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A man cycles past a destroyed Syrian Army compound in Azaz, 47 kilometres north of Aleppo, on Friday.
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Published August 3, 2012 Updated August 3, 2012
This article was published more than 8 years ago. Some information in it may no longer be current.
Kofi Annan's resignation as a United Nations peace envoy has left Syria in free-fall. Never have things looked gloomier for the country.
The capital, Damascus, and the country's largest city, Aleppo, are now on the front lines of an expanding conflict that, on any given day, can involve fighting at scores of different sites across the country.
What began 17 months ago as a demonstration for democratic rights, akin to protests last year across much of the Arab world, has developed into a full-fledged insurgency against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, with neither side able to strike a decisive blow.
As the International Crisis Group put it in a report this week: "That the regime has been weakened is incontrovertible. But it has been weakened in ways that strengthen its staying power."
And while the regime is hitting insurgents hard, the independent non-governmental organization said, "its ruthless practices have guaranteed a virtually limitless pool of recruits prepared to fight with the opposition at any cost."
It was because of this apparent paradox that Mr. Annan, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning former UN secretary-general, threw in the towel.
Arriving at a political settlement, however, wasn't always a "mission impossible," as Mr. Annan put it.
In the first days of the popular uprising, in March last year, largely peaceful protests were met with stunningly harsh measures that left several young people in the Deraa area of southern Syria dead.
Mr. al-Assad, who had just witnessed the unimaginable fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, undoubtedly wanted to nip in the bud any large-scale popular uprising in Syria.
The deployment of deadly force by the local security forces was followed immediately by an apology from the President, who fired the governor of Deraa for overreacting.
No doubt, Mr. al-Assad thought his clever two-step would leave the Syrian people with just the right amount of fear and gratitude to quiet any efforts to enlarge the protests.
But when several weeks of regular Friday demonstrations expanded to many locations, each met with a similarly harsh response, and when Mr. al-Assad's modest attempts at political reform were ignored by the public, a decision was made at the highest level to bring to heel the widening network of protesters.
The solution, implemented by the largely Alawite security forces, was based on the premise that harsher measures would restore law and order, and allow the President's political reforms to be implemented.
From the early days of the conflict, the regime sought to shed or marginalize influential people among the leadership who argued for different measures. A deputy prime minister, Abdallah al-Dardari, who had been responsible for economic reforms, was pushed out in April last year. Vice-President Farouk al-Sharaa, who chaired a meeting on political reform and gave what some say was the kind of presidential address Mr. al-Assad should have given, has been almost invisible since the summer of 2011.
Also that summer, Brigadier-General Manaf Tlas, a one-time close associate of the President and one of the most prominent Sunni Muslims in the country, was quietly relieved of his command. Gen. Tlas had met with members of the opposition and argued for non-violent solutions. (Two weeks ago, he defected, slipping out of the country to France.)
By late last year, however, it was apparent the security solution was not working – it only served to drive opponents to armed rebellion. The "wall of fear," as Syrians called it, which gave the security forces their authority, had toppled.
It was about that time that the "Russian option" surfaced behind the scenes. It called for Moscow to persuade Mr. al-Assad to step down, much as the recalcitrant Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was persuaded to do so by his powerful benefactor, Saudi Arabia. But Russia never made a move.
"I think they realized they would never convince Assad, and didn't want to lose political capital by failing," a former senior official in the regime said.
With Arab League and United Nations condemnations raining down on him, Mr. al-Assad switched tactics and moved, in January this year, to a military solution – once again coupling it with yet another attempt at political reforms.
Within weeks, he rammed through constitutional changes that ended the Baath Party's monopoly, held supposedly multiparty parliamentary elections, in which no one reputable wanted to run and few people voted, and appointed a new government. On June 3, he proclaimed the reform program complete.
By the end of June, however, he changed his tune and announced an "all-out war" against the growing opposition. "We can only make serious progress on the political front once the violence stops," Mr. al-Assad said.
The template for the military solution had been devised in the Homs district of Baba Amr back in February. With the armed insurgents hidden deep in that neighbourhood, the military employed a scorched-earth approach, levelling much of the area, driving out the inhabitants and allowing private pro-regime militias, the shabiha, to carry out killings.
It was a technique applied numerous times since then and is currently being used in Aleppo.
The effect of all this, however, was only to drive the opposition to greater militancy and radicalization.
In July, rebels entered the capital and a bomb planted inside security headquarters killed four senior members of the security leadership. Fighting broke out in downtown districts of Damascus and rebels seized several border posts on the Iraqi and Turkish frontier.
Along with their new militant prowess, the opposition was adopting an increasingly Sunni jihadist ethos. Fuelled in part by the discourse of supporting states Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and practised by the numerous international jihadists who had flooded into Syria to join the fighting, the conflict took on a more confessional tone.
Scenes such as this week's summary executions in Aleppo and at border posts two weeks ago, along with decidedly sectarian rhetoric, has generated existential fears among the regime's Alawite supporters.
"The fear actually works to the regime's advantage," said Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. "It helps it marshal its forces."
Indeed, it has become the accepted wisdom among Syria's Alawites that if Mr. al-Assad falls, they fall, too.
As the opposition morphed into a more jihadist fighting force, the regime was transformed into one big militia fighting for its life.
They are like two forces that feed off each other, "driven," the International Crisis Group said "by the same goal: unmitigated victory."
And international support, whether from Iran and Russia for the regime – or Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey for the opposition – has given each side the means to ensure it can fight on, but not enough support to defeat the other side.
So what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? They both lose.
In Greek mythology, from which the paradox comes, the magical dog Laelaps, which always caught its prey, was sent to capture the troublesome Teumessian Fox, which never could be caught.
When Zeus saw the contradiction – that neither could triumph – he turned both animals to stone and cast them into the stars.
What happens to Syria with such forces that can't succeed?
Israeli analyst Mordechai Keidar has predicted the collapse of the state into five or six mini-states as once existed under French occupation in the 1930s.
Others, such as the former senior Syrian official, said the scenario is likely to be much worse – complete fragmentation.
"Already we are seeing this happen," said Alastair Crooke, author of Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution. "In Idlib," an area in the northwest from which the regime has largely withdrawn, "there are 80 different militias fighting among themselves, vying for control."
"It is becoming clearer by the day," the International Crisis Group report concluded, "that the outcome of the struggle will be much messier than either party once hoped."
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28 February 2018 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced additional signings to ONE Super Series, which aims to provide the world's best martial artists a prestigious global platform to showcase the beauty of Asia's striking arts such as Muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, taekwondo, kung fu, wushu, sanda, silat, lethwei and more.
On April 20, 2018, ONE Super Series will launch at "ONE: Heroes of Honor" at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. One of the confirmed bouts is between Fabio Pinca, 33, of Lyon, Saint-Fons, France and Nong-O Gaiyanghadao, 31, of Sakon Nakhon, Thailand.
Pinca is a French-Italian highly-decorated Muay Thai kickboxer known for his technical and precise offensive style. He is a welterweight who was a former French Muay Thai champion, former WPKC European Kickboxing Champion, former WBC World Muaythai Welterweight Champion and Rajdamnern Stadium champion.
On the other hand, Gaiyanghadao is considered by Thai boxing purists as one of the top pound-for-pound Muay Thai practitioners in the world. He is a four-time Lumpinee Stadium champion, a Rajadamnern Muay Thai world champion, two-time Thailand national champion, and a two-time awardee of Fighter of the Year.
Gaiyanghadao is also a five-division world champion in the sport. He is known for the incredible speed, power and precision behind all his strikes.
ONE Super Series was created to showcase the adrenaline-pumping action of world-class martial arts on the world's biggest and most prestigious stage of competition. Fans will be treated to an amazing evening of electrifying and compelling matchups, designed to showcase the purest form of world-class striking across all of Asia's major martial arts.


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InnoVision Telehealth Forum
Telemedicine offers direct access to off-site subject matter expert, providing the opportunity to improve the quality of care, reduce costs, and keep patients in their own communities.
Please join us at SCRA in Summerville, SC on October 24 at 3 PM to learn how new technologies, digital infrastructure, and virtual office visits are improving both urgent and rural healthcare.
This InnoVision Telehealth Forum will include James McElligott of the SC Telehealth Alliance, Joseph Krainin of Singular Sleep, Sachin Patel of Digital Health Solutions, and Bill Harley and Bob Adams of Zeriscope.
InnoVision Awards Announces the 2019 Call to Entry
INNOVISION ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES
Greenville, SC – InnoVision Board announces the 21st Annual InnoVision Awards Call for Entries. The awards program recognizes innovative persons and organizations in South Carolina in six categories of technical innovation, as well as the special categories of Young Innovator and Townes Lifetime Achievement. Applications will be accepted until July 22, 2019.
The categories are:
New Technology Development: Recognizes a company or organization for the development of a new or improved technology.
Technology Integration: Recognizes a company or organization for an innovation arising from the integration of one or more existing technologies.
Education: Recognizes a company or organization for the innovative application or development of technology to positively impact education in South Carolina.
Community Service: Recognizes an organization for the innovative application or development of technology to improve the quality of life within South Carolina.
Sustainability: Recognizes an organization for development or application of technology to provide innovative support of environmental stewardship.
Small Enterprise: Recognizes an organization with fewer than 50 full-time employees or less than $20 million in revenue, for the innovative application or development of new technology.
Winners in each award category will be announced at the 21st Annual InnoVision Awards Dinner on November 21, 2019.
Applications can be found on our website: http://www.innovisionawards.org
The InnoVision Awards Program is South Carolina's premier awards program focused exclusively on celebrating and enabling innovation through technology. InnoVision provides an opportunity for high visibility and exposure for your organization within the South Carolina business community through this juried competition.
About InnoVision
http://www.innovisionawards.orgEstablished in 1999, InnoVision is South Carolina's premier organization dedicated to the advancement of innovation and technology. InnoVision maintains its commitment to supporting and celebrating technology and innovation through InnoVision educational Forums and its annual InnoVision Awards Banquet held each November. InnoVision is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, funded entirely by donations and sponsorships.
2018 InnoVision Award Winners!
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Spartanburg, South Carolina November 9, 2018
InnoVision Awards Announces 2018 Award Winners
Blaine Childress, Chair of the InnoVision Awards Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the 2018 InnoVision Award Winners, recognized during the Awards Dinner, held at the Spartanburg Marriott.
Community Service: Global Transplant Solutions introduced a new plastic package with a pleated resilient polymer design that permits clinicians to hygienically break up saline ice into a fine powder, to provide a slush for cooling human organs prior to harvesting.
Education:USC College of Engineering and Computing has created a new MS program in Technology Innovation that inspires entrepreneurial minded science and engineering students to take leaderships roles in product design in large organizations, and embark on new business ventures.
Small Enterprise: Tetramer Technologies synthesized a new polyimide coating with a service temperature of more than 350°C, to deliver superior performance to optical fibers, wires, and films.
Sustainability: Unlimited Power, LTD.engineered a modular, solar-powered charging and storage solution called HiveSystem™ which enables a 24-hour personal solar power grid.
Technology Development: Heatworks has invented a carbon electrode array that uses the minerals in the water supply to act as the heating element, yielding a 40% cost reduction and delivering cleaner hot water.
Technology Integration: Contec Healthcare has partnered with Tietex International to create PREMIRA®, a disposable microfiber mop that is revolutionizing the way that people clean in healthcare environments.
Young Innovator: Converse College created the Science, Technology and Research Scholars, or S.T.A.R.S. initiative, which selects high school students to work in a university laboratory, alongside undergraduates, graduates and professors to build confidence and ignite their love and interest in STEM fields.
Mr. Childress remarked, "The talent evidenced by the educators, scientists, and engineers who were recognized as Winners and Finalists this year, continues to impress and inspire all of South Carolina. On behalf of the InnoVision Board of Directors, I congratulate all of these outstanding innovators."
For 20 years, InnoVisionAwardshas recognized businesses, community leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, and individuals who set new standards for innovation; by creating, developing, and implementing their visionary thinking, so as to preserve the environment and invigorate the economy of South Carolina. Please join us in our program. [www.InnoVisionAwards.org]
InnoVision Announces 2018 Keynote Speaker!
Spartanburg, SC- As South Carolina looks forward to the 20th Annual InnoVision Technology Awards, the InnoVision Board has released exciting news about this year's dinner Keynote.
Joshua Stewart Senior Engineering Director at Proterra, will address the assembly at the upcoming November 8th banquet to at the Spartanburg Marriott. Josh has continually gravitated toward exciting vehicles, having served as an Armor Officer in the United States Army, later having worked in professional racing as an engine and powertrain design engineer for various NASCAR teams including RouchYates Racing Engines, and now leading Proterra in the custom design and technical development of 21st century transit.
InnoVision Awards celebrates the very best new technical innovations conducted in South Carolina. This year InnoVision will not only announce the Winners in seven categories, but include a look backward at some of the distinguished awardees and inventions during its history.
Tickets may be purchased through the website https://www.innovisionawards.org or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovision-awards-dinner-tickets-49036950840?aff=ebdssbeac
2018 Finalists Announced!
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Greenville, South Carolina August 13, 2018
InnoVision Awards Announces Finalists for 2018 Awards
For 20 years, InnoVision Awards has represented the mark of distinction for outstanding technological excellence, leadership, and innovation in South Carolina, and beyond. InnoVision recognizes businesses, entrepreneurs, educators, and individuals who set new standards for innovation; by creating, developing, and implementing their visionary thinking, thereby invigorating the South Carolina economy.
Blaine Childress, President of the InnoVision Awards Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the Finalists for the 2018 InnoVision Awards.
Technology Development: Accessible Diagnostics (Greenville, SC); Heatworks (Mount Pleasant, SC); and Poly-Med (Anderson, SC).
Technology Integration: BANDWAGON (Greenville, SC); Contec (Spartanburg, SC); andInsignia Group (Rock Hill, SC).
Small Enterprise: P2 Ops (Fort Mill, SC); Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing (Florence, SC); and Tetramer Technologies (Pendleton, SC).
Education: Clear Touch Interactive (Greenville, SC); C.U. Early Literacy Center (Clemson, SC); and USC College of Engineering and Computing (Columbia, SC).
Sustainability: Mogul SC Nonwovens (Gray Court, SC); Unlimited Power, LTD. (Greenville, SC); and Worthwhile (Greenville, SC).
Community Service: 6 AM City, LLC (Greenville, SC); Global Transplant Solutions (Duncan, SC); and Westminster Presbyterian-Carolina High School (Greenville, SC).
Young Innovator: Converse College S.T.A.R.S. Program (Spartanburg, SC).
Mr. Childress remarked, "Selection by our distinguished Judging Panel as a Finalist for an InnoVision Award is a significant achievement and honor. The InnoVision Awards program receives entries from the entire state of South Carolina and is always very competitive. On behalf of the InnoVision Board of Directors, I applaud and congratulate all of the businesses and institutions who conducted these outstanding innovations in the state of South Carolina."
The annual Awards Dinner will be held at the Spartanburg Marriott on Thursday, November 8, 2018. Sponsorships, Tables and Individual Tickets are now available. Please contact info@InnoVisionAwards.org to reserve your place at this event.
Learn to Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights
On August 16, join local business leaders for an event diving into the details of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), sponsored in partnership with South Carolina Manufacturing, The Brickyard, InnoVision, SCRA and the Douglas Kim Law Firm. Business is booming in South Carolina, and across the state, innovation is driving economic and technological developments. But just like any other asset, that innovation must be protected. In fact, the U.S. Department of Commerce noted on July 7, 2016 that, "Intellectual property protection is critical to fostering innovation. Without the protection of ideas, businesses and individuals would not reap the full benefits of their inventions and would focus less on research and development."
While more and more business owners and innovators are realizing the importance of protecting their intellectual property legally, the initial protection of ideas, research and developments is only one part of the formula; companies who learn how to leverage their IPR through a fully-developed strategy can push ahead of others in what oftentimes can be a race against time itself.
Our presenters will discuss their own IPR strategies—strategies that they confirm have contributed to the successes of their businesses. Presenting will be:
Doug Kim, an attorney practicing in Intellectual Property with the Douglas Kim Law Firm;
Ralph Hulseman, CEO of Hoowaki, LLC;
Cody Reynolds, Tech Transfer for Greenville Health System;
Steve Johnson, Regional Manager for SC Launch; and,
Nicole Johnson, Trademarks, Branding and Marketing, Boyd Cycling.
This presentation, held at The Brickyard (400 Birnie St, Suite J, Greenville) will begin at 4 p.m. and include an overview of IPR, a panel discussion with entities that create, value and have directly benefited from IPR. A networking session will follow at 5:45 p.m.
For More Information, contact Sydney Cooke at build@brickyardgvl.com.
The InnoVision jury panel is composed of consultants, technical leaders, university members, business leaders, and industrial researchers; all located outside the state of South Carolina. The judging process seeks the most significant new innovations in development, integration, sustainability, education, community service, and small enterprise.
The Judges:
Kevin Andrews
Kevin presently serves as Senior Program Manager at NineSigma NA in the Cleveland, Ohio region. He is a physical chemist with a strong background in R&D and a keen ability to connect innovations.
Joonhyung Cho
Joon is presently Director of Business Development, Industry Relations at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has a strong background in agricultural biotechnology and intellectual property commercialization.
Eloise Young
Eloise is challenge designer for HeroX, a sister organization to XPrize. She is part of the design team for the Base 11 Space Challenge that recently launched. She is an organist chemist operating her own consultancy in Moreland Hills, Cleveland, Ohio.
Don Ross
Don is President of Innovare, Inc. in the greater Boston area. Innovare examines and discovers the backbone of technical problems and utilizes a vast network of contacts and methods to bring solutions to major clients. Prior to starting his company, Don was Director of Innovation at Ocean Spray.
Elizabeth A Newcomb-Hopfer
Beth is Associate Professor, Fashion Merchandising and Design, at NC A&T University in Greensboro, N.C. Beth has a strong background in textile technology and textile management stemming from her graduate studies at N.C. State.
Brad Tompkins
Brad is the CEO of VMware User Group (VMUG), operating out of Franklin, Tennessee. Brad is a global leader in corporate information technology, helping lead his over 100,000 global members in education, strategy, profitability, and operations.
Seetha Coleman-Kummula
Seetha is CEO of the Science, Technology, and Research Institute of Delaware (STRIDE), operating out of Newark, DE. Seetha is truly an international leader, having worked in Amsterdam, Brussels, Houston, UK, Milan, Frankfurt, Midland, and Wilmington. Since 2006, she has strongly focused on Sustainability.
InnoVision Awards Partner Hosting GCC on June 14th
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InnoVision Awards partner, Upstate SC Alliance, is hosting an important opportunity to hear how the Global Competitive Council has forged important relationships with middle market international partners to bring technology and new industry investments. Please take the opportunity to attend an enriching program entitled, Grow Your Business Through Global Connections. You are encouraged to register by clicking on the link below.
Grow Your Business Through Global Connections
June 14, 2018 | The Poinsett Club
Breakfast & Networking: 8 a.m.
Program: 8:30 a.m.
How global is the Upstate and how does that impact your company and our regional economy? Join a list of speakers on June 14th to learn more!
Innovation Around the World
It is exciting to see innovation being celebrated around the world. Innovation is what makes our world better, cleaner, and safer and what better way to celebrate that than with awards! We love to see other innovation awards outside of South Carolina. We encourage you to have a look at how Amsterdam is celebrating innovation in the cleaning industry. It may inspire you to consider entering your invention for a 2018 InnoVision Award, which you can do by clicking HERE.
InnoVision Awards is South Carolina's premier organization dedicated to the advancement of innovation and technology. It recognizes and promotes excellence in innovation through technology Forums, Young Innovator Awards, Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Technology Awards in six categories.
InnoVision Awards Announces the 2018 Call for Entries
InnoVision Awards Advisory Board is pleased to announce that the call for Entry begins April 10, 2018 for consideration in six categories of innovation. Applications will be accepted until June 18, 2018.
The InnoVision Awards Program is South Carolina's premier awards program focused exclusively on celebrating and enabling innovation through technology. InnoVision provides an opportunity for high visibility and exposure for your organization within the South Carolina business community.
Winners in each award category will be announced at the 20th Annual InnoVision Awards Dinner on November 8, 2018, at the Marriott in Spartanburg, SC.
The InnoVision Technology Awards Program is dedicated to recognizing the strongest candidates for each award category within the State of South Carolina:
Technology Integration: Recognizes a company or organization for the innovative integration of one or more existing technologies.
Education: Recognizes a company or organization for the innovative application or development of technology impacting education in the State of South Carolina.
Community Service: Recognizes a company or organization for the innovative application or development of technology that improves the quality of life within the State of South Carolina.
Sustainability: Recognizes a company or organization for the innovative application or development of technology to provide products or processes that support environmental stewardship.
Only innovations conducted in South Carolina may be considered for an InnoVision Award.
Applications can be downloaded or completed via our website at https://www.innovisionawards.org/innovision-awards-application-form/
About InnoVision Awards
Established in 1999, InnoVision is South Carolina's premier organization dedicated to the advancement of innovation and technology. InnoVision maintains its commitment to supporting and celebrating technology and innovation through two primary activities – the annual InnoVision Awards Banquet held each November, and InnoVision educational forums held throughout the year.
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Knox County residents will soon be able to share crucial information with first responders at the touch of a button. The county is finalizing contracts for a system called "Smart 9-1-1."
Using an app or computer, people will be able to create a profile for dispatchers that includes medical conditions, photos, and even house layouts.
Rescue crews say the service will be a valuable time saver.
"To have all of that information and be able to just go ahead and not have to ask, tie up time by asking questions for which we already have the answers, I think that`s another huge component," said coordinator Vicki Miller.
The program will be paid for through Knox County's public safety tax and cost about $15,000 a year. The county is also in the process of setting up a system that will allow people to text 9-1-1 instead of having to call.


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Vietnam, with a coastline of over 3,260 kilometers (km) and more than 3,000 islands and islets scattered offshore, plus up to 2,860 rivers and estuaries, has been geographically endowed with ideal conditions for the thriving fishery sector which currently exists.
Great potential of fishery sector in Vietnam is embedded in water bodies of 1.700.000 ha in which 811.700 ha freshwater, 635.400 ha brackish waters and 125.700 ha coves and 300.000 - 400.000 ha wetland areas might be employed for aquaculture development.
The Mekong River Delta in the south and the Red River Delta in the north have been used for wild catch fishing as well as extensive fish farming.
Shrimp and pangasius mostly farmed in the Mekong River Delta, in which, shrimp farmes located in coastal provinces such as Tra Vinh, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Ben Tre..
Pangasius farming is developing in many provinces in Mekong River Delta such as Can Tho, Vinh Long, Tien Giang, An Giang, Dong Thap, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh....
Production in the fishery sector grew at an average rate of 7.05% from 1991 to 2000, and 10% from 2001 to now. The country produces annually over 6 million MT of fish, in which its landings reached 2.7 million MT and aquaculture reached 3.3 million MT. In 2015, total fisheries production reached 6.56 million MT, including 3.03 million tons from catching and 3.53 million tons from aquaculture.
Jan-Jun 2017: Up 6.7% in total aquaculture production
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, aquaculture production in June 2017 estimated at 450,000 MT, an increase of 3.4% over the same period last year, the figure in Jan-Jun 2017 was nearly 1.7 million MT, up 6.7% year on year.
In the first half of 2017, the area of pangasius farming in the Mekong Delta provinces hit 3,076 ha, a decrease of 16% over the same period of 2016. However, pangasius output estimated at over 580,000 MT, equal to the same period last year and completing 50.7% of the year plan.
In the period, the favorable weather facilitated brackish water shrimp farming. The area for brackish water shrimp farming in the first 6 months of 2017 estimated at nearly 640,000 ha, up 5.5% over the same period, with the output of over 216,000 MT, up 14.7% over the same period last year. The area for whiteleg shrimp farming in the Jan-Jun 2017 estimated at 57,680 ha, up 32.6% over the same period last year.
In Jan-Jun 2017, prices of raw pangasius and shrimp in Vietnam fluctuated and tended to decrease due to a rise in the supply recently.
Vietnam's aquaculture production in 2021 has reached 4.75 million tons
An Giang province focuses on developing key seafood products
Vietnam exports first batch of canned clam meat to Europe
Slight increase in Vietnam's seafood output in November 2021
Khanh Hoa province applies science and technology to aquaculture and seafood processing
Ca Mau starts the project chain of seafood processing factory with investment capital of 1,600 billion VND
Project on marine aquaculture development till 2030 approved
Can Tho province: Pangasius production reaches 97,000 tons
The Mekong Delta develops rice-shrimp farming model with high economic efficiency
Shrimp industry in Soc Trang province strives to recover after the lockdown
Vietnam's fishery output in the first 8 months reached 5.7 million tons


I've actually been drinking this beer for awhile now.
It didn't really finish as dry as I was thinking it should. It is pretty delicious. If I didn't know it was "Australian" by name, I would have just called it a standard APA.


Priscilla walks through a drill for beach volleyball defense. The drill includes digging two hard shots then chasing down a line shot or a cut shot on defense.
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Q: wsDualHttpBinding doesn't work for some clients in Intranet I have WCF-service (hosted by IIS) that is used with wsDuallHttpBinding in Intranet environment without Domain controller.
 <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>

      <wsDualHttpBinding>
        <binding name="BasicDuplexBinding" closeTimeout="00:03:00" openTimeout="00:03:00"
              receiveTimeout="00:03:00" sendTimeout="00:03:00" bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
              hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647"
              maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" messageEncoding="Mtom"
                 textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true" >
          <security mode="None">
            <message clientCredentialType="None"/>
          </security>
          <readerQuotas ... />
        </binding>
      </wsDualHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <services>
      <service name="..." behaviorConfiguration="myBehavior">
        <endpoint address=""
          binding="wsDualHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicDuplexBinding"
          name="Basic" contract="UniDubna.InfSys.Document.WcfDocManager.Contracts.Reporting.IReportService" />
      </service>
    </services>

    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="myBehavior">
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
          <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="10" maxConcurrentInstances="500" maxConcurrentSessions="500"/>
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>

Some client workstations work perfect with WCF-service, some client workstations can't establish connection (timeout is reached). Meanwhile I can open http://my-server/my-service.svc file in every client's browser and can get "wsdl" description. I guess some clients just can't establish 2 ways communication due to firewalls. How can I check that? How can I control callback port for client, preferably in configuration file?
Client configuration looks like:
...
 <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <wsDualHttpBinding>
        <binding name="BasicDuplexBinding" closeTimeout="00:02:00" openTimeout="00:02:00"
              receiveTimeout="00:02:00" sendTimeout="00:02:00" bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
              hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647"
              maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" messageEncoding="Mtom"
              textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true" >
          <security mode="None">
            <message clientCredentialType="None"/>
          </security>
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" maxArrayLength="2147483647"
                maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
        </binding>
      </wsDualHttpBinding>

...

<client>
      <endpoint name="myService" bindingConfiguration="BasicDuplexBinding"  address="http://my-server/my-service.svc" binding="wsDualHttpBinding" contract="..."/>
</client>

A: Did you remember clientBaseAddress="http://IP:PORT/NameService" in binding in wsdualhttpbinding on client side?

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SUSPECT'S LAIR
Ex-pal of 'nervy' Madeleine McCann suspect says he slept in his attic and grew cannabis months after she disappeared
Joe Duggan
THE "NERVOUS" suspect in the Madeleine McCann investigation slept in a pal's attic in Germany and grew cannabis when he left Portugal a short while after the three-year-old girl disappeared in 2007.
Christian B arrived at the house in Braunschweig, near Hanover, telling landlord Alexander Bischof he was "between jobs and had no money" and missed his English girlfriend, the Daily Mail reports.
Christian B slept in a pal's attic after returning from Portugal shortly after Madeleine disappearedCredit: Bild
Little Madeleine vanished from her parent's hotel room in May, 2007Credit: PA:Press Association
The suspect is believed to have been driving the Jag at the time of Madeleine's disappearanceCredit: Reuters
Mr Bischof agreed to have Christian B.'s Jaguar registered in his name as a "favour" after they were introduced by a mutual acquaintance.
Christian B had re-registered his 1993 Jaguar XJR6 on May 4, 2007 - the day after Madeleine vanished and it is now part of the police investigation into the little girl's disappearance.
Mr Bischof, 64, told the Daily Mail: "He was always anxious, never relaxed. His eyes would always dart around the room when you were trying to have a conversation.
"He was always a little nervous. He just couldn't hold down a job and I tried to encourage him to do so.
'I WAS BAFFLED'
"He said he grew up in an orphanage and never ever mentioned any family.
"He never really stayed in one place. He only talked about his girlfriend Maria – I think she was English and was working in Portugal.
"He said he missed her all the time."
Both men shared a "passion for Jaguar vehicles" after being introduced by their mutual acquaintance.
But Mr Bischof booted Christian B out when he discovered he was a drug dealer who was drying marijuana in his attic.
He said: "He was using my living space and is then dealing drugs. That's a no-go, I thought."
After Christian B left the house, police searched Mr Bischof's attic, mentioning "Maddie" and a "murder" and showing a particular interest in Christian B's Jaguar
Mr Bischof added: "I was baffled. I was stunned, it was unbelievable. I would never have thought that of him.
"He never spoke a word about such things. We never talked about young children, our talks were always dealing with cars, football and Portugal. Men's stuff."
'I NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN'
Yesterday, it was revealed police are readying to dig up land around two Portuguese properties where Christian B lived.
One home, a farmhouse, is just 25 minutes' walk from the hotel where the three-year-old went missing 13 years ago.
When he returned from Portugal, Christian B had lots of expensive items and Mr Bischof realised he had been stealing.
He said: "He had a very expensive camera and also a laptop. He even came back with a Rolex once and even a Breitling watch.
"He was trying to sell them, but I started to realise that he was stealing while working in his jobs in the hotels there."
Mr Bischof also said Christian B was "proud" to have worked out how to dry the cannabis in his roof before selling it.
He added: "I thought something is not right with this man. It was not good for me or my mother and wife who lived here too.
CATCHING A KILLER
Forensic scientist relives chilling moment she saw Yorkshire Ripper
WILLS' PAIN
Wills says seeing people die as ambulance pilot left him traumatised for weeks
"My wife never liked him. When he entered the room, she would leave."
A few weeks after they went their separate ways, Mr Bischof wrote to him and urged him to get "on the right path".
He said: "'I said it was only a matter of time before he would end up in the jailhouse and that he needed to sort out his ways. I never heard from him again."
Madeleine's Parents Kate and Gerry McCann have refused to give up hope over their daughter since she vanishedCredit: PA:Press Association
A house where Christian B used to live, in Lagos, southern PortugalCredit: EPA
Internet reveals 'terrifying' meaning of message found on woman's trash


Initial coin offerings, which have become the ground floor for investing in cryptocurrencies that hope to soar like Bitcoin, raised almost $6 billion last year. In most cases, the issuer had no product — only a white paper jam-packed with business ideas — and said its coins (or tokens) weren't securities because they'd be used in running whatever venture it was. Regulators didn't buy that. Some crypto startups are now pitching their digital coins in a different way, by calling them security tokens, ones that can take advantage of exemptions in securities laws.
1. What's a 'security token'?
It's a virtual unit of currency, much like Bitcoin and its competitors. But where Bitcoin's often-volatile value is entirely dependent on what its adherents say it is, security tokens are promoted as being tied to actual assets, such as equity in companies, real estate or debt. Crucially, that means issuers of security tokens acknowledge being subject to securities laws, and they design their offerings to fit established exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933.
2. Why would a startup go this route?
It's seen as a way to avoid not only the costly registration requirements that apply to the initial public offering of company stock but — perhaps — also the regulatory scrutiny and legal uncertainty currently enveloping ICOs. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a broad probe of ICOs, concerned that some should be considered securities and that others seek funding for fake businesses. Some ventures that raised money via the ICO may be forced to refund investors' money, pay fines, or both. Sellers of security tokens hope their extra care at the start means the SEC won't come looking for them later.
Take Spice VC, a venture-capital fund that looked to raise $100 million and said it secured commitments for $40 million of that in a token pre-sale. It followed the terms of Rule 506c of the SEC'S Regulation D, which spells out conditions under which offers of securities are exempt from normal registration rules, and Section 3(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, which allows private funds to avoid SEC rules. That meant, in Spice VC's case, offering sales documents to a maximum of 99 prospective investors, who had to register on its website, certify that they are accredited (read: wealthy), provide proof of identification and respect applicable lock-up periods before selling their tokens. Issuers using the exemptions must check that buyers aren't laundering funds and disclose operational information to the public on a regular basis after the sale.
4. Why don't all crypto startups go this route?
Because so much money has been raised, and can be raised, through ICOs, which are open to anybody with an internet connection — no accreditation needed.
5. Where can investors buy these offerings?
Worried about regulatory scrutiny, most established cryptocurrency exchanges don't yet offer security tokens. That's given rise to a new wave of companies, with names like Templum, Polymath and tZero, that issue tokens in hopes of becoming token exchanges. Some have launched, and others are in the works. Spice VC's own venture is a platform called Securitize, which "enables the tokenization of assets to make tokens tradable and increase their liquidity." Circle Internet Finance Ltd., a startup that lets people make instant money transfers, recently bought digital token exchange Poloniex as part of a bid to break into trading digital assets.


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"Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045"
The main cast, music and opening theme artists for "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045" have been announced. Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera and others "Ghost in the Shell SAC" original cast gathered
In 1989, Masamune Shiro published the original manga in "Young Magazine Special Edition Pirate Edition" (Kodansha), and since the serialization started, Mamoru Oshii directed "GHOST IN THE SHELL / Ghost in the Shell" (1995), animation, The "Ghost in the Shell" series, which has composed various works such as Hollywood live-action movies, and has continued to surprise and inspire the world.
The latest work "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045" is the first full 3DCG animation in "Ghost in the Shell" history, with Kenji Kamiyama who worked on the "Ghost in the Shell SAC" series and Shinji Aramaki who worked on the "APPLESEED" series Is a co-production style work by Production IG and SOLA DIGITAL ARTS, double-directed by, and will be exclusively distributed worldwide on Netflix.
⇒ The latest series "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045" teaser PV & teaser visual release! !
Finally, today, on January 27, 2020, the main cast, music and opening theme artists for this work have been announced.
The main casts will be Atsuko Tanaka (Moto Kusanagi), Akio Otsuka (Bato), Koichi Yamadera (Togsa) and others.
The original cast who played the same role in the "Ghost in the Shell SAC" series, directed by Kenji Kamiyama, will play the Public Security Section 9 again.
Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnai are responsible for the music accompanying the play .
Until now, he has been in charge of music for the "METAL GEAR SOLID" series and so on, following "ULTRAMAN" (2019), coloring the work world of both Kamiyama and Aramaki.
The opening theme is millennium parade, a project by Mr. Yuki Tsuneda (King Gnu).
Millennium parade is hosted by Mr. Tsuneta, and has a theme of `` Tokyo from the world '', with a variety of sections including musicians, video directors, CG creators, designers, illustrators, etc. centered on digital native millennials. A creative group.
The opening theme, "Fly with me", is a newly-written song inspired by this work, and the contents of the opening theme of this work have already been shown down on his own live shows.
The artist name in this song is named "millennium parade x ghost in the shell: SAC_2045" as a collaboration name. At the time of the announcement, a comment has arrived from Mr. Tsuneda.
At the same time, the latest trailer using the dialogue, music and opening theme of the play by the cast has been released, so please check it out.
In addition, the 2nd teaser visual depicting the main character Motoko Kusanagi and members of the Public Security Section 9 by Ilya Kubusinobu who designs the character of this work, and the story that was wrapped in mystery were also released, and the work official site Was also renewed today at 17:00 on January 27 (Monday).
In addition, it has been announced that the distribution start date of this work on Netflix will be April 2020, and it has been decided to participate in AnimeJapan 2020 of this work. At the Netflix Animation Stage, which will be held at BIRD BLUE STAGE from March 2nd (Sat) 14:00 to 14:30, this work will be featured heavily, with Atsuko Tanaka being the main cast with both Kamiyama and Aramaki. This event will not be overlooked, as there will be talks by Akio Otsuka and Koichi Yamadera, as well as more work information.
Maincast / Music / Opening theme announcement
<Main cast>
Motoko Kusanagi: Atsuko Tanaka,
Daisuke Aramaki:
Shuto Osaka, Akio Otsuka
Togusa: Koichi Yamadera, Koichi Yamadera
: Yutaka Nakano
Site: Toru Okawa
Paz: Takashi Onozuka
Boma: Taro Yamaguchi
Tachikoma: Sunako Tamagawa
<Music>
Nobuko Toda × Kazuma Jinnai
<Opening Theme>
Title "Fly with me"
Artist name "millennium parade × ghost in the shell: SAC_2045"
Lyrics "ermhoi"
Composition / Arrangement "Daiki Tsuneta"
Recording member
Vocal: ermhoi / Vocal: HIMI / Vocal: Cota Mori / Vocal : Kento Nagatsuka (WONK)
Trumpet: Yohchi Masago / Guitar / Sax: MELRAW / Violin: Shuntaro Tsuneta
Keyboards: Ayatake Ezaki (WONK) / Bass: Kazuki Arai (King Gnu)
Organ: Jun Miyakawa / Drums: Shun Ishiwaka / Drums: Yu Seki (King Gnu)
■ Doki Tsuneda (millennium parade) Comment
I still remember the blood in my body when I received an offer to make a theme song for Ghost in the Shell.
Because the worldview we are trying to make with the millennium parade is heavily influenced by Ghost in the Shell. I told her two replies.
The song called "fly with me" of millennium parade decided as the theme song this time is the theme song of Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 and also our own theme song.
I am very happy that this song, which has such attachment and affection, can play a part in Ghost in the Shell.
Spring 2020, worldwide distribution. please expect to have fun and wait.
■ "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045" ban notice
[Work Information] * Titles omitted
■ Netflix Original Anime Series "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045"
<Staff>
Original: Masamune Shiro "Ghost in the Shell" (Kodansha KC Deluxe)
Director: Kenji Kamiyama × Shinji Aramaki
Character Design: Ilya Kubusinobu
Music: Nobuko Toda × Kazuma Jinnai
Opening Theme: millennium parade × ghost in the shell: SAC_2045 "Fly with me"
Music Production: Flying Dog
Production: Production IG x SOLA DIGITAL ARTS
Production: Ghost in the Shell 2045 Production Committee
The 4th installment of the "Yao" visual & the first episode scene when you know that you are a poor noble
The 4th key visual of the TV animation "Yatsuo is not it!" That will be broadcast on TOKYO MX and others from April 2 has been released. The synopsis and the scene of the first episode, "Yao is not th ...
TV anime "Dance If You Go to Budokan" # 11
Synopsis and scenes of the TV anime "Dance If You Go to Budokan" # 11 "Miracles Near Us," which will be broadcast on TBS and others from March 19, have been released. . . . . "ChamJam" has decided to ...
The final story of "Heterogeneous Reviewers"
From March 28 AT-X and other TV anime "Heterogeneous Reviewers" Episode 12 (final episode) "Goodbye everyone who loves Reviewers ... Goodbye. As long as there is a Miss Succubus, Reviewers will be for ...
"Yao"
AbemaTV special program of TV animation "Yatsuo isn't it!" That will be broadcast on TOKYO MX and others from April 2 will be distributed on March 29 at 20:00. Starring Enoki AtsushiWataru's (Wendelin ...
The last episode of the TV anime "Die If You Come to Budokan" Original comics All 6 volumes 24 hours limited trial reading planning decision!!
In commemoration of the last episode of the TV anime "If You Come to Budokan, You Will Die", a 24-hour limited trial reading of Original Comics Volumes 1 to 6 has been decided. A comic by Auri Hirao, ...
"Yuru Camp" Volume 10 Release Celebration! Animate limited set with "Face Lantern"
The cast and event information has been lifted from the new project "When Higurashi is out"!


I'm so glad some of you are interested in joining me in my quest to find out how to become a more productive stitcher.
- How many hours per day/week do you sew?
- What are you spending/wasting the rest of your free time on?
- When you do sew, how do you feel before, during and afterwards?
- What factors are you aware of that impact upon when you make time to sew?
- What are you learning about sewing productivity from this process, if anything? What tips can you share?
2. Write up your results as a report (or series of reports) on your blog. If you don't have a blog, you could leave a comment below. Earn yourself some extra geek points for graphs, pie charts, or... surprise us! Most importantly, don't forget to include your tips on productivity.
3. Once we've got a critical mass of productivity tips, I'll compile an uber list of productivity tips for us all to share.


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Arsenal star cools exit speculation and vows to become 'club legend'
Arsenal's start to the 2021/22 campaign was nothing short of a disaster, as the Gunners suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to newly-promoted Brentford in what was the Bees' first ever Premier League match.
Mikel Arteta's side now face Chelsea at the Emirates on Sunday, with new Blues signing Romelu Lukaku likely to be involved.
The Gunners, who were without Piere-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette for the defeat tat Brentford, may also be without their two main strikers for the visit of Chelsea.
Despite the result, it appears that there could be good news for Arsenal fans.
According to the Daily Express, Gabon international Aubameyang is unfazed by speculation linking him with a move to Barcelona, and is instead focussed on securing his status as a legend of the club.
The 32-year-old signed a contract extension less than a year ago that will keep him in North London until 2023 at the earliest, and is prepared to honour that in the hope that he can build a legacy at the club.
Aubameyang failed to score in six pre-season matches.
Despite enduring his worst goalscoring season in a decade, the Gabonese striker still managed to net 15 times for the Gunners, displaying his ability.
The 32-year-old suffered several injuries last season, and was also granted compassionate leave due to his mother's ill health.
Aubameyang has scored 85 goals in 148 games for the Gunners since arriving from Borussia Dortmund in January 2018.
The striker missed the defeat to Brentford due to a positive Covid-19 test, along with Lacazette, and the pair also look set to miss the game against Chelsea.
That could mean that youngsters Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli could be given the nod in their absence.


Last five articles in this series covered key macroeconomic indicators relating to national production, labour market, fiscal sector, foreign sector and financial sector and what they reflect on economic development of the country since 1950s. This article outlines key indicators representative of the distributional disparities of economic development across the public.
The most of macroeconomic indicators reflect overall trends of the economy. Their interpretations also are diverse and controversial. Therefore, they do not show whether the economic development has been generated by or distributed among various sectors/segments of the economy with greater equality so that living standards of the wider public is improved while economic disparities are reduced.
Such distributional disparities are generally identified for production in sectors and geographical regions, household/personal income, social gaps in economic activities and household living conditions. The lack of time series data is the key problem in analyzing the trends of these disparities relative to overall macroeconomic trends. As most data come from different household surveys and ad-hoc data sources that are subject to concerns and controversies. Few important distributions are outlined below.
Some complain that Sri Lanka is primarily an agriculture economy due to fertile land and historic irrigation system and, therefore, agriculture should be developed to be the lead sector in national production/GDP. Meanwhile, some argue for expansion of industries to promote value-added exports and generate more employment. Such analyses are based on how the country's production stricture should be distributed among agriculture, industry and services.
The contribution of the agriculture sector to the GDP in Sri Lanka has declined from 44% in 1950s to 8% in 2010s (Table 1). In opposite, industry and service sectors have grown faster with the service sector becoming dominant at 56% in GDP.
This sectoral GDP distribution is a diversely interpreted subject. Some argue that agriculture sector has almost collapsed and this kind of national development is not sustainable. However, agriculture production also has increased in record volumes due to new irrigation facilities and new cultivation techniques although its share in the GDP has declined. Further, in open economy, the country's development has been broad-based faster to other sectors. The service sector has grown mainly on supply of services to foreign countries and development of trade in the new economy.
In GDP estimates, agriculture includes only the value-addition of cultivation/growing activity. The value of manufacturing on agricultural crops and services provided to cultivation activities is included in industry and service sectors. Therefore, agriculture sector and agriculture-based economy are two different concepts. There are many industrialized countries being agriculture-based economies. If agriculture-based activities that are included in industry and service sectors are estimated, Sri Lanka would be an agriculture-based economy. The promotion of industries and services can promote more employment and exports in open economies. Therefore, sectoral disparities in GDP should be carefully interpreted along with supporting data on generation of income and employment.
Regional production disparities such as provinces, districts and rural and urban also are discussed. In general, economic activities are concentrated in areas/locations that provide convenient access to factors of production and trade. Therefore, forced locations of certain economic activities/industries/investment promotion zones with targets of providing employment to people around those locations will not always be successful unless they are good industrial locations in production theory. Therefore, the view of balanced regional development could be a costly approach unless the supply/ value chain is accessible.
Concerns over income inequality among households/persons are raised world over, despite different stages of development. Political leaders representing low income segments are concerned about income inequality as they believe that benefits of the economic development are not broad-based unless the inequality is reduced through policy initiatives. Information shows that income of the lower income groups has not improved relative to higher income groups. For example, the income share of the bottom 10% income category has remained around 1.5% or lower of total income in the past (Table 2).
Meanwhile, the income share of middle-income groups has improved noticeably while it reduced in high income brackets, e.g., from 42% to 35% in the top 10% income category. However, the overall income inequality as measured by Gini ratio (i.e., 0 if income is equally distributed among all and 1 if all income goes to one person) has almost remained around the middle level. Information of Census and Statistics Dept. shows a reduction in inequality from 0.55 in 2006 to 0.51 in 2016.
Income inequality is a complex outcome which largely depends on the inequality of skills, productive resources and competitiveness among persons/households, given the state economic management system. Therefore, views to eliminate the income inequality in full are not practical. What is necessary is to have a policy mix to enable people of different abilities and skills to get the access to production activities so that their living standards get parallelly improved along with economic development.
The level of unemployment across various segments shows disparities in employment opportunities arising from development. In Sri Lanka, unemployment rate has been noticeably higher among females, youth and educated persons (Table 3). Although unemployment rates have considerably declined in the past, such disparities have continued or increased. This shows greater disparity of benefits of economic development distributed among the public.
If the economic development is fairly distributed, the quality of living in the household sector will improve with access to better household amenities and consumption beyond basic food. Information gathered from household surveys shows major improvements in housing conditions, broad-basing consumption expenditure from food to consumer durables, transport and communication (Table 4). The reduction of food expenditure from 61% in 1990 to 35% in 2016 is an indication of improved quality of living through wider non-food consumption due to rising income and development.
The rising usage of motor vehicles, information communication instruments, health and education services and construction of houses and apartments are strong evidence for the rising quality of living although there can be significant quality disparities among households/people. None can expect the equality in quality of living. Ad-hoc tax policies that prevent low income segments moving to better quality consumption levels, e.g., higher tariff and credit restrictions on small cars, are not favorable.
The present consumption trends are eye-witnesses for maturity in consumption, despite the differences in quality. Large volumes of imports and sales of electrical goods, smart phones, computers, motor vehicles are evidence for consumption of modern technology, but at different quality levels. Growing real estate business, housing schemes and housing credit facilities are evidence for improved housing in the country. The number of households without electricity and water at present should be at historically low levels.
Such improved quality of living standards relative to lower growth of real income shows considerable underestimation of GDP estimates.
Wide disparities in utilization of income among consumption and savings have macroeconomic consequences (Table 1). Although savings have increased from 13% of GDP to 25%, the insufficiency of domestic savings to finance investments is seen as a constraint on the development. Although the economic growth can be driven by foreign investments, Sri Lanka's competitiveness to attract foreign investments has been poor due to domestic factors and has restricted the fast development relative to peer countries. The level of income, credit system and stability in interest rates and inflation determine the distribution of income between consumption, savings and investments.
The present capitalist system that dominates economics and economies world over goes by the competition and believes in economic benefits being trickled down to wider sectors of the economy based on talents, skills and trade and, therefore, does not worry about distribution side of the development or economic disparities. Therefore, if country authorities are not satisfied with the present distributional outcomes, it is their duty to implement a macroeconomic policy mix for preferred or measured distributional outcomes.
People have the constitutional rights to see that the state ensures that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment and that the state eliminates economic and social privilege and disparity and the exploitation of man by man and by the state. This requires conscious policies to ensure the availability of systems to promote greater distribution of economic resources and benefits among the public in various locations and social groups. Civil conflicts that destroy economic development from time to time arise from grave concerns over wide distributional disparities. The young are most prone to such conflicts as the level of distribution of economic opportunities and benefits among them is especially questioned.
In that respect, the new line Ministry for Public Distribution is considered desirable to focus macroeconomic policies on reducing major disparities that are not desirable. What is necessary is to fine-tune the capitalism to achieve certain distributional targets along with overall macroeconomic targets. For example, China after 40 years (1978-2018) of economic reform and liberalization and national progress in the global economy is now in the process of implementing a set of policies for elimination of targeted poverty from identified groups that was not helped by the new economy.
Everybody knows broad areas of policies. First is the fiscal policy to have a mix of expenditures, subsidies and taxes to focus on improvement in distribution of production, employment and income. Second is the monetary and financial policy to improve the distribution of access to credit/money at affordable terms with varying degree of business risks that can reduce disparities in mobilization of productive resources, production, employment and income.
Therefore, the government may now review the present status of economic distribution outcomes based on a reliable set of data. If the government is not satisfied with the present progress, it has to prepare a time-bound policy plan for macroeconomic targets along with distributional targets in respect of identified disparities to broad-base the economic activities and their benefits in next one to two decades. The protection provided by the state through various subsidies and regulations (such as minimum wages and working hours) to less privileged/poorer segments is a part of policy measures to address economic disparities. No government can improve the distribution side of the economy in one or two years.
If it is not feasible, the best option is to facilitate the capitalism and markets to handle distributional disparities too without causing bureaucratic red tapes that would worsen the present progress. What is required is the elevation of the quality of living of all segments of the public along with the development and not the reduction of disparities per se which much more complex and confused. Since disparities are based on comparisons, the non-availability of benchmarks is a major problem confronted in analyzing distributional disparities.
Or, you could stop using economies, ownership, price tagging, servitude... like all the other non-capitalist living things on the planet.
I am quite agree with ideas presented and Sri Lanka still considers that economic development and growth are reflected in volume of GDP and the pace of growth. The most important aspect is reducing or elimination of disparies.


Discussion in 'General Beer Discussion' started by braziliain, Jan 2, 2019.
The idea of this thread is that we pick a commercial beer each month and you have a month to source it, try it and review it here. We can then compare notes and maybe even come up with some recipe ideas.
For January, it was decided that beer of the month should be the winner from the recent beer world cup tournament.
So, a quick Google reveals that it is a Trappist Quad at a cool 11.3% abv and has been brewed at the Brasserie de Rochefort at L'Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Remy since 1952 in its current form.
So that's it. If you want to play along, go find the beer in January, drink it and come back with your thoughts. Let the beer hunting begin!
Hoddy and Chippy_Tea like this.
One of my favourite winter beers though quite hard to find in the UK.
Beerwulf have them at a semi reasonable price but still much more than you'd pay in Belgium.
Not the easiest beer to find but worth the effort. For those of us in NI, the Vineyard on Ormeau Rd or the Lighthouse in Greenisland should have it.
Guessing that's not going to come cheap in the UK!
Might get the 6, 8 and 10 and do a 'vertical tasting' if I can.
Looks to be bottle conditioned from a quick read, so any ideas on whether to rouse the yeast on this one?
House Of Trembling Madness in York have got it if anyone is in the area in Jan. It's around £4 a bottle I think.
Spot on, been in there today, £4. I nearly bought one as well! I got Orval, Westmalle triple and a Sam Smiths Pale. My dad was with me and got a few bottles a Golden Dragon glass and paid for a smashed bottle courtesy of my mum's handbag! Had a meal upstairs as well. Highly recommend Steak Pie with RIS gravy.
Gap Wines in Madigans Court on the Antrim Road have it in stock, I got a bottle there a couple of weeks ago to try. Very nice beer.
I got a couple in an Abbey/Trappiste selection pack from BeerWulf last year.
BeerWulf do it for £3.99 a bottle.
I've bought from Beer of Belgium (£2.64) before but their shipping is quite expensive, Beers of Europe (£4.17) are a bit better as they're UK based but the beers are more expensive. Then there's Belgium in a Box (£2.68), who I've not ordered from before but plan to due to a good sour selection.
Fortunately I have 2 Rochefort 10's (and a 6 and 8) in the cupboard which I've been keeping for a while, think they're approaching 18 month now so I should probably drink the lower abv ones.
The bottle shop at my local microbrewery has it. £5 a bottle according to their app but I'm sure I only paid £3 when I bought one there before Christmas.
Beer Gonzo in Earlsdon, Coventry have a few on the shelves (yes, picked one up yesterday).
and free cheese, glasses and Rochefort crate.
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I like the idea of this thread so I have picked up a couple of bottles to try and will sit down for the grand opening on Friday night.
I was gifted the 6 and 10 a while back. Very tasty brews.
I'm going to try this one in February, not January (sorry).
I've asked for the Rochefort mixed crate plus cheese for my birthday next month.
When I felt like a beer to curl up on the sofa with tonight I went for my Rochefort 10. Here's my not very in depth notes.
Appearance: dark brown but actually very red when held to the light. Thin head which slowly died off.
Aroma: typically Belgian, fruit cake (dark fruit and spices) and some malt.
Flavour: Very sweet, raisins and some red fruit, like a blend of cherry and blacurrant but not quite either. Rich malt, used to think this flavour was from the yeast but it's a malt flavour which presents in strong beers since they have more malt. Previously the only really strong beers I'd had were Belgian so got it confused. Again, very sweet on the finish. Not cloying or sugary, just an intense fruitiness.
High carb but doesn't foam up on your tongue so just right I'd say giving it a decent body for what are often drier beers.
Enjoyed this one a lot more than the last I had, that was fresh, this one has been in the cupboard 18 months or so. Date is 19.09.22 so if they have 5 years on the date then mine is 2 years, almost 2.5 old, which is odd as I wouldn't have expected the shop to have that age of inventory. Other bottles have been more recently brewed.
Hope everyone enjoys this great beer.
Just popped out to grab the 6, 8 and 10 so will give them a try tomorrow or next weekend.
Also grabbed a steam beer, kolsch and that tonko stout (Or whatever it is).


It's all sacred. When it's realised that without is within, it's realised that it's all made out of the very same fabric of creation or God's Presence as consciousness. When it's seen that everything that arises within your consciousness is being created out of the very same living divine Presence … it's all seen as being equal. No object is better or worse, higher or lower, more or less … it's all sacred because it's all the presence of the Divine, arising within consciousness.
There is no outside and in truth no inside too … it's all simply emptiness filled with divine love … the natural, clear, open spacious awareness of the heart. If all and everything is naturally arising in consciousness, as consciousness then how can one arising be better or more real or more pure than another? If it's all created out of the very same substance … this love of God?
This realisation is transparent … it cannot be seen, yet sits as Truth within each miraculous moment … every arising, every new encounter … simply God meeting God … Life meeting life … Love meeting love.
In this view, as this view, there's no striving to locate it, there's no seeking the elusive other state of perfection, enlightenment if you will … because everything is This … Everything … absolutely everything.
So, nothing exists outside of consciousness, nothing ever has, nothing ever will. Because it's all simply Self manifesting as other for the sake of seeing self and other as One.
When it's seen, when it's clearly seen and realised … Each moment is revealed as another encounter with the Divine … fresh, new, clear, true and real.
No judgment … no higher or lower seeing, simply seeing it as part of one's own true nature, one's own fabric of being … this is love.
And, now the great adventure truly begins. As the love of the heart has now revealed its own presence as life itself, within one's own consciousness, there's only this continued seeing of the Divine presenting Itself as new form … within each moment. How can it not all be sacred? Everything … absolutely everything is sacred because it's all the One revealing Itself through the many. Not "out there" … not "in here" … but simply the Eternal Vastness that is the only field of consciousness, right before our very eyes. Everything …. Absolutely everything is sacred.
But are made out of you.
And you can dance with them.
But be careful not to lose yourself in them.
But they are made out of you.
Dancing mysteriously in the sun.
Or you can become them for a while.
But, know that your thoughts are not you.
They are made out of you.
this sacred dance of Clear Seeing.
You, reflected in these ephemeral bubbles of Light.
Learn to dance with them.
Do not desire them, do not fear them.
They are simply bubbles of "You-nesss".
and they will die their own natural death in you.
Know this: Your thoughts are not you.
Your thoughts are not you.


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Category Archives: personal conscience
The Grand Subpoena: To Attest and To Protest Too
"Attest" and "protest": on these two stands of human conscience the civilized world depends. They are central to this week's reading, Atem Nitzavim.., "You stand…," a reference to the way we rise in a courtroom to offer testimony — to tell, as the saying goes, "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." We "attest," that is, to the truth; but in so doing, we also "protest" the trashing of those truths by people who find them inconvenient.
It is not just truths that are at stake, says Shimon ben Gamaliel (Avot 1:18), but justice and peace as well, for truth, justice and peace are the three things on which humanity stands or falls. At our best, Maimonides explains, we human beings naturally strive for intellectual and moral perfection (truth and peace), but these rely on the prior existence of justice.
Failed attestation gets its fair share of recognition, because the lies we tell, the rancor we cause, and the injustices we engender are seen and heard; they leave a trail to be investigated, reported, and disseminated for discussion.
Failed protestation, by contrast — the failure to protest the moral outrages that other people perpetrate — more easily goes unattended, because observers taking notes on the large but finite number of things that people actually did say or do can hardly know, much less include, the infinity of things they didn't. A news report on some public statement by the president, say, is simply incapable of including everything that the entire cabinet or congress did not say in response.
But our moral accounting sheet has both columns: "attestation," the active stands we take, by word or deed; and "protestation," the passive stands we failed to take, when other people were saying or doing what we knew to be wrong. The first, Yom Kippur will soon remind us, are sins of commission; the latter are sins of omission.
Commentators regularly observe that the word "you" (atem) in "You are standing" (atem nitzavim) is followed by "all of you" (kulkhem) — leaders and followers, household-heads and their entire families. The Torah, seemingly, cannot close without each and every Jew being subpoenaed to stand before God. This was, says Ramban, a renewal of the Sinai covenant, but with everyone on hand, not just Moses alone atop the mountain. Kli Yakar goes further: it was an altogether new covenant, he says, because the old one failed, in that the people who were not personally alongside Moses at the time felt no responsibility for it.
In particular, says Or Hachaim, their failure lay in the second column of moral responsibility: protestation. Hard as it may be to speak truth, act justly, and seek peace, it is infinitely harder to go public against those who don't: we risk displeasing them; we may even benefit from their actions; and besides, no one will notice, much less report, if we simply choose to turn our backs, keep silent, and go about your business. The Talmud, however, warns expressly that those who fail to protest against the sins of their household, city, people, and nation are punished for those sins, as if they had done them themselves (Shabbat 54b).
Don't we hold the average collaborators of the Shoah guilty of this very sin? Not that they all personally dispossessed, enslaved, and ultimately murdered their Jews, but that they failed to protest when others did so.
Rosh Hashanah falls just one day after Atem Nitzavim this year. However much we gobble up apples and honey while wishing each other sweetness, we should remember that on Yom Kippur, just ten days later, we will stand, "all of us," to be held accountable for the balance sheet that measures how we did in humanity's search for truth, justice and peace. The easy part is what, in word or deed, we wrongly attested to. The hard part, but no less important, is what we should have protested, but didn't.
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Tagged protest, social justice, truth
Government of Checks and Balances: But With an Interesting Twist!
Americans are not the first to devise a constitution calling for the separation of powers. The Torah too legislated institutionalized checks and balances – but with an "interesting twist."
In keeping with antiquity, the executive branch was a monarchy, but in Israel's case, a limited monarchy, a king who was subject to the rule of law, and chosen from among the people (Deut. 17:15) — lest he rule with no empathy for the ruled. Also, he could not use his position to amass excessive wealth, especially horses – what we would call his own private militia, a natural proclivity of kings, says Ramban. Kings had to maintain their own written reminder of these limitations (17:18-19), which, says the Talmud (San. 21a), they were to carry with them wherever they went.
Ancient Israel had yet to envision a democratically elected legislature, but its priestly class was a legislature of sorts; it could not actually vote in new laws (as we do) because the Torah was assumed to have all the laws the people needed. But priests could "interpret" old laws to get new ones, a practice the Rabbis extended, with their doctrine of an "oral Torah" that supplemented the written one. Like the king, priests too were hemmed in by limitations: having no landed patrimony of their own, they were supported by, and dependent on, the Temple offerings brought by the people (18:1).
The Torah also demands an independent judiciary with the necessary complement of law-enforcing officials, including police with punitive authority to enforce the law (Rashi, 16:18). Hence this portion's name (16:18), Shoftim ("Judges") but, more properly, Shoftim v'shotrim, "Judges and Officials" — what the celebrated TV series called "law and order."
In matters of punishment, however, the people are to appeal to the "judge," not the "police" (17:9). The judge decides what the police can do – a principle important enough for the Torah to demand it explicitly in every generation (17:9). Worrying about romantics who might bypass the judiciary of their time as being inferior to the judges of "the good old days," the Torah expressly empowers judges of every era. "They are all we have," says Rashi; "We must obey them."
So there you have it, all in this week's portion: an executive (a king, but chosen from the people, for the people); a legislature (a priesthood, dependent on support from the people they serve); and a judiciary (with attendant police power, but no independent police force that might abuse its power).
Still, even a good system of checks and balances can break down, so we get this "interesting twist": a fourth element called "prophets." All ancient people had prophets, but not like Israel's, individuals who operated outside the system to bring conscience to bear on everyone else. Institutionalized power abhors conscience, however; it prefers the predictability of routinized bureaucracy. So in time, prophecy came to an end: in the commonwealth established after the return from Babylonian exile, the priests and monarch simply declared prophecy over and done with.
The Rabbis too distrusted individuals claiming direct revelation from God. But anticipating history's need for independent conscience, the Rabbis gave us an alternative to prophets: every single citizen, you and me. They then demanded that the citizenry be informed: hence the centrality of study in Jewish culture.
And finally, the Rabbis demanded responsible exercise of that informed conscience by every single person. When the Torah says, "Establish law and order," it adds "at your gates" and "for yourself [singular]" (16:18) – leading Sefer Yetsirah to identify "the gates" as the gateways to every person's senses, our eyes, ears, nose and mouth. The ultimate gatekeepers of justice are informed citizens, who monitor what is said, heard, seen, and even smelled.
The biblical prophets are gone, leaving every single one of us to take their place. Even the best of governments fail if we do not attune our senses to catch the telltale signs of moral rot right in our own back yard.
Posted in Bible, government, parashat hashavua, personal conscience, prophecy, Uncategorized


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Man convicted in model's death says 'justice was served'
PHILADELPHIA – A man has been convicted of murder in the strangulation of a model in one of Philadelphia's affluent suburbs.
Jonathan Harris told reporters that he believed "justice was served" as he was led out of the courtroom late Thursday. The verdict carries a mandatory life sentence.
The 31-year-old Johnstown man was also found guilty of kidnapping, possession of an instrument of a crime and strangulation. The jury deliberated for nearly six hours before reaching its verdict.
Officials have said Christina Carlin-Kraft took a ride-hailing service to Philadelphia, met 31-year-old Harris and the two later returned to her Ardmore apartment. Carlin-Kraft's body was found in her bloodstained bedroom that evening.
Carlin-Kraft's modeling profile lists photo shoots for Vanity Fair, Victoria's Secret, Playboy and Maxim.


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In every celebration for the dead, the Church invites the family to direct the words and music most meaningful to the deceased and those gathered together for the Celebration of the Funeral Mass. In addition, family and loved ones often participate in the Mass by reading and bringing up the gifts.
After meeting with our Pastor, consider which readings and music you would like at the Mass. Please select three readings: 1) the First reading (typically from the Old Testament), 2) the Second Reading (typically from the New Testament) and 3) the Gospel. We have a list of particularly appropriate passages on our Funeral Reading page for your review.
Please also select five to six songs: 1) Entrance hymn, 2) Responsorial Psalm, 3) Offertory hymn; 4) Communion hymn, 5) Recessional hymn and 6) optionally a Communion Meditation hymn. For your consideration. we have a list and links to classic hymns on our Funeral Music page.
If you prefer not to make those choices, Parish staff and Father are happy to assist in the selections.
Catholic readings and hymns not listed on our Funeral Readings and Music pages may be used but must be appropriate for a Funeral liturgy, sacred in nature and may need approval by the Pastor and/or Music Director.
Entrance Hymn REQUIRED (Select One) Alleluia! Sing to Jesus Amazing Grace Be Not Afraid Blest Are They Center of My Life Day is Done Eye Has Not Seen For All the Saints God of Day and God of Darkness Here I Am, Lord Holy God, We Praise Thy Name Hosea How Great Thou Art I Am the Bread of Life I Know That My Redeemer Lives In Christ There is No East or West Jerusalem My Happy Home Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Lord of All Hopefulness Morning Has Broken O God, Our Help in Ages Past On Eagles Wings Praise My Soul, The King of Heaven Prayer of St. Francis Precious Lord, Take My Hand Shall We Gather at the River Shepherd of Souls We Walk By Faith You Are Near Other Song Not listed Here Please fill out this field.
First Reading REQUIRED (Select One) Wisdom 3:1-6,9. Short. The souls of the just are in the hand of God Wisdom 3:1-9. Long. The souls of the just are in the hand of God. Wisdom 4:7-15. Short. The just who die early reached fullness,are at rest Wisdom 4:7-15. Long. The just who die early reached fullness, are at rest Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31. Short. Let her works bring her praise at the city gate Proverbs 31:10-31. Long. Let her works bring her praise at the city gate Ecclesiastes 3:1-11. There is a time, a season for everything 2 Maccabees 12:43-46. He acts with the resurrection of the dead in view Job 19: 1, 23-27a. I know that my Vindicator lives Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9. He will destroy death forever Lamentations 3:17-26. Good is the Lord to the soul who seeks Him Daniel 12:1-3. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake Acts 10: 34-36, 42-43. Short. Everyone who believes will receive forgiveness in His name Acts 10:34-43. Long. Everyone who believes will receive forgiveness in His name Revelation 14:13. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord Revelation 20:11-21:1. The dead were judged according to their deeds Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7. There shall be no more death Other Reading Not Listed Here Please fill out this field.
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Psalm 23 Shepherd Me, O God Psalm 23 My Shepherd is the Lord; Nothing Indeed Shall I Want Psalm 27 The Lord is My Light and My Salvation, Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid Psalm 63 As Morning Breaks Psalm 103 The Lord is Kind and Merciful Please fill out this field.
Second Reading REQUIRED (Select One) Romans 5: 5-11 Hope does not disappoint Romans 5:17-21 Grace overflowed all the more Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 Short. If we have died with Christ, we shall also live with Him Romans 6: 3-9 Long. If we have died with Christ, we shall also live with Him Romans 8: 14-23 The sufferings of the present are nothing compared with the glory to be revealed Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 14: 7-9, 10c-12 Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. Every knee shall bend 1 Corinthians 15: 20-23 Short. In Christ shall all be brought to life 1 Corinthians 15: 20-28 Long. In Christ shall all be brought to life 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 Death is swallowed up in victory 2 Corinthians 4: 14- 5:1 What is seen is transitory but what is unseen in eternal 2 Corinthians 5: 1, 6-10 We have a building from God, eternal in heaven. We walk by faith, not by sight Philippians 3: 20-21 He will change our lowly bodies to conform to his glory Thessalonians 4:13-18 Thus we shall always be with the Lord 2 Timothy 2: 8-13 If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him. 1 John 3: 1-2 We are God's children. We shall see him as He is. 1 John 3: 14-16 We know we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers 2 Timothy 4: 6-8 I have finished the race. I have kept the faith 1 Corinthians 13 Love is patient; love is kind Revelations 14:13 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord Other Not Listed Here Please fill out this field.
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Gospel REQUIRED (Select One) Matthew 5:1-12a Matthew 11: 25-30 Matthew 25:1-13 Matthew 25:31-46 Mark 15: 33-39, 16:1-6 Mark 15:33-39 Luke 7:11-17 Luke 12:35-40 Luke 23:33,39-43 Luke 23:44-46, 50, 52-53; Luke 24:1-6a Luke 23:44-46, 50, 52-53 Luke 24:13-35 Luke 24:13-16, 28-35 John 5:24-29 John 6:37-40 John 6:51-59 John 11:17-27 John 11:21-27 John 11: 32-45 John 12:23-28 John 12:23-26 John 14:1-6 John 17:24-26 John 19:17-18, 25-39 Other Not Listed Here Please fill out this field.
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Offertory Song REQUIRED (Select One) Be Not Afraid Behold the Lamb of God Blest Are They Eat This Bread Eye Has Not Seen Here I Am Lord I Am the Bread of Life Like a Shepherd Now We Remain On Eagle's Wings One Bread One Body Prayer of Saint Francis Taste and See Unless A Grain of Wheat We Have Been Told We Remember You Are Mine Other Song Not Listed Here Please fill out this field.
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Communion Song REQUIRED (Select One) Be Not Afraid Behold the Lamb of God Eat This Bread Eye Has Not Seen Here I Am Lord I Am The Bread of Life Like A Shepherd Now We Remain On Eagles Wings One Bread One Body Prayer of Saint Francis Shepherd Me, O God Take and Eat Unless A Grain of Wheat We Have Been Told We Remember You Are Mine Other Song Not Listed Here Please fill out this field.
Recessional Song REQUIRED (Select One) Alleluia! Sing to Jesus Amazing Grace Day is Done God of Day and God of Darkness On Eagles Wings Holy God We Praise Thy Name How Great Thou Art I Know That My Redeemer Lives In Christ There is No East or West Jerusalem My Happy Home Lord of All Hopefulness Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Morning Has Broken O God Our Help in Ages Past Praise My Soul, The King of Heaven Prayer of Saint Francis Shepherd of Souls Sing to the Mountains We Walk By Faith We Will Rise Again You Are Mine You Are Near Other Song Not Listed Here Please fill out this field.
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Performance appraisals of employees can take many forms, both formal and informal. Appraisals can be used to motivate your staff, as well as to improve poor performance and recognize good performance. They are a vital part of coaching your staff to peak performance.
Not all performance appraisals have to be formal. Simply praising an employee's performance on a specific task as you walk past him can be an effective means of building morale and encouraging high performance.
When you give your employees an opportunity to learn what an excellent job looks like, their morale will increase because they will then be able to do a good job.
You can expect employees to do a good job only if you provide the coaching and mentoring they need. In addition, when an employee is seen doing a good job and receiving kudos for it, other employees may try to emulate her.
Although financial compensation is rarely turned down, surveys have shown that money is not often the biggest motivator for employees. Generally, knowing what is expected and being given the freedom to find the best way to achieve goals are more important in providing job satisfaction.
Formal appraisals should be done at least annually, though quarterly reviews are encouraged. Informal appraisals can be done daily, whenever you see an employee doing well or see an area where coaching can improve performance. Don't pass up the opportunity when it arises.
Your employees should be given the opportunity to evaluate your performance. This portion of the performance appraisal allows your employees to tell you how you can help them achieve greater success, which ultimately will make your business more successful.


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"Transparency" is the key for Clothing and Home Textiles Brands, says Survey By Lenzing
News Sustainability
by Perfect Sourcing Newsdesk September 3, 2020 October 21, 2020 02759
Lenzing Survey shows that "Transparency" is key for clothing and home textiles brands to win consumer trust and confidence, with "Eco-friendly" and "Biodegradable" being favourable terms that increase likelihood of purchase.
Lenzing's Global Consumer Perception Survey on Sustainable Raw Materials in Fashion and Home Textiles concludes that "Transparency" is key for brands who wish to win consumer trust and confidence, paving the way for greater transparency and collaboration in the industry supply chain.
9,000 surveyed consumers from 9 countries responded favorably to terms such as "Eco-friendly", "Biodegradable", "Natural" and "Recyclable" and were more likely to buy a product that used these claims.
When purchase clothing, bedding and home textile products, over 70% of surveyed consumers will actively educate themselves on sustainability through researching the production process and over 85% tend to read product label hangtags.
Lenzing Group (Lenzing), a global leader in sustainably produced wood-based specialty fibers, announced findings from its Global Consumer Perception Survey on Sustainable Raw Materials in Fashion and Home Textiles.
The survey, which was conducted in early 2020, assessed the perceptions and behaviors of Conscious Consumers towards sustainable clothing and home textile products, as well as their views towards sustainable raw materials and product features.
The findings also reflected the imminent need for closer collaboration within the clothing and home textile industries to provide consumers with more transparent information about the products they purchase, in order to enhance consumer trust and maximize business potential.
Almost all (86%) respondents believe purchasing clothes made from sustainable raw materials is a key component of living a more sustainable lifestyle, and they frequently purchase products from brands that are committed to using sustainable raw materials (80%) or recycled materials (77%) in their products.
The survey also revealed that majority of respondents actively learn about sustainability through researching the production process of products before purchasing (76% in clothing and 74% in bedding and home textiles).
They also tend to read label hangtags (88% in clothing and 86% in bedding and home textiles), and most respondents are willing to pay an average of 40% more for clothing or home textile products with descriptions that reflect sustainability.
When shopping for clothing and home textile products, respondents consider the material type to be their most important consideration (ranked in the top three factors for consideration by 44% of respondents), which is above price, design, brand reputation and function
Most respondents considered brands that are transparent with their ingredients (83%) and the origin of their raw materials (82%) as trustworthy.
At the same time, respondents also consider brands that are transparent about their production processes (82%), sustainable practices (81%) and where their raw materials come from (82%) as trusted brands.
While respondents believed that knowing what raw materials were used in their clothing and home textile products is important to build confidence in a brand (87%), they also believed that knowing the brand's environmental impact when deciding to purchase (87%) is very important.
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