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package rdfanalyzer.spark;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.Function;
import org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame;
import org.apache.spark.sql.Row;
import org.apache.spark.sql.functions;

import ranking.DataFramePartitionLooper;
import scala.Tuple2;
import ranking.ClosenessBean;
import ranking.ClosenessNodes;

import static org.apache.spark.sql.functions.*;

public class Centrality implements Serializable{

	public static ConnAdapter objAdapter = new ConnAdapter();
	public static DataFrame graphFrame;
	public static List<ClosenessBean> closenessbean;
	public static List<Tuple2<Long,Long>> vertices = new ArrayList<>();
	public static List<Long> Uniquevertices = new ArrayList<>();

	/**
	 * this means that when we find the maximum in degree in the whole graph.
	 * Lets say if the max in degree for a node in the graph is 100. Than
	 * LIMIT_DELTA = 80 means only consider nodes with indegree <= 80. This
	 * parameter can be tuned to suit your requirements.
	 */
	public static final int LIMIT_DELTA = 80;

	public static String dataset;

	public static String main(String metricType, String dataset, String nodeName) throws Exception {

		Centrality.dataset = dataset;
		graphFrame = Service.sqlCtx().parquetFile(Configuration.storage() + dataset +".parquet");
		graphFrame.cache().registerTempTable("Graph");

		for (int i = 0; i < graphFrame.schema().fieldNames().length; i++) {
			System.out.println("[LOG]Schema FieldName : " + graphFrame.schema().fieldNames()[i]);
		}
		nodeName = nodeName.replace("$", "/");
		System.out.println("[LOGS] Node name= " + nodeName);

		if (metricType.equals("1")) {
			return "
" + CalculateInDegree(nodeName) + "
";
		} else if (metricType.equals("2")) {
			return "
" + CalculateOutDegree(nodeName) + "
";
		} else if (metricType.equals("3")) {
		} else if (metricType.equals("4")) {
			GenerateTopNodesCloseness();
		}
		return "none";
	}

	// convert subjects from DF to an array.
	public static Object[] getSubjectNames(DataFrame subjectRows){

		return subjectRows.select("subject").toJavaRDD().map(new Function<Row,Long>() {

			@Override
			public Long call(Row arg0) throws Exception {

				return arg0.getLong(0);
			}
		}).collect().stream().toArray();
	}

	// Determine the top nodes and then calculate their closeness
	public static void GenerateTopNodesCloseness() throws Exception{

		// generate id based uniqeNodes parquet files and relation parquet files.
		generateDataFrame();

		// retrieve the generated files
		DataFrame uniqueNodes = Service.sqlCtx().parquetFile(rdfanalyzer.spark.Configuration.storage() +
				 dataset + "UniqueNodes.parquet");

		DataFrame relations = Service.sqlCtx().parquetFile(rdfanalyzer.spark.Configuration.storage() +
				 dataset + "relations.parquet");

		uniqueNodes.registerTempTable("UniqueNodes");

		System.out.println("Running the ClosenessNodes");
		// get nodes which will have the most closeness
		DataFrame topCandidatesForCloseness = ClosenessNodes.run(graphFrame,dataset);

		System.out.println("getting ids of ClosenessNodes");

		// get ids of those nodes.
		DataFrame topCandidatesForClosenessIDs = uniqueNodes.select("id","nodes")
				.filter(col("nodes").isin(getNodeNames(topCandidatesForCloseness)));

		/**
		 *  Now we got the topCandidates for having highest closeness.
		 *  We can pass them to our BFS algo to find centralities for them.
		 */
		System.out.println("creating the AdjacencyMatrix");

		DataFramePartitionLooper looper = new DataFramePartitionLooper(relations);

		Row[] items = topCandidatesForClosenessIDs.collect();

		boolean firstTime = true;

		System.out.println("looping the bfs.");
		for(Row r:items){

			looper.run(r.getLong(0), firstTime);

			if(firstTime){
				firstTime = false;
			}
		}

		// will write our final results to a parquet file.
		looper.WriteDataToFile(dataset);
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param subjectRows
	 * @return Object[]
	 *
	 * This returns the subject of all the objects defined in the DataFrame @subjectRows
	 */

	public static Object[] getNodeNames(DataFrame subjectRows){

		return subjectRows.select("subject").toJavaRDD().map(new Function<Row,String>() {

			@Override
			public String call(Row arg0) throws Exception {

				return arg0.getString(0);
			}
		}).collect().stream().toArray();
	}

	/**
	 *  @return String
	 *
	 *  returns the number of in-degree of a particular node.
	 */

	public static String CalculateInDegree(String node) {

		String result = "";
		// Run SQL over loaded Graph.

		DataFrame resultsFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql("SELECT COUNT(subject) FROM Graph WHERE object = '" + node + "'");
		resultsFrame.select("").filter(resultsFrame.col("").isin());
		List<Row> rows = resultsFrame.collectAsList();

		result = Long.toString(rows.get(0).getLong(0));

		return result;
	}

	/**
	 *  @return String
	 *
	 *  returns the number of out-degree of a particular node.
	 */

	public static String CalculateOutDegree(String node) {
		String result = "";

		DataFrame resultsFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql("SELECT COUNT(object) from Graph where subject='" + node + "'");
		List<Row> rows = resultsFrame.collectAsList();

		result = Long.toString(rows.get(0).getLong(0));

		return result;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @return DataFrame
	 *
	 * This function generates the uniqueNodes.parquet and relations.parquet.
	 *
	 * UniqueNodes.parquet : has uniqueids assigned to all the nodes in the graph with nodes,ids as columns.
	 * relations.parquet   : has the subject,object relations defined for the graph in terms of ids we generated for UniqueNodes.
	 */

	public static DataFrame generateDataFrame(){

		DataFrame uniqueFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql(""
		 + "SELECT DISTINCT"
		 + " a.nodes FROM "
		 + "(SELECT subject as nodes from Graph "
		 + " UNION ALL "
		 + " SELECT object as nodes FROM Graph) a").withColumn("id", functions.monotonically_increasing_id());

		uniqueFrame.write().parquet(rdfanalyzer.spark.Configuration.storage() +
		 dataset+ "UniqueNodes.parquet");

		uniqueFrame.registerTempTable("UniqueNodes");

		// step 2
		 DataFrame relationsFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql(""
		 + "SELECT unSub.id as subId,unObj.id as objId FROM Graph g "
		 + "INNER JOIN UniqueNodes unSub ON unSub.nodes=g.subject "
		 + "INNER JOIN UniqueNodes unObj ON unObj.nodes=g.object "
		 + "WHERE g.subject != g.object");
		 relationsFrame.write().parquet(rdfanalyzer.spark.Configuration.storage()
		 + dataset + "relations.parquet");

		 return relationsFrame;
	}
	/**
	 *
	 * @return long
	 *
	 * Gets the node with highest In-degree
	 */
	public static long getHighestIndegree() {
		DataFrame maxInDegreeFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql("SELECT MAX(tbl1.InDegreeCount) FROM "
				+ "(SELECT object,COUNT(subject) AS InDegreeCount FROM Graph GROUP BY object)tbl1");

		List<Row> rowMaxInDegree = maxInDegreeFrame.collectAsList();

		return rowMaxInDegree.get(0).getLong(0);
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @return long
	 *
	 * Gets the node with highest out-degree
	 */
	public static long getHighestOutDegree() {
		DataFrame maxOutDegreeFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql("SELECT first(tbl1.subject),MAX(tbl1.OutdegreeCount) FROM"
				+ "(SELECT subject,COUNT(object) AS OutdegreeCount FROM Graph GROUP BY subject)tbl1");

		List<Row> rowMaxOutDegree = maxOutDegreeFrame.collectAsList();
		return rowMaxOutDegree.get(0).getLong(1);
	}

	/**
	 * We calculate 4 different values because it is not necessary that the
	 * node which has highest in-degree also has highest out-degree. So if a
	 * node has highest out-degree we also calculate it's in-degree and the
	 * other way around. Hence we end up with 4 values.
	 */
	public static String calculateStartNode() {
		// node with highest out-degree
		DataFrame maxOutDegreeFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql("SELECT first(tbl1.subject),MAX(tbl1.OutdegreeCount) FROM"
				+ "(SELECT subject,COUNT(object) AS OutdegreeCount FROM Graph GROUP BY subject)tbl1");

		List<Row> rowMaxOutDegree = maxOutDegreeFrame.collectAsList();

		// in-degree of node with highest out-degree
		String maxInDegreeOfOutDegree = CalculateInDegree(rowMaxOutDegree.get(0).getString(0));

		// node with highest in-degree
		DataFrame maxInDegreeFrame = Service.sqlCtx().sql("SELECT first(tbl1.object),MAX(tbl1.OutdegreeCount) FROM"
				+ "(SELECT object,COUNT(subject) AS OutdegreeCount FROM Graph GROUP BY object)tbl1");

		List<Row> rowMaxInDegree = maxInDegreeFrame.collectAsList();
		// out-degree of node with highest in-degree
		String maxOutDegreeOfInDegree = CalculateOutDegree(rowMaxInDegree.get(0).getString(0));

        /*
         *  Perform sum of the values corresponding to each node and that node
         *  which has larger sum is returned as start node
         */
		long maxOutdegreeTotal = rowMaxOutDegree.get(0).getLong(1) + Integer.parseInt(maxInDegreeOfOutDegree);
		long maxIndegreeTotal = rowMaxInDegree.get(0).getLong(1) + Integer.parseInt(maxOutDegreeOfInDegree);
		if (maxOutdegreeTotal < maxIndegreeTotal) {
			return rowMaxOutDegree.get(0).getString(0);
		}
		return rowMaxInDegree.get(0).getString(0);

	}

}

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Shoki 'Shalate Sekhabi' salary at House of Zwide
Place of Zwide is fast becoming one of the most breathtaking series to watch in Mzansi. Despite the fact that the design house drama series has some seasoned performers who we love a lot on the small screen, part of the cast is made up of new faces introducing them to the small screen of this show. One of these new artists is Shalate Sekhabi, who plays the role of Shoki.
Shoki plays a secondary role in the series Shoki is a young woman who lived her childhood in the municipality; lives with her sister Namesa who is a sewer worker. She is also Onalerona's best friend.As difficult situations hit his family, he successfully tries to help pay the bills. However, it uses strategies that are not legitimate to go about it. He uses his companion's entrance to House of Zwide to get in and ends up grabbing some clothes, resulting in a rift between the two companions.
Shoki starts dating Nkosi Zwide, who is the successor to the famous design house. Nkosi's mother, who was Shoki's mother's partner some time ago, doesn't like this relationship.However, you have the favor of his father.In 2021, he landed his first major television job on House of Zwide, which supplanted Rhythm City on etv.
The salary of Shoki 'Shalate Sekhabi' at Zwide House has been paid. Most observers might want to realize how much this star does for House of Zwide. Its payout on the show is valued somewhere in the R60000 and R80000 range.
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I'm a big fan of L'Occitane cleansers anyway so this is one I'll be testing out very soon and comparing it to the other ones in my stash.
More often than not, skin dilemmas are usually caused by a lack of hydration.
But for now, this was to whet your appetite and show you what's coming from L'Occitane soon!
Add it into your face care routine to boost the effectiveness of serum & moisturizer today!
... in Refresh Rose · P.F. Candle Co.
My favorite skincare step in the moisture-layering marathon that is autumn. It's so gel-like and viscous, it seems unfair to call it an essence!


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Q: How do you activate your augmentations in Deus Ex Human Revolution? At the right hand side of your screen you have a list of augmentations, but I can't find any guidance on how to enable them.
Probably very simple, but this has stumped me and my son for a while.

A: When I played on the Xbox 360, they were mapped to the D-Pad.  This appears to be the way they are mapped on the PS3 as well.  The orientation of the augments on the display indicated which one was activated by which direction on the pad.
On PC, it's the function keys (F1-F4).  You might want to check out this keyboard layout page.  It lists the controller layout on consoles, and I assume the default keys on the PC.

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While last week's game was against the number one team, this week could arguably be even bigger for the Sandites (5-2, 3-0) as they set out to prove whether their upset over the Roughers (6-1, 3-1) was a fluke or a sign of the season to come. By now, just about everybody in the country has heard of the Sandites' SportsCenter #1 play on a two point conversion scramble to top the previously undefeated Roughers in the final seconds of a Thursday night game in the Indian Bowl.
Sand Springs proved their aerial game was every bit as good as their ground game as they utilized Hunter Greathouse's arm for 221 yards and three touchdowns, marking the first time they've used the pass for more than 60% of their offense this season. That's not to say they were stopped at all on the rush as Payton Scott finished his seventh straight game in triple digits. Their defense put up their second-straight remarkable game, forcing multiple turnovers, racking up nearly thirty yards in tackles for loss, and registering half a dozen pass break-ups.
Booker T. (4-3, 3-1) is coming back from a bye-week after recovering from a 23-7 beatdown by Muskogee. That game couldn't have been any closer offensively if they had been playing themselves. Both teams completed 11 first downs, both teams were within three yards of each other in both passing and rushing. The difference-maker was turnovers, as the Roughers pulled out four fumbles and an interception.
The Hornets clearly have the high powered offense that should make for an interesting showdown against the stout Sand Springs defense, and the Sandites will need to force turnovers if they're to hold on to their undefeated district record.
The formerly undefeated Muskogee Roughers (6-1, 3-1) will take a bye week after their upset loss to the Sandites to regroup before finishing out the season with what should be a pair of easy wins against Sapulpa and Ponca City, respectively.
The Spartans will no doubt be reinvigorated after a dominating 60-6 win over Ponca and the Sandites' upset over Muskogee has put a district title back within reach for the two-time back-to-back State Champions.
The Bruins (4-3, 2-1) are riding a three-game win streak after a 51-28 win at Sapulpa (0-7, 0-4). They split the game equally between air and ground with Garrett Meidl at QB throwing 16-32-222-1 for three touchdowns. Meidl added another score on the ground while Joe Lard led with 105 yards and two scores and Deandre Young tacked on another.
Bixby had zero difficulty in limiting the Wildcats to a mere 11 first downs and 42% passing rate while picking off a pair of passes and a fumble recovery. Tanner Griffin was 17-22-317 with six touchdowns and no interceptions. Tucker Pawley and Braden Roller combined for a pair of scores and just under 200 yards on the ground.
Midwest City (4-3, 3-1) won a crucial battle last week to remain in contention for the District One title, pulling off a 21-16 win over Putnam City West (5-2, 3-1) in come-from-behind fashion. The Bombers outscored Putnam West 21-6 in the second half for the win.
Putnam City (3-4, 1-3) isn't out of playoff contention yet. With all the circular losses in District One, it's still anybody's bet on who will make the final four. However, after a 20-14 overtime loss to Deer Creek last week, the Pirates desperately need to find a win against the Bombers. They barely broke 200 yards as a team in their last game, completed only 42% of passes, and didn't register a single interception or fumble recovery.
Lawton (4-3, 3-1) made a huge statement Friday against Enid (3-4, 2-2) with an incredible 51-3 victory, showing they not only have the infamous District One defense, but are able to perform at the Distict Two offensive level as well.
QB Zach Hanna was 12-13-226-0 with four touchdowns while the ground game was split between Stephen Silas with 10 carries for 151 yards and Tre Curry with 9 carries for 113 yards and two touchdowns.
Their defense will be far more pressed to stop Choctaw (3-4, 1-3), however, as the Yellowjacket air raid has picked apart some of the best teams in the State, including Sand Springs and Midwest City.
Choctaw is coming off a 28-21 upset by Stillwater (3-4, 1-3) that saw two pick-sixes to shut down their onslaught. The Yellowjacket run game is practically nonexistent, leaving the offense held to their third lowest output this season.
The Patriots lost their seat at the top of the District One hierarchy after a 21-16 battle with Midwest City (4-3, 3-1), but it wasn't the kind of loss that makes their season any less impressive. Last season saw Sand Springs lose to Booker T in the regular season and beat them in the semifinals, while Bixby lost to Sand Springs in the regular season and beat them in for the State Title. The Patriots are still on their best season in decades and are still putting out impressive performances.
Deer Creek (2-5, 2-2) continues to be hit or miss, and this week they were hit. The Antlers secured their second win of the season with a 20-14 overtime upset of Putnam City (3-4, 1-3). QB Hunter Freese continues to lead his team well through the air, completing about 60% of passes.
These two teams were headed in opposite directions last week as Enid (3-4, 2-2) secured wins over Choctaw and Deer Creek, while Stillwater (3-4, 1-3) dropped three-straight to Deer Creek, Putnam West, and Lawton. After Friday though, it's either team's ball game as the Plainsmen were decimated 51-3 by Lawton and the Pioneers secured their first district win 28-21 over Choctaw.
The Pick: Enid 27, Stillwater 20.
At long last for both teams, one of them will walk away with their first district win of the season. For the Chieftains it would be their first win all-together.
Ponca (1-6, 0-4) hasn't seen a win since a 9-0 victory over Guthrie (4-3, 2-2) in week three, while Sapulpa (0-7, 0-4) hasn't had a win since week nine of last year. Ponca is coming off a 60-6 beatdown by Bixby, while Sapulpa fell 51-28 to Bartlesville.
Double threat QB Cameron Elder leads Sapulpa in the air and on the ground and completes 62% of passes, but holds as many interceptions as he does aerial touchdowns. He's been responsible for all fourteen offensive touchdowns of the season for Sapulpa.
Ponca QB Brice McDougal is about 50% passing with twelve scores and ten interceptions from 1400 yards. The run game is nearly nonexistent in Ponca with four running backs combining for less than 300 yards and only one touchdown.
The Pick: Ponca City 40, Sapulpa 37.


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Home > History > The Era Of Good Feelings
The Era of Good Feelings
With a surge of national pride and political unity, America entered the Era of Good Feelings following the end of the War of 1812. America began to grow economically, and a sense of nationhood was established that manifested itself in the creation of home-based industries, a revision of the banking system, and an expansion of the commercial infrastructure, of which the construction of the Erie Canal was a major project. At the same time, great cities were being extended and rebuilt, and a new monumental architecture, in the Greek revival taste, became a symbol of permanence and optimism for the republic.
Jefferson's Embargo Acts of 1807 and 1808, together with French and English war-time trade restrictions had effectively blockaded maritime commerce for almost a decade. Stockpiles of British goods were ready for export, and America, with its nascent industrial base, was obliged to import both the necessities and luxuries of life. The potters of Staffordshire were relieved to regain access to their most lucrative market and enthusiastically resumed their trade with America.
Blue printed pottery had been a staple product since its introduction in the late 18th century. From 1815 the most popular prints were in a bright azure blue, available in a wide variety of patterns from floral and topographical to literary and zoological. By about 1820, a richer darker blue had been introduced, and although it never replaced the "royal" color, it was produced by a small number of manufacturers for about 10 or 15 years. It is apparent from retailers' order books and archaeological excavations that the darker blue wares enjoyed a brief and intense popularity from about 1820 to 1830. Although made specifically for the American market, most of the patterns continued to be general in nature, but there was a small group of dark blue designs that became perhaps the most desirable of all collectible printed pottery – patterns illustrating the new nation of the United States.


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Moms Dish About Doing It
Contrary to what some (male) comedians would have you believe, there is sex after children — and the great news is that it can be even better than before.
By Marisa Cohen Published: Jul 21, 2008
Just ask mother of three Kimberly Ford. By treating her mom friends to many cups of coffee, inviting them to explore exotic dancing and sex toys at "pleasure parties," and sharing her own steamy tales, she got dozens of women to reveal hilarious and relatable stories for her new book, Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids. Here, she answers some of REDBOOK's nosy questions:
What was the reaction when you asked moms to talk about sex?
Everyone made the same joke at first: How can a book about sex after parenthood be longer than one paragraph? But once that was out of the way, they all had a lot to say. It's similar to talking about childbirth — it's very intimate, but if you're in a trusted environment, you want to share.
Do you think sex can be even better after you have a baby?
Definitely. As a couple who has been together a long time — and as parents of the same child — you have an incredible intimacy. You really know the other person's body and preferences, and you can be open and vulnerable and experimental. Once your partner has seen you through childbirth, there are really no holds barred.
Did you learn any surefire secrets for great post-baby sex?
The most important thing is the vibrator! Parents usually have about 12 minutes to get it done before the baby wakes up or the Elmo video is over, and a vibrator can help speed things up for women. It also empowers the woman to have better sex, which means the man has better sex too.
You mention in the book that you still co-sleep with your kids, so when do you and your husband manage to have sex?
We have one big rule in our house: When Daddy and I say we are having "private time," the kids can talk on the phone or go on the computer, but they cannot bother us. My 8-year-old daughter recently asked, "Mom, what do you do during 'private time'?" I told her, "We talk, I get a back rub...." She was like, "Oh, okay." If they turn 16 and suddenly say, "Oh, my God, that's when my parents were doing it!" that's fine by me. I think it's important for kids to know that parents continue to have a sex life!
Marisa Cohen
Marisa Cohen is a contributing editor in the Hearst Lifestyle Group's Health Newsroom, who has covered health, nutrition, parenting, and the arts for dozens of magazines and websites over the past two decades. She has also appeared on two game shows, has seen more than 400 Broadway shows, and really wishes she knew how to tap dance.
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Designer and Luxury
Herchcovitch Opens in Rio
Alexandre Herchcovitch has opened a 485-square-foot store in Rio de Janeiro at the São Conrado Fashion Mall, his first unit in the city.
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Herchcovitch, who is based in São Paulo, unveiled two units in Brazil's capital city 12 years ago. The designer also unveiled a pop-up shop at Omotesando Hills on Omotesando Street in Tokyo, a shopping destination that's been compared to New York's Fifth Avenue. It will operate during the month of May.
Herchcovitch, who has shown his collection at New York Fashion Week for several seasons, is known for his bold prints and combining references as varied as Georgian and Armenian folklore with punk rock.
His Rio store will be ever changing. Nothing is nailed down in the small boutique. "We changed a lot of things, especially the way the collection is displayed," Herchcovitch said. "There isn't enough space to show the full collection. In the new shop, gold metal racks attach to and detach from the wall and can be reconfigured."
Herchcovitch is learning the differences between the two Brazilian markets. "The customer in Rio is very different from the rest of the country and São Paulo," he said. "Rio is very hot all year. In São Paulo, we have a couple of cold months. We opened the store in Rio with the winter collection. People are liking it but asking for lighter things. We are designing special pieces for the Rio shop."
The designer plans to open six more stores in Brazil in the future and eventually to have no more than 10 units there.
Herchcovitch, who has a showroom in New York, said he'll open a store in Manhattan in two or three years.
Two years ago, he sold 70 percent of his company to Inbrands, a group that owns six Brazilian labels. "We are using the expertise of Inbrands. We have more power to buy fabric, because they buy for the whole group," said Herchcovitch.
The designer will continue to show his collection in New York. "I don't see myself showing in another place," he said. "I showed before in London and Paris. The strategy now is to be more commercial and more accessible to more people."


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Dominic Alves By: Dominic Alves
Decorative Hexagonal Origami Gift Box with Lid: # 02
This box is one of 20 different boxes for sale by auction on eBay in support of survivors of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. Click here to visit / to return to the eBay listing [Item number: 120728868170]. The auction for this item closes on Friday the 3rd of June 2011 at 00:18 a.m. British Summer Time (UTC + 1).
✹ Click here to see a thumbnail overview of all the boxes, or watch a Slideshow of all the boxes.
Proceeds of the auction - after eBay and PayPal fees have been deducted - will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
✹ To see a larger, more detailed, view of this picture click on the small magnifying glass icon at the top right of the picture, then click on "View all sizes", then click on "Original" - which displays the largest and best quality image.
✹ To see a view of the base of the box - without the lid - click here.
About the Japanese Red Cross Society
The Japanese Red Cross are one of three major fundraising organisaitions based in Japan (the other two being the Japanese broadcaster NHK and the Red Feather Central Community Chest of Japan - originally a post World War II re-building organisation). You can download two english language reports relating to the disaster from the Japanese Red Cross website:
Operations Update No.1 - 13th April 2011 [.pdf file, retrieved 17th May 2011]
Operations Update No.2 - 6th May 2011 [.pdf file, retrieved 17th May 2011]
Over two months on, the needs of many of the survivors remain desperately basic. There has been an increased incidence of pneumonia and associated fatalities. As well as helping with practical and medical requirements, the Japanese Red Cross Society are helping people deal with "Shell Shock" / Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and further developing services to address these issues.
Perhaps most impressively, they helped quickly set up a management structure to co-ordinate help from all the major fundraisers, a committee including academics and representatives from the 15 most badly affected prefectures [local governments]. The pre-existing local Red Cross chapters [branches] are helping with governance.
Although Japan has a large economy, and domestically the japanese have been hugely generous towards aid efforts, like everywhere else, many people of course are not personally rich. There is still epic upheaval. Much of welfare is normally provided by family and community, a system that breaks down when whole barrios are fragmented and diminished. Services like adoption and fostering, for example - normally always done by relatives - are having to be developed. A planning policy of building schools on higher ground saved many children, but even after encouraging teachers back out of retirement, there is still a shortage of experienced teachers. Japan is mostly mountains and sea, with very little spare land suitable for building, so temporary accommodation has had to be built on land normally reserved for other activities, for example on school playgrounds.
If you enjoy shopping in support of the Japanese Red Cross Society, you might also like Tomodachi Calling, a cafepress web store / shop (recommend by a fellow flickrer schmid91, who helped document the aftermath of the tsunami in Ishinomaki Myagi prefecture).
Japan based english language online newspapers
The Asahi Shimbun
About the decorative hexagonal origami gift box
The box is made up from 12 square origami papers - 6 for the lid and 6 for the base. No cutting, glue or adhesive tape is used.
Although Japan has a long tradition of paper folding, the design of the box is modern, by Tomoko Fuse 布施 知子, who is a renown unit origami designer and artist. Unit origami is a method of building up models using pre-folded components or units.
If you are an accurate and consistent paper folder, but are new to unit origami, and you would like to make your own box, I would recommend her book "Origami Boxes: Moribana Style" [# ISBN-10: 0870408216 - # ISBN-13: 978-0870408212] as an excellent introduction. Connecting the units together can be a bit fiddly at first, and the book also includes designs for more simple square and triangular boxes, which give the opportunity to practice and develop the skills needed for doing the final assembly.
(Until Asimo gets a bit more nimble fingered, the box is unlikely to flood the market anytime soon...)
If you get the bug, she has also created and written about very much more complex models. "Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations" [ISBN-10: 0870408526 - ISBN-13: 978-0870408526] is considered a classic text on the subject.
Paper making was a traditional supplemental business of farmers in Japan during the winter. The very cold water during that season enabled the fibres in the pulp to be soaked without becoming subject to decay, and some also argue that cold shrinks the fibres, creating a finer, crisper paper.
Taken on May 8, 2011


Today we went on a hike at the Tiger Mountain Summit with Luke's Cub Scout Den. Only about half of the boys were able to make it and we missed them, but we still had an awesome time. It snowed rather heavily and was a bit cold, but it was so pretty! We hiked for about an hour. The boys picked up trash along the way... this was part of their 'Leave No Trace' service project. We had a snowball fight along the way and we all brought goodies to mix into a yummy trail mix treat.


Distance from Geylegphug to Al Jawf is 4,985 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 3,098 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Geylegphug and Al Jawf is 4,985 km= 3,098 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Geylegphug to Al Jawf, It takes 5.53 hours to arrive.
Geylegphug is located in Bhutan.
Al Jawf is located in Saudi Arabia.


We extend an open and warm welcome to all parents, and encourage your participation and involvement in the on-going process of the education of your child.
School Boards within the Brisbane Archdiocese are Boards of pastoral governance. A model of discernment called 'sharing wisdom' has been adopted as the most appropriate form of school governance in the Archdiocese. The School Board listens to the wisdom of the members of their community and their own Board membership in order to know how best to lead and serve them.
The P and F aims to provide an avenue for parents and supporters to work with the school Principal to further enhance children's education, to maintain, care for and develop the school and grounds, and to promote the interests of the children and the school. Every parent and carer is automatically a member of our P and F and are invited to consider coming along to meetings and nominating for either a role on the Executive Team or by volunteering to take on a Sub-Committee role.


We now offer full accidental damage policies on the Vortex 250 Pro drone. This covers: crashes, drops, spills, water damage, and ALL accidental damage for a 1 or 2 year term. For additional details, click HERE.
The Vortex 285 (the first in the Vortex family) has experienced incredible success, and has changed the Race Quad market.
The Vortex 250 Pro is the result of listening to our top pilots, taking the product to a new level, with the same level of integration as it's big brother.
The Vortex 285's foldable tubular arms are replaced with virtually unbreakable 4mm Carbon Fiber flat arms, with twelve M3 aluminium spacers wrapped in custom plastic.
The frame is designed to hit objects which don't like to move out of the way, and survive to fly again in the next race.
The 2mm Carbon Fiber top-plate is designed to take some serious abuse, backed up by 2mm FR4 skid plates which survive scraping across the occasional parking-lot floor.
The ImmersionRC Fusion, a highly integrated state-of-the-art flight controller, gets an extensive update for the Vortex 250.
The 'F1' class processor is updated to an F3, flash memory for BlackBox log storage is integrated, the buzzer is replaced with one MUCH louder, and a port is added for direct serial receiver hookup (5V and 3.3v supply options).
As for the Fusion Gen1, the Gen2 is pre-loaded with a custom build ofCleanFlight, and is future-proof, supporting future updates.
The high performance 'F3' processor provides > 2x the performance of it's predecessor, allowing lower loop times, and better flight performance.
New for the Vortex 250, is Dynamic Power Control. Transmitter power is lowered automatically when the quad is disarmed, or ready for a race to start, to reduce interference to other pilots.
The flexible Vortex camera mount supports both a flight cam, and an HD camera such as a GoPro. This mount is included in the box with the Vortex 250, and doesn't require the purchase of an add-on product.
The Vortex 250 continues in the footsteps of it's Vortex 285 big-brother, and not only ships with a pro-tune that flies like it is on rails, but adds a selection of pro-tunes created by some of the experts in the hobby.
Custom 20A ESCs (22A Peak), with OneShot125, and regenerative braking, for crisp-responsive flight using CleanFlight. A 32-bit ARM processor runs each ESC, ensuring plenty of processing power to drive even the most fussy brushless motors.
The second generation of ImmersionRC's 'EzESC', with race-proven reliability, and the extra punch required to spin the 2204/2300kV motors.
These ESCs also support our innovative rotorSENSE, which programs prop direction with the flick of a finger. No more swapping motor wires.
Blackbox is a high speed recorder for flight controller data, which is stored in an integrated flash memory on the Vortex 250's Fusion Gen2 board.
This extremely powerful tool can be used to tweak your PIDs to perfection with your choise of props, battery, and camera.


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RAF Fairford
Part of a USAF B-52 bomber falls into garden as plane heads back to RAF Fairford
The huge Stratofortress bombers are stationed in Gloucestershire for Bomber Task Force Europe
Samuel PortDigital Journalist
One of Gloucestershire's B-52 bombers has dropped an unwelcome surprise into a Warwickshire garden on its travels.
The huge bombers have been based in the county at RAF Fairford for the past few weeks as part of Bomber Task Force Europe, an American show of military strength and support in Europe. The planes' comings and goings have become a regular fixture with sightings over Brockworth, Kingsway and Cheltenham in the past few days.
But one homeowner in Brailles now has a slightly unusual B-52 souvenir after part of a plane fell off and landed in their garden.
A picture posted by the local police force shows yellow metal casing, it is unclear which part of the plane it has come from.
The Boeing B-52 is one of the largest war planes used by the United States Air Force, it carries a mean payload of up to 70,000 pounds of weapons.
What are the B-52s?
Affectionately known as BUFFs (Big Ugly Fat Fellas or a similar word beginning with F) - these big beasts cost around $14million each.
In active service since 1955, they were built to carry nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Each plane can carry up to 70,000 lbs of weapons and has a combat range of around 8,800 miles without refuelling.
They were used extensively during the Vietnam War and have seen more recent service in the Gulf Wars and last year during the aerial bombardment of Syria.
B-52s at RAF Fairford
Why USAF general says they are here
B-52s make noisy RAF Fairford take-off
How B-52 made this image
B-52s roar over Gloucestershire
What happened in Warwickshire?
The police posted a picture of the aircraft part and reported that the resident, heard a 'loud thud' in her garden before discovering object outside.
Fortunately, no one was hurt and the issue has been reported to the relevant authorities.
Along with the picture, the police wrote: 'Its a part from a US B-52 Bomber from Fairford Glos. They have been in contact.
'Yesterday around 5.30pm in Brailes a resident reported hearing a thud in her front garden on closer inspection she discovered what appeared to be a small part from an aircraft. We attended and Aviation and relevant Authorities were informed. (Thankfully no harm to persons/animals/property)'


Sprout's House Floor Plans - The Future....hopefully!!
In the meantime, I wanted to bring you up to speed on our future plans for Sprout's House. A month or so ago I shared our current floor plans - catch up here.
So, here's how we anticipate the ground floor looking once we've wielded our sledgehammers.
We hope to be able to knock through the sitting room into the downstairs bathroom and little hallway making this a far bigger and more usable space. We'd also like to remove the downstairs loo so that we can open up the kitchen and have that stretching across most of the back of the house with room for table etc. The arch that leads into Sprout's current playroom will be bricked up so we can get a good run of kitchen units along that wall. Instead, there will be a doorway from the new enlarged sitting room into the office/boot room. Then the boiler room will become a downstairs loo with space for a washing machine and tumble dryer. We are toying with idea of potentially putting an exterior door in either the office or utility room, but we'll have to see how all the levels work out.
Upstairs, we are going to install second bathroom in the smallest bedroom which is currently Sprout's room. We are also looking at making this space a bit smaller in order to increase the size of the bedroom. The final piece of the jigsaw will be to build an extra storey on top of the current kitchen in order to create two additional bedrooms. And ta-dah we're done!!
Here's a little 'now and hopefully, fingers crossed in the future' action.
So that's the plan - for now - like all best laid plans no doubt it'll change as we spend more time living here.


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Gauke's attack should be a rallying cry for Labour
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Another fool who doesn't think before speaking: David Gauke, pictured here with jaws clamped shut in a desperate attempt to prevent his foot from leaping into his mouth. It would serve him right if his ill-judged attack on a Labour MP brings the entire party and all its supporters together for a concerted attack on the Conservative-led coalition's silly and baseless policies.
Tory Treasury tax-avoidance fan and whistleblower-basher David Gauke's attack on the Labour Party is yet another shot in the foot for the Government That Can Do Nothing Right.
His ill-judged, ill-timed remark that Labour MPs were "turning on each other" is more likely to galvanise Her Majesty's Opposition into more co-ordinated and powerful attacks on Coalition ideology and incompetence – especially after we learned the Tory claim that they inherited an economic mess from the last Labour government was nothing more than a blatant lie.
"They don't really have anything to say and they're now turning on each other and I think their own backbenchers are beginning to realise that the Labour leadership haven't really got a voice," Gauke told the BBC in response to a piece by Labour's Swansea West MP, Geraint Davies, in The Independent.
In doing so, it seems Gauke was trying to distract attention from what Mr Davies was actually saying – which is worth repeating here, because it is likely he speaks for a huge majority of Labour members who are becoming increasingly frustrated by the contradictory and self-defeating behaviour of their leaders.
So what does Mr Davies say?
First: "The electorate doesn't yet see a clear choice between the parties on cuts vs growth." This is because Labour has promised not to reverse Conservative-led ideological cuts and to keep spending at Tory-set levels for 2015-16, if returned to office at the general election – even though the Conservatives have decisively lost the argument on austerity. It simply isn't necessary.
Second: "The Tories have been relentless in asserting that Labour messed up the economy. Not rebutting this charge makes us look like a shamefaced schoolboy admitting responsibility by omission." Mr Davies makes a second good point here – more so because, as William Keegan reported in Sunday's Observer, the spring issue of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy exonerates the last Labour government of any economic wrong-doing. Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling did the right thing – and it is worth reminding everybody that the Conservatives, at the time, supported their actions. That was when the Tories were led by – who'd have thought it? – David Cameron and George Osborne, just as they are now!
The Observer article went on to note that US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has also endorsed the Labour government's actions in his recognition that demand in our economies must be stimulated. Conservative-led Coalition policy has drained demand away. This is why the smart commentators are pointing out that the unforeseen upturn in the UK economy in recent months has nothing to do with government policy; it's just that things had to get better, sooner or later.
Third: He puts up his opinion – that a Labour government should boost the UK's productive capacity "by linking industry, universities and councils. We need a sharper focus on the growing export opportunities to China, India, Brazil and Russia. We must invest in homes and transport, use public procurement as an engine to grow small and medium-sized firms…. We need to continue a journey towards jobs and growth, not to be diverted into a cul-de-sac of more cuts."
The last comment dovetails perfectly with the attack launched by Labour this week on the Coalition's record – which claims the average worker will have lost £6,600 in real terms between the 2010 election and that due to take place in 2015.
Paraphrasing former Tory PM Harold Macmillan, Labour said many workers had "never had it so bad", pointing out that David Cameron has presided over a more sustained period of falling real wages since 2010 than any other prime minister in the past 50 years.
The Tories' only response has been to repeat the lie that the Coalition was clearing up a "mess" that we all now know for certain Labour neither created nor left.
Conservative business minister Matthew Hancock was the one voicing it this time, so voters in his West Suffolk constituency please note: This man is a liar. You must not trust him.
And of course David Gauke weighed in as well. He's the minister in charge of tax – who was revealed to have worked for a firm specialising in tax avoidance. Do you trust him? He's also the minister who reportedly green-lit a plan to discredit Osita Mba, a solicitor with HM Revenue and Customs, after he blew the whistle on the notorious Goldman Sachs "sweetheart" deal that wrote off millions of pounds in interest charges on tax owed to the UK Treasury by the multinational corporation. A trustworthy man?
David Gauke is the MP for South West Hertfordshire. Voters there may wish to reconsider their opinion of him.
What these chuckleheads are missing is the fact that Mr Davies is not a lone voice in the wilderness; his article expressed the opinions of a wide majority of Labour members and voters.
And it cannot be coincidence that only a day after his Observer article appeared, veteran Labour MP Michael Meacher weighed in on his blog with a few opinions of his own about what Labour's leaders should be saying.
"Will the Labour party declare it is opposed to zero hours contracts and will end them?" he wrote (perhaps after reading the Vox Political article on that subject).
"Will it show it is opposed to blacklisting by making it an imprisonable offence, prosecuting the 44 companies who indulged in it if convicted, and making it sure that all the 3,213 building workers secretly subject to blacklisting are informed of the cause of their up to 20 years' joblessness and fully compensated? Will it say loud and clear that a decade of pay cuts for those on the lowest incomes is flagrantly unjust when the 0.01 per cent richest have not only not paid any price, but have seen their wealth continue to grow untouched?"
This is the sort of fire Labour members and voters want to see from the leaders. There is nothing to fear from tissue paper-thin Tory arguments and outright lies. It is time to stand up for Labour principles, damn the Tories for their evil, damn the Liberal Democrats as fools and dupes, and set out a plan to get the ship of state off the rocks and into calmer waters.
If Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, and the rest of the Labour front bench have any sense, they'll realise that continuing with the course they have set will put them in a tiny minority that cannot possibly hope to win the next election. Alignment with Geraint Davies, Michael Meacher and the millions like them should ensure an overwhelming victory.
It isn't even a choice, is it?


In the United States, May is National Foster Care month. I thought this would be a good opportunity to discuss foster care in China. Many adoptive parents are interested in adopting a child who resides in a foster family rather than an orphanage because of the perception that children from foster homes will have fewer attachment issues than those from institutions. Children who have been in foster families will have been exposed to family life, and since they have formed a secure attachment to their foster families, they should theoretically be able to transfer those attachments to their adoptive parents.
Holt International claims credit for introducing foster care programs to China, and today many of the better known foster care programs are still part of foreign charities. Holt still sponsors foster care in at least ten cities, and their programs are not limited to children who will be placed by their own agency. Holt is not the only adoption agency which sponsors foster care, nor is foster care sponsorship limited to adoption agencies. Many OneSky (formerly Half the Sky) affiliated orphanages include foster care as part of their programs. One of my sons experienced foster care through his Half the Sky orphanage. His daily care followed the typical schedule mentioned in this article. He spent several hours a day at the orphanage, but came home to his foster family for lunch and nap, returning again in the evening for the rest of the night. Love Without Boundaries is another charity which has made foster care an integral part of their program.
Foster care is certainly less common than full time institutional care at an orphanage. Just as Chinese orphanages are all independently run, it can be difficult to generalize about how foster care is run in China. In some areas, foster care is very common while in others it is not used at all. In areas with foster care, some orphanage directors send the healthiest children to live with the foster families while in others, it is the children who have greater medical needs who live with foster families because they are felt to benefit the most from the increased attention. Foster care sometimes involves living with a family in an apartment actually on site in the orphanage grounds but in other areas the foster families live far from the orphanage and the children might only be seen once a year at the orphanage which has guardianship for the child. Foster parents are typically older couples who have already raised a child or children but do not yet have grandchildren. Love Without Boundaries has a blog post explaining why most foster families in China do not adopt.
Is it better to adopt a child from foster care than from an orphanage?
Because many potential adoptive parents have learned of programs such as Love Without Boundaries or Onesky, many parents will give preference to children who are enrolled in a foster care program. Sometimes the file will give the child's residence as a foster home. Often if the child is in foster care it will not be indicated in the file, either because the orphanage oversees the foster program or because the child was moved to foster care after the file was prepared. If you are considering a file, I would urge you not to give too much weight to the foster versus orphanage situation. In the first place, you might feel a false sense of security that foster care will guarantee that your child will not have any struggles in their transition to your family. There are never any guarantees, and your child will most greatly be impacted by their personality and their previous life experiences.
As in the US, some foster families are wonderful and caring while others are not. While it isn't exactly common, I have known of more than one older child who described a foster parent with a drinking problem or abusive behaviors. You also need to consider that moving to a foster home is one more placement in the chain of caregivers your child has experienced. Very few children will move straight into a foster family shortly after abandonment, staying there until they are united with your family. My son who experienced foster care was at the orphanage for a year, after which time he went through two foster families and was adopted by us within a 6 month time frame. That is a lot of transitions in a short amount of time, but he still adapted to our family very well. Our other son was in orphanage care for over two years but also transitioned to our family easily.
If you are adopting an older child who has been with the same foster family most of their life, that can create additional complications. The adults involved in the adoption understand better than the child what benefits they will receive by being adopted by a permanent family in another country. However, the child may have no understanding that their foster parents cannot formally adopt them, or what challenges they may face in China as an adult. Some foster families do a wonderful job of preparing an older child for their transition into a permanent family. You will have no control over how they prepare, or not prepare, your child for the transition. There is not any reliable way to know in advance if your child wants to be adopted, even if you have the opportunity to Skype with them beforehand.
For many families adopting a young child, adopting from foster care raises many questions about what sort of daily routine their child was used to. While cribs are standard in an orphanage, it is very possible that your child co-slept with their foster parents, shared a bed with a foster sibling, or slept in a low bed on the floor.
It is important that you read through the Love Without Boundaries "Realistic Expectations" blog series which gives information on what daily life in a foster family might be like. Your child will probably be unfamiliar with the western style toilet in your hotel room. It is extremely likely that he or she has never been bathed by being fully immersed in a huge tub of hot water. Sponge baths are the norm in winter when most homes lack adequate heating and a small basin is probably more commonly used in the summer. Being aware of these cultural differences will help you to ease your child's transition.
While orphanage visits are sometimes granted, it is extremely rare for adoptive parents to be able to meet the foster parents. You will have to hope that the foster parents adequately prepared your child for the adoption and that they said goodbye. Be prepared that many people in China are still of the "tear the bandaid off quickly" philosophy of child preparation. It still happens that children are not told that they will be adopted until the day of the adoption when they are sitting in a van on their way to meet you. A toddler will not really understand what is happening regardless, but this is extremely traumatic for older children. Older children will probably know the phone number of their foster parents, so you will need to give some thought as to whether you want to permit them to call. Again, because of misguided ideas about sparing the child's feeling, it is possible that the foster parents will reassure the child by saying that this is only temporary and they will be able to return to China later. For a young child, you should judge whether pictures you may have of the foster parents should be displayed or put away for a time. These are all really difficult questions without an answer that is best for every child but ultimately your relationship with your child will benefit from the time they spent being nurtured by their foster family.
NHBO: Orphanage vs. Foster Care…What's Best?
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Adoption Resources on May 24, 2016 by minefam.


A father can be the bedrock of a woman's life. Here is an ode to the father of the bride at a time she is about to take a very big step in her personal life.
Towards a future- full of love and shining 'bright'.
With the fear of losing her friend, philosopher and 'guide'..
For he is the Father of the Bride.,.
Even the mirror gladly shares their pride.
To figure what she liked and 'disliked'.
so her world never went down and 'upside'.
With him, her journey seemed a joy 'ride'.
Shoulders firm and smile as wide.


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General News of Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Source: Class FM
My foundation is building 4 shea butter factories – Samira
The Samira Empowerment for Humanitarian Project (SEHP) is building four factories for Shea butter processing in the Shea nut-rich regions in the Northern part of Ghana, the Second Lady Samira Bawumia has revealed.
Mrs Bawumia revealed that she is moved by the plight of women in the country, hence her focus on matters relating to them.
The second lady eulogised the significant roles played by women and challenged all, including governments, to help prioritise women issues. She indicated that her Foundatiion, for instance has a Shea Empowerment Initiative which is mainly targeting women in the Shea butter value chain from picking to processing.
"With support from Exim Bank-Ghana, we are undertaking the Shea Empowerment Initiative (SEI) to train women within the shea butter industry on how to properly pick and process shea nuts into fine and high quality shea butter for marketing.
"The Shea Empowerment Initiative endeavors to train 1600 women over a three-year period within the shea value chain in the Wa (Upper West), West Mamprusi District (North East Region), Gushiegu (Northern Region) and Kasena Nankena District (Upper East) areas," Mrs. Bawumia said on Ekosii sen on Accra-based Asempa FM on Monday, 9 March 2020 to mark the International Women's Day.
The project will train 300 shea pickers and 100 shea processors in each district. Currently, 1400 pickers have been trained on quality shea nut picking, in the first phase.
The Second Lady also highlighted some initiatives by her not-for-profit organisation, the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP), which includes, the 'Safe Delivery Project', an initiative that seeks to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in deprived communities.
The Safe Delivery project is expected to distribute birth kits to expectant mothers in their third trimester, in deprived communities. The project has, additionally, trained traditional birth attendants and several health workers.
SEHP has also equipped selected health facilities in deprived communities in Ghana. So far, SEHP has retooled the Tamale Teaching Hospital, some health centres, and Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compounds with necessary medical and surgical equipment, as well as medical consumables.
SEHP with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has launched a Coalition of People against Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Harmful Practices (CoPASH).
CoPASH will spearhead a national response to the issues of SGBV/HPs including case management and increasing prevention efforts in Ghana. The goal of CoPASH is to bring together agencies, organizations and individuals who are passionate about the rights of women and girls, to advocate for better case management for SGBV victims throughout the nation.


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Aumâtre és un municipi francès situat al departament del Somme i a la regió dels Alts de França. L'any 2007 tenia 205 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet d'Aumâtre era de 205 persones. Hi havia 80 famílies de les quals 16 eren unipersonals (8 homes vivint sols i 8 dones vivint soles), 24 parelles sense fills, 36 parelles amb fills i 4 famílies monoparentals amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 96 habitatges, 80 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 9 eren segones residències i 7 estaven desocupats. Tots els 96 habitatges eren cases. Dels 80 habitatges principals, 68 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 5 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 7 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 2 tenien dues cambres, 9 en tenien tres, 18 en tenien quatre i 51 en tenien cinc o més. 62 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 24 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 45 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població

La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia

El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 118 persones, 92 eren actives i 26 eren inactives. De les 92 persones actives 85 estaven ocupades (45 homes i 40 dones) i 7 estaven aturades (4 homes i 3 dones). De les 26 persones inactives 13 estaven jubilades, 7 estaven estudiant i 6 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Aumâtre hi havia 83 unitats fiscals que integraven 188 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 16.216,5 €.

Activitats econòmiques

Els 2 establiments que hi havia el 2007 eren d'empreses classificades com a «altres activitats de serveis».

Dels 2 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 1 era una perruqueria i 1 saló de bellesa.

L'any 2000 a Aumâtre hi havia 7 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 372 hectàrees.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia una escola elemental integrada dins d'un grup escolar amb les comunes properes formant una escola dispersa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques d'Aumâtre a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades d'Aumâtre a l'INSEE
 France par commune  Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis del cantó d'Oisemont

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This section of the study reports on findings from three original public opinion surveys, one from each of the three metro areas being studied—Denver, Macon and Sioux City. These surveys probe residents about their news habits, civic engagement and attitudes about the city and the media that serve it. Because each city received its own customized survey, the data are kept separate rather than being combined, and comparisons are made from one metro area to the next.
If there is one overarching finding to emerge from the three surveys, it is that there is a pervasive interest in local news across these metro areas. In all three cities, nearly nine-in-ten residents follow news about their local area very or somewhat closely, and roughly half follow it very closely, with Macon showing the highest rates of the three. There is more differentiation when it comes to news at the neighborhood level, as about four-in-ten (41%) Denver residents follow neighborhood news very closely, compared with 58% of Macon residents and 49% of residents in Sioux City.
In the ways that residents keep up with and engage in local news, Denver shows some clear signs of greater digital connection. But many news habits are strikingly similar from city to city. Traditional news outlets still dominate, even in Denver, though certain niche or government entities make a mark in each city. Across the three cities, residents comment on news websites or blogs, call into news programs and share news in social media at roughly the same rates. Local government and politics as well as the local economy are discussed often by about half of the residents in each city. And the most civically engaged consistently show a greater connection to local news.
Local TV, with multiple channels and news programs throughout the day, has the broadest reach in each city—a reach that far exceeds even that of the local daily newspapers.
In both Denver and Macon, residents are about twice as likely to report getting news from local TV as from their daily newspaper: In Macon 66% often gets news from at least one of the four local stations, compared with 36% who turn to the paper, The Telegraph. In Denver, home to nine local TV stations (not including two dedicated sports stations), 58% often get news from local TV, while 23% often turn to The Denver Post for local news. Local TV also outpaces the daily in Sioux City, though not to quite the same degree—68% vs. 40%. The daily newspaper overall hits a much smaller portion of the Denver population (23%) compared with Macon (36%) or Sioux City (40%).
Fellow residents also play a substantial role as a source for news. They play the largest role in Macon, with 37% of residents often relying on friends and neighbors for local news, as do 28% of Sioux City residents and 23% of Denver residents. In Macon and Denver, these percentages are on par with the portion of the public who turn to the daily newspaper.
Digital-only outlets, neighborhood associations and local government agencies register only in the single digits as sources that residents often turn to for local news.
City residents, of course, don't always turn to one local news outlet to fulfill all their news needs. Instead, they may look to one source for political news and another to learn about local crime. For this reason, the surveys explored news consumption by topic area, particularly when it came to the competition between newspapers and local TV for dominance. Here there are striking differences between Denver and Sioux City, with Macon falling in between. In each city, the daily newspaper and the top-ranking TV station consistently rank among the most named outlets, but where one outranks the other varies by both topic and by city, reinforcing a much greater reliance on the newspaper in Sioux City than in Denver.
The Denver Post ranks above the top TV station (9NEWS KUSA, an NBC affiliate) on only one subject—local development issues. It is on par with other sources at the top on seven other issues, including government, the local economy, jobs and unemployment, and local arts and culture. In Sioux City, meanwhile, the Journal ranks above the top TV station in six topics—all of those mentioned above as well as local businesses. Macon falls in between with The Telegraph, outpacing the CBS affiliate on three topics and stands at the top with the CBS affiliate on five others.
The topic areas where the leading TV affiliate ranks first are—in all three cities—traffic, weather and sports. In Denver and Macon, the leading affiliate also ranks first for crime.
These data also reveal that for many of the topics asked about, Denver residents turn to a somewhat more diverse mix of outlets than do residents in Macon or Sioux City. The Denver Post and local TV networks still rise to the top, but for several topics, smaller outlets also appear. Among those who follow news about local business, for example, the daily paper is the main source for a far smaller portion of residents (12%) than in Macon (28%) or Sioux City (34%). And while the top network affiliate in Denver, NBC's KUSA, is named as the main source by 10% of those who follow business, other sources were named at almost the same rate, including 5280 Magazine and Westword. Among those following business news in Macon and Sioux City, the top network affiliate garners more than double the following of the next main source that residents turn to.
These findings offer an intriguing update to a national survey we conducted in 2011 on local news habits. At that time, newspapers ranked first on seven topics—largely civic oriented—and tied for first on four others. Local TV ranked first for only two topics—weather and breaking news—and tied on two others. The data could not be broken down to a city level, but regionally the findings were consistent.
Those 2011 findings line up pretty closely with the current findings in Sioux City but not in Denver. Several elements may be at play here. First is the greater number of news options in Denver. As is evidenced in the table above, for most topics, Denver residents turn to a wider mix of sources. While few of these ever garner a double-digit following, they do add up and could be taking a portion of followers away from the large legacy providers—in this case, the daily newspaper more so than local television. Indeed, as our State of the News Media reports have tracked, average weekday newspaper circulation has declined 11% since 2006 while local TV overall has experienced a much smaller decline in most time slots. In Denver specifically, Denver Post circulation fell 35% from 2006 to 2014 as did circulation for the Macon Telegraph, according to data collected from Editor & Publisher Year Book. The Sioux City Journal had a slightly smaller decline of 29%. Finally, until 2009 Denver was a two-newspaper town with both the Post and the Rocky Mountain News competing for audience. The Rocky's closure in 2009 coincided with the recession, growth in digital habits and the largest wave of digital only and nonprofit news startups. This does not mean the stories or the news gathering produced by newspaper outlets do not reach people in other ways, but as a primary source they are not as prominent in residents' minds.
Also at play in the connection between residents and news providers is what share of the population follows various news topics. Local weather, for example, is by far the most closely followed topic in all three cities. About seven-in-ten residents in both Macon and Sioux City follow it very closely, as do 63% of Denver residents. Thus, the sources turned to for weather—local TV ranks at the top in each of these cities—ultimately reach a larger portion of the residents.
Beyond weather, there is some variation from city to city in the most closely followed topics. In Macon, about half (51%) of residents follow crime news very closely, substantially higher than in the other two cities studied. Macon residents also stand out somewhat from the other two cities for their close attention to what is happening in local schools, the local economy, local government and politics, and local jobs and unemployment. At least a quarter of residents in Macon very closely follow each of those topics, outpacing residents in Denver and Sioux City.
In Denver, traffic stands out as disproportionately important to news consumers. Along with crime and sports, traffic news rank high with about three-in-ten residents following each very closely. But, with household income higher than the national overall (40% earn $75,000 or more compared with 33% who do so nationwide) and unemployment rate below the national average, these residents express less interest than Macon or Sioux City residents in local jobs and unemployment.24 Just 12% follow that kind of news very closely, which is about half of that in Macon (25%) and somewhat lower than Sioux City (17%).
In Sioux City, the only topic other than weather followed very closely by more than a third of respondents is crime at 37%. About a quarter of residents follow local education and the local economy very closely. Traffic and transportation is of much less interest than the other two cities at only 17% very closely following it. Otherwise, residents of Sioux City tend to be on par or in between Macon and Denver in the rates at which they follow topics very closely.
The topic areas that consistently rank the lowest in terms of following them very closely are community events, arts and culture, and local development.
Despite the heavy reliance on legacy providers, there are signs in each city of the digital space becoming a part of the news landscape, though its influence varies.
About seven-in-ten Denver residents (71%) get local news on a digital device—desktop/laptop computer, smartphone and/or tablet computer—at least sometimes. That is also true of nearly six-in-ten residents in Macon (59%) and Sioux City (59%).
And, for almost half of Denver residents (45%), the internet is a very important way they keep up with the news. The same is true for 38% of Macon residents and 33% of residents in Sioux City. (About nine-in-ten [89%] residents in Denver, 76% in Macon and 80% in Sioux City use the internet).
Social media is also becoming a part of the digital news experience. Roughly a third of Macon residents (35%) access a news source through a social networking sites, compared with 25% in Denver and 27% in Sioux City. And 8% of residents in each city (roughly three-in-ten social network news users) say that these sites are the most important way they get local news.
For newspapers the digital space stands out far more—especially in Denver. The native outlet is still the most popular: 63% of Denver readers, 65% of Macon and 71% of Sioux City readers get news from the traditional paper product. But nearly half of Denver Post readers (47%) access it via the Web, app or email, as do 43% of Macon residents and 37% of residents of Sioux City. Between 13% and 18% in each city access the daily paper via social networks.
The Web is obviously the main access point for digital-native publications, though as noted above, very small percentages in each city turn to these kinds of news outlets. For those who do, social media is a relatively popular means of access, especially in Macon. About four-in-ten Macon residents (41%) who use local digital-only outlets access them via social networking sites, as do 34% in Sioux City and 26% in Denver.
On social networking sites, much of the local news that individuals encounter comes through friends or other fellow users who pass this news along. But users can also directly follow various types of news providers; of these, dedicated news organizations or individual reporters are the most common.
In each city, majorities of those who get local news on a social networking site follow news organizations, reporters or commentators: 65% in Denver, 67% in Macon, and 74% in Sioux City. Other types of news providers are followed as well but at much lower rates. About four-in-ten social media local news users in each city follow city departments. And in Macon, about as many follow local civic groups (46%) and official government offices or local leaders (44%). These groups are less likely to be followed by social networking site users in Denver and Sioux City; only about three-in-ten of social media local news users in both cities report following these kinds of news providers.
When it comes to residents' engagement with news, the similarities across the three cities are strong.
At least one-in-five in each city has commented on a blog or website in the past year. Commenting on a local government site, calling in to a live radio or TV show, submitting content to a newsletter or listserv or to a news organization are less common, though each drew activity from about one-in-ten respondents over the past year.
Denver residents stand out for the role they play in passing along the news digitally. About half (54%) have shared a story digitally in the past year. The same is true of 40% of Sioux City residents and 36% of Macon residents. In all three cities, sharing a news story digitally is more common than sharing one in hard copy—done by 26% of residents in Denver, 32% in Sioux City and 28% in Macon.
Looking specifically at social media, more than half of those in each city who get news on social networking sites often click on links to local news stories (54% in Macon and 55% in Denver and Sioux City). Deeper engagement and sharing, however, is less common. About three-in-ten social networking site news users in each city often share or re-post news stories, images, or videos, and at least 15% often share photos or videos of a local news event that they personally took.
Confirming a nationwide truism, at least three-quarters of respondents in all three cities report they often discuss the weather with others.
But, residents in each city have conversations about a lot of other local issues as well. In Macon, crime is on par with weather as a topic of conversation. Eight-in-ten residents often discuss the topic. The same is true of 69% of Sioux City residents and just over half (55%) of Denver residents.
In all three cities, the local economy and local government and politics are often discussed by at least four-in-ten residents. And while local businesses are not followed as closely as other topics, they are a popular topic of conversation, with about half in each city often discussing them.
Residents in these cities tend to have most conversations about local news in person. Roughly three-in-ten Sioux City and Macon residents and a quarter of Denver residents discuss local news in person every day. Phone, text, email and social media are all far less common as a means to discuss local news, though Macon residents are more apt than residents of Denver or Sioux City to have a phone conversation about local news—12% do so daily, compared with 6% in each of the other two cities.
How do the local environments play out when it comes to civic life? Residents were asked if they are members of various local groups and organizations, such as community, parent or church groups, and if they have taken part in certain activities in the past year, such as attending public hearings or neighborhood meetings. Overall, roughly a quarter of residents in each city (24% in Denver, 26% in Macon, 22% in Sioux City) are very engaged in civic life in their city—being members of or having taken part in four or more of the 15 groups and activities asked about in the survey. About the same share (28% in Denver, 27% in Macon, 30% in Sioux City) have not taken part of in any of the groups or activities. As discussed below the most engaged in each city show stronger connections with local news.
Residents in each city also expressed a similar sense of empowerment over making their city's future better. Despite starting out with very different rankings of their cities as place to live, roughly a quarter of residents in Denver and Macon feel they can have a big impact on making it a better place to live. Sioux City residents fall slightly behind at 17%. Few residents in any of the cities feel they can't have any impact at all (5% in Denver, 11% in Macon and 9% in Sioux City).
Denver residents are by far the most likely to give their city an excellent rating, but it is Sioux City residents who express the greatest satisfaction with their local news media. These residents are also the most likely to have had contact with a local journalist, suggesting perhaps that the interests and expectations of news media in a small, close-knit area are different from those in a sprawling and growing city.
Overall, half of Denver residents (49%) say that the city is an excellent place to live. That is true of just a quarter (24%) of Sioux City residents and a mere 9% of Macon residents. Instead, 43% of Macon residents describe the Macon area as a fair or poor place to live—about six times as many as in Denver (7%) and more than twice that of Sioux City residents (19%).
Residents' views of the job their local news media are doing stack up somewhat differently. Sioux City residents are the most likely to think that their local media do an excellent job of meeting the needs of their local community—nearly three in ten (28%) express this view. Macon residents come in just behind, with 21% saying their local media do an excellent job meeting the needs of the community (two times as many as give the city overall an excellent rating as a place to live).
In Denver, despite having a wider array of news and information options, residents are not as satisfied with their local news media as they are with their city. Just 18% say the local media do an excellent job of meeting the community needs, on par with Macon residents and lower than those in Sioux City.
or offices with which they have a personal connection, such as rating their local congressional representative higher than the institution of Congress overall. Along those lines, while only a minority of residents in each city say they have ever spoken with or been interviewed by a local journalist, it is least common in Denver, where 16% report having spoken with a journalist, compared with 23% of Macon residents and 29% of those in Sioux City.
Nevertheless, majorities across the board say that all in all, their local journalists are mostly in touch with the local community: 71% in Denver, 69% in Macon and 83% in Sioux City.


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SANDY SPRINGS, GEORGIA – AUGUST 29: BMI President & CEO, Mike O'Neill, 2019 BMI President's Award Recipient, Brandy Norwood, BMI Vice President of Creative Atlanta, Catherine Brewton, and Ray J pose onstage during The 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center on August 29, 2019 in Sandy Springs, Georgia. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for BMI)
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) celebrated the songwriters, producers and publishers of the past year's most-performed R&B/hip-hop songs during the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards held at the Sandy Springs Arts Center in Atlanta. Multiple-award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Brandy received the BMI President's Award in recognition of her powerful impact on the entertainment industry and her timeless hits, which have secured her place in R&B history.
Hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O'Neill and BMI Vice President, Creative, Atlanta, Catherine Brewton, the evening included stellar performances by some of the hottest artists on the music scene. The ceremony kicked off with a moving tribute video in honor of the late rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle to celebrate his musical legacy and remarkable philanthropic work. Atlanta-based rapper Gunna followed with a medley of his biggest hits, ending with his smash "Drip Too Hard" featuring Lil Baby, who joined him on stage for the performance. Afterwards, Gunna received a special award in recognition of the song garnering one billion streams. TV personality and comedian, DC Young Fly then presented Memphis rapper NLE Choppa with the 2019 BMI Social Star Award.
The evening also featured a series of special tributes to Brandy, which began with contemporary R&B singer/songwriter Jade Novah performing a beautiful rendition of "Talk About Our Love." The tributes continued with Samoht singing a stripped-down version of "Brokenhearted," followed by gospel singer Kierra Sheard's sultry performance of two of Brandy's power ballads, "Have You Ever" and "He Is." Eric Bellinger rounded out the tributes with "Baby" and "Nothing" which had the audience singing along. Brandy's brother, Ray J, took to the stage and serenaded his sister with "Best Friend" before she was presented with the BMI President's Award. Brandy accepted the accoladed with an impromptu performance, encouraged by the audience, of "I Wanna Be Down," before singing her iconic hit "Almost Doesn't Count."
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George and Harold are up to their old tricks again, and when their latest prank makes a direct hit on school brainiac Melvin Sneedly, he decides to get even! But in the blink of an eyeand the sneeze of a noseMelvin goes from snooty to snotty, and the Bionic Booger Boy is born! Can Captain Underpants clean up this catastrophe, or will the mucous monster make a mess of things?
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Dav Pilkey was born on March 4th, 1966 in Cleveland, OH. His father (David, Sr.) was a steel salesman, and his mother (Barbara) was the organist at a local church. Dav's older sister (Cindy) was a highly-skilled professional tattletale.
After setting the school's all-time record for the amount of time spent in the principal's office, Dav was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder and severe hyperactivity. By the start of first grade, Dav had successfully moved into the role of class clown. He was the undisputed king of funny noises, and held the classroom record for the number of crayons he could stick up his nose at one time (a record he still holds to this day).
Everybody in Dav's class thought he was pretty funny, except for one person - his teacher!
Dav's teacher didn't care for his particular brand of humor, so she began sending him out into the hallway. Before long, Dav was spending so much time in the hall that his teacher moved a little desk out there for him.
In the hallway, Dav would sit down at his desk, take out his art supplies, and start drawing. At first, he drew only pictures, but as time went on Dav began making up stories, too.
Dav attended a very strict high school, and things just got worse. Dav's teachers hated his sense of humor, and often discouraged his artistic talents.
In 1984, Dav Pilkey attended Kent State University as an art major. While attending a freshman English class, one of Dav's professors complimented him on his creative writing skills, and encouraged him to write books. Dav thought this was a novel idea, and began working on his first children's book.
Dav learned about a contest for students who write and illustrate their own books. The winners got their books published! So Dav began creating his first book, World War Won, and entered it in The National Written and Illustrated By...Awards Contest for Students. Within a year, Dav had won the contest and was flying to Kansas City, Missouri to meet the editors and publishers at Landmark Editions, Inc.
Shortly after the publication of World War Won, Dav moved back to Kent, Ohio where he wrote and illustrated many more books. During this time, Dav found a cute stray puppy and named her 'Little Dog'. She soon became his best friend.
In 1990, Dav dreamed one night that he was supposed to move to Oregon, so a couple of years later, he and Little Dog headed out West.
In 1999, Dav and Little Dog moved to a small island in Washington. Dav and Little Dog enjoyed taking long walks on the beach, and sometimes they even went kayaking together. But their favorite thing of all was to walk down the street to the island's local sushi restaurant. Dav was the only customer in the restaurant who had special permission to bring his dog in with him. As Dav would eat yummy vegetarian sushi rolls, Little Dog would sit under his table and eat her own meal (a chicken dinner that the restaurant's owner, Sayuri, prepared especially for her).
After a few years, Dav and Sayuri (pronounced Sy-you-dee) fell deeply in love and were married on the beach under a full moon in 2005.
Currently, Dav is working hard on a set of epic novels based on the Captain Underpants comic books he wrote in elementary school while sitting out in the hallway.


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Outlook: High debt level is key risk to Asian markets
Kuek Ser Kwang Zhe
February 10, 2018 15:00 pm +08
This article first appeared in Personal Wealth, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on February 5, 2018 - February 11, 2018.
Wan says more issuers from different countries and sectors will emerge, offering more investment opportunities. Photo by Mohd Shahrin Yahya
Asian markets are particularly vulnerable at this point in time because of corporate and household debt — which are at historic highs — and they risk losing out on short-term fund flows in a way that could ultimately lead to recession.
"If the Fed (US Federal Reserve) and other major central banks [in developed markets] start hiking rates more aggressively, the spreads between emerging and developed markets will tighten. Then, foreign investors will no longer find it worthwhile to buy into Asian assets," says Wan Howe Chung, Amundi Singapore's director and Asian fixed income head.
What would this mean for Asian markets?
"If foreign players pull back their funds, businesses in Asia that depend on shorter-term fund flows would struggle to pay off their debts," Wan says.
The issue goes back to debt levels. "It is not just about the absolute debt level, but the ability of these countries to service their debt. It could potentially send some Asian countries into recession," says Wan.
However, this is a worst-case scenario. Wan says it is unlikely to happen this year as major central banks, corporates and market players remain uncertain about the state of the economy in their respective countries, or the world, for that matter.
They cannot see whether the world economy is going to recover or go through a period of further secular stagnation — that is, a long-term and sustained slowdown in global economic growth.
"The market is in two minds now.
Either, we will get out of this slow growth environment and enter a new investment cycle in the next 12 months or we will enter a phase of secular stagnation due to the high level of debt globally," says Wan.
Due to these uncertainties, the Fed is hiking rates more gradually while other major central banks are still in the process of easing their monetary policy.
US corporates, such as Apple and Google, are also holding onto cash. Rather than reinvesting in machinery or hiring more employees to increase productivity, they are doing share buybacks to make returns from the financial market.
Asian fixed income remains attractive
At present, Wan says the global economy is experiencing very gradual growth, which is expected to continue this year at least. This means that interest rates in developed countries will not increase too substantially and Asian markets will still be, in comparison, attractive.
"Yields in the developed markets are still going to be depressed. So investments will be going into emerging markets, which will support Asian fixed income prices," he says.
Asian fixed income, as an asset class, he says, is also evolving and expected to provide investors with lower volatility and higher diversification in the years to come.
The lower volatility is because Asian investors are increasingly the ones who subscribe to Asian fixed-income products. And this has reduced the influence of foreign investors on these markets.
"For instance, in the past, when something happened in Brazil and foreign investors wanted to cut their emerging markets exposure, they would sell their holdings not only in Brazil but in some countries in Asia as well. But now, because Asian fixed-income investors are mainly either local or regional, they are not too concerned with what happens in Brazil. Also, these companies are mainly insurance companies and pension funds. It is much stickier money" says Wan.
"Foreign investors easily took up 60% of the Asian fixed-income market. But today, it is usually Chinese investors buying Chinese bonds, Indonesian investors buying Indonesian bonds or investors within Asia buying Asian bonds."
On diversification, he says more issuers from different countries and sectors will emerge, providing investors with more investment opportunities, varying in yields and tenure.
"For instance, a South Korean tyre company issued its hard-currency bonds recently. You will get more and more new issuances like these from new sectors within Asia, especially China.
"China is the second largest economy in the world and is opening up its bond market. In the future, you are going to have a domestic bond market there. Like the US, it will be so large that people based in Shanghai will be trading China fixed income without the need to care about the rest of the world. The potential is huge," Wan enthuses.


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Out of all the seasons, I think Autumn Landscape Paintings are the most popular. To be honest, I find this very understandable. The season of Autumn showers so much extra colour and texture on your senses. Also I love the contrast between the rich, bright colours with the emerging stark silhouette of tree trunks and branches.
How to choose which scene to paint . . .
If you are like me or many artists, as you look through your photos and sketches, there is an extensive collection of autumn scenes. Choosing which one to do an Autumn Landscape Painting from is an important decision to get right.
1. Do you want to focus mainly on the rich autumn colours?
2. Is your focus the fallen leaves creating an exciting textural carpet?
3. Are you attracted to the silhouettes of the bare branches?
4. How will you get the viewers' eyes to travel around the painting . . . Pathways or streams can work effectively.
5. Consider using complementary colours to bring your painting alive. So with the autumn shades of yellows, oranges and browns, add in some splashes of turquoise or shocking pink.
Another approach to Autumn Landscapes is to consider autumn fields. Why not go for a drive, take some photos, do some sketching? Make notes of the colours, but also absorb the atmosphere. Is there a chill in the air? A stillness descending?
When I took the photographs for Barton Down (as seen above) a rainstorm was approaching, and the atmosphere was quite 'close'. I aimed to capture this intensity in the painting. The field furrows lead to the horizon and it is left to the viewer to imagine what is beyond . . .