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Wish Man – an interview with Frank Shankwitz
By Mark Gardner
So, Frank, you just finished a movie.
Yeah, we completed filming "Wish Man" in October of last year. [It was] quite the production. We started the whole thing in 2014 and it took that long. It's a feature motion picture, and the average movie is seven years from inception to release. We're doing it a little earlier just because of the cooperation with the community and other people.
Let's back up a bit. Some people may not know who you are. Frank, you started Make-A-Wish.
I was the creator and co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. My wife and I started that back in 1980. Through the grace of God and modern medicine, and so many volunteers and people, it has grown from 1980, now to 63 chapters in the United States, 36 international chapters on five continents, and we've granted now, over 415,000 wishes worldwide.
And that started with you and one little boy?
Exactly, a little boy. Some [people] may remember "CHiPs," the television show. I was introduced [to a] little boy, seven years old. Unfortunately, he had terminal leukemia. His mother told us that his heroes were Ponch and Jon from the TV show, "ChiPs," and when he grew up; he wished he could be a highway patrol motorcycle officer. So, the family contacted our department. The [Arizona] Highway Patrol did everything they could for this little boy. [They] made him the first and only honorary highway patrol officer in the history of the [Arizona] Highway Patrol. The biggest thing was to make him a motorcycle officer- which I did. Unfortunately, he died a couple days later. He's buried in a little town called Kewanee, Illinois, and my commanders asked if I would go back with another motorcycle officer to give him a full police funeral- which we did. We were joined by Illinois state police, city police, county police. [It was] just this most amazing thing to bury this little boy. He was buried in uniform. He has a grave marker that reads, "Chris Greicius – Arizona Trooper." Coming home, I just started thinking about how this little boy had a wish, and we made it happen. Why can't we do that for other children? That's when the idea was born.
So, a couple of books are out. In fact, last time I had you on, you brought a book that's called, "Once Upon a Wish." It was written by Rachelle Sparks.
She was a local newspaper reporter up here for the [Daily] Courier. [She] contacted me one day, and we did an interview. She said, "Let's write a book about this. About the Wish children and some of their wishes." So we did that. [We] called it, "Once Upon a Wish." A few years ago, I released my own book called, "Wish Man."
And it was "Wish Man" that they contacted you and said, "Let's do a movie."?
Yeah. Again, it was in 2014. The publisher had given a rough draft [to] 333 Studios out of San Diego. [They're] an independent film company, and they had read [Wish Man] and said, "We're gonna fly over to San Diego." I said, "Okay, who doesn't like San Diego?" That went through the owner and also a director and screen writer. They said, "We want to do a movie about your life."
It's a period [piece,] from age ten, to when I started the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 1980. I thought they were talking a documentary, and I said, "Well, that's okay," and they said, "No, a full feature motion picture." I [was] just kind of hesitant on that, but they talked me into it.
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Six Random Questions With Arwen Paris
I know it's been a while since I've interviewed anyone, and I sometimes wonder if I've forgotten how to do it :) Since I reviewed Arwen Paris' Fate of the Stars last week, and I may have been a little overly-critical about her novel, I asked Arwen a few random questions about her debut novel, and what ever else I thought of to ask her. So read this, go buy her story so that she can keep writing more stories.
What has been the most challenging part of publishing your book?
You know how most authors have that first book they wrote, the really ugly one they lock away someplace dark? Yeah, I just couldn't bear to do that. What's worse, is that I actually finished book two for NaNoWriMo before I finished the first book! Getting Fate of the Stars written, rewritten several more times, edited and rewritten again has been a grueling and educational process. Let's just say, I can't wait to write a fresh book.
Right now I'm getting book two in the Fate of the Stars series, Rival, ready for the first round of edits.
What other books have you written and/or are working on for the future?
Oh my gosh, I have an excel spreadsheet I keep of all the series I want to write. After I finish up the Fate of the Stars series I'm really excited to work on my next project – a YA Fantasy!
What's your favorite supernatural creature?
I know what you're thinking. She should choose Elves, her name's Elvish for the love god! But I have to admit that I'm a dragon lover. That's probably why I'm switching to fantasy for a bit after this series.
What advice do you have for aspiring authors?
Writing is art, and it grows and matures the more you practice. So never stop writing, and never stop learning to write better.
What's your favorite quote?
I loved Dune by Frank Herbert when I was a kid. I could read that whole book in less than eight hours. But this quote really struck me to the core: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." It's a good mantra for writers too.
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Canned questions with Aaron Frale
I read and reviewed Atmospheric Pressure, by Aaron Frale, and he consented to an interview. He writes sci-fi and a little bit of absurdist humor. Check out his stuff with the links below!
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
When I wrote a story about skeletons chasing a dude in elementary school. My friends kept requesting the story at sleepovers.
What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I usually try to inject comedy in just about everything I write. I really appreciate it when Sci Fi and Fantasy writers don't take themselves too seriously, and it shows up in the writing. Though there are some stories where the comedy doesn't quite fit, so it depends on the story.
What do you like to do when you're not writing?
That's a good question. I've sacrificed a lot of my free time in order to write. However, I do like nerd games. Recently, I've been playing the X-Wing Miniatures game.
In one sentence, tell us all about Atmospheric Pressure.
A dystopian novel about greed, cronyism, and the dangers of climate change run amok.
What inspired you to write the book?
I worked in downtown Minneapolis, and it intrigued me that you could walk from one end of the downtown to the other without ever going outside. I thought to myself, "What if you could never leave the skyways?"
Is there a sequel on the horizon?
It's at the editor right now.
How long does it take you to write a book?
It depends on the book. It took me over a year to write the sequel to Atmospheric Pressure. Whereas this other book took me a little over a month from conception to the stage where I'm at now with the sequel to Atmospheric Pressure. Sometimes, it clicks and my fingers can't type fast enough. Other times, I have to let it stew for a while.
What have you learned about writing now that you have several stories out?
So many things! But here are few bullet points. 1. Do your research, 2. Pay for ads, 3. Pay for an editor, and 4. Writing is a long-term game. Very few have their first works become break away hits. Stephen King had a giant nail on his wall full of rejection. I'm lucky that I came from a theatre/film back ground, so I got to learn about character development, plot, dialogue and all those craft things before I even attempted my first novel. For me, the marketing and business end of writing has been a steep learning curve. Just focus on improving one aspect at a time.
Do you hear from your readers much? What kinds of things do they say?
I do get emails and messages on social media. Probably the most were from Time Burrito. People love to show their appreciation when you can make them laugh. Most others are usually asking about sequels. I love hearing from them, because it keeps me going.
If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in Atmospheric Pressure?
Yeah, I'd probably tone down social commentary and increase the pace of the book. I think there were some passages in there than went on to long focusing on the injustices of their society. I also think I've gotten more crisp with my sentence structure
Tell us about future writing projects.
Atmospheric Pressure 2 will be out later this year or early next year. I also got a YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi coming out. They are both with different editors right now. It depends on which one gets back to be first as to which one will come out first. If you want to be the first know, sign up for my mailing list at aaronfrale.com. I'll give you some free short stories just for joining.
Aaron's first novel is Playlist of the Ancient Dead. He also co-wrote a no-budget comedy flick called Hamlet the Vampire Slayer. The University of New Mexico gave him an MFA in Dramatic Writing. Screaming and playing guitar for the prog/metal band is one of his pastimes. He lives with his wife Felicia, two cats, and a small dog who thinks he's a large dog.
http://wontchangetheworld.com/
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An Interview with Carey Lewis
I asked zombie aficionado, Carey Lewis, to talk about himself, and he obliged.
One of the defining moments was when I was in grade five and having a hard time adjusting to my new school and my parents divorce, even if I didn't know it at the time. My school took me out for one class a couple times a week for a guidance session, where she told me to write. I ended up writing this story about a boy that had a pet alien he named 'Frick' that was always getting the boy in trouble.
I was too naïve at the time to realize it was a roundabout way of swearing. But I enjoyed doing it, and it was something I was proud of. I'm sure everyone got relief from those times because I was off in my own world, not causing trouble. I ended up looking forward to those times where I got to escape into something I was creating.
The definitive moment happened when I saw Pulp Fiction when I was sixteen. It was the moment in the film where Bruce Willis runs over Ving Rhames. Ving Rhames ends up shooting the woman helping Bruce Willis with his smashed nose. I couldn't help but laugh for awhile at that, but I couldn't understand why it was so funny. It was at that moment I realized what an effect a writer played.
I'm not sure if I have a quirk that stands out as far as my writing process goes. I'm sure it's pretty standard. But I think within my work, I have a certain voice, a style that a reader can pick up on. I like to have snappy dialogue with smart characters, or at least real characters. Put some humor in there because I don't think everyone's always serious. I think there's humor in life so I try to have those moments. I like to say I write bad guys that are cooler than I'll ever be.
I've been told my stuff reads like a movie, which is more than likely my filmmaking background making itself evident.
I like to bitch and moan about opinions on the Internet but never get involved in them like a crusty old man. I used to drink a lot, but I'm told that can't lead anywhere healthy. No one buys my Hemingway excuse. Until I find a new hobby, I guess I'll keep writing.
In one sentence, tell us all about the Generation Z series.
An excuse to write a story about race relations in today's society.
In one sentence, tell us all about the Gutter Dogs series.
A fun, enjoyable ride with lowlifes at the wheel.
What inspired you to write these series?
Racial tensions have become more prevalent now I feel, than any other time I've been aware of while I've been on the planet. Since I've written Generation Z, I've only seen the divide grow. Looking back at Romero's work, with Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, they weren't just scary Zombie flicks, they actually said something. They were a mirror up to our culture designed to make us take a look at ourselves. Zombies have always been a great metaphor for our culture and society, whether it be consumerism, racism, vanity, or egotism. I wanted to go back to those roots, show what we're going through currently in a different way. The way we're communicating now just isn't working. No one wants to listen. Everyone acknowledges that there's a problem. That's not the problem. Solving that problem and developing steps is where we're tripping up. That's where all the shades of gray lie that we're having a hard time navigating through. We're getting hung up arguing about who's more wrong, thinking that makes one argument right, when that part doesn't matter. What matters is what we're going to do about it, how we go forward. We can all agree it's bad and wrong. Let's get past that part so we can figure out how to fix this.
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A few Questions for April Daniels
I reviewed April Daniels upcoming #LGBT superhero novel on Tuesday, and I asked her to follow up with a little Q&A…
When I went to college. I wanted to make video games, but the part of gaming that I really was interested in was the story, and after looking at some game company websites for game writer job postings, it seemed like the easiest way to do that kind of work was to get published as an author a few times. At the time, getting a novel published seemed like it would be no sweat, just a matter of a year or two. This is not the case.
I really wouldn't know. I write how I write, and try not to think too much about signature styles or anything. Style is something that happens naturally for most, and while you can develop it with intention, that's an advanced level skill that I'm only now beginning to come to grips with.
I still play a lot of video games, but I'm getting old, so while I used to be able to play twitch-shooters, I'm now mostly into support classes on Overwatch and grognardy strategy games.
What does your family think of your writing?
Mom's pretty stoked.
Describe your protagonist, Danny.
Plucky. She's got miles and miles of pluck.
How long did it take you to write Dreadnought?
About six weeks to rough it out in late 2013. After that, there have been a total of several months work of intensive work, spaced out in fits and starts as I worked on other projects and battled various intrusions from real life and my day job.
What was one of the most surprising things you learned while writing Dreadnought?
I don't really learn things while writing books. Researching, sure, but once I start writing it's because I know where I'm going.
Danny's experiences touch on larger issues, such as the nature of choice, the ramifications of how society sees us, and the pursuit of revenge. What's your take on some of these issues?
My answer to this will go on sale January 24th on Amazon and at your local bookstore.
What was your grand plan when you first set out to write this novel?
To write the book I wish I'd had when I was 15. There wasn't anything at that time that showed trans people in a good light. Hell there wasn't even anything that told stories from our perspectives.
What other fiction influences your work?
I've been reading sci-fi and fantasy my whole life. Superhero fiction is great because it's basically both at once. It's hard to pick out specific features I took from other work for that reason, though believe it or not, The Black Company by Glenn Cook is probably the strongest influence.
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An interview with Felix R. Savage
Felix R. Savage is a sci-fi writer with a demented imagination who specializes in creating worlds so compelling, you'll never want to leave!
It's not a question of wanting or not wanting. I've BEEN a writer since scribbling my first stories in blue marker in a little notebook with a padded gold brocade cover at the age of five! I'm still writing like a demented thing after all these years and planning to keep it up for a long time to come!
I write the books I want to read, which no one else has written yet. Fortunately I have fairly mainstream tastes, so it turns out other people want to read them, too!
When not writing I am extremely boring. I work full-time at a large company which shall remain nameless. I'm married with a small daughter. I have no hobbies.
In one sentence, tell us all about the Interstellar Railroad series.
An Irishman of rather low character tries to get rich by seeking alien technological relics on unexplored planets, but his efforts are hampered by pirates, sheer bad luck, and his hapless friends.
What inspired you to write the series?
Usually about a month to a month and a half, depending on length.
What have you learned about writing now that you have fourteen books out?
There's so much more to learn with every book! That's the amazing part! It's so much fun, I never get tired of improving and taking feedback on board and responding. It delights me to think about how much there is still to learn, because that means I'll never get bored.
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An Interview with Zen DiPietro
Recently, I've reviewed Translucid and Fragments, by Zen DiPietro. I asked her for a brief interview, and she was kind enough to acquiesce to my request…
The first time I said it was when I was a kid–just a few years old. I developed an early and rabid love for books. But when I was old enough to understand how getting paid works for authors, I decided to go with a college major that involved a regular paycheck.
I enjoyed writing over the years, but stopped when I had kids. Eventually the ideas knocking around in my head got too big and really needed to come out. Eventually, I told my husband, "I'm going to write a book." And that man didn't even bat an eye. He ordered me a laptop and off we went. I became a full-time writer and five books later, we're still all-in.
My heart pounds when I write the big action scenes. I really buy into it, and feel what my characters feel. That probably comes from my experience as a role-playing gamer.
I read and binge-watch sci-fi. I play with my cats, play games with the kids, and work out whenever possible. I also like making things—sewing, 3D printing, graphic design, whatever. There never seems to be enough time in the day.
In one sentence, tell us all about the Dragonfire Station series.
Wow, one sentence! Okay. I won't even cheat with a major run-on with multiple clauses.
Dragonfire Station is The Bourne Identity meets Firefly and Star Trek.
Yeah. That doesn't seem to say a lot, but when you think about those elements, it really does.
I love the excitement and mystery of a thriller, and the limitless possibilities of the universe. It made perfect sense to me to put them together. I write the stories I want to read, and there's nothing I love more than a page-turner filled with characters who feel like people I know and care about.
A first draft takes about two months. Then I put it aside for a while and work on something else. When I come back to it to revise, I've gotten some perspective. I keep putting it away and coming back to it until it goes to the editor. All told, it takes about six months, but it's not the only thing I'm working on during that time.
What did you learn about writing and publishing between Translucid and Fragments?
Well, writing my first series was a huge learning process, and I've had the benefit of those lessons in writing the Dragonfire Station series. But I actually wrote Translucid and Fragments simultaneously. I wrote the first book, then went straight into the second. From there, I toggled back and forth between them when doing revisions and edits. It was a huge undertaking
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It's Shimmer time again! Today I'll be showing you Shimmer Polish Courtney, who is totally jummy.
Courtney has a medium pink/red jelly base with rainbow glitter. In the bottle, she mainly looks red and blue but she is so much more than that. When I saw Courtney in the bottle she didn't wow me, but on my nails I loved her a lot.
I do have to mention that my Courtney seems to be an updated version - on the Shimmer blog, you can see some older swatches where Courtney just has a clear base. Or you can click here for Boombastic Nails' swatches which show a clear base too - this is from 2013.
Emily from Nail Polish Society swatched Courtney too recently and she also noticed it had a pink/red base - you can check out her swatches here. I emailed Cindy from Shimmer Polish about this and she confirms Courtney has a reddish base now. So if you buy Courtney now, a reddish base is included!
With all the different colours, Courtney is like a little party on your nails. I spotted blue, green red, orange, pink, yellow and purple glitters.
I loved how happy Courtney looked so I did two designs with her.
For the first one I used two very old polishes - like really, really old. I bought them before my polish obsession so they must be around 4-5 years old now! They are thick and gloopy but I managed to pull off applying them :D I hadn't planned to do my nails but I suddenly felt the urge to paint them, and I was at home without any of my lovely polishes so I used these two old ones instead.
They are: Essence Just Rock It! and Rimmel Rose Libertine.
I did 3 coats of Rose Libertine on my thumb, index finger and pinky, and added Courtney. Because she has a reddish base colour, she made the Rimmel polish much more vibrant and a bit darker. I love the look!
I did one coat of dark blue - but I don't think this polish used to be a one coater lol, it's just gotten way too thick - and dabbed on Courtney near my cuticles. As always with Shimmer Polishes, Courtney was super easy to use and I had no trouble with her at all.
Excuse the tip wear please! I couldn't take pictures right away.
For the second design I chose a softer look and used Essence Pure Soul and Claire's Fairy Wings.
I did a gradient on my thumb, index finger and pinky with Pure Soul and Fairy Wings. I added one coat of Courtney and that gave a more pink look to the gradient.
I used just Fairy Wings on my middle finger and added one coat of Courtney. On my ring finger, you see Courtney swatched on her own in 3 easy coats.
I have some close-ups for you too! Top left is one coat of Courtney on top of Rose Libertine; top right is three coats of Courtney on her own; bottom left is one coat of Courtney on top of Just Rock It!; and bottom right is one coat of Courtney on top of Fairy Wings (I love how the bright blue glitter looks on top of Fairy Wings).
What do you think of Courtney? And which of these designs is your favourite?
Shimmer Polishes cost $12 and come in bottles of 15ml. You can find them here on the Etsy shop, and here on the Shimmer Polish blog are even more polishes to choose from. You can look at more swatches and designs with Courtney here (some with clear base and some with red base as I mentioned at the beginning of this post).
I remember this nail polish! I saw it somewhere on the net and liked it. Great post. I like both manis, maybe the second one slightly better.
Vind 'm met drie laagjes super mooi zeg! Wat een gaaf lakje. Leuk dat je meerdere nail arts maakt zo! En wat staat die donkerblauwe lak je ook mooi.
Ja ik had wel zin om er meerdere nail arts mee te doen, ik vond het echt een leuke lak en wilde eens tonen hoe je er verschillende looks mee kon creëren :) Dankjewel Miriam!!
The first manicure is a little bit more serious and classy and the second one is girly and playful, of course that I can not choose a favorite one and I like them both. Courtney is a wonderful polish!
Haha you're absolutely right! Thank you Andrea!
That blue Essence is gorgeous but I love Courtney the most on the pink gradient!
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Wednesday 02nd of June 2021
Sunrise in Jezero Crater, Mars. Friday, May 28, 2021. @ThePlanetaryGuy
New from @NASAPersevere / Sol 96 @_TheSeaning
I have been immersing myself in the wonderful Margaret Atwood
My "gateway drug" to Atwood was The Year of the Flood
So, then, the novel begins in Year 25, the Year of the Flood, without explanation of what era it is the 25th year of, and for a while without explanation of the word "Flood".
We will gather that it was a Dry Flood, and that the term refers to the extinction of - apparently - all but a very few members of the human species by a nameless epidemic.
A virulent plague that "travelled through the air as if on wings, it burned through cities like fire". Margaret Atwood
You catch highly contagious new-variant Covid-19 when you INHALE air that an infected person has EXHALED. This is more likely with CLOSE CONTACT, CROWDED PLACES and CLOSED SPACES (3Cs). @trishgreenhalgh
Now I have just finished MARGARET ATWOOD'S THE TESTAMENTS
For years, Margaret Atwood resisted the notion of writing a sequel to her feminist classic The Handmaid's Tale. She first began considering the possibility after 9/11, when, as Atwood told The Current, the political climate radically changed.
"Instead of going away from Gilead, we turned around and started coming back toward Gilead," she said
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
"I dream that I have found us both again,
With spring so many strangers' lives away,
And we, so free,
Out walking by the sea,
With someone else's paper words to say....
They took us at the gates of green return,
Too lost by then to stop, and ask them why-
Do children meet again?
Does any trace remain,
Along the superhighways of July?"
If this is not apartheid then what?! This is how the 'normal life' of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank looks like. @ChristineJameis
The Wall Rachel's Tomb. © Josef Koudelka | @MagnumPhotos
#Dispatches: A moonlit candlelight vigil to condemn the killing of children and civilians, is held over the rubble of homes destroyed by Israeli military strike @yamphoto
Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases @OurWorldInData
New global case numbers are still falling overall. The cubic expects an acceleration as variants overtake vaccinations globally @video4me
COVID19 posted two record high weeks of Infections and then declined -4% and -12% and -14% in the 3 following weeks
The government of Peru just announced a huge reevaluation of the cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths in the country, from 69,000 to 180,000. @redouad
This is by far the largest mortality correction in the pandemic until now.
more than 0.5% of the population!
―They fancied themselves free, wrote Camus, ―and no one will ever be free so long as there are pestilences
And Peru is a country where only, 8% of Population are 65 or older. @nik_kolb
International dispersal of variant alpha tracked (new WHO nomenclature for B.1.1.7) through genomic surveillance. @MarionKoopmans
"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." - Professor Allen Bartlett
Low Tuesday cases following the UK Bank Holiday Monday have clipped the daily growth to +4%. @video4me
Log-log continues to show the fast rise from B.1.617.2, which has given the current growth a kick.
Scotland Delays Easing of Restrictions on Concern Over Variant @bpolitics
Edinburgh, the capital, will remain in the current level rather than seeing a further easing of some rules on household mixing and on businesses on June 7 as planned, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.
Glasgow, the biggest city, will drop to the same level as Edinburgh after a surge in cases had kept restrictions there for longer.
09-MAY-2021 :: "Kumbh Mela [which] may end up being the biggest super spreader event in the history of this pandemic." Professor Ashish Jha
Kumbh Mela: how a superspreader festival seeded Covid across India @guardian
On 12 April, as India registered another 169,000 new Covid-19 cases to overtake Brazil as the second-worst hit country, three million people gathered on the shores of the Ganges.
They were there, in the ancient city of Haridwar in the state of Uttarakhand, to take a ritual dip in the holy river.
The bodies, squashed together in a pack of devotion and religious fervour, paid no visible heed to Covid protocols.
This was one of the holiest days of the Kumbh Mela, a festival that has become a highlight of the Hindu religious calendar and is known for drawing millions of pilgrims, seers, priests and tourists.
In the weeks beforehand, as a deadly coronavirus second wave began engulfing India, anxious calls to cancel the festival were rebuffed by the state and central government, which are both ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP).
On 21 March, a full page newspaper advert featuring the prime minister, Narendra Modi, invited devotees to the festival, assuring them it was "clean" and "safe".
1.2m Estimated daily visitors to Haridwar during the festival
3.1m Devotees who bathed in the Ganges on 12 April
2,000 People testing positive for Covid-19 in Haridwar, 10-14 April
1800% Increase in Covid cases in Uttarakhand state during the Mela
Uttarakhand BJP chief minister, Tirath Singh Rawat, who had earlier told devotees that "faith in God will overcome the fear of the virus", was among the millions pictured taking part in the rituals wearing no face covering.
By 15 April, more than 2,000 festivalgoers had already tested positive for Covid-19.
Two days later, Modi backtracked and called for the Kumbh Mela to be "symbolic", but it was too late. By the time the festival ended, on 28 April, more than 9 million people had attended.
The true toll of the Kumbh Mela will never be known, due in part to an alleged effort to stop collecting data.
Thousands of pilgrims returned home without having been tested or quarantined and without any track of them kept by the government.
"Pilgrims from all states carried variant viruses and seeded epidemics," said T Jacob John, a former director of virology at the Indian Council of Medical Research.
In the aftermath, Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University, said the Kumbh Mela was possibly "the biggest superspreader event in the history of the pandemic".
The government has stood by its decision to hold the festival. The BJP vice-president, Baijayant Panda, said "ignorance" and "hinduphobic elements" were behind it being labelled a superspreader event.
Nonetheless, in the week that followed the festival, the host state of Uttarakhand registered a 1,800% increase in Covid cases, many of which have been linked in some way to the festival.
Naga sadhus (Hindu holy men and women) take pictures after taking a dip in the waters of the Ganges during Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. Photograph: Prakash Singh/ @AFP / @GettyImages
Devotees gather for evening prayer on the banks of the Ganges during Kumbh Mela, 13 April. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/ @Reuters
Naga sadhus, or Hindu holy men participate in the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges River during shahi snan at Kumbh Mela, or the pitcher festival in Haridwar, 14 April. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters
"We are capable of delivering any message we want to the public - whether sweet or sour true or fake." said @AmitShah
The politicians who mismanaged the pandemic committed "social murder" and must be held accountable, writes @bmj_latest @KamranAbbasi @EricTopol
The one man who has consistently proved right about the pandemic since March 2020 and always told the truth about it is banished from the press. This is #RamRajya under RSS/BJP/Modi. @sonaliranade
LIVE: My interaction with members of the Press about GOI's Covid vaccine disaster. @RahulGandhi
States with such rulers can get "seized by senility and the chronic disease from which [they] can hardly ever rid [themselves], for which [they] can find no cure"
Ibn Khaldun explained the intrinsic relationship between political leadership and the management of pandemics in the pre-colonial period in his book Muqaddimah
Historically, such pandemics had the capacity to overtake "the dynasties at the time of their senility, when they had reached the limit of their duration" and, in the process, challenged their "power and curtailed their [rulers'] influence..."
Rulers who are only concerned with the well-being of their "inner circle and their parties" are an incurable "disease".
A bioterror or bioerror will lead to one million casualties in a single event within a six month period starting no later than Dec 31 2020." cc @nntaleb @vtchakarova
The story is getting more and more interesting. Another study showing that SARS2 can't infect bat cells. @Rossana38510044
13-JUL-2020 :: Year of the Virus 'Zoonotic'' origin was one that was accelerated in the Laboratory
There is also a non negligible possibility that #COVID19 was deliberately released
Controlling the COVID19 Narrative, suppressing the Enquiry, parlaying the situation into one of singular advantage marks a singular moment and
Prospects for world economy have brightened, but the #recovery is likely to remain uneven across countries. Some countries are recovering much faster than others. #EconomicOutlook @OECD
Prospects for the world economy have brightened but this is no ordinary recovery. It is likely to remain uneven and dependent on the effectiveness of vaccination programmes & public health policies. #EconomicOutlook @OECD
Global economic growth is now expected to be 5.8% this year, a sharp upwards revision from the December 2020 Economic Outlook projection of 4.2% for 2021.
The vaccines rollout in many of the advanced economies has been driving the improvement, as has the massive fiscal stimulus by the United States.
World GDP growth is expected to be 4.4% next year but global income will still be some USD 3 trillion less by end 2022 than was expected before the crisis hit.
USD 3 trillion is about the size of the entire French economy.
Some countries are recovering much faster than others.
Korea and the United States are reaching pre-pandemic per capita income levels after about 18 months.
Much of Europe is expected to take nearly 3 years to recover.
In Mexico and South Africa, it could take between 3 and 5 years.
Egypt Pound 15.6797
South Africa Rand 13.77
Dollar Index Chart INO 89.92
Druckenmiller on $DOGE, love it: @majgeoinvesting
"Manifestation of the craziest monetary policy in history. It's just this wave of money in the Greater Fool Theory. Having said that, I wouldn't short it because I don't like putting campfires out with my face. So I pretend DOGE doesn't exist."
The boundary between crypto and fiat money is becoming more permeable @TheEconomist
Finance has its squabbling tribes, much like the rest of society.
A contest that attracts a lot of attention just now is the demographic-cum-digital divide between crypto kids and fiat dinosaurs.
The crypto kids believe that blockchain-based finance is the future and a haven from the inevitable degradation of fiat money.
In the opposite corner are the titanosaurs of the fiat world, the central bankers. "I'm sceptical about crypto assets, frankly, because they are dangerous," said Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England's boss, this week.
This is a good moment for the dinosaurs. The dollar price of bitcoin, the mainstay of crypto assets, fell from $58,000 or so in mid-May to around $33,000 in the space of a couple of weeks.
The steepest part of that decline came after Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk, said his firm would suspend its policy of accepting bitcoin for purchases of its cars.
A pledge by Chinese regulators to crack down on the mining of bitcoin gave the sell-off additional impetus.
The consequences have so far been few. Because there has been no visible collateral damage, crypto has been widely seen as a side-show in financial markets.
This view is too dismissive, though. Crypto, like gold, is built on a collective belief about its value.
But so to an extent are all asset prices. And crypto is moving past the point where it can be considered its own self-contained world
To understand bitcoin's ascent it helps to go back to the work of Thomas Schelling, a Nobel-prizewinning economist and game theorist.
Schelling contended that people are often able to act tacitly in concert if they know that others are trying to do the same.
Many situations throw up a clue, a "focal point", around which people can co-ordinate without explicitly agreeing to do so.
For instance, if asked to pick a positive number, people will offer a variety of responses—one, seven, 100 and so on; but if asked to choose a number that others will also select, there is a preponderant choice: the number one.
This insight applies to certain assets that lack intrinsic value.
The investment case for gold, said Schelling, can best be explained as a solution to a co-ordination game. Gold bars have value because enough people tacitly agree that they do.
Their value is bolstered by their scarcity, and their longevity. Willem Buiter, a prominent economist, once aptly called gold the "six-thousand-year-old bubble".
Bitcoin is newer, but similar. Yes, the technology behind it is ingenious (although Ethereum, the next-most-valuable crypto asset, arguably has the more compelling user case).
And, yes, bitcoin is used in transactions, if no longer for Tesla's cars. But its selling points are scarcity and fame. It is a natural focal point. As with gold, you can make a theoretical case that it is proof against paper-money inflation.
The latest gyrations seem to confirm that crypto is a walled garden unconnected with the rest of finance.
But if you look more closely a different pattern is emerging. There is already a pathway linking crypto prices with gold.
Flows into exchange-traded funds (etfs) that invest in gold started to revive just as money was flowing out of bitcoin futures and etfs, according to a recent analysis by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou of JPMorgan Chase, a bank.
That suggests that institutional investors are shifting back into gold after a flurry of interest in crypto, because bitcoin prices had risen too quickly.
Viewed this way, the fall of bitcoin and the revival of gold are a relative-value trade within the broader set of inflation hedges.
Furthermore, it is hard to shake off the feeling that crypto-crashes now matter. This is the third bear market in four years, but a lot more money is now involved.
The market capitalisation of cryptocurrencies tracked by a specialist website, coingecko.com, was more than $2.5trn in mid-May. A fortnight later it had fallen to $1.5trn.
That is a big loss in anyone's money. Crypto prices are creeping up again, so those losses are already being eroded. But at each new peak, the asset class looms ever larger.
And a dollar lost in crypto investing is the same as a dollar that was once earned or borrowed—even if, at present, it is hard to know precisely who bears the loss.
There is something else to consider. Cryptocurrencies are highly speculative assets. It is thus hard not to think of their prices as a signal of shifts in risk appetite more broadly.
Beliefs matter for all sorts of asset prices, whether in dollars or bitcoin. You might be able to dismiss this crypto-crash. But the next one will be harder to ignore.
8 JAN 18 :: The Crypto Avocado Millenial Economy.
Paul Virilio has said 'Wealth is the hidden side of speed and speed the hidden side of wealth' and he is not wrong.
The generational difference between people who are looking for ladders and people who are looking for trampolines @kevinroose
Gold and Bitcoin moving inversely @markets
It was in 30-DEC-2016 :: [I wrote] My Optimal Portfolio at this moment looks like this 1. Long BITCOIN. 2. Long BITCOIN short Gold on a Spread
I never imagined the Trend would run over 4 years. It has now reversed and tis reversal is going to get violent
#USDT (1,000,000,000 USD) minted at Tether Treasury @whale_alert
University of Texas at Austin Study All But Confirms Tether Is Manipulating Bitcoin @UTSA
Large negative returns before the flows but are followed by large return reversals
The abstract for the paper succinctly describes what the paper is about:
This paper investigates whether Tether, a digital currency pegged to U.S. dollars, influences Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices during the recent boom.
Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices.
Less than 1% of hours with such heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the meteoric rise in Bitcoin and 64% of other top cryptocurrencies.
The flow clusters below round prices, induces asymmetric autocorrelations in Bitcoin, and suggests incomplete Tether backing before month-ends.
These patterns cannot be explained by investor demand proxies but are most consistent with the supply-based hypothesis where Tether is used to provide price support and manipulate cryptocurrency prices.
"Forget about the forces of the free market, my friend. Commodity prices no longer refer to any value, past or present—they're just ghosts from the future." @NewYorker
09-MAY-2021 :: The liquidity of this complex is illusory, as the reflexivity embedded within creates a lurking shadow convexity that is vulnerable to predatory flows. @FadingRallies
As I write this on the 3rd of January 2021 $BTC has touched 35,000.00 in a parabolic shift higher
We need to get out of that range for bull to resume, trade with caution @RemiGMI
Markets when they retreat always fall much much further than expectations.
I recall Russian Prins falling from 60+ to 6.
Ponzi algos "AI" bots are everywhere. they are super smart, running the stops. & front the leaked news & pump'n dump & dump'n pump @kerberos007
It was the second wave that killed the dip buyers the most @sunchartist
Crypto Dip being bought is not much different from the Asian financial crisis (central govt raising rates to protect currency) and the pre-GFC selloff (the entire subprime was $600 bln small in the scheme of things)
''Yeah you good traders can spot the highs and the lows pit pat piffy wing wong wang just like that and make a millino bucks sure no problem bro."
04-JAN-2021 :: What Will Happen In 2021 I expect Gold to top $2,500 this year and Silver to reach $50.00
28-MAR-2021 :: GOLD HAS COMPLETED ITS CONSOLIDATION AND IS HEADED BACK TO ATHS
There is an almost perfect relationship between the price of #gold and the real bond #yield. ('yes', levels!) @jsblokland
09-MAY-2021 The Markets The Lotos-eaters Gold and Silver Have finally got the Big MO
Gold INO 1899
Dubai Left Behind as World's Prime Property Hotspots Thrive @markets
Fast emerging from the pandemic slump, the construction industry will deliver an estimated 62,000 homes in the emirate this year and nearly 63,500 in 2022, which would be the most since 2009, according to consultancy firm Knight Frank LLP.
The burst of supply will probably leave Dubai, alongside Buenos Aires, as the only two cities in Knight Frank's selection of 25 prime locations to witness a decline in values for their top-end residential properties.
A supply glut that's held down Dubai's property prices for over half a decade will likely keep it on the sidelines of a global upswing in values of prime residential real estate.
Knight Frank expects Dubai, Buenos Aires to be the only cities seeing a decline in the value of prime properties
"The supply-demand imbalance has been a defining feature of Dubai's residential market ever since the Great Recession of 2008-09," said Faisal Durrani, head of Middle East Research at Knight Frank.
"Looking at the next few years, this looks set to persist."
While the wealthiest home buyers who fled virus lockdowns for Dubai have helped spur demand for luxury homes earlier this year, the improvement hasn't been uniform.
Much of the city's real estate is still working through an oversupply that drove down values by over a third since 2014.
The pandemic compounded the pressures from job losses and departures of foreign workers, chipping away at demand for rentals.
The booming residential pipeline suggests that chronic oversupply will remain a key vulnerability for Dubai, one of seven sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates.
Still, the outlook also means that Dubai will be a relative bargain for buyers with deep pockets.
A million dollars can buy 165 square meters (1,776 square feet) of space in Dubai, around five times more than in London or New York, according to Knight Frank.
Dubai has 42,356 homes valued at $1 million, second only to the U.K. capital.
The values of prime homes, worth 3.6 million dirhams ($1 million) or more, are forecast to decline 2% in 2021 after dropping 6% in 2020, Knight Frank estimates.
Home prices overall are set to fall 2% to 3% while single-family properties -- known locally as villas and making up about a third of the city's residential supply -- are likely to climb 3% to 4%, Durrani said.
While some completion delays are likely, "it does appear as though the market is being supplied with more homes than can be absorbed," he added.
Still, Knight Frank forecasts prices will decline at a slower pace thanks to easing travel restrictions and plans to stage the postponed Expo 2020 later this year.
With "an improved economic outlook, business confidence is rising and that is filtering through to the property market in the form of heightened interest and rising deal volumes," Durrani said.
4 FEB 14 :: Dubai is the real transit state, a connection point in an interconnected century
Dubai's Burj Khalifa
Brazil's real surges to 5.15/$ after Q1 GDP beats expectations, rates spreads also tighten @ReutersJamie
Map shows population density across the African continent. @simongerman600
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - Population @StatiSense
1960: 227.2 million, 7% of the World
1970: 290.5 million, 8%
1990: 509.5 million, 10%
2010: 869 million, 13%
2019: 1.11 billion, 14%
POPULATION....between 1999 & 2019 @StatiSense
Angola: 101%
KinshasaCongo Rep: 89%
Mali: 85%
Tanzania: 77%
Ethiopia: 74%
Nigeria 69%
Ghana: 62%
Pakistan: 56%
Egypt: 49%
India: 32%
Bangladesh: 30%
Canada: 24%
USA: 18%
China: 12%
Japan: 0%
NOV 14 : African youth demographic [many characterise this as a 'demographic dividend"] - which for Beautiful Blaise turned into a demographic terminator
It's about to go baby 🍼 boom. @drmwarsame
Angola 95% of peak
Average number of new infections reported each day in Cape Verde falls by more than 140 over the last 3 weeks, 42% of its previous peak
Average number of new infections reported in Réunion each day reaches new high: Now reporting more than 1,000 daily
The average number of new infections reported in Uganda has been consistently increasing for 7 days
Was Africa spared from the pandemic? Clearly not. @fibke
Following on the recent more-than-doubling of 'official' Peruvian Covid-19 deaths perhaps a similar exercise is worth considering in South Africa? @tomtom_m
That report suggests that perhaps between 85 and 95% of the excess deaths are attributable to Covid-19. This would push the number of Covid-19 deaths in the country to around 145 000 @tomtom_m
Dramatic change in Uganda #SARSCoV2 lineage patterns with multiple VOC circulating. New genomes in @GISAID sequencing efforts from AFRICO19 @MRC_Uganda @_RHSP @cphluganda @wellcometrust @UKRI_News @mlcotten13
Seychelles Says Active Covid-19 Cases Fall 11% in Week @bpolitics
Seychelles, which has vaccinated a greater proportion of its people against Covid-19 than any other nation, said active cases of the disease fell 11% in the week to May 29 as a recent surge in infections continues to abate.
The Indian Ocean archipelago has 1,071 active cases, the health ministry of the nation of 98,000 people said in a statement on Monday. Hospitalizations declined and to date no one who has been fully vaccinated has died of the disease, it said.
Over 90% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray need emergency food aid: UN @AFP
An appalling cascade of atrocities with no end in sight. @thetimes view on the tragedy in Tigray | Comment |
Ethiopia's offensive to crush a rebellion in the Tigray region was supposed to be a limited one, or so the Nobel peace laureate who launched it tried to reassure the world.
Yet the violence Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia's prime minister, unleashed on his country's border with Eritrea has morphed into an appalling cascade of atrocities with no end in sight.
Mass rape, ethnic cleansing and killings, carried out by Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers in pursuit of now near invisible Tigrayan rebels have swept up millions of civilians.
In seven months, thousands have been killed and three million left at risk of famine.
As The Times reported this weekend, the latest casualty of the fighting has been Tigray's health system, with hospitals looted in a free for all that risks making an already dire situation catastrophic.
At the Hawzen Primary Hospital in northern Tigray, this newspaper found nothing but bare bed frames left for any patients who might arrive.
Health officials say that about 80 per cent of Tigray's hospitals have been destroyed by looting and vandalism in a campaign aimed at crippling medical services in the region.
That campaign began early in the conflict. Doctors at Hawzen said that Eritrean military medics visited the hospital in November and made an inventory of equipment which they later returned to remove, from operating tables to pots and pans from the kitchen.
That the war crime of targeting civilian medical care is a familiar one makes it no less appalling.
In Syria the forces of the Assad regime and the Russia air force colluded to target hospitals and clinics in rebel-controlled areas in an effort to drive out a civilian population Damascus believed would never be loyal.
In Tigray the vandalism is equally carefully planned but much of the equipment is stolen rather than destroyed, allowing the other side to use it for their own population.
The fighting in Tigray shocked the world when it first broke out, due mostly to Abiy's peacemaking credentials, reigniting questions about the process of awarding the Nobel peace prize.
Yet it has stretched on, bloodily, with little attention, too often dismissed as simply another brutal African war.
Meanwhile the Horn of Africa faces serious environmental challenges to its food supply, including an infestation of locusts and droughts recurring with alarming frequency, raising fears of a repeat of the kind of famine that devastated it in the Eighties.
In Tigray people are already starving while fleeing farmers leave behind their crops.
Before this conflagration, Ethiopia was emerging as the most dynamic large economy below the Sahara. Now foreign investors are nervous, putting projects on hold.
The US has paused economic and security assistance to Ethiopia while announcing visa bans on officials from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Tigray, blamed for impeding a resolution to the conflict.
The EU has suspended Ethiopia's budget support until aid agencies are given access to the conflict zone.
Abiy may not be the first Nobel laureate to squander his reputation , but he is the speediest.
At his 2019 ceremony, he said "war is the epitome of hell". That is certainly what Tigray sounds like now.
Meanwhile, Ethiopia's other regions are erupting, with hundreds killed in clashes between Oromos and Amharas, and between ethnic Somalis and Afars. The peacemaking that should be rewarded is the peacemaking that happens now.
A grave humanitarian crisis is unfolding in #Ethiopia. 'I never saw hell before, but now I have,' in #Tigray @NatGeo @Indira_L
Ethiopian troops ride through traffic in Mekele. @NatGeo
MTN representatives were asked to revise their offer but declined, stating they had presented their best offer @bankelele
Egypt has surrounded Ethiopia with the iron fist of diplomacy. @mailandguardian @thecontinent_
.@EgyArmySpox
Gunmen opened fire at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister in an attempted assassination on Tuesday, wounding former army commander and killing his daughter and driver @Reuters
Four attackers on motorcycles sprayed bullets at a four-wheel drive vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, in the Kampala suburb of Kisasi, local television station NBS reported.
President Yoweri Museveni condemned the attack, blaming it on criminals, terrorists and "pigs who do not value life". In a Twitter post, he said that authorities already had clues in the case, and the criminals responsible would be defeated.
"I have survived, we have lost Brenda... The bad guys have done it, but God has given me a second chance."
Spain's High Court turned down a request for Western Sahara independence leader Brahim Ghali to be taken into custody, saying plaintiffs in a war crimes case against him had failed to provide evidence he had committed any crime. @Reuters
The Polisario Front leader, who has been hospitalized in the Spanish city of Logrono for more than a month, appeared remotely before the court in Madrid.
He and other Polisario Front leaders are accused by human rights groups and Western Sahara individuals of genocide, murder, terrorism, torture and disappearances, a court document said. He denies any wrongdoing.
"The prosecution report has not provided elements of evidence supporting the existence of reasons to believe he is responsible of any crime," a court document said.
The Spanish government says he was allowed treatment in Spain as a humanitarian gesture, but the move had angered Morocco and led Rabat to relax border controls which allowed thousands of migrants to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last month
Shortly after Tuesday's court decision, Spanish government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said she expected diplomatic relations with Morocco to return to normal in the coming hours.
But despite her optimism, the decision not to detain Ghali was likely to infuriate Morocco.
Ghali's Algeria-backed Polisario Front is fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, which was a Spanish colony until the mid-1970s and has since been considered by Morocco as part of its own territory.
Chakwera loses his lustre @Africa_Conf
U-turns and misjudgements are damaging the President's standing with the public as stresses in the ruling coalition mount
As befits a devout evangelist and former pastor, President Lazarus Chakwera promised to lead Malawians 'to Canaan' after winning last year's dramatic election, a re-run of the previous poll cancelled by judges over fraud by ex-President Peter Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party.
Wits on social media say that he only has led the country to war-torn Baghdad.
Repression, guns and new laws As economic chaos and corruption reign, President Mnangagwa crafts a wave of new laws to pre-empt dissent says @Africa_Conf
After bludgeoning his opponents for the past three years, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping up laws against all dissent and erasing the last vestiges of judicial independence.
Seizing power after a coup and hanging on through a disputed election in 2018, Mnangagwa is confident he has hamstrung the opposition parties.
Nyusi angers the region @Africa_Conf
Two months after Islamist militants mounted their spectacular invasion of the town of Palma in Cabo Delgado province, President Filipe Nyusi still does not know where to turn.
The longer he waits, however, the more time the militants will have to prepare more strikes, counter-insurgency experts say
This sets the stage for a difficult summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Maputo on 27-28 May to discuss regional insecurity, focusing on the insurgency in Cabo Delgado and the need for a regional intelligence and military response.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is the incoming chairman of the Troika of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, is to attend with Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
Diplomats and intelligence officials in the region fear that if Maputo does not get on top of the insurgency soon, it will spread north into Tanzania and south towards Malawi.
That could allow so-called Islamic State (IS or Da'ish), which claims the movement often known as Ahlu Sunna Wal Jammah (ASWJ) as its affiliate, greater opportunities
South Africa is also worried that it could become the target of terrorist attacks. 'There are concerns that South Africa is being used as a base and "safe haven" for logistical planning by terrorist groups,' notes a South African military intelligence report seen by Africa Confidential.
It warns of the 'importation of terror risks' from Mozambique. On 21 May Pandor said South Africa would push for an intervention force to go to Cabo Delgado because the insecurity poses 'a threat to the region'.
Mozambique's neighbours do not want to wait until Cabo Delgado's problem becomes their own.
Mozambican officials privately ascribe Nyusi's reluctance to allow the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to send a force to fear it could be bogged down interminably, like the African Union troops fighting Al Shabaab in Somalia.
Civil society activists, however, say that the real reason Nyusi does not want foreign boots on the ground is to avoid interfering with the drug-trafficking economy in Cabo Delgado.
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique's (Frelimo) Makonde generals have always run the province's various criminal rackets, and Nyusi, who is also Makonde, owes his prominence to that network.
But the attack on Palma left Nyusi less able to resist some form of intervention.
On 8 April at the SADC summit called to consider the issue, he yielded a little, and allowed in a technical team to assess the nature of a SADC force, if it were to be deployed.
When Zimbabwe's information ministry tried to push for the force to be 'capacitated immediately so that it can intervene', Maputo pushed back, calling this pre-emptive.
Signs that Nyusi was finally ready to yield to SADC pressure for a deployment quickly faded. Days after the summit, the technical team's report was leaked, which appeared designed to hinder the plan.
The document advocated a force of 3,000 on land, sea and air. Mozambican officials have made various off-the-record objections, saying the force is too heavy, or just a ploy for other states to get money out of the European Union to beef up their own armies, and cited other reasons that made Maputo's continued opposition clear.
A follow-up meeting set for the 28 April where the technical team's findings would be presented and debated was, to little surprise, cancelled, although some officials said it was because key SADC leaders had other commitments.
However, that was the day Nyusi flew to Kigali to meet President Paul Kagame. Many diplomats take this as a signal from Nyusi to SADC that he has other options if the regional bloc pushes him too hard.
The Rwandan military, regarded as highly professional in the region, has been working with the Central African Republic government on a bilateral basis against rebels there, as well as its role in a UN force.
Growing closeness between Maputo and Kigali is not something South Africa welcomes.
Its relations with Rwanda have not fully recovered from the murders of Rwandan dissidents on South African soil
Tanzania's relations with Rwanda are also cool and it would likely regard Rwandan involvement in Cabo Delgado with displeasure.
Whatever force may come to Cabo Delgado it is not clear how, if at all, its plans would dovetail with the government's plan to deploy up to US$1 billion in World Bank-managed funds on its Agência do Desenvolvimento Integrado do Norte (ADIN – integrated development fund) projects designed to calm tensions and pull the rug from under the feet of the insurgency.
Many in Maputo are nervous about the fact that ADIN is overseen by the Minister of Land, Environment and Rural Development, Celso Correia.
Correia was Nyusi's election campaign manager in 2014 and in the campaign of 2019, which was widely viewed as grossly fraudulent
Before he was Nyusi's right-hand man Correia performed the same role for ex-President Armando Guebuza.
He has also been linked to Mohamed Bashir Suleiman, reputed to be one of the country's biggest drugs importers, who was labelled a 'drugs kingpin' by the US government
Concern that ADIN could become Cabo Delgado's latest machine for enriching the local elite runs high.
The sacking of Armando Panguene, a former governor of Cabo Delgado, as head of ADIN was seen as a bad sign. Panguene was well regarded by Cabo Delgado's civil society.
Nyusi has appointed Armindo Ngunga, previously the State Secretary of the province, in place of Panguene.
International aid workers say that Ngunga opposed the delivery of Cyclone Idai emergency aid to some remote areas of the province because he thought insurgents would steal it.
He favours spending the money on new infrastructure and resettlement facilities for the displaced in areas that are currently outside the conflict zone.
4 JUN 12 :: Maputo, Boom Town
Some estimate that Mozambique has gas which is equivalent to 2m barrels of crude oil per day for 50 Years. 2m barrels of crude is worth $166m (Sh14billion) [per day].
Samora Machel Praca de Independencia #Maputo
Maputo Evening
Etnografia Maputo Museum Mozambique #Africa
Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. @jayjay93990174
How Mozambique Failed a Town Attacked by Militants | Visual Investigations @nytimes H/T @SeweS_
CHAD Oil-backed loans cast shadow @Africa_Conf
President Déby's death has put the debt crisis negotiations on hold but Glencore faces pressure to make concessions
A month after Mahamat Idriss Déby took the helm in Chad in the wake of his father's death in April, huge questions remain over the country's economic fortunes, notably over the repayment of mammoth loans from a syndicate led by giant Swiss commodities trader Glencore.
@RaniaKhalek is joined by Djiboutian dissident in hiding Abdirahman Mohamed Ahmed @rassace @BTnewsroom
Imperialism is destabilizing the Horn of Africa, as Gulf States and the US turn it into a battlefield for their cold wars with Iran and China.
.@FitchRatings Fitch Affirms Seychelles at 'B'; Outlook Stable
Seychelles' 'B' IDRs balance high public and external indebtedness, a small economy that is vulnerable to external shocks, and large structural current account deficits against strong governance, development and income per capita metrics relative to peer group medians and a good record of public debt reduction pre-pandemic.
The Stable Outlook reflects our expectation for tourism and economic growth to recover, a moderate near-term external commercial debt repayment schedule, and a good record of adherence to IMF programmes that supports multilateral financing.
We see signs of a recovery in tourist flows to Seychelles, which reopened its borders on 25 March.
Visitor arrivals in April rebounded to 38% of the 2019 level, the highest since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fitch forecasts a gradual recovery of monthly tourist arrivals to 2019 levels by 3Q22, with total arrivals in 2021 at 41% of the 2019 level.
The recovery is driven by non-core tourist markets and should be supported by the return of traditional European tourists as global travel restrictions ease.
Fitch forecasts real GDP to rebound to a 5% growth in 2021 (2020: -12.8%), driven by a robust resumption of tourist activity, favourable base effects, and supported by expansionary fiscal and monetary policies, and a very successful vaccination programme (70% of the population with a first dose in mid-May).
However, the recent rise in daily infection cases and deaths since end-April 2021 could result in further restrictions that could weigh on the recovery, while adverse developments in the pandemic globally also pose a downside risk.
The 2020 pandemic reversed a decade of fiscal consolidation and public debt reduction effort.
The general government balance turned to a 18.9% of GDP deficit (B median: 7%) in 2020, from a 0.2% surplus in 2019, as income support and other social transfers increased current expenditure by 34%, and as tax revenues fell 14% with the contraction in tourism, especially in indirect taxes (-18%).
The return of some tourism activity in 2021, larger grant receipts and a rebound in nominal GDP will shrink the fiscal deficit to 11.9% in 2021.
Nominal fiscal expenditure should narrow only marginally as grant-financed capital expenditures partially offsets lower current expenditure from the phasing out of the flagship job retention scheme (2020: 6.6% of GDP) at end-March 2021.
Government debt/GDP increased 38pp in 2020 to 96% and we forecast only a slight fall in 2021 to 95.5% and further to 86% in 2022 due to economic recovery, rupee appreciation, and also to some fiscal consolidation.
Foreign-currency debt comprised almost half of total debt at end-2020, increasing the vulnerability to external shocks, while short-term maturities accounted for a large 30% share of total debt, increasing interest-rate and roll-over risks.
Financing needs in 2020 were largely met through domestic sources (close to 85% of total), mainly through treasury bills, and SCR1.5 billion (7.5% of GDP) of three-, five- and seven-year bonds.
For 2021, Fitch forecasts financing needs at 11.9% of GDP to be met primarily by domestic borrowing from banks (10.4% of GDP).
Further programme disbursements from the IMF, World Bank and AFDB (worth roughly USD150 million) are currently being negotiated.
In Fitch's view, the negotiation of a new IMF programme is unlikely to be problematic, given Seychelles' strong record of adherence to previous programmes.
The authorities are exploring the option of extending the average maturity of debt through a one-off exchange of treasury bills for longer-dated bonds through a voluntary market-based operation, although details are not yet available.
The government has a manageable debt repayment schedule this year, and we understand from the authorities that this maturity extension operation is being designed as a liability management exercise.
Fitch's debt estimates exclude USD82 million (6.5% of GDP) of Air Seychelles debt, of which the government is negotiating USD72 million with the airline's bondholders to reduce to USD20 million.
In May 2021, the government acquired Etihad's 40% stake in Air Seychelles to become the sole owner, negotiating a reduction in Air Seychelles' liabilities to Etihad.
In 2020, Air Seychelles, the state transport company, and airport authority were the main loss-making state-owned enterprises (SOEs), with total SOE non-guaranteed debt estimated by the government at 15% of GDP.
Fitch forecasts the current account deficit to narrow to 23% of GDP in 2021, after widening to 28% in 2020 (B median: 3.3%).
The worsened current account deficit in 2020 and 2021 is primarily due to a slump in tourism receipts, but has remained large also due to a high import share of consumption and investment.
Large estimation errors in the balance of payments raises uncertainty over the size of financing needs.
The current account deficit in 2020 was financed by multilateral concessional borrowing and inter-company loans, robust net foreign direct investment (FDI) flows amounting to 14.2% of GDP, as well as a large drawdown in private-sector assets.
Net external debt jumped to 69% of GDP at end-2020 (end-2019: 40%), and should peak at 74% in 2021, while external debt service is moderate at 6.5% of current account external receipts in 2021, well below the 'B' current peer median (19.5%).
Despite external pressures in 2020 from tourist receipts being more than halved, there was a limited fall in Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) official reserves of USD18.1 million to USD563 million (4.6 months of current external payments (CXP)) according to IFS data.
We forecast CBS reserves to fall further to USD485 million in 2021 (3.7 months CXP) as adjustment to the external shock firms up.
The sharp 55% depreciation of rupee against the US dollar at end-1Q20 to end-2020 has preserved foreign reserves, with the CBS intervening to ensure a smooth functioning of the foreign-exchange (FX) market.
20 to end-2020 has preserved foreign reserves, with the CBS intervening to ensure a smooth functioning of the foreign-exchange (FX) market. Seychelles receives tourists three times its population every year.
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South Africa's official unemployment rate rose to a new high in the first quarter as the construction and trade industries shed jobs. @economics
The jobless rate rose to 32.6% from 32.5% in the three months through December, Statistics South Africa said Tuesday in a report released in the capital, Pretoria. That's the highest number on record.
Unemployment according to the expanded definition, which includes people who were available for work but not looking for a job, rose to 43.2% from 42.6% the previous quarter.
That was as the number of discouraged work seekers surged by 201,000 people in the quarter.
Persistently high unemployment poses a threat to social stability in Africa's most-industrialized economy.
It could complicate efforts to reduce fiscal deficits and slow debt growth as it may force Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to re-introduce a special Covid-19 relief grant for unemployed people that ended in April.
March 2020 Debt, virus and locusts create a perfect storm for Africa @TheAfricaReport
Kenya Debt Sevice Costs @moneyacademyKE
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Kenya chooses JP Morgan Chase & Citi as lead managers for the upcoming $1B Eurobond issue @Reuters @MwangoCapital
.@Kenya_Re reports FY 2020 Earnings here
Par Value: 2.50/-
Closing Price: 2.30
Total Shares Issued: 2799796272.00
Market Capitalization: 6,439,531,426
EPS: 1.05
Leading reinsurance and insurance provider.
Kenya Re reports FY earnings as at 31st December 2020 versus 31st December 2019
FY Income
FY Gross premiums written 18.535220b versus 17.521343b
FY Net Earned Premiums 20.850266b versus 15.530618b
FY Investment Income 3.791916b versus 3.714696b
FY Fair Value gains on revaluation [36.403m] versus 2.176592b
FY Total Income 25.003287b versus 22.117061b
FY Net Claims and Benefits [13.516578b] versus [11.061940b]
FY Cedant Acquisition costs [5.310496b] versus [4.092047b]
FY Operating and Other Expenses [1.964808b] versus [2.043452b]
FY Provision for doubtful Debts [227.813m] versus [743.428m]
FY Total Claims, Benefits and Other expenses [21.019694b] versus [17.940867b]
FY Profit before Tax 3.983593b versus 4.176194b
FY Profit after Tax 2.942923b versus 3.966379b
FY Remeasurement gains/ [Losses] on defined benefit plans net of Tax [152.013m] versus [60.119m]
FY Net gains [losses] on revaluation of available for sale quoted Equity instruments [396.063m] versus [53.952m]
FY Currency Translation 373.905m versus 7.415m
FY Total Comprehensive Income 2.726581b versus 3.892669b
FY EPS 1.05 versus 2.55
FY Government securities 17.258062b versus 17.112941b
FY Deposits with Financial Institutions 8.306552b versus 6.786635b
FY Cash and Cash Equivalents 10.759878b versus 7.371304b
FY Dividend 0.20
Company Commentary
Gross written premiums grew by 6% from KShs 17.52 billion in the year 2019 to KShs 18.54 billion in 2020.
Net earned premiums grew by 34% from KShs 15.53 billion in 2019 to KShs 20.85 billion in 2020
Investment income grew by 2% from KShs 3.71 billion in 2019 to KShs 3.79 billion in 2020,driven by adhering to the Corporation's investment strategy Claims incurred in year 2020 grew by 22% to KShs 13.52 billion up from KShs 11.06 billion in 2019.
Cedant acquisition costs increased by 30% from KShs. 4.09 billion in 2019 to KShs. 5.31 billion in 2020 .
Operating expenses decreased by 4% from KShs. 2,043 million as at 31 December 2019 to KShs.1,965 million as at 31st December 2020. Profit before tax for the year 2020 stood at KShs 3.98 billion, a decrease of 5% from profit before tax of KShs 4 .18 billion in 2019
The asset base increased from KShs 50.36 billion in 2019 to KShs 53.24 billion in 2020, a growth of 6%.
Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited - Audited Financial Statements & Other Disclosures for the Year Ended 31-Dec-2020 @tradingroomke
@Kenya_Re 2020 results: @MwangoCapital
- Gross written premiums up 5.7%
- Net earned premiums up 34.2%
- Claims incurred up 21.7%
- Cedant acquisition costs up 29.8%
- Profit b4 tax down 4.6%
- Total Assets up 5.7%
- Dividend of Kshs. 0.20 (DPR:20%)
On a PE of 2.38 This is by any standard an egregiously priced share
A Dividend yield of 8% also surely underpines the price
@MwangoCapital also showed us how the entire operation is now simply about pooling funds from depositors to lend to the government. @MihrThakar
Nation.Africa has ~290k subscribers and ~70k paid subscribers @MwangoCapital
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Abbie McManus
Abbie McManus Biography
First published on:July 4, 2019
Facts of Abbie McManus
Abbie Mary McManus
Prestwich, England
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Abbie McManus is an English Professional soccer player who currently plays as a defender for FA WSL club Manchester United. Previously, she has played for the teams Sheffield FC and Manchester United. Also, she is among the players who represented the national team of England in 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup.
As per the reports. Abbie is living a single life and the rumors about her future boyfriend or husband are not in the media yet. Below here are the details about Abbie's Salary, Net Worth, Personal Life, and Professional career.
Is Abbie McManus in a Relationship? Know about her Personal Life
The popular soccer star is yet to marry and reportedly, she is enjoying her single life. Additionally, she has never spoken about her relationship status in the media. However, her secretive nature might be reason about why we are still unknown about her probable boyfriend.
The information about her personal life is still under cover. Well, the only option for us to know about her relationship status is to wait until she decides to speak up in the media.
Besides relationship, every aspect of her life seems to be perfect and with the reference of her social account, we found that she has a good relationship with her friends and family. Also, she has posted a lot of pictures in her profile, vacationing and partying along with her friends.
Abbie McManus with her friend on a vacation SOURCE: Instagram
Additionally, she is pretty active in social media and has an enormous number of followers. In addition, she sometimes takes the help of her social media to interact with her fans and followers.
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Additionally, she has a great love for babies and adores her nephew a lot and considers her nephew as her biggest fan. Additionally, she also has a love for animals as she regularly posts a picture of her dog in her social media account.
Talking about her body measurements, she stands in a height of 5 ft 8 in and weighs around 68 kg.
Abbie McManus Earnings; How much is her Net Worth?
Well, the information about how much she earns professionally is not in the media. In fact, she has been in the soccer world since long and reportedly, she has collected a massive net worth over $500,000.
Additionally, she is associated with one of the richest clubs in the world and with no doubt we can confirm that she has a salary above average. Besides, the exact information about her salary is still behind the rock.
Particularly, the players playing for FA WSL club is expected to earn around $30,190 on average. Additionally, the players will have enough opportunity to add an amount to their salary through different endorsement and sponsorship.
Abbie McManus has an endorsement deal with Puma SOURCE: Instagram
Exploring her social account, it seems like she has signed a deal with Puma brand but the details about how much she earns for the endorsement deal is not in the media yet.
Abbie McManus vacationing in naturally challenged place SOURCE: Instagram
Moreover, she has never talked about her assets but it's obvious that she drives an expensive car of recent time. Moreover, she is spotted spending her time is some of the exotic places, spending money in an extravagant way. The above reference certainly suggests that she has collected a massive fortune from her professional career.
Abbie McManus Early Life, Bio, family, and Childhood
Abbie was born on 14 January 1993, in Prestwich, England. Additionally, she is an English native and belongs to the white ethnic group. Also, she was born under the star sign Capricorn. Additionally, the details about her early life and childhood are still under cover.
Talking about her early career, she began playing football with her brother Scott. In her early career, her first professional contract was with the club Manchester City.
Abbie McManus Professional Career
As of 2019, Abbie is currently playing as a defender for FA WSL club Manchester United. Also, she is among the players who represented the national team of England in 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup. Previously, she has played for the teams Sheffield FC and Manchester City.
Recently, she has played in 2019 women's world cup representing the team England, playing along with star teammates like Steph Houghton, Millie Bright, Beth Mead and many more.
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On May 14 the eyes of the rugby league world will be on Brisbane as Suncorp Stadium plays host to the NRL Double Header.
The NRL's most electrifying talent will take centre stage with Storm hosting the Cowboys and Sea Eagles taking on the Broncos.
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Rick and Morty Discussion
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Re: Rick and Morty Discussion
by volvocrusher on Mon Aug 07, 2017 3:45 pm
Yeah definitely the best this season so far. Love how they can take a concept like Rick trying to get out of therapy and make it this absurd and violent
by Krubixcube on Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:11 am
Outside of the premiere I haven't loved the new season, but the new episodes do tend to hold up better on second viewings.
I guess personally I always found Rick and Morty great because it had a very personal core, but I'm not sure if it can sustain itself by moving that core to the forefront for every episode.
But again, still really enjoying it!
by volvocrusher on Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:08 am
That Vindicators one is up there with my favorites. That Israel joke especially had me dying.
by Krubixcube on Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:39 pm
I'm still lukewarm on this season, and fully recognize it's down to personal taste. I always liked the more random/unhinged humor of Rick and Morty. I always liked that the drama provided a good structure at its center. But now the drama to joke ratio is swapped and I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. I certainly don't feel it's bad, and usually I find myself enjoying episodes more on a rewatch, but it still feels more Dan Harmon than Justin Roiland this season.
It is probably my least favorite season so far. I loved the Pickle Rick episode. Really liked the premiere. The others were in the solid to good area for me. Still good TV, but not as funny as previous seasons and not meeting the very high standards I have for the series I guess.
by Krubixcube on Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:10 pm
This week's episode was my favorite (outside of the premiere) by far. Good sci fi premise, some awesome comedy (pretty much everything out of over-confident Morty's mouth made me laugh), still good character development. And that ending song was so stupid it had us in tears.
by TripOpt55 on Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:03 am
The cut from a quick 20 minute adventure to 6 days later and the Voltron bit at the end probably got the biggest laughs out of me. Everything with Morty towards the end was hysterical too. Great episode.
by Krubixcube on Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:00 pm
I totally forgot about the Voltron drones haha!
by volvocrusher on Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:24 am
Toxin free Morty was so great. He really made that episode for me
by Krubixcube on Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:44 pm
New episode...eeeeh? I mean, return of Evil Morty was cool but I wish they would have done it in a more fun way. Hopefully the setup pays off but if it doesn't it's just a wasted episode in a show with already short seasons in my opinion.
A few good jokes to be sure (the rick factory side story was dark as shit and great) but nothing else really engaged me. I wonder if this show is going to disappear too far up its own ass (not saying it has yet), which is a shame because episodes like last week show me that it's capable of having deep characters AND a lot of laughs.
by volvocrusher on Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:13 pm
Yeah I wasn't a fan of the council episode either, especially since I saw the twist coming the second I saw a Morty was running for president. This week was better. Two back to back episodes of wacky stories isn't ideal, but it did a much better job of putting humor first. That one where Rick was supposed to kill that alien especially was great.
Also Jerry stingers>stingers without Jerry.
by TripOpt55 on Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:55 pm
I think my favorite was the one with the light switches. I loved the bit with Summer at the end too. I definitely think they should have aimed to break up these last two episodes as opposed to putting them back to back. I did like Evil Morty showing up again in the previous episode.
by Krubixcube on Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:54 am
My favorite of the last 3 (watched them all at once since I was away) was the Morty memories one. Once again, super funny, clever premise and managed to get a lot of character develop under that.
Overall, a weaker season in my opinion. I don't know if you guys ever saw the English show Red Dwarf but it feels like it may have many of the same problems that show did (putting emotional moments first, and in doing so kind of losing what the show is about).
It's still great TV, and I'll probably buy this season when it comes out, but when the show goes into long winded monologues about its own ethos (the therapist in episode 3 and Rick to Beth in episode 9) with very little humor, it just feels a bit self indulgent.
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Our Cross
Our Vocation
Daughters of the Cross
~ A compassionate heartbeat in the world ~
St Elizabeth's Centre
Stillorgan, Ireland
Safeguarding Statements
Cheam & Carshalton
Associates ⟩⟩ Cheam & Carshalton
Cheam Associates
Following much prayer and preparation on the part of a group of Sisters, The Associates of the Daughters of the Cross came into being in Cheam in July 2008
Associates are ordinary people who, after about a year's formation in the spirit of the Congregation and of the specific vocation of an associate, make a commitment to:
Develop their personal prayer by spending some time each day in prayer
Take part in the Eucharist as often as possible during the week
Recite the Prayer of the Church daily, if possible
Attend associate meetings held at approximately monthly intervals
Being an associate does not involve taking on any extra work but continuing to work for the spread of God's Kingdom in one's own situation. The purpose of the Association is to give people the opportunity to share in the wealth of spirituality of the Daughters of the Cross.
The first meeting to which twenty interested people came, was held in St Joseph's convent. There was a prayer service focussing on the spirituality of St Ignatius Loyola and how our foundress, Blessed Marie Therese drew inspiration from this spirituality. The Sisters spoke about three of the feasts which are important to us, occurring on the 8th September – The Nativity of Our Lady and the foundation day of the Daughters of the Cross, the 14th September – the Exaltation of the Cross, and the 15th September – Our Lady of Sorrows. It was possible to invite people to join the Sisters for the celebration of the Eucharist in the convent chapel on the 8th and 15th of September. The Mass on the 8th of September 2008 was also a celebration of 175 years since the foundation of the Daughters of the Cross in Liege, Belgium.
We have invited guest speakers to most meetings, often a Sister, and topics have included: What it means to be an Associate of the Daughters of the Cross, Mary, and Blessed Marie Therese, Introduction to the breviary, St Joseph, Finding Sanctuary, Spirituality of the Sacred Heart and various talks about our different works here and abroad, to name but a few.
Carshalton Associates
Very recently a small group of Associates has been formed at St Philomena's, Carshalton. They too will have guest speakers covering various topics and will eventually make their formal commitment as Associates of the Daughters of the Cross.
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