow to my house from 20 miles. Luckily, Ryan was only 30 minutes away rather than the 7 hours estimated by AAA.
Ryan showed up with a light, a battery cleaning kit, and tools. He made sure the connections were good, got his jumper out, hooked it up properly, and jumped the car on the first try. Since he was heading back my direction, he followed me home to make sure I made it, which both of us knew wasn't totally necessary as the alternator was working properly (he checked). Ryan had also shown up on the map when I requested him, and I followed him all the way to my location. So he was professional from start to finish, just two hours later than I wanted.
What's crazy is that Milli Vanilli only exists in order to help people with battery, tire, and gas issues. He's not a mechanic, and I appreciate that, but it would be good if he could properly assess and then jump a dead battery. It's like if he worked at McDonald's and his only job was to put the fries in the fryer, get them out when it beeps, and salt them, but he kept forgetting the dang salt. And then telling the customer that he knows salt and salt's not the problem.
I'm not saying that the next time I have a battery situation and need AAA that I'll ask for a tow truck right away, but it's tempting if those are the only employees who know what they're doing. Also, I'm not totally sure what was wrong with Milli Vanilli's efforts, since Ryan was so thorough. Was it a bad charger and a stupid idea to add his car to the series, a bad cable, or battery corrosion? I've had all three issues in the past. I'm somewhat responsible if my battery was corroded, but I think that's part of car jumping 101. That and having a flashlight.
If you have AAA and need roadside assistance, I wish you the best of luck. If you get a call from Milli Vanilli saying he's on his way, you're going to need it.
Queen's Harbour Doesn't Immediately Lower Flags for Queen's Death
The Queen of Great Britain recently died. I know because my daughter told me. And it was in my wife's news feed. And our governor said flags in Florida would be lowered to half-staff, so I wouldn't assume it was another mass shooting. But if I'd been a resident of Her Majesty's namesake neighborhood, Queen's Harbour, I may not have known, since flags there remained at full-mast (if that's the hyphenated word for it). For two full days, at least.
Don't get me wrong. I don't believe in a monarchy. While I don't wish any monarch dead, I also don't really see Queen Elizabeth II as any more important than some other 96-year-old at the local nursing home. As Billy Shakespeare said, and I'm paraphrasing, monarchs return to dust just like the peasants. Eaten by worms and all that.
I guess the American peasants in Queen's Harbour are telling the British Monarchy that it's not legitimate by refusing to fly the flag at half-mast. Since we're all finally equal in death, why bother honouring the Queen at Queen's Harbour, right? I tend to agree, but I am kind of surprised. If any pretend-English-nobility neighbourhood in Jacksonville should have its American flag flying low for the old British bag, it's Queen's Harbour. Unless, of course, it was really named after Queen Isabella of Spain during the Spanish rule of Florida. Or maybe it was named for Queen Elizabeth I back when the Brits had Florida. I don't really know how old the neighbourhood is because I'm not allowed in.
Florida Universities and Colleges for Bright Futures - Cost Analysis
I created this list of colleges and universities in Florida when I learned about Bright Futures and was trying to see if my kids could afford to win the scholarship. Living on-campus or paying local rent/transportation is not as cheap as you might imagine, and since I created this analysis in May of 2021, rent has probably gone up in most places. That said, we can assume rent has gone up proportionally, and the affordability should still be similar as a comparison.
Rankings were also from 2020-2021. These don't tend to change drastically, but it's always possible. I went from top-ranked to lowest-ranked, since my kids were interested in the "best" colleges and universities in Florida. I'm sure most of them are fine, and if it makes sense based on rent or sports or major fields of study, I think my kids can do well at any of the campuses.
For us in Jacksonville, room and board would be free for UNF or using Bright Futures to get two years at FSCJ. However, FSCJ is unranked. Also, my kids claim they want the college experience. Maybe your kids prefer the college experience over free rent at home. It's worth seeing what that will mean for their student loans. I don't think there will be another loan bailout for kids entering college now, so it's important to know how to manage costs. That's why I also provide a handy cost-estimator at the start of the college list. If you share rent costs with other people or choose a dorm, you can do it all a little cheaper. Even at the low $500 a month rent, however (no food), "free" Florida college will cost $24,000. Add $3,000 a year for food alone, and you're looking at $36,000 college costs if you're very budget-minded (assuming your parents were offering free room and board for comparison). Dorm estimates do include room and board, but only Gainesville was slightly under $15,000 per year as of 2021.
Florida colleges and universities
Rankings via US News and World Report
Rent using Rentcafe or *Zumper, Apartments.com, or other. Rentcafe may use average for all rent rather than 1 bedroom or studio like some of the others,
Rent Cost Estimator
500/month x 12 months x 4 years = 24,000
1000/month x 12 months x 4 years = 48,000
Dorm (room, board, books, and expenses - collegefactual.com)
10000/yr x 4 years = 40,000 ; 15,000/yr x 4 years = 60,000
Ranking 30
1,325/mo local rent
14,830 / yr on-campus
Ranking 103
16,180/ yr on-campus
Ranking 82 in colleges
Ranking 30 regional colleges s
662*/mo local rent
Ranking 36 regional university s
St. Petersburg College
Seminole State College of Florida
Ranking 70-91 regional colleges s
College of Central Florida
853/mo local rent
1,600*/mo local rent
Florida SouthWestern State College
Florida State College--Jacksonville
Indian River State College
Northwest Florida State College
Palm Beach State College
Pasco-Hernando State College
Polk State College
Saint Johns River State College
State College of Florida--Manatee-Sarasota
Bradenton, Venice, Lakewood Ranch
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Fertilizer Optimization Tool helps return son to teacher training school
by Abigael Mchana
FOT pays off for Charles Wafula who is now able to help his son continue teacher training
By Monica Kansiime, Scientist Seed Systems, based at CABI in Nairobi, Kenya
In a previous blog post I outlined how the Fertilizer Optimization Tool (FOT) is paying dividends for farmers – helping them, in some cases, to report a seven-fold increase in their yields.
Charles Wafula is a farmer and resident of Buhehe in Uganda who is just one example of how FOT is helping to increase his fortunes and benefit his family – in particular he is now able to pay his son's fees so he can continue to train as a school teacher.
Approaching Mr Wafula's home, you get a feeling of a committed farmer. I find him sitting in his compound with various sized fruit trees providing shade and a cool ambiance. He doesn't not take long after a brief introduction to tell me his success story of utilising FOT.
Mr Wafula said, "I'm a committed farmer but haven't benefitted from the farming activities I've employed. I've tried various crop enterprises and contract farming for different programs and organizations in my area including soybean, sunflower, cassava and groundnuts. All these enterprises in one way or another never paid off. For example, for the soybean, the contractor failed to pay the farmers and I also lost.
"I've been struggling to get school fees for my son. World Vision helped educate him up to senior four (secondary) but I couldn't continue due to lack of money. Our extension worker Kyobe Dennis introduced me to a fertilizer technology – the Fertilizer Optimization Tool – and told me it helps to optimise investment in fertilizer.
"I wanted to grow 1 acre of maize and ¾ acre of soybean. He gave me various investment scenarios which showed the amount that can be invested and expected yields and income. I decided to invest UGX80,000 (approx. $22). I didn't even have the money but borrowed UGX 40,000 and gave it to him so he could buy me DAP which I applied at planting. Later I gave him the remaining money and he brought Urea which I applied when the maize was at knee high.
"I was able to harvest 7 bags of maize and 1 ½ bags of soybean. Before, I used this technology I used to harvest 7 bags of maize from 3 acres (about 1.5 bags per acre) and 70kg soybean per acre. I was very excited to have achieved such an output. I decided to sell part of the soybean to buy fertilizer for this season. This time I planted 4 acres of maize and ¼ acre of groundnuts and invested UGX120,000 (approx. $32) up from UGX80,000 last season.
"I was also able to seek admission for my son at Busikho Teachers' Training College, where he is training as a Grade I teacher. I paid 5 bags of maize to the college to cover part of his starting fees. The rest of the harvest I have left for home consumption."
Mr Kyobe alongside other agricultural officers, Ivan Bwire, Nicholas Wandera and Kalungi Fred, have been behind some more of these successes in Busia district. The team of experts received training in FOT and have gone to great heights in popularising the tool to farmers in their respective operational sub counties – Dabani, Masaba, Buhehe and Buyaga.
To date, over 30 farmers have tried out the tool on various crops including soybean, maize, and groundnuts. The team has also utilised opportunities of farmer groups to further sensitise farmers in their respective sub counties. One such group is the Agricultural Innovation Solutions (AGRISO) Uganda which has an outreach of about 720 farmers in six Sub Counties in the district.
AGRISO Director Wabwire Deogratias also acknowledged the value of FOT. He said, "At AGRISO we give our members fertilizers on credit. Since I did not know how to apply, I always give blanket recommendations. I think the farmers were making losses yet they had to pay back the fertiliser. Now I can also use the FOT to help my farmers buy only what is needed."
Other farmers visited in the region had own positive experiences using FOT outcomes including Lynette Bwire who is a resident of Luhalai, Buhehe.
Lynette Bwire is expecting good results after using FOT
"I invested UGX70,000 for 1 acre of maize and ¼ groundnuts. I didn't even know that with such little money one can use fertilizer. I haven't harvested yet, but the crop looks much better than before. I'm optimistic", she said.
For more information about FOT email Monica at m.kansiime@cabi.org or visit the dedicated page on the Africa Soil Health Consortium website.
Find out more: http://africasoilhealth.cabi.org/about-ashc/ashc/ofra
You can download the Fertilizer Optimizer phone app from Google Play store. A new, enhanced version of the phone app will be launched in January 2019.


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Three Rooms Press Posted on August 31, 2021 by Mary Manspeaker October 20, 2021
Three Rooms Press and New York Public Library present ¡DADA! NYC 2021 Festival: A 2-part festival of LIVE dada performance by contemporary dada artists from around the New York region. Hosts: 3RP co-directors Peter Carlaftes & Kat Georges
Session 1: East Coast DADA Superstars Part I | Thursday, October 21, 2021 | 6 PM EDT | Mary Blickley + Amy Bassin, Billy Cancel, Robert Gibbons, Meghan Grupposo, John S. Hall, Karen Hildebrand, Jerry Johnson, Matthew Hupert, Linda Lerner, Ruth Oisteanu, Valery Oisteanu, Puma Perl, Nicca Ray, Bruce Robinson, Angie Sloan, Zev Torres, Ann Firestone Ungar, George Wallace, Joanie HF Zosike.
This is a virtual event only. Pre-registration is required. Register here:
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2021/10/21/dada-nyc-2021-festival
Session 2: East Coast DADA Superstars Part II | Thursday, October 28, 2021 | 6 PM EDT | Jeff Farr, Robert C. Ford, Thomas Fucaloro, Joanna Fuhrman, Bibbe Hansen, Heide Hatry, Ron Kolm, Eleni Kourti, David Lawton, Jane LeCroy, Eliette Markhbein, Charles Mingus III, Lois Kagan Mingus, Jane Ormerod, Yuko Otomo, Martina Salisbury, Christine Sloan Stoddard, John J. Trause, Thomas Walker
LOCATION: This is a virtual event only. Advance registration is required. Register here:
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2021/10/28/dada-nyc-2021-festival-part-ii
For more info: email info@threeroomspress.com
This festival will highlight the art and writing of contributors to MAINTENANT 15: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, published annually by Three Rooms Press since 2008. Events will include performance, art, and poetry, inspired by the theme of this year's journal "HUMANITY: THE REBOOT" Prepare for the provocative, eclectic, and unpredictable collage of performances by more than 40 artists at two live events at the Tompkins Square Branch of New York Public Library (331 E. 10th Street (btwn Ave A & Ave B)). Admission to both events is free. MAINTENANT 15 will be available for purchase during both events.
What is Dada? The original Dada movement started in Zurich, New York and Paris in 1916 as a artistic reaction to World War I. Many Dadaists believed that the 'reason' and 'logic' of a bourgeois capitalist society had led people into war—and would continue to do so. They expressed their rejection of that ideology through artistic expression that appeared to reject logic and embrace chaos and irrationality. In addition to being anti-war, Dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature. Tenants of the movement continue through today, and are paraticularly relevant in the current global political spectrum.
The fierce New York-based independent publisher Three Rooms Press draws much of its inspiration from Dada and its legacy, including the beat movement, punk rock, pop art and the underground poetry and art scene. Three Rooms Press is particularly inspired by the life and work of Arthur Cravan. About Arthur Cravan Arthur Cravan was a pugilist, poet, larger-than-life character, and idol of the Dada and Surrealism movements (as well as the nephew of Oscar Wilde). In 1913, he published the original Maintenant, widely-recognized as the first "zine" ever. The current Maintenant series by Three Rooms Press was developed in homage to his original creation. During the course of a short and spectacular life, Cravan wreaked havoc on himself and three continents in an escalating frenzy of artistic mania. He arrived in New York in 1914 where he met the poet Mina Loy, then moved with her to Mexico three years later when the United States entered the war. In 1918, he set out on a sailboat from Mexico to Argentina and never arrived. His disappearance has been the source of broad speculation.
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#ifndef CAFFE_DATA_TRANSFORMER_HPP
#define CAFFE_DATA_TRANSFORMER_HPP

#include "caffe/common.hpp"
#include "caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h"

namespace caffe {

/**
 * @brief Applies common transformations to the input data, such as
 * scaling, mirroring, substracting the image mean...
 */
template <typename Dtype>
class DataTransformer {
 public:
  explicit DataTransformer(const TransformationParameter& param)
    : param_(param) {
    //phase_ = Caffe::phase();
    // check if we want to use mean_value
    if (param_.mean_value_size() > 0) {
      CHECK(param_.has_mean_file() == false) <<
        "Cannot specify mean_file and mean_value at the same time";
      for (int c = 0; c < param_.mean_value_size(); ++c) {
        mean_values_.push_back(param_.mean_value(c));
      }
    }
  }
  virtual ~DataTransformer() {}

  void InitRand();

  /**
   * @brief Applies the transformation defined in the data layer's
   * transform_param block to the data.
   *
   * @param batch_item_id
   *    Datum position within the batch. This is used to compute the
   *    writing position in the top blob's data
   * @param datum
   *    Datum containing the data to be transformed.
   * @param mean
   * @param transformed_data
   *    This is meant to be the top blob's data. The transformed data will be
   *    written at the appropriate place within the blob's data.
   */
  void Transform(const int batch_item_id, const Datum& datum,
                 const Dtype* mean, Dtype* transformed_data);

  inline void set_phase(Caffe::Phase phase) { phase_ = phase; }

 protected:
  virtual unsigned int Rand();

  // Tranformation parameters
  TransformationParameter param_;

  shared_ptr<Caffe::RNG> rng_;
  Caffe::Phase phase_;
  vector<Dtype> mean_values_;
};

}  // namespace caffe

#endif  // CAFFE_DATA_TRANSFORMER_HPP_


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Un zébroïde est un équidé hybride issu d'un zèbre et d'un autre équidé. Il peut s'agir notamment du zébrule (ou zorse), croisement de cheval (ou étalon) et de zèbre, ou bien du zébrâne, croisement de zèbre et d'âne (zonkey, zebra mule, zebrule, zedonk), ou d'un croisement de zèbre et de bardot (zebra hinny ou donkra), ou du croisement entre un zèbre et un poney (zoney ou zony).

Hybride équin
Zèbre

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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import { browserHistory } from 'react-router'
import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux'
import thunkMiddleware from 'redux-thunk'
import { routerMiddleware } from 'react-router-redux'
import reducer from './reducer'

// Redux DevTools
const composeEnhancers = window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__ || compose;

const routingMiddleware = routerMiddleware(browserHistory)

const store = createStore(
  reducer,
  composeEnhancers(
    applyMiddleware(
      thunkMiddleware,
      routingMiddleware
    )
  )
)

export default store


Past or present, some countries haven't been too happy with YouTube. Or, more accurately, with certain content that they've found on there. Which, if you really wanted to, you could probably find all sorts of offensive videos on there to get ban-worthy mad at. In Tina Country, for instance, there are only cute cat and dog videos on YouTube.
Alltime10s have collected 10 countries that have banned YouTube at one point of time or another, and explain the history behind the bans. The countries listed are: Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Libya, Thailand, Turkmenistan, China, North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan.
Not surprisingly some examples include some form of sexual scandal or political conflicts.