Growing signs of weakness in China -- which has generated nearly a third of global growth in the past decade -- are stoking worries about risks to the world economy and are weighing on profits for firms ranging from Apple to big carmakers.
Analysts polled by Reuters expect the world's second-largest economy to have grown 6.4 percent in the October-December quarter from a year earlier, slowing from the previous quarter's 6.5 percent pace and matching levels last seen in early 2009 during the global financial crisis.
Since China's quarterly GDP readings tend to be unusually steady, most investors prefer to focus on recent trends.
Some factories in Guangdong - China's export hub - have shut earlier than usual ahead of the long Lunar New Year holiday as the tariff war with the United States curtails orders. Others are suspending production lines and cutting back on workers' hours.


Forensic anthropology is a specialised field, practitioners of which study human remains for legal purposes. Forensic anthropologists work around the globe to study or identify human remains, from teeth to full skeletons, ranging in age from millennia to mere days.
Ales Hrdlicka, an anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institution in the early 20th century, is considered the father of physical anthropology. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has worked with anthropologists at the Smithsonian Institution since the 1940s, and the American Board of Forensic Anthropologists was incorporated in 1977.
Famous forensic anthropologists include Ales Hrdlicka, Douglas Ubelaker, and Douglas Owsley. The field of forensic anthropology has recently been popularised by the television show "Bones," which debuted in 2005.
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Press Release : COULEURS DE CHINE PARTNERS WITH SOCF
The NGO Couleurs de Chine, represented by its representative office in Guangxi (China), is pleased to announce its cooperation with SOCF (Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation) which will strengthen its charitable causes in Guangxi, China.
The main mission of Couleurs de Chine, created by Françoise Grenot-Wang*, is to promote access to education for young people from ethnic minorities in the Guangxi region. Couleurs de Chine Guangxi representative office is a representative office of Couleurs de Chine, which is officially registered since 2018 in China. SOCF is a reputable charitable foundation with the qualification of public-fundraising, created in 2006 and registered with the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau.
« This collaboration is a symbolic step for the future development of our actions to support the education of children in the region, from primary school to university. »
(Jeanne Yin, representative of Couleurs de Chine office in Danian, Guangxi)
Thanks to this collaboration, SOCF will be able to support Couleurs de Chine's charitable causes by the funds it raises or receives in China, especially the funds from corporate sponsors in China who will benefit from a tax deduction. Both Individuals and companies will have access to the payment ways provided by SOCF for their donations and sponsorships.
With the support of SOCF, this collaboration will also broaden the channels for helping from sponsors, through which sponsors can support poor students by donating tuition fees and living expenses.
The aim of this collaboration is to further promote the education situation in the region of Great Miao Mountains in Guangxi, where Couleurs de Chine has been present for more than 20 years.
« A great collaboration that will develop the organization's tools to help children from the region to choose their own life! »
(The Board of Directors of Couleurs de Chine in Paris)
"We SOCF are very happy to have Couleurs de Chine as a partner of SOCF, which is officially registered as a foreign NGO representative office in China since 2018. We also appreciate Couleurs de Chine's outstanding contributions to provide educational support to minority ethnic students in Guangxi over the past two decades. Now, SOCF and Couleurs de Chine will be able to work together to make their best efforts to provide better education opportunities to minority ethnic students in Guangxi."
*In March 2014, during his state visit to Paris for the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and France, President Xi Jinping quoted Françoise Grenot-Wang as one of the French personalities who contributed to the Franco-Chinese friendship.
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For Trump's Evangelical Advisers, Prison Reform Becomes a Front-Burner Issue
Evan Vucci, AP
President Donald Trump speaks during an event on prison reform in the East Room of the White House on Friday.
When targeting his message to white evangelical voters, President Trump has often focused on traditional priorities for social conservatives, such as abortion and religious freedom. But in recent months another issue – criminal justice – has become a priority for Trump's influential group of evangelical advisers.
Several of them attended a prison reform summit at the White House on Friday, where President Trump told the audience, "America is a nation that believes in the power of redemption."
That idea – that redemption is possible, even in prison – is a central part of the Christian belief system, said Johnnie Moore, an evangelical leader and informal adviser to President Trump who attended the summit.
"I'm not sure that for a number of years it was sort of considered a political issue," he said in an interview with NPR. "It was more just an issue of justice."
Moore is among leading evangelicals who are supporting the FIRST STEP Act, which focuses on improving prison conditions for pregnant inmates, and offers a path to possible early release for prisoners who earn credits for good behavior. The plan does not tackle many of the larger goals of criminal justice reform advocates, such as reducing or eliminating mandatory minimums for non-violent drug crimes.
The bill recently cleared the House Judiciary Committee and is expected to receive a vote in the full House soon, but faces tough odds in the Senate. It's being promoted by Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has been instrumental in marshaling evangelical support for the plan.
Moore noted that evangelical churches have long been involved in prison ministries. But as the prison system has expanded, he said, they've seen the impact on the people they serve.
"The incarceration rate in this country is just insane," Moore said. "And because of that, most evangelicals, myself included, have a connection to the issue...we've seen it with our own eyes. And now's the time to speak up."
Another big factor that has brought more white evangelical congregations face to face with the prison system is the opioid epidemic, said Craig DeRoche, senior vice president for advocacy and public policy with the evangelical group Prison Fellowship. The group has been involved in discussions with the White House.
"It stopped becoming an issue of the people who have criminal justice involvement as being 'those people,' to, 'wait a second, I know these people,'" DeRoche said in an interview.
For decades, the most prominent evangelical voice calling for prison reform was the group's founder, the late Chuck Colson, a former Nixon administration official who served time after Watergate. DeRoche said the evangelical movement has evolved on the issue since Colson's time.
"A lot of people in the church didn't feel called as strongly to actually enter the debate over [criminal justice reform] like they did with as issues like abortion," he said.
Ralph Reed, a longtime leader of the Christian right, also supports the bill.
"This is really signaling something that's a fascinating and very little-noted phenomenon in American politics," Reed said, "...which is that the evangelical movement...sort of came into the process talking primarily about sexual morality, and now they're speaking to a much broader set of issues."
Some other religious groups and other prison reform advocates, including the National Council of Churches and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, are opposing the measure, which they say doesn't go far enough.
Jesselyn McCurdy of the American Civil Liberties Union said she welcomes evangelical support for prison reform in principle, but worries the push for this legislation could squander an opportunity for more substantial reform. Among other concerns, she said the plan relies too heavily on releasing prisoners into halfway houses, which are underfunded.
Jesselyn McCurdy of the American Civil Liberties Union said she welcomes evangelical support for prison reform – but not for this bill. She worries about squandering what could be the only chance for awhile for significant change.
"Our concern is if we support this...we're leaving thousands of thousands of people behind in the name of a very quick, empty promise type of reform that won't result in many people actually coming home," McCurdy said.
Ken Blackwell, a longtime Republican activist who advised Trump's transition team and is among those advocating for prison reform, told NPR there are also disagreements within the conservative movement about how far to take criminal justice reform.
"It's the extent to which you look for a balance between the punishing dimension of a prison system for acts of wrongdoing, with the hope for rehabilitation and reform," he said.
Blackwell said he's optimistic that the President's involvement in the issue will help to overcome reticence from "law and order" conservatives about the prison reform proposal.
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
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The acquisition is expected to speed up the growth of SVB's private banking and wealth management offering
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SVB Financial Group (SVB), the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, has entered into an agreement to acquire Boston Private Financial, the holding company of Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, for $900m.
Boston Private is a provider of integrated wealth management, trust and banking services to individuals, families, businesses and nonprofit organisations.
Based on the figures at the end of September last year, the combined private bank and wealth management assets under management are expected to reach $17.7bn.
SVB, the Santa Clara, California-based financial services provider, aims to become a premier financial partner to businesses and entrepreneurs by offering commercial banking, investment banking, private banking and wealth management and fund management services.
The acquisition of Boston Private is expected to accelerate SVB's private bank and wealth management offering and strengthening its overall platform.
SVB Financial Group president and CEO Greg Becker said: "Our clients rely on us to help increase the probability of their success – both in their business and personal lives.
"Boston Private's experienced and well-regarded team, robust service offering, and advanced technology platform will significantly bolster our private bank and wealth management capabilities and enhance our ability to offer products and services tailored to the needs of founders, executives and investors."
Boston Private acquisition to help SVB expand its wealth management solutions
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Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Boston Private will receive 0.0228 shares of SVB common stock and $2.10 of cash for each Boston Private share they own.
Subject to customary closing conditions, regulatory and shareholders' approvals, the deal is expected to be closed in the middle of this year.
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Malala invited to Buckingham Palace to meet queen
LONDON - Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, shot last year by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' schooling, has been invited to a Buckingham Palace reception to meet Queen Elizabeth II, officials said Sunday.
The queen and her husband Prince Philip will host the event promoting education in Commonwealth countries on October 18.
"We understand that Malala Yousafzai will be attending the Commonwealth Universities and Education Reception at Buckingham Palace," a palace spokesman said.
Academics and teachers will be among the guests at the October 18 event. The announcement is the latest in a series of impressive accolades for Malala's campaign for girls' schooling.
The 16-year-old is also among the favourites to win the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be revealed on October 11.
During an interview with the BBC's Panorama programme to be aired later Monday, Malala said that winning the peace prize would be "a great opportunity" but that universal education remained her true goal.
"If I win Nobel Peace Prize, it would be a great opportunity for me, but if I don't get it, it's not important because my goal is not to get Nobel Peace Prize, my goal is to get peace and my goal is to see the education of every child," she explained.
The teenager told of her plans to return to Pakistan, but only when she had received a full education and was "fully empowered", and described the Taliban's rule of fear which had led her to speak out in the first place.
"The Taliban's punishments were like slaughtering people on the Green Chowk (the main square in Malala's home town of Mingora), throwing acid on women's faces or abusing them or killing them," she said.
"I was afraid of my future. And at that time there was fear all around us, in every street and in every square of Mingora."
Despite the threats, her father Ziauddin admitted that the family was still shocked by the attack on his daughter.
"We know the Taliban strikes hundreds of schools but they never targeted a child," he told Panorama.
"We really didn't expect (the attack) because we thought that they might have some values, terrorists might have some code of conduct," he added. Malala will publish on Tuesday her autobiography "I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban".
Malala's first thought was "Thank God I'm not dead" as she woke up terrified in a British hospital after a Taliban gunman shot her in the head, according to extracts from the book published in the Sunday Times newspaper.
The schoolgirl added that she was unable to talk, had no idea where she was and was unsure even of her own name when she emerged from a coma after six days.
The last thing she recalled on October 9, 2012, the day she was shot, was sitting with her friends on a bus as it rounded an army checkpoint on the way to school in the insurgent-riddled Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan.
Friends told her that a masked gunman boarded the bus, asked "Who is Malala?" and then lifted a gun to her head and fired.
Gravely wounded, the Pakistani schoolgirl was flown to Britain for surgery. She returned to school in England last March after recovering from her injuries.


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5 MONEY-SAVING TIPS FOR SPRING HOUSE PROJECTS
Antonio Marte, 02/22/2021
Spring is a common time of year to begin work on a home. The following five project ideas are designed to not only help a home look its best, but to also save you money:
1. SIDING REPAIR
A home's siding is important both for its optimum function and for curb appeal. But repairing the siding in a timely way can help home owners save money, too. The longer a home owner waits to repair their siding, the more likely it is that water can infiltrate, rotting the wood beneath and causing problems like black mold. At the same time, the home could be losing value if the curb appeal is going down.
Costs: The average cost to repair siding of nearly any type is about $300, with a full range of up to $1,000 for more invasive types of repairs.
Money-saving tips:
Do your best to color match the new siding to the old. If you're able to do this, it can save you a lot of money on painting the section to match.
Remember that it's always possible to paint any material from aluminum to fiber cement to help it match better and enable you to replace a smaller section.
2. GUTTER CLEANING
The gutters do a lot to help protect your home. They help carry away moisture that could back up beneath your roofing shingles, damaging the wood below and causing leaks. Things like pine needles and leaves can clog up your gutters, causing them to overflow, which can lead to more costly repairs. By keeping the gutters clean, home owners can help save money on things like roof and foundation repair later on.
Costs: The average cost of cleaning gutters is between $100 and $140 for a two-story home with a normal amount of debris. Total costs range from $60 for a one-story home with short gutters to $500 for a multi-story home with clogged gutters and downspouts.
Install a gutter guard over your gutters to help prevent them from clogging. This will save you money year round as it eliminates the need for cleaning and helps prevent the damage that clogged gutters can cause.
3. ATTIC INSULATION
Most homes are under-insulated, particularly those that were built prior to the 1960′s. And even those that did have adequate insulation installed may not have the right amount any longer. Insulation can degrade over time, or be moved by contractors or pests. Having the right amount of insulation in a home can save home owners a lot of money on energy bills each year. At the same time, a well-insulated attic can help protect a home from problems like ice dams in the winter, which are one of the biggest causes of the need for roof repair. Adding additional insulation to an attic will also help keep a home more comfortable as well.
Costs: The average cost for installing attic insulation is around $897 for blown-in insulation of R-19 in 1,500 square feet. Total costs range from $617 for roll in insulation of R-13 installed DIY to $1,501 for fiberglass roll insulation of R-19.
Have insulation applied to the underside of your roof decking as well. This area is commonly under-insulated, but can save owners a lot of money on energy costs by preventing your attic from becoming super heated in the summer and letting your warm air escape in the winter.
Check for local subsidies or grants for energy improvements that may help offset costs
4. PEST CONTROL
Pests may seem like just a nuisance, but they can cost home owners lot in time, money, and health if they don't take care of them in a timely way. Pests can spread diseases, contaminate food, and eat the structure and integrity of a home. By taking care of pest problems as soon as they're detected, home owners can help prevent more serious problems and repairs in the future.
Costs: The average costs of hiring an exterminator to deal with pests is between $250 and $300. Total costs range from $50 to $1200 depending on your location, the type of pest, and how extensive the infestation.
The sooner you deal with a pest problem, the less costly it will be to contain. Consider using things like traps or diatomaceous earth to deal with minor issues yourself, before they become larger.
5. STAIN THE DECK
The deck is an important part of a home's curb appeal and enjoyment of the space. After a long winter, the deck may have sustained damage such as peel stain, which could lead to further problems down the road. By staining the deck in the spring, home owners not only are helping to maintain its good looks, but also preventing future problems like rotting wood, which could cost a lot more to repair.
Cost: The average cost of staining a deck is around $2 a square foot, assuming a deck of around 500 square feet. In most cases the cost will not be any higher than $400 for the total job.
Power wash the deck yourself the day before it's stained to help save on labor fees.
If you're comfortable doing the work yourself, staining the deck DIY could help save you between 4 to 5 hours of labor costs.
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Our Barnsley hotel is a short drive from the buzzing shopping centre and the popular markets as well as the Civic theatre and the fun-filled Calypso Cove waterpark. It s also a great base to discover the scenic surrounding countryside. Look for deer at Wentworth Castle Gardens or spot birdlife at Dearne Valley Old Moor RSPB wetlands. Visit the popular nearby Cannon Hall Farm and Museum or the incredible Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This hotel has upgraded rooms that feature a comfy king size bed with four plump pillows and a cosy duvet. Guests can enjoy a variety of food and drink choices within easy walking distance from this hotel. Early/Late Check-In/Out Service if you re looking to make the most of your day we can offer an Early Check-In service from 12:00noon and a Late Check-Out Service until 2pm so you have more time to relax - cost is �10 per service per room subject to availability - bookable direct by telephoning the hotel. We are a pet friendly hotel and allow up to 2 domestic pets per stay. This is at an additional charge of �20 per pet per stay. Please contact LateRooms to arrange this to be added to your booking and for further details on charges and terms and conditions. Please note that Guide dogs Hearing dogs and other animals to aid disability are exempt from charge.
ibis Styles Barnsley is a contemporary, stylish hotel, with easy access to the M1. Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield is conveniently a 15 minute drive away. Free WiFi is available throughout the property. ibis Styles Barnsley boasts modern, sleek rooms with en suite facilities, including a power shower, in a contemporary glass tiled bathroom. All rooms have a Freeview flat-screen TV. The hotel offers 7 meeting rooms with modern facilities, for business and events. ibis Styles Barnsley offers free on-site parking. A Continental breakfast is served each morning. The Hub Lounge, Bar and Restaurant is a relaxing environment, with satellite TV, where guests may enjoy a snack or drink. The restaurant serves excellent food, prepared with local produce.
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Wortley Cottage Guest House is in the centre of the small historic South Yorkshire village of Wortley. It is next door to the Post Office village shop Countess Tea Room Farm and Flower Shop and The Wortley Arms which has an excellent reputation for fine dining. The three guest rooms (1 twin & 2 double) have ensuite facilities TV and DABradio and a hospitality tray. Free WiFi Internet access in every room. A tasty full-English breakfast using locally sourced produce is included if booked with our premium B&B tariff. Our room-only standard tariff does not include breakfast. The Peak District Holmfirth Sheffield Barnsley and Penistone are all just minutes away. Easy access to the M1 J35a/J36 Sheffield (8 miles) Barnsley (6 miles) and Meadowhall (5 miles).
Surrounded by miles of peaceful countryside, this 19th-century listed building offers old-fashioned charm alongside modern comforts, home-cooked local food and local beers and ales. The Rockingham Arms by Good Night Inns is situated in one of the most beautiful parts of Yorkshire within a 15-minute walk of England's largest stately home, Wentworth House. Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley are a 20-minute drive away. A flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi are included in each quiet, bright and refurbished room. Rooms are located in the country house opposite the main pub building. A great-value menu is available all day, every day at the traditional pub and restaurant. The pub has 6 guest beers on hand-pulled pumps, including some from Wentworth Brewery. Enjoy the large beer garden on hot summer days.
Nestled between the city of Sheffield and the town of Barnsley, The Norfolk Arms offers a restaurant, free WiFi access and free parking for all guests. The property is 5.5 miles from Wentworth Castle Gardens and the famous Crucible Theatre is 23 minutes' drive away. In each room there is a flat-screen TV and fresh towels. There is also an electric kettle. The private bathroom comes with a shower and a toilet. At The Norfolk Arms there is a garden and a bar offering a selection of wines, beers, ciders and spirits. Other facilities offered at the property include a shared lounge. The hotel is 6.6 miles from Motorpoint Arena, 15 minutes' drive from Meadowhall Shopping Centre and 7.2 miles from Don Valley Stadium.
A 15-minute drive from Rotherham town centre, this newly refurbished Holiday Inn Express offers free WiFi and free on-site parking. It is located close to Rotherham Express Park. Each modern air-conditioned room has a flat-screen Freeview TV, and large windows with good views. The hotel bar & restaurant has a selection of drinks, meals, and 24-hour snacks. Holiday Inn Express Rotherham has a lounge bar, with floor-to-ceiling windows. Breakfast is included in the room rate and features hot and cold express buffet items. Close by is Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham Minster and quiet Clifton Park. Holiday Inn Express Rotherham is just 10 minutes' drive from Junction 36 of the M1, and is conveniently located between Barnsley, Sheffield and Doncaster.
The award-winning Best Western Hotel St Pierre is set in the quiet and pretty village of Newmillerdam, Wakefield. It offers free parking and fine dining. The modern bedrooms have private bathrooms and TVs with satellite channels. Rooms also feature work desks, tea/coffee facilities and hairdryers. Just a few miles from the M1 (J39), Hotel St Pierre is close to Wakefield town centre and major routes to the cities of Leeds and Sheffield. Pierre's Restaurant has an a la carte menu and a varied wine list. The contemporary Bar Lounge offers light meals, a well-stocked bar and a plasma-screen TV with Sky channels.
In a beautiful estate just outside Wakefield, Waterton Park Hotel features a golf course, spa, leisure centre and award-winning restaurant. Just 10 minutes from the M1, the hotel has free Wi-Fi. The elegant bedrooms at Waterton are situated in either Walton Hall on the island or in Waterton Park Hotel on the main land, directly opposite the old hall. They are luxuriously decorated with rich fabrics and stylish furniture. All rooms have a private bathroom, satellite TV, work desk and tea and coffee facilities. The Bridgewalk Restaurant serves a seasonal British menu and an extensive fine wine list. With a spacious terrace and views of the 26-acre lake, Charlie's Bar offers beverages and light snacks. The Waterton Hotel is in the grounds of Walton Hall, which sits on its own private island. The estate features a championship golf course, ESPA Spa, swimming pool, fitness centre, hot tub and steam room. Set in West Yorkshire countryside, Waterton Park Hotel is just 30 minutes' drive from the lively cities of Leeds and Sheffield. Free parking is available, and the Peak District is a 40-minute drive away.
Built by a wealthy Victorian mill owner in the 1860s Bagden Hall is a beautiful country house hotel with stunning gardens offering elegant accommodation set in the heart of South Yorkshire. Centrally located between Leeds and Sheffield and just 3 miles from the M1 it s perfect for corporate events and business meetings for weddings and private parties and for a relaxing break in Yorkshire s Last of The Summer Wine country with the Peak District close by. The hotel sits in 40 acres of secluded parkland with its own lake. We have two dining options elegant and informal and our 36 en suite rooms offer style and comfort befitting a elegant country house. We look forward to welcoming you at Bagden Hall.
Retaining all the qualities of the past yet with all the modern facilities and comforts expected of a country house hotel. Cubley Hall is small and friendly with personal attentive service. Use Cubley Hall as your base to explore the stunning local landscape small villages and all the history and festivity that Penistone and South Yorkshire has to offer. This is a perfect place for chilling out and simply enjoying life!
Located in Wakefield by the River Calder, just off Junction 39 of M1 Motorway, Clarion Cedar Court Hotel Wakefield features free WiFi, and access to a Health Club with hot spa bath, Turkish steam room and sauna. There is also a heated swimming pool. All the rooms have en suite facilities, tea and coffee making facilities and a flat-screen TV. There is also a hairdryer and trouser press. Superior rooms are fitted with a king-size bed, mineral water and luxury toiletries. Guests can relax at the bar or in the lounge. They can go for dinner at the elegant restaurant. Free parking is also available on site. Access to M62 is possible just 7 miles away. Local attractions include the Hepworth Wakefield Art Gallery, 3 miles away, Pugney's Country Park, 2.3 miles away and City of Wakefield Golf Club, 2.7 miles away. Yorkshire Sculpture Park is 3.7 miles from Clarion Cedar Court Hotel Wakefield.
Situated just 4 miles from the M1 motorway, Redbeck Motel features private on-site parking, free WiFi and a 24-hour reception. A TV is featured in every room. The rooms with a private bathroom are en-suite and have tea/coffee making facilities. Home-cooked food is served 24/7 in The Redbeck Café, including a full English breakfast. Draught and bottled beers can be enjoyed in the fully licensed bar. Wakefield city centre is just 8 minutes' drive and Walton Colliery Nature Park can be reached in 30 minutes on foot. The Peak District National Park is only 35 minutes' drive away.
The Redbeck Motel first opened its doors in 1969 and hasn t closed them since. Open 24 hours a day 365 days year. The Redbeck Motel is more than just a motel. Situated on Doncaster Road Crofton Wakefield. Ideal for business meetings visiting friends or a just to get away for a short break. Whether you re planning on staying over night or for a few weeks we have everything on site to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Choose from Standard single (shared Bathroom) Or a Single or double en-suite Room We strive to provide Great Comfort at Affordable Prices. All our rooms come with a colour TV FREE WiFi and a famous Redbeck Motel full English breakfast The only way to Start the Day your day . A Family run Business since 1969 !! Always a Warm Welcome Great Service and Great Value That s a Promise ! The Famous Redbeck Serving fresh hot and cold home cooked food 24 hours a day 365 days a year the Redbeck has become a Yorkshire and National Institution. Famous for its breakfast specials (as seen on TV) the Redbeck Motel serves local people from the surrounding area and people from around the country with great fresh food served fast. Call in soon and enjoy a full meal a snack or just take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea. Come and relax in our newly refurbished coffee lounge. Sit back and watch television in a comfortable sofa in a relaxed atmosphere and take advantage of our free Wi-Fi throughout. You deserve to stop. Always a Friendly Smile Great Value Great Service thats a promise !!! Al s Bar Named after the founder of the Redbeck Motel Al s Bar is a fully licensed bar serving draught and bottled beers 7 days a week. Al s Bar is family friendly and invites you to bring along the kids to play safely in the enclosed childrens play area with swings climbing frame and slide.
We make you feel at home and thats the difference! Whether you want to sleep or work all our rooms are fully equipped to provide you with all what you need tea & coffee making facilities TV with satellite bathroom with bath and shower work surface with telephone modem connection and all bedrooms and public areas have the added advantage of having WIFI charges apply. Why not try our Market fresh Breakfast ranging from freshly baked Pastries to a traditional Full English Breakfast cooked to order at fantastic prices Continental Breakfast for �6.00 and add a cooked Breakfast for just �2-75. Our meeting room can be used for a number of occasions please contact the hotel for more details. /P Please note: if you are wanting to pay cash for your stay please contact the hotel prior to making your booking. Pets are allowed charges apply. /P Our reception opening times are Mon-Fri 6.30am-11pm Sat & Sun 7am-11pm. /P Check out is at 12pm and the latest check in is at 11pm.
Campanile Wakefield is located 800 metres from Wakefield city centre. The property offers guests free car parking and WiFi for a surcharge. All rooms at the property feature a flat-screen TV with Freeview channels and tea and coffee making facilities. En-suite facilities include towels and a hairdryer. Additional amenities include blackout curtains and heating control to ensure guests have a comfortable sleep. The property's on-site restaurant serves lunch and dinner meals, and has a bar for drinks and light refreshments in the evening. The city of Wakefield offers guests numerous cultural excursions. The Hepworth Gallery is located 1.3 miles from the Campanile Wakefield, and The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is 5 miles away. Wakefield Cathedral is 1.5 miles away from Campanile Wakefield, and guests can visit Sandal Castle ruins, located 1.8 miles from the hotel. Campanile Wakefield is located in the city's industrial area, where various car manufacturing, construction and electrical corporations are within walking distance. The business centres in Leeds and Bradford can be reached via the M1 motorway, located 5 minutes' drive away. Wakefield train station is located 1.7 miles from the hotel, and the nearest airport is Leeds Bradford Airport, 26.8 miles away.
Situated in Skelmanthorpe, The Grove provides a shared lounge and free WiFi. Guests can have a drink at the bar. A continental breakfast is available every morning at the property. You can play darts at the inn. Leeds is 32 km from The Grove, while Sheffield is 34 km from the property. The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford International Airport, 43 km from the property.
Boasting a garden, The Victoria is located in Wakefield in the West Yorkshire region, 6 km from Belle Vue and 5 km from Sandal Castle. The property is around 5 km from Wakefield Cathedral, 6 km from Yorkshire Sculpture Park and 12 km from Nostell Priory. Local points of interest like Wakefield County Court and Wakefield One are both reachable within 5 km. All rooms include access to a shared bathroom and fully-equipped kitchen. Some rooms feature a kitchenette with a microwave. Guest rooms include a wardrobe. Wakefield Magistrates Court is 5 km from The Victoria. The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford International Airport, 24 km from the accommodation.


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Matt Cassel
He threw only five passes this year, but Tom Brady's understudy is always a play away from being the leading man
Joe Lemire
PATRIOTSSECOND-STRING QB
On being a backup,which he also was at USC before the Pats drafted him in 2005
There's stress. You never know when you're going to get on the field. But Ihaven't suffered many bumps and bruises. And the advantage of a rested arm isthat it's ready to rock and roll.
On his sidelineheadgear
My friends ask, 'Why wear your helmet? You're not going in.' What I do islisten to the play call [through a helmet headset]. Then I say the call aloudas if I were in the huddle. When I watch the play, I go through the mentalreps. This way if I'm called on, it won't feel like the first time I'm in thehuddle.
On the Pats'starter, whom he used to call Mr. Brady
I stopped calling him that midway through my rookie year—he became TB or Tom.He's mentored me. On football operational stuff, on my demeanor, on how torespond in the huddle.
On his mom,Barbara, a TV set designer who won a 2007 Emmy for Tony Bennett: An AmericanClassic
We look up to her. She and my dad [Greg, a TV writer] had four children, andshe worked from 5:30 a.m. until seven at night, never complaining. She stilldoes it. It's a lesson: When there's work, you've got to go do it. Noshortcuts.
On USC's Pro Dayin 2005
I didn't get to go to the combine, and I only threw 33 passes in college. Butwhen I threw well on Pro Day it sparked interest in me. People realized I'dplayed behind two Heisman winners in Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. That daycatapulted me into getting drafted.
Playing in theSuper Bowl
It's everyone's dream, and it's been mine since I was nine in Pop Warner. MaybeI'll get in the game. I'd love to say, "I'm going to Disney World!"
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King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
By David Carey, John E. Morris
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Bogdan Iordache (Co-Founder/How to Web)
There are quite a few good business books on technology, and I'll list below some I find to be a good starting point. Personally, I like biographies a lot and I mostly read biographies of dead people, because those are the most honest ones. So because the computer age is still very young, there won't be a lot of biographies in my list.
The story of Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone, and a financial revolution, King of Capital is the greatest untold success story on Wall Street.
In King of Capital, David Carey and John Morris show how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed themselves from gamblers, hostile-takeover artists, and 'barbarians at the gate' into disciplined, risk-conscious investors while the financial establishment—banks and investment bankers such as Citigroup, Bear Stearns, Lehman, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley—were recklessly assuming risks, leveraging up to astronomical levels and driving the economy to the brink of disaster. Now, not only have Blackstone and a small coterie of competitors wrested control of corporations around the globe, but they have emerged as a major force on Wall Street, challenging the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for dominance.
Insightful and hard-hitting, filled with never-before-revealed details about the workings of a heretofore secretive company that was the personal fiefdom of Schwarzman and Peter Peterson, King of Capital shows how Blackstone and private equity will drive the economy and provide a model for how financing will work in the years to come.
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Investing in bamboo to curb floods in Kenya
In Kenya, floods and landslides killed around 100 people and displaced nearly 300,000 between March and May 2018. Smallholder farmers along the Upper Tana River basin are now investing in bamboo trees to curb floods.
Many of the Kenyan communities affected by floods and landslides this year were already struggling to recover from the 2017 drought - a result of a failed rainy season in 2016 and unusually high temperatures.
"The rainfall patterns have completely shifted. We are receiving more torrential rains of high intensity, accompanied by flooding," Catherine Muthuri, a research scientist at the World Agroforestry Center in Nairobi, told DW.
Degraded soils vulnerable to erosion reduce soil fertility in farmlands and decrease yields, thus intensifying hunger and poverty. Additionally, floods wash away massive amounts of sediment into the rivers.
Smallholder farmers along the Upper Tana River basin in central Kenya have turned to bamboo trees in a bid to reduce sediments flowing into rivers, repair the riparian areas alongside the rivers and stabilize land that is prone to landslides.
"We are promoting bamboo trees in flood and landslide-prone areas to help stabilize the soils. We aim to help restore and repair the riparian [areas] already destroyed by floods, and reduce sedimentation flowing into the rivers," said Anthony Kariuki, general manager of the Nairobi Water Fund.
The bamboo canopy already provides cover after four years. Other trees take 15 to 30 years.
Protecting soil and water
The Upper Tana River basin covers approximately 17,000 square kilometers (4,200,785 acres) and is of critical importance to the Kenyan economy. Home to 5.3 million people, its water provides half of the country's hydropower output. It supplies 95 percent of Nairobi city's water, according to the Nairobi Water Fund. Kariuki clarified that a bamboo-rooting system helps retains water in the ground, binds the soils and helps filter out sediments, thereby reducing the amount of sediments that flow into the rivers downstream.
"Bamboo covers the soil through its canopy, reducing evaporation, hence rehabilitating highly degraded areas faster. Depending on the species it forms a canopy (shelter) within the first four years compared to other trees that can take about 15 to 30 years," Peter Kung'u, who is in charge of bamboo propagation at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), told DW.
Read more: Trees with tricks in their trunks
The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) highlights bamboo as a core development resource that can help create a wealth of practical solutions while reducing the negative effects that changing climate patterns have on millions of rural communities.
INBAR says bamboo is critical in building climate resilient communities and can help the poor control flooding while protecting the environment, biodiversity and the ecosystem.
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A 'woody grass'
Of the more than 1,400 different species of bamboo trees found globally, about 14 species are found in Africa, according to Kung'u. While three are found in mainland Africa, 11 species are located on the island of Madagascar. Bamboo has existed for hundreds of years in Asia, Latin America and parts of Africa.
Known as "the wonder grass," bamboo is a fast growing woody grass naturally found in diverse climates. Plants usually grow three to five feet (0.9 to 1.5 meters) high annually. Their stems range from one mm to 30 cm (11.8 inches) which is why they are sometimes called "bamboo trees." After harvesting, new shoots appear from the roots every year. In four to five years, these shoots grow to harvestable size.
"Bamboo plays a valuable environmental role. Its complex root system acts as an efficient water filter, removing nutrients and dangerous poisons such as heavy metals before they get into the food chain," Kung'u said.
"Additionally, its ability to grow faster than many hardwoods makes bamboo ideal for absorbing greenhouse gases [such as carbon dioxide], compacting desertification and global warming," he added.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important heat-trapping gas, released through human activities such as deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels.
In 2015, the Paris Agreement formally recognized the key role played by landscapes and resilient forests in reducing the global average temperature to less than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Farmers need to see the benefits
While research scientist Muthuri agrees that bamboo is one of the plant species that can help tackle climate change, she underlines the need to combine it with other crops.
"Bamboo is attractive to rehabilitate areas that are deforested. We have a wide range of species, adaptable to every place, but it's not a one fit situation," Muthuri warns. "They take time to establish but once established they take very little time to grow."
Muthuri sees bamboo's potential along river banks and farm borders as a buffer and water filter "but it's not an attractive species for the farmlands unless [there is an] economic incentive for the farmers."
Smallholder farmers along the Upper Tana Basin have planted about 65,000 bamboo seedlings since last year across the watershed, according to Kariuki.
The Nairobi Water Fund is training them in bamboo-farming practices and linking them to markets "as an incentive to improve their economic livelihoods through selling bamboo products such as firewood, charcoal, animal feeds, building and fencing materials."
This comes after Kenya issued a logging ban for its forests earlier this year. It has also embarked on evicting communities illegally settled in its indigenous forests.
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Trees with tricks in their trunks
Trees don't only combat climate change, prevent soil erosion, serve as shelter, provide oxygen and food, some are even equipped to deal with the consequences of drought and fire. (12.04.2018)
El Nino-induced floods ravage East Africa
Landslides in Rwanda caused by heavy rainfall killed 49 people and another building collapsed in Kenya. Experts blame the El Nino weather phenomenon for catastrophic incidents in four East African countries. (09.05.2016)
Women key to fight against climate change
Growing up in a South African township, Ndivile Mokoena realized early that women, children and society's poorest are hit hardest by environmental issues. Now she works for gender equality and climate justice globally. (06.03.2018)
The 77 Percent: Bamboo innovation in Uganda
Author Sophie Mbugua
Related Subjects Climate Change, Kenya
Keywords Kenya, bamboo, floods, erosion, climate change
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