Have you heard the latest "news" that's been circulating social networks?
Some people are questioning whether avocados and almonds are vegan (which makes us want to weep a little).
Despite the alarming media headlines that are making the rounds, let's set this straight.
Avocados and almonds are vegan. Read on to find out why.
First – why would anyone claim they're not vegan?
Because almonds and avocados are difficult to cultivate naturally in large quantities, their cultivation relies on commercial beekeeping (i.e., bees are used to pollinate crops). Commercial beekeeping could be considered an unnatural use of animals, which would, some argue, make almonds and avocados not vegan.
However, here are three important reasons why avocados and almonds should be part of a plant-based diet, which the debate fails to address.
The definition acknowledges is that – while veganism aims to exclude animal use, cruelty and exploitation – it is practically impossible to live in a world where we are completely independent of animals. As much as we'd like to eliminate all animal use in the world, we have to acknowledge that some animals may be indirectly impacted by the farming practices of modern society.
Due to overpopulation and modern lifestyles, our food system relies on large-scale production and farms that utilize bees to pollinate the crops. Therefore, veganism is rather about doing one's very best not to cause harm to animals – and vegans are making a massive contribution to reducing animal suffering and death.
So, if we apply the same logic, then a vegan diet would be limited to only a handful of food sources, which would be both dangerous and impracticable.
Veganism is about eliminating harm caused to animals as much as possible – but a line has to be drawn somewhere.
By choosing a plant-based diet and consuming plant-based foods like avocados instead of meat, eggs, and dairy products, you are saving hundreds of animals' lives.
According to PETA, choosing a plant-based diet saves about a hundred animal lives a year.
What do you think of this debate? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!


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Daffodil Day – 10% profits this wknd to Irish Cancer Society.
23 Mar Daffodil Day – 10% profits this wknd to Irish Cancer Society.
Today is Daffofil Day the main fundraising day for The Irish Cancer Society. This is a charity that is close to my own heart. My Mum started the Drogheda Committee in 1987 and ever since Daffodil Day has been a part of my life. Often when we think of Cancer we think of those that we have lost, this Daffodil Day I wanted to focus our thoughts on the research that is facilitating so many people to live life with cancer and after cancer. Today I wanted to highlight one of the many Irish researchers working on projects funded by the Irish Cancer Society.
Amelia Smith is a PhD student in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Trinity College Dublin her research is funded by the Irish Cancer Society's BREAST PREDICT collaborative research centre.
Amelia can you tell us a little about yourself?
I am originally from Drogheda, Co. Louth. I attended 'Our Lady's College', Greenhills where I first became interested in science and human biology (thank you; Mr. Montgomery, Mrs. Brennan, and Mrs. Mulvihill!). I went on to study Biomedical Sciences in Maynooth University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2011.
As I was keen to stay in the area of medical research, I went on to study Translational Oncology in Trinity College Dublin in 2012, and graduated with a Masters Degree. Here, I carried out laboratory-based research into how some oesophageal cancers can become resistant to radiotherapy.
In 2014, I started my PhD as part of the prestigious Irish Cancer Society, Cancer Collaborative Research Centre, Breast-Predict. At this time, I was also awarded a place on the 'Structured Population and Health-services Research Education' (SPHeRE) programme, which aims to train researchers in the area of population-health and health services research. After many years of not being quite sure what I wanted to do with my career, I then knew that cancer research was the field for me. Not only is it challenging and varied, it is also hugely rewarding. The Breast-Predict collaboration has exposed me to many different types of breast cancer research and allowed me to begin to establish my own career in a field called pharmacoepidemiology.
Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of medicines in large numbers of people, and my own PhD focuses on the potential links between statins (cholesterol-lowering medications) and improved breast cancer survival. So far, I have found that statins are associated with improved breast cancer survival in women who began taking these medicines prior to their diagnosis. However, this research is part of a much bigger picture and we must still figure out exactly how this is happening.
Amelia can you tell us a little about your research?
Each year in Ireland, over 2800 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Thanks to improved treatments and earlier diagnosis from Breast Check, many women go on to lead long lives as cancer survivors. Unfortunately however, each year over 700 women die from breast cancer. These are mothers, daughters, sisters, and we must continue to research new and better ways to treat these women.
Statins (for example; Lipitor) are commonly prescribed medications for lowering cholesterol and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Recent laboratory studies have shown that statins may also play a role in stopping breast cancer cell growth. However, the anti-cancer effect of statins in women with breast cancer is still somewhat unclear.
Amelia finally, can I ask why you wanted to get involved in cancer research specifically?
Thank you, Amelia, your work is fascinating. Thanks to the work that all the researchers are doing through out the world we can look to the future more positively. I would like to encourage everyone to get out and support their local cancer charity as together we can drive change and hopefully help to save many more lives.
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Striking while the iron is hot: The Philippine venture scene is heating up and getting hotter
|In Analysis, Blockchain / Crypto, eCommerce, FinTech, InsurTech, Media / Streaming, Philippines
|By Stephanie Frances Augustin
TechNode Global's series on the Philippines will delve into why Filipino entrepreneurs and founders are attracting venture capital (VC) money in droves. In this second part, we explore the rise in Series B (and now, C) fundraising rounds out of the Philippines in 2021, and what it signals for the startup ecosystem as a whole. Seven founders share how much the Philippine venture ecosystem has changed and what needs to be done to keep it growing. Catch up with Part 1 here.
This year has been a banner one for the Philippine venture ecosystem, at least on the fundraising side. Not only did the country see its first Series B in May with e-commerce startup Great Deals raising $30 million, but it was also followed swiftly by two other Series Bs in June by live streaming app Kumu and B2B e-commerce platform GrowSari.
So 2021 was all set up to be the 'Year of the Series B' — a pretty serviceable headline all on its own, for a country that historically has not seen rounds beyond Series A and whose largest exit previously was in the sub-$100 million range — until October 27, when Kumu claimed the mantle of the Philippines' first Series C.
Admittedly, much of the exponential growth the local VC space has seen has been a result of the accelerated digitalization brought on by COVID-19 and its attendant work-from-home norms. A recent report by the Gobi-Core Philippine Fund found that Philippine startups have closed 40 rounds thus far this year for a total of $858 million, putting it on par with total funds raised over the previous three years (2018-2020: $877 million).
Not too shabby. Needless to say, given the wide variety of sectors, types of startups, and types of founders that have successfully fundraised, there is no one answer to why the venture ecosystem is booming now. As the race to be the Philippines' first startup unicorn heats up (Mynt, a corporate fintech co-owned by Globe Telecom and Ant Financial, has laid claim to being the first unicorn), TechNode Global decided to get it straight from the horses' mouths.
We spoke to founders behind three of the Series B startups (Kumu's Rexy Dorado, GrowSari's ER Rollan, and Great Deals' Steve Sy), two founders of two Pre-B startups (PDAX' Nichel Gaba and Tonik's Greg Krasnov), as well as two other founders who have fundraised this year (Maria Health's Vincent Lau and a founder who wishes to remain unnamed).
More founders, more VCs
Historically, both fundraising totals and exit proceeds faced price pressures in the Philippines as typically, acquirers would be corporate VCs (CVCs) or private equity (PE) firms affiliated with one of the Philippine family-owned conglomerates. Exits happened early, perhaps too early for regional or foreign VCs with bigger risk appetites and growth aspirations.
But pre-2021, foreign investors were few and far between, while independent VCs lacked the bargaining power and dry powder to bring early-stage startups into the growth limelight. A prime example would be Coins.ph, a fintech company co-founded by two foreign founders that was quickly bought by Gojek in January 2019 for $72 million, after raising two Series A rounds of $5 million each in 2016 and 2017. Clearly, it was a buyer's market.
The founder who preferred to remain unnamed said: "Even though there are local VCs here, they don't really behave like VCs because they're part of corporate arms that tend to focus on ventures that have synergistic value and could be potential acquisition targets.
"Now, that's changing because the startup ecosystem in the Philippines is a lot more vibrant. It wasn't the case three or four years ago, when there were very few startups. Now there's a lot more startups, which means you also have a lot more potential startup founders," he added.
There are an estimated 700 startups in the Philippines as of October, a continuation of the trend seen from 2017 to 2020, when new startups mushroomed at a 29% compound annual growth rate.
"Because more people are seeking outside capital, local conglomerates have had to dissociate their venture arms so that they can more effectively take part in these opportunities," the unnamed founder said.
The increased diversity in both founder and investor types have made the venture ecosystem more vibrant, driving valuations up and resulting in local VCs structuring independent investment committees to compete.
2021 has also marked many first-time investments in the Philippines by foreign VCs, particularly in larger rounds in line with their larger appetites. Kumu' Series C, which pushed its total funds raised to $100 million, was American growth equity investor General Atlantic's first Filipino bet.
Other first-time backers made plays in sectors they were familiar with, such as Hong Kong digital asset firm BC Group participating in cryptocurrency exchange PDAX's $12.5 million pre-B round in August, or Warner Music's backing of esports firm Tier One in April.
Leveraging foreign networks, diaspora
Nichel Gaba, Co-Founder of PDAX, said one reason the fintech company tapped foreign VCs from the outset was the minimum capital requirements required for crypto businesses and the lack of local VC appetite for funding a large amount.
"At the same time, a lot of the founders and VCs I had spoken with had either studied in the U.S. or worked outside the Philippines. I had my own network with potential investors that I could reach out to," added Gaba, who was born in the U.S., grew up in the Philippines, and worked in the Hong Kong banking industry before returning to the Philippines to set up PDAX in 2017.
Foreign networks were also cited by Kumu co-founder Rexy Dorado, who was born and grew up in the Philippines before moving to the U.S. There, he met co-founder Roland Ros, a second-generation Filipino American. Together with a few other co-founders Ros and Dorado established Kumu in 2017.
"What helped more concretely in the early stage was our first 'family and friends' round was mostly Roland's friends and family, and contacts in the U.S. They were a lot more used to investing in early-stage bets at a healthy valuation. At the time, our valuation was probably higher than what he would have been able to raise in the Philippines.
"We were able to get enough money at friendly terms because of that network we had built in the U.S. It would have been harder if we had started with a local raise, we would have started with a much lower valuation and (seen) much more intense terms at the beginning. In a way, that might have not set us up for success in the years after," Dorado said.
GrowSari co-founder ER Rollan has a background similar to PDAX's Gaba: after growing up and studying in the Philippines, he worked with FMCG giants as well as BCG in Singapore for several years before returning in 2016 to set up GrowSari with three non-Filipino co-founders he had met at various stops.
Rollan recounted, "B2B was just starting, and Wavemaker was one of the proponents of having a strong B2B portfolio. The biggest challenge, fundraising-wise, was that the Philippines was not considered a tech hotspot. Because we're a Philippine-based company, there was a lot of skepticism around valuation.
"For the same sort of traction, Philippine startups saw a valuation discount. At the time, investors were benchmarking our valuation to other more common funding structures in the country, which were debt or convertible notes," he added.
Rollan and his co-founders' experience in BCG helped build an initial network, but VC pitching was a completely different ballgame from the corporate side they were used to.
"Going into a VC meeting, wearing a suit was probably not a good way to start. People want to see that you want to get your hands dirty and understand what's happening on the ground. Frankly, it was a bit of a mindset change for us," he said.
Four years later, GrowSari's Series B of over $30 million involved a wide variety of investors, including Tencent and two Gokongwei-family-linked investors (Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. and JG Digital Equity Ventures). Due to GrowSari's inclusion story — digitizing sari-sari or mom-and-pop-stores — it also drew International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group.
Leveraging foreign networks is nothing new to Ukrainian serial entrepreneur Greg Krasnov. The founder of Tonik, the Philippines' first neobank, is based out of Singapore and has founded a bank in Ukraine and multiple Asian FinTechs.
In May, Tonik announced a $17 million pre-B round led by Singapore's iGlobe Partners and involving global investment firm Citius and Moscow-based Baring Vostok Private Equity.
But this is Krasnov's second go at the Philippine startup scene, and the first time around, fundraising was much harder.
"I was a co-founder of Pera247, one of the first digital lenders in the Philippines. We knocked on a lot of investors' doors three to four years ago, but it was very hard to get investor attention about the Philippines. We ended up selling it to another fintech company called AsiaKredit, because we just couldn't succeed in fundraising. These days it's much easier," Krasnov said.
Getting on regional radars the creative way
Great Deals (founded 2014) and Maria Health (2016), took a less beaten path to getting institutional investors' attention.
In May, e-commerce enabler GreatDeals raised a $30 million Series B led by logistics firm Fast Group (owned by the Chongbian family). Founder Steve Sy, however, had bootstrapped the business from 2014 until 2018.
"I started my business in 2014 as a sole proprietor, only setting up a corporation in 2017. By 2019, I had already had two angel investors and decided to join the StartCon pitching competition, which had AUD 1 million in prize money. We went to Australia for the final, representing the Philippines. There, I met my PE/VC advisor, and a year later I closed my Series A investor, PE firm Navegar," Sy said.
Insurtech startup Maria Health recently closed a pre-Series A round led by InLife, the largest Filipino life insurance company. Maria Health founder Vincent Lau is an American expat who took a leap into the Philippines' InsurTech space in 2015, armed with one strong Filipino connection: Paul Rivera, the founder of human resource startup Kalibrr.
Lau recounted, "I was born and raised in the Bay Area so Silicon Valley was my backyard. I actually have no connection to the Philippines. After a decade working in growth-stage startups, I wanted to solve a real problem and build something for the 99%. In the Philippines, there's a huge under-insurance gap: of over 100 million people, only 2% have health insurance. That's what drew me to the Philippines."
Fast-forward to 2017, and Maria Health had an ecosystem in place and onboarded major HMOs (health maintenance organizations) and the insurers, but was facing a cash crunch.
"Fundraising was very difficult as we were still at a very early stage. If we weren't able to raise a round, we would have to consider closing the business. I had this crazy idea to join The Final Pitch (a Shark Tank-like business reality show) where all the investors were Filipino, so they could relate to the health insurance gap we were addressing.
"We got funding from the Final Pitch of about $500,000. Through the show, we also picked up our first institutional investor, Wavemaker Partners. A year later, we raised another seed round through Gobi-Core. In terms of fundraising, we've found success in identifying the right investors who truly understand localized problems and opportunities. It's not about talking to as many investors as possible, but finding the right investors," Lau said.
Though headquartered in Singapore, Wavemaker is led by a Filipino, Paul Santos. Gobi-Core, meanwhile, is a joint venture between Core Capital (founded by three Cebu-based entrepreneurs) and pan-Asian VC Gobi Partners.
"The bare minimum of knowing that somebody can be trusted and isn't a predatory investor is worth far more in the Philippine context than in more mature markets." – Rexy Dorado, Co-Founder of Kumu
Finding the 'good' angels
A common refrain by all founders was the importance of getting off on the right foot: starting with a trustworthy and fair angel investor.
Kumu founder Rexy Dorado said, "We lucked out in that we worked with Lisa (Gokongwei-Cheng) and Summit Media in 2018. She's known now — maybe not publicly, but within the startup space — as one of the best angel investors to work with. She'll give you fair terms.
"The bare minimum of knowing that somebody can be trusted and isn't a predatory investor is worth far more in the Philippine context than in more mature markets. Lisa was our first major local investor, and through Summit Media as our first institutional investor," he remarked.
In 2018, this was a rarity among local players, who were typically more conservative yet aggressive. Investors were taking majority stakes for small amounts of funding, or putting in draconian clauses.
"I've talked to a founder who took some institutional money, and one of the terms was that if his startup went under, the investor would absorb all the intellectual property. Things like that were tolerated back then because there were just fewer alternatives.
"At the regional and international level, we still needed to educate investors. The largest exit of a true startup was in the sub-$100 million range, which gave foreign investors a mental ceiling of what a home run means in the Philippines," Dorado added.
Steve Sy of Great Deals was not actively fundraising when he secured his two angel investors: Tiger Machinery president Michael Ang and Richprime Global managing director Liza Yao-Bate.
Sy recounted, "In late 2017, P&G came knocking on my door, asking if Great Deals could take their business. But just to be able to do that, I needed around $800,000 of working capital to expand my warehousing capabilities, hire people and buy products. That was my crossroads moment. After much thought, I decided to get an investor. So I shared a simple Excel and pitch deck with Michael, who was a friend of mine. He invested $400,000 in February 2018.
"In 2019, Richprime Global — one of the largest toy distributors in the Philippines — was a client. I had lunch with Liza, expecting to talk about how to grow her business online. She asked me if I was open to investment, and I said yes and that was done," he said.
Solving the talent problem
A key part of growing beyond the early stage is having skilled, trustworthy tech talents to build growth stage products and services. Several founders brought up the need to nurture and attract Filipino tech talents, a recurring theme given the country's dependence on remittances and the large population of overseas Filipino workers.
PDAX founder Nichel Gaba believes a big part of why the Philippines remains under-invested is that Filipinos are predisposed to be a global workforce, being fluent in English and having a strong affinity for Western culture.
"It's no secret that almost 10% of our workforce are actually overseas. These are our most talented and most ambitious people. Automatically, they leave the country. Global servicing hubs in India and Malaysia are consuming a lot of our tech talents. Even the Filipinos who work in hubs in the Philippines are doing back-office work for Accenture or HP.
"Who can fault them, when the choice for fresh grads is between $1,000 a month (three times the minimum wage) to support their families, or joining a startup? That's why funding is so important for startups. Now, we can compete for the best talents and make it a point to pay above average, very competitive wages," Gaba remarked.
GrowSari's ER Rollan concurs, noting that rising interest in working for startups is due to there being more founders, forums, and events about local startups. "When I started working, the bias was to work for an MNC. But now, there is a genuine talent fight that MNCs are having for fresh grads and top talent.
"While funding has definitely helped us get top talents, it's also tricky. In the beginning, I could only pay so much so there was this assurance that people joining your company are there for the vision. As startups tend to get more money and improve their ability to pay, the challenge is for us to screen for fit and motivation," Rollan remarked.
Greg Krasnov may be building a Philippine-focused neobank, but Tonik's team is global, with four to five nationalities in its top team. Being a foreign founder, Krasnov chose to leverage his international networks to bridge the talent gap.
He said, "I'm probably an atypical founder in that regard. Singapore, where I live now, is my eighth country. It's easier to source elements you're missing when you have a global perspective.
"We built out our R&D Center in India instead of the Philippines because there is extremely limited know-how in digital banking. We have 150 people in Chennai, and that just wouldn't have been possible in Manila. Meanwhile, our head of UX and a few of our UX people are based in Europe, and we've set up a mini-hub for UX in Kiev," Krasnov noted.
Kumu's Dorado points out that there remains a need for talents who have been through the process of scaling a startup, and then go on to become founders of the next wave of startups.
"We've had a lot of help from team members like Crystal Widjaja, who was at Gojek four years ago during its hyper-growth mode. She helped us reorganize our product team in six months. This could have taken us many years to get right. That kind of talent has been a bit harder to come by for the Philippines until recently.
"I think it's going to change when the Gojek and Grab IPOs happen. That's going to untether a lot of great talents who are going to be looking for their next step, and Filipino founders can take advantage of that," he noted.
A community-based ecosystem
Kumu's Dorado and Roland Ros are also co-founders of Sinigang Valley, a Philippine version of Silicon Valley located in Makati City.
Dorado explained, "Our goal is to get everybody spending more time in the same place, colliding a bit more, because there are things you can't really learn from textbooks or the Internet. You just have to have other entrepreneurs that you can trust and get insights from, who to trust to work with or take investments from. What does this investor/partner care about and how do I frame my venture so that it comes off as relevant to them? What is the market and what isn't?
"In terms of valuation and control rights, you're not going to find that (information) anywhere publicly. Founders can pick each other's brains in terms of day-to-day problem solving like hiring for a specific role, ironing out teams, or understanding regulatory compliance processes.
"What's the right way to give stock options to my team? All of those things– you can't find them from a Google search but you can ask anyone who's been working on building a venture for several years in the Philippines and they'll give you something helpful to work off of," he said.
"(Conglomerates) are comfortable not being in control, and letting entrepreneurs drive. That's the beauty of it right now." – Steve Sy, Founder of Great Deals
Only getting hotter
Given the 'sticky' nature of new digital service users, many founders believe that both funding and user base will grow.
"What usually prevents people from trying digital is the fear of the unknown. In e-commerce purchases, insurance, and many other sectors, there was a big step up during COVID. But even in the countries where COVID has pretty much gone away now, that trend stayed.
"Once people tried e-commerce, they loved it and stuck with it. They stopped going to malls and supermarkets because it saves them time. Same thing with financial services. This was a one-time boost to the whole sector. I think it will only accelerate from here," Tonik's Krasnov said.
Maria Health's Lau concurred, noting that the startup has seen a 200% increase in the demand for health insurance. "Post-pandemic, this won't be a flash in the pan because it's accelerated education and awareness of the importance of health insurance.
"Covid has flipped the world 180 degrees. What you're now seeing is a much bigger interest in the Philippines and a consensus that technology can transform traditional industries and that the Philippines is ripe for innovation and disruption," he said.
Meanwhile, Great Deals' Steve Sy believes there's much more room to grow as e-commerce sales account for less than 3 percent of total retail sales.
"People are adopting these new technologies left and right, so it's a good bet on the future. Traditional billionaires are now open to investing in startups because they know that there will be a lot of other investors coming in once the business grows to a certain size.
"Before, most of the conglomerates in the Philippines were looking for acquisitions. Now, they're open to investments and minority shares. They are comfortable not being in control and letting entrepreneurs drive. That's the beauty of it right now," Sy enthused.
In Part 3 of this series, TechNode Global will explore how much COVID-accelerated digitization was a boon for startups in the so-called 'Iron Triangle', comprising e-commerce, logistics, and fintech startups, and what sectors are set to take off in the second wave.
Philippines: Southeast Asia's next big breakout market?
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Gujarat officials complain: We don't have powers to "use" health budget given in 2005, it was taken away recently
By Our Representative
Gujarat government officials have complained that they do not have "enough freedom" to spend funds coming from the Government of India for upgrading the state's health services. Participating in an internal meeting with the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), they said, "We were given this freedom in 2005 (a year after UPA came to power). But it was taken away recently."
JSA is an all-India network of NGOs working for promoting the concept of health for all, considering health as one of the essential human rights. Officials bemoaned this amidst Government of India, especially Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya, repeatedly insisting that state budgets should be increasingly decentralized.
Briefing JSA activists on the way the funds, provided under the National Health Mission (NHM), were being used for health facilities in the state, the officials told the meeting, called in Ahmedabad to "understand" budget making, that things have particularly turned bad because "it is impossible to utilize funds meant for a particular head for needs requiring more attention."
Pointing to other difficulties, one official said, "Earlier, the Government of India would provide 90 per cent of the funds under the NHM. However, this has gone down to 60 per cent now. Earlier, the mission director had the powers to use 20 per cent of its budget. But those powers have been taken away."
"Thus, the freedom that the officials enjoyed previously in utilizing funds is not there anymore", the official said, adding, "As a result of the curtailment of powers, things, village health committees are provided just about Rs 10,000, Primary Health Centres (PHCs) just Rs 1.75 lakh, Community Health Centre (CHCs) and sub-district hospitals Rs 5 lakh and district hospitals Rs 10 lakh."
The official admission of lack of powers to utilize funds came following JSA activists complained of poor health services in Gujarat. They highlighted how, despite having 3,000 PHCs, people in a large number of rural areas have to go as far away as 45 kilometres for get basic treatment. They added, that there is a "dire shortage" of physicians and health experts in PHCs and CHCs, as a result of which patients perforce have to travel to big cities for treatment.
Pointing out that, often, in the process, the patient passes away, on activist reported that in Amreli district in Saurashtra region, even in the district hospital does not have any gynecologist, pediatrician or anesthesiologist, one reason why patients cannot be treated in there.
"There is no blood bank facility in a large number of areas", complained another activist, adding, "As a result, it is impossible to bring down maternal mortality rate, which remains on a higher site."
Well-known budget analyst Mahinder Jethmalani, who heads Pathey Budget Centre in Ahmedabad, said that just about 0.75 per cent of the budget is spent on health services in Gujarat, which is "negligible", adding, "What is worse, even the budget allocation is not fully utilized."
Analyzing the latest 2016-17 budget, Jethmalani pointed towards "gross discrepancy" that exists between the spending for health in villages and cities. "While it is Rs 1,144 per capita in urban areas, it is just about 377 in rural areas", he said, adding, "For medicines just about Rs 45 per capita is being spent, as against Tamil Nadu, which spends Rs 65 per capita."
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Mystery around Gujarat PSU 'transfer' of Rs 250 crore to Canadian firm Karnalyte
By AK Luke, IAS (Retd)*
While returning from a Board meeting of the Oil India Limited (OIL) in Ahmedabad some time in 2012, two officers of the Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (GSFC), Nanavaty and Patel, saw me off at the airport. They said they were proceeding to Canada in connection with a project GSFC had entered into with a company there. As we were running late, I hastily wished them the best.
Savarkar in Ahmedabad 'declared' two-nation theory in 1937, Jinnah followed 3 years later
One of the top freedom fighters whom BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi revere the most, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, was also a great supporter of the two nation theory for India, one for Hindus another for Muslims, claims a new expose on the man who is also known to be the original proponent of the concept of Hindutva.
J&K continues to be haunted, as parts of India 'degenerate' into quasi-Kashmir situation
By Rajendran Narayanan*, Sandeep Pandey**
"Jab har saans mein bandook dikhe toh baccha kaise bekhauf rahe?" (How can a child be fearless when she sees a gun in every breath?) remarked Anwar, a gardener from Srinagar, when asked about the situation in Kashmir. On November 30, 2019, a walk through an iron gate in a quiet neighbourhood of Srinagar took us inside a public school. It was 11 am when typically every school is abuzz with activity. Not here though.
Indians have made 119 nations their 'karma bhumi': US-based Hindu NGO tells Rupani
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In a stinging letter to Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, the US-based Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR), referring to the report citing his justification for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) – that "while Muslims can choose any one of the 150 Islamic countries in the world (for residence), India is the only country for Hindus" – has said, he should remember, Hindus have made several countries, including USA, their home.
What about religious persecution of Dalits, Adivasis, asks anti-CAA meet off Ahmedabad
By Rajiv Shah
A well-attended Dalit rights meet under the banner "14 Pe Charcha" (discussion on Article 14 of the Indian Constitution), alluding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi well-known campaign phrase of the 2014 Parliamentary elections, "chai pe charcha" (discussion over cup of tea), organized off Ahmedabad, has resolved on Wednesday to hold a 14 kilometres-long rally on April 14 to oppose the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), enacted on December 10-11.
Tata Mundra's possible closure? Power ministry's 'pressure tactic' on consumer states
By Bharat Patel*
Tata power has announced to the Union Ministry of Power that Tata Power may be forced to stop operating its imported coal-based Mundra Ultra-Mega Power Project (UMPP) after February, 2020. It is not only unfortunate but also criminal that irreversible damage has been caused to the fragile ecosystem of Mundra coast for a project that will have a running life of only seven years.
Upendra Baxi on foolish excellence, Indian judges and Consitutional cockroaches
In a controversial assertion, top legal expert Upendra Baxi has sought to question India's Constitution makers for neglecting human rights and social justice. Addressing an elite audience in Ahmedabad, Prof Baxi said, the constitutional idea of India enunciated by the Constituent Assembly tried to resolve four key conflicting concepts: governance, development, rights and justice.
Population control? 10% Indian couples want to delay next pregnancy, but fail
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«Ма́йский» — торговая марка российской компании «Май». Под этим брендом реализуется индийский чай среднеценового сегмента. Чаеразвесочная фабрика расположена во Фрязино Московской области.

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Торговая марка «Майский чай» зарегистрирована в 1991 году, в 1995 году была признана самой популярной маркой чая в России.

В 2003 году торговая марка «Майский чай» переименована в «Майский». В 2011 году изменён дизайн упаковки для всей линейки продукции марки.

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Chinese mission to the European Union refutes the fact that the European Parliament report is not true about China
in Business, Health, National, Politics, Tech
Brussels, November 27 On the 26th, a spokesman for the Chinese Mission to the European Union answered reporters' questions on the report on the impact of the European Parliament on the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the EU's foreign policy, emphasizing that the false content of the report ignored the Chinese people's anti-epidemic efforts and China-EU anti-epidemic cooperation, distorted. Qu China's development intention and deny China's legitimate right to safeguard its sovereignty and security, and China expresses its firm opposition.
A reporter asked that on the 25th, the European Parliament released the Report on the Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on the EU's Foreign Policy, criticizing the Chinese government's early response to the COVID-19 epidemic, saying that China used the epidemic to expand its own influence, and calling on the European Union to re-examine Europe-China relations. How does China comment on this?
A spokesman for the Chinese Mission to the European Union said that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China has reported the epidemic for the first time, quickly took strict measures to prevent and control the epidemic, and rushed to the international community, including the European Union and its member states, and comprehensively promoted the resumption of work and production, making important contributions to the global fight against the epidemic and European economic recovery.
The spokesman stressed that China's development is to live a better life for 1.4 billion people, which is a legitimate and reasonable appeal, which cannot be distorted or stopped. China has no intention to influence who, interfere with and change who. There is no so-called geopolitical or even expansion intention. It hopes that the EU will earnestly respect China's core interests and major concerns and abide by the basic norms of international law and international relations such as non-interference in internal affairs.
The spokesman said that the global epidemic is still going on. China and the EU should establish and adhere to a correct understanding of each other and cooperate sincerely. If they do not put down the old thinking mode and ideology, it is like "fighting fire with pay", which ultimately harms China-EU relations and the interests of the people of both sides. China calls for more inclusiveness and cooperation in the European Parliament. Less suspicion and accusations to defeat the real opponent of the virus as soon as possible through international cooperation.
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2007 Hip Hop Albums
Below The Heavens
DAR Hip Hop
Freeway.
Sean Price
DAR Hip Hop: 7 Underrated Albums From 2007
2007 was not the best year for mainstream hip hop honestly. The biggest albums from the artists that year all seemed to be disappointing in some way, and we were regulated to the crazy 50 vs Kanye sales battle that was pointless in retrospect, but at least entertaining. Aside from the albums that garnered sales and attention, there are the albums that deserved more attention and more acclaim that didn't get it, or at least not to the level it should have. Today, we discuss 7 albums from 2007 that were essentially underrated. Which albums make our list? Read on to find out.
*Blu and Exile- Below The Heavens
-It may seem confusing for an underground classic to be considered underrated, but that's the reality. A number of lists on the best albums of the year will have this debut album from Blu and Exile on it I'm sure, but the average list will feature Jay-Z, Kanye West, Common, maybe even 50 Cent on it and at a higher position because of name value. Blu and Exile have the album of the year and I don't think it's even a question. With true to life lyricism, smooth and soulful production, and just all around great music, Blu and Exile deliver something timeless that give us classics such as "Dancing In The Rain", "Blu Colla Workers", "The Narrow Path", and of course "No Greater Love". Below The Heavens stands as a landmark moment in the career of Blu and Exile both and rightfully so.
*Black Milk- Popular Demand
-The Detroit producer is one of the better artists and producers from his city, and he has a lot of music in his catalog that entices listeners, but in 2007, his second album Popular Demand really set the tone for what he was about and what to expect going forward. Black Milk is slept on in general, but this album features some of his best music period. Armed with some excellent production (all done by himself), Black Milk enlists the help of fellow Detroit natives and other Midwest spitters for an album that gives us great tracks like "Action", "Watch Em", "Shut It Down", and "Lookatusnow", among other songs. Simply put, Black Milk delivers on an album that should have received more love when it dropped.
*Little Brother- Getback
-The last true Little Brother album (because Leftback was clearly thrown together) that really felt like a collective effort was a gem in 2007 that saw the duo of Phonte and Pooh rejecting the nonsense of major labels and sticking to their bread and butter. They would also be without their in-house producer 9th Wonder minus one song, as 9th departed from the group, but they would get contributions from Hi-Tek, Mr. Porter, Nottz, and more, proving they could deliver greatness on beats from any producer. The album is not on the same level in concept as their previous two classics, but from a song level, the album is on par with those. Getback was less conceptual and more straightforward following their departure from Atlantic Records and the other mishaps that occurred, and it results in classics like "Sirens", "Can't Win For Losing", "Dreams", "After The Party", and "When Everything Is New". Little Brother is one of the greatest groups in hip hop history and this album reminds you why they earned that spot in such a short time.
*Freeway- Free At Last
-Roc-A-Fella was attempting to make a comeback following their publicized breakup and this was the real start of it. After an unsuccessful attempt in 2005 with Memphis Bleek and Young Gunz as the gunners for the squad, it was time for Freeway and Beanie Sigel to carry the torch in 2007 next to Jay and Kanye. For Beans, his album would fall a little short, but Freeway did his job. The album wasn't a huge success commercially, but quality wise, the sophomore album from Free is only a notch below his classic debut Philadelphia Freeway. With smooth production, top shelf lyricism along with having both Jay-Z and 50 Cent assist with the project and you have a winner. There are a number of songs on here that stick out, but my favorites were "Still Got Love", "Take It To The Top", "When They Remember", and the beautiful opener "This Can't Be Real". Freeway avoids the sophomore slump and releases yet another excellent album that somehow went under the radar on the year.
*Prodigy and The Alchemist- Return Of The Mac
-One half of the legendary duo Mobb Deep returned with a new solo project completely produced by a producer that he was very familiar with in Alchemist. This album was essentially the type of music we fell in love with Mobb Deep for, full of bravado, aggression, and P at his most raw lyrically. The highlights on this album include "The Rotten Apple", "7th Heaven", "Stuck On You", and my personal favorite "Bang On Em". All in all, Return Of The Mac was one of the best releases of the year that sometimes gets overlooked.
*Pharoahe Monch- Desire
-I always loved Monch and his music, and while I thought Internal Affairs was a really good album, my belief was always that he could likely end up outdoing it with his later work (or his next album at least). He would prove me correct with his album Desire, which is still my favorite work in his catalog. The production was beautiful from beginning to end, with Mr. Porter, Black Milk, and The Alchemist stealing the show on the sound front. Monch delivers some amazing verses and great concepts throughout the album, providing listeners with greatness such as the title track, "Push", the controversial "When The Gun Draws", "Free", "Hold On", and the intense "Trilogy", which features three different beats and three pieces of a story. All in all, Desire is an amazing album that solidified Monch even more as a hip hop legend.
*Sean Price- Jesus Price Supastar
-RIP to the late great Sean Price who was one of the unsung heroes of hip hop that never got his true just due. He was one of the most rugged MCs in the game and he had a lot of solid moments in the game over the years with his Duck Down crew, but he began to find his own lane as a solo artist and this was the album that served as a bit of a breakthrough following the mild success of his first solo Monkey Barz. Armed with production fron Illmind, 9th Wonder, Khyrsis, and more, Sean has an amazing soundbed to work with and solid guest appearances from his Duck Down crew, Phonte, and Skyzoo. Highlights from the album include "Let It Be Known", "You Already Know", "Mess You Made", "Hearing Aid", and "Cardiac". This album, much like the others listed, were all slept on in a major way and deserve much more recognition on a weird year for hip hop mainstream wise.
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Q: Find the tangent space of Ellipsoid $M = \{(x,y,z)|\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}+\frac{z^2}{c^2}=1\}$
Find the tangent space of
  $$M = \{(x,y,z)|\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}+\frac{z^2}{c^2}=1\}$$

So I know the formula of tangent space for a manifold represnted by $F$ such that $F=0$: it is $ker (DF)$.
So I'll define - $F = \frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}+\frac{z^2}{c^2} - 1$ and of course $F=0$.
By definition, $DF = (\frac{2x}{a^2},\frac{2y}{b^2},\frac{2z}{c^2})$ and we just need to find $ker (DF)$.
Besides $x=y=z=0$, the solutions are $(x,y,(-\frac{x^2}{a^2} -\frac{y^2}{b^2} )c^2)$, $(x,(-\frac{x^2}{a^2} -\frac{z^2}{c^2})b^2,z)$ and $(-\frac{y^2}{b^2} -\frac{z^2}{c^2} )a^2,y,z)$.
But what is the final tangent space that is spanned by these solutions?

A: At a point $p \in M$, the tangent space to $M$ is given by $ker(DF(p))$, as you said. So, in your case, it is the set of points $(x,y,z) \in \mathbb{R^3}$ such that (I divided the $2$ which comes from differentiating)
\begin{align*}
\begin{pmatrix}
    \dfrac{p_1}{a^2} & \dfrac{p_2}{b^2} & \dfrac{p_3}{c^2}
\end{pmatrix}
\cdot
\begin{pmatrix}
    x \\
    y \\
    z
\end{pmatrix}
&= 0 \\
\dfrac{p_1}{a^2}x + \dfrac{p_2}{b^2}y + \dfrac{p_3}{c^2}z &= 0
\end{align*}
In other words the tangent space of $M$ at $p$ is the plane through the origin given by the equation above.
(If you want the actual tangent plane to $M$ at the point $p$, you simply have to translate the plane to pass through $p$, by replacing $(x,y,z)$ with $(x-p_1, y-p_2, z-p_3)$)

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The Causes and Consequences of Industry Self-Policing
03 Oct 2007Working Paper Summaries
by Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
The corporate confession is a paradox, as described in this paper aimed at managers, policymakers, and citizens. Why would a firm that identifies regulatory compliance violations within its own operations turn itself in to regulators, rather than quietly fix the problem? Economic intuition suggests that firms will self-disclose violations only when the cost of doing so is less than the expected cost of hiding violations. However, while the cost of doing so can be increased regulatory scrutiny, there is often almost no expected cost of hiding violations. To explore the complex behavior of corporate self-disclosure, Short and Toffel conducted a large-scale analysis in the context of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Audit Policy. They investigated what factors lead organizations to self-disclose violations that went undiscovered by regulators, and asked whether these self-disclosing organizations were obtaining any unofficial regulatory benefits above and beyond formal penalty mitigation. They also evaluated whether self-policing promotes the regulatory objective of improving compliance records. Key concepts include:
Government regulatory scrutiny is a leading factor that drives firms in a public-private partnership where firms self-police their own regulatory compliance and self-disclose violations.
Self-policing and self-disclosing provide mutual benefits for regulators and firms, although ongoing investment in government enforcement remains a critical success factor.
Author Abstract
Several innovative regulatory programs are encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily disclose, or "confess," the violations they find. Despite the "win-win" rhetoric surrounding these government voluntary programs, corporate confessions presents something of a behavioral paradox. Tasked with monitoring the legality of its own operations, why would firms that identify violations turn themselves in to regulators rather than quietly fix the problem? And why would regulators entrust regulated entities to monitor their own compliance and enforce the law against themselves? This paper addresses these questions by investigating the factors that lead organizations to self-disclose violations, the effects of self-policing on regulatory compliance, and the effects of self-disclosing on the behavior of regulators. We investigate these research questions in the context of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Audit Policy.
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Working Paper Publication Date: September 2007
HBS Working Paper Number: 5788
Faculty Unit(s): Technology and Operations Management
Michael W. Toffel
Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management


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Prediction of Suitable Habitat for Lycophytes and Ferns in Northeast China: A Case Study on Athyrium brevifrons
LI Yan, CAO Wei, HE Xingyuan, CHEN Wei, XU Sheng
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LI Yan, CAO Wei, HE Xingyuan, CHEN Wei, XU Sheng. Prediction of Suitable Habitat for Lycophytes and Ferns in Northeast China: A Case Study on Athyrium brevifrons[J]. 中国地理科学, 2019, 29(6): 1011-1023. doi: 10.1007/s11769-019-1085-4
引用本文: LI Yan, CAO Wei, HE Xingyuan, CHEN Wei, XU Sheng. Prediction of Suitable Habitat for Lycophytes and Ferns in Northeast China: A Case Study on Athyrium brevifrons[J]. 中国地理科学, 2019, 29(6): 1011-1023. doi: 10.1007/s11769-019-1085-4
LI Yan, CAO Wei, HE Xingyuan, CHEN Wei, XU Sheng. Prediction of Suitable Habitat for Lycophytes and Ferns in Northeast China: A Case Study on Athyrium brevifrons[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2019, 29(6): 1011-1023. doi: 10.1007/s11769-019-1085-4
Citation: LI Yan, CAO Wei, HE Xingyuan, CHEN Wei, XU Sheng. Prediction of Suitable Habitat for Lycophytes and Ferns in Northeast China: A Case Study on Athyrium brevifrons[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2019, 29(6): 1011-1023. doi: 10.1007/s11769-019-1085-4
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1. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
3. Shenyang Arboretum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
4. Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Under the auspices of National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFC0500300), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41675153)
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摘要: Suitable habitat is vital for the survival and restoration of a species. Understanding the suitable habitat range for lycophytes and ferns is prerequisite for effective species resource conservation and recovery efforts. In this study, we took Athyrium brevifrons as an example, predicted its suitable habitat using a Maxent model with 67 occurrence data and nine environmental variables in Northeast China. The area under the curve (AUC) value of independent test data, as well as the comparison with specimen county areal distribution of A. brevifrons exhibited excellent predictive performance. The type of environmental variables showed that precipitation contributed the most to the distribution prediction, followed by temperature and topography. Percentage contribution and permutation importance both indicated that precipitation of driest quarter (Bio17) was the key factor in determining the natural distribution of A. brevifrons, the reason could be proved by the fern gametophyte biology. The analysis of high habitat suitability areas also showed the habitat preference of A. brevifrons:comparatively more precipitation and less fluctuation in the driest quarter. Changbai Mountains, covering almost all the high and medium habitat suitability areas, provide the best ecological conditions for the survival of A. brevifrons, and should be considered as priority areas for protection and restoration of the wild resource. The potential habitat suitability distribution map could provide a reference for the sustainable development and utilisation of A. brevifrons resource, and Maxent modelling could be valuable for conservation management planning for lycophytes and ferns in Northeast China.
Athyrium brevifrons /
lycophytes and ferns /
Maxent /
suitable habitat /
Northeast China /
Abstract: Suitable habitat is vital for the survival and restoration of a species. Understanding the suitable habitat range for lycophytes and ferns is prerequisite for effective species resource conservation and recovery efforts. In this study, we took Athyrium brevifrons as an example, predicted its suitable habitat using a Maxent model with 67 occurrence data and nine environmental variables in Northeast China. The area under the curve (AUC) value of independent test data, as well as the comparison with specimen county areal distribution of A. brevifrons exhibited excellent predictive performance. The type of environmental variables showed that precipitation contributed the most to the distribution prediction, followed by temperature and topography. Percentage contribution and permutation importance both indicated that precipitation of driest quarter (Bio17) was the key factor in determining the natural distribution of A. brevifrons, the reason could be proved by the fern gametophyte biology. The analysis of high habitat suitability areas also showed the habitat preference of A. brevifrons:comparatively more precipitation and less fluctuation in the driest quarter. Changbai Mountains, covering almost all the high and medium habitat suitability areas, provide the best ecological conditions for the survival of A. brevifrons, and should be considered as priority areas for protection and restoration of the wild resource. The potential habitat suitability distribution map could provide a reference for the sustainable development and utilisation of A. brevifrons resource, and Maxent modelling could be valuable for conservation management planning for lycophytes and ferns in Northeast China.
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MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5.10 is a new release of MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5, based on MySQL Server 5.7 and including features in version 7.5 of the NDB storage engine, as well as fixing recently discovered bugs in previous NDB Cluster releases.
Obtaining MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5. MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5 source code and binaries can be obtained from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/.
For an overview of changes made in MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5, see What is New in NDB Cluster 7.5.
This release also incorporates all bug fixes and changes made in previous NDB Cluster releases, as well as all bug fixes and feature changes which were added in mainline MySQL 5.7 through MySQL 5.7.22 (see Changes in MySQL 5.7.22 (2018-04-19, General Availability)).
References: This issue is a regression of: Bug #25092498.
References: See also: Bug #28728603.
A data node overload could in some situations lead to an unplanned shutdown of the data node, which led to all data nodes disconnecting from the management and nodes.
This was due to a situation in which API_FAILREQ was not the last received signal prior to the node failure.
References: See also: Bug #47039, Bug #11755287.
References: See also: Bug #26735618, Bug #27191468.
Race conditions sometimes occurred during asynchronous disconnection and reconnection of the transporter while other threads concurrently inserted signal data into the send buffers, leading to an unplanned shutdown of the cluster.
References: See also: Bug #20112700.


After releasing a comeback schedule,�Kim Chung Ha�has revealed two teaser images for her upcoming 2nd mini album 'OFFSET'.
The singer has been teasing her return since last year, and fans can finally see the teasers for her new mini album. She looks gorgeous in both teaser photos and they're very different stylistically.�In one photo she looks like your innocent next-door girl sitting next to plants while in the other photo she has different makeup�on and looks more like a bad girl type.
The pre-orders for Kim Chung Ha's 2nd mini album starts on January 8, and her music video will be out on the 17th.
Stay tuned for more updates on Kim Chung Ha.