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Hundreds Line Up as Panda Express Opens First Restaurant in PH
by makingpituc · January 6, 2020
Long Lines Greet First Panda Express in PH. Hundreds of excited customers lined up for hours outside SM Megamall ahead of the opening of the first Panda Express in the Philippines, with lines going all the way up from the ground floor to the second floor.
Hundreds of excited customers lined up for hours at SM Megamall in anticipation for the opening of the country's first Panda Express, the largest American Chinese dining concept in the world. The restaurant's entry into the Philippine market is a joint venture between Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) and Panda Restaurant Group (PRG).
The first customer Shawi Jalac of Pasig came in several hours early to get a taste of the restaurant's American Chinese cuisine bannered by the Original Orange Chicken™. She ordered the bigger plate with three entrees: Savory Shrimp, Kung Pao Chicken, and Orange Chicken with sides of fried rice and Chow Mein. "No restaurant has ever come close to replicating the Orange Chicken from Panda Express," she exclaimed. "It's worth coming back for!"
"The reception for Panda Express in the Philippines is amazing! People who were lucky to get in on the first day have not only raved about our Original Orange Chicken but have also talked about our other flavorful dishes like Broccoli Beef and Eggplant Tofu," Panda Express' Nick Myers said. "This opening day couldn't have gone any better, and I invite everyone who hasn't tried Panda Express to come and see what people are talking about."
First Panda Express Customer in PH. Shawi Jalac of Pasig City (center) lined up as early as 7:30 in morning with her parents to be the first to try Panda Express in the country. Joining her are Joseph Tanbuntiong, JFC Country Business Group Head – Philippines (leftmost) and Ned Bandojo, JFC Business Development Head, Foreign Franchised Brands – Philippines.
JFC Country Business Group Head – Philippines Joseph Tanbuntiong also came early for opening day and saw the long lines outside Panda Express trailing from the ground floor all the way up to the 2nd floor of the mall. "We're so happy to see this many people queue for the first Panda Express in the Philippines. We can really see that the brand's popularity extends here as we've likewise seen long lines in their stores in the United States," he remarked. "Panda Express is so in demand that they have over 2200 stores across 12 countries, now including the Philippines, and this is the first store in Southeast Asia. We will definitely open more stores in the Philippines."
Earlier this week, Panda Express cofounders and co-CEOs Andrew and Peggy Cherng joined JFC Chairman and Founder Tony Tan Caktiong and other JFC executives in inaugurating the store, with US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim in attendance.
"We are fortunate to be part of bringing to the country the Panda Express experience and cuisine, and I would like to thank Andrew and Peggy for their trust," said Tony Tan Caktiong. "It's a great honor to be chosen as their partner in growing the Panda Express brand in the Philippines."
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Singapore: Prices of private residential properties in Singapore fell 4 per cent in 2014, according to latest figures released by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on 23 Jan.
Private residential property prices fell 1.1 per cent in the 4th quarter and 0.7 per cent in the 3rd quarter. Altogether prices have fallen for five consecutive quarters.
For the whole of 2014, prices fell 4.1% in Core Central Region (CCR), 5.3% in Rest of Central Region (RCR) and 2.2% Outside Central Region (OCR) URA said.
Likewise, landed property prices also fell, dropping 1.3 per cent in the 4th quarter and 1.8 per cent in the 3rd quarter. For the whole of 2014, prices of landed properties fell by 5.3 per cent.
Launched 1,592 uncompleted private residential units - 4th Quarter.
Sold 1,376 units - 4th Quarter.
Launched 1,294 units - 3rd Quarter.
Sold 1,531 units - 3rd Quarter.
For the whole of 2014, 7,693 units were launched, down from the 15,885 units launched in 2013.
For ECs, 2,505 units were launched in 2014 - all in the fourth quarter - and sold 1,578 units.
In all of 2014 resale transactions fell to 4,860 units, down significantly from the 6,671 units in 2013. 4th quarter resale transaction is 1,151, down from 1,377 in 3rd quarter.
The TDSR (Total Debt Servicing Ratio) introduced to curb loans has done a pretty decent job of slowing down prices, though prices did not come down a lot quicker than expected by the general public.
2015 will continue to see some headwinds which are expected to constrain the demand for homes. These include a lacklustre leasing market, potentially rising interest rates and a surge in new homes completion.
Are Foreigners About To Bail?
Resale prices of luxury projects which is popular among foreign buyers took a hit last year, prompting concerns about foreigners exiting Singapore's real estate market en mass.
Several high-end apartments in the hotly sought after Orchard Road area and the exclusive enclave of Sentosa Cove sell at hefty losses last year.
The top losing transaction was a four-bedder at the Turquoise@Sentosa. Originally bought for $7.1 million in November 2007, it was sold at $3.9 million in July 2014, according to Maybank's data.
Four of the top 10 loss-making sales in 2014 were from Sentosa and four in the Orchard Road area, which have historically attracted higher foreign interest, than the other parts of the city.
A study of 30 top projects with the highest level of foreigner ownership analyzed shows valuations to be largely resilient, such as Rivergate, City Square Residences and Costa Del Sol, according to Ng Wee Siang, head of research at Maybank.
Though there have been more fire sales for whatever reasons, he is of the view that these luxurious home sales are sporadic and isolated to selective projects and therefore, do not of itself conclude that foreigners are walking away.
Overall, prices of private residential property in the city dipped 4 percent in 2014, according to a flash estimate by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).
Generally, buyers are required to top up their loans when property valuations decline. But some choose not to and so exit their investments. Without a global economic collapse, the risk of mass withdrawal of foreign cash seems unlikely. Foreigners won't bail simply because of a fall in resale values.
The past 10 years showed the wealthy and the rich flocking to the city state as it becomes a wealth and private banking hub. Likewise over the last decade, foreigners from around the region have flocked to buy property in Singapore because of its stable economy and superior quality of life.
At the peak, in the fourth quarter of 2011, overseas buyers accounted for over 20 percent of non-landed property transactions in Singapore, according to Maybank.
Though the proportion of foreign buyers has declined to roughly 10 percent of home sales in the third quarter of 2014, they still play a key role in the market.
The strength of the Singapore dollar vis-à-vis regional currencies and the relative stability of its market will keep foreign investors from heading for the exit.
The current state of the property market can best be described as challenging as buyers and sellers hold out waiting for a change in market sentiment. Up or down, either way, a change in market conditions will definitely evoke a reaction. This is because both parties are in standby mode and waiting to pounce. This is the game of the moment.
However, constant reminders by analysts and media exposure that prices are on the way down and sales volumes are dropping, have given buyers hope that holding out will give them better bargaining power and perhaps a better deal. Consequently buyers are anticipating a further drop in prices.
As unsold units pile up and fresh supply come into the market, this approach may well ring true. Meanwhile some developers are reworking their sums to induce sales of certain projects at reduced prices.
But one thing is clear. The property cooling measures, especially with regards to the total debt servicing ratio (TDSR) and additional buyer stamp duty (ABSD) have effectively slowed down the once red hot pitch of the market. This is not to say that the market is languishing away. It is not, as can be seen by the see-sawing of the volume of property transactions charted from month to month. The narrow gap of fluctuation in sales volume and overall prices suggest that the market is stabilizing and holding well. Indeed one cannot expect the property market to go up continuously as a time will come when an equilibrium point will be reached through saturation.


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Cool Old Photos – Vol 1
Cool Old Photos – Vol 1 – 15 Historic Photos
A picture is worth a thousand words, so they say. These cool old photos go a long way towards telling the stories of historical figures and events from the past. Taken long ago simply to document the present, they now help us understand the past. Take a look at these 15 cool old photos and enjoy some history!
Woman sitting under a chrome-plated hair dryer – ca 1928. (Public domain)
Sunbeams shining down through Grand Central Terminal windows, New York City – ca 1935. (NYC Municipal Archives)
Roommates: Ralph Horton, Jr., Lem Billings, and John F Kennedy were roommates at Princeton in 1935. This photo was used on a Christmas card from the trio.
Betty Blythe in the 1921 silent film – The Queen of Sheba. The film is a drama produced by Fox Studios about the ill-fated romance between Solomon, the King of Israel and the Queen of Sheba – played by Blythe. The movie is well known by silent film fans for its use of risqué costumes, which was rare in Hollywood during this period. Only a small amount of the movie survives today.
Motorcycle chariot race at the 1936 Police Carnival in Sydney, Australia. This cool old photo shows two policeman racing in front of approximately 50,000 people packed into the stands at the Sydney Show Ground on March 1, 1936.
The Original Bibendum mascot, commonly referred to in English as the Michelin Man – 1907.
Cool Old Photos – Lumberjacks posing in Portland, Oregon, USA – 1915.
Albert Einstein holding an Albert Einstein marionette puppet – ca 1931. This photo is believed to have been taken after Einstein saw a show put on by the Yale Puppeteers. The troupe of artists consisted of Forman Brown, Harry Burnett, and Roddy Brandon during the 1920s and spent almost the next 70 years touring the United States where they put on satirical performances that featured puppets in starring roles. In 1965, while talking to the Los Angeles Times, Harry Burnett reflected on his career and recalled how the puppet troupe "presented a special show for Dr. Albert Einstein when he visited the street while teaching at Caltech." He went on to say that "Einstein saw the puppet perform at the Teatro Torito [a predecessor to the Turnabout Theater] and was quite amused. He reached into his jacket's breast pocket, pulled out a letter and crumpled it up. Speaking in German, he said, 'The puppet wasn't fat enough!' He laughed and stuffed the crumpled letter up under the smock to give the puppet a fatter belly. This is a wonderful photograph that Harry treasured. Harry Burnett also kept the letter in a frame and loved to retell the story and at the end give his pixish laugh."
1925 – Chicago, Illinois – Oak Street Beach Party.
Famous Photo of a Chinese Man Eating Rice – 1901.
Texaco's futuristic streamlined Doodlebug Tank Truck – 1935. The driver is seen here filling the underground gas container of a Texaco service station in Illinois. (theoldmotor.com)
Inside an 1800s passenger train. (McCord Museum)
18-year-old inventor, H. Day wearing headphones attached to a wireless radio under his top hat – May 1922 in United Kingdom.
School classroom in Red House, West Virginia – ca 1935.
April 8, 2018 / by ScottHall / in Old Photos

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OPEC cuts oil demand growth forecast over low production, fears of global recession
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says there will be a cut in its global oil demand growth forecast for 2023 over fears of global economic recession.
The global oil cartel disclosed this on Monday in its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR).
In its report, OPEC said the oil demand growth for 2022 and 2023 forecasts a cut in production by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd).
Last month, the US pressured the organisation to suspend its plans for a deep cut.
However, OPEC+ said the decision was in light of the uncertainty surrounding the global economy and oil market outlooks and the need to enhance the long-term guidance for the market.
It said the cut was also in line with the successful approach of being proactive and preemptive "which has been consistently adopted by OPEC and non-OPEC participating countries in the declaration of cooperation".
On Friday, oil prices jumped after health authorities in China, top crude importer, eased tight COVID-19 rules.
With this, OPEC believes economic risks are skewed to the downside but that the resolution of Russia's war in Ukraine could change that in 2023.
"This supply surplus was confirmed by refinery runs, which are an indicator of all demand performance. The drop in oil demand occurred on the back of weakening economic activity, spur rising inflation, monetary tightening by major central banks, aggravated geopolitical tensions, tight labour markets and additional supply chain constraints," the report reads.
"The significant uncertainty regarding the global economy, accompanied by fears of a global recession contributes to the downside risk for lowering global oil demand growth.
"In addition, China's strict adherence to the zero COVID-19 policy adds to this uncertainty, making the country's recovery path even more unpredictable. To address this significant uncertainty and heightened market volatility, the proactive and pre-emptive decisions taken by the OPEC and non-OPEC producing countries in the Declaration of Cooperation (DOC) will continue to contribute to global oil market stability.
"The energy supply situation in the EU represents a notable downside risk as further supply-related issues could lead to a more accentuated slowdown of the region's economy this winter and beyond, possibly pushing the region into an annual recession next year. Therefore, the global economic situation in 4Q22 and the first quarter of 2023 will require close monitoring.
"While risks are skewed to the downside, there exists some upside potential for the global economic growth forecast. This may come from a variety of sources. Predominantly, inflation could be positively impacted by any resolution of the geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe, allowing for the loss of hawkish monetary policies.
"This, in turn, could lift consumer and business sentiment and trigger a wide range of other supportive effects. Additionally, ongoing fiscal stimulus and compensatory measures for consumers."
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Jihad in America
Congress is beginning to worry about the number of reports showing that Iranian-backed "sleeper cells" have taken up position around America, quietly hiding out until they receive the call-to-arms to attack.
Iranian agents tied to the terror group Hezbollah have already been found within U.S. borders.
Intel agents are now saying that a sleeper cell attack isn't simply a threat — but rather, very likely. It's only a matter of time, they say.
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Iranian-backed militants are operating across the United States mostly unfettered, raising concerns in Congress and among regional experts that these "sleeper cell" agents are poised to launch a large-scale attack on the American homeland, according to testimony before lawmakers.
Iranian agents tied to the terror group Hezbollah have already been discovered in the United States plotting attacks, giving rise to fears that Tehran could order a strike inside America should tensions between the Trump administration and Islamic Republic reach a boiling point.
Intelligence officials and former White House officials confirmed to Congress on Tuesday that such an attack is not only plausible, but relatively easy for Iran to carry out at a time when the Trump administration is considering abandoning the landmark nuclear deal and reapplying sanctions on Tehran.
There is mounting evidence that Iran poses "a direct threat to the homeland," according to Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee and chair of its subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence.
A chief concern is "Iranian support for Hezbollah, which is active in the Middle East, Latin America, and here in the U.S., where Hezbollah operatives have been arrested for activities conducted in our own country," King said, referring the recent arrest of two individuals plotting terror attacks in New York City and Michigan.
"Both individuals received significant weapons training from Hezbollah," King said. "It is clear Hezbollah has the will and capability."
After more than a decade of receiving intelligence briefs, King said he has concluded that "Hezbollah is probably the most experienced and professional terrorist organization in the world," even more so than ISIS and Al Qaeda.
Asked if Iran could use Hezbollah to conduct strikes on the United States, a panel of experts including intelligence officials and former White House insiders responded in the affirmative.
"They are as good or better at explosive devices than ISIS, they are better at assassinations and developing assassination cells," said Michael Pregent, a former intelligence officer who worked to counter Iranian influence in the region. "They're better at targeting, better at looking at things," and they can outsource attacks to Hezbollah.
"Hezbollah is smart," Pregent said. "They're very good at keeping their communications secure, keeping their operational security secure, and, again, from a high profile attack perspective, they'd be good at improvised explosive devices."
Others testifying before Congress agreed with this assessment.
"The answer is absolutely. We do face a threat," said Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who has long tracked Iran's militant efforts. "Their networks are present in the Untied States."
Iran is believed to have an auxiliary fighting force or around 200,000 militants spread across the Middle East, according to Nader Uskowi, a onetime policy adviser to U.S. Central Command and current visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
At least 50 to 60 thousand of these militants are "battle tested" in Syria and elsewhere.
"It doesn't take many of them to penetrate this country and be a major threat," Uskowi said. "They can pose a major threat to our homeland."
While Iran is currently more motivated to use its proxies such as Hezbollah regionally for attacks against Israel or U.S. forces, "those sleeper cells" positioned in the United States could be used to orchestrate an attack, according to Brian Katulis, a former member of the White House National Security Council under President Bill Clinton.
"The potential is there, but the movement's center of focus is in the region," said Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Among the most pressing threats to the U.S. homeland is Hezbollah's deep penetration throughout Latin America, where it finances its terror activities by teaming up with drug cartels and crime syndicates.
"Iran's proxy terror networks in Latin America are run by Tehran's wholly owned Lebanese franchise Hezbollah," according to Ottolenghi. "These networks are equal part crime and terror" and have the ability to provide funding and logistics to militant fighters.
"Their presence in Latin America must be viewed as a forward operating base against America's interest in the region and the homeland itself," he said.
These Hezbollah operatives exploit loopholes in the U.S. immigration system to enter America under the guise of legitimate business.
Operatives working for Hezbollah and Iran use the United States "as a staging ground for trade-based and real estate-based money laundering." They "come in through the front door with a legitimate passport and a credible business cover story," Ottolenghi said.
The matter is further complicated by Iran's presence in Syria, where it has established not only operating bases, but also weapons factories that have fueled Hezbollah's and Hamas's war on Israel.
Iran's development of advanced ballistic missile and rocket technology—which has continued virtually unimpeded since the nuclear deal was enacted—has benefitted terror groups such as Hezbollah.
"Iran is increasing Hezbollah's capability to target Israel with more advanced and precision guided rockets and missiles," according to Pregent. "These missiles are being developed in Syria under the protection of Syrian and Russian air defense networks."
In Iraq, Iranian forces "have access to U.S. funds and equipment in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Iraq's Ministry of Interior," Pregent said.
The Trump administration has offered tough talk on Iran, but failed to take adequate action to dismantle its terror networks across the Middle East, as well as in Latin American and the United States itself, according to CAP's Katulis.
"The Trump administration has talked a good game and has had strong rhetoric, but I would categorize its approach vis-à-vis Iran as one of passive appeasement," said Katulis. "We simply have not shown up in a meaningful way."
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Tahera Aanchawan (BME Health Forum Interim Director) welcomed all to the meeting and introduced the first item.
This year there was a surge in pressure on urgent care services due to the unusually hot summer. However in this area A&E's did not drop behind on targets.
Winter Pressure Plans – What's happening?
Urgent Care board – Getting all services together to plan in an integrated way.
Commissioners then make sure the services (such as above) are serviced. The Commissioning Support Unit provide the large majority of the effort to what happens.
Every day there is a situation report with every provider that gives info such as – how many free beds there are/ people fit to go home who can't go home etc.
Every week there is a director to call who monitors what's happening who can then establish which providers are struggling.
This intelligence is then used to make sure we get the most needy people to an A&E where there is capacity to make sure they have a good outcome.
3 GP practices now open in Central London CCG and another 3 will open in Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea to book appointments ro walk-in.
We are interested to understand why people are using A&E and urgent care. How do we get people to use services appropriately and what support needs are there.
Question: In terms of planning for winter provision, do you base it on the weather projected?
Answer: It is based on what we think will come – yes.
Question: We are hearing that people keep going to A&E because of not being able to get GP appointments.
Answer: We want to make sure that people CAN get GP appointments. If its urgent people must be seen within 4 hours. We are also investing significantly into GP practices. We now have GP neighbourhoods (3 GP practices linked together) so you can use other practices if they offer services not available in your practice. Also, we are segmenting patients according to needs. Triage – you will be called to see if you need to come or how long you will wait.
Question: What about language needs? In the Triage system, if people are to be called back this will be a problem.
Answer: Yes – we do need to make sure we have a culturally correct approach addressing language needs. Interpreting is there but not always at the right time. We do need help with this.
Comment: Could you see in the future mapping community languages spoken and commissioning/ recruiting GPs speaking these languages?
Question/ comment: Regarding Behaviour change – one of the key things is the understanding the difference between Urgent Care Centres and A&E as few people understand this. The key to working with the community and improving access is helping with understanding.
Answer: Simplify – we encourage people to always phone before they walk.
Further comment: It's true that people do need to understand the correct use of these services but communities often use A&E because they have a negative experience at their GP practice.
Comment: Language barrier, e.g the phone before you walk approach is not a useful suggestion for those nervous to speak on the phone.
Answer: Yes – this is all part of the reason we are doing this piece of work with the BME Health Forum around gaining insight into Urgent care use.
Wellwatch is a fairly new service – started about 18 months ago in May 2012.
It is commissioned by Central London Clinical Commissioning Group initially as a phone service to contact people with long term health conditions for health screening assessments; identifying health and social care needs and goals; identifying appropriate services for patients to access.
Now Wellwatch runs with 3 GPs and 6 nurses and are running clinics in 6 GP practices and seeing patients face to face.
We identify patients by using 'risk tools' such as info from A&E admissions and info from GP admissions. From these tools we get scores (risk scores) flagging up those who have 60 – 80% likelihood of having to access emergency care.
If patients have this 60 – 80% risk score of having to access emergency care we then contact them and book appointments to see them.
Aim – Supporting patients with their ongoing management of their long term conditions.
If any issues arise the nurse can book patients into an appropriate service be it health and social care service or an environmental service. E.g the nurse might ask a patient about their home conditions which might have an adverse affect on their health such as heating or damp issues. In fact this year there were 200 referrals to environmental services.
Question: Is the phone number for self referrals a free number?
Comment: People could be deterred feeling that the charge for referring to the service is too much.
Answer: We can take this onboard as a consideration.
Question: How did you establish the link with the GP practices?
Answer: GP commissioners went out to practices and then Wellwatch went and spoke to practice managers to discuss the practicalities. They saw the benefits quite quickly as it links nicely with the Integrated Care Programme (ICP).
Question: How do you work with Primary care navigators?
Answer: We actually work together with Care navigators via the GP Hub/ village meetings to find out who are in the high percentiles.
Question: How do you keep abreast of what's happening (what services are available) in the voluntary sector?
Question: How come you changed to working face to face with patients?
Answer: We were keen to get away from the telemarketing approach that can come across in a phone service.
Further question: How long is a typical appointment?
Answer: 30 – 45 mins and once a month.
UNSCHEDULED CARE UTILISATION BY BME COMMUNITIES Interim findings on the Forum's recent research project looking at the utilisation of urgent and emergency care services by BME communities.
5 community/ voluntary sector organisations taking part in project gathering info from patients via a 76 question questionnaire about unscheduled care utilisation.
The presentation today is showing interim findings based on 38 of the questions.
These 5 groups were commissioned particularly to reach BME groups. Date collection is ongoing.
Out of the 38 respondents so far all are registered with a GP and 32 have long term conditions.
Interim findings are suggesting there is a lack of faith in seeing the GP before going to A&E.
People have experience of different health care systems abroad and in many cases private care – this will affect people's expectations when using services in the UK.
People are often mentioning a need to feel they are getting more 'professional' care which is associated with receiving tests and scans.
Out of the 38 only 9 so far have stated that they didn't have adequate English language skills.
Not being able to get an appointment with a GP has also been stated often.
Question: What are the language being covered in this study?
Further question: How about French? There is a big French speaking African community in this area.
Question/ comment: You mention healthcare professionals sending patients to A&E, it is also often the receptionists who send people to A&E.
Further comment: Also, some patients are scared of receptionists so will not want to go.
Answer: Yes that's true – as part of the project when we interview people we also offer them a health information pack with plenty of info about different services and how to access them.
Table top discussions to follow on from Unscheduled Care Insight project presentation – please download the flipchart transcripts HERE.


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Spokane County. Children between ages 3 and 16 are required by law to wear helmets when riding anything with wheels—bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc.
Bicyclists are treated the same as motorists. They can use the roads just like a vehicle, but they have to follow the same rules as a vehicle.
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Pomegranate Press is a small UK local press based in Sussex, initially specialising in books about the Sussex area. Pomegranate has since expanded its listings to include other non-fiction and fiction titles. Pomegranate also offers a personal self-publishing service for authors.
Pomegranate Press was founded by former newspaper journalist and BBC producer and presenter, David Arscott. He has worked as a freelance author, broadcaster, publisher and editor for many years and has written some thirty books on Sussex, for various publishers apart from Pomegranate Press. His published fiction includes two novels written with David Marl and published by Allen & Unwin and Celtic Cyprus. He is also the founder of The Sussex Book Club.
David now specialises in taking other authors through the self-publishing process, bringing out their books under the Pomegranate Press imprint or alternatively using the author's own imprint.
While this remains a small operation, what appeals to me is the ability for an author considering self-publishing to approach Pomegranate Press and receive feedback and advise from a proven self-published author without the necessary commercial trappings of Vanity Presses. Pomegranate Press advise an initial email approach which should include an introduction and outline of the author's'book project.
Pomegranate Press provide what they describe as 'a light and accurate' edit to an author's manuscript and will prepare the file by formatting and designing the book under the direct input of the author. Depending on the book subject matter, Pomegranate will decide if it will fit with their publishing imprints. If not, the author will have to purchase a minimum block of 10 ISBN's from Nielsens, the UK ISBN agency. Though Pomegranate Press will advise on copyright, library registration, as with most author solution services, marketing and promotion is entirely in the hands of the author and Pomegranate's fee does not cover this area.
Pomegranate do not provide some of the services which larger UK author solution companies supply, however, they offer a very specific personal 'hands on' touch to aid and guide an author through the self-publishing process. They do hold a small amount of the author's books for local sales to bookstores and for fulfillment of orders from wholesalers and direct customers through their on line bookstore.
Pomegranate offers a 50% wholesale discount, but less discount for retail sales. Depending on what extent authors intend using Pomegranate to aid with the sales of their book – authors should ascertain the full breakdown of costs per unit before entering any agreement and commitment on book design and production. Pomegranate does not charge authors a mark up on the books they have printed. Books available to purchase on their own website range from £4.99 to £8.99 which is average for standard paperback editions.
Pomegranate charges two specific fees. One for the pre-print services and the other for the actual print run. The print run can be offset or Print-on-demand.
Pomegranate Press is an ideal publishing solution for author's unfamiliar with the self-publishing avenue and would also be ideal for book clubs and associations considering a book project with localised appeal rather than large nation or international reach.


On 20 August afternoon, haining municipal party committee secretary of the party secretary zhang guiquan jian-jun zhu, changan town, changan town people's government the mayor Jin Xinliang woo yan, chairman of the NPC, changan town, a deputy mayor cheung changan town people's government of 8 people to ding litres of inspection instruction work of science and technology, chairman of the board of directors of the company Gao Erming warm reception and accompanied visited ding litres exhibition hall.
During a visit to ding litres of science and technology exhibition hall, high to zhu dong secretary line demonstrates my company independent research and development of intelligent electrically induced discoloration dimming glass, glass, heat insulation glass, nano self-cleaning glass, etc. Secretary zhu carefully watched the product demonstration, gave the evaluation of ding sheng technology, and fully affirmed the technology research and development capability of ding sheng technology.
In after the symposium, high reporting to the secretary zhu dong ding's overall production and operation of science and technology, product structure, market situation and development planning, etc., and focus on the company in the field of intelligent household, wisdom, glass and so on team building, research and development ability and market development. He said that under the care and guidance of the municipal party committee, the research and development team should be greatly strengthened, based on the whole country, to strengthen the exploration of the service mode of smart home integration scheme.
Secretary zhu said: "through this visit, not only understand the tripod rises the technology research and development strength of science and technology, also learn more about the tripod litre glass technology in smart home and wisdom in advance. It is hoped that dingsheng technology can develop rapidly on the industrialization road of energy-saving and efficient and green environmental protection, and make greater contribution to the construction of our city. In the end, all employees of the company expressed their heartfelt thanks to the leaders of the CPC committee for their visit and support.
The visit of the party committee leader has strengthened the confidence and determination of ding sheng technology to promote smart home and smart glass.
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Proving that I'm not a completely pretentious old fogey after my bad experience of SUPERBAD, here's a positive review of SHOOT 'EM UP. Now SHOOT 'EM UP is a vacuous, derivative, implausible, puerile, borderline misogynistic piece of glorified video gaming. But it sure blows out the cobwebs after a hard week in the office! The violence is so stylised and hillarious - how many ways can you kill a guy with a carrot? - that the movie feels more like a live-action cartoon than a real movie. You just HAVE to admire the balls-out ridiculousness of it all! The plot is simple. Clive Owen semi-spoofs his standard role as an ordinary sort of guy who gets swept up in larger events. He's a bum who likes carrots and whores and has a previous life as a crack-shot special ops agent. One day he happens across a heavily pregnant woman who's being hunted down by some nasties and does the right thing. There's no point getting into an involved critique of this film. You just have to decide early on whether you're going to go with or not. I did, and I had a great, if utterly forgettable, time.
SHOOT 'EM UP is on release in the US and UK. It opens in France, the Philippines, Germany, Iceland and Singapore later in September. It opens in Belgium, the Netherlands, Argentina, Australia, Finland, Spain and Sweden in October. It opens in Brazil, Norway, Estonia and Slovenia in November.
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Q: How to efficiently have multiple child project in IONIC + Angular? I have an IONIC 3 project, that needs to be cloned/forked/multiplied for other clients. I am trying to figure out - the most efficient way for future maintainability of these growing number of projects with common functionality.
Each sequential project will share to a great extend the functionalities of the core (current app). There will eventually come some additional functionalities for every new child app. On the other hand, the core features (auth and almost all API calls, etc.) will stay the same for all but still continuously further developed.
However, styles and template will be totally different for each project.
I can imagine, that something like this can be maybe achieved with customized npm builds, but with the same single repository. I really do not find grooming and maintaining multiple repos a good idea.
What is your experience? Can you give me a tip on how have some of you achieved this?
Thanks a lot! Looking forward to read your recommendations

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El paso Ross (en inglés: Ross Pass) es un paso de montaña estrecho, ubicado entre el extremo sureste de la Cordillera de San Telmo y el extremo noroeste de la Cordillera Salvesen en la isla San Pedro del archipiélago de las islas Georgias del Sur. El paso se encuentra a 610  de altura y ofrece una ruta de trineos entre el glaciar Ross y el glaciar Brogger. Se asignó por primera vez en 1882-1883 por el grupo alemán de las investigaciones del Año Polar Internacional, que se refirió a ella como "Gletscher-Joch" (que significa glaciar horquilla). El nombre de Paso Ross, que deriva de la asociación con el cercano glaciar Ross, fue dado por el South Georgia Survey después de su encuesta de 1951-1952 y se debe a James Clark Ross, también homenajeado en sitios de la Antártida y en el Ross Road en Puerto Argentino/Stanley, Islas Malvinas.

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Isla San Pedro (Georgia del Sur)

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Wole Soyinka Reacts To Buhari's Plan To Establish Ruga Settlements
Posted by Thandiubani on Tue 02nd Jul, 2019 - tori.ng
Nigeria's Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has spoken following Buhari's plan to establish Ruga settlements.
Prof. Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has warned the Federal Government against the proposed establishment of Ruga settlements across the country for herdsmen.
He warned that the move, if not checked will set the country on fire.
Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of United Nations' Solutions 17 SDG programme, Soyinka berated the federal government for the idea, which will said can cause Nigeria to explode.
According to him: "Ruga is going to be an explosion if not handled with care. But why do we not take our policies from good models? This is not the way people and countries deal with issues of cattle.
"I travel everywhere. It has to be handled in a way that is logical, comprehensible to the environment. When a cattle walks up to the window of my house in Abeokuta, a house which is located in a residential area, then there's a problem.
"When cattle goes to Ijebu Ode and eat up their plant seedlings and so on and you expect people to be quiet?"
He stated the handling of the herdsmen issue by President Muhammadu Buhari was enough to make him lose re-election.
"President Buhari deserved to have lost the last election for the lackadaisical attitude he took to the issue of cattle rearing in the country.
"People have been killed in hundreds just because of the failure of leadership at a critical time. And the cattle herders have been given a sense of impunity. They kill without any compunction, they drive away the farmers who have been contributing to the food solutions in the country, the cattle eat their crops and then you come up with Ruga.
"I think that there is going to be trouble in this country if this Ruga thing is not handled imaginatively and with humanity as priority. Any country where cattle takes priority over human life is definitely at an elementary stage," he maintained.
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